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ICH DIEN./. (Cjcrmanice,^ ^yervio 
 
 Eptgramma Authoris . 
 
 ^^ dicit Seryum modo patre fuperjlite Trin- 
 cepSy 
 h I c H DIEN Trimus at Imperio Serous Ct>^ H I C, IN- 
 U tj regit • 
 
8r TOTHERI^GHT HIGH AND 
 
 MIGHTlEHENRIE,EiLDESTSOiNlNEOF 
 
 ^^^*^Our Soveraigne Lord the KING , Prince of Wales, 
 VrKEo^CO RNirALLmd ROTHS JT 
 a?id Knight of the mojl noble order of 
 tkGARTER. 
 
 OSTEXELLENTPRINCE. 
 
 Hailing by more then ordinarie fig- 
 ncs 5 tailed hecretofore of your gra- 
 tious favour : and evidently knowen 
 your Trimely and Generous inclinati- 
 on ^ to all good Learning and excel- 
 lencic . I am emboldened once aga- 
 ine 3 to offer vp at the Altar of your 
 gratious acceptance thefe mine Em- 
 hlemes : a weake ( I confeffe , ) and a 
 worthTelTe Sacrifice , though an affured pledge , of that Zeale 
 and Duetie , I fhall for ever mofl Religiouflie owe vnto your 
 Highnes: lliewing herein rather a will to defire, then worth 
 to defer ue , fo peerelefTe a patronage . Howfoever the world 
 lliall efteeme them in regard of their rude and homely attire , 
 for the mort part they arc Roially difcended , and rcpaire into 
 your owne bofome ( farre from the reach of Envie ) for their 
 protedion . For in truth they are ofrightyour owne, and no 
 other then the fubftance of thofe Divine Inilrudions, his Ma- 
 iejiie your Royall F^**/?^/ praefcribed vnto you , your guide ( a« 
 that golden branch tOz/£ N EASy)t02. vertuous &: true hap-^ 
 py lite . It is now two yeares fince I prefcted vnto your High- 
 nes fomc of them ^ then done by me into Latine vcrfe , with 
 their pidures drawen and limned by mine owne hand in their 
 liuely coulours , wherein jas neere as I could , I obferued the 
 Method oi his Maieftes BASILICON VORON ^ but by 
 reafon of the great number I had fince that , newiy invented : 
 with fome others collected , ( ticnj^ my invention to no one 
 
 \ 2,' Svbicd 
 
 itneid • <^ , 
 
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 oe 
 
 Spiftic to the Trince 
 
 Subicvfl as before ) I am here conftrained afwell of Neceflitic 
 as for varietie fake , to iatermixe ( as it were promifciie) one 
 v.'ith the other in one entire vohime , the rather becaufe of 
 their aftinitie &: end , which is one and the felfe fame , that is , 
 thefafhioningof avertuous minde. I dare not difcourfe at 
 large vnto your Highnes , of the manifold Vfe ^Nature ^Li- 
 bertie , and ever cfteemed exellencie of this kind of Poejie : it 
 being the rareft5andof all others the moft ingenious, and 
 wherein , the greateft Princes of the world , inany times haue 
 mofthappily exercifed their Invention: becaufeldoubtnot, 
 but your Highnes already knoweth whatfoevcr I might fpeak 
 herein . Onely what I haue done , I moft humbly offer vp the 
 fame vnto your gratious view, and protection . Defiring of 
 C7 O D to beautifie and enrich your moft hopeful! & Hcroiquc 
 minde , with the divineft giftes of his grace , and knowledge , 
 heartily wifhing , there were any thing in me , worthy of the 
 Icaft favour , and refped of fo exellent a Prmce . 
 
 To your Highnes , 
 
 The moft fincerely and affedionately 
 devoted 
 
 in all dutie and iervice . 
 
 HENRT PEACHAM, 
 
To the ^ader . 
 
 haue hecre ( kind Reader ) fent abroad vnto thy 
 view , this volume oi Emblemes , whether for 
 greatncs of the chardge , or that the Invention 
 is not ordinaric ; a Subie^S: very rare . For except 
 the collections of Mafter PFhit»ejr ^and the tranf- 
 lations of fome one or tv\'o elfc befide , I know 
 not 2i\\Engli(l}7nan in our age, that hath publ idl- 
 ed any worke of this kind : they being ( I doubt 
 not ) as ingenious , and happy in their invention , as the beft French or 
 Italian of them all . Hence perhaps they terme vs Tramontani Sempii , 
 Simple and of dull conceipt , when the fault is neither in the Climate , 
 nor as they would haue it , in the conftitution of our bodies , but truely 
 in the cold & frozen refpedt of Learning , and artes, generally amongft 
 Ys : comming far fhorte ^f them in the iuft valewing of well deferuing 
 qualities . To begin at the foote of their Alfes, and fo difcend by Ger- 
 mame(\\\\\c\\ Bodine truly termeth o^cinam hominum^t ilioppe of ab- 
 folute men for all Artes ) how flie hath excelled in this , as in all other 
 rare Invention , w itneffe the many volumes fhe hath fent vs over of this 
 Subie6l . With what excellent Bodies , z.v\A Motto s ^\\'3Mt the Nether- 
 landes cfpecially Holland , and Zealand ^ vpon fundry occafions ( as the 
 recoverie of their Libertie, the overthrow in eighty eight , and the like) 
 commended their Invention to the world? as wefindeinyl/<?r£"r^;f/^j-, 
 and others. I fhould feeme partiall, if I fliould lay to your view, the ma- 
 ny and almofl vnimitable Imfrefas of our owne Countrie : as thofc of 
 Edward the black Prince , Henry the fourth , Henry the feuenth , Hen^ 
 ry the eight , Sir Thomas Moore^ the Lord Cromwell^ & of later times, 
 thofe done by Sir Thillif Sydney ^znd others. Nor were it needefull 
 iince their Memory is frefh , and many of their fiieildes yet fcarce drie 
 in the world . Who hath ever feene more wittie, proper, & fignificant 
 devifes, then thofe o? Scotland ? ( to omit more aijntient times ) as that 
 of King lames the third , devifing for himfelfe ( to cxpreffe the care he 
 had of his country and People ) a Hen fitting over her Chickens , with 
 the word Non dormit cfuicujlodit: as alfo oi lames the fowrth, taking 
 to himfelfe a bifront, or double face, plac't vpon the top of a Columne ; 
 the hcades crowned wiih Laptrelly the word Vtrumque : meaning (as 
 
 A3. it 
 
To the '^^ader . 
 
 it is thought) he would conrtantly , and advifcdly like lamis , obferue 
 tlic proceedings afwell of the Trench as the Engltfl) , holding them both 
 at that time in leloufic. Many and very excellent haue I fccne of his 
 M.ucflies ovvne Invention , who hath taken herein in his yongcr years 
 great delight , and pleafure , by which thou maicft fee, that we are not 
 lb dull as they would imagine vs,nor our Soilcfo barren as that we 
 ncede to borrow from their Sunne-burnt braines , our beft Invention . 
 Wliercas I liauc hcerc dedicated many Emhlemes to fundry and great 
 Pcrfonages, ( yea fomc to Forraigne Princes , ) I haue hecrein but imi- 
 tated the beft approued Authours in this kind : as Alciat , Sambncus , 
 Innius , Keufnerus , and others : they being fuch , as either in regard of 
 their tranfccndent dignitic, and vertues, deferue of all to be honoured: 
 or others whomc for their excellent parts and qualities , I haue ever lo- 
 ued, and eftecmed : or laftly fome of my private friendes , to whome I 
 haue in particular becne moft beholden fomc way or other . Wherein 
 I truft thou v\ ilt not condcmne me , fince I haue no other mcane then 
 by word to fhcw a thankfull minde towards them . 
 It is not my intent here ( which I might well doe ) to difeourfe at large 
 of the Nature and Libcrtic of Emhlcme , wherein it diffcreth from the 
 I??jfrefi ; becaufe hecrein I haue bcene alreadie prevented by * others. 
 The true vfe hecrcof from time totimeonely hath hccnc , f'^ti/e df*/ci 
 Mr'.'sam^ Da- ^'7^^^^ > to feede at once both the minde, andeie , by exprclTingmiiti- 
 nidJ . <^^y and doubtfully , our difpofition , either to Lo/^e, Hatred, Clemen- 
 
 cie , luiiice , Pictte , our l^tclories , Miffortunes , Gricfes , and the like : 
 which perhaps could not haue beene openly , but to our pra:iudice re- 
 vealed . And in truth the bearer hecrein doth but as the Travailcr , that 
 changeth his Silver into Gold , carry about hisaftcition in a narrow 
 roome , and more fafely ; the valevv rather bettered then abated . 
 Accept I pray thee in good worth, what I haue heere done, no: for a- 
 ny hope of reward , or gainc , but oncly for thy pleafure , and recreati- 
 on , Imagining thou art delighted ( as I liauc ever be cnr niy fclfe ) with 
 thcfe ever eftecmed , honcit , and moft commendable Dcvifcs . 
 
 Tluno affuredly , 
 
 HENRT TEACH AM, 
 
 Paulns lovius . 
 
 Sambucus . 
 
MVM 
 
 AD AVGVSTISSI 
 
 ET LONGE NOBILISSI- 
 
 MVMHENR/crMWALLlJE PRIN- 
 
 CIPEM. 
 
 Carmen Panegyricum. 
 
 Qua? damns ifta novis excufa EMBLEM AT A formis , 
 . ( Do6la fbnare priiis numeuis fua verba Latinis 5) 
 Accipe quo foleas vultu , votifq, (ecundis 
 Aiinue, parva licet, nee fint te Principe digna . 
 Cum rabidus late torreret S IR IF S arva , 
 Flavaque anhelantis premeret Sol terga LEON IS^ 
 Fronde Tub vmbrofa patula? requievimus vlmi, 
 Adripas GRENOVICA tuas5(vbi THAMESISwida 
 Alluit ANGLIGEN VM regalia teda Monarchee . ) 
 Hie vbi follicita dum plurima mente revolvo y 
 Adflitit infbmni coram pulcherrima Virgo , 
 Te6la caput galea, gemmis auroque nitentc : 
 Pone fuas diffufa comas, clypeusque finiftra , 
 GORGON IS oftendens argenteus ora ^£ D FSt/£:: 
 Vndique fraxineam dum dextra viriliter haftani 
 Torquetjetincerto circumaeraverberatidu . 
 Obftupui, et gelidus tremor inde per offa cucurrit , 
 Cum Dea facunda extemplo fie ora refolvit . 
 Pone metum Vates^animos timor vrgetinertes, 
 Confilijque venit fani notilfimus hoftis : 
 Hinc citus exurgas et fummi Principis Aulam 
 IpetCjquafilvasNymphcE coluere virentes :. 
 Qiiz D Rr AD FM kdes THAMESIDOS vndafalutaty 
 Turrigerumque caput iadat RICH MFN VIA coelo . 
 
b ArcUurum . 
 
 Qarmen panegyricum . 
 
 E(\: HE N RICrs ibi , quo non cicmeiitior alter, 
 
 Quoqiie Dcus noftro dcdcrit nil dulcius a?vo ; 
 
 Aemiilus Heroum vetcrum ac virtutis avi'tse ; 
 
 (Et mea fiquid habent vnquain pra:(agia veri ) 
 
 P/ER/orM patcr5Ctdo(Si:is dcciis omne futurus - 
 
 Excipietlongos hicla?tafrontelaBofesy 
 
 AfJMccvthuicdefintprovcdti Iiidicis ora, * * 
 
 Nee fiilcat facicm minitantis ruga Tyranni ; 
 
 Candor inefl: vultu placidus , mens concolor i{\i • 
 
 Infuper invitct te Bibliotheca referta , 
 
 Artibus omnigcnis Mf^S e/£ quam ftruxit Afylum : 
 
 Namque feros toto compefcuitorbe tumultus 
 
 Candida P //JTjCoelo Isetis invcda triumphis . 
 
 Non furit indomitus MARS ferro ct ca^de nefanda , 
 
 Buccina non orbis exofaquc matribus arma; 
 
 Infeftant noftras fubitis terroribus eras . 
 
 lainpofucre NOT I immites , crcberquc procellis 
 
 j^FRICFS^ctBOREAS folito funt carcere vin<5li : 
 
 Occidui fpirant Z EP HYRI ^ nunc omnia Tellus 
 
 Parturit,atqucnovo ridentanimalia Vere. 
 
 Dum Nymph:^ ducunt circum per opaca choreas , 
 
 Et Rofa verna viret, filvis dum mille fonoras , 
 
 Gutture multiplici renovat PHILOMELA querelas : 
 
 Ad gelidos fontes , vel forte Icgaris in vmbra , 
 
 Gratior aut hofpes fis ( poft convivia ) fnenfa? . 
 
 Vix ego fervo librum , properantem viferc teda 
 
 Rcgia ^QX. HEN RICI notos pietate Penates . 
 
 Iftetibi veniatniodo qualifciinque libellu^., 
 
 Inconcinna5lcvis5maleculta3incomprayW/7Vf RK A ^ , 
 
 Hanc precor excipias placide, ( DignliSme P R IN CEP S,) 
 
 Maiori interca nitctur c jrmiiie Mura , 
 
 ( Pone Icgcns return veftigia lata tnatum ) 
 
 Vt magnum refonent G "JNO E TIC A lictora tiofncn ; 
 
 Et reducem (b) H FRO EM liorrcfcant graiTantia late , 
 
 (Sacrilege Ac II METES) olim tua caftra B RIT ANNVM^ 
 
 Cum tua non tantum tibi fervict \4tinia tUVL E 
 
 .Ml 'J \ :i i^i-y.X :uqi;o : Vacicinor, 
 

 Qarmen panegyrkum . 
 
 Vaticinor , toto rcgnabis latiiis orbe , 
 Et reditura tuis fiint aiirea fecla BRIT AN NIS* 
 ' Tuveroincereavive,^AiigLifliflime PRINCEPS^) 
 Ducat et ad feros CLO TH O tiia fila ncpotes : 
 Vttiiate longum, BRIT ANNl A tea fniaturj 
 Immenfumque tuis replcas virtutibus orbem . 
 
 HBNRICFS VEACHAMVS. 
 
 AD D.HENRICVM PEACHAMVM 
 DE SVA MINERVA. 
 
 Prodiit «t ccrebro lOVIS, alma MINE R VA profundo ; 
 
 Vt quondam cecinit P IND A R VS ore fluens . 
 Prodiit aft idu VVL CAN I emifla fecuri : 
 
 Dum caput t^EGIO C/f/percutit ille lOVIS* 
 Prodiit e coelo R HO D IIS dum depluit aurum , 
 
 Aureus eft in quo nata MINERVA dies; 
 Prodiit et cataphradla : caput bene caflide te<fta, 
 
 AEgidc tutafua, cuipide tutafua . 
 
 Fahula application 
 
 Eft P£^C//>^^£,/Or/^cerebrumtibi,prodiitillinc 
 
 Hie liber, ingenii vera MINERVA tui. 
 Singula funt in eo quamvis extempore nata , 
 
 VVL CAN I liber hie totus habebat opem , 
 De fummo {PEAC HA ME ) polo , tibi depluet aurum^ 
 
 Illico et incipient , aurea fecla tibi . 
 Armatur galea , clypeo , enfe , MINERVA BRITAlstNAy 
 
 Etcontra -^O^O.y,efteatutaratis„ , 
 
 fAT^ 
 
 .^l 
 
lEx furis Iamb Is . Ad eundem . 
 
 Iniquiis xftimator illc diicitiir _, 
 Suomctitur omncqui modo ac pcdc; 
 Snpitquc pcrparum illc , cui nihil fapit , 
 Nili quod approbatur afua nota . 
 At arquus iDc, quilquis addic ipfius 
 Opinioni , acudoris arbitri 
 Probationcm , ct acre tcflimouium ,. 
 Et cius , ct fuis vidcns occllulis, 
 
 Peritiorum arnica teftimonia 
 Habcs , laborc dc tiio probiirimo ; 
 Ncc ilia pauca , laudc te fcrcntium 
 Ad aiba ^ licuthociiicretur indituiti 
 Opus . Mihi ncc cit opus quid amplius 
 Loqui J quail addercm mari mcas aquas j 
 Tamen quod ipfe poilulas , ego libcns 
 Eos fequor , mcumquc iiingo calculuni . 
 
 F EC 11 A ME pcrgc fauflo vt incipis pcde 
 Et cdc plura, lividumque Z O IL P' Af ^ 
 Malumque virus huius invidcntia: 
 Tcruntio valcto , cundla qui potcil , 
 Placcrc non potcil: ei, ipfe IVP ITERi 
 Nihil morare candidum lapillulum , 
 Nigrumque fecis infima:, places quibus 
 Sat eft placer e, do6lioribus viris . 
 
 THO: HARDINGFS. 
 
 IN CLARISSIMI VIRI D. HENRICI PEA, 
 CHAMI POETAE ANGLI CANTABRIGI- 
 
 E N SI S 
 
 * Minervam Britnnnam, 
 
 m 
 
 XTcndo tiilit palmam dc ftiiltd PALL AS Arachn^ 
 
 -•-^ Ingcnij 5 cum lis inter utramquc foret : 
 
 Ncc fatis. offcnlam fado illam habuifle MINERVAM 
 
 Lcp^iimis, ctpoenasindcdedilTcDca:. 
 Tela tua eft opus hoc ipsa vcl P A L L A D E dignum 
 
 Ingenior 
 
IN MINERrAM AVTHORJS. 
 
 Ingenio , et do(flx fada labore manus 
 Quam ciilpare velit quifqiiis , vel viiicere certet ^ 
 Fata fcrct ftolid^ M O M V S araneo la: , 
 
 Neapolitanu^ , 
 
 SOPRA LA MINERVA BRIT ANNA DEL 
 SIGr: HENRICO PEAjCHAMO. 
 
 ODE. ::^t'^C' 
 
 ^ I ^cflo ch ' almondo apparse 
 
 ^ QueHa PALLA nouelky 
 Tulminb d' ifA^ed* xrsc .. , 
 G 10 VE d' invidia. , e sdegno ,' _ *^ 
 Trem'o I a terra ^ e h Uelknte regno I 
 
 r\ o 
 
 C I 
 
 Stupido i^POL LOfijfe 
 Le luci riverente 
 NelPadre ,ecosi dijjh 
 Mentre la terra lieta 
 x^lhellume di hi ^ tor no quiet a , 
 
 EspoHo ha fuor dalseno 
 
 ^ LaBRITANNA GirNONE l;t^^^ ^^ 
 
 Parto : nongia terreno 5 
 ^^ Ma quelnovello MAR TE; 
 
 Prornesso almondo in non "^mentite carte . 
 
 T>a vn franco D A A^O altiero , 
 Ftontoe'l PRENCE HENRICO 
 Rttratto illuUre , et vero 
 D ' ARTr . cui forte accerha 
 Tolfe quelle 3 chi a cmslti ilCielriferha . 
 
 gina 
 
 * Gi]dam et ?.''<*- 
 linur.i fo.rr.ffe 
 inceili^'ic . 
 
ODE. 
 
 ViBd I novello farto y 
 
 Illum'mAr U terra : 
 Invito ddcielfArto, 
 BrAmando dar in luce 
 Altrofmo chiservi dnovo Duct . 
 
 VaUapoMPEACHAMO* 
 
 Lieto discopro al/nondo 
 
 Quelche cot ant o hramo , 
 
 Che quegli vfci d' ANN A 
 
 QiteHt produce MINERS A BRIT ANN A 
 
 Ciovan • Batifta, CasclU . 
 
 AVTRES- EXCELLENT ET TRES-DOC 
 TE POETE MONS«. HENRY PEACHAM. 
 SONNET. 
 
 /^n cognoit des grands Dieux on 1 ' aife ou la doleur , 
 
 ^^ A ces pourtraids aftrcs , que le Ciel nous figure : 
 
 Et leurs fils , ces Heros de leur noble valeur , 
 
 En leurs riches blafons touiiours ontquelque Augurc. 
 
 Tel fuft 1 ' ancien dcvis , qui premier fuft parleur 
 
 Des Mifteres plus beaux , la voix et 1 * efcriture , 
 
 Luy fcrvoient come aux Dieux , d' un servile M E R C VR E 
 
 Truchemcns a qui manque et le vray fens et 1 ' heur . 
 
 PEACHAM5CC beau devis eft ton choix , et ta Mufe 5 
 
 Lcs points Hebreux J letraidsdontle memphitiqjve vfe, 
 
 Ains Diuc mcfme , et le Ciel , t ' apprend ce ftilc vieux 
 
 Qiie tu peux bien nommcr jla MINERVE eretonnej 
 
 Car par dcfTus laGrccque , on luy doibt Couronne 5 
 
 Si Ic filer n ' eft plus , que le fcavoir dc. Dieux . 
 
 N . M . Fortnaius . 
 
 .VPON 
 
VPON THE AVTHOVR AND HIS 
 
 MINERVA. 
 
 P A L L A S thou haft a fecond champion bred , 
 •■' As great in Artcs, as was ftoiit D I O M E D 
 In Armes ; that gainft enraged MARS could ftand ,. 
 And dar'd to wound faire V E N V S in the hand : 
 The A R G I V E fleete his fole Arme could defend , 
 And with the Gods he durft alone contend ; 
 All this thy influence gaue , and more defired. 
 Like power thou haft into this braine infpired : 
 Thy champion too , whofe Artes are fam'd as farre , 
 As was T Y D I D E S for his deedes of warre . 
 We know thou art M I N E R V A that alike 
 Hold' ft Artes and Armes ^ canft fpeake as well as ftrikc . 
 
 The: Heywood. 
 
 VPON THE AVTHOVR AND HIS 
 
 MINERVA. 
 
 f A II eies behold , and yet not all alike , 
 XVEftedls , and defers, both are in the eie , 
 As when an obied gainft the eic dothftrike , 
 Th ' imagination ftraightwaies doth implie 
 Shapes ,or what elfe the obied doth prefent , 
 Weaker or ftronger, as the fight is bent. 
 
 V^thin the minde two eies there are haue fight', 
 To iudge ot thinges interioui* hauing fence j 
 Forefight ,and Infight, ludgment makes them bright. 
 And moft perfpicuous through intelligence . 
 Forefight, forefeechharmes ^that may enfue: 
 Infight 5 dothyeild to reafon what is due. 
 
 B3. Then 
 
VPON THE ArTHOVR, 
 
 Tlieii let not men deeme all with corp'rall ei *nc , 
 Eies may deluded be by talfeillufions : 
 Eies may be partiall , eicllght may decline 
 By weakenes ,agc , or by abulions . 
 Pride , envie , tolly , may die fight pervert , 
 And make the eie tranfgreffe againtl the heart . 
 
 With outward ei 'ne firft view , and marke tnis booke > 
 
 Variety of obieds much will pleafe ; 
 
 With inwarei ei 'nc then on the matter looke , 
 
 Forefee the Authours care , and little eafc 
 
 T ' invent , t' imprint , and publifli for delight , 
 
 Andfor reward but cranes your good inlight. 
 
 Peacham my friend , I mull: confeffe to thee , 
 
 My Inlightis but weake ; fudi as it is , 
 
 T verdi(5i: thus , no better Vv orke I fee 
 
 Of tliis fame knide , nothing I finde amifle , 
 
 It any fault there be , itis not thine , 
 
 The tault fliall rert in mens imperfed ci 'ne . 
 
 WilUam Seg/ir <jarter . Prindpall king of Armes . 
 
TO MASTER HENRY PEACHAM, 
 
 A VISION VPON THIS HIS 
 
 MINERVA. 
 
 Mc thoiiglit I faw in dead of filent night 
 A goodly Citie all to cinders turned , 
 Vpon whole mines fate a Nymphe in white , 
 Rending her hairc of wicry gold , who mourned 
 Or for the fall of that faire Citie burned , 
 
 OrlbmedeareLoue 5whofe death fb made her fad < 
 That lince no ioye in worldly thing fhe had. 
 
 This was that GENirs of that auntient TROY^ 
 
 In her owne afhes buried long agoe : 
 
 So grieu ' d to lee that BRIT AINE fliould enioy 
 
 Her PALLAS^ whom fhe held and honour ' d fo : 
 
 And now no litle memorie could (how 
 To eternize her , (ince fhe did infufe , 
 Her Enthean foule ^ into this Engliili Mufe . 
 
 £«. S« 
 
* Tibi ferrict 
 nlcima Thvlc , 
 Virgil: 
 TH VL EM 
 
 procul Axe rc- 
 motam. 
 ClauJiaii . 
 Sciictland . 
 ct nanus noftris 
 todic Thilcnfe!. 
 
 Homer . 
 
 Bali] ; Boron, 
 lib.. I, pag.2. 
 
 I Nijtdefuper. 
 
 To my dread Soveraigne i a m e s , King of great brit aine . ^e. 
 
 A SECRET arme out ftretched from the skic , 
 •^^ In double chaine a Diadem doth hold : 
 
 Whofc circlet boundes , the greater britannie. 
 From conquered pRAVNCEjto'^THVLE fung of old : 
 Great I A M E s, whofe name be yond the i n d e is told; 
 To G o D obliged fo by two-fold band , 
 As borne a man , and Monarch of this land . 
 
 Thus fince on heauen , thou wholly doft depend : 
 And from * aboue thy C:ownc , and being haft: 
 
 With malice vile, in vaine doth man intend , 
 T'vnloofe the knot that c o d hath link't fo faft : 
 
 Who ilioot's at "^ heaven , the arrow downe at laft 
 Lightcs on his head : and vengeance fall on them , 
 That make their markc, the Soverai$:^ne Diadem . 
 
 Nubibus en daplici vin^iim DiaJema catena , 
 Q^od proc'.il a noflro furtiuoc oibc manus : 
 
 Not alia te lege Dcus ( I A C O B E ) ligavit, 
 Q^rcm regcic impciio , fecit, ct cflc virum . ^ 
 
 Inhium 
 
Jnttitim S^tentu , 
 
 APOYSONOVS Serpent wreathed vp around 
 -^^In fcalie boughtes , a fharpe two edged Sword , 
 Supported by abooke vponthc ground, -jcirncJ 
 Is worldly wifedome grounded on o o d s word , 
 
 The which vnlelTe our proieds doth fuftaine , 
 
 Our plot is nought , and bell devifes vaine . 
 
 What ever then thou hap to take in hand , 
 In formoft place, the feare of g o d preferre , 
 * Elfe, like the Foole thou buildefl on the fand. 
 By this ( the Lesbtan "^ ftone ) thou canft not crre ^ 
 Which who fo doth, his ^ firft foundation lay, 
 Contriues a worke that never fhall decay . v 
 
 Squammigcr in gyros gladio fe colligit anguis , 
 
 Naturam fignant quae p o l i t i A tuam ; 
 Eftcra luditia eft , Prudcntia vana s o l o n i $ , 
 
 Haec nifi fuftentent Biblia facra D E I . 
 
 Timor igitur DEI folus eft , qui cuftodifchominum inter fc focietatcni , per qitem viu ipfa 
 Aftiocttir , mwuciir.gubcrnatur. &c . ,./; . 
 
 C I . " CuJ 
 
 * FirtYiamentu» 
 eft Dominus ci- 
 mcHcibus cum . 
 Pfalm : 14 . 
 
 * AriftottinE- 
 thicis . 
 
 * Confiliorn gu- 
 befnaculum lex 
 «livina fit . Cipri- 
 an in Epiftolis . 
 
 Bafili : Doron . 
 lib : I . pag : 3 . 
 
 Laftantiu^ de Ira 
 
 divina. Cap ;; . 
 
Cut cedet. 
 
 Two handes togeither hcerc with griping hold , 
 And all their force , doe ftriiie to take away 
 This burning Lampe , and Candleftick ofGold , 
 Whofe light (hall burne in fpite of Hell for ay : 
 And brighter then the beames of p h oe b v s fhine ,. 
 For tis the Truth fo holy and divine . 
 
 Which foule Ambition hath fo often vext , 
 Quotics homini - ^^^^ fwcUins pridc of Prselates put in doubt , 
 
 bu s prjEcfic dell - \ ^-^ r i \' \. » n 
 
 dero.tdtic^Deo With Covctuoulnes thatgreedie Monlter next , 
 That long I feare me fnice it had bene out , 
 Did not thy hand ( dearc Saviour ) from abouc 
 Defend it fo ^ that it might never moue . 
 
 mcopr*irecoi) 
 ccncio . Auj^uft : 
 fuper Pfalm : 
 
 Eafil :Doron . 
 lib : a: pag: 38. 
 
 Pcrdica Araritics , etdira Soperbia , Pcftis 
 Chriftiadum infxiix , Ambitioquc fimiil : 
 
 Ccrtatim vt tentcnt extinguere lampada verb?, 
 Nitiuruccurrac(CHKISTE mifcrtc )manus. 
 
 Orcgor : Moral :. Siimmus locus bciic rcgitur cum is qui prseeft, viciis potius quam fratri- 
 
 bus dominatur. 
 
 Omnis adcundi honoris ecclcfiaftici abfcindcrctur ambitio^fifc iudican 
 Crigcn ; fupcr E- do3 ,potius quaiii iudicaturos hi qui pra:c'frc yolunt populis cogitarcnt , 
 
 pirt : ad Komin: 'NufcjUam 
 
islufquam tutd , 
 
 4 
 
 'T"^ he filly Hind among the thickets greene , 
 
 •*■ While nought miftrufting did at fafetie goe , 
 His mortall wound rcceiu'd with arrow keenc 
 Sent (inging from a Sheepeheard 's fecret bowc ; 
 
 And deadly peirc 'd , can in no place abide , 
 
 But runnes about with arrow m her fide . 
 
 So oft we fee the man whome Confcicnce bad 
 
 Doth inwardly with deadly torture wound , 
 
 From "*- place to place to range with Furie mad. 
 
 And fceke his eafe by (liifting of his ground 
 
 The mcane neglecting which might healc the finne ^ 
 ^ That hpwerly rancUes more and more within . 
 
 Dic^xus volucri quam fixit arundine paftor 
 
 Ccrva fugit , nullis convalitiira locis ; 
 Confciamcns fcelcris qucmtorquet , vbique percrrat , 
 
 Vulncre neglcfto quod mifcr intus alit , 
 
 Tranquillitate confcicnriy rii'l b«atiu? excogitari potcil . 
 Confcicntia affvAuura cotrcAor c: animi pa^dagogus . 
 
 C2. VhiUut! A ''''-''' 
 
 '^ Mala tonfcien- 
 da in folicuHinc 
 anxia ,ctfollici- 
 taeft. Seneca 
 Epift : 14 . 
 
 * Pcrfei5lo demii 
 fcelcre magnicu - 
 «lo eiiisintclligi- 
 tur. Tacitus 14 . 
 
 Pafil : Doron . 
 lib : I , pag : 1 5" . 
 
 ci\:tatc DEI. 
 
PhilautU . 
 
 vide 
 Embl 
 
 ide Aiciatum . A VIRGIN S fdcc With Rohcs of light aray , 
 mbi : 6^ . J-\ ^^ y^ij ^ Seife-loue ) our Poets thee afsign. 'd? 
 
 VhiUut ; Loue fhoiild be y oun g , and fr efli as merry m a y ^ 
 Such clothing beft agreeth with my mind . 
 
 what memes that foifonous Serpent m thy hand ? 
 
 Vhilaut : My bane I breed , by this you vnderftand . 
 
 /' th other hand Cay vphy that looking glajfe ? 
 
 Since in thee no deformitie I find ^ 
 
 vhilaut: Know how in Pride Selfe-louedothmoflfurpalTc, 
 And ftill is in her Imperfe(ftions bUnd : 
 And faue her owne devifes * doth condemnc _> 
 All others labours ^ in rcfped of them. 
 
 * Quodvolumus 
 
 fanftiim eft . 
 Augultiii •. contra 
 Crerconium 
 Grammat : 
 
 Bafili : DoroB 
 lib: 2 .pag: <Jy . 
 
 Cur Virgo incedis PhiUutiei T V HI h A : Vir gini S or a 
 
 Malit amor . Serpens quid Jintiofa manu- ? 
 PhiUut : Pedlore virus alo . Speculum fed con fnlis . P III : indc 
 
 CeCtera dedignor , duin mea foia placcnt . 
 
 Htimans 
 
ffuman£ tYAditiones . 
 
 A T laft my brauncli doth wither and decay , 
 
 -^^ And with the ruine downe my felfe doe fall y 
 
 Whofe pride did loath on furer ground to flay , 
 
 But needes would raigne as king vpon the wall ^ 
 
 To overlooke in fcorne the rnrubs below , 
 
 That did ( I find ) in greater fafetie growe . 
 
 By this fame tree , are all Traditions ment , 
 And what clfe hammer 'd out of humane brainc ^ 
 That on the Rocke , to refl are not content , 
 But puffed vp with pride , and glory vaine ; 
 
 Vnto their fhame , doe moulder downe, and fall^ 
 As doth this Elder growing on the wall . 
 
 Spreta cado tandem lapidum compage foluta 
 Nee terr« ramos rebar cgere meos : 
 
 Sic freta clanguent huinano cuncfta cercbro _, 
 Vt flabilis fugiantfcedera firma d e i , 
 
 Omnls plantatio 
 quam nonplata- 
 vciit pater meus 
 cosleftisjcradica- 
 bicur . Math; 15 . 
 
 Si ad divinx tra » 
 ditionis caput, ct 
 origincm rcver- 
 tainur , ceflac 6 - 
 nis error huina- 
 nus .Ciprian ad 
 Pempeiuin . 
 
 ZaSii: Doxd», 
 
 Cj. 
 
 C#/| 
 
Cuij^ et nemim , 
 
 M 
 
 y hope is heauen , the croffe on earth my reft , 
 The foode thatfeedes me is my Saviours blond., 
 My name is faith to all I doeproteft, 
 * Tunc veiaciter What I bclceue is CathoUque and good , 
 quoluI"bTpr'o^' And as my Saviour ftriaiy doth commaund , 
 mittimus , operi- jvlv good ^ I doc with clofb and hidden hand . 
 
 bus adimplemus . ^ " 
 
 ^^rcg r . om . ^^^ Herefic 3 nor Schiflne , I doe maintaine. 
 But as Christ's coate fo my behefe is one ^ 
 I hate allfanciesTorg 'd of humane braine , 
 I let contcnt^i and vainc ftrifes alonej 
 
 If ought Pieede I crauc it from aboue ^ 
 
 And hue with all in Charitie and Lone . 
 
 Bafil : Poron . „ ■. • . ^, _, . . , - ^ _., ,. -. , , 
 
 lib • I PIT- I vrux mihi grata quics , fola et fiducia , ca;Io Sancta Tides ciicor , cunftis inea «iogmata pand» 
 •P'n- • Me rcrris ladani viilncra ( c ri R-it T E ) tua: . Abdo fed occukcRcligionis opus . 
 
 Titus .3 . Curcnt bonis dpcribus prxcjRt qui crcdunt Deo . 
 
 Mors fidci' eft fcparatio charitatis. credis in CI riRum? fac CLrilli opera 
 se;m"t'''"'ytvivat fides ma. 
 
IHI « LJ»| ««B>«W 
 
 np" he ^Ethiopian Princes at their feaftcs , 
 -■- Did vfe amid their cates , and cofUy cheere 
 A deadmans head , to place before their gueftes , 
 That it in minde might put them what they v^cre ; 
 And PHILLIP dayly oaufed one to lay. 
 Oh King remember that thou arc but clay * 
 
 If Pagans could bethinke them of their end , 
 
 And make fuch vfe of their mortalitie , 
 
 With greater hope their courfe let chriilians bend ^ 
 
 Vnto tnc haven of heavens foelicitie 5 
 
 And fo to liuc while hecre we drawe this breath ^ 
 We haue no caufe to feare , or wifh for death . 
 
 Pcrge tuo laute gcnio indulgere Philippe, 
 Impcrium cernis quam brevis hora manet t 
 
 Non properans timeo Icthum mens confcia rcdli 
 Inculcat quovis teriipore c h R i s t e veni , 
 
 Sed hoc me^tatum ab adolcfcentiaerte debet > mortem vt negligamus j fine qua mcditatione i 
 tianquillo cffe aaimo nemo poteft « 
 
 Mcmorare ftoviA 
 firaa ecnon pec- 
 cabis in eter- 
 num. Eccknaih . 
 7- 
 
 Timor futur» 
 mortis quafi cla- 
 vis carais omnes' 
 motus fupcrbia?- 
 ligno erucis atfi- 
 sir. Aiig: lib : % 
 flc doft : chrifti- 
 ana. 
 
 Bafil t^Doron . 
 lib : I. pag : 17-. 
 
 Mortem opure 
 malum timere 
 pcius . Seneca in 
 Oedipo . 
 
 Cicero in lib 4 de 
 fenc^ute . 
 
a PfalmiVAvidfci, 
 
 To the right Reverend Father /;i c o d , i o h n Bi^p ofLondo» . 
 
 lafilic-.Doron. 
 lib : I . pag : 1 1 . 
 
 * Liber onr-i; 
 Pfalniorura fim' 
 lis eft vrbi pul - 
 chrs, atque msg- 
 U£e, cui xdes c6 - 
 plurcs di^-erfequc 
 fint , cjuaruiT! fo - 
 rC5 propriis cla - 
 vibus divcififquc 
 claudantur, quie 
 ctini itt vfiXtm lo - 
 curf). cogc'ftse'pcr 
 mixt^nuc fini.3:c 
 Hilar: in prolog": 
 pfalmor cxplanat 
 
 fj.r^l }'<(■■)}> iXAV 01, 
 hi J^i-v mt^t- 
 \^.7fi ■ 01 j% iy 
 
 J^a( iv il'yti. 
 hi Ji ftW L^] 
 
 Athanafius toaio 
 priinoitiEpilV.ad 
 Marcellinuni dc 
 intcrprcta : pfal - 
 nioi-um . 
 
 TO fiindry keies doth "^ h i l a r i e compare 
 The holy Pfalaies.of that prophctique King , 
 Caufc in their Natures fo difpof'd they are , 
 That as it were , by fiindry dores they bring. 
 The foulc of man , oppreft with deadly finnc , 
 Vnto the Tlirone ^ where he may mercy winne . 
 
 For wouldft thou in thy Saviour "^ ftill reioyce , 
 Or for thy fumes , with teares lament and pray , 
 Or fui!^ his praifes with thy heart and voice , 
 Or for his mercies giuc him thankes alway > 
 Set DAVIDS Pfalmes , a mirrour to thy mind , 
 But with his Zcalc , and heavenly fpirit ioi-ii 'd . 
 
 Clavibu? inncxishymnos httarivs n^>iat, 
 Icff«i cccinic quos pia Rlufa fenis , 
 
 F-- ri'vc, intuimcros aditus hi quippe rccJudant 
 Wens quibtis a;i:herci pulfat AfyU d r r . 
 
 Prifts 
 
Vriu^ ahlue fordcs . 
 
 lo 
 
 ctV •ivi'/lcti. 
 Hcfiod: 
 
 X/W" H O takes in hand to tiirne this facred booke, 
 ^ ^ And heavenly wifedome , doth from hence require , 
 His handes be cleane , I wifh him firfl: to looke ; 
 No Dog or Swine , that walloweth in die mire , 
 
 Let dare to come, this pretious lewellnigh. 
 
 The foe to filth , and allimpuritie . 
 
 But if thou needes wilt launch into this fea , 
 
 Where Lambes may wade, and Elephants may fwimmc , 
 
 Call all vncleane affcdions away , 
 
 And firft with heartie prayer call on him , 
 
 Whofe holy Spirit muft guide thee in the fence , 
 
 A tjioufand times elfe better thou wert thence . 
 
 Sacra tuis manibus quicunque volumina vcifas 
 
 Soidibus immunis qui-re falutis iter : 
 Quoque volutaras carnis prius exue ccenum, 
 
 Aut Sus confilium linque lutofa d e i . 
 
 ^ * Ad Divos caltc adeunto . « Qif^^f, 
 
 D I . Sic 
 
 lafil : DoroB . 
 lib : I. pag : lo. 
 
1 1 sic f deem habemus • 
 
 To the High and mightie JAMES, King of greate Britainc, 
 
 np WOO Lions ftout the Diadem vphold , 
 stiL" k V Of famous Britaine, in their armed pawcs ; 
 
 cr se«tici»! ^' Tlif One is Red , the other is of Gold , 
 
 And one their Prince , their fea , their land and lawcs 5 
 Their loue , their league : whereby they ftill agree. 
 In concord firme , and friendly amitie . 
 
 B E L L o N A henceforth bounde in Iron bandcs , 
 Shall kifle the foote of mild triumphant peace, 
 'Nor Trumpets fterne^be heard w ichin their landcsj 
 Envie fhall pine , and all old grudges ceafe : 
 Braue Lions , fince, your quarrcll's lai 'd afide , 
 On common foe , let now your force be tri *dc . 
 
 Vnum fuftentanr gemini niadema Leones , 
 Concordes vno Principe , mente» fide . 
 
 Focderc inngnntur fimili, coeJoquc^lo^ii^ 
 Nata (^uibui P^x hac inviolanda manec . 
 
 Qn^ 
 
Qu^pla^tavf irrigaho . ' '^^-^^t- ih jp-" 1 2 
 
 T^ HE Thiftlearm'd with vengeaunce for his foe, 
 -*- And here the Rofe , faire cytheraeas flower ; 
 Together in perpetuall league doc growe. 
 On whome the Heavens doe all their favours power; 
 " For what * th' Almighties holy hand doth plant , 
 '^ Can neither coft , or catefull keeping want . 
 
 Magnifique prince, the fplendoiir of whofe face y 
 Like brighteft p h oe b v s vertiie doth reviiie ; 
 And farre away , light-loathing vice doth chafe , 
 Thcfe be thy Kealmesj that vnder thee doe thriue , 
 And which vnite , gods providence doth bleflfe , 
 With peace~ with plentie ^ and all happines . 
 
 Terror hie hoflilis , Cyprise facra ilia puell^ , 
 Ccrduus vnanimes , ct rofa vcrna virent , 
 
 Quse gelidus coelo foecundans imbcr ab alto 
 Omina dat regnis ( sumiiie Monarcha) uiis . 
 
 D2. 
 
 * t . Cm } . ^* 
 
 TO 
 
Anagiamma D : 
 Gul:Foulch. 
 
 13 TOTHE THRICE-VERTVOVS,AND 
 FAIREST OF Q.VEENES, ANNE QVEENE 
 OF GREAT BRITAINE. 
 
 In ANNA rcgnantiiim arbor. 
 ANNA Britmnorum Regina. . 
 
 xrassBSiasaBaaas 
 
 osaasHiBal 
 
 A 
 
 N Oliue lo, with brauiiches faire difpred , 
 Whofe top doth reach vnto the azure skie > 
 Much feeming to difdaine , with loftie head 
 The Cedar , and thofe Pines oFthessalie, 
 Fairefl; of Queenes, thou art thy felfe the Tree , 
 The fruitc * thy children, hopefull Princes three. 
 
 ?ibcronun7 Ta- \A/hich thus I gheffe , fhall with their outftretcht amies , 
 In time o relpread buropa s continent , 
 pareeic fubiec- ^ To fhield and fhadc , the innocent from harmes , 
 But overtop the proud and infolent : 
 
 Remaining 5 raigning , in their glories greene , 
 While man on earth 3 or Moone in heauen is fccne . 
 
 Fatum 
 
 • Non claffes , 
 no" Lcgiones , 
 ] eri iiic fi.ma im- 
 tciii muniinenta 
 oi'.am numcrum 
 
 cii.&c. 
 
Fatnm fubfcribat EUza . 
 
 14 
 
 To the moft excellent Princefle Elizabeth, oncly Daughter to 
 oiir Sovcraigne Lord King i a m e s , King of great britaine. 
 
 ELiSABETHA Stcuarta . Has Artes beata velit . 
 
 AaagramoM , 
 
 17 A I R E Princefle , great , reli gioiis , modeft , wife 5 
 
 -■- By birth , by zeale , behauiour , iudgment found ^ 
 
 By whofe faire arme,my Mufe did firfl arile , 
 
 That crept before full lowly on the ground , 
 And durfl not yet from her darke (hade afpire , 
 Till thou fweete Sunne, didft helpe to raife her higher » 
 
 Thus fince by thee, fhee hath her life and fappc. 
 
 And findes her growth by thy deere cherifhmcnt. 
 
 In thy faire eie confiftes her future hap ; 
 
 Heere write her fate , her date , her banifhment ^ 
 Or may fhe that day-lafting Lillie be , 
 Or"*" soLi-sEQvivMC'reto follow thee . 
 
 D 3 . Aufpice 
 
 * The flower' 
 
 of the Sunne 
 i fome take it 
 for the Mari- 
 gold ) continu- 
 ally following 
 the fame . 
 
15 Aufpice ecefo , 
 
 To thi mojl ChriHian King l o v i s , XIII . King of 
 
 FRAVNCE ^WnAVARRE, 
 
 iiii.occifia * HenricusIVGalliarumRex. 
 
 R^t^IST^g"? ^^ HemmexttrgisJiavillac. 
 
 A /I O S T Chriftian King , if yet haft tiirn'd away , 
 
 IVl xhofe kindly rivcrs^froni thy royall eies 
 
 For Fathers loffc , this Httle view I pray 
 
 Our iVtufe referues from his late Exequies: 
 The leaft of littles , yea though leffe it be , 
 It's thine, and figne, of her loues loyaltie . 
 
 Which , wherefoe're prefented to thy view, 
 * Trh 1,-iia call- ( For all thinges teach vs ) thinke a lieavenly mind 
 
 ttir uelata .Si-r i i i 11 t>1. 
 
 ciidioveo. Is meant vnto thee , by that cuUour Islev/ , 
 
 The Gold 5 the golden plcntie thou doft find s 
 
 The number of thy "^ Heavcn-fcnt Lillies , three , 
 Is concord 's ground , the fwcetcft harmonic . 
 
 VmU 
 
Vmtavalebuftt* j$ 
 
 ^o the high arfdmightie p h i l l i p King of Sfdne ^Co 
 
 ^T^ O you great Prince 5 ftrong ftay , and powerfullprop 
 '*' Of Chriftian ftate , who by thy feared might , 
 
 And rcftles care ; the fame fiipportefl vp ; 
 
 From neighbour mahovnds vndermining ^ight j 
 From thy cade's pillars , to the weft as farrc^ 
 As THETIS leades vs to the Southerne ftarre. 
 
 I offer vp thefe Arrowcs , with the Tree 
 Of thy * Grenade 3 the 5ymboIe long agoc 
 Of great fernando's famous * vi<Sborie , 
 What Time he gaue the m o o r e s their overthrow : 
 Though here it may impart , the fruite that fpringcs 
 By Peace and concord of all Chriftian Kingcs . 
 
 TO 
 
 * In the time 
 
 of King HENRY 
 
 the 7 . in me- 
 moiy of which 
 battailc wonne 
 by Archcie , 
 the (heafc of 
 Arrowcs is ycc 
 giucn on the 
 Spaiiifh coine. 
 
Anagnmma An- 
 ikons. 
 
 17 TO THE MOST RENOWNED, AND 
 
 Hopefull 5 H E N R I E Prince of vv a l e s , &:c. 
 
 H E NR I c V s Wallii: Princcps . 
 Par ^chillis, Puer vne vinces . 
 
 nr^ H V S^thus young h e n r y, like Maccdo * s fonnc , 
 
 •*- Ought* ft thou in amies before thy people fhine. 
 A prodigiefor foes to gaze vpon , 
 But ftill a glorious Load-ftarre vnto thine : 
 Or fecond p h oe b v s whofe all piercing ray , 
 Shall cheare our heartes , and chafe our feares away . 
 
 That ( once as'^PHiLLip)iAMEs may fay of thee , 
 Thy BRiTAiNE fcarcely fhall thy courage hold. 
 That whether t v-r k e , s ? a i n e , f r a v n c e, or i t al 1 1 , 
 The R E D-s*H AN K E 3 or the i r i s h Rebell bold^ 
 Shall rouze thee vp , thy Trophces may be more , 
 Then all the henries ever liu'd before . 
 
 WaSc tua virture decus, fpcs a!ma ERiTANNVM Provocci HiiVanus, feu Turca,rcbcllisHibcrn«« 
 Ba/il : Doro« . Aixcr AtBXANDEa coofpicicndc tuis : Kcruius a tcij^o five laccffat inops . 
 
 E corporc; 
 
 * Plutarch in A- 
 Idcaadro . 
 
Ecorprefulchro Gratior. xS 
 
 TO THE RIGHT NOBLE, AND MOST 
 TOWARDLY YOVNG PRINCE, Ci/>4^L£^ 
 DVKE OF rORKE. 
 
 C W E E T E Diike^that bear'ft thy Fathers Image right 
 ^ Afwell in'^bodie5asthy tov/ardlymindj 
 Within whofe cheeke * me thinkes in Red and white 
 Appcare the Roles yet againe conioind j 
 
 Where , howfoe're their warres appeafed be. 
 
 Each, ftriiies with each , for Soveraignitie . 
 
 Since Nature then in her faire - Angell mould , 
 Hath framd thy bodie , fhew 'd her beft of art : 
 Oh let thy mind the -^ faireft virtues hold , 
 Which are the beautie of thy better part : 
 
 And which5( braue charles) fhall make vs * louc thee more. 
 
 Then all thy ftate we outwardly adore . 
 
 
 vjtietur roihiV»- 
 Hus quxpiam , ae 
 gratia concomi' 
 tari principcm . 
 Xcnoph: in HicB 
 
 * Et divitiaram , 
 «tform* gloria» 
 fluxaatqucfragi- 
 lis eft, vircus ela - 
 raaicernaqueha» 
 bccur . Salttil : 
 Cat: 
 
 Menander . 
 
 El* 
 
 To 
 
Aaaptaamx All 
 
 ip TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE robert, 
 
 ^ EARLE'OF SALisBVRiri:,. AKD^lORDiHIGH 
 . \ A >i \r. ■ TRE A SOR5R1 0>F^ V^r$rA (f o s, .«fCTi/^ ;/ o T 
 
 ROBERTVS CAECILIVS. 
 
 Js coelebs , Trit cnra . 
 
 T 
 
 H ' Arabian- p h oie m i x heers , qF goldqii plumcS; j.. 
 Anid^^biciebreft^vpoiiafacredpile ;;; 
 Of fweeteft odors , thus himfelfc contumes ; ^, 
 By force of p m oe b v s fiery bcames , the while , 
 From fborth the afhes of the former dead 5, 
 A faire, or fairer , by and ty is bred , 
 
 iAiiiecaiiiscu- Voa3you(Gr^atLord)this wondrous phoenix arc, 
 rafatigat, Tcxat Who Waft vour fclfe in Zcalc , and whot dcfire , 
 
 aHunos nova _ ^ ^^ < 1 •11 • 1 i v 
 
 tempcAas.scnc- Of Coiintrics good-, till intos cnd ^ your care 
 
 Shall workeyoiirend ^as doth this p h oe n rx fire . 
 But while you are confunting inihc£uriey : ' 
 You breccie .i fecond ^ your inimortall rair.e . 
 
 «a. 
 
 TO 
 
Uis [ervire. lo 
 
 7*t? the Right Bcncurdble andmyfingnler good Lord henry 
 H o V V A K D EAYle oj NoYtlh^mfton , Lordfrivie SeaU . e^r. 
 
 HENRICVS HOV.VARDVS Comes Northamptonicnfis . Anagramnu k» 
 
 r. Pttis , Caffus hnic mentis honor , were honor andm . :. «1>«m . 
 
 •^^ ( Whereoii ot tertupare:th^ Symbolcs piac't^V ' ''^^•-''/. 
 
 Wbich day and night , full c^rcfiilly he keepes"',"^'^ ^\^[ "" fr^/^ ' 
 Leaftthat fo facrcd thine mouffht be defac't \ ''/' ^^^ '^''-^''^'' 
 By Tunc , or Eiivie , who notfarre away ^ '^a-^'^ 
 
 Doc lurke to bring the faine ynt'p.ckcay.q "io ?.ionolD 35fi?i 
 
 GrcatLordjbyth* Altar PietieismeafV^^^ 
 
 Thus , wherevpon is virtue featedfure ;;;? ^"-^^^ ^^frtmsO alori ; 
 
 Which thou prorcaeft withde^rc cherifflrtitft'^^'^' S ■'^^''•^? 
 
 And doft thy beft: > thcit rafetic:co procure '^ ^' ' ■ ""'^'■^\ ^dX 
 By howerly cal^, n^ d'oth tliis tiou white ■ - ' '^ ^-^ 
 
 Tipc of thy mildncs ^ and thy feared might' ^ 
 
 ♦ ,.,^ E2i QloYt$ 
 
if 'GldrikPrihbipum . 
 
 To iVe rkrjifruetj Nobte , and mofi Honourable Lord 
 WILLIAM, EarU ofPenbrooke . 
 
 f«n,cd:Adriani A LADIE fairc^whowithMaicftiquegracCj, 
 i»p ► /\ Supportes a huge5aiid (lately Pyramis . 
 
 ( Suchis th*oI<i Monarches longagoe did place , 
 By N I L V s bankes' 5 to kecpe their memories ; ) 
 Whofe brow (with all the orient Pearlcs befct 5) 
 Begirte's arich andpretious Coronet . 
 
 Shee Gloric is of Princes , as I find 
 Defcrib'd in Moneies , and in Meddailes old ; 
 Thofe Gemmes are glbrious proiedes of the mind 5 
 Adorning more their Roiall heades , then Gold . 
 The Pyramis the worldes great wonderment , 
 Is of their fame , fome * lafting Moniment . 
 
 * Ingeniipr*- 
 elara faciiiora fi - 
 «uc Anima Iin - 
 tnorulia fimi . 
 Salull : 
 
 Qvid: ad LIvuh». 
 
 :M> 
 
 Fadti Duels vivcnt operofaquc gloria rerum 
 Hjecmaaethajcavidoseffugic vnarogos. 
 
 Zagiofte 
 
To the right Honourable Sir lytiws caesak. Knight* 
 
 w 
 
 H O fits at fterne of Common wealth , and ftatc 
 Of s chardge and office heere may take a view , 
 
 And fee what daungers howerly mult amate , 
 
 His A T L A s-burden , and what cares accrew 
 
 At once , fo that he had * enough to bearc , 
 
 Though HERCVLESjOr BRIAREVS hcWCK. 
 
 He muft be ttrongly arm'd againft his iocs 
 Without , within , with hidden Patience : 
 Be feru'd with * eies , and liftening cares of thofc. 
 Who from all partes can giue intelligence 
 
 To gall his foe , or timely to prevent 
 
 At home his malice , and intendiment . 
 
 That wand is figne of high Authoritie , 
 
 * The Poppie heads , that wifdome would betimc, 
 
 * Cut of ranke weedes , by might, or poUicic , 
 As mought nioleft , or over-proudly clime : 
 
 The Lion warnes , no thought to harbour baft , 
 The Booke , how lawes muft giue his proie6les place , 
 
 -,(,:i -'■ 
 
 ♦ Princcpsfwi 
 
 : fcientia nonpo» 
 
 I tcft cunda como 
 
 , plc^i . Tacitu* 
 
 Annal : j . Nec- 
 
 vn usmcntem 
 
 molis tantz cflc 
 
 A*r^ 
 
 Xenophon . is 
 
 • Rf X Telat lieli* 
 berabundus in 
 horcum cdiun 
 tranHc &c . 
 livi : ]ib : prim» 
 Decad : i . 
 
 U: 
 
 -vori 
 yiO) 
 
 * Ne padatur he= 
 bclccre aciem 
 Aiarauthoriutu» 
 Tacicui 
 Anna}: I. 
 
 fffS 
 
His ormrl aut wwrl . 
 
 To.the right Honourabk , itri^ mofi mhh Lord., y f n r t ," 
 
 E/irl: of South/iV7pton . '^^■^'^^- -••*'«» 
 
 -•oqnon ; 
 
 • :;:ocT 
 
 1.15;;: 
 '(•-■J,;;.:) J 
 
 hioaol ; ■ ' • 
 
 ?. :'iuif ^ 'T^ H R E E Girloiidcs once , c o l o n n a did deviitc 
 
 oifini| : <iil 
 
 ■*- For his Imprefa , each in other ioin;'d ^ 
 The firft of o l i v e , due vnto the wrfe , V " ; V :; -, 
 The learned brow^ the l a v r e l l' gre,c;"i'c to'b'ind: 
 
 The o K E N was his due aboue the reft , 
 
 Who had deferued in the Battiiile bell . 
 
 His meaning was , his mind he Wonld appHjr/ , 'j/ . 
 By due defert, to challenge each , his pi-izc:^^, ^ ../, 
 And rather choofe a thouland times to ^ic.^->\[-^m 
 ^cn not be learned , valiant , and wife . ,:-,-, ^^.^ 
 
 How fewealas , doc novv^ adoies W|3 findc; ^ ^ijr:?ri o\f\Hr-^ DfTT * 
 « ( Great Lord ) that bearc y th^ priiely noble mindinr: *^o juD ' 
 
 ^ .. ,. b i .: d .jmgpljs fix) j; 3ft:>i;orirQi:j , £Dn-ir. v.- n n i J ^/{1' 
 ■5:)tl<] aofioiotq M c.-jjg ii:;rti a;) vvsL 7/0x1 c ^-^o^'X/i^^t»'^/ 
 
 . I : be»' 
 
 
Merentl^. 
 
 M 
 
 i:ix5 ira rttv»*-"^**'*^'^ ifi.^ 
 
 *\ /T 7" HEN Troian youth v^ent out into the field , 
 ^ ^ With courage bold , againft the Greekcs to fight 5 
 With^ naked Sword they marched , and their Shield 
 Devoide of charge , faue only painted white : 
 Herein the Captaine with his hand did write , 
 
 ( The Battaiie done ^ ) fomc Enfigne of his fame , 
 Who had by valour ,beft dcferu'd the fame , 
 
 Oh Age of lufticc , yet vnlike to this 
 Wherein wee Hue , where m o.m e and m i d a s iharc 
 ■* In vertues merit , and th ' inglorious is 
 Allow 'd the place fometimes in Honours chairc , 
 Wherein Armes , ill ^ but worfer ^ Artes doe fare , 
 Times haft ^be gone ^ with all the fpeede ye may. 
 That thus we liu 'd ^no after Age may % • 
 
 * Enfe levls tmi* 
 pannaqueingl*» 
 rius alba . Virg^ 
 
 * Vlrtuds Hona» 
 vberrimnm ali - 
 tnennun . Valer* 
 Max : lie vS^SSi 
 
 fahitm 
 
if fcpficitasfuhtfCM . 
 
 To my Honour Able Lord OLIVER Lord Saint iOHlf 
 
 ofBletnejho, 
 
 .<,iiaM,mm«. V OE L I C I T I E by 1 V L I A oiice devif'd 
 
 -■- This fhape doth bcare , a Ladie lonely bright 
 """ ' "i With Mercuries Caduceus ^ enthroniz'd , 
 
 Her golden hairc with flowery girlonds dight : 
 The home of plentie^ th'other hand doth hold 
 With all the friiites, and dainties may be told • 
 
 For why? content, fhc raigneth like a Qiieci\c 5 
 Richell: in Qui^t , and the Nlu^es skill. 
 Without the which, wee moft vnhappie becnc 
 * Qu» c t»men ) The "^ plcutie that her horned cup doth fill ; 
 JcJcrkfUro"s Out labours fruitCj the which when we poflcfle 
 5citTs?Fr:t!" Wee haue attaind our worldly happines . 
 
 '<ii^C<X.\'iC'^ 
 
 Vo^rffU 
 
T>o^rind, 
 
 26 
 
 ILJ E E R E Learning fits , a comely Dame in yeares 5 
 "*■ ^ Vpon wliof: head , a heavenly dew doth fall : 
 Within her lap , an opened bookc appeares : 
 Her right hand iTiewes , a funne that fliines to all 5 
 
 * Blind Ignorance, expelling with that* light; 
 
 The Scepter iliewcs , her power and foveraigne might • 
 
 Her out * fpread Armes , and bookc her readines ^ 
 T ' imbrace all men , and entertaine their loue ; 
 The fhowcr, thofe facred graces doth exprellc 
 By Science , that do flow from heaven abouc . 
 
 Her age declares t!ie ftudie , and the paine ; 
 
 Of many yeares , ere we our knowledge gaine . 
 
 ViaadDcutneft Scicntia quasad inftitutionem re£lc ct 
 honettc viyendiperiinct , 
 
 ■Exempla om- 
 h iacerenc ifi. 
 tenebris nifi ]ite- 
 raruin lumen Hif- 
 tori^ acccvleret. 
 Cicero, pro Ar- 
 chia Poeca . 
 
 * Studiis ncli're- 
 ris res fecund* ' 
 ornantur adverfi 
 iuvantur : Cic: asl 
 Luceium Epi^ . 5 
 famihvide plura 
 in orat : pro Ai- 
 diia poeta . 
 
 Hugo. 
 
 Fi. 
 
 Sh^ 
 
yt SlnereflnxiL 
 
 TO the honottrahie Lord, the L : UmnTton .' 
 
 B ! Piiiiippi syd - n~^ HE C A S P I A N Sea, as Hiftories do fliow , 
 "'^' • -*- (Whome Rocky Shores, on every fide furroiind, ) 
 
 Was never (eene by man, to ebbe and flow : 
 But ftill abides the fame, within his bound ; 
 That drought no whit, diminillicth his ftore , 
 Nor neighbour ftreamcs , au2;mcnt his ercatnes more. 
 
 Thus fhould we beare, one and the felfe-fame faile ^ 
 In what ere fortune , pleafeth God to fend , 
 In rnid'ft of trouble , not of courage faile , 
 Nor be to proude, when fortune is our frend: 
 And in all hcneft a6tcs, we take in hand , 
 Thus conftant, in our refolutions (land . 
 
 Stauis 5 {\\^is'. K 
 
 Nec txmen hic'i/nutdta qu'tes , probitapue fectmdis 
 Jntumult^ tenor idem Animo , more fa modejii 
 Fortimacrefcer/te manefft, — 
 
 His 
 
His alt} or a, 
 TO the honourable the LordPVootton . 
 
 28 
 
 ig^^^^g^^^gt^fl 
 
 "V/" E E Nobleft fprightes, that with the bird of i o v e , 
 •^ Haiie learnt to Icaue, and loath ^ this bafer earth , 
 And mount, by your infpired thoughtes aboue , 
 * To heaven-ward, home-ward, whence you had your birth ; 
 
 Take to you this , that Monarches may envie ^ 
 
 Your heartcs content , and high foelicitie . 
 
 You, you, that over-looke the cloudes of care , 
 
 And fmile to fee a multitude of Antes , 
 
 Vppon this circle, ftriuing here and there , 
 
 For THINE and mine, yet pine amid their Wantesj 
 
 While yce your felues , (it as fpedators free , 
 
 From adion , in their follies tragardie . 
 
 * virtus reclu- 
 dcns immentis 
 mori 
 
 CcElum , ncgata 
 tentat iter via 
 Coctusque yiiJga- 
 res, ct vdain foct- 
 nithumum 
 fugiente penna: 
 Horac : 3 carm j 
 ode . a . 
 
 boL 
 
2 ^ Sol alter , ver'ttn <• . 
 
 To the Honourable Sir e d w ar d coke. Lord chcifc 
 luftice of the common Picas . 
 
 ^T^ H E fiery Coales , that in the filent night , 
 
 -*- ( When vaile of darknes , all had overlpred) 
 With glowing heate , about did gine their light , 
 Since glorious ? h oe b v s hath difcovered 
 
 Doe loofe for>rthwith their fplcndor . at his fight ; 
 And of themfelues , doe fall to Cinders quite . 
 
 So * traiterous proiccles , while they lie obfcure , 
 L'tuHacn-ic-''' They clofcly fecdc theplotter , with their light , 
 gis foknt. Who thinkes within , he hath the matter fiire , 
 
 Not dreaming how 5 the Truth that fhineth bright \ 
 
 . Will foonercveale the fccret of his thought V 
 And bring his ripeft pradifes to nought . 
 
 Nu!k effepotefi in tumifccler'ti immmitnte piniendd crudelhas , 
 Cicero. 4. inCatilin. 
 
 Rex 
 
Rex medicmfatrt<e 
 
 A 
 
 DRAGON lo, a Scepter graf ■ irrz ^^'ft 
 Within his paw : doth Aiew a King fhould be 
 Like ^fculapiiis, ev'er watcnfull plac'i; 
 Amongft his fiibicfls, and with skill to fee , 
 To what ill huinors, of th'infedious mind. 
 , The multitude , are moft of all inclind . 
 
 And when he findcs corruption to abound , 
 
 In that Huge body , of all vices ill , 
 
 To purge betimes , or elfe to -^ launch the wound , 
 
 Leaft more, and more , it ranckles inward ftill : 
 Or when he would , it bring to former ftate ^ 
 Pafl all recure, his phifick cornes to late . 
 
 Qu^mala contraxitpopulus contagia morum^ 
 Nepigeat mcdica totrefecafTe manu : 
 
 (EtRegesolimiuvitmedicina)vencnis, 
 Hinc citus occurras quae valuere mora , 
 
 Meum : xj» 
 
 * Imme^icaliile 
 vulnus enfe reic" 
 candum eft ne 
 
 Ears fincera tra« 
 atwr . Orid» 
 
 ^rotegere 
 
Jl 
 
 Prote^ereRczmm, 
 
 ■''" \ y\ 7' H I L E deadly foes , their engines haue prcpard _, 
 ^^ with furie fierce, to batter dov/ne the walks. 
 My dutie is die Citie gate to guard , 
 And to rebate their Rammes , and iierie balls': 
 So that if linncly , I do ftaiid without. 
 Within the other , neede no daiinger doubt 
 
 Dread Soveraigne/^ MB S , whofe puiflant name to hearc. 
 
 The Turke may tremble , and the Traitor pine ; 
 
 Beloii'd of all thy people , farrc and ncerc : 
 
 Bee thou, aS this Port-cullies , viito thine , 
 Defend v/ithout , and thou wimin fhak fee , • 
 A thoufand thoufand , line and die with thee . 
 
 Obfcfl'is ut opsfn certo iiiuni;rane pra'flcm, 
 (^ii^-Vioti fumneo (inmiia'creata mihi. 
 Si^ catarafratuis (anrmcfe Mon2icha)Britannis, 
 Inrus et invenies pcdtoi'afiima ubi. 
 
 Si ftatus Imperii, aut falu"; provihcinriim 
 
 in difcrimcn vcrtatur, dcbcbit (Princcps ) in acic fiaic. 
 
 . t 1 
 
 Tacit : 4. Hill . 
 
 Dies 
 
Dks etwgemum, 
 TO the XPorthie Ladie the L: 'E:W, 
 
 j^^^M<i^ j j i ai— ■g iLtt. ii n, » w i » iii j iiiii I m il 
 
 3» 
 
 
 mm 
 
 T 
 
 H E feirccfl: natures ;v."I:ome in yoiithfull prime , 
 Nor couufcl good, nor reafons rule , could tame , 
 Are by their ov/ne experience^ and in time ; 
 To order brought , and ^ taught themfelves to frame^, 
 To honcft courfes , and to loath the. wai es , 
 So well thev liked, in their vouthf uli daies . 
 
 Why- then dilpaire yec Madame , of your ibnne , 
 Whofe wit, as in the iappe, doth but abound : 
 ^Thcfcbraunchcsprun'd', that over rancUie rimnc^ 
 You'le find ija time, the bodie inward found : 
 
 When Dullard fprightes , hkc fenny flagges belowc. 
 Or fruidles bcene^, or rot while they do grow . 
 
 Eximrt fpfa dtes omnes dcmfore mmd>.ti^ 
 Quoc^g^ ftiit vitmm, defmit efse^ mora. , 
 
 * Ingenia tiomx. 
 vt mobiles cc gc- 
 nerofi cqui , me- 
 lius facili frccno , 
 regunrur : Sene- 
 ca ae cleinenda. 
 
 "* VcUem inaiiO - 
 lefcenBc quod , 
 • ampuccm. 
 Cicero j de oii- 
 
 Ovid:i. de'arte 
 amandi . 
 
 Labor 
 

 •i J Labor viris comjcnit . 
 
 TO themofl Honor Me Lord, the L: Dfnrccell, 
 
 • primus rump- 
 C.clab'iiCi 
 
 !)ri:r.ui iter fHrnp- 
 ifle pedes. Sil: i. 
 
 * Ipfe manu fua 
 pila geres profce- 
 dit aniieJi milicis 
 orapedes moftrac 
 tolerarc labo- 
 rcm, noniuber. 
 LucandcCato- 
 ne. 
 
 Mundirias mulic- 
 ribus laborem vi. 
 ri? convenire . 
 Marius apud Sa - 
 liiltium . ; 
 
 Virgil AEneid : i 
 
 WH O tliii ftcch afrer Honor , and renowne , 
 By variant ad , or lafting woikc ofwir ; 
 In v:;ine he doih expetfi , her glorious crowne , 
 Except by labor, he archei veth it 3 
 
 And fv. c Jtie brow , for never merit may , 
 To droufie (loath, impart her living bay . 
 
 ^ H AMILC ARS fonnc , hence fliallthy glory line. 
 Who or'e the Alpes , didftforcmoft lead the way , 
 ' With Cscfars eeke , that v/ould the onfet giue , 
 And firft on footc , the 'deepcfb foor.ds affay : 
 Let Carpet Knightes, of Ladies favours boall. 
 The manly hart , brave A6lion loveth moft • 
 
 cc 
 
 Difcefuer virt litem ^xme vertimq^ laborem 
 Forttin^am ex dins ': nunc te men- dexter a bello 
 Defenfumdabit , et magna inter frdtnia ducet, 
 
 Bk 
 
£xntaliitHorihpts hoH£ leges, jiji 
 
 To the mofl: ludicious , and learned , Sir FRANCIS BACON, Knight . 
 
 np H E Viper here, that ftiing the fliccphcard fwainc ,, 
 
 -■- (Whilecarelcsof hiiiifelteafleepehelay,) 
 With Hyfopc caught , is cut by him in twaine , 
 Her fat might take , the poifon quite away , 
 And heale his wound , that wonder tis to fee , 
 Suchfoveraignehelpe, fhouldin a Serpent be. 
 
 By this fame Leach , is meant the virtuous King , 
 Who can with cunning, out of manners ill , 
 Make wholefome lawcs , "^ and take away the fting , 
 Wherewith foule vice , doth greeue the virtuous ftill : 
 Or can prevent, by quicke and wife forefight , 
 Infection ere, it gathers further might . 
 
 Afra venenato pupugit qiicin vipcra moiTu , 
 Dux Gregib antidotum Ixlus ab hofte petit ; 
 
 Vipereis itiiem leges ex moribusaptas 
 
 Doftus Apollinca conficit arte SOLON. 
 
 » riciornai emea* 
 «[arricem legem 
 tflc oportct Cie t 
 I . dc iegibus . 
 
 SalusCiv'tadsiM 
 IcgiUis . Arift : 
 
 Yitiis qua» pliirimi mcnti 
 F<rmlneje nacura deuic humaiu maLgnas 
 
 Cura dcciit leges , er quod nawa rcmittit 
 Iiiv:«ia iU» iicgaDC &c. 
 
 Gi. TO 
 
 Ovid Mctamof J 
 lib 10. 
 
Arugramma Au < 
 
 thoris . 
 
 35 To thi right voorfhfpfuH Sir Thomas Chdoner , Knight .] 
 
 EH hac a/mui honor , . 
 Thomas Chaloneriis . . 
 
 TLJ E E R E Virtue ftandes , and doth impart a fcroiilc 
 '*■'*' To Hving fame , to pubhfli farre and neerc : 
 The man whofe name , ilie did within enroiile , 
 And kept to view 5 vnfccne this many ycare , 
 That erfl: me thought , fhe feemed to cnvie , 
 The world his worth , his fame, and mcmoriCo . 
 
 But fince iTic fees , the Mufe is left forlorne , 
 And fortune fawning , on the worthies wight , 
 And eke her felfe , not cherifht as beforne . 
 She bringes Moeccnas once againe to light : , 
 The man (if anyclfe) a frcnd to Artcs , 
 And good rewarder ^ of all beft dcfertes*. 
 
 Vhtm 
 
V/rtits Romamet a^fi^ua . 3 6 
 
 Totherf^htxcot^o/ffullSir D AVID MFRRAY Kntght , 
 
 T 
 
 H V S HERC^LES^xht Romanes did devife ^ 
 And ill their Temples , him a place aflignd ; 
 To reprefent vnto the peoples eies , 
 The image of, th* Heroiqiie virtuous mind : 
 Who like A L C i D E S ^x.o\\tr: lading praifc , 
 In adion ftill , dehghtes to Ipend her dayes . 
 
 WithinAvhofe hand .three apples are of gold , 
 The fame which from th'Hefperides helctcht, 
 Thefc are the three Hcroique vertucs old , 
 The Lions skinne , about his fhoulders ftretcht , 
 Notes fortitude 5 his Clubbe the crabbed painc , 
 To braue atchciuemcnts , ere we can attains . 
 
 Mecum honor ctlaucies , etlxto gloria vultu , 
 Et dccus , et niveis Victoria concolor alis : 
 M; cinctus Lauro perducicad aftra tiiumphus, 
 Oifta mihi doraui, cc celfo ftant coUe pcnaces . 
 G2 
 
 Virtus liotninis 
 proprium bonum 
 Tacitus lib : 4 .. 
 
 t . ModcratioQ 
 of anger . 
 
 t. Contempt of 
 pleafure . 
 
 % , Abftinencc 
 from covet*-* 
 
 Siliusltal-.libij 
 Vircus loqui- 
 tur 
 
 SJc 
 
37 
 
 Sic vtdc duki , 
 
 Ad generofiptmum et opt : fpeiiuvenem NobilemV.C.M. in Italiam 
 nuperrime projccium . 
 
 np HE Spartan virgincs, ere they had compofed; 
 * Theire Girlonds, of the faireft flowers to fight: 
 The wholefom'ft herbcs , they heere withall inclofed , 
 And fo their hcades , full ioUily they dight , 
 
 In memorie of that fame leach they Wright : 
 ' Who firft brought fimples, and their vfc to light. 
 
 So ye braue Lord, who like the heavenly Sphasrc , 
 Delight in motion,and aboute to roame : 
 Muft learne to mixc in travaile farre and neerc , 
 With pleaf ire profitc, that returning home \ 
 
 Your skill , and Judgment , more may make you knowcn^ 
 Then your French fuitc, or locke fo largly growen . 
 
 Lioii»?''^'*'^ For who's he, that*'; not ravilTit wirh delight , 
 
 Farre Countries, Courtes, and Citi^^s, llraung tofec 5 
 
 To 
 
38- 
 
 To hauc old Rome , prefentcd to his f^ght : 
 
 T'r^^-walls, or Virgils fwecte Tarthemfe . 
 
 * Yet nothing worth , vnles ye herewith find , 
 The friiites of skill , and bettering of your mind . 
 
 Omnis pcrcgrinatio obfcura et fordida eft lis , quorum induftria in patria potcfl 
 clTc Celebris . Cicero ad cxliuin . Epilt . 
 
 Tandem divuiganda. 
 
 CongrcflTtts £ipiA 
 turn confert pru* 
 dentiam aon 
 inontc i auc 
 mana. £uiiau% 
 
 nr^ H E waightie counfels , and affaires of ftatc, 
 •■' Thewifer mannadge , with fuch cunning skilly 
 * Though long lockt vp , at laft abide the fate , 
 Of common cenfure j either good or ill ; 
 
 A\d grcateft fecrets, though they hidden lie , 
 Abroad at LiA, with Iwiftcll wing they flic • 
 
 eniRltfa^ iaai 
 
 Ciquc Principit 
 nimor excipit « 
 aecmagu eiqtti 
 •oli latere contif 
 git . Seneca 4c 
 ClQUcaoa. 
 
 Ofe 
 
3^ Opemutud . 
 
 To the right wordilpfull and my ftnguler good Trend Mr: 
 ADAM NEWTON Secrctanc to Priace Henry. 
 
 *Studia rccipi- 
 JUit fpiritum cr 
 iaiiguinem Tub tc 
 Plinrin pancgyr. 
 
 ( ita) tetnporibus 
 Cuisdicendis non 
 dccrunc ingsr.ia 
 Tacittu X A;inai; 
 
 Omnis ratio ct 
 inftitutio vit e 
 adiumenta homi» 
 Bumdefidcrac . 
 Cicero in oS\c : 
 
 'T*^ H E Laurel ioyncd to the fruitefiill vine , 
 ■■- In frcndly league perpetually doe growe , 
 The Laurell dedicate to wits divine , 
 The fruite of Bacchus that in cluflers growe , 
 Are fuch as doe cnioy the world at v/ill , 
 And (winimc in wealth , yet want the mufes skill . 
 
 This frendfnip fliould inviolate remaine , 
 The ^ rich with Bountie lliould rcwarde the Artes , 
 The living mufe fliould gratefully againe , 
 Adorne Moecenas with her learned partes : 
 
 And when his branch is drte, and v/ithered ieenc , 
 By her fupport, prefcruc him alway grecnc . 
 
 Sdonjonis 
 
Salomomsfrudenth , 
 
 40 
 
 Totk'rfgkworjhpfuf/Sr/- B /irJV VOVZIS Knight. 
 
 T 
 
 H E meanes of wifedomc, heere a booke is feenc , 
 Sometime the glory of great Salomon , 
 A Cedar branch, with Hyfope knotted greene. 
 The heart and eie withall , plac'd herevpon : 
 For from the Cedar faith the Text he knew ^ 
 Vnto the Hyfope , all that ever grew . 
 
 The eie and heart , doe fhew that Princes mijft ^ 
 In weightieft matters , and affaires of (late ^ 
 Not vnto others over rafhly truft , 
 Leaft with repentance they incurre their hate. 
 But with found iudgment , and * vnpartiall cic 5 
 Difcerne themfclues twixt wrong and cquitie « . 
 
 Vis conftlij ex^ers mole mitfua . 
 
 ^ QyalU Poeia» 
 lumillc Cyclops 
 amiflb oculo , ta- 
 lis Princcps cui 
 dcHc hie eculus 
 Piudcnri*. Lip- 
 Hus ia politic : * 
 
 Vfcinortm 
 
 Horat i ode I . 
 
Vict nor urn amkhi^ 
 
 SV C H frendly league ,by nature is they fay ; 
 Betwixt the Mirtle , and Pomegranate tree , 
 Who, if not planted over-farreraway , 
 They feeke each others mutuall amitie : 
 By open fignes of Frendfhip , till at laft , 
 They one another haue with armes embrac't . 
 
 Which doth declare , how ^ neighbours fhouldvnitc 
 BusfuxTa!qH^n Thcmfeliies together, in all frendly louc ; 
 c , ^^ J ^^^^ j.j^^ Tyrants , excercife their fpight , 
 
 On one another , when no caufe doth moue : 
 But letting quarrels , and old grudges ceafe , 
 Be reconcile!, to liue, and die, in peace . 
 
 fraterprocid , 
 ProTcrlH 
 
 Orid j.Triil:4. 
 
 Vive fine Invidia ^ mollerque inglorius annos 
 Exige, amicitias et tibiiungc pares . 
 
 TO 
 
To the right Worfh/pful/S/r Edmund A^feild Knight . 42 
 
 Edmund Afhfeild . 
 Ipdd vn^amed. 
 
 Anagramma Au • 
 thoiis . 
 
 iMBi^»B mm«. i mnttJW..iJ i i w wi i tA^jjjJB i wgi» , 
 
 T 
 
 H E cloiid<<d Sunne , that weftward left our fight , 
 And for a night , in THET/Ship had flept , 
 Againe's rcturn'd ,\vith farrc more glorious light , 
 '' To checre the world , that for his abfence wept : 
 His bcames retaining , vncorrupt and pure , 
 Although he lay imprifon'd and obfcure . 
 
 * So , Sir , although the cloudes of troubles , had 
 A while conceald you , from your louing frcndes ; 
 You doe appeare at length to make them glad , 
 And fo much higher lliil your name afcendes , 
 By how much Envie , feeketh to opprefTe , 
 And dimme the fplendor of your Worthines . 
 
 Noftes rorulcn- 
 Ms volo. 
 
 * Adverfus virta - 
 tcin hoc pofTunt 
 calamicates, ec 
 damna ,cc iniurijc 
 quoJadverlas So- 
 lem Nebula po- 
 teft: Seneca E- 
 pilt : iij. 
 
 Hi. 
 
 Vr^mio 
 
43 
 
 Trcemioetpcefia, 
 
 * NecDomus, 
 nee Refpublica, 
 ftars poteft , fi in 
 ca nee rede fadis 
 jiroemia extent 
 vlla , nee luppli* 
 cia peccacis 
 Citcr : (Je natura 
 Deorum . 
 
 * illi ars triplex 
 circa peAas crat 
 Q^i fr^gilem pri- 
 mus pelago erviti- 
 mifirratcm.Ho- 
 nitius. 
 
 np H E vcrnant Bay , with lining fame fhall crowne , 
 
 -■- Vi(3:orious defar , or f\\'eetc Mards brow , 
 As due reward of Learning , and rcnowne : 
 To luftice hand , we do the Sword allow : 
 
 For by thefc two , all common-wealthes doe ftand ^ 
 
 And virtue is "^ vpheld in every land . 
 
 For Honor, Valour drawes her fword to iight, 
 * Devoide of feare , or cuts the foamy furge ; . 
 The Mufe for glorie labours day and night , 
 To braue attempts, yea this doth cowards vrge : 
 When luftice fword , th* inglorious and the bafe , 
 Vn worthy hfe, purfues with all difgracc. 
 
 0U4 
 
Quteponderemmr , 
 
 44 
 
 y .ijiii. 
 
 "P E H 0,L D laiband , extended from the.^k.^ jl 
 ^ Doth fteddilie a peized ballance hol'd- 
 The dreat^fuU Cannon , in one fcule dothl^^^H rnofi t 
 1 he Bay ith'otlier , with.a j^en of Ooldsxo'iCI ) flbob: 
 Due to the Miife , and mdi as learne,da!i:ei'<' ui -l ' 
 Th'othcr Symboie ^of tkircMUitar . .^ 'n • 
 
 Though MARS dcfcndestfeekingdomewith his might, 
 Aidbraues abroad his foe, in glorious amies, 
 Yetv.ifer PALL -^.S guides his arnie aright ^^ 
 And bcft at home prey entes all; future harincs : 
 Thenpardoh "^ Sovcraigne jif thepcnandbay^ 
 My better part , the other downe doc wey . 
 
 / 
 
 Incetti Authoil^ 
 
 * RcgfnaFlizf 
 b:tha. N.m hoe 
 cutn pauculis nli- 
 i»ex lUis HaJlilu- 
 «iiorum trophfis 
 in regia pergula 
 adbuc Icrvacis 
 «leicnpdiiius , vt 
 Miiicrva noflr4 
 iion vndiqiic noa 
 eoucioaa force. 
 
 Hi. 
 
 HihernicA 
 
45 
 
 Safil : Doron . 
 
 Hihernkx Refpuh : adlicohum Rege.n . 
 
 w 
 
 H I L E I lay bathed ill my natiue blood , ' -f 
 And yeclded nought fane harfh , & hellifli foundcs : 
 And fane from Heauen 3 1 had no hope of good , 
 Thou pittiedft ( Dread Sovcraignei) my woundes y 
 Repair'dft my rume, and with Ivorie key , 
 Didft tune my ftringes , that flackt or broken lay . 
 
 Now fince I breathed by thy Roiall hand 5 
 And found my concord , by fo fmootha tuch y 
 I giue the world abroade to vnderftand , 
 Ne're was the mufick of old Orpheus fuch 5 
 
 As that I make , by meane ( Deare Lord ) of thcc , 
 
 From difcord drawne , to fwcctcft vnitie , 
 
 Cum mea native fquallcrent fceptra criiorc , 
 Edoque lugubres vndiquc frad:a modos : 
 
 Ipfe rcdux nervos diftcndis ( Phoebe ) rebcllcs , 
 Et Itupct ad noftros Orpheus ipfe fonos . 
 
 PwrntentfA 
 
Pcenitentia, 
 
 Septic» In die ca* 
 «let iuilus ct re - 
 futget: impijai»- 
 tern corrucnt in 
 malum . Pre » 
 verb:s4* 
 
 T_J E E R E fits Repentance , folitaric ^ fad 5 
 
 Her felfe beholding in a fbuntaine cleare ^ 
 As greening for the hfe ^ that fhe hath lad: 
 One hand a filTi , the other birch doth beate , 
 
 Wherewith her bodie^fhe doth oft chafiize i 
 
 Or faftes , to curbe her fleflily enimies . 
 
 Her folemne cheare , and gazing in the fount 5 
 
 Denote her anguidi , and her greife of foule ^ 
 
 As often as her life, Aie doth recount , 
 
 Which Confcience doth , with howerly care cnroulcg 
 
 The cuUor greene, ihe moft dehe;htes to weare , 
 
 Tells how her hope jfhall overcome difpairc . 
 
 Augiftin : dc Ec- 
 Poenitencia aboleri pcccata indubitajiter credimus , et in vltimo vitje /piritu «1" ^ ^og • 4^ • 
 fl admiflorum poeniteat , 
 In tribunal mencis tucE afcende contra te , et rcum te conftituc ante tc , nolite 
 ponefe poft te , ne Deus tc ponat ante te . 
 
 Vtile propofitum eft fjevas cxtingucre flammas , 
 Nee fcrvum vitiis peftus habere fuum , 
 
 H 3 , T>oltis 
 
 Idem in libro «Ic 
 vtilitate agcndi 
 poeniccntiam . 
 
 Ovid: I He rCRI©> 
 
Dotuf. 
 
 loH . }« . 
 
 Prorerb^'4i 
 
 "F llmplelookCjWith countenance demure. 
 In golden coate , lo hjcre DECEIVE dodi flaiid. 
 With eies to heaiien vpcaft, as he were pure , 
 Or never yet , in knau 'ry had a hand , 
 
 Whofe nether partes , refcmble to our fight. 
 The figure of a fcarcfail Scrpciit right. 
 
 And by his fide , a Panther clofe vou /ee , 
 Who when he cannot eailly catch his pray , 
 Doth hide his head, and ^ict , with either icnee , 
 And llicw his back , withTpots beTpeckled gay 
 
 To oth.cr Bcaftes : which while they, gaze vpon ^ 
 
 Are vnawares , furprized every one . 
 
 Simulatores ct callidi pfovocant Iram Dei 
 Nequc clam'abunt cum vi iivB-'^fuerint , niori Jtur in tcmpcflace* aniraa 
 corum , ct vita corum inter cffceiiiinatos . 
 
 ^Abhominatio Domino dt cninis iliufor , 
 
 CrtmirJA 
 
Crmimgra.vtjsima . 
 
 4« 
 
 \ / P O N a Cock , heere Gmimede doth fit , 
 ^ Who erft rode mounted on lOVE S Eagles back^ 
 
 One hand holdes Circes wand , and ioind with it , 
 
 A cup top-fil *d with poifon , deadly black : 
 
 The other Meddals , of bafe mettals wrought , 
 With fundry moneyes , counterfeit and nought . 
 
 Thefe be thofe crimes , abhorr'd of God and man , 
 
 Which luftice fhould corre^fl, with lawes fevere , 
 
 In * Gammed ^^Q. foule Sodomitan : 
 
 W'lthin the Cock , vile inceft doth appeare : 
 
 Witchcraft , and murder , by that cup and wand , 
 And by the rcft^falfe coinc you vnderfland . 
 
 Ilia a te puniantur ( o Rex ) ne tu pro illis puniaris , Ciprian , 
 <ie vtilitace Pcjenitei. :ije . 
 
 * O fiigtf te tcne» 
 
 IX pucrorem cre- 
 dere turba: , 
 Nam caiilam in- 
 iusti 
 
 femper amoris 
 habeiit . 
 Tibullus • 
 
 Virtutem 
 
ViYtutemAUtvitiumft'c[U!Cenm . 
 
 D •.Bright in his 
 treatifc of melati- 
 clt9llie. 
 
 Horatius lib : 4 
 ode 4. 
 
 A F AMILIE iiiLibia'sfaidtobe, 
 -^"^ For prowefTe , farrc renown'd aboiie the reft : 
 With whome no whole fome diet can agree ^ 
 But eafilie 5 all poifoii they digeft : 
 
 The Afpe , the Adder , and the vipers broodc ^ 
 Are faid to yecld their ordinarie foode . 
 
 To thefe infected races ,1 refemble , 
 Of Traitors vile , as Gourie and the reft , 
 To tell whofc legend, each good heart may trembl.' 
 While Pfilli-tike yihzy fuck from Mothers brell , 
 The poifon of the fires infeilcd mind , 
 TranfmilTing it , to theirs that come behind . 
 
 Fortes creantur fortibus ct bonis, 
 Eft in iuvencis , eft in Eqiiis patrum 
 Virtus : nee imbeciliemfcroccs 
 Progcncrant Aquilx colunibam . 
 
 ros 
 
Vos vohis . 
 
 50 
 
 V 
 
 TH E painefiill Bee , when many a bitter (hower , 
 And ftorme had felt , farre from his hiue away.. 
 To feeke the fweeteft Hunny-bearing flower , 
 That might be found and was the pride of May : 
 Heere lighting on the fair'fl he mought efpie , 
 Is beaie by Drones , the waipe and buttcrflic . 
 
 So men there arc fomctimes of good defert 5 
 Who painfully hauc labour'd for the hiue , 
 Yet muft they with their merit ftand apart , 
 And giue a farre inferior leauc to thriue: 
 Or be perhaps 5 ( if gotten into grace ) 
 By waipifh Envie , beaten out of place * 
 
 II 
 
 Sk 
 
51 
 
 Sk opihui mentes . 
 
 * Magn* opes ' 
 poflfe^Tori faftiun 
 ct fuperciliutn 
 concilianr. Eras- 
 nuts. 
 
 " FoeUx qui fimul 
 opes ct mentcm 
 habet. Dcmof- 
 then : in Olynth , 
 
 SeJplures ni- 
 mia congclla pe - 
 cuHi'a cura 
 Strangulat — Iu~ 
 
 venal: Saryr. 10' 
 
 Seneca de pau« 
 pcrtace . 
 
 np HE Hyofciame , thataboiit the plaines 
 
 ■*- Of 'Itdie , doth in abundance grow , 
 Doth beare a flower, wherein a feed remaines , 
 Of Birdes the moft defir'd, ( as Herballs fliow : ) ^ 
 
 Which tafted by them, giddie downe they fall _, . 
 
 And haiie lio power , to flie away at all . 
 
 To this fame fruite , I riches doe compare , 
 Which though at firft , with {weetnes they bewitch i :. 
 Within a while , they breede our bane of care , 
 Or clfe we furfet , cloid with overmuch : ' ' '^'^^ ■ • 
 Or with their poifon, * breede out frantique fits : 
 Or with their lofTe , ^ bereaue vs of our wits , 
 
 Divitise iiiflant animos , fuperbiam ct arrogantiam pariunt , 
 invidiam trahunt , et eoufquc mentem alicnant , vt fam^a 
 pecuniae _, nos ctiam nocitura deledlct . 
 
 Vndij^ 
 
.Vndi^^pimmA\ 
 
 5^ 
 
 *\ X 7" H O ever dofl aRoiall Scepter fway , 
 ^ ^ Orfifftatflerncof publiqiiegouermeiit. 
 
 So beare thy fclfe, that all Inferiors may , 
 
 Behold thee as , a bright example fent J 
 
 From God aboiic , and cleareft light to fhow , 
 The virtuous path(js , wherein they oiightto goc • 
 
 For people , are like bufie Apes inclin'd , 
 To imitate the Soveraignes manners ftill , 
 And to his Actions, frame their varieng mind : 
 So that he ftandes, as Torch vpon a hill , 
 In open view, and ever fhining bright , 
 In good or ill , to thoufandes giuing light . 
 
 Quo fugis imperii , quifquis modcraris habenas ? 
 
 Ccii prociililliiceiis flammabenigna tuis , 
 Lumina qua; rcddas hinc indc imitamina morum 
 
 Regis ad exemplum plcbs numerofarapit . 
 
 I2. 
 
 KJ 
 
 ,MagnBm efl pcr- 
 fonain inRcpub'5 
 , tucri Prfncipis, 
 flui non animis 
 fohim debet , fed 
 dtiilis fervircci - 
 vium . Cic : Phi - 
 lip:?. 
 
 Bad] ; Doion , 
 
 'ReqJA 
 
Inter Apothcg : 
 Lycofthcnis . 
 
 Melius bcneficiis 
 Iinpcrium cufto- 
 dicur quam artnis 
 Seneca de brcvi- 
 «ace viti. 
 
 " Spesfupcreft: 
 dl ftuin Alexaadri 
 
 Cic: a de finibus* 
 
 o 
 
 F all the vertues , that doe beft bcfecme 5 
 Heroique valor , and.high Maieftie , 
 Which fooner loue 5 and Honor winne , I deemc ^ 
 None may compare , with Liber alitie : 
 
 Which well the mightie ALEXANDER knew 
 As by this Impr/fe following hecre I (hew . 
 
 Ere to the charge, he did himfelfe advance , , 
 His pLirfe by giving he would emptie quite s 
 And caufc the fame be borne vpon a launce , 
 Throughout the campe , in all the armies fight .• 
 And heerewithall proclaime , fee, all is gone 5 
 We Hue in hope , to purchafe more anon , 
 
 cc 
 
 Liberalitate qui vtuntur , benevolentiam fibi conciliant, et quod 
 aptifiTimum eft ad quiete vivendumcaritatem . 
 
 I/t 
 
In nUione confiliit . 
 
 54 
 
 np HE Dread-nought Argo 3 cuts the foaming fiirge 
 -^ Through daungers great , to get the golden prize ^ 
 
 So when our felues^ NeceiTitie doth vrge ^ 
 
 Wc iliould avoide ignoble Cowardize , 
 And vndertake with pleafure , any paine , 
 Whereby we might our wealth , or honour gainc . 
 
 For all in vaine , our partes we keepe within , 
 
 Vnleffe we ad , or put the fame in vrc : 
 
 Or hope heereafter , Fame our frend to winne , 
 
 If can no labour , conftantly endure : 
 
 Which from aboue , is with aboundance bleft ^ 
 When {lothfull wightes , by nature we deteft . 
 
 Faila, non di6la mea vos milites fequi volo . 
 Quibus fudor , pulvis , et alia talia , epulis iucundiora funt , 
 
 Ipftmecplerun- 
 tjue in operc, ia 
 agmine gregario 
 militj mixtus ia.» 
 corrupt© Ducis 
 honore: Tacitus 
 5.Hiftor: 
 
 T : Livius lib vfi 
 
 Saluft: lugutthj 
 
 l3- 
 
 Humilibm 
 
Burnt lib HS dat gratiam . 
 
 TH E MoLintaines huge , that feeme to check th 
 And all the world , with greatnes overpecre ^ 
 With Heath , or MofTe , for moll part barren Ue : 
 When valleis low , doth kindly Phoebus chcere , 
 And with his heate , in hedge and grouc begets , 
 The virgin-Primrofe 3 or fweete Violets . 
 
 So God 5 oft times denies vnto the greate , 
 The giftes of Nature , or his heavenly grace , 
 And thofe that high 3 in Honor's chaire are ^cty 
 Doc feele their wantes , when men of meaner place 
 Although they lack, the others ^olden fpring , 
 Perhaps arc bleft , aboue the richcftKing , 
 
 :sK 
 
 y: 
 
 Hiimilitas meretur vt homo viitures occuper , Quia humiljbus Deus dat graciam . 
 Bernara- in EpiT- Scrvat accepca , quia non rcquicfcit fpiritus fandus nifi fuper quietem ct humilcm , 
 fix a«l Socrum . 
 
 Candor 
 
Candor immumi erit . 
 
 5rf 
 
 ^T^ H E burning glaffc , that moft doth eather fire , 
 
 -*- While Sirian Dog doth p arch the nieddowes greene 
 Doth never burne ( a thing we much admire ) 
 The cloth , or ftuffe , that perfed v/hitc is (ctno. : 
 But foone enflames , all cullors elfe beiide , 
 The black , the blew , the red , and motley pide . 
 
 To this fame glaflc , I flaunder ftill compare , 
 That by degrees ^dotL fubtilly gather hcate^^ 
 And doth not with malicious envie Ipare , 
 The good 3 the bad , the little or the greate , 
 
 Who though fhe hath, d're other vertues power , 
 The confcience cleere , fhe never fhall devoure . 
 
 Scnpta 
 
ScriptAfJontefnereedenda . 
 
 TD Y worke of wit , who thirfteth after Fame : 
 -■^ And by the Mufe , wouldft Hue a longer day y 
 
 ^ . What ere thou writ'ft, fee carefullv the fame . 
 
 quam quod ftuka 
 eft etiam infoelix. 
 Livius 22 
 
 — nonumque prc- 
 mantur in annum 
 Horatius . 
 
 quam quo/ftuka TKoii oft petLife, and after paiife, and ftay ; 
 
 Mend what's amifle , with ARGFS hundred cies , 
 I meane advice , and ludgment of the wife . 
 
 For as in Children , eafily we behold , 
 Some neere refembhnce of the mouth , or eic : 
 Of Parents likenes : fo our.workes vnfold. 
 Our mindes true Image , to pofteritie . 
 
 Bcfide 3 lew'd lines 5 our loues 5 and leafinges vaine 
 Doe die: when wile wordes ever doe remaine . 
 
 Tukhritudo 
 
f tdchrltttdo fcemneA , 
 
 58 
 
 A VIRGIN naked 5 onaDragonfits, 
 -^*' One hand out-ftrctch'd, a chriftall glafTe doth (how : 
 The other beares a dart , that deadly hits ; 
 Vpon her head , a garland white as fnow , 
 
 Of ^ print and Lillies . Beautie moft defir'd ^ 
 
 Were I her painter, fhoiild be thus attir'd . 
 
 Her nakcdnes vs tells, iTie needes no art : 
 
 Her glalTc , how we by fight are mooud to loiic , 
 
 The woimdes vnfelt, that's giiien by the Dart 
 
 At firft , ( though deadly we it after prooue ) 
 
 The Dragon notes loues poifbn : and the flowers , ' 
 The fraiitic ( Ladies ) of that pride of yours . 
 
 Cumque aliquisdicct,fuit hsec formofa , dolebis ; 
 Et Ipeculuiiimcrwlax , cffe queiere tuiim . 
 
 N^c fcmper viola; , ncc Temper Lilia ftorcnt : 
 Ec rigct amifl'a ipina rcli<fta rofa , 
 
 Ki, H'd 
 
 * A*t!igtiftia 
 c«dunc -— 
 
 Ovid ; J. de Kf' 
 te amandi . 
 
 Idem. 
 
5P 
 
 Nil hde infipdum . 
 5^ 
 
 A SILVER Salt , heere on the Table ftandes , 
 -^*' On which the peace-full Turtle Done doth fit , 
 »Necm3gn»res Who at the botd , a * filenttonsLiecommaundes; 
 
 lultineri polluiit ,.^, , -'_ \ \ r r n\\ i» 
 
 ab CO , cui fiicre 1 hc Salt , that wc Ihonld leaion llill with it 
 
 nusiib : 4 . Difcoutfes lioneft , not with idle tongue, 
 
 Speake what we lift , to doe another wrong , 
 
 grave efl . Cur 
 tius lib : 
 
 Arid: 4 . Ethic. 
 
 imminuunt Die- Somc men thcrc are , whofe glorie's to depraue , 
 teriiMaicftaum. yVith ill rcpott , a man behind his back , 
 
 And then fuppofe , their credits beft they faue , 
 
 Advuiumdirfiti. ,x7- 1 n i -l . i ' i ' i 
 
 Cicero pro M : With liaunders Vile , wnen tney anotners crack : 
 csho. When wifedome ftaid , Vv^ill letfuch leafinges reft. 
 
 And fpeake even of, her enimie the beft , 
 
 iv/ 
 
Ni vndits ni vientcs . 
 
 60 
 
 "Wl HO wouldilciirpendinHapuincs thydaiesy ->. i "" 
 
 ^ ^ And lead a life ^ from cares «xenipt and freey'' ^- 
 See that thy mind , iPeand irremoou'd alwaies , ■ 
 Through reaibn o;rounded on firme conftancie. 
 For whom opinion doth ^ vnftaiedly fvv^ay , 
 To fortune fooncil: , fiich become a pray . - 
 
 Ycloftie Pines , that doe fupport the ftate 
 Of common weakhes , and mightie government , 
 Why ftoope ye foon'ft , vnto the blaft of fate 5 
 And fawne on Envie , to your mine bent : 
 
 Be taught by iiic , to Icornc your worfer happe , 
 TliC wane by Sea , or land the Thunderclap , 
 
 * Maximum inHi- 
 ciam malje tnea- 
 ti'>flaAaatio . Se- 
 neca in proverb : 
 
 In 
 
61 
 
 In alijf tempeUive confulentes nonfihL 
 
 np H E Y tell me Tufar^ when thou wert aliue , 
 
 -*- And hadft for profit , turned cuery ftone. 
 Where ere thou cammcft , thou couldft never thriue , 
 Though heereto beft, couldft counfel every one ^- 
 As it may in thy Husbundry appeare , 
 Wherein a frelli , thou Uu'ft amongft vs hecrc .. 
 
 So hke thy felfe , a number more are woont. 
 
 To iliarpen others ,.\vith advice of wit , 
 
 When they thcmfelucs , are like the whetftone blunt y 
 
 And httlc care , tokcepc or follow it : 
 Eeke hccre I muft , the careles Paftor blame , 
 That tcacheth well , butfoUowcs not the fame . 
 
 Qiijcquid. 
 
Quicqmd delirmt Reges — 
 
 I 
 
 T was the Cuftome of the Thracians once. 
 Ere they wouldore a frozen river pafTc , 
 
 To take a Fox jaiid turne him for the Nonce , 
 
 Vpon the Ice , to try how thick it was , 
 
 Who to the ftreame, by laienp^ downe his care. 
 Could heare the noife , and know the thickncs there . 
 
 Which if he found to tender for his weight , 
 He back returnd , and thankt them , he would none ^ 
 Which fheweth vs of fome , the fubtile fleight ^ 
 Who hazard firft , the po.ore , and weaker onc) 
 
 To ferue their turnes , whome God prelcrueth oft 5 
 When they themfelues ^ within the pit are caught ... 
 
 PkjMrch» 
 
 //i? 
 
In ttmidos et i.xEi antes . 
 
 T 
 
 H E Fenny Bitter , that delightes to b'reede 
 In thickeft iedge , by moore , and river fide , 
 By thrufting low his bill into a reedc , 
 All fummer long ^ at mornc and eventide ; 
 
 Though neere ,yet makes farre feeming fiich a foaod /' 
 That oft it doth 5 the Paircngcr aitouiidi. . 
 
 This Figure fits , two forts of people bafe , 
 The Coward one ,that will v/ith wordes affright. 
 When dares not looke , true Valor in the face : . 
 The other is , the proudevaine-glorious wight, 
 Who where he comes , will make a goodly fhow 
 Of wit , or wealth , when it is nothin,;^ fo . 
 
 
 ^i^'^^^*^^sr Q^Oj^ 
 
 ^g45^«^^ 
 
 Deos 
 
Deos infrimis ^UcAnios , 
 
 ^4 
 
 np H E Romane Ladies , yearely did prefent 
 -*- Their Jewells , and the beft attire they wore 
 
 To Velphos , which were by comniandemenc 
 
 Into a Goblet turnd , and plac't before 
 The Pythiw God , as otfling for the finne 
 Of loathed pride , they fear'd they lined in ., 
 
 A mirror for fuch wightes , as will allow 
 Religion , or the church , the leaft of all , 
 Nay , from the fame purloine they care not how , 
 Till Church perforce , hath ftript them out of all; 
 This alfo tells our gallant Dames befide , 
 No vice cffendes the Lord , fb much as pride . 
 
 Quo^in dtvims rehm fumas fumpm fipienti lucroeH, 
 
 •Plutarch in Syroi 
 
 Plautus ia Mllite 
 Ciori 
 
 Vepts 
 
Auguflin t fupcf 
 P&Im : 74 . 
 
 If 5 Detis vltftnum refugium , 
 
 To the right VDor^ipfull^Mr: D : Laifeiid ^fofWt'tmes my 
 Tutor in Trinitie Colledgs in Cambridge . 
 
 vv. 
 
 HEN Priam faw his Citie fct on fire , 
 At once and drowned , in his Peoples blood. 
 To pacifie the heavens enkindled ire , 
 ( Since humane helpc , doth faile to do him good : ) 
 Creufa warnes him to the Altar flie , 
 Although he Were affured there to die , 
 
 The cafe is every chriftians in diftrcffe , 
 Who to the Lord, himfelfe Hiould recommend , 
 As who can bed the wronfi;fLjll caufe redrefTc , 
 And patiently t' abide , v/hat he ill all fend ; 
 
 Fall'n into handes of foes , onr frecdome thence , 
 Or elorious death , to crowne our innocence . 
 
 Non ejl quofugias a Deo irato , mfiadDeumpUcAtam , 
 
 Mdh 
 
Allah 1' ere, i. Deusdabit. 
 
 iS'6 
 
 p R O VD E EiiiprelTe , of the prouder Tyrant mind , 
 
 -*- Of S&liman's high boundles-fweUing thought : 
 
 When hke the Ocean, boyhng with the wind, .... r^mSs'T 
 
 Of viiine Ambiiion , all in raine he wrought , . :C^ br A «""^»"^ Auftiia: 
 
 To vndermme our.Cnriltian liappie itate , orij onooi Ov.. obfiaebat/onjter 
 
 And drowne her in , a dekige of his hate, 
 
 Br.t as our God , hath giu'n the Sea his bound : 
 
 So(P.T^^//)fcai'i;erdhc,thyfro3thyIrc: - 
 
 And while thou dreanVft , of cGinpailing this round ^ 
 Thy Snuffe went5>tif b and ye-^ ^Q\] vv^iiit'ft no fire;^ fl^rjoiflT t^^^'^S,^. 
 
 Not'thatramevVliieh,thyfat Aml>jt.ipnfed, - ■■■■ '■'> : 
 
 But that of Hell ^ that ca.tesithee , huing-dead . 
 
 tamen vi ct virtu- 
 te Caroliquinri 
 ct Gennanoruin ^ 
 re itifefta <jilce- 
 
 ': .i:l:.o 
 
 Li. 
 
 Nee 
 
PerGuj . 
 
 ^7 
 
 I 'K.JfO] • 
 
 I — Nec te quAfiverh extra . 
 
 A LTHOVGH the ftaffe, within the river clcerc, 
 -**• Be ftraight as Arrow , in the Perfian bow : 
 Yet to the view , it crooked doth appcare , 
 And one would fweare , that it indeede were fo : - 
 So foone the Sence deceiu'd 5 doth iudge ainiife ^ 
 , And fooles will blame, whereas none error is . 
 
 This ftaffe doth fhew jhow oft the honeft mind 3 
 iCo'r:ii.ji. Thatmeanethwell5andisof lifevprightj 
 Is railily cenfur'd , by the vulgar blind , 
 Throu2;h vaine Opinion: or vile envious fpitc : 
 
 But if thou know'ft , thy ^ confcience cleere within j 
 What others fay , it matters not a pinnc . 
 
 * Bona confcicR- 
 tia quotidic vircf- 
 cic , laboribus 
 nonaifligicur.af- 
 
 ficit gaudio vi- 
 Tencem, ircr- 
 numque duiat 
 Rernard : in lib : 
 dcconfcientia, 
 
 0.-iJ •. I. Fafttf: 
 
 Confciamens y\ cuiquc fuaeflr, ita concipit intra 
 Pc<B:ora , p^oFailo fpemque mctumqucifup,» .^ 
 
 .1 ^(. 
 
 Fit 
 
Fit purhr haitfJu. 
 
 6% 
 
 T F that the Well we draw, and emptie oft : 
 ^ The water there rcmaineth fweete and good : 
 But Handing long , it growcs corrupt and naught , 
 And femes no more , by reafon of the nuidde , 
 In Summer hot , to coole our inward heate , 
 To wafh 3 to water , or to dreffe our meate . 
 
 So 3 if we doe not excercife our wit , 
 
 By dayly labour , and invention flill : 
 
 In little time , our iloth corrupteth it , 
 
 With in bred vices , foulc and ftincking ill : 
 That both the glories of our life deuce , 
 And ftoppe the fource , and head of heavenly grace . 
 
 Lz. 
 
 TtitifimA 
 
69 
 
 Tutifima cc-mas . 
 
 Homcf: Odyfi : 
 Lb: 
 
 L 
 
 V/ifcdome is on- 
 ly ihe Princes 
 vercuc . Anil: 3. 
 po'icJc : 
 
 Euipigles, 
 
 Va'cnius Flascus' 
 J . Afjioaauc; 
 
 O PalLts heere , with heedefuU eie doth leade ; 
 Fliffes ill his travaile fiirre and necre : 
 That he aright ^ might in his lourncy treade , 
 And fhuniie the traine of Error, every where : 
 N ' ought had Vlijfes ^tvcr brought to pafTe , 
 But this great GoddefTe , his diredrefte was . 
 
 Though Homer did invent it long agoc , 
 And we eitccme it as a fable vaine : 
 While hcere we wander , it doth wifely fhow ^ 
 With all our adiohs , wtfedomc fliould remaine ; 
 
 And where we .^oe . take ValLts ftill along; 
 
 To guide our feete , our earcs ^ and lavifh tongue 
 
 Mens vna fapjicns plurcs vincit manus. 
 
 Noil folis viribus acqiium 
 
 Crcdcrc, fx'pc acri potior prudentiadcxtra. 
 
 -^ 
 
 In 
 
In cUlapidantes Jihi credita aliena. . 
 
 '■ I ^ H E Houiides ^fometimes the Fox Ipdput in.truft , 
 
 -*- From Towne , to Townc , to Heg foxtheir releife : 
 Who was a while iiVs office very iii/l 3 ' 
 But iTiortly after , proou'd an errant theife : • 
 By eating , or embezling , of the beft , 
 And caftin^ to , the fterued Houndes the reft »: .;' ' " : ^ V "■ 
 
 Of Regnards kind 5 there is a craftie crew , 
 Who when at death of frendes , are put in trufl: , 
 Doe robbe the Church , or Infantes of their dew, 
 Difpofingof anothcrsastheyluft; ;'; . , . 
 
 Whome being bound , in Confcience toprefcruc^ , 
 
 They fuffer oft , in open ftreete to ftcrue . 
 
 VAtientm 
 
PatiemU UfAfurorem] 
 
 WH O lightly fets his enimie at nought , 
 And feai'es him not becaufe he is too wcake ; 
 Or that he is thy pray , alreadic caught , 
 Within fuch net, he cannot eas' ly breake : 
 
 Repents him often , and doth proouc too late \, 
 No foe fo dang'rous , as the defperate . 
 
 Wherefore faith one , giue paffage to his Ire , 
 Abufe him not with too much iniblence : 
 Leafthopelesbacke jhe dothagainc retire, 
 With Furie arm'd , in (lead of Patience : 
 
 And prooucs tflc Vi6lor , when with cunning skill , 
 Ihou might'ft before , haue rui 'd him at thy will . 
 
 Te 
 
TV ^ajpicit. vnam\ n^ 
 jid Sidoniam vtrginetn mhtlein\ 
 
 
 np H O V greeu'il Sidonin , that I thus divide ai-^iuofiL- li ?.A 
 -^ My Lone fo largely;, to a fe verall frend : -, bluov/ bri A 
 While thou , thou think'ilijremaincdftynefpi'de^^'^ ^j^-f-j^ '^q 
 Or takeft thy fortune, at the latter end I, . .3 iVfT 
 
 Andcertcswhohisloue^impartestoallj -^. 
 
 Affedesbutcoldly5navloue;snotatall. \^ 
 
 \^^ :J<..:.,^'.,-) : ; Lf:;] :. :.;.:jov vtf:. loM 
 
 With wonder rapt , thoughTnuch Idoc admirer' ' ) ffor-orKr 
 Some Starres for luflre ^and theirlglorics beft ; 
 You are that Arctick ; moft I doe defire , 
 Whereon my hope , hath wholly fet her reft : 
 
 And who ( Iweete Maidc , ) when others downc.Ho£id4>. 
 
 To vnknownc Fate , muft be my fureft guide ;. r ar ?. yd T 
 
 ii§ ibiy. 
 
 
 ..iji/C- 
 
 Maiaf 
 
MahrBerculi, 
 
 vis magna men- 
 tis, Seneca. 
 
 TH/^W P, Colamries (irong , heere little Loue doth I>cajc<eV\ 
 
 -*■ ^pon Ills Tliohlders bare : though Liliie white \ ^ '^'^ 
 As if anotherrJ7^rf-«/<?; he were : ^ i^'^^^j^^^ ■^. ■'> '- - ' j / ^ H P 
 And would erea t^eni , in a dee[^^dcfpie«'^l oi j\iol -(M -*- 
 Of thatC^A]?^;^3a)f^;t^^jflerybrig-ht i-' -^'Ofb, nofhaliriW 
 Th' Egypti^nVilcs , ^ro^JtdeMsufeleu^- fe^ombcT^'^ fta>lKJ -iC> 
 SpAmes Pillars ^ or- great T^^^/^^j yet m Roome . 
 
 Nor may you lefle 'imdiq^iiittiipms might' : 
 Though ( Ladjrs;) ke ', mil ffcernciixfihiiB ui» Oiovo^nov; i : . w / 
 Since hand to hab(f^hiiiTil55lfe:iiil5iig.!.edtght-iOT lo"- -.-iZ v>n\r^?. 
 Hath giuen the greaCft /feybrj^herti oxfcrthroW-f • 
 Necould thewtfeiiinas^avoidcfeboW.-srjG.-i /;;. ..,;.!:>{. , v 
 <> iMjoIeafin^phees^fSc braiic c^iiiiB^hes.vwere they ffe n A 
 Thy Sonne •2M6mefia..^ii!£Mm bddlbceockriowneofr/lfr/ oT 
 
 Seneca in Medea 
 
 \Q\t.\?v 
 
 Cxcus eft ignis , ftimulacus ira 
 Nee rcgi curat , patituive froenos 
 Haud uinec mortem , cupit ire in ipfos 
 Obvius enfes . 
 
 Al 
 
Erit altera merces.» , 74 
 
 Ad anilcum fuum loHanncm Doulandum Muficcs pcritiflimum . 
 lohannesDoulandus . 
 jinnoi Indendo hattfi . 
 
 T T E E R E VhUomel^m filence fits alone , 
 ■^ -'■ In depth ot winter 5 on the ba^ed brier ^ 
 Whereas the Rofe , had once her beautie fhowcn 5 
 \^ hich Lordes , and Ladies , did fo much defire : 
 But fruitles now , in winters froft , and fiiow , 
 It doth defpiPd , and vnregarded grow. 
 
 So fince ( old frcnd , ) thy ycares hauc made thee white 
 And thou for others , hail conium'd thy fpring , 
 How few regard thee , whome thou didil dehght , 
 And farre , and neere ^ came once to hcare thee fing : 
 Ingratefull timesv^ and worthies age of ours , 
 That let's vs pine , when irhath cropt our flower's , 
 
 Anagramma Au- 
 thoris . 
 
 Ml. 
 
 Cui 
 
75 
 
 Cut c/tndcr morte rede?nptus. 
 
 ^" f ' HE £r;??/>2 heere,whome eager houndes doc chafe, ' 
 -*- And hunters haue , around cnviron'd in ^ 
 ( As foinc doe write ) will not come neere the place , 
 .That may with dirt , defile his daintie skinne : 
 But rather choofeth , then the (xmc fhould foilc. 
 Be tornc with dogges ^.or taken with the toile , 
 
 Me thinkes even now , I fee a number blufh , 
 To heare a beaft , by nature fliould haue care , 
 To keepe his skinne , themfelues not care a rufh , 
 With hov/ much filth , their mindcs befpotted are :- 
 Great Lordcs , and Ladies , turnc your coft and art , 
 From bodies pride, t' enritch your better part . 
 
 SUttis 
 
Stdtu-s humnniu . 
 
 T7 O W E R Captiue Kinges , proud SefoHris did tie ^ 
 -■• And.them compeld his cbarnot to draw ^ 
 Whereof the one , did ever caft his eie 
 Vnto the wheele : which when the Tiratit laW ^ 
 And ask'd the caiife , the chained King rcpli'de , 
 Beca.ifc heerein , my flate I haue cfpi 'de . 
 
 For Uke our feliics ,the Ipokc that v/as on high , 
 
 Is to the bottoms , in a moment caft , 
 
 As faft the loweft , rifeth by and by , 
 
 All humane thinges , thus find a change atlaft : 
 The Tyrant fearing , wliat his hap mightbe , 
 ReleaPd their bandes forthwith , and fet them free ^ 
 
 itduat ambjguis vitahjec agitata procellis , 
 Fertquc refcrtque vices fors male fida fuas ; 
 
 Hunc de pkbc cieat . rcgnantcm deprimit Ulum : 
 Vcl rota tot cafus vna SESOSTRIS habct . 
 
 In tranquiMlmis rebus intcrduin cxiflit pcriculuin quod nemo cxpedat , 
 
 Viu Fortuna rcgicur , tion Sapicntia . 
 
 M2. 
 
 TortHti«rn rnaia 
 ( Princeps ) pies-* 
 fiv man:bu . tcnc 
 " lubrica eft ncc in- 
 vita tencri potcft 
 Curl : lib : 7 . 
 
 WA{ cruentos 
 carcerc includi 
 Duces , ct irppo» 
 tenci'> rerg» plc- 
 beiamanu fcindi 
 Tyranni- Sencc» 
 iaHcrct 
 
 Badt : Doroa . 
 
 Cum 
 
 SrftTmas < 
 
 Cic: in Turculafit 
 
77 
 
 Cum fever it ate lemt^ts. 
 
 Quintil : dcclam: 
 
 13 . 
 
 Clauiian : 
 
 OF orient hew 3 aRaiiiebow doth containe. 
 All hideous iTiower , within her Circlet round , 
 Refembling that great punifhment of raine ^ 
 The Lord inflided when the world was drown'd : 
 The Rainebow , of his Mercy , heere a figne , 
 Which with his lufticc , he doth ever ioine . 
 
 For though we howerly , doe the Lord provoke , 
 By cricng Sinncs , to bring his vengeance downc ^ " 
 The faille he tempers , while he ftrikes the ftroke ^ 
 And ioines liis favor , with a bitter frowne : 
 To let vs know, that wrath he keepes in ftore , 
 And grace for fuch , as will offend no more . 
 
 Oh quam difficile hominibus mifercri et faperc . 
 
 Pcragit tranquilla potcftas 
 
 Quod violcnta neqiiit, mandataque fortius vrgct 
 Imperiofa quics — - 
 
 Sfne 
 
Sineflamn. 
 
 t% 
 
 T^ HIS warlick Helmc , that naked doth appeare , 
 
 "*• Not gold-etichafed , or with Gemmes befet. 
 Yet doth the markcs , of many a battaile bearc , 
 With dintes of bullets , there imprinted yet , 
 No featherie creaft , or dreading doth defire , 
 Which at the Tilts , the vulgar moft admire . 
 
 For beft defcrt , ftill liveth out of view , 
 Or foone by Envie , is commaunded downc, 
 ^ Nor can her heaucn-bred fpirit lowly fue. 
 Though t'werc to gainc , akingdome, and a crownc : 
 Befide it tells vs^ that the valiant heart , 
 Can liue content , though wanteth his dcfert . 
 
 * — Iraitutfola 
 virtute potciUs* 
 Cliudian: 
 
 Vmhra 
 
VmhrA tmtum . 
 
 T 
 
 H E PUtaneTxtc , that by the b.inkes of P O , 
 With gentle fhade refrcrfieth man and beafl; , 
 Of other Trees , doth beare the goodlieft (how , 
 And yet of all , it is the barrencff : 
 
 But Nature though ,this tree of fruitebcreaues ^ 
 It makes amendes , in cooling with the leaucs . 
 
 This PUtme Tree , are fuch as growe aloft , 
 * Ore-droppiuCT others , with their wealth or might , 
 bii'taTcnTum: And yet, they of themfelues , are barren oft , 
 sai«ft: lugurth t Wanting th' endowments , of tlie meaner wight : 
 Who many times , in vertue doth excell , 
 When thefe but haue , the fhadow , or the fhell . 
 
 * Cootcraptor 
 JiBimusec lupcr- 
 
 yiu 
 
/^ F all our life 5 behold the very' fujiime , 
 ^^ \^^hich as this flower , eoiitiniies but a day : 
 Our youth is morue , our middle age is come 
 By noonc , at night as faft.v/e doc decay , 
 As doth this Liliie flowriiig with the Sunne ^ 
 But withered ere , his race be fully runne . 
 
 Wherefore our life's refcmiblcd to a (liippe , 
 Which paiTeth on ^ though we doe what wc pleafe 
 A fhade , a flower y that every froil doth nippc , 
 A dreame , a froath ^ a wane vpon the Seas , 
 Which hath a while his being , till anon y 
 Some elfe intrude , and hee's forgot and gon . 
 
 Cbrylofiom, 
 
 Cun;5ta mortalium incerta , quantoque plus adcptus /is , tanto te ilaagis Tacitus i Aanal, 
 in lubrico ccnfeas . 
 
 Brcvis'dt vita , et breyitas ipfa fsmpcr incerta . 
 
 VivitU 
 
 Aagufi 1 dc ^t%' 
 bis Demini , 
 
8z 
 
 Vhiti^ . 
 
 * Caducahac 
 fragilia , pucrili- 
 bufque conienta- 
 neacrcpundiis , 
 qui vires arque 
 opcshumanx vo- 
 cantur : Valerius 
 lib (, capvlrimo. 
 
 ^T^ HE country Swaines, at footebaliheere are feene, . 
 -*- Which each gapes after 3 for to get a blow 3 
 
 The while fome one , away riinnes with it cleane , 
 
 It mectes another , at the goale below 
 
 Who never ftirrd , one catchetli heere a fall , 
 And there one's maimd , who never faw the ball . 
 
 This worldly wealth , -^ is tolTcd too and fro , 
 At which like Brutes , each ftriues with might and mainc , 
 To get a kick , by others overthrow , 
 Heere one's fetch't vp , and there another flaine , 
 With eager hall: , and then it dotii atfront 
 Some ftander by , who never thought vppn't . 
 
 Arbiter 
 
Arbiter rpfe met , 
 
 %% 
 
 V 
 
 N T O his life , who lookcs with heedie cie , 
 And labors moft to kecpe a confcicnce pure ^ 
 And doubtcs to trcade , in errors pathes awrie : " 
 That man is blcft , and deemed happic fure : 
 
 When vicious pcrfons , even vnto their graues , 
 Arc lewdc affcdions , and their vices flaues . 
 
 For as the Lion , that hath dipt his band , 
 Or fhear'd the chaine , that did his courage hold , 
 Doth not in awe, of churHfh keeper ftand , 
 But fince is waxen , more couragious bold : 
 
 The righteous man ^ fo from hells bondage free , 
 Hath hcartes content , ioind with his libertie • 
 
 
 « 
 
 lafil t Doron . 
 
 Ardua res C*fiir gcntf s «lomuifle rebellcs , 
 Fcrrc» Sauromatum ct colla dedifle iugo : 
 
 * Duo advcrfiffi- 
 
 Latius rcgnes avidum domando 
 Spiritum j quam fi Lybiam lenioti» 
 Gadibus iungas ct vterque Panus 
 Servxat vni . 
 
 Vcf ;us at vincis tua cum vindiika Iac«ffii , 
 
 * Peftora, cc banc poceris fumcrc nolle tarnen . ma'rc^* menti 
 
 Celeritas ct Ira > 
 Thucididcs . 
 
 Horat . carm : 
 lib : s . Ode s 
 
 Vulrterat 
 
Ba(il : Doron . 
 
 Augaft ; de vcr« 
 bit Apoft : 
 
 8? 
 
 Vulnerai, Hie me demur • 
 
 np HIS Sword , a Symbolc of the Law , doth threatc 
 
 -*• Perpetiiall death , to all of Adams race : 
 But yet th' Ahnightie , of his mercie greate , 
 Sendes , after fentcnce , pardon of his grace : 
 For when he found vs, maimed on the ground , 
 With wine , and oile of grace , he he.ald the wound . 
 
 Our partes it is , fince by the Law we fee , 
 
 The fearefuli ftate , and daunger we are in , 
 
 To doe our beft , then to his mercie flee , 
 
 And new againe , our finfuU Hues begin : 
 
 Not truflin^ to our deedes , and merits vaine , 
 Since nought but death , doth due to thcfe rcmainc • 
 
 lafla licet fcros Ad« fub lege ncpotci 
 Iinpcuca tcrgo vinHicis Ira Dei, 
 
 Vniushic prjeflatineJicainina gratia Chrlfti 
 Vulncrc nc pcreas quam redivivus habcf . 
 
 Si Icvii moibus effet , medicus non qu.Treretur , fi medicus non quarrerccur , morbus n«n 
 fiaiictur : idco rbi abundaYic peccacum , fuperabundavit ct gratia : 
 
 fupcr Cane • 5*. Gr*"* balfamum puriflimum eft , et idco punun , folidum ct profundum vas rc^ulric : 
 
 In 
 
In.p'odigos, 
 
 'T^ HE watry willow, growing by the fliore, ' 
 
 "^ Of trees the formoft, forth her fruite doth fend. 
 But laden with her bec-defired ftorc , ^^^^^ ^^p - '^ '^ XHv/.io^I ^^^^^^^ _ ^ .^ 
 Ere ten daies fully come vnto an end , -• ^'^ « ^^'^^^ ^^ -Jilgima briA ^M^fH-j i\^ni-y 
 Her Palme's fo fwccte 5 \ve louMatidlook't Vp:dh\^ Yf^^J3'-'H : ^ 
 
 With 5orf^^ breath J arc blownea^vay'andgonci iit):;77 •''- 
 
 To this fame tree , did Homer once compare , r . M *^**^i < ^ 
 
 Such heires as ftraight , their Patrimonie waft , ^^7?^^^! ^i^. "'"''"' ' 
 In ri'tous wifb ; and ilich.as Artiftes ^x^'-''^ '''''' Wucrll jT'/ 
 
 lunA <;u:J5iT 
 
 5 much , doc let itfly as&I^'-' ^^ ^^ '^'''^'!i'''% .Ci?^^- " ' 
 
 of wit J or Wealth , that makeainoWa » q- .T.i,nr.obiv.T - . 
 
 Infubftanccwhcn.weftnditnothinefo/ ''''^^^^^^'^^^"'^'^^"^•''='- • 
 
 Who getting 
 Eekc fuch 
 
 — ;. ..:;•. , nd o:, r-Ii/ r'jrljpiV.Ti'jni?. 
 
 Dilapidare cave nummos ceu ncfcius vti 
 
 Pelle tamenfordes, modus optima regularcrum , 
 
 Vrflaiav/tlMj- 
 
 N2. 
 
 Te 
 
85 
 
 TV Vuce. 
 
 Pcrdices femin» 
 Tocetn fcquntur. 
 Xenophon . 
 
 Nunquam dccep- 
 tus eft princeps 
 nifi qui prius ipfc 
 dcccpcnr . Livi : 
 lib: 4. in pancgyr: 
 
 *vnius invidia ct 
 culpaabomni- . 
 bus pcccatur , 
 Tacitus Annal 3 . 
 
 * Hxc conditio 
 principii vcquic- 
 «juid faciant prx- 
 cipcrcvideantur. 
 Q.utntilia : deda* 
 inat : 4 . 
 
 * Tyranni Dei 
 volurtiawfprtpftit/ 
 lerem : 17 . 8 . 
 
 Baitl : Doron « 
 
 np H E Partrkh young , in Foulers net ycaught , 
 ■*• Too late the error of their damme repent , 
 
 For why ? her call them into daunger brought. 
 
 And taught at firft , the heedcles way they went ; 
 
 Heereby are kinges our common niirfes ment , 
 When to their luftes , thcmlelues become a pray ^ 
 And by * example , thoufandes caft awaie . 
 
 Not heerevpon ^ as may of moft be thought , 
 We fhould our Prince ^^like Rebells difobey , 
 When they be Tyrants , or with -^ vices nought , 
 Dohaften others , and' their owne decay : 
 But to the Lord , like Chriftians rather pray 
 For mercie , who hath in his anger fent 
 * Such wretches vile , to be our puniihipcnt .r 
 
 Dum tua qua ducis Icgimts vcnigia palTIm 
 Alma parens , capimur prxda tnifelia plagis > 
 
 ^T 
 
 ; i. 
 
 Pioh dolor, innncuos qua multos perdis,ab V»» 
 Te , modo didu^nni principe crimen eric. 
 
In falo fine fak * 
 To the Hon : and moH Worthy Ladie, E : L :' 
 
 9s 
 
 ^ V 
 
 np H E frcndly Dolphin , while within the maine , 
 
 ■■- At Ubertie delightes , to fport and play , 
 Himfelfe is frefh , and doth no whit retaine 
 The brinifh faltnes of the boundles Sea 
 Wherein he liues . Such is the fecret skill , 
 Of Nature working , all thinges at her will . 
 
 So you great Ladie , who your time hauc fpcnt , 
 Within that place , where daungcrs oft abound 5 
 Remaine vntainted of your Element , 
 And to your praife , yet keepc your honor found 
 ^ D iana-ltke yVjho^c brightncs didexcell , 
 When many ftarrcs , within your climate fell . 
 
 Nj 
 
 ym 
 
^7 Vnx dolo Divum , 
 
 To the moH Honorable andvoorthie Ladie the Lxdfe Alicia, D : 
 
 A N D ye great Ladie , that are left alone , 
 -^*- To merc'les mercie , of the worldes wide fea , 
 Behold your faire, though counterfeited ftone ^ 
 So much you ioi'd in , on your wedding day-. 
 
 And tooke for true , how after it did prooue , 
 
 Vnworthy lewell , of fo worthy louc . 
 
 Ah how can man , your fexe ( faire Ladies ) blame , 
 VVhofe brefts , are vertues pretious Carcanets , 
 When he himfelfe , firft breakes the boundes of fhame ^ 
 And deareft loue , and loialtie forgets ; 
 Yet heerein happie , ye abouc the reft , 
 Bclou'd of Hcauen , and in your children bleft . 
 
 aH 
 
 fmlatim 
 
Tmhtim , 
 
 8S 
 
 "D Y violence who tries to tunic away , 
 -*-' Strong natures current , from the proper courfe , 
 To mooue the Earth jhe better were aflay , 
 Or wreft from loue jhis thunderbolts perforce , 
 Bid the Spha^res ftay ,or ioine by art in one , 
 Oux Thames "^ii^Tyber jFrndc^ithPelidrf, 
 
 For nought at all heercin prevailes our might , 
 With greater force fhe doth our ftrength withftand , 
 The River ftopt 5 '^ his bankedowne-beareth quite. 
 And feldome boughes , are bent with ftabbornc hand i 
 When gentle vfage , feircenes doth allay ,, 
 And bringes in time ,. the Lion to obay . 
 
 vior ibar Ovid» 
 Mcumer t 
 
 Sie 
 
S^ sic vos non vobh , 
 
 To my xiporfhfpfu/i and kindfrend Mr, fvilliam StalUnge ^ 
 
 fearcher of the Port of London, andfirH Author of 
 
 making Silke in our Land, 
 
 T 
 
 H E S E little creatures hecrc , as white as niilke , 
 That fhamc to (loth , are bufic at their looine . 
 All fummer long in weaning of their their Silke , 
 Doe make their webs , both winding fheete and toombe , 
 Thus toi th* ingratefuU world , bequeathing all 
 Their lines hauc gotten , at their fnnerall . 
 
 Even (o the webs , our wits for others weaue , 
 Even from the higheilto the meaneft , worne , 
 But Siren-like it'h end , our felucs decciue , 
 Who fpend our time , to fccuc anothers turnc : 
 Or painte a foole , with coate , or cullors gay , 
 Tot giuc' good wordcslj or thankes , fo goe his Way . 
 
 Tyranni 
 
Tyranm morhm fuf^icio 
 
 90 
 
 w 
 
 H EN valiant Richmond, gaiie the overthrow 
 T 'vfurping Richard, at that fatall feild 
 Of Bofoorth , as our Hiftories doe rtiow , 
 This ■*" Embleme he devifed for his fheild 5 
 ( For when the battaile , wholly was his ownc , 
 He found his crownc , within a Hawthorne thrownc . ) 
 
 Whereat he figh'd they fay , and vttered this , 
 A * Kinedome eaieth not , the guiltie mind. 
 Nor Crowne contents , where inward horror is, 
 Withall it fhowes , how I am like to find , 
 With Honor , and this dignide I beare , 
 My part of greife , and thornes of heavie care . 
 
 " Pailim in (encr- 
 tris verereg'')ilJ> 
 us open's apud 
 Wcftmon : inve- 
 nitur. 
 
 * Mu1ta»i!li mi- 
 nus tibivna cer- 
 vix. Ex diito Ca- 
 Iigiil« . 
 
 Oi. 
 
 Innocentia. 
 
9^ 
 
 Innocent k wumnem uitipmum , 
 
 ■ f— III I M P MyjML -l 
 
 ahirmicis» 
 
 'T^ H E Lion once , whome all the Beaftes did dread , 
 ., , . ■*- Doth in a thicket deadly wounded lie, 
 
 flutirch:t>tRhello -. ir i rilJJ 
 
 dc vHiix,ttecai>-adx Aoout whoic carkas , yet not tuUy dead , 
 Doe flock the Fultur , Puttock , and the Tie , 
 
 And where the woundcs are greene ;, and frcfhly blecde , 
 They light thereon ^ and moft of all doe feede.. 
 
 Such carrion Crowe , thinke thou thine enimie , 
 Who feldomc dare affault thee being found , 
 But where he doth thy guiltines efpie , 
 With eager hate , he praties vpon thy wound : 
 But wifely if thou lead'ft thy life vpright , 
 He Icaues thee then with flerued appetite . 
 
 Iniioccntia eft puritas animi omiiem iniuriaj illationem abhojrrens . 
 
 Ciii-fujiioPti 
 
 
 Amor 
 
Amor comugdis tdernm . p2 
 
 To my Loulng and molt kind frcndes , Mr ChriMophcr Collarde , and 
 Mrs Mabcll Collarde his \vife , of St Martines in the fcildcs . 
 
 MabcUaColarde. 
 BelLi , alntd corde . 
 
 Anagramma Au- 
 thor! i . 
 
 r^\ E A R E S T of frendes , accept this fmall device, 
 -^-^ Whcreulth I would vour curtefies requite , 
 Biit that your loues invaluable price , 
 Muft hold me debter , Vv'hile I view this light , 
 
 Nor can my heires , thefe papers dead and gone , 
 
 Repay the favors for me , you hauc done . 
 
 A * Turtle heerc 5 vpon an Oliuc fits , 
 
 Vpon whofe branch , depends ailing of gold , 
 
 As beft the loue of Matrimonie fits , 
 
 Thus ever endles , never waxing old , 
 
 The branch and bowes , the fruite that from you Spring , 
 The Doue your felfe , your wife that golden ring. 
 
 02» TemfemntU 
 
 * Exempio lunc- 
 t£ tibi (incina- 
 niorc Columbar ; 
 
 Aaium rubigine 
 noii conumpiciir 
 quocircainmaxi- 
 mo pretio fempcf 
 habsbacur. 
 
P3 
 
 TemfermttA. 
 
 tsfili Doron, 
 
 lUx:lHii. 
 
 T T EERE T^;^/'^;'4;^f^Iftand,of virtiics^Queene, 
 "*• -'' Who moderate all humane vaine defires , 
 Wherefore a bridle in my hand is feene , 
 To Giirbe aflPedion , that too farre afpires : 
 
 I 'th other hand , that golden cup doth fhow 3 
 
 Vnto exceflfe I am a deadly foe • 
 
 For when to luftes , I loofely let the rainc , 
 And yeeld to each fuggefting appetite , 
 Man to his ruine , headlong runnes amaine , 
 To frendes great greife , and enimies dehght : 
 
 No conqueft doubtles , may with that compare. 
 
 Of our aifedes ^ when we the vidors are . 
 
 Qux rego virtutes placido moderaminc cunftas 
 AlFediifque potens fum Dea sophrosyne: 
 
 Eflfraenes animi docco cohibcre furores , 
 Suftmeo , abftinco , difplicet omne niniis . 
 
 Nihil eft cam prxclarum, tamque magnificum j quodnon modcrationc 
 tempcrari dcbeac . 
 
 Servire 
 
Servire nefcit • 
 
 H 
 
 ' I * H E Princely Fmlcon , that hath long bccne man'd 
 -*- And taught to floope , vnto the toffcd lure , 
 
 Is now efcaped from his Maifters hand , 
 
 And will no more fuch fervitude endure , 
 
 But better likes the feilde , and forreftes fpray , 
 And for himfelfc ^ in elder age to pray . 
 
 The virtuous mind ,and truely noble fpri^ht. 
 Can feldome brooke , in bondage bafe to ierue ^ 
 But moft doth in his libertie delight , 
 Still rather chooling , by himfelfe to fteruc , 
 
 Then cate fbme caterpillar's envied bread ^ 
 
 Or at anothers curtefie be fed . 
 
 ^■^tcxtt ipfa gra- 
 ciofi liberti , a«t 
 ftrvi dignitatenB 
 nuUamtiaberc 
 potcft. 
 Cic:«d^:ffatyti!i 
 
 Dnrtim^ invifum^ et grave eB, ServitU ferre . 
 
 Stntta in Troiuk 
 
 O3. 
 
 ris 
 
95 
 
 Vis Amor is. 
 
 A LCIDES heere jhaththrdwnehisCIiibbeaway, 
 •^*" And w<^ares a Mantle , for his Lions skinnc , 
 Thus better liking for to pafTe the day. 
 With Omphaie, and with hermaides to fpinnc , 
 To card 5 to recle , and doe (lich daily taske , 
 What ere i t pleafcd , Omphde to aske , 
 
 cefTeric Venus no ,^^ ,, , . ^ . . ^ . — 
 
 aiiaDea eft adco 1 hat all his concuelts wonne him not inch r atnc ^ 
 Sst,tedSf^'" For which as God , the world did him adore , 
 As Loues affedion , did difgrace and iname 
 His virtues partes . How many are there more , 
 Who hailing Honor , and a worthy name , 
 By a<^ions bafc , and lewdnes loole the fame . 
 
 fro^eti. 
 
 Quicquid amor iufHt , noii ell contcrancrc tutuin , 
 Rcgnat et in fuperos ius habet iiic Decs . 
 
 Vm 
 
vim vis • 
 
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 H 
 
 E E R E Bacchic winged , midft his cups doth fjt ^ 
 With Mercurtes Caduccus in his hand , 
 As God of wine no more , but God of wit , 
 And Eloquence , which he hath at commaund , 
 
 ( Since he hath drawne ^his bowles and bottles drie ,) 
 Wherewith he feemes ^ to mount aboue the skie . 
 
 For when his liquor hath poffefT'd the brainc , 
 The foole himfelfe , the * wileft thinkes to be , 
 And then fo giues his lavi{h tongue the raine ^ 
 You' Id Avcareyc heard another * Mercuric ^ 
 For hes of Ladies loues^or travailes farre , 
 His birth , his woundes , or fervice in the warrc . 
 
 * Ad vinii diftrti, 
 Cic I [iro M ; Ccclia 
 
 * Foecundi cali- 
 ces &c . 
 
 Horns 
 
Horns vertAlis . 
 
 VV 
 
 HO feekft Promotion through infr dclerr , 
 And thinkft by gift , of bodie , or of mind , 
 To raifc thy fortune, whofoere thou art , 
 This new ImfrcfA. take to thee aflignd , 
 To warne thee oft , fnch labour is in vaine, 
 If heereby thinkft , thy merit to obtaine . 
 
 For now the golden time's r<^tiirned back , 
 And all 's kep t vndcr , by th' Athmian Cat , 
 VVhofc helpe , and favour , whofoere doth lack, 
 «Teh : S^ci e-" May coole his hecles , with Homer at the gate ; 
 
 Such is our age , where virtue's fcarce regarded , 
 And artes with armes ,muft wander vnrewarded . 
 
 Fa« vbi maxima 
 merccs . Lucan : 
 
 N iimorum Fcli j 
 
 nim (code teftc) 
 huius cBigie iiia 
 numifmata cudc 
 banc . 
 
 Fiorum 
 
To the thrtcefamoHs andfarre renoxcned Vniverfitie of Oxford . 
 
 T~> E ARE Sifter of my cver-loiied "*- Mother, 
 •*-^ From whome this little that I haue I drew , 
 Ingratefnlly greate light I cannot flnother , 
 Some lefTer fparkes , which I deriii'd from you , 
 Which firft enflam'd to this , my duller fpright , 
 And lent in darke , my Mufc her candle light . 
 
 Fairc Academe , whome Fame and Artes confpirc , 
 To make thee mirror to all mortall eine , 
 Within our Spha^re , that Europe may admire , 
 The gratious Lampe that on thy brow doth (hine : 
 And fhewes the t r v t h around by land and fea, 
 Dircding thoufandes erring , in their way . 
 
 Cambricfge and 
 heerein Trinicie 
 €ollc«!ire . 
 
 Atheod 
 
99 
 
 Atheonexitm. 
 
 ^ I ^ H E Atheijl vile , that Giant-like attcmptes , 
 -■- To bandie fadion with Almightie lOVE , 
 And thinkes this fraile worlds priviledge exemptes > 
 All Faith 5 and Feare , due vnto heaucn aboiie : 
 Vnto his terror , let him heere behold , 
 What Hiftories o^IVL I AN haue told . 
 
 For after that he had his Lord defi'de , 
 And wounded deadly lay in deepe difpaire , 
 Thou ^G A LILtAi AN novo or'ecom'Jly he cri'dc. 
 Wherewith he cait his blood into the Aire ; 
 A fit example jfor the faithles wight , 
 And fuch as in prophancnes doe delight . 
 
 Sk 
 
Sk et Ingenimn 
 
 loo 
 
 np H E Rofes fweete , tjiat in the Garden grow , 
 ■^ If that not often dreft where they abide , 
 
 Become as wild as thole , we fee doe blow 
 
 In every feild, and hedge-row as we ride : 
 
 And though for beautie, once they did exccll , 
 They now haue loft , both cullor and the fmell . 
 
 So many men , whome Nature hath endii'de , 
 With rareft partes , of bodie , or the mind , 
 Do in themfelues by Sloth , grov\^ rancke and rude , 
 Not leaning any memoric behind , 
 
 Saue that they lined heere., and lometime were , 
 * A necdeles burthen which the Earth did bcarc . 
 
 Cernis vt ignavum corrumpanc otia corpus Et milii fiquis erat , diccndi casminis vfus 
 
 Vt capiant vicium ni movcantar aijua: , Dcficic , cftquc minor feSut incrtc fitis. 
 
 Ice nunc fortes vbi ce]fa magni 
 Ducjt exempiis via , cui nertes 
 Terga nudatis ? Superata ccljus 
 Sidera donat . 
 
 P2. 
 
 * TcUuris Inucilc 
 pondus . 
 
 Oiitttut. 
 
MINERVA BllITANNA: 
 
 THE SECO:^(lT> TJ'KT' 
 OR A GARDEN OF HEROY- 
 
 C AL Devices: tamiihed, and adorned vsidi Em- 
 blemes , and Impn-fa'soi' fundry natures . Newly devifed ^ 
 moral/zed J a/jdpuh//fhedy 
 
 BT HENRT P EACH AM, Mr, of Artes.. 
 
The Author to his Mufe . 
 
 fvflrike wee Saile , andthrovo ajide our oxu^. 
 My xveane Mufe, the xvorji is xffeliniepajl : 
 And t. the a. xokiie , cnrpleafure on the (bore, 
 !iecount/n7 vchat voee overcame at Lifi : 
 To what deepe danger were our fortunes caji : 
 '^hat Rocks, the great e/}, cr vnknowenfhelues , 
 J^ve dar'dto touch, and yet did fane our Je lues • 
 
 HE N RT , who art both Load-fton.% anci thejiarre, 
 of He arte s and Eies , our w/jhedLoue and Light : 
 By thee conduced , we arriue thmfarre ^ 
 That now OPINIONS vttermoji dejpight. 
 Nor ENf^IE, that the iuftejl one doth bite , 
 
 We doubt at ali-i hut forth into the maine ^ 
 
 With doubled courage ,put our fe lues againe . 
 
 And you great PRINCESSE, through whofe Chrijiallhrefi ^ 
 ELIZAS Zeale , andPietie doefhine , 
 Heire of her Name , and Virtues , that mvejl 
 Tou in our Heart es , and Loues immortall j^hrine : 
 oh fend from that pure Maiejlie of thine , 
 
 Thoje beames againe ,from whence ( asP H OE B FS bright) 
 
 Our feeble Mufe, deriues her life and light . 
 
 Eeke pardon ( P EERES ,) that heere my ruder verfe ^ 
 
 Vntoyoul worthes , and great nes dares ajpire 5 
 
 Or out of courfe , if I your rankes reherfe : 
 
 But as i 'th Pre fence, twixt the Lord and Squire , 
 
 ( He neere the fate , the other by the fire , ) 
 
 Small difference feemes '^fo heere mofl HonordtYAtne ^ 
 
 Te take your lots about your Soveratgne . 
 
 And whatfoever EIE fhalt elfepertife , 
 Thefe ruder lines , devoid of skill and Art 5 
 Refer ue thy good opinion of our Mufe , 
 That may heereafter worke of worth impart .♦ 
 And though [he taftes of Count rey and the Cart , 
 
 ( Js that DICTATOR) allm time^oe may , 
 
 Within the Citie beare a greater fwey . 
 
 • TKaiHATTC 
 
 a noble aomatic » 
 cald troin his 
 plough , to the 
 DiAacoiAiip . 
 
loi Prejtdium et duke deem . 
 
 lUuflripmo etfotenti^imo Principl ac Domino ^ D: Mauri tlo Heftjz 
 LantgraviOyComiti in Catz^enelkn bogen Dietz.^Zigenhain^ct Niddu c^c 
 
 Thismoft no- 
 ble Prince bc- 
 fide his admira 
 ble knowledge 
 in all learning, 
 & the langua- 
 ges, hath exel- 
 lent skill in mu 
 fick . Mr Dou- 
 land hath ma- 
 ny times {hew- 
 ed me 10 or iz 
 feverallfets of 
 Songcsforhis 
 Chappelofhis 
 owne compo- 
 
 '"P O you great Prime , who little neede be knownc , 
 
 ■*• By me or by my worthies Poefie , 
 Since thofe admired virtues of your owne , 
 Haue made you obiedt of the worldes wide eie , 
 Your bounteous mihd , your matchles Pietie , 
 Your languages 5 and learning in all artes , 
 That gaine.yon millions of remoteft heartcs . 
 
 Iconfecrate in gentle Mufes name 
 
 This Monument , and to your memorie , 
 
 Which fliall outwearc the vti\ioft date of Fame ^ ' 
 
 And wi eftle with the worldes Eternitic ; 
 
 For as Artes glorie is your G E RMAN IE , 
 For rar*ft invention , and defigne of wir , 
 So ye braue Maurice are the pride of it . 
 
 Vtjlantix 
 
J>ifia»tUiungif* 102» 
 
 To the. thrice Noble , and cxellent Prince : tudorvickj^vkc oi Lennox*^ 
 
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 O R may my Mufe greatc D«Zy , with pt6uder faile , 
 Ore-palTe your name , your birth , and beft dcferts^hr/^/ 
 But lowly ftrikc ^ andto thefe cullors vailc ,co ^ ;)iii«^ iiA ojnV 
 That make ye yet belou'd in forrein partes , ' ■ /] ^rh o3 bn A 
 In memorie of thofc difioined hcartes : .'. :■ ^oWom^i tjH 
 Of two great kingdomes, whom your grandfire wrought , 
 Till Bucide-Iike ^ them both in one he brought • 
 
 ^ Mild Peace heerein , to make amendes againc , 
 Ordaines your daies ye fhall difpend in reft , 
 While Horror bound , in hundred-double chainc y 
 At her faire feetc , tliall teare her fiiakie creft , 
 And Mars in vainc , with Trumpet ftcrne moleft 
 
 OurMufe jthitiTiallherloftiellniimbers frame 5 
 
 To eternize your STE WA R TS Roiall name . 
 
 Qu<)<l proavum rirtus difcordiaiunxit in vnuin Cui LvrovicB vicc^itcrum pax alma repcndcns, 
 Kcgiudtta,hxcfa4iopr«miad:gnaculic: Tcmporadac rebus DivA^uiecatuis . B*fiUc:'^ro«> 
 
 * — Paxoptim» 
 
 rerum 
 
 Quas homini no* 
 
 viffc datum eft , 
 
 pax vna triiiphis 
 
 Immeritis potioi" 
 
 Siliutlibt II* 
 
 Qi- 
 
 Nojlro 
 
105 
 
 NoJIro ekcefcis danino \ 
 
 THE Steele and Flint , doc hecre with hardic ftrokcs , 
 And mutuall hewing 5 each the other waft ; 
 While vnderneath the open Tinderhoxe , 
 Vnto his gaine , confumcs them both at laft : 
 
 And to the backs , when they are (pent and wornc , 
 He throwes them by , for he hath feru'd his turne • 
 
 So 3 when the Paifant with his neighbour warres , 
 They weare awaie themfelues , in golden fparkes 5 
 The Boxe , are Pettifoggers from their larres , 
 Who walke with Torches , vfhcr'd by their Clearkes : 
 While blind by Owle-light , Hoidon ftiimbling goes , 
 To feeke his Inne , xhcfVindmlll , or the Rofe . 
 
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^AT AvArhiaBeHum , 
 
 104 
 
 ,1 >; ir»,-_ 
 
 nn H E hand that gripes jfo greedily and hard , 
 "*- WhatithathgotbylongvnlawfuUgainej 
 
 Withall for Battaile ready is prepard , 
 
 S till to d efend , what it doth faft retaine : 
 
 ( For wretches fome, v>'ill fooner fpend their bloods, ' \ 
 Then Ipare we fee, one penworth of their goods . ) 
 
 Of Avar ice , fiich is the nature ftill , 
 
 Who hardly can endure , to hue in Peace j 
 
 But alwaie preft , to quarrell , or to kill , 
 
 When fober mindes , from fuch contention ceafe : 
 And fceke no more , then quiet and content , 
 With thofe good blcfUngcs, which the Lord hath fent . 
 
 
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 "^'^^'^^^'^^tM>^ 
 
 Eiif yji^.v'9' 
 
lOf 
 
 B/f vli^v^ 15 ^ . 
 
 •Arduti fcmper 
 fiodem loci , po* 
 tentiam ctcon- 
 cordiam cfTc : 
 
 np H E glorious Snnne , that cheercs vs with his light , 
 
 ■*■ And giucth hfe , and growth to every thing : 
 * Can brooke no pcere , to check his fbveraignc right 3 
 But onely will remaine , the Heaucns fble king : 
 When lefler ftarrcs , that borrow from his light , 
 Doe keepe their courfe , in numbers infinite . 
 
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 So fares it with the vulgar that doe goc , 
 In loue , and mutuall concord mofl fecure , 
 *^hi Jh' When P^r/>/> procures the overthrow 5 
 lA/w &c Si duo Of Monarchies , that elfe might well endure : 
 Soles vciinteflc , Y j^j^j \i]^q moc Sunucs in skie , portendeth ftill , 
 
 pcnculum ne in- ^, ,-v . • r -fi 
 
 ccndio omnia per The Ptinces ruuie , or a worler ui . 
 
 liancur. Strmus» 
 
 Tacitus I .Hift « EtPacis iiitercft , poteftatem omnem ad vnum conferri . 
 
 %apSc X Dtren . Nulla ferat ccelo prater fua lumina Titan , 
 
 Innumeris gnudcnt aftra minora chcris . 
 Infima picbs hominum melius numerola vagatur : 
 Cum raaneant Rcges invida fata pares . 
 
 Ko» 
 
 J 
 
TomySchollefMr. hannibal baskervile. 
 
 ^T^ HIS Indun beaft , by Nature armed (o , 
 -■- That fcarce the Steele can peirce his fcalie (idc : 
 
 Affaultcth oft the f//?/?/'^»/ his foe 5 
 
 And either doth the conqueror abide , . ^{(jjj'j f^ . 
 
 Or by his mightie combatant is flaine , 
 For never vanquifht , he returncs againc . 
 
 So you that muft encounter Want , and Care , 
 To overcome your hard , and crabbed skill , 
 Take courage , and treade vnder foorc difpairc ^ 
 For better hap , attendcs the vcnt'rous ftili : 
 And (boner leaue , your bodic in the place , 
 Then back returne , vnletter'd with difgracc . . 
 
 '\:ihv.k 
 
 This Emblem* 
 was dcvifcd at 
 firftbyPaulu 
 lorius. 
 
 A Khinocerot 
 was fee to Rome 
 by Emanuel king 
 of Porringal who 
 fought with it co- 
 ming on land tho < 
 rough Provence: 
 but by thewaic, , 
 by hard fortune 
 it was drowned 
 uecre Pono Ve« 
 nere : feeking « 
 long time to fane 
 icfclfc amoothe 
 Rocks. PoKMW 
 leviut . 
 
 Nc3 
 
107 
 
 Non JionoSyfed Onus • 
 
 
 rtf^hAtHM:€. 
 
 *\ / A I N E man who think'ft , that happincs confiltes , 
 ^ In great commaimd , and Roiall dignitie ; 
 AndKinges with Scepters hold within their Fiftes, - - 
 The perfedfummeof allFoelicitie : ^ '^'^ 
 
 No no 3 their Crownes are lin'd with pricking thornc , 
 And fable cares , with crimfon Robes are worne • 
 
 " Who lift defcribc the motion of the Sph sere 3 
 Another , fomc rare , beauteous modell draw j 
 With Eloquence , let him goe charmc the earc-^ 
 Thy onely art , muft be to keepe in aw-iifrfxnov i;. 
 And curbc with /«/?/f^, the vnrulie crew , 
 To favor skill ^ and giue the good their due . 
 
 Excndaotalii fpirantiamoliius XTXyvky ■ 
 
 Credo equidem ct vivos ducent de marmorc vultus 
 
 Orabunt caufas melius &c . 
 
 *^Vl- 
 
 Qjtem 
 
 i 
 
Quern Htnttijli ,tiwet . 
 Ad BRIT ANN JAM. 
 
 loS 
 
 // iH'.r\. 
 
 '\j\r I T H haire difhevel'd j and in mburnefuU wife , 
 ^ ^ Who fpiirncs a fhippe , with Scepter in her hand.: 
 Thus BRiTAlNE's drawen in old Antic[uities , 
 What time the iJe?;»^;;^'/, overran her land :. ' '' "* ': 
 
 WTio firft devif'dhcr , fitting in this pligRt , ' " ^ 
 
 As then their captiiie , and abandon*d quite . 
 
 Butwhatcanlongcontinueat allay ^ - ^- r -, •» r. 
 
 To all thmges being 5 Bates a change decree: r . -j. r r-,. a . y .^.'r^ 
 Thrice-fanious//^,whomeerftthoudidftobey,': :j-,./,'^rJ '^ ^ ' 
 Vfurping Rop?ne, ftandes now in aw of thee : ' ; 
 
 * And trembles more , to heare thy SoVeraignes name ^ 
 Then thou her Drummes , when valiant Cafar came • 
 
 .ifioi /.;ii,rfi:;H 
 
 Inter Claudijnt^' 
 iniimaa* 
 
 
 ..-.03 
 
 "QaiSceptrfjitti"' 
 
 ro f»vu$ imperio 
 
 regie Timet ni 
 
 tncntcs , mctui ■ 
 
 in auSorctn redil 
 
 SineatTra^: 
 
 -. '■ I 
 
 E0 
 
Bo magh calig/tt i 
 
 * Compcfcat fc 
 Humana tcmcri- 
 tas cticicjuovicH: 
 noji qiii:rar,nc il- 
 lu.l cjuocf ell non 
 inveoiaf. ^ug:if- 
 th ■■ deGcnt: cm- 
 tra idauk : Jtt : I . 
 
 Mu!to f icili'ut 
 invcnit f/dcntm 
 conditoiem hu- 
 milis pictas , qua 
 fydcrum ordincm 
 fupf rba curioHtas 
 
 • ImOjDcus 
 
 melius iicfcicnda 
 fcituT'.^ugufli' 
 lib I iide erii ,^ 
 
 Saf^li(iD»rm^ 
 
 rafh attempt dciire , 
 
 WH Y doth vaincman , with "^ rafh attemi 
 , . jQ-fearch the depth ^of Miftcries divine 
 Which like the Simne vpon his earthy fire , 
 With gloric iuaccefliblc do fliine : 
 
 And with the radiant fplcndor of their ray , 
 Chafe all conc.eipted Ignorance.away.^'^;:;:'^^ ;| 
 
 What mortall man might ever comprehend ^ 
 Gods facred cffence , and his fecret will , 
 Or his foules fubftance , or could but intend , 
 Lead while to view , this glorious creature ftill : 
 * Be wife in what the word doth plaihcly teach , 
 But meddle notij^'with thinges aboue thy reach . 
 
 i jQoid volucri tentas humana fcicntia pcnna 
 Quxrcre inacccffi Myftica facra Dei : 
 
 Caligans oculis , obtufx et aciimine mentis, 
 Dum petis ignieuJis alta ncgata tuis . 
 
 Fiorum 
 
 i 
 
riorum vita luCfuofa. 
 
 lib 
 
 To the modcft and virtuous muidcd, Mrs. Elizabeth Apflcy, attending 
 Ypon the moll excllcnt PrinccfTe , the Ladie Elizabeth her grace , 
 
 X I\ 7" H I L E that the Mavis , and the morning LarkCy 
 
 ^ ^ Doe cheerely warble their delicious ftraines. 
 The Turtle likes the fiiade , and thickets darke , 
 And Iblitarie by herfclfe reaiaines. 
 
 Recording in moft doleful! wife her woe. 
 
 Letting the pleafures ,of thefeafon goe. 
 
 The godly wight , whome no dehght of Sinnc , 
 Doth with vaine pleafure draw : or worldly care , 
 Efteemeth not , thcfe fleeting loies a pinne : 
 But to the Lord , in private doth repaire , 
 
 With quiet Confcience s when the wicked oft. 
 
 Are in the mid 'ft , of all their pleafures caught - 
 
 Deus vitam annuntiavi tibi , pofuifti lachrymas meas in conipe6lu tuo . vfM'.^%. 
 
 R I . Coniugfj 
 
Ill 
 
 Con'mgij Symholum I 
 
 HtfutiKtmiftf 
 
 "O EHOLD a ^/^r/'^jbetweenc two Torches plac'd, 
 ■^ Of milkie hew ^ with winges abroad difplaide 5 
 In aunchient time , the marke of wedlock chaft , 
 Bccaufc this Bird , a deadly foe is faid 
 T' Adulterie , andfouleft foule Iiiceft , 
 The r'^rf/maide , the fire befeeme th beft • 
 
 Chaft Lofie , the band of everlafting Peace , 
 The beft content we haiie , while here we line , 
 ThatblefTeft Mariage , with thy fweete encreafe. 
 And doft.a pledge y of that coniiindion giiie 
 Twixt Soule , and Body , eke the mutual Loue, 
 Betweene the Church ^ and her fweete Spoufe abouc . 
 
 Foelices ter , ct amplius , 
 
 Quos irrupta tenet copula : nee malls 
 
 Divulfis quasrimoniis 
 
 Suprema citius folvct amor die . 
 
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In eos qtii cum Ammsfrumtur , vti mfcimt , 112 
 
 np HIS fimple Foole , that here befiridcs the bow , 
 -■- And knowing well , the daungcr vnderneath , 
 
 Yet bufilie doth fiw the fame in two , 
 
 Like idle Ape , though to his prefent death : ., ' ;^^^ ' 
 Which if he had forborne , and let it grow ^ 
 He free from harme , had fcapt the pikes beloW . 
 
 To this i^me Idiot , fuch we liken may , 
 Of truftie Frendes as doe not know the vfe , 
 But while they are their props ^ and onely flay , 
 Wiil cut them off, by this , or that abufe \ 
 Or loofe their favor, by behaviour ill , 
 Who otherwife , might haue vpheld them ftill , 
 
Carol! Vrffm 
 Symbolum Gno- 
 me vera muuta . 
 
 * Dijnos homi- 
 nes quafi pilas ha 
 bent . Plautus . 
 SothePhilofo- 
 phers hjue here- 
 tofore dyd . 
 
 'T"^ H E Tefinis-hally when flruckea to the ground , 
 
 -■- With Racket , or the gentle Schook-boies hand , 
 With greater force , doth back againe rtboiind , 
 His Fate , (though fenccles ) fecming to wuhftand ; 
 
 Yea 3 at the inftant of his forced fail , 
 
 With might.redoubled , mountes the higheft of all , 
 
 So when the "^ Gods aboue , haiie ftruck vs low , 
 ( For men as balls , within their handes are laid , ) 
 We cheifly then , fhould manly courage fhow y 
 And not for every trifle be afraid : 
 
 For when of Fortune , moft we ftand in feare , 
 Then Tyrant-like , {he mo ft will domineerc . 
 
 far 
 
fxr nulU figtirx dolori . 
 The device of the late Honorable , Barle of E(Jex . 
 
 1:14 
 
 X X 7 EE eaf'lylimme jfomelouely-Virginfacc, 
 
 ^ ^ AndcaiitolifejaLantfcipreprefenCj 
 Afford to Antiques , each his proper grace , 
 Or trick out this , or that compartement ; 
 
 But with the Pencill , who could ere exprefic ^ 
 The face of griefe ^ and heartie penfiuenes . 
 
 For where the minde's with deadly forrow wounded , 
 There no proportion , can effed delight , 
 For like a Ch^os , all within's confounded , 
 Relembling nothing ,faue the face of night , 
 Which in his l"heild , this noble Earledidhc^ve^ 
 The lail Imprefa'y of his greife ^and care . 
 
 //? 
 
iHrepetmdos , et adulatores \ 
 
 Ovid i Mctam ; 
 Mb: 6, 
 
 * Hinidincs sra- 
 tW.CKiad .4tu- 
 mm I . 
 
 * Nihil in penati- 
 bus cms ficrsna- 
 le , autambi:ioni 
 pcrvium. Tacitus 
 ^nnal; it» 
 
 Baftlic : Dor»» . 
 
 B : Mamuau : ia 
 ,AEg[«g : 
 
 OF Virgins face , with win ges , and tallants ftrong 
 Vpon thy table ,P HJNEf^S here behold , 
 A monftrous Harpie jthat hath praeied long , 
 Vpon thy meateSj while thou art blind, and old. 
 And at all times , his appetite doth ferue , 
 VVhile vnregarded , thou thy felfe doft fteriie . 
 
 The Courtes of Kinges , are (aid to keepe a crew 
 
 Of thcfe * ftill hungry for their private gaine ; 
 
 The firft is he , that carries tales vntrue , 
 
 Thefecond jWhomebafe "^ bribing doth maintained 
 The third and laft, the Paralice I find , 
 VVho bites the worft , if Princes will be blind . 
 
 Infi.lit dapibus vo!ucri<i focdiflima Phincu 
 ( Harpyiam vocitanc) viigue rapacetuis : 
 
 Crimiiia qui dcferr, lepetundiis, Onato netantue 
 Vile genus i'ucos , qnos alit Aula fuos . 
 
 ¥A\ et apud Regcs riidis , invitli , ruftica turba , 
 Hiftrio , fcurra, quibus virtus odicla , Poet.is 
 Mille moclis abigiint , vt quamlo cadavera ccrvi 
 Invcnerc, fuganc alias volucrelque fciafque . 
 
 SAlomone 
 
Sdlomonefukhritis * 
 
 11^ 
 
 T E T Courtly Dames , their coftly lewells boaft , 
 '*"' And Rhodcpis , in iilkes and fattens fhincj 
 Behold the Z,////>, thus devoid of coft , 
 In flowery feildes , is clothd by power divine , 
 
 In pureft white, fair'fl: obie6t of the eie , 
 f Rehgions weede , and badge of Ghaftitie . 
 
 Why fhould ye then as flaues to loathed pride , 
 And frantique fooles, thinke ye are halfe vndonc 3 
 When that ye goe not in your cuUors pide , 
 Or want the grace , of neweft fafhion : 
 
 When even the Lillie , m glorie doth furpafle , . 
 
 The rich ^ and roiallft King , that ever was . 
 
 Splcndida flu6livagos quid iadlitat Aula lapillos? 
 
 Intumct et Rhodopis bombycis arte levis ? 
 Rcgibus anteferor, mcdiis quod vcftit in agri» 
 Vita oculi candor, virgineumque decus , 
 
 Matb:S. 34*. 
 
 Al^jcdo obie&una 
 
 Soboles 
 
Ex^fopifebu 1 
 
 Ciccropofl recSt : in 
 Soiatura . 
 
 np H E Husbandman , in depth of winter feld , 
 
 ^ An aged fV///orx> , fewell for to burne , 
 But wanting wedges , Grandfire was compeld , 
 To rend with bowes , the bodie for his tiirne : 
 And while the m^'///ovp , now was rent in tw.<inc , 
 It gaue a grone , and thus fcenVd to complainc . 
 
 Oh grcife , of greifes ! that thus I fliould be torne_, 
 And haue my heart , by thofe afunder rent , 
 That are my fruite , and of my bodic borne , 
 Who for my ftay , and comfort , Hiould be fent : 
 You Parents good ,your fchies behold in me , 
 VVhofe Children wicked , and vngratious be . 
 
 Parcntes charifTtmos dcbcmus habere , quod ab liis vita , 
 patrimonium , libercas , civitas data cil . 
 
 Inmcenttum 
 
InnocentiAm imuriji max me obnoxitm effe . 1 1 8 
 
 'T^ HE C^Z-jtheCcr^heldprifonerinherpaw^ 
 -*■ And faid of Birdes , he moft deferu'd to die , 
 Por that coiitrarie vnto Natures Law , 
 Hi ^ kindred he abuf'd incelluoufly ; 
 
 His Mother , Sifters , and a noife did kcepc , 
 
 With crowing ftill , when others faine would flcepc . 
 
 In his defence , hecreto rcpH'de the Cotk, 
 
 My fault of luft , is for my maifters gaine , 
 
 I ani for crowing , call 'd the Plowmans clock , 
 
 Whome I awake bctimc , to daily paine : 
 
 No doubt ( quoth Tujfe , ) of reafons thou haft ftorc , 
 But I am fafting ^ and can heare no more . 
 
 Humane 
 
ti9 
 
 Humane ntrferU , 
 
 * Quidprodeft 
 manu n feruls 
 minantis 
 
 Tot pari pccnas 
 tctieris fub annis 
 Ec inetu fequi 
 Samium bxerni 
 Tramite callcm . 
 Ciwp ; 
 
 * Ccrcus in viri- 
 on &iSti : Merit : 
 
 O E E here our humane miseries in breife , 
 ^ That doc our life , vnto the Lift amate , 
 And fawce the fweete , with feare , and howerly griefc , 
 Difealing oft , the high , and happieft ftate : 
 A Rod 5 the world 3 a Woman , Ages greife , 
 Which fower , the wifeft doe account the cheifc , 
 
 His childifh yeares 3 the * Rodkeepesvnderftill, 
 His youth with Loue , and ftrong atfedes is vext , 
 That headlong force him , ^ phable to ill , 
 A retchlcs wite , and worldly cares are next : 
 
 And when both youth , and middle age be paft ^ 
 Difeafes ftraiinge , doe endhim at the laft . 
 
 yireo 
 
J^ireo tamert . 
 
 120 
 
 np HE * 5'f/«^fr-^^■1///^, though from earth rcmoou'd, 
 
 ^ His \tjSc with flower , are frefh and growing ^czi\c , 
 And many times , as by experience proou'd , 
 It will abide , in fharpeft winter grecnc , 
 
 As faire , and full of life , vnto the view , 
 
 As if abroad y in fertil '9i foile it grew . 
 
 So many men , of rareft partes there are , 
 Who though the v/orld afford them not a footc , 
 Yet doe they thriuc , within the emptie aire , 
 As well as they , that haue the richeft roote ; 
 Yea 5 when as fome , that are vpheld like Hops , 
 Doe droope , and die , even vnderneath their props • 
 
 * Sornp woiil4 
 haue it tkc Os-> 
 pine. 
 
 In muram cic?ii- 
 cum inclin;uiw 
 
 Si . 
 
 Vij 
 
121 
 
 T>ijlahorthm vendunt . 
 
 'T^ H E flothfull man , that loues in idle feat , 
 
 -■■ And wanton pleafurcs , to difpcnd his daies : 
 The Scripture plaine denieth for to eate , 
 And lawes fevere , doc piinifh many waies : 
 
 And never Heavens 3 with their boimtie blcfle. 
 
 The handaddidedvnto Idlenes . 
 
 On th'other fide , when for our fweatic painc g 
 Tofale they fetvs, all the preriousthinges , 
 The Earth within her bofome , doth containe , 
 Gemmes ^Herbes of virtue , Diadems of Kingcs 5 
 All fortes of Girlondes , and the Quill of Fame , 
 To keepe aHue , the honor of our name . 
 
 ClorU 
 
GiorUlatAvia, 
 
 122 
 
 T 
 
 H O V G H liFc be fhort , and man doth as the Sunnc ^ 
 His iourney finilli , in a little Ipace , 
 The way is wide , an honeft courfe to runne ^ 
 And great the glories of a virtuous race , 
 That at the laft, doe our iuft labors crowne , 
 With threefold wreath ^ Loue , HoKor , and Remx^ne . 
 
 Nor can Nights fhadow , or the Stygian deepe , 
 Gonceale faire Virtue , from the worldes wide eie , 
 The more oppreft, the more fhc ftriues to pccpe , 
 And raife her Rcfe-boimd ool(Jien head on hi^h : 
 When Epicures , the wretch y and worldly flaue , 
 Shall rot in fhame , aliue , and in the graue . 
 
 S3- 
 
 T» 
 
Th contra audentior . 
 
 nn HE valiant heart 5 that feeles the vtmoftfpieht, 
 -*- Of envious Fortune , who with Sword and fire ^ 
 Awaites his ruine , with redoubled might.. 
 Takes courage to him , and abates her ire^ 
 By refolution , and a conftant mind , 
 To deede of virtue, evermore inclin'd . 
 
 VVhofe {p'rite , a {parke of heavens immortal! fire , 
 Inglorious Sloth , may not in embers keepe , 
 Butfpiteofhclljitwillatlengthafpire , 
 And even by ftrawes , for want of fewell creepe : 
 When fearefuU natures , and the mind vnfound ^ 
 At every blaft , is beaten to the ground . 
 
 BhIc 
 
TJufCfje credere tut! Ipmum . 
 
 C WEETE Bird, who taiighr thee here to build thy neft? 
 
 ^ ( In greater fa P tie then M E D E A's fhrine , ) 
 
 Did Hap , or that thou knevv'lla Crowne the beft , 
 
 From iniufie to ilielter thee and thine ? 
 How much I did thy happines cnvic , 
 When firft I faw thee iinging , hither flie . , 
 
 Your glories Type , even (b yefacrcdKinges ,. 
 
 In highefl: place , the weaker one to fheild , 
 
 Thus vnder that iweete fliadow of your winges-, , 
 
 Befl: loues the Artes ^ and Innocence to build : 
 And thus my Mufc , that never fiCtie knew , 
 With Weary wing , great H EN R /E flies to you . 
 
 r# 
 
Aiagnunma* 
 
 125 T* the Honorable , Sir Thomas Ridgewaie , Ktiight , tmd 
 
 Baronet : Treaftirer at warres in Ireland , and 
 one of his JMaieflies Privie Conn fell there cfrc . 
 
 Thomas Ridgewaie . 
 Aiihi ffravato Dem . 
 
 TH E Camell ftrong , with burthen great oppreft , 
 Is forc'd to yeeld vnto his loade at iaft , 
 And while he toiles ^himfelfe enioies the leaft , 
 Of all the wealth , that on his back is caft : 
 For why ? he mull: the fame , to thofe impart, 
 VVhofc due it is , by Fortune , or defert . 
 
 So honor'd Sir , you , as your Camell, beare 
 A Treafures charge , that pulls you on your knee , 
 And though that thoufandcs, askc it here, and there ^ 
 To thofe that ought , and beft deferuing be , 
 You only giuc, their wages , and their due , 
 The while the care , and peril! lies on you . 
 
 Melamhclm 
 
Mela^chdiit, 
 
 iX6 
 
 T T E E R E MeUncholly mufing in his fits , 
 •■' -'' Pale vifag'd 5 of complexion cold and dric, 
 AUfolitaric ^ at his ftiidie fits , 
 Within a wood J devoid of companie : 
 
 Sauc Madge the Owle , and melancholly Piiflc , 
 Light-loathing Creatures , hateful! , ominous . 
 
 His mouth , in figne of filence , vp is bound , 
 For Mela.'iiholly loues iwt many wordcs : 
 One foote on Cube is fixt vpon the ground , 
 The which him plodding Confiancie alfordes : 
 
 A fealed Purfe he beares , to fhew no vice , 
 
 So proper is to him , as Avarice . 
 
 Ti- 
 
 Sanguis 
 
127 
 
 Sanguis, 
 
 nn H E Aicrie S Anguine , in whofe yoiithfull cheeke ^ 
 •*- The Veflme Rofe , and Lilly doe contend r 
 
 By nature is benigne , and gentlie ineekc , 
 
 To Mufick 3 and all merriment a frend 5 
 
 As fcemeth by his flowers , and girlondes gay , 
 _ Wherewith he dightes him , all the merry May . 
 
 And by him browzing , of the climbing vine , 
 The hiftfiill Goate is feene, which may import , 
 His pronenes both to women , and to wine , 
 Bold 3 bounteous 3 frend vnto the learned fort 5 
 For ftudies fit , beft louing , and belou'd , 
 Faire-lpoken ^ baflifull , fcld in anger moou'd . 
 
 u^M^ 
 
 cholera 
 
cholera . 
 
 12S 
 
 '^T EXT Cholkr ftandes , refcmbling moft the fire , 
 -*- Of fwarthie yeallow , and a meager face s 
 With Sword a late , vnflieathed in his Ire : 
 Neerc whome , there lies , within a httle fpacc , 
 A fterne ei'de Lion, and by him a flieild , 
 Charg'd with a flame , vpon a crimfon feild • 
 
 We paint him young, to fliewthatpaffioiisraignc, 
 ■The moft in heedles, and vnftaied youth : 
 That Lion fhowes , he feldomc can refrainc , . 
 From cruell dcede , devoide of gentle ruth ; 
 Or hath perhaps , this beaft to him alTign'd , 
 As bearing moft , the braue and bounteous mind * 
 
 ThlegmA 
 
12^ 
 
 
 T T EERE P^/^^;»(?{lts coughing on a Marble featc, 
 
 •*■ ''' As Citie-vfurers before their dore : 
 
 Of Bodie grofTe , not through exceflc of meate , 
 
 But of aDropfiejhe had got of yore : 
 
 His flothfuU hand , in's bofon;ie ftill he keepes , 
 Drinkcs , (jpits , or nodding , in the Chimney lleepes , 
 
 Beneath his feete ^ there doth a Tortoife crall , 
 For flowcft pace , Sloth's Hieroglyphick here , 
 For Phlegmatique , hates Labour moft of all , 
 As by his courfe arainient , may appearc : 
 Nor is he better furnifhed I find , 
 With Science , or the virtues of the mind . 
 
 Ad 
 
Ad lefum Chrifium opt : Ma>c ; 
 
 130 
 
 Xnnvf . 
 
 St> w (Tk. Thou art that rticcpe , 
 
 nn HE fiUie Z^;;?^^, on Altar lieth bound 5 
 
 -^ Prepared readie 3 for the Sacrifice 5 
 Who willingly awaites his mortall wound , 
 Without refiftance , or hclpe calling cries , 
 
 To mooue the tender hearted to relent , 
 
 Or heauens to heare a dieng Innocent . 
 
 Thou art ( deere Lord ) this Lambe , who for our guiltj 
 
 Forfbok'ft the Throne , of highefl Maieftie , 
 
 And gau'ft thy blood , for finners to be (pilt , 
 
 Frend to thy foes , high in humilitie : 
 
 And is this creature innocent , and dumbe , 
 Till Lion-like , thou ("halt to Judgment come . 
 
 Redcmptor noftcr homo nafcendo, agnus moriendo , Leo rcfiirgcndo, 
 c: ad ccelos afcendcndo ^ aquila fa6la eft . 
 
 T 3 . Net 
 
 A;-3gramma G : 
 C.'nidcni aut in- 
 ceiti cuiiifpiain. 
 
 
n^ 
 
 Nee amkis , nee cognAtisfidendHm . 
 
 Vl-M. IKMlnaOL ucw 
 
 
 
 ^y 
 
 
 y^ 
 
 
 t<^^ .,.I L 
 
 '' I ' H E P/ir/r/V/? building in the ripened whcate , 
 ^ Did charge her young ,( while fheabroade did ilie. 
 With tender care , to fearch about for meate , ) 
 To marke the talke ^ of tTiofe that pafTed by : 
 ■; Ere long there came , the owner of the cornc , 
 Who faid by frendes ^ next day it fliould be (hornc . 
 
 There is no daunger , quoth the old one yet , 
 Be ftill a while , I once abroadc againc , 
 Then heard they , he his kinfmen would intrcate , 
 Without delay, to fell that feild of graine : 
 
 Some fcare there is , quoth Damme , but if he faies , 
 Hec'le come himfelfe , then time to 'ypz our waies . 
 
 Mdtrlmomum 
 
\j\r HO loucthhcO: jtoliucin Hyme/7sh^ndes y 
 ^ ^ And better likes , the carefull married ftate ^ 
 May here behold , how -Mutrimonie ftandcs ^ 
 In woodden ftocks, repenting him too late : 
 
 The fervile yoake , his neck , and fhoulder wcares 3 
 And in his hand , the friiitefiill Quince he bcares <» . 
 
 The ftocks doe fhew , his want of libertie , 
 
 Not as he woont , to wander where he lill: : 
 
 The yoke's ;in enfigne of fervilitie ; 
 
 The fruitefLiilnes , the Quince within his fift. 
 
 Of wedlock tells , which * 5 a L O jV did prefent , 
 T 'Athenian Brides ^ the day to Church they went o 
 
 '^l^mmlt 
 
 Sed 
 
<33 
 
 Sedfrigida pu/chra 
 Ad Lefbiam . 
 
 E S B I A 5 that doft th' Elyfian Rofe excel! ,. 
 Or CyfrtAn Goddejfe , for a beauteous grace 5 
 
 L 
 
 Forgiue me , here that I fo plaiiiiie tell , 
 Oum licet iniufto ]\/[y Iqucs long ctrors , wandrine in thy face : 
 
 lubtrahc colla m- / i i i-i 1 ; / 
 
 g» ?«/«t ; » . J. Thy face that takes , like that Dctaai/tw maze , 
 All eics thereon , that fliall mth wonder gaze . 
 
 Though faireft faire , thou beeft yet like the Snow , 
 Or fhamefaft Rofe , thou inwardly art cold , 
 Nor can the beames , that gentle Lone doth throw , 
 Exhale the fwecte ,thy bofome doth enfold : 
 As thou art fairc , fo wert thou Lefhia kind , 
 My wronges had di 'de , and none had knownc thy mind 
 
 Ovid: E«t/l:ij 
 
 Sive latet ?hoshtis ^feu tents dtior extet , 
 Th mihi luce dolor ytu mihi mcie venis . 
 
 Veritas 
 
Veritas . 
 
 1 34 
 
 A BEAVTEOVS maide, in comly wife doth ftand: 
 -^*- Who on the Sunnes bright globe , doth call her eie; 
 An opened booke, fhe holdeth in her hand , 
 withallthe Palme , in figne ofvi6torie ^ .[ .,^1 ■ _,;io^ \^i\h 
 
 Her Dght foote trcadeth downc the world Dclowe :. 
 
 Her name is t r v t h, of old depainted fo . 
 
 Her nakednes belcemesfimplicitic: 
 The Sunnc, how (he is grcateft frend to light : 
 Her booke, the ftrcngtii fhe holds by * hiftoric : 
 The Palme, her triumphcs over Tyrants fpite : 
 
 The world (he treads on, how in heaven ihe dwcis. 
 And here beneath all earthly thing excelis . 
 
 ) nt 
 
 Hiftoria caftos 
 illuflriuin virn- 
 rum yjrtutis, tcft« 
 is inalorum $ce- 
 leris , bcncfic.i in 
 otnne humanum 
 Genus : Diodarui 
 Sicuius, i.Siiiff^ 
 tfyeti 
 
 EtUm 
 
TtUm hopfervanda . 
 
 Inrcr Argufli 
 Nunuiaiaca . 
 
 Vide hiftoriam 
 M :A:rilii Reguli 
 in Cic : oERciis. 
 
 Ficfes ctiam pcr- 
 fidis pr*rtanda, 
 Ambrofj 
 
 Card : lalianus: 
 vide Bohemorfi 
 Antiales .erFox- 
 ium ill fuo Mar- 
 tyrolog : 
 
 Nee reqnis poft 
 fcrte fiJe-n . 
 Siliut ii6: It. 
 — oDcimiisiHe 
 Milicii cu! pof. 
 tremutn eft pri- 
 mumquc tucri 
 Inccr Bella fidem 
 Idem Hi) : 14. 
 
 o 
 
 Ex Bar : nof.ro . 
 
 F CONCORD firmc , the Romans in their coinc yA 
 This fymbole gaiie, their peace about to make^ 
 That as their hands, in one their hearts fhould ioine , 
 And fooner firft , they would their lines forfake , 
 Then treachr'oufly, their vow and promife breakey 
 Though to their foe, if they the word did fpeakc . 
 
 For lo, the Lord who fecrets all doth knowe , 
 With vengeance moft, doth plague the faithlcs wight : 
 As that fame ^^- Card' nail ^ prou'd not long agoe. 
 Who in the feild againft his faith would fight : 
 
 With God ami man , the truth accepted is 5 
 
 Oh ! let not heathen, vs excell in this . 
 
 Nam illis promfTus ftandum qiiis non vidct ? qux coadus quis metu , aut dcccprw 
 dolo piomifcrit . Cicero in offic ; 
 
 Publica Romulidcs pnfturi foedera iungimt 
 
 Concordes geminas orcque coide manus , 
 Inpcns crcdc nefashoftilcs fallere dc^:tras, 
 
 Quod panas meruit vindicc fxpc Deo . 
 
 JuflhU 
 
luJlitU militarts. 
 
 VV 
 
 HEN SC AVRVS forth the Roman youth did lead> 
 To prone their valour on the common foe: 
 Within his Campe , in authors as I read , 
 A peare tree laden with the fruit did grow, 
 V\ hich at*s departure , kept the wonted (lore. 
 As full remaining as it did befor-; . 
 
 A mirror for commaunders in our age , 
 
 Who deeme it honour , and a fouldiers guife , 
 
 To vfe on foes all * viilanous outrage : 
 
 Rapes, murders J rapines , burnings robberies : 
 And greateft part of valour to confift. 
 Like favage bruitcs, in fpoy ling what they lift . 
 
 Regum 
 
 derit Scauif-s po- 
 irifcram arbore 
 quamin pede crf- 
 trornm fuerat c6- 
 plexj merjrio 
 poftero die abeu» 
 te excrcitu intic- 
 tif fruSibus rc- 
 liSjm Fronr, 
 Sraia^an:ttij> 3 . 
 
 * In omne fes 
 Bcfaique avidi 
 aut va:nalLS, nctn 
 lacro non ^ro^ha- 
 no abftincntcs. 
 
 Nemo pullum ra- 
 pia% ovem nemo 
 contingat, fcgc tc 
 nemo dcTcrar, o- 
 lentn, fal, ligaum 
 nemo cxigat, an- 
 no -.2 (ua cor.tcn- 
 tus (it . 
 Foiifc. la ^ur: 
 
"Re gum Makjlatem non immitJuendam . 
 
 T^ H E auntieiit Romans by their Temples vf d , 
 
 ■■- To paint a ferpcnt , or fuch hideous thing i 
 That holy places, might notbeabufd 
 By children, whom they told, that thefe would fting : 
 And madebeleue they liu'd, to that intent. 
 To Sacred things they fhould be reverent .. 
 
 Vile Traytor, of fomc Hyrcane Tiger bred , 
 Such Serpents ftill , thy Soveraignes crowne do guard 
 lovi cura eft ve- '^"^ think not as the other, thefe are dead , 
 aeranda principis Like child or foolc : but that they are prepar'd , 
 \\Jii\i mortal flings , to be reueng'd on them , 
 That fliall abufe, tha'nointed Diadem. 
 
 pmgo mc«J an 
 {jucs: Pfr/j 
 
 Teiitut. I ,^M' 
 
 utl: 
 
 Proditorcs etiam iisquos ante ponuntinvifi fimt 
 
 DclJs 
 
Dolis wmimeJideHdum . 
 
 138 
 
 np H E Cat and Foxc , while that a lone they fate 
 ^ Confulting , Regnard thus began to boaft , 
 
 And foberlie to tel vnto the Cat, 
 
 His fhiftes, when danger did afTaile him moft^ 
 The Cat faid, one is proper vnto me 
 If worft (hoiild come 5.that is to take a tree . 
 
 Meane time of hounds , there came a yolping crew. 
 Who found the Foxe : PufTe trufting to her clawes 3 
 And feeing him torne in peeces, in her view. 
 Said to her felfe, after alitle paufe ; 
 
 One honeft fhift is better now I fee , 
 
 Then all thy cunning in extremitie . 
 
 £x M(o^ fab I 
 
 Vigil 
 
1^9 
 
 Vi'gllvtrinqttf . 
 
 A BEACON {landing on the Reeky iliore , 
 "^^ Vpon whofe top, a cock to fin you fee : 
 Gods Minifters doth fhev/jfliould evermore , 
 n"^ini cT'«- ^"'"^" Sentincll ; and howcrly watchfull be , 
 lb s luac^r pci- Vpon their flock , defending everv port , 
 Whereto the foe, is Lkelicft to rcfort. 
 
 For many are the Itratagems of finne , 
 And Sathan labors ftill with might and maine , 
 Within our foules , a landing place to win : 
 It is your partes, with fervent prayer againe j 
 And faith the fpirits fWord, and all yee may , 
 To kcepe his malice, from your flocks away • 
 
 Diem .£i^ ch j 
 
 Specular-re dc- 
 dice. £/i(/ 21. 
 
 Ex BjijV • iioftro 
 adPrm-.iitm- 
 
 Gnfi'-r . Horn, 19. 
 in Et^ch: 
 
 Pcccatis totos ne vos fopor opprimat altu >, 
 
 Excubias perago nofte dicque pias :. 
 CumqucgrcgiDrmoii Martc infidietar apcrto , 
 
 Littorc ab xquoreo rzda caYcre iubet . ■ 
 
 Qjifquispopuli fpeculator ponitur, in alto dcbcc ftarc per rium, vtpoffit 
 pioddVepcr providcntiam . 
 
*\ "\ 7 H I L E (infull Sodome dreades the heavenly firCj 2«w.' 3 . 
 
 '^^ ^ And Nero trembles at his fhadGWcs fight: - - 
 
 This booke, the Herald of ^th'AhnightiesIrc, * 
 
 Doth on the howfe, of every fwearer light : 
 To pimjfh iiiftly , fo prophane a finnc , 
 With all the plagues, that arc containd therein. 
 
 A warning good for fwearers, and for thofe 5 
 That think (iich finnc , their adions only grace : 
 And him the man , that can with fearefull oathcs, 
 Blafpheme the Lord of heaven vnto his face: oi\i 
 
 ' . But know prophane, ere many yeares be pad, 
 A plague will come, with winged fpeede at laft . 
 
 DuvtSodom.timmif^oshorret fibicvlJtmigncty 
 
 TergA fua et Nemefi dat i arid da, A ero : 
 Advolftaf7S ccelo liber htc rrqmevit m ilium 5 
 
 Nummafcri^ra qui vocat ore Da . 
 
 Bternitas 
 
 Periuriipana d& 
 vina cxi'ium , 
 humana deHecul 
 Cictr» , I it Itgh- 
 iut» 
 
 In pfolem dilatt 
 
 luunt periuria 
 patris . 
 
 Et poenam mcri- 
 Co films ore luit« 
 
 Cittua'iati : 
 
 Ex Bajiike K0f 
 *r». 
 
EternitAS. 
 
 A 
 
 U T 
 
 VIRGIN fairc, purtraided as you f&e y 
 Withhairedifpred, in comelie wife behind ; ' 
 Within whofe handes , two golden balls there be : 
 But from the breft jthe nether partes are twin'd 
 Within a ftarrie circle , do exprefTc , 
 c -n Eternitiey or EverUfiingnes . 
 
 ET ERN IT IE is young, and never old : 
 I» ttcno nihil The circle wantes * beginning and the end : 
 prztcritum eft , ^j^^ vncomiDt for cvcr lies the cold : 
 rhkimdatf. The heaven her lightcs ror evermore did lend , 
 
 The Heathen thought, though heauen &: earth muft palfe. 
 
 And all in time decay that ever was . 
 
 Dttram, 
 
 Fuitquxdim ab infinito tempore xtcrnitas , quam nulla circumfcrlptio tera- 
 porum meriebacur, (patio tamen qualis ca fueut xntelligi non poteft. 
 
 Hei 
 
Helmihi quodvidi. 
 
 14a 
 
 T O O K E how the Limbeck genthc downc diftil's , 
 •■-^ III pearlie drops , his heartes deare qiiintcfcciice : 
 So I J poore Eie , while coldcft fbrrow fiUs , 
 My breft by flames, enforce this moifture thence 
 In Chriftall floods 5that thus their Hmitsbreake , 
 Drowning the heart, before the tongue canfpeakc . 
 
 Great Ladic , Teares haue moou'dthc favage feircc. 
 And wrefted]?itcie3 from a Tyrants ire : 
 And drops in time 5 do hardeft Marble pcircc s 
 But ah I fearc me ,1 too high afpire , ' r; /.• oh • 
 
 Thenwifh thofebeames ^fo brighthad never (Tim'd V 
 Or that thou hadft5beenG from thy cradle blind . 
 
 InccrtJ. Expert 
 gaU Kegia i 
 
 Sic 
 
Sic Attdaces fortuna , 
 
 LYSIMACHVS adiudged once to die , 
 By fentence iufl , for that he poifoned , 
 C AL I S T H E N E S \{\smz\^QTL privilie , 
 And lieng long in dungeon fettered 
 
 To end his daies , did in the end requeft , 
 He might be throwne , vnto a favadgc beafi . 
 
 The which was llraight of ALEX AND ER graunted. 
 
 And naked he vnto a Lion caft , 
 
 But hauing one arme clofely arm^d , vndaunted. 
 
 By th'vpper law , he holdes his foe fo fajft. 
 
 That downe his throate , that armed arme he fendes , 
 And even the heart-ftringes , firom the bodic rcndcs. 
 
 Which bold attempt , when ALE XAND E R kncw^^ 
 
 Thy life is thine, i:r 5 /^^CT/ri-^quoth he, 
 
 Befides I giue , ( as to thy valour due , ) 
 
 My frcndlliip here , my Scepter after me : 
 
 For thus the virtuous , and the valiant fpright , 
 Triumphcs o'rcFate , and Fortunes deadlicft ipite» 
 
 Et 
 
Et minimi vindif^am • 
 
 144 
 
 WE E doe adore by nature , Princes good , 
 And gladly as our Parents , them obey , 
 But loath the * Monftcrs, that delight in blood. 
 And thinke their People fent ihem for a prey ; 
 
 To whome the Lord, doth in his ludgmentrend, 
 A loathed life , or elfe a fearefuU end . 
 
 Once NERO'S name, the world did quake to heare. 
 And R O ME did tremble , at P O MITIAjVs fight: 
 But now the Tyrant , caufe of ail this feare , 
 Is laid full low , vpon whofe toombe do light , 
 
 To take revenge , the Bee , and fummer * Elie , 
 
 Who not cfcap't fometime his crucltie . 
 
 Spontc pios Reges revcremur,at arte Tyranos, Vcllicar exrinAum cum turba togata njrokeM, 
 Arcc rcgunt jtidem , funere cc arte cadunt : Mufcula etiJludit , domitianb tibi. 
 
 PS Tyrftuno I O B loquens , fonicurn air tcrrorii fempcr eflc in auribus iilius . 
 
 — foIJicito bibunc 
 Auro fiipcrbi ; qaara iuvat nuda Hianu 
 Captafle fontem 
 
 Ad generum Cercris fine ciede ec fanguine pauci 
 Defccndant Ileg;s , cc iicca mo;tc Tyraniu . 
 
 X 2 . Ex 
 
 * L€0 nigicns et 
 Vrfus emriens > 
 princeps impiMS 
 fuperpopukm 
 paupercm : Vro ; 
 »5. 
 
 Nihil tarn firmii 
 eft , cui non fit 
 periculuin etiam 
 ab invaJido. Cur- 
 iiusUb.j . 
 
 * Otiofiis enim 
 Mufcas necarc 
 filler :hincillud: 
 NeMufta quide 
 cum Imperatore. 
 
 Bapl'tCiHoro», . 
 
 Settee*, 
 luvtua: Sd^v. m 
 
145 Bx vtroe^ue Im?nortal/tas . 
 
 Adfijfftmum lacohum magn^e BritannU Reg 
 
 em» 
 
 *BomisPrincept 
 
 nihiloditlcrta 
 
 bonopatcc. 
 
 * Haiac animam 
 inrerea ca:fo de 
 corporc raptam 
 Fsc iiibarvtlem- 
 perCapitolia 
 noftia ftsrumquc 
 Divus abcxcha 
 pro{pciflet lulius 
 «dc . Ovid: MetH' 
 mor : 1$ . 
 
 * Pictate, ecluf- 
 
 titia ,Piincipcs 
 Dij fmm.^uguf' 
 t/ d'SIuvi, ajiud Sc' 
 n:ccim in Lu ik . 
 
 ZjcBafiliMoJire, 
 
 T> VT thouwhoregoodnes^PietiejandZealc, 
 ^^ Hauccauf'dthcerOjtobebeloLi'dofthine, 
 ( VVheii envious Fates , iTiall robbe the Common wcalc^ 
 Of fiich a '^ Father , ) fhalt for ever fhine : . 
 Notturn'das "^ C^/^r , to a fained ftarre , 
 But plac'd a ^ Saint , in greater glory farre . 
 
 With whome mild Peace , the niofl of all defir'd; 
 
 And learned Mufe fliall end their happic daycs s - 
 
 While thou to all cternitie admir'd , 
 
 Shalt line a freili 5 in after ages praife : 
 
 Or be the Loade-ftarre , of thy glorious North , 
 Drawing all eies ^ to wonder at thy worth . 
 
 Tc tua fed Pictas omni memorabilis xvo , 
 
 Sidus ad 2temi Cjefaris vfque fcret ; 
 luftitia occuHibet tecum , quia Mufa , Fidcfquc 
 
 In patriam , raris pax ct habenda locis , 
 
 Icon 
 
Jcpn Peceati , 
 
 A Y O V N G mail: blind 5.black , naked here is feene , 
 '**' Ore Mountaine fteepe , and Thornie Rock to paffe 5 
 Whofe heart a Serpent gnawes with fiirie teene y 
 Another's wound about his waft , alas , 
 
 Since ADA M'S fall, fuch our eftate hath bin ^ 
 Thcliuely pidurc of our guilt and finne . 
 
 His age denotes youthes follies and amifte, 
 
 HisblindnesflieweSjOurwantof wifedomesfight; 
 
 Sinnes deadly waies ,thofe dang'rousftepps of his , 
 
 His nakednes , of grace depriued quite : 
 
 Hell's powerthe Serpent ^which his loines doth girt, 
 A * Confcienccbadjthe other eates his heart . 
 
 Ileu^uantiinu* 
 fcro pceax raei^$ 
 con{cia<loBac 
 Xucta : 
 
 * Grave pondit.? 
 Confcicntia . C?f» 
 trolibtl.iQttVim 
 Detntm. 
 
 X3 
 
 Imonjlantia 
 
TNCONSTANCIE with fickle footc doth ftanci, 
 •■• Vpon a Crab , in gowne of palie greeiie , 
 A rhining CrefTaunt fhewing in her hand. 
 Which as her felfe, is changing ever feene : 
 
 That cLiUoiir hghc , fhe borrowes from the Sea ^ 
 Whofe wanes continue 3 never at a flay • 
 
 Forward , and bacWard , Cancer keepes his pace ^ 
 Th' inconftant man, fo doubtfiill in his waics , 
 The private life , one v/hilc will mofl embrace , 
 In travaile then , lie liftes to fpend his dayes : 
 
 Which was the Kitchin , that he makes a Tower , 
 Then downe goes all togeither in an hower . 
 
 In 
 
In Aftticos falfos * 
 
 TW O frendes there were "that did their lourney.takc fi 
 And by the way , they made a vow to either , 
 What ere befell , they never would forfake , 
 But as fworne brethren. Hue and die togeither: 
 
 Thus wandring thorough dcferts , here and there j. 
 By chance they met , a great and vgly Beare . 
 
 A' whome, amazed with a deadly fearer. 
 On " leaues his frend, and climbeth vp a tree : 
 The other, falks downe flat before the Beare , 
 And keepes his breath, that feeming dead to be , 
 The Beare forfooke him, ( for his nature' s fuch, 
 A breathles bodic never once to touch . ) 
 
 The beaft departing , and the daunger paft , 
 
 The dead arofe , and kept along his waie : 
 
 His fellow leaping from the tree at laft , 
 
 Askt what the Beare , in s earc did whifpring fay ^ 
 Quoth he, he bad me , evermore take heede , 
 Of fuch as thou , that failil i» time of neede » 
 
 Ex ^fopi fabn J 
 
 Levit4t 
 
H9 
 
 Levhas . 
 
 £cclcfuft : ' 
 
 G«f:R'oa pcfu 
 
 gIRO. 
 
 AY O V T H arraid , in fimdry cullors light „ 
 And painted plumes that ovcrfpred his crefl : 
 Defcribes the varieng and fantaftiquc wight, 
 ( * For Uke our mindes , we commonly are dreft ; ) 
 His right hand hoIdes,the bcllowesto his eare , 
 His left, the quick , and fpcedicfpurrc dothbearc, 
 
 Suchis Capriccio ,or thVnftaicd mind , 
 Whome thoufand fancies howerly doe p'^xTefle , 
 For riding poft , with every blaft of wind , 
 In nought hee's fteddic , {auc vnftablenes : 
 Muhtians , Painters , and Poetique crew , 
 Accept what i^ /? >^ , dedicates to you . 
 
 '^"W^^^ 
 
 ^vW'j-iA 
 
 Jdhuc 
 
Adhuc me A mejps in herba . 1 50 
 
 Ad D . M . L . nobikm quandam Icalam Mcdiolanenfcm quinquage- 
 
 nariam , qux puero vix 1 5 . annos nato non itapridcm nupfit, 
 
 locofiim . Pafquini . 
 
 A D M I R E D Ladie , I haue miifed oft , 
 -^*" In filent night, when you hauebeene in bed, . 
 With your young husband , wherevpon you thought , 
 Or what conceiptpofTeft your carcfull head , 
 Since hewe know 5 as yet had never fcene. 
 His tendreft yeares , amounted to fifteene : 
 
 No queftionbut you grieued inward much , 
 As doth the Mifer , in a backward yeare : 
 When others reape , to fee your harveil fuch , 
 And all your hopes , but in their blade appeare : 
 Ladie , let henceforth nought diieafe your reft , 
 For after-crops doe fometime prooue the befl . 
 
 Sommorum 
 
151 
 
 Somniorum Dea . 
 
 Prirchlinnsia 
 Perfiamj 
 
 ^Jon augBrablmi- 
 ni, noil oblcrva- 
 biris fomnia. 
 Livstic'. 1^. 
 
 SaJ/lic : Dor^ , 
 
 \j\r HAT lonely GoddefTe do mine eies behold ? 
 
 -^y That powers fuch plentie with her bounteous hand : 
 Her name is B RTSrs. , whome the Greekes of old , 
 As Queene of dreames ador'd v/ithin their land : 
 Whome if they feru'd, devoutly as they fhould , 
 They made no doubts of hauing what they would • 
 
 And well may BRYSrS,h€^ Goddefle thought , 
 So many who with fancies vaine deceiues : 
 Whome when fhe to fooles Paradice*hath brought. 
 For golden Apples ^ fcarcc fhe giucs them leaucs : 
 To vifions vaine , and dreames then take no heede , 
 Which had in Chrift , their ending as you reade . 
 
 Sonmia fallaci ludunt tcmciaria node , 
 Et pavidas nicntcs falla timeic lubct . 
 
 CcrnoDcx cflfigicm , cuius fed diciro ? p u y s v s , 
 
 QMam numcn credunt fomnia vana fuum : 
 Funciit opes varias . ftukos fpe laftat inani , 
 
 Quos buUis dicat craflina lufa dies . 
 
 JLihidmls 
 
^r^ H E Fiper when he doth engender , loc , 
 ^ Thus downe the females throate , doth put his head , 
 Which of {he bites 5 as learned Authours fhow. 
 And ne're conceiues , before the male be dead : 
 
 Eke when fhe forth , her poifbnous broode doth fend , 
 Her young ones likewife, bring her to her end . 
 
 Of Beaftly lufl , th* effedes herein perceiue , 
 
 How deadly , and how dangerous they be. 
 
 Of life and foule, that doe at once bercaue , 
 
 Turning abundance into beggery : 
 
 Daughter of Sloth , vile cancker of the mind , 
 Leauing repentance , and foule fhame behind . 
 
 SeEvus criminum ftimulus libido eft , qux nunquam manere 
 quietum patitur aflfedlum , nodle fcrvet _, die anhelat . 
 
 Hiriv«;uiApo« 
 cbcg I 
 
 deruari-ieAhl 
 et Ctt», 
 
 Sors 
 
Sors • 
 
 Ex Epigrammate A W O F V L L WTCtch , that hn guifht in difpaire , 
 grsco vcmfto : iV VVithoutcn frcndcs 3 and mcanes of living here , 
 A halter tookcjto make an end of care , 
 The while beneath hid treafiire doth appcare : 
 Which to his lot aflTign'd , by fortunes doome , 
 He takes , and leaues his halter in the roome . 
 
 The owner after milTing of his pelfe 5 
 For deadly greife , his hcapes and hopes were gon , 
 The others halter takes 3 andhangeshimfclfe; 
 Fmunavitrea Fottunc thus dalHcs evct 3 and anon 
 ft^siurSt» ^ 're-fwaieng all , with Scepter in her fift , 
 
 And bandieth vs , like balls which way fhc lift . 
 
 Jmm 
 
Jtjani imfetii . 
 
 nn H E Crocodile along th* ^giptian NILE^ 
 -*- That liirkes to make the pafTenger his pray , 
 The moft of all delightcs , to robbe and fpoilc 
 The Hunny-hiues 5 were he not kept away 
 By Saffron planted , round on every fide , 
 Which this (lie theife ^ could never yet abide . 
 
 This Crocodile , I count the Ghoftly foe , 
 Who evermore lies watching , to dcvourc ^ 
 
 Our Hopes encreafe , that in the foule doth grow , 
 Did not the grace divine , this Saffron flower 
 
 ( Moft wholefome herbe ) prevent his deadly fpight 
 And guard the Garden , fafely day and night . 
 
 Vnde Crocodili 
 Bomen habec ■ 
 
 i.quod Crocmn 
 maxime timcat» 
 Nam Apiarij in 
 /E^pto ( tcfte 
 PJinio,) circnm 
 alvearia Crocuna 
 conferunt ne a 
 prxdone iAo di« 
 ripiwinir: 
 
 Secundm 
 
«55 
 
 Secundtu deter tor a dies . 
 
 * Caninnm Icgis 
 ftu'Jjuni dixit . 
 CoLumelU ItO. i . 
 
 QHemadinadum 
 vis moiboruni 
 prctiameJenti- 
 tusjficfoiicabcs 
 pecuniamadvo- 
 cacis feit . Tacims 
 
 \\T HEN as fiBERirS C^SAR paft along 
 ^ ^ Theftreetesof ^^«;^,bychauncehedidclpie 
 
 A Lazar poore , who there amid the throng , 
 
 Did full of fores , and loathfome vlccrs lie , 
 
 About the which , fo bufie was the flie : 
 
 That moou'd with pittie^ C v/£S AR willed fbme 5 
 Stand by to kill them^ as they faw them come . 
 
 Whereat the wretch , did fiiddainely replie , 
 Thefc flies arc full , pray let them yet alone , 
 For being kill 'd , a freflier companie , 
 More hunger pincht , would bite m^:; to the bone : 
 So when the wealthy Judge , is dead and gone : 
 Some ftarued one fucceedes, who ^ bitcthmorCj 
 A thoufand times , then did the full before . 
 
 i^\^;\tt:i^' 
 
 Silent^ 
 
Sikntij digmtas . 
 
 li^ 
 
 T OE 1? O -LOiV here th' Athenian fage doth fland 3 
 ^ The giorie cioXXGREC I A to this day , 
 With courage bold who taketh knife in hand , 
 And with the fame , doth cut his tongue away : 
 
 But being ask'd of fome , the reafon why ^ 
 
 By writing thus he anfwer'd by and by . 
 
 Oft haue I heard , that many haue fuftained , 
 Much lolfe by talke , and lavifhncs of tongue 5 
 Of filcnce never any yet complained , 
 Or could fay iuftly , it had done him wrong : 
 
 Who knowes to fpeake , and when to hold his peace \ 
 Findes fewefl daungers , and Hues bcft at cafe . 
 
 Angciona Dea 
 proles filcntij a» 
 pud Romanes, 
 obfignato ore a- 
 tiquicus cfHAa eft 
 
 Res omnium dif- 
 ficillima filcrc et. 
 audire : GMui 
 libw. 
 
 Quingennium ff- 
 Icntium in Pyrha- 
 gorx (chola quS 
 t^lMjBta» vo- 
 cabanr, tcficLa- 
 crtio indiccbatnr. 
 LMtrtiittlib i »».» 
 
 Km 
 
Kmi tnergh 
 
 'T"' H E husbandman , laid fometime to his vine, ^ 
 "*- To makeitbeare jthc donge of fiindry beaflcs , 
 Whofe virtue fince 5hath quite polTeft the wine. 
 As may appeare ,31 many drunken fcaftcs : 
 One * Lion-Hke , doth quarrell with his hoft , 
 Stares , fweares ^breakes windowes , or behacks the pofi: • 
 
 Ape-Hke you fee , the fecOiid merry ftill , 
 -.gcminau libi- Or whot with Uift 5 he never thinkes of flecpe ; 
 dmcfurgic«i^^f«. Another * fwinifh,feelcshisfl:omachill: 
 * - -Affigit humo 'j-j^g fourth is fofc , awd fimple as the flieepc ; 
 ^yax.H»rax'.ub'. AKomanc lage , did lomeame thus cxprellc , 
 In briefe th' cffedcs , of loathfome Drunkencs , 
 
 • Vinadabanta 
 nimos — Ovii: 
 
 S(rm; i.Sittj/r', 
 
 IStec 
 
Nee igne , nee vnda . 
 
 158 
 
 A M I D the wanes , a mightie Rock doth ftand , 
 -^*" Whofe ruggic brow , had bidden many a fhower , 
 And bitter ftorme ; which neither fea,nor land , 
 Nor 10 FE S rharpe-Hghtening ever could devourc : 
 Thisrameis^^A^Z,/£ CONSTANCIEo^mmd, 
 Not eafly moou'd , with every blaft of wind . 
 
 Neere which you fee , a goodly (hip to drowne , 
 
 Herewith bright flaming ina pitteous fire ; 
 
 This is O P IN ION, tofTed vp and downe , 
 
 Whofe Pilot's PRIDE,&c Steerefman VAINE DESIRE, 
 Thofe flames HOT P AS SIGNS ySc thcWORLD the fca,, 
 God bleffe the man , that's carried thus aWay . 
 
 vide Lipfium de. 
 Conftantia . 
 
 Zi. 
 
 Pracoct.i 
 
159 
 
 TracocU mn Mutftma , 
 
 \j\r HILE gentle Zeph/re, warmes the tender ipring ,' 
 ^ ^ And Flora glads all creatures at her fight : 
 The Almof7d-tr/;es , ere any leaues they bring , 
 Vnfold their pride , their blollbmes red and white : 
 But withered foone , vnto th e ground they fall , 
 Or yeild their friiite , the leaft and laft of all . 
 
 So many children in their tender ycares , 
 
 Doe promife much by towardhnes of wit , 
 
 From fuch , yet feldome any fruite appeares t 
 
 When as fome plodder , that below doth fit , 
 
 Of whonie both frendes , and maiffcer did difpaire , 
 As hindmoft hound doth fooneft catch the Hare . 
 
 Ira 
 
Ira. TrMpum : Quccunj^ ferar . 
 
 i€o 
 
 "D Y rafh attempt, who iniiires mightie men , 
 "*-' Or by bafe deedc , incurres the Princes Ire , 
 Doth often wifh 5 it were to doe agen 5 
 And that his hand , perhaps were in the fire , 
 That fought againft him, or with Libell bafe , 
 Sedition fow'd , or {launder in difgrace . 
 
 For as this Engine , where the fame doth hght , 
 Like lOTE'S rwift-thunder,mercilesitftrikes3 
 And by the roote , rends vp rebellion quite : 
 The wifer man , \A'ill then aware the pikes , 
 And frame himielfe , to line without oflfence , 
 Firft * God to ferue , and afcerwardes his Prince . 
 
 Prlncipes nonir- 
 ritides . Trtvtrb j 
 
 » Let the firft 
 care, be of God, 
 & divine thingef . 
 ^nfi.poUuc-.j , 
 
 Zz . 
 
 VUerhis 
 
J6i 
 
 Vttmus durahit . 
 
 T 
 
 Scindeturvcftcs, 
 geminz f rangcti- 
 tiu-ecauram , 
 Carmina qucm 
 tribucntfama 
 perennis crir : 
 Oviii ^mor: £- 
 leg : lo. 
 
 " Exitio terras 
 cum dabit vna 
 dies. Ovid : 
 
 OvdiLlc^ '.vltini'. 
 
 HE Monuments that mi ghtie Monarches reare, 
 COLOSSO'S ftatiies , and Pyramids high , 
 In trad o{ time , doe moulder downe and weare , 
 Ne leauc they any Uttle memorie , 
 The PalTenger may warned be to fay , 
 They had their being here , another day , 
 
 But wile wordes taught , in numbers fweete to runne , 
 
 Preferued by the liuing Mufc for aie , 
 
 Shall ftill abide ,\v hen date of thefe is done , 
 
 Nor ever fhall by Time be worne away : 
 
 Time , Tyrants , Envie , World affay thy worft , 
 Ere HOMER die , thou fhalt be " fired firft. 
 
 Ergo cum filices , cum dens patiatur aratri 
 Depereant xvo , carmina morte carcnt . 
 
 ,Cedant canninibus Rcges , Regumquc Triumphi ^ 
 Cedat et auriferi ripa beata Tagi . 
 
 Pro 
 
Pro Regno , et ReUgione . 
 
 1^2 Hetinci 4 . An' 
 qlia: Regij, Sym- 
 bolum. 
 
 ' I ^ HE Monarches good, that doe deferiie the name 
 -*' Of '' Countrie Parents , by their Joii,t aiid care - }. 
 Of common-wealth , and to defend the fame , . , ,» ^ . ty 
 From pubhcque harmes, by wife forefight, prcp4f <^,i,-^, . fr -V , 
 
 * By lolling heartes ^ are guarded furcr farrc , • ",'/;. 
 
 Then fome vnweldie S wi'Z Z E , oj: JJN IZ 4R^ 
 
 HfiV^r this once, thy Royall Imprefeftoodj 
 To fhcw 3 thy foe fhoiild find thee readie preft , 
 For Church , and Country , to difpend thy bloud^ 
 When daunger , or occafion did requeft , 
 
 And further 3 though the Trumpet fternc did ccafc 5 
 Thus evermore , to goeprepar'din FEACE . 
 
 ^ Patrcs Pauia 
 
 * Nob fie exeu- 
 bia> , nee circmi- 
 ftantja ccla,qnain 
 tutatur atner . 
 €i4Htlittn: tihtnty, 
 
 Z3. 
 
 Nm 
 
16^ 
 
 Nfftf NnhiU UHgantl 
 
 TH E godly mind, that hath fo oft aflfaid , 
 The perils that our frailtie here amate , 
 Through heauenly wifedome , is no more afraid 
 Of Fortunes frowne ,and bitter blaftes of Fate : 
 For though in vale of woes , her dwellin g be , 
 Her nobler part' s aboue vntouch't and free . 
 
 For mortall thinges doe find their change below , 
 And nought can here defend vs from the fhower , 
 Now grcateft windes doe threate our overthrow ^ 
 Our golden morne anon begins to lowre : 
 
 And while^ pUr hopes , are yet but in their fap , 
 Their buds are blafted by the Thunderclap . 
 
 ■.r.-iVl: 
 
 Ordo 
 
Ordo * 
 
 1% 
 
 np H E Common-wealth , whofe Bafe is firmely laid 
 
 -*- On evenefl ground , of luftice and the right , 
 By time or chaunge , in vaine we fee aflaidc , 
 But where affedion overfl\^aies with might: 
 Confufion there , all vnto havock bringes , 
 And vndermines , the thrones of mightieft Kingcs • 
 
 Our Englifh 5 T£ P H £ iV , did take vnto him this 
 Faire falling Plume jrefembling bed of all , 
 The new eftablfti't goverment of his , 
 Whereas each feather keepes his ranck and fall : 
 So fhouid that ftate ^ ( let Fortune doe her worft ^) 
 As fairc ^ and firme , as ever at the firft . 
 
 The Imprefcof 
 King Scephcn • 
 
 Bis 
 
16^ 
 
 His graviora . 
 
 * O paflS graviora 
 Dcusdabit his 
 quoqiie fincm . 
 
 nn H E valiant mind y whome nothing can difinay , . 
 •■- ThelolTeoffrendes, of goods 5 or long exile 
 From natiue countrie , perils on the Sea , 
 Night-watchings , hunger , third , and howcrly toile. 
 
 Takes courage , and the fame abideth faft , 
 
 With refblution , even vnto the laft . 
 
 Suchfhew'dhimfelfe, <i^NEAS vntothofc 
 
 Of his poore remnant , on the Tyrrhene Seas y 
 
 When even difpaire, their eies began to clo(e , 
 
 * We greater bruntes , haue borne ( quoth he ) then thefe : 
 
 And God , ( my Mates, ) when he {hall pleafe will fend , 
 
 Vnto our crreatcft miferies an end . 
 
 In 
 
In vos hie wakt . 
 Nicolas White. 
 
 X^d Anagnmma Aa- 
 thoris . 
 
 X y\ r HO flriiiestokccpeaheartandconfcicncepurc 
 ^ ^ Devoide of vice 5 and inward guilt of Sinne : 
 
 Is guarded by his Innocence more fure , 
 
 And witnefTe of an honeft mind within , 
 Then if he were in compleatc armour clad , 
 * Or Bow and quiver of the Moore he had . 
 
 For Innocence refembled by the wU iTEy 
 And manly courage by the conftant heart. 
 Way not a ftraw the force o£sLA rN D ERS mighty 
 BE AT HE S Ebone (haft 3 or crPIDS golden dart: 
 When 3 whome Affedion , or their guilt doe wound , 
 Even at the firft , are ftricken to the ground . 
 
 * Integer vit« 
 £celerisquc punu 
 Horatim. 
 
 Aai. 
 
 Nitor 
 
aatumiiir' 
 
 nn HE C/^A-^/j^/r^^, the more with weight oppreft. 
 
 . ^ The more (they fay )thebraiinch will vp ward {hoot ^ 
 
 murJ?: And fiticc thcbodie doth rcfemble beft , 
 
 A Cokimne ftrong and ftately from the roote : 
 The Aimtients would , it {hoiild the Imprefe be. 
 Of Refolution , and true Conftancie . 
 
 Though Fortune frowne , and doe her worft to bend ^ 
 Th' vndaunted fpirit with her wearie weight , 
 His vertue yet , doth ever vpward tend , 
 ExceiCus animus And hc himfelfe 5 ftandes irrcmooucd ftreight , 
 non movetur mi- Laughing to fcome , the paper blaftcs of Fate , 
 
 nis , aut Fertunx ^,-1° 11 1 • 1 ■ n 
 
 fevicntis piocci- That would remooue , or vndcrmine his itate , 
 
 FafJJt 
 
Vaha menes» in Naupdum. 
 
 X6Z 
 
 Cplgramma* 
 
 "D ICH NJFPJLrs, hath fecretly convaid , 
 
 •^^ Our Englifh fleece fo long beyond the Tea 5 
 
 That not for wit , but for his wealth tis faid , 
 
 Hee's thence retiirn'd a worthy Knight awaie , 
 
 And brought vs back , beades, Hobbie-horlcs, boxes , 
 Fanncs , Windmills ^Ratles , Apes jand tailes of Foxes . 
 
 And now like IJ SON yVpznd downe he goes , 
 
 As if he had th' Hejpeyj/tn Dragon Haine , 
 
 And equaliz'd in worth ^thofc old Heroe's , 
 
 That inthe ARC O cut thcGrecian maine : 
 Honour thou 6.id^ , but doe his valour right , 
 When of the fleece, thou dubbefi him a Knight . 
 
 Vcllcra divendit Bclgis laudata Britannum , 
 - Scd nugas referens n a v p l v s inde domum : 
 
 Veliere faClus cqucs , volicac novus alter i A s N 
 Vilefcit ( rides ) vcUcris or do nimis , 
 
 Aa2. Band 
 
 StiJ!lic:l}«ro»\ 
 
iSp 
 
 Hand conveniunt . 
 
 0v»{.'M«t4Mt 10 
 
 * Adonis. 
 
 T M V C H (lid mufc , why Venm could not brooke , 
 -■- The favadge Boare, and Lion cruell fcirce , 
 Since Kinges and Princes , haue fiich pleafiirc tooke 
 In hunting : haply caufe a Boare did peirce 
 Her Adon faire ^ who better lik't the iport , 
 Then fpend his daies , in wanton pleafures court , 
 
 Which fidion though devifd by Poets brainc , 
 
 It fim-iifies vnto the Reader this 5 
 
 Such exercife Loue will not entertainc^ 
 
 Who liketh beft ^ to Hue in Idlenes : 
 The foe to vertue 3 Cancker of the wit , 
 That bringes a thoufand miferies with it . 
 
 Exofos Vcneri lepores mirare fugaccs , 
 Silueftrcs ceruos ,fetjgcrumquc genus "> 
 
 Ex anitnis cecidit vel quod "^ Cyiiareius Heros , 
 Aut his quod non fit lufibus aptus amor , ' 
 
 Zelm 
 
To my Father , M r , Henry Peacham * of Levee ton in , 
 Holland, in the Countie of Line ; 
 
 170 
 
 \j\7' ITH Breaftenflam'djandlongingheartcsdcfirc, 
 ^ ^ Thus winged Zeale , to heauen-ward cafles her cic • 
 And loathing what the world doth moft admire 3 
 Vpborne by Faith , afcendes aboue the skic : 
 
 Whereby Oh God , thy mifteries wc learne. 
 
 And all beyond 3 our reafons fight difcernc . 
 
 And as the Ban embof't , doth long to taft 
 The pearly-trickUng ftreame , or Chriftall fount ^ 
 Even fo the foule , by Sinne purfu'de and chaf'd , 
 Thee , thee , ( oh Lord } defires , who doft furmount 
 
 All treafures , plcafurcs , which we here pofTefle ^ 
 
 The fumme and fubftance , of our happines . 
 
 Nullum omnipoteRtiDeo tale eft lacrincium_, quale eft zelus aninianim, *»»» Ei^thiei: 
 
 Animi acrimonia cum ad Pietatem accefferit, zelum parit, zelus ifa7jan\en : orax 
 autem fidei prafidiumeft, aj. 
 
 A n c» . SAn[iitas 
 
171 
 
 Ssn^itas ftmuUta. \ 
 
 Tberc is more 
 pride , vndcr one 
 of their black 
 Bonnets , the vn- 
 dcr Alexanders 
 Diademe . King 
 laines in his Bih- 
 licon Doron : 
 
 Earlc Gouric 
 one of the grca- 
 tell Puritanej of 
 his time in Scot- 
 Ian d, in his tra- 
 vailes thorough 
 Frauncc and It:- 
 lic , vied with his 
 Diamond , ( for 
 themofipart) to 
 draw in his Cha- 
 ber windowe, a 
 man in armour, 
 with a Sword in 
 his right hand , 
 pointing towards 
 a Crowne>adding 
 this or the like 
 word , Tefolunif 
 which yet reaines 
 in many places to 
 be feene , what 
 he meant hereby 
 it might cafily 
 haucbm gheflcd. 
 
 *Paritasconfu(i- 
 onis mater. ^«- 
 
 VPON aCrowne withpretiouslcmmesbefet. 
 Say what's the reafon thus a hat we fee , 
 SinceDiadcm's of Princes ever yet , 
 From bafe controule , haue bcene exempt and free : 
 There is a fe^t , whome PVRITANS they call , 
 Whofe pride this Figure fitteth beft of all . 
 
 Not fuch I meane , as are of Faith fincere , 
 And to doe good endevour all they can , 
 Would all the world of their religion were ^ 
 We taxe th* afpii'ing fadious Puritan : 
 
 Whofc * Paritie, doth worftconfufion brings 
 And Pride prefumes to overlooke his King . 
 
 J)e 
 
D e\MorU , et Cttptdine ". 
 
 ^7*c 
 
 T^ EATH meeting once 5 with CTP ID inanlnne, . 
 
 -■^ Where roome was fcant , togeither both they lay . 
 
 Both wearic , ( for they roving both had beene ^ ) 
 
 Now on the morrow when they lliould away , 
 cyp ID Death's quiver at his back had throwne , 
 And DEATH tooke CTPIDS^ thinking it his owne • 
 
 By this o're-fight , it fhortly came to paffe , 
 That young men died ^ who rcadie were to wed: 
 And age did revell with his bonny-lafle , 
 Compofing girlonds for his hoarie head : 
 
 Invert not Nature , oh ye Powers twaine , 
 
 GiucCFPID'S dartesj and D-E^TH take thine againc. 
 
 Hoc Idem habet 
 Whitnius ia i) 
 Embl- quod bona 
 cumilliusvcnia 
 ab Auchore etiam 
 mutuatus' ivm , 
 
 Latef 
 
armts 
 
 HcFculis ad poft^ 
 fixii hut akdtnu 
 agr». Hvtt: 
 
 " Latet Ahditus agro . 
 
 np HE valiant mind that once had moft delight, 
 •*- By Tea and land to make his prowefTe knowne , 
 And in defence of King , and countries right. 
 So much his valour , and his vertue fhowne , 
 Some wifhed port , doth at the laft defirc , 
 And home whereto in age he may retire , 
 
 For infinite's the fummc of world aifaires , 
 K V, ,.., . . ,. * Nor new , nor ftraunge , that doe afflid the mind , 
 
 * Nihil novii fub a , -, y r 1 iri 1 • 
 
 Sole, saiomonm And 1 ficw Detore the day our iilver haires , 
 « M'- Yea even before we can experience find : 
 
 That fraileft man , by courfe of nature die» , . 
 * Even at his firft beginning to be wife . 
 
 rMp«7x« </'**/«' 
 
 if^Q- . Solon . 
 
 S/ffe 
 
she Cerere et JBaccho • 
 
 '74 
 
 C AY C^/y^^r^f^^maidaWhywiththyfonnc, 
 ^ Both handes and feetc thon warmeft at the fire ? 
 Who wont your fellies , t'enkindle many a one , 
 > Vith gentle flames, of kindlv loues defire : 
 
 I ghefTe caiife B ACC H rs is not prefcnt hccrc , 
 With mirthfiill wine, nor CERES with her chccrc • 
 
 Where Temp'rancc and Sobrietie do raignc. 
 
 There luftfull vice , and pleafure frozen are : 
 
 And vertiie bcft, there liketh to remaine ; 
 
 V\ hen oftentimes th* effedes of daintie fare , 
 And drunken healthes, are quarrcllcs and debate, 
 Blafpheming 3 whoredome, oathcs and deadlic hate» 
 
 Bbx. 
 
 Lahom 
 
AiUgRimma* 
 
 17 J Ldboris ejfe^a. 
 
 To the no Icffc vcrtuous then f aire , M rs , Aniic Dudlcie • 
 kVmdxDIANA. 
 Anna Diidlcia . 
 
 DIANA chaft, doth eagerly purfiie 
 With fwiftcft houndes , the aiery-footed Stagge : 
 And while they keepe , the merry chafe m view , 
 The woodcs with Eccho's thundring , Lone doth iagge 
 Behind the thickets , and with arrow keene ^ 
 Doth lie in waite , to wound this maiden Quccnc . 
 
 But all in vaine he doth his fhaftes bcftow ^ 
 For Labout did this Goddeffc faire defend , 
 And fau'd her harmelelfe from his deadly bow , 
 And poif'nous dartes : fo if thou doft intend , 
 To overcome the force of Cufids might , 
 Hie IdlenefTe, and then he leaues thee flreight. 
 
 GtaHs 
 
Gratis fervire lihertas* 
 
 np HE gentle Merlion, wearied long with flight, 
 -*- While on the ipray in fhadie groue (he fleepes, 
 With tender foote , a Larke fhe holdeth light , 
 Which till the morning carefully fhckecpes , 
 Then lets it goe , and leaft fhe fhoiild that day 
 Pricie on the fame , (he flies another way . 
 
 Such thanckfuUncs in bird and beaft we find j 
 By Natures firfl; inflindt obferued ftill , 
 When worfer, man in benefits is blind , 
 Nay ofi:entimes , for good will render ill : 
 And rather fecke ingratefiiUy his blood , 
 That fau^d his life , or daily gaue him foode . 
 
 Fallitur egrcgio quifquis fub principe credit 
 Scrvitium , nunquam libertas gratior extat , 
 Quam fub Rcge pio — - 
 
 
 Bb2» 
 
 Hf/ic 
 
AatgKWima No- 17^ 
 
 fOmfuffer h^e , Mufs . 
 Heiiricus Pcachamus , 
 
 "O ID now my Mufe, thy lighter taskc adieu J 
 -*-' As fhaken bloffome of a better fruitc , 
 And with ^/J /^A^//^ thy Creator view. 
 To (ing of him , or evermore be mute : 
 
 Let muddy Lake , delight the fenfuall thought. 
 Loath thou the earth , and lift thy felfe aloft . 
 
 Repent not (though ) thy time fo idlely fpent , 
 The cunning'ft Artifl ere he can , (we fee) 
 Some rareft ModcU bring to his Intent , 
 Much heweth off in Superfluirie : 
 
 A id many a prctious howcr, I know is lofl , 
 Ere ought is wrought to countervail the coft . 
 
 Mov^re 
 
Movhekvlpmnfenfum , 
 
 C O quickc of fcnfc as hath experience taught ^ 
 *^ The Tortoije lines within her armed fhell , 
 That if wee lay the lightcft ftraw aloft , 
 Or touch that Caftle wherein fhe doth dwell , 
 Shee fecles the fame and quickly doth retire, 
 A worke of Nature wc do moft adniirc , 
 
 So many men arc in thcire Nature prone , 
 To make the worft of matters vaine and light > 
 And for a ftraw will take occafion , 
 In choller moou*d to quarrell and to fight , 
 
 Thea meddle thou the Icaft for feare of wrong , 
 But moft of all beware a lavifti tongue . 
 
 Vegiiim 
 
Negatur vfrum£ 
 
 WHAT fhall wc do e ? now tell me gentle Mufe , 
 For we wclnigh haiie finifhcdoiir taskc. 
 Thy tender hand could never Mattock vfe , 
 Full well I w ot 5 nor canft thou humblie aske 
 At greatnes gate , or for reverfions Cik , 
 As beggars 5 and the bafely minded doe , 
 
 Defire of God but this , when thou art old , 
 To haue a home , and fomewhat of thine ownc , 
 To keepe thy felfe from hunger and the cold , 
 And where thou maieft in quiet fing alone : 
 
 * Aiterius non fie for th lakc it hcU , * to Huc as bird in cage , 
 
 ?eft: frcaucn7pa' At othcrs curt'fic, in thy latter a ge , 
 
 ucelio allium. 
 
 SmcctitaJl.i. 
 
 Bcne paupcrtas humili tc6lo contc6la latet , 
 Quatiunt o.hx fa'pc proccllar , 
 Aut cvertit fortuna Domos . 
 
 SorU 
 
SorUyaut Lahore . 
 
 l8o 
 
 T F neither art 3 by birth 3 nor fortune blbft 5 
 •*■ With meancs to line 5 or anfwcre thy defire , 
 With cheerefuU heart, on labour fet thy reft , 
 To bring to palTe the thing thou doft require , 
 For lot, or labour, muft our calling giue , 
 And find the word , that all doe feeke ^TO L IVE . 
 
 Though thoufands haue beene raifed by their frendcs , 
 By death , by dowries , even when leaft they thought y 
 The Lord a blefling , ftill to labour fendes , 
 When lightly come , doth lightly goe as oft : 
 And goodes ill got , by vfe , and wicked gaincy 
 Doe feldome to the fecond heirc remainc . 
 
 AmtcitU 
 
xSi 
 
 AmicitU effigies , 
 
 ■nn HERE was in Rom c a coodlic ftatiie fram'd 
 
 -*- Of youthfull hew , arraicd all in grecne , . 
 Which of the people vfOisT RVB-F REND S HJF nam'd: 
 fVfnterandSommer^owhishio^^trz feene: 
 
 Within his breaft , his heart did plaine appeare. 
 Whereon thefe wordes were written, f a rr b, and n ee r e, 
 
 Vpon his skirt, ftoode LrFE and DEAT Hhdo^\ 
 To teftifie in life and death his loue , 
 That farre and nccre, with open heart d« lliow , 
 lictu quV^mi- Nor place , nor fpace, true frendfhip fhould remoue : 
 
 eorum foElicicate 
 fcqainir: Huron: 
 fuptr MUh: Pr»- 
 fkttaru. 
 
 * Winter and fommer , whatfoever came , 
 In faire or foiile , wc fhould be ftill the fame , 
 
 Hefioi: 
 
 ObCecro te ne tumicum qui dm quarimr, vixinveftitti'r, dijficUe fervatuy, 
 
 Hieran : W Eplfl; ■' i- 
 
 €i fu^num. panter cum eenlu, mente amtttas . 
 
 NuB 
 
NulUfenetrMis • 
 
 182 
 
 A SHAD IE VVoodjpourtrai^lcdtothcfight, 
 •*^ With vncouth pathes , and hidden waics vnknownc 
 Refcmbling C H // O .S , or the hideous night. 
 Or thofe lad Groues , by banke oi ACHERON 
 With banefull Evoe , and Ebon overgrowne : 
 
 Whofe thickeft boughes , and inmoft entries arc 
 
 Notpeirceable , to power of any ftarre . 
 
 Thy Imprcfe SIL VIVS , late I did dcvifc. 
 To warnc the what (if not ) thou oughtft to be. 
 Thus inward clofe, vnfearch'd with outward eies , 
 With thoufand angles , light fhould never fee ; 
 For fooles that moft are open-hearted free , 
 Vnto the world , their weakenes doe bewray , 
 And to the net , the firft themfelues betray . 
 
 Cci 
 
 V^tim 
 
J8? 
 
 Wnum, etfemcL 
 
 A GARDEN thinkc this fpatious world to be, 
 •*^ Where thou by God the owners leauc doft waikc 
 And art allow'd in all varietic , 
 One only flower to crop from tender ftalke , 
 
 ( As thou thinkfl: good) for bcautic or the fmell , 
 Or fome one elfe , whofe beautie dothexell , 
 
 This only flower, is fomconc calHng fit. 
 And honed courfe wherein to leade'^thy life y 
 Thy felfe applieng carefully to it , 
 Or clfe the heedic chooiing of thy wife : 
 
 Wherein thou wifely doft thy felfe prcferrc ^ 
 
 Or to thy ruine ever after, crre . 
 
 In 
 
JnR<c[H!ey Labor* 
 
 P X E S S E we loath , of want we mod complainc , 
 •*-' The gold en meane wc prooue to be the beft , 
 Let idle fits refrcfh thy daylie paine. 
 And with fome Labour exercife thy reft , 
 For overmuch of cither , duls the fpright. 
 And robs our life , of comfort and delight . 
 
 If that thou wouldft acquaint thee with the Mufe , 
 Withdraw thy feife , and be thou leaft alone , 
 Even when alone, as SOLO N oh did vie , 
 For no fuch ftend to Contemplatioiigf! s.g .: 
 And our fweete ftudies , as the private life , 
 Remote from Citie , and the vulgar ftrifc . 
 
 Cc2 . 
 
 RtiTd. 
 
iSj 
 
 Rura m'hi etftUnt'mm. 
 
 VV 
 
 E R T thou thy life at libertie to choofc , 
 And as thy birth , fo hadft thy beeing free , 
 The Citie thou fhouldft bid adieu , my Mufe j 
 And from her ftrcetcs, as her infedion flee ; 
 Where CHAOS znd CON FUSION wcefec, 
 Afwell of language , as of differing heartes , 
 A bodie fevered in a thoufand parts . 
 
 *Awoodnecre Thy folitaric * Academe fhould be 
 the phyioTophm Some fhadie groue , vpon the THAMES faire fide , 
 vftd ro ftudie . 5uch as wc may neere princely RICHMOND kc^ 
 Or where a long doth filuer SEyERNE Aide , 
 Or Ai^'O N courtes , faire F LOR A in her pride : 
 There fhouldft thou fit at long defired reft , 
 And thinke thy felfe , aboue a Monarch bleft , 
 
 There 
 
RuTA miU etjthft/tm. iStf 
 
 There moughtft thou fing thy fwcctc Creators praifc , 
 
 And turne at quiet ore foinc holy booke , 
 
 Or tune the Accent of thy harmelcfle laics 
 
 Vnto the murmur of thc'gentle brooke : 
 
 Whiles round about thy greedy eie doth looke , * n' 9<&nm9cif 
 
 Obferuing ^ wonders in fome flower by , fSlt^t f" 
 
 This bent, that leafc, this worme , that butterflic . ^njuuus. 
 
 Where mightft thou view at full the Hemifphaere 
 
 On (bme faire Mountaine , in a Summers night , 
 
 In fpangles there cmbraudered isxht'^BEARE, * vrfamaiw am 
 
 Andhercthc F/5H, there THESEVS ^ louerbright. 
 
 The watry HT ADS y here deceiue our fight _, ^ * Ariadne. 
 
 £i^/D^A^05,andthere OiJ/OiV bound. 
 
 Another way the filver S ivA NNE is found . 
 
 Or wouldft thou Mufick to delight thine earc , 
 
 Step but afide into the neighbour fpring. 
 
 Thou fhalt a thoufand wing'd Mufitians hearc, 
 
 Each praifing in his kind the heaucnly King : 
 
 Here P HILO MEL, doth her fhrill treble fing. 
 The TifRVSH a tenor, off a little ipacCy.V/ - 
 Some mateleffe D O yE , doth murmur out the base» 
 
 Geometry or wifheft thou tolearne, 
 
 Obferue the Mill^ the Crane , or Country Cart , 
 
 Wherein with pleafure , foone thou {halt dilccrnc 
 
 The groundcs , and vfe of this admired Art , 
 
 The rules of N VMB R/NG ,{or the greateft part , 
 
 As they were firft devif'd by Country Swaincs ,4 
 
 So ftill the Art with them entire rcmaincs • 
 
 If lou*ft thy health, preferre the Country Aire , „, 
 
 Thy Garden fore the Pothecaries fhoppc , 
 
 Where wholcfome herbes , ftiall it at full repairc ^ 
 
 Before a Quint' fence , or an oily droppc: 
 
 There groweth the Baime, there {hooteth Bndm\^ i 
 
 Here P^ome for th' Eptlepfie good , 
 
 There Dill, and Hyfope , beft to flanch the bloud . 
 
 Ccj. The 
 
* Vivetibi.ct 
 ionj^c aornica 
 magna fiige : 
 
 1S7 - RuTd mfhi etftlentium . 
 
 The cooling Soryell^ and the Perjlie whot , 
 The Smalkge , for a bruife , or fwclUng bell: 5 
 The Mercuric y the formoft in the Pot, 
 The LAvandcr , beloued for the Chcft, 
 The Cojlmarie yXo entertaine the gueft , 
 
 The Rofemarie, and Fertel, feldome fet , 
 
 The lowlie Ddijie, and fweete yiolet . 
 
 Nor Princes richeft Arras may compare 
 With fomc fi-nall plot , where Natures skill is fhowcn , 
 Perfuming f\veetely ail the neighbour aire , 
 While thouland cullors in anight arc blowne : 
 H ere' s a light Crimfon , there a deeper one ^ 
 A Maidens blurh, here Purples , there a white , 
 Then all commingled for our more delight . 
 
 Withall ( as in fome rarelimn'd booke ) we find , 
 Here , painted Ledures of Gods facred will , 
 The I>4//?<?, leachcthlowlines.of mind , 
 The Camomilly we fhould be patient ftill, • " ' t- ' -^ 
 The Rue , our hate of vices poifon ill , ' ^^^ ^ "' ^ ; 
 The Woodbine , that we fhould our frendChip hold I 
 Our Hope , the Sa.v*rie , in the bitterft cold , 
 
 Yetloue the Citie , as the kindly Nurfc 
 Of all good Artes , and faire Civillitie ; ' 
 Where though with good , be intcrmix't the worfe ^ 
 That moft diftiurbe our fweete Tranquillitie : 
 Content thy felfe , till thine Abillitie , 
 And better hap , (liall anfwere thy defirc, 
 * But Mufe bev/are , leaft we too high afpirc . 
 
 Omnis 
 
Omnis 41 De» Sapemi/t , 
 
 im 
 
 THE Poets faigtie, 10 FE tohaue bcene with child. 
 But very ftraunge, concciu'd within his head. 
 And knowing not, liis burthen how to yecid , 
 Lo! AiVLCIBER dothbring the God abed. 
 By cutting with an Axe _, his skull in two , 
 When ifliiedi ? ALL AS forth , with much adoc , 
 
 By TALLAS/xszVi heavenly wifdome ment , 
 Which not from Nature , and our fclues proceedes. 
 But is from God , immediately Tent , 
 (For in our felues , how httlc goodncs breedes) 
 
 That threefold power of the Soule againc 
 
 Refembling God, refideth in our braine , 
 
 Some wits of men , fo dull and barren arc , 
 That w ithout heipe of Art , no fruitc they bring , 
 Whofe Midwife muft be toile , and endleffe care , 
 And Conftancie , effecting every thing : 
 
 And thofe who wanting Eloquence , arc mute , 
 Some other way like J OFE, muftyecld their fruitc. 
 
 Vivim 
 
I«f 
 
 Divmd miferkordi/. 
 
 ivfaea the Oakc'j 
 «^wnccTcrv enc 
 gathers (\ickes . 
 Sthvl: Theociit: 
 
 Minimum debet 
 liberc , cai nimi- 
 um libct. Seneca 
 in T road: 
 
 * I^nofccndo 
 auxit mannitiidi- 
 ncmpop;Roina- 
 nus .Sxlufli 
 
 * Sevcritas amit- 
 tit adiduitate au> 
 choritatem . Sckc- 
 r* I At Clem'.nVK . 
 
 S'tecrifi Ociavto, 
 
 nr^ HE grecdieEagleherCjVponthctrec, 
 
 ^ PRO ME T HE rs heart with tcenc doth prsey vpon , 
 But this example doth admoniili thee 
 On wretches poore to haiie compallloii : 
 
 To pitie thofe , on whome doth fortune frowne , 
 And Tyrant-like , not more to crufh them downc. 
 
 This plcafeth God , this Pietie commaundes. 
 Nature, and Reaibn, ^ bidsvs doe the like. 
 Yea though our foes , doe fall into our handes , 
 Wee (liould * hauc mcrcie , not in malice flrike : 
 Who helpes the fick, and pities the oppreflfed. 
 He liues to God , and doubtleiTe dieth biefTed . 
 
 ' Pulclirum eft emincrc inter illuftres viros , 
 Confulcre patria: , parccre affiiftis , 
 Fcia c^sdc abftulcrc , tcmpus atquc ira: dare ; 
 Orbi quictem , S^culo paccm fuo , 
 Hxc fumma virtus , pctitur hac Coelum via , 
 
 Homo 
 
Homo Mkrocofmm . 
 
 i^o 
 
 HE A R E what's the reafon why a man we call 
 A little world ? and what the wifcr ment 
 By this new name? two lights Coeleftiall 
 Are in his head , as in the Element : 
 Eke as the wearied Sunne at night is Ipent, 
 So feemeth but the life of man a day , 
 At morne hce's borne , at night he flits away , 
 
 Of heatc and cold as is the Aire compofed , 
 So likewife man wc fee breath's whot and cold , 
 His bodie's earthy : in his lunges inclofed , 
 Remaines the Aire ; his braine doth moifture hold , 
 His heart and liver , doe the hcate infold : 
 
 Of Earth, Fire, Water, Man thus framed is. 
 Of Elements the threefold Qualities . 
 
 Ddi. 
 
 And 
 
And zswcBily TNF A NCIE compare 
 Vmoihe SPRING Jo TO FT II we liken may 
 Tolazie SVM MER , whot devoid of care: 
 His middle Age to A FTP^ MNE , his decay 
 To fVlNTE R , fnowie white , and frofHc gray , 
 For then his vigor failes , his hcatejs cold 3 
 And like the rapIefTc Oake he dictli old . 
 
 Vimmtura, 
 
 BEST 5 ACCHFS Ivie thy faire brow befits. 
 Thy winges withal! jthat proud Gorgonean horfe 
 Bccaufe thou addeft vigor to our wits , 
 Heate to our blood 5 vnto our bodie force : 
 Mirth to our licartes , vnto the dullard fpright 
 A quick Invention, to the Sence delight . 
 
 Vnum 
 
f^num dam . 
 
 '^ H E Husband good y that by experience knowes , 
 ^ With cunning skill , to prune , and \\'hen to plant , 
 Muft lop the Tree where ranck abundance growes , 
 Afwell as helpe the barren in her want : 
 
 Elfe happilie 5 when Summer feafon'spaft, . 
 
 With leaues he may goe fatisfic his taft . '^ ^^^"^ 
 
 Even fo the wit , that ranckly doth abound , 
 
 With many fancies but it felfc dcceiucs : 
 
 And while it feemes in fiindry Artes profaimd , 
 
 In no one goodit's fruitfull , but in leaues : 
 
 Then fomc one calling choofe , whence good may growc , 
 And let the reft, as * needelefTe branches goe . 
 
 * VcUemlnAdaJ 
 Iclcente quod a» 
 pucem. Cieero i d« 
 Orsfvre , 
 
 Terminuf 
 
Termwuf, 
 
 StnL^i^f: A PILLAR high, ereded was of done, 
 
 mi quod licet -^^ In former times , which TEKMINV £ they nam'd 
 
 Crambea Poetis * , n . i ^ i r 
 
 nofiris roties re- Aiid was elleem d 5 a God oi every one ; 
 poEo memo- Thc vpper part , was Hke a woman framed , 
 riar dedico confe- Q<1 comelv fcature downe vnto the breft , 
 
 CfOQUC • J -^ • 
 
 Of Marble hard a Pillar was the reft . 
 
 Which when lOVE paffedby jWithftemeafpcd,; 
 He bad this God reraoouc , and get him gone ^ 
 ^wx.T'ERMlNrs asftoutlydidnegled 
 His heftc , and anfwer'd , I giue place to none : ^. - - 
 Virro. I am the bound of thinges , which God aboucafol «-;: ■ 
 
 Hath fixt . and none is able to remooue . 
 
 Vortum 
 
FoytUK/t m/tior. 
 
 1^4 
 
 Tjr EERE Povertie 5 doth conquered Fortune bind, 
 ■*■•*- And vnder keepes 5 like H£i2C rZ£ 5 in aw. 
 The meaning is, the wife and valiant mind. 
 In Povertie eftcemes not Fate a ftraw : 
 
 * And though a while this angry GoddefTe frownc , 
 She vtterlic fhall never caft him downe . 
 
 If Wifdome haue but w^hat the corpcs doth crauc » 
 Convenient foodcand raiment for the back : 
 And libertic to liue , not like a flauc 
 Here in this world , (he little elfe doth lack : 
 But can contented in her cottage fing. 
 In gtcater fafetic , then the greateft King . 
 
 »NonellfortiMa 
 izpiur tentanila . 
 Jt$l:C*firC9metn 
 
 Nei 
 
^PS 
 
 Nee m vmfede morantur. 
 
 ^T^ HE awfiiU Scepter though it can compel! 
 -*■ By powerfull might , great'ft Monarches to obay 
 Loue, where he lifteth , liketh heft to dwell , 
 And take abroade his fortune as he may : 
 Ne might , or gold , canwinne him thence away , 
 Whereto he is through ftrong alfedionled ^ 
 Be it a Pallace , or the iimplclt fheddc . 
 
 But VBNVS Infant , dred of all beneath , 
 Imperious fcarc from my fwcete Saint remooue, 
 And with thy foft Ambrofial kiffes , breath ■ ■ 
 Into her bofome meeke 3 and mildeft Loue 
 With melting Pitie , from thy Quecne aboue : 
 That flie may reade , and oft remember this , 
 And learne to loue ^ who mod beloued is . 
 
 Su^er 
 
Sufer terram fengfmans . 
 
 196 
 
 XT OR houfe 5.nor home , hath wretched man on earth , 
 "*- ^ Ne ought he claim eth iuftly as his owne : 
 But as a "^ Pilgrim wandring from his birth 
 In Countries flraunge , and Deferts wild vnknowne , 
 Like * i^ £CHy^ 5 /r£, or thofe Tartarian* HOi^D£ 
 Whofe vafteft Region but a Tent affordes . 
 
 Be time hence learne we wifely to fupplie 
 Our inward wantcs , ere hence we flit away : 
 And hide in Heauen , that treafure carefully , 
 Which neither Moth , nor Canker fliall dccaie : 
 In * following ftate, eke not to fpend our flock ^.^ 
 Where oft for merit , we but gaine a mock . 
 
 * i P«: dp; Sit 
 
 * Ifcmiiejf. 7, 
 
 Sj * Compaaics of 
 Tattars,and fuS- 
 iefts of the great 
 CHAM, luiing 
 in Tentcs in the 
 wiJdcrnes , with- 
 out Civilitie ■%• 
 geitherwithi 
 «viucs , chiltlrcn » 
 and cattle , neves 
 akbiding in one 
 place , but ran- 
 ging and robbing 
 vp and downe 
 ♦vhere they Hit . 
 
 * Scquor nil con- 
 fcquor. diftum 
 Ariofti. 
 
 SApenthm 
 
SMfientiam , Avarhkyet Ddtu , dscifiunt 
 
 A H pitie P ALLAS y who hath thee enwrapt > 
 •^*' And in a fiiare , thus brought thee to diflreffe : 
 The wifcft now I fee may be entrapt , 
 And Vertue floope to Fortunes ficklencflc: 
 Nor SchoUer-fhip , or wit ^at all times can 
 From fad difafter , keepc a mortall man . 
 
 The louc of Money , and Diffiimulation , 
 Hold thee MIN ERTA tangled in their fnarc: 
 For now the world , is growne to fuch a falhion , 
 That thofe the wifeft , that the richeft arc , 
 
 And fuch by whome the fimpler fliould be taught , 
 Are in the net , like PALLAS fooneft caught . 
 
 Perfo»mi 
 
ferfomm mn Animnm \ 
 
 19% 
 
 nn HE Hypocrite,thatdoth pretend in fhoWj 
 
 A feigned Zealc of Sanftitie within 5 
 Efchew betime, nor hauc with fuch to doe , 
 Whofe hoodes are but the harbour of their Sinnc, 
 And humbleft habits , but a falfe difguife. 
 To clokc their hate , or hidden villanies . 
 
 No HIRC AN Ty^cv ,E Rr M A NT ffl AN Bc^tCf, 
 So arm'd with maUce , thirftie after blood , 
 To high eftatc afpiring 5 as they arc 5 
 The wcril of men , nay man it is too good . 
 Where LFC/F ERdid openly rcbell 
 To God 5 thefe Traitors even within the Cell . 
 
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199 
 
 Honor es ifii aliuftdg . 
 
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 H E cheifeft good , ( ah would fo good It were ) 
 That moft imagine Honours bring with them g. 
 
 Wc pick from others praifes here and there , 
 So parch herewith an Indian Diadem 
 
 Of Parrats feathers, vocall favours light, , . 
 
 And Plumes indccde , whereto we haue no right . 
 
 He is not honourd that Difccnts can Hiow , 
 Nor he that caacommaunda numerous trainc , 
 Nor he to whome die vulgar lout fo low , 
 Nor he thatfoliowcs Fafhion light and vaine , 
 Saluting windowcs , and around doth whcele , 
 Like rRSA MAIOR, Ihrrcs from head to hecle 
 
 We honour him , whofc Ailions not deface y 
 The Glories which his Anceftors haue wonne ^ 
 By Cowardife , or vicious liuing bafe , 
 Nc wrong for PafTion , or Affeiirt hath done : 
 
 In whome at once , Artes , Bountie , Valour , dwell , 
 Contending each which other fhould excell . 
 
 Non 
 
Non alft, enecAt, 
 
 200 
 
 T 
 
 H E Laurel s^vctnz , that long in fafetie ftood 
 By PEN E rs ilrcamc , the Mufes chaft delight^'' ' '^ 
 Oft vvatcr'd by the NAIAD' S of the flood , 
 And oftrcviiiedby her '^ Loner bright. 
 The Wane affaileth with her fvveliing might ^ 
 And ovcrthrowes in time, (but who doth know 
 Their miferie , that neere to Greatncs grow . ) ' ^ 
 
 This facred Bay , is Learning and the Artes , 
 In formertimes that fiourifhed atwill, ?, . 
 
 Now wafh'd and worne by fome , e veii to tlic jj^artcs , > , r ,. • , r- 
 Who fhoiild haue jfuccour'd and vpheld thciii ftill',. .^l \ ^- ^ 
 Who eate th e Corne , but throw the Chaffe tp Skill ; 
 And what the Church had once to holy vfes 5 
 Serucs them to pride , and all prophane abufes • 
 
 .««PHOEBVS, 
 
 whomc the Poet» 
 /eigne to ha uc 
 'loued 'he Bay» 
 vmler tnc name 
 nfDAPHNE. 
 
 £e 2. 
 
 Mimmm 
 
201 
 
 Minimus in Cummo , 
 
 T F that; thy Fortimeshavie their heigthattai^'4^^^^ yg -^ 
 -■- And bid thee not on greatness /^»S£ to fcarc^ '. :'; 
 
 Let not with that preferment thou haft gain*d 5 
 Vnwonted Pride , or Infolence appearc : , 
 
 But how much higher thou art plac'd in fight ynrfo br. A 
 So much the lefle affed thy ftate and might . 
 
 For Honors 3 know 3 but lend Ambition winge 5 
 And Uke falfe mirrours , make vs feemc too greate y , 
 
 Vpborneby vulgar breith 3 (the vaineftthingV) i ,, , /■ 
 Till all be mcltecl by the Soveraigne Heate^| ..^^ hi'iodi odV-/ 
 That left abahdoh'd, in a traftlelTe aire , '.^^ - •' -• 
 We drowrle within an Ocean of difpairc . . > 
 
 )dy 
 
 mi 
 
Nil virihm imp^r . 
 
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 ip I R S T trie thy ftreiigth , and ponder well the end 5 
 •*■ Ere thou atrempt'ft a buifmes of weight , 
 By triall made of wit, thy wealth , or frend , 
 Who can advife , or iiidge of thy conceipt : 
 Thou elfe but hafleft, to thy lofle and fhamc , 
 While abler Judgments 5 beare away the game. 
 
 Hence nobleft houfes , their decay hauc knownc , 
 And greateft Clerkes in vaine opinions err*d , 
 And wits too heavy-rancke becne overthrownc , 
 Who elfe in time , monght well haue beene preferred 2 
 Withall wc taxc. the glorious foole that crakes , 
 Yet good at nothing , that he vndertakcs . 
 
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Stc hellica virtw» 
 
 ^ I ^ HE valiant miiidcs , that doe delight a farrc , 
 ^ By vertuous deede to make their prowelfe knownc» 
 
 * Nam genus et Who iiot of "^ Fathers Ades ambitious are , 
 ^ovu°M.^or^h: ^«^^t of the braue Atcheiiiements of their ownc , 
 » J» Thus as their Enfignes folded vp vnfhowne , 
 
 In Peace reicdtcd , or forgotten lie : 
 Till new Alarmes , advance them out on high . 
 
 But VVifedome ever armed with Fore-fight , 
 Then rateth Valour at her weight in gold , 
 For though the cafe-full world her merit flight , 
 She feces aloofe the ftorme . How Malice old 
 Plaies loofe a v/hile to get the better hold , 
 
 And bids vs arme , when Icaft we thinlce of knocks , 
 ■ di knoJJin For * Foes afleepe , ( they fay ) the Divell rocks , 
 
 rhc low Coutrics 
 
 Tanto 
 
Tantb dtdchu . 
 
 np HE mortall ftrifes that often dot befall , 
 
 -■• Twixt lolling Bretheren , or the private frend , 
 Doe proue ( we fay ) the deadHeil of all : 
 Yet if "^ compof'd by concord , in the end 
 They relifh fwceter , by how much the more , 
 The larrcs were hardi , and difcordant before , 
 
 How oft hereof the Image I admire , " 
 Intheefweete MVSIC K^"^ Natures chaft delight ^ 
 The * Banquets frend 5 and ^ Ladieof the Quires 
 Phifition to the melanchollyfp right r 
 
 Mild Nurfe of Pietie, ill vices foe; 
 
 OurPaffionsQueenc^and * Souleof All below. 
 
 * The firft Dif. 
 cord here taken 
 is fiom the elc- 
 vethtothctenthi 
 that is from b fa 
 bmi, vntoalami- 
 rc, a tenth lo f 
 fa vt in the Bafe, 
 The fccond from 
 the ninth , or fc- 
 cond to the 8 . or 
 vnifen . 
 
 '^f S * ^mIUjI 
 
 HomtrtinHym* 
 His ,MtiJlciim ulho 
 
 * According to 
 the opinion of 
 Pythagof»»» 
 
 Ter 
 
Ver fAY denan 
 
 nn HE worldly wretch, that day and night doth toile 5 
 -^ And tire himfelfe in bodie and in minde , 
 To gather that by all devifes vile , 
 He miift be faine ere long to leaue behindc : 
 
 All fhapes like P ROTEVS gladly entcrtaincs. 
 No matter what, (b that they bring the gaines . 
 
 Abroade Religion jFlatterie at the Court , 
 Plaine dealing in the Countric where he dwells , 
 Then Gravitie among the wifer fort , 
 Where Foolcs arc rife , his Follie moil cxcells : 
 Thus every way transfonne himfelfe he caa 
 Saue pne , iii time to turne an honeft man • 
 
 JuU 
 
Auk* 
 
 zo6 
 
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 I T H mightic men , who likes to ipend his prime . 
 And loiies that life , which few account the bcft ^ 
 In hope at length vnto his heigth to clime. 
 By good defert, or thorough Fortune bleft , 
 May here behold the Modell of his Mifle , 
 And what his life , in fumme and fubftance is . 
 
 A Ladic faire , is F a v o v r feign'd to be , 
 
 Whofe youthfall Cheeke , doth beare a lonely blufh , 
 
 And as no niggard of her courtefic , 
 
 She beares about a Holy-water brufh : 
 
 Where with her bountie round about fhc throwes , 
 Faire promifes , ^ good wordes , and gallant {howes • 
 
 Hologi*, 
 
 * Byflina verba i 
 Vluurch-.ut^ft' 
 tbigt 
 
 Herewith 
 
207 
 
 ulula^ 
 
 » A.ir«cotrpe- Hcrcwitli aknot of guildcd hookcs Aic bcarcs , 
 
 With th Other hand ^ a paire or * Stocks (he opes , 
 To riicw her bondage : on her feete fhe weares 
 Lcad-flioes , as waiting long vpon her Hopes : 
 And by her doth the fawning Spaniel he , 
 The Princes bane , the marke of * Flatteric . 
 
 Stet quicufj^ volet fotens 
 AuU culmme luhrico 
 Me didcis faturet quies'^ 
 Obfcurm pfitm loco 
 Lent ferfruar otto. 
 
 * Cui omnia 
 ptincipumhonef- 
 ta arque inhonef* 
 tala-jdarc mos 
 ell . Tadtiti ^n- 
 
 Stnecah TbjfiBi, 
 
 The 
 
2 OS 
 
 The Authors Conclufion. 
 
 AS then the Skie , was talme and fairc , 
 The Windes did ceafe, and Cloudes were fled , 
 AURORA fcattcred PHOEBTS hairc. 
 New rifen from her Rofie bed : 
 At whofe appoach the * Harlot ftrcw , 
 Both meade , and mountains, with her flowers : 
 While ZEPHTRE, fweeteft odours threw , 
 About the feildcs , and leavie bowers . 
 
 The Woods and Waters , lefc their found , 
 No tend'reft twigge , was fecne to moouc , 
 The Bcatt lay couched on the ground , 
 The winged People pcrch'd aboue , 
 Saue P HILO MEL y who did renew. 
 Her wonted plaintes vnto the Morne, 
 That fcem'd indeede , her ftate to rue , 
 By flicdding teares vpon the Thorne , 
 
 When I as other taking reft , 
 
 Was fhew'd ( me thought) a goodlie plainc , 
 
 With all the Itorc of Nature bleft ^ 
 
 And ficuate within the Maine , 
 
 With Rocks about environ'd quite , 
 
 But inward round, in rowcs there flood, 
 
 Afvvell for profit , as delight , 
 
 The Trees of Orchard , and the Wood . 
 
 The builder (tAkorfte long agoe , 
 To "DO DO N^yEAN lOVE adioin'd. 
 And there the loftie 'Pine did grow^ , 
 That winged flies before the Wind : 
 LEV CO TH O £ that wounded blecdcs , 
 Nor wanting was , nor that fame Tree , 
 That beares the flaine , in fruite and feedes , 
 Of THISBES woeful! Tragcedie . 
 
 Ffa. 
 
 "FLORA 
 fomctimes a &•* 
 tnous Harlot in 
 Home, ami after 
 Codtlcflc of flow 
 CTs jinwhofc ho- 
 nour they kept 
 «heir fcafles cal- 
 kd Florajlja • 
 
 TheMulbcrie. 
 
 The 
 
2 op The K^uthors Condujion, 
 
 The £/w(? embracing "BACCHVS flood. 
 And there the '^eech was alfo plac't , 
 That gaue the golden Age her foodc : 
 Though we eftccme it , but as mafl; 
 The Walnut , praifcd for her hew. 
 The f^fh , the hci\ for helue , and ftaues , 
 The Eugh y vnto the bender trew , 
 The Sallow foft , that water craucs , 
 
 * Era {hi us in hii 
 
 vtoTJc : h'SL Th' vnblaftcd l^ay , to conquefts due , 
 affirmeth Cher- The Terjiun Te.xch , and fruitcfuU Qnince : 
 Wncrcher; And there the forward ^lmon^ grew,^ 
 partes of Europe With * C^frr/V^ kuov.'ne no long time fince: 
 orwrn^d The m;.r.r-^.rr^.;., Orchards pride, 
 ycarcs.bnngfirft The * I" H I L I JB ERT, thtit loiicsthcyzk . 
 'rvSfra'Se Andred Q^^eene-Appl, , foenvi'de, 
 of p o N T V s , Of Schoolcboies , pafTing by the pale . 
 
 whece they hauc , i a / i 
 
 their name . With many moe , of me forgot , 
 
 * The Filbert Co Vpon the which the Aery crew , 
 "7;'!f P H I- Each in his kind , and order fat , 
 king of France, And diQ his wontcd note rcncw ; 
 WuS^ Thelong-Iiu'd£4^/.,/Or£forfookc, , 
 kindcs to be And hither in a moment flew , 
 
 S G^ter Who to the Oake , himfclfe betooke. 
 of OTR ANTo , As King , his multitude to view . 
 
 in Italic by cloue 
 
 Giiiiflowers.and And Ip^NOS Bird, not farre away, 
 SculfouVs as Di^plaid her ARC rS hundred eies ; 
 wcHowrcethem By him fat perched on a' fpray. 
 
 The Swa/t/ie, that fweetly finging dies r 
 
 The (}-ane , who Centinell hath flood , 
 
 The Heme , high'tt fbarer in our fight. 
 
 The "Theafamt fetch'd from 1' HA SIS ^ood. 
 
 With Fatilcon for the Kings delight . 
 
 The Turtleheic to each did tell. 
 
 The lofle of his beloued mate , 
 w;?« H^^i'r And fo did * THRA CIAN "Philomel, 
 /"•' •• In fweeteft tunes , her bitter Fate : 
 
 Ne wanted there the envious Stare , 
 
 The theevifli Chough , and prating lay , 
 
 The Raile , and froflie Feldefare , 
 
 And Larks abroadc by breake of day , 
 
 Within 
 
The i^uthorsXomluJiott, aio 
 
 Within there was a Circlet round. 
 
 That raif'd it felfe , of foftcft grafle , 
 
 No Velvet llnoother ipred on ground. 
 
 Or Em'rald greener ever was : 
 
 In mid'ft there fate a beauteous Dame , 
 
 ( Not TA PHOS Quecne , fo faire a wight ) 
 
 For Rofes by , did blufh for fhaine , 
 
 To fee a purer, red and white . 
 
 In Robe of woven Silver fine. 
 
 And decpcft Crimfon /lie was clad ; 
 
 Then diaper'd with golden twine. 
 
 Aloft a Mantle greene flie had , 
 
 Whereon were wrought , with rareft skill 
 
 Faire Cities , Caftles , Rivers , Woods ; 
 
 And here , and there , embofs'd a hill 
 
 With Fountaines , and the Nymphes of Floods , 
 
 A vnaflie Collar fet with ftones , 
 
 Did over all , it (dft extend , 
 
 Whereon in iparkling Diamonds , 
 
 SA INT gEORGEyhev Patrone did depend j 
 
 A Crowne Imperial on her head , 
 
 One hand a bright drawne Sword did hold , 
 
 The other ( moit that made herdredd,) 
 
 Three Scepters of the finett gold . 
 
 While proudly vnderfoote fhe trod. 
 
 Rich Trophacies , and viftorious ipoiles , 
 
 Atchieucd by her might abroad : 
 
 Uetmmeis EMPRESSE OF THE ILESi 
 
 There Charriots were , that once flie wannc. 
 
 From ^^/£ SA R , ere flie was betraid , 
 
 With ftandards gat from Pagans, whan 
 
 She lent the Holy Land her aide . 
 
 Here faw I many a fliiver'd launce , 
 
 Swordes , Battle-axes , Cannons Slinges, 
 
 With th* Annes of TOR TFGA L , and ERA VNCE, 
 
 And Crownets of herpcttieKinges : 
 
 High-feathered Helmets for the Tilt , 
 
 Bowes , Steelie Targets cleft in twaine : 
 
 Coatcs , Cornets , Armours richly guilt , 
 
 With tatterd Enfignes out of S PA INE . 
 
 Ff 3 . About 
 
ttt The K^uthors Conclupon . 
 
 About her now on every Tree , 
 ( Whereon full ofc fhe caft her cic , ) 
 Hung filver Shcildes , by three and three. 
 With Pencill limned curiouflie ; 
 Wherein were dravvne with skilfull tuch, 
 Im^refas , and Devifcs rare , 
 Of all her gallant Knightes, andfuch 
 As A(5lors in her Conqueltes were . 
 
 Eke feme of Qii^ccnes , and Ladies too , 
 
 As pleafed their Invention belt , 
 
 ( For wit of woman , much can doc , ) 
 
 Were faftned vp among the reft , 
 
 Li fundry tongues , whofe Motto's old , 
 
 And names , though fcarcely could be read. 
 
 She wiflid their Glories mought be told , 
 
 To after times , though they were dead. 
 
 Great Edward third , you might fee there. 
 With that viiflorious Prince his fonne : 
 Ncxtvaliant loHN of Lancaster, 
 That S P A I N E , with Englifli overran : 
 And thofe braue Ipirits Marfhalled , 
 The firft that of the Garter were , 
 All Souldicrs , none to Carpet bred , 
 Whofe names to tell I muft forbeare . 
 
 Fourth Henries Sunbeames on the Cloude , 
 Fife Henries Beacon flaming bright, 
 YoRKEs Locke, that did the Falcon /liroude. 
 Was here , fo were his Rofes white : 
 The Marfhal Movbraie Norfolkes Duke, 
 Yet liuing in great Howards blood. 
 With valiant Bedford, Symboles tookc 
 As pleaf 'd them , to adorne the Wood . 
 
 By whom.e the B e a v c h a m p e s worne away , 
 And nobleft Talbot, fcourge of Fravnce, 
 With NevjX.Ls'. w'bbme could nought difinay, ' 
 hQ^t Reliques of their Puiflance : ; 
 The loyal V ere, and Clifford ftout, 
 Greate Strongbovves heire,with Bovrchier, Gray, 
 Braue Falconbridge, and Montacvte: 
 Couragious Ormond, Lisle, and Say,. 
 . . : A . With 
 
The i^tithors Comlujton, 
 
 With other numbeilefle befide , 
 That to haue feene each one's devife , 
 How liucly limn'd J how well appli'de. 
 You were the while in Paradife : 
 Another fide Hie did ordaine , 
 To fome late dead , fomc liuing yet. 
 Who Tcru'd Eliza in her raigne , 
 And \vorthily had honour'd it . 
 
 Where turning, firfHlpideaboue, 
 Her ownc deare P h OE n i x hovering. 
 Whereat, me thought , in melting Louc, 
 Apace with teares mine eies did fpring ; 
 But Foole, while I aloft did looke. 
 For /ler that was to Heauen flowne , 
 This goodly place , my fight forfookc , 
 And on the fuddaine all was gone , 
 
 With griefe awak'd , IgazM around. 
 
 And carting vp to Heauen mine eie , 
 
 Oh God I faid! where may be found, 
 
 Thefe Patrones now of Chivalry , 
 
 *' But Vertueprefent andfecurc, 
 
 " We hate, when from our knowledge hid, 
 
 " By all the meanes wc her allure , 
 
 ** To take her dwelling where iihe did . 
 
 Now what they were , on every Tree , 
 Devifes new, as well as old , 
 Of thofe braue worthies , faithfuUic, . 
 Shall in another Booke be told . 
 
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 FINIS 
 
 Charles E : of 
 Nortingham L : 
 AHmiraJ . 
 Thomas Et of 
 SuftoIkcandL: 
 Chambcrlaine. 
 George E : of 
 Cumberland . 
 L : Willowghby. 
 Sir Philip S\'dncy 
 Sir Ihon Norris . 
 &c.