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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01910	A newe booke called the shippe of safegard, wrytten by G.B. Anno. 1569; Shippe of safegard.	Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.	1569 (1569)	STC 12049; ESTC S120332	36,343	82

A newe Booke called the Shippe of safegarde wrytten by G. B. Anno. 1569. Imprinted at London by W. Seres ¶ To hys verie good Sisters Mistresse Phillyp Darell and Mistresse Fraunces Darell of the bouse of Scotney OFTEN WITH MY SELFE considering my nowne good Sisters your vertuous and well disposed minds in these your yon̄g and tender yeares I thought it meete as well to shewe my good will towards you as to satisfie your well inclined affectiōs to take some trauaile in finding out such matter as neither I might accōpt my time vainly spent in wryting nor you yours euill employed in reading Debating thus a whyle with my selfe what matter myght best herein serue both our turnes I was thorowly resolued with asmuch diligence as I could to make some discourse vpon the perfite estate of a true christian an estate aboue all others most happie and worthy if it were as well renowmed for lyfe as it is reuerent for name and perceyuing the lyues of Christians in these dayes so farre differing from the sinceritie that is required in a Christian professour I gaue for tytle to my Booke the counterfeyt Christian wherein I declared the great disorders of this our tyme as also the wonderfull vertues and puritie of lyfe that gloriously shyned among the first and auncyent professours of Christ whiche Booke beyng encreased to some largenesse of volume and euen almost readie to be publyshed vnder the patronage and protection of your two names by yll fauourd misfortune perished Wherwithal somthing discontented that both I should thus bee defrawded of the effect of my long trauayle and you of that which so long and so earnestly I ment you With a scarse quiet mind I hastily began this volume which bicause of the daūgers of this worlde whereby the soule enclosed in the barke of sinfull fleshe wyth great hasard passeth I named the Ship of safegarde a Ship but rudely furnished and God knowes symply rygged as the great haste and small tyme enforced wanting both strength of tymber and comlynesse of proporcion two euydent signes of an vnskilfull workeman Notwithstanding howsoeuer it be I dedicate it vnto you as an earnest token of my good wyll towardes you not doubting but you will so accept it whervnto I had also thought to haue added bicause I know you delight in stories the lyues and actes of dyuers men in the primatiue Church whereof I began with one or two but bicause they were tedious and my leisure but little I left then and proceeded no farther God poure vpon you his plenteous blessyng graunt you long and prosperous yeres on earth and after your passage from this vale of wretchednesse euerlasting rest and ioy in the kingdome of Heauen From London the fourtenth of Februarie Your louing brother in lawe G. B. To the Reader WHo seekes to treade that happie path ▪ that leades to perfite blisse And faine would finde the certayne way that many wandring misse Must banish ease and bend himselfe to abyde both care and paine And seeke to conquer eche delight and worldly pleasure vaine For as the way but narrow is that leadeth straight to ioy So is it all beset with thornes and briers that anoy In eurie place are stubbles and prickes that stayes the feeble Feete And lothsome for the time it seemes that after prooues most sweete A fearefull hart refuseth quite to walke that painefull way But carefull mindes regarde not paine such pleasure to assay Both wayes before the eyes doth lye and view of eurie braine The tone both narrow sowre and sharpe the other smooth and plaine The tone doth after smart and griefe bring men where God doth raine The other after pleasures sweete bringes euerlasting paine The tone doth glifter in the eyes with faire and pleasant ground The other lothsome seemes and darke and scarcely to be found But hardest thinges experience tries are often found most sweete And high attempts for valiant hartes are thought of all most meete Thou therefore that doest minde to see the ioyes celestiall And to beholde that happie face that neuer perishe shall For sake this waye that pleasant is at first vnto the eye And as a daunger foule and great such flattring pleasures flye Tread thou the path that mounteth vp to place where God doth liue And doth for euerie paine on earth a thousand pleasures giue Such pleasures as doe farre surmount the fading pleasures here As farre as doth the Sunne excell the Moone in shyning clere Faynt not for anye griefe or paine nor neuer wearie be Well may the way be passed and God himselfe shall succour thee For God doth ayde all those that giue themselues with all their might To finde his wayes and courage giues to all that well doe fight Against the flattrings of the worlde and fansies vaine of minde No better Capitaine canst thou haue nor guide of better kinde The Ship of safegarde THe wandring wight that in the raging seas Wyth sayling Barke doth seke the happy port No leysure hath to giue himselfe to ease Ne time he findes wherein to play or sport Eche long delay eche calme doth him displease Hym listeth not to lynger in such sort In nothing ioyes in nothing pleasure findes Saue in the blastes of prosperous happie windes His carefull braine is busied euermore In vewyng well his Compasse and his Carde And minding still what daungers lye before What swelling sands what rocks what Hauens barde Wyth skilfull head he seekes the safest shore And the therwarde doth sayle with good regarde Brings home his Bark through storms tēpests great To happie port and long desired scat The vnskilfull head and rechelesse ydle minde Contrariewise doth giue himselfe to rest Not fearing stormes nor boystrous blasts of winde But in the middest of daungers feareth least And thinkes the Hauen happily to finde When stormes are past and tempests cl●erely ●●ast Thus guyded euill his shyp on rocks doth fall And castes awaye both frayght and foole and all Euen so the will and fansie vayne of man That through this worlde his pa●nefull passage makes Who ought to seeke by all the meanes he can Through daungers deepe and lothsome lowring lakes That happie port for which his course began For which eche carefull minde his trauaile takes In thousand harmes and thousand da●●●ers preit Doth giue himselfe to carelesse ease and rest Regarding not the hasard of himselfe Nor taking heede his fleshly foyst to guide Full fraught with sin and care of worldly pelfe Makes no account of wether winde or tide But blindly strikes himselfe on euerie shelfe And in the flouds of mischiefe wanders wide Till on the rocks he desperately doth light And loseth all for lacke of guiding right Within the seas of fonde affection blinde That through the world in euerie place doth flowe Sayles euerie Wight that liueth here by kinde And runnes the race that fancie forth doth blowe And kepes the course that pleaseth best his minde With sayles full thwackt with winde and lustie showe But