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A16791	A smale handfull of fragrant flowers selected and gathered out of the louely garden of sacred scriptures, fit for any honorable or woorshipfull gentlewoman to smell vnto. Dedicated for a Newe-yeeres gyft, to the honorable and vertuous lady, the Lady Sheffeeld. By N.B.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?; Baxter, Nathaniel, fl. 1606, attributed name.	1575 (1575)	STC 3695; ESTC S104710	4,467	18

A SMALE handfull of fragrant Flowers selected and gathered out of the louely garden of sacred scriptures fit for any Honorable or woorshipfull Gentlewoman to smell vnto Dedicated for a Newe-yeeres gyft to the honorable and vertuous Lady the Lady Sheffeeld By N. B. ¶ Imprinted at London by Richard Iones And are to be solde at his shop at the Southwest doore of Paules 1575. ¶ To the right Honorable and vertuous Lady the Lady Sheffeeld N. B. wisheth continuall health with encrease of Honour AS I must of necessitie right honorable and vertuous Lady geue leaue licence and libertie vnto such as altogeather search out the straunge operations of thinges welnigh incredible to the rude and ignorant sort So reposing a confidence in your noble degree redy prest to accept the simple gift of a yong and vnskilful husbandman I am the more bolde to present your Ladyship with this litle handful of Flowers the sent wherof I trust being gathered in so fruitful a time wil so reuiue your senses that your godly industrie wil vouchsafe to plant the roote therof in the Gardē of nobilitie which I am assured being watered with the due vnderstāding of the founten of knowledge cannot chuse but encrese to a defens 〈…〉 modest demeanor As therfore on th' other side your vertuous life is such as rather alloweth the godly worke of a simple scholler willing by dayly practise to grow vnto more exacter ripenes of vnderstāding And on the other part is redy to prefer the base coūtrey mās pen to the end that I m●ght hereafter take the more hart of grace to attempt a more substantial peece of worke And then if it shal please the almighty to be my guide in future time I wil not be forgetfull of your Honors clemencie which the almighty G●d garde and furnish plentifully with increase mayntenance of renowne for euer Your most humble to commaunde N. B. ¶ Iohn Parcels pamphlet in the prayse of this handful of flowres THE little Bée fayre Ladies al Bringes more encrease then doth the Kight Wherfore although this booke be small The flowres thereof may wel delyght A seconde peareles Saba quéene Because they are continuall gréene ¶ Peruse them well therefore and say We haue the choyse of good and yll Yet if my counsel by the way Might vrge your minde or moue your wyll To imitat this péece of woorke For many a pearle therin dothe lurke ¶ For though the fountayne be not héere Of heauenly health that doth excell Yet to your sight may playneappéere The golden Bucket of the Well Wherfore deare dames keepe that in store And tyme wyl yéelde to you the more ¶ It is no Poetes fable olde It is no gaude nor trifle vayne It is a gifte excelling golde In which the Gentle state may trayne Them selues to godly exercise And learne thereby for to be wyse ¶ Searche therfore suche a Honycombe And trye the same with diligence It is no fruitles vanishing fome It is a cerce of excellence The ioyce whereof beyng pleasant swéete Is for a curteous Matrone méete ¶ Thus virgins wyues and widowes too If that you tender your estate Learne as he teacheth you to doo That framde this Posie for your sake And than you can not loose the crowne Diana holdeth with renowne I. P. ¶ The booke to the Reader SInce I poore booke am put into thy hand although the tome or volume litle bee Yet Reader deare that I be throughly scand with zelous minde I begge and craue of thée Ne séeme to iudge or sentence thyne to frame Before throughout thou do peruse the same Reade not as though thou wouldst forget agayne such fruitles fayth bringes profite none at all But if thou wylt reape merite for thy payne let not regarde from wonted custome fall Which as I reade by wise men is defind While time doth serue to beare the fruits in mind If then I cast a iewell vnto thée play not the Cocke that Esope speaketh on Who rather craued a barlye corne to sée then for to finde the costly precious stone But if I might giue counsel with the rest First reade thē chuse such fruits as lyke thée best Holde me excused and take my maisters Muse in as good part as payne he doth bestowe Let his good wyll his simple worke excuse for were it much more better to bestowe For thy delyght he woulde vouchsafe his toyle And yeelde to thée the croppe of suche a soyle FINIS The Author to his Lady in verse IN auncient tyme the golden guise of Matrons great renowen Was for to striue in vertues schoole who should enioye the crowne So that eche braunche of noblenes surpassed in those dayes Because they sought by their attempt to winne immortall praise As for example Lucrece chaste and famous sacred lyfe May record be who as I reade was Collatinus wyfe And next to her that pearle of price which Triata had to name By constant loue to Mansolus doth manifest the same Thirdly quéene Artimesia reapt the Scepter by desert That could as well as all the rest most finely play her part But synce that Sabbas wisdome great in honour yours doth raigne I must deare Ladie wish to you aswel as to the trayne For why the garland that you weare is euer fresh and gréene And serues most fit in Court therwith to tende vpon a Queene The modestie of Matrons mylde bedect with vertue rounde There is no wight but well may sée in you for to abounde So that a patern to the nimphes of Court and courtly crewe Your Ladiship resembleth well as plainely they may vewe For on the one side garded with Dame vertue you doe enter And on the other continence encourageth you to venter Wherefore since then defensed with such ayoe to your degrée Your noble race procureth these your daies with ioyes to see That Flora Susan and the rest attaind vnto the ende Your Honour might conceiue my cause a slowe and thankles freend If that this time he should negle to beautifie your name Whose merites are blowne all abrode in golden trumpe of fame Wherefore as pledge of my good will with humble dutie due Accept I craue this litle booke that I present to you And though it be of value small or simple to your sight Your wysedome may conceiue the Larke more daintier then the Kyght G. T. ¶ The names of all the flowres conteyned in this posie with the proper vse therof DEare Dames your senses to reuiue accept these Flowers in order heare Then for the time you are aliue renowne your golden dayes shall beare Marke therefore what they haue to name and learne to imitate the same The first resembleth Constancie a worthie budde of passing fame Which euery Gentle certeinlie delightes to chuse of for the name The cause is that the trueth to tell it sents and sauours passing well This Flower in her garden gréene Susanna planted daye and howre Which by her lyfe was dayly seene when her good

fame for to deuoure The wicked Elders did pretend to bring her dayes vnto an end But God that sawe her constantnes and howe she was vniustlie wrongde Gaue little Daniel warrantice to be her Iudge wherwith he throngde Amidest the prease with helpe diuine and rescued Susan at that tyme. Then when her stedfastnes was knowen and howe she sented of that Flower Whiche in Dianas bower was sowen the carnall Iudges fleshly power Was cut full short and she like case was honored in the iudgement place O worthy sprig of constancie O iewell farre surpassing gold Preserued by the eternitie as a looking glasse for to behold To suche as couet with renowne to weare that chaste and peareles crowne This pleasaunt braunche in Saraes brest was dayly vsed for a showe So that her fayth among the rest thereby did bountifully growe And she extolled was therefore as noble Matrone euermore Well myght I call to memorie Rebecca mild and Iudith chaste By whose great fayth and constancie Holofernes power was sore agaste So that as playne the scriptures say his hostes were fayne to flye away Since then ye Ladies of degrée and honors nimphes within the place Whereas that pearles dame may bee which al the Goddes inspire with grace This flowre I say doth sent so well accept the sweete and sauery smell There is no odious stintch at all of any worldly infamie That can procure your ruynous fall yf you reteyne this constancie And therfore Ladyes plucke this flowre for why it withereth neuer an houre The second budde is modestie which Triata did muche delyght And furnished the companie of many a Romane matrone bright So that no blemishe there did growe as long as they the same coulde showe The thirde is vertuous exercise the fourth is called humilitie The fifth to set beforeyour eyes the feare of God most reuerently The sixth obedience to the crowne and Princes lawes with great renowne The seuenth is Pacience for to beare the crosse of Christe continually The eyght is liberall talke to heare and vse the same indifferently The ninth is called Chastitie the tenth to put vp iniurie The eleuenth is to sustayne the poore the twelfth to aide the comfortles And to endeuour more and more to trayne your steppes to godlynes The thirtenth that is cheefest skill which we doo call doo good for ill The fourtenth is to loue the trouth and flatterie wholy for to shunne The fiftenth barre the chaire of slouth whereby full many are vndonne For idelnes doth shame but wynne and is the entraunce vnto synne The sixtenth Flower is willing zeale vnto the sacred veritie Which is a lantarne to your féete to leade you to sinceritie The seuententh blossome fresh of hue in wordes and déedes for to be true The eyghtenth is for to restore that by oppression hath ben gotte The niententh for to cure that sore which carelesse conscience makes to rotte The twenteth is sweete Charitie the fruites wherof begin to dye There are besides these godly loue whose leaues though they be not so greene Yet who to plucke therof wyl proue shall with Lucrecia soone be seene To shine in wordes and deedes as bright as when the moone doth yeelde her lyght Loe Gentles this smal bunche of flowres It is that may encrease your fame For they be watered with the showres that sacred Scriptures haue to name You may discerne them by the seedes full much vnlyke to wordly weedes Take heede therefore howe you reiect the simplest flowre among them all For if disdayne do you infect to plucke one leafe the rest wyl fall Do not therefore the thréede vntwinde Which doth this prettie posie bynde The name thereof is diligence in seeking vertuous company A string of great preheminence giuen vnto vs in generally Therewith eche godly wyght doth make A snare therewith eche vice to take 〈◊〉 Matrones therefore I require as one that wisheth al were well 〈◊〉 beare a zeale and full desire ●o bye these Flowres that so dyd smell 〈◊〉 shall the bountie of the Lorde with all your workes right well accorde 〈◊〉 whom be honor power and fame prayse laude and sempiternitie ●oth God and man sweete Christe the same who planted for a certayntie ●hese Flowres in heauenly paradise for such to gather as will be wise ●is blessing say and let vs craue to lyght vpon our soueraigne Queene Whom we may see in hande to haue this litle branche of Flowres greene Which sents and sauours passing well the redyest way to heauen to smell Her counsell and nobilitie the Pastors of the Churche lyke case The mightie God continually byd we with golden droppes of grace That they may serue her maiestie With reuerence and humilitie ❧ A prayer for gentlewomen and others to vse whereby through the helpe of the deuine grace they may atteyne the right sente of this posie of Godly Flowers VOuchsafe O Lorde to be our guyde thy spirite of grace into vs powre Defende our cause on euery side that we may passe into the bowre Whereas those heauenly Flowres do growe By Christ that Garden first dyd sowe Illuminate our inwarde minde to seeke to thee continually From worldly Errours that be blind preserue vs for thy Maiestie Teache vs as we in wordes professe In déedes eache one to do no lesse Assist vs dayly to begin spiritually to enterfight Agaynst the worlde the flesh and sinne that we may shunne the duskie nyght In whiche our enimie the deuill Doth watche to worke eache Christian euyll Arme vs with fayth to beare the shielde and sworde of heauenly puritie Crowne vs with Helmet in the fielde of thy surpassing veritie Graunt this O bounteous Iesu sweete That we with thee at last may meete FINIS