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A03457
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Naumachia, or Hollands sea-fight
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Holland, Abraham, d. 1626.
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1622
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NAVMACHIA OR HOLLANDS SEA-FIGHT Non equidem inuideo LONDON ¶ Printed by T. P. for Thomas Law and William Gâ—…rat An. Dom. 1622. To the Right Honorable and Noble George Lord Gordon Sonne and Heire to the Right Generous and Potent the Marquesse of Huntley RIGHT HONOVRABLE c. Although the obscurenes both of my selfe and merits may seeme to breed some preiudice of boldnes and presumption in me daring thus to present my selfe and a small worke of mine equall in merit to my selfe to you a Heroe indued with no lesse Goodnesse than greatnes of equall Vertue and Honor Of a like Courage Courtesie of as much Clemencie as Valour Paralels that sieldome meet in one Yet Fame the blazer of good Actions resounding from yours to our Coasts the report of your Honourable Courtesie and loue to good Endeauours I haue bin emboldned by this small Present to manifest the loue or rather seruice I owe to your selfe and Honourable Name a Name no lesse knowne and renowned Abroad than loued and honored at Home as terrible to foes as gtatefull and pleasing vnto friends And although the Noblenes of your honorable and ancient Progeny with the noble and Warlike actions of your Valorous and renowned Father Ancestors might yeild to you their generous Of-spring sufficient cause of praise glory yet you knowing that the good parts of body or prosperous casualties of good Fortune can scarce bee called or accounted our own you I say to these haue added Vertue the beauty strength of mind knowing that Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus This hath made you Non tibi sed toti genetum te credere mundo Go on theÌ„ generous Gordon and by attaining the height of Vertue obtaine the top of honour Be you a Gem in the Vnion of Great Brittaine follow the footsteps of your renowned Father and if it be possible in vertue out goe him and according to your genererous disposition accept this small Present of your humble wel-wisher the gratious acceptance of which shal stir me vp to some greater endeavor wherby to eternize your Name and Vertues Solaque non norint haec monumenta mori Your Honours to be commanded Abra Holland NOBILISSMO ET GEnerosissimo Domino Georgio comiti Ingeiensi Anagramma Georgius Gordonius comes Ingeiensis Egregio dignus ensi sic Musis honor ego CLare Caledonios Heros aucture triumphos Et Scotico titulos exhibiture Polo Cuius et indomitos generosi pectoris ignes auxit Hyperboreas nix populata plagas Teque tuumque genus claris insigne Trophoeis norunt Arctophylax plaustraque pigra gelu Plaustra per vndosos numquam subitura recessus dum videant vultus sidera grata tuos Tu long is lumen tenebris et gente remota Pierijs gratam das Helicona choris Te Phaebumque suum putat et Caledonia Martem qui fulges aequè Martis et artis honor Ergò armis te bella canant te carmine Musae qui potes et Musis et decus esse tubae Andraeas Scoticis taceatque Georgius Anglis hinc Scoticis Numen Gorgius alter erit Honoris tui devotissimus Ab Holl. To the same Noble Earle two Acrosticke Stanza's Glory in you is like the Sun which giues Eternall splendour yet is often hid Ore-shadow'd in some clime when yet he liues Reviving still the world cannot forbid Glory her beames but like fires hid in night Expresse at last a more refulgent light Grace then the Muses who can giue you light Obliuion it selfe can neuer hide Respect those Sacrifices by whose might Demigods soone are wholly Deifide Onely giue pardon to me who can giue Nothing else yet to make you longer liue A. H. ¶ In Honor of the Noble Marquesse of Huntley and his true Generous Sonne the Lord GORDON THE Royall Eagle Ioves owne Bird to trie As they report her true borne Progenie Ere she admit them for her owne or grace Them to be called of the Eagles race To Phoebus rayes and the sight-dazing skie Sh' exposes all her vnfleg'd infancy And those that beare the bastard searching light With eyes vndazled and with nobler sight Can brooke the iudging flame these as sure-knowne Indulgently she brings vp for her owne But those whose bastard eyes cannot endure The piercing splendor of a light so pure These as false-got the Royall foule refuses And onely those which she hath tried chooses Thus Noble Lord your Father whom of all We truely may the Northerne Eagle call So doth he soare and still aspire aboue The vulgar pitch so for the truest Ioue Hath he in cruell wars borne venfull thunder Bringing the barbarous High-land sauage vnder Wherein you his true Sonne he made to try The glorious sunne of Magnanimity Which you with noble mind so well endur'd That hence your Father hath been well assur'd Of a true Sonne So may both Sire and Son Be tri'de at vertues never-setting Sun To my friend M. A H. BY this one lim my Holland we may see What thou in time at thy full growth maist bee Which wit by her owne Symetrie can take And thy proportion perfectly can make At thy Ascendant that when thou shalt show Thy selfe who reads thee perfectly shall know Those of the Muses by this little light Saw before other where to take thy height Proceed let not Apollo's stocke decay Poets and Kings are not borne euery day Michael Drayton To his louing friend M. Abra Holland SEnd forth young man from Muses wombe Thy other Royall births at home But slowly slowly send them forth Least for their number and their worth The enuious hand of fates take hold And crop thee for they 'le thinke th' art old Ed Cory To my Brother A. H. AS thy first Muse doth wit and learning show So let true wisdome with thy learning grow Your Brother Hen. Holl. ¶ Amico suo Abrahamo Hollando D. Philemonis F. in Naumachiam suam NAumachiam lustrando tuam mihi flumine visus Ingenij placido deperijse tui Arma virum tabulas galeas scuta per vndas Aspicio mens est Carmine mersa simul Emergo tabulas votivas dedico Musae Docte Hollande tua quae bene ficta canit El Petl To my honest friend M. A. H. That this small peece the world should hazard first Of other better work 's thy Muse hath nurst To wonder I was forc't vnlesse't be done As a small starre doth vsher forth the Sunne I. VV. I C. ⧠A Caueat to his Muse WEll Minion you 'le be gadding forth then goe Goe hast vnto thy speedy ouerthrow And since thou wilt not take my warning Hence Learne thy owne ruine by experience Alas poore Maid if so I her may call Who itches to be prostitute to all Adulterate censures were it not for thee Better to liue in sweet securitie In my small cell than flying rashly out Be whoop't and hiss't and gaz'd at all about Like a day-owle Faith Mistris you 'le be put One of these daies to
aspect more grim than is their life As breathing nought but bate and balefull strife Come fiercely forward all as if from thence They meant to moue their painted Residence The Lyon Elephant and sauage Hogge The Libard Tygre Ounce and cruell Dogge Sternely affront each other one might guesse In midst of Sea a sauage Wildernesse Wherein with admiration one might see So many a fierce wild beast so many a Tree But now our valiant Generall traversing About the fleet encourag'd them rehearsing This speech wherein he brauely did exhort To th' Fight which ready cut th' Oration short Courage braue friends and that is all I pray Strength cannot want where Courage leads the way But what need I th' vndaunted hearts excite Of them whose eies me thinks already fight Looke as ye doe and ye shall neuer need Weapons or hands to make your foes to bleed Your look's shall strike 'em dead and warlike sight Shall put your fearefull enemies to flight What ere ye aime at heere before you lie Honour Reuenge Spoile Riches Victorie Which if they mooue not see your Natiue Land Your Nurse your Mother see how she doth stand Afarre to marke which of you best shall render The Meed of Nurture who shall best defend her Them will she honour brauely then driue backe This vast Sea-monster which is come to racke Your Nursses entrailes com't but once to Land The very Earth will be affraid to stand It 's cruell brunt whither if reach it can The blood and teares will make an Ocean Deeper than this I see 'em now repaire O let my Omen vanish into aire Vnto our Land see how like Wolues they rage About the coasts sparing nor sex nor age See how they pull strong wals of Citties downe Leauing the men as naked as the Towne They raze your sacred Temples and not leaue A hallowed place where after ye may heaue Your hands for aide to heav'n Your Altars frames These wicked wretches with prophaned flames Sacrifice to their anger yea they dare To open Ghostly Tomb's and thence lay bare Your Ancestors sad Coffins whose dead ashes Instead of teares their Childrens blood be-dashes They dragge our ancient Parents vnto slaughter Answering their dying grones with cruell laughter Our younger Wiues and Sisters they deflour And baselâ— make our neerest kinsmen our Most hated foes our tender infants rawle Scarce borne being borne vnto their funerall These things which heav'n be thank't I but suppose Vnlesse yee helpe will once aduance our foes Say that our Nauy be farre lesse than theirs Haue not great ships amids their swift carriers Beene staid by little Remoraes Then on And let not this cold Element whereon We are to fight quench those couragious flames Which burne in euery manly brest that aimes At immortality but strike so sterne That the dumbe fishes may heereafter learne To speake your praises and each waue report Vnto it's neighbour in how valiant sort Ye fought till that the Oceans vtmost bound And farthest Thule with your fame shall sound Yea that the Sun when he at night shall presse This way may goe and tell th' Antipodes What acts he saw nor yet of ayd despaire The Sea it selfe if need shall aske will spare A thousand of his streaming arm 's for you All fish prooue sword-fish to fight for our due Thinke for no refuge heere to flie your hand Not feet must bring you backe againe to land No longer will the time with vs dispence What my speech wants my sword shall recompence Now 'twixt a thousand liues a thousand death 's Of time one little winged minute breath 's The loud-mouth'd Gun onely expects the fire At touch of which as burnt it should expire It 's skrieking voice groning that so much death Should be accomplish't by th' infectious breath Of it's dire mouth Darts ready are to part To hide their heads in some ill fortun'd hart Arrowes and Muskets leuel'd seeme to kill Before they can in act in fierie will One might haue thought viewing this fearefull sight ' Thad bin the picture of a Navall Fight But harke th' amazing signes of battell sound Making the lands remote and rockes rebound The shrill voic't Trumpet and couragious drum In barbarous language bid the foes to come Death's horrid vizar now begins t' appeare In their pale faces terrour and gastly feare In their amazed hearts doth panting rise And future blood bath's in their fiery eyes Sterne Cruelty aduanceth in their lids With headlong fury stalking in the mids Apelles present here or one so skil'd Might haue made pictures hence that would haue kil'd The thundring Ord'nance now began to rent Th' amazed aire the flames before it sent Seeme lightning and as deadly bullets flie Prodigious haile seem'd to powre downe the skie Smoake made a clowdy mist and all together Seeme on the sea to make tempestuous weather To call for ayd here stands as much instead As in that place when from a doubtfull head The seauen-mouth'd Nilus with a desperate shocke Headlong doth tumble from th' amazed rock Making the people on the neighbouring shelues That hearing him they cannot heare themselues Thus the fights noyse made many a man to fall In troublous death a silent Funerall Alas those Elements which vse t' vp hold Our crazy liues with their iust heate and cold Making compact our bodies constitution Striue now to cause it 's vtter dissolution The quicke and piercing fire as it doth burne Their wofull carkasses doth freezing turne Their minds to quaking feare and I hill despaire The liquid flitting and all-searching aire Admitts remorsles shot and murdring darts Denying breath at last to coole their harts The theevish water though it ran away With suttle shifts did notwithstanding slay And swallow most with a deuouring flood Onely poore earth starke still astonished stood Who viewing this would not haue thought a wonder That without raine wind lightning haile or thunder Or hidden shelues or rocks sea-ambusht back Or any temrest ships should suffer wrack That one might heere haue term'd it choose you whether A strong Calme or calme tempestuous wether See winged arrowes posting through the skie How quicke they hast froth ' battells rage to flie The trembling speares as souldiers doe them shake Seeme at their Maisters dangrs that they quake The flashing swords which sheathed once they ware Seeme now to feare being vnarm'd and bare But now each fleet each ship with hope-full pride Clash altogether furious side to side As when two winds in blacke tempestuous wether With boistrous wings impetuous meete together With their vntamed and resistles iustle Making high turrets shake and cedars rustle Where in light shirmish they remaine contending Till out of breath th' are faine to make an ending Now death 's at hand and night together keepe Cleare life and dreadfull death's blacke iron sleepe Fierce rage sad griefe blind Fury now grow higher Good cause when sence of touch and hearing nigher Men now with men contend and ships with ships One