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A11408	Part of Du Bartas English and French, and in his owne kinde of verse, so neare the French Englished, as may teach an English-man French, or a French-man English. With the commentary of S.G. S. By William L'Isle of Wilburgham, Esquier for the Kings body.; Seconde sepmaine. Day 2. English	Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, seigneur, 1544-1590.; Lisle, William, 1579?-1637.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.	1625 (1625)	STC 21663; ESTC S116493	251,817	446

may aske How falls it out that the Nations of the world comming all of one father Noe doe varie so much one from another both in body and minde The Poet therefore making this obiection most worthy to be considered giueth also answer thereunto first in generall by way of exclamation and maruaile then in particular manner setting downe some speciall reasons of this wonderfull diuersitie that appeareth in the stature complexion strength colour and custome of people wheresoeuer dispersed ouer the face of the earth The first and principall cause is Nature it selfe that is the wise prouidence of God maruellous in all his workes If God had made the earth in all places alike all flowers of one colour and sauour all beasts fowles fishes and creeping things of one kinde had he made the heauen without starres or the starres all of one bignesse and men all of the same hew beauty feature strength and disposition as well of bodie as minde the diuers colours of his infinite wisdome had not so shined in them But as he is aboue all yea onely wise good and beautifull so would he in his workes keepe a certaine resemblance of his owne perfection prouoking vs thereby daily to aduance and raise our thoughts vnto the high consideration perfect loue and due reuerence of himselfe Now if we consider all his workes the light of his wonderfull glory no where appeareth more then in the diligent view of Man who is very fitly called of the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the little world For in this little table hath he lymbed-out in orient colours for all that will behold the wonders of his vnsearchable wisdome and they are here some of them by the Poet well pointed-out And a wonderfull thing indeed it is that among so many men as haue beene since the beginning are or shall be to the worlds end there neuer was nor is nor can be any one but differing much from all the rest both in bodie and minde and in many things else that ensue thereon This I am content to note but in a word leauing all the particulars of this miracle for the Reader priuatly to consider that he may wonder the more thereat and praise there-according th' almighty Creator the Soueraigne Good neither will I now take in hand to dispute against those that in searching the causes of this diuersitie ascribe all to Fortune or Nature as they call it meaning a secret propertie and power of the creatures or to the starres and other heauenly bodies to mans lawes custome or nourishment in stead of God who is indeed the first and only working cause of all things in whom we liue moue and are This matter would require a long discourse and though the Poet here beside the chiefe and only tine cause reckoneth certaine vnder-causes as custome growing to Nature th' example of Elders prouinciall Lawes and the influence of Stars it is not his meaning to take from the Lord of Nature this honour due vnto him for the diuersitie of his wonderfull works but only to lay open vnto vs a few such instruments as his incomprehensible wisdome vseth to make vs the better conceiue the manner of his heauenly working The Philosophers Astronomers Physicians and Politicks discourse at large vpon these differences he that would see them well handled let him reade the fift chapter of Bodines Method entituled de recto historiarum indicio and the first chapter of his fift booke de Republica which is the summe of all that he writes thereof in his Method Peucer also in the 13. and 14. bookes of his discourse vpon the principall sorts of diuinations and Hippocrates in his booke de Aëre aquis locis but especially Bodin may ferue to expound our Poet who in very few lines hath penned matter of so long discourse 59 The Northen man He entreth consideration of many points wherein the North and Southerne people differ Bodin in the places afore-quoted shewes the causes thereof according to Philosophie and Physicke because his bookes are common specially his Politicks I will not here set downe what he saith nor examine his opinions but leaue that wholly to the diligent Reader Concerning that the Poer noteth the best Histories auerre the same and namely for the Southerne people Iohannes Leo and Franciscus Aluares for the Northen Olaus Magnus the Baron of Herbestan in his Muscouie Buchanan in the historie of Scotland and diuers others 60 The Middle Man Bodm in the fift booke of his Politickes the first chapter diuideth all people dwelling on this side the Aequator into 3. kinds to wit the hot and Southerne people from the Aequator 30. degrees vpward the Meane and temperate in the next 30. and the Extreame cold and Northen people from the 60. degree to the Pole And so of the nations and countries beyond the Aequator The reason hereof he setteth downe in his Method chap. 5. 61 For in the sacred close The Poet goes on according to the said diuision and in few words implies all that discourse of Bodin who saith among other matters there that the people dwelling in the middle Regions haue more strength and lesse wit then the Southerne better parts of minde and lesse bodily force then the Northen and are moreouer the fittest for gouernment of Common-wealths and iustest in their actions And if a man doe marke well the histories of the world he shall finde that the greatest and most valiant Armies came euer out of the North the deepest and subtilest knowledge of Philosophie Mathematickes and all other contemplatiue Arts from the South and the best gouernment the best lawes Lawyers and Orators from the Middle countries and that the greatest Empires were founded and established there c. What reason there is for this he sheweth also in his fift chap. of his Meth. Looke more thereof in L. Regius de vicissitudine varietate rerum For my part I am of opinion that Almighty God as he hath knit and bound together the Elements and Creatures made of them with a maruellous compasse in number weight and measure best for continuance of the whole worke and mutuall agreement of the parts so hee hath also placed the chiefe subtiltie and liuely-hood of spirit farthest from the greatest bodily force either in beast or man for the better maintenance of humane societie in a iust counterpoys and gaue the middle kinde of people a nature of either tempered though if a man enter into particular discourse he may easily finde the northerne southerne and middle Nature in euery Nation What say I euery Nation nay I dare say in euery one of vs so fitly is Man called a little world But the southerne men for the most part hauing so quick and liuely parts of minde in a bodie lesse charged with flesh they represent the contemplatiue and studious kinde of life the northerne that haue their vvit in their fingers ends that is that are so cunning craftesmen inuenters of warlike engins artillerie and

and Winter Season holds the Basse our Phleme like the Autume time and Element of Water the Tenor our Blood like the Spring and Aire the Counter-tenor which runnes through all kinde of Notes our Choller as the Summer time and Fire the Treble as for all other parts vsed in Musicke they are euer correspondent to some one of these foure 51. See then the cause He speakes now of the effect and power of Musicke The Platonicks held the soule of Man to be composed of numbers and proportions the excellence whereof is chiefely in the heauens whereupon it ensues that Musicall harmony somewhat partaking with the nature of I se and soule diuersly mooues and affects all liuing Creatures capable thereof The Poet plaies vpon this opinion but still with a caueat that the truth and ground of this doctrine be rightly vnderstood For mans Soule is not made of numbers as the word is simply taken but thus much onely meanes the Platonist that these spirituall substances enclosed in mans body are so exquisite and as it were harmonious that all harmony concord and proportion delights them and contrariwise all discord and disproportion or confused noyse offends them as we see by daily experience Furthermore he that hath created all things in perfect concord and proportion would euen in such as seeme farthest from well agreeing haue the force of Musicke shew it selfe ●y the attention it commandeth of hearers and by their loue and reuerence thereof Whereupon I boldly dare auouch that soule not well ordered in it selfe or not well fitted with a body which cannot abide sweet harmony 52. Sweet Harmony In twelue verses here the Poet sets-out the force of Musicke both in regard of men and beasts whereof we finde in ancient History very notable examples as Te●●a●der Timotheus Ari●● and others wh●●by their Musicke haue done great wonders made the most offended to be friends one with another the most melancholy and sad to bee merry fooles to be wise and sum as were like to runne mad for loue to be stayed and what not It is reported also that against the Ph●l●●gies poyson there ●●n helpe to ready and oueraigne as the well ordered sound of Musicall Instruments See what Ae●●an P●●●y and Plutarch ●y thereof 53. O what 's to Musicke hard He goes on yet further and shewes how Musicke is able to preua●e euen with God himselfe And this he proues by three examples the first of Soul 1. Sam. 10. who meeting a company of Prophets with Instruments of Musicke began also to prophesie among them the second of Elizeus 2. King 3. who called for a Minstrell and when the Minstrell played the hand of the Lord that is his Spirit came vpon the Prophet the third of God anger appeased by deuout singing of Psalmes and namely those of Dauid which in the mouth of Gods faithfull seruants are of wonderfull power as by many particulars of these and former times may well be proued For God indeed hath promised to be neere vnto all those that call vpon him faithfully Psal 145.18 And it becommeth well the righteous to reioyce in the Lord and be thankfull Psal 33.1 To conclude here is the effect of a zealous prayer wherein heart voice and accent runne together most liuely set-out by the Poet describing with most elegant similitudes the fierce wrath of God against sinne and the sweetnesse of his mercy when he is appeased 54. But now as Heb'r had thought The Poet intending to make here an end of the second day of his second weeke brings-in Canan the sonne of Cham to seeke as it were by Fate along the bankes of Iordaine for the Countrey that was after to be inhabited by his posteritie So he comming toward the Pillar breakes-off the learned conference that was betwixt the other two And here therefore shall end our Commentary-Notes vpon these high conceits of this excellent Poet. FINIS The Epistle to the Lord Admirall 1596. WEighing how neare it concernes your Honourable Charge what strangers passe the Seas into England I was thereby and otherwise in humble dutie moued to giue your Lordship first intelligence of this Gentleman whom I haue newly transported out of Frame and also thought it necessary to craue your fauourable protection of him in this his trauell A worthy man is he my Lord in his owne Countrie howsoeuer here disguised and one of the sonnes of that Noble and Diuine Poet LE SIEVR DV BARTAS in my simple iudgement the properest and best learned of them all I am sure the best affected to England and the gracious Empresse thereof for which cause I made speciall choise of him and doe therefore the rather hope to finde fauour on his behalfe with your Honourable Lordship whose loyaltie to the Crowne the Prince by trust of so high an Office whose loue to the Land the people by ioynt consent of daily felt vertues haue so fully witnessed that the fame thereof hath spred it selfe farre beyond that your admirable Regiment In so much as this gentle stranger though he were at the first vnwilling Vl●sses-like to leaue his natiue soile especially now in this dangerous sea-faring time while all the world is in a manner troubled with Spanish Fleets yet after he called to minde what he had heard and written of the mightie Goddesse of the English Ocean and who there swayed the Trident vnder her trusting vpon such a Neptune he went aboord with a good courage and doubting not at all but that the proud Spanish Carackes if they be not yet sufficiently dismaid by the wracke they suffered in their former aduenture but dare againe attempt the like be they neuer so many more or greater than they were if more and greater they can be shall againe by the grace of God directing as before the courage and wisdome of Englands renowned Admirall be dispersed ouer the frowning face of our disdainfull Seas and drunken with salt waues regorge the bodies of their presumptuous Pilots And so my Lord with a fauourable wind breathing directly from the French Helicon by the safe conduit of your Honourable name and helpe of the Muses at length I landed my stranger in England Where since his arriuall he hath gladly encountred diuers of his elder brethren that were come ouer before some in a princely Scottish attire others in faire English habits and to the intent he might the better enioy their company whh by this time had almost forgotten their French he was desirous to learne English of me therefore I kept him a while about mee was his teacher at home and enterpreter abroad and now that he hath gotten such a smattering of the tongue as hee can so as hee can speake for himselfe may it please your good Lordship to talke with him at your leisure though I know you vnderstand very well his naturall speech I am of opinion it will much delight you to heare him vtter such counterfeit English as in so little time I was able to teach him He can say somewhat of the godly gouernment of good Princes the wicked practises of Tyrants as well in compassing as maintaining a Scepter both worthy your Lordships hearing for the manner sake though the matter be not vnknowne to your wisdome But some other things he doth report very strange as of NIMROD that was the first Tyrant of the world after the time of Noah the first Admirall of the world his aspiring minde and practises in seeking the peoples fauour his proud and subtile attempt in building the Tower of Babel and Gods iust punishment thereof in confounding the language of the builders Very truly reckoneth he that which few doe consider the great and manifold inconueniences that are befallen mankinde by the diuersitie of tongues Further he can tell of speech in generall whether man speake by nature or haue but onely an aptnesse to speake by vse and whether any other creature haue the like as for seuerall speeches he can prooue with many goodly reasons which is the best and most ancient of them all what altereth each tongue what continueth each in account what languages are in greatest regard now-adaies and what Authors haue most excelled in them And vpon occasion of the English tongue my Lord he setteth-out in such manner the Queenes princely Majesty her learning wisdome eloquence and other excellent vertues that I know your noble and loyall heart will greatly reioice to heare it at the mouth of such a stranger The rest if it be more curious then for the States weightie affaires your L. may intend to heare I wish referred vnto those goodly young Gentlewomen your noble and father-like-minded Sonnes whom after your L. I doe most of all honour there shall they finde profit so blended with pleasure learning with delight as it may easily win their hearts already vertuously aspiring from the wanton and faining Cantoes of other Syren-Poets wherewith many young Gentlemen and chiefely those of greatest hope are long and dangerously mis-led vnto a further acquaintance with this heauenly-Poeticall Writer of the truth who is now growne into such a liking of this Country chiefely for the peaceable gouernment thereof blessed be that Gouernor and free course of the Gospell God continue it and send the like into France that he is desirous to become a Freedenizen and hoping further to be an eye-witnesse of Gods wonderfull mercies towards this Land whereof in France he spake but by heare say to behold that precious Northerne Pearle and kisse her Scepter-bearing hand whose worthy praise he hath sung so sweetly he humbly beseecheth your gracious fauour to be enfranchised which if it may please you to grant my Lord vouchsafing also the patronage of him that vnder seale of your Honorable name he may escape the carping censures of curious fault-finders and enioy all honors priuileges liberties and lawes that belong euen to the naturall inhabitants of this noble Isle my selfe will vndertake to Fine for him at least hearty praiers for your daily encrease of honor and all such obedience as it shall please your L. to impose Whose I rest euer at command WILLIAM L'ISLE

his open tent there he now like a swine His snoaring carren rowles embrewd with cast-vp-wine And albeside himselfe not knowing what he did He naked layes the parts that dying Caesar hid Fit comparisons for all such slanderers as Cham. Behold as carren crowes with fanny wings oreflie The Manna-dropping woods of happy Arabie And reckning light the lawns and gardens of delight Whose ammell beds perfume the skie both day and night Seiz-on with glouton beaks or rath'r anatomize Some executed corse all-rotting as it lies Or as young Painters wont with bungling penecyll Good features of a face to misse and hit what 's ill To draw with little heed what ere is faire to see And more then duly marke the least deformitie A mole a wart a wen a brow or lip too-fat Or else an eye too deep or else a nose too flat So doe the spightfull sonnes of Satan prince of Hell Spoonge with forgetfulnesse the shew of all that 's well And biting lip thereat cast venom of their eyes Vpon the lightest faults of mens infirmities They laugh at others hurt and sound through-out all ages The very least escapes of greatest personages The impudence of Cham. So shamelesse Cham beheld his drunken fathers shame It shew'd and laught thereat and made thereof a game 21 Come brothers come quoth he loe he that oft controules Each little fault in vs how vp and downe he roules And spewing wine his mast'r at mouth at eyes at nose To all doth like a beast his priuitie disclose Sem and Iaphet reproue him and doe their dutie Ha dog ha brazen face good Sem and Iaphet said And with a clowdie brow iust discontent bewraid Ha monster vile vnkinde vnworthy of this light Thou shouldst thy selfe alone though we were out of sight Cast on thy mantle or hide with silence at the least Thy fathers fault that once in all his life opprest With griefe wine age hath fal'n and dost thou make a game To bring his hoary head first on the stage of shame Noe waking curseth Cham and his posteritie Thus rate they Cham and then with fromward looke reti●e To h●ale the nakednesse of their enyeared Sire 22 Slept-out the surfet was and he awoke at length And blushing knew his fault and wondred at the strength He found in blood of grape then prickt with inward tine He propheside and said Gods heauy curse and mine Befall the race of Cham let South let East and West For euer see them serue He blesseth Sem and Iaphet but euermore be blest Sems holy-chosen seed be Canan slaue to them A detestation of drunkennesse And Iaphet God perswade to dwell ith'tents of Sem So ended O foule vice errour enormitie Nay voluntarie rage distract and phrenesie Not long but dangerous by thee mad as a fiend Agave slew her sonne and Alexand'r his friend Doth any burne in sinne thou dost increase the fuell Thou mak'st the prater vaine the hastie cutter cruell The vaunting insolent th' angry tempestuous The wanton minde vnchast th'vnchast incestuous Thou canst nor blush nor see thou life in life destroy'st And holiest men of all with many faults accloy'st Yea as the strong new-wine with boyling inshut heat Cracks eu'n the newest hoopes and makes the vessell sweat Turnes vpsedowne the lees and froths out at the vent From bottom of the caske the setled excrement So thou vndo'st thine host and rashly mak'st to flie From bottom of his heart all matt'r of secresie Though no more to thy charge be laid ô poyson vile And this were all thy fault to bruten for a while A vertue-teaching life nay vertue-selfe I sweare Man ought thee more then face of ghastly death to feare 19. All holy Rites performed The Scripture saith Gen. 9.20 that Noe was an Husbandman and planted a vineyard Hereby appeares that he before the Flood had betooke himselfe to the vocation of planting and tilling with all that belonged thereto A trade worthy such holy Fathers and well beseeming their long liues For then and a long time after was this exercise by good right held a lawfull vsurie a gaine void of Enuie an Art maintaining all Arts and the true meanes of long liuing In the meane time while the posteritie of Seth followed husbandry and tillage they of Cain gaue themselues wholly to high matters of State and gouernment in the world whereby they came short of health and true wisdome Furthermore it is said that Noe planted a vine which was it may be a thing knowne of him before but neuer dressed to the full proofe till then as may be gathered by that which the historie shewes fell out thereupon to wit that Noe drunke of the wine and was drunken and was vncoured in the mids of his tabernacle For likely it is that if wine had beene vsed before the Deluge drunkennesse in those dayes would haue shewed it selfe among other vices and increased them so as Noe might thereby haue taken occasion after the Deluge to beware thereof and stand the more vpon his guard But these words he dranke of the wine seeme to import that before then he neuer had tasted the sweetnesse of this fruit and was taken therewith at vnawares Some are of opinion that it pleased the diuine goodnesse because the strength of mans nature was impaired by the Flood to helpe and recompence him with eating of flesh and drinking of wine as meat and drinke more strong and remedies auaileable against the assaults of diuers diseases and infirmities then like to ensue For well may it be thought by the curse of God now redoubled vpon mankind that the earth lost a good part of the force and vigour it had before and that the Deluge was as it were a strong buck-water to fret and diminish the force of all creatures especially the body of man which after the Flood waxed more feeble and of lesse continuance then before and for this cause it pleased God to comfort our poore and weake Nature with drinke more vigorous and meat more solide And for the places and countries destitute of wine he hath furnished them with corne and fruit fit to make for their comfort strength and batling drinke of such force and strength as will make them drunke if they take too much of it The Poet hath hereto fitly adioyned the description of a place fit for a Vineyard and the manner of dressing it Whereof looke what Plinie saith in his 17. booke chap. 21. 22. and Ch. Stephen at the chapter of the Vine in his Country Farme 20. Now Noah waxing old Some thinke that Ianus whom the writers of old time haue made so famous was the Patriarke Noe and that they gaue him that name of Ianus for the inuention of wine called by the Hebrewes Iasin but others hold that Ianus came of Iauan the sonne of Iaphet Gen. 10. of whom descended the Greeks and Latines Moreouer they paint this Ianus with two faces one before and another behind to