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A07905	The mirrour of mutabilitie, or Principall part of the Mirrour for magistrates Describing the fall of diuers famous princes, and other memorable personages. Selected out of the sacred Scriptures by Antony Munday, and dedicated to the Right Honorable the Earle of Oxenford.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1579 (1579)	STC 18276; ESTC S110067	46,675	112

Puts mée in minde my vile and lewd desire By wrongful meanes to stop his guiltlesse breth Procured vengeance on mée for my hire His viniard I perforce would take away So by these meanes poore Naboth I did stay The Lord then sent his Prophet vnto mée Who thus did say for this thy wicked déed In place wheras all men did plainly sée The Dogs on Naboths guiltlesse blood to féed There shall they lick thy blood in self same case Because thou didst all feare of God deface When this I heard because all men should say That I was sory for my great offence I sackcloth got and so began to pray But this I faind and glozed with pretence And God who knew how I did glozings fain Preparde a meane to pay mée for my pain For as I sought how I might get again The Cittie Ramoth which to mée was due The Councel of Micheas did refrain And followed those that false weare and vntrue So there in fight an Arrow perced mée Of which I dyed in my tranquilitie Let now therfore this tristful tale of mée Giue warning how you run likewise astray Feare God and kéep your selues in your degrée Follow the trueth exile all fraude away And think on mée that passed you before To giue you warning that you sin no more FINIS The Induction IEPHTAH the Sonne of Gilead base borne and hated of his Bretheren was fain to flye so went and remained in the Land of TOB as a Straunger from his Bretheren and Familiars but within a while it fortuned the Ammonites oppressed the Israelites greatly with warres and stood in hazerd of subuertion so that the Elders of Gilead remēbring Iephtah was so goodly a man of personage strong and coragious they went to desire him to be their Captaine But he alleadged vnto thē the small regard they had of him before now in their distresse came to seek succour of him So at last through prōising to make him their go uernour he returned with them And preparing him self against the Ammonites he vowed vnto GOD that if the Uictory might redound into his hands the first quick thing that should happen to meet with him at his return he would sacrrfise in honor to the LORD It so fortuned that GOD gaue him such good successe in Battell so that he returned Conquerour And as he came homeward the first he met withall was his owne belooued Daughter who met him with pleasant Hermony at sight wherof he rent his heare tearing his garments with many sorowfull lamen tations declaring to her his vow Well Father quoth she content your self that is sayd fulfill it although it be I. And then for two monthes space among the Mountaynes she bemoned her virginitie with other virgins of her company and then returned and was sacrifised of her Father as his promise was I right and rare exam ple for all men to take heed of vaine othes RASHNES Regard alvvay to liue in modest meane ARASH attempt thou after mayst repent Shun such vayne thoughts as make thy life vncleane Haue good regard lest thou be sharply shent Novv is the time thy daungers to preuent Esteeme therfore that vvhich shall last for aye So shalt thou liue vvhen Sathan vvould say nay THE COMPLAINT of Iephtah sometime Iudge of Israel for his so rash vo vv in the sacrifising of his Daughter for the foyling of his enemyes Caput 4. THe loftiest minde dooth catch the fall at length The Wisest man is subiect to a stroke The Champion stout the vaūteth in his strength Is forste at length his boasting to reuoke All is but vayne to purchase mortall prayse Which lasts awhile and soone departs his wayes Man dooth appoint but God dooth all dispose Euen so by me that sought vainglorious Fame I vowde to God if I might foyle ●…y foes And to return as Uictor of the game I vowed what thing did méet mée by the way As sacrafice to him I ment to slay Welfoorth I went such good successe God gaue That all my foes by force I did suppresse I had the wish that I did wholely craue I bare the name among bothe more and lesse My vow I made remayned yet behinde I little knew what shing I first should finde Returning home with all my mightie train My Daughter first in presence I did spye A treble gréef did agrauat●… my pain My mirth was turnd to many a doleful cry My hear I rent and garments did deface Twixt weale and woe I stood in doutful case My promise made alas perfourmd must bée For vnto God I firmely vowde the same My Daughter eke brought treble woe to mée That I on her my sacrafise should frame No remedy but death shée must sustaine And vnto her this tale I tolde with pain O Daughter déer which earst was cause of ioy Unto thy Sire to blemish dark debate Now art become alas his great annoy In that thy death is wrought by lucklesse fate My rash attempt to purchase lasting prayse Hath wrought the mean to end thy tranquil dayes To God I vowed if I the féeld might win What first I met his sacrifise should be My foes now foyld that would haue entred in Beholde my Déere the lot dooth fall on thée If I should seeke to saue thy tender life My promise made would more procure my strife What shall I say alas amazde I stand My promise I must bring to full effect Thy life therfore yéeld subiect to my hand And be content this World for to reiect The Maiden milde this answer made her Sire Content to graunt to that he did require Since you O Father haue supprest your foes And since your vow dooth fall so right on mée I yéeld my self to ease your after woes I shall suffise your sacrifise to be But for two Moneths to Desert I must wend My state to mone before my life dooth end The time expirde the Mayden turnd agayne Then offered I to God my Sacrifise Thus my rash vow returned to my payne To hunt for praise which did me moste despise When Man wil make a vow without respect It God offends his soule it dooth detect You yunger yéeres therfore be warnd by me Unto your vowes alwayes haue good regard Respect in time the daunger for to flée Least vnto you doo happen like reward Stil vow no more then well perfourme you may And so be sure you cannot goe astray FINIS The Induction SAMPSON a man thought inuincible for his strength and magnanimitie receiued a womā of the Philistines to his wife wherby he came to his distructiō for by her alluring woords did open the Riddle put foorth at the mariage how out of the eater came meat and out of the strong came sweetnes This Sampson after that hee had sent the Foxes through the Philistines corne had three thousand men against him who by his owne permision suffered them to binde him and they seeing that they had gotten him greatly triumphed where withall he brake his bands as

fit I haue elected and chosen King Nabuchodonozor sometime King of Babilon who through the great and inordinate Pride from his regall dignitie was brought to such base extremitie that in shape of an Oxe he was made to eat on the ground in the company of other beasts and Dxen Therefore this Discourse following suppose it to be spo ken by the King himself sorowfully lamenting for his former offences and so all the rest in their order as followeth PRIDE PRIDE is the root from vvhence all vice dooth spring Rich is that man that can auoyd the same Infernall vvoes for guerdon it dooth bring Deserued due to their perpetuall shame Eche one therfore regarde his verteous name THE COMPLAINT OF King Nabuchodonozor some time King of Babilon for the inordinate and excessiue PRIDE that he vsed in his life time Caput 1. OR highest tipe of Honors lofty name I some time did in Princely pomp remayne Bothe farre and néer I bore the golden fame And who but I in chéefe estate did reign Till suddainly in all my peacocks plumes I was throwen down for all my freating fumes What so thou be that fayne wouldst knowe my name And how I liu'd attend vnto my tale Nabuchodonozor I am the very same Who suddenly was turnd from blisse to bale In Pride I rulde and flaunted with the best Who me denayd by power I supprest I am that King which did the Image frame Wherto all men should treble homage giue Those that rebeld should taste the scorching flame This in my Pride I vsoe while I did liue Blood blood was all I dayly did desire Such was the rule wherto I did aspire When Sidrach Misach and Abednago To homage did my golden God disdayne In flaming Fornace soone I did them throwe Wherin I thought to woork their cruell payne But of my will sée how I was deceiued God by his might my puissant pomp bereued His Angell did preserue them in the flame So that they did no harme at all sustayne No not one hear did perish out of frame This when I saw did gorge me with disdayne I thought my self inferiour vnto none But I as God triumphant rulde alone I thought eche wight was subiect vnto me I thought it prayse to beare a loftie name Pride rulde my hart I could not Uertue sée Uice did abound my pleasure for to frame A mortall man no no a God and eke obayd My whole estate in pamperd Pride I swayd No one I thought that could my power suppresse Much lesse I thought to finde my equall mate With woordes I causde to bow bothe more and lesse With hauty déeds I maintaynd still my state This stomack stout disdaynd to stoupe all This mightie minde no feare could once apall But yet the Lord to make me féele his might Bereft me cleane of mine Impeeiall seat For seuen yéeres space my Pride for to requi●…e In shape of Oxe on ground he made me eat A iust reward which I did well deserue Since so I did disdayne his name to serue Yet at the length his mercy tooke such place That he restorde me to my Seat agayne And where before I ran an vncouth race With treble ioy my Crowne I did attayne Now I perciu'ed God brought my state so lowe And raysd me vp that I my self might knowe Beholde how gratious was the Lord to me That lined long moste odious to beholde See how at length his mercy set me frée And brought me home agayne into his folde And though that I did run awhile astray Loth was the Lord to sée me cast away You Potentates that rule in high degrée Remember how your state is héere vnsure And though on Earth a while your bidings be It is but lent it dooth not aye indure Think as to day your life you doo sustayne To morrowe dead the proofe héerof is p●…yne Think not to liue as Gods vpon the land Remember still that Pride will haue a fall Consider you are Subiect to Gods hand And in a moment passe away you shall Liue stil to dye that you may redy be When God shall call eche one in his degrée Sée how my Pride was quickly layd in dust Beholde you may my Mutabilitie My Princely rule wheron I whole did trust Did naught auayle my state to fortifie He set me vp agayne he brought me lowe That I to you a warning plaine might showe Remember diuers past in preter time That haue receiu'd as sudden fall as I And haue likewise offended in this crime Now wisely looke you like tread not awrye Proud Lucifer fell down from Heauen hye And all through Pride God did in him espye Beware of Pride therfore my Brethern all With your estates still holde your selues content Pride Pride was only cause of my great fall And for my Pride beholde how I was shent Example take be warned now by me Let me suffise your pattern for to be And to my graue with spéed I haste agayne Since I haue tolde that which I did destre For now I hope that you will shun the payne T●…t comes through Pride whose lew is lasting fire And thus adieu God graunt eche one may sée U●…to his state and so content to be FINIS The Author NABVCHODONOZOR hauing thus ended his dolefull Discourse and heauily from his hart lamented his straunge preter Mutabilitie yet reioysed hartily that God had so boūtefully extended his mercy vpon him as to recall him from his former follyes and giuen him the Spirit of true repentaunce Quoth he vnto the Author My freend since thou hast heard this my sorowfull discourse how lewdly I spent my life and how wauering I went from princely poten cye from regall rule wherin I should haue show en dutifull authoritie and blinde Ambition hauing so secretly seduced me as to bend and bow at euery wanton beck I ran into vtter obliuion of my self and also of the Almighties Maiestie But beeing now reclaimed and hauing thorowly surviewed my lewd and lothesome libertie as thou hast heard for the better warning therfore of all other which shall come after me I haue re hearsed this mournfull tale and as my freend my confidence I repose in thee to publish this my preter pleasure mingled with a grieslye gall as a Marck wherat all men may perfectly leuell with their stedfast eyes and so to shun the daungers emminent to followe Wel quoth the Author my good will shall not want heerin though my skill be but base and simple wherfore referre this vnto me and dout not but I will doo mine endeuour with as much diligence as lieth in me to doo wherfore return and trouble yourself no more for my plighted promise shall be presently fulfilled With that he departed And then appeered in sight a griesly Ghoste with long shagged hear grim visaged and attired in Black a moste ougly creature to beholde he desired the Author that he would also attend vnto the straunge Mutabilitie of his estate Wel quoth the Author proceed and let