such thy night did come too soone And yet we wisht it long agoe at noone But we like Ideots that behold a play Doe censure as the most and as they say And we like Ideots fancie most the Clowne Not noting how some rise and some goe downe Nor doe we note matters well borne in state Nor doe we note ineuitable fate But we alasse in all things are so rude That we runne head-long with the multitude To be and be Commander of great men Was to possesse the hearts of all men then Wherein hadst thou beene either good or bad Thou equallie shouldst all our loues haue had For t is our fashion that we giue the grace Not to the worth of man but to his place This is the cause adoring thee before That in thy fall we scorn'd thee ten times more Rising againe as we thought all put off No man more worthilie was spoken of Yet what mischance did bring thee to thy end We willingly with ignorance commend And but the State doth know a reason why We all say now t' was pittie thou didst diâ—… Thou hadst such worth and faults as few men hauâ—… May thy worth liue thy faults die in thy graue ¶ By Sir W. R. which he writ the night before his execution Euen such is time which takes in trust Our youth our ioyes and all we haue And payes vs but with age and dust Within the darke and silent graue When we haue wauered all our wayes Shuts vp the storie of our daies And from which Earth and graue and dust The Lord will raise me vp I trust ¶ Vpon one Owen a Butler of Oxford Why cruell death should honest Owen catch Into my braine it could not quickly sinke Perhaps fell Death came to the buttrie hatch And honest Owen would not make him drinke If it were so faith Owen t' was thy fault And death for want of drinke made thee his draught Nor so nor so for Owen gaue him liquor And death being drunke tooke him away the quicker Yet honest lads let this content your mind The Butlers dead the keyes are left behind ¶ Vpon one Iohn Parker Here lies Iohn Parker and his wife With his dagger and his knife And his daughter and his sonne Heigh for our Towne ¶ On Mistresse Elizabeth Whorwood Ad viatorem Prosopopeia Si quà m chara virâ—… Câ—…niux pia nata Parenti Mâ—…ter amans fuerim prolis amata meis Si quam Pauperibiuâ—… faciliâ—… quam Casta 〈◊〉 Quam studiosae malincstiâ—… 〈◊〉 Cupis Câ—…nsule quos dixi Quod ab isto cernere Saxo Non poâ—…es ex horum rite dolore pâ—…tes R. I. FINIS a Vide Quintum Curtium in Sup. vit cyr b In the dâ—…scourse of Asia and Affr. vid. Egypt Solem. Funer c Vide Homer eleg samè Graecorum Odyssea errorum Ilias Mad lorum c. d The antiquitie of Tombes c Two auncient Monuments which were called Asyla patrizen f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g In vit Nar. frag Monâ—… sub hoc lapidum â—…eg c. h Sicut lingua loquentis proficit in 〈◊〉 â—…udientis ita calaâ—…s scribentis in oculâ—… le gentis ad interiora cordis peruâ—…nit seâ—…sus dirigentis sicut verba instruentis Albin in prâ—…fatio comment in Iohan. i Vide Laert de vit philoso k Tâ—…muli Amazouum p Gladio sua sponte euaginato grauiter 〈◊〉 occubuit Iust 1. lib m Vid. desâ—…r Af fric Qui sepulâ—…ra maiorum ut propria domicilâ—…a â—…resque existimarunt n Alterum enim pessimi incepti exitus praeclari alteruÌ„ c. o Vita omnis turpis maxime adolescentia c. vid. Sâ—…xt Aurâ—…l de Oth. r In capite eius vâ—…luti cornua emeâ—…se runt c. Valer. Max. lib. q Quo cum Tyrannus Hiero c. 〈◊〉 Carthaâ—… ornaâ—…erat c. r Shebna sibi tumula condit quem fata negarunt s The first that buried such as fell in warre t 〈◊〉 Lucâ—…n u Andromach in Hom. called Hector Troiae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Homo ex humo Terâ—…a à terendo Cadauer à cadendo Vermis quia inermis x Quod Seneca in Vatiae tumulum scripsit Hâ—…c situs est Vatia dormire enim magis quam viuere videbatur y Qui pannosus sarmenla collo gerens castra hostium ingreditur Iust. sâ—…cundo lib. a Lucan b Aureliâ—… Mutiae Laeliae Corneliae c Salust d Sceptrum peâ—…it in centrum vergit e Plutarch in vit f Definition of the third Branch g In Cyrus time h Doctorum dictâ—… indoctos doâ—…iores reddunt i Hîc situs est Nullus quia Nullo Nullior esto Et quia Nullus erat de Nullo Nil tibi Christe k Hic situs est sitiens atque Ebrius Elaertonus quid dico hic situs est hic potius sitis est Camb. in Remainâ—… * In hunc ferme modum propâ—…nitur à Mart. â—…pigramma In Monastâ—…is septentriâ—… com pertum crat * Sceâ—… or â—…n Aâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…u patronuâ—… egentem In Nether land * Vid. Martial in nom Thet. Nympham pâ—…storem hoc nomine inducit in Elegijs Eâ—…pigrammat * In adagium habentur pyrobalae Galliae His Epitaph Salust a Meerely resembling that wanâ—…on Amorist in Horace Vixi puellis nuper idoneus Et militaui non sine gloria * This inscription writ vpon the tombe of a memorable Patrician of â—…ome and may be transcribed vnto one of ours no lesse memorable for eminence of place and sinceritie of gouernment * Nibil turpius est quam grandis natu Senex qui nullum aliud argumentum quo se probat diu vixisse quam â—…tatem habet Senec. de Tranq anim * Fulgâ—…buut iâ—…sti vt stelle Quem autem putaâ—… iâ—… eorum mentibâ—… si 〈◊〉 in â—…rum corpâ—…ribus 〈◊〉 illâ—…xisse videriâ—… â—…id Augâ—…st in Mâ—… * Hei mihi quod non est Tempus vt ante fuit c. Ouid. Tempâ—…ra temporibus succedunt pessima primis * Meaning a shadie tuft of trees adioyning to Hannaby his Mannor-house * Antiquae nobilis famâ—…siae de Cogniers domicilium Camd. in Britann * Meaning Sir Iohn Cogniers now deceased â—… Knight no lesse generous then gracious in the eye of his Prince and Countrey * Epitaphium in Dialogi formâ—… compositum * De Ambleside * Orimur Morimur * For neere the time appointed for her Bridall was the day of her Buriall making way no doubt by her earthly Funerall to a heauenly Nuptiall Martiall shadowes vnder the title of Hermuâ—… Sic tibi nec tumulum conde nec Herme tuis * Sic Aesculapius exit vâ—…am in quam omnes redeunt repetâ—… Supremam * Tempora horis non Annis metimur c. Vid. Sen. in Epist. * Nâ—…â—…is pecâ—… qui â—…xemplo peccat c Coeâ—…m respuit vt respiciat terâ—… Amat igitur vt terram amâ—…ttet Caeâ—… d Si grauius vrat aequuÌ„ est quod sileaâ—… Senec. Latere hâ—…c vna salâ—… ibid. â—… Corpus ve Corâ—…icem mentem vt â—…edullam corticem tamen medullae praeposuimus c â—… Primo enim creabatur vt placidè seruiat ancilletur Lipsiâ—…s g Veniet tanquam reâ—… gloriosus è palatio tanquam sponâ—…us speciosus è thalamo August h Miserae anuâ—… Euclyones è qâ—…orum oculis millae lachrimas faciliûs 〈◊〉 quà m vnum è Bulga nummum * Miser nemini â—…st boâ—…us sibi pessimus * Sic spectanda fides Tunc tua res agitur c. â—… Plato caâ—…leth Ambiâ—…ion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a thing falling out contrary to â—…xpectation n Quo maioâ—…es 〈◊〉 in â—…otentia Gloria co maâ—…or mortiâ—… est de illls â—…depta victoria o Vd. vit Syâ—…il in Plutar. p Vâ—… tyraÌ„nideÌ„ vsurpabaâ—… 〈◊〉 noÌ„ habebâ—…t quâ—… ei succedat 〈◊〉 ibi q Intra 〈◊〉 vit â—…m coercere licâ—…t tranquillâ—… enim est ea vita quae humili cursu progreditur supâ—…a se â—…ltius non extenditur r Et redit aâ—… nihiâ—…um quod fuit antâ—… nihil alibi Recipit populos vrnâ—… ciâ—…atos Sencâ—… s Parcae à non parâ—…endo Qui diu fuit non diu fortasâ—…e vixit Vixiâ—… quâ—… aliquid memoâ—…ia digâ—…um egit u 〈◊〉 ventis agitatur ingâ—…ns Pinus â—…lsae grauâ—…ore casu decidunt Tuâ—…es 〈◊〉 summoâ—… â—…ulmina monteâ—… And the Engâ—…ish 〈◊〉 maâ—… be heere vsed The Gilloflower iâ—… not the woâ—…se bâ—…cause cropt neare the gâ—…ound x Vidâ—…o mellora probóque 〈◊〉 â—…quer Med. in Ouid. Meâ—…am y At the first the Athenians were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wise then they â—…ecame 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 louers of wisedome after 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 acure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lastly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sâ—…btile 〈◊〉 Vide Lacrâ—… â—…n vitâ—… Phil. y 〈◊〉 Britannia appellatur ab Hippolitâ—… ob varias deliâ—…ias totius Vbertatis affluentiam hinc inferâ—…ur Brit. maxime esse omniâ—…m ferâ—…ilem quia amaenissimis insulis compâ—…ratur c. ibid. z Pâ—…lopis vt repetas tanti monumenta laboris Pelope sic curres Hippodamenque tenes Annexed Hippodome tua virtus erit Spes currus habenae Imperium dubij moris amoris â—…runt a Scienti boni mali mala August * Venenatum pomum Declinat 〈◊〉 â—…umque â—…qlubil e â—…ollit* Atalantâ—… b Qui pugnat pugnat vt vincat nec qui â—…ardior erat praelio dignus habebitur â—…anto praemio c Constantij impâ—…ratoris Helenae filius è nube prodiâ—…um est ei appaâ—…ere crucâ—…m in quam impressum est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in hoc signo vinces d Coronat in nobis donâ—… suâ—… non boâ—… nostrâ—… munerâ—… sua non merâ—…a nostrâ—… August The Authors resolution A prescript â—…orme in wâ—…eping Matth. 5. 4. Luke 6. 21. Rom. 12. 15.
A Happy Husband OR Directions for a Maide to choose her Mate IN Paradice God Marriage first ordaind That lawfully kind might be so maintaind By it the Man is made the Womans head And kind immortalized in their seed For like produces like it so should be God blest it with encrease and multiply Nature requires it nothing is more iust Who were begot beget of duty must It Youth becomes Age is vnapt to breed Old stocks are barren youthfull plants haue seed Then vertuous Virgin since such blessings springs Frō wedlock which earth 's greatest cōfort brings Compeld by loue which to thy worth is due How to choose well thy mate I will thee shew Whose sympathizing vertues may combine Your harts in loue till death lifes thread vntwine It 's not my mind the rarities to gleane Of best perfections I haue heard or seene And take the best where bounty doth abound And make a H◅sband no where to be found The Painter so from boyes and girles did take Best of their beauties Helen faire to make No I will paint thy mate in such a hew As Care may find Discretion must allow To choose aright know from what stocke hee 's grown The birth suites best is equall to thine owne Dislike makes higher Birth deeme lower base Lower will neuer by thy Birth take place In Man the fault is more to be excus'd Who of low birth for beauty hath one chus'd His lightnes therein euer loue is deem'd Yet as his place his Wife shall be esteem'd But when a Woman of a noble race Doth match with Man of farre inferiour place Shee cannot him innoble He is still In place as shee first found him good or ill His breeding will his birth stil to thee tell For as the caske the liquor still doth smell A crab thogh dig'd dung'd cannot bring forth A luscious fruit so hardly man of worth Doth from base stocke proceed still like it selfe Nature produces force of golden pelfe To alter that 's not able yet we know Oft Men of worth haue come of Parents low For Parents place is not the Childrens merit Yet it addes grace if they their worth inherit If not it addes to shame for from high race Vertue 's expected due to such a place For indegenerate heroicke minds They should possesse are come of noble kinds What man 's owne worth acquires with vertuous ends Is truly his and not that which descends Cicero brags and iustly that his line He did in glorious vertue farre outshine Which was his honour They no honour hau◅ Who idle adde not to what they receine It is his owne worth euery Man doth grace Lesse or more eminent as is his place For Vertue though aye cleare yet clearest shines VVhen shee doth dart her lights from noble lines A glorious flame blazing in valley low Is soone bar◅'d sight nor doth it farre way show Obscur'd with neighbour obiects but on hie A little Beacon to both farre and nie Shewes like a bearded Comet in the Aire Admir'd of some of most accounted rare Choose thou a Husband equall to thy race VVho 's grac'd by vert◅ and doth vertue grace Things different doe neuer well agree Trv◅ liking lodges in equality Better then birth his Parents vertues know From poyson'd springs no wholsome waters flow As for his shape I would it should be free From Natures not of spite Deformity Deformed shape is of so bad a nature That it s disliked euen in a noble creature VVhere comely shape with loue attracts the eyes By secret sympathy os all it sees Englands third Richard and the wife of Shore The one deform'd the other grac'd with store Of bountious Nature◅ gifts doe shew the effects Of Loue and Hate to goo◅ and bad aspects Shee when shee barefoote with a Taper light Did open pennance in the peoples sight VVent so demure with such a lo◅ely ◅ace That beau◅y seem'd apparreld in disgrace But most when shame summon'd the blood too hie V◅ith natiue staines her comely cheekes to die In scarlet tincture Shee did so exceed That euen di◅grace in her delight did breed Firing beholders hearts that came to scorne her So Beauty cloath'd in basenesse did adorne her That euen the good who else the vice did blame Thought shee deserued pitty more then shame Condemning cunning Richards cruell mind VVho caus d her shame the multitude to blind Lest it his greater mischiefe should behold VVhich his ambition plotters had in mold So in them was the force of feature seene Who if lesse famous had more happy beene Thus Nature makes each Body with the mind Some way to keepe Decorum for we find Mark'd bodies Manners crosse accompany VVhich in well shap'd we seld or neuer see For shee doth Builder-like a Mansion frame Fit for the guest should harbour in the same No Stature chuse too low for so in t◅me Thy off-spring may proue dwarffes yet doe not clime To one too tall for buildings mounted hi◅ Their vpper roomes seldome well furnish'd be Herein obserue the meane its best of all Let him not be obseru'd for low nor tall Fresh liuely colours which faire women grace Modest effeminate alluring face Is not so much in Man to be respected As other graces are to be affected The bloome of Beauty is a fading flower VVhich Age and Care consumeth euery houre It blasted once is euer after lost Like to a rose nipt with vntimely frost A manly face in Man is more commended Then a faire face from Sun and Wind defended A Carpet Knight who makes it his chiefe care To tricke him neatly vp and doth not spare Though sparing precious time for to deuoure Consulting with his glasse a tedious houre Soone flees spent so whiles each irrigular haire His Barbor rectifies and to seeme rare His heat-lost-lockes to thicken closely curles And curiously doth set his misplac'd purles Powders perfumes are then profusely spent To rectifie his natiue nasty sent This forenoones task perform'd his way he takes And chamber-practis'd crauing cursies makes To each he meets with cringes screw'd faces which his too partial glasse approu'd for graces Then dines and after courts some courtly Dame Or idle busie-bout misspending game Then suppes then sleepes then rises for to spend Next day as that before as t' ware the end For which he came so womaniz'd turn'd Dame As place mōgst O◅ids changlings he might claim VVhat Doe not such discouer their wake mind Vnapt for actiue vertue is inclind To superficiall things and can imbrace But outward Habits for internall Grace The minds gifts doe the bodies grace adorne Where that 's defectiue to affect is scorne For Actions hinder'd by too much obseruing Of decency but where a well deseruing And setled reputation is then there Each thing becomes and is accounted rare VVhere that 's defectiue striuing to affect Anothers worth their weaknesse doth detect Let thy Mate be what such doe striue to seeme Thou must the substance not the shade esteeme VVhen thou hast
be not idle nor yet spend Things wastingly for they so oft offend VVhen carelesse is the Mistris yet with need Nere pinch them nor yet let them ere exceed The one doth force them seeke thee to betray The other makes them wanton and too gay It is no shame to looke to euery thing The Mistris eye doth euer profit bring Salomon saith the good Wife seekes for flaxe And wooll wherewith her hands glad trauell takes Shee 's like a ship that bringeth bread from farre Shee rises ere appeare the morning Starre Vittels her H◅ushold giues her Maidens food Surueyes and buyes a field plants vines with good Gain'd by her hands What Merchandize is best S◅e can discerne nor doth shee goe to rest When Phoebus hides his head and barres his sight But by her Lampe her hands doe take delight To touch the wheele and spindle shee doth stretch Her hand to helpe the poore and needy wretch Her words are wisdome shee ◅re'sees her traine That idle none doe eate their bread in vaine Her children rise and blesse her sweet delight Her Husband takes still in her happy sight Be thou this carefull Goodwife for to lend Thy helping hand thy Husbands meanes to mend Last let thy conuersation be with such As foule mouth'd malice can with no crime tutch I cannot but condemne such as delight Still to be sad and sullen in the sight Of their owne Husbands as they were in feare Sure guilty of some crime such Women are But when they gossip it with other wiues Of their owne cut then they haue merrie liues Spending and plotting how they may deceiue Their Husbands rule themselues mastry haue O let such Women for they make bates be Twixt Man and Wife neuer consort with thee But shunne them as thou dost see one that 's faire Flee the small poxe both like infectious are The graue staid blamelesse and religious Dames whose carriage hath procur'd them honest names Are fit companions let such be thy Mates VVhen wearied with affaires thou recreates Thy selfe with harmelesse mirth yet do not walke Often abroade that will occasion talke Though thou hast store of friends yet let none be Sauing thy Husband Counseller to thee Hee 's nearest to thee and it will indeare him He is thy selfe thou needest not to feare him Be free with him and tell him all thy thought It s He must helpe when thou hast need of ought And constantly beleeue hee 'll loue thee best VVhen he sees thou preferr'st him fore the rest Thus L◅dy haue I shew'd you how to chuse A worthy Mate and how you should him vse So chuse so vse so shall you all your life Be in a Husband blest he in a Wife And when Death here shall end your happy daies Your Soules shall raigne in Heauen on Earth your prais◅ FINIS THE DESCRIPTION of a good VVife Or A rare one amongst Women AT LONDON Printed for Richard Redmer and are to be sold at his shop at the West end of Saint Pauls Church 1619. The Argument IN pursuit of Loues enquest Heauy-eyde Musophilus Restlesse takes himselfe to rest And desplaies his fortunes thus In his sleepe deaths shade appeares Age the honour of mans life Old in houres as well as yeeres Who instructs him in a Wife And in briefe assayes to ◅how Who is good who is not so Next his choice hee shewes his Sonne Lest he should his choice neglect What by him ought to be done To his Wife in each respect Who though shee should euer feare To giue cause of iust offence Yet he ought not domineere 'Cause he has preheminence For that conquest 's worthy no man Where the triumph o're a woman Age retires yet in retire Wakes close-eyde Musophilus Where he sees whom his desire Bids him wooe and wooing chuse Woo'd and won he doth inuite Such as aime at vertuous ends To be present at the Rite Of two selfe-vnited friends Who if they will come they may If they will not they may stay A good VVife DOwne by a vale a pleasant shade there was By which a siluer streamling past Where I retir'd and sate me on the grasse Whilest my deiected eye with sleepe lockt fast Presented thousand obiects where I was 'Mongst which a grauer Module the◅ the rest Appear'd to me and made it thus exprest A graue olde man of reuerend aspect Whose yeeres imported somthing that was good In sable habit shewing his neglect Of earthly Fortunes as an obiect stood To caution me me thought of that respect Which I should haue and euer ought to haue Of my times Mansion Frailty and my Gra◅e A Sithe an houre-glasse and a wate◅pot A fatall Deaths-head Shrowding-sheete and Bear◅ An vrne of mouldred ashes which were got From some darke charnell house as t'did appeare Where on was writ This is our frailties lot This 's all we shall possesse of all our store This beggers haue and Princes haue no more The se were the r◅liks which this old mā brought Which oft he mou'd and brandish'd ouer me And still by teares he seem'd as if he sought To caution me of my mortality But 'las his teares still drown'd his speech methought Till he at last by force did silence breake And to me sleeping thus began to speake Good rest my Sonne yet Sonne retire from rest And heare thy Father pray thee then awake For th◅ugh I 'me d◅ad yet is my loue exprest E◅en in my death th◅n for thy Fath◅rs sake Lay vp these last instructions in thy brest Which with obseruance if thou keepe th◅y may Che◅re thee both here and in the latter day Thou knowest my Sonne though thou wert last in birth Thou wert not l◅ast in my affection too Witnesse my care of thee while I on earth Soiorned there in that same vale of wo◅ Yea I may say euen in my comforts dearth When grieues and sorrowes did enuiron me Which frustrate hopes supplied their hope in thee Nor could I thinke so many a widowes prayer Orphanes well wishes and the poore mans vow Would turne my fruit of hope into despaire Since vowes prayers wishes did distinctly show Their loue to me for my deuoutest care Which from my heart I euer aimed at To right their wrongs and settle their estate O let my hopes then now in my decease Confirme my Blessing which I gaue to th◅ So shall thy Soule enioy that sou◅raigne peace Which was prepar'd 'fore all eter◅itie For such as made a prosperous encrease In euery vertuous action which I le show Succinctly to thee in a word or two First then my Son◅e because I finde thee here In th'Ile F◅olonia where so many come VVhose names Natures with the I le cohere I must by way aduertise thee of some VVho in disguise not as themselues appeare Earths polititians who 'l not stand to staine Their soules pure lu stre for a little gaine These can dispēce with faith wilprofes What they least thinke to guild their guile they 'l sweat
Hippoliti Paridis gena sensus Vlyssis Aeneae pietas Hectoris ira iacet That memorable one also vpon the Sepulcher of Maud mother to Hâ—…nrie the second describing the excellencie of her descent by her Father the greatnesse of her sâ—…lfe by her match and her renowmed iâ—…sue which of all other made her most admired and after death the especiallest motiue of her eternall memorie Orâ—…u magna Viro maior sed maxima partu Hîc iacet Henrici filia sponsa parens Ancient times haue esteemed these Epitaphs sufficient in themselues to perpetuate their names being records euer true for as the Orator saith Quis tam infâ—…lici genio leuique ingenio qui mortuis assentari cupit and as the Poet saith Quis Busta timebit Herostratus was charactred aswell for his infamie as 〈◊〉 for his renowme and chiualrie Euen Metellus modestie Lentulus leuitie Publicolas pietie Cethegus crueltie Appius affabilitie and Ciceroes constancie had their true lineatures euery one mouldned and moulded after their deserts for these as examples be of more power and efficacie to the practise and prosecution of vertue then any instructioÌ„ or document whatsoeuer draw men more attentiuely to their imitation whose vertues they see merit admiraâ—…ion as I haue in part before touched It is the Historians obseruation that such as had worthy and vertuous Parents were wont to repaire vnto their Tombs Quasi ad propria vitae documenta and by their memory to be excited to the like meanes of atchieuing glory and renowme that their ends might â—…nswere such exemplarie parâ—…nts Though it was Lycas conclusion in the Tragedie to attribute all merit to ones proper action and not to the honour of their Auncestor True it is indeed that our predecessors glory cannot properly be entitled ours their actions being onely as monuments of their fame presidents for vs to follow and indeed proclaimers of our bastardy if we chance to degenerate from such rare and exquisite mirrors Yet was Sextus Pompeius honoured for his Fathers worth and such as descended from vertuous parents were onely thought fit to match with Patricians Those foure ancient families in Rome whose vertuous and modest demeanures got them the name of chast matrons were well portraied by proper Epitaphs and in their memory were these sentences engrauen Heâ—…re Romes honour lies buried Hâ—…ere lies the foundation of Auncient families Heere modâ—…st Laelius from â—…is I aelia Pompey the yonger from Cornelia From Mutia came a Mutius Sceuola And good Aurâ—…lius from Aurâ—…lia By these memorable Impresses were their successors ennobled and to their imitation more ardently excited then by any precept or instruction whatsoeuer the cause may be drawne from that affectation of honour naturally ingraffed in vs from our birth whereby we vse to be spurred and instigated to the imitating of such as by any proper demerit either inherent in themselues or traduced from others to themselues haue purchased â—…enowme whence it is that the Poet saith Imâ—…ensum calcar gloria habet neither hath it beene accounted a little glory or slender honour for the successors of so noble and famous Auncestors whose monuments were as Annals of their worth and proclaimers of their glory which that they might preserue the better they vsed to solemnize their Funerals with exceeding honours and to erect their Sepulchers with all state and magnifificence deputing Surueiours which should look to the erection and preseruation thereof calling euer their graues Accommodatissima vitae specimiâ—…a Without which the memory of their vertues might seeme obscured their glory darkened and a great many of those excellent parts wherewith they were endued buried in silence and obliuion True it is that gorgeous Sepulchers little auaile the dead which moued the Philosopher to say that they were not so much made for the dead as for the liuing The Orator termed them mirrors of humane frailtie characters of our glory and vndoubted Arguments of our mortalitie Another examplifying this more fully saith They are Glasses wherein we may contemplate our selues and others motiues of imitation wherein we may follow others and images of affinitie being of the like nature and substance with others No better or more perfect Resemblance can be made twixt man and his creation the image of his liâ—…e and necessitie of his dissolution the state of his birth and occaâ—…ion of his death the forme of his beginning and fashion of his end then twixt a dead-mans Sepulcher and the Worlds Theatre Heere many Actors some whereof like your Pantomimes in Rome are generally approued in all parts play on this terrestriall stage of humane frailtie Some absolute Machiauels irreligious politicians shrouding vicious purposes vnder vertuous pretences other simple-honest soules who like your obscure Actor stands either not at all obserued or else so generally derided as he wisheth rather to be a doore-keeper in the mansions of Heauen then a disgraced Actor on this stage of Earth There your light Curtizan who like another Sempâ—…ronia tanta est libidine accensâ—… vt vâ—…ros saepius petet quâm petetur prostitutes her body to ruinate her soule exposing herselfe to all that she might become hatefull to all to be briefe in the surueigh of all staâ—…es and conditions â—…or euery particular vice incurres a peculiar shame we may bring the Miser to his graue who while he liued was subiect to his vice The Curtizan from her brothell of vanitie to her fellow-pupils hearse there to contemplate her owne frailty The Ambitious skie-soaring thoughts to Ambicions fall reducing his aspyring spirit to a more retired centure the period of a great mans hopes which moued Praxatiles to limne an ambitious man reaching at a Scepter and rowling below his Centre Not a vice either occurrent to state publique or priuate obnoxious to themselues or others but was expressed in that flourishing time when Rome labored of her owne greatnesse so as Catilines Tombe became a caution for aspirers Seianus a president for Flatterers Vitellius an example for Rioters Iulian for apostates and prophaners Marke Antonie for adulterate meetings Caligula for tyrannike designements Quod meruere tenent post funera their liues being set out in liuely colours either in expression of their worth or the description of their illimited gouernment Many we reade and those worthy memorie who throgh want of these inscriptions had their liuing names shut vp in eternall silence as the mothers of Demosthenes of Nicias of Lamachus of Phormâ—…on of Thrasibulus and of Theramenes which excelled in modestie and well deserued to be mothers of such rare Captaines eloquent Orators and discreete States-men as they were We reade in Plutarch how Alcibiades assisted by Nicias was to take his expedition into Sicilie the very same day of the celebration of the feast Adonia on which the custome was that women should set vp in diuers parts of the Citie in the midst of the streetes Images like to dead coarses which they caried to buriall in remembrance of the lamentations and
men but cannot deceiue wormes ¶ Vpon an Adulterer extracted Nay heauen is iust scornes are the hire of scornes I nere knew yet Adulterer without hornes ¶ Vpon a Sexton an Epitaph Rest thee well Sexton since thou lost thy breath I see no Man can be exempt from death For what will Death doe to the simple Slaue That durst assault him made for Death a Graue In peace sleepe on of thee we haue no neede For we haue chosen a Sâ—…xton in thy steede Thy sacring Bell has tinckled all it can And now the Sexton showes he was a man ¶ Vpon Kempe and his morice with his Epitaph Welcome from Norwich Kempe all ioy to see Thy safe returne moriscoed lustily But out alasse how soone's thy morice done When Pipe and Taber all thy friends be gone And leane thee now to dance the second part With feeble nature not with nimble Art Then all thy triumphs fraught with strains of mirth Shall be cag'd vp within a chest of earth Shall be they are th' ast danc'd thee out of breath And now must make thy parting dance with death ¶ Vpon one Skelton Here lies one Skelton whom death seasing on Changeth this Skelton vntâ—… Sceleton Thogh little chang'd in name in substaÌ„ce more For now hee 's rich that was but poore before ¶ Vpon one Babylon Of all the stones that rear'd vp Babylon There now remaines of all that pile but one Which serues to couer both the corps and fame Which he had purchas'd onely by his Name ¶ Vpon a spare Patron This Man lies here to say what name he had Or to expresse't would make a Poet mad For once a Poet offred him a labour Which he would hardly reade or vouchsafe fauour To giue the Author one bare smile or sooth The Poets good meaning to be briefe his tooth Was poysoned for th' occasion of his death It first proceeded from his stinking breath Which did corrupt his lungs this has beene tride To be the cause where of this Patron dide May he â—…est yet in peace the Poet prayes Who though contemn'd yet crownâ—…s his Tombe with bayes ¶ Vpon a cashered Souldier A Souldier not for his desert Cashered was of late But for the Captaine by his pay Ment to encrease his state For which in want the Souldier beg'd But could not be relieu'd As Charity God knowes is cold Where at the Souldier grieu'd And swore since warre would doe no good He now would change his sang Either to raise his meanes by stands Or Souldier-like to hang. Fate seldome fauours war like men The case so altered was As being tane for bidding stand To one that chanc'd to passe The poore renowme this Souldier got Downe to obliâ—…ion fell And he for Gantlet wrapt with Giues Was brought to second Hell Captiuitie what should he doe appeale from Iustice Throne That bootelesse were for now his hopes Are fully razed downe The time approach'd sad time God wot When brought vnto the Barre He gaue the Iudge blunt eloquence Like to a Man of warre But to be short accus'd he is What he cannot denie And therefore by a publike doomâ—… He censur'd was to die But if the Iudge had rightly done The Captaine by the way As he had tane his standing-wage Should reape his hanging-pay ¶ Vpon the death of one Thete who died and was cast in a great tempest vpon the Sea into a straite of that part of the Sea which diuides Mysia from Hellâ—…spont Here lies Thete pale and wan Buried in the Ocean More it seemes to augment her fame Since from Sea shee tooke her Name Thetis was Achilles mother Yet of that name there 's another To this day record'd by Tyme That she was a Saint Diuine Here her Image sleepes in peace Promising this I le encrease Nere this Fount Of Hellespont Where Hero and Leander amorous soules In midst of her greene bosâ—…me daily â—…oules Which to Abydos ancient towne And to Cestos brought renowne And that shrine So diuine Where Paphos was erected to expresse There Hero was to I'enus Uotaresse Rest in honor Thete rest By the Sea-Nymphs euer blest for they loue to approue The rare condition of that diuine Creature Where Art is far surpast by spotlesse Nature ¶ Vpon Synon that villaine which sacked Troy I st possible that wormes dare once conspire To tutch his shrowde that sackt all Troy with fire O saies poore Hecuba that thou hadst dide Before shee had such fatall obiects spide Of her dislaughter'd Sonnes weeping to see Mâ—…ther and issue slau'd to miserie O saies old Priam and he teares his haire Wishing thy Tombe had razed his despaire When in the ruines of defâ—…ced Trâ—…y And in the Gore of his beloued Boy His yongling Troylus he wash'd his head In an eternall Concaue buriâ—…d Thus does Troy curse yet may thou defend Thy Proiects and the cause of Troyans end Proceeding from themselues thou for the sake Of thy deare Country and fairâ—… Hellens rape Became a villaine and to keepe thy Name Thâ—…u liu'd a villaine and thou died the same Then villanie is dead in Synon true But he haz left his trade vnto the Iew And English cormorant who in one houre Desire both Name and Substance to deâ—…oure Then there 's no diffrence both bring like annoy Saue th' one for England is th' other for Troy Sleepe then in silent slumber for thy Race In right of their succâ—…ssion take thy place ¶ Vpon Argus Argus with his hundred eies Eie-lesse in this Coffin lies While Wormes keepe their Sessions there Where once Lamps of eye-sight were Another Earth feedes on me that once fed me Court begot me Country bred me Thus my doatâ—… preuents my yoâ—…th Bastard â—…lippes haue slowest growth ¶ Vpon Gold a dissolute Hacâ—…ster Gold th' art a knaue and drainst thy golden showrâ—… Not from the lap of Danaë but thy whoore Leaue thy base Panders trade make speede reuolt From so deform'd a standard who would be boult To his wifes lewdnesse or expresse his shame By vshering the ruine of his name For money ceasse ceasse to be impudent Transplant thy selfe to some pure element More wholesome and lesse shamefull liue enrold And haue thy Name in characters of Gold That whoso passeth may this Impresse reade Thy age did end in Gold begunne in lead ¶ Vpon a Quackesaluer Doctors graue in Venice by Transcription we reade this Inscription as followeth Heere lies a pound of Rheu-barbe as 't doth seeme To purge the worms of Choler Rheume and Fleame A Dapper Doctor ill may Fate befall To take from vs Sir Ierome Vrinall Yet this our comfort is though he be dead Haz left another sauce-fleam'd knaue in 's stead That can call backe from deaâ—…h a breathlesse corse And cure his griefe as he doth cure a horse Farewell Sir Ierome thou with horse began And Don begins with Horse and ends with Man ¶ Vpon Croesus and Irus Twâ—…xt Croesus and Irus difference I know none Saue Irus haz
no â—…ombe Croeâ—…us hâ—…z one Nor sâ—…ills it much what shrowdiâ—…g sheet they wore For I nere heard that worms the shrowd forbore Because the pompe or state wherein they laide Might by their terror make poore wormes afraide But as on earth great ones did feed on small So worms do feed on great ones most of all Do well then while we liue for being dead Or Fame or Shame our Actions merit meade ¶ Vpon Delia. Thou Delos-sacred-chaste inhabitant For of thy followers Albion haz but scant Plant pray thee heere some house religiously Where we may reuerence spotlesse Chastitiâ—… For since thy ship did from this Iland lance Best gifts we had were fire balls sent from France Coole vs this Climate that seemes to aspire Not by her owne but by a for raine fire That now at last the Albionact may know Th' Delian our friend thogh th'Frenâ—…h noâ—… be our foe In Mydam Miser nemini est bonus sibi pessimus My das would feed on gold vnhappy wretch That starues himselfe to make himselfe more rich 'T is like a painted couer that conueies Each sparkeling obiect to our piersing eies Which while the eies delight in they grow dim Euen so it fares poore miser still with him He feeds on gold for there 's his hearts delight But that same obiect takes away his sight And makes him duâ—…kie â—…ide clouded and blinde Though not in body yet in th' eyes of minde Then this shall stand fixt on the misers â—…oure He liued rich to th' eye but truly poore Nâ—…c copia nec inopia minuitur In Veprem Iuridicum Heere lies Brier a Lawyer true Yet no true Lawyer giue him 's due His cause of sickenesse as I heare Was There 's but foure Terms in the yeare But others thinke and so they may Because he could not long deâ—…ay His Clients suite yong Had-lands cause Which hauing got into his clawes He by renewing of their strife Thought to keep 't for terme of life But AEacus that god of warre Pitcht me thiâ—… Lawyer ouer-barre So in despaire unhappy elfe The Lawyer went and hang'd himselfe ¶ Vpon a Broaker Heere lies a Broaker of Long-lane Who by Pick-hatch Hounsditch got infinit gaine The Pyrats of Wapping were likâ—…wise his friends Bequeathiâ—…g to him their clothes at their ends O hard-hearted death more cruell then any That would not be mou'd at the sutes of so many ¶ Vpon Tacitus Heere lies an old Concealer vnderneath Who hardly could conceale himselfe from death Thus though man â—…e disguis'd in varied formes Conceal'd on earth yet not conceal'd from worms Thou thâ—…n that passest by this seely wretch This morall may experience thee teach There 's nought so hid which in Earths bosome lyes â—…ut fate with pierciue eyes looks through spies ¶ Vpon one Holofeâ—…nus an vnconscionable Vsurer Within this Grate lies one Holofernus His bodie 's in earth but his soule in Auernus Vnder his head lies a bagge of red gold Which both heart and conscience together enfold See worm-holes are sprouting which seems to express They loaâ—…h to feede on an Usurers flesh ¶ Vpon one Gnat. Sleepe on poore Gnat Gnat was thy proper name And thou as properly exprest the same No difference 'twixt thee buried and before Saue that in death thou sleepes in life didst snore ¶ Vpon an Actor now of late deceased and vpon his Action Tu quoque and first vpon his Trauell Hee whom this mouldered clod of earth doth hide New come from Sea made but one face and dide Vpon his Creditors His debtâ—…rs now no fault with him can finde Sith he has paid to nature all 's behinde Vnto his fellow Actors What can you craue of your poore fellow more He does but what Tu quoque did before Then giue him dying Actions second wreath That second'd him in Action and in death ¶ Vpon Loues champion Once did I liue and loue not loue but lust And in loues turnament perform'd my iust But now return'd I am whereto all must Rendring my life loue lust and all to dust ¶ Amor viuat crescat honor inuitis fatis resurgat virtus augeatur pietas foueatur sanctitas altera harum miserijs subuenimus altera Reip. saluti prouidemus Corpus vt perijt creuit virtus Vertue that vs'd to sit enthron'd in state In purple cloâ—…thed not in purple sin Lies heere interr'd for shee 's enshrin'd in him Not prun'd as vicious men by common fate For vertue is of higher estimate Then to subscribe to times abridged date Nor can the clowde of Enuie honour dim For when shee seemes to die shee does begin To raise her glory higher then bâ—…fore Immortaliz'd in Heauen for euermore An happy passage happy pilgrimage Where our Earths conflict wins eternitie Securest harbour of tranquilitie To passe from Earth â—…o Heauen where mutually The Saints of God reioice free from the rage Of sinnes assaults or of this fleshly cage Wherein we are enthrald distressed age That makes vs old in nought saue miserie But pilgrims if for Christ perplexed be Shall liue with him in ioy perpetually Thrice blessed pilgrime that hast spent thy daies In the promoting of thy Countries weale Faithfull in all wherein thou wast to deale Shoaring vpon thy shoulders those decaies Which seem'd to ruinate the state alwaies These blessed actions do deserue due praise Triumphant patroâ—… of thâ—… common-weale Who though she should vnthankefully conceale Those many vertues which thy minde possest Thou needs not feare in Heauen they are exprest True Register where all thy acts remaine In perfect colours liuely shadowed The map of honour well decyphered Where innocence receiues immortall gaine For her pure life polluted with no staine Of earths allâ—…rements Earth cannot containe A vertuâ—…us minde for it will still aspire To Syons hill ascending eueâ—… higher Till shee discerne the fruits of her pure loue By leauing earth to liue in Courts aboue Thou that art here immur'd with barres of earth Returning to the place from whence thou came Shall by thy death perpetuate thy Name Siâ—…h forraine Coasts haue much admir'd the same And though thy foes yet they extoll'd thy worth Being twice noble in thy selfe thy birth Which no succeeding times shall ere raze forth Honour will euer flourish as it was Though not engrauen in faire leaues of brasse For what is Brasse Marble or Iuorie What will auaile tâ—…e Monuments of time When those they represent seeme to dâ—…cline In the Worlds eye in whom our memorie Liues or lies dead O then liue vertuouslie That winnes a Crowne here and eternallie Worlds respects a blast a bud a flower Now sprouting faiâ—…e blasted in an houre But who shall flourish in the Sacred Groue Shall ere stand firme his Scyons cannot moue Liue in this Hearse Death to the good 's no death But a transportance from a Sea of woes To future ioyeâ—… from shipwracke to repose For such as these God for himselfe doth choose Clipping their