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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03786	Egypts favorite The historie of Ioseph, divided into foure parts: 1. Iosephus in puteo: or, the vnfortunate brother. 2. Iosephus in gremio: or, the chaste courtier. 3. Iosephus in carcere: or, the innocent prisoner. 4. Iosephus in summo: or, the noble favorite. Together with old Israels progresse into the land of Goshen. By Francis Hubert, Knight, and sometime one of the six clarkes of his Maiesties High Court of Chancerie.	Hubert, Francis, Sir, d. 1629.	1631 (1631)	STC 13903; ESTC S104272	40,316	129

EGYPTS FAVORITE The Historie of IOSEPH divided into foure parts 1. Iosephus in Puteo or The vnfortunate Brother 2. Iosephus in Gremio or The chaste Courtier 3. Iosephus in Carcere or The innocent Prisoner 4. Iosephus in Summo or The Noble Favourite Together with old Israels Progresse into the Land of Goshen By Francis Hubert Knight and sometime one of the Six Clarkes of his Maiesties High Court of CHANCERIE LONDON Printed by A. M. for L. Chapman and are to bee sold at his Shop at the vpper end of Chancery Lane next Holborne 1631. THE STATIONER to the READER Courteous Reader I need not by these few lines invite thee to survey this ensuing divine Poemè the true worth that it containes hath saved mee that labour The Authour her●of being my worthy Friend ere hee had fully perfited the same was himselfe translated to the place of all perfection and changed the Egypt of this world for the full fruition of a celestiall Canaan In his life my desertlesse selfe was so endeared vnto him that he pleased to bestow vpon me the Copie thereof and I haue taken the paines to make that publique which was before smoothered in silence and perhaps might haue beene buried in oblivion Many yeeres sithence he writ a Worke intituled The Historie and Raigne of EDVVARD the second with his miserable and cruell death But the same being by supreamest Authoritie forbidden to bee printed was for a long time charily kept us a Iewell in his secret Cabinet or rather amongst divers other Workes of his excellently well composed as a chiefe ornament of his owne priuate Librarie till at length some Sacrilegious hand pardon mee if I so tear me it stole this Wedge of Gold and for gaine without allowance of Authority or knowledge of the Author brought it to the Presse but so much drosse was mixt therewith such foule faults escaped the 〈◊〉 ●● that it had almost quite lost its first par● To remedie this the Authour was induced 〈◊〉 vse me as an Instrument to print the 〈◊〉 it was originally composed the which with his assistance I effected but the sale thereof was so hindered by the former Impression of the false Copie that the true one found little or no successe Now once againe gentle Reader I haue ventured to present to thy view this second Worke of the same Author which if the reading thereof may both profit and pleasure thee I shall reape a satisfaction of mine owne desires and thy selfe good contentment for time so well expended Farewell L. C. THE AVTHORS INVOCATION NOr high Olympus nor PerNassus hill Nor fam'd Pierian Sisters I implore The Poets Patrons to assist my quill A higher pitch my Eagle-Muse aoth soare Thou that taughtst Ishai's youngest sonne to sing The Songs of Sion with thy heau'nly deawes Inspire my heart as thou didst Sions King And sacred drops into my quill infuse Thou that didst loue the voyce of that sweet Singer And Davids golden Harpe in tune didst keepe Teach me that heau'nly Instrument to finger Who Dauid-like now sing to Israels Sheepe Thou Sonne of David Davids Lord and King Assist my Muse for now shee takes her wing EGYPTS FAVORITE IOSEPH in PVTEO OR The Vnfortunate Brother 1 Of all the worldly blessings which frō heau'n Like gracious dew did fall on Iacobs head I doe not thinke there was a greater giu'n Then were the sons that from his loynes were bred 2 It is a Cordiall to the Fathers heart To see himselfe so often multiplide The like was never made by Chimick Art There 's no extraction of such strength beside 3 And in this blessing Iacob had a part For Iacobs Zodiaque had twelue seu'rall Signes I meane his sonnes whose influence did impart A powrfull strength to him and his designes 4 Of all the rest I was his pretiest boy And to my father from my cradle deare Sonne of his age therefore perhaps his ioy As by my partie-livery may appeare 5 Or else perhaps 't was for my Mothers sake To whom his soule with chaines of loue was tyde Which caus'd him cherefully to vndertake Twice seu'n yeeres seruice to make her his Bride 6 O Loue thou art the perfect Adamant Which breakes all Hammers wearies euery arm● Thou hast no sense of danger or of want No apprehension of ensuing harme 7 But thou art carried in a full carreere With highest speed to vvhat thou dost desire Labours are sweet and difficulties deere To compasse that vvhereto thy hopes aspire 8 Vnwearied loue or labours not at all Or else at least doth make all labours light Witnesse my father Iacob Labans thrall Or Rachels rather for to speake more right 9 Faint with heau'ns frost by night heau'ns fire by day Which though distastfull Iacob yet puts over Thinking all Moneths alike for one sweet May O such a thing it is to bee a Louer 10 And well it may be that I was affected For my dead mothers sake whom he held deare But sure it is that I was much respected And Rachels loue in Ioseph did appeare 11 For he did loue mee more in truth and shew Then all the children that he had beside Who thereupon did discontented grow His loue to me made me to be envy'de 12 Alasse that from a root so sweet should spring So noysome and so venemous a flower But thus we see it holds in cuery thing Great fortunes great affections place and power 13 Are subiect to great envie men will hate That eminence which they cannot attaine It may be Natures fault it may be Fate It may be Custome vvhich few can restraine 14 What Ere the cause be that 's th' effect we see Eu'n brothers of one backe will make it good My fathers loue had fatall been to me If gracious heau'n had not their wils withstood 15 He loues they hate and to fill vp the streame And swell the humour of their ranckling hate So God would haue it I must haue a dreame Which foolish lad to them I did relate 16 Dreames are the Daughters of the silent Night Begot on divers Mothers most most vaine Some bred by dayes-discourse or dayes-delight Some from the stomacke fuming to the braine 17 Some from Complexion Sanguine Constitutions Will dreame of Maskes Playes Revels Melody Some of dead bones and gastly apparitions Which are the true effects of Melancholly 18 And some are meerly forg'd to private ends And without doubt some are Propheticke to Which gracious God out of his goodnesse sends To warne vs what to shun or what to doe 19 Or to discouer what in time will come Either for priuate or for pu●lique weale Such was my dreame a true presaging one Which to my brothers thus I did re●cale 20 Me thought we were together in the field Binding of sheaues Mine riseth stands vpright Your sheaues encompasse mine but stoope an● yeeld And honors mine Dreamer we know your spright 21 The brethren say shalt thou rule ouer vs Thou Lord it so Proud boy it shall not

be A second dreame I had and told it thus The Sunne the Moone the Starres I seem'd to see 22 The Starres In saw eleu'n in number were And all to me as honouring did bow I told it so that Iacob did it heare Who frown'd vpon me with an angry brow 23 Must I your Mother and your Brethren bee Your vassals at your feet proud boy be cast 'T is more then time I see to humble thee And lance that windie humour swels so fast 24 And thus in outward shew old Israel chides To coole his spleenfull sons whose wrath did flame But inwardly the double dreame he hides And all his thoughts still worke vpon the same 25 The sonnes of Iacob now in Sechem keepe Their flockes the story sayes goe boy quoth he See how thy brethren fare and how the sheepe And bring a true relation vnto me 26 From Hebron sent Ioseph now takes his vvay To Sechem ward vvandring a man he met Of vvhow he doth enquire if he can say Ought of his brethren Is to Dothan set 27 For thither they would goe I heard them say He giues him thankes and after them doth goe Ioseph take heed thou vvalk'st a dangerous vvay In thine owne blood thou find'st a bosome foe 28 They spi'd him soone before he came much nigher So Eagle-ey'd is Envie on her prey And straight against his life they doe conspire And to themselues vvith hatfull scorne they say 29 Yon comes the Dreamer now hee 's in our power Le ts cut his throat then cast him in some pit And say some savage beast did him deuoure Teach him to dreame See vvhat vvill come of it 30 Vile man thou art a creature vvorse then beast If powerfull heau'n doe not restraine thy will A Wolfe a Deu'll doth dwell within thy breast Which alwayes stirs thee to extreamest ill 31 And there 's no tinder that 's so apt to fire As is thy wicked Nature to consent Wee 're casily drawn to what we doe desire And our desires are most to mischiefe bent 32 'T is hatefull for one man to kill another Though causefull fury doth distract the sonce But O vvhat is it then to kill a brother And in cold blood and that vvithout offence 33 Yea and to offer at a fathers life For out of his deare loue they well might gather That eu'n that murdrous blow that bloody knife That stab'd the son might chance to kill the father 34 But when that minds are bent to doe amisse There 's no respects that can the same controule His other brethren were resolu'd of this But Reuben onely had some touch of soule 35 And therefore this conspiracie withstands Vse we no force quoth he vse rather wit He is our br●ther lay no violent hands Vpon his life yet cast him in the pit 36 And thus he said intending to restore To Israels armes the comfort of his age D●r●ct denia●l had inflam'd them more There 's no opposing to a pretent rage 37 What euer stops the current of a streame Is swept away with furious violence 〈◊〉 is effectless● gainst a strong extreame But yet a man with labour and expence 38 May turne the chanell to another course Hee 's oft a gayner that can purchase time Therefore giue way whilst fury runnes in force Which being spent then on with thy designe 39 And Reuben meanes to make aduantage so Vnto whose motion all the rest content Ioseph meane while is come but doth not know Poore innocent the drift of their intent 40 And as men ioyfull of this happy meeting They bid him welcome with a false embrace As felons true men handle such their greeting And soone perforce they strip him of his case 41 Ioseph did more then wonder what they meant He knew the parties were his fathers sonnes By whom he was in visitation sent And with a pleasing Ambassie he comes 42 He lookes into himselfe and finds all well Good Lord thought he what do my brothers mean I know no cause should make them thus to swell But finding that their fury grew extreame 43 He speakes them faire with teares he doth intreat They would respect his blood his loue his youth What was his fault he ask'd that was so great For he knew none that he had done in truth 44 He tells them He was none of Esa●s brood Who with their father stroue eu'n in the vvombe But he deriued was from Iacobs blood Whose purer streames in all their veines did runne 45 Yet wrathfull Esa● with their Sire incens'd Both for the birth-right and the blessing too Did not proceed to murder though pretenc'd And would they act what he forbare to doe 46 Indeed good Abram common great grand-sire Vnto them all resolu'd to sacrifice Vnto his God for he did so require His deare-deare Lambe more deare then his ovvne eyes 47 But he had speciall Warrant for the deed 'T was not a worke of will his owne deuice God did command vvhy should not Izhak bleed Obedience is the truest sacrifice 48 But they had no Commission for his death Where was their Warrant so to spill his blood Who sign'd the same for the receiu'd his breath From God to yeeld againe when he thought good 49 If God requir'd it hee vvas vvell content But 't was no vvorke of his 't was their owne vvill Which executed they would soone repent For fearefull justice wayts on fearelesse ill 50 With that they interrupted his discourse Words were but lost they said he must not preach His part was Patience So with bruitish force First hauing stript him without farther speach 51 They cast him straight into the deadly pit And then as well discerning of the state In triumph round about the same they sit And eat and drinke and jest at Iosephs fate 52 Indeed braue spirits 't is a noble act Deserving much and memorable fame Laurell at least well looke into the fact 'T will fill your soules with griefe your browes with shame 53 You haue betrayed a young and hopefull Lad Alone without the helpe of any other The chiefest comfort that his father had Who is your father to and he your brother 54 Adde more to this he was an innocent Whom causelesse hate so fowly did betray In loue and kindnesse by a father sent And Messengers are sacred as men say 55 Besides your root grew in the Holy Land Neuer before tainted with such a sin Izhak will surely grieue if vnderstand To thinke his Nephewes haue so bloody bin 56 But all this while the Bird that 's in the breast Is fast asleepe and no disturbance makes 'T was wont to be a Nightingale at least But now 't wil proue a Scritch-owle when it wakes 57 The Frontispice of sinne is fayre in shew A pleasant Porter alwayes keepes the gate But being in it is the house of vvoe Of feare of shame and of all deadly fate 58 But I must leaue the brothers as they bee Who now securely triumph in their wrong Distressed Ioseph I