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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07509	Sir Robert Sherley, sent ambassadour in the name of the King of Persia, to Sigismond the Third, King of Poland and Swecia, and to other princes of Europe his royall entertainement into Cracovia, the chiefe citie of Poland, with his pretended comming into England : also, the honourable praises of the same Sir Robert Sherley, giuen vnto him in that kingdome, are here likewise inserted.	Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.	1609 (1609)	STC 17894.5; ESTC S4785	8,537	24

and popular eare should stand listning to the priuate businesse of Princes in a Deseignement that concernes the Uniuersall state of Christendome wee will not therefore at this time bée interpreters of the Persians Embassy but rather waite his expected comming who hath in charge to deliuer it by word of mouth himselfe In the meane time not withstanding forbearing to reckon vp the rich presents giuen by the Poland King to Sir Robert the honors done to him by the Polish Lords and the fauors throwne vpon him by the Common people You shall bée witnesses onely to those not vnworthy prayses of Him by which his Fame amongst Schollers by those of the better sort was lifted vp at the time of his staying in Poland A fourefold Anagram vpon Sir Robert Sherleys Name ROBERTVS SHERLAEIVS 1 Heus Labor Tueris Res. 2 Seruus ast Hero Liber 3 Libertas ero Seruus 4 Virtus Labores sere Encomions or Praises as well vpon the Name as the negotiation of Sir ROBERT SHERLEY an English Knight sent Ambassadour from the King of the Persians to the Princes of Europe MErcurius seeing the Embassadour ready to take his iourney resigneth vnto him his office as being messenger or Herald to the Gods according to the fiction of Poets and with that office bestoweth the gift of eloquence vpon him because he may haue power to perswade the princes to whom he is sent and withal addes a wish that those Christian Kings whom he is to sollicite may not be cold in ioyning their forces together but that they may enter into an honorable a piou● and inuiolable league against that common enemy the Turke Mercuries speech THou O Sherley beeing borne an Englishman art sent from the Persian Empire to the Kingdomes that lye in Europe thy place is full of honour thy message of waight discharge thou therefore boldly those thinges which the greate Lord of Persia commands thée to doe It is not chance that throwes this high office vpon thee but a full Synode or Parliament of all the Gods doe appoint thée to bée their Messenger to the great Kings of the earth For this cause I that am Heauens winged Messenger seeing thee ready to depart present my selfe thus before thée and vttering onely so much as in the letters of thy name lyes mystically hidden and that is this Heus Labor tu Res hoc ore Tueris Persarum O exceeding Labor yet thou art the man that must defend the state of the Persians euen by the force of my eloquence Go on therfore be thou Mercurius in the Courts of Kinges I giue thee my place I giue it to thée that art more worthy of it then my selfe O that the princes of Europe would knit an indissoluble league together with thy Master the Persian Monarch and tye all their Sinewes to one Arme that a noble Warre may be begotten Let Bellona the goddesse of battailes breath courage into the breasts of souldiers and let no Country bee dishonoured by bearing men that haue no hearts to come into the fielde O let not that couetous Dragon which once watched the golden firmament sleepe in the bosomes of Kings and with his poison infect them with that couetous disease of hoording vp gold Cast off O you Princes your sensuall pleasures and let it bee your Ambition to weare Garlands of Oake which are the Crownes of Conquerors Prefer immortall Fame before all those Dangers ouer which you must of necessity passe be they neuer so inuincible in the shew of vndertaking and aspire onely to that life which shall remaine when your bodyes lye dead Heauen in your doing so shall smile vpon your enterprises Hell shall bée conquered and that hel-hownde broode of Mahomet bée vtterly confounded Uniuersall peace shall Crown the world and the Barbarous Turks feele the Sinewes and puissant Arms of Europe To the Nations vnto whome the Ambassadour is sent on great and serious affaires as rightly may be coniectured A desire wish is made that all Kings in Christendome may entertaine this holy Warre with the same courage constancie and zeale that the Persian doeth HHearken O you Polanders Italians French you Germaines Enrich your Chronicles with an Act of a wonder neuer heard of in the world before For beholde a Brittaine is sent on a royall message from the King of the Persians A Brittaine is sent but who is it Such a one hee is as by his name beeing before Anagramatizde hée may apparantly be deciphered Ast Liber Seruus Hero Free-borne and a seruant onely vnto his Soueraigne Hee euen hee is sent to you O you Nations of Europe from the confines of the Persians bringing along with him the name of his Lord and with that name the sound of an Approaching warre The destinies begin to promise some great matter The God of Battailes heereupon speakes chéerefullly God himselfe prepares the Armour muster your selues together therefore O you Kings and with a religious defence draw your swords against the Turkes A gratulatorie compendious Speech to Sir ROBERT SHERLEY commending both his Vertue and present Fortune O Sherley thou that art an honour to the Persians aswell as to the Britaines within whose head dwelleth experience and wisdome and vpon whose tongue eloquence writeth her charmes whatsoeuer hee was that at first durst say that Fortune was Blind and that shee bestowed extraordinary benefits vpon vndeseruing men let him know that all this while hee hath bin in an error for Fortune had more eyes then Argus when shee Crowned this Englishman with so many Persian honors and offices That Monarch O thou Renowned Britaine whose sword is dreadfull to the Thracian Tyrant makes thee a partner in the cares and burdens of his empyre for he hath seene yea he hath euer seene and found thee constant in execution of all his iust and Royall commandes The Empire of the Persian is here commended The Kings and Princes of Europe being called to giue witnesse how much glory the dexteritie of Sir ROBERT SHERLEY hath added to the Persian Monarchie Vpon which he appeares to the Persians a Gentleman of such merit as that England may very iustly accuse Persia of wrong for detaining him from her THe same of the Persian Empire doth not grow vp only in a meane Souldier for their Cities are full of renowmed and worthy Captains from the Ancient discipline and Stratagems of warre are the glories of the Persians sprung vp and continue famous But O thou honoured Englishman shee deriued her first principles from thy practise and knowledge Farre be my words from the base seruitude of flattery for within a short time Kings shall rise vp as witnesses of what I speake Let thine owne Country enuy the kingdome of Persia for enioying this honor which by thee is giuen her yea let her challenge thée to be deliuered backe againe as her owne yet let her clayme be made in such maner that England and Persia may not grow into quarrell about thée But rather thus let them both share thée Let