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A19934 Sir Martin Mar-people, his coller of esses Workmanly vvrought by Maister Simon Sooth-saier, coldsmith [sic] of London. And offered to sale vpon great necessity, by Iohn Dauies. Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626, attributed name. 1590 (1590) STC 6363; ESTC S113074 5,050 8

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SIR MARTIN Mar-People his Coller of Esses Workmanly vvrought by Maister Simon Sooth-saier Coldsmith of London And offered to sale vpon great necessity by Iohn Dauies Imprinted at London by Richard Ihones 1590. Sir Martin Mar-People his Coller of Esses WHat can be said when so much said can nought preualle with men What signes what threats what words what works from sage Experience pen Are extant in these dismal daies to alter mans amisse But yet ah wo to vs therefore no Reformation is Of sinful life the lesse our praise the greater our perdition The more our woe the lesse our weale the neerer our destruction For Time brings ought to nought we see nought in time's amended Our God our prince our cause of peace from time to time's offended Our Peace I say procures our Pride our Pride our Lust inflameth Our peace our pride and lawlesse lust our gracelesse liues defameth Our Plentie springing from our Peace is spent in sports vncleanly Such sports vncleane in Christians are most odious and vnseemly Now Vice doth vaunt that Vertues brightnesse she hath quite obscur'd The brightest beauty Vertue had now Vice hath cleane deuour'd O wicked age O doting dates wherein such illes are found Wherein such cares wherein such woes wherin such vice abound O gracelesse world how far thou art from that of yore thou wast When kingly Saturne raign'd but now that golden world is past Thy beauty's blemisht with reproch from whence thy shame proceed From good to ill from ill to woorse now art thou falne indeed What shroud may serue to hide thy shame what volumes can containe The brief'st description of thy faults which doth thy fauour staine The wisest wits are found too weake the cunningst Clearks want skil Particularly t'expresse the sinnes in thee abounding stil. Such irreligious minds in men such hollow hearts in manie Such Ianus-faced fauning friends small trust is found in any Such deep deceit in countenance coucht such treason hid in trust Such filthy fraud in friendly speech such dealings most vniust Such murtherous mischiefs rigorous rapes in sauage wise perfourmed Such litle care of conscience now such periuries suborned Such brothell baudrie bugrie and inhumaine shape to be Such monstrous brutish beastlinesse a woonder tis to see Such huge oppression of the poore where pitie should abound Such discord in oppinions now the simple soule to wound Such restlesse iarring all for ieasts and things of no account Such seeking for preheminence by others fal to mount Such posting after peeuish praise that soone will fade and perish Such smal regard of Orphanes poore which God commands to cherish Such prowling still for priuate gaine such hunting after wealth Such litle heed of soules disease such care of bodies health Such raging madnesse in the minds of franticke fooles a number Such brainsicke brawling mongst the bad which doo the good encomber Such partial iudgments in the Iudge for whom the Iudge do fauour Such iustice Iudge and iudgments too doth of iniustice sauour Such wringing of the lawes awrie for Lady Lucars loue Such huge exactions from the poore which to their paine they prooue Such rauenous robbing by the way such picking in the Citie Such desperate moodes in gracelesse men bereft of christian pitie Such laughing at each others losse such griefe at others gaine Such persecuting silly soules such pleasure in their paine Such emulation mongst the rich such strife amongst the poore Such small releefe to such as hunger driues from dore to dore Such discontents in all estates such cl●ming for promotion Such great hipocrisie in zeale to God such small deuotion Such swearing by the precious parts of him whose painful passion Such pardon purthac'd as preserues the faithfull from damnation Such preaching ne'er in any age was vs'd as now it is Such teaching former times did lacke and yet is all amisse Such arguing of the force of faith whil'st workes are left vndone Such blessed words such cursed workes cannot accord in one Such superfinenesse in each sex the outward part t'adorne Such robes as should the soule array to rotten rags are worne Such beastlie mindes in bodies braue such craft in clownish graie Such clownish craftes ful hardly spied til triall it bewraie Such fauning mates that flattery vse such hath the world in price Such are embrac'd whose witching words can ytching eares intice Such treasons practiz'd gainst the Prince by subiects most vnkind Such heards of bloody Homicides that are to blood inclinde Such hauock made since wilful Wil hath vncontrolled raign'd Such heapes of harmes increasing still since Wil hath will maintain'd Such matchlesse Machiuilian mates with such the world doth swarme Such skil they haue to smile when they intend the greatest harme Such protestations in pretence of friendly fauours euer Such solemne vowes of friendships deeds yet are perfourmed neuer Such Saints in shew such deuils in deed neer liu'd on earth I weene Such clusters of Camelions I thinke was neuer seene Such feedes vpon the simple sort for such they lie in waite Such suckes the marrow of their bones in whome is no deceit Such yea such still lurking lies t'intrap the honest mind Such sees with Argus hundred eies and yet they seeme most blind Such witty wiles we haue to wrap our soules in Sathans web Such great vngraciousnes doth flow and goodnes still dooth eb Such outward paintings to amend the works of God and Nature Such sinfull sleightes deuisde there are to grace the forme and stature Such trash I say offends our God such toyes he nill indure Such pride his plagues and v●ngeance iust agaynst vs dooth procure Such foule immodest filth of ours his heauenly eies offends Such paintings are the lines of lust that vnto lewdnesse tends Such filthy fairenesse spots the soule with foule abhominations Such faire ones that such filth doo vse haue cause to feare damnation Such care to keepe such faults vnspied from worlds vncertaine sight Such pro●nnesse to offend our God whose iudgments still are right Such boldnesse in our ciuiuill broiles such dread in Trueths defence Such cowardize in Conscience cause such feare of mans offence Such coldnesse in the seruice which to God is onely due Such hot desire of change therin though woorser doo ensue Such great contempt of Magistrates whose power we reuerēce should Such rash rebellions in our realmes such mischiefes manifold Such glorie in-terrestiall trash such trash our glorie is Such glory's vaine vain-glory such wil bar our soules from blisse Such carking stil for cankered coine such litle care of honesty Such sucking blood such cutting throates such practizing of villany Such bragging of our beastlinesse such boasting of our sinne Such glutting of our greedy guts such myre we wallow in Such thyrsting after fell Reuenge for euery trifling wrong Such frailty cannot scape vnscourg'd though God it suffer long Such cloking of our faults with fees such blinding of Authorty Such gifts bestowde where need is none such litle loue and charity Such liberall feasting of