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A20133	Strange histories, or, Songs and sonnets, of kinges, princes, dukes, lords, ladyes, knights, and gentlemen and of certaine ladyes that were shepheards on Salisburie plaine : very pleasant either to be read or songe, and a most excellent warning for all estates / by Thomas Delone.	Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.	1612 (1612)	STC 6568; ESTC S1079	30,294	97

he was full sad And said your Grace should welcome be if so your grace would honor me When as the day appointed was before the King did thither passe The Earle beforehand did prepare the Kings comming to declare And with a countenance passing grim he cald his Lady vnto him Saying with sad and heauy cheere I pray you when the King comes heere Sweete Lady if you tender mee let your attire but homely bee And wash not thou thy Angels face but doe they beauty quite disgrace And to my gesture so apply that may seeme loathsome in his eye For if the King should heere behold thy glorious beauty so extold Then should my life soone shortned be for my desert and trechery When to thy father first I came though I did not declare the same Yet was put in trust to bring thee ioyfull tidings from the King Who for thy glorious beautie seene did thinke of thee to make his Queene But when I had thy beautie found thy beauty gaue me such a wound No rest or comfort could I take till your sweete loue my griefe did slake And thus though duty charged me most faithfull to our Lord to be Yet loue vpon the other side bad for my self I should prouide Then to my suit and seruice showne at length I won thee for my owne And for your loue in wedlock spent your choyce I need no whit repent And since my griefe I haue exprest sweete Lady grant me my request Good words she gaue with smiling cheare musing at that that she did heare And casting many things in minde great fault therewith she seem'd to finde And in her selfe she thought it shame to make that foule which God did frame Most costly robes full rich therefore in brauest sort that day she wore And did all thinges that ere she might to set her beautie forth to sight And her best skill in euery thing she shewed to entertaine the King Whereby the King so snared was that reason quite from him did passe His heart by her was set on fire he had to her a great desire And for the lookes he gaue her then for euery one she sent him ten Whereby the King perceaued plaine his loue and lookes were not in vaine Vpon a time it chanced so the King he would a hunting goe And into Horse-wood he did ride the Earle of Horse-wood by his side And there the storie telleth plaine that with a shaft the Earle was slaine And when that he had lost his life the King soone after tooke his wife And married her all shame to shunne by whom he did beget a sonne Thus he which did the King deceaue did by desert his death receaue Then to conclude and make an end be true and faithfull to your friend FINIS Of Edward the third and the faire Countes of Salisburie setting forth her constancie and endlesse glorie Cant. .11 WHen King Edward the third did liue that valiant King Dauid of Scotland to rebell did then begin The towne of Barwicke suddenly from vs he won And burnt Newcastle to the ground thus strife begun To Rookes borrow castle marcht he then And by the force of warlike men besiedged therein a gallant faire Lady While that her husband was in France His countries honour to aduance the noble and famous Earle of Salisburie Braue Sir William Montague rode then in post Who declared vnto the King the Scotchmans hoast Who like a Lyon in a rage did straight prepare For to deliuer that faire Lady from wofull care But when the Scotchmen did heare say Edward our king was come that day they rais'd their siedge and ran away with speed So that when he did thither come With warlike trumpets fife and drume none but a gallant Lady did him grreete Which when he did with greedy eyes beholde and see Her peareles beautie straight inthral'd his Maiestie And euer the longer that he lookt the more he might For in her onely beautie was his harts delight And humbly then vpon her knee She thankt his royall Maiestie that thus had driuen danger from the gate Lady quoth he stand vp in peace Although my warre doth now increase Lord keepe quoth she all hurt from your annoy Now is the King full sad in soule and wot you why All for the loue of the faire countesse of Salisburie She little knowing his cause of griefe doth come to see Wherefore his highnes sate alone so heauily I haue beene wronged faire dame quoth he Since I came hither vnto thee now God forbid my Soueraigne she said If I were worthy for to know The cause and ground of this your woe it should be helpt if it doe lie in me Sweare to performe thy words to me thou Lady gay To thee the sorrow of my heart I will be wray I sweare by all the Saints in heauen I will quoth shee And let my Lord haue no mistrust at all in mee Then take thy selfe aside he said And say thy beauty hath betraid and wounded a king with thy bright shining eye If thou doe then some mercy shew Thou shalt expell a princes woe so shall I liue or else in sorrow die You haue your wish my Soueraigne Lord effectually Take all the loue that I may giue your Maiestie But in thy beauty all my ioyes haue theire abode Take then my beauty from my face my gratious Lord. Didst thou not sweare to graunt vnto my will All that I may I will fulfill then for my loue let thy true loue be seene My Lord your speech I might reproue You can not giue to mee your loue for that alone belongs vnto your Queene But I suppose your grace did this onely to try Whether a wanton tale might tempt dame Salisbury Not from your selfe therefore my liege my steps doe stray But from your tempting wanton tale I goe my way O turne againe thou Lady bright Come vnto me my hearts delight gone is the comfort of my pensiue heart Here comes the Earle of Warwicke he The father of this faire Lady my minde to him I meane for to impart Why is my Lord and soueraigne King so grieu'd in minde Because that I haue lost the thing I cannot finde What thing is that my gratious Lord which you haue lost It is my heart which is neere dead twixt fire and frost Curst be that frost and fire too Which causeth thus your highnes woe O Warwicke thou dost wrong me wondrous sore It is thy Daughter Noble Earle That heauens bright lampe that peereles pearle which kills my heart yet doe I her adore If that be all my gratious king that workes your griefe I will perswade that scornefull dame to yeeld reliefe Neuer shall she my daughter be if she refuse The loue and fauour of a King may her excuse Thus wylie Warwicke went his way And quite contrarie he did say when as he did the beautious Countesse meete Well met daughter deare quoth hee A message I must doe to thee our Royall king most kindely doth

let it not grieue thee but rather relieue thee from paine Sith that I may in halfe a day Come vnto Troy againe Troylus The nearer that thou shalt remaine the more t will breed my spight When I shall see an other obtaine the thing that is my right The Greekes will flatter and tell thee much matter and say The towne of troy they will destroy Ere they depart away Cressida You know the talke doth dayly run as likely it will be While truce is held the Greekes will come with Troyans to agree And they with Queene Hellen will quickly be winding away Then presently my father and I. Will come to our friends in Troy Troylus Now sith thy father Calcas hath so foolishly lost his name He dares no more approach the walles of Troy for very shame But he will thinke rather King Priam my father indeed Should him reward without regard And giue him a traitors meede Cressida In vaine these words we do but waste since so it is decreed That Anthenor must here be plaste and I for him proceed What would you desire your father a lyer to be Then shew your minde what way could you find To hinder the Greekes of me Troylus Alas my loue Cressida cleare you know you haue my heart And if thou fauourest me my deare then let vs both depart In secret manner away we must wander from Troy For fathers lye I passe not a flye So I may haue my ioy Cressida Now God forbid my onely Lord thou shouldst vs so defame In such a sort to blemish and blot our honour and our good name The world will heareafter declare Calcas daughter vntrue And they will say you ran away For feare of the Grecian crue Troylus What need you passe for peoples report or ought that they can say So I may passe the time in sport with thee my Lady gay If Greekes should attaine thee they soone would constraine thee to yeeld And Calcas he would sooner agree For feare of their force in field Cressida Nay rather marke my Troylus true what meanes I minde to frame How I may keepe my promise due and garde vs both from blame With Grecians together I meane to ride thither but you Ere fiue dayes twaine shall see me againe As I am a Lady true Troylus Alas my Loue and Diamond deare what wayes could you deuise To blind their sights that be so cleare and wits that are so wise If ten dayes they keepe you they will shame to seeke you be sure Then Troylus I in dolor must dye Past hope of any recure Cressida He is not worthy for to haue a Lady to his loue That for her sake will not vouchsafe some bitter paine to proue If ten dayes absenting you cannot be willing to take Then would you sure small paines indure for your false Ladyes sake Troylus For ten dayes space to loose thy sight would grieue my heartfull sore Yet for thy sake my Lady bright I would bide ten times more But thus much I feare mee the Greeke will deceiue thee alone Then Troylus he forgotten shall be As one that had neuer beene borne Cressida It hen perceiue thy Lady and loue thou doostfull sore mistrust What doe you thinke the Greekes could moue to make me proue vniust Nay then I desire the Gods with wilde fire and flame Consume me may without delay Or put me to greater shame Troylus I doe not thinke my iewell of ioy thou wouldst be found vntrue But at thy parting out of Troy to giue thee warning due Remember thy promise thy faith and assurance to me And thou shalt see that I will be As trusty a Knight to thee Cressida The Sunne shall want his burning armes the Moone shall loose her light And Simois with her siluer streames that runs through Troy so bight Shall backward be turning where first it was springing againe Ere I to thee vnfaithfull will be Or faile of my promise so plaine Another And thus at last they parted both vnto their griefe and paine But Cressida she brake her oath she neuer came againe But as she deserued so God he rewarded her pride For shee full poore from doore to doore A loathsome Leper dy'de When Troylus did perceiue and see his Lady was vntrue And that she false rendered had to diomed his due With heart distressed himselfe he addressed to fight Through her disdaine there was he slaine By fierce Achilles might FINIS Cant 17. The Gentle womans reply BVshes haue tops but the Cedar higher A haire casts shadow lesse then Pharoes tower The sparkes haue heat but greater heat the fire A Bee can sting not like the Scorpions power Seas haue maine course flouds haue little springs foords Rough are deepe Seas when smooth run shallow The lacke makes noyse before the Diall moues The firmest Faith is still confirm'd with words The Turtles mourne in losing of their Loues If hearts haue eares and eyes then tongue to speake They 'le heare and see and say before they breake FINIS Cant 18. The Louers thankes to his beloued sent and inclosed in a Cockle shell SWeete loue the sweete despoyles of sweetest hand Faire hand the fairest pledge of faithfull heart True heart whose truth yeeldeth the truest band Chiefe band I say that binds my chiefest part My chiefest part wherein doth chiefely stand Those secret ioyes which heauen to me impartes Vnite in one my state thus still to saue You haue my thankes let me your comfort haue FINIS A new Sonnet made by a Maiden in praise of her Louer in whose truth and constancy she doth triumphe Cant 19. To the tune of Crimson Veluet WElcome be the dayes of my loue and liking Venus must I praise for her fauours showne Where I set my heart well it is rewarded Neuer will I start for I am his owne Like the Diamond pure so will I endure neuer will I giue while that I doe liue from my loue his proper right Faithfull shall he find me As true loue doth binde me so my promise I haue past What in words I vowed In my heart I allowed be true while life doth last If I doe respect fauour and affection Needs I must affect such a proper man If I way his wit or his braue behauiour Pallas seemes to sit all his deeds to scan All the prudent sort may full well report what in him they doe behold Nature and the rest seated in his brest all the graces crownd with gold Troylus may be stained Priamus ashamed to behold his constancy Many sitteth sorry Onely I may glory of my happy desteny If that Hellen faire for her wanton Paris Did not trauell spare to possesse his sight Setting quite aside both her fame and honour For the beauties pride of that gallant knight Bringing vnto Troy sorrow and annoy by a long and weary warre So that Priams reed may well rue the dead that did cause so great a iarre Well may I with pleasure For my ioyfull treasure Suffer paines and

hard distresse Seeing loue and honour Doth aduance their banner ioyfull of my good sucesse Flora sitteth sweete in her gallant coullour Ready for to greete Ceres doth present gifts of store and plenty Hearts ease and content grant a blessed end All the Muses nine with their musicke fine doth delight our sweete desire Cupid he doth dance fortune feare and chance doth his company repaire All the Gods together Hand in hand comes thither honoring our mariage day Himen standeth watching For your happy matching In her golden rich aray All you louers true shew your ioy and gladnesse Take a pleasant view of my sweet delight In your dainty songs sound my louers peaises Set aside the wrongs of each wofull wight On your liuely Lutes shew the braue disputes that contented Louers binde Laud the faithfull heart that Will neuer start gratifie the gentle minde Say that men are treasure Say that men are pleasure Say that men are womens ioyes Wheresoere you mooue it I my selfe will proue it Gainst the maides that are most coy Venus riding forth Valewing the worth Of my peerelesse praise From her gallant Coach sodainely she leaped Sweetely to Paradice Flowers faire of hue pleasant as they grew did she gather speedily Roses white and red which the spring had spred on the branches franke and free Garlands thereof making Gilliflowers taking to adorne my Louers head Strewing hearbes most dainty Brought she also plenty wherewithall the streetes she spread Well I may reioyce and triumph in pleasure Lifting vp my voyce to the lofty skies Iuno hath ordaind welfare to my fancy My desire is gaind which may well suffice Maydens faire and free hearken vnto me loue where you are loued againe Be not coy and nice if that you be wise mischiefe followes fond disdaine Try and prooue your fauours Men of good behauiour so will I for euer say Such as doe deceiue you Knaues they are I tell you men they are not any way A Louer bewailing the absence of his Loue Cant 20. To the tune of Where is the life that late YOu louing wormes that linked be in Cupids clogging chaine Behold I poore and silly man lye languishing in paine Come helpe with dolefull tunes to waile my wofull state And blame me not sith worthily I curse my cruell Fate Ah wo is me what hap what hatefull hap haue I Sith I am seuered thus from her that loues me tenderly Dame fortune brought me to a stand where I espied a Dame That doth deserue to be beloued the world will say the same Whom when at first I saw so well she pleasd mine eye That fancy wild me yeeld my selfe with her to liue and dye And then the blinded boy so grac'd me with his glee That with a dart he wounded her and forc'd her yeeld to me Dame pleasure in a moment then gaue way to our repuest And we enioy'd but ah not long the thing which we likt best For as the Summers day at length comes to an end So he became our enemy that whilom was our friend The while that we possest our pastime was but small For when I cald for Ipocras the drawer brought me gall God knowes the griefe my soule susteines for her that is my deere For since I saw my sweeting last I thinke it twentie yeere When I should walke abroad to spend the lightsome day Huge heapes of care molest my minde for her that is away When darkesome night drawes on to bed with teares I goe And If I chance to sleepe a while it doubleth then my woe Or when I walke I doe perceiue my choyse to be away Remembring oft in folded armes how we full sweetely lay Then rush forth sighing sobbes then then renewes my care I tosse and turne and tumble then and mad-men like I fare No world nor wordly things my sorrowes can appease Vntill mine eies shed streames of teares and then I finde some ease Then rose I vp as one forlorne and leaue my restles bed A thousand fits of fancies then torment my troubled head Each morning doe I pray the Gods vpon my knee That I may neuer sheepe againe if fates would so decree Then put I on my clothes as one bereft of ioy And curse and ban most bitterly the meanes of mine annoy When I for sport should trudge abroad the fearefull Hare to traile Which was sometime my most delight then gin my senses faile When I should eate or drinke my nature to sustaine The meate receiu'd will not disgest but turneth backe againe Then thinke I in my minde all hope of helpe is past And oft I say vnto my selfe would God this were my last You youthfull lads that know not yet the force of Cupids dart Beware and wise retire in time for feare of further harme Consider well the end before you ought begin And then you may your selues assure to finde no lacke therein Before you snared be to flye you may be bold But sure resistance will not serue when once you are in hold The valiant souldier when he doth addresse him to the field Doth rather wish with fame to dye then either flye or yeeld Euen so my faithfull heart doth sickenesse so detest Liue or dye I will not change while breath is in my breast If I were sure to be of Gods and men accurst Yet I will neuer change my choise let fortune do her worst FINIS A Speech betweene certaine Ladies being Shepheards on Salisburie plaine TRuly said the Ladyes this was a most hardy and couragious Mayor that durst in the middest of so mighty a multitude of his enemies arest so impudent and bold a Traytor and kill him in the face of all his friends which was a deede worthy to be had in euerlasting memory and highly to bee rewarded Nor did his Maiesty forget said the Lady Oxenbridge to dignifie that braue man for his hardy deede for in remembrance of that admired exployt his Maiestie made him knight 5. Aldermen more of the city ordaining also that in remembrance of Sir William Walworthes deede against Wat Tyler that all the Mayors that are to succeed in his place should bee knighted and further hee graunted that there should bee a Dagger added to the Armes of the citty of London in the right quarter of the shield for an augmentation of the Armes You haue told vs q. the Ladies the end of Wat Tyler But I pray you what became of Iack Straw and the rest of that rebellious route I will shew you quoth she Iack Straw with the rest of that rude rabble being in the end apprehended as Rebels neuer florish long was at the last brought to be executed at London where he confessed that their intent was if they could haue brought their most vilde purpose to passe to haue murthered the King and his nobles and to haue destroyed so neare as they could all the Gentility of the land hauing especially vowed the death of all the Bishops Abbots and Monkes then to haue inriched themselues they determined to set London on fire and to haue taken spoyle of that honorable cittie but the gallowes standing betwixt them and home they were there trust vp before they could effect any thing And such ends said the Ladies send all Rebels and especially the desperate Traytor which at this present vext the whole state With that word one of their seruants came running saying Madam the Rebels are now marched out of Wiltshire Hampshire making hasty steps towards London therefore now you neede not feare to come home and commit the flockes to their former keepers The Ladies being ioyfull thereof appointed shortly after a banquet to be prepared where they all met together againe by which time the Kings power hauing incountred the Rebels on Blackeheath ouerthrew their power where the Lord Awdly was taken and committed to Newgate from thence he was drawne to the tower-hill in a Coate of his owne Armes painted vpon a paper reuersed and all to torne and there was he beheaded the 24. of Inne shortly after Thomas Flamocke and Michael Ioseph the Blackesmith were drawne hanged and qurtered after the manner of Traytors But when the husbands to these faire Ladies came home and heard how their wiues had dealt to saue themselues in this dangerous time they could not chuse but hartily laugh at the matter saying that such shepheards neuer kept sheepe vpon Salisbury plaine before FINIS