〈◊〉 that could not satisfie To their desires whill â—yme prefiâ—t said ho Then for to rule and reigne bigen also 〈…〉 The great â—ictie superbe and glorious That some tyme founded was by Romulus Whiche wan and conquest all the Orient And in short space subdewed all the Occident On suche an wise all landes and langage Become their subiectes and made them homage Carthaiâ—e ancient strong and mightie town They brack the walles and kest the cietie down Their gloir did so increase and multiplie Pryde promest it shuld still remane on hie Pryâ—â— But wheÌ„ approched their propre houre and tyme Presixt and set by prouidence deuyne From their impire they were ouerthrawn cast They might no longar reigne for tyme was past So toke an end the high Impire Romane That was so long fordged on blood humane The whole world could not by their great puissance Them veÌ„ques whill God by his puruiaÌ„ce Sewe in their sinnat ciuile seditione Which sprang and grew to their confusione Consâ—â—e in earth no thing is permanent Eccles â— But shall haue end for God omnipotent With dayes houres hathe euery thing prefixt That shall not be ouer past nor yet proliâ—t Here in this earth nothing is firme nor stable But Christes kingdome remanes 〈◊〉 â—â—â—◠◠〈◊〉 So biyâ—g seased â—ur 〈◊〉 Our â— buocat and 〈…〉 Vpon his Fathers right 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for man 1. Tim. 2 Heb. 9. With 〈◊〉 his orisone 〈◊〉 Praying his Father God omnipotent To grante him these requestes consequent Ioh. 17. O supreme Father most worthie in aspect Since in my bodie that thou hast elect Hathe bene accomplished whole obedience Apoc. â— Hebr. 2 9 10 12. 2. Cor. 6 Rom. 7. Therefore I pray the with deâ—full reuerence The inobedience of the worlde remitte That they against the daylie do committe Thogh poysone entred in by Adames race Thou may remead it with thy might and grace For my goodnes and loue mende that misdead Rom. 5. Since that by Adam entred sinne and dead Grant throw my death which was superlatyne May entre peace and euerlasting lyue I make the most humble supplicatione Since thou hast pleised the oblatione That pietie hathe caused me to present Ioh. 15. Of my owne naturall bodie innocent That sinne nor death pretend no actione Heb. 10. But take my fleshe and blood for satisfactione Ephes 1. Of them that will with heart intrincicall Pray in my Name to the continuall Holding the as the Father eterne tutorne Ioh. 14. And me as brother iudge and gouernoure Matt. 6. That hopes in me and in none other wight For them o Father I pray the day and night The ardent loue and pietie paternall Ioh. 17. That thou hast borne to me contenuall Must cause the lykewise them to loue so weill That in their heartes they may persâ—ne and feill Ioh. 1â— How for my sake thou hast them all resaued As thy owne children Gotten and consaued When they by waiknes in temptatione fall 1. Cor. 10 O Father then haue mercy on them all Considder of themselues they haue no goode But imperfite and borne of fleshe and bloode Ioh. 14 16. Without our helpe they fall and may not stand To thy goodnes them all I recommand I know full well what may to them betyde So Sataâ— me assailled with his pryde Thus may I not alway in their vexatione Mat. 4. Contemple them without I haue compassione Heb. 2. Their cauâ—e and maters touches me so neir They are my blood elect and brethren deir Thy are my membres and my holie Kirke I must be their defence for them to wirke Ephes 1 2. I may not suffre that one of them be shent To ansuer for them all I me present By thy bontie eternall they are thyne 1. Cor. 3. Mat. 21. Ioh. 16 17. Yet by reasone I boght them they are myne Thou hast them put vnder my gouernance And promesed me to be their assurance Their aide their helpar and protectour propice Father I pray the for my Sacrifice Idem That thou wilt in their mindes and hartes pour Our odoriferrant balme and sweit licour With the feruent flambe and zeale of Charitie The liuelie Spirit condigne of our deitie And the sweit vnctioÌ„ that doeth from bothe proceid Musâ— be 〈◊〉 their solace and remeid Again 〈…〉 As well 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—iabolicall Ioh. 14. For their most 〈◊〉 and stroâ—◠〈◊〉 Their most persite and principall instructour The holie Gost for witnes and for gaige Ephes 1. 2. For 〈◊〉 and arles of our heritage Lat them with vs reignes o Father 〈◊〉 When they offend impute to me their crime Ioh. 17. And ended so this supplicatione He said to me for thy oblatione Heb. 9. Rom. 4 5. My dear beloued Sonne celestiall For the offence of men terrestriall Then payed for all au ransome most condigne Heb. 10. And I at thy request to them benigne My Sonne delice and substance of my sell Esa 9. Heb. 5. Proâ—or 8. 2. Cor. 4 Maâ— 28. Resaue all powere in heauen earth and hell Till damne till bind till Lousse and till releue Till saue them all that shall on the beleue Take all the treasures of the heauen celest Dispone and parte them where thou pleses best Sith I haue all this power to the geuen Psal â—â— Act. 2. Heb. 1 The earth the hell the Angelles of the heauen A geue the likewise in thy holy hand An rod of yron to strike who doeth ganestand If thou shall plese that rod without regaird Shall brecke breisse them as an pottars shaird Apo. 19. Our holie lambe ressaning all this charge To shewe him selfe bothe liberall and large The heauens oppened in haist with reuerence Mat. 18. Where he departed with magnificence 〈◊〉 â—â—â—asure and the holie gifte 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—he worlde plane and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And 〈◊〉 of all his promesse to fullfill Act. 2. The great conforteur come his 〈◊〉 With diuerse tongues and leides solatious And with zeraphricall windes gratious Ilke on of them in science newe did sleit With diuerse giftes of the sammyn Spreit 1. Cor. 2â— Where their was men of Mede and Parthians Of Pontus Pamphill and Cereneâ—us Of Capadoâ—e and Mesopotamia Of Asia Egypt Libia and Phrigia Act. 21. Their was Arab Iewe Greik and Proseleit Strangers of Rome of Candy and of Creit These nations all maruelled and was on sloght To here se what was by the Apostles wroght By verie vertue of their high doctrine Idem When all these nationes were before theme syne In their maternall tongues and propre leid Ilk one of them heard Christ preached in deid Fontaines of grace from them did slowe spring Throw Chrisis promâ—sse where his Spirit benig To Idiot men vnlearned hece on ground â—â—n 10. Their simplenes did prudent men consound Christ promised to leawe when he did ascend
The prologue to my lord my lord 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 ROULIN â—in minde the 〈…〉 estait Of mortall men and infortunitie The heuy laubour trauell and debait A mixt to theme frome their natiuitie Spaâ—ring no man of hâ—e nor lowe degre I sand nothing moir trewlie of to treait Than proue man subiect vnto miserie Yet seing that the worldlie foolishe men Can not parsaiue this sentence to be sure I thought it good for to prepair my pen This to discriue with all my busy cure Of sapience all thoght I be impure Yet know I well that God will grace him leu That callis on him with conâ—idence most sure Vpon non other therefore will I cry But onlie on that Lord celestiall Thoght poetis vsed in there poetry On many sindry goddesses to call How far frome wisdome did those â—oles fall On such a wise their pennis to applie Where help was none for to be had at all O Lord her 〈…〉 made 〈…〉 The Sunne 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 All sishe and 〈…〉 herbe and gâ—â—wing â—â—ie The starres rainebow aire and 〈◊〉 O thou that knowest my minde whole intent 〈◊〉 me with thy Spirit of veritie To dite and write my purpose subsequâ—â—t It is an Myrour Lord I muse to make Wherein all Christians may beholde and sie Their sinfull liues they lâ—â—d with shamâ— and lake In to this worlde and â—aâ—ll of mâ—serie It is aâ— glasse that paâ—â—tes ouâ— speciallie The sharpe threatningâ—â— the â—â—â— did oâ— vs take Declaring if we sinned we shâ—â—de die And how that Aedam our progenitour In Paradice did breck the Lordes command Heir may thou gentle reader any hour That cairfull caâ—ce perâ—â—telie vnderstand His enemies all that held Adam in band And how that Christ became his Saâ—â—our And made vs 〈◊〉 whom he in bandage fand The second part declares to the plaine Of the poore â—â—â—â—er an coâ—fessione How he hathe spent his life and tyme in vaine And how he doeth 〈◊〉 his great trâ—sgressâ—oâ—e Which he hathe vsed a contraâ—â—e his professione And how that Christ our Lord and soueraiâ—e Hathe saued him his sede and his successione And last of all here 〈…〉 thou see Now that all they 〈…〉 Must 〈◊〉 truble and 〈…〉 As did oure 〈…〉 And all his Prophetes frome the beginning â—ere persecute and 〈◊〉 patient lie As we muste do if we with Christ wold ring And when I had this volume fabricat And put in rime â–ª in rude and rurall stâ—â—â— With hart and hand I did it dedicat To you my Lord then maister of Argile Thogh frome your presence I was many mile â—et hearing of your honour auriat Bent to Goddis word I did the same compile And thogh it be of cloquence deâ—â—de It is no wondir for when this worke I wroght As I do yet then small I vnderstude Of bookes nor autours to studie had I noght Which vnto knowledge of Scripture should me broght For presoâ—er I was then to conclude In the Bastillie where such could not be boght Foure yeres in prison they held me their expresse Foure moâ—ethes and foure wekes al 's certaine Foure dayes foure houres in nombre and no lesse I did into the Bastillie remaine For Goddes word as it is known plaine And for no lawes that I had done transgresse Nether to God nor to my soucraine Heirfor 〈◊〉 it sinell not of 〈◊〉 But is of 〈◊〉 and cadeâ—â—â— clâ—â—ne conâ—â—â—â—â— All gentle 〈◊〉 I pray you hâ—â—â—tfullâ—e To holde me partlie in sâ—â—e caâ—se crcuâ—â—â— Seing I was then in presone incluâ—it Where I might no wise vse my libertie Thoght sâ—me disprayse it I â—ouet nonâ— to ruseâ—◠⧠Non est mortale quod â—â—to â–ª ⧠⧠The Myroure of aâ—e Christiane Composed and drawn fourth of the Scriptureâ— â–ª by Robeâ—â— Nornâ—ll men of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lord of â—â—â—ams 〈◊〉 burâ—â—g the tyme of his captiâ—iti◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Bashâ—lie for the 〈◊〉 of our Saâ—â—â—â—r â—â—sus Christ ⸪ THRâ— Inimics had Adam principall â— Cor. 3. Rom. â— Psal 14. 1. â—or 15 That maid him sâ—laue to theme after his fall The law was one that did torigour leid The nixt was sinne and the thrid so was deid The law by right did ruell and was his guide But sin right sone their vndir did him hide First vndir law sinne sand occasione To shawe him selfe then gaue possessione 1. Cor. â—â— To Satan as the law beareth witnes After that Adam knew the will expresse Of God then Satan raging gan to spring To tempt mannes fleshe and theirin to ring Where he maid it thrall to these fois thre 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Of sinne the law and deathes extremite The Law to man did Ceriouslie command 〈◊〉 12. â—al â— 1. â—or 15 To obey God the fleshe did it withstand Because it could not all the Law fulfill Maid place to sinne and leit him work his will So sinne to deaâ—h 〈…〉 passage by his might Then death began to 〈…〉 and was most wight Those thre didsoâ—e their high power persaue 〈◊〉 â— Heb. â— Their great impire and paussance they did haue â—pon an day their loude trompettes did blaw Exod. 19 On â—â— high rock sinne down to vs did shaw The sharpe decretes and lawes most austear Ephe. â— With sore threatninges right horrible to hear In wildiâ—nes which barraume was of frute Of herbe or grasse it was cleue destitute Men lost their tyme to laubour or manure Exod. 19 All was but stony rockes and haddry muâ—e Without moistues as do oure fathers tell Replete with dragons and with serpents fell This mounte was named in Hebrew Sinay And called Agar in Arrabic I say With fearful rockes so hie was neuer sene With mistie clowdes whose toppes was couerd clene His widdered head bald bentic black and baire Whose hiddious hight was moutid in the nire So that few durst approche or yet cum nere That vglie mont for terrour and for fere On that mont fand the Law a propre place For till disclose and shaw her rigorous face In middes of that mont aâ— seat was wroght Right riche and lucent where their lacked noght All rounde a bout that face an fyre did flow Exod. 19 That kest huge lyght with fyre and birning low Like as the hole mont wold consume and burne They thought suddanly it wold in puldiâ— turne One such an wise men thoght that fyre 〈◊〉 Deut. 4. wold burne the heauen the earth and 〈◊〉 Which signified an great puissance amoued With yre and wroth where al should be reproued Such sume with darknes A fyre proceding bold A stonist all the folk did it behold Aboue this fyre an ouglie cloude astayed Whose heauy hew all regions made affrayed None other wayes these vapours did appere Nor when the sonne is most serene and clere As when before the thundre cumnis one blot Likewise abode this blacke and heauie spot With sad and heauy wombe withouten mirth All readie to bring furth and beir anâ— birth Which signified to euery
no officer inâ—ernall That haith their maister moir seruit nor he 2. Cor. 4 Dar thou take suche an man of Law for the Their neuer was man that to him creddit gaue But he lost their cause did theme cleine dissaue Their is no such so to that word deuine As ignorance that leadis man to ruine 1. Corin. 14. Vnder whose winges as an bie byke or hyue Is bred all vice in any man on liue As Paull doeth write if thou thyselfe abuse Think not thy dotage shall thy selfe excuse Seing ignorance many haith deuoird Who dotis at length with daffing shall be sinoird Who will not ioine them selues to discipline But stil from knowledge wisdome wil decline Without the Law and be with vice inflammid Rom. 2 Without the Law so shall they be condemnid Their is some others wold an folie found Because the fleshe doeth in it felfe abound Rom. 8. And of it selfe from sinne can not abstene Those ignorantes without reasone maintene How all that lieth not in our fre will Shulde not to vs be holdin vice nor ill 3. Reg. 8 As who wolde say that God his creatâ—ure Wroght wronge to punishe the will of nature Esa 54. Hearken and heir an lyke similitude If in an harbere among floures goode Prouer. 21. Spraâ—g bryeres or weides of silth or bittirnesse Shulee men them pluck or lat them still incresse By this reason we shulde thoâ—e euery where The wolfe the fox the wod and bousteous bere To kill all kinde of tender bestiall Gal. 5. And lat all vermine work their naturall Thus when that the fleshe doeth in such errour raue It fredome seketh and wolde all pleasures haue Deut. 18 The nature of the fleshe doeth still delite To case the selfe and blame the holie write And wolde it wreist vnto an carnal sence Esa 3. Whose reasones oft are turned to offence Good intentes without charitie and faith Zacha. 1 Rom. 3 9. Prouokes oftymes Goddes yre and wraith Silence to all men is conuenient And not but why nor wherefore to inuent Oght of our selues that can no good considder Seing that it haith pleased him to confidder The sinnes of Adam vpon all his raice Esa 43. Is no remeid but call on him for grace Then after sinne come death right doutable Say 1. With birning brimstone and oyles horrible That no man might behold for sincke and stinke On Adam ran and said as I do thinke Sen thou and all thy raice haith done rebell I shall the with thy seid send down to hell Apoc. 6. Thus death in his right hand one coupe he bair Full of cursing of sorow wo and cair With hard and feirfull execrationes And with pestiferent inflammationes Death for Satan For the desires of death and his intent â–ª He drest him sprinkle his poisons pestilent On Iewe on Greke 〈◊〉 other nation But where as fell 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—ation 〈◊〉 In haist they ware 〈◊〉 so appeir Where they with tormentes terrours with feir With double dolour and with wo tyrannicall Apoc. â— They harled ware to the paines infernall O poore Adam take head and now beholde How thy owne selfe hathe the wedsett and solde Vnder that hard and terrible tutoure Rom. 6. Before the was set fyre and water pure Thou had fre will to chuse in to that stead But thou râ—fused life and chosed dead Rom. 6. Thou chosed thy â—o for aye ouer the to ring That felloâ—e â—o was ouer the bothe Lord King To serue him as an sclaue did the compell And for rewarde â—â— promâ—sse gat bâ—t hell Take head of these thy soâ—s and considder How they haue sworne thy death all thre to gidder All thought a foir the wordles fundatione Before the coupe of indignatione Ephe. 1. Before the Sunne the Moone or element God the Father that is ommpotent 1. Pet. 1. Disposed and wroght thinges all and some As they haue bene and as they are to come Apoc. 5. Yet to himselfe the Lord he hathe reserued An certaine chosin whom he will haue preserued Ephe. 2. For to remaine with him in endles glore Where others shall thole paine for euermore Rom. 9. His elect people with grace shall be possest where the reprobat neuer shall haue rest In hell according to his iust iudgemenâ— â–ª 〈◊〉 With weping gnashing and with sâ—ir 〈◊〉 Thogh we our selues can not this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—et must we nedes beleue it so to be Saying also o maker of heauen and land 〈◊〉 â— Who can or may thy riches vnderstand How heigh how deipe and how inscrutable Are thy hid secrettes incomprchensable For thou hast thyne â—lect predâ—stmat Ephe. 1. With all thy treasures to be abumbrat Frome all dissaitfull doctrine malignant Rom. 8. Ioyning them to thy trew Churche melitant That hathe not vainlie taine thy talentes sweit But haue broght forthe thefrutes of the Spreit They are thy chosin by vocatione But not with rigour or with violatione Thou hast not suffred them to be infect Nor yet to death nor hell to be subiect But hast preserued an nombre clene ouer all â— Reg. 19. That haue not bowed their bodies vnto Baall â–ª To them was made the promesse infallable Of Christ with miracles inestimable To saue them all from reprehensione Rom. 4 8 11 12 And did dâ—creit In his intentione To cleith them newe with iudgement and iustice I meane with faith their mother and nurice Syâ—e with mercifull eyne ou them did call With ardent loue and petie paternall Act. 1. And where they war before with Satan solde For to fulfill his promesse then he wolde Gal. 4. Send down hâ—s holâ— word in earth vs till And with his word the promesse did fulfill Ioh. â— And then 〈◊〉 to make manifest Maâ— â–ª â—â— Where their shuld be conuened from east to west Of all nationes an Churche catholicall To prayse and loue Goddes Name perpetuall Col. 3. And wolde also that the eterue purpose Of the great sâ—bbothe and the great repose Shulde be confirmed for an Testament Heb. 2. 10. Col. 1 2. Abyding the ransome and the digne payment Of the lambes oblation for them all And wolde that the burdenes tyranicall Ephe. 2. The decrettes of the lawes bannishing Shulde die in them selfe with all manashing And wold that the enemies all and some Psal â—â—â— Shulde be distroyed vincust and ouercome For the of the power that they did obteine And wolde all thinges shulde be pure and cleine Act. 5. All Prophecies to be fulfilled syne Before the comming of his word deuyne This heauenlie word alwaye victorious Heb. 10. Bothe strong wight permanent and glorious Apoc. 6. By whiche the worlde and the heauens all Toke their beginning and originall Gen. â— This word cled with flesh made him readie than Ioh. 1 To feght
â— That shall prâ—â—aâ—â—l againes at 〈◊〉 For an space thou shall in thâ—â—â—â—â—â—she 〈◊〉 As in thy â—â—d oâ— deathe with â—o and paiâ—e By my grace the faithfull shall the 〈◊〉 In laâ—goâ—r without force thou shall arriâ—e Rom. â— Whill that an certaine tyme be passed by 〈◊〉 â— â–ª â—â—to mannes â—â—eshe thou shall with laâ—gâ—â—r ly When thou hast bred deathe our corâ—â—ptioâ—e That death shall be thy owne diâ—â—râ—ctioâ—e 〈◊〉 â—â— When ended was this mightie parlament He said to the Law these worâ—es consequâ—â—â— Thogh thou toke thy beginning â—roâ—â—â—he 〈◊〉 ◠〈◊〉 In me is ended all thy strengthâ— and â—â—gh◠〈◊〉 â— â–ª I haue the made my subiect euermore And 〈◊〉 the as neuer did man 〈◊〉 Bothe sinne and deathe was nourest vnder the Thou hast not found one spot of them in me 〈◊〉 â— For I haue done thy pointes all fulâ—â—ll I am first borne that wroght my fathers will 〈◊〉 â— Inquâ—re thou now no more â–ª of Adams â—all 〈◊〉 â— I tak◠〈◊〉 charge and answers for them all Their neuer 〈◊〉 man sha◠〈◊〉 by thy way 2. Cor. 3. Obteine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 did 〈…〉 Thou shew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hell 〈…〉 Gal. 3. Thou not as lambe came but aâ— wouliâ—â—o â—â—â—â— And therfore I my selfe is come to take Thy heauie burdingâ—â— of my peoples backe Idâ—m Thoght thou shew sinâ—â— that mâ—â— not grace expell Thou hast no power to send down to hell My owne elect nor yet againes them pleid Thou may considdir in thy self and reid Or thy coÌ„ming how their was frome the heauen An promesse of grace to the fathers geuen Thou was ordained for an testament But Adams fragill nature indigent Idem Could neuer get of the but woand paine Their was no man content of the nor faine In promessing thou euer hast an sy That rather garres man in to langour ly Nor to shewe consolatione or remead And in despair â—ull oâ—t thou doest them lead Idem Thou shâ—wes rather sorow nor their sâ—â—ll For Ilk offence thow cryes slay and keill Thou bindes all a lyke vnder thy bandis Their is no grace nor sauour at thy handis For Adams sede alyke thou leades in thrall Who failze is in on they giltie ar in all Apoc. 14 Tâ—â—irfor I do confirme for mannes loue An testament eternall the aboue That to all nations shall be taught and shawne And through that world shal mak my mercy knawne Idem From the Orient vnto the Occident It shall be heard the 〈◊〉 of my Testament And nâ—we alliance spoâ—â—â— by my mouthe Which shall remaine in 〈◊〉 and trouthe For now and aye my wordes all and some Into the worlde of worldes for to come To make my promesse faithfull sure and sirmâ— â—ar â—â— Luc. 22. 1. Cor. 11 2. Cor. â— Iaâ— 1 â–ª 2. Gal. 3 4. I did the same with my hart blood confirme I sware be my owne selfe vnuariable It shoulde remaine for aye perdurable So with my death passion and sore torment I haue confirmed my newe Testament Whiche is another Testament I say Nor thy olde fearfull Law of mont Sinay For thou by it with rigour doest require To all sinners damnation death and syre But my alliance newe shall rather rinne Out through the inwarde man and pardon sinne Deut. 5. Thou was but for the outwarde man in letter Rest now therfore and mak place to thy better Rom. â— Thy tyme is runne finished and compleit Now mine is come I frelie powre my spreit â— Cor. â— Gal. 3. On all fleshe where they nede no pedagogue As thou had wont to be nor Sinagogue These weghtie words this purpose broght to end He said to his elect and made it kende My darrest spouse for whome my bloode is shed â—phe 5. Col. â— Come is the tyme I shall you spous and wed My spirite aboundantlie shall in you wirke 1. Ioh. â— â–ª Ye are my chosen and catholike Kirke Frostie winter is with all his surte past 〈◊〉 ilke blossome shall beir his fruâ—â— so sâ—st Apoc. 19 â–ª Rom. 1 â–ª 〈◊〉 is the tyme with myrth and ioye compl◠〈◊〉 I shall spouse you with 〈◊〉 spreit Thogh ye be many in nombre aâ—d in force Yet shall ye be but membres of onâ— corce Lâ—arne at me to be meke and bening â—ac 2. Deut. â—8 And sâ—ne the frutes of the spreit forthe bring Follow my holie worde and my doctrine Nether to right hand nor to left decline My worde and my command is sufficient Isay 3. Without additiones of your owne intent I am he that ye shulde alwaye inâ—ew Ioh. 1â— I haue chainged and done all thinges renew If ye in tymes past were strange and nyce 2. Cor. 5. And far exilid from my Paradice Yet but your merite I shall of my owne grace Ephe. 2. Restore you â—relie to the â—amin place Come all ye with sinne that is vnclene Ephe. 1. Col. 1. I haue with my owne pretious blood serene An holsome bath and stose prepaird for you Where ye shall be made whyte as aniâ— dow Of all my treasures nothing ye shall want Mat. 26. â—ocl 2. Exo. 28. But as my self thereof participant As aboundance of water christalline So shall I powre on you my grace deuine Right as the oyle was powred on Aarous head â–ª Which made his rayment all in to that stead Leuit 9. Smell of that balme of sauour dulce and sweit So shall my grace be powred in your spreit Act. 2. Which I shall make so plenteus on you rame That in to you shall not be found an vaine â— â–ª Cor. 2 3 12 Where as my holie sprite doeth not abounde Heb. â— â—â—â— And in my blood your sinnes shall be 〈◊〉 Syne when it shall come to confesse in 〈◊〉 From whence that all your vertue doâ—th procâ—â—â— Thâ—â—sâ— that ye confesse in euery place Ephe. â— Not of your selues but onelie of â—â— grace And of your filthie fleshe proceded noght Gal. â— That euer was good in warke word or thoght â–ª Rom. 13 Of my goodnes and grace I you it gaue Before the tyme ye did it aske or craue Except by me ye can nothing posseid Therâ—fore to me â–ª and to my word take hâ—id Ioh. 5 6 Act. 4. Luc. 2â— 2. Pet. 2. Reid bothe the olde and newe law ye shall sâ— â—â— haue no good but that which cometh of me If some mâ—n wolde by there inuentione found And so to big vpon an other ground Were it in heauen earth or firmament 1. Cor. â— Oroâ— the sea then say ye consâ—quâ—nt That sure building and fundam at their is none Except they found their fortressâ— me vpone These gratious wordes â—unished aâ— length This holie Sauiour in his might and strength Mat. 2â— Act. 1. Apo. 5 7 â–ª Propaird him by his vertue deuine For till ascend where all the heauens syne Decoud them selues with
Nor no sie vaue consautes 〈◊〉 reaâ— But by his Sonne that â—ath fulfilled the Lawe And satisfâ—ed the Father ones for all Heb. 9. 1â— By offâ—ing of his bodie naâ—urall Vpon the â—â—oce for vs sinnerâ— to die Whose death and passione made vs captiues fre Ephe. 5 Where we were dead in sinne and did remane Rom. â— And was condempned after Moyses Law Gal. â— â—et hathe his death vs broght on liue agane And shewes to vs the yock that we should drawe Heb. 2 9 The word of God the which doeth planelie shawe 1. Cor. 15 1. Tim. 2 Now we are onelie by Christ all iustified And by his rising are also glorified Wherefore great cause we haue to be content Thogh for thy sake we suffre wo and pâ—ne Sith we are perteners of thy Testament Of thy promesse and of thy word deyune Esa 4â— As Isai saith in the fourtie and nyne May any mother suffre hir eyes beforne Hir sonne to pereshe of hir bodie borne And thogh she do forget hir childe so deir Yet all the slock that will on me depend Idem I shall not them forget I to you sweir And when my people haue done me offend By the contrair I 〈◊〉 them to amend Come saith Christ who will their sinnes coÌ„sidder Ezec. â—â— That I may giue them life and health to gidder Come with innocence thogh ye shuld be slaine Come to me for I am ane rightious iudge Gen. 4 7 1â— 22. I am iust Abell I am not wicked Came Come to my arke and seke at me refuge For I am Noye and the second deluge Come to me in faith as did Abraham And Isaac that signified the lam Come all sinners for your owne beâ—oue 〈…〉 Come not as the Scribes with hypocrisie Come vnto me for kindnes and for loue Come as Naaman for I am 〈◊〉 Come on and I shall 〈◊〉 your leprosie I am Moses and I osâ—e that wan To you the frutefull 〈◊〉 of Canaaâ— Come till me I am faithfull I osias â—â—â—g 23. 1 Sam. â—◠〈◊〉 â—5 〈◊〉 â— I present Dauid Scripture makes mentione I â—lewe your olde enemie Golias For your defence I am migthie Samsone Sicke my 〈◊〉 for I am Salomon Come with faith as the Fathers and Propheites Come with repentance as the 〈◊〉 Ionas â— Come all that are liper Lazere and deif Mat. 12. Come all that are with maladie molest Come brigand 〈◊〉 and come theif â—ar â— Come sâ—ke at me 〈◊〉 and â—â—â—e in rest â—e that are mad and with the deuill 〈◊〉 Come to me ye that loâ—g tyme blinde haue beâ—â—e Luâ— â— That I maye oppen your mindes inward 〈◊〉 Come ye that walk in darknes night and daye So that ye will â–ª so my â—â—x take regand 〈◊〉 â— Come vnto me for I cast none awaye That will repent with heart and minde inward Knock on your 〈◊〉 and â—â— shall be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 â–ª Be not â—educed by 〈◊〉 doctrine nor 〈◊〉 Come 〈◊〉 at me 〈◊〉 and ye shall 〈◊〉 Eternall lyfe that euer shall remane 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not on the paines corporall Ioh. ◠〈◊〉 ye were dead yet shall â—e liue agaâ—â— Come all sinners that will for mercie call Come vnto me and I shall saue you all That bound and settred is in sinnes barge Come vnto me I shall you cleue discharge Maâ—â— â—â— Come to me vsâ—tairs aâ—aritious Come all that wrangâ—slie haue boght and solde Come gredie worines on earth so couettous Luc. 19. Climme vp the treis of your conscience colde Climme as did Zacheus me to beholde That restoird foure folde for ilk 〈◊〉 Syne of his goodes the half gaue to the pure Come with an liuelie faith firme and stable As did the Cananian in the Gospell That required as dog vnder the table Mat. â—3 To gadder croÌ„mes from Goddes word that fell To heall hir doghter and to saue hir sell Come also ye women of lyfe prophane Come with repentance as did the Magdalane The death of an sinner I do not desire All thogh he haue bene long tyme deafe and dum Ezec. 19. But rather that he shuld life at me require O Lord these are sweit sayinges all and sum Yet without the I can not to the cum Conuert thou me then shall I be conuerted 〈◊〉 ◠〈◊〉 thou me then shall I be dâ—uerted From sinne o 〈◊〉 that doeth me soir molesâ— Since thou to me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so fair an triâ—ie without the Lord my coâ—â—â—ence hes no rest Strengthen my spirit and to thy selse it tiste Ioh. 1â— I pray the in the Name of Iesus Christ Which hathe vs said what thing ye aske â—raâ—â— My father in my Name ye shall it half In Christes Name we should onelie demand Sith he hathe â—led him self with our natoure And at none other him selfe did so command For that 〈◊〉 Christ is our Mediatoure For our offence to God the plasmatoure â— Ioh. â— Our aduocar our freynd and 〈◊〉 our iudge Our asperance our comfort and refuge Now will I no more stand 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To entre in thy holie house and temple Psal â—â— My Lord my God to come and drawe the neiâ— For consolation in heart I shall contemple Thy holie parable and godlie sweit exemple As in sainct Lukes Gospell is written plane Their was an certane man had sonnes twane Luc. 15. The yongest sonne before his father stude And him beâ—oght of his 〈◊〉 That he might haue his 〈◊〉 parte of gude Idem Whiche his father deuided equallie 〈◊〉 he went forthe in till an strainge cuntrie Where his parte â—â—sum din one while In prodigalitie and â—â— pleasures vile Syâ—â—e after hav suche honger and suche neâ—â— Eriled from his father and his kinne That with the swyne he was compeld to sâ—â—â— Idem But when that he betâ—oght him of his sinne How many are my Fathers house withine Of â—ryed seruandes that hes bread at will And I his Sonne for falt is like to spill I will vnto my my father and confesse How I am worthie for to be reproued I will him grant my sinne and wickednesse But the father before with pietie moued Idem â— â–ª â—â—â— Ranne till his sonne and said my dear beloued Thou art welcome and cled him from the colde Syne on his finger put aâ—â—ring of golde And siewe the â—at calf that was holden deir Thogh the eldest sonne their on wold not feid To welcome his yongest sonne make good cheir Idem Then said the father let all blithnes proâ—eiti My 〈◊〉 is toâ—â—â—â— oâ— luse that before was deid Lord here I seâ— thy great beatitude And do constdder my owne â—ngratitude It is I wretche from the father exild It is I my conscience hathe me accused Rom. 2. Iâ— is I Lord that is the wandring child The giftes thou me gaue I haue abused And contrare thy command haue them parused And them
vs Lord from all maner of ill According to thy pleasure and thy will For strength and might perteneth onelie to thâ— To whom be gloir and prais eternallie So be it ⧠The 12. articles of our beleuÌ„ I Trow in God the Father Lord of all That made the earth and heauen celestiall And in Christ Iesu his onelie Sonne most sweit Our Lord consaued by the holie Spreit And of the blissed virgin Marie borne By Pilat falslie iudged rent and torne Crucified dead syne laid in buriall Descended to the helles infernall From death to lyfe he rose on the thrid day Ascended to the heauen where he alway Doeth sit on the right hand of God celest Where bodilie he doeth â—emane and rest â—t the last day from thence shal come with speid Iustlie to iudge the leuing and the deid I beleue in the holie Spreâ—t Their is an Church of God discreit Of holie sainctes communione And of our sinnes remissione The rising of the fleshe mortall And after lyfe perpetualâ— In this faith I for euermore Will trust thogh I should die theirfore So be it ⧠The ten Commandementes LIft vp your heartes oppen your eares Hard harted people for till heir The word of God that now appeares And his Commandementes leir I am thy God celestiall From seruitude deliuered the. Thou shall not haue therefore at all No other goddes but onelie me No image to the make thou shall Painted nor carued curious Nor on thy knees before them fall For I thy Lord am ielious His Holie name most venerable Take not in vaine nor it dispryse For God will 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 culpâ—â—â—â— That him blâ—sphâ—mes in any wyse Sex dayes wirk but on the seuen Rest thou thy seruand and thy beast For that ylk day the God of heauen Reposed â–ª and his workes blest Father and mother honour aye That thou may long the earth posses And so the ground to the alway Her frutes shall yeild with great Incres In couatice desire thou noght Frome thy nighbour by thoght nor stryfe That which is his or he hath boght His beast his seruand nor his wyfe Be no man killer nor homicid Adulterar nor witnes fals Be not an these in thoght nor deid No sclanderare nor lier al 's O Lord thy wordes of efficace Are clearer nor the somers day Intill our heartes Imprint thy grace After this law the to obay So be it ⧠Grace before dynner O Souerane Lord Pastour and heid Loke and behold this compangnie Of thy goodes suffre vs to feid And vse our selues soberlie Without excesse or glouttonie For who that doeth the fear and dreid Thou takes thought on them dailie Their bodies for to cleith and feid So be it ⧠Grace after dynner â–ª O Lord that gaue vs in command To take no thoght for the nixt daye For this that we do vnderstand Thou feidis vs we prayse the aye Since it hath pleased the alwaye With meat and drinke to feid our fleshe So with the bread of lyfe we praye Thou will our sinfull soules refreshe So be it ⧠The Pellicane â—iguring Iesus Christ THe Pellicane of the forest celest Amonges his workes notable and new After the heauen the Angelles and the rest He made his birdes of diuers sindrie hew Allone them left and sine awaye he flewe And gaue them their â—rewill and libertie In to the forest of Parradice to be Where that the tre of lyfe it grew and stude Set by the Pellicane of humilitie To saue his birdes that spared not his blud But as they sang sweit and melodious Into that wood as plesand nightingailles An fouler false vgsume and odious Their with his nettes and girnes soir assailles Syne baneist them the gairdings the vailles Because till ouer high frute they did pretend To wilsome vailles dailles theÌ„ were they send Where they remaned long in seruitude Abiding the Pellicane their mis for till amend To saue his birdes that spared not his blude Down from the wood of Angelles bright cleir This Pellicane for loue did swiftlie flie Where he â—and Rawens did his smal birdes deir And shed his blood in streimes â—rwellie Withoutten reuth this Pellicane they gart die Denud of mercie they did him rug and ryue With patience to death he thoild them driue His faltles fleshe because their was no â—ude Nor medicicine could saue his birdes lyue Whill from his tendre heart they reâ—t his blud The Rauens at the Iewes full of feid Vniustlie put this Pellicane to deid Which doeth betoken Christ both God and man The birdes are the creatures humane The fals fouler the laithlie serpent rude That gart misknow the heauenlie Pellicane To saue his birdes that spared not his blude O Iesu Christ my Lord so sweit That for me vile sinner indigne Thou suffred from the heid to feit Thy bodie for till scorge and ding Thy face ouerspred with foull spitting In to derisâ—one with great skorne Syne on thy head did thrust and thring An kene and crwell pricking thorne To saue me sinner full of vice Thou was the obligatione Thou made the contract and the price That thou should suffce passione To saue me frome dampnatione That was prepared for Adames seid Frome hell vnto saluatione Thou boght me with thy pretious deid I know Iesus thy patience Hath borne my great fragilitie My sinnes eik and my offence Thou bure them to the death with the. Since thou hes borne suche loue to me and suâ—fred hast such paines fell To saly ray death and miserie That spared not to die thy sell Lord I the pray with heart and minde Lay not to me my sinfulnes Sith thou hast benâ— to me so kinde And tholid hâ—s so great distresse The vinagre and bitterues The scourges skornes and the strife Mot fil me with the great sweitnesse Of peace and euerlasting lyfe Thy holie death surmount and slaye The dolent dead now of my saull Thy pretious blood mot weshe awaye My vncleinnes and vices all The sufflettes suffred in the haull The bandes that band thy handes and feit Mot breck now and perpetuall That bandes of sinne that hurtes my spreit The nailles and the crown of thorne The spitting the strokes and the speir The noddes the shamefull death and skorne The wicked wordes that thou did heir The heauie croce that thou did beir The tormentes of thy death crewell Mot draw my soule to the full neir And saue me frome the paines of hell Lord thy glorificatione Mot clenge my soule and my bodie And in the resurrectione Reforme my great iniquitie Sen I am figurat to the That aye shall regne perpetuum An leuand God in persones thre In world of worldles for to cum ⧠Ane Ballad of the spirituall and carnall vnderstanding of Christes wordes This is my bodie and blood c. Iohn 6. ALlone musing as I forthe went An suddane slepe did me assaye I thoght my spirit was frome me rent Vpon the ground where as I laye I heard an voyce
breck forthe and saye Take holie Scripture spirituall The letter leadeth to dekaye The fleshe profytetes nothing at all In the sext of Iohne Christ doeth saye The verray bread of lyf am I I came frome heauen I am the waye Mankind to saue throw faith onelie Ye can not come to me trwelie Except my father do you call I am in him and he in me The fleshe profytetes nothing at all Your fathers in the wildernes They eat Manna and yet are deid After an other kinde expres Forâ—uthe I am the leuing breid Come down from heauen in to shissteid A am the bread celestiall My word throw faith it doeth you feid The fleshe prosfeites nothing at all Except ye eat beleue and trow August in sermone ad inâ—uttes In my bodie and drink my blude I say ye haue no lyfe in yow For my bodie is verray fude Right so is drink I you conclude My bloode and take it spirituall For carnallie no man can dude The fleshe prosfeites nothing at all Except ye eat ye haue no lyfe My fleshe and drink my blood he said â–ª But then amonges them grew such stryfe That some went back and was affraid And carnallie his wordes wraid Vntill their mindes sensuall And frome the faith they still dekaid The fleshe prosfeites nothing at all The Disciples murmurred amang Now can this man his fleshe vs giue But Christ knowing their thoghtes wrang Saying wherefore should this you greiue All thogh the Sonne of man should meiue To his glorie celestiall The spirit quickneth throw trwe beleue The fleshe prosfeitz nothing at all Sainâ—t Augustine writing full plane Against Adamant trwelie How the Lord douted not to saue This is my blood and my bodie August contra Adaman â—im When that he gaue to his meinzie The signe of his bodie corporall To kepe his death in memorie The fleshe prosfeites nothing at all Al 's in an preface doeth he saye Where Christ did him self admit To his mandie on thuresdaye Saying take you now all and eat The holie sigure of me compleit And of my death memoriall My token trwe and promesse sweit The fleshe prosfeites nothing at all This fleshe ye se ye shall not eat â–ª Nor drinck the blood shed forth of me My Sacrament is drinck and meat That siedes the inwarde man trwelie Not for thy teith nor thy bellie I am no meat materiall Beleue and thou hes eatten me The fleshe prosfeites nothing at all Most gratious God illumiuâ— Our wittes waik and impâ—â—ent Incresse our saith so satigat Make worde and deid equiualent Our sinnes vyle for to repent And lead our liues more spirituall According to thy testament Which is the fleshe that profeites all ⧠Anâ— Ballade vpon the prayer or orisque of â—â—nasses King of Iuda when he was led presouerâ— and captiue in Babilone â–ª 2. Cron. 33. VIth teares great I sigh and Sob Bewaling my natiuitie O God of Abram and Iacob I make my wofull plainte to the Bound foote and hand with an cheinze As an slaue mocked and dispist In presoue and captiuitie Soulzeit with the vncircumcist Thou Lord that made the heauen on hight The earth with all her instrumentes Thou made also the daye and night The Sunne the Monne resplendisentes The fyre the aire the elementes Thy worde o Lord and thy command Hath gart the heauenlie ornamentes In till their curse and ordour stand The 〈◊〉 sea depe and prosound By thy vertue which dâ—â—th excell â—hose welicring walles suâ—â—bound Dare not attoure their brymmes swell â–ª Their bodumis furius and fell Of whirling waters stif and stark The Lord hath closed vp himsell And seald them with his seall and mark O fearfull God who may withstand Thy feruent Ire in any case No sinner on the earth leuand Thy furie may abide allace for none are iust before thy face But all are sinners yong and old All are denude and bare of grace And to the deuill and hell are sold I grant thou art the Lord abone Of Iacob Abram and Isac that sinned not as I haue done Nor thy commandementes brak But I sinner sleuthfull and slack For breking thy law and command â—es heaped mo sinnes on my back Nor is in nombre all the sand I haue prouoked thy Ire allace My pride and my Iniquite â–ª â—es wroght great ill before thy face I know their is no health in me I grant I 〈…〉 And worâ—hâ—â— of th◠〈◊〉 and rod Because in my 〈◊〉 I wold not know the Lord my God My great abhominatione That day and night hath done incres Hes bene the iust occasione Of all my wo and heauines I haue sinned I do confes Right greuouslie aganes the Lord Let not my sinne and wickednes Stop the to be misericord Yet thou hast in remembrance Thy promesse and thy holie aith The man that is of repentance To punishe him thou art right laith Though thou be angrie in thy wraith Thou art sone pacified we ken When that we call to the in faith For all the wickednes of meâ— Thogh we sinners deserue iustlie Dampnatione death and helles fyre Yet for rewarde thy great mercie Hes pacified thy wraith and ire And promest hes thy high impire Frelie to all that will conuart For thou doest not of vs require Except an trwe and faithfull hart For thy goodnes no more considder My silthie sinnes night nor daye But wipe them all awaye to gidder Sith that I do repent and praye I know thou castes not awaye No wight that will on the depend Nor willis nor their death no waye But wold that they should leaue and mend With knees of my heart contreit I kneill full law before thy grace With teares distilling that I greit I weshe my bailfull blaickned face O Good Lord hear me in this caice And grant me my petitione And for my sinnes not me chaice But gif me full remissione Now saue me Lord since that I praye Saue me o God omnipotent And I shall loif the night and daye Whâ—ll that my lyfe away be spent For all the vertues parmanent Of heauen the Angelles all and some They prayse the as most excellent In world of worldles for to come ⧠An Ballade against the foull and dâ—tâ—stable vice of dronâ—kinnesse ALl for douered 〈◊〉 in after drinck In an 〈…〉 I layeâ— Appeared suddamlie as I did shlâ—k Ould father Noye cled in an nyce arraye Shaikand his beird with asteirne voyce did saye Of all sinnes â—xcesse is principall And bringes the bodie sonest to dekaye Pro. 31. Throw droncknes the mother of vices all I was the first that wine did plant or presse Thinking to be his master and his gyde But he deceaued me I the confesse Gen. 9. And of my Sonne was scorned in that tyde Because I could not my own secreittes hyde I cursed Cham my sonne and made him thrall Tyll his two brethren seruand till abyde Throw droncknes the mother of vices all What thogh I was be gild it was
is heauâ—nlie the bodie inutill And is but an obscure or law preson Where as in laugour lyeth the soule gentill Of that prison I haue key subtill Which is my dart that for the soule is geuen To louse it out of that soull preson vile Where I it send with mekle ioy to heauen Holde fâ—irme thy faith on an God vndefild And for thy father take him and him call Ys he be so then art thou sure his child Mat. 6. And aire of his kingdome Celestiall Yf he hath fred the frome death perpetuall Befoir or euer thou had tyll him regaird Rom. 5. Dout not but and thou loue him cordiall With mekell better he shall thy selfe rewaird And as concerning the fleshes actione It can not liue without sinne and delite Nor yet it can not make satisfactione Rom. 6. For sinne to God wherof it had the wyte But right as Iesus vpon an croce perfite Died for our sinnes so most our fleshe expire And die with Christ yf that we wold be quyte Of endles death sinne and of Hellis fire Who striketh this stroke but death thou knowest weill So I am to all christians man and wyfe The end of sinne beginning of their seill The end of cair and thoght most pungetyfe And the beginning of euerlasting lyfe Why wold thou Aigâ— returne to youth againe To pas the vaill of woo and mortall stryfe Which thou hast scaped with so mekell paine Yf thou will say when I come the arreist That I the do great wrong and violence Saying thou hast no paine but ioy and fâ—ist With all delite withoutten indigence I say that pleasure turnes to impatience When it at length leadeth to dampnatione My death is pleasure to all hath sapience When ye from death turne to saluation What displeasure haue I here to the named To fear my dart nay nay I say not so But for Christis sake to suffer and be blamed To take in patience truble paine and wo The losse of goodes and dignities also Wanting pleasurs that somtime thou had ryfe So dyeng vnder my dart to pas them fio In place of them shall haue Eternall lyfe For fear of me be not contrist nor wo But haue firme hope and faith for till conforme The will of God and syne let gladlie go Ryches and friendes with all thesaures enorme For an cleir sky betoknes that the storme Will sone throw the Aire make seperatione Suche faith in persones departing doeth performe Sure signes and tokens of their trew saluatioÌ„e To this effect thou shuld not fear at length Iesus for vs would first the death assay His death hath venquest 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 might strength Theirfore thinke not to dye thogh I the slay He me ouercame to sâ—ue the frome dâ—â—ay So I am but port and passage manifest That thou shuld gladlie â—ine throw night day Frome this fals world to heauenlie gloir celest Somtyme in figure as Scripture declair can An brasin serpent Moyses did raise on hight Which serpent to behold did heall an man That had bene stonged by â—yrie serpents slight Lykewyse all they that by trwe faith hes sight Of Christ is death is heiled of my band As of the secound death I haue no might Christ hath that pouer rest forthe of my hand Great folie is in the custome humane To mourne for men when I them lay on sleip Yf thou beleues he shall with God remane Wâ—y doest thou then lament with sighing depe Orwould thou here alway on lyfe him kepe Will thou him frome his great profit defend Since it is Goddes will thou shuld not wepe In doing so I know thou doest offend Let pagains rore let turkes take terrours That hope to haue none other habitatione The lake of faith is cause of all theare Errours Like Eathâ—â—quâ—s ignorant of their saluatione As to the black dooâ—es frequentation Ipocricie did shaipe that feyned sorow Some for their father maketh dooll ád deploratione That for their mother wold it weire the morrow Messess of Requâ—â—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 excellis To the great profite of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 With rouâ—ing roring and 〈◊〉 of bellis Their gredines forth sheweth their wicked waâ—â— â–ª For yf ye had no vailzeand to your â—â—kes Be ye assured that after youre deceirs None of the rabill that wearres the markes Wyll for you ringe or singe or say an veirs For the prepair no suche solemniteis Nor for thy buriall bâ— thou no wayes trist In Goddes sight they are but vaniteis Sauitie doeth not in earth nor tombe coÌ„sist An Faithfull man shall in the heauen be blist Where euer his fleshe or bodie buried be The wickits soull shall in the hell â—e thrist Thogh he were buried whith all solemnitie At short to end now with my first purpose Fear not me death nor ban me I the pray For who wold in the heauenlie Hous repose Must first beleue goddes promese I saye Vho wold be with his angelles nyght daye Vho wold the face of God behold and se And who wold dwell in paradice for aye Yet before all I death must gar him die Confesse me to be good and gratious For whill I come thou art with sinne repleit Confesse thy lyfe bitter and Eigerous Confesse my dart plesand holsome sweit Also confesse and grant althogh thy spreit Ware mortall as thy filthie 〈◊〉 immound Yet shuld thou hold me as thy freiud discrte That 〈◊〉 the from thir worâ—â—li◠〈◊〉 pro â—ound FINIS Where followeth The Iudgment of Minos Vpon the preserment of Alexander the great Conquerout Hanniball of Carthage and Scipion the Romain surnamed Affrican 〈◊〉 forth of Frayâ—ce in scoâ—tes by the saide Noruell My vailÈeant heart full of honor gloire May not suffre HaÌ„niball to pas before Me intill armes and dedes martiall For suthe I thinke no man that is equall Ought in dedes of armes for to compair There worthynes or actis vnto myne Hanniball I will defende and manteyne the contrair Reporting me vntill God Mynos syne Iudge infernall and Lord of wo and pyite The aufull sworde of iustice to mantyne Where ryght and reason alway shal be seyne For euerie man alike bothe freind and sone Mynos That I may heare fyrst tell to me anone What are ye that disputis heare alone Of high honours to haue the aduantage Alexandre This is the Duke Hanniball of Carthagâ— And I Alexandre the great Empriour Of all the world Kyng and Conquerour That wan and sâ—bdwed euery Natione Mynos Your names are of great existunatione Worthie of honour glorie and land supreyme With lawreir crowned is your diadeyme I meruell ye shuld haue debaite togidder â–ª Alexandre Bot Mynos I thinke ye shuld consider My birth forâ—uâ—â— silicitie and werde And how I wold suffer no man in erde To be my compagnion nor perregall But as the Eigle that suremountis all Other foules most highest in the aire So may no man himselfe to me compaire In high curage and furour bellicall Wherefore I will not that