and nature in one span appeare So lest the name should do the nature wrong Being short by nature name would not be long ¶ Vpon one Flower a hopefull yong Student Mans life 's a flower how should it then but fade Since at the first for dying it was made Yet if this Flower had beene exempted then We might haue thought this Flower not for men To crop no more it was and therâ—…fore giuen As one aboue desert of earth to Heauen Once thou was planted in the Cambrian Groue Where thou was watred with the Students loue But now from thence I see thy glory rise From Cambrian Beakes to Brookes in paradise ¶ Vpon a Reuerend and honourable Iudge of this land was this Epitaph inscribed Who so would Honours frailetie pictur'd haue Let him behold that picture in this graue Where frailetie ne're was with more honours clad Nor more deseru'd those honours which he had Had lasse that we should say wee had thee haue Would be a Tence the state would rather craue Small difference twixt the accents Haue and Had Yet th' one did cheare vs th' other makes vs sad But whence these teaâ—…es whence be they to expresse His worth our want his peace our pensiuenesse For to discribe him in each liniment He gaue his toâ—…gue vnto the Parlament His hands to sacred writ his eare to heare Iudgement pronounc'd his eye to see more cleare In the 〈◊〉 of Iustice and his feete To walke in paths for Christian soules most meete Thus his impartiall tongue hand eare foote eye Show'd him a mirror in mortalitie Yet in his age a Reuerence appeares Many are yong in houres are olde in yeares But he was old in both full seuentie sixe Surpassing Dauids fiâ—…st Arithmeticke Fifty one yeares he with his Lady liu'd That in himselfe his race might be reuiu'd For what was by the vertuous Father done Seemes by resemblance shadowâ—…d in the Sonne Sergeant vnto the Queene Iudge o' th kings Bâ—…nch For twelue yeares space wherein his eminence Did not transport his passions For his thought Fixt on his end esteem'd all honour nought Thus liu'd he thus he di'de liu'd long di'de wel Heere Iudge on Earth now Iudge in Israel Terras Astraea reliquit ¶ Distichon funebre in obit princip ob eximiam corporis mentis temperiem qua licet nos reliquit altiora petit Qui formam mirantur ament Uestigia mentis Illi forma perit nescit at illa mori ¶ An Epitaph vpon the Sonne buried in his Fathers graue Stand goe no further looke but downe and reade Youth fed that body on which wormes doe feede Looke lower downe and thou portrai'd shalt haue Father and Sonne both buried in one graue And what does couer them poore mother Earth Which gaue to Sonne and Father both their birth Thus one to three reduc'd and three to one Sonne Mother Father Father Mother Sonne Make then this vse on 't wheresoe're thou come Earth was thy cradle Earth must be thy tombe ¶ Vpon one who louing honour died ere hee possest it Thus fadeth honour and returnes to nought Which is not got by merit but is bought For it affoords th' aspiring minde small good When wreaths of honour are not drawne from blood Nor from desert for honour cannot bide Being supported by the stayes of pride ¶ Vpon Master Laurence Death an Epicede accommodate to his Name Why should one feare to grapple with his Name Death thou wast liuing and art now the same No I may say farre more renewing breath Tels me th' art liuing for thou hast kil'd Death Liue then victorious Saint still may thou be Though dead by Name â—…et fresh in memory That who so passeth or shall chance to come This way may say Here lies Deaths liuing Tomb. ¶ Vpon one Merie Merie why liest thou like Heraclitus That vs'd to laugh like blith Democritus Thou seemes in disâ—…ontent pray thee tell why Thou liest so sad Thou art learning how to die Learning to die why th' art already dead I st possible that Peter Meries head That was so full of wit so stuft with sage As he appear'd the mirror of this age Peter that knew much and could speake much more Then ere be knew should now fall to deaths store Alas poore Merie wormes begin to feast Upon that skonce fed Gallants with fresh ieasts Those saucer eyes plast in that witty skonse Which vs'd to looke some twenty waies at once For if they had matches beene some might enquire Whether they set thy sparkeling-nose a fire Those hollow eyes I say or lamps of thine Are now like Hogs-heads emptied of their wine For hollow Hogs-heads giue an empty sound And so does Merie being laide in ground ¶ Vpon one Hogge Hog by name and by condition Heere lies Hog that blunt Physition Christian nor good moralist But liu'd and dide an Atheist Yet after death giue Hog his dew He was a foe vnto the Iew. And that he might expresse the same He gloried euer in his name He bad me write vpon him dead Heere lies Iohn Hog or Iohn Hogs-head ¶ Vpon a vaine-glorious Student that would needes be called Aristarchus Fate last night hath beene i' th warke house Of our renowmed Aristarchus Where fate no sooner entred in Then shee a starke-Asse made of him For Aristarchus Authors say Inuited death from day to day But our last Aristarchus prai'd Seeing Death come as one dismaied That he his summons would delay And come for him another day Vpon two Twins that died together Heere lie two faithfull Brothers in one tombe As they did lie together in one wombe Heere they came hand in hand and they do craue That hand in hand they may goe to their Graue ¶ Vpon an ancient Tombe was this inscription found Church-men that should be best of al are pardie growne the worst The Fâ—…x I ken the Prouerb saies fares best when he is curst This Abbot heere that lies in ground proues this to be too true Due would he giue to Prieâ—… nor Cleark yet would he haue his due But marke his end who â—…re thou be for 't was a fearefull end No friend he had as he did thinke to whom he might commend His Gold therefore one day he went to finde out some darke caue Where be might hoord his treasure vp where he this voice receau'd Tâ—… iudgement churlish Nabal had fall presently on thee Wâ—…ich voice being past the Abbot droupt and died presently ¶ Vpon my Lady Woodbâ—…e What would my Lady be lasse shee has sought To rise to something and shee 's falne to nought Poore Lady that so faire and sweete a face Should haue no other home or dwelling place Then a poore Sepulcher lasse it s not meete So faire a Lady should shroud in one sheete Who whilst shee liu'd which was but very now Did vse to lie perfum'd and chaf'd in two ¶ Vpon the same Subiect extracted Looke throgh throgh see Ladies with false formes You deceiue
Temples with a golden wreaâ—… Infusing in their soules eternall breath Thrice blessed vine that in heau'ns Vineyard growes Whose spreading branches farre more beauty showes Then Sun or Moone or th'purest Element Or any Starre within the Firmameâ—…t Such trees we see bring forth the ripest fruit As planted are vpon the waters side Whose liquid streames their neighbour bankes diuide Euen so where Springs of diuine grace doe glide The seeds of Vertue take the deepest roote Where euery sprig both bloome and fruit sends out A Glorious Haruest wâ—…ich what ere betide Is not by stormes dismaide but fructifide Such goodly trees are plants of Paradise Which bring forth fruit in such varieties And such a â—…ree art thou whose noble stem Did nourish Learning Mineruas friends Thy flowrie blossome in their growth extends And after death some fruitfull gleanings sends From Heauen aboue to Earths-suruiuing men That seeing them might seeke to follâ—…w them But most to such as 'bout the Court attends That vertâ—…ous liuâ—…s may weaue their glorious ends For Uertue was as Ariadnes thread That led the liuing and empales the dead What â—…issing Serpent with her venemous sâ—…ing Can hurt thy vertues which be registred In Heauen aboue where th' art canonized And with the fruits of vertue garnished Shining for euer with the suprâ—…ame King Of glorious Sion where the Angels sing Hymns of delight whose Quires are polished With Saphires Emeralds replâ—…nished With springs still flowing full of sweet delight Not cross'd by shadowes of a gloomie night If we be Pilgrims here as sure we be Why should we loue to liue and liue to die If Earthen Vessels why should we relie With such assurance on our frailtie Since greatest States doe perish soon'st we see And rich and poore haue one communitiâ—… In th' eyes of Fate nor could I ere espie In humaine state ought saue inconstancie Times follow Times motion admits nâ—… rest But in this motion worst succeede the best If loue be said to liue honour encrease Or Uertue flourish in despite of Fate I neede not feare this noble Heroes state Though much pursu'd as 't seemes by publike hate His Ship is harbour'd in the Port of peace Where times succeeding ioyes shall neuer cease Great are they sure which none can explicate And great in worth which none can estimate Thus great on Earth and great in Heauen together Uertue with greatnes makes him heire of either Let this same Epitâ—…ph I consecrate Unto thy Noble Hearse expresse my loue And duty both for both doe me behoue If of my poore endeuours thou approue These lines be th' obsequies I dedicate Which though they come like Seede that 's sowen toâ—… late Yet some in due compassion they may moue To plant more cheerefull tendrells in thy Groue Honour attend thy presence famous Herse Too much obscur'd by my impolisht verse Epitaph Mortis vbi stimulus pro me tulit omnia Christus Consul eram primo tempore Consul erâ—… ¶ A funerall Ode O thou heauen-aspiring Spirit Resting on thy Sauiours meriâ—… liue in peace for encrease Blestâ—… this Iland in thy being Mindes vnited still agreeing Peace possest thee Peace hath blest thee Halcyon dayes be where thou dwellest As in Glorie thou excellest Death by dying Life enioying Richer fraight was nere obtained Then thy Pilgrim-steps haue gained Blessed pleasure happy Treasure Thus many distinct ioyes in one exprest Say to thy Soule Come Soule and take thy rest ¶ Vpon the death of the vertuously affected Sr Thomas Bointon a Knight so wel-meriting as his vertues farre aboue all Titles enstiled him worthy the loue of his Countrey Sadâ—… shadie Groue how faire so ere thou show Reft art thou of thy Teare-bath'd maister now Yet grow thou shalt and mai'st in time to come With thy shed-leaues shadow thy Maisters tombe Which is adorn'd with this Inscription Weepe Marble weepe for losse of Bointon Yet he 's not lost for as the Scripture saith That is not lost for certaine which God hath Ceasse Ladie then with teares your eies to dim He must not come to You but you to Him ¶ Vpon that memorable Act atchieued by an Auncestour of the Cogniers in the discomfiture of a Winged-worme or Snake Whose approach was no lesse obuious then mortally dangerous to the distressed Passenger His Monument remaineth in the body of the church at Sockburn where hee lieth crosse-legged which inferreth his being before the Conquest hauing his Fauchion by his side his Dogge at his feete Grasping with the Snake the Snake with the Dogge the renowmed memorie of which Act addeth no lesse glory to the houses Antiquitie then the worthy Knight who now possesseth it gaineth harts by his affability Câ—…lle sub exiguo iacuit canis vnde peremit Aligerum vermem quo sibi fama venit Quo sibi Famavenit veniet semperque manebit Sidera dum coeli gramina tellus habent Paraphrastically translated Vpon a hill his Gray-â—…ound lay till that his Maister blew His writhed horne at whose approach the winged Worme he slew Whece Fame gaue wings to Cogniers name which euer shal be giueÌ„ So long as grasse growes on the earth or stars appeare in heauen Vpon his Tombe Who slew the Worme is now worms meat yet hope assures me hence Who th'worme ore-threwhe after slew the worme of Conscience ¶ Epitaphs vpon diuerse of the Sages of Greece translated omitting Thales and Solon and beginning with the rest originally traduced from Laertius Vpon Chylo Thankes to the blushing morne that first begunne To decke the Laureat brow of Chyloes sonne Which He old-man as ouer-ioy'd to see Fell dead through Ioy I wish like death to me This Inscription also was engrauen on his Tombe Heere Chylo lies in Lacedemon bred Who 'mongst the Seuen was rightly numbred ¶ Vpon Pittacus whose Tombe was erected by the Citie Lesbos wherein he liued beautified with this inscription to perpetuate his memory Within this Tombe doth Lesbos thee enshrine Drencht with their teares and consecrate as thiâ—…e ¶ Vpon Bias whom Priene with all solemnitie and magnificence at their owne proper cost interred Engrauing these verses vpon his Tombe for the continuance of his Name This well-wrought stone doth Bias corpâ—… containâ—… Who was an honour to th' Ionian Pleading his friends cause as a faithfull friend Pausing to take his breath He breath'd his end ¶ Vpon Cleobulus who was buried in Lyndus which boundeth on the Sea-cliffe the situation whereof is shadowed in this inscription vpon his Tombe That wise Cleobulus should extinguish'd bâ—… Lyndus laments enâ—…iron'd with the Sea So as two Sâ—…as neâ—…re Lyndus 〈◊〉 A Leuant Sea a Sea in Lyndus eies ¶ Vpon Periander of Corinth was this Epitaph ensuing found to be engrauen which through the iniurie of time and want of Art in the impressure was so defaced as by the testimonie of Laertius it could scarce be reduced to Sence yet now according to the Originall faithfully translated including a Christian resolution in a
Pagans dissolution reposing a more true happines in his end then in his Birth his exit or passage then his intrat to this Theatre or transitorie Pilgrimage making his diem fatalem his diem natalem the day of his death the day of his birth where Man by an imputatiue goodnesse deduced from God not inherent in himselfe may in his death be rather said to be translated then departed Corinth both wise and rich in treasures store Keepes Perianders Bodie in her shore Continued by Laertius by way of an Epigram Greeue not that Thou shouldst not obtaine thy wish But ioy in that the Gods haue giuen thee this For Thou by death hast past those sorrowes now Which many one would doe but cannot doe ¶ Vpon the much lamented death of the truly honourable eminent patterne of vnblemished Iustice Sir Augustine Nicholls one of our Iudges of the Northerne Circuit who died at Kendall the third day of August Anno 1616. Sic Nicholaus obit potius Nicodemus astra nunc Astraea petit quae moriâ—…ndo tenet Nicholls is dead or Nicodemus rather The Widdâ—…ws cheerer and the Orphans father Dead why it cannot â—…e Iustice should die For she ha's will and power enough to flie Aboue the reach of Death It s true yet Death Haâ—…h reft this Iustice-patron of his breath Of Breath No matter Breath is but a winde That vades but cannot preindice the Minde Where Iustice sits as Regent wherefore then Since Iustice liues should she be mon'd by men As if deceast I le tell you Heere is one Or was one rather for he now is gone Who seeing th' end of Iustice-circuit nie Embracing Death did iâ—… his Circuit die No marâ—…ell then if men do Iustice mone When They do find her mansion vnder stone And hard it is to finde Her whom They seeke As â—… ' heare the stone that couers her to speake This then shall be her Dirge her dying Song Shepleads in heaâ—…en on earth she ha's lost her tong Terras Astraea reliquit Another Dialogue wise Eubaeus and Tymaeus Eubaeus Silence awake not Iustice. Tymaeus Who can keepe the eies of Iustice closed Eubaeus Death and Sleepe Tymaeus Death cannot do it Eubaeus Cannot pray thee see What Death hath done then Tymaeus Lasse how mortally lies Iustice wounded Eubaeus Wounded no shee 's dead Tymaeus Dead Eubaeus Yes see tong pulse arme eie heart hand head all motionlessâ—… come nearer Tymaeus I 'me too near Eubaeus Doest weepe Tymaeus I offer to her Shrine a teare Eubaeus Thou art too childish Tymaeus No if I could more I would expresse it Eubaeus Why didst nere know bâ—…fore Iustice lie speechlâ—…sse Tymaeus Yes but nere did know despaire of her recouery till now Eubaeus No thâ—… hast hâ—…ard that saying 〈◊〉 growne common Tymaeus What might it bâ—… Eubae That Iustice's like a Woman Tymae In what respect Eubae In this it may beâ—…'ed When she lies speechles shee is neerly dead Tymae Most true in both Eubae It is but doe not weepe Let 's vanish hence suffer Iustice sleepe ¶ An Epitaph reduced to the forme of a Dialogue consisting of two Persons and two Parts representing in the Persons Affection and Instruction in the Parts Passion and Consolation prepared at first for the memory of his neuer-sufficiently remembred Father by the Authour emphatically shadowed vnder the name of Philopater The Persons names are Philopater and Philogenes Philop. Sleepes my deare Father Philoge Yes my Sonne I sleepe Philop. Whâ—… then I wrong'd your quiet rest to weepe Sith Christians should not any difference make Twixt Death and Sleepe Philoge It 's true for â—…th awake Both lie them downe both rise botâ—… bedding haue The liuing haue their couch the dead their graue For as our Death by Sleepe is shadowed So by our Bed our Graue is measured Philop. O pardon then my teares Philoge My Sonne I doe These teares thou sheds do thy affâ—…ctioÌ„ show And beare record in Heâ—…uen Philop. Where you are blest Philoge Indeede I am Philop. Heauens grant my Soule like rest ¶ A Diuine composition stiled The Pilgrimes Petition Keepe me O Lord ô daigne my Soule to keep Thou art her Shepheard shee the wandring Sheep Thou art the liuing life the Labourers way The Pilgrims staffe Faiths Anchor Iosuahs day Yea Iosuahs Day-starre who so if thou please Canst make the Sun goe backe without degrees ¶ The Sinners Cymball I cried vnto the Lord he healed me I sicke to death he shâ—…w'd me remedâ—…e I hunger-staru'd he gaue me Angels food I all athirst he quench'd it with his blood ¶ In obitum Thomae Brathwaite optimae spei indolis generosissimae vitae probatissimae fidei integerrimae omni ex parte parati peri tique R. B. Memoriae eius studiosissimus lugubria ista Poemata grati animi pignora diu meditata iam serò sed seriò in publicam lucem prolata Dialogi more ccmposuit Philaretus and Euthymius Philaret Quò redis Euthym. In gremium matris Philaret Quos quaeris Euthym. Amicos Philaret His moriendo â—…ares Euthym. His moriendo fruor Philar. Tunc tibi mors lucrum Euthym. Mâ—…hi lux via vita leuamen Philar. Tunc non amissus Euthy Mâ—…ssus at ante meos ¶ In Anagramma quod sibi ipsi composuit Annulo inscripsit Brathwaite Vita vt herba Vita vt Herba tuum est Anagramma tuaque sub vrna Hoc videam brâ—…uis est vita sed herba leuis Annulus hoc tenuit namque Annulus arctus vt annus Quo velut afflatu fata futura refers ¶ Vpon the late decease of his much lamented friend and kinsman Alleâ—… Nicholson a zealous industrious member both in Church and Common-weale Hauxide laments thy Death Grasmyre not so Wishing I hou hadst bâ—…ene dead 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 agoe For then her market had not so beâ—…ke done But had suruâ—…u'd â—…hy Age in time â—…o come And well may Hauxide grieue at thy Departure Since Shee receiu'd from thee her ancient charter Which Grasmyre suâ—…s since Thou art turn'd to To bring about now haâ—…h broght to pâ—…sse grasse Thus much for thâ—…e nor would I haue thee know it For thy pure zeale could nere eâ—…dure a Poet Yet for the Loue I bore thee and that Blood Which twixt vs both by Natiâ—…e course hath flow'd This will I say and may for sure I am The North nere bred sincerer Pâ—…rer man ¶ In obitum generosissimi viri L. P. genio quà m ingenio minus faelici Franciscus Ridgeway eius memoriae studiosissimus hosce thâ—…eneticos modos composuit Flebo cur amisi memorandi pignus amici Falleris amitti morte peâ—…ente nequit Praemitti fateâ—…r Quis enim non fata capesset Discimur exemplo sic oriendo mori At dolâ—…t exemplis tua fata venisse sub illis Qâ—…is si tu perias fama perennis erit Quid dixi an peries peries sanè corpore quid si Hac species periat mens speciosa manet Altera pars
A Happy Husband OR Directions for a Maide to choose her Mate IN Paradice God Marriage first ordaind That lawfully kind might be so maintaind By it the Man is made the Womans head And kind immortalized in their seed For like produces like it so should be God blest it with encrease and multiply Nature requires it nothing is more iust Who were begot beget of duty must It Youth becomes Age is vnapt to breed Old stocks are barren youthfull plants haue seed Then vertuous Virgin since such blessings springs Frō wedlock which earth 's greatest cōfort brings Compeld by loue which to thy worth is due How to choose well thy mate I will thee shew Whose sympathizing vertues may combine Your harts in loue till death lifes thread vntwine It 's not my mind the rarities to gleane Of best perfections I haue heard or seene And take the best where bounty doth abound And make a H◅sband no where to be found The Painter so from boyes and girles did take Best of their beauties Helen faire to make No I will paint thy mate in such a hew As Care may find Discretion must allow To choose aright know from what stocke hee 's grown The birth suites best is equall to thine owne Dislike makes higher Birth deeme lower base Lower will neuer by thy Birth take place In Man the fault is more to be excus'd Who of low birth for beauty hath one chus'd His lightnes therein euer loue is deem'd Yet as his place his Wife shall be esteem'd But when a Woman of a noble race Doth match with Man of farre inferiour place Shee cannot him innoble He is still In place as shee first found him good or ill His breeding will his birth stil to thee tell For as the caske the liquor still doth smell A crab thogh dig'd dung'd cannot bring forth A luscious fruit so hardly man of worth Doth from base stocke proceed still like it selfe Nature produces force of golden pelfe To alter that 's not able yet we know Oft Men of worth haue come of Parents low For Parents place is not the Childrens merit Yet it addes grace if they their worth inherit If not it addes to shame for from high race Vertue 's expected due to such a place For indegenerate heroicke minds They should possesse are come of noble kinds What man 's owne worth acquires with vertuous ends Is truly his and not that which descends Cicero brags and iustly that his line He did in glorious vertue farre outshine Which was his honour They no honour hau◅ Who idle adde not to what they receine It is his owne worth euery Man doth grace Lesse or more eminent as is his place For Vertue though aye cleare yet clearest shines VVhen shee doth dart her lights from noble lines A glorious flame blazing in valley low Is soone bar◅'d sight nor doth it farre way show Obscur'd with neighbour obiects but on hie A little Beacon to both farre and nie Shewes like a bearded Comet in the Aire Admir'd of some of most accounted rare Choose thou a Husband equall to thy race VVho 's grac'd by vert◅ and doth vertue grace Things different doe neuer well agree Trv◅ liking lodges in equality Better then birth his Parents vertues know From poyson'd springs no wholsome waters flow As for his shape I would it should be free From Natures not of spite Deformity Deformed shape is of so bad a nature That it s disliked euen in a noble creature VVhere comely shape with loue attracts the eyes By secret sympathy os all it sees Englands third Richard and the wife of Shore The one deform'd the other grac'd with store Of bountious Nature◅ gifts doe shew the effects Of Loue and Hate to goo◅ and bad aspects Shee when shee barefoote with a Taper light Did open pennance in the peoples sight VVent so demure with such a lo◅ely ◅ace That beau◅y seem'd apparreld in disgrace But most when shame summon'd the blood too hie V◅ith natiue staines her comely cheekes to die In scarlet tincture Shee did so exceed That euen di◅grace in her delight did breed Firing beholders hearts that came to scorne her So Beauty cloath'd in basenesse did adorne her That euen the good who else the vice did blame Thought shee deserued pitty more then shame Condemning cunning Richards cruell mind VVho caus d her shame the multitude to blind Lest it his greater mischiefe should behold VVhich his ambition plotters had in mold So in them was the force of feature seene Who if lesse famous had more happy beene Thus Nature makes each Body with the mind Some way to keepe Decorum for we find Mark'd bodies Manners crosse accompany VVhich in well shap'd we seld or neuer see For shee doth Builder-like a Mansion frame Fit for the guest should harbour in the same No Stature chuse too low for so in t◅me Thy off-spring may proue dwarffes yet doe not clime To one too tall for buildings mounted hi◅ Their vpper roomes seldome well furnish'd be Herein obserue the meane its best of all Let him not be obseru'd for low nor tall Fresh liuely colours which faire women grace Modest effeminate alluring face Is not so much in Man to be respected As other graces are to be affected The bloome of Beauty is a fading flower VVhich Age and Care consumeth euery houre It blasted once is euer after lost Like to a rose nipt with vntimely frost A manly face in Man is more commended Then a faire face from Sun and Wind defended A Carpet Knight who makes it his chiefe care To tricke him neatly vp and doth not spare Though sparing precious time for to deuoure Consulting with his glasse a tedious houre Soone flees spent so whiles each irrigular haire His Barbor rectifies and to seeme rare His heat-lost-lockes to thicken closely curles And curiously doth set his misplac'd purles Powders perfumes are then profusely spent To rectifie his natiue nasty sent This forenoones task perform'd his way he takes And chamber-practis'd crauing cursies makes To each he meets with cringes screw'd faces which his too partial glasse approu'd for graces Then dines and after courts some courtly Dame Or idle busie-bout misspending game Then suppes then sleepes then rises for to spend Next day as that before as t' ware the end For which he came so womaniz'd turn'd Dame As place mōgst O◅ids changlings he might claim VVhat Doe not such discouer their wake mind Vnapt for actiue vertue is inclind To superficiall things and can imbrace But outward Habits for internall Grace The minds gifts doe the bodies grace adorne Where that 's defectiue to affect is scorne For Actions hinder'd by too much obseruing Of decency but where a well deseruing And setled reputation is then there Each thing becomes and is accounted rare VVhere that 's defectiue striuing to affect Anothers worth their weaknesse doth detect Let thy Mate be what such doe striue to seeme Thou must the substance not the shade esteeme VVhen thou hast
both still striue and striuing are orecome The rocke is worne the Billow's crush'd in fome Whereas the Sea calmely the Sand imbraces And with smooth forehead louingly it graces Being content that it should bound his shore Yeelding to mildnesse where force fail'd before So let thy mildnesse winne thy Husband to it If that doe not then nothing else will doe it Beware you willing to no anger moue him If he perceiue't he cannot thinke you loue him If anger once begin twixt Man Wife If soone not reconcil'd it turnes to ◅trife Which still will stirre on euery light occasion What might haue ceas'd in silence then perswasiō Of friends will hardly end for euery iarre Is ominons presaging life-long warre And where two ioin'd doe iar their state decaies They goe not forward wh◅ draw diuers wayes Being yoakt together your first care must be That with your Husband you in loue agree As farre from fondn◅sse be as from neglect Mixing affection with a staid respect If toying fondnesse were Mans onely aime Not reason but his lust should chuse his Dame VVhere Whores lasciuious that can wayes inuen◅ Should equalize thee nay giue more content No th◅se are not the Ioyes he hopes to find The Body not so much he weds as mind Be neuer fond nor without cause vnkind These are the fruits of an inconstant mind Thou must not if his fortunes doe decline Be discontented or seeme to repine But beare a constant countenance not dismaid As if you were of misery afraid His fortunes you must good or bad abide VVith chaines of mutuall loue together tide The losse of that which blind-fold Chance doth giue Cannot a worthy generous mind agrieue For it will neuer take it for a crosse VVhich cannot make one wicked by its losse Nor by the gaining good both foole and knaue Are often rich if such afflictions haue They driue them to despaire but draw the wise VVith eleuated thoughts such things despise Seneca saith the gods did take delight To see graue Cato with his Fate to fight O what should we whose hopes doe higher rise If Heathens thus could worldly things despise Affliction oft doth mount the Wiser hie Ioseph and Iob rose by aduersity Its signe of a weake mind to be deiected For worldly losse such neuer are respected If thou wouldst not be irksome to thy mate Be cheerefull not succumbling with his fate Yet if that anguish doth afflict his mind You must not seeme so from the world refind As to disdaine what humaine crosse brings forth Pride to be singular that is not worth Nay thou must be a mirror to reflect Thy Husbands mind for as is his aspect So should be thine Pale Phaebe yeelds no light VVhē the interpos'd earth bars his Phaebus sight But when no obiect intercepts his streames Shee decks her selfe with light rebating beames Euen so as is thy Husbands ioy or paine So must thy ioy and sorrow wax or waine Be not too curious in his waies to prie Suspition still makes the suspected trie Iealousie 's feare for why should shee suspect That knowes her selfe guilty of no defect If he perceiue thee of thy selfe despaire He will thinke sweeter ioyes are otherwhere which thou dost want so thou thy selfe shalt giue The first occasion to what may thee grieue Thy owne desert must Him vnto thee bind Desert doth make a sauage to be kind It is an Adamantine chaine to knit Two soules so fast nought can them disunit Where that most sweet communion of the minds Saue each in other no contentment finds And whatsoeuer the one touches neare Iealousie the other nere conceales for feare Brutus his honor dearer pris'd then life Concredited to Portia his Wife What feare from dearest friends caus'd him conceale Worth and desert made him to her reueale Great Caesars death and who his consorts were VVith their designes he did impart to her Nor is their birth or beautie of such might To alienate their hearts or giue delight VVho had more beauty then that captiu'd Queen The faire Statira when in griefe was seene The pearly haile blasting her beautie fields VVhich seemelinesse euer cloath in sorrow yeelds Being grac'd with modesty and vnstain'd faith More force still fairenesse with such fellowes hath Yet could not her faire beauty moue the thought Of Alexander though lesse faire haue brought Oft Captaines to be captiues nor her state Shee being married did affection bate For then her Virgin Daughter yet vnstaind VVhose beauty all comparison disdaind Going her louely Mother so before As shee did all the rest of Asia's store Should quickly haue intangled his desire VVhose heart all one Roxane's loue did fire For if proportion colour wealth or birth Could haue captiu'd the Monarch of the Earth These should haue won but he did her preferre VVhose onely merits pleaded loue for her Deserue then not in shew but from the heart Loue is perpetuated by desert As it befits not Man for to imbrace Domesticke charge so it s not Womans place For to be busied with affaires abroad For that weake sexe it is too great a load And its vnseemely and doth both disgrace When either doth vsurpe the others place Leaue his to him and of thine owne take charge Care thou at home and let him care at large Thou hast enough thy selfe for to imploy VVithin door◅s 'bout thy house and huswifery Remember that its said of Lucresse chast when some Dames wantoniz'd others tooke rest Shee with her Maidens first her taske would end Ere shee would sleepe shee did not idle spend Swift running Time nor ga◅e alluring pleasure The least aduantage to make any seisure On her rare vertues A soule vacant stili Is soone seduced to doe good or ill For like perpetuall motion is the mind In action still while to this flesh confind From which foule prison it takes often staines For absolutely good no man remaines Imploid if not bout good about some ill Producing fruits which doe discouer still How it is labour'd like a fertile field VVhich fruit or weeds aboundantly doth yeeld As it is mannur'd be not idle then Nor giue vice time to worke vpon thy braine Imagined ill for what it there conceiues It oft brings out and in dishonor leaues The purest things are ea◅iest to be staind And it 's soone iost which carefully was gaind Penelope did wheele and distaffe handle And her dayes worke vndid at night by candle Nor labour-forcing need compeld that taske which toyling dayes and tedious nights did aske For shee was Queene of Ithack t was her name which vertuous care kept spotles free from blame One of so many suiters of each sort As for her loue did to her Court resort Not speeding would haue spoke that might her staine The greatest hate when loue turnes to disdaine If colour could haue made their knauery stronger But enuie could not find a way to wrong her Be thou as these carefull of hous-wifery With Prouidence what 's needful still supply Looke thy Maids
Yet be their oathes shrowdes to licentiousnesse Which thogh they seem a faire preteÌ„ce to bearâ—… Take but their vizard off they 're nothing lesse Then what they did protest Beware of â—…hem For these be dangerous Hollow harâ—…ed men Yet these be fooles though they be politike In that they aime more at a priuate good A sensuall pleasure honour or such like Then at that suprâ—…ame end which vnderstood VVould their conceits to admiration strike For weak's their iudgement and elâ—…ion rash That poize souls treasure lesse theÌ„ worlds trash Next vnto these be such as doe aspire Aboue their pitch and with ambitious wings So are far aboue their sphere thâ—…se do desire Nought more then to be popular which brings A timelesse merited end for they conspire Their owne subuersion for few euâ—…r â—…aue Aâ—…bition sene graye-headed tâ—…â—…er graue These reach at Scepters but do â—…fttimes fall Belâ—… their Center and though they do make Their owne opinions Axioms and will call Nought good but what themselues do vndertake Yâ—…t by a publiqe verdit when they shall Conuictâ—…d bee then they 'le confesse say Non thogh more seemin-gwise more fools theÌ„ they Next these be Prodigals who spend their time Like Circes chanted guests these are but men Onely in forme for th'part which is diuine Remaines obscure and darker shines in them Then a small star clâ—…ath'd in a cloud doth shine These men we well may formal shadowes call For saue meere shadowes these are nought at all Alcynous mates such as were borne to bee But not to liue pageants that goe and moue And weare good cloath's yet view theÌ„ inwardly They are but Trunks at best or Apes that loue Or make a shew of loue whose ends we see When they haue run on shelfe their whole estate Their grâ—…ting's changd into a grate And are not these vaine fooles that make a losse Of credit bodie state to yeeld delight For one poor moment ô when they shall tosse Those leaue of their account where appetite Made them insensate and that weeping crosse Which their profuser follies brought them to They 'le style themselues then Fooles in fâ—…lio Next be thâ—…se staines of honour which defile Those Temples which ought to be dedicate To an Ethereall power These though they 'ue stile Of women are nought lesse for why they hate What best beseemes that sex hence this I le Deriues her Name and aptly doth it take When th'stronger sâ—…xe is ruled by the weake These are those lurâ—…s of death which drawe men on Vnto perdition These are they that show Like Flowers in May but they are withered soon Euen with one breth for painting if you blow Makes the Complexion to be quite vndone Vnhappie she that when she sees one breath Dissolues her varnish will not think on death Of these my sonne no more will I relate Then what I haue now meane I to descend To teach thee somthing for thy own estate And how thou maist be to thy selfe a friend With a good Conscience which to violate Were worst of euills and to forme thy life Better I 'le tell thee how tâ—… chuse a wife Chuse thou thy wife my Sonne nor faire nor foulâ—… Nor gay nor sluttish silent yet knowes when And where it 's fit to speak one whose chaste soule Shews modestie in blushes and wilâ—… len No eare to light affections but caâ—… coole Heate of desire for such desires may bee In purest loue by her enioying thee Chuse a fixt eye for wandring lookes display A wauering disposition let her cheeke Be without art Chuse me a bashfull nay Before a quiâ—…k assent for such as seeke Husbands for feare they should too long time stay Resemble thosâ—… who know their ware is worst And therefore mean to sell 't to whoÌ„ comes first Chuse one that 's so discreet knows when to spare VVhen to expresse herselfe in bountie so As neither niggard-nature may haue share In her nor lauishnes when shees'd bestow What Repâ—…tation claimes which speciall care Imports a soueraigne complement or end To such know when where to spare or spend Chuse thee no gadder for a wife should bee In this respect I 'me sure like to a Snaile VVho hous-wifelike still in heâ—… house we see For if her care or prouidence do faile Her howse-affaires will go disorderlie And hardlie can that VVife endure to stay In her owne house whose minde 's another way Chuse thee no liquorish Gossip whose delight Is how to please her taste for seldome can One that 's exposed to her appetite Conforme her to the state of any man VVhich to an honest minde would be a spite That when thou wish's thy wife a competent Fitting her ranke she will not be content Chuse thee no coy precisian she is too smooth To proue sincere in simpringst looks we finde Oft most deceit for these as th' water doth Seeme calmest where thei 're dâ—…pest let thy minde Be so prepar'd as thou wilt euer loath Such formalists She-doctâ—…ns who haue sought To teach far more then euer they were taught Chuse thee no wanton that will prostitute Her soule for sensuall pleasure there attends Nought vpon such but blasting of repute Horrid diseases miserable ends With which their viâ—…ious liues doe euer sute And worst of worsts that issue which is got Of Such may seeme thine owne but it is not Chuse thee no VVife that is selfe-singular She 'le be her owne instructresse and in that Shee through presumption will be bold to errâ—… Hating reproofe which will orethrow thy state Beware my Sonne thou shalt be tide to her Which seruitude though it be too to common Disualues man that 's subiect to a woman Chuse one for vertue though a Portion 's good Yet deare's the Portion if thy wife be ill Ranke not in mariage with too high a blood Lest with her birth she chance to twitt â—…hee still Equalitie hath euer firmest stoode Where if descent of different order be It 's seldome sene that th'parties do agree Chuse one that 's wise yet to herselfe not so Louing to all familiar to few Inwardly faire though meane in outward show Seldom conuersing in a publique vew Nor yong nor old but has of yeares enow To know vvhat huswife meanes such an one As may supplie thy place wheÌ„ th' art from home Chuse one that like a Bosome-friend can keepe Th'imparting of a secret yet before Thou dost commit to her matters more deepe And consequent thy iudgement should explore And sound her disposition so mai'st reape What thou expectst for if thou find a power Apt to conceale make her thy counsellâ—…ur Chuse one whose Spirit 's ready to receaue Impression of remorce for others grieues For such best tempered natures euer haue And kind is she that others vvoes relieues Let her be open-hand'd to such as craue If they be needie for thou neâ—…er heard Almeâ—… in charitie lose her reward Chuse one whose Education is more good Then curious whose life 's more approu'd
obseruation The one describing what they were which now are not The other comparing such as now are with those that were Dâ—…gnum laude virum musa vetat mori By RICHARD BRATHVVAYTE Gent. Imprinted at London by IOHN BEALE 1618. TO THE READER IT may be obiected Reader that small is the concurrence lesse the coherence in the titles of these two Subiects pleasantly concluding that it were pittie Death should so soone seaze on a good-wife by the course of nature as shee is had heere in pursuit by Deaths remaindâ—…r But this obiection may be answered by a twofold solution First the Printers importunacie whose desire was in regard of the breuitie of the former part to haue it by the annexion of some other proper Subiect enlarged tâ—… whose reasonable demand I equally condescended Secondly the Subiects propriety which howsceuer by the iudgement of the Critik censurer traduced the pitch of whose knowledge aimes rather at taxing then teaching concurres as well with the precedent Title as Man with mortalitie Time with mutabilitie Life with death And as the mâ—…re vertuous the neerer ofttimes their dissolution which no doubt proceedes from Gods mercy that they might haue of him a fuller contemplation so we commonly see the best Wiues limited to the shortest times approued by that Maxime For this each daies experience seemes to show Ill wiues liue longer farre then good ones doe Let this suffice if not let the Subiect it selfe write his censure whose singularitie makes of each thing an error MVSOPHILVS OBSERVATIONS VPON Epitaphs their Antiquitie and vse with Authoritie from approued Authors of their deriuations with diuers other memorable occurrences AS the memory of the dead consists vpon the life of the liuing so their vertues or vices giue testimony of the dead whether worthy the memory of the liuing or to be buried in eternall obliuion For this cause are Epitaphs and euer haue beene engrauen vpon the Monuments Tombes and Sepulchers of the dead either to expresse their fame or by modest silencing what they were to intimate how their actions liuing deserued no great memory dying Some I distinguish Epitaphs I meane of this nature into Morall others into Diuine and other is prophane Morall to giue instances in each kinde be such as include a morall or excellent vse to be made by the liuing of the Actions of the dead by recourse had to their Monuments where mortalitie is not onely liuely expressed but their conditions sully and amply charactred Such were the Epitaphs of Cyrus Semiramis Laomedon It is recorded when Alexander that great Monarch of the World came into Persia and there chanced to see the famous Tombe of Cyrus whereon was engrauen this Epitaph or inscription Whosoeuer thou be or whencesoeuer thou shait come and beholdest this Tombe know that I am Cyrus who translated the Empire from the Medes to the Persians pray thee do not enuie me for this little clod of earth that doth couer me Alexander I say seeing this inscription could not containe himselâ—…e from teares making without all question this morall vse of it That Princes though neuer so potent or eminent so victorious or puisâ—…ant but becomes subiect to the commoâ—… doome and censure of Fate and must of necessitie leaue all their conquests and victories by a forced surrender to the ineuitabâ—…e command of death So as Alexander when he beheld the Tombe of Achilles cried out Felix es qui't alâ—…m laudum tuarum praeconem habuisti nenipe Homerum so heere he wept bitterly saying Infelix es Cyre qui tantis victorijs inclytus extitisti tamen à mâ—…rte te vinci patieris We reade that I may goe forward in prosecution of instances of this nature That Cyrus also when he beheld the Tombe of that memorable Queene Semâ—…ramis and saw this to be writ vpon it Whosoeâ—…er shall digge vp this stone which now doth 〈◊〉 me shall finde an infinite masse of treasure vnder it 〈◊〉 the same to be taken vp which being done instead of Treasure he found this morall vnder it None but misers or godlesse persons would dâ—…gge vp the Graues of the dead An excellent caution for the couetous wretch who is euer catchiâ—…g by hooâ—…e or crooke Quo iure quaque iniuriâ—… per fas nefasve not regarding the meanes so he may attaine the end nor respecting pietie nor common humanitie publique causes or Countries benefit so he may please his vnsatisfied desires But this violation of the dead thiâ—… iniury done against those who sleepe in peace hath been euen by the Pagans themselues esteemed execrable so as the Aegyptians are interred with their best gems ornaments and Iewels which so strickt be their Lawes in that respect are neuer embezeled but remaine with them hoping saith the â—…istorian that their substance will deliuer them if any punishment or vnworthy censure should be inflicted on them The tombe and monument of that perfidious Prince Laomedon had this Epitaph Qui cum Hoste fidem fefellit Cum morte fidem seruauit The morall thus expressed When Hercules in the deliuery of Troy from that deuouring monster a Whale and in the rescuing of Laomedons faire daughter Hesyone should by couenant haue receiued two milk-white steeds the king retiring to his miserable Troy commanded the gates of the Citie to be shut against him infringing his faith and promise which so incensed the ire and indignation of Hercules against him as within few yeares his Citie was sacked and demolished his Subiects captiued his daughter to Telamon espoused and himselfe to extinguish the remainder of ingratitude fully to appease the enraged furie of Hercules was slaughtered Whose monument was reserued as a perpetuall remembrance of perfidious dealing to his posterity with the inscription aboue mentioned Tombes haue beene aunciently vsed as wee may reade in sacred writ where one Sepulcher was kept solemnly for a whole familie euery one returning in Sepulchra maiorum but neuer so sumptuous before the erection of that memorable Tombe or Shrine rather of Prince Mausolus king of Caria whose Queene Artemisia erected such a gorgeous Tombe in his memory as all Seâ—…ulchers since especially of Romane Emperours and Carian Princes are called to this day Mausolea the inscription this Site non teneat tumulum struet offa tenere Quem tibi defuncto coniugis optat amor Two monuments we reade of to be famous in that their erection was the foundation of many potent and puissant people some also were taken for preseruers of that Region wherein they were planted and seated as the Tombe or Sepulcher of Aiax in the Rhetzan shore and the Tombe of Aâ—…hilles in Sygaeum Which two euen to this day continue memorable so as in the greatest depopulations and sackings of Cities the ruinating of their Forts and Castles of defence they were euer kept vntouched as shrines and monuments inuiolate obelisks consecrate or statues deified supposing in their owne blindnesse deceiued that their preseruaâ—…ion was deriued from them But to proceed in
Epitaphs on which our discourse doth principally consist they are deriued from the Greeke signifie as much as an inscriptioÌ„ or any thing which is placed or-fixed vpon the Tombe Quae in scitis scutis quorundam Regum vidimus saith Lipsius as Epycedion deriued from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or lugubria canere are writ before or after the corps interred but not vpon the Tombe being more dilated measures either expressing the memorable actions of his life or if nothing worthy in his life at least modestly to shut vp his deserâ—…lesse life with a commemoration of humane frailty silencing â—…he person lest his description should minister either matter of offence or assentation of offence if truely expressed of assâ—…ntation if aboue merit praised Hee that neither benefited himselfe nor his Countrie but vt Canis in presepi was rightly demonstrated with this Impressa Hic Vir diu fuit This man was long but liued not long for life and being haue an essentiall difference We are said to liue when we expâ—…esse our life by externall effects knowing â—…or what wee were ordained for what borne not to retire our selues from publique affaires for priuate ease but to further our Countrie and propagate her glory by serious and vigiâ—…ant managements both at home and abroad This man is said to liue that hath left some monument or testimonie behinde him that he liued We are only saâ—…d to be when we only breathe respectles oâ—… either publique or priuate imitating those Flies Ephemerae which fliâ—…ker a little with their wings limiting their life within one day presently die These as the Philosopher saith spirant tantùm non viuunt But too much of them both die Yet this is the difference the one dying leaueth a testimony behinde him that hee once lâ—…ued The other being dead hath no hope that his memory shall euer bee reuiued Many pretie Epitâ—…phs the Romanes vsed briefe yet ample enough to describe the nature of the person whom they would haue memorized Virgil writing on one Balista a great sword and buckler-man as I may terme him frequenting places of aduantage to rob and surprise passengers vnawares cheeres the poore way-faring-man with â—…his comfortable inscription on Balistas graue Who ere he be that passeth by this way May safely trauell both by night and day And that he may confirme it with his eies Vnder this heape of stones Balista lies Or thus Since the time Balista heere interred was Or day or night the Traueller may passe And that vpon his Flie or Gnat Heere I expresse what thou once did to mee Solemnizing thy death to honour thee And that of Sylenus the drunken Swaine Vnder this tuft of wood lies there a Swaine Came drunke to Earth went drunke to Earth againe And that of Minos king of Crete Heere Minos lies who plai'd the Iudge so well On Earth â—…hat now hee 's made a Iudge in Hell This Minos for his excellent iudgement and iustice in Crete being seuere and therefore his attribute was rightly giuen him he was sâ—…id to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rough and seuere exact and austere in all his censures for which cause he was translated from the principalitie of Crete to the tribunall of Hell as Poets faine In the discourse of arguments of this nature as we haue many write Epâ—…taphs some panegyrick in way of commendation and praise others inuectiue to expresse the merite or defect of any person we should be warie heerein lest either by vaine adulatorie praise we giue error a warrant or by too detractiue inuection wee seeme grauius in sepulchra mortuorum calcare that I may vse the Philosophers saying But to omit the vse of Epitaphs which of themselâ—…es haue euer ministred occasion of imitation or detestation I will proceede to the antiquitie of Epitaphs and afterward descend to the seuerall branches which I haue before in my methode to my selfe propounded Epitaphs haue bene euer vsed vpon the Tombes of the deceased to express their Vertues or vices Of all the seuen Sages of Greece not one there is but charactred to the ful by their especiall appropriates and though diuers in contempt of vaine glory or ostentation haue precisely commanded vpoÌ„ their death-beds that no statue shrine nor inscription should be erected or engrauen in theâ—…r memories yet so gratefull was posteritie to so noble predecessors as they would in no wise suffer so Valiant exploits either publique or priuate to bee buried in silence and obliuion Yea euer in those times where fines imperij tueri magis quà m proferre mos erat as in those Golden times and empires of Verores King of Aegypt and Tanais King of Scythia which Historians take to be the first Monarchs and sole Gouernours in the world euen theÌ„ I say were Epitaphs of this nature verie frequent and common and in Ninus time who succeeded or rather dissolued their gouernment we reade Epitaphs euen written vpon his Tombe describing his nature and disposition at large the manner of his discipline in warre the continuance of his Empire or Gouernment and the occasion of his death To speake of the effeminate Gouernment and principality of the Amazons women of incomparable and incredible fortune valour and resolution wee haue yet those Tombes and Sepulchers of the Amazons celebrated to this day amongst those Pagans for the infinite numbers slaine by Hercules in his iâ—…uasion of Amazon where the worthie exploits of those more then women for their disci line and exâ—…erience in wartes are in goldâ—…n Characters registred and recorded We reade euen in those who for their magnanimitie and resolution were termed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Heroes men of heroicke dispositioÌ„ to haue had in former times insc iptions vpon their Graues and Monuments to expresse what they were liuing that deserued so exceeding commendation dying Such were Alciâ—…es Theseus Hector Perithâ—…us and the renowne of Greece the auncient Patroclus vpon whose graue whilst Achilles leaned he imagined true valour to be charactred on his Graue and a suffiâ—…ient occasion of exciting and instigating the vnworthiest and vnresoluedst spirits to take in hand managements of greatest difficulty We reade of Tarina Queene of Saca that she was no lesse memorable for her sepulcher surpassing both in bountie specious edifice then the Pyramides of Aegâ—…pt Labyrinth in Crete coÌ„ triued and inuented by Dedalus or that sumptuous Monument erected by Artemisia in honour of her husband Mausolus If we should descend to the Persian Princes elected after the premature death of Cambyses wee shall there more eminently surueigh the processe of their government and their ends some with glorâ—…e and renowne others with no lesse infamie and reproch attaind Yet to vse decencie in the celebration of funerall rites and solemnities for I know that I may vse the morallists opinion there is a vaineâ—…glorie euen in death and as the pompe of death doth more terrifie then death it selfe so doth the pompe of
afterwards robbing the Altars and Temples of their sacred ornaments For coming one day to the Temple of Iupiter Olympius and seeing his Image gloriously beautified with a vestment of gold of an exceeding weight and inestimable price commanded it to be taken from him and a woollen garment to be giuen him in the stead of it saying A coaâ—…e of gold was too heauy for him in Summer too cold 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but a woollen garment was fitter for both 〈◊〉 Many oâ—… these haue we recorded by Historians whose liues were no lesse prophane then their ends miserable Vpon all which if we might insist vpon this argument Epitaphs very answerable to their infamous and despicable liues might be produced But we must proceed because this summarie discourse which I haue heere placed and prefixed as a preamble or fore-runner to our Epitaphs following is but intended onely to demonstrate the vse and effect of Epitaphs with their first institution their distinct kinds arising from their primarie vses It is true that there is no necessitie in Sepulchers or specious monuments for coelo tegitur qui non habet vrnam which moued Diogenes the Cynick to bid his friends cast his body vnto the dogges when he was dead and being answered by them that the dogges would teare and rent it Set a staffe by me quoth he and I will beate them from it Yet in this seeming contempt of buriall we shall reade in most of the liues of the Pagans that they were respectiue where they should be interred erecting as in part hath beene mentioned very goodly and glorious Sepulchers in their life times to eternise their memory after death with whom it fared many times as it fared once with Shebna who made himselfe a Sepulcher in one Countrie but was buried in another Hercules we reade to be the first that euer buried such as fell in warre Many ancient Epitaphs we haue by transcriptâ—…on engrauen vpon the monuments of the deceased as in the Northerne parts especially where in the very ruines of time we may see some monumentall inscription inserted to reuiue the memory of the dead As in the warres of the Saxons Picts and Danes no coast being moâ—…e frequent then the North to expresse the memorable acts done in former time as also to set out the very places and circumstances of things atchieued with the manuscripts traduced from former occurrents euen to these present times many curious and serious Antiquaries hauing viewed and particularly set downe the especiallest records heereof with diuers memorable inscriptions happily occurring to their surueigh I will ouerpasse the same lest I should seeme to trifle out my time with an impâ—…ent discourse It is true that a Souldiers resolution eueâ—… fixed on braue attempts and the inlarging of his Countries gloâ—…y should rather aime at fame after death then to erect for himselfe a curious monument in his death which moued Caesar in the plaine of Pharsalie to sâ—…y Capit omnia tellus Quae genuit coelo tegitur qui non habet vrnam And againe that martiall straine of valour Nil agis hac ira tabesne cadauera soluat An rogus haud spectat placido 〈◊〉 receptat cuncta sinu And so concludes the Declamour in Seneca Nature gâ—…es euery man a graue seccnded by old Anthises resolution Nec tumulum curo sepelit natura relictos Yet humanitie requires these finall obsequies not onely in remembrance of our dead friends but euen to manifest the sinceritie of our loues in erecting monuments ouer them dead which might preserue their memory and confirme our affections in their deaths The friends of Cleombrotus surnamed Ambrociat seeing his much lamented end desired much to expresse their loue vnto their dead friend yet withall to conceale the infamie and reproach of his death yet Callimâ—…chus plaied the Epigrammatist vpon his graue whilest his deare friends deplored his vntimely end The Epigram inscribed after the forme of an Epitaph being fixed on his Tombe whence all Epitaphs haue their denomination was this Vita vale muro praeceps delapsus ab alto Dixisti moriens Ambrociata puâ—…r NulluÌ„ in morte maluÌ„ credeÌ„s sed scripta Platonis Non ita erant aâ—…imo percipienda tuo In English thus The yong Ambrociat whilst himselfe he threw From off the wall bad to his life adew Deeming as Plato wrote in death's no woe But he mistooke it Plato meant not soe This booke which mooued Ambrociat to this precipitate attempt is imagined to be Platoes Phâ—…do of the immortalitie of the soule which also by a misconstruction Cato Vâ—…ican apprehending laid violent hand vpon himselfe to free himselfe from the tyrannie and illimited soueraignty of the vsurping Câ—…sar But to our argument propounded We haue shadowed briefely the first branch or kinde which we proposed in the beginning to wit morall Epitaphs being such as conduce to instruction either publike or priuate wherein by the very inscriptions or titles engrauen vpon the Tombes of the deceased some haue beene moued to imitate their memorable liues in actions and attempts of like nature as Caesar in the surueigh of Mithridates Augustus in the surueigh of Câ—…sar Alexander by the monument of Achilles Achilles by the fame-engrauen monument of Patroclus Aenaeas by the renowned Tombe of the matchlesse Hector and Hector by the eternized memorie of Antenor These were morall inducing or exciting Impresses drawing the mindes of the beholders to the management of the like approued and redoubted acts We will now proceede to Epitaphs comming neerer a 〈◊〉 composition excellent for their graue and diuinely mouing sentences pithy for their effect and profitable for their vse That is an excellent one of Scaligers Scaligeri quod reliquum est and that no lesse diuine of Caâ—…us Fui Caiâ—…s Epitaphs of this kinde seeme little affectiue yet include so exquisite a straine as they may rightly be termed diuine surpassing moralitie in description of our mortality they delineate the state of man extenuate his pompe and shew to what end man was created not to be onely but to liue there being an essentiall difference twixt being and liuing as I haue before specified We haue some of these which set out vanity in her naturall colours and imply diuinely what they propound morally Diuers we reade of that fearefull it seemes to commend the writing of their Epitaphs to posteritie would euer be prouided of one in their owne time which to expresse their worth better did not shew or character their worth but in a modest silence describe their owne frailtie shutting vp their fame and memory with a farewell to Earth and Vanitie These be soueraigne cordials to cheere the drouping and deiected spirit such as liue iniuried by time oppressed by greatnesse of enmity and slaued to penurie Such I say as liue obscurely in the eye of the World neither noted nor reputed When the rich-man seeth nothing vpon Croesus graue but a Fui Croesus nor the poore-man vpon Irus then Fui Irus what difference
sudden and premature deaths occasioned vpon some occurrents lately and vnhappily arising WHo walkes this way what Charitie i st thou I need not feare thy doome for thou'lt alâ—…ow This Axiome for vndoubted Once we must Returne vnto our mother earth and dust Our first creation challengeth the same Being the Mould from whence our bodies came If Enuie passe this way and iudge amâ—…sse I rest secure what ere her censure is Faith is my Anchor Comfort is my Shield How should I doubt then but to win the field For this is true as I haue oft times heard No death is sudden to a minde prepar'd My Hope being thus erected Enuie cease To wrong his soule that haz assured peace Another Epitaph vpon the same subiect Thou look'st vpon my Tombe and wagg'st thy head And with remorcefull teâ—…res weep'st ore me dead As if past hope thou seem'st to be my frend In that thou grieu'st at my vntimely end Vntimely dost thou call it True report Brutes my Repentance was but very short Because cut off I graunt it for the space It was but short yet was the câ—…urse of grace Abundant which confirmes my Pilgrims wish Where man 's prepar'd there no death sudden is An Epitaph of the same Hopelesse thou weep'st and com'st vnto my Tombe Descanting on my death with oh too soone Dide this poore wretch I pray thee ceasse to weepe I am not dead but onely falne asleepe Ablessed sleepe secure from Enuies sting Flying from earth to heauen with ayrie wing Should'st thou then doubt my end O do not doubt My virgin-lampe is in 't shall nere goe out Thou saist I dide too soone thou saist amisse Can any die too soone to liue in Blisse Wipe then thy Teares I know thou wish me well Heauen is my mansion Earth I tooke for hell And that was cause I went so soone from thence To plant in Heauen my eternall residence For men how short their end are neuer tride But how they learn'd to die before they dide ¶ Vpon a vertuous young Ladie lying in child-birth Bâ—…rne at the first to bring another forth She leaues the world to leaue the world her birth Thus Phoenix-like as she was borne to breed Dying herselfe renews it in her seed ¶ Vpon a Souldier for resolutioÌ„ worthily affecteâ—… and aduanced by his Country yet interred anâ—… by vnworthy Fate obscurely Dead Yes Alas is this the Souldiers tombe A silly monument to them shall come To see it True what tho the body lie Interred low in her obscuritie Thy vertue honour'd Souldier shall remaine Aboue the Boundiers of triumphing Spaine France or the Belgicke rampires what Death mâ—… Sh'haz done already turnd thy corpse to clay But death of Fames possession may despaire For she erects her Tombe within the Ayre That whosoeuer this way chance to moue Shall see his corpse heere but his fame aboue Triumphant Souldiers glorious by thy birth Reign'st now in heauen because thou wer'st in earth Then such Professants ouer blessed are That raise their Peace by managements of warre Vpon a Drunkard buried in a ruinous fort in Dunkerke was this Inscription engrauen which by the ancientnesse of Time was well neare defaced In Dunkerke heere a Drunkard lies with mickle careysought Drinke was the boone the lorden crau'd for rest he cared nought Long may he wun in this large Tombe and neuer henceforth sinke To earth again that while he liu'd claimd earth for waÌ„t of drink â—…eauen rest his soule and others all whosere the Lord will saue And grant Dunkerk if 't be thy wil may nere such druÌ„kards haue ¶ An Epigram vpon Alphonso Prince of Naples and vpon his Crest whereon was engrauen a Pellican with this Impressa Alios seruans meipsum perdo The Crest I weare expresseth what I am A soft and tender-hearted Pellican Who to recall life to her dying broodâ—… Suckes from her owne heart life-renewing blood Being the same if I appeale to time Shee 's not more deare to hers then I to mine ¶ An Epitaph vpon one who died confined Report tells me that thou didst die confinde Confinde its true in body not in minde Confinde the body was where it had birth But minde without confinement leaueth earth To dwell in those â—…efined Groues abouâ—… A Groâ—…e refin'd which yeelds eternall loue To the possessor let thy minde appeare Free though thy body was confined heere This shall remaine engrauen vpon thy Tombe To memorise thy fame in time to come ¶ Vpon a Iustice worthily deseruing of his Countrey The misse of thee since thâ—… decease is knowne For whoso comes to Iustice or her throne Shall see her silent and as oâ—…e that 's domb Good reason why with thee she lost her tongue ¶ Vpon a Iustice of lesse demerite Who comes this way Let him looke downe and reade Here liâ—… one spake lesse liuing then being dead For heere in Riâ—…e Fame speakes of him in time Who whilst he liu'd spakâ—… Reason nor good Rime This yet hâ—… comfort is when time is spent God will haue mercie on the innocent ¶ Vpon a bragging Souldier Heere lies a bragging Souldiâ—…r that could lie With 〈◊〉 and sâ—…te in face of maiestie Yet he that lied ' gainst heauen in earth now lies An open mirrour to all mortall eies For though he lied yet could he not denie With all his lies but man is prest to die Vpon Peter see me Peter see me thou canst not for thy eies Lie â—…here interred where thy body lies How canst thou see me then as Peters doe Not by my worth but by my outward shewâ—… For Gallant-like by perfumes I transpose My knowledge from thy eies vnto thy nose That though th' art dead yet thou may well perceiuâ—… A Perfum'd gallant walk 's vponthy graue ¶ Vpon a Captaine which in the Low Countries was hanged and afterwards taken vp againe A Captaine hangd and taken from his Graue For what a pardon came and did him saue Saue what did it saue his body Yes From putrefaction no but from that peace All buried corps enioy It was not done With Iustice Yes she is a Saint diuine And raisd him vp because dead'fore his time his throwing Poore Thrower art thou dead Now do I feele Euen by thy End that Fortune haz a wheele That spinnes and weaues turnes and returnes againe And in mens death esteemes the chiefest gaine For this by thee may very well be knowne That made their owne wheele ruinate thy owne Thou wast a Thrower Fate a Thrower too After this cast thou'lt neere make such a throw Rest then in peace it 's Fate tript vp thy heele And bids thee yeeld vnto her Turning wheele ¶ Vpon one Span. Rightly compared is the life of man For shortnesse of continuance to a span It is mans met-wand euery one must haue This span to end his life and mete his graue Then who dare say that he does liue secure Possessing that which cannot long endure This is expressed by this man lies heere Whose name
terram repetat pars altera coelum Nec mutas mores caela petendo tuos At vale â—…am faciem nequeo discernere gratam Qua mihi semper erit gratia sed arcta nimis Arcta nimis sed amaena satis dum fider a vultum Splendida praestantem continuere tuum Sie perijt quod terra parit quod verticâ—… coeli Profluit in coelum tendat alta petat Aliud Hic fitus est Satyruâ—… qui stupra latere potentum Impatiens patiens limina mortis adit Englished Heere lies a Satyre now reduc'd to dust Who scourg'd dâ—…sertlesse honour great mens lust These taxt He roundly and had vow'd to doe it More boldly yet if He had liu'd vnto it ¶ A Funerall Poeme vpon the death of the hopefull yong Gentleman Mast. Will. Horsey who deceased the 24. of Aprill Ann. Dom. 1615. Plants that transplanted are haue 〈◊〉 grouth Yet fares it otheâ—…ise with this blest youth For he transplanted to another Sphere Perfects that tender grouth which he had here Tender indeed yet me thinks there appeares Age in his houres though youth was in his yeares For by experience of this surâ—… I am Neuer came childe more neere vnto a Man Well may we then excuse his mothers mone To lose her Sonne and that her onely One Whose hope gaue life vnto her house and her If mothers erre in this they lightly erre For natiue loue must â—…eeds enforce a teare To see them laid on Beare whom they did beare To see their Birth turn'd Earth their very wombâ—… Which brought them forth conuerted to a Tombe Yet this should make his mother change her song To see her hope translat'd ' boue hope so yong To see her onely and now happy Sonne To haue his Pilgrime-taske so quickly done But shee ha's lost him no he is not lost For where He seemes to lose He gaineth most And though He haue not Her He ha's another For now the Church triumphant is his Mother Feeding his infant-glory with her pap Dandling him sweetely in her heauenly lap For this is confirm'd by the sacred word He cannot die that dieth in the Lord. Cease then thou tender Mother cease to wâ—…epe Thy Sonne 's not dead but onely falne asleepe Which sleepe dissolu'd his corps shall be vnited Vnto his soule amongst the Saints deligâ—…ted Peace happy Soule crowne thy eternall daiâ—…s With wreath of glory to thy Makers praise That as thou liu'd a Mirror to thy Age So thou may shine in Sions heritage His Epitaph Heere interred in this Tombâ—… Yong yet vertues hopâ—…full Bloome Fathers Boy Mothers ioy Shrined is yet from this shrine There 's a substance that 's diuine Which no graue Can receaue Making claime to Heauens pure clime ¶ The Author vpon his selected and euer to be remembred E. C. Parragon for beautie and vertue who died the 5. of Decemb Ann. Dom. 1615. Take mother Earth thy virgin-daughter heerâ—… Bornâ—… on her Bere ere shâ—… was borne to bâ—…are Take her for of her wonders may be said Heerâ—… one and 〈◊〉 lies who di'dâ—… a Maid ¶ Vpon the much lamented Death of the vertuous virgine A. T. in Scarborough lately deceased and of her sorrowfull Parents incessantly moned Dead say no more shee 's dead keepe in that word It will goe neere to drowne her teare-swolne Foord Why He must know it true yet such as these If grieues should be imparted by degrees How must they be imparted By her Tombe It cannot speake Such grieues are seldome dumbe Vpon her Tombe Weepe weepe Rosemarie sprig and shew remorâ—…e Thou shold haue deckt her bride now decks her corse ¶ Vpon the Tombe of ..... lately erected ..... Perhaps thou may haue Shebnaes doome To haue thy corps deuided from thy Tombe And haue name of that crest thou gaue thy Neighbor To close thy corps in Earth and saue this labor How fond then thou to build so costly Shrine Neither perchance for * thee nor none of thine Yet if thou want thy Tombe thou shalt not misse To haue thy Epitaph and this it is ....... Is Dead The cause if you would know His winde-pipe burst and he no more could blow ¶ Vpon a late deceased Pinch-gut Macer dide rich they say but it 's not so For he dide poore and was indebted too How shâ—…ld that be Obserue me and I le tell ye He dide indebâ—…ed bâ—…th to backe and belly For all he scrap't from his Atturnies Fees Seru'd but to starue his Maw with bread cheese So as'mongst those we rightly may him call Whose life spent lesse then did his Funerall For all his life his House scarse eate one Beast Yet Dead his Sonne makes vp the Churles Feast ¶ This the Authour wrote vpon an excellent Bowler and his Friend aptly resembling Mans life to a game at Bowles The World is the Alley whâ—…re we play The Bowles we play with Creatures that we vse The Rubs the Passioâ—…s of our minds the way Needs no Ground-giuer there 's but one to chuse The way of all Flesh Seauen's our Game we say For Seauen yeere is liues-lease that limits vs The Blocke our end which when it drawâ—…th on We poâ—…ke our Bowles and so our Game is done ¶ Vpon a singular Irishman By him lies heere I finde from whence we came Where we must goe how lifâ—…'s an Irish game This day in health and wealth next poore sicke For Irish games haue still an Iriâ—…h tricke ¶ Vpon the death of one Cookes wife an Inscription allusiue to her name Death 's the cooke proâ—…ideth meate For the crawling wormes to eate Why shouldst thou then Cool e repine Death should dresse that wife of thine All must die yea time will be Thou wilt thinke he pleasur'd thee For no question being told She was sâ—…plesse 〈◊〉 old He thought fit she'sd liue no longer That thou might chuse out a yonger This then on her Age thy youth May be writ as grounded truth Heere she lies long may she liâ—… Ere she d. de was wish'd to die This the Author presently composed vpon this occasion being with sundry Gentlemen at Waltham exceeding merrily disposed one Cooke a neighbour of the Hoasts where he lay came suddenly in pitteously lamenting the death of his wife being newly departed euery one laboured to allay his sorrow but by how much more instant were their comforts by so much more violent were his Passions at last the Author perceiâ—…ing by his Hoast that he expressed a dissembling sorrow being impatient of her life and therefore by all probabilitie inwardly content with her death being an old decrepite woman and He in the Prime of his age in stead of all vnnecessarie comforts applied this soueraigne Discourse as a salue to his griefe without further premeditation coenae fercula nostrae Mallem conuâ—… quà m placuisse cocis Englished As in my choise of meate so in my Booke I 'd rather please my guests then please my Cooke ¶ In Actorem Mimicum cui vix parem
great Citie Damascus and in stead of a Banner take this sheete this shrowde which thou shalt waâ—…e in the ayre and crie This is all that the victorious Saladine hath left him of all his Conquests Thirdly â—…for the infelicitie of this life diuers Ethnickes haue spoken worthily as Thales who affirmed no difference to be at all betwixt Life and Death and Crates reply who being asked what was the greatest happinesse could befall man answered Either not to be borne or to die sooâ—…e where the entrance to life is Shriking the middle Sorrowing and the end Sighing and better is it to haue no Being then to be miserable by Being confirmed by that sentence of Cneus Dentatus I had rather be dead then liue as oâ—…e dead vacancie from affaires being the graue of a liuing Soule With especiall reason may I seeme to approoue which a spirituall man approues in himselfe of that diuine Oracle The houre of our death is better then the houre of our birth since at the best we are but here in the state of Grace and that is only a glorie inchoate but after in the state of Glorie and that is a grace consummate It might seeme that the Cusani had some superficiall taste of this in bemoning their childrens birth and reioycing at their death but the experience of worldly griefs made them so desiâ—…edly approach their ends for certaine it is Mori velle non tantùm fortis aut miser aut prudens sed etiam fastidiosus potest where our liues louing falles to a loathing and the sacietie of delights being externall and therefore farre from reall breedes a dâ—…staste The consideration of these and many more anxieties whiâ—…h attend man in his Soiorne of Flesh hath no question moued sundry of those diuine Fathers to contemne this life reioycing much in the remembrance of their Dissolution but more especially that ardent and vnfained Loue which they bore to their Redeemer whose glorie that it might be promoted and furthered death seemed to them a singular fauour confirming their loue by the testimony of their faith and such to illustrate our Discourse by instance appeared the affecâ—…ion of blessed Hierome when he publiquely protested That if his mother should hang about him his father lie in his way to stoppe him his wife and children weepe about him he would throw off his mother neglect his father contemne the lamentation of his wife and children to meete his Sauiour Christ Iesus The like appeared the loue of all those glorious and victorious Martyrs during the Ten Persecutions shewing euident proofe of sanctitie in their liues of constancie in their deaths where neyther promise of preferment could allure nor extremest punishment deterre remaining to vse the words of Cyprian as an impregnable rocke amiddest all violent assaults assailed indeede but not surprized threatned but not dismayed besieged but not discomfited appearing like starres in the darke night like greene Baies in the midst of hoarie winter and like liuely fresh fountaines in the sandie Desert I could amplifie this Discourse by instancing the exercise of that Monasticall and Eremeticall life in former time professed and by an austeritie too rigorous for flesh and bloud continued abiding sequestred not onely from all mundane pleasures but euen enemies to humane societie so as rightly might Damascene terme it a kinde of Martyrdome being dead as well to men as to the world but I intend to be short speaking rather by way of admonition then discourse to caution such whose Desires seeme planted on this globe of frailtie accounting death the greatest infelicit incident to man as men incredulous of future good These haue their treasures on earth where they haue indiuidually fixed their hearts for where their treasure is there is their heart also Like I siâ—… Asse idolatrizing their owne gainesse ignorant poore makes how soone they shall bâ—… stript of their imaginarie glorie but these are those filij deperditi sencelesse of Sinne in the Desert of Sinne little knowing how mans securitie is the diuells opportunitie but crying with the Horse-leech More More are not to be satissted till their mouth be filled with grauell whose speedy Conuâ—…rsion I wish before their Dissolution lest Desolation second their Dissolution Yea may this effect worke in them before the day of forgetfulnesse receiue them Moriatur Paulus persecutor Viuat Apoâ—…tolus Praedicator Moriatur Magdalena peâ—…cans viuat poenitentiam agenâ—… Moriatur Matthaeus Publicanus viuat fidelis Dei seruus So shall Death be a passage to a life subiect to no death so entire consolation shall receiue them where their sincere conuersion reclaimed them euer applying this as a chearefull receit to an afflicted ConscieÌ„ce 〈◊〉 est hominis errare nullius nisi insipientis perseuerare in errore True it is that neither Homers vndeâ—…standing though he could reduce what memorable thing soeuer he had read into a golden verse Platoesâ—…it â—…it Aeschynes art of Oratory nor Ciceroes tongue shall preuaile when wee become 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a breathlesse Corps then the hearts sincerity not the excellency of any outward faculty shall bring vs to the inheritance of glory which Saint Augustine compareâ—… to the Sun Pascuntur omnes non minuitur Whence it is that Plato in â—…is Timaeus saith If a man lose his eyes or feete or hands or wealth wee may say of such an one hee loseth something but He who loseth his Heart and Reason loseth all for in the wombe of our Mother the first thing that is engendred or participates forme is the Heart and the last which dieth is the â—…ame Heart and the gift which God craueth of Man is his heart But we haue too farre digressed let vs now returne to those zealous Professors of true Mortification those who laboured in the Spirituall Uineyard and fainted not were persecuted yet failed not were put to Death yet desistâ—…d not from glorifying their Master in their Death All which may appeare by those pregnant places of Scripture I desire to be d ssolued saith Paul and to be with Christ Phil. 1. 23. 24. Neuâ—…rthelesse for me to abide in the flesh were better for yo Neither doth He desire to bee dissolued as weary of suffering vnder the Crâ—…sse of Christ but â—…or the feruent desire he hath to see God in his glorie Againe the faithfull crie euer for the approach of Gods Kinâ—…dome the reward of immortality which with assurance in Gods mercies and his Sonnes passion they vndoubtedly hope to obtain with vehemency of spirit inuoking and inuiting their Mediatour Come Lord Iesus come quickely Reuel 22. 20. Nor doe they ground on a weake Foâ—…ndation Knowing how they that die in the Lord shall rest from their Labour Iohn 5. 24. Reâ—…el 14. 15. O that Man would consider sâ—…ith a religious Father what a sinner loseth to wit Heauen what he getteth to wit Hell whom he offendeth Gods Iustice what he incurreth his vengeance for vengeance is his and heâ—… will repay it Briefly Magna est
â—…bis indicta necessâ—…as saith Boaetius to correct and rectifie our liues least our owne prauâ—…tie depriue vs liâ—…e so by auoiding Sin maâ—… wâ—…e auoide the punâ—…shment of Death due vnto Sinne possessing the reward of eternall life summarily comprized in these two To liue in his feare and die in his faâ—…our Now wormeling let mee speake to thee that so much lamentest the losse of thy friend as if he were gone from his home to a strange Countrey Doest Thou weepe that thou hast lost him or that he hath left thee here behind him Too incredulous thou if thou weepe for the first lost he cannot be for thy losse is his aduantage if for the last prepare thy selfe so in thy life that thou may â—…nioy thy Friend aftâ—…r Death meane time beare with patience thy friends dâ—…parture beleeuing that he hath purchased rest from his labour Neither doth this life which moueth and acteth with all her sensitiue operations proue that wee are aliue but dead if the Spirit oâ—… Grace did not quicken vs which Christ seemes to conâ—…irme saying Let the dead bury the dead implying such as bee dead in Sin for if the vitall motions were dead and extinguished in vs it were impossible we should burie or doe any such offices to the deceased Hence may Thou be comforted whosoeuer thou art that conceiuest immoderate sorrow in the Death of a Friend seeing him liue worthy thy friendship here and translated hence to bee ioyned in the Vnion and Communion of the Saints elsewhere To be short if hee were of approued conuersation his happie passage may occasion in thee ioy rather then griefe being exempted from this vale of teares this Surplusage of sorrow and translated to the Port of rest the Harbour of tranquility bringing his sheaues with him If he were euill why doest thou call him Friend for no true friendship saith the Ethnicke can be amongst naughty men But suppose him a friend yet being of a vicious life ciuill societie is well rid of him being so apt of himselfe to depraue them for true is that axiâ—… as well in Minds Physicke as the Bodies Initium morbiest aegris Sana miscere Mans nature being euer prone Medaea-like to haue free â—…lection of the best but to follow the worst Let this then serue as a Position to limit thy affection If worâ—…hy the stile of Friend bee sorry not so much for that Death hath taken him as that thou art left here behind him If vnworthy grieue not that thou hast left him but that so much precious time should be lost by him But in these extremâ—…ies there is no receite more soueraigne then recourse to Him who disposeth of vs liuing and dying euer meditating how 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Honor Dei bonum maximum and to râ—…commend withall the whole course of our Actions to his gracious Dispensation that can bring light out of darkenesse and turne our bed of sorrow to the soule solacing repose of eternall rest Receiue therefore this Resolution which I for some yeeres haue to my selfe proposed and by the Almighties helpe may continue it I haue no friend too deare for my dearâ—…st friend nor will I grieue at my friends departure being as my hope assures mee gone to his Sauiour at least if natural affection force me weepe afâ—…er a while shall my faith renew my ioy for sorrow may laâ—…t for a night butioy commeth in the morâ—…ing A restraint wee reade of amongst the Romans in their Funerall Solemuities for immoderate Mourning so many dayes being limited after the end whereof the Blacke habits were left expressing all other friendly offices in the erection of their Statues curiously engrauen in Marble Iuory artificially carued with many Thracian Lydian Ionian and Paphian workes diuersly beautified with Inscriptions and Impresses to preserue their memory which seemed a â—…ruitlesse vanity to many of the grauer Consuls who reposed more trust in the vertues of the mind hoping thereby to become more memorable then in the exteriour beauty of Tombes which were oft times the natiue Emblemes of them they couered being those Rotten Sâ—…pulchers I meane Exâ—…rius nitida interius faetida Handsome without but noysome within whereas those eminent vertues made their Possessors truly memorable hauing Acts and valiant Exploits insteade of Statues to recommend them in succeeding times whence it was that the Poet in the person of Cato said â—…armor virtus erit 〈◊〉 viâ—…itur ebore Cato For true Honour as it is essentiall to man that merits it so must it haue an internall monument to preserue it for these corruptible things are subiect to decay which Honour if deseruedly purchased â—…annot admit though many haue merited it who liuing could neuer enioy it which if time would suffer might be instanced in the renowned Asdrubal anâ—… many other who to preâ—…ent the malice and fury of the people fled to his Faâ—…hers Sepulcher and â—…illed himselfe with Poyson whence so violent is passion iâ—… once â—…xcited they dragged out his carkasse and cutting off his head put it vpon a speares point and bare it about the City Plenty of like examples will Histories affoord as Bysiâ—… the Graecian Osygâ—…s the Lacâ—…demonian Bracaras the Theban Scipio thâ—… Roman with many others but I hast to an end purposing to weaue vp the body of this Discourse with a prescribâ—…d forme of sorrow yet not so as if Stoically-affected through the obdâ—…acy of my nature I could not weepe with those thâ—…t weepe or so experienst in Mortalitie as to seeme incapable of â—…umane â—…assions nor such a disciplinarie Heraclytus as to teach men how to make a sorrowful face but by a Christian instruction the singular motiue to the zealously affected to perswade such immoderate Mourners as exceede in passion to more Temperance telling them withall how farre they decline from that godly sorrow which appeared in the faithfull Saints and Seruants of God who were not grieued at the Handie worke of the Lord but referred themselues to his disposing who vsed now and then to trie them by aduerfities losse of friends and other afflictions that by these exteriour trialls which Seneca termeth Exercises they might like pure gold be purged and refined to shine afterwards like polished corners in Gods Temple like Oliue-braunches round about his Table We may reade kinde Christian brother that Christ approued of â—…eeping for he wept ouer â—…erusalem and Peter his beloued wept bitterly and Samuel the Prophet wept for King Saul yea there is a Blessing pronounced to those that weep and we are expresly inioyned to weepe Briefly we may reade of many holy men that wept but this their weeping was for their sins it was a religious sorrow for Peter wept for denying his Maister regaining that place by wâ—…ping that he had lost by denying Christ wept in the consideration of Ierusalems Fall and her miserable blindnes not to see her fall Likewise ouer his dead friend Lazâ—…rus shewing friendly compassion before his miraculous restauration
such thy night did come too soone And yet we wisht it long agoe at noone But we like Ideots that behold a play Doe censure as the most and as they say And we like Ideots fancie most the Clowne Not noting how some rise and some goe downe Nor doe we note matters well borne in state Nor doe we note ineuitable fate But we alasse in all things are so rude That we runne head-long with the multitude To be and be Commander of great men Was to possesse the hearts of all men then Wherein hadst thou beene either good or bad Thou equallie shouldst all our loues haue had For t is our fashion that we giue the grace Not to the worth of man but to his place This is the cause adoring thee before That in thy fall we scorn'd thee ten times more Rising againe as we thought all put off No man more worthilie was spoken of Yet what mischance did bring thee to thy end We willingly with ignorance commend And but the State doth know a reason why We all say now t' was pittie thou didst diâ—… Thou hadst such worth and faults as few men hauâ—… May thy worth liue thy faults die in thy graue ¶ By Sir W. R. which he writ the night before his execution Euen such is time which takes in trust Our youth our ioyes and all we haue And payes vs but with age and dust Within the darke and silent graue When we haue wauered all our wayes Shuts vp the storie of our daies And from which Earth and graue and dust The Lord will raise me vp I trust ¶ Vpon one Owen a Butler of Oxford Why cruell death should honest Owen catch Into my braine it could not quickly sinke Perhaps fell Death came to the buttrie hatch And honest Owen would not make him drinke If it were so faith Owen t' was thy fault And death for want of drinke made thee his draught Nor so nor so for Owen gaue him liquor And death being drunke tooke him away the quicker Yet honest lads let this content your mind The Butlers dead the keyes are left behind ¶ Vpon one Iohn Parker Here lies Iohn Parker and his wife With his dagger and his knife And his daughter and his sonne Heigh for our Towne ¶ On Mistresse Elizabeth Whorwood Ad viatorem Prosopopeia Si quà m chara virâ—… Câ—…niux pia nata Parenti Mâ—…ter amans fuerim prolis amata meis Si quam Pauperibiuâ—… faciliâ—… quam Casta 〈◊〉 Quam studiosae malincstiâ—… 〈◊〉 Cupis Câ—…nsule quos dixi Quod ab isto cernere Saxo Non poâ—…es ex horum rite dolore pâ—…tes R. I. FINIS a Vide Quintum Curtium in Sup. vit cyr b In the dâ—…scourse of Asia and Affr. vid. Egypt Solem. Funer c Vide Homer eleg samè Graecorum Odyssea errorum Ilias Mad lorum c. d The antiquitie of Tombes c Two auncient Monuments which were called Asyla patrizen f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g In vit Nar. frag Monâ—… sub hoc lapidum â—…eg c. h Sicut lingua loquentis proficit in 〈◊〉 â—…udientis ita calaâ—…s scribentis in oculâ—… le gentis ad interiora cordis peruâ—…nit seâ—…sus dirigentis sicut verba instruentis Albin in prâ—…fatio comment in Iohan. i Vide Laert de vit philoso k Tâ—…muli Amazouum p Gladio sua sponte euaginato grauiter 〈◊〉 occubuit Iust 1. lib m Vid. desâ—…r Af fric Qui sepulâ—…ra maiorum ut propria domicilâ—…a â—…resque existimarunt n Alterum enim pessimi incepti exitus praeclari alteruÌ„ c. o Vita omnis turpis maxime adolescentia c. vid. Sâ—…xt Aurâ—…l de Oth. r In capite eius vâ—…luti cornua emeâ—…se runt c. Valer. Max. lib. q Quo cum Tyrannus Hiero c. 〈◊〉 Carthaâ—… ornaâ—…erat c. r Shebna sibi tumula condit quem fata negarunt s The first that buried such as fell in warre t 〈◊〉 Lucâ—…n u Andromach in Hom. called Hector Troiae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Homo ex humo Terâ—…a à terendo Cadauer à cadendo Vermis quia inermis x Quod Seneca in Vatiae tumulum scripsit Hâ—…c situs est Vatia dormire enim magis quam viuere videbatur y Qui pannosus sarmenla collo gerens castra hostium ingreditur Iust. sâ—…cundo lib. a Lucan b Aureliâ—… Mutiae Laeliae Corneliae c Salust d Sceptrum peâ—…it in centrum vergit e Plutarch in vit f Definition of the third Branch g In Cyrus time h Doctorum dictâ—… indoctos doâ—…iores reddunt i Hîc situs est Nullus quia Nullo Nullior esto Et quia Nullus erat de Nullo Nil tibi Christe k Hic situs est sitiens atque Ebrius Elaertonus quid dico hic situs est hic potius sitis est Camb. in Remainâ—… * In hunc ferme modum propâ—…nitur à Mart. â—…pigramma In Monastâ—…is septentriâ—… com pertum crat * Sceâ—… or â—…n Aâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…u patronuâ—… egentem In Nether land * Vid. Martial in nom Thet. Nympham pâ—…storem hoc nomine inducit in Elegijs Eâ—…pigrammat * In adagium habentur pyrobalae Galliae His Epitaph Salust a Meerely resembling that wanâ—…on Amorist in Horace Vixi puellis nuper idoneus Et militaui non sine gloria * This inscription writ vpon the tombe of a memorable Patrician of â—…ome and may be transcribed vnto one of ours no lesse memorable for eminence of place and sinceritie of gouernment * Nibil turpius est quam grandis natu Senex qui nullum aliud argumentum quo se probat diu vixisse quam â—…tatem habet Senec. de Tranq anim * Fulgâ—…buut iâ—…sti vt stelle Quem autem putaâ—… iâ—… eorum mentibâ—… si 〈◊〉 in â—…rum corpâ—…ribus 〈◊〉 illâ—…xisse videriâ—… â—…id Augâ—…st in Mâ—… * Hei mihi quod non est Tempus vt ante fuit c. Ouid. Tempâ—…ra temporibus succedunt pessima primis * Meaning a shadie tuft of trees adioyning to Hannaby his Mannor-house * Antiquae nobilis famâ—…siae de Cogniers domicilium Camd. in Britann * Meaning Sir Iohn Cogniers now deceased â—… Knight no lesse generous then gracious in the eye of his Prince and Countrey * Epitaphium in Dialogi formâ—… compositum * De Ambleside * Orimur Morimur * For neere the time appointed for her Bridall was the day of her Buriall making way no doubt by her earthly Funerall to a heauenly Nuptiall Martiall shadowes vnder the title of Hermuâ—… Sic tibi nec tumulum conde nec Herme tuis * Sic Aesculapius exit vâ—…am in quam omnes redeunt repetâ—… Supremam * Tempora horis non Annis metimur c. Vid. Sen. in Epist. * Nâ—…â—…is pecâ—… qui â—…xemplo peccat c Coeâ—…m respuit vt respiciat terâ—… Amat igitur vt terram amâ—…ttet Caeâ—… d Si grauius vrat aequuÌ„ est quod sileaâ—… Senec. Latere hâ—…c vna salâ—… ibid. â—… Corpus ve Corâ—…icem mentem vt â—…edullam corticem tamen medullae praeposuimus c â—… Primo enim creabatur vt placidè seruiat ancilletur Lipsiâ—…s g Veniet tanquam reâ—… gloriosus è palatio tanquam sponâ—…us speciosus è thalamo August h Miserae anuâ—… Euclyones è qâ—…orum oculis millae lachrimas faciliûs 〈◊〉 quà m vnum è Bulga nummum * Miser nemini â—…st boâ—…us sibi pessimus * Sic spectanda fides Tunc tua res agitur c. â—… Plato caâ—…leth Ambiâ—…ion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a thing falling out contrary to â—…xpectation n Quo maioâ—…es 〈◊〉 in â—…otentia Gloria co maâ—…or mortiâ—… est de illls â—…depta victoria o Vd. vit Syâ—…il in Plutar. p Vâ—… tyraÌ„nideÌ„ vsurpabaâ—… 〈◊〉 noÌ„ habebâ—…t quâ—… ei succedat 〈◊〉 ibi q Intra 〈◊〉 vit â—…m coercere licâ—…t tranquillâ—… enim est ea vita quae humili cursu progreditur supâ—…a se â—…ltius non extenditur r Et redit aâ—… nihiâ—…um quod fuit antâ—… nihil alibi Recipit populos vrnâ—… ciâ—…atos Sencâ—… s Parcae à non parâ—…endo Qui diu fuit non diu fortasâ—…e vixit Vixiâ—… quâ—… aliquid memoâ—…ia digâ—…um egit u 〈◊〉 ventis agitatur ingâ—…ns Pinus â—…lsae grauâ—…ore casu decidunt Tuâ—…es 〈◊〉 summoâ—… â—…ulmina monteâ—… And the Engâ—…ish 〈◊〉 maâ—… be heere vsed The Gilloflower iâ—… not the woâ—…se bâ—…cause cropt neare the gâ—…ound x Vidâ—…o mellora probóque 〈◊〉 â—…quer Med. in Ouid. Meâ—…am y At the first the Athenians were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wise then they â—…ecame 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 louers of wisedome after 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 acure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lastly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sâ—…btile 〈◊〉 Vide Lacrâ—… â—…n vitâ—… Phil. y 〈◊〉 Britannia appellatur ab Hippolitâ—… ob varias deliâ—…ias totius Vbertatis affluentiam hinc inferâ—…ur Brit. maxime esse omniâ—…m ferâ—…ilem quia amaenissimis insulis compâ—…ratur c. ibid. z Pâ—…lopis vt repetas tanti monumenta laboris Pelope sic curres Hippodamenque tenes Annexed Hippodome tua virtus erit Spes currus habenae Imperium dubij moris amoris â—…runt a Scienti boni mali mala August * Venenatum pomum Declinat 〈◊〉 â—…umque â—…qlubil e â—…ollit* Atalantâ—… b Qui pugnat pugnat vt vincat nec qui â—…ardior erat praelio dignus habebitur â—…anto praemio c Constantij impâ—…ratoris Helenae filius è nube prodiâ—…um est ei appaâ—…ere crucâ—…m in quam impressum est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in hoc signo vinces d Coronat in nobis donâ—… suâ—… non boâ—… nostrâ—… munerâ—… sua non merâ—…a nostrâ—… August The Authors resolution A prescript â—…orme in wâ—…eping Matth. 5. 4. Luke 6. 21. Rom. 12. 15.