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The laudable life and deplorable death, of our late peerlesse Prince Henry. briefly represented Together, with some other poemes, in honor both of our most gracious soueraigne King Iames his auspicious entrie to this crowne, and also of his hopefull children, Prince Charles and Princesse Elizabeths happy entrie into this world. By I.M. Master of Artes.
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Maxwell, James, b. 1581.
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THE Laudable Life And Deplorable Death of our late peerlesse Prince HENRY Briefly represented Together with some other Poemes in honor both of our most gracious Soueraigne King Iames his auspicious entrie to this Crowne and also of his most hopefull Children Prince Charles and Princesse Elizabeths happy entrie into this world By I. M. Master of Artes. LONDON Printed by Edw Allde for Thomas Pauier dwelling neere the Royall Exchange at the signe of the Cats and parrat 1612. TO OVR LATE PEERLESSE PRINCE HENRIES deere Brother and Sister PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESSE ELIZABETH Infants of Albion of greatest hope all happinesse THrise hopefull CHARLES gracefull ELIZABETH Great Britaines Hearts-ioy Europs brightest beames Lo what my Muse though mournfull mused hath In laud of our late Lilly of Saint IAMES All Europes obiect and the flowre of Knights Mirrour of man-hood wonderment of wights The Life of him whom euery heart did loue The Death of him whome each heart doth condole These lines doe limme while Christ him crownes aboue And that his fame far flee's twixt Pole and Pole This duties Birth I trust ye will it take In the best worth for worthy HENRIES sake Of your Highnesses The right humble Seruant Iames Maxwell To the Reader Lo heer 's the Pattern of Prince HENRIES parts Of HENRIES foure the faire Epitomie Learn'd like the First stout toward th' hope of hearts Like to the Fiâ—t once cheife of Chiualrie Like to the Sixt deuoute milde innocent Like to the Seau'ntn wise thriftie prouident THE MEMORABLE LIFE AND DEATH OF OVR LATE Peerelesse Prince HENRIE 1 MANS life full well is likened to a flower Man is like a floure that either withereth through age or is pluckt in his Prime which growing vp doth grace a Gardens aire with sweetest smell but withreth in an houre Or else is pluckt for sent or colour faire Looke on these lines they shall vnto thy sence Of this likenesse giue perfect euidence 2 A plant of price they offer to thy view the subiect of this Legend is such a flower as was not withred through age but was pluckt in the Spring for the sweetnes therof Pluckt in the Spring by the great Owners hand Of whom each flower hath being shape and hue And at whose becke they florish fall or stand A flower which twice ten sommers had not seene When it became as though it had not beene 3 God carieth him selfe as a Gardner or rather as the owner of a GardeÌ„ amoÌ„g the flowers of mortal meÌ„ euery day as it were taking a suruey of the same Great Ioue one day as he did walke along Did find this flower so fragrant faire and sweet This Lilly-rose that fild all Albien With his sweet sent he said this flower 's more meete For to perfume the Paradise of Saints Then for to spring among earths fading plants 4 The blessed Angels gather vp the soules of vertuous men as men doe plucke or gather sweete flowres for their pleasure VVhich hauing said lo troupes of Angels bright Post-haste from heau'n vpon S. Leonards day In the Spring garden at Saint Iames light And thence our louely Lilly fetch away Then home they haste scaling the starrie skies Leauing behind them blacknes shrikes cries 5 The Angels reioyce at the dissolution of the soules and bodies of the good but men doe mourne the exaltation presence of the Soule brings solace to the one the Soules absence and the Bodies corruption brings sorrow to the other Good Lord what discords were in th'accents then Which men and Angels made with heart and voice Angels had solace sorrow seas'd on men Men sigh'd and sob'd whilst Angels did reioyce Angels were glad but men were grieued sore Angels did sing whilst men did shout and roare 6 Angels and Saints in the supernall quire With sweetest songs that day did celebrate Blest HENRIES soule vnto great Ioue so deare With heauenly Hymns they did congratulate With how great mirth did they this Antheme sing Welcome sweer Saint the sonne of Britains King 7 The day of Prince Henries death was both a feasting day and a fasting day the one to Angels the other to men He yeilded vp the Ghost into Gods hands the same day of the weeke and about the same time of the day that Christ Iesus did yeild his into the hands of his Father to wit on friday the sixt day of the weeke being likewise the sixt day of the ninth moneth when he was not full 19 years olde Deere HENRIES death thus made a fest'uall day T'immortall wights to men much otherwise For from their hearts all gladnes fled away So soone as he had shut his Eagles eyes VVhich made them crie is our braue HENRY gon The ioy of Hearts the Hope of Albion 8 The fairest flowre that er'e in Britaines Ile Did sprout or spring or Sunne did euer see Whose fragrant smell diffused many mile Fill'd Sea and Land from Wales to Virginie Orcades and Gades west East both South and North Did smel the sent which this sweet floure sent forth 9 A wight I weene whose worth both farre and neere Prince Henries piety and feare of God Made each eye loue him each tong speake his praise Whose piety faith and religious feare His fame and name shall to the heauens raise It was his daily practise twise to pray And praise his God this was his vse alway 10 A peerlesse part in him all haue obseru'd His admirable and laudable abstinence from swearing cursing banning He neuer did Gods sacred name prophane He neuer curs'd for which he hath deseru'd That all should sing and celebrate his name To Gods blest word he bare great Reuerence And Sermons heard with humble diligence 11 His knowledge in Diuinity and both learned modest discourse In talking of points of Diuinitie Great was his wit his iudgement and his skill Men did admire the matchlesse modestie Which did appeare in his talke euer still Most father-like in his discourses sweet Skilfull and graue quick ornate and discreet 12 His knowledge of humane Sciences and Arts. In euery art he had more then a taste For in each science of Philosophie He knew those things that did become him best And as did serue his minde to beautifie I meane the choisest things of euery art This peerelesse Prince had laid vp in his heart 13 And as he was to God deuotious His loyall obedience to Father mother and his auersenes froÌ„ Absolomes aspiring minde Reading each day his word with reuerence So to his parents most obsequious Was he alwayes with loyall diligence What er'e he knew to be their minde and will Most readily he did it aye fulfill 14 So far was he inclin'd not to rebell With Absalom who hellishly did aime His King and father Dauid to expell So far I say was Henry from this straine That from his Cradle to his mournfull end He neuer did his father once offend 15 O happy
down From North to South to beare great Britaines crown 4 For at what time vnspotted MARIES childe Came downe from God Eues ill race to rescue From death and hell to make an vnion Twixt God and man thus reconcil'd a new At the same time a matchles MARIES childe Came to vnite men with men in this I le 5 Robert the 2 and the first of the Stewart-Kings in Scotland Iames the 6. and the first of the Stewart-kings in England began both of them their reigne in both kingdomes at the feast of the Annuntiation See Boethius Leslaeus Buchananus Stowe in their Chronicles Thus MARIES time hath bene auspicious To MARIES seed and to the royall stemme Of STEWARDS name sprung from the valorous Britannish Bruce borne to Norths Diadem For in both lands the first of STEWARDS line That e're bare Crowne began both at this time 6 VVhen Phoebus shining in his Rammie signe The first of signes and rules the head of man Was running from the night-days-equall Line At what time the fun which is the prime of starres was running in Aries which is the prime of signes at the same time the prime Starre of the North by his motion began to inlighten the two Hemispheres of this Ilish Orbe The Norths bright Starre with beamie face began Surueying South and North both farre and neere For to o're-shine the two halues of his sphere 7 And fit it was that this high head of Iles Ptolomeus Albumazar Fōtanus Cardanus Ranzoniun doe place vnder the influence of Aries which is the head of signes the head of man which is the head of earthly creatures and vnder the head of the same head signe called Aries they place great Britannie which is the head of Ilands Great Britaines Ile a royall head should see T'unite her ends though distant many miles When the head-signe was in his Royaltie Which in Mans Body challengeth the Head And doth his force o're Albions Iland shed 8 Al 's when the Sunne did runne his Giants race At what time the Sunne was mouing in the signe of Leo or the Liō which is the Sunnes owne house the Lyon of the North at he same time receiued the Crown of the South Mounted vpon the starrie Lyons backe Then did the Lilly-Lyon shewe his face In glorie great when he the stile did take To be surnam'd King of great Britanie Norths Prince of peace and Pearle of vnitie 9 Yea Iuda's-Lyon that delights to feede In the Reuelation Christ Iesus is called the Lyon of the Tribe of Iudah and in the Canticles he remaineth among the Lillies and the Lyon enuironed with Lillies is a chiefe part of Charles Iames his royall armes Amidst the fragrant Lillies of the fielde Did wish our Gemme goodluck and eeke his Seede Which bear 's a Lilly-lyon in his shielde E'en Iudah's Lyon man-like sweetly smil'd To see our Lyon Britaines King enstil'd 10 * At S. Iames feast was happily King IAMES crowned S. IAMES who like-wise was a MARIES childe Held feast that day that King Iames bare this Crown First on his head as Monarch of this Ile Congratulate he did his new renowne Wishing that our King IAMES of Albion Might match in hap King * Iames King of Aragon and Valence the first of that name the vniter of two kingdomes both the son the grand-son of a Marie was surnamed the fortunate or happie see Marinaeus in the 10. Booke of his Spanish Historie IAMES of Aragon 11 Thou Iacobs Harpe which he holdes in his armes Take vp a tune out of thine owne accord Sing peace on Earth and end to all alarmes Here in the Land of thy Concording Lord Play Dauids Harpe how pleasant is' t to see Britaines to liue in loue and vnitie 12 Orpheus Dauids and our Iacobs Harpe is the Symbole of concorde see Orus Apollo and Pierius in their Hieroglyphicks Sweet Orpheus Harp adde new strength to thy strings And tame the wild beasts of our passions Let melodie mounted on ayrie wings Charme and dechase our fierce affections That Britaines borne may liue in rest and Loue Vnited ay till Christ come from aboue 13 Come Prince of Peace vnite vs all in one In Faith and Loue perfite vs more and more Make IAMES the author of that Vnion The most glorious workes that can enter into any Princes heart or hand are these two the pacification re-union of the diuided Catholicke Church and the restauration and re-union of the diuided and diminished Christian Empire and it is the Authors most hearty wish that it would please God to make the hapfull Father the instrument of the one and the hopefull sonne the instrument of the other Which was amongs first Christians of before And let not his braue Charles his head goe downe Before he beare Charles or Constantines Crownes Make hell-hatcht Turkes amaz'd to flee and fall Before his face till he be Lord of all A Poeme shewing the Excellencie of our Soueraigne King IAMES his HAND that giueth both health wealth instanced in his Curing of the Kings euill by touching the same in hanging an Angell of Gold about the neck of the diseased and in giuing the poorer sort money towards the charges of their iournie The Argument KIng IAMES is called of God to be the Curer of the Kings Euill in priuate persons corporally in the Body of this I le politically in the Pope and the whole Catholick Church Ecclesiastically 1 Great King it was mine hap of late to see And to behold the vertues of your HAND When as from your blest Seate of Maiestie Before Gods Priests which did about you stand Your sacred Touch did serue for Medicine To such as with Kings-ill had plagued beene 2 Vpon which sight my Muse with speed began To meditate these presents in the praise Of your right HAND blest both of God and man The force whereof must needes your honour raise Sith that the sole Touch of it doth much more Then Med'cines all in curing of this sore 3 Professed phisitions take gold of their patients and yet oftentimes giue them not helth for their gold but our great Phisition giueth his patients gold health also Phisitions when they doe vnder goe The Cure of this or any other ill Are wont to reape some Angels one or moe At the sicks hands thus they their purses fill Alwaies they take but oft none ease do giue To such as doe with sores tormented liue 4 Far otherwise it fareth with our Leeche Apollo's heire this Ilands Aesculape He to his sicke doth golden Angels reeche Out of his hand and makes them to escape Which makes our Leeche the Lord of Leeches all For health and wealth both from his fingers fall 5 Queene Maulde which was great English Beauclerkes heire Polydorus Virgilius R. Holinsbed I. Pox. I. Stow in Henrico 1. And eke the Niece of Scots Malcolme our King Who for a time the stile of Empresse bare