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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