he fell Which she perceiuing lets her Daughter drowne And rashly ran to saue her burning Sonne Which finding dead she hastily casts downe And all agast doth to the water runne Where seeing t'other was depriu'd of breath She ' gainst the earth falls down dasht her braines Her husband comes and sees this worke of death And desperate hangs himselfe to ease his palnes Thus Death with all the Elements conspire To reaue mans life Earth Water Ayre and Fire FINIS An Inkhorne Disputation or Mungrell conference betwixt a Lawyer and a Poet. With a Quarterne of new catcht Epigrams caught the last Fishing tide sit for heaute stomackes in Ember-weekes Fridayes and Fasting-euens A Poet and a Lawyer in dispute And one the other striued to confute The Poet talk't of great Apolloes shrine Of mount Pernassus and the Muses nine The Lawyer 's all in Cases and in Causes In Fixes in Fees Recou'ries and in Clawses The Poet answers him with Elegies With Madrigals and Epithalamies The Lawyer with his Writs and his Attachments His Habeas Corpus and his strong Apeachments His Executions and his Molestanaums His Score facies and Testificanaums His desperate Outlaries his Capiendoes His Sursararies and his Proscdendoes The Poet at the Lawyer layes on loads Of Dactiles Spondees Annagrams and Oades Of Satyres Epigrams Apostrophies Of Stops of Commaes of Parenthesis Of Accents Figures Tautologia Of Types Tropes and Amphibologia Of Saturne Ioue of Mars of Sol's hot ranging Of Venus Mercurie of Lunaes changing Of Tragicall and Comicall predictions Of Truth of Suppositions and Fictions Of Homer Virgil Ouâ—d Taâ—â—o Terence Dâ—bartas Petrach Plutarke Horace from whence Hee hath the Art the Knowledge and the skill To win the Lawrell from the forked hill The Lawyer then begins to thunder lowder As if hee meant blow him vp with Powder With Actions Cases Capias vt legatums With Decemtales Scandala Magnatums With his Sede fendendoes and Demurs With Proffes Supplicauits Praemumrs With his Scitations Latitats Delayes And diuers more tearmes which the Law displayes With Littleton Fitzherbert Ployden Brooke With many a lawfull and Law-wrested Booke The Poet boldly yet maintaines the field And with his Inkhorne termes disdaines to yeeld Vpon the Lawyer all a fresh hee comes With Eglagues and with Epicediums With Palinodies and Pentameters With sharpe Iambicks and Hexamiters The Lawyer saw the Poet had such store Of pickeld words said hold wee 'le talke no more For thou by mee or I shall not by thee By prating neuer edified bee And for Conclusion let vs both parâ— friends And for our profits this shall bee our ends Wee Lawyers liue vpon the times Abuses Whil'st Poets starue by waâ—â—â—ng on the Muses Epigram 1. Vpon the world Notwithstanding TOm swore to Kate he neuer more would wooe her Kate wish't him hangd when â—ext he com's vnto her But Lou's great litle God the man coÌ„manding That Tom must needs goe to her Notwithstanding Kate rayld and brawld and scoulded curst and band And 'gainst Toms not withstanding did withstand At last the Notwithstanding had â—or sooke And Kate affords her Tom a welcome looke Thus Not withstanding did the warres increase And Stiffe withstanding made the friendly peace Epigram 2. HAll and his wife into the water slipt She quickly Hall fast by the Codpeece gript And reason good shee had to catch him there For hold she fast she need no drowning leare She oft had try'd and prou'd and found it so That thing would neuer to the bottome goe Epigram 3. GOod Besse forbeare â—â—â—be are thou canst full well For thou for bearing bear'st away the bell Thy patience in thy bearing men admires That bearing many wrongs yet neuer tires Epigram 4. T Is onely womens manners and their carriage That maketh them vnfit or fit for Marriage Then Madge thy carriage still so good hath bin Thou getst the Dlu'll and all by commings in Epigram 5. MAll doth commend Sims comlinesse of slature But most she likes his freenesle of his Nature For she will sweare indeed la and in truth That Sim euer a sweet natur'd youth Epigram 6. A Messenger declaring of his mind In making curtesie let a scape behind Hee looking backe peace Sirrha peace quoth he For it you talke I sure will silent be Epigram 7. THe Merchant Drubo hyer'd a seruant lasse And for her wages he doth duly pay From Christmas quarter vnto Michatlmas She hath it payd her to haire they say Sometimes betwixt the quarters she doth take it For let it come when 't t will shee'ie not forsake it And for her Master honest Drubo hee He often payes her with a standing fee. Epigram 8. FIe what an idle life man liues quoth Dicke How idely they their linâ—s away doâ— passe Whil'st paint full women wins both praise and p. Induring as they were compos'd of Brasse I thinke mens idlenesse was neuer such And women ne're were occupi'd so much Epigram 9. IT is no wonder wherefore little Nell So bigge below the waste begins to swell For being hungry in the darke she stole A hastie Pudding and deuour'd it whole Epigram 10. AS through the Citie I did lately passe At a Carts tayle a Beadle whipt a lasse I slept vnto him and I ask'd the cause Quoth he I whipt her for she brake the Lawes In letting out her for most Roome for pelfe And for her pleasure backward lay her selfe Epigram 11. A Little woman did a bigge man wed And he was loath to lye with her in bed For feare to hurt her then she spyed a Mouse That play'd and leapt and skipt about the house O Husband would I had that Mouse quoth she Her skin would make a paire of gloues for me So wide quoth he I know t will neuer tretch Content your selfe qd she young things will reach Epigram 12. A Lustie wench as nimble as an Eele Would giue a Gallant leaue to kisse and feele His itching humour straight-way was in hope To toy to wanton dally busse and grope Hold Sir quoth she my word I will not faile For you shall feele my hand and kisse my Taâ—â— Epigram 13. On Mistresse Charitie IN very deed la and sinceritie There is much Charitie in Charitie She hath so kinde so free a liberall heart That euery man of her shall haue a part Epigram 14. TWo Sheepe in Law did lately long contend And Wolfe the Lawyer must the matter end Who with his fine fines and his firking fees Dâ—awes both their purâ—es to the very lâ—es The mony gone the strife of Law did cease They fooles fell out and beggers made the peace Epigram 15. MAd dapper Dicke doth very often shift And yet hee 's lowzâ—e through the want of â—â—â—â— Epigram 16. On Madam Temperance A Man that went to trauaâ—le swore to 's wife He would loue Temp'rance as he lou'd his life Indeed he lou'd a faire and beauteous Dame Although intemperate Temp'rance was her name On whom he spent his loue his lust his â—â—â—â—â— He might as well haue
By whom the Christians all were slaine or vext Constantius was a victorious Prince and triumphed in Rome yet â—â—â—â—uell oppressor and an Arian hereticke 89 Maximinianus 375. NExt Iulian raigned Valentiâ—iaâ— And after him succeeded Grasiâ—â— Maximianus was of life depriu'd 'Cause he with Gratian for the Empire striu'd How like Bauius these tyrants consumed onâ— another these were all Emperours of Rome Kings of Brittaine 90. Gratian. 376. THen Gratian claim'd this Kingdome as his right But hauing gain'd it he was slaine in fight Fierce warres the Romane Empire did deuide And Caesars and their Viceroyes fought and dyde Honorius Romes Tribunall did obtaine Next after him did Theodosius raigne Then did the Scot ioyne with the barbarous pict This headlesse Kinglesse Kingdome to afflict The Romane Scepter we had long obayd Foure hundred eightythree yeeres Tribute payd And now this land shook off their wrongd comand When Ciuill discord had neer spoyl'd this Land In one â—â—â—â—â— the whole nation of the Picts were â—â— Yeeres after Christ. â—â—â—â—â—â—shed about this time the Romanes gouernment â—â—here Gratian was a Brittaine Emperour but someâ—â— 91 Vortiger 447. THis King through murder did the Throne ascend And had a troublous Raigne and murdrous end â—â—â—â—â—â— Constantines lawfull Heyre and Sonne By vortigers false meanes to death was done For which to keepe the Crowne vniustly gain'd The Saxons for his ayde he entertain'd Then Hengâ—st with his Brother Horlus crue â—â— Britaine 's best bloud did their blades embrew King Vortiger with doting loue inthral'd â—atch't Hengists daughter beauteous Rowan cal'd â—â—â— Saxons troopes on troopes came in so fast That Britaines did depriue the King at last Hee murdered his lawfull Prince and vsurping the Throne was enforced to haue ayd of the Saxons who at the â—â— almost ouer-ran this Kingdome but the Brittaines â—â—â—â—ed Vortiger and crowned his Sonne Vortimer 92. Vortimer 454. THen * On the Plaine of Salisbury at Stonching where the Stones are to be seene as this day Vortimer the Sonne of Vortiger Vpon the Saxons made successfull warre Till he by Rowan was by craft o'r-tane From whose false hands he dy'd by poys'nous bane Deposed Vortiger his Sonne once slaine His ill gain'd ill kept Crowne he gain'd againe Hengistus with his Saxon fresh supplies The Plaines of Salisbury did all surprize The King tooke counsell of his Brittaine Lords And all in generall to a Peace accords The Saxons and the Brittaines did agree That at this meeting all vnarm'd should be â—â—xt traitrous Hengist did a watch-word speake Which did the Law of Armes and Honour breake Yeeres after Christ. The Saxons vnsuspected drew forth Kniues Foure hundred threescore Lords all lost their liues All Brittaine Nobles then the Saxons there Surpris'd the King constraining him through feare To giue Kent Sussex Suffolke Norfolke and That Hengist King should in those Lands command But after nineteene yeeres were quite expir'd * The King Queene burnt to death Reuenging Fire the King in 's Castle fir'd And thus the Saxons and Great Hengists Heyres Won Shire to Shire till Brittaine all was theirs Vortiger married his owne daughter to his third wife 93. Aurelius Ambrose 466. IN honour of the Nobles basely slaine This King set vp the Stones on Sarum plainâ— The Gospell with great zeale he dignifi'd Raign'd thirty two yeeres and by poyson dy'd This King was a Romane and brother to Vter Pendragon that succeeded him 94. Vter Pendragon raigned 18 yeeres 498. THis King by Merlins meanes a skilfull man Igrene the Duke of Cornewals Dutchesse wan On her he got though illegittimate The Christian Worthy Arthur stilde the Great Vter Pendragon poysoned by the Saxons after he had reigned 18 yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 95. Arthur 516. OF the nine Worthies was this Worthy one Denmarke and Norway did obey his Throne In twelue set Battels he the Saxons beat Great and to make his Victories more great The Faithlesse Sarazens he ouercame And made them honour high Ichonah's Name The Noble order of the Table round At Winchester his first inuention found Whilst he beyond Sea fought to win Renowne His Nephew Mordred did vsurpe his Crowne But he return'd and Mordred did confound And in the fight great Arthur got a wound That prou'd so mortall that immortally It made him liue although it made him dye Full sixteene yeeres the Diadem he wore And euery day gaind Honour more and more Arthur the great was buried at Glastenbury 96 Constantine the fourth 542. 97 Aurelius Conanus 545. COnstantine was by King Aurelius kil'd Aurelius ' Brittaine thirty three yeeres held Seuen Kingdomes heere at once the Saxons held And slaughter launc'd when proud ambition sweld This Constantine was kinsman to King Arthur and was slaine by Conanus Constantine was a wicked Prince and slaine in battell by his kinsman Conanus when he had reigned neere 3. yeeres Of the tyme of this Aurelius Conanus his reigne there is much variation in Histories Yeeres after Christ. Heere beganne the Heptarchy or 7 Kingdomes iâ— this Land namely Kent South-Saxons West-Saxons East-Saxons Northumberland Mercia and East-Angles which diuision continued more then 600. yeeres be fore it was all vnited into one Monarchy â—â—e names of the Kings times of their reignes and limits of their Kingdomes are hereunder expressed 1 KEnt was only a kingdome which had 17 Kings namely 1 Hengist 2 Eâ—â—â—â—sâ— 3 Octa 4 Ymerick 5 Ethelbert who was the first Christian King of Kent hee was an aydeâ— and helper of Sebert King of the East-Saxons in the famous and memorable buildings of S t Pauls Church in London and Saint Peters at Westminster 6 Eabald 7 Ercombert 8 Eglâ—â—â— 9 Lother 10 Edrick 11 Withred 12 Eaberâ— 13 Edelbert 14 Alick 15 Ethilbert 16 Cuthred 17 Baldred These Kings reigned in Kent 372 yeeres from the yeere of Grace 455. till the yeere 827. 2 The kingdome of the South-Saxons contained the Counties of Suffex and Surrit â—â— continued from the yeere 488. vntill the yeere 601. being 113 yeeres they had three Kingsâ— namely 1 Ella 2 Cissa 3 Ethelwolse a Christian King 4 Berthrum 5 Authum 3 The West-Saxons kingdome whose beginning was in the yeer 519. and ended Annoâ— 166. lasted 561 yeeres hauing 17 Kings namely 1 Cherdick 2 Kenrick 3 Chequilen 4 Cealick 5 Chelwold 6 Kingils a Christian 7 Kenwald 8 Eskwin 9 Kentwin 10 Ceadwald 11 Inas 12 Ethelarc 13 Cuthred 14 Sigebat 15 Kenwolse 16 Brightrik 17 Egbert These Kings had vnder their gouernments the Counties of Cornewall Deuonshire Somersetshire Wiltshire Hampshire and Barkshire 4 The East-Saxons reigned 281 yeeres beginning Anno. 527. and ending in the yeere 827. Their bounds were Essex and Middle-Sex and their Kings were in numberâ— 14 namely 1 Erchenwin 2 Sledda 3 Sâ—â—â—â—â— a Christian King that assisted Ethelbert Yeeres after Christ. King of Kent it in the building of the â—hurches of saint Paul and Saint Peter aforeâ—â—â— 4 Seward 5 Sigebert 6 Sigibert 7 Switheâ—â—â— 8 Sighere 9 Sâ—bba 10 Sigherd 11 Seoâ—â—l
learned langâ—ages adorn'd admir'd Saint Peter preaching tels the people plaine How they the liuing Lord of life had slaine Some slout and mocke remaining stubborne hearted And many Soules peruerted are conuerted The Church increases daily numbers comes And to the Gospels furth'ring giue great Summes Acts. False Ananias and his faithlesse wife In dreadfull manner lost their wretched life The enuious people stone the Martye Steuen He praying for his foes leaues earth for Heauen The Churches Arch foe persecuting Saul Is made a conuert and a preaching Paul He 's clapt in Prison manacled nad fetter'd And through his troubles still his zeale is better'd Th Apostle Iames by Herod's put to death And Herod eat with Lice loft hatefull breath Th' increasing Church amongst the Gentiles spreds By Nâ—re Paul and Peter lost their heads Romanes Th' Apostle Paul from Corinth writes to Rome To strength their faith and tell them Christ is come He shewes how high and low both Iew and Greeke Are one with God who faithfully him seeke He tels how sinne in mortall bodies luâ—kes How we are sau'd by faith and not by workes In louing tearmes the people he doth moue To Faith to Hope to Charity and Loue. 1. Corinthâ— Paul to Corinthus from Philippy sends Their Zeale and Faith he louingly commends He tels them if Gods Seruice they regard Th' eternall Crowne of life is their reward 2. Corinths In this Saint Paul sends the Corinthians word Afflictions are the blessings of the Lord. He doth desire their Faith may still increase He wishes their prosperity and peace Galathians He tels them that their whole Saluations cause Is all in Christ and not in Moses Lawes The Law 's a glasse where men their sinnes doe sec And that by Christ we onely saued be Ephesians Paul bids cast off the old man with his vice And put on Christ our blest redempcions price Philippians He bids them of false teachers to beware He tels them that Humilitie is rare And though they liue here in a vaile of strife Yet for them layd vp is the Crowne of life Colossians Th' Apostle doth reioyce and praiseth God That these Colossians in true Faith abode He praiseth them he bids them watch and pray That sin an Sathan worke not their decay 1. Thessalonians He thanketh God his labour 's not in vaine So stedfast in the faith these men remaine That they to others are ablelled light By their example how to liue vpright 2. Thessalonians Againe to them he louingly doth write He bids them pray the Gospell prosper might He wishes them prosperitie and wealth And in the end Soules euerlasting health 1. and 2. to Timothy Paul shewes to Timothy a By shop must In life and doctrine be sincâ—re and iust And how the Scriptures power haue to perswade Whereby the man of God is perfect made Titus To Titus 'mongst the Creetans Paul doth send And warnes him what â—allow or reprehend Philemon Paul earnestly the Master doth request To pardon his poore man that had transgrest Hebrewes Although this booke doth beare no Authors name It shewes the Iews how they thier liues should frame And that the Ceremoniall Law is ended In Christ in whom all grace is comprenended S. Iames. Heare speake and doe well the Apostle faith For by thy workes a man may see thy faith I. and 2. to Peter He counsels vs be sober watch and pray And still be ready for the Iudgement day 1 2 and 3. of Iohn He shewes Christ di'de and from the graue arose To saue his friends and to confound his foes S. Iude. Iude bids them in all Godlinesse proceed And of deceiuing teachers on take heed Reuelation Diuine S. Iohn to Pathmos I le exilde This heauenly worâ— t' instruct vs he compild He tels the godly God shall be their gaines He threats she godlesse with eternall paines He shewes how Antichrist should reigne and rage And how our Sauiour should his pride asswage How Christ in glory shall to Iudgement come And how all people must abide his doome A Prayer GOod God Almighty in compassion tender Preserue and keepe King Charles thy Faiths defender Thy Glory make his Honor still increase In Peace in Warres and in Eternall peace Amen THE BOOKE OF MARTYRS DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE WILLIAM EARLE OF PEMBROOKE c. MY Lord my weake Collection out hath tooke The summe and pith of the great Martyrs Booke For pardon and protection I intreat The Volume's little my presumption great IOHN TAYLOR I Sing their deaths who dying made death yeeld By Scriptures sword and faiths vnbattered shield Whom Sathan men or monsters could not tame Nor sorde them to deny their Sauiours name Euangelists that did the Gospell write Apostles and braue Martyrs that did fight Gainst death and hell and all the power of sin And boldly dâ—de eternall life to win Iohn Baptist by King Herod lost his head Who to the world repentance published Our blest Redeemer in his loue did follow And conquered death mans sinfull soule to hallow He was the death of death and he did quell The sting and power of Sathan sin and hell And vnder his great standard valiantly A number numberlesse haue darde to die Through bondage famine slauery sword and fire Through all deuised torments they aspire Victoriously to gaine th' immortall Crowne Of neuer-ending honour and renowne Saint Steuen was the third that lost his breath And for his Masters sake was ston'd to death And after him in Scripture may we reade The Apostle Iames was brain'd and butchered Saint Marke th Euangelist in fire did burne And Bartholmen was flead yet would not turne Saint Andrew like a valliant champion dide And willing on a croste was crucifide Matthias Philip Peter and Saint Paul Ston'd crucified beheaded Martyrs all Th' Apostles of their liues no reckoning make And thinke them well spent for their Sauiours sale The tyrant Emperours in number ten Most cruell barb'rous and inhumaine men More Christians by their bloudy meanes did sâ—â—y Then for a yeere fiue thousand to each day And many Romane Bishops in those dayes Were Martyrd to their high Creators praise And though each day so many thousands bleed Yet doubtly more and more they daily breed As Camomile growes better bâ—ing trod So death and tortures draw more vnto God Or as the vine that 's cut and prun'd beares more In one yeere then it did in three before This bloudy persecution did out-weare After Christs death the first three hundred yeere Thus did the primitiue first Church endure Being Catholike Apostolike and pure Then ouer all the world t was truely knowne That Romish Bishops claimed but their owne In their owne Diocesse to be chiefe Pastor And not to be the worlds great Lord and master And now our Britaine glory will I sing From Lucius reign the worlds first Christian King Vnto these dayes of happy peacefull state A Catalogue of Martyrs I le relate First Vrsula and eleuen thousand with her All Virgins for
VRANIA sits at Helme and Pilot is For Thames thou hast the lactea via found Be thou with baies as that with stars is crownd THOMAS DEKKAR A Catalogue of all the seuerall Bookes contained in this VOLVME TAylors Vrania The first part of the troubles and destructions of Ierusalem The second part and finall destruction of Ierusalem by Titus and Vespasian The life and death of the most blessed amongst women The Virgin Mary the mother of our Lord Iesus Christ. Superbiae flagellum or the Whip of Pride Against cursing and swearing The fearefull Summer The Trauels of tweluepence The Armado or Nauy of Ships that saile as well by land as by sea The Begger or the praise of beggers beggery and begging Taylors Goose. Iacke a Lent Taylors pennilesse Pilgrimage or Iourney without money from London to Edenborough in Scotland and backe to London The Acts and exployts of Wood the great Eater in Kent Sir Gregory Nonsence A very merry Wherry voyage from London to Yorke with a paire of Oares A new Discouery by sea with a wherry from London to Salisbury A Kicksie winsie or a Lerry cum Twang Taylors Motto An Epicedium or mournfull death-song for Coriats supposed drowning The eight Wonder of the world or Coriats reuiuing Laugh and be fat Coriats Newes and letter with the Authours paraphrasing verses A Bawd very modest A Whore very honest A Thiefe very â—â—ue A Hangman very necessary The vnnaturall Father Taylors Reuenge against Fenner Fenners Defence A Cast ouer the water to Fenner The Water-mans suite concerning plâ—â—ers Wit and mirth A Dogge of Warre The World runs on wheeles The Nipping or snipping of abuses A briefe of the Chronicle from Brute to this present in Verse A Briefe of the Chronicle from the Norman Conquest to this present A Farewell to the Towre bottles The Marriage of the Princesse Elizabeth A funerall Elegie for King Iames. A funerall Elegy for the Earle of Nottingham A funerall Elegy for the Earle of Holdernesse A funerall Elegy for the Bishop of Winchester A funerall Elegy for the Duke of Richmond and Linox A funerall Elegy for Iohn Moray Esquire The Summe of the Bible in verse The Summe of the Booke of Martyrs in verse Archie his making peace with France The Praise of Hempseed Taylors Pastorall Three weekes and three dayes trauells from London into Germany Taylors Trauell to Bohemia An English mans loue to Bohemia The Dolphins danger and deliuerance The Cormorant Abraue Sea-fight by Captaine Iohn Weddell in the gulfe of Persia. The Sculler Christian admonitions The great O Toole The Churches deliuerances Prince Gâ—ales his welcome from Spaine The praise of cleane linnin These Bookes in number sixty three are heere Bound in one Volume scattred here and there They stand not thus in order in the booke But any man may finde them that will looke TO THE MOST HIGH MOST MIGHTY AND MOST ANCIENT PRODVCER SEDVCER AND ABVSER OF MANKIND THE WORLD MOst Potent and Powerfull Imposture take it not amisse that I a poore worme of your own breeding doe in waie of retribution giue you here the encrease of my Tallent which I haue beene almost 60 yeeres a gathering It was told me that when I first came to visit you that I cri'd and Waw'ld and that when I leaue you I shall sigh and grone and euer since I knew you I haue loued you so well for the good parts I haue seen in you that I could verie willingly be glad to change you for a better I know not what Title to put vpon you you haue as many stiles alreadie as the great Turke with the soldier you are a hard World with the Diuine you are a wicked world with the Lawyer you are a contentious world with the Courtier you are a slipperie world with most men a mad world and with all men a bad world The Diuell your brother and your sister the Flesh hath quite spoiled you of all your good qualities and conditions and worse then that they haue made you blinde that you cannot or will not see your owne faults and you haue blinded all your inhabitants that they can neither feele or perceiue their miseries for which cause I haue made bold to dedicate this Volume to your greatnesse wherein as in a glasse you may view your imperfections Here shall you see all your foure ages now combind in one first This is the Golden age for Gold can doe any thing it can both cleare and bleare the eies of Iustice it can turne Religion into Policie Pietie into periurie and what not Siluer indeed lookes white and white is the colour of Age Ergo the Siluer age which though it run in an inferiour straine to Gold yet it works wonders and without it there is no market kept in Church or Commonwealth for whosoeuer is King Pecunia is Queene The Brazen age is apparant in euerie mans impudencie most men and womens foreheads or our-sides which are their actions doe manifest that they liue in an age of Brasse Lastly the Iron age is palpably present for many soldiers who mainetaine their liues with daily seeking their deaths haue stomacks like Estriches and through want of meanes they eat vp their swords and pistols Amongst all these I haue long time noted your great bountie you haue beene so fauorable to giue some men as much ambition as serued them iustly for the breaking of their necks To some you haue giuen Abundance and you haue made that Abundance beget Auarice and that Auarice to beget destruction some you haue furnished with beautie and that beautie hath confounded chastitie on some you haue suddenly thrown honors and promotions and those you haue loaden with enuie slander continuall perplexities In a word your gifts are so mischieuously mixed as wit with beggerie follie with wealth and the like that I protest I am wearie of you which makes me thus bold to tell you of your iadish tricks You neuer fauored me and therefore I haue no reason to flatter you nor will I flatter you or any man that shall or will doe me fauour I neuer will make my tong like a plaisterers Trowell to dawbe and smooth ouer the vices or villanies of any with Sicophantizing Parasiticall flatterie World all that I craue of thee liuing is a graue when I am dead and although I flatter thee not yet I loue thee not nor haue I any reason for it for to mee thy fawnings haue been frownings thy beneuolence maleuolence the courtesies cares and crosses and thy riches innumerable restlesle perturbations besides when our blessed Sauior was vpon the earth thy estate was so vile and damnable that though he praied for his tormentors and crucifiers yet he onely excluded the World by name out of his praier saying I pray not for the world and can there be any hopes that thou art any better now then thou wert then nay it is to be doubted that thou art rather worse So that if any man will say that he hath occasion to
and grow And for the vse of Fiftie takes a score He neuer dreads Heau'ns dreadfull angry broâ—â—e But daily grinds the faces of the poore Let vengeance thunder and let Hels dog barke Amongst his Marks of Grace he hath no marke 66 And though a world of Crownes are in his hand For euery Crowne might he a Kingdome haue His state no better in my minde should stand Then a rich Begger or a kingly Slaue He should his Crownes and they not him command They Vassall-like should do what he should craue Lo thus the Crownes their Soueraigne ouerswayes They rule and Raigne he like a Slaue obeyes 67 Thus Angels to a Câ—usffe are a curse His Royalls makes his basenes farre more base His Nobles his ignoble minde make worse His Marks are marks and figures of disgrace And Crownes vsurpeth in his Niggard purse And in his heart Contentment hath no place For Angels Royalls Marks and Crownes Can put no vertue in the minds of Clownes 68 The onely slaue of slaues is Moneyes slaue He pines in plenty staru's amidst his store Dies liuing and doth liue as in a Graue In wealthy want and in abundance poore The Goods he hath he badly doth depratte And only cares how he may purchase more For he himselfe cannot afford himselfe A good meales meat for wasting of his pelfe 69 His feare 's his wealth his torment his delight His Conscience foule affrightfull is his sleepe His hope despaire his mirth in sadnes dight His ioyes are Cares what he hath got to keepe His Rest is restles vnrest day and night And in a Sea of Melancholy deepe Amidst his large possessions liu's in lack And dies in debt to 's belly and his back 70 Me thinkes I heare a Miser-Churle obiect None railes at Wealth but those which liue in want The idle Grashopper cannot affect The toylesome labours of the frugall Ant The â—â—â—digall by no meanes will be checkt So much as when his Purses lining's scant The Fox doth scorne the Grapes but wot you why Because out of his reach they hang too high 71 So doth a sort of poore and needy Hyndes The scum and dregs of euery Common wealth The shag-rag-shag-hand crue whose boundles minds Must be supplide with shifting or by stealth Like sick men when their paines their Reason blinds They enuy all men that are well in health So doth a swarme of Drones and idle mates Reuile and enuie at our happy states 72 But let them storme and raâ—â—e and curse and sweare Within our coffers we will keepe the Gold Let them themselues themselues in pieces teare What we haue got with toyle with care we 'le hold What is' t doth men to reputation reare But when their goods wealth growes manifold We care not then let needy Rascalls raile Till Tyburne eat them or some lothsome Iayle 73 Thus doth a Wretch his thirst of Gaine excuse And makes his bad trade good with show of thrift Himselfe continuall with himselfe doth muse Vpon some purchase or some gaining drift And as a Hog his downeward lookes doe vse To poare and not aloft his eyes to lift He takes Heau'ns fruit hoordeth vp the same And ne're remembers God from whence it came 74 But fill thy baggs till they are ouer-filld And empt thy conscience more if more thou can Raise higher rents and let thy Land be till'd And tell thy selfe thou art a happy man Pull downe thy Barnes and boasting bigger build As if thy blessed state were new began Then comes a voyce with horror and off right Thou foole I le fetch away thy soule this night 75 And tell me then who shall these Goods possesse That thou hast damn'd thy selfe to purchase them Who shall be heire to all thy vaine excesse For which thy soule that deare too deare bought Iâ—â—â—â— In hazard is of endlesse wretchednesse Be'ing banisht from the new Ierusalem The goods are ill that doth the world controule Whose cursed gaine doth lose the Owners soule 76 What 's in the world should make men wish to liue If men could well consider what it is What in the world that happinesse can giue Which is not drownd in sorrowes blacke Abisâ— What goods in the world can a man atchieue But woe and misery o'rewhelmes his blisse No pleasures or contentments stedfast are For all we can call Ou ts is onely Care 77 I'haue seene a Gallant mounted all in gold Like Alexander on Bucephalus The ground in his conceit too base to hold Him whom the smiles of Fortune fauours thus But in his height of heat how soone hee 's cold By death snatch'd from his pompe himselfe vs His Name and Noble-Mushrom-fame forgot And all things but his shame must lye and rot 78 The beauteous Lady that appeares a Saint Of Angells forme and Heau'n admired hue That can by Art defectiue Nature paint And make false colours to the eye seeme true Yet Death at last her brau'ry doth attaint And spight her Art she must pay Natures due The rarest features and the fairest formes Must dye and rot and be consum'd with wormer 79 Wealth Beauty as they are abusde or vsde They make the Owners either curst or blest As Good or Ill is in the minde infusde They adde a ioyfull rest or woes vnrest To vse them well th' are blest but if abusde Thy God doth thee them loath and detest And turnes his blessings which should most coÌ„tent thee To dreadfull cursings which shal stil torment thee 80 Seeke then Heau'ns Kingdome and things that are right And all things else shall be vpon thee cast Thy dayes of Ioy shall neuer turne to night Thy blessed state shall euerlasting last Liue still as euer in thy Makers sight And let Repentance purge thy vices past Remember thou must drink of deaths sharpe cup And of thy Stewardship account giue vp 81 Had'st thou the beauty of faire Absolon Or did thy strength the strength of Sampson passe Or could thy wisedome match wise Salomon Or might thy riches Cressus wealth surpasse Or were thy pompe beyond great Babylon The proudest Monarchy that euer was Yet Beauty Wisedome Riches Strength and State Age Death and Time will spoils and â—â—â—â—â— 82 Make of the World no more then as it is A vale of Cares of miseries and woes Thinke of it as the sinke of all amisse That blinds our Sences with deceiuing showes Account it as a den of balefull blisse The which vnthought of all estates o'rethrowes How Satan in it beares a Lordly sway And how none but his subiects it obey 83 And whilst thou runn'st this transitory race Vse well the blessings God to thee hath sent Doe Good with them whilst thou hast time space And know they are but things vnto thee lent Know that thou must appeare before Gods face To answer if they well or ill be spent If thou hast spent them well then heau'n is thine If ill th' art damn'd to hell by doome Diuine 84 But ten times happy shall that
tire Prouision in a moment spoyld and wasted Which kept might well for many yeeres haue lasted Then Famine like a Tyrant roames and rages Makes faint yet furious hauock of all ages The rich the poore the old the young all dyes All staru'd and fleshlesse bare Anatomies This was a plague of plagues a woe of woes On euery side their death did them inclose But yet the manner how to lose their breaths Did more torment them then an host of deaths To sally forth the Romanes shed their blood To stay within they starue for want of food And if they would goe forth the gates were shut And if they staid within their throats were cut That if they stay or goe or goe or stay Th' are sure to meet destruction euery way But of all torments hunger is the worst For through the stony walls they say 't will burst These people with warre woe and want beset Did striue how they might to the Romanes get They hopde to finde more mercy in their swords Then their still-dying famisht state affords Mans wit is sharpest when he is opprest And wisedome amongst euils likes the least They knew Vespasian for a Noble foe And one that did not glory in their woe They thought it best his â—lemency to try And not immurde with hungry famine dye Resolued thus dispairing in their hopes A number slyding downe the walls with ropes Fled vnto Tytus who bemoand their case Relieuing them and tooke them to his Grace Thus forty thousand neere with famine strau'd Were all vnhop'd for by their fâ—â—s preseru'd The Cittie Soldiers search'd each house to see Where any victuals might conuayed be And if they any found they thought it fit To beat the owners for concealing it But if they saw a man looke plumpe and fat His throat they presently would cut for that They thought him too much pampered too well fed And to saue meat and drinke they strike him dead Some men and women Rich and Nobly borne Graue all they had for one poore strike of corne And hid themselues and it below the ground In some close vault they â—at the same vn-ground If any could get flesh they eat it raw The stronger still the weakest ouer-awe For hunger banisht naturall respect It made the husband his owne wife reiect The wife doth snatch the meat from out his hand Which would and should hir loue and life coÌ„mand All pitty from the Mother was exilde She teares and takes the victuals from her Childe The Childe doth with the Parents play the thiefe Steales all their food and lets them pine in griefe Nor Free or Bond-man Fathers nor yet Mothers Wiues Husbands seruants masters sisters brothers Propinquitie or strong Affinitie Nor all the rights of Consanguinitie No Law or Rule or Reason could beare sway Where strength coÌ„mands there weaknes must obey The pining seruant will no master know The son his father will no duty show The Commons did no Magistrate regard Each one for one and but for one he carde Disordred like the cart before the horse All reu'rence and respect did yeeld to force These Miscreants with vigilance all watch'd Where they could see a doore or lock'd or latch'd There they supposd the people were at meat And in their outrage ope the doores they beat Where entring if they found them feeding fast From out their throats they teare the meat in haste Halfe eaten halfe vneaten they constraine The wretched people cast it vp againe They halde them by the eares the house about To force them bring supposed victuals out Some by the thumbs hang'd vp some by the toes Some prick'd with bodkins some with many blows Tormented were to force them to reueale Meat when they had not any to conceale Now all was fish that fell into the net And all was food that fraud or force could get Grasse hay barke leaues of trees and Dogs and Cats Toads frogs wormes snailes flies maggots mice and rats All filthy stinking and contagious rootes The couer of their Coaches shooes and bootes All vermine and the dung of fowles and beasts Were these poore wretches miserable feasts Things loathsome to be nam'd in time of plenty Amongst the fâ—am'd distressed Iewes were dainty This famine ran beyond all Natures bounds All motherly affection it confounds No blood or birth with it compassion won It forc'd a Woman kill her onely Son She rip'd him and dis-ioynted lim from lim She drest she boyld she broyld and rosted him She eat him she inter'd him in her wombe She made his births place his vntimely tombe From her by Nature did his life proceed On him vnnaturall she her selfe did seed He was her flesh her sinews bones and blood She eating him herselfe herselfe made food No wee her miserie can equallize No griefe can match her sad calamities The Soldiers smelt the meat and straight assemble Which wheÌ„ they saw with horror made theÌ„ treÌ„ble Each one with staring haire and ghastly looke Affrighted and amaz'd the house forsooke This horride action quickly ouercame These men whom force of man could neuer tame Thou that dost liue like to a fatted Brawne And cramst thy guts as long as thou canst yawne Thou that dost eat and drinke away thy time Accounting Gluttony a God no Crime Thou must haue Fowle as high as heau'n that pearc'd And hast the bowels of the Ocean search'd And from all places neere so farre reâ—ote Hast dainties for thy all-deuouring throat Whose pamperd paunch ne'r leaues to feed quaff Till it be made a Hogs trogh fill'd with draff Thinke on Ierusalem amidst thy Riot Perhaps 't will moue thee to a temp'rate diet And you braue Dames adorn'd with Iems Iewels That must haue Cawdles Cullisses and Grewels Conserâ—'s and Marchpanes made in sundry shapes As Castles Towres Horses Beares and Apes You whom no Cherries like your lick rish tooth But they must be a Pound a pound forsooth Thinke on Ierusalem amidst you glory And then you 'le be lesse dainty and more sorry What there auaild their beauty strength or riches Three things which all the spacious world bewitches Authoritie and Honor help'd them not Wrong trod downe Right and Iustice was forgot Their greatest chiefest only earthly good Was 't was no matter how they gâ—t it Food One little piece of bread they reckond more Then erst they did of bags of Gold before One scrap which full fed corps away doe â—ling With them had bin a ransom for a Kin. The lothsome garbadge which our Dogs refuse Had bin a dish of state amongst the Iewes Whilst Famine playd the Tyrant thus within The Romane Army striu'd the walls to win Their Enginers their Pioners and all Did mine and â—atter and assault the wall Ierusalem had three strong walls of stone And long 't was ere the Romans could get one The dearth and death of sword and famine spred The streets that liuing trod vpon the dead And many great mens houses full were fill'd With carkases which
griefe surpassing griefe To see her Sauiour captiu'd as a thiefe Her Loue beyond all loues her Lord her all Into the hands of sinfull slaues to fall If but a mother haue a wicked sonne That hath to all disordred orders runne As treasons rapes blasphomings murther theft And by the Law must be of life berest Yet though he suffer iustly by desert His suff'ring surely wounds his mothers heart Suppose a woman haue a vertuous childe Religious honest and by nature milde And he must be to execution brought For some great fault he neuer did nor thought And she behold him when to death hee 's put Then sure tormenting griefe her heart must cut These griefes are all as nothing vnto this Of this blest Mother of eternall blisse Her gracious Sonne that neuer did aâ—nisse His gracelesse seruant with a Iudas kisse Betraid him vnto misbeleening slaues Where he was led away with bils and staues To Annaâ— Caiphae Pilate and to those That to th' Immortall God were mortall foes Ah Iudas couldst thou make so base account Of Him whose worth doth heauen and earth surmount Didst thou esteeme of 30. paltry pence More then the life of the eternall Prince O monstrous blindnesse that for so small gaine Sold endlesse blisse to buy perpetuall paine Is' t possible damn'd auarice could compell Thee sell heau'ns Kingdome for the sinke of hell Our Father Adam vnto all our woes Did for an Apple blessed Eden lose And Esau borne a Lord yet like a slaue His birth-right for a messe of pottage gaue And poore Gehizi telling of a lye His couetousnesse gain'd his leprosie And though the text their deeds doe disallow Yet they made better matches farre then thou I doe not heere impute this deed of shame On Iudas because Iudas was his name For of that name there haue beene men of might Who the great battels of the Lord did fight And others more But sure this impure blot Stickes to him as hee 's nam'd Iskarriott For in an Anagram Iskarriott is By letters transposition traytor kis ISKARRIOTT Anagramms TRAITOR KIS. KIsse Traytor kisse with an intent to kill And cry all haile when thou dost meane all ill And for thy fault no more shall Iudas be A name of treason and foule infamie But all that fault I 'le on Iskarriott throw Because the Anagram explaines it so Iskarriott for a bribe and with a kisse Betraid his Master the blest King of Blisse And after but too late with conscience wounded Amaz'd and in his senses quite confounded With crying Woe woe woe oh woe on me I haue betraid my Master for a fee Oh I haue sinned sinned past compare And want of grace and faith pluckes on despaire Oh too-too late it is to call for grace What shall I doe where is some secret place That I might shield me from the wrath of God I haue deseru'd his euerlasting rod. Then farewell grace and faith and hope and loue You are the gifts of the great God aboue You onely on th'Elect attendants be Despaire hell horror terror is for me My hainous sinne is of such force and might 'T will empt th' Exchequer of Gods mercy quite And therefore for his mercy I le not call But to my iust deseru'd perdition fall I still most gracelesse haue all grace withstood And now I haue betraid the guiltlesse blood My Lord and Master I haue sold for pelfe This hauing said despayring hang'd himselfe There we leaue him and now must be exprest Something of her from vvhom I haue digrest The Virgins heart vvith thousand griefs vvas nipâ— To see her Sauiour flouted hated vvhipt Despightfulnesse beyond despight vvas vs'd And vvith abuse past all abuse abus'd His apprehension grieu'd her heart full sore His cruell scourges grieu'd her ten times more And wheÌ„ his blessed head with thorns was crown'd Then floods of griefe on griefe her soule did wouÌ„d But then redoubled was her griefe and feare When to his death his Crosse she saw him beare And lastly but alas not least nor last When he vpon the tree was nailed fast With bitter teares deep heart-wounding groues With sobs and sighs this Maiden-Mother moanes What tongue or pen can her great griefe vnfold When Christ said Woman now thy Sonne behold That voyce like Ice in Iune more cold and chill Did dangerously wound and almost kill Then as old Simeon prophesi'd before The sword of sorrow through her heart did gore And if 't were possible all womens woes One woman could within her brest inclose They were but puffes sparkes mole-hills drops of raine To whirl-winds meteors Kingdomes or the maine Vnto the woes griefes sorrowes sighs and teares Sobs gronings terrors and a world of feares Which did beset this Virgin on each side When as her Sonne her Lord and Sauiour dide Thus he to whom compar'd all things are drosse Humbled himselfe to death euen to the Crosse He that said Let there be and there was light He that made all things with his mighty might He by whom all things haue their life and breath He humbled himselfe vnto the death Vnto the death of the curst Crosse this he This he this He of hee 's did stoope for me For me this Wel-spring of my soules releefe Did suffer death on either hand a theefe The one of them had runne a theeuing race Rob'd God of Glory and himselfe of Grace He wanted liuely faith to apprehend To end his life for life that ne'r shall end With faithlesse doubts his minde is armed stiffe And doth reuile our Sauiour with an If. If that thou be the Sonne of God quoth he Come from the Crosse and saue thy selfe and me The other Theefe arm'd with a sauing faith Vnto his fellow turn'd and thus he saith Thou guilty wretch this man is free and cleare From any crime for which he suffers here We haue offended we haue iniur'd many But this man yet did neuer wrong to any We iustly are condemn'd he false accus'd He hath all wrong all right to vs is vs'd Hee 's innocent so are not thou and I We by the Law are iustly iudg'd to dye Thus the good Theefe euen at his latest cast Contrary to a Theefe spake truth at last And looking on our Sauiour faithfully Whilst Christ beheld him with a gracious eye These blest words were his prayers totall â—â—â— O Lord when thou shalt to thy Kingdome come Remember me Our Sauiour answer'd then A doctrine to confute despairing men Thou who by liuely faith laist hold on me This day in Paradise with me shalt be Thus as this theefes life was by theft supplide So now he stole heau'ns Kingdome when he dyde And I doe wish all Christians to agree Not t'liue as ill but dye as well as he Presumptuous sinnes are no way here excus'd For here but one was sau'd and one refus'd Despaire for sinnes hath here no rule or ground For as here 's one was lost so one was found To teach vs not to sinne with wilfull
expressed by Saint Paul Romans 9. 3. Where he saith For I would wish myselfe to be separated from Christ for my brethren that are my kinsmen according to the flesh Thus these two blessed Lamps or Beacons which God appointed to illuminate his Church did desire the dreadfull Curse of Gods heauy and eternall wrath to fall vpon them for euer rather then Gods honour should be violated or their brethren befor euer reprobates These two last Curses of Moses and Paul against themselues were so great and good examples of true zeale to God and loue to our neighbours that though it be long since they liued yet I haue not read or heard of any that euer imitated them Moses as a Type of Christ before his Incarnation and Paul as a follower of Christs example after his bitter death and passion did both wish themselues to be accursed to the end that thereby so many of their miserabeb rethren might be blessed so our Sauiour Christ though hee were and is the fountaine of all blessing yet hee was contented to be made a Curse for as many as would lay hold on the promises of God by faith in him Galatians 3 23 14. And thus I conclude my third part of this Treatise of Man Cursing himselfe Fourthly When Man Curseth or Blasphemeth God THis sinne is as it may rightly be called a degree beyond sinne for this is the sword which the Deuill doth put into mad-mens hands wherewith they doe wound themselues mortally for there were neuer yet any that durst to lift vp this Cursed weapon of Blasphemy against God but that the point thereof did alwayes turne into their owne bosomes to their destructions or most grieuous calamities as Pharaoh when hee said Who is the Lord I know not the Lord neither will I leâ—â— Israel goe Exodus 5. 2. and Sennacherib King of Assyria by the mouth of his seruant Rabshakeh blasphemed the Name of the Lord of Hoasts 2. Kings 18. Where he doth impiously extoll the Heathen Idols aboue the God of Israel saying verse 34. and 35. Whence is the God of Hamath and of Arpad Where is the God of Sepharuatm Heua and Iuab How haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hand The like did Holophernes Iudith 6. 3. when he threatned the Israelites in Bethuliah saying That their God should not deliuer them When he had set vp his golden Image threatning all that would not fall down and worship it with most cruell torments to death he proudly said Who is that God that can deliuer you out of mine hands Nicanor Lieutenant Generall or Captaine of the Host of King Demetrius 2. Machabeus 15. Against Iudas Machabeus and the Host of Israel whom he purposed to inuade vpon the Sabbath day said verse 3. Is there a Lord in Heauen that commandeth the Sabbath day to be kept and verse 4. when they said There is a liuiâ—â— Lord which ruleth in the Heauen who commanded the seuenth day to be kept then he said And I am mighty vpon Earth to command them for to arms themselues and to performe the Kings busines But this Blasphemons miscreant had his hire for he lost 35000. of his men in the battell and himselfe was slaine and his head hand and shoulder brought in triumph to the City of Ierusalem and his accursed tongue cut out and cut in small pieces and giuen to the fowles of the Ayre as the same chapteâ— doth declare The Scribes and Pharises Marke 3. 22. did Blaspheme our Sauiour and said hee had Deuill and that through the power of Beelzebub he did cast out Deuils out of the possessed But as the liues of these and all other Blasphemers were odious and execrable so were their deaths and punishments miserable and remarkable for Pharaoh after the enduring of many most grieuous plagues lost his Kingdome and his life he and all his Army being drowned in the red Sea Exod. 14. 27 28. Sennacherib for his Blasphemy lost in one night 185000. men all of them being slaine by the Angell of the Lord himselfe being forced to flee to saue his life where at his returne to his Kingdome he was slaine by his owne sonnes in the Temple at Nineueh as he was at the vngodly worship of his god Nisroch 2. Kings 19. 37. Holophernes that blasphemous Champion was by Gods iust Iudgement being asleepe in his Tent and drunken although he were in his Camp amidst a great Army of his owne rusty Souldiers yet was his head smote from his shoulders by a woman and carried â—nto the City of Bethulia and there vpon the highest place of the walles set vp in memoriall of Gods vengeance and his peoples victory â—deth 14. 1. Nebuchà dnezzar was for his blasphemy depriued of his manly reason and Kingdome â—nd for seuen yeeres space liued as a beast among the beasts of the field Daniel 4. 30. The Scribes and Pharises who were the onâ—y men in reuerend estimation amongst the â—ewes as being the writers and expounders of the Lawes for their blasphemy were deliuered vp into most miserable captiuity and â—â—erpetuall slauery as is before expressed God is iealous of the honour of his Name that he commanded the blasphemer â—o be stoned to death Leuiticus 24. 14. Which was forthwith executed vpon him in the â—3 verse For which cause when that blessed man Iob was in his greatest afflictions sitting in â—â—shes full of Byles and sores then his wife perswaded him to Curse or blaspheme God and dye Iob 2. 9. She well knowing that the Law was so strict that for euery such â—ffence there was a speedy execution of death and so by that meanes shee would haue perswaded him to haue been quickly dispatched out of his paine and misery Briefly then to conclude this short Treatise Cursing I beseech you brethren by the â—percies of God that you all haue an especiall â—â—are not to blaspheme the holy and glorious Name of our good and gracious Creator Redeemer and Sanctifier that we by our Cursing doe not turne his blessings into a Curse vpon vs and our posterity here and eternally thereafter that wee bee not so much out of â—oue charity and obedience as to Curse our Superiours neighbours or any other persons or lastly that wee bee not so wilfully â—â—ad to Curse ourselues all which Cursed â—â—eanes are the causes to plucke downe vpon our heads the dreadfull Curses of the Almighty as it hath done in all times and ages vpon Blasphemers and Cursers Against Swearing WHen man hath so farre offended God by his disobedience that hee had thereby purchased to himselfe and all his posterity perpetuall damnation not knowing which way to turne himselfe from the Almighties wrath and much lesse knowing how to bee repossest in his fauour when vndeserued vnknowne vnhoped for mans infinite misery was to bee cured by his Creators infinite mercy then at that time if God had giuen man leaue to aske some great gift which he might be redeemed by had he had licence to desire or request what
retired themselues from the City into the Country Whence I noted the peoples Charity and great amendment â—or they had giuen ouer one of the seuen deadly sinnes which was Couetoâ—â—nesse and in many places were so farre out of loue of a Citizens money that they abhor'd and hated either to â—ouch or receiue it entertaining them with bitter worme-wood welcome which hearbe was â—n more request amongst many of them then any of the heauenly Graces or Cardinall Vertues â—et the hearbe of Grace was in much estimation although the name of it was a document that they had occasion to Rue the Time I further perceiued that they were so farre from beleeuing or â—rediting any man that they would or durst not trust their owne noses but were doubtfull that â—hat sence would conspire with the Plague to murther them wherefore like cunning Mariâ—ers or mole-catchers they would craftily in their streetes and high-wayes fetch the wind of â—ny man although they were ouer shooes boots sometimes tumbled into a ditch for their â—abours This was the time when a man with a night-cap at noone would haue frighted a whole Parish out of their wits when to call for Aquae-vitae though it had bin but to make a drench for â— sicke horse was enough to haue his house shut vp When Lord haue mercy vpon vs made many of them tremble more then God Refuse Renounce Confound or Damne When a man trauailing â—n the habit of a Citizen was a meere Bulbegger when for a man to say that hee came from Hell would yeed him better well-come without money then one would giue to his owne father and mother that came from London In this time of mans great miseâ—y and small mercy I tooke my pen in hand and wrote this ensuing discourse I haue as neere as I could suited it sadly according to the nature of the subiect And truly because that the bare and naked truth was so cleare and ample that I need not to stuffe it out with friuolous fables or fantasticall fictions with my soule I thankefully acknowledge Gods great mercy extended towards mee one of the most wretched and wicked in that so many thousands of better life and conuersation haue fallen on my right hand and on my left and round about me yet hath his gracious protection beene my guard for the which in my gratitude to my God and to auoyd the sinne of idlenesse I haue written what those that can may reade THE FEAREFVLL SVMMER OR LONDONS CALAMITIE THe Patience and long suffering of our God Keepes close his Quiuer and restraines his Rod And though our crying Crimes to Heau'n doe cry For vengeance on accurst Mortality Yea though we merit mischiefes manifold Blest Mercy doth the hand of Iustice hold But when that Eye that sees all things most cleare Expects our finits of Faith from yeere to yeere Allowes vs painefull Pastors who bestow Great care and toyle to make vs fruitfull grow And daily doth in those weake Vessels send The dew of Heauen in hope we will amend Yet at the last he doth perceiue and see That we vnfruitfull and most barren be Which makes his indignation frowne And as accursed Fig-trees cut vs downe Thus Mercy mock'd plucks iustice on our heads And griâ—uous Plagues our Kingdome ouerspreads Then let vs to our God make quicke returning With true contrition fasting and with mourning The Word is God and God hath spoke the Word If we repent he will put vp his sword Hee 's grieu'd in panishing Hee 's slow to Ire And HE a sinners death doth not desire If our Compunction our Amendment show Our purple sinues Hee 'll make as white as snow If we lament our God is mercifull Our scarlet crimes hee 'll make as white as wooll Faire London that did late abound in blisse And wast our Kingdomes great Metropolis 'T is thou thar art deieâ—â—â—ed low in state Discâ—â—â—late and almost desolate The hand of Heau'n that onely did protect thee Thou hast prouok'd moil iustly to correct thee And for thy pride of Heart and deeds vniust He layes thy Pompe and Glory in the dust Thou that wast late the Queene of Cities nam'd Throughout the world admir'd renown'd fam'e Thou that hadst all things at command and will To whom all England was a hand-maide still For rayment fewell fish fowle beasts for food For fruits for all our Kingdome counted good Both neere and farre remote all did agree To bring their best of blessings vnto thee Thus in conceite thou seem'dst to rule the Fates Whilst peace and plenty flourish'd in thy Gates Could I relieue thy miseries as well As part I can thy woes and sorrowes tell Then should my Cares be eas'd with thy Reliefe And all my study how to end thy griefe Thou that wer't late rich both in friends wealth Magnificent in state and strong in health As chiefest Mistris of our Country priz'd Now chiefly in the Country art despis'd The name of London now both farre and neere Strikes all the Townes and Villages with scare And to be thought a Londoner is worse Then one that breakes a house or takes a purse He that will filch or steale now is the Time No Iustice dares examine him his crime Let him but say that he from London came So full of Feare and Terrour is that name The Constable his charge will soone forsake And no man dares his Mâ—â—nus to make Thus Citizens plag'd for the Citie sinnes Poore entertainement in the Country winnes Some feare the City and fly thence amaine And those are of the Country fear'd againe Who 'gainst theÌ„ bar their windows their doores More then they would 'gainst Tuâ—ks or Iewes or Moores â—hinke if very Spaniards had come there â—heir well-come had bin better and their cheare Whilst Hay-cock lodging with hard slender fare Welcome like dogs vnto a Church they are â—are makes them with the Anaâ—aptists ioyne For if an Hostesse doe receiue their coyne She in a dish of water or a paile Will now baptize it lest it something aile Thus many a Citizen well flor'd with gold Is giad to lye vpon his mother â—old His bed the map of his mortailty His curtaines clouds aud Heau'n his Canopy The russet Plow-swaine and the Leathren Hinde Through feare is growne vnmannerly vnkinde And in his house to harbour hee 'll prefer An Infidell before a Londoner And thus much friendship Londoners did win The Deuill himselfe had better welcome bin Those that with trauell were tir'd famâ— and dry For want of drinke might slaâ—e choke and dye For why the hob-nau'd Boores inhumane Blocks Vncharitable Hounds hearts hard as Rocks Did sufter people in the field to sinke Rather then giue or sell a draught of drinke Milke-maides Farmers wiues are growne so nice They thinke a Citizen a Cockatrice And Country Dames are wax'd so coy and briske They shun him as they 'll shun a Basiliske For euery one the sight of him would siye All scaring he would kill
them with his eye Ah wofull London I thy griefe bewayle And if my sighes and prayers may but preuaile â—â—mbly beg of God that hee 'le be pleas'd â—â— Iesus Christ his wrath may be appear'd With-holding his dread Iudgements from aboue And once more graspe thee in his armes of loue In mcrcy all our wickednes remit â—â—r who can giue thee thankes within the piâ— Strange was the change in lesse then 3-months space â—ioy in woe in grace and in disgrace â—healthfull Aprill a diseased Iune â—nd dangerous Iuly brings all out of tune â—hat City whose rare obiects pleas'd the eyes With much content and more varieties â—â—â— that was late delightfulâ— to the eares With melody Harmonious like the Spheares She that had all things that might please the scent And all she felt did giue her touch content Her Cinque Port scences richly fed and cloyd With blessins bountifull which she enioy'd Now 3-monthes change hath fill'd it full of feare As if no Solace euer had beene there What doe the Eyes see there but grieued sights Of sicke oppressed and distressed wights Houses shut vp some dying and some dead Some all amazed flying and some fled Streets thinly man d with wretches euery day Which haue no power to flee or meanes to stay In some whole streete perhaps a Shop or twayne Stands open for small takings and lesse gaine And euery closed window dore and stall Makes each day seeme a solemnt Festiuall Dead Coâ—â—es carried and recarried still Whilst â—â—ty Corpâ—es scarce one graue doth fill With LORD HAVE MERCIE VPON VS on the dore Which though the words be good doth grieue men sore And o're the doore-posts fix'd a crosse â—â—ed Betol-â—ning that there Death some blood hath shed Some with Gods markes or Tâ—kens doe espte These Marks or Takens shew them they must die Some with their Carbuncles and sores new burst Are fed with hope they haue escap'd the worst Thus passeth all the weeke till Thuedayes Bill Shewâ—vs what thousands death that weeke did kil That fatal Rel doth like a razor cut The dead tl â—â—uing in a maze doth put And he that hath a Christian heart I know Is grieud and wounded with the deadly blow These are the obieâ—s of the Eye now heare And marke the mournefull musicke of the Eare There doe the brazen Iron tongu'd loud bells Deaths clamorous musicke ring continuall knells Some losty in their notes some sadly towling Whilst fatali dogs made a most dismall how ling a Thus it was in Iune Iuly August and September Some frantickâ— raâ—ing some with anguish crying Some singing praying groaning and some dying The healthfull grieuing and the sickly groaning All in mournefull diapâ—ten mâ—aning Here Parents for their Childrens loâ—â—e lament There Childrens griefe for Parents life that 's spent Husbands deplore their louing Wines decease Wines for their Husbands weepe remedilesse The Brother for his Brother friend for friend Doe each for other mutuall sorrowes spend Here Sister mournes for Sister Kin for Kin As one grife ends another doth begin There one lies languishing with slender fare Small comfort lesse attendance and least care With none but Death and he to tugge together Vntill his corps and soule part each from either In one house one or two or three doth fall And in another Death playes sweepe-stake all Thus vniuersall sorrowfull complaining Is all the musicke now in London raigning Thus is her comfort sad Calamitie And all her Melodie is Maladie These are the obiects of the eyes and eares Most wofull sights and sounds of griefes and feares The curious rast that while me did delight With cost and care to please the Appetite What she was went to hate she doth adore And what 's high priz'd she held despis'd before The drugs the drenches and vntoothsome drinks Feare giues a sweetnes to all seuerall stinks And for supposed Anudotes each Palate Of most contagious weedes will make a Sallate And any of the simplest Mountebankes May cheat them as they will of Coine thankes With scraped pouder of a shooing-home Which they 'le beleeue is of an Vmcorne Angelicacs distastfull roote is gnaw'd And hearbe of Grace most Ruefully is chaw'd Garlick offendeth neither tast nor smell Feare and opinon makes it rellish well Whilst Beazer stone and mighty Mitbridate To all degrees are great in estimate And Triacles power is wonderously exprest And Dragon Water in most high request These 'gainst the Plague are good preseruatiue But the best cordiall is t' amend our liues Sinne 's the maine cause and we must first begin To cease our griefes by ceasing of our sinne I doe beleeue that God hath giuen in store Good medcines to cure or case each fore But first remoue the cause of the disease And then no doubt but the effect will cease Our sinn's the Cause remoue our sinnes from hence And God will soone remoue the Pestileace Then euery medicine to our consolation Shall haue his power his force his operation And till that time experiments are not But Paper walls against a Cannon shot On many a post I see Quacke-sainers Bills Like Fencers Challenges to shew their skills As if they were such Masters of defente That they date combat with the Pestilence Meete with the plague in any deadly fray And bragge to beare the victory away But if then patients pariently beleeue them They 'le cure them without faile of what they giue them What though ten thousands by their dreÌ„ches perish They made them parposely themselues to cherish Their Art is a meere Artlesse kind of lying To picke their liuing out of others dying This sharpe inucctiue no way seemes to touch The learn'd Physician whom I honour much The Paracelsians and the Galennists The Philosophicall graue Herbahsts These I admire and reuerence for in those God doth dame Natures secrets fast inclose Which they distribute as occasion serue Health to reserue and health decai'd conserue 'T is 'gainst such Rat-catchers I bend my pen Which doe mechanically murther men Whose promises of cure like lying knaues Doth begger men or send them to their graues a Feeling Now London for the sence of feeling next Thou in thy feeling chiefely art perplext Thy heart feeles sorrow and thy body anguish Thou in thy feeling feel'st thy force to languish Thou feelst much woe and much calamity And many millions feele thy misery Thou feel st the fearefull Plague the Flix and Feur Which many a soule doth from the body suter And I beteech God for our Sauiours merit To let thee feele the Comfort of his Spirit Last for the solace of the b Smeling smell or â—â—â—â— Some in contagious roomes are closely penâ— Whereas corrupted Aire they take and giue Till time ends or lends liberty to liue One with a piece of tasseld well tarr'd Rope Doth with that nose-gay keepe himselfe in hope Another deth a wispe of worme-wood pull And with great Iudgement crams his nostrils full A third takes off his socks from 's sweating
should haue a Nation purg'd and pure And as Elizabeth when she went hence Was wayted on as did be seeme a Prince Of all degrees to tend her Maiestie Neere forty thousand in that yeere did dye That as she was belou'd of high and lowe So at her death their deaths their loues did showe Whereby the world did note Elizabeth Was louingly attended after death So mighty Iames the worlds admired mireur True faiths defending friend sterne Foe to Errour When he Great Britains glorious Crown did leaue A Crowne of endlesse glory to receaue Then presently in lesse then eight months space Full eighty thousand follow him a pace And now that Royall Iames intombed lyes And that onr gracious Charles his roome supplies As Heau'n did for his Father formerly A sinfull Nation cleanse and purifie So God for him these things to passe doth bring And mends the Subiects for so good a King Vpon whose Throne may peace and plenty rest And he and his Eternally be blest NOw for a Conclusion in Prose I must haue one touch more at the vncharitablenesse and ingratitude of those beastly barbarous cruell Country Canibals whom neither the entreaty of the healthy or misery of the sicke could moue to any sparke of humanity or Christian compassion their ingratitude being such that although the Citty of London hath continually extended her bounty towards the Countries in generall and particular necessities for repairing their Churches Bridges and high wayes for their wrackes by sea for their losses by fire for their â—inundations by water for many Free-scholes Alme-houses other workes of piety and charity most largely and aboundantly expressed and most apparantly knowne vnto them yet notwithstanding all these and much more then I can recollect these Grunting Girigashites these Hog-rubbing Gadarens suffers the distressed sonnes and daughters of this famous fostering City to languish pine starue and dye in their streetes fields ditches and high-wayes giuing or allowing them no reliefe whilest they liued or burials being dead whose liues in many places might haue beene saued with the harbours and entertainment which the currish Nabals did afford their swine They haue their excuses and by the fault of their hard-heartednesse vpon the strict command from the Iustices and Magistrates alas a staffe is quickely found to beate a dogg for let it be granted that the Iustices and men of Authoritie did command and counsell then to be wary and carefull yet I am sure that neither God or any Christian or good Magistrate did euer command or exhort them to be cruell vnmercifull vnthankefull barbarous inhumane or vncharitable for it there were â—â— are any either Iustice or other of that hellis and hoggish disposition let him or them expect to howle with Diues for being so vncompassionate What haue you beene but murtherers of your Christian brethren and sisters for the rule of charity saith that whosoeuer heeor they be that may relieue or helpe the necessities of others and doth reiect or neglect it by which meanes those that are in want doe perish that they are murtherers and as many of our Country Innes and Ale-houses haue vnchang'd their signes because they will giue no harbour vpon any condition to neither whole or sicke so without Repentance and Gods great mercy some of them must expect to hang in hell for their inhospitable want or pittie What madnesse did possesse you did you thinke that none but Citizens were marked for death that onely a blacke or ciuill fuâ— of apparell with a Ruffe-band was onely the Plagues liuery No you shall find it otherwayes for a Russet Coat or a sheepe-skin couer is no Armour of proofe against Gods Arrowes though you shut vp barracado your dores and windowes as hard as your hearts and heads were Ramd against your distressed brethren yet death will find you and leaue you to iudgement The Booke of God doth yeeld vs many presidents and examples that we are to be carefull to preserue life it is madnesse to stand wilfully vnder a falling house or to sleep whilst the water ouer-flow vs to runne desperatly into the fire or not auoid a shot or a stroke of a sword It is lawfull to auoid famine to shun the Leper the great or small Pox and many other diseases for if Physicke be good to restore health it is wisdome to preserue health to preuent Physicke The skilfull Mariner in a dangerous storme or tempest will make the hest haste he can into a safe hauen or a good harbour I am commanded to loue my neighbour and to bee carefull to helpe him in the preseruation of his life and therefore I must be respectfull of mine owne Our Sauiour Christ although he was God omnipotent whose becke or the least of his commands could haue consumed Herod and crushed him and his Tyraâ—ny to nothing yet did he please not to vse the power and strength of his Godhead but for our instruction and example shewing the weaknesse and imbecillity of his humanity hee fled from Herod into Egypt By this which hath beene written it is apparent that it is lawfull for any man to absent himselfe if his calling will permit the same from manifest and approaching danger oâ— his life Beasts Fowles and Fishes will shunne their destruction Wormes and contemptible vermine as lice and slâ—as will crawle creepe and skip to saue themselues from death therefore man that hath being Life Sence Reason and Hope of immortalitie may lawfully seeke his owne preseruation But if there be any that haue out of a slauish or vnchristian-like feare fled or runne-away from this famous City in this lamentable visitation I meane such as left neither prayer or purse to relieue those that vnderwent the grieuous burthens of sickenesse and calamity such as trusted more in the Country aide then in heauenly prouidence such as imagined that their safety was by their owne care and industry not remembring that their sinnes and transgressions haue helped to pull downe Gods wrath vpon their afflicted brethren and Sisters I say if any such there be that attribute their preseruation to their owne discreet carriage giuing the praise to the meanes not much minding the All-sufficient cause and Giuer of the meanes If any such haue fallen into the vncourteous pawes of the sordid Rusticles or Clownish Coridons let them know that Gods blessings are worth thankes and that they were iuslly plagued for their vnthankefulnesse And some haue beene too swift and fearefull in flying so many haue beene too slow and aduenturous in staying depending too much vpon a common and desperate opinion that their times are fixed that their dayes are numbred that their liues are limited so that till God hath appointed they shall not dye and that it lyes not in them or any power of man to lengthen life All these Assertions are true and I must needs grant vnto them But for as much as God is the Land Lord of life and puts it as his Tenants in our frailc Tenements although
of a Horse for which disobedience of theirs be presently fell sicke tooke his bed made his will and set his goods in such order as shall be declared When these newes came to the Emperour he being grieued for his Horse and offended with the two Senatours who had taught their Iades no better manners then to take the wâ—l of his Maiesties Horse he dismissed them from their Offices and made two of his owne stable Groomes Senatoars in their roomes and after proceeded to the funerall of his Horse in manner and forme following First two hundred poore gald Hackneis and next three hundred labouring Asses all all couered with blacke Cotton going two and two euery one hauing two bottles of hay on their backes the onely gift of the deceased then a hundred hunting Nags and fifty Coache-horses with ten Horses of State with each two horse loaues for their dyet bread Then followed the Plebeians in mourning habit two hundred in number next the stableGroomes Puruayers Clarkes of the stable Farriers Horse-leeches and Gentlemen of the stable three hundred Then went the Sadlers Charioteeres Waggoners Catters Sumptermen Littermen and Coachmen three hundred After them Singers Pagan Priests Flamnines and Archflammines seuenty Then the Hearse richly behung with Scutâ—heons Deuices Mottoes and Impresses After them the Emperour Nero chiefe mourner and his Traine borne vp by Otho and â—â—ong sporus Next went two old Asses all in blacke Velâ—â—et as mourners of State or Cheuals de dueil Then followed Agripina Nero his mother with the faire Popeta and the beautifull Acte â—â— two of his Concubines and after them Galba Nimphidius Vitellius with others it is thought that sencca sat all the while in his study laughing at the Funerall Lastly a great troope of straggling attendants The Hearse being set downe in Camâ—us Martius Otho began this speech which followâ—â—th in blancke Verse I Niurious death to make an Emperour mourne Fleabitten Otho's timelesse Exequies Who might haue liu'd and borne great Conquerors And beene the father of most valiant Coltes Lament yee Meedes whereon this Palfray graz'd Ah I strew the streets of Rome with rotten hay griese Let Pease Beanes Oares and horse-bread must with Rust Curry-combes and Saddles rent in sunder Breake stirrop-leathers gâ—rthr and bridke breake Fall racke and manger pâ—ank â—â—liâ—inâ— waâ—â— For you shall ne're support 〈…〉 his weight â—egure You stable Groomes â—â— comb'd â—â—â—â— empâ—d mane And oft were grac'd to mâ—â—e vp Otho's tâ—ine Sigh groane and â—â—â—â—â—â— and bowle and cry In liâ—â—â—â— and hoâ—â— dung â—â—â—tingâ—â—â— Thinke how brane Otho did his â—â—â—â— resplre Who with his heeles hath oft strook sparkling fire Heere Nero Speakes THe brauest beast that euer Emperour back'd I hat thump'd the field of Mars with greater grace Then â—â—egasâ—si caring Tritones About the valleies neere the Muses Hills In battalle â—â—â—â—fier then the Northern wind But in a triumph stout and full of seate Listing his hooses as if he learn'd the ground And meant to make the â—â—â—â—â—â— port his weight As maâ—nerly and moderate at his meate As is a Bride-groome on his wedding day For neuer would he touch a locke of hay Or smell vnto a heape of prouender Vn till be heard anoyse of Trumpeâ—s found Whereby he knew Our meate was serued in But after meales how he would medirate Vpon his Tutors reuerend documents And by himselfe would â—â—â—â— what was taughe him Offring to run the Ring and fetch Curuets To trot in state as we were on his backe And to â—â—-doe his schole-master in Artâ— The thought of these thiâ—gs Otho kils my heart Otho speaks to the two Asses THen these poore Animals haue cause to weepe Most reuerend Asses you haue lost a friend A friend a father haue your worships lost Who would haue giu'n you pensions in your age And made you Beadsmen fiâ—e from Cariages When he lay speechlesse on his death bed then He pointed to the hay-lost with his heeles As who should say If I dye giue it them Then to the Wardens of his Company For he was made free of the Blacke-Smiths Craft He turn'd about bade them pull off his shooes And take them as true tokens of his lâ—uâ— And as he dying shewed his loue to them Because his Master did delight in Playes He win'd that of his â—â—â—e should â—â—â—â—â— be made And of his tayle a head-tire for a Deuill One Asse be made his sole Exceutor The other Ouer-seer of his will Graunt Iupiter they may performe the same To doe andoue-see that men may say They were Iust Ouer-seers another day Epitaph HEere lyes the â—orse whose foure foote Progeny Did trot in Liâ—â—ed before the walls of Tfoy Yea in the 〈…〉 of the Greekes perdye And on his brest this Motto Tar ma soy Kin By the Sire to winged Peg â—â—ut And by the Mother to the King of Mules Whose Vnckle was the great Bucephalus Whose Armes foure Horse shooes and the field was Gules To conclude this Horsemanship after many stormes tempests gusts and flawes came at last home to her ancient hauen the Beare-garden richly laden with these commodities following The Chinegall the Nauelgall Windgall Spurgall Lightgall and Shacklegall the Wormes the Staggers the Mallenders and Sallenders Scratches Pole-euill the Anticore and the Pompardye the Dropsie the Feauer the Palsie the Glanders the Frenzy the Cough and the Colt-euill the Yellowes the Fashions the Splinters the Spanines the Ring-bones the Quitter-bones the Curbes the Rotten-fâ—ush and the Crowne-scab the Hide-bound the Hawes the Crest-fall the Viues the Bloody-riffes the Crampe and the Canker the Howkes the Toothake the Surfet the Tonghurt the Paps and the Bladders the Tyrednesse the Lowsinesse the Surbare the Farley the Pose and the Strangle the Broaken winde the Hoofe-bound the Botch the Bots the Wen in the Groyne the Rot in the Lungs the Kyâ—es the Pearle and the Pin and the Webbe the Cloyde the Blood-shot the Wrung in the Withers the Straine the Pricke in the sole the Loose in Hoofe the Graneld the â—oundring and the Shedding of the haire the Horse-hipped the Wrench the Neckecricke and the Shoulder splar These are the commodities wherewith the Horsemanship was sraight which are so shared and deuided that a man cannot light of any horse young or old but he is furnished with one two or more of these excellent gifts The Ships that attended in the Squadron or Regiment with the Horseman ship were these 1 The Race an aduenturous vessell of muâ—â— expectation and admirable swiftnesse 2 The Posâ—e a vessell of much vse quicken turne and exceeding hazzard toyle and muell 3 The Hackenay a most seruiceable Pinnace that endures all weathers and is so common that she is to be hyred by any or vsed by all The Suretie-SHIP with her Regiment THis is a Ship of great antiquity aâ—â—â—â— makes more voyages then all the rest â—â—â— the Nauy she is the onely Marchant-aduenturer vnder the Sunne for they that sayle â—â—â— her doe hazzard goods lands money reputation friends kinred credit libertie
spoke The weights sell downe because the Iacke rope broke And he that of these lines doth make a doubt Let him sit downe and picke the meaning out FINIS TO ALL MY LOVING ADVENTVRERS BY VVHAT NAME OR TITLE SOEVER MY GENERALL SALVTATION REader these Trauailes of mine into Scotland were not vndertaken neither in imitation or emulation of any man but onely deuised by my selfe on purpose to make triall of my friends both in this Kingdome of England and that of Scotland and because I would be an eye-witnes of diuers things which I had heard of that Countrey and whereas many shallow-brain'd Critickes doe lay an aspersion on me that I was set on by others or that I did vnrgoe this proiect either in malice or mockage of Master Benjamin Ionson I vow the faith of a Christian that their imaginations are all wide for he is a Gentleman whom I am so much obliged for many vndeserued courtesies that I haue receiued â—m him and from others by his fauour that I durst neuer to be so impudent or inâ—atcfull as either to suffer any mans per swasions or mine owne instigation to incite â—â—â— to make so bad a requitall for so much goodnesse formerly receiued so much for at and now Reader if you expect That I should write of Cities situations Or that of Countries I should make relations Of brooks crooks nooks of riuers boorns and rills Of mountaines fountaines Castles Towres and hills Of Shieres and Pieres and memorable things Of liues and deaths of great commanding Kings I touch not those they not belong to mee But if such things as these you long to see Lay downe my Booke and but vouchsafe to reede The learned Camden or laborious Speede. And so God speede you and me whilst I rest yours in all thankefulnesse IO TAYLOR THE PENNYLES PILGRIMAGE OR THE MONEY-LESSE PERAMBVLATION OF IOHN TAYLOR ALIAS THE KINGS MAIESTIES WATER-POET HOVV HE TRAVAILED ON FOOT FROM LONDON TO EDENBOROVGH IN Scotland not carrying any Money to or fro neither Begging Borrowing or Asking Meate Drinke or Lodging LIst Lordings list if you haue lust to list I write not here a tale of had I wist But you shall heare of trauels and relations Descriptions of strange yet English fashions And he that not beleeues what here is writ Let him as I haue done make proofe of it The yeere of grace accounted as I weene One thousand twice three hundred and eighteene And to relate all things in order duly 'T was Tuesday last the foureteenth day of Iuly Saint Reuels day the Almanacke will tell ye The signe in Virgo was or neere the belly The Moone full three dayes old the wind full South At these times I began this tricke of youth I speake not of the Tide for vnderstand My legges I made my Oares and rowd by land Though in the morning I began to goe Good fellowes trooping flock'd me so That make what haste I could the Sunne was set Ere from the gates of London I could get At last I tooke my latest leaue thus late At the Bell Inne that 's extra Aldersgate There stood a horse that my prouant should carrie From that place to the end of my fegarie My Horse no Horse or Mare but gelded Nagge That with good vnderstanding bore my bagge And of good cariage he himselfe did show These things are ex'lent in a beaste you know There in my Knapsack to pay hungers fees I had good Bacon Bisket Neates-tongue Check With Roses Barberies of each Conserues And Mitridate that vigrous health preserues And I entreate you take these words for no-lyes I had good Aqua vita Rosa so-lies With sweet Ambrosia the gods owne drinke Most ex'lent geere for mortals as I thinke Besides I had both vineger and oyle That couâ—d a daring sawcie stomack foyle This foresaid Tuesday night 'twixt eight and â—â—â— Well rigg'd ballac'd both with Beere and Wâ—â— I stumbling forward thus my iaunt begun And went that night as farre as Aslington There did I finde I dare affirme it bold A Maydenhead of twenty fiue yeeres old But surely it was painted like a whore And for a signe or wonder hang'd at dore Which shewes a Maidenhead that 's kept so long May be hang'd vp and yet sustaine no wrong There did my louing friendly Host begin To entertaine me freely to his Inne And there my friends and good associates Each one to mirth himselfe accommodates At Wel-head both for welcome and for cheere Hauing a good New tonne of good stale Beere There did we Trundle downe health after health Which oftentimes impaires both health weaâ—â—â— Till cuery one had fill'd his mortall Trunke And onely Nobody was three parts drunke The morrow next Wednesday Saint Swithens day â—rem ancient Islengton I tooke my way â—â— Hollywell I was inforc'd carrowse â—â—le high and mightie at the Blind-mans house â—ut ther 's a helpe to make amends for all That though the Ale be great the Pots be small â—t High-gate hill to a strange house I went And saw the people were to eating bent â—â—either borrow'd Crau'd Ask'd Begg'd or Bought â—ut most laborious with my teeth I wrought â— did not this 'cause meate or drinke was â—cant â—ut I did practise thus before my want â—â—ike to a Tilter that would winne the prize Before the day hee 'le often exercise â— I began to put in vre at first These principles 'gainst hunger 'gainst thirst â—â—lose to the Gate there dwelt a worthy man That well could take his whiffe quaffe his Can â—â—ight Robin Good-fellow but humours euill â—oe call him Robin Fluto or the Deuill â—ot finding him a Deuill freely harted With friendly farewels I tooke leaue and parted And as alongst I did my Iourney take â—dranke at Broomes well for pure fashions sake â—wo miles I trauelled then without a bayte â—he Sarazens head at Whetstone entring straight â—found an Host might lead an Host of men â—ceeding Fat yet named Lean and Fen. And though we make small reckoning of him here â—â—ce's knowne to be a very Great man there There I tooke leaue of all my Company â—ade all farewell yet spake to No-body â—ood Reader thinke not strange what I compile â—or No-body was with me all this while And No-body did drinke and winke and scinke And on occasion freely spent his Chinke â—any one desire to know the man â—alke stumble Timndle but in Barbican â—her's as good Beere and Ale as euer twang'd And in that street kind No-body is hang'd â—â— leaning him vnto his matchlesse fame â—o St. Albanes in the Euening came Where Master Taylor at the Sarazens head â—nask'd vnpaid for me both lodg'd and fed â—â—â— Tapsters Hostlers Chamberlaines and all â—i'd me a labour that I need not call â—he Iugges were fild fild the cups went round â—â—â—d in a word great kindnes there I found â—â— which both to my Cousin and his men â—â— still be thankefull in word deed and pen. â—â— Thursday morning there I made my
alone to driue sheepe before they haue them or to Trundle cheeses downe a hill So saluting you with more prespect then the Mayor of Loo did the Queenes Ape I take leaue to leaue you and rest yours to bid you welcome if you came within a mile of my house to stay all night Yours Rolihaytons To Nobody VPon a Christmas Euen somewhat nigh Easter anon after Whitsuntide walking in a Coach from London to Lambeth by water I ouertooke a Man that met me in the morning before Sun set the wind being in Capricorne the Signe Southwest with silence I demanded many questions of him and he with much pensiuenesse did answer me merrily to the full with such ample and empty replications that both our vnderstaÌ„dings being equally satisfied we contentiously agreed to finish and prosecute the narratio of the Vnknowne Knight Sir Gregory Nonsence so sitting downe vpon our shoulders resting vneasily on a banke of Sicamors vnder a tree of Odoriferous and contagious Camomile after three sighs smilingly vttered in the Hebrew Character two grones from the Chaldean Dialact fiue sobs from the Arabian Sinquapace sixe dum ps from the Germane Idiome nine Moods of Melancholly from the Italian tongue with one hub hub from the Hibernian outcry And last he laughed in the Cambrian tongue began to declare in the Vtopian speech what I haue here with most diligent negligence Translated into the English Language in which if the Printer hath placed any line letter or sillable whereby this large volume may be made guilty to be vnderstood by any man I would haue the Reader not to impute the fault to the Author for it was farre from his purpose to write to any purpose so ending at the beginning I say as it is ap plawsefully written and commended to posterity in the Midsummer nights dreame If we offend it is with our good will we came with no intent but to offend and shew our simple skill Rolihayton The names of such Authors Alphabetically recited as are simply mentioned in this Worke. AMadis de Gaul Archy Arms. Beuis of Hampton Boe to a Goose. Charing Crosse. Coakley Dunsmore Cow Dauy Wager Euanwich Muffe Friâ—r and the boy Fubs his Trauels Garagonâ—ua Gammon of West phallia Grigs Granam Hundred merry tales Huon of Burdeux Iacke Drum Knight of the Sunne Knaue of Diamonds Lanum Long Meg. Mad Mawlin No body O toole Proofes of OOOO Quinborough Oysters Ready money Shooters Hill Singer Sir Thomas Persons Tarleton Tom Derry Tom Thumbe Vnguentum Album Will Summers Wit whither wilt thou Woodcocke of our side Xampelloes Quiblines Yard of Ale Zany on tumbling SIR GREGORY NONSENCE HIS NEWES FROM NO PLACE IT was in Iune the eight and thirtieth day That I imbarked was on highgate Hill After discourteous friendly taking leaue Of my young Father Madge and Mother Iohn The Wind did ebbe the tide flou'd North Southeast We hoist our Sailes of Colloquintida And after 13. dayes and 17. nights With certaine Hiroglyphiâ—ke houres to boot We with tempestuous calmes and friendly stormes â—plit our maine top-mast close below the keele â—ut I with a dull quicke congruity â—ook 19. ounces of the Westerne winde And with the pith of the pole Artichocke Saild by the flaming Coast of Trapezond There in a Fort of melting Adamant Arm'd in a Crimson Robe as blacke as Iet I saw Alcides with a Spiders thred â—ead Cerberus to the Prononticke Sea Then cutting further through the marble Maine â—â—ongst flying Buls and 4. leg'd Turkicocks A dâ—mbe faire spoken welfac'd aged youth Sent to me from the stout Stimphalides With tonguelesse silence thus began his speech â—â—ustrious flap-iacke to thy hungry doome Low is the ground I eleuate my cause As I vpon a Gnat was riding late In quest to parley with the Pleiades I saw the Duke of Hounsditch gaping close â—n a greene Arbour made of yellow starch Betwixt two Brokers howling Madrigales A Banquet was semed in of Lampraieâ— bones Well pickel'd in the Tarbox of old time When Demogorgon saild to Islington Which I perceiuing with nine chads of steele Straight flew vnto the coast of Pimlico â—T ' informe great Prester Iohn and the Mogull What exlent Oysters were at Billingsgate The Mogull all inraged with these newes Sent a blacke snaile post to Tartaria To tell the Irishmen in Saxony The dismal downefall of old Charing Crosse. With that nine butter Firkins in a flame Did coldly rise to Arbitrate the cause Guessing by the Sinderesis of Wapping Saint Thomas Watrings is most ominous For though an Andiron and a paire of Tongs May both haue breeding from one teeming womb Yet by the Calculation of Pickt-hatch Milke must not be so deere as Muskadell First shall Melpomene in Cobweb Lawnâ— Adorne great Memphis in a Mussell boat And all the muses clad in Robes of Ayre Shall dance Leuoltons with a Whirligig Faire Pluto shall descend from Brazen Dis And Poliphensus keepe a Seamsters shop The I le of Wight shall like a diue-dapper Deuoure the Egyptian proud Piramides Whilst Cassia Fistula shall gurmundize Vpon the flesh and bloud of Croydon cole dust Then on the bankes of Shoreditch shall be seene What 't is to serue the great Vtopian Queene This fearefull period with great ioyfull care Was heard with acclamations and in fine The whilst a lad of aged Nestors yeeres Stood sitttng in a Throne of massy yeast Not speaking any word gaue this reply Most conscript Vmpire in this various Orbe I saw the Caedars of old Lebanoâ— Read a sad Lecture vnto Clapham heath At which time a strange vision did appeare His head was Buckrum and his eyes were sedge His armes were blue bottles his teeth were straw His legs were nine wel squar'd Tobacco Pipes Cloath'd in a garment all of Dolphins egges Then with a voyce erected to the ground Lifting aloft his hands vnto his feet He thus beganne Cease friendly cutting throtes Clamor the Promulgation of your tongues And yeeld to Demagorgons policy Stop the refulgent method of your moodes For should you liue old Paphlagonias yeeres And with Sardanâ—pâ—lus match in vertue Yet Airoâ—os will with a Marigold Runne through the Mountains of the Caspian Sea When you shall see aboue you and beneath That nothing kils a man so soone as death Aquarius ioyn'd with Pisces in firme league With Reasons and vindictiue Arguments That pulueriz'd the King of Diamonds And with a diogoricall relapse Squeaz'd through the Sinders of a Butterflye Great Oberon was mounted on a Waspe To signifie this newes at Dunstable The Weathercock at Pancrage in a fume With Patience much distracted hearing this Repli'd thus briefly without feare or wit What madnesse doth thy Pericranion seaze Beyond the Dragons taile Artyphilax Think'st thou a Wolfe thrust through a sheep-skin gloue Can make me take this Gobling for a Lambe Or that a Crocadile in Bariy broth Is not a dish to feast don Belzebub Giue me a Medler in a field of blue Wrapt vp stigmatically in a dreame And I
Comick straine In Tragedy or any other vaine In nipping Satyrs or in Epigrams In Odes in Elegies or Anagrams In eare-bewitching rare Hexameters Or in Iämbicke or Pentameters I know these like a Sculler not a Scholler And therefore Poet pray asswage your choller If as a theese in writing you enuy me Before you iudge me doe your worst and try me TO THE MIRROR OF TIME THE MOST REFVLGENT SPLENDIDIO VS REFLECTING COVRT Animal Don Archibald Armstrong Great M. Comptroller Commander and Countermander of mirth alacrity sport and ridiculous confabulations in this Septentrionall â—â—â— Westerne Monarchie of Magna Britania Your poore and daily Orator IOHN TAYLOR wisheth increase of your wisdome in your owne person and that your eminence and spirit may be infused into the bosoms of most mens heires that esteeme more of Wealth then of Wisdome RIght worthy worthlesse Patron the dayes and times being such wherein wit goes a wooll-gathering in a thredbare Iacket and folly is well reputed amongst those that seeme wise I considering this hauing but little wit in a mad humour bade farewell it and neuer so much as asked the question Wit whither wilt thou Being certainly perswaded that playing the foole will repaire the â—â—reaches which my vnhappy wit hath made in the Bulwarke of my reputation as it hath done to many others wherefore good sir with reuerence I hearing that so great a member in your esteemed quality as M. Thomas Coriat of Odcomb was drowned in his passage towards Constantinople and knowing that many good and worthy writers haue graced his liuing trauels So I haue made bold vnder your great Patronage to write his tragicall supposed Death-song or Funerall Eâ—legie not knowing any man of that worthy worth besides your selfe to whom I might dedicate these sad Epicediums Thus not doubting of your acceptance and protection I commit my selfe and my labors to your wonderfull wisdomes cenâ—ure alwaies hauing a poore Muse to trauell in your seruice Iohn Taylor TO THE GENTLEMEN READERS THAT vnderstand A.B. from a Battledore No Sooner newes of Coriats death was com But with the same my Muse was strookeÌ„ dom â— whilst he liued he was my Muses subiect Her onely life and sense sole pleasing obiect OdeoÌ„bian Graecian Latin Great ThomAsse He being dead what life hath she alasse â— yet I hope his death was false Report Or else 't was rumord to beget some sport To try how his deare friends would take his death And what rare Epicediums they would make T' accompany his all-lamented Herse In hobling iobling rumbling tumbling verse Some smooth some harsh some shorter some long As sweet Melodious as Madge Howlets song But when I saw that no man tooke in hand To make the world his worth to vnderstand Then vp I bussled from Obliuions den And of a Ganders quill I made a pen With which I wrote this following worke of woe Not caring much if he be dead or noâ— For whilst his body did containe a life The rarest wits were at continuall strife Who should exceed each other in his glory But none but I haue writ His Tragick story If he be dead then farewell he if not At his returne his thankes shall be thy lot Meane time my Muse doth like an humble Pleaâ—â— Intreat acceptance of the gentle Reader Remaining yours euer IOHN TAYLOR A SAD IOYFVLL LAMENTABLE DELIGHTFVLL MERRY-GO-SORRY ELEGY OR FVNERALL POEM VPON the supposed death of the famous Cosmographicall Surueior and Historiographicall Relator M r THOMAS CORIAT of Odcomb O For a rope of Onions from Saint Omers And for the muse of golden tongued Homers That I might write and weepe and weep and write Odcombian Coriats timelesse last good-night O were my wit inspir'd with Scoggins vaine Or that Will Summers ghost had seaz'd my braine Or Tarlton Lanum Singer Kempe and Pope Or she that danc'r and umbled on the rope Or Tilting Archy that so brauely ran Against Don Phebâ—â— knight that wordy man O all you crue in side pi'd coloured garments Assist me to the height of your preferments And with your wits and spirits inspire my pateful That I in Coriats praise be not ingratefull If euer age lamented losse of folly If euer man had cause of Melancholly Then now 's the time to waile his ruthlesse wracke And weepe in teares of Clares and of Sack ANd now according to my weake inuention His wondrous worthles worthines I 'l mention Yet to describe him as he is or was The wit of Men or monsters would surpasse His head was a large poudring tub of phrases WheÌ„ce men would pick delites as boys pick daises O head no head but blockhouse of fierce wars Where wit and earning were at daily lars Who should possesse the Mansion of his pate But at the last to end this great debate Admired learning tooke his heads possession And turnd his wit a wandring in progression But Miny on Muse hold whither wilt thou goe Thinkst thou his rare anatomy to shew None borne a Christian Turke nor yet in Tartary Can write each veyne each sinew and each artery His eyes and eares like Broakers by extortion Ingrost strange forraine manners and proportion But what his eyes and eares did see or heare His tongue or pen discharg'd the reckoning cleare That sure I thinke he well could proue by law He vttered more then e'r he heard or saw His tongue and hands haue truly paid their score And freely spent what they receiu'd and more But lord to see how farre o'r-shot am I To wade thus deepe in his Anatomy What now he is I 'l lightly ouerpasse I 'l onely write in part but what he was That as Grim Death our pleasures thus hath crost T is good because he 's gon to know what 's lost HEe was the Imp whilst he on earth suruiu'd From whom this west-worlds pastimes were deriu'd He was in City Country field Court The Well of dry braind lests and Pump of sport He was the treasure-house of wrinckled laughter Where melancholly moods are put to slaughter And in a word he was a man 'mongst many That neuer yet was paralleld by any Who now like him in spite of wind and weather Will weare one shiftlesse shirt 5. months together Who now to doe his natiue country grace Will for a Trophee execute his case Who now will take the height of euery Gallowes Or who 'l describe the signe of euery Alchouâ—e Whether his Host were bigge or short or tall And whether he did knock e'r he did call The colour of his Host and Hostesse haire What he bought cheap what he paid for deare For Veale or Mutton what he paid a ioynt Where he sate down and where he loos'd a poynt Each Tower each Turret and each lofty steeple Who now like him wil tel the vulgar people Who now will set a worke so many writers As he hath done in spite of his back-biters With Panegericks Anagrams Acrosticks â—emblazon him the chiefe among fantasticks â—las not one not one
I am loth to belye any man But if you bee addicted to any of these aforesaid vertues I pray let mee finde it in your fauourable Censure and so I leaue you to laugh â—d lie downe Bee fat LAVGH AND BE FAT Now Monsieur Coriat let them laugh that wins For I assure ye now the game begins â— is wondrous strange how your opinions vary â—â—m iudgement senceâ— or reason so contrary â—at with infamous rash timerity â—m raile at me with such seuerity â—be broad-fac'd lefts that other men put on you â—â—take for fauours well bestow'd vpon you â—sport they giue you many a pleasant cuffe â—â— no mans lines but mine you take in snuffe â—hich makes the ancient Prouerbe be in force â—at some may with more safety steale a horse Then others may looke on for still it falls The weakest alwayes must goe to the walls I need no vse this Etymology My plainer meaning to exemplifie Which doth induce me to expresse the cause That my vntutor'd Pen to writing drawes Be it to all men by these presents knowne That lately to the world was pâ—ainely showne In a huge volume Gogmagoticall In Verse and Prose with speech dogmaticall Thy wondrous Trauels from thy natiue home How Odly out thou went'st and Odly â—ome And how as fitted best thy Workes of worth The rarest Wits thy Booke did vsher forth But I alas to make thy fame more fuller Did lately write a Pamphlet Call'd the Sculler In which as vnto others of my friends I sent to theâ— braue Monsieur kind commends Which thou in double dudgeon tak'st from me And vow'st and swor'st thou wilt reuenged be The cause I heare your fury flameth from I said I was no dunce-combe cox-combe Tom What 's that to you good Sir that you should fume Or rage or chase or thinke I durst presume To speake or write that you are such a one I onely said that I my selfe was none Yet Sir I 'l be a Cocks-combe if so please you If you are ouer-laden Sir I 'l ease you Your store of witlesse wisdome in your budget To giue your friend a little neuer grudge it Nor that from Odcombs towne I first began Nor that I greeke or Latine gabble can I am no Odcombe Tom why what of that Nor nothing but baro English can I chat I pray what wrong is this to you good Sur Your indignation why should this incurre Nor that I thought our Land had spent her store That I need visit Venice for a whore Which if I would I could make neerer proofes And not like you so farre to gall my hoofes I said if such a volume I should make The rarest wits would scorne such paines to take At my returne amidst my skarre-crow totters To runne before me like so many trotters I know my merits neuer will be such That they should deigne to honour me so much I further said I enuied not your state For you had nothing worthy of my hate In loue your innocence I truly pitty Your plentious want of wit seemes wondrous wittie Your vertue cannot breed my hatefull lothing For what an asse were I to hate iust nothing Your vice I bare not neither I protest But loue and laugh and like it like the rest Your vice nor vertue manners nor your forme Can breed in me fell enuies hatefull worme I said it was a lodging most vnfit Within an idle braine to house your wit Here I confesse my fault I cannot hide You were not idle nor well occupide Be 't faire or foule be 't early or be 't late Your simple witlies in your humble pate A King sometimes may in a cottage lye And Lyons rest in swines contagious stye So your rare wit that 's euer at the full Lyes in the cane of your rotundious skull Vntill your wisedomes pleasure send it forth From East to West from South vnto the North With squib-crack lightning empty hogshead thundring To maze the world with terror with wondring I boldly bade you foole it at the Court There 's no place else so fit for your resort But though I bid you foole it you may chuse Though I command yet Sir you may refuse For why I thinke it more then foolish pitty So great a iemme as you should grace the citty Whilst I would foole it on the liquid Thames Still praying for the Maiesty of Iames. Good Sir if this you take in such disgrace To giue you satisfaction take my place And foole it on the Thames whilst I at Court Will try if I like you can make some sport Or rather then for fooleship we will brawle You shall be foole in Court on Thames and all Thus what to you I writ loe here 's the totall And you with angry spleen haue deign'd to note â—â—â— And vow from hell to hale sterne Nemesis To whip me from the bounds of Thamesis Yet when I ope your paper murd'ring booke I see what paines the wisest wits haue tooke To giue you titles supernodicall In orders orderlesse methodicall There doe I see how euery one doth striue In spight of Death to make thee still suruiue No garded gowne-man dead nor yet aliue But they make thee their great superlatiue In the beginning Alphabeticall With figures tropes and words patheticall They all successiuely from A to N Describe thee for the onely man of Men. The frontispice of Master Coriats Booke very â—â—â— nedly descanted vpon by Master Laurence Whitakers and Master Beniamin Ionson Thy Shipping and thy Haddocks friendly feeding Thy Carting in thy Trauels great proceeding Thy riding Stirroplesse thy iadish courser Thy Ambling o'r the Alpes and which is worser After the Purgatory of thy Legges Thy Puncke bepelts thy pate with rotten egges When thou braue man assault'st to boord a Pinace As fits thy state she welcomes thee to Venice Thy running from the mis-beleeuing Iew Because thou thought'st the Iew sought more then â—â—â— For why the Iew with superstition blind Would haue thee leaue what most thou lou'st behind How with a rusticke Boore thou mad'st a fray And manfully broughtst all the blowes away The Turkish Emp'rour or the Persian Sophy Can hardly match thy monumentall Trophy Thy ancient Ierkin and thy aged sloppes From whose warme confines thy retainers drops I stand in feare to doe thy greatnesse wrong For 't is suppos'd thou wast a thousand strong Who all deriu'd from thee their happy breeding And from thy bounty had their clothes feeding Thy lasting shooes thy stockings and thy garters To thy great fame are drawn and hangd in quarters Thy Hat most fitly beautifies thy crest Thy wits great couer couers all the rest The letter K doth shew the brauest fight But wherefore K I 'm sure thou art no Knight Why might not L nor M nor N or O As well as knauish K thy picture show But saucie K I see will haue a place When all the Crosse-row shall endure disgrace Who at the letter K doth truly seeke Shall see thee hemm'd with Latine with
principall matter there and so be gone In this city of Agra where I am now I am to remaine about 6. weeks longer to the end to expect an excellent opportunity which then wil offer it selfe vnto me to goe to the famous riuer Ganges about 5. dayes iourney from this to see a memorable meeting of the gentle people of this countrey called Baicans whereof about foure hundred thousand people goe thither of purpose to bathe and shaue themselues in the Riuer and to sacrifice a world of gold to the same Riuer partly in stamped money and partly in massie great lumpes and wedges throwing it into the Riuer as a sacrifice and doing other strange Ceremonies most worthy the obseruation such a notable spectacle it is that no part of all Asia neither this which is called the great Asia nor the lesser which is now called Natolia the like is to be seene This shew doe they make once euery yeere comming thither from places almost a thousand miles off and honour their Riuer as their God Creator and Sauiour superstition and impiety most abominable in the highest degree of these brutish Ethnicks that are aliens from Christ and the common-wealth of Israel After I have seene this shew I will with all expedition repaire to the city of Lahore twenty dayes iourney from this and so into Persia by the helpe of my blessed Christ. Thus haue I imparted vnto you some good accidents that happened vnto me since I wrote a letter vnto you the last yeere from the Kings Court and some little part of my resolution for the disposing of a part of my time of abode in Asia Therefore now I will â—â—aâ— to a conclusion the time I cannot liaâ—â— when I shall come home but as my merciful God and Sauiour shall dispose of it A long rabble or commendations like to that which I wrote in my last letter to you I hold not so requisite to make at this present Therefore with remembrance of some few friends names I will but vp my present Epistle I pray you recommend me first in Odcombe to Master Gallop and euery good body of his family if hee liueth yet to Master Bâ—râ—b his wife and all his family to all the Knights William Chum Iohn Selly Hugh Donne and their wiues to Master Atkins and his wife at Norton I pray you commend mee in Euill to these to old Master Seward if hee liueth his wife and children the poore widow Darby old Master Dyer and his Sonne Iohn Master Ewins old and young with their wiues Master Phelpes and his wife M. Starre and his wife with the rest of my good friends there I had almost forgotten your husband to him also to Ned Barbor and his wife to William Ienings commend me also I pray you and that with respectfull termes to the godly and reuerent fraternity of Preachers that euery second Friday meet at a religious exercise at Euill at the least if that exercise doth continue pray read this letter to them for I thinke they will be well pleased with it by reason of the nouelties of things And so finally I commit you and all them to the blessed protection of Almighty God From Agra the Capitall City of the Dominion of the great Mogoll in the Easterne India the last of October 1616. Your dutifull louing and obedient Sonne now a desolate Pilgrim in the World THOMAS CORIAT The Copy of a speech that I made to a Mahometan in the Italian tongue THe Copie of a speech that I made extempore in the Italian tongue to a Mahometan at a City called Moltan in the Eastern India two daies iourny beyond the famous Riuer Indus which I haue passed against Mahomet and his accursed Religion vpon the occasion of a discourtesie offered vnto me by the said Mahometan in calling mee Giaur that is infidell by reason that I was a Christian the reason why I spake to him in Italian was because he vnderstood it hauing been taken slaue for many yeeres since by certaine Florentines in a Gally wherein he passed from Constantinople towards Alexandra but being by them interrupted by the way he was carried to a City called Ligerne in the Duke of Florences Dominions where after two yeeres hee had learned good Italian but he was an Indian borne and brought vp in the Mahometan Religion I pronounced the speech before an hundred people whereof none vnderstood it but himselfe but hee afterward told the meaning of some part of it as farre as he could remember it to some of the others also If I had spoken thus much in Turky or Persia against Mahomet they would haue rosted me vpon a spit but in the Mogols Dominions a Christian may speake much more freely then hee can in any other Mahometan Country in the world The speech was this as I afterward translated it into English BVt I pray thee tell me thou Mahometan dost thou in sadnes call mee Giaur That I doe quoth he Then quoth I in very sober sadnes I retort that shamefull word in thy throate and tell thee plainly that I am a Musulman and thou art a Giaur For by that Arab word Musulman thou dost vnderstand that which cannot be properly applied to a Mahometan but onely to a Christian so that I doe consequently inferre that there are two kindes of Muselmen the one â—n Orthomusulman that is a true Musulman which is a Christian and the other a Pseudo-musulman that is a false Musulman which is a Mahometan What thy Mahomet was from whom thou dost deriue thy Religion assure thy selfe I know better then any one of the Mahometans amongst many millions yea all the particular circumstances of his life and death his Nation his Parentage his driuing Camels through Egypt Syria and Palestina the marriage of his Mistris by whose death hee raised himselfe from a very base and contemptible estate to great honour and riches his manner of coozening the sottish people of Arabia partly by a tame Pigeon that did flye to his eare for meat and partly by a tame Bull that he fed by hand euery day with the rest of his actions both in peace and warre I know aswell as if I had liued in his time or had beene one of his neighbours in Mecca the truth whereof if thou didst know aswell I am perswaded thou wouldest spit in the face of thy Alcaron and trample it vnder thy feet and bury it vnder a laâ—e a booke of that strange and weake matter that I my selfe as meanly as thou dost see mee attired now haue already written two better bookes God be thanked and will here after this by Gods gracious permssion write another better and truer yea I would haue thee know thou Mahometan that in that renouned Kingdome of England where I was borne learning doth so flourish that there are many thousand boyes of sixteene yeeres of age that are able to make a more learned booke theaâ— thy Alcason neither was it as thou and the rest of you Mahometans
hee in Progresse went Of whores Bawds Panders such a Rabblement Sixe hundred Waggons History reports Attended onely on these braue consorts This was a Royall whoremaster indeed A speciall a Or rather Malefactor Benefactor at their need But now since Heliâ—gabalm deceast I thinke the world with whores is so increast That if it had an Emperour as mad He might haue twice so many as he had For by experience wee see euery day That bad things doe increase good things decay And vertue with much care from vertue breeds Vice freely springs from vice like stinking weeds Sardanapalus King of Babylon Was to his whores such a companion That hee in their attire did fow and sing An exercise vnfitting for a King This seruent Lust which some call ardent Loue Did cause the Bastard b Hercules of the mighty Ioue To please his Iole hee tooke a Wheele And laying by his Club did spin and Reele Great Ioue himselfe could not this snare escape Lust led him on to many a shamelesse Rape Poore Hebe Hele * Iupiter transformed himselfe into all these shapes to attaine his desire Darna and Europae Alcmena lo Semâ—â—â— and Leada Antiopa Asterie Ganâ—â—â—â—â—â— These and a number more his fancy fed To compasse which his shifts were manifold T' a Bull a Ram a Swan a showre of Gold To dreadfull Thunder and consuming fire And all to quench his inward flames desire Apollo turn'd faire Daphus into a The Bay tree of Lawrell Bay Because shee from his Lust did flye away Hee lou'd his Hiacinct and his Coronis As feruently as Venus and Adonis So much hee from his God-head did decline That for a wench he kept Admetus Kine And many other gods haue gone astray If all he true which Ouids Booke doth say Thus to fulfill their Lusts and win their Truls Wee see that these vngodly gods were Guls. The mighty Captaine b Aebilles who was flaine besotted to his death for the loue of Polixena of the Mermidons Being captiu'd to these base passions Met an vntimely vnexpected slaughter For faire Polixena King Priams daughter Lucrecia's Rape was Tarquins ouerthrow Shame often payes the debt that sinne doth owe. What Philomela lost and Tereus wonne It causde the luft full Farther c Tereus King of Thrace ate of his owne Sonne It is made into pyment by his wife Prâ—gne â—ate his Sonne In this vice Nero tooke such beastly ioy He married was to Sporus a yong Boy And d A Tyrant Prince in Corinth Periander was with Lust so led He with Mellissa lay when shee was dead Pigmaliou e Plutarch with an Image made of Stone Did loue and lodge I 'le rather lye alone Aristophanes ioyn'd in loue would be To a shee Asse but what an Asse was he A Roman f Appius murthered himselfe because Vâ—rginias father had slaine her to free her from his Lâ—â—â— Appius did in Iale abide For loue of faire Virginia where hee dyde Our second Henry g King Henry the second King of England Aged Childish fond On the faire feature of faire Rosamond That it rais'd most vnnaturall hatefull strife Betwixt himselfe his children and his wife The end of which was that the iealous Queene Did poyson h At 〈…〉 Rosamond in furious spleene The fourth King Edward lower did descend He to a Goldsmiths wife i Mistris Shore his loue did bend This sugred sinne hath beene so generall That it hath made the strongest Champions fall For Sichen rauisht k She was Iacobs daughter whose Rape was accutsedly reuenged by her brethren Siâ—ers â—â—â— Leui Genesis Dina for which deed A number of the Sichemites did bleed And Samson in the prime of manly strength By Dalila was ouercome at length King Dauid frailely fell and felt the paine And with much sorrow was restor'd againe Though Saul his foe he no way would offend Yet this sinne made him kill his loyall friend Ammon with l â— Sam 11. m â— Sam. 13. Thamar Incest did commit And Absalon depriu'd his life for it And Salomon allow'd most Royall meanes To keepe three hundred Queenes seuen hundred queanes By whose meanes to Idolatry he fell Almost as low as to the gares of Hell At last repeating he makes declaration That all was vanity and spirits vexation Aboundance of examples men may finde Of Kings and Princes to this vice inclin'd Which is no way for meaner men to goe Because their betters oft haue wandred so For they were plagu'd of God and so shall we Much more if of their sinne we partners be To shew what Women haue beene plagued in The bottomlesse Abysse of this sweet sinne There are examples of them infinite Which I ne'r meane to read much lesse to write To please the Reader though I 'l set downe some As they vnto my memory doe come Flora a Whore in Rome great wealth did win By her deare trading and her Commings in Which wealth she freely gaue when she did dye Vnto the Roman people generally For which they all to shew their thanks vnto her Made her a Goddesse and did Reuerence doe her And Lâ—is of Corinth ask'd Demosthenes One hundred Crownes for one nights businesse For which a crue of Whores did set vpon her A Whore she was and whores to death did stone her There was a famous Whore a She was seruant to Exanthus and fellow to Esop the Fabulist Rhodope nam'd Who for her gaine at such high price she gam'd That she most liberall did the charges beare A stately high Piramides to reare Great Iulius Caesar was much ouerseene With Cleopatra the AEgyptian Queene And after she insnar'd Marke Antony For which they both by their owne hands did dye b Queene of Babylon slaine by her Sonne whom shee would haue had to haue lyen with her Semiramis plaid the inhumane Trull And was enamour'd with a beastly Bull So did c Pasipha wife to Minos King of â—â—â—le Pasipha but me thinks 't is strange That Queenes so farre from womenhood should range Muba Adonis mother caus'd her father The flower of her virginitie to gather If wife Vlysses had not well beene arm'd Inchanting Circe had his honor charm'd When youthfull Paris stole the lustfull Punke Faire Hellen had the ship that bore them sunke Then thirty Kings in peace at home had staid Nor Troy or Troians in their ruines laid Faire d Messalina and Faustine two Empresses Messalina a most royall Whore Wife vnto Claâ—dius the Emperour The sports of Venus in the Stewes did play Sometimes full fiue and twenty times a day Marcus Aurelius did faire Paustine wed And she with Whoring did behorne his head And many Princes and great Potentates With Vulcans crest haue arm'd their noble pates This to the poorest Cuck old seemes a bliss That he with mighty Monarchs sharer is That though to be cornuted be a griefe Yet to haue such braue partners is reliefe These Whores and Whore-masters which I
Hall that hee had lawfully sold his Land and had receiued the summe aboue said in full satisfaction and payment and his said friend did vow and protest many times vnto him with such oathes and vehement curses that hee neuer would deceiue his trust but that at any time when hee would command all those forged Bonds and Leafes that hee would surrender them vnto him and that he should neuer bee damnifide by them or him to the value of one halfe-penny Vpon which protestations he said he was enticed to vndoe himselfe out of all his earthly possessions and by a false oath to make hazzard of his inheritance in Heauen In Ireland he staid not long but came ouer againe and was by his friend perswaded to goe into the Low Countries which hee did neuer minding his Wife and two small Children which he had by her hauing likewise a brace of bastards by his Whore as some say but he said that but one of them was of his begetting But he after some stay in Holland saw that he could not fadge there according to his desire and withal suspecting that hee was cheated of his Land and aboue all much perplexed in his Conscience for the false oath that hee had taken pondering his miserable estate and ruing his vnkindnesse to his Wife and vnnaturall dealing to his Children thinking with himselfe what course were best to take to helpe himselfe out of so many miseries which did incompasse him he â—â—â— ouer againe into England to his too dare friend demanding of him his Bonds and â—â—â— of his Land which hee had put him in â—â—â— with all But then his friend did manifest â—â—â— selfe what he was and told him plainly that he had no writings nor any Land of his â—â—â— what he had dearely bought and paid for All which Rowse replyed vnto him was false â—â— his owne Conscience knew Then said the other Haue I not here in my custody your land and Seale to confirme my lawfull possession of your Land and moreouer haue I not a Record of an Oath in open Court which you tooke concerning the truth of all our bargaine And seeing that I haue all these especial points of the Law as an Oath Indenâ—â—â— and a sure possession take what course you will for I am resolued to hold what I â—â—â— These or the like words in effect passed betwixt Rowse and his friend Trusty Roger which entring at his eares pierced his heart like Daggers and being out of money and credit a man much infamous for his bad life indebted beyond all possible meanes of payment a periured wretch to coozen himselfe â—â—â— no place or meanes to feed or lodge and fearefull of being arrested hauing so much â—â—â— his Wife and so little regarded his Children being now brought to the pits â—â—â— of disperation not knowing amongst these â—â—â— which way to turne himselfe hee resolued at last to goe home to Ewell againe to his much wronged Wife for his last â—â—â— in extremity The poore Woman receiued him with ioy and his Children with all gladnesse welcomed home â—â— prodigal Father with whom he reâ—â—â—â—â—â— much discontentment and perplexâ—â—â— of mind the Diuell still tempting him to â—â—â— and despaire putting him in mind of his former better estate comparing pleaâ—â—â—â—â—â— with present miseries and he reuolâ—â—â—â—â—â— he had beene a man in that Towne â—â—â— a Gentlemans companion of good reputation and calling that hee had Friends â—â—â— Money Apparell and Credit with meanes sufficient to haue left for the maintenance of his Family and that now he had nothing left him but pouerty and beggery and that his two Children were like to bee left to goe from doore to doore for their liuing Bâ—eing thus tormented and tost with restlesse imaginations he seeing daily to his further griefe the poore case of his Children and fearing that worse would befall them hereafter he resolued to worke some meanes to take away their languishing liues by a speedy and vntimely death the which practice of his by the Diuels instigation and assistance he effected as followeth To bee sure that no body should stop or preuent his diuellish enterprise hee sent his Wife to London in a friuolous errand for a riding Coat and shee being gone somewhat timely and too soone in the morning both her children being in bed and fast asleepe being two very pretty Girles one of the age of sixe yeeres and the other foure yeeres old none being in the house but themselues their vnfortunate Father and his ghostly Counseller the dores being fast locked hee hauing an excellent Spring of water in the Celler of his house which to a good mind that would haue imploy'd it well would haue beene a blessing for the water is of that Christaline purity and cleernesse that Queene Elizabeth of famous memory would daily send for it for her owne vse in which hee purposed to drowne his poore innocent children sleeping for hee going into the Chamber where they lay tooke the yongest of them named Elizabeth forth of her bed and carried her downe the Stayres into his Celler and there put her in the Spring of Water holding downe her head vnder that pure Element with his hands till at last the poore harmelesse soule and body parted one from another Which first Act of this his inhumane Tragedy being ended hee carried the dead corps vp three payre of stayres and laying it downe on the floore left it and went downe into the Chamber where his other Daughter named Mary was in bed being newly awaked and seeing her father demanded of him where her Sister was To whom hee made answer that hee would bring her where shee was So taking her in his armes he carried her downe towards the Celler and as hee was on the Celler stayres shee asked him what he would doe and whither hee would carry her Feare nothing my Childe quoth hee I will bring thee vp againe presently and being come to the Spring as before he had done with the other so hee performed his last vnfatherly deed vpon her and to be as good as his word carried her vp the stayres and laid her by her sister that done he laid them out and couered them both with a sheete walking vp and downe his house weeping and lamenting his owne misery and his friends treachery that was the maine ground of all his misfortunes and the death of his Children and though there was time and opportunity enough for him to flye and to seeke for safety yet the burthen and guilt of his conscience was so heauy to him and his desperate case was so extreme that he neuer offered to depart but as a man weary of his life would and did stay till such time as hee was apprehended and sent to Prison where he lay till hee was rewarded with a iust deserued death What his other intents were after hee had drowned his Children is vncertaine for he drew his sword and laid it naked on a Table and after hee gat a poore
end thy bitter torments be Because that causelesse thou tormentedst me Oh you immortall high Imperious pow'rs Haue you in your resistlesse doomes decreed To blast with spight scorns my pleasant houres To starue my hopes and my despaire to feed Once more let me attaine those sunshine showres Whereby my withered ioyes againe may breed If gods no comfort to my cares apply My comfort is I know the way to dye 1 To Saturne With wits distracted here I make my will I doe bequeath to Saturne all my sadnesse When Melancholy first my heart did fill My sences turne from sobernesse to madnesse Since Saturne thou wast Authour of my ill To giue me griefe and take away my gladnesse Malignant Planet what thou gau'st to me I giue againe as good a gift to thee 2 To Ioue I doe surrender backe to thundring Ioue All state which erst my glory did adorne My frothy pomp and my ambitious loue To thee false Iupster I backe returne All Iouiall thoughts that first my heart did moue In thy Maiesticke braine was bred and borne Which by thy inspiration caus'd my wracke And therefore vnto thee I giue it backe 3 To Mars To Mars I giue my rough robustious rage My anger fury and my scarlet wrath Man-slaughtring murder is thy onely page Which to thy bloudy guidance I bequeath Thy seruants all from death should haue their â—â—â—â— For they are executioners for death Great Mars all fury wrath and rage of mine I freely offer to thy Goary shrine 4 To Sol. All-seeing Sol thy bright reflecting eye Did first with Poets Arte inspire my braines T is thou that me so much didst dignifie To wrap my soule with sweet Poetike straines And vnto thee againe before I dye I giue againe a Poets gainelesse gaines Though wit and arte are blessings most diuine Yet here their iems amongst a heard of swâ—â—â— 5 To Venus To thee false Goddesse loues adultrous Queene My most inconstant thoughts I doe surrender For thou alone alone hast euer beene True louers bane yet seemest loues defender And were thy Bastard blinde as fooles doe weeâ—â—â— So right he had not spilt my heart so tender Fond Vulcans pride thou turn'st my ioy to pâ—â—â—â— Which vnto thee I render backe againe 6 To Mercury To Mercury I giue my sharking shifts My two-fold false equiuocating tricks All cunning sleights and close deceiuing drifts Which to deceitfull wrong my humour pricks â—â—y Boâ—eaka's my Decoyes and Lifts â—â—birdlime henceforth to my fingers sticks My thoughts my words my actions that are bad To thee I giue for them from thee I had 7 To Luna â—â—dâ—ast and low'st of all these Planets seuen â—y wau'ring thoughts I giue to Lunac's guiding â—y senslesse braines of wit and sence bereauen â—y strdfast change and my most certaine sliding â—â— various alterations vnder heauen â—â— that is mine ore mouing or abyding My woes my ioyes my mourning and my mirth I giue to thee from whence they had their birth â—hus he against the higher powers contends â—â— threats and bans and beats his care crazd brest â—he birds harmonious musicke to him lends â—hich addes no rest vnto his restlesse rest â—â—â—â—â—'ry thing in louing sort attends â—â—â—aceable and sencelesse doe their best With helplesse helps do helpe to mone his mone And her he loues remaines vnkinde alone â—â— last he rose from out the place he lay â—â—â— frantickly ran woodly through the wood â—he scratching brambes in the wailesse way â—â—â—eate his stay but in a hare-braind mood â—e fled till weary he at last did stay â—o rest him where a ragged rocke there ood With reso'ution to despaire and dye Whil'st Eccho to his mone did thus reply Eccho â—ay humane mischiefes be compar'd with mine mine Thine babbling Eccho would thy tongue told true true â—â—â— that I alone must weepe and pine pine â—â—pine for her from whom my cares ensue sue â—â—â— I serue a marble-hearted faire ayre And ayre is all the fruit of fruitlesse loue loue â—ou's hope is past then welcom black despaire despair â—â—â— there despaire my causeles curse remoue moue â—â—â— whither shall I moue to ioy or paine paine â—â—â— paine be my reward for paine for aye aye â—ye must my torment seed her scornfull vain vaine â—o ease me griefe wil she say yea or nay nay â—ay then from loue and all his lawes I fly fly â—â—â— I search I seeke the way to die die Thus brabbling 'gainst all things he heares or sees â—â—â—patient at his froward fortunes wrongs â—o sensu'all obiect with his sence agrees â—ll pleasures his dispeasure more prolongs â—â— length he carues vpon the thick-bark'd trees These vnder written sad lamenting songs And as my weake inuention vnderstood His farewell thus was grau'd vpon the wood Sonnet LIke a decrepit wretch deform'd and lame My verse approaches to my dearest Dame Whose dire disdaine makes my laments her game Whose scornfull eies adde fuell to my flame But whether shee or I are most too blame I for attempting to exalt her fame With fruitlesse Sonnets which my wit did frame Or shee whose piercing lookes my heart o'r came Her feature can both men and monsters tame The gods and fiends adore and dread her name Whose matchlesse forme doth Citherea shame Whose cruell heart remaineth still the same And in a word I striue against the streame My state 's too low and hers is too supreme Then since so scornefull is her high dis daine Since all my loue is but bestow'd in vaine Curbe fancie then with true discretions Reine Let reason cure my tor-tormenting paine Suppose I should at last my suit at taine And then sit downe and count my losing gaine My haruest would be tares in stead of graine Then I le no longer vexe my vexed braine To seeke her loue who ioyes when I com plaine No longer I loues vassall will re maine I 'l be no more of Cupids witlesse traine Whose partiall blindenesse hath so many slaine Proud Dame whose brest my loue didst earst refrain Despight loues lawes I 'le be no more thy swaine Thus like a man whose wits were quite bereft him I found him mad with loue and so I left him Plutoes Proclamation concerning his Infernall pleasure for the Propagation of Tobacco TRue Newes strange my Muse intends to write From horrid concaues of eternall night Whereas a damned Parlament of Deuils Enacted lawes to fill the world with euils Blacke Pluto sundry proclamations sends Through Barathrum and summons all the fiends To know how they on earth had spent their times And how they had beclog'd the world with crimes First spake an ancient Deuill yeleaped Pride Who said he wandred had both farre and wide Dispersing his Ambitious poisnous bane As farre as Luna doth both waxe or wane Next summond was a rake-hell surgownd curre Cal'd Auarice whose rotten haulking murre Was like to choake him ere he could declare How hee had soules possest with monies care That so they fill their Coffers to the brim Ali's one
Sonnet 5. Three blinde Commanders BLinde fortune sightlesse loue and eyelesse death Like Great Triumue'rs swayes this earthly roome â—â—â— actions affections and very breathe Are in subiection to their fatall doome Ther 's nothing past or present or to come That in their purblinde power is not comprizde â—rom Crowne to cart from cradle to the toome â—ll are by them defamde or eternizde Why should we then esteeme this doating life â— That 's in the guideance of such blind-fold rule Whose chiefest peace is a continuall strife Whose gawdy pompes the pack and man the Mule Which liues long day he beares as he is able Til deaths blacke night doth make the graue his stable Sonnet 6. In the praise of musicke â—TWas Musick fetch'd Euridice from hell And rap'd grim Pluto with harmonious straines Renowned Orphens did with Musick quell The fiends and ease the tortur'd of their paines The Dolphin did account it wondrous gaines To heare Arion play as hee did ride Gods fiends fish fowles shepheards on the plains Melodious Musicke still hath magnifide And ancient records plainely doe decide How braue Orlands Palatine of France When he was raging mad for Meadors bride Sweet Musicke cur'd his crazed wits mischance For Musick 's only fit for heau'ns high quire Which though men cannot praise enough adutire Sonnet 7. The Map of misery LIke to the stone that 's cast in deepest wane That rests not till the bottome it hath found So I a wretch inthrald in sorrowes caue With woe and desperations fetters bound The captiue slaue imprison'd vnder ground Doom'd there by fates t' expire his wofull daies With care o'rwhelmd with grief sorrow drownd Makes mournfull moanings and lamenting layes Accusing and accursing fortunes playes Whose wither'd Autumne leauelesse leaues his tree And banning death for his too long delayes â— Remaines the onely poore despised hee If such a one as this the world confine His mischiefes are his his sport compar'd with mine Sonnet 8. Another in prayse of musicke NO Poet crownd with euerliuing bayes Tho art like floods should froÌ„ his knowledge flow He could not write enough in Musicks prayse To which both man and Angels loue doe owe If my bare knowledge ten times more did know And had ingrost all arte from Pernas hill If all the Muses should their skils bestow On me to amplifie my barren skill I might attempt in shew of my good will In Musicks praise some idle lines to write But wanting iudgement and my accent ill I still should be vnworthy to indite And run my wit on ground like ship on shelfe For musicks praise consisteth in it selfe A Cataplasmicall Satyre composed and compacted of sundry simples as salt vineger wormewood and a little gall very profitable to cure the impostumes of vice A Sauage rough-hair'd Satyre needs no guide Wher 's no way from the way he cannot â—lide Then haue amoÌ„gst you through the brakes briers From those who to the Cedars top aspires Vnto the lowest shrub or branch of broome That hath his breeding from earths teeming womb And now I talke of broome of shrubs and Cedars Me thinks a world of trees are now my leaders To prosecute this trauell of my penne And make comparison twixt trees and men The Cedars and the high cloud kissing Pynes Fecundious Oliues and the crooked Vines The Elme the Ash the Oake the Masty Beeche The Peare the Apple and the rug-gowned Peache And many more for it would tedious be To name each fruitfull and vnfruitfull tree But to proceed to show how men and trees In birth in breed in life and death agrees In their beginnings they haue all one birth Both haue their nat'rall being from the earth And heauens high hand where he doth please to blesse Makes trees or men or fruitful or fruitlesse In sundry vses trees do serue mans turne To build t' adorne to feed or else to burne Thus is mans state in all degrees like theirs Some are got vp to th' top of honours stayres Securely sleeping on opinions pillow Yet as vnfruitfull as the fruitlesse willow And fill vp roomes like worthlesse trees in woods Whose goodnesse all consists in ill got goods He like the Cedar makes a goodly show But no good fruite will from his greatnesse grow Vntill he die and from his goods depart And then giues all away despight his heart Then must his friends with mourning cloth be clad With insides merry and with outsides sad What though by daily grinding of the poore By bribry and extortion got his store Yet at his death he gownes some foure-score men And t is no doubt he was a good man then Though in his life he thousands hath vndone To make wealth to his cursed coffers runâ— If at his buriall groats a piece bee giuen I le warrant you his soule 's in hell or heauen And for this doale perhaps the beggers striues That in the throng seuenteene doe lose their liues Let no man tax me here with writing lies For what is writ I saw with mine owne eyes Thus men like barren trees are feld and lopt And in the fire to burne are quickly popt Some man perhaps whilst he on earth doth liue Part of his vaine superfluous wealth will giue To build of Almshouses some twelue or ten Or more or lesse to harbour aged men Yet this may nothing be to that proportion Of wealth which he hath gotten by extortion What i st for man his greedy minde to serue To be the cause that thousands die and sterue And in the end like a vaine-glorious theefe Will giue some ten or twelue a poore reliefe Like robbers on the way that take a purse And giue the poore a mite to scape Gods curse But know this thou whose goods are badly gotten When thou art in thy graue consum'd and rotten Thine heire perhaps wil feast with his sweet punk And Dice and Drabb and eu'ry day be drunk Carowsing Indian Trinidado smoake Whilst thou with Sulph'rous flames are like to choake See see yond gallant in the Cloke-bag breech Hee 's nothing but a Trunke cram'd full of speech He 'l sweare as if 'gainst heau'n he wars would wage And meant to plucke downe Phoebus in his rage When let a man but try him hee 's all oathes And odious lies wrapt in vnpaid for cloathes And this Lad is a Roaring boy forsooth An exlent morsell for the hangmans tooth He carelesly consumes his golden pelfe In getting which his Father damn'd himselfe Whose soule perhaps in queÌ„chlesse fire doth broile Whilst on the earth his sonne keepes leuell coile T is strange to Church what numbers daily flock To drinke the Spring of the eternall Rocke The great â—ouâ—â—-sauing Satan slaying Word Gainst sin death hell th' alcoâ— quering sacred sword Where high lehonahs Trumpâ—ters sound forth From East to West from Souâ—â— vnto the North For through all lands their Embasseyes are borne And neuer doe againe in vaine returne Which either is of life to life the sauor Or death
condemn'd to die and hang And by reprieue hath scap'd that bitter pang Will presently his old acquaintance call And ere he giues God thanks to drinking fall Why drunkards common are as lies or stealing And sober men are scarce like honest dealing When men doe meet the second word that 's spoke Is Where 's good liquour and a pipe of smoake The labouring man that for his hire doth serue Let Landlord tarry wife and children sterue With not a bit of bread within the house Yet hee 'l sit on the Ale-bench and carowse Thus like an Inundation drink doth drowne The Rich the Poore the Courtier and the Clowne Since then to be a drunkard is to be The sincke of Incest and Sodomitry Of Treason swearing fighting beg'ry murder And diuers more I then will goe no furder But here my Satyrs stinging whip I 'le waste In lashing dropsie drunkards out of taste How then can it be possible that such Who sell Wine Beere or Ale doe gaine so much Should punish drunkards as the Law commands In whose vaine spending their most gaining stands It were all one as if a Mercer did To weare Silke Veluet Cloth of Gold forbid And Victlers may as wisely punish those I rom whom their daily drinks great gettings growes I would haue all old drunkards to consent To put a Bill vp to the Parlament That those by quaffing that haue spent their wealth Consum'd their times their memory their health And by excessiue spending now are bare That Merchants Brewers Vintners should prepare Some Hospitals to keepe them in their age And cloath and feed them from fierce famines rage For euery one whose hard vnlucky lots Haue beene to be vndone by empting pots I hold it fit that those the pots that filde Should contribute those Almes houses to build Yet one obiection would this bill debarre Too many drunkards there already are And rather then this law would bate their store I feare 't would make them twise as many more For why to drink most men would be too bold Because they would haue pensions being old And men of purpose to this vice would fall To be true beads-men to this hospitall Then let it be as it already is But yet I hold it not to be amisse Those Drinke-sellers from office to exclude And so for that my Satyr doth conclude I could rippe vp a Catalogue of things Which thousand thousands to damnation flings But all my paines at last would be but idle It is not man can mens Affections bridle Sinne cannot be put downe with inke and paper No more then Sol is lightned with a Taper To Mistresse Rose Anagramma SORE SOund Rose though Sore thy Anagram doth meane Mistake it not it meanes no sore vncleane But it alludes vnto the lofty skie To which thy vertue shall both Sore and flye To my approued good friend M r. ROBARTE CVDDNER Anagramma Record and be true MY thoughts Record and their account is true I scarce haue better friends aliue then you A nest of Epigrams Fortune 1. T Is Fortunos glory to keepe Poets poore And crauâ— weake witted Idiots with her store And t is concluded in the wisest schooles The blinded drab shall euer fauour fooles Epigram 2. Loue. LOue is a dying life a liuing death A vapor shadow bubble and a breath An idle bable and a paltry toy Whose greatest Patron is a blinded boy But pardon loue my iudgement is vniust For what I spake of loue I meant of lust Epigram 3. Death THose that scape fortune th'extremes of loue Vnto their longest homes by death are droue Where Caesars Kaesars Subiects Abiects must Be all alike consum'd to durt and dust Death endeth all our cares or cares encrease It sends vs vnto lasting paine or peace Epigram 4. Fame VVHen Fortune Loue and Death their tasks haue doon Fame makes our liues through many ages run For be our liuing actions good or ill Fame keepes a record of our doings still By Fame Great Iulius Caesar euer liues And Fame infamous life to Nero giues Epigram 5. Time ALL making marring neuer turning Time To all that is is period and is prime Time weares out Fortune Loue and Death Fame And makes the world forget her proper name Thâ—â—'s nothing that so long on earth can last But in conclusion Time will lay it wast Epigram 6. Ka mee kae thee MY Muse hath vow'd reuenge shall haue her swindge To catch a Parrat in the Woodcocks sprindge Epigram 7. Solus THe land yeelds many Poets were I gone The water sure I durst besworne had none Epigram 8. Selfe-conceit SOme Poets are whose high pitcht lofty straines Are past the reach of euery vulgar wight To vnderstand which t will amaze weake braines So mysticall sophisticall they write No maruell others vnderstand them not For they scarce vnderstand themselues I wot Epigram 9. A couple ONe read my booke and said it wanted wit I wonder if he meant himselfe or it Of both if both two fooles were met I troe That wanted wit and euery foole doth so Epigram 10. Bacchus and Apollo THe thigh-borne bastard of the thundring Ioue WheÌ„ mens inuentioÌ„s are of wit most hollow He with his spitefull iuice their sprites doth mooue Vnto th' harmonious musicke of Apollo And in a word I would haue all men know it He must drinke wine that means to be a Poet. Epigram 11. Of translation I Vnderstand or knowe no forraigne tongue But their translations I doe much admire Much art much paines much study doth belong And at the least regard should be their hyre But yet I would the French had held together And kept their pox and not translate them hether Epigram 12. Natures counterfeite WHen Adam was in Paradise first plac'd An dw th the rule of mortal things was grac'd Then roses pinkes and fragrant gilliflowres Adornd deckd forth Edens blessed bowâ—es But now each Gill weares flowres each Punk hath pinks And roses garnish Gallants shooes me thinks When rugged Winter robs fairy Floraes treasure Puncks can haue pinks and roses at their pleasure Epigram 13. The deuill take bribery A Man attach't for murdering of a man Vnto the for-man of his Iury sent Two score angels begging what he can He would his conscience straine law to preuent That his offences Iudge might iudge no further But make manslaughter of his wilfull murther The verdict was manslaughter to the Iudge The Iudge demanded how it could be so The for-man said his conscience much did grudge But forty angels did perswade him no. Well quoth the Iudge this case shall murther be If halfe those angels not appeare to me Thus when the law men to confusion driues The godlesse angels will preserue their liues Epigram 14. The deuill is a knaue I Shell dislikes the surplusse and the cope And calls them idle vestments of the Pope And mistresse Mande would goe to Church full faine But that the corner cap makes her refraine And Madam Idle is offended deepe The Preacher speakes
1009. VVHen forty yeers this King had rul'd this Ile As Stories say he died a death most vile The wide-mouth'd Wolfe and keene-tusk'd brutish Bore Did eate his Kingly flesh drinke his gore Madan was a vicious and wicked Prince the Sonne of Locrine and Guendoline Hee was a great Tyrant He built the Towne of Doncaster Hee had two Sonnes Mempricius and Manlius Mempricius raigned 20. yeeres 991. MEmpricius base his brother Manlius slew And got the Crowne by murder not as due Maids wiues and widdowes he by force destowr'd He liu'd a Beast and dy'd by a Beast deuour'd Hee killed his elder brother trecherously as hee was parlying with him Hee was eaten of Wolues at hee was hunting Hee was so beastly that he was taxed in histories to be a Sodomite with Beasts in his time Yeeres before Christ. Ebranke 989. King Dâ—â—uid â—â—â—â—â—â— At Edinburgh the Castle he did found Alcluid Tork he built new from the ground He builded Bambrough and reigned sixty yeeres Belou'd as it in Chronicles appeares Ebranke had 21. wiues by whom he had 20. Sonnes and 30. Daughters hee inuaded Gallia now Frâ—â—â— He was the Sonne of Mempricius In his Reigneâ—â—â—â— King Salomon Alcluid is Dumbreton in Scotland Brute the second 929. IF any noble act Brute Greeneeshield did Hee 's wrong'd because from Histories th' are hiâ—â—â— Twelue yeeres he rul'd that 's all I of him read And how at Yorke hee lyeth buried This Brute was the Sonne of Ebranke and some histories write doubtfully that he conquer'd France and thâ— after he receiued a great soyle in field by Brinchild Brinchillus Prince of Henoway or Henault Leil 917. LEil Carleile built and raign'd yeeres twenty fiue And as Fame still keepes dead mens acts aliue So Leil though dead shall euer liue by Fame He lyes at Carleile which himselfe did frame Leil was the Sonne of Brute Greeneshield It is â—â—â— written that he built the Citie of Chester Lud or Rud hudibras was the Sonne of Leil a religious Prince â—â—â— way of Paganisâ—â— for in those 3. Townes â—â— built hee erected 3. Temples and placed 3. â— Pagan Bishops in them Yeeres before Christ. Rudbudibrasse 892. His King built Canterbury Winchester And Shastbury he from the ground did reare â—â— after twenty nine yeeres reigne was past â—â— bester sore sicke he breath'd his last Bladud reign'd 20. 863. BLathe was by Bladud to perfection brought By Necromanticke Arts to flye hee sought â— from a Towre he thought to scale the Sky â— brake his necke because he soar'd too high This Bladud had beene a Student in Athens from â—â— hee brought many learned men bee built Stamâ—â— a Colledge I thinke the first in England striuing to â—â—â— the foule or the foole he brake his necke on the Temâ—â—â— of Apollo in Troynouant Leire 844. LEire as the Story saies three daughters had The youngest good the other two too bad â—et the old King lou'd theÌ„ that wrong'd him most â—e that lou'd him he banisht from his Coast. â—â—â—â—â— and Ragan he betweene â—â—â— the Kingdome making each a Queene But young Cordeilla wedded was by chance To Aganippus King of fertile France The eldest Daughters did reiect their Sire For succour to the young'st hee did retire By whose iust aide the Crowne againe he gain'd And dyed when he full forty yeeres had reign'd Leire built Leicester and was a good Prince At Leycester he built a Temple to Iames Bifrons or Iames with two faces Yeeres before Christ. Qu. Cordeilla 805. MAd Morgan an vnmanner'd Cunedagus Their AuÌ„t Cordeilla with fierce war did plagues They vanquish'd her and her in Prison threw And hauing reign'd fiue yeeres her selfe she flew She reigned with her Husband Aganippus till he dyed and then in her widowhead her cruell kinsmen opprest her Shee stabb'd her selfe in prison being tyrannously vsed in despaire of her liberty Morgan Cunedagus 800. THen Morgan did 'gainst Cunedagus contend And at Glamorgan Morgan had his end Then Cunedagus sole King did abide Full three and thirty yeeres and then he dyed Morgan was the Sonne of Gonorel Leires eldest Daughter and Cunedagus his kinsman was the Sonne of Ragan The Prophet Esay prophefied about this time Yeeres before Christ. Riuallo before Christ 766. THree daies it rain'd blood when Riuallo reign'd And great mortalitie the Land sustain'd Hee forty six yeeres rul'd in Kingly State And then surrendred to all humane Fate This Land in this Kings reigne was almost vnpeopled with dearth death and desolation In his time Rome was builded 356. yeeres after Brute Innumerable multitudes of Horse-flyes or Hornets spring out of the blood thus raind which flyes strong many people to death Riuallo was buried as Yorke Gurgustus 721. Scicillius 684. A Common Drunkard was this wicked King Which vice did many other vices bring Yeeres thirty eight the Diadem he wore Scicillius next raignd nine and forty more Gurgustus and Scicillius were bretbrâ—n I finde little mentioned of any good they did though they rsigned long They were both the Sonnes of Riuallo Iago 636. Kimmaâ—m 612. OF these two Kings small mention I doe finde They left bare Names for memorie behinde One twentie fiue yeares th' other fifty foure Had in this Land Commanding Regall power Iugo was a kinsman to Gurgustus and by his vicious life he got asleepy disease called the Lethargy â—â—â—â— dyed These two Kings were both buried at Yorke Yeeres before Christ. Gorbodug 559. GOrbodug next did in the Throne succeed Was sixty three yeeres King and last decâ—â—â—â—â— 'Twixt his two Sonnes this Kingdome to diuide â— At Yorke hee 's buried where in peace hee dy'd Some write that he reigned but 42. years and â—â—â—â— he was buried at Troynouant Ferex and Porex 496. POrex in Fight his brother Ferex kil'd For which their mother Porex heart blâ—d sâ—â— These murthers mercilesse did quite deâ—ace These Princes last of Royall Brutus Race Ferex and Porex were the sonnes of Corâ—odâ—â— Their mother and her maides chopped Porex in â—â—â—â—â— reuenge of her sonne Ferex they reigned fiue yeeres â—â—â— whose death the Land was a long time diuided â—â—â— Kingdomes Mulmutius Donwallo 441. THe Land vnguided Kinglesse did remaine Till great Mulmutius did the Wreathe â—â—â—â—â— Yeeres before Christ. He builded Temples made Lawes Ploughs high-waies And 40. yeeres he liu'd infame and praise Mulmutius â—lew Pinnar Slater and Rudack three Kings of seuerall parts of this I le and at last brought the â—â— Kingdome to his sole obedience He was the Sonne of â—â—â—â—ten Duke of Cornewall He was the first of all the Kings of this Land that wore a crowne of Gold Bellinus and Brennus reigned 26. yeeres 401. THese brethren did diuide the Realme in twaine But Kings can brooke no partnership in reigne They fell at oddes and Brennâ—s fled subdude With slaughter of his warlike multitude To France he scap'd and was receiu'd in State In London Belline builded Bellinsgate â—â—â—ane Brennus conquer'd Italy and Rome Bellinus lies heere in an honour'd Tombe Brennus slew himselfe
Claudius Caesar with an Army came The Britaines bold rebellious hearts to tame One Hamen there a Romane did deuise Himselfe like to a Britaine to disguise Guiderinâ— brauely chaâ—de his foes amaine Was by disguised Hamon falsely slaine When Guiderius was King of Britaine our Râ—â—â—â—mer suffered vnder Claudius Tiberius Caesar being the Romane Emperour Guiderius was a valiant Prince Aruiragus 44 STout Aruiragus being in the fight The Kings death added fury to his might Perceiu'd the Britaine Host almost dismaide In 's brothers Armour hee himselfe atray'd Yeeres after Christ. The Souldiers thought the King againe suruiu'd With courage new through euery veine deriu'd Braue Aruiragus like a Tempest goes And pell mell topsieturuy throwes his foes Great Caesar with his Romane army fled The King tooke Hamon and cut off his head And more with sharp reuenge his wrath t' appease Hew'd him piece-meale and cast him in the Seas The place long time this name did then allow Of Hamons hauâ—n or Southampton now The Emperour would quite the tribute free If Brittaines King his Sonne in law would be Then Aruarigue did faire Genisse marry And Claudius Caesar heere a while did tarry He builded Glostâ—r whil'st he heere remain'd The King dyed hauing twenty eight yeeres reign'd Marius 73. IN this Kings reigne the lawlesse proling Pict A Nation strange did the North part afflict But Marius in a battell slew their King And all their power did to subiection bring The Picts from Scythia into Scotland came Rude barbarous ingratefull hard to tame For by the Scotisâ— Kings fauour hauing got Possession they oft warr'd vpon the Scot. And more and more that Kingdome they annoy'd Till Kennith Scotlandâ— King them all destroy'd Yeeres fifty three reign'd Marius iust and wise Dyed and at Carlâ—â—â— his Corps royall lies Much about this time Ioseph of Arimathea after he had buried Christ being hated for it of the mis-beleeuing Iewes came into this Land and first planted Christianity heere built a Chapell at Ghastenburgh Some writers say that he repaired Chester and was buried there Coylus 124. IN Rome this King was fostred all his youth He lou'd Peace Iustice Fortiude and Truth Yeeres after Christ. He builded Colchestâ—r and did suruiue Till he had reign'd a Kings yeeres fifty fiue Coylus was the Sonne of Marius hee was buried â—â— Yorke Lucius 179. THe first of Kings that was a Christian nam'd Was Lucius with the spirit of God inflam'd The Bread of life he did receiue with ioy The Pagan Idols hee did all destroâ— The Flamines and Arch â—â—mines he downe cost And Bishops and Archbishops here he placâ—d He lou'd and fear'd th' eternall Three in one And dyed when he had 12. yeeres kept the Throne This was the first Christian King of Brittaine â—â—eeâ—â—â—ed twentie eight Idolatrous Temples of thy Pagan god â—â— he made Cathedrall Churches for the seruice of the â—â—â— God Elutherius was then Bishop of Rome King â—ucâ—â—â— was buried at Glocester hee dyed leauing no â—â—â—â—â—â— that this Land was in a hurly-burly 15 yeeres tâ—â—â—â—â— want of a King Seuerus 194. THis was a Romane Emperour and was slaine At York the eighteenth yeere of his proud reigne Hee was an Alien and a stranger heere And therefore bought his vsurpation deare Seuerus was 60. yeeres old when hee tooke the â—â—â—â—â—â— and caused a wall of Turse to be made betwixt Englaâ—â— and Scotland to kepe this Land from the incursions of tâ—â— Scots and Picts the wall reached from Tyme to â—â—â— Scottish Seas 112. miles Yeeres after Christ. Bassianus 212. SEâ—â—rus here did wed a British Dame By whom this King their Son the Crowne did claime â— after sixe yeeres time he left this Land â—ad had the Romane Empire at 's command Bassianus was brought from Rome by his Father â—â—â—â—rcus Carausius 290. Alectus 291. â—â—â— Carausiâ—â—â—â—â— Dioâ—â—â—â— was â—â—â—â—â— THis king of meane birth did the Crown attain After seuen yeeres was by Alectus slaine Three yeeres Alectus did in state recide â—ur Protomartyr then Saint Alban dyde Dioâ—esian and Maximilian ruled the Romane Emâ—â—â—â— when saint Albane suffered Alectus was sent from Rome against Carausius this Alectus was a cruell â—â—â—â—â— and was also slaine by Asclepiodatus Asclepiodatus 299. ASclepiodatus in a mortall Fight Sabdude the Romane Generall Gallus might Kil'd him and cast him head-long in a Brooke Whence Gallus or Wallbrooke for name it tooke And as Alectus did Carausius kill So did this King Alectus life bloud spill And a free two yeeres reigne in mortall strife Asclepiodatus slaine lost Crowne and life Glallus brooke or Wallbrooke tooke the name from Glallus â—â— Rome to Captaine slaine by Asclepiodatus and throwne into that Brooke Asclepiodatus was after slaine by Coil Duke of Colchester Some write that Asclepiodatus reigned 30. yeeres Yeeres after Christ. Coil raigned 14. yeeres 301. COlchesters Duke Coil in the Throne inuested Was by Constantius Caesar much molested Till Coil gaue's Daughter to him for his Bride And paid Romes tribute that was long denide The Lady was of beauty most diuine Faire Hellen Mother to great Constantine The King at Colchester dead laide in 's Tombe His Sonne Constantius did supply his roome This Hellen râ—â—defied Ierusalem and adorned it with goodly Churches She also waâ—eâ— Ladon and Colchester Constantius 305. SPaine Italy France Britaines Emperor Foure yeeres he raign'd heere with Maiesticke power True Honour was the ayme at which he shoâ— Iust Valiant these reports his Actions got This Constantius was Grandfather to Constantine the Great he came from Rome to this I le and was buried at Yorke Constantine 306. GReat Emp'ror Constantine surnam'd the Great In all respects a worthy Prince compleate Yeeres after Christ. The glorious Gospell he ador'd and fear'd Constantinople famously he rear'd Maxentius Romes great Tyrant most abhor'd He made him flie from his Imperiall sword Belou'd bewail'd high honor'd and admir'd In grace with God and men his dayes expir'd This worthy Prince Constantine was borne in this Land the Sonne of Constantius and Hellen. After Constantius decease our Land was molested by Octauius Maximus and others for many yeers These times are so diuersly written of in Histories that a man knowes not which to beleeue most 84. Constantinus 337. 85. Constans 340. THese two were Brothers of the Royall line And Sonnes vnto the Emperour Constantine Ambition and debate for Kingly Raigne Was the vnnaturall cause they both were slaine Kings and Louers can brook no partners for these two brothers were each others destruction 86. Octauius 345. 87. Traherus 349. OCtauius Duke of Windsore tooke the Crowne Traherus came from Rome and put him downe The Land was full with hurly-burlies fild Traherus by Octtauius last was kild Theodosius was Emperour of the East and Macrinus of the West Some write that Octauius reigned 54. yeeres Non credo Yeeres after Christ. 88. Constantius the third 353. The Romane Empire he did closely sway And as a King this Land did him obay Th'Apostate Iulian was the Emp'rour next
of February following king Richard the 2. being in prison at Poâ—â—fret-Castle â—â—â— murdered The raigne of King Henry was accâ—â—â—â—â— warre and trouble Henry the fift An. Dom. 1412. THis was a King Renowned neere and farre A Mars of men a Thunderbolt of warre At Agencourt the French were ouerthrowne And Henry heyre proclaim'd vnto that Crowne In nine yeeres raigne this valiant Prince wan more Then all the Kings did after or before Intomb'd at Westminster his Carkas lyes His soule did like his Acts ascend the skies Henry the 5. In his 3. yeere hee past the sea with 1000. saile of Ships and Veâ—â—els into France His tombe or â—â—â—â— was couered with siluer but this yrâ—n age â—â—th â—â—â—â—â—â— Henry the sixt An. Dom. 1422. THis Infant Prince scarce being nine moneths old The Realmes of France and England he did hold But he vncapable through want of yeeres Was ouer-gouern'd by mis-gouern'd Peeres Now Yorke and Lancaster with bloudy wars Both wound this kingdome with deep deadly scars Whilst this good King by Yorks oppos'd depos'd Expos'd to dangers is captiu'd inclos'd His Queene exilde his sonne and many friends Fled murdred slaughtred lastly Fate contends To crowne him once againe who then at last Was murdred thirty nine yeeres being past King Edward the sixt being 10. yeers old was crowned King of France in Paris but with the strife betwixt the Nobility and the Commons in England the most part of France was lost againe which was neuer recouered â—â—â—â—â— Edward the fourth An. Dom. 1460. EDward the 4. the house of Yorks great heire By bloudy wars attain'd the Regall Chaire The poore King Henry into Scotland fled And foure yeeres there was royally cloath'd and fed Still good successe with him was in the wane â—â—e by King Edwardâ—â— power at last was tane Yet yet before the tenth yeere of his reigne Hence Edward fled and Henry crown'd againe By Warwicks meanes sixe moneths he held the same Till Edâ—ward backe in armes to England came And fighting stoutly made this kingdome yeeld And slew great Warwicks Earle at Barnot field Thus Ciuill wars on wars and broyles on broyles And England against England spils and spoyles Now Yorke then Lancaster then Yorke againe â—uels Lancaster thus ioy griefe pleasure paine â—â—oth like inconstant waters â—bbe and flow Ones rising is the others ouerthrow King Edward twenty two yeeres rul'd this Land And lies at Windsor where his Tombe doth stand Edward the 4. In the first yeere on Palme-sunday 1460. there was a battell fought betwixt King Edward and King Henry neere Todcaster wherein were sâ—aine of English-men on both sides 53000 700 and 11. persons The bloudy victory fell to King Edward In the 10. yeere of his reigne he was forced to forsake this Land whereby King Henry was restored againe to the Crowne But shortly after Edward returned and Henry was murthered Edward the fifth An. Dom. 1483. HIgh birth blood state and innocent in yeeres Eclips'd and murdred by insulting Peeres This King was neuer crown'd short was his raigne For to be short hee in short space was slaine Edward the 5. Within 3. moneths after the death of his father hee and his brother Richard Duke of Yorke were depriued both of their liues and he of the Crowne by their tyrannous Unkle Richard Duke of Gloster Richard the third An. Dom. 1483. BY Treason mischiefe murder and debate Vsurping Richard wonne the royall state Vnnaturally the children of his brother The King and Duke of Yorke he caus'd to smother For Sir Iames Tirrell Dighton and Blacke â—ill Did in the Tower these harmlesse Princes kill Buckinghams Duke did raise King Richard high And for reward he lost his head thereby A fellow to this King I scarce can finde His shape deform'd and crooked like his minde Most cruell tyrannous inconstant stout Couragious hardy t' abide all dangers out Yet when his sinnes were mellow ripe and full Th' Almighties iustice then his plumes did pull By bloudy meanes he did the kingdome gaine And lost it so at Bosworth being slaine This Richard was neuer a good subiect but when he had got the Crowne be striued by all meanes to be a good King for in his Short reigne of two yeeres two moneths he made very profitable Lawes which are yet in force by which it may be perceiued how willing he was to redeeme his mis-spent time Henry the seuenth An. Dom. 1485. VVHen Ciuill wars full fourescore yeers more Had made this kingdome welter in her Gore When eightie of the royall blood were kild That Yorke and Lancasters crosse faction held Then God in mercy looking on this Land Brought in this Prince with a triumphant band The onely Heire of the Lancastrian line Who graciously consented to combine To ease poore England of a world of mone And make the red Rose and the white but one By Marriage with Elizabeth the faire Fourth Edwards daughter and Yorks onely heire But Margret Burgunds dutches storm'd frown'd That th' heire of Lancaster in state was crown'd A counterfeit one Lambert she suborn'd Being with Princely ornaments adorn'd To claime the State in name of Clarence sonne Who in the Tower before to death was done Wars'gainst the French King Henry did maintaine And Edward braue Lord Wooduile there was slaine Northumberlands great Earle for the Kings right Was slaine by Northerne rebels in sharpe fight The King besiedged Boloigne but a Peace The French king fought and so the siedge did cease Still Burgunds Dutchesse with inueterate hate Did seeke to ruine Henries Royall state She caus'd one Perkin Warbacke to put on The name of Richard Edwards murdred sonne Which Richard was the youngest of the twaine Of Edwards sonnes that in the Tower was slaine The King at last these traitors did confound And Perkin for a counterfeit was found Sir William Stanley once the Kings best friend At Tower hill on a Scaffold had his end On Blacke Heath Cornish rebels were o'rthrowne A Shoomaker did claime King Henries Crowne The Earle of Warwicke lost his haplesse head And Lady Katherine did Prince Arthur wed But ere sixe moneths were fully gone and past In Ludlow Castle Arthur breath'd his last King Henry built his Chappell from the ground At Westminster whose like can scarce be found Faire Margret eldest daughter to our King King Iames the fourth of Scotland home did bring Where those two Princes with great pompe and cheare In State at Edenborough married were But as all Mortall things are transitory So to an end came Henries earthly glory Twenty three yeeres and 8. months here he swaid And then at Westminster in 's Tombe was laid He all his Life had variable share Of Peace Warre Ioy Griefe Royaltie and Care In his I. yeere in 7. weekes space there dyed in London 2. Maiors and 6. Aldermen besides many hundred others of a strange sweating sicknesse 1485. Anno Reg. 12. at Saint Needâ— in Beafordshire there fell hail-stones 18. inches about King Iames the 4. of Scotland married Margret
Sword and Flame â—â—d almost all that Kingdome ouer-run â—â—ll where I fought triumphantly I won â—hrough Blood and Death my glory I obtain'd â—â— in the end when all my Acts were done â—â— Sepulcher was all the game I gain'd For though great Kings contend for earthly sway Death binds them to the peace and parts the fray An. Dom. 1272. Nouember Wednesday Edward the first was 35 yeares old when he beganne to reigne but at the death of his Father he was in warres in the Holy Lâ—â—d against the Saracens So that he returned not home till the next yeere a â—time hee was crowned the 14 day of December in the second yeere of his reigne the â—â—â—â—minsâ—ty of â—â—â— Coroâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— performed by Robert Kâ—lwarby Arâ—â—â—â—â—â— of Canterbury at Westminster Thus King brought Wales wholy vnto subsection to the crowne of England he effect â—â—â—â— peace be caused all coâ—â—â—â—tred Iudges and Officers of Note to be must exemplertly pâ—â—nâ—â—ea with sines â—â— priâ—â—men and bantshment A Nauy of 60 English sâ—â—ps ouâ—â—â—ams and tooke 800 ships of France An. 1293. Sir William Wallace A Noble vaâ—â—â—ant Scoâ— aâ—d warrâ— vpon King Edward and in the seruice of his Countrey did much â—â—â—â—â—â— to England The King caâ—â—â— this Sonne Edward being an inâ—â—rt to be the first Prince of Wales that was of toâ— English blood Since when all the Kings of Englands elaest Sonnes are by right Princes of Wales 284 Iewes were executed for â—â—â—ptes of the Kings coyne An 1280. King Edward caused Bayâ—trds Castle to be buils in London now the mansion house of the Right Honourable Earle of Pembâ—â—â—â— In the 15 yeers of this kings reigne Wheate was sold for 3 d the Bâ—sheâ— and the next yeere being 1288 it was sold for 18 d the Bushâ—â— which in those dâ—â—ies was accouÌ„ted a great price but after as long as The King liued the price came to 5â— the Bashell King Edwards Armiâ—â—â—ew 70000 of the Scots in one day as the â—â—ttâ—k of Fauâ—â—rke Sir William Wallace was betrayed taken and brought out of Scotland and executed in Smithfield has head being set on London Bridge and his quarters sent into Scotland yes be is by â—â—â—â—â— men had in Honorable remembrance The warres â—â—â— so set in this Kings reigne betwixt him and the Scots that as â—enerall times there were more then 130000 men slaine on both parts yet amongst all our English Kings that past before him Edward was not inferiour today he was religious valiant victorious wise affable of a comely Maâ—estmall Aspect and proportion he had two wiues the first was Eleanor daughter to Ferdinand the third King of Castile the second was Margaret daughter to Philip surnamed Hardy King of France by them hee had 4 Sonnes and 10 Daughters bee reigned neere 35 yeeres and was burried at Westminster 1307. July 7. EDWARD THE II KING OF ENGLAND LORD OF IRELAND DVKE OF AQVITAINE c. SOone after was my fathers corps inter'd Whilst Fate and Fortune did on me attend And to the Royall Throne I was prefer'd With Aâ—e Ceaser euery knee did bend But all these fickle ioyes did fading end Peirce Gaueston to thee my loue combind My friendship to thee scarce left me a friend But made my Queene Peeres People all vnkind I tortur'd both in body and in mind Was vanquisht by the Scots at Bannocki Rourne And I enfor'cd b flight some safety find Yet taken by my Wife at my returne A red-hot Spit my Bowels through did gore Such misery no slaue endured more Anno Dom. 1307 Iuly 8. Edward the second surnamed Carnaruan â—… cause he was born at Carnaruan Castle is Wales was crowned at Westminster by the hands of William Bishop of Winchester deputy for Robert Archbishop of Canterbury then absent in exile â—â— 24 of February next following He was much â—â—â—â—cted to follow the aduice and counsell of light â—â—â—â— which caused the Nobility to rebel against him â—â—â— at the first he ouercame them and tooke Thomas Earle of Lancaster a Peers of the blood their chief Leader fate in iudgment himself on him at Pomfret where the Earle had iudgment giuen against him to be drawne for is Treason for his murder spoyle burning robberies to be hangd and for his shamefull flying away to be beheaded but because â—â—â— was of the Kings kindred he was only beheaded â—â—â— the last such of the Barons as had escap'd â—â—â— the Mortimers with the helpe of the Queene â—â—â— the yong Prince then come out of France newly tooke the King and imprisoned him neuer â—â—â— kingdome in more â—â—sery then this Kings â—â—â— for his immoderate loue to Peirce Gauâ—â—â—â— a meane Gentleman of France was the cause of the Kings and has owne destruction with the â—â—â— calamity of the â—â—â—â—â— kingdom This Gaueston â—â—â— banished hence by the Kings father was in â—â—â— times exil'd but at his third â—â—â—rne Guy â—â—â— Watwick took him in Warwick Castle â—â—â— his head to be snore off which so inraged the â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—ing King that bee vowed reuenge vpon all â—â—â— Lords others who were the causers of Gauestâ— death in the meane space Robert Bruce King Scots gaue King Edward a mighty ouerâ—â—â— place cal'd Bannocksbourne where the English â—â—â— their confederates Hollanders Brabanders â—â—â— landers Flemings Picards Gascognes â—â—â— mans Poloiners wer in number ooooo â—â—â— foot yet were discomfited with the losse of 5000 â—â—â— the King in great danger to be taken famine foul and pestilence at once afflicted England so that â—â—â— ple did eat one another halfe-aliue and the â—â—â— scarce able to bury the deed The King prepares for reuenge against his Lords for Gaueston â—â—â— Hugh Dispencer from meane estate to be â—â—â— Chamberlaine The King caused 2â— of his â—â—â— suffer death diuers â—â—â—â—â—â— He makes a second â—â—â— against Scotland â—â—â—â— againe with great â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— This was the miserable â—â—â— this King who was deposed the Spencers â—â—â— Edward reign'd 19 years 7 months and 17 days EDWARD THE IIJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND IN Peace and War my Stars auspicious stood False Fortune stedfast held her wauering wheele I did reuenge my Fathers butcher'd blood I forced France my furious force to feele I warr'd on Scotland with triumphing Steele Afflicting them with slaughtering Sword and Fire That Kingdome then diuided needs must reele Betwixt the Bruces and the Balliols ire Thus daily still my glory mounted higher With black Prince Edward my victorious Sonne Vnto the top of honour wee alpire By manly Princely worthy actions done But all my Triumphs fortunes strength and force Age brought to death death turn'd to a Coarse Anno 1327 Ianuary 25 Saturday Edward the 3 being borne at Windsor being 15 yeers old was crowned by Walter Reignolds Arcbishop of Canterbury â— in his 2 yeere Edward his Father was murthred The Court in those daies was seldome without a vipeÌ„ for as Gaueston was the foreruÌ„ner of the Spencers in ambition rapine pride and confusion So the Spencers were the
of my Tearedrown'd eies Sad Partners of my hearts Calamities Tempestuous sighs like winds in prison pent Which wanting vent my grieued soule hath rent Deepe wounding grones companions of vnrest Throngs from the bottome of my care-craz'd brest You three continuall fellowes of my mones My brinish teares sad sighs and pondrous grones â—â— doe intreate you neuer to depart But be the true assistants of my heart In this great at sorrow that my trembling Quill Describes which doth our LaÌ„d with moarning fill Ah Death I could nought thy hunger satisfie But thou must glut thy selfe with Maiesty Could nothing thy insatiate thirst restraine But Royall blood of our Dread Soueraigne In this thy spight exceeds beyond all bounds And at one blow 3. kingdomes fildst with wounds When thou that fatall deadly stroake did'st strike Thaâ— Death thou playd'st the tyrant Catholike Our griefes are Vniuersall sall and the Summe Cast vp the blow doth wound all Christendome But wherefore Death doe I on thee exclaime Thou cam'st in the Eternall Kings great name For as no mortall pow'r can thee preuent So thou doest neuer come but thou art sent And now thou cam'st vpon vnwelcome wings To our best King from the blest King of Kings To summon him to change his earthly throne For an Immortall and a Heanenly one When men vnthankfull for a good receiu'd â—Tiâ— least that of that good they be bereau'd His gouernement both God and men did please Except such spirits as might complaine of Ease Repining Passions wearied with much Rest The want to be molesled might molest Such men thinke peace a torment and no trouble â—â— worse then trouble though it should come double â—â—â— speake of such as with our peace were cloyd Though wâ—â— I think might well haue bin imploy'd True Britaines wish iust warres to entertaine I meane no aide for Spinola or Spaine But time and troubles would not suffer it Nor Gods appointment would the same permit He is inserutable in all his waies And at his pleasure humbleth and will raise For patience is a vertue he regardeth And in the end with victory rewardeth â—â—t whither hath my mournefull Muse digrest From my beloued Soueraigne Lord decast Who was to vs and we to him eu'n thus Too bad for him and hee too good tor vs. For good men in their deaths 't is vnderstood They leaue the bad and goe vnto the good This was the cause why God did take from hence This most Religious Learned Gracious Prince This Paragon of Kings this matchlesse Mirror This Faith 's desending Antichristian terror This Royall all-beloued King of Hearts This Patterne and this Patron of good Arts This cabinet of mercy Temperance Prudence and Iustice that doth man aduance This Magazine of Pious Clemency This fountaine of true Liberaâ—tâ— This minde where vertue daily did increase This Peacefull Seruant to theâ— odo Peace This second great Apollo from whoâ—e Raies Poore Poetry did winne Immortall Baâ—es From whence the sacred Sâ—â—â— Trebâ— Trine Had life and motion Influence diuine These vertues did adorne his Diaâ—â—m And God in taking him hath taken them Of all which Blessings we must needs confesse We are depriu'd for our vnworthinesse A good man 's neuer mist till he be gone And then most vaine and fruitlesse is our mone But as Heau'ns fauours downe to vs descended So if our thankefulnesse had but ascended Had we made Conscience of our waies to sinne So soone of him we not depriu'd had bin Then let vs not lament his losse so much But for our owne vnworthinesse was such So from th'vnthankefull Iewes God in his wrath Tookâ— good Iosias by vnlook'd for death And for our sinnes our ignorance must know We haue procur'd and felt this curelesse blow And Christendome I feare in losing him Is much dismembred and hath lost â— limme As by the fruit the tree may be exprest His workes declar'd his learning manifest Whereby his wisdome wan this great renowne That second Salomon wore Britaines crowne His pen restrain'd the strong relieu'd the weake And graciously he could write doe and speake He had more force and vigor in his words TheÌ„ neigh'â—ring Princes could haue in their swords France Denmarke Poland Sweden Germany Spaine Saâ—oy Italy and Muscoâ—â—â— Bohemia and the fruitfull Palatine The Swisses Grisons and the â—eltoline As farre as euer Sol or Luna shin'd Beyond the Westerns or the Easterne Inde His counsell and his fauours were requir'd Approu'd belou'd applauded and admir'd When round about the Nations farre and neere With cruell bloody warres infested were When Mars with sword and fire in furious rage Spoyl'd consum'd not sparing lex or age Whilst mothers with great griese were childlesse made And Sonne 'gainst Sire oppos'd with trenchant blade When brother against brother kinne ' gainst kinne Through death and danger did destruction winne When murthers mercilesse and beastly Rapes These famine miseries in sundry Shapes While mischiefs thus great kingdomes ouerwhelm Our prudent Steeresman held great Britaines helme Conducting so this mighty Ship of state That Strangers enui'd and admir'd thereat When blessed Peace with terrour and affright Was in a mazed and distracted flight By bloody Warre and in continuall Chase Cours'd like a fearefull Hare from place to place Not daring any where to shew her head She happily into this kingdome fled Whom Royall Iames did freely entertaine And graciously did keepe her all his reigne Whilst other Lands that for her absence mourne With sighs and teares doe with her backe returne They finde in losing Her they lost a blesse A hundred Townes in France can witnesse this Where Warres compulsion or else composition Did force Obedience Bondage or Submission Fields lay vntild and fruitfull Land lay waste And this was scarcely yet full three yeeres past Where these vnciuill ciuill warres destroy'd Princes Lords Captaines men of Note imploy'd One hundred sixty seuen in number all And Common people did past number fall These wretches wearied with these home-bred Iars Loue Peace forbeing beaten sore with wars Nor doe I heere inueigh against just Armes But ' gainst vniust vunaturall Alarmes Iust warres are made to make vniust warres cease And in this sort warres are the meanes of Peace In all which turmoyles Britaine was at rest No thundring Cannons did our Peace molest No churlish Drum no Rapes no flattring wounds No Trumpets clangor to the Battell sounds But euery Subiect here enioy'd his owne And did securely reape what they had sowne Each man beneath his Fig-tree and his Vine In Peace with plenty did both suppe and dine O God how much thy goodnesse doth o'rflow Thou hast not dealt with other Nations so And all these blessings which from heauen did Spring Were by our Soueraignes wisdomes managing Gods Steward both in Office and in name And his account was euermore his aime The thought from out his minde did seldome slip That once he must giue vp his Steward-ship His anger written on weake water was His Patience and his Loue
bent Seuere in throats and milde in punishment His iustice would condemne and in a breath His mercy sau'd whom iustice doom'd to death His aduersaries he did ofe relieue And his reuenge was onely to forgiue He knew that well got honour nere shall die But make men liue vnto eternitie It as his greatest riches he esteem'd And Infamy he basest begg'ry deem'd He knew through worthy spirits may be croft Yet if they lose no honour nothing's lost And those that haue afraid of enuy bin True honour or good fame did neuer win If he an auaritioâ—s mind had bore Of wealth no subiect then had had such store So many yeeres Englands high Admirall Fees offices and prizes that did fall With gifts and fauors from the queene and State And other things amounting to a rate That had he beene a mixer close of hand No subiect had beene richer in this Land In deeds of pitty and ture charity Good house-keeping and hospitality Bounty and courteous affability He was the Brooch of true Nobility And for these vertues men shall scarcely find That he a fellow here hath left behind He knew that Auarice and Honour be Two contraries that neuer will agree And that the Spender shall haue true renowne When infamy the Mizers fame shall drowne He euery way most nobly was inclin'd And lou'd no wealth but riches of the mind His Pleasure was that those that did retaine To him and serue should by him thriue and gainâ— And he thought t' was enough for him to haue When as his seruants did both get and saue So amongst Nobles I think few are such That keepes so little giues away so much His latest VVill did make it plaine appeare The loue which to his seruants he did beare To great and small amongst them more or lesse His bounty did expresse his worthynesse To all degrees that seru'd him euery one His liberality excepted none And though base Enuy often at him strooke His fortitude was like a Rocke vnshooke He knew that Fortunes changing was not strange Times variation could not make him change The frothy pompe of Earths Prosperity Nor enuious clouds of sad aduersity Within his minde could no mutation strike His courage and his carriage were alike For when base Peasants shrinke at fortunes blowes Then magnimity most richly showes His grauity was in his life exprest His good example made it manifest His age did no way make his vertue liue But vertue to his age did honour giue So that the loue he wan t is vnderstood T was not for being old but being good Thus like a pollish'd Iewell ' mongst his Peers His vertue shin'd more brighter then his yeers For Wisdome euer this account doth make To loue age onely but for vertues sake Neere ninety yeeres an honoured life he led And honour 's his reward aliue and dead For who so nobly heer his life doth frame Shall for his wages haue perpetuall fame His meditations hee did oft apply How he might learne to liue to learne to dye And dy to liue and reigne in glorious state Which changing time can ne'r exterminate And therefore long his wisdome did forecast How he might best reforme offences past Order things present things to come foresee Thus would his latter yeeres still busied be He saw his Sand was neer runne out his Glasse And wisely pondred in what state he was His waning yeeres his body full of anguish Sense failing spirits drooping force to languish The ruin'd cottage of weake flesh and blood Could not long stand his wisdome vnderstood He saw his tyde of life gan ebbe so low Past all expectance it againe should flow He knew his pilgrimage would soone expire And that from whence he came he must retire Old age and weake infirmities contend Mans dissolution warnes him of his end He knew all these to be deaths messengers His Calends Pursiuants and Harbingers And with a Christian conscience still he mark'd He in his finall voyage was imbark'd Which made him skilfully his course to steere The whilst his iudgment was both sound cleare To that blest Hauen of eternall rest Where he for euer liues among the blest He did esteeme the world a barren field The nought but snares tares and cares did yeeld And therefore he did sow his hopes in heauen Where plentious encrease to him is giuen Thus was the period of his lifes expence The Noble Nottingham departed hence Who many yeeres did in his Countries right In peace and warre successefull speake and fight Our oldest Garter Knight and Counsellor And sometimes Britaines great Ambassador Now vnto you suruiuers you that be The Branches of this honourable Tree Though Verses to the dead no life can giue They may be comforters of those that liue We know that God to man hath life but lent And plac'd it in his bodies tenement And when for it againe the Landlord cals The Tenant must depart the Cottage fals God is most iust and he will haue it knowne That he in taking life takes but his owne Life is a debt which must to God be rendred And Natures retribution must be tendred Some pay in youth and some in age doe pay But t is a charge that all men must defray For t is the lot of all mortality When they being to liue begin to dye And as from sin to sin we wander in So death at last is wages for our sinne He neither hath respect to sex or yeares Or hath compassion of our sighes nor teares He 'll enter spight of bars or bolts or locks And like a bold intruder neuer knockes To Kings and Caitiâ—â—es rich poore great and small Death playes the tyrant and destroyes them all He calls all creatures to account most strict And no mans power his force can contradict We must perforce be pleas'd with what he leaues vs And not repine at ought which he berâ—anes vs. Hee 's lawlesse and â—s folly to demand Amends or restitution at his hand He doth deride the griefe of those that mourne And all our fraile afflictions laugh to scorne For hee condemnes and neuer heares the cause He takes away despight the power of Iawes Yet hee our vassall euer doth remaine From our first birth vnto our graue againe And God doth in his seruice him employ To be the bad mans terrour good mans toy Death is the narrow doore to life eternall Or else the broad gate vnto death internall But our Redeemer in his spotlesse offering Did lead the way for vs to heauen by suffering He was the death of death when he did die Then Death was swallow'd vp so victory And by his rising blessed soules shall rue And dwell in the celestial Paradise For these respects you whose affinity Propinquity or consanguinity Whose blood or whose alliance challenge can A part in this deceased Noble man The law of Nature and affection moues That griefe and sorrow should expresse your loues He was your secondary maker and Your authors earthly being and
speech or pen When he in pitty pelp'd the wants of men Two choller 's in th' Vniuersities He priuate gaue most bountifull supplies To Prisoners he sent many a secret summe And the receiuers nere knew whence it comes God gaue to him and for his sake agen He gaue it backe to helpe distressed men Yet close and priuate should his a mes still be That God might hane the glory and not he Where ere hee lodg'd or where his house hee kept His piety and charity nere slept Where still his gifts hath clone and secret beene And to the view of men but seldome seene When late our sins did Gods high wrath incence That he destroy'd vs with the Pestilence And that the poore did pine the rich were fled And Charity seem'd buried with the dead Then this true godly honorable man Did with a zeale and loue most Christian Knowing Saint Sauiours Parish to be darge Opprest with poore and an excessiue charge Means small necessity exceeding great Many to feede and little foode to eater In this extreamity this worthy Peere Did in his charitie so good appeare That by his bounty many soules were cherish'd Which but for him vndoubtedly bad perish'd The like he did in succouring the destresse Of many places in his Diocesse He well remembred God had rais'd him high In state of eminence and dignity But yet his memory deseru'd more prayse Remembring to what end God did him rayset For men all of Degrees estates and rankes Will giue to God some superficiall thankes Confessing he hath in their state them set But yet the end wherefore they quite forget Therefore he well and wisely vnderstood That he had great promotions to be good And that he was endued with earthly pelfe To giue and haue least ioy of it him selfe And as a stoward iust what he possest Hee still distributed to the opprest And though mans merrits challenge nothing can Yet God so loues a iust and righteous man That here hee liues with his protection guarded And after with eternall life rewarded a His Learning His learning was approoued to be such As scarcely any one man had so much Yet though in Scholler-ship he did excell His chiefest honour was he vs'd it well When Romes chiefe champion famous Bellarmine Imploy'd his studies and his best ingine To proue the Papall dignity had power O're Councells Fathers King or Emperour Or Church or sacred text Cannonicall Or any thing which we may mortall call And that these errours printed were in Rome And scattered and divulg'd through Christondome Then Winchâ—ster did for the Gospells right So learn'd so grauely and profoundly write His Booke that was Tortus Tortortum call'd Which made the Roman Clergy all apal'd He shew'd them there how vainly they did vaunt How far from truth they were disconsonant And how the Pope was prou'd the man of sinne Maugre his mighty Bulwarke Bellarmine Thus he defending our Religion Shooke Antichristian Romish Babilon Proouing our faith to be true Catholike And in antiquity Apostolike Indeede his learning so transcendant was And did so farr'e my silly praise surpasse That I my wit and studies may confound And in un Ocean bottome lesse be drown'd I le therefore cease to touch that lofty straine So farre aboue the Circuite of my braine His chiefest learning was Gods Law he learn'd Whereby to liue and dye hee well discern'd As Malachy b Malachy 2.7 â— of Priests did Prophecy His lips preserued knowledge plentiously That sauing knowledge which c Hills â—â— Iohn Baptist broughâ— Saluation and d Luke I. 77 remitting sinnes he taught Yea all his knowledge were to these intents To know God and keepe his Commandements A single life he liu'd but his desert And vertue was in singlnesie of heart Well he knew Marriage or Virginity Were of themselues no perfect sanctity For mis-beleeuing Infidels doe eyther Yet haue no perfect holinesse by neither But where the gift of continence is giuen With single life it is the grace of Heauen And this blest gift was still in him so ample That he both liu'd and dy'd a rare example Thus liu'd he 70 yeeres iust Dauids span Times circuite for the Pilgrimage of man And in a good age Dauid-like deecast With e 1. Chron. 29. Honour Daies and Riches fully blest And for more honour of his hoary haires Yeeres grac'd his person vertue grac'd his yeâ—â—â— His port and places were of eminence But 't was his goodnesse was their excellence So that although his honour was compleat He grac'd it more in being good then great His seruants of a Master are depriu'd Who shewed himselfe to them whilst he suruinâ—â— Not as an Austere Master but still rather A louing and a wel-beloued father His loue to them was in his gifts and cares And their for him is in their sighes and teares Foure brothers and two sisters they were late But three haue finish'd their suruiuing date Lancelot the chiefe Nicholas and Thomas they Haue left this transitory house of clay And as from but one father they did spring So in one house they had their finishing But Roger Mary Martha you are left And though you of your brethren are berest They are but gone that you may come to them To Glory to the new Ierusalem Yet God's your father as hee 's theirs in blisse And Iesus Christ to you a brother is But note the prudence and the prouidence This good man whom God bath taken hence â—â—well sore-saw his bodies dissolution â—â— therefore for his goods iust distribution â—â—â—â—â—â—for his sole Executor elected â—â— that like himselfe the world respected â—â—â—s my Lord all earthly pompe did hate â—â—did esteme this world at little rate â—â— did venture loue and vice abhor â—â— without doubt doth his Executor â—â—therefore he committed this great trust â—â— he knew was honest plaine and iust â—â— for conclusion for a finall end â—â—â— time this Reuerend Father did attend â—â—â—new that he to Nature was a debter â—â— therefore long'd to change this life for better â—â— heart was open still to welcome Death â—â— great desire was to expire his breath â—â—new it is a passage must be past â—â—ey that all flesh must goe at last â—â— of rest a ceasing here to sinne â—â—d where endlesse glory doth beginne â—â—though conuulsions sighs and sickly groanes Our parents friends kindreds teares and moanes The bells sad toling and the mourning weede Makes Death more dreadfull then it is indeede Yet wise men all in generall agree T is naturall to dye as borne to be And as man cannot here auoyd his birth So shunne hee cannot his returne to earth The Pilgrimage the race the glasse is runne The threed is spun they victory is wonne And Honourable Winchester is gone Vnto the Lambe that sits vpon the Throne For as I well haue scan'd vpon his name And of it made a double Anagram And Anagrams oft-times include a fate And 't is no doubt but they explaine his State For
the brim Into some loathsome prison vomits him There leaues the honour of a house and name To be exchang'd for miserie and shame Now tell me they that loue faire truth indeed If such mawes doe not Corm'rants guts exceed And to what place soeuer such resort They are the Foule Birds both in Towne and Coâ—â— A Drunkard THE ARGVMENT A madnesse dearely bought with losse of fame Of credit and of manly reputation A cursed purchase of disease and shame Of death and a great hazard of Darâ—â—uation In all that 's bad the diuel 's onely Aps Worse then a beast in the best manly saape THis fellow with the dropsie growne as big And much more beastly then a Sow with pig His cheekes like Boreas swolne he blow'd and puft His paunch like to a woolpaok cram'd and stuft And by the meanes of what he swil'd and gul'd Hee look'd like one that was three quarters mul'd His breath compounded of strong English Beere And th' Indian drug would suffer none come neere From side to side he staggered as he went As if he reeling did the way indent Oae skirt of 's cloake scarce reacht vnto his waste The other dragging in the dirt he trac'd His very braines within his head were stew'd And look'd so crimson colour'd scarlet hew'd As'twere an Ignis faunus or a comet His garments stunke most sweetly of his vomit Fac'd with the tapâ—lash of strong Ale and Wine Which from his â—au'ring chaps doth oft decline In truth he look'd as red as any coale And bellied like vnto a mare with foale With hollow eyes and with the palsie shaking And gouty legs with too much liquor taking This valiant pot-leach that vpon his knees Has drunke a thousand pottles vp se freese Such pickled pharses he had got in store As were vnknowne vnto the times of yore As when he drinkes out all the toall summe Gaue it the stile of supernagullnum And when he quaffing doth his entrailes wash T is call'd a bunch a thruft a whiffe a slash And when earousing makes his wits to faile They say he hath a rattlâ— at his taile And when his wits are in the wetting shrunke You may not say hee 's drunke though he be drunke For though he be as drunke as any Rat He hath but catcht a Foxe or whist the Cat. Or some say hee 's bewitcht or scratcht or blinde Which are the fittest termes that I can finde Or seene the Lyons or his nose is dirty Or hee 's pot shaken or out two and thirty And then strange languages comes in his head When he wants English how to goe to bed And though t' were fit the swine should in his stye be He spewes out latine with probibitibi Which is prouide for Tiburne as I take it Or if it be not he may chance to make it Then Irish Shachatwhorum from him flees And halfe dozen welch me Vatawhees Vntill hee falls asleepe he skinks and drinkes And then like to a Bore he winkes and stinkes This Cormorant in one day swallowes more Then my poore Esacus doth in a score For mine but once a day doth take his fill The drunkard night and day doth qâ—asfe and swill Drinke was ordain'd to length mantainting breath And from that liquor Drunkards draw their death Displeasing God the diuell he onely pleases And drinkes with others healths his owne diseases And in the end contempt and shame 's his share The whil'st a Tapster is his onely Heire Thus drinke's a wrastlor that giues many a fall To death to beggery and slauish thrall And drunkennesse a wilfull madnesse is That throwes men to Hels bottomlesse abisse For why where Drunkennesse is mistris these Sobriety can hardly maistry beare And 't is no question but the Land hath down'd More men with drinke then Seas did e're confound Wine is Earth's bloud which from her breast doth spring And well vs'd is a comfortable thing But it abused from it then beginnes Most horrible notorious crying sinnes As Murther Lechery â—orietie Gods wrath damnation in varietie For hoe that is a Drunkard is the summe And abstract of all mischiefes that can come It wafts him soule and body life and limb My Cormorant's a sober beast to him He that perswades a man to steale or lye To sweare or to commit adultery To stab or murther any man that liues Can it be said that hee good counsell giues And hee that tempts and forces men to drinke Perswades a man to damne himselfe I thinke For drunken men haue into dangers run Which being sober they would ne're haue done I take them for no friends that giue me Wine To turne me from a man vnto a swine To make me void of manners sense or reason To abuse God blaspheming odious treason To hurt my soule and body fame and purse To get the diuell and gaine Gods heauy curse Though many take such for their friends to bee I wish them hang'd that are such Friends to mee For greater enemies there cannot dwell In the whole world nor in the bounds of hell Good friendly drinking I account not euill But much carousing which makes man a diuell Wanting the priuiledge that bath a horse And to be vrg'd and fore'd to drinke perforce For why a horse this gouernment hath still Drinkes what he will and not against his will And he that that good rule doth ouer-passe Hath lesse discretion then a Horse or Asse And any â—â—man that doth this temp'rance want Is a worse gluttoa then my Cormorant A prodigall Country Gallant and his new made Maddam THE ARGVMENT Taylors fooles Times bables and prides Apes That as a Squirrell skips from tree to tree So they like Porteus leape from shapes to shapes Like foule swords in giâ—t scabberds be and she Their carkasse pampers goergeously bedect Whil'st their poore starued soules they both neglect NOw steps my young gull-gallant into play Who born to land â—th country scornes to stay To liue by wit thankes Sire he hath no need And if he should be hang'd can scarcely reade Drabs dice and drinke are all his onely ioyes His pockets and his spurs his gingling boyes A squirrels tayle hangs dangling at his eare A badge which many a gull is knowne to weare His eyes rod-blood-shot arguing a sod braine His dam-him voice set to the roaring straine His nose will inlaid with rich jemmes about As from a watch Towre their heads peeping out Attended fitly fitting for the age With two shagg'd Russians and a pyde-coat Page Who breares his boxe and his Tobacco fils With stopper tongs and other vtensils This Fop late buried er'e he came vp hither Hit thrist and 's Father in one graue together His Country stocke he sold for that 's the fashion And to a Farmer gaue it new translation His Fathers seruants he thrust out of doore Allowes his mother but a pension poore Salutes you with an oath at euery word Sirha or slaue he liberall doth affoord His Father a good house-keeper being dead He scornes
for it is walled and ditched about with a draw-bridge and the prisoner came on foote with a Diuine with him all the way exhorting him to repentance and because death should not terrifie him they had giuen him many rowses and carowses of wine and beere for it is the custome there to make such poore wretches drunke wherby they may be sencelesse eyther of Gods mercy or their owne misery but being prayed for by others they themselues may die resolutely or to be feared desperately But the prisoner being come to the place of death he was by the officers deliuered to the hangman who entring his strangling fortification with two grand hangmen more and their â— which were come from the City of Luâ—â— and another Towne which I cannot name to assist their Hamburghian brother in this great â—â— weightie worke the draw-bridge was drawne â—d the Prisoner mounted on a mount of â—â— built high on purpose that the people without may see the execution a quarter of a mile round about foure of the Hangmans men takes each of them a small halter and by the hands and the feet they hold the Prisoners extended all abroad lying on his backe then the Arch-hangman or the great Master of this mighty businesse tooke vp a wheele much about the bignesse of one of the fore-wheeles of a Coach â—â— hauing put off his doubler his hat and being in his shirt as if he meant to play at tennis he tooke the wheele and set it on the edge and â—â— it with one hand like a top or a whirligig then he tooke it by the spoakes and lifting it vp with a mightie stroake he beate one of the poore wretches leggs in peeces the bones I meane at which he rored grieuously then after a little pawse he breakes the other leg in the same manner and consequently breakes his armes and then he stroke foure or fiue maine blowes on his brest and burst all his bulke and cheâ—â— in shiuers lastly he smoate his necke and missing burst his chin and iawes to mammockes then he tooke the broken mangled corps and spread it on the wheele and thrust a great post or pile into the Naue or hole of the wheele and then fixed the post into the earth some sixe foot deepe beeing in height aboue the ground some ten or twelue foote and there the carkasse must lye till it bee consumed by all consuming time or rauening Fowles This was the terrible manner of this horrid execution and at this place are twenty posts with those wheeles or peeces of wheeles with heads of men nailed on the top of the posts with a great spike driuen through the skull The seuerall kinds of torments which they inflict vpon offenders in those parts makes mee to imagine our English hanging to be but a flea-biting Moreouer if any man in those parts are to be beheaded the fashion is that the Pâ—soner kneels downe and being blinded with a Napkin one takes hold of the haire of the crowne of the head holding the party vpright whilst the hangman with a backeward blow with a sword will take the head from a mans shoulders so nimbly and with such dextertie that the owner of the head shall neuer want the misse of it And if it be any maâ—s fortune to be hanged for neuer so small a crime though he bee mounted whole yet hee shall come downe in peeces for hee shall hang till euery ioynt and Limbe drop one from another They haue strange torments and varieties of deaths according to the various nature of the offences that are committed as for example hee that counterfeits any Princes coyne and is prooued a Coyner his iudgement is to be boyled to death in oyle not throwne into the vessell all at once but with a pulley or a Rope to bee hanged vnder the Arme pits and let downe into the oile by degrees first the feete and next the legs and so to boyle his flesh from his bones aliue For those that set houses on fire wilfully they are smoaked to death as first there is a pile or post fixed in the ground and within an English Ell of it is a peece of wood nailed crosse whereupon the offender is made fast fitting then ouer the top of the post is whelmed a great tub or Dryfat which doth couer or ouerwhelme the Prisone as low as the middle Then vnderneath the executioner hath wet straw hay stubble or such kind of stuffe which is fired but by reason it is wet and danke it doth not burne but molder and smoake which smoake ascends vp into the tub where the Prisoners head is and not being able to speake he will heaue vp and downe with his belly and people may perceiue him in these torments to liue three or foure houres Adultery there if it bee prooued is punished with death as the losse of both the parties heads if they bee both married or if not both yet the married party must dye for iâ— and the other must endure some easier punishment eyther by the purse or carkasse which in the end proues little better then halfe a hanging But as after a tempest a calme is best welcome so I imagine it not amisse after all this tragicall harsh discourse to sweeten the Readers pallat with a few Comicall reports which were related vnto me wherein I seeme fabulous it must be remembered that I claime the priuiledge of a traueller who hath authority to report all that he heares and sees and more too I was informed of a fellow that was hanged somwhat neere the high way within a mile or two of Collcin and the fashion being to hang with a halter and a chaine that when the haulter is rotten with the weather the carkafse drops a butten hole lower into the chaine Now it fortuned that this fellow was executed on a winters afternoone towards night and being hanged the chaine was shorter then the halter by reason whereof he was not strangled but by the gamming of the chaine which could not slip close to his necke he hanged in great torments vnder the Iawes it happened that as soone as hee was trust vp there fell a great storme of raine and winde whereupon all the people ran away from the Gallowes to shelter themselues But night being come and the moone shining bright it chanced that a Country Boore or a waggoner and his Sonne with him were driuing their empty waggon by the place where the fellow was hanged who being not choaked in the extremity of his paines did stirre his legges and writhe and crumple his body which the waggoners Sonne perceiued and said Father looke the man vpon the Gallowes doth mooue quoth the old man he moues indeed I pray the let vs make hast and put the Waggon vnder the Gibbet to see if we can vnhang and saue him This being said was quickely done and the wretch halfe dead was laid in straw in the Boores waggon and carried home where with good attendance he was in foure
obiects to satisfie euery sence is there abundantly so that nature seemed to make that Country her store house or granary for there is nothing wanting except mens gratitude to God for such blessings The first night we lodged there at a pretty towne called Comoda which towne by negligence and occasion of fire had fifty houses burnt two dayes before our comming thither it beeing eleuen Dutch miles from Pragus There we hired a waggon 7 dutch miles to a towne called Slowne from whence we walked on foot along 16. English miles to Prague which long looked for Citty wee could not see vntill we came within an houres trauell of it within halfe a dutch mile is a fearefull place being frequented with inhumaine and barbarous murderrers that assault trauellers first shooting and murdring them after searching their pockets where if they haue mony or not all is one it is but so many slaine for these villains haue a wood and a deepe valley to shelter themselues in that they are hardly taken afterwards but if they chance at any time to be but apprehended they are racked tortured to make them confesse afterwards their executions are very terrible But I thanke God we past that place many other as dangerous as that where some were robbed murdered as report told vs both before vs behind vs and on each side and we saw in our iourny aboue score Gallowses and wheeles where theeues were hanged some fresh and some halfe rotten the carkases of murtherers broken limb after limb on the wheeles and yet it was our happines only to see the dead villaines escape the liuing I came into Prague on Thursday the 7. of September whither if I had come but the Friday before I had seene a most fearfull execution of a notorious offenders the manner how with their faults as it was truely related to me by English Gent. that saw it I think it not much impertinent to relate The one of them being taken apprehended and racked for ripping vp a liue woman with child for taking the infant out of her body did sow a liuing puppy into her belly all w ch he confessed he did to make properties for witch craft and being further tortured he confessed when and where he had commited 35. murthers more the other in respect of him was but a petty offender for he in all his lifetime had murthered but 14. For the which execrable facts their deserued executions were as followeth First they were brought out of the Iayle naked from the girdle vpward and so being bound fast on high in a Cart that the spectators might see them then the Hangman hauing a pan of coales neere him with red hot pincers nip'd off the nipple of one breast then he tooke a knife and giues him a flash or cut downe the backe on one side from the shoulder to the wast and presently gaue him such another flash three inches from the first then on the top he cut the flashes into one and presently taking pincers tooke hold of the crosse cut tore him downe like a Girse below the middle letting it hang downe behind him like a belt after which he tooke his burning pincers pluck'd of the tops of his fingers of one hand then passing to another place of the Towne his other nipple was plucked off the other side of his backe so cut and mangled which they call by the name of rimming if it had beene riming I would neuer haue written but in prose his other fingers nip'd off then passing further all his toes were nip'd off with the burning pincers after which he was enforced to come out of the Cart and goe on foote vp a steepehill to the Gallowes where he was broken with a wheale aliue one bone after another beginning at his legs and ending with his necke and last of all quartered and layd on the wheele on a high post till Crowes Rauens or consuming time consume him This was the manner of both their executions but I speake of the greatest murtherer particularly because it is reported that all these torments neuer made him once to change countenance or to make any signe or action of griefe to call to God for mercy or to intreat the people to pray for him but as if be had beene a sencelesse stocke or stone hee did most scornafully and as it were in disdaine abide it whilst the other villaine did cry rore and make lamentation calling vpon God often the difference was not much in their liues and manner of their deaths but I am perswaded the odds was great in their dying The Citty of Prague is almost circular or round being diuided in the middle by the Riuer of Moldoue ouer which is a faire stone Bridge of 600. paces ouer and at each and a strong gate of stone there is said to be in it of Churches Chappels 150 for there are great numbers of Catholiques who haue many Chappels dedicated to sundry S t s and I was there at 4 senerall sorts of diuine exercises viz. at good Sermons with the Protestants at Masse with the Papists at a Lutherans preaching at the Iewes Synagog 3 of which I saw heard for curiosity the other for edification The Iewes in Prague are in such great numbers that they are thought to be of men women and children betwixt 50. or 60000. who doe all liue by brocage and vsury vpon the Christians and are very rich in mony and Iewels so that a man may see 10. or 12 together of them that are accounted worth 20.30 or 40000 l.a piece and yet the slaues goe so miserably attired that 15. of them are not worth the hanging for their whole ward-ropes The Castle where the King and Queene doe keepe their Court is magnificent and sumpruous in building strongly scituated and fortified â—â—â— by nature and art being founded on a high â—â—â— so that at pleasure it keepes the towne in command and it is much mere spacious in â—â—â—â—â— for receipt in Gardens Orchards then the Towre of London I was in it dayly the space of 20 dayes and saw it royally graced with the presence of a gracious King Queene who were honorably attended by a gallant Courtly traine of Lords and Ladies and Gentles of the High Dutch and Bohemians where was free bounâ—â—â—â—â— entertainment to strangers in aboundance I must euer humbly and thankfully acknowledge the Queenes Maiesties goodnesse towards me whole vndeserued fauours were helpfull vnto me both there and in my tedious iourny homeward Moreouer there I saw had in mine armes the King and Queenes youngest Son Prince Robert who was borne there on the 16 of December last a goodly child as euer I saw of that age whom with the rest I pray God to blesse to his glory and his Parents joy and comfort There for a token I did thinke it meet To take the shooes from off this Prince his feet I doe not say I stole but
me For Homer was the Prince of Poets styl'd And Princely actions onely he compyl'd And Quintus Curtius with ornated skill Did soare aloft with his Hystorian Quill But pardon mee much short of their great worth If in alowerstraine I set thee forth And sure I hold it for no little Grace That 't is my lot thy honour to vncase Nor can it be impeachment to thy name To haue so meane a pen divulge thy fame For when the businesse is in order knit The subiect for the writer will seeme fit First I haue read in Prophesies of old That written were by Merlin who soretold Some strange predictions that without all doubt Doth Cull or picke or point or marke thee out The Prophesie as thus WHen as the fect of Mabomâ—t Themselu's against themselues shall set When as the Gauls the Gauls shall spur and Gall When Castles Townes and Towers shall fall When nought but Horror Death and Dread Shall famous fertile France or'e spread Then shall a man depart our strands Borne 'twixt the Rumps of two great Lands And he shall make these brawles to cease And set all France in friendly peace His name shell Strong in Arme be call'd With Chiefe though Bearded joyn'd with Bald This Prophesie in charily kept by one Himpshage Scottish witch who dwels in a Caue in Ram one of the Iles of the Hebrades About nine hundred yeares or somewhat nigh Are past since Merlin speke this Prophecie And all the world may see that what he sed In Archies person is accomplished First all the Turkes that Mahomet adore Are by the eares and welter in their Gere Next France which Gaul in time of yore was nam'd With war hath wasted beene with fire inflam'd Then thirdly Armestrong thither was conuaid And then and not till then the peace was made We fourthly finde to further our auailes How he was borne betweene the Rumps or tailes Of two great Kingdomes which were call'd the borders Now midst of Britaine free from old disorders And lastly Strong in Arme his name shal be Chiefe Arch or Bald or bold which all agree There is a fellow with acrafty pate That made a cunaing Anagram of late The words were Merry Rascall to be hang'd But if the writer in my hands were sang'd I quickly would inforce him know that he Should moddle with his fellowes not with me But vnto thee from whom I haue digrest Braue Archybald I find it manifest The name of Armstrong like strong men of armes Haue euer valiantly outdar'd all harmes And for their stout atchieuments bin acoounted To be regarded waited on and mounted Whilst those whose merits could not win such state Were grieued at their heart to soe their fate And mayest thodrise Within this age of ours Vnto the honour of thy ancestours That the Auxungia of thy Matchlesse brest May breed fresh Mandrahes to cause sleepe and rest To charme the Temples of consuming warres As thouhast done amongst the Rocheslers 'T was sharpe contention that began those broyles Which fild all France with fell domesticke spoyles And that discention did so farre offend That wisedome scarcely could the mischiefe end And therfore 't was ordain'd that thou shouldst come To hang the Colours vp and still the Drum To cease the trumpets clang and fifes shall squeaking And bring forth frightfull peace that close â—ay sneaking Not dating once her visage out to thrust Till Armours were committed vnto rust Oh thou who art halfe English and halfe Sâ—â—â— I would not haue thee proud of this thy lot But yet I should be proud if 't were my chance To doe as thou sayest thou hast done in France But should thy worth and acts bee here denyd Thou hast ten thousand witnesses beside Who will maintaine 'gainst eyther friend or foe If thou didst make the peace in France or no. 'T is certaine that thou soundst them all vnruly Within the Month of August or of Iuly And in September or I thinke October Thou lefst them all in peace some drunke some sober Then what is he that dares expostulate Or any way thy fame extenuate But he whosâ—e Idlenesse will make it knowne That he hath little businesse of his owne Nor can he be of any Ranke or note That enuies thee or any of thy Coate Then let desert fall where desert is due Thine honour is thine owne and fresh and new War could not end the war t was plainely seene Wealth could not stop the floudgates of their spleene Strength could not make them lay their weapons by Wit could not helpe nor martiall policy Perswasion did not doe that good it would And valour would decide it If it could When neither of these vertues are in price Then thou didst boldly shew them what a Vice It was for Subiects to prouoke their King By their Robellion their owne deaths to bring When many a Mounsieur of the gallant Gaules Vnnat'rally was slaine in ciuill braules When many a Mother childlesse there was made And Sire 'gainst Sonoppos'd with trenchant blade When Roaring Cannons counterchekt the thunder And slately buildings lay their Ruines vnder When smoake eclipsing Sol made skyes looke â—â—â— And murd'ring bullets seuer'd lim from lim Then did â— thou come and happy was thy comming For then they left their Gunning and their Dromming And let the world of thee say what it list God will blesse him that made the warre defist 'T is wondrous strange fate cannot be withstood No man did dreame thou euer wouldst doe good And yet to see beyond all expectation All France and Britaine Ring with acclamation And with applaw sefull thankes they doe reioyce That great Nauarre and Burbon and Valoyes Guize Loraine Bulleins all the Gallian Pesros Like fixed starres are setled in their spheares A soole can raise a flame from out a sparke But he 's a man of speciall note and marke And worthy to be guerdon'd for his paine That turnes a flame into a sparke againe So hast thou done or else there are some Lyers Thou didst extinguish wars combustious fires And what thou didst I see no reason but In print the Memorandums should be put Thou hast a brace of Brothers trauailers Who each of them in their particulers Shewes of what house they came and of all others They 'l do things worthy to be knowne thy brothers The one to Poland or the Land of Po To vnexpected purpose late did goe The other furnish'd with as braue a mind Vnto Virginia wandered with the winde Whore like a second Rephabus braue Kitty Doth make those parts admire him he 's so witty And though but little seruice he did here 'T is past mans knowledge what he may doe there And where they are they striue still to appeare To doe as much good there as thou doest heere I wish you all were married that your seed Like Sonnes of Caine might multiply and breed For 't is great pitty such a stocke or race Obliuion should consume or time deface Hadst thou but lin'd amongst
associates assaults this Castle of Enuy where after halfe an houres fight or thereabouts by the inuincible prowesse of the assaiâ—ants the Hell borne defendants were vanquished their Castle vtterly razed demolished and subuerted with Rackets breakers blowes and reports innumerable IOHN TINDALL The description of such part of the Fire workes as were deuised and accomplished by Master William Fishenden Gunner and Seruant to his Maiestie Apiramides or loftie platforme in the forme of a Triangled spire with a Globe fixed on the top therof the whole work turning burning the space almost of halfe an houre or neere thereabouts from whence proceeded many Rackets firea blowes and reports in great numbers to the great delight and contentment of the King the Queene the Prince the Princesse Elizabeth the Prince Palatine and diuers others the Nobility the Gentry and Commons of this Kingdom FINIS EPITHALAMIES OR Encomiasticke Triumphall Verses Consecrated to the Immortall memory of the royall Nuptials of the two Parragons of Christendome FREDERICKE and ELIZABETH HEe * God that vpon the Poles hath hing'd the skyes Who made the Spheares the Orbs and Planets seuen Whose justice dams whose mercy justifies What was is shall be in earth Hell or Heauen Whom men and Angels lauds and magnifies According as his Lawes command hath giuen The poore the Rich the Begger and the King In seuerall Anthems his great praises sing Then as the meanest doe their voices stretch To lawd the sempiternall Lord of Lords So I a lame Decrepit-witted wretch With such poore Phrases as my skill a floords From out the Circuit of my braine did fetch Such weake inuention as my wit records To write the tryumphs of this famous I le On which both Heauen earth with ioy doth smile My Genius therefore my inuention moues TO sing of Britaines great Olympick Games Of mirth of Heau'n and earths beloued loues Of Princely sports that noble mindes enflames To doe the vtmost of their best behoues To fill the world with their atchieued Fames T' attaine Eternities all-passing bounds Which neither Fate nor Death nor Time confounds Guns Drums and Trumpets Fire-workes Bonfires Bels. With acclamations and applausefull noyse Tilts Turneyes Barriers all in mirth excels The ayre reuerberates our earthly ioyes This great Tryumphing Prophet-like fore-tels I hope how * The Lake or Gulph of forgetfulnes of the which I hope our griefes haue sufficiently carowled Leathes Lake all griefe destroyes For now blacke sorrow from our Land is chac'd And ioy and mirth each other haue embrac'd How much Ichouah hath this Iland blest The thoughts of man can neuer well conceaue How much we lately were with woes oprest For him * Prince Henry whom Death did late of life bereaue And in the midst of griefe and sad vnrest To mirthfull sport * God freely giu'es vs leaue And when we all were drench'd in blacke dispaire Ioy conquered greife and comfort vanquish'd care Thou high and mighty 〈…〉 â—â—â— Count Pallatine and pal 〈…〉 of the â—â—â—â—â— Bauares great Duke whom God on high doth life To be the tenth vnto the Worthies nine Be euer blest with thy beloued * The Princesse Elizabeth Guilt Whom God and best of men makes onely thine Let annually the day be giuen to mirth Wherein the Nuptials gaue our loy loyes new birth Right gracious Princesse great Elizabeth In whose Heroicke pure white Iuory breast True vertue liues and liuing flourisheth And as their Mansion hath the same possest Belou'd of God aboue and men beneath In whom the Goddesses and graces rest By vertues power Ichonah thee hath giuen Each place doth seeme where thou remain'st a heauen The Royall bloud of Emperours and Kings Of Potent Conquerours and Famous Knights Successiuely from these two Princes springs Who well may claime these titles as their rights The Patrons Christendome to vnion brings Whose vnity remoted Lands vnites And well in time I hope this sacred worke Will hunt from Christian Lands the faithlesse Turke By this happy marriage great Britaine France Denmarke Germany the most part of Christendonâ—e are vnited eyther in affinity or consanguinity Since first the framing of the worlds vast Roome A fitter better match was not combinde So old in wisdome young in beauties bloome And both so good and graciously inclinde And from this day vntill the day of doome I doubt succeeding ages shall not finde Such wisdome beauty grace compact together As is innate in them in both in eyther None but the Diuell and his infernall crue At this beloued heau'nly match repines None but such fiends which hell on earth doth spue Which wish Eclips of their illustrious shines The Gods themselues with rare inuentions new With inspiration mans deuice refines And with their presence vndertakes these taskes Deuises motions Reuels playes and Maskes That which God loues most the Diuell hates most and I am sure that none but the blacke crew are offended with these Royal Nuptials The thund'rers * Iune Bride hath â—efe her heauenly bed And with her presence this great wedding graces Himâ—â— in Saffron Robes inuelloped Ioynas and accords these Louers lou'd embraces Yea all the Gods downe to the Earth are fied And mongst our ioyes their pleasures enterlaces Immortals joynes with mortals in their mirth And makes the Court their Paradice on earth Maiestick Ioue hath left his spangled Throane To dance Leuoltoes at this Bridall feast Infusieg Iouiall glee in euery one The high the low the greatest and the least Sad mindes to sable melancholy prone Great loue their vitall parts hath so possest That all are wrapt in sportfull extasies With showes and Glamors ecchoing in the skyes Where the Planeâ— Iupiter hath sole predominance there is all Royall mirth and jouâ—all alacrity a Sol. Apollo from the two topt b Pernassus Muses Hill Eight of the c The Muses Sisters nine hath brought from thence Leauing d A tragicall mourneful Muse who hath beene here already but I hope now she is lame of the Gout that she wil keepe home for euer Meâ—pomence alone there still To muse on sad and tragicall euents The rest all stretching their all matchlesse skill To serue this Royall Princesse and this Princes Thus Sol descended from his Radient shrine Brings Poesie and Musicke downe diuine The wrathfull God of e Mars War in burnish'd Armes Layes by his angry all confounding mood And in the Lifts strikes vp sweet Loues Alarmes Where friendly warres drawes no vnfriendly bloud Where honours fire the noble spirit warmes To vndertake such actions as are good Thus mighty Mars these tryumphs doth encrease At Tilt. With peacefull warre and sweet contentions peace The Queene of f Venus Loue these Royall sports attend And at this Banquet deignes to be a guest Her whole endeauours she doth wholly bend She may in Loues delights outstrip the best For whosoe're doth Hymens Lawos preâ—end If Venus be but absent from the feast They may perhaps be merry in some
sort But 't is but painted mirth and ayrie sport All worth nothing Bright Maias Soâ—e the God of tricks and sleights â—â—â—â— Hath op'd the treasure of his subtill wit mercury And as a Seruant on this Wedding waits With Masques with Reuals and with tryumphs fit His rare inuentions and his quaint conceits Twixt Heauen alost and Hel insernall pit He in imaginary showes affords In shape forme method and applausefull words Old sullen i A dogged melancholy Planet a maleuolent opposite to all mirth Saturne hid his moody head In dusky shades of blacke Cimerian night And wauering k The Mooâ—â—â— who doth neuer continue at a stay and therefore sheâ—â—â— herselfe from those delights which I hope will bee peâ—â—â— Luna closely couch'd to bed Her various change she knew would not delight The loyall mindes where constancie is bred Where Protens thoughts are put to shamefull flight These two l â—â—â— Luna or indeed the nights were darke at the Wedding because the moone sâ—ined not by Ioues command were straightly bound To stay at home as better lost then found Cupid descended from the Chrystall skyes And leaues befind his golden feathered darts In steed of whom he makes faire Ladies eyes The piercing weapons of true loning hearts And he amongst these high Solemnities His awfull presence freely he imparts To all in generall with mirthfull cheere All sport 's the better if loues God be there The off spring of the high celestiall Ioue His braine bred m Minerua whom the Poets saine to be the Goddesses Wisedome Borne and bred in the braine of Iupiter Daughter and his thigh borne Sonne n Bacchus whom his Father loue saued from Aborâ—iue buth from his mother Seâ—d and sowed him vp in his Thigh till the time of his birth was come to a period Gaiâ— Lib. 3 One with aduice of wisdome she wed her loue And t'other bounteously made plenty runne Where wine in streames gainst one another strone Where many a Caske was baâ—ckrout an vndone Depriu'd the treasure of the fruitfully vinese By Bacchus bounty that great God of Wine s Thus Ioue and Iuno Jmps of aged Ops With wise Minerua Mars and Mercury Resplendent Sol with musicks straines and ileps Faire Venus Queene of Loues alacrity Loues God with shafts betipe with golden tops And Bacchus showring sweet humidity Gods Goddesses the Graces and the Muses To grace these tryumphs all their cunnings vses Amongst the rest was all recording Fame Inscalping noble deeds in brazen lâ—aues That meagre Enuy cannot wrong that name Where braue Heroick acts the minde vpheaues Fâ—mes goldeÌ„ trump will through the world proclame Whom Fortune Fare nor Death nor time bereaues Thus like a Scribe Fame waited to Record The Neptialls of this Ludy and this Lord All making marring time that turneth neuer To these proceedings still hath beene auspicious And in his Progresse will I hope perseuer To make their dayes and houres ro be delicious Thus Fame and time affoords their best indeauour Vnto this royall match to be propitious Time in all pleasure through their liues will passe Whilst Fame records their Fames inleaues of Brasse Times Progresse Yon Sonnes of Iudas and Achitophei Whose damn'd delights are treasons bloud death Th' almighties power your haughty prides will quell And unlike your vassals vessels of his wrath Let all that wish these Princes worse then well Be iudg'd and doom'd to euerlasting Scath For 't is apparent and experience prooues No hare preuailes where great Ichouah loues To whose Omnipotent Eternall power I doe commit this blest beloued paire Oh let thy graces daily on them showre Let each of them be thine adopted Heire a Raise them at last to thy Celestiall Bowre And feate them both in lasting glories Chaire In fine their earthly dayes be long and blest And after bettred in eternall rest A Sonnet to the Imperious Maiestick mirrour of King Iames great Britaines Monarch GReat Phoebus spreads his Rayes on good ill Dame Tellus feeds the Lyon and the Rat The smallest Sayles God AEols breath doth fill And Ttetic Harbots both the Whale and Sprat But as the Sunne doth quicken dying Plants So thy illustrious shine doth glad all hearts And as the Earth supplyes our needfull wants So doth thy bounty guerdon good desarts And like the aytie AEols pleasant gales Thou filst with Ioy the Sailes of rich and pore And as the Sea doth harbour Sprats and Whales So thou to high and low yeelds harbour flore Thus Sea Ayre Earth and Titans fiery face Are Elementall Seruants to thy Grace To Life SInce that on earth thou wondrous wandring gest Arithmeticians neuer number can The seuerall Lodgings thouhast tane in man In Fish in Fowle in tame or bruitish beast Since all by thee from greatest to the least Are squar'd and well compar'd vnto a span Oh fleeting Life take this â—â—y counsell than Hold long possession in thy royall breast Dwell euer with the King the Queene the Prince The gracious Princesse and her Princely Spouse In each of these thou hast a lasting house Which Fate nor Death nor Time cannot conuince And when to change thy Lodging thou art driuen Thy selfe and they exalted by to Heauen To Death To thee whose auaritious greedy mood Doth play a sweepe stake with all liuing things And like a Hors-leech Quaffes the seuerall blood Of subiects Abiects Emperours and Kings That high and low and all must feele thy stings The Lord the Lowne the Caitiffe and the Keasar A beggers death as much contentment brings To thee as did the fall of Iulius Caesar. Then since the good and bad are all as one And Larkes to thee no better are then Kites Take then the bad and let the good alone Feed on base wretches leaue the worthy wights With thee the wicked euermore will stay But from thee Fame will take the good away To Eternity THou that beyond all things dost goes as farre That no Cosmographers could e're suruay Whose glory brighter then great Phebus Carre Doth shine where night doth ne're eclipse the day To thee I consecrate these Princes acts In thee alone let all their beings be Let all the measures of their famous tracts In the begin but neuer end like thee And when thy Seruant Time giues Life to Death And Death surrenders all their liues to Fame Oh then inspire them with celestiall breath With Saints and Martyrs to applaud thy name Thus vnto thee as thine owne proper rights Iconsecrate these matchles worthy wights Iohn Taylor FINIS TAYLORS FAREVVELL TO THE TOWER BOTTLES THE ARGVMENT ABout three hundred and twenty yeares since or thereabout I thinke in the Raigne of King Richard the Second there was a guift giuen to the Tower or to the Lieutenants thereof for the time then and for euer beeing which guift was two blacke Leather Bottles or Bombards of Wine from euery Ship that brought Wine into the Riuer of Thames the which hath so continued vntill this day but the Merchants finding
so himselfe himselfe doth ouerthrow The Philistines his childrens bloud did spill And with his Sword King Saul King Saul did kill 2. Samuel King Deuids royall heart is fild with woe For Ionathan and Saul his friend and foe In Regall state he liues and flourisheth And loues Sauls Grandchild lame Mephibosheth Affection blinds him on Vriahs wife T' accomplish which her husband lost his life The King 's reprou'd by Nathan and repents And by repenting heau'ns high wrach preuents Incestuous Amnon Absâ—lon doth kill For forcing Tamar gainst her Virgin will He 's reconcil'd vnto his louing Sire And proudly to the Kingdome doth aspire The old King flees and ouer Iordane hies The Sonne pursuing and the Father flyes Achitophel himselfe hangs in dispaire And Absolon dyes hanged by the haire The King for his rebellious Sonne doth mourne His people numbred are at his returne The Lord is wrath the pestilence increast That seuenty thousand dye and then it ceast 1. Kings The Kingly Prophet valiant Dauid dyes His Throne is left to Salomon the wise False Adoniah Ioab Shimei kild By his command as erst his Father wild With speed he sends for workmen from farte Coasts To build a Temple to the Lord of Hosts Before or after him was neuer such That had of wisedome or of wealth so much A thousand women some wed some vnwed This wise King to Idolatry misled He dyes and 's buried by his fathers toome And Rehoboam doth succeed his roome Now Israel from Iudah is diuided Both Kingdomes by bad Kings are badly guided Yet God to Iacobs seed doth promise keepe And raises faithfull Pastors for his sheepe 2. Kings Eliah worketh wonders with his word By inspiration of the liuing Lord He 's taken vp aliue and his blest Spirit Doth doubly in Elishaâ—s breast inherit Some Kings doe gouerne well most gouerne ill And what the good reformes the bad doth spill Till Isr'el Iudah King and Kingdome 's lost To great Nebuâ—hadnâ—zzar and his host 1. Chronicles Here euery Tribe is numbred to their names To their memorials and immortall fames And Dauids acts t' instruct misguided men Are briefly here recorded all agen 2. Chronicles The state of Israel Iâ—dah and their Kings This Booke againe againe Recordance brings Their plagues of plague of â—â—mineâ—â—lâ—uery sword For their contemâ—ing heau'ns All sauing word Mâ—â—â—ssâ—â—â— Praâ—er Mâ—â—â—ssâ—â— almost drown'd in black despaire Gaines mercy by repentance and by prayer Ezrs. The Persian Monarch Câ—â—â—â— granteth haue The Iewes once more their freedomâ— should receiue When at Ierusâ—lâ—m they make abâ—d They all with zeale â—â—â—â—â— the house of God Malicious men with poysnous â—â—â—â—â— fild Makes Artaâ—â—â— â—irdeâ— tho'e that build Yet God so workes that Israels is loâ—e and zâ—ale Resâ—mes againe their ancient Church and weale Nehemiah The booke of Ezra doth concord with this Commanding good forbidding what 's amisse And godly Nehemiah â—â—â—â—â— reform'd What sinne and Sathan had long time deform'd Esther Here he that dwels in heauen doth deride Queene Vshy's and ambitious Hamans pride The Iewes are sau'd by Esters suite from death And Haman and his Sons hang'd loose their breath Poore Mordecay is held in high account And to great greatnesse humbly he doth mount Thus God doth raise all those his Lawes doe seeke He layes the lofty low exâ—lâ—s the meeke Iob. No lusse of Sonnes and Daughters goods and all Make not this man into impatience fall Assailing Sathan tempring wife false friends With perfect patience he â—ll woeâ—â— defends I â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— quoth he into this world And â—â—â—â—d herâ—â—â—â—â—â— I shall be hurâ—d God giues and takes according to his word And blessed euer bee the liuing Lord. Psâ—lmes The blessed Kingly Prophet sweetly sings â—â—â—nall praises to the King of Kings Gods Power Iustice Mercy Fauour looke For they are comprehended in this Booke Prouerbs The wisest man that euer man begot In heauenly Prouerbs shewes what 's good what 's not Ecclessiastes Health strength wit valour wordly wisdome pelfe All 's nought and worse then vanity it selfe Salomons song This Song may well be call'd the Song of Songs It to the heauenly Bride and Groome belongs It truely shewes Christs loue vnto his loue His Church his Wife his Virgin Spouse his Doue Isaâ—ah This worthy Prophet truely doth foretell How Christ shall come to conquer death and hell Rewards vnto the godly he repeats And to the godlesse he denounceth threats Ieremy This Man of God long time before foreshoes Ierusalems Captiuity and woes Lamentations He wishes here his head a fountaine deepe That he might weepe weepe nothing else but weep That he might gush forth flowing streames fo teares For Iuaah's thraldome misery and feares Ezeâ—hiel In Babylon this Prophet Captiue is And there he prophesies of bale and blisse How all must come to passe the Lord hath said How Iudgement surely comes although dalayed Daniel The Kings darke dreame the Prophet doth expound For which he 's highly honour'd and renown'd Nabuchadnezzar doth an Image frame Commands all paine of death t' adore the same Three godly Iewes by no meanes will fall downe And for contempt are in the fornace throwne Where midst the flames vnhurt they sweetly sing Which wonder doth conuert the tyrant King Here Daniel Prophesies of Christ to come Of Babel Persia Graâ—ia and Rome Hosea He tels misgouern'd Israel their sinnes And how the losse of grace destruction winnes Ioel. This Prophet tels the stubborne hearted Iewes How heau'ns consuming wrath apace ensues He therefore doth perswade them to contrition And by contrition they shall haue remission Amos. Mans thanklesse heart and Gods vnmeasur'd loue This Prophet doth to Isr'els faces proue Obadiah He comforts Pudah ouer-prest with woes And prophesies destruction of their foes Ionah Here Ionah tels the Niniâ—itrs except Repentance wrath of Heauen doe intercept In forty dayes high low rich poore great small The Lords hot fury shall consume them all With hearts vnâ—aign'd the sinfull Citie mournes The Lord grants mercy Ionah backe returnes Micah He speakes of Isr'els and of Iuda's crimes And tels them their confusion comes betimes Nahâ—m The Niniâ—ites againe forsake the Lord And are subdu'd by the Assirian sword This Prophet comforts those that are opprest And tels the godly they shall be releast Habakkuk He doth be waile th' oppression of the poore For mercy humbly he doth God implore To keepe the Captiu'd Iewes from fell despaire He teâ—ches them a heauenly forme of Prayer Zephaniaâ— He fils the good with hope the bad with â—eare And tels the Iewes their thraldome draweth neere Haggay He exhorteth them to patience in their paine And bids them build the Temple once againe Zachariah He tels the Iewes why they haue plagued beene He bids them shunne Idolatry and sinne Malachi For sinne he doth reproâ—e both Peince and Priest And shewes the comming both of Iohn and Christ. Which Christ shall be a Sauiour vnto all That with true faith obey his heauoâ—ly call Apâ—â—ryphâ— These bookes doe all in generall intimate The State
not be blinde may plainely spy That their insulting proud commanding Priest Is â—bsolute and onely Antichrist H'exalts himselfe ' boue all that 's called God Vpon the Emperours necke he proudly trod Hee is th'abomination void of grace That mounts himselfe into the holy place He makes the Princes of the Earth drinke vp And quaffe the poyson of his cursed Cup. Who being drunken with the drâ—gs of sinne They haue his sworne and forsworne vassals beene Bewitched with his foule Inchanting charmes Gainst one another they haue rose in armes By forreine and domesticke bloudie broyles Whilst he hath fild his his coffers with their spoyles His double dealing too plaine appeares In setting Christian Princes by the eares Whilst he into his anatitious hands Hath feiz'd their persons moueables and lands And as the Christian Kings themselues made weake The Turke into their Kingdomes gan to breake And thus the Turke and Pope joynd with the deuill Haue beene the authors of all Christian euill FINIS THE BOOKE OF MARTYRS The Second Part. DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE PHILLIP EARLE OF MONTGOMERIE c. MY Lord the liues and deaths of Saints and Kings This little Booke vnto your Greatnesse sings Protection and acceptance if you giue It shall as shall Your selfe for ever liue IOHN TAYLOR VVHen the 7 Henry in his graue was laid And the eight Henry Englands Scepter sway'd Romes bloudy persecution raged more In England than in ten Kings raignes before And therefore Reader in this little Booke For euery Martyrs name thou must not looke But men of chiefest note respect and same That dyed in England onely these I name And first the Papists tyranny beganne In murthering Richard Hun a zealous man For being kept in prison by their power They closly hang'd him in the Lollards Tower And then they all in generall decreed Reporting Hun himselfe had done the deed Ann sixteene dayes iust after this was don They burn'd the foresaid corps of Richard Hun. Then to the number of full thirty fiue The surious flames did all of life depriue In seuerall places of this wofull land Because they did the Pope of Rome withstand At which time Thomas Bilney did begin To preach and teach against Antichristian sinne Where in Saint Georges Church in Ipswich Towne The Papists from the Pulpit pluckt him downe And as in dolefull prison he did lie He put his finger in the flames to try He prou'd aud God did giue him strenght to beare His death to liue with his Redeemer deare The next of note was one Iohn Frith a man Of learning great a Martyrs same he wan Then learned Luther and graue Zwinglius With Caluin Beza Occolampadius All glorious gracious reuerend lamps of light Were instruments to cleare blear'd Englands sight In Flanders William Tindall for Gods Word Was Sacrific'd to glorifie the Lord. Iohn Lambert valiantly his death did take And burn'd in Smithfield for his Sauiour sake About this time that Honourable man Lord Cromwels life and timelesse death began Hee like an Earthquake made the Abbies fall The Fryeries the Nunneries and all This famous Noble worthy Essex Earle This Iemme this Iewell this most orient pearle Was for his truth from all he had discarded And with his heads losse all his faith rewarded The next of worthy note by fire that dide Was good Anne Askew who did strong abide Rackes tortures and the cruell raging flame To magnifie her high Creators name Then gan the Kings eyes to be opended quite Inlightened by the euerlasting light He banisht Superstitious idle sables And packt the Papists hence with all their bables Then Bonner Gardner Brethren both in euill Factors and Actors bloudhounds for the Deuill Their burning fame to infamy soone saded They Godlesse gracelesse were disgracst degraded The King thus hauing this good worke begun He dyed and left the Kingdome to his Sonne Then raign'd young Edward that sweet Princely childe By whom all Popery was cleane exilde But he too good to liue mongst wicked men Th' Almighty tooke him hence to Heauen agen No sooner Edward was laid in his Tombe But England was the slaughter-house of Rome Gardner and Bonner were from prison turn'd And whom they pleas'd were eyther sau'd or burn'd Queene Mary imitating Iezabell Aduanc'd againe the Ministers of Hell Then tyranny began to tyrannize Tortures and torments then they did deuise Then Master Rogers with a saith most feruent Was burn'd and dy'd in Smith field Gods true Seruant Next vnto him did Laurence Sanders dye By fire for Iesus sake at Couentry He did embrace and kindly kisse the stake To gaine Heau'ns glory did the world for sake Good Byshop Hooper was at Gloster burn'd Cause he against the Romish Doctrine spurn'd And Doctor Taylor a true zealous man At Hadly burn'd eternall glory wan Then Byshop Ferrar next his life did spend In fire to gaine the life shall neuer end Next William Fowler first did loose his hand Then burn'd because the Pope he did withstand In Essex Thomas Hawkes with faith victorious Did dye by fire to gaine a life most glorious Master Ioha Bradford for his Sauiours sake In Smithsield burn'd a godly end did make Two reuerend Byshops Father Latimer And Ridley each of them a heauenly starre Liu'd in Gods foare and in his fauour dy'd At Oxford burn'd and now are glorisi'd Iohâ— Philpâ—t gladly did the fire embrace And died and liues in his Redeemers grace Then that graue Father and religious man Arch-Bishop of Cranmars troubles hot began His Pompe his state his glory and his pride Was to know Iesus and him crucifide He liu'd a godly Preacher of Gods Word And dy'd a glorious Martyr of the Lord. Iohn Carcles in close Prison carefully Did change his cares for ioyes eternally But this small volum cannot well containe One quarter of the Saints in England flaine In Henries Raigne and Maries cruell Queene Eight thousand people there hath slaughtered beene Some by the Sword some Hang'd some burnt in fire Some staru'd to death in Prison all expire Twelue thousand and seuen hundred more beside Much perseâ—uting trouble did abide Some wrackt som whipt som tortur'd som in stocks Some doing penance with a world of mockes Some with an yron in the faces burn'd Some out of all their goods to beggry rurn'd Some barefoot bearing faggots on their shoulders Weâ—e made a wondring stocke to the beholders All this and more much more they did endure Because they would not yeeld to liue impure But now to speake the law lesse â—ause wherefore And why these people troubled were so sore Because they would not make their plaints mones To senseles I mages dead stockes and slones Because they said the Sacramentall bread Is not the Lord which shall iudge quick and dead Because they not beleeu'd a Purgatory And held the Popes decrees an idle story Because they would not creepe vnto the crosse And change Gods sacred Word for humane drosse Because they held the Masse an Idoll soule At once which
Rowland Yorke and Sir William Stanley turned Trayâ—â—rs September 13. 11. An English Gentleman * This Stafford was a Gentleman well descended his Mother was of the Bed chamber to the Queene and his Brother Leiger Ambassador in France at the same time William Stafford nam'd Was by the French Ambassador perswaded That if hee 'd kill the Queene he should be fam'd For by her death might England be inuaded Besides for it the Pope would thankfull be And all the house of Guise should be his friends But Stafford to their plots feemet ' agree Yet told the councell on his knees their ends These things vnto th' Ambassador were told And Stafford did auouch them to his face Which he deny'd audaciously and bold Much ill beseeâ—â—ing his estate and place Thus what foâ—euer gainâ—t our Church was wrought God still did bring their purposes to nought year 1587 12. This yeare Spaine with a mighty preparation With tweluescore Vessels loadeth Neptunes backe With thirty thousand men attempts inuafion Of Englandâ— Kingdome and Elizâ—â—s wracke Then many a bragging desperate doughty Don Proud of the strength of that great huge * The Spanish fleeâ— were in all of Ships Gallâ—ons Gallies and Pinaces 242. of Souldiers Mariners and Galley â—â—â—â—â— 31030. of great Ordnance 2630. Our Fleet were in all but 112. the Campe as Tiâ—bury were 22000 foot and 12000. horse Armadâ— Went barely off though they came brauely on The power of Heauen opposing their branado Our numbers vnto theirs inferiour â—arre Yet were they tane sunke slaine bang'd thump'd batter'd Because the Lord of Hosts the God of Warre He was our trust and ayde our â—oes he scater'd His name is oner all the world most glorious And through his power his Church is still victorious year 1588 13. Lopez a Doctor by descent a â—ew A Portâ—â—gaâ— by birth the Queenes physitiâ—n Forgetting duty to his Soueraigne due Would poyson her to further Spaines ambition The Spaniards and the Doctor are compacting How this sweet piece of seruice might be done They promise gold and he doth vow the acting A bargaine wisely made is partly wonne But this base Iew is taken in the trap The Queene preâ—erâ—'d the Spaniards cake is dough The Doctor wrong'd his breeches by mishap And hanging his reward was good enough Still treasons working though its lucke be ill Gods gracious power his Church defending still year 1589 The Queene had beene gracious and beautifull to this same Lopez many wayes and hee was accounted a man of good integrity till hee was corrupted by the Pope and Spaniard At his Araignment feare made him wrong his â—â—â—ches he was hanged at Tyâ—â—rns 14. Tyrone supported by the Pope and Spaine Had put our English Kingdome to much cost Perceiuing all his treasons were in vaine His dangers desperate fruitlesse labour lost Although his Holinesse from Rome had sent A plume of Phoenix feathers for a blessing Which bable from Tyrone could not preuent Rewards of Iustcie for his long transgressing To the Lord Deputy be doth suâ—mit Craues the kings mercy and obtained the same Yet afterward he did his faith forget And new rebeilions did in Ireland frame At last with guilty minde away he flyes Thus God confounds his Churches enemies year 1587 Tyrone an Irish Earle a man of great power and Policie a most peruitions and dangerous trayter 1604. bee came into England and was most graciously pardoned by the King yet afterward would haue leâ— all Ireland rebellion but faâ—ling of his purpose fled to Rome 15. Mongst all these dangers Queene Elizabeth Preserued still and reigned â—oyally Defended all her life from violent death And seauenty yeares of age dy'd naturally To her succeeded as his propâ—r right King Iames Great Britaines blessed Salomon When straight began new tricks of Romish spight For Church and King and Laâ—ds subuersion Watson * They would haue altered Religion brought in Forraigne power imprisoned the King and raised Arbella Watson Clarke Master George Brooke executed Clarke two Priests two Popish brothers Seduc'd Lords Cobham Gray two Noblemen Sir Walter Rawleigh Markham Brooke and others To take the King and him in pâ—fon pen. The plot 's found Iustice would th'â—â—â— ndors kill But the Kings mercy sau'd what L. w might â—pill year 1603 The Kings mercy saued the Lord Cobham Lord Gray Sir Walter Rawleigh Sir Griffith Markeham at the Blocke as the stroake was readis to bee giuen 16. Now treason plotted in th' infernall Den Hâ—ls mischiefe master peece began to worke Assisted by vnnaturall Englishâ—â—â— And lesâ—ites that within this Land did lurke These would Saint Peter-to Salt peâ—â—er turne And make our Kingdome caper in the ayre At one blast Prince and Peeres and commons burn And fill the Land with murder and dispaire No treasonere might be compar'd to this Such an escape the Church had nere before The glory's Gods the victory is his Not vnto vs to him be praise therefore Our Church is his her foes may vnderstand That he defends her with his mighty hand year 1605 Percy and Catesby would needs be heads of this treason and their heads are aduanced for it on the Parliament house they were killed with powder being both shot and burnt and powder was the mainâ— Instrument of their hopes All the Traytâ—rs falling into the ' Pit which they had prepared for vs. Not any of all these treasons but eyther the Popâ— the Spanish King Priests or Iesuites had a hand in it 17. The dangers of a long and tedious way The perils of the raging Sea and Land The change of ayre and dyet many a day And Romes temptations which thou did withstand And after all thy safe returne againe Amongst those blessings make vp much more blest In mind and body â—â—â—â— from Rome and Spaine For which our â—â—â—â— to heauen is â—â—â—â—â—â—â— prest Long mayst 〈…〉 Gracious instrument To propagaâ—e his Gospell and his glory All Antichistian foes to 〈…〉 And with thy aâ—â—s to fill a royall story That 〈…〉 truly may â—â—â—â—â— These Deeds were done by Britaines CHALES the Great year 1623 Great â—â—â—â— the interprize and hazard of our gracieus Pride â— but greatâ—â—â— was Gods iâ—guiding and guarding him backe againe to all Ioy and Comforts 18 And last of all with Heart and â—â—nds erected Thy Church doth magnifie thy name Oâ—Lâ—â—â—â— Thy prouidâ—â—ce p 〈…〉 thy power protected Thy planted â—â—â— according to thy Word My God what shall I rende â—â—â—â—â—â—â— For all thy guise â—â—â—â— doâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Loue and vnfained Thankeâ—â—â—â—â—â— shall be Ascribed for thy Mercies â—â—â—â—â—yes To thee my Priest my Prophet and my King My Loue my Counsellor and Comforter To thee alone I onely praised sing For onely thou art myâ— Deliuerer All Honour Glory Power and Praise therefore Ascribed be to thee for euermore The Churches Thankesgiuing to God for all his Mercies and her Deliuerances The Church of Christ doth acknowledge no other Intercessor Desenrer Maintinrer and Deliuerer but onely Christ himselfe FINIS
prophane and great abuse To turne the brethrene linnen to such vse As to make Paper on 't to beare a song Or Print the Superstitious Latine tongue Apocrypha or Ember-weekes or Leus No holy brother surely will consent To such ldolatry his spirit and zeale Will rather trouble Church and common-weale He hates the Fathers workes and had much rather To be a bastard then to haue a Father His owne interpretation he 'll affoord According to the letter of the word Tropes Allegories Types similitudes Or Figures that some my sticke sense includes His humour can the meaning so vnfold In other fashions then the Fathers could For he dogmatically doth know more Then all the learned Docters knew before All reueread Ceremonies he 'l oppose He can make an Organ of his nose And spin his speech with such sincerity As if his bridge were falne in verity The Cope and Surplesse he cannot abide Against the corner-Cap he outhach cride And calls them weeds of Superstition And liueries of the whore of Babylon The Crosses blessing he esteemes a curse The Ring in marriage out vpon 't 't is worse And for his kneeling at the Sacrament In sooth he 'le rather suffer banishment And goe to Aâ—â—â—erdamd and liue and dye E're he 'l commit so much ldolatry He takes it for an outward Seale or Signe A little consecrated bread and wine And though it from his blessed Saulour come His manners takes it fitting on his bum The spirit still directs him how to pray Nor will he dresse his meat the Sabbath day Which doth a mighty mysterie vnfold His zeale is hot although his meat be cold Suppose his Cat on Sunday kill a Rat She on the Munday must behang'd for that His faith keepes a continuall Holy day Himselfe doth labour to keepe it at play For he is read and deeply vnderstood That if his faith should worke 't would doe no good A fine cleane fingerd faith must saue alone Good workes are needlesse therefore ho'l do none Yet patience doth his spirit so much inspire He 'l not correct a Seruant in his ire But when the spirit his hot furie layes Hee congregates his folkes and thus he sayes Attend good Nichodemus and Tobiâ— List to your reuerend Master Ananias And good Aminadab I pray attend Here 's my man I smael highly did offend He told a lye I heard his tongue to trip For which most surely he shall tast the whip Then after some sententious learned speech The seruant humbly doth let fall his breech Mounts on his fellowes backe as on a Mule Whilst his pure Maister mounts his rod of rule The boy in lying with his tongue did faile And thus he answers for it with his taile O Vpright Sincere Holy execution Most patient vnpolluted absolution Shall Paper made of linnen of these men Be stain'd with an vnsanctified pen In sooth who ere doth so beâ—'t he or she They little better then the wicked be Children of Sathan and abhomination The brood of Belials cursed congregation The bastard off spring of the purple where Who doe the Babylonish Beast adore From the Creation to the generall Fleed The name of Paper no man vnderstood But by tradition still from Sire to Son Men liuing knew the deeds by dead men dont Yet many things were in the Deluge san'd In stony Pillars charactered and grau'd For the most part antlquity agrees Long since the floud men writ in barkes of trees Which was obseru'd late in America When Spanish Cortois conquered Mexica Then after in Fig-leaues and Sicamour Men did Characters their minds explore â—â—â— when it is worne to Rags it is made into Paper Long after as ingenuous spirits taught Rags and old Ropes were to perfection wrought Into quare formes yet how to giue a name Vnto their workemanship they could not frame The Originall of Paper Some Authors doe the name of Paper gather To be deâ—iu'd from Papa or a Father Because a learned man of Arrius sect Did Christendome with heresie infect And being grear errors much mistooke Writ and divulged in a Paper booke And therefore Nimphsâ—ag thus much doth inferre The name of Paper sprung from Papaerr Some bold the name doth from a Rush proceed Which on Egiptian Nilus bankes doth breed Which rush is call'd Paptr us for on it Th' Egiptian people ofteneimes had writ And some againe of lesse authoritie Because it 's made of rags and pouerty In stead of Paper name it Paâ—peris Be sure thinkes they take their markes amisse For foure and twenty sheets doe make a Quire And twenty Quire doth to a Reame aspire And euery Reame were kingdomes for their strength â—â— that they want a single 1 in length A Reame of Paper therefore keepes great port And were a Realme wer'â— not an 1 too short Besides we haue an old Proguâ—â—icater An erring Father quast arta Pater â—â—â— euerlasting Almanack tels plaine How many miles from hence to Charles his waine From â—â—â—â— vnto Mercury how farre To venus Sol and Mars that warlike stâ—rre From Mars to merry thunder-thumping Ieaâ— And thence to fullen Saturns highest aboue This if I lye not with advice and leasure Old Erra Pater to an inch did measure But hollow Muse what mounted to the sky I 'le clip your soaring plumes for you and I Must talke of Paper Hemp and such as this And what a rich commodity it is It was time to remember my selfe for I was a degree too high The best is I haue elbow roome to trace I am not tide to times to bounds or place But Europe Asia Sun-burnt Affrica America Terraâ—â—â—â—â— The Christians Heathens Pagans Turkes Iewes And all the world yeelds matter to my Muse No Empire Kingdome Region Prouince Nation No principality Shire nor Corporation No Country County City Hamlet Towne But must vse Paper eyther white or browne No Metropolitane or gracious Primate No Village Pallace Cottage function Climate No age sex or degree the earth doth beare But they must vse this seed to write or weare How it Propagates the Gospell This Paper being printed doth reueale Th' Eternall Testament of all our Weale In Paper is recorded the Records Of the Great all-Creating Lord of Lords Vpon this weake ground strongly is ingrau'd The meanes how man was made and lost and sau'd Bookes Patriarchall and Propheticall Historicall or Heauenly Mysticall Euangelicall and Apostolicall Writ in the sacred Text in generall The sacred memory of Patriarchs Prophets Euangeiists Apostles and Fathers Much hath the Church our Mother propagated By venerable Fathers workes translated Saint Ierome Gregoris Ambrose Augustius Saint Basil Bernard Cyprian Constantive Eusebius Epipleanssu Origen Ignatius and La ctantius reuerend men Good Luther Caluine learned Zwinglius Melancton Beza Oecolampadius These and a world more then I can recite Their labours would haue slept in endlesse night But that in Paper they preseru'd haue bin T' instruct vs how to shun death hell and sin The memoriall of Monarchies and Wonders with their
alterations from time to time and chiefly by Paper How should we know the change of Monarchies Th'Assyrian and the Persian Emperies Great Alexanders large small lasting glory Or Romes High Casars often changing story How should Chronologies of Kings be knowne Of eyther other Countries or our owne Phylosophers Hystorians Chronographers Poets ancient and moderne the best foâ— mentioned But that Iosephus and Sueronius Possedore Virgil and Orâ—â—lius Seneca and Cornelins Tacitus With Scaâ—â—ger and Quintus Curticus Piutarch Guichiardiue Gallobelgicus Thomasio and Hector Boetius Fox Cooper Froysard Grafton Fabiaâ— Hall Houe den Lanquit Sleiden Buchanan The Reuerend learned Cambden Selaen Stowe With Polychronicon and Speed and Howe With Parris Malâ—â—â—bury and many more Whose Workes in Paper are yet extant store Philemon Holland famous for translation Hath with our owne tongue well inricht our Nation Esope and Aristotle Plinse Plato Pythagoras and Cicero and Cato Du Bartas Ariostâ— Martial Tasso Plaâ—â—â—us and Homer Terence Virgil Naso Franciscus Petrark Horace Iuâ—enal Philosophers and exc'lent Poets all Or Orators Hystorians euery one In Paper made their worthy studies knowne Who euer went beyond our famous King Whoseâ—â—â—â— throughout the spacious world doth ring Such a Diuine and Poet that each State Admires him whom they cannot imitate In Paper many a Poet now suruiues Or else their lines hed perish'd with their lines Old Chaucer Goâ—er and Sir Thomas More Sir Philip Sidney who the Lawrell worâ— Spencer and Shakespeare did in Arâ— excell Sir Edward Dyâ—â—â— Grâ—â—â— Naso Daniel Silnester Beâ—â—â—â—â— Sir Iohn Harington Forgetfulnesse their workes would ouer ruâ— But that in Paper they immortally Doe liue in spight of Death and cannot dye And many there are liuing at this day Which doe in paper their true worth display As Dauis Drayton and learned Dâ—â— Iohnson and Chapman Marston Middâ—â—ton With Rowley Fletcher Withers Massinger Heywood and all the rest where e're they are Must say their lines but for the paper sheete Had scarcely ground whereon to set their feete Acts Statutes Lawes would be consum'd and last All right and order topsy-â—â—â—uy tost Oppression wrong destruction and confusion Wer 't not for Paper were the worlds conclusion Negotiation and Embassages Maps Chartes discoueries of strange passages Leagues truces combinations and contracts Ecelefiasticke monuments and acts Lawes Nat'rall Morall Ciuill and Diuine T' instruct reproue correct inlarge confine All Memorandums of forepassed ages Sayings and sentences of ancient Sages Astronomy and Phisicke much renownd The lib'rall Arts rules maxicmes or ground The glory of Apolloes Radient shine Supporter of the Sacred Sisters Nine The Atlas that all Histories doth beare Throughout the world here there and euery where How many line byst being Paper All this and more is paper and all this From fruitfull Hempseea still produced is Were 't not for rags of this admired Lint Dead were the admirable Art of Print Nor could the Printers with their formes proofes Worke for their owne and other mens beâ—â—oofeâ— Octano Quarto Folie or sixteene Twelues nor yet sixty foure had ere beene seene Nor could thier Pages be the meanes to feed And cloth them and their families at need The Stationer that liues and gaineth well And doth the word of God both buy and sell I know not which way he could liue and eate It printed paper did not yeeld him meat Some foolish knaue I thinke at first began The â—â—â—der that three Taylers are one man When many a Taylers boy I know hath beene â—â—â— made tall men much fearefull to be seene The boy hath had no weapon nor no skill â—â— armed with a Taylers Paper-bill Which being edgd with Items stiffnings facings With Bumbast cottons linenings and with laccings The boy hath made a man his head to hide And not the bare sight of the Bill abide When boyes with paper Bils frights men so sore â—â—â—is doubtlesse but their Masters can doe more And many millions both of boyes and men â—â—â— onely liue and flourish with the pen Yet though the pen be through the world renown'd â—â—were nothing except paper were the ground All Lawyers from the high'st degree or marke Vnto the lowest Barrester or Clarke How could they doe if paper did not beare The memory of what they speake or heare And justice Clarkes could hardly make strong warrants For Theeues or Baudes or whores or such like arrants â—â—â— that in Paper 't is their onely vse To write and right the Common-wealths abuse Thus much of Paper here my Muse hath said â—â— yet if all its profits were displaid â—en paper Mils could not affoord enough To write vpon in praise of writing stuffs A Uoyage in a Paper-boat from London to Quinborough I therefore to conclude this much will note How I of Paper lately made a Boat And how in forme of Paper I did row From London vnto Quinborough I le show I and a Vintner Roger Bird by name A man whom Fortune neuer yet could tame Tooke ship vpon the vigill of Saint Iames And boldly ventur'd downe the Riuer Thames Leiuing and cutting through each raging billow In such a Boat which neuer had a fellow Hauing no kinde of mettall or no wood To helpe vs eyther in our Ebbe or Flood For as out boat was paper so our Oares Were Stock-fish caught neere to the Island shores Stock-fishes vnbeaten bound fast to two Canes with packthread Thus being Oar'd and shipt away we went Driving 'twixt Effex Calues and sheepe of Kent Our Boat a female vessell gan to leake Being as female vessels are most weake Yet was shee able which did greeue me sore To downe Hodge Bird and I and forty more The water to the Paper being gâ—t In one halfe houre our boat began to rot The Thames most lib'rall fild her to the halues Whilâ—t Hodge and I sate liquor'd to the calues In which extremity I thought it fit To put in vso a â—â—ratagem of wit Which was eight Bullocks bladders we had bought Pust stifly full with wind bound fast and tought Which on our Boat within the Tide we ty'de Of each side foure vpon the outward side The water still role higher by degrees In three miles going almost to our knees Our rotten bottome ali to tatters fell And left our boat as bottomlesse as Hell And had not bladders horne vs stifly vp We there had tasted of deaths fatall cup. And now to make some sport I le make it knowne By whose strong breath my bladders all were blown One by a châ—uerell conscienc'd Vsurer Another by a drunken Bag piper The third a Whore the fourth a Pander blew The fist a Cutpurse of the Cursed crew The sixt apost-knight that for fiue groats gaine Would sweare for foure groats forsweare't agine The seauenth was an Informer one that can By informations begger any man The eight was blowne vp by a swearing Royster That would cut throats as soone as eate an Oyster We had more winds then the Compasse for we had eight seuerall winds in our bladders and the