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A09583	A commemoration of the right noble and vertuous ladye, Margrit Duglasis good grace, Countis of Lennox daughter to the renowmed and most excellent Princesse Margrit, Queene of Scotland, espowsed to King Iames the fourth, of that name ... wherin is rehearsed hir godly life, her constancy and perfit pacience, in time of infortune her godly end, [and] last farewel, taken of al noble estates at the howre of her death. The ninth day of March. 1577. At her house of Hackney in the countie of Midlesex: and now lyeth enterred the thyrd of April, in the chappel of King Henry the seauenth her worthy grandfather. 1578. And anno. 20. of our soueraigne lady Quéene Elizabeth, by Gods permission of England, Fraunce and Irelande Quéene, [and]c.	Phillips, John, fl. 1570-1591.	1578 (1578)	STC 19864; ESTC S110448	15,671	36

A COMMEMOration of the Right Noble and vertuous Ladye Margrit Duglasis good grace Countis of Lennox Daughter to the renowmed and most excellent Princesse Margrit Quéene of Scotland espowsed to King Iames the fourth of that name In the daies of her most puissaunt and magnificent Father Henry the seauenth of England Fraunce and Ireland King Wherin is rehearsed hir godly life her constancy and perfit pacience in time of infortune her Godly end last farewel taken of al Noble estates at the howre of her death The ninth day of March. 1577. At her house of Hackney in the Countie of Midlesex And now lyeth enterred the thyrd of April in the Chappel of King Henry the seaueth her worthy Grandfather 1578. And Anno. 20. of our Soueraigne Lady Quéene Elizabeth by Gods permission of England Fraunce and Irelande Queene c. ¶ To all Right Noble Honorable Godlye and Worshipfull Ladyes Iohn Phillip wisheth the feare of God prosperitie and peace in Iesus Christ. RIght Honorable and vertuous Ladyes when florishing Ver had banished the bytter stormes of Hyems and geuen Flora liberty with her gallant mantle of greene to garnishe the whole face of the earth I was drawne by desire throughly to consider the sundry pleasures and diuerse commodityes that she most curtuouslye presented to worldly inhabitauntes and finding occasion fyt for my purpose I tooke my waye for my repast into the fieldes where I found the barren ground fruitfull proffering foorth plentifullye her increase and the naked trees fullye pollished and couered with leaues in the braunches wherof the chrping birdes the more to augment my solace rendred foorth their well tuned concords the sillye Larke mounting aloft towardes the fyrmamente r●ndred foorth his ratling noates of ioye the Thrustle coake the Mauice and euery byrde in his kinde obserued his proper and ●omely harmonye And thus as on rapt or rauished with ioye Syr Phaebus with his trampling steedes rainging through the Christaline skies in the Charit of Phaaeton making his asendent to the top of the hiest Spyhre I was constrained partly through wearinesse and partly the heate of the daye increasing to sit me down vnder a Betch tree the braunches wherof semed a Fortresse to shielde me from the partching gleames of tryumphing Tytan But as my glauncing eyes beganne to suruaye the nature and effectes of gallaunt Aestas so also did I call to memory how Boreas bustering blastes and Hyems hoarye froastes conuerted those present pleasures that Ver brought foorth to nothing and in fine defaced them as though they had not bene ▪ so that both those seasons I gathered did presayg vnto me the ficklenesse of our courssing tyme and the shortnesse of our transitory dayes the flowrishing flowers which long had bin shrowded in the bowels of the earth beganne not onelye to prognosticate to me our estates lyuing her in ●ollitie But also set foorth aptlye in theyr kindes howe and whereto we were subiected the pollished trees serued as a scoolemayster to publishe vnto mee our hard and heauy hazardes in this terrestriall vale of mysery and immortalitye the lesson that by them I learned was worthye to be considered For the marke they bad me ame at was Death and yet after Death as they through the sweete deawes and sauory showers did florish and prosper againe after they were wythered away so also gaue they intelligence to me that disspight of death and graue by the myghty prouidence of GOD all creatures should arise from theyr slumber and come before the trybunall seate of the almighty where the faythful should be rewarded with eternall lyfe and the vnbeleeuing recompenced with endlesse torments But as I sat discoursing these causes Sol hasting with speedinesse towardes the Occident Tyme gaue me charge to repayre towardes my lodging whiche attayned I entred into my former Muse and tooke my penne in hand mynding to haue written some Pamphlet in these my former discourses But loe contrary to my expectation Mercury the messinger of Iubiter arested myne eyes with Sopor In which season Morpheius as it were in a vision set before myne eyes to my thinking a very p●ttifull spectacle ▪ For there appeared vnto me a Noble Lady compassed with care pursued by dolour shoared vp with perfyte patience amidst her extremities and lastly so supported with trueth that paysing her infortunes which seemed in shoe incredible and therewithall her constancye in sufferinge calamities I could not but wonder on while I lamented her estate another while I tryumphed in her ▪ Whose patience as a Bulwarke was readye to beare the brunts of fickle Fortune thus one while drowned in griefe and e●t againe comforted by hoape at laste I waked and looking behinde me ▪ I beheld me thought the personages present with whome in my slumber before I had beene acquainted and therewith all the trueth began to speake vnto me perswading me first to set aside all feare and to marke sith I had purposed to writ some matter conserning the mutabilities of the tyme what that Noble Ladye woulde di●course vnto me For that she had felte in this lyfe the fulnesse of Fortunes fallaces to 〈◊〉 heastes I gaue my selfe willinglye rather encour●●ed good Ladyes by the trueth then settling vpon 〈◊〉 owne skill to take so waighty an attempt in 〈…〉 thus she began her tale as followeth which 〈…〉 freendlye and faythfull farewel is rendred into your hands that feare GOD lead your lyues loyally and are louers of virtue whose reward in this lyfe is honor and after the graue to the vtter foyle of Death eternall fame and the ritch and glorious kingdome purchased by Christ at the last day The which place God of his infinite bounty and goodnesse for his anointed Sons sake graunt you Vestrae salutis dignitatisque studiosissimus I. Phillippus Reginij Cantabrigiensis Collegi● Alumnus Faultes escaped in the Printing The fourth Page the third stafe the forth line for the eight Henrye of fame reade a Prince of fame The sixt page the first stafe the third linne our substance is death reade our substance is earth The sixteene page the third line and third staf● for to coast for vnitie reade no coast for vniti● The nineteene page the last verse fourth line for were born● him to obay read were bound him to oba● ¶ A freendly Farewell geuen to Honorable and vertuouse Ladyes GOod Ladies al your listning eares I ●raue Til time my tale be fully brought to end Though y my corps be subiect to the graue Yet vouch awhile to heare your faythful freend To you these lines for my farewell I sende Accept them then and reade them for my sake And of my name a new memoriall make I néede not shew to you my bloud and byrth Nor parentage de●eruing high renowne That thing was knowne whilst I enioyd y earth though now of late Parchas hath cut me downe Henry the seauenth that ware the royall crowne Of England was my Grandfather most deare As plaine by proofe Historians witnesse beare My Grandam hight

I wept the young wight the Duke Norfolckes Sonne That for my loue did his lyfe in bondes paye And yelded his corps to 〈…〉 claye To banish my cares and my blisse to augment Th erle Lennox for me the king did prouide To whose ●east of trueth I gaue my consent Euen he was my spowse and I his true bryde Unto my Lorde stedfast my fayth was tryde By whome in wedlocke eyght Children I had Our cares to diminish and make our hartes glad But death vnto lyfe found dayly a foe Six of our Children away from vs ●ent In tender youth he layed them downe lowe Whose losse with teares we much did lament But yet with Gods will we stoode well content Whose diuine working we could not withstand● Who maketh and killeth in turning a hande But anew t' inlarge our myrth and our glée A Prince to the king myne Unckle he sent And Edward the sixt then named was he Whose byrth of the commons the ioyes did augment But after alas dire death from me hent The king mine Unckle a Prince worthy fame Whose actes through the world reuiueth his name No meruaile it was though then I were woe My griefes did increase my playntes did abound● And with me all England theyr ●obes did bestowe To waile for his want moast highly renounde To Fren●chmen and Skots a scourge he was found● Their B●lwarkes he racst and sackt many 〈◊〉 ▪ Yet Ma●ger his myght death sent him to moulde A Mars he was name● such was his power He gloried in fight to vaunt sworde and shield With thump of Canon he sackt many tower He with fire and sword his foes forcst to yeld Not Hector could gayne more honor in fielde Then Henry the eight in battell hath wone Yet death to the graue constraind him to ronne Thus here you may sée that death is the wight That neyther spares king Kaisar nor Prince He will not be hyred death all doth smyght The Conqueror he dreades not to conuince 〈◊〉 fauours no towne he cares for no Prouince No Canon can scare him of this be you bould Death stricketh all states they must turne vnto mould The death of the kinge the Commons did gréeue Yet did his seede theyr solace swéete increase King Edward the syxt theyr cares did releeue Who planted in England tranqu●●●tie and peace Of Scotland he gan the rage for to cease And calmed the brages of the harby vniust To wh●se smooth tongue he had smale cause to trust King Edward the syxt enioying the Crowne Was cut downe by death in his tender yeares Whose name yet liueth deseruiug renowne Report to the Clowdes his prayses pure reares His losse to Brittaine procured salt teares Bewayled he was in porte and in towne ●re seauen yeares were past death cut him downe Soone after him then Quéene Mary did sucseede The Scepter and Sword came to her hande 〈◊〉 cut her downe also death doubtlesse decreed When she not sixe yeares had ruled this lande Before those Princes I constant did stande My trueth vnblemisht I faythfull was found Obedience and trueth was my chiefest ground Quéene Mary disceast to Englands great ioy Elizabeths grace attained the crowne Who laboured her subiects to shielde from anoy Gods trueth she aduaun●st and fasehood put downe Through Europ is blowen her highnesse renowne Whose flowring fame brauncheth lyke tholiue gréene Tryumph you Brittaines in your royall Quéene For since that Brutus this Land did atchieue Her lycke ●ath not béene of this be you boulde For wisedome a Saba your blisse to reuiue You all do possesse then let be extoulde Her vertue to skies let each tongue vnfoulde The praise of this Quéene a Princesse of peace Who s●ekes of the commons the ioyes to increase Like Iudeth she sittes with sworde in her hande To daunt Holophernus and beate downe his pryde By her the thrée graces continue and stande About her princely seate Sibelles abide Such fate list Ioue for this your Quéene prouide The Musesnine with hyr good grace to dwell For prudent skyll your Princes doth excell With in her brest Iustice a place hath pyght And in her mercy welds the supreme sway The poore opprest to helpe she doth delight Her hand is prest to shield them from decay To al the fruites of loue she doth display Her eares attend to heare each subiects wrong Lyke Saba she her subiectes rules among The sacred Nimph that noble Vesta hight Within her bower accompanies this Quéene Like Phebus rayes her glorye glisters bright Adornde she sit● with Lawrill lasting gréene ▪ Pernassus mount to scale this Prince is seene Of Helicon that Riuer running cl●●re To taste her fill our Pandra hath desyre The scepter she like sad Cassandra swa●es Corinna like augmentes her learned skill Then Triton sée in haste thou take thy wayes To spred her fame with taunting trumpet shrill Extoll our Quéene of God be loued still Whose word and will dispight of Chacus yre She to defende hath settled true desyre Her conntryes weale to worke her hart is bent Haute Hydrais head she hath cut of indéede Each Minataure by skill she doth preuent That in her ●oyle of strife would sow the séede ▪ The woolfe she quailes the lambe she séekes to feede With pleasant mylke and honey passing pure ▪ God graunt on earth her grace may long indure Whose blessed dayes all faythfull hartes assent On be●●ed knées of ruling Ioue to craue With all your powers let hartes and tongus consent To pray to God this ruling roase to saue Thrise Nestors yeares wish that her grace may haue And as her loue to God is faythfull séene So pray alway that God may shielde our Quéene In court my lyfe with soueraine mind I lead To whom my fayth most loyall I behight When I thought least a cause of care was bread To banish blisse and thrust my ioyes to flight I felt the force of cruell Fortunes spight A web of woe she tought my handes to wea●e As by my tale ye shall anon perceaue Myne eldest Sonne Lord Darly namd of right From England went to Skotland this is plaine Mary the Queene his presence did delight And for him did of Skotland rule ordaine Wedded they were and he theyr king did raine And God on the earth to maintaine theyr peace Did geue them a Prince their ioyes to increace The Quéene of England Elizabethes grace And Charles of Fraunce the king this is plaine Did baptise the Prince this is a plai●● case Against which season I lyst not to faine Our royall Quéene certes a fount did ordaine Of fine pure goulde most cunningly wrought Loue to establish she in this sorte sought ▪ Charles Iames this Prince at the fount they then named Whose byrth to my state did yéelde some delight But Fortune afresh my new sorrow framed My honey with gall she saucst through her spight The king my Sonne a wise worthy wight Alack my tongue fayntes the sequ●ll to shoe Without his desert did purchase a foe