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Time is a turne-coate. Or Englands three-fold metamorphosis VVherin is acted the pensiue mans epilogomena, to Londons late lamentable heroicall comi-tragedie. Also a panegyricall pageant-speech or idylion pronounced to the citie of London, vpon the entrance of her long expected comfort. Written by Iohn Hanson.
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Hanson, John, fl. 1604.
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STC 12750; ESTC S118582
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tranquile Calme to surging seas of Cares From silent Mansion to a masse of Snares But rather wish in darke Obliuion cast Without a Being then on Earth be plac'd To gaze vpon the Suns bright Orient His Beames Meridian course and Occident The worlds delights would hold in spitefull scorne Intirely wishing he should ne're be borne This was obserued by the Drausians And as an Axiome high decretall stands That when a Babe from fruitfull wombe did rise Would mourne weepe and lament in wondrous wise For that they knew he was brought foorth to stand In this fraile Orbe as on the shiuering sand Readie to sinke into the depth of Feares Enuiron'd round with intricate Despaires But when one died then gladly they reioyce With rauishing Musicks-simphonizing voice In this respect they held him then set free From out the vale of cankred Miserie Thus Man by Nature is conceiu'd in wo From generatiue Seed continues so Still turn'd about with Times soft motion Disturbed-wise as Sysiphus rolles his stone Or boyling Eurypus which hurles along With neuer-ceassing Agitation Fast marching forward like a Souldier braue Yet step by step descends fast to his graue Till the last trauell of his mother Earth Shall purge him with regeneratiue Birth But in earths warre prepare heau'ns furniture That in thy death of life thou maist be sure As Nauigators first forgo the sight Of friends and next of cities faire and bright And finally lanch out from banke and shore With resolution ne're to see them more So Man 's depriued first of Infancie Next of his Youth and strong Virilitie In fine out-worne with his vnwealdie Age Loseth the sight of this Orbes spacious stage When hoarie Eld his stooping backe doth bend With concau'd eyes viewes then his rest and end Thus pedetentim Man exhales his breath If not preuented by immediate Death Euen as the Dials shade depos'd from Rest In one dayes space doth course from East to West By circumuersion slily passeth by Gradatim wise yet not discern'd with Eye So Man craules on twixt earth and heau'ns bright raies Towards the west and welking of his daies Yet knowes not when grim Death shall stop the race Of his lifes houres mouing with gentle pace As nothing is more sure then losse of Breath So nought's vnsurer then the kinds of Death Aeterna Lex hath sacredly described From whence th' euent of Life and Death 's deriued A generall vniformall path from Wombe But various by-waies to the graue and tombe As diuers ships lanch from one port and deepe Yet sundrie waies vpon the Surges sweepe Some bound for East to frost-bit Scythia Others for West to faire America Some subiect faile to Austers briefe controules Others range through breeme Boreas frozen poles So all atchieuc one entrance from their birth But various passage to their grandam Earth How many plunge to tristall timelesse fall As may appeare by proofes Authenticall By Murther Shipwracke Beasts Eluuion By Fire by Sword by Wars confusion By Famine Pestilence Earths Miserie By wondrous Accidents throwne downe from hie By Thundring Lightning Tempests that arise By desperate Sprites and damned Fallacies By Ioy by Penurie by Wealth by Wo Some apprehend vnnaturall ouerthrow By Nonnage Youth Old-age some strangely hie To the darke Mansion of Obscuritie Young Drusus Pompey Claudius lineall heire Amidst his sport was choaked with a Peare Eurypides was torne with dogs alone Anacreon stifled with a Raisins stone And Catulus pursuing timelesse death With stinking smoke did suffocate his breath When Marius souldiers swiftly did pursue Imbrac'd this death a better to eschue Valerius Carus Emp'rors great through might Perished by thunder and celestiall Light Plinie was burnt by wondrous fires that blaz'd From mount Vesuvius whereon still he gaz'd To comprehend the nature of that light Wherewith his dayes were consumated quite And hundreds mo which might in tragicke verse Be instanced too tedious to rehearse Thus various stands Times imminent turne of Men They know to die yet know not where nor when The heau'ns bright Eye knowes whē t' include his raies But Man knowes not the Vesper of his daies So whether thou incline to Good or Ill Or frame thy heart to Natures wilfull Will Or plant such trees which bring foorth bitter fruit In thy Soules soyle following with hote pursuit Earths soure-sweet Pleasures various in their tasts Yet still thy Lampe combusts thy lifes Oyle wasts Wheeling about with blasts of whirle-wind Time To Deaths darke den of dust and putride slime Admit thou reapst Youths flourishing verdant flours And ouer-runne the glasse of Nestors houres Yet at the last Lifes roote will withered be And stocke traduc'd to grosse Morositie The Sap once dried Life instantly is gone Euen as a Dreame or Apparition And as greene fruites by ripenesse fall from tree Or sparkes which of themselues extinguish'd be So Nature must thy fruitlesse branches send To the succincting Period of their end Then let this Dish be seru'd last at thy Feast Memento mori VIR incertus est He that his Soule to sinfulnesse doth bend Let him recount the Sorrowes of his End Whē heau'ns shril Trump shal rowze him frō his sleep And Goates sequestred from the harmlesse Sheepe Before the generall ludge shall he be brought To plead Peccaui for each triuiall Thought Like as his life shall be his Death and end VVhat Death abandons Iudgements apprehend VVhat Life and Death in Good or Ill defrayes The Iudge in iudgement to his Soule repayes Heau'ns work-men then their wages shall be paid VVhen slouthfull slugs in Dungèon shall be laid VVhere Fire shall burne yet not consume them quite Nor to their comfort yeeld them any Light There shall they die in life and liue to die Such Horrors waité on hels Eternitie O London meekely prostrate on thy knee Fore heau'ns great King with pure Sinceritie Reuolue his praise Creator of that Day VVherein the Organs of thy Senses play VVho hath preseru'd thee from Sedition From thirstie Sword and staru'd Occision Better it is a thousand times for Sin To fall into the hands of God then men For brunt of fierie Wars are mercilesse But God in mercie will thy woes redresse This caus'd the princely Prophet wars refuse By inspiration Pestilence did chuse Thou that art poisoned with this fierce disease And fierie torments furiously increase If all externall Remedies were gone Haue thou recourse to heau'ns Phisition Perfume the inward roomes of thy Desites With sauours sweet and holy-heated Fires Moisten thy couch with reares for thy offence To quench the flames of burning Pestilence Sing sadly foorth to Heau'n this sacred Dittie Thus stirre Iehoua to soules-sauing pitie If thou shouldst search the poysoned heart of man If thou in ludgement shouldst his indgements scan If thou shouldst view how vile his Nature is If thou shouldst notice take what 's done amisse Then would his name be written in the aire Then would Obliuion wrap him in Despaire Then would he ne're atchieue Heau'ns crowning Fame Then
vpon the high confronting mount He fram'd a Doue of wood by Art so rate That for some space perpended midst the aire Seeming aliue and counterpois'd so right Was thought to flie most strange to humane sight So shall thy Muses from sweet Sapience Infuse their Thoughts with powerfull Influence The learn'd Thalia that doth on Pernasse dwell Shall Nectar quaffe from Aganyppe's well That they with deepe Designes may moue delight Beyond the motions of sharpe Reasons sight From midst their Rarities shall Caliope sing Great King of kings protect king IAMES our King Now genious Muse drinke of Castalian Springs Then soare aloft with swift Pegasian wings And mounting Euolence to th'ingenious braine There bid thy turret-climing sprite remaine Suruiue thy Thoughts ere all the Musick 's done With Pallas daunce in this Idilion Let Phoebus rauishing Lute thy Musicke be Salute great Pan with this Panygerie Diuine Apollo Harbinger to Ioue To Earth descend from mouing sphaeres aboue With thy bright Chariot by proud Eôus led Where heau'nly Queenes are high enthronized That they as Guards may waite with rare delight On Albions Caesars royalized sprite Let faire Sophia seate the chiefest part In the Bed-chamber of his peerelesse heart That by conuerse she may pure Motions lend From whence all Motions draw successefull end Let louely Phronesis with cleare Diamonds dight Be euer resident fore his Princely sight Feeding with her bright Shine his piercing Eye To search the drifts of wresting Sophistrie So sincere Truth shall chieue the vpper hand Ore-topping Vice while she amaz'd doth stand Let Melôs tune her siluer-sounding Song Within the groues of his minds Motion That Heau'ns Astraea sacred queene of Grace Iust measures there may tread with loftie trace Soter vnsheath thy neuer-danted sword Strike downe-right Blowes as full-eyes can affoord With strict attendance on his right side stand Mercy on left t' asswage thy rigorous hand And counterpoise thy scales with Paritie Reiecting squint-eyed Partialitie Then shall thy Deitie be ador'd of all Congratulated both of great and small As bright-eyed Eôus Don Phoebus Page Attends his Maisters sweating Pilgrimage Sliding vpright with burning flames accrude To his Meridian climing altitude And then descends till his hote taske be done Towards the Wests extracted Horizon So let these glorious Empresses attend Vpon his Acts from Alpha to the end That by their Conduct he may view the way To dignifie his Throne and Scepter sway Pursuing still his princely Thoughts with speed That their rich fruites th' Euent may alwaies feed As ' Numa was suppos'd to spend each day In deepe conuersing with Egeria By whose aduice he constituted Lawes Consorting to the Vulgar sorts applause So by sweet Conference with all of these Shall he prescribe his Lawes Acts and Decrees Which in their good Successe shall stand vpright Fore mightie Ioue fore Heau'n and humane sight Then Albion thou abundantly increase In Wealth Tranquilitie and ioy full Peace For that 's true Peace which Ius to kingdomes brings Kings subiect to their Lawes not Lawes to Kings Now Mercurie surnam'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plume thy light wings make hast no time delay Be swifter then Palladius Persian That through the Romaine Confines quickly ran To Theodosius where he did remaine Shewing The Romaines had the Persians slaine Desist not then if thou wilt purchase name To thrust this Motto in the chaps of Fame Al-seeing Ioue faire Albions isle hath blest With a renowmed King and tranguile Rest. Whose Vertue glistering from his stately Throne Giues sight vnto his Substitutes each one Euen as the Sun with his transcendent Light Tiends all the twinkling Candles of the Night Faire Phoebe daunce on Ganges argent streames Dan Titan laugh with bright-reflecting Beames Protract thy course from burning Ida's hill Commaund thy burnisht coach to wander still Vnder the starrie Round and third Degree Till Earth be crown'd with Angels dignitie Great Court of Heau'n thy Synode counite T' adorne his heart with crownes of true Delight That neighbour-kings admiring at his state His Princely steps may striue to imitate And that by Soueraigne blisse his Raigne may be A rare Memoriall to Eternitie O blisfull Concord bred in Heau'ns pure brest For Albions sacred and assured Rest By Ioue who rules the restlesse ranging skie By thy Decree that glorious power doth lie With sweet Accord to keepe the pugnant stars And each foule Planet from disastrous wars Celestiall Ens that Earths Ens fram'd of nought And by Creation Light from Darknesse brought Thou that refin'd those vitall Elements From the confused Chaos quintessence By whom we liue respire moue stand and be Compounded of indifferent Qualitie Thou that commandst Heau'ns Axletree to moue Vpon the distant Poles the Sphaeres aboue To turne with measured Course and neuer stay From Agitation neither Night nor Day Yet in the midst Earth hast thou fram'd so fast That shall perdure till Heau'ns huge Frame doth wast Thou art that First and last things dost pretend Yet sans Beginning and without an End Thy glorious Power doth comprehend each one Yet comprehended canst thou be of none Thou didst prepare the mountaine Ararat When the wide World in blind-fold Deluge sate To entertaine the waue-tost Arke with Rest From whence each Kind abundantly increast In thee in thee such powerfull glorie bides From thee such Lenitie and Friendship slides As may commaund this Vniuerse to bend As mortall Ens can neuer comprehend By thy Decree the lustie Cedars spring The bloomie Ver abundant fruites doth bring Thou dost increase the grouth of Sommers seed For to supply the breeme-fac'd Winters need Thou dost inspire the hearts of peerelesse Peeres In ripening Youth to chuse their flourishing Feeres And looke how fast to Death Man payes his due So fast againe dost thou his Stocke renue As by this President Albion now may see Who doth inioy IAMES royall Maiestie To whom I wish long long and happie Raigne Wherein he may the Gospell pure maintaine Old Nestors yeares ô Heau'ns let him excell And be a Father graue in Israel Grant sacred Ioue his royall Stocke to stand His Branch to flourish in faire Albions Land So long as Titan treades Heau'ns siluer tracke To analize Times compleat Zodiacke Till Time himselfe leaue turning of his cote And Phoebus cease to strike Time rauishing note Thus each true English heart sincerely pray And he that seekes his Person to betray Fierce Proserpina with her Daughters three Shall dragge his soule to cole-blacke Tartarie To fearefull Hades or the darkest Hell Where nought but Diuels and damned Spirits dwell Meane time my genious Muse this Note shall sing Heau'ns prosper IAMES the Britons lawfull King CECINI Nuncibo intereà Pernassi in rupibus altis Donec Musa iterum in beat me exire latebo PASTORALL PANEGYRICKS Iacobo Regiaeterna Gloria In Winters wracke the torrents rage and flow And sheapheards forc'd to leaue their pleasant rockes Cold-wrinkled furrowes seated in his brow Out bids them driue their weather-beaten Flockes But mightie Pan commannds a Cedar spring Out of whose roote faire-flourishing Branches grow Rising in heighth Heau'ns Quire about him sing Each loftie Oake doth pure Alleigeance show Graze now ye tender Lambes skip and repast In fruitfull Groues vnder this Cedar shroud Esteeme not of fierce AEolus blustring blast Turne not from fields when mists bright Titan cloud Eager Phaea the wild Cremonian Sow Rauening abroad and searching for her prey Nought can obtaine but dreadfull ouerthrow As Flocks suruine she surfets in decay Great Cedar spread in lasting glorie spring Leaues Viburnes Flowers All shall sing thy praise Our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Astraea's King Recrown'd be thou with neuer-fading Baies In Albions Groue flourish thy royall Bloud As long as Riuers flow and Cedars bud Astra Deo nil maius habent nil Caesare terra Sic Caesar terras vt Deus astra regat Anna valeat Regina Astraea peeping from the skie Nymphs and Satyres gaz'd to spie Nature worke her owne Despaire And foile her selfe to frame that Faire Vp Flockes and dance pipe rusticke Swaines All fragrant flowers adorne the plaines Loe Astraea comes at hand Euer Lucina by her stand Astraea glideth from the aire To guild the Groues she fairest Faire Reuiues the Plants recures the Sprayes Eternall be her Crowne of Bayes Gaze may the Sun with splendant Bright In darke doth she surpasse his Light Now sweet Muses ye behold Astraea trip on earthly Mold Semper virescas Henricus Princeps vivat Ho Syluanes Nymphs leape from your siluer lake Erect your viols fil'd with golden praise Now Satyres sing your Cynicke Cels far sake Rodanus thy madide beard from Riuers raise In sweet agree Come sing with me Vnto that Starre that deignes to glide these waies Sweet Flora now imbellish thy faire Bowers Paris thou shepheards Ioy Heau'ns musicke bring Reuolue thy Lils tripping amongst these flowers Infuse rare Tunes and rurall Paeans sing Note his bright Face Combin'd with Grace Eccho with Aues bid the mountaines ring Phoebus intraile him with thy golden ray So fragrant Clores Sommers verdant Queene Vnto his Progresse thy vert shades display Inuellop him around with Chaplets greene Vnto this Shrine All ioyes diuine To Heau'n a Sun to earth a Load-starre seene Sempersplendescas ἘΠΙΜΕΛΩΔΕΣ Laeta sit ista Dies totumque canenda per orbē Qua Princeps nobis Rexque IACOBVS erit Plebs pia cumque pia laetetur plebe Senatus Redde Deo grates ANGLIA tota tuo Attulit illa Dies fessis miserisque Leuamen Et Lumen caecis attulitilla Dies Tempora temporibus mutantur tristia laetis Succedunt summis Gaudia summa Malis FINIS * Semper lachrimabat Qui Dro repugnant * Midnight * The Geddesse of Mirth * Wisdome * Prudēce * Concord * Iustice * Day-star * Light-soot * Roma