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B00633
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A theater of delightfull recreation.
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Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?
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abode I that was like my all-creating God I being endude with admirable feature I that had Lordly rule of euery creature Oh I to whom all graces did abound Of all God made am most ingratefull found Come wofull Eue as I shar'd sinne with thee Bring euery teare thou hast and mourne with mee I tooke the fruite with thee that brought these feares Do thou take woe with me oh ioyne in teares We that in grace and glory late haue bin Are falne from God by disobedient sin Weepe thou for hearkning what the Serpent sayd And I will weepe for being both betrayd Weepe thou for yeelding first to his perswasion And I will weepe for giuing me occasion Let both our soules with sorrow be repleate Because we both haue bene seduc'd to eate When in the coole of day Gods voice I heard O how my senses trembled then I feard And sought to hide me from his angry face Foole as I was he sees in eu'ry place Where art thou Adam said he that where art Was euen a hell of horror to my hart With fig-leaues wrapt I to the Lord replide For shame of nakednesse I do me hide Who told thee of thy nakednes said hee Hast thou not eate of the forbidden tree Concerning which I said thou shouldest not Then for my selfe this bad excuse I got The woman that thou gau'st with me to liue Why she did of that fruite vnto me giue Then said he Woman why hast thou done this She said The Serpent causd me do amisse But these excuses no way could vs free Gods curses were ponounc'd against all three Yea euen the earth was cursed for my sake And I enioyned paines therewith to take By toylsome labour and in weary sweate To make my hands the earners of my meate Then did my dreadfull sin-incensed Lord Appoint a Cherubin with fiery sword To keepe the passage to the tree of life Driuing me forth of Eden with my wife Death at my heeles and Misery beside me My enemy the Diuell to deride me Cloath'd with a leather coate of dead beasts skins Which garment made me mindfull of my sins And the reward due to me for the same My outside death my inside sinne and shame Now seruile labour for my selfe I found I got a spade and fell to dig the ground For from earths bountie nothing I could gaine Vnlesse I bought it with the price of paine If I in Paradise had neuer bin Farre lesse perplexitie I should be in My doubts and feares and all my sorrowes grow That I true happinesse did tast and know To say I had to thinke If I had knowne Are of themselues torments enough alone Yet hope encounters comfort by the way Iehouah to the Serpent thus did say Betwixt you shall an enmitie be bred The womans seed shall breake the Serpents head This confidence preuents hels friend Despaire A second Adam shall with grace repaire The ruines that the first hath sinfull made On this foundation let the faith be laid Of all my ofspring sinne from me ensude Sinne death and hell by him shall be subdude When man was ouercome by Sathans euill He lost the Paradice where he was placed When man by grace shall ouercome the diuell He shall gaine heauen whence that fiend was chased He conquering vs did cause Gods wrath increase We conquering him with God shall be at peace Caines horror of minde for the inhumane murder of his Brother BEhold the wretched heire of all the earth Most gracelesse man bloudy accursed Caine The first that in this world hath had his birth The worst that euer shall be borne againe In conscience so tormented and distrest I haue not one calme thought of quiet rest If wofull Adam when he fell from grace In such a feare of his transgression stood That he did hide him from Iehouahs face What shall I do being all imbrude in blood Whose blood My brothers what a wicked man Oh no most iust my conscience witnesse can I did present the Lord with my oblation My brother offered vp his sacrifice And that of his was held in estimation Mine nothing set by in th' Almighties eyes Whereat affection from him I estranged And vnto wrath my countenance I changed Why art thou angry said the Lord to me Why doth thy lookes seeme other then to fore If thou do well it will returne to thee If thou do ill sinne lieth at the dore Vnto dominion and to rule aspire And Abel shall incline to thy desire But what he spake my heart regarded not Wrath stopt mine eares and would not let me heare For when my brother in the field I got I lifted vp my hand against him there And that same stroke which did his life controule Kild him a body and my selfe a soule What heard I then oh this Caine Where 's thy brother When desp'rate wretch I did this answer make Am I his keeper do we gard each other What charge do we of one another take What hast thou done said God thy deed is found For Abels blood cries vengeance from the ground Euen from the earth thou art accursed now Whose mouth receiu'd the blood thy hand hath shed No profit though thou till shall it allow The strength of it shall from thy vse be fled Be thou a vagabond and fugitiue That neuer shalt in any action thriue Then in the horror of my soule I spake As desp'rate most vnworthy wretch to liue No sute of mercy purposing to make My sinne is greater then thou canst forgiue Nothing but vengeance I expect to find For there 's no roome for sorrow in my mind Behold this day I am an outcast made And from the vpper face of th' earth I go Thy countenance thou likewise hast denaid One looke of fauour neuer to bestow And whosoeuer findes me out he will Euen murder me as I did Abel kill Feare and Despaire and I all three in one My wofull heart do into shares deuide But greedy Feare would haue it all alone Till I and blacke Despaire grew stronger side And then we two together did incline That all my heart should be Despaires and mine And now I do all that Despaire would haue me Being resolute resolu'd on euill thus For my iniquitie God cannot saue me There is no grace that can do good for vs Leade on Despaire with sinne I will go hide me Gods iustice comes his grace can nere abide me The dreadfull burning of sinfull Sodome IT was about meridian of the day When Phoebus in his height of burning sway Did like vnto a giant runne his race About the spheare of his celestiall place That Abraham the blessed man of God At his tent doore for his repose abode Where lifting vp his eyes behold stood three Of Angels nature seeming men to bee With reuerence he bowed to the ground And said my Lord if I haue fauour found Passe not away but here refresh with mee Vnder the shadow of this pleasant tree Then presently with greatest speed he went
please shall be mine onely care I le bow I le smile I le kindly giue embrace And shew a cheerfull looke a louing face With Dauids gouernment dislike I le find Faining much griefe and passion of the mind For euery wronged and oppressed wight And wish that I had powre their cause to right From Gilo for Ahitophel I le send And worke that Counsellor to be my friend With euery sort making my faction strong Which done I le do no right nor take no wrong My father growes already in disgrace And Semei hath cursde him to his face Threw stones at him and did him thus vpbraid Come forth thou man of Belial he said The Lord hath brought reuenge vpon thy head For all the blood that of Sauls house is shed This doth discourage him animate me And tels my soule that I a King must be March on braue Isralites resolued powers Victoriously preuaile the day is ours Wee l pitch our battell in this Ephraim wood Here let dead bodies glut the earth with blood Here Dauids crowne is either won or lost Here in this place it must his kingdome cost Here of our liues we will be prodigall And that great monarch into question call Draw forth your swords let courage be their guide The controuersie of a crowne decide Either a King and all my foes conuince Or let me not remaine one hower Prince Oh cruell battell fatall bloody day Vnto my death some mortall wound make way We are subdude euen twentie thousand slaine Our scattred bodies on the earth remaine What shall I do or whither shall I flie It is no matter any where to die For shelter into this huge wood I le ride Come on Despaire be thou misfortunes guide Day turne to darknesse and entinguish light And wrap my treason vp in vapory night Let not a little bird presume to sing Wither you trees and leaues and each greene thing Post on poore Mule and spare no speed to run Thy riders race of life is almost done My royall birth is now of no esteeme My rarest beautie will deformed seeme Vengeance is come Gods iudgement lights on mee I am caught hold off by a senslesse tree For my ambition thus I mount on hie For pride my lockes are ropes to hang me by Yonder comes Ioab now my end is neare He brings my death vpon his bloody speare Come pierce me captaine rid this life from hence Fearefull my end and grieuous my offence Dauids deare issue Absolom the faire Hangs without mercie bleeding in the aire Ahitophels wisedome conuerted to follie HOw is disgrace imposde vpon my head That for my counsell haue bene honored All Israel haue said Ahitophel Speakes euen as doth the heau'nly oracle T was my aduise none plotted it but I The Prince with 's fathers concubines should lie And he embrac'd it and it sorted well For as our expectation was it fell And shall I chiefest states-man in the land That still in high affaires haue had a hand Be crost by Husai the Arachite No first vpon my selfe shall vengeance light I said t was best chose out twelue thousand men And set on Dauid weary tired then That instant night being ouerworne and weake The hearts of all his people this would breake Vpon my life it was the onely way Yet Husai hath crost it with his nay He sayes that Dauid and his men be strong Th' are valiant and haue had experience long And like a Beare rob'd of her whelpes they be All this the Prince approues reiecting me Thus of my wonted honor I haue mist But from this day giue counsell he that list I le home and take an order for my pelfe And then giue counsell how to hang my selfe My house shall be in order ere I die Then for my life another course haue I Though out of order to the world it seeme Despaire and I thereof do well esteeme Not on my weapons point I meane to fall As did the desperate King resolued Saul But to some fatall tree I will repaire And hang my breathlesse bodie in the ayre Life I detest thee thou art almost done Time hold thy hand with me the glasse is run Honor farewell and in dishonor now I will go hang thee vp vpon some bough It was vaine honor did my heart intice And now I le sell it for a halters price All I haue learn'd in earthly honors schoole Is worldly wise man proues a heauenly foole Salomons censure in the two Harlots controuersie TWo harlots striuing with each other Would both vnto one child be mother And did to Wisdomes King complaine That he true iustice would maintaine My Lord said one iustice I craue Sayes tother iustice let me haue We both within a house do lie She had a child and so haue I Betweene their births but three dayes space Pray heare me I beseech your grace Her child my Soueraigne in the night Of life she hath depriued quite She smoothred it as I suppose And about midnight then she rose I being fast asleepe God wot My liuing child away she got And thrust her dead one vnto me This is as true as true may be When in the morning I did wake Intending mine owne child to take And giue it sucke I found it dead Which when I did behold with dread Viewing it well with weeping eyne I plainely saw t was none of mine The tother harlot did reply An 't please your Grace this is a lie I neuer changed child for child Neither will I be thus beguild To take hers dead for mine aliue Would God that I might neuer thriue If that the liuing be not mine Thou liest said tother t is not thine Thou shalt not dame delude me so My louing babe I well do know The very cheekes the eyes the nose The mothers fauour plainly showes Thy selfe I will be sworne did say T was wondrous like me tother day And now forsooth it is your owne How shamelesse Lord this world is growne My gracious Prince sayes tother heare Vpon my soule great King I sweare If with this child she haue to do Then she is mother of them two The dead child is her owne in troth Now this she claimes so shee le haue both I do deny the dead said she The liuing child belongs to me Oh God art thou so voide of shame Another womans fruite to claime Wilt thou stand stout in that 's vntrue And say my infant is thy due When in thy conscience thou art sure The paines for it I did endure The mothers griefe when it was borne Fie wicked woman I would scorne To beare so bad and leud a mind I grieue thou art of woman kind Then said the King this strife I le end You both for one liue child contend That child I le with a sword deuide And giue to each of you a side A iust diuision I will make And halfe a child shall either take Then spake the mother whose it was Dread Lord let no such sentence passe