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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07484	The legend of Humphrey Duke of Glocester. By Chr: Middleton	Middleton, Christopher, 1560?-1628.	1600 (1600)	STC 17868; ESTC S120082	18,980	48

earth lay sadly mantelled Pluckes in their pale heads as asham'd and sorry He should so farre exceede themselues in glory 14 So did the world wherein this worthy was Admire the more then common gifts he had Wondring how such a worke should come to passe And with aboundant mellancholie sad Frets out their liues in enuy and dispaire For with his life no life could ere compare 15 And had he not been royall in his birth Yet had his matchlesse learning and his wit From meanor rootes as fayre a branch brought foorth For King-borne blouds to shrowd them vnder it For Wit and Learning are two Angels wings By which meane men soares vp to mighty things 16 Ah woe the while our age neglects that same Would our great men would immitate his course Then should their vertues adde vnto their name More noblenesse and after death inforce A new liues date whose lymits should extend Beyond all ages after time shall end 17 His youth not vainely spent in idle sports Such as be-witches young mens fantasies But seriously attending the resorts Of learned Councellors men of great degrees Made him an Atlas abler to sustaine The heauy burden of his Cousens Raigne 18 By how much straighter springs the new-set Pine By so much hope men of a fayre encrease But way-ward plants that crookedly decline That they should prooue good trees all men surcease The hope they haue of any further good And lets them dye regardlesse in the wood 19 So when the impes that springs from Royall stockes Keepes a straight passage through their vertuous youth O how that shew all mens desires prouokes That should increase still to a fairer growth Vntill it prooue a goodly broad-spred tree To shade poore shrubs from wrongs and iniury 20 So had mens hopes in him their full effect His godly youth sprung to a vertuous age Whose matchfull care was spent in the respect Of Countries welfare and he did ingage His substance and himselfe to doe much good To th' poore and such as most in daunger stood 21 And happy was the King whose infancy Was guided by so good a mans direction Whose care was not his owne commodity Nor for to satisfie priuate affection But to performe the charge he had in hand Protect the King for th'quiet of the land 22 Then was not iustice collour'd with deceipt Kept downe by might wrought vnto great mens wils Nor was her Schooles peis'd down with golden waights And shee that should correct colour mens ills But who did well by him were well regarded And wicked men with their deserts rewarded 23 Then Ruffling pride as light as vanity Rouz'd from her soft secure luxurious bed Banisht from hence liu'd in obscurity As on exilde from whence she first was bred And what sinnes else were great were all defac't And in their steeds religious vertues plac't 24 But see to what a ftaylty we are borne When as our best estate is sooh'st declyn'd Fayre dayes haue end and their delights out-worne Succeeeds darke nights cold stormes blustring wind Few men there were that had or ere shal haue Fortune continue constant to their graue 25 As stormes of hayle fal's on the rypen'd corne All vnexpected to the husbandman And shakes the full-fraught eares that had out-worne Colde heate drought wet and what soeuer can Decay the earths increase and now did stand Expecting but the gladsome Reapers hand 26 So fares it with this Duke whose young dayes spent In vertuous studies and true holines Sets downe himselfe now with a full intent To spend his weary age in quietnesse Thinking his holy life should this haue found Peace tending on his body to the ground 27 But ô sad times where nought but misery Stands ready to make pray on each estate Sometime she tends them from their infancy Vntill she sees their whole life ruinate Other men lets she grow to th' top of all Intending so to worke their greater fall 28 So Pompey in the midst of victory All vnexpected hapned on his end And Caesar in his greatest maiesty Vntimely murthred by his neerest friend Such are mens best estates more wretched they In greatest pompe most subiect to decay 29 And did the troubles of this world but tend On wicked men it were a iuster doome But soonest doe their iniuries extend To holy liues that hindering too soone The course of vertue fore it grew too great They may themselues establish in her seate 30 And had it not been so with this great man In what a glorious current had he runne Euen from the Royall spring where he began Downe to the Sea of honour nor there doone Had turn'd the strong tydes by his vertues force And made them striue to follow on his course 31 Why doth my labouring Muse so far proceede Exemplyfying of his worthy life And numbring his good gifts because indeed She 's loath to enter into such a strife As she must doe comparing but the ruth Of his sad age with th'onor of his youth 23 These were the younger sort but grauer men Whose plots and drifts sorts not to their effect With false surmizes slyly settles them To draw the Kings minde into some neglect Of the Dukes rule and by that enterprise Intise his youth to follow their aduise 33 And since the worlds first age what age was seen Wherein some fury rowz'd from th'deepest hell Possest not mens conceipts and still hath been Ready to plot and practise any ill Nor euer shall there be an age so cleare But in her smooth face shall some faults appeare 34 For as the brightest flame hath darkest smoake Bodyes their shadowes clearest springs theyr mud Whose enuious quallityes oft times prouoke Them to be ill who else would still be good Mud spoiles the spring smoake oft obscures the flame And vitious men enxies at vertues name 35 And which is more admir'd euen twixt two friends Rises sad discord I and such as were Link'd in the bonds of blood whose deedes should tend To mutuall friendship and should eleaue as neere As twin-borne bretheren whil'st they are intoombe Within the compasse of their mothers wombe 36 Great Henry Bewfoord Bishop of Winchester Neerely ally'd both to the Duke and King A man ambitious haughty not sincere And hollily affected seekes to bring By bad deuises vnderneath his hand The King the Nobles th'commons of the land 37 And hauing now inricht himselfe with store Of what was needfull for his great attempt As money friends authority and power Of men that nothing could his will preuent His great intendments what so ere they were But Glosters fore-sight in his dayly care 38 Kindles the first fire of that wofull age Whose flames coupling themselues with new allyes Which many after times could not aswage But still fresh fewell brought it new supplyes Till this poore country spent with ciuill iarres Want brings at length a weake end to their warres 39 Now Lyon-like he forrages the land And being Lord Chaunc'ler practizes his will Keeps lawes

can misse Men are not measured now as they deserue But as the bad conceipts of tyrants is From whose vnrighteous doome faire heau'ns defend Thy holy life that hopes the better end 141 With that Sir Thomas Stanley her sad guide Breakes off their intermissiue pittious teares Lady quoth he the due obseruant tyde Hath fil'd the hollow vast and empty shoares Of this our hauen and his swift foote course Bends backe vnto the sea his matchlesse force 142 Full loath God knowes am I to be the man Appointed to dissolue so strong a bond As linkes true loue yet will I what I can Labour to keep it still except commaund That ouer-rules good meaning make a way To bring it to a sodainer decay 143 Call but to minde Sir Thomas sayes the Duke What t is to part true friends and thou shalt see T is such a sinne as gentle kinde rebuke Forsakes and sayes t is worthier to be Reserued for punishment we cannot giue Eternall fire whose furies euer liue 144 Yet I confesse I doe thee wrong good knight Thou art commaunded to conuey her hence And being a subiect must obey the might Of mighty mens commaunds though the offence To God and all good men for all men say Kings were made to commaund subiects t' obey 145 Yet vse her well to quallifie the deed Smooth oyles desolues hard stones faire words inforce Pitty in flinty hearts there will proceede From thy kinde vsage reasons of remorse To mooue the heauens to forgiue this sinne And to remooue the plagues tho' art falling in 146 With that they parted for they might not stand On longer tearmes nor would their sorrows let Their wordes dilate their griefes but doth commaund Their dutious tongues to silence and they set Milde quiet patience before theyr eyes And to her shrine doe solemne sacrifice 147 Now where 's the dolefull muses that should play In tragick sceanes the parting of these two Will none assist me then well may I say It is indeede a story of such woe As if but tongues and pennes should striue t' expresse Their paines would make the sorrow but seeme lesse 148 Then as we wonder at the countlesse starres Numberlesse sands the infinite increase Of men birds beastes and all things that inferres An admiration so let our tongues cease To talke of what we cannot comprehend As wondrous things whose numbers haue no end 149 This done the Duke repayres to th' Court againe Performes his office labours to forget These sorrows but alas the growing paine Of this deep festred wound will neuer let His thoughts or deeds or life haue any peace Till thoughts and deeds and life and all shall cease 150 Then sought the Nobles for to match their King In marriage with some Prince of his estate So that from him more royall seede might spring To weare the English Crowne and prop agate The Common wealth for subiects most desires A royall issue to succeed their syres 151 And he by priuate meanes without th'consent Of his Protector Gloster willing is To marry and withall was well content That William Duke of Suffolke one that was His vncles foe should betroth in his name One borne vnto smal wealth and to lesse fame 152 Margaret daughter to Reynard Naples King Inriched by this match who else was poore A king onely in name without the thing That makes men mighty and in steed of dowre They buy her of her Father with more store Of lands and goods then ere he had before 153 Looke as great Cynthia in her siluer Carre Rides in her Progresse round about her spheare Whose tendance is the fayre eye-dazling starres Trouping about her Chariot that with cleare And glorious shewes makes euery eye delight To gaze vpon the beauty of the night 154 Or as the spring comes to regreete the earth Clad and attended with the worlds delight So is the Queene in Maiesty brought foorth Tended with Princes that a fayrer sight This land of ours a long time had not seene And well't had been for them had that not been 155 And though the Duke vnwilling was to haue His Kingly Cousen marry with this Queene Yet since t' was done it was too late to craue Assistance to disioyne them that had been But labour lost a toyle vnto no end Wise men let faults ore-passe they cannot mend 156 And what his duety and his seruice ought her That he perform'd and euer was content To doe her good and his endeuour brought her More friends who else in greeuous discontent Had put on armes against her but that they Saw him content and for his sake they obey 157 But as most women else euen so was she Vnconstant and that wauering power did guide Her fickle thoughts that nothing could agree With her conceipt but new deuises pride And womens toyes who children-like affected Loues trifles whilst good things are quite neglected 158 Good Duke to what misfortune wert thou borne How was the heauens conioyned at thy birth Thy yonger times might better haue out-worne These troubles that thy latter yeares brought foorth But subtill fortune turn'd her fatall hand Against thine age not able to withstand 159 But whether t' were the fortune of the place Th'Duke-dome of Gloster that thus crost thy blisse I know not but I gesse for all the race Almost of Dukes that were instal'd in this Vnlucky Duke-dome made an end like thee By hard and vnexpected casualty 160 Thomas of Woodstocke and Hugh Spensers thrall May be great reasons to perswade this thing And thine and after thee an others fall That was once Duke there though he dyed a King Richard the third yet was his life so bad That he deseru'd a worse death then he had 161 Yet let thy soule forgiue this sinne of mine That puts thee in amongst a company Of wicked men whose liues were worse then thine Though death amongst you all dealt equally For he 's vnpartiall and with one selfe hand Cuts off both good and bad none can withstand 162 The Queene that now had lent her youthfull eares To the vaine pleasures of these foolish times To be imploy'd considered not the cares That troubles grauer heades whose wisedome climes To higher steps of iudgement and nere cease Striuing to keep their idle liues in peace 163 The droane should dye did not the toylesome Bee Worke to supply her need the silly snake Had staru'd in colde had he not bin set free From the congealed frost whose force did make Passage for death in his friends bosome warmed From frost and snow and killing winter armed 164 Yet see how these kinde fauours haue an end The Drone starues the poore Bee that got her meate The venom'd snake requites his carefull friend By stinging him that did procure the heate That preseru'd her so did the Queene requite The Dukes kinde deeds with mallice wrath and spite 165 For whilst he laboured in the common-wealth And sought their good by gouerning the King Incroaching danger comes on him by stealth And