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A11268
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Adams complaint. The olde vvorldes tragedie. Dauid and Bathsheba
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Sabie, Francis.
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STC 21534; ESTC S110788
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frowning fate O happie wight ten times shall he be blest VVho with the wren dare not presume to mount VVith meane estate contented who doth rest And blisse in sole tranquility doth count Considering that great things are view'd of all And highest things are soonest like to fall That highest things are soonest like to fall The reaching Pine on mountaines doth betoken which sooner then the shrub or bramble small with raging blastes of hoysting windes are broken VVhat mortall things hencefoorth on earth ensuing Shall not be subject to times fatall ruin Times ruin shall so dyre obliuion breed In men that noting their so frayle variety Forgetting me the cause thereof my seed Shall faine to Fate an euer-changing deity Proportraying her vpon a round wheele dancing Euerting some and other some aduancing Alas no sooner night-expelling morning Al. -hyding heauen from her blacke rug exempteth But viewing me and mine offences scorning Her snowie cheekes with rednes she besprenteth Disdaining Sols bright beams should long behold me In Sable night bright Hesperus doth fold me Vile Couetousnes in me first tooke his roote For moe things thirsting when no thing I wanted Still shall it hold my children by the foote And in the hearts of all my seed be planted Now shall rush in the greedy zeale of mony which men will labour for as Bees for hony Now shall rush in the fiery thirst of gaine And golde in bowels of the earth inclosed Which men by toyle and labour will obtaine And coffer vp from his darke dungeon losed By mortall wightes rare mettals will be knocked Which earth in her close treasure-house had locked Now shall be found the hurtfull mine of Iron For which men wil into earths bellie enter The glittering steele besieged foes t'enuiron They now will into swords and Lances temper What mortall thing so hard or what so geason Wil not be done and found by humaine reason The lofty Pine which mountaine top affoords Cut downe shall now into a Mast be squaâ—…ed The yellow brasâ—…e nayled to Firre-tree boords Shall cut the seas as earth with plough is ared Sea-Porposses and Dolphins huge shall woonder To see their Cerule waters cleft in sunder The ruddie Diamond and the Saphir faire In th'vtmost coast of earth shall now be sought The bright Smaragd the Pearl and Onix rare Fetch'd from the East full dearly shall be bought O into what so deepe and huge an hell Will not the thirst of riches men compell This sayd on earth his glowring eyes he fastned There saw an Ant a little creeping elâ—…e Who dragg'd with her a Barley graine and hastned Home to her caue graine bigger then her selfe O learne he cries learne Adam of this Ant To worke in youth least afterward thou want Behold the Bee a silly painfull creature How wittily shee laboreth in Sommer Reposing food she only taught by nature Least barraine winters penurie â—…hould numb her Her industrie giues to thee an example how thou shouldst liue in what waies to trample Now Adam must thou labour ditch and delue Graft plant walke run hedge fence plow harrow sowe Pluck downe reare vp set munifie build shelue VVeep laugh striue wrastle bind vp gather mowe Thresh cary out grind bake brue spin and card Knock beat wash dry buy sell sleep watch and ward In sweat of browes and horrible vexation To get my liuing shall I be constrained VVhat shall man see but dolefull tribulation Vnto his death from time that he is wained Nought shall his race be but a vale of sinning Fond sinfull fraile in end midst and beginning How vaine is wordly pompe how fraile and briâ—…le How soon is man of earthlie things bereft His pleasures passe as swiftly as a shittle Cast from the weauers right hand to the lest His orient hue as vading as a flower VVhich floorisheth and dyeth in an hower O wretched man O life most transitorie Deceiptfull world foule sinke of filthy errors Eye-pleasing shades of vaine delightfull glorie Deepe gulfe of sinne vast dungeon of terrors Receptacle of woful tribulations Grand treasure-house of all abhominations O sea of sorrowes laborinth of woes Vale full of cares abysse of imbecilitie Thief-harbouring house field full of armed foes Stil-turning orb true map of mutaâ—…ility Affoording man as many false yl-willers As woods haue trees as trees haue Caterpillers Of lumpish earth Iâ—…houah me created To th'end I should not glorie in my feature And I againe to earth must be translated By Gods iust doo me the end of euery creatuâ—…e Then wherto should I trust on earth abiding Sith for my fault all earthly things are sliding When first of all man draweth virall breath And spirite he to die beginneth then No worldly thing more certaine then is death Nor more vncertaine then the hower when O lend me then a font of springing teares To weep my fill for mans vnconstant yeares Ah weladay me thinks for mine offences My God sayth still I must to earth againe O how the thought of death appales my sences Though end it be of all mans woe and paine So likewise shall all my postoritie Feare it though end of all calamity O great Iehouah woonderfull in might How wisely hast thou wrought all things concealing The certaine houre of death from mortal wight Yet certaintie thereof to him reuealing Done surely by thy skilfull prouidence That man should feare and learne obedience Me thinks I see O let me yet diuine How many of my sonnes will goe astray Erecting houses raysing buildings fine As though they were inthroniz'd here for ay O let them know that for my foule offence by Gods just doome all flesh must wander hence Not he that shall on earth the longest dwel Not he that shall in prowesse be the rarest Not he that shall in wisedome most excel Not he that shall in visage be the fairest With wisedome beautie age or courage fell Shall able be impartiall death t'expell O wretched Euah mankinds deadlie Foe Accursed Grandame most vngentle mother Sin-causing woman bringer of mans woe Woe to thy selfe and woe vnto all other Thy mighty maker in his iust displeasure Hath multipli'd thy sorrowes out of measure In paine shalt thou thy seed conceiue and beare In peril shalt thou of it be discharged Thou shalt it foster vp with tender care A thousand wayes thy griefs shal be enlarged Thou shalt be guided by thy mans direction He as a Lord shall haue thee in subjection O cursed worme O exerable serpent Blisse-hating Dragon most abhorred creatuâ—…e Infectious Adder venom breathing verment The food of enuie sdeignfull scorneof Nature Fals-hearted traitor harbourer of euill Darke den of spight foule cabbin of the Deuill Most lothsome be thou of Iehouahs worke Enuyed both of man and feeding cattell In vnfrequented valleyes shalt thou lurke And with thy stinging tongue still menace battell Man seeing thee shall feare and seeke thy bane As instrumentall author of his paine For want of feet through woods and deserts thicke Vpon thy griesllie belly