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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29235	The honest ghost, or, A voice from the vault	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1658 (1658)	Wing B4267; ESTC R30243	148,269	338

if her people then inhabiting hee hath here in a Poem industriously discovered where by way of Vision hee r●…ns division cleanly but closely carried covertly shadowed and smoothly closed Which wee likewise from his owne Originall have faithfully transcribed Wherein of ought bee omitted which might give better light to their discovery wee are to imput●…-the error to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aboad and want of acquaintance to inform hi●… in thes●… parts Neither indeede is it possible that hee should amplifie his discourse in every particular or 〈◊〉 out all private abuses secretly lurking in a State For this Taske would require his industry who should apply himselfe to the Survey of one Countrey only Though I confesse so ripe are all States growne in the overspreading growth of all vices as where one Country was observed more for one particular sin then another wee shall now finde one State possessed of all those enormities which formerly were to be sought in many For where as Pride hath beene observed to bee most conversant among the Babilonians Envie among the Jewes Anger among the Theban●… 〈◊〉 among the Tyrians Gluttony among the Sydonians Sorcery among the Egyptians and all Effeminacy among the Cretans this labour now may bee saved for we shall finde some one flourishing-State whose long Peace hath fatted her in prosperitie of all these maladies seazed But to returne to our Author wh●… it may be thought by some that hee hath sh w●… too 〈◊〉 of spleene in the reproofe of sinne they are to understand that no faithfull Relater can be a time-observer and that nothing so much darkens or blemishes the light of Historie as that spreading tetter State-flatterie besides he was a stranger and did little care for any ones Censure which in a Poem of his owne he no lesse ●…logantly expresseth Hee who thinks I can flatter is deceiv'd For in my youth when I instruction sought And some small glimpse of knowledg had receiv'd My Spirit wrestled in me as I thought And so in time upon my weaknesse wrought As I gave way which giv'n she caus'd me write To purge the State and scourge the Parasite Yet so as thou shalt never personate Or high or low or any one in place Lest thou incur the censure of the State Not men but manners thou shalt have in chace Causing shame paint their vices in their face For then this Rule a safer there is none To t●…e the sinne but let the man alone Be jealous what thou heares spare in reports For some there he who on this string doe strike How they may vent disgrace on Princes Courts Yet these can closly play the Parasite And with their servile humors force delight Which ere I 'd doe I wish with all my heart I may hang for a Signe at Franck-fort Mart. This well tempred resolution Hee expressed in an Anagram composed on his friends name included 〈◊〉 this Distich Virtue hath but bare credit what 's the matter Because to gain a Kingdom shee 'd not flatter His honest resolution sprung from an inbred ●…sity of mind he likewise manifested to the World in this free attestation which with a constant modest spirit he delivered in a publique resort at the time of his restraint Who can prohibit me abroad to tell The Crimes of such high-peeres as doe not well Why this Obsequious Odious Vicious time That weaves a Cobweb o're a great mans crime But Masters would yee know how I am serv'd Whose honest actions ne're from goodnes swerv'd Sense by Petition hath procur'd that Reason For writing nought but truth should go to Prison His well-composed temper and peaceable disposition he likewise expressed when as being sometimes intangled in Suites of Law about his Patrimonie as One wasted with expence wearied with expectance and impatient of longer attendance he thus concludeth After this Suite as I am now resolved Shall be decree'd determin'd and dissolved 〈◊〉 take a long farwell of my Laws journey ●…nlesse it be by Proxie or Atturney ●…ot who from Hippocrene would Rivers draw ●…ust not imploy his Bucket in the Law ●…rre from Courts clamour then I 'le build my nest ●… smooth-composed line requireth rest Privacy likewise He highly affected though by sun●…ie Persons of ranke and quality mainly diswaded S●… as on a time when as Milan a Diet was intended wherein the Peeres and Commons of the Real●…e were to be ass●…mbled redresse of all State-aggrievances generally expected Writs exhibited Bills preferred and he for a Burgesse in the Lower House by generall Suffrage elected yet he rejected this honour privatly retired to his Country mann●…ur the reason whereof 〈◊〉 demanded he 〈◊〉 returned this answer One askt of me what might be my intent To leave the Towne in time of Parliament Why answered I ●… because I held it fit When th' City hath ingross'd the Country wit And that scarce seven wise Masters now were left Which were not to the Parliament enf●…oft That purposely I to the Country cam Where I am held a nimble-pated man For though a Sw●…n's a Swan yet when th' Swan'●… gon A white-plum'd Chough is held a comely one Where this Author now remaines it is diversly conjectured some reporting him to be now at Florence where he is made Remembrancer of the City others report that coasting through the Province of Cecuba upon some disgrace offer'd by him to a Lyrick who contended with him for the masterprize in Poetrie he was by the inhabitants of that place surprized and in a Vinepresse squezed to death for the truth whereof I will not stand much Let this suffice that this Poem now published was writ by hîm in the xxxv yeare of his age which being gratefully accepted shall be by others of his works no lesse usefull if the Manuscripts may be procured hereafter seconded The Draught or Portraict of every Ape with their distinct properties chararacters and differences expressed in severall peeces 1 THE Ape of Honour Is to have a little Flag Banner or Streamer in his claw wherein are to appeare severall Coates Armes Crests c. the Emmet Hedghog Cuckow Seagull Owle c. The principall Crest a Rat-Rampant which is the only Imprezza this Ape of honour hath 2. The Ape of Pleasure Is expressed by sporting with a Marmosite with this Imprezza Dainty content 3. The Ape of Vaine-glory Is Characterized or Emblematized thus Hee is carried by four Apes in a Case resembling a Cabinet windowes of each side and all open to discover him sitting in State his Imprezza Heaven upon Earth 4. The Ape of Fancy is expressed by hastning towards a Lure made of Feathers Ribbands Garters Gloves Rings c. Which Cupid winged and hovering in the Ayre is showne throwing out his Imprezza Love is my Lure 5. The Ape of Fashion is expressed in his doublet and hose phantastically made up a plume of feathers in his head amorously eying himselfe in a glasse his Imprezza I like my humor well 6. The Ape of Observation is expressed looking