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A05458 Chrestoleros Seuen bookes of epigrames written by T B. Bastard, Thomas, 1565 or 6-1618. 1598 (1598) STC 1559; ESTC S104516 39,162 192

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but loue the child which loue did make Epigr. 29. in Papam THe Pope as king of kings hath power from hye To plant and to roote out successiuely Why fell the king of France in wofull case Because the Pope did plant him of his grace But our Elisa liues and keepes her crowne Godamercy Pope for he would pull her downe Epigr. 30. Adreginam Elizabetham LIue long Elisa that the wolse of Spayne In his owne thirst of blood consumde may be That forraine princes may enuie thy reigne That we may liue and florish vnder thee And though the bended force of mighty kings With knots of policy confederate Ayme at thy royall Scepter purposing Confusion to thy country and thy state Heauen fights for thee thou shalt haue thy will Of all thy foes for thy Sunne standeth still Epigr. 31. Ad Lectorem REader me thinkes that now I doe digresse Presuming thus to talke of Maiesty Which in things easie could my minde expresse And dandle little meanings pretily For now I loose my proper veynes delight Which things vnproper to my veyne rehearse Thus I attempting those things to recyte Which come not in my compasse of my verse In such a plot cannot make matter faye Where so much matter must be cast away Epigr. 32. Ad Comitem Essexiae ESsex the ends which men so saine would finde Riches for which most are industrious Honour for which most men are vertuous Are but beginnings to thy noble minde Which thou as meanes dost frankly spend vpon Thy countries good by thy true honour wonne Epigr. 33. OLde hand in handes saluting now is past And friendes embracing armes in armes do cast Why cause the body is the better part Or we would feele our friends neerer the heart Or that our friends as flitting to and fro Our armes may hold our hands would let them go Yet were the auncient friendship now of force Our armefull for their handfull I would scorse Epigr. 34. THe first defence that goolde hath is the ground Where it lyes hidden till we digge it foorth Then in her thicknesse it lies which we sounde For goold's pale spirit of admirable woorth And then we let it downe into our heart And drench our soule so thirsting after gayne Till like a God it reigne in euery part No Al cumist can draw it thence againe If goolde from goold can be abstracted thus Why should not goold as well be drawn from vs Epigr. 35. In Fortunum I Pray thee fortune fortune if thou be Come heere aside for I must braule with thee I'st you that sitt as Queene in throne so hye In spite of vertue witt and honesty Haue you a Scepter onely to this ende To make him rue which neuer did offend I'st your fayre face whose fauour fooles doe finde And whose vaine smile makes wise mē change their mind Thy hands be ful yet eye thou hast not one Th'arte full of mosse and yet a rolling stone Thou fancyest none yet put'st the worste in trust Thou ta'kt no bribes and yet dost iudge iniust Thou makest Lordes and yet dost cast them down Thou hatest kings and yet dost keepe their crowne Thou neuer stand'st and yet dost neuer fall And car'st for none and yet hast rule of all But fortune though in princely throne thou sit I enuie not it is not for thy witt Epigr. 36. Ad Sextum SExtus in wordes giues me g●old wealth and lands Sextus hath Crassus tongue but Irus handes Epigr. 37. Ad Guilielmum Sutton I Vowde to make an Epigram a day But setting pen to paper twolde not saye I wanted matter and inuention My pen was tired and my witt was donne Sutton this losse thou well mayst recompense Taking out wordes and putting in some sense Perhaps thou wilt not for thou think'st it best To leaue some bad which may cōmend the rest Epigr. 38. In Caium SO thy rare vertues fixed in mine eyes Thy gentle nature Caius and thy minde So fraught with learning and good qualities That thou art ritch this onely fault I finde When thou wast poore thy vertues me releeued Since thou art ritch of both I am depriued Epigr. 39. THe princes good is good to all but yeat The good of all to her good doth not tende She one defends vs all what euer threat And yet we all can not her one defende For the kings euell none but kings can cure Yet the kings euill more then kings procure Eigr. 40. De libro suo ONe sayde my booke was like vnto a coate Of diuerse colours blacke and red and white I bent to crosse him saide he spake by roate For they in making rather are vnlike A coate one garment made of many fleeces My booke one meaning cutt in many peeces Finis Libri Secundi ΕΠΙΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ Liber Tertius MY Booke is not for learned men nor wise Nor mery nor conceipted nor the plaine Nor angry foolish criticall or nice Nor olde nor young nor sober nor the vaine Nor for the proud nor for the couetous Nor for the Gentle man nor the Clowne Nor for the glutton nor adulterous Nor for the valiant worthy of renowne Nor for the thrifty nor the prodigall But if thou needs will know for whom for all Epigr. 2. In Corum Corus desires with them to haue a place Whom my sleight muse of right doth celebrate Avant ye peasant for you are too base What you among the worthies of our state How should I fitt you with a trough or sinke Or plant a kenell for your worthinesse But that the rest for neighbourhood must stinke And be confiners to your filthynesse I tooke myne oath Thalia at thy shryne Ne're to embrue my verses with a swyne Epigr. 3. Ad Iohannem Dauis IF witt may make a Poet as I gesse Heywood with auncient Poets may I compare But thou in word and deed hast made him lesse In his owne witt hauing yet learning spare The goate doth hunt the grasse the wolfe the goat The lyon hunts the wolfe by proofe we see Heywood sang others downe but thy sweete note Dauis hath sang him downe and I would thee Then be not mou'de nor count it such a sinn To will in thee what thou hast donn in him Epigr. 4. KIng Philip would by force victoriously Inuade our land which hauing proude in vaine He wars with treason most ingloriously Yet is repelde and driuen home againe In great attempts few spare for wickednesse Yet neuer any man did more for lesse Epigr. 5. Ad comitem Essexiae iam nauigaturum THese ships with childe with such an enterprize As more then quicke they trauaile with to Spayne These Captaynes of couragious companies The towers and fortes Elysa if thy reigne These Armies marching and these ensignes spread These Armes aduanst vpon our enemies All as the body waite on thee their head Great Lord dipt in thine heart fixt in thine eyes Go on with liuing courage tempring sweete The inspirde body of her royall fleete Epigr.