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A09129	The worthie hystorie of the most noble and valiaunt knight Plasidas, otherwise called Eustas, who was martyred for the profession of Iesus Christ. Gathered in English verse by Iohn Partridge, in the yere of our Lord. 1566	Partridge, John, fl. 1566-1573.	1566 (1566)	STC 19438; ESTC S110300	16,791	70

The worthie Hystorie of the moste Noble and valiaunt Knight Plasidas otherwise called Eustas who was martyred for the Profession of Jesus Christ Gathered in English verse by Iohn Partridge in the yere of our Lord. 1566. JMPRINTED at London by Henrye Denham for Thomas Hacket and are to bée solde at his Shoppe in Lumbarde streate To the worshipfull Arthur Dwabene Marchaunt venturer his seruante and dayly oratour John Partridge wisheth increase of worship by his worthy trauayle WHat tyme right Worshipfull the moste excellent Philosopher of y e worlde Democritus was demaunded of a frend what was the chiefeste beste amongeste men in all the worlde verely quoth he a pacient man in miserie The other replying and demaunding the cause of that his assertion he answered and sayde eyther he is not in miserie at all or else armed most strongly and surely agaynste all aduersities what so euer they be that shall happen vnto him By pacience sayth he of a thousande euilles he is not at all any whit molested Anaxagoras the Philosopher borne of a noble stocke and sonne to Eubullus who in Philosophie dyd exceede sayeth that he himself could find nothing more excellent in war than this one thing that is a Souldier to be hardy and also chiefely aboue all other things the same to be like wise trustie and pacient to indure trauayle payne and other kind of miseries that shall happen or befall vnto him in that conflicte of war in which he then is conuersaunte Alexander I meane the greate hauing made war against the Persians and of thē had made gret slaughter the king of Persia being of a noble corage bolde stoute pacient and hardy hauing taken a castle or hold for his defence beeing in tyme brought in subiection to the Macedonians was demaunded of Alexander in what poynt he sawe himselfe not to be ouercome to whome the King of Persia answered on this wise Sir king in no point at all am I ouercome Alexander hering him saye so demaunded if he had not lost both friends cūtries castles townes all thinges else yes verily quoth he yet am I not ouercōe for though they al be gone yet can I with pacience beare the losse of the same Oh greate was the pacience of this King yet verily nothing in comparison of his whome I haue taken to write vpon Therefore I deeming nothing more fyt for a good nature than to set forth so notable a fact of pacience as this was haue at the request of a speciall friend of mine drawen the same though rudely yet hoping not without some profite eyther of my self or of som other And bicause that to euery castle towne citie worke or workemanshippe there belongeth defence and knowing that defence canne not be made wythout some one defender I am so bolde consydering mine owne weakenesse to dedicate this my simple worke vnto youre worship that your wisedome may bee the defence thereof agaynst the rancorous Zoilictes whiche at all tymes from the beginning haue bene readie to breathe the fylth of their cancred stomackes vpon those most famous works of the excellentest clearkes that euer were whose bokes I am not worthye to beare knowing likewyse that if those went not fre mine can not Therfore I hoping of your worships defence am boldened the more in prosecuting of the same Thus trusting to your goodnesse I end desiring God to mayntayne your estate and sende you long life and good health to his pleasure and your heartes desire Your humble seruaunt Iohn Partridge To the Reader LEt pacience increase by kinde within thy dolefull breast Let that swete dame within thy bowre haue hir abyding neast Consider viewe and vnderstande what liquor doth descende Out of hir welles from perils great the same will thée defende The stinking bande of fowle dispaire thy state shall not molest Ne slaughter in thy gates shall not to strike be ready prest For Socrates doth playne declare no other good to be Than wrapt in woes and pinching cares a pacient one to sée Thē saincts haue shewed what pacience is howe precious in Gods sight In stories we may reade and finde how much they did delight For to be founde in miseries in pacience to dwell Whereof to vs this story doth most playnely shewe and tell What pacience had Iob I finde such pacience is rare A thousand Martirs I with him may very well compare What was the pacience of those whome flashing firy flames Bereft of life yet coulde it not at all extinct their fames For fame sor good desert doth rest behinde though they be gone Bicause we might pursue the like and oft thinke thervpon Therefore let vs pursue the same and then we shal be sure For to possesse that glorious crowne that lastes and sh●ll endure After that earth yea birdes and beastes shall be consumed to nought Which crowne to vs O Lord do graunt that with thy bloud vs bought The verdicte of the Booke LEarne here thou shalt one God most his To rule the heauens the earth and all The Sunne the Moone the starry Skie Subiect to be vnto his call Of pacience likewise reade thou shalt Which is a gift of all most pure Aboue the rest I thée ensure Gods prouidence here thou shalt knowe His great good will I doe declare His mighty force I playne doe showe Reade on therfore and doe not spare Though that my skill be very bare Yet fruite hereby well take you may If it to reade you wil essay In whome to put thy trust be bolde In whome to ioy here thou mayst see A treasure passing any golde Or precious stones what that they be The same I doe declare to thée To reade me therefore take some payne And that I count my authors gayne Farewell my friendes for for your sakes My author hath abrode me sent I passe not for all crabbed crakes That Zoilus to make is bent For all for you my author meant When that in hand his pen he toke And out this storie first did loke Patienter ferenda quae mutari non possunt The noble History of Plasidas SOmetyme in Romane lande there was a king of noble fame Who was full faire in martiall feates and Trayan had to name Who vnder him of lusty Knightes did keepe a comely trayne And ouer them he poynted hath one knight as Capitaine This knight to name had Plasidas one whome the king did loue For martiall feates that in this knight did shine the rest aboue A wife he had of glistering hew of shape both faire and trun Of louing minde of gladsome heart and trusty vnto him By her he had two children fayre surmounting Phoebus bright Who for their manly courage stone compare with him they might The prouerbe olde is verified vpon these babies twaine By splendent courage they assay their honoures to maintaine The father he before doth striue to runne a happy rase The manly children parent like do followe on apace And sekes for to obtayne the crowne of honour

royall Knight nowe is he worse than nought Thus then when shame had ouertoke this worthy knight then loe In midst of all the darkesome night from house and friends they goe To water side and there doe wayte when lofty ship shall glyde On foming seas the winde is good for them on seas to ryde They do inquire if any ship to countrey farre will wende To whome the Master aunswere made that straight they did intende To hoyse their sayles and to departe to Egipt in all hast Agreed they are they hoyse their sayles to sayle away at last The lande they leaue into the déepe they launce with winde at will The mighty shippe the hollowe waues at euery surge doth fill The night is gone and day is come wherein eche thing doth ioy And here the lusty fish begin at paynted pupe to toy With fetching frischoes here and there with spready finne in sea And séemeth who fastest should swimme some wager for to lay They sayled haue and now at length néere Egipt they ariue The Master of the ship doth like the beautie of the wife Of Plasidas and doth delight his wauering wanton minde With rolling in his diue lish brayne the beautie of hir kinde She pleased hath his lothfull eyes with beauties shining beames Fro whence sometime did yssue out of teares abundant streames Then at the last when vnto land they drewe and playne did sée The touret tops and knewe full well how far from lande they be The Master of the ship did say you passangers we sée That nere to land our ship is come therefore nowe ready be For that you haue your fraught to pay as due it is by right Come on sir boy launce out this boate the towne is here in sight The anker then through flashing floud a way doth may doth make for holde And there to ryde from daungers great the Master is full bolde The Master and the Mariners guide the cocke boate vnto lande Then he his fraight for to receiue he stretcheth forth his hande Yet nought at all from Plasidas might hap in any wayes For all was gone and naught was left before he toke the seas Why Plasidas the Master sayd thy wife Ile haue away If that thou wilt not out of hand my duetie to me pay Then out of hande he toke his wife Plasidas being on shoare And sayd y e friend thou shuldst haue sought thy frayght to pay before Therefore I say thy wife with me away from hence shall wende With whome Plasidas all in vayne did labour and contende To kepe hir still the Master straight his Mariners bad to bring Plasidas loe in midst of seas by furious force to fling So that his wife the Master he at will might then possesse His wilfulnesse brought him his death in thende as I doe gesse Well Plasidas must needes departe whether he will or nay For money none at all he had as then the frayght to pay But from the shoares of surging seas with heauy minde doth wende And for to liue in Egipt lande he verily doth intende With his two babes of tender yeares so faire in natures grace The one on fathers armes hanging doth followe on a pace The other he doth runne afore with euery grasse to play His father mery for to make all meanes he doth assay At length wher flashing streames of flouds the shoares doth cleane deuide They are ariued and there they stande the maner to decide How for to passe those troublesome waues for néedes that way he must Unto the towne O Fortune thou to good men neuer iust Who earst a loft in chaire of state was wonte in peace to syt Is now in floudes of miserie and thou not leauing it Doest adde more care vnto his payne thy fashion it is so Bycause thou wouldest that all men shuld take thée for friend nor foe What mourning makes y e wight good lord whome wife is borne fro And taking vp his yongest sonne from dolefull shoares doth go To thother side where woodes and trées on fertile ground doth stande He is ariued and there doth set his tender childe on lande And entring nowe the rushing waues that soundes with noyse so shrill He doth approch the hollow waues in myddest thereof to fill When he in myddest was thereof there came a Woulfe and tooke The tender childe who late before was borne ouer the brooke And bare away but God who made the heauen the earth and all Did so prouide that once no hurt vnto it should befall He séeing then his childe was gone with dolefull minde he cride Oh wicked wretch and miser vile what shall of me betide And comming nowe to the other side his eldest sonne to catch A Lion huge from wood doth come and thother vp doth snatch Which straight doth trudge from thence away vnto the wood agayne A heauy sight for Plasidas in this his dolefull payne But Plasidas pore soule doth striue his childe to get agayne But he pore wretch of very truth laboureth all in vayne When that he sawe no helpe there was good Lorde he doth lament But mighty God the childe to saue hath rescue ready sent The countrey men that were as then a plowing in the fielde The heard men eke that shéepe did kepe did stand and all behelde Where as a Lion huge did runne and eke with him did beare A manly childe and loked as though in pieces he would teare Then out they sent their hungry dogs the Lion to ouertake And so at length the Lion he the childe did quite forsake The Woulfe likewise to beare the childe already hath begunne Through mydst of the plow men there and they at him do runne With battes and staues the praye he left and there the childe they founde A comely wight no hurt he had But was both whole and sounde The plowe men and the heard men both are ioyous of this thing That chaunced hath and to the towne the children both they bring There they declare how that they toke these tender babes of age From beasts ful fierce how they brought them home to their village These men they were both of one towne and set the babes to schole To learne such things as after they thereby their life might rule Nowe leaue we here a while and stay and let vs furder heare Of Plasidas how he doth range in dolefull heauy cheare He passed is the watrie streames of that vnhappy shoare With sobbes and teares his cares smart increaseth more and more And then at last vpon the ground prostrate on face he lies Haue mercy Lord on me vile wretch continually he cries Thou god that madest both heauen erth the sea and eke eche thing Which al the windes from out their caues and hollowe rockes dost bring That madest the world and eke eche beast that liueth now therein Who makest pore and eke dost cause of pore to ryse a King Who made the Sea the fish the foule that flies vnder the Skies Who rules the very