perhaps you shall haue an Irish footman with a â—acket eudgeld down the shoulders and skirs with yellow or orenge tâ—wny Lace may â—â—â—t from London 3. or 4. score miles to one of there decayed Mansions when the simâ—ring scornfull Passe the supposed â—â—â— of the house with a mischiefe who is indeed a kinde of creature retired for a while into the Countrey to escape the whip in the City â—hee demands out of the window scarce ready and dressing herselfe in a glasse at noone Fellow what is thine Errand hast thou letters to me And if it be about dinner a man may sooner blow vp the gates of Bergen â—p Zome with a Charme then get entrance within the bounds of their Barr'd Bolted and Barracadoed Wicket About two of Clocke it may bee walking an house or twaine Sir Sellaâ—â— comes downe vntrust with a Pipe of Tobacco in his fist to know your businesse hauing first peeped thorow a broken pane of Glasse to see whether you come to demand any money or old debt or not when after a few hollow dry complements without drinke he turnes you out at the gate his worshippe returning to his Stoue What Townes are laide waste what fields lye vntilled what goodly houses are turn'd to the habitations of Howlets Daives and Hobgâ—â— what numbers of poore are increased yea examine this last yeere but the Register books or buriaâ—â— of our gred â—est Townes and Pariâ—â—â— of the land as Winondham in Norfolke Wâ—â— Chappell neere Evâ—don and many other and see how many haue beene buried weekely that haue meerely perished for want of breaâ— whâ—â—â— Pride and Luxury dam vp our streetesâ— Barracado our high waies and are ready euen to driue ouer their Graues whom their vnmercifull Pride hath famiâ—hed Whence come Leather to be so deare but by reason or as I should say against reason â—â—â— the multitude of Coaches and Corâ—oâ—â—â— who consume and take vp the best Hides â—â—â— can be gotten in our Kingdome â—â—â— that I cannot buy a paire of Boots for my â—â—â— vnder an Angell nor my Wife a paâ—â—â— of Shooes though her foote be vnder the â—â—â— vnder eight roates of three â—â—â— by which meanes many honest shooâ—â—â— are either vndone or vndoing and â—â—â— numbers of poore Christians are enforced â—â— got â—are footed in the cold Winters till â—â—â— very beâ—â—mmeâ—nesse some their toâ—â— â—â—â—â—â—â— their feeâ—â—â—â—â—â— rotted off to the â—â—â— lesse increases of crooked Cripples â—â—â— woodden â—â—â— beggers of which sort of â—â—â—â—â—â— wretches euery streâ—â—â—â— pleâ—â—ifully stored with to the scorne of other â—â—â—ions and the shame and obloquy of our â—â—ne The Saddlers being an ancient a worthy and a vsefull Company they haue almost ouerthrowne the whole Trade to the vndoing of â—â—ny honest families For whereas within our memories our Nobility and Gentry would â—ideâ— well mounted and sometimes walke on â—â—â— gallantly attended with three or foureâ—â—ore braue fellowes in blue coates which was a glory to our Nation and gaue more â—â—â—â— to the beholders then forty of your Leather tumbrels Then men preseru'd their bodies strong and able by walking riding and other manly exercises Then Saddleâ—s were a good Trade and the name of a Coach was Heathen Greek Who euer saw but vpon â—â—traordinary occasions Sir Philip Sidney Sir â—â—â—is Drake Sir Iohn Norris Sir William â—â—â— Sir Roger Williams or whom I should â—â—â—e nam'd first the famous Lord Gray and â—â—â—â—â—â—ghby with the renowned George Earle of Camberland or Robert Earle of Essex These soâ—â—es of Mars who in their times were the glorious Brooches of our Nation and admirable terrour to our Enemies these I say did â—â—â—e small vses of Coaches and there were â—â—o mayne reasons for it the one was that there were but few Coaches in most of their â—â—nesâ— and the second reason is they were â—â—lly foes to all sloth and effeminacy The â—â—â— was Sir Francis Vere with thousands others but what should I talke further This is the tarrling rowling rumbling age and The VVorld runs on VVheeles The hackney-men who were wont to haue furnished Trauellers â—â— all places with fitting and seruiceable horses for any iourney by the multitude of Coaâ—â—â—â—â—â— vndone by the dozens and the whole Common-wealth most abominably iaded â—â—in many places a man had as good to ride vpon a woodden post as to poast it vpoÌ„ one of â—â—â— hunger-staru'd hirelings which enormiâ—â—â— can be imputed to nothing but the Coaâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—sion is the Hackneymans confusion Nor haue we poore Water-men the least â—â—â— to complaine against this infernall swarm of Trade-spillers who like the Grashoppers or Caterpiller 's of Egypt haue so ouerrun the land that we can get no liuing vpon the water for I dare truely affirme that euery day in any Tearme especially if the Court be at VVhitchall they do rob vs of our liuings and carry Fiue hundred sixty fares daily from vs which numbers of passengers were wont to supply our necessities and enable vs sufficiently with meanes to doe our Prince and Countrey seruice and all the whole fry of our famous whores whose ancient Lodgings were neere S. Katherines the Bankeside Laâ—nbethMarsh Westminster VVhite Fryers Coleharbor or any other place neer the Thames who were wont after they had any good Trading or reasonable commings in to take a Boate and aire themselues vpon the water yea and by your leaue be very liberall too I say as a Mercer said once A whores mony is as good as a Ladies and a bawdes as currant as a Midwiues Tush those times are past and our Hackney Coaches haue hurried al our hackney customers quite out of our â—each toward the North parts of the City where they are daily practised in the Coach that by often iolting they may the better endure the Cart vpon any occasion and indeed many times a hired Coachman with a basket-hilted blade hang'd or executed about his shoulders in a belt with a cloake of some pide colour with two or three change of Laces about may manne a brace or a Leash of these curuetting Cockatrices to their places of recreation and so saue them the charge of maintaining as Sir Pandarus or an Apple-squire which seruice indeed to speake the truth a Waterman is altogether vnfit for the worst is most of them are such Loggerheads that they either will not learne but as I thinke would scorne to bee taught so that if the Sculler had not been paid when he was paid it is to be doubted that he should neuer haue bâ—â—paidâ— for the coachman hath gotteÌ„ all the custom from the Scullers paymistris This is one apparant reason why all the whores haue forsaken vs and spend their cash so free frequent vpon those ingenious well-practiz'd seruiceable hired coachmen but a Pox take em all whither doe my wits run after whores and knaues I pray you but note the streetes and the chambers or lodgings in Fleetstreet or the Strand how they are pestered with them especially after a Mask or a Play at the Court where
and â—â—â— to King Edward the sixt Shee was crowned at Westminster the first of October 1553 by the hands of Stephen Gardner Bishop of Winchester King Edward being dead his death was concealed two daies by reason of the feare of Queene Maries alteration of the religion which King Edward had established for which cause the Lady Iane was by many of the Lords and the Londoners proclaimed Queene This Lady Iane was eldest daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolke shee was then married to the Lord Guiford Dudlty fourth sonne to Iohn Duke of Northumberland her mother was the Lady Francis the daughter of Mary the French Queene and the younger sister of King Henry the 8. Queene Mary bearing that Iane was proclaim'd Queen begain to rowse raised an Army and was first proclaimed in the City of Norwich her powers still increasing she made towards London where all supplies forsocke the Lady Iane so that she with her husband and father and the Lord Thomas Gray with others were beheaded The Queene ceases all the protestant Bishops and Clergie to bee degraded suspended or imprisoned She raised againe the Mase and with it masse of misery to this kingdome King Philip of Spaine was contracted to Queene Mary but Sir Thomas Wiat with an Armie opposed it and after much bickering was taken and executed on the Towreâ—â—â— The Lady Elizabeth the Queenes sister was wrongâ—â—ly imprisoned and in danger to be put to death Philip King of Spaine was married to Queene Mary withâ—â— Royall solemnity at Winchester the 25 of Iuly Anno 1454. This wofull Land was in those daies a very Achetdima or field of blood the Popes Mâ—rebanâ—s â—â—â— Church and Commonwealth with holy Water Pax Censors Oyle Spittle Creame Altars Pictures Images â— Crosses Crucifixes Beades Lights Tapers Candâ—â—â— the Breaden god these Romish warres did cost the liâ—es neere 6000 people that refused them some hanged â—â—â— burne and diuers others suffering other deaths and â—â—ties K. Philip Queen Mary send defiance into France Philip went thither in person besieged the strong â—â—â— of S t. Quintins and man it but shortly after the English men lost Callice which had beene the King of English Towne 21 yeeres Wherefore Queene Mary tooke â—â—â— griefe that sheâ— neuer enioyed her life-long after â—â—â— Callice was lost the 17 of Ianuary and the Queene â—â—â— at Saint Iames house the 7 of Nouember following â—â—â— 1558 when she had reigned 5 yeeres 4 monethâ—â—â—â— daies she lieth buried as Westminster ELIZABETH QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Defender of the Faith c. THe griefes the feares the terrors and the toiles The sleights tricks snares that for my life were laid â—pes prisons poysons pistois bloody broyles â—â— these incompast me poore harmelesse Mayd â—â— I still trusting in my Makers ayde Was still defended by his power diuine â—y glory and my greatnesse was displai'd â—â— farre as Sunne and Moone did euer shine Gods mingled Seruice I did re-refine From Romish rubbish and from humane drosse â— yearely made the pride of Spaine decline â—â—â— and all Belgia I sau'd from losse I was Arts patterne t' Armes I was a Patron I liu'd and dyed a Queene a Maid a Matron Anno Dom. 1558 Nouember 17 Thursday Lady Elizabeth borne at Greenwich second daughter to King Henry the eight sister and heire to the late Queene Mary after shee had by Gods gracious prouience past through many afflictions as scandals calumnations sundry imprisonns â—â—â— and hazard of her life shee was at the age of 25 yeeres and od dayes crowned Queen of England France and Ireland at Westminster by the hand of Owen Oglethorpe Bishop of Carlielc the 13 of Ianuary The first good worke of hers after her coronation was to reforme and restore and Seruice of God to the Primitiue sincerity and prayer and preaching to be vsed in the English tongue she caused all the bables of Babek and all the Romish rubbish to bee cast out of the Church shee dismissed those Bishops and others of the Clergie as would not be reformed She caused all base momes and coyneste to be supprest and to be no vallue and in their stead she ordained that no coyne but Gold and Siluer shouâ— passe for current in her Dominions The French King Henry at a â—lâ—ng was vnfortunately slaine by a Lord named Mountgomery â—â—inter of the lâ—â—â—nce running into his eye An. 1559. Sorne after the French molest Scotland but by Queene Elizabeths â—yde they were expulsed The Noble Earle of Arraw in Scotland and Ericus King of Sweaden were suuerâ—â— to marry â—â—â— the Queene which her Maiesty with all princely modesty refused She was after sued to by Henry Duke of Aniou brother to the French King Charles the 9. Anno 1514. The bloody massaker was in France where in the City of Paris only 10000 Protestarts were mâ—n thered by the Pepists The Irish fell to rebellian vnder the Earle of Tirone which rebellion put England to much cost and trouble Henry Lord Darneley King of Scots most inhumanely murdred Anno 1568 and his Queen Mary assaulted by the oppression of her rebellicus Subiects came into England and was royally welcomed One Thomas Appletree discharging his â—â—ce the Queene was in her Barge vpon the Thames the bullet ranne thorow both the Armes of one of her Watermen but the Queene vnderstanding that the shot was by casualtie pardoned the offender Her mercie iustice temperance fortitude magnanimity prudence learning and incomparable wisedome would each of them fill a volume So that neither â—â—â— vnablenesse of me the writer nor the briefnesse which I am â—â—â— to in thus abstract can no waies touch the â—em of her vertues wherefore I refer the reader to the great volumes of Hollinsheds story the Reuerend learned Cambden Master speed and others who haue writen more largely of her though all of them are much short of her vnimmitable merits shee ayed the 24 of March 1602 aged 69 yâ—eeres 6 moneths and 7 dayes she reigned 44 yeeres â—4 months and 7 daies On the 28 of Aprill after shee was buried at Westminster IAMES Of that Name THE FIRST And I. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE c. WEre all the flatt'ry of the world in me Great King of hearts Arts great Britaines King Yet all that flattery could not flatter thee Or adde to thy renowne the smallest thing My Muse with truth and freedome dares to sing Thou wert a Monarch lou'd of God and Men. Two famous Kingdomes thou to one didst bring And gau'st lost Britaines name her name agen Thou cansedst Doctors with their learned pen The sacred Bible newly to translate Thy wisdome found the damned powder'd Den That hell had hatcht to ouerthrow thy state And all the world thv Motto must allow The peace makers are blast and so art thou Anno Dom. 1602 March 24 Thursday Iames the first of that name King of England Scotland France Ireland the first King that was â—â—â— in England since the Norman conquest
Vertue blindes the eye And Vertue makes vice knowne apparantly When falsehood is examin'd and comparâ—d With Truth it makes truthhaue the more regard The Crow seemes blackest when the Swan stands neere And goodnes makes the ill most bad appeare So vertues that are contrary to vices Make them contemptible and base in prices a The praise of Humility Humility if it be well embrac'd It makes disdainfull Pride disdain'd disgrac'd Humility is a most heauenly gift The Stayre that doth to Glory men vp lift None but the meeke and lowly humbled spirit Shall true eternall happinesse inherit Those that are humble honour * Eecles 19. God alwayes And onely those will he to honour raise If thou be'st great in state giue thanks therefore And humble still thy selfe so much the more He that is humble loues his Christian brother And thinkes himselfe * Phil. 2. 3. inferiour to all other Those that are meeke the Lord shall euer guide And * Psal. 25. 9. Psal. 138. 6. teach them in his wayes still to abide For though the Lord be high he hath respect Vnto the * Prou. 22.4 lowly whom he will protect Humility and lowlinesse goes on Still before honour as saith Salomon He that is humble heere and free from strife Shall for * Mat. 23. 12. reward haue glory wealth and life He that himselfe doth humble certainly Our Sauiour saith shall be * Mat. 23. 12. exalted high He that with Christ will weare a glorious Crowne Must cast himselfe as Christ did humbly downe And like to the rebounding of a ball The way to rise must first be low to fall For God the Father will accept of none That put not on the meekenes of his Sonne If proudly thou doe lift thy selfe on high God and his blessings from thee still will fly But if thou humble meeke and lowly be God and his blessings will come downe to thee If thou wouldst trauell vnto heau'n then know Humility's the way that thou must goe If in presumptuous paths of Pride thou tread 'T is the right wrong way that to hell doth lead Know that thy birth attire strength beauty place Are giu'n vnto thee by Gods speciall grace Know that thy wisedome learning and thy wealth Thy life thy Princes fauour beauty health And whatsoeuer thou canst goodnes call Was by Gods bounty giu'n vnto thee all And know that of thine owne thou dost possesse Nothing but sinne and wofull wretchednes A Christians pride should onely be in this When he can say that God his Father is When grace and mercy vvell applide affoord To make him brother vnto Christ his Lord. When he vnto the holy Ghost can say Thou art my Schoolemaster whom I 'le obay When he can call the Saints his fellovves and Say to the Angels for my guard you stand This is a laudable and Christian pride To knovv Christ and to know him crucifi'd This is that meeke ambition lovv aspiring Which all men should be earnest in desiring Thus to be proudly humble is the thing Which vvill vs to the state of glory bring But yet bevvare pride hypocriticall Puts not humilities cloake on at all A lofty mind vvith lovvly cap and knee Is humble pride and meeke hypocrisie Ambitious mindes vvith adulating lookes Like courteous Crovvne-aspiring a King Henry the fourth Bullinbrookes As a great ship ill suited vvith small saile As Iudas meant all mischiefe cride All haile Like the humility of Absalon This shadovved pride much danger vvaites vpon These are the counterseite God saue yee Sirs That haue their flatteries in particulars That courteously can hide their proud intents Vnder varieties of complements These Vipers bend the knee and kisse the hand And sweare svveet Sir I am at your command And proudly make humility a screvv To vvring themselues into opinions vievv This pride is hatefull dangerous and vile And shall it selfe at last it selfe beguile Thus pride is deadly sin and sin brings shame Which here I leaue to hell from whence it came FINIS TO THE MOST HIGH AND ALMIGHTY God the Father Creator of the World and to the King of Kings Lord of Lords and onely Ruler of Princes Iesus Christ the Glorious Redeemer of the World And to the most holy Blessed Spirit the Comfort of all true Beleeuers and Sanctisier of the World Three Persons and one Eternall Omnipotent God MOst mighty gracious mercifull and glorious God that triest the heart and searchest the reines from whom no secret is hid in the assurance of thy neuer-failing clemency and hope of thy gracious acceptance I humbly offer to thy most dread Maiestie these my poore labours which out of thine owne Word and by and through thy blessed assistance I haue for the glory of thy great Name compiled I acknowledge my selfe the meanest of men and the most vnworthy of thy vnworthy seruants to present my polluted imperfect duty to thee that art the Fountaine of perfection purity and holinesse but thou that knowest mine intentions meeke and humble free from the expectation of worldly applause and onely ayming to reprehend and reforme the too much too frequent impieties of Cursing and Swearing so hatefull to thee and so abusiue to thy Law vpon the knees of my heart I prostrate my selfe before the feete of thy Mercy seate beseeching thee for thy Names sake too much prophaned for thy Glories sake too much abused for thy Sonnes sake who with thy selfe art neglected contemned and reuiled that thou wilt be pleased to arise O Lord and scatter thine enemies that though this worke of mine bee but weake and I the workeman far weaker yet through my frailty be thou pleased to shew thy power let my lines be like Shamgars Goad Iudges 3 31. Like Iaels Nayle Iudges 4.21 Or che Iawe-bone which Samson fought withall Iudges 15. Or Dauids Sling 1. Sam. 17. That through thy might these accursed Philistines with vncircumcised hearts may be either amended or confounded That all the reuiling Rabshakehs may be made to know that thou art icalous of thy glory so blesse I beseech thee these my labours that children reading them may be seasoned with a feare and reuerence of thy Maiestic that those who already doe hate Cursing and Swearing may hereby be the more confirmed in that godly hatred That the wretched carelesse blasphemers and accursed takers of thy Name in vaine may be ashamed reformed that thereby thou maist be glorified thy Church coÌ„forted and edified and our sinfull liues amended and finally our soules euerlastingly saued through thy meere and infinite mercy and our blessed Sauiours boundlesse merits To whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all praise power and glory now and for euer Thy Eternall Maiesties lowest and least of thy vngracious seruants IOHN TAYLOR TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY MONARCH AND MY DREAD Soueraigne CHARLES by the Grace and Prouidence of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland Defender c. My Gracious Soueraigne I Your Maiesties
woman downe into the Celler and in the same place where the two Infants lost their liues hee did helpe the woman to wring a Bucke of his clothes and then hee requested her to helpe to conuey his goods out of his house for hee said that hee feared that the Sheriffe of Surry would come and seaze vpon all But the woman not thinking of any of the harme that was done imagined that he had meant that his goods would be seazed for debt and not for murther But to returne to the miserable Mother of the murdered Children shee said that her heart throbbed all the day as fore-boading some heauy mischance to come and hauing done her businesse that shee came about to London as soone as shee came home she asked for her Children to whom her Husband answered that they were at a neighbours house in the Towne Then said shee I will go thither to fetch them home No quoth he I will goe my selfe presently for them Then said his Wife Let the poore woman that is heere goe and bring them home But at last shee saw such delay was vsed shee was going her selfe then her Husband told her that hee had sent them to a Kinsmans of his at a Village called Sutton foure miles from Ewell and that he had prouided well for them and prâ—â—id her to bee contented and feare nothing for they were well These double tales of his made her to doubt somewhat was amisse therefore shee intreated him for Gods sake to tell her truly where they were Whereupon hee said If you will needs know where they are goe but vp the stayres into such a Chamber and there you shall find them But in what a lamentable perplexity of mind the poore woman was when shee perceiued how and which way they lost their liues any Christian that hath an heart of flesh may imagine Presently the Constable was sent for who tooke him into his custody who amongst other talke demanded of him why and how he could commit so vnnaturall a fact as to murder his Children To whom hee answered that he did it because he was not able to keep them and that hee was loth they should goe about the Towne a begging and moreouer that they were his owne and being so that hee might doe what hee would with them and that they had their liues from him and therefore he had taken their liues from them and was contented to lose his life for them for hee was sure that their miseries were past and for his part he had an assured hope to goe to them though they could not come to him So being had before a Iustice his Examination was very briefe for hee confest all the whole circumstances of the matter freely so that hee was sent to the common Prison of Surry cal'd the White Lyon where he remained fourteene or fifteene weekes a wonderfull penitent Prisoner neuer or very seldome being without a Bible or some other good booâ—e meditating vpon and when any one did but mention his Children hee would fetch a deep â—â—â— and weep desiring euery one to pray for â—â—â— and vpon his owne carenest request hee â—â—â—aide for at Pauls Crosse and at most of â—â—â— Churches in London and at many in the Country and at the Sessions holden at Croyâ—â—â— the latter end of Iuno last hee made such confesslion at the Barre declaring the â—â—â— of his life his odious Drinking his â—â—minable Whoring his cruell Murther â—â—â— the false dealing of his deceitfull freind â—â—â— was the cause of his finall wrack with â—â—â— Relations of his pronounced with vehemencey and protestations hee moâ—â—â— all that heard him to commiseration and â—â—â— So according to Law and Iustice hee was â—â—â— condemned and iudged for the murâ—ering of his two Children to be hang'd â—â—â— Iudgement was executed on him at â—â—â— Gallowes at Croydon on Munday the second day of Iune 1621. where hee â—â—â— with great penirency and remorce of 〈…〉 This was the lamentable end of Iohn Rowse â—â—â— of the age of fifty yeeres and one that â—â—â— right haue liu'd and dyed in better fashion â—â—â— had laid hold on the grace of heauen â—â—â— God 's protection and fatherly asâ—â—â—â—â—â— but of all that herein is declared this â—â—â— which I now declare is most lamenâ—â—â— and remarkable which is that Ewell â—â—â— a Market Towne not much aboue ten â—â—â— from London in a Christian Kingdome â—â—â— such a Kingdome where the all-sauing World of the euer liuing God is most diliâ—â—â—â— sincerely and plentifully preached â—â—â— this diligence as it were in â—â—â— or Center of this sincerity and in â—â—â— of this plenty the Towne of Ewell â—â—â— neither Preacher not Pastor for alâ—â—â—â—â—â—son age be able to maintaine on â—â—â— Preacher yet the liuing beeing in a â—â—â— hand is rented out to another for â—â—â— and yet no Preacher mainâ—â—â—â—â—â— Now the chiefe Landlord out of â—â—â— doth allow but seuen pounds â—â—â— Reader and the other that doth hyre the Parsonage at a great Rent doth giue the said Reader foure pound the yeere more out of his meanes and courtesie and by this meanes the Towne is serued with a poore old man that is halfe blinde and by reason of his age can scarcely read for all the world knowes that so small a stipend cannot finde a good Preacher Bookes and very hardly bread to liue on so that the poore soules dwelling there are in danger of famishing for want of a good Preacher to breake the Bread of life vnto them for a Sermon amongst them is as rare as warme weather in December or Ice in Iuly both which I haue seene in England though but seldome And as the Wolfe is most bold with the Sheepe when there is either no Shepheard or an impotent insufficient one so the Diuell perhaps tooke his aduantage of this wretched man seeing hee was so badly guarded and so weakly guided to withstand his force and malice for where God is least knowne and called vpon there Satan hath most power and domination But howsoeuer I wish with all my heart that that Towne and many more were better prouided then they are and then such numbers of soules would not be in hazzard to perish nor so many sufficient schollers that can preach and teach well liue in penuryo through want of maintenance I could runne further vpon this point but that I doe shortly purpose to touch it more to the quick in another Booke By this mans fall wee may see an example of Gods Iustice againste Drunkennes Whoredome and Murder the Diuell being the first Author who was a Murtherer from the beginning when â—l'd Catâ— with Enuy that hee murdered his brother Abel who tempted Dauid first to Adultery and afterwards to Murther who prouoked Herod to cause the blessed Seruant of God Iohn Baptist to lose his head because hee told him it was not lawfull for him to marry his brother Philips Wife and who was the prounker of the aforesaid Herod to marther all the innocent male children in
weaknes may babble of Reformation thougâ— to no end and so I end FINIS The Nipping or Snipping of ABVSES OR The Wooll-gatheÌ„ring ôf VVit A Skeltonicall salutation to those that know how to reade and not merre the sense with hacking or mis-construction THou true vnderstander my inuention doth wander with the quill of a Gander to shield mee from slander to thy good protection I yeeld in subiection my poore imperfection with friendly correction and as thou dost â—â—e or stroake mee or strike mee reproue mee or proue mee or mooue mee â—â— loue mee or quiteme or spight me friend me or mend me or else not offend â—â—â—â— If in ought that is written thy humors are bitten seeme not to espy it and â—one will descry it But if thou doest kick the spurre sure will prick and if thou â—â—â—â—ing the waspe then will sting My verses are made to ride euery Iade but â—â—are forbidden of Iades to be ridden they shall not bee snaffled nor braued â—or baffled wert thou George with thy Naggon that foughtst with Draggon or â—â—re you Great Pompey my verse should bethumpe ye if you like a Iauel against â—â—â— dare cauill I doe not intend it as now to commend it or yet to defend it But â—â— mee I doe send it to like it or mend it and when thou hast end it applaud it â—â— rent it my wits I could bristle for a better Epistle but yet at this time this â—â—â— Rime I send to thy view because it is new So Reader adue I thine if thou mine IOHN TAYLOR To the Castalian Water-writer Splende dignoscar â— Diall set vpon an eminent place â— iâ— clouds doe interuall Apolloes face â—â—â—â— a flgur'd shape whereby we knowe â—â—le of Time which it doth owe â—â— expectations yet wee see â—â—â—ctes by which Times should distinguish'd be â—â—â—alelled punctuall ciphered lines â—â— by a shadow when the faire sunne shines Explaines the houres So if the Sonne of men Thy Glorious Patron deeme to blesse thy pen With his faire light Thy Muse so young so faire So well proportion'd in conceites so rare And Naturall streames and stile and eu'ry part That Nature therein doth exceed all Art Will then as with Enthusiasme inspir'd Print Legends by the world to be admir'd Thine Iames Ratray To my friend by land and by water Iohn Taylor THese leaues kind Iohn are not to wrap vp drams That doe containe thy witty Epigrams Let worser Poems serue for such abuse Whilst thine shall be reseru'd for better vse And let each Critick cauill what he can T is rarely written of a Water-man Thy friend assured Rob Branthwaite To his deare friend Master Iohn Taylor ME thinkes I see the Sculler in his boate With goodly motion glide along faire Thames And with a charming and bewitching noate So sweet delightfull tunes and ditties frames As greatest Lordingâ— and the nicest Dames That with attentiue eare did heare thy layès Of force should yeeld due merit to thy praise Worth to all Watermen straine forth thy voice To proue so pleasing in the worlds proud eye As eyes and eares and hearts may all reioyce To see heare muse vpon the melodie In contemplation of thy harmony Let Thames faire bankes thy worth and praises ring While I thy worth and praise beyond sea sing Tho Gent. To the Water-Poet Iohn Taylor Honest Iohn Taylor though I know 't no grace To thee or me for writing in this place Yet know I that the multitudes of friends Will thee protect from vile malignant mindes The rather cause what euer thou hast snowne Is no one mans inuention but thine owne Malicious minded men will thee dispraise Enuy debases all her selfe to raise Then rest content whilst to thy greater fame Both Art and Nature striue to raise thy name Thine euer as thou knowest R Cudner To my friend Iohn Taylor IF Homers verse in Greeke did merit praise If Naso in the Latine won the Bayes If Maro 'mongst the Romanes did excell If Tasso in the Tuscan tongue wrote well Then Taylor I conclude that thou hast don In English what immortall Baies haue won Thy friend Iohn Taylor To my honest friend Iohn Taylor THy Taylors shears foule vices wings â—â—â—â—â— The scames of impious dealings are vnript So Art-like thou these captious times hast quipt As if in Helicon thy pen were dipt All those who ' gainst thy worth are enuious lipt Thy sharpe Satyrick Muse hath nipt and sâ—ipâ—â— And to conclude thy nuention is not chipt Or stolne or borrowd begd or basely gript Then Taylor thy conceits are truely sowde And Sculler on my word it was well roude Thine to mybest powâ—â— Enoch Lyâ— In Laudem Authoris MOst commonly one Taylor will dispraise Anothers workmanship enuying alwaiâ—s At him that 's better then himselfe reputed Though he himselfe be but a botcher bruted So might it well be said of me my friend Should I not to thy worke some few lines lend Which to make probable this sentence tendeth Who not commends he surely discommendeth In my illiterate censure these thy rimes Deserue applause euen in these worst of times VVhen wit is onely worthy held in those On whom smooth flattery vaine praise bestoâ—es But I not minding with thy worth to flatter Do know thy wit too good to toyle by water Rob. Taylor To my friend IOHN TAYLOR THis worke of thine thou hast compil'd soâ—â—â— It merits better wits thy worth to tell Thine Maximilian Wâ—â— The Authours description of a Poet and Poesie with an Apology in defence of Naturall English Poetry SHall beggers dine into the Acts of Kings Shall Nature speake of supernat ' rall things â—â—â—â— Eagles flights attempted be by Gnats â—â—â—â— mighty Whales be portraied out by Sprats These things I know vnpossible to be â—â—â—d it is as vnpossible for mee That am a begger in these Kingly acts Which from the heau'ns true Poetrie extracts â—â—â— foole by Nature I â—â—â— neuer knew this high-bome mystery â—â—â— worthlesse gnat I know my selfe more weake â—â—â— the Princely Eagle dare to speake â—â—â—y sprat the Ocean seekes so sound â—â— seek this Whale though seeking he be drown'd â—â—â— to proceed a Poets Art I know â—â—â— compact of earthly things below â—â—â— is of any base substantiall mettle That in the worlds rotundity doth settle â—â—â—tis Immortall and it hath proceeding â—rom wheÌ„â—e diuinest soules haue all their breeding â—â— is a blessing â—â—â—u'n hath sent to men â—y men it is diâ—â—lged with their pen And by that propagation it is knowne And ouer all the world disperst and throwne â—â—â— verball elocution so refinde That it to Vertue animates mans minde The blessed Singer of blest Israel â—â— this rare Arte he rarely did excell He sweetly Poetiz'd in heau'nly verses â—â—â— lines which aye eternity rehearses â—â—â— and glorious great esteeme â—â—â— Câ—â—â—â— did a Poet deeme â—â—mired Virgils life doth plainely show â—â—t all the world a Poets worth may know â—â—â— leauing Israels King and Romane Caesar â—â—seeke in England English Poets
eldest daughter to Henry the 7. from whom our graciâ—â—â— soueraigne is â—ineally descended Henry the eight An. Dom. 1509. FRom both the Lines and both the Ioynes did spring Of York Lancaster this mighty King Katherine that was his brothers wife of late He tooke to wife and crown'd her Queene in state Empson and Dudley lost their heads at Tower For racking the poore Commons by their power Warres dreadfull wars arose 'twixt vs and French Lord Edward Howard drowned by mis-chance At Brest he was high Admirall in fight Cast ouerboord dy'd like a valiant Knight In England Suffolks Duke did lose his head The King to Turwin did an army lead Turney he wonne with his victorious blade King Iames of Scotland England did inuade But Surries Earleâ— the Scotsh King ouercame Who lost life there but wonne immortall fame Now Cardinall Wolsey in the Kings high Grace Was rais'd to honours from great place to place Lordship on Lordship laid vpon his backe Vntill the burthen was the bearers wracke The Duke of Buckingham his head did lose And Laâ—ber stoutly did the Pope oppose â—â—finde ignorance that long had look'd awry Began to see Truth with a clearer eye And then the King inspir'd with seruent Zeale Reformed both the Church and Common weale â—â—â—â—â— with his power Omnipotent Did make this King his gracious Instrument â—â—T'vnmaske his Truth from Antichristian fables And purge this wofull Land from Babels bables This king at Boloigne was victorious â—â— peace and warre Magnifique Glorious â—â— his rage bounty he did oft expresse His Liberality to bee excesse â—â—â— Reuels Iusts and Turnies he spent more Then fiue of his Fore-fathers did before His Auarice was all for Noble fame Amongst the Worthies to inrole his Name A valiant Champion for the Faiths defence Was the great Title of this mightie Prince â—â—â—â— wiues he had 3 Kates 2. Aunes one Iane Two were diuorc'd two at the blocke were slaine One sonne and two faire daughters he did leaue Who each from other did the Crowne receiue The first was Edward Mary next whose death Left State and Realme to Queene Elizabeth He thirty eight yeeres kept this Royall Roome At windsor hee 's enter'd without a Tombe Lâ—â—th Edenbourgh and diuers other parts of Scotland were spoyled by Sir Iohn Dudley Lord Viscount â—sle Lord high Admirall of England with a Navy of 200 tall Ships Anno 1544. King Henry went to Boloigne hee â—â—â—â— France the 13. of Iuly and into Boloigne the 25. of September in which yeere were taken 300. French â—hips for prices Edward the sixt An. Dom. 1546. HAd this Kings reigne bin long as it was good Religion in a peaceable state had stood What might haue his age bin when his blest youth â—o valiantly aduanc'd Gods sacred truth At nine yeeres age the Crowne on him hee tooke And ere sixteene he Crowne and life for sooke Too good for earth th' Almighty tooke his spirit And Westminster his Carkas doth inherit In his 5. yeere a strange Earth-quake did much harmâ— in diuers places of Surry and a sweating sicknesse generally ouer England that dispatched those that were in good health in 12. houres or 24. at the most In one weeke there dyed of it in London 806. the most of them being men of best strength Queene Mary An. Dom. 1553. AFter a while this Queene had worne the Crown Idolatry was rais'd and Truth put downe The Masse the Images the Beades and Altars By tyrannie by fire and sword and Halters Th'vngodly bloudy Antichristian sway Men were force perforce forced to obey Now burning Bonner London Bishop he Was from the Maâ—sâ—al-sea againe â—â— free Iohn Dudley great Duke of Northumberland And Sir Iohn Gates dyed by the Headsmans hand With them Sir Thomas Palmer likewise dy'd Hoping for heau'n through â—â—â—â—â— Crucified In Latine Seruice must be sung and said Because men should not know for what they praâ—'d The Emp'rors sonne great Philip King of Spaine A marriage with Queene Mary did obtaine Against which match Sir Thomas Wyat rose With powers of Kent the Spaniards to oppose But Wyat was or'throwne his armie fled And on the Tower hill after lost his head Lord Gray the Duke of Suffolke also dy'd An Axe his Corps did from his head diuide A little after the Lord Thomas Gray The Dukes owne brother went that headlesse way A Millers sonne assum'd King Edwardâ— name And falsely in that name the Crowne did claime But he was tane and iustly whip'd and tortur'd And claiming it once more was hang'd quarterd King Philip won Saint Quintins with great cost But after to our shame was Callice lost Callice was lost which threescore yeeres and ten Had beene a Garrison for Englishmen Thus by Gods mercy Englands Queene did dye And England gain'd much ease and rest thereby Fiue yeeres and 4. months was her bloudy reigne And all her glory doth one graue containe Though of her selfe this Queene was well inclin'd Bad-minded counsell altred much her minde She married Philip King of Spaine on Saint Iames his day 1554. at Winchester Callice was won by Edward the 3. in the 21. of his reigne 1347. and it was lost the I. of Ianuary 1557. after the English-men had possest it 210. yeeres August 7. 1558. a tempest neere Nottingham beat downe 2. Townes and Churches and cast the Bels to the further side of the Church-yard threw whole sheetes of Lead 400. foot into the fields where they were crumpled together like burns parchment the streame and mud of the Riuer of Trent was blowne a-land a quarter of a mile a childe blowne out of a mans hand 100. foot and kild there fell hayle 15. Inches about Queene Elizabeth An. Dom. 1558. A Debora a Iudith a Susanna A Virgin a Virago a Diana Couragious Zealous Learned Wise and Chasle With heauenly earthly gifts adorn'd and grac'd Victorious glorious bountious gracious good And one whose vertues dignifi'd her bloud That Muses Graces Armes and liberall Arts Amongst all Queens proclaim'd her Queen of hearts She did repurifie this Land once more From the infection of the Romish whore Now Abbies Abbots Fri'rs Monks Nuns Stews Masses and Masse-priests that mens soules abuse Were all cast downe Lamps Tapers Relikes Beads And Superstitions that mans soule misse-leads All Popish pardons Buls Consessions With Crossings Cristening bels Saints Intercessions The Altars Idols Images downe cast All Pilgrimage and Superstitious Fast Th'acknowledging the Pope for supreme head The holy water and the god of bread The mumbling Mattins and the pickpurse Masse These bables this good Queene did turne to grasse She caus'd Gods seruice to be said and sung In our owne vnderstanding English tongue In Scotland and in France fierce warres she held The Irish she subdu'd when they rebeld The Netherlands her name doe still admire And Spaine her like againe doth not desire When forty foure yeers reigne was past and gone She chang'd her earthly for a heauenly Throne At Greenwich she was borne at Richmond dy'd At
hauing past with troubles griefes and cares This transitory life this vale of teares Yet LANCELOT ANDREWES name doth this portend All sure All due content Crownes all art end FINIS True louing Sorrovv â—â—TTIRED IN A ROBE OF VNFAINED â—efe presented vpon occasion of the much bewailed Funerall that Gracious and Illustrious Prince LEVVIS STEVVARD â—â—e of Richmond and Linox Earle of Newcastle and Darnely Lord of Torboltâ—n and â—â—uen Baron of Settrington Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter Lord High â—â—â—â—irall great Chamberlain of Scotland Lord high Steward to the Kings most â—â—lent Maiesties most Honourable Houshold Gentleman of his Maiesties Bed-chamber â—â—â— one of his Maiesties most Honourable Priuie Councell for England and Scotland who â—â—â—â—departed this life at White-hall on Thursday the 12 of February 1624. whose obsequies were solemnly and Princely celebrated on Munday the 19 of Aprill following described in forme as followeth Dedicated generally to all his worthy Friends and louing Seruants and particularly to that trusty and welbeloued Seruant of his Arthur Neassmith ANd first my Muse findes that his Graces name Significantly makes an Anagram LEWIS STEWARDE Anagram VERTV IS WEL EAS'D His Vertues such continuall paines did take For King and Countrie Church and peoples sake That for Earths courtly toyle to him 't was giuen His VERTV IS WEL EAS'D t 'the Court of Heauen A Funerall Elegie GReat God that to thy self wilt take thine own By sundry waies and means to man vnknown Whose Eye of prouidence doth still perceiue When where why who to take or else to leaue Whose mercy and whose Iustice equall are Both Infinite to punish or to spare All men doe know that men to dye are borne And from the earth must to the earth returne But Time and Circumstance coniecture may For some great cause thou took'st this Duke away Amongst vs lurks so many a foule offence Which giues thee cause to take good men from hence And that this Prince was good as well as great His life and timelesse losse doth well repeate Deuout and zealous to his God aboue True to his King as did his seruice proue Discreet in Counsell Noble in his minde Most Charitablly Honourably kinde So Affable so Hopefull vnto all And so Repleat with vertues generall That we may say This Land in losing him Hath lost a gracious Peere a prop a lim It must be true that well he spends his daies Whose actions doe attaine all peoples praise And surely I suppose hee doth not liue Who of this Duke a bad report can giue So full endu'd he was of all good parts With Noble Courtesie he wan all hearts To loue and honour his admired minde So well addicted and so well enclin'd That as a Diamond in gold transfixt His vertues with his greatnesse were so mixt That he as one of an immortall Race Made Vertue vertuous and gaue Grace to grace Then since his goodnesse was so generall The losse of him is Gen'rall vnto all This being true let 's recollect our spirits And weigh his worth with our vnworthy merits The manner of the Funerall 8. Conductors with black staues poore Gowns 10â— Seruants to Gentlemen and Esquires in Cloakes 50. Seruants to Knights 46. Seruants to Baroness â—â— Three Trumpeters Then came the Standard borne by Sir Geâ—â— Samms Knight accompanyed with an Officer of Armes The first Horse couered with blacke cloth â—â—â— with Scutchions Shoffron and Plumes ledly a groâ—â— Heere went seruants to Baron younger Sonnes â—â—â— some others of like quality in number 15. The seruants to Knights of the Priuy Councell,30 Seruants to Earles younger Sonnes 24. Seruants to Viscounnts eldest Sonnes 6. Then the Schollers of Westminster in â—ounâ—â— Surplices their Masters following in mourning Goâ—â— Three Trumpeters The Guiators borne by Sir Andrew Boyd Knight â—â—â— companyed with an Officer of Armes The second Horse led by a Groome and furnished the former Barons seruants 60. Bishops seruants 10. Earles eldest Sonnes seruants 15. Viscount seruants 10. Marquesses eldest Sonnes seruants 3 Trumpeters The Banker of the augmentation borne by a kniâ—â— companied with an Officer of Armes The third Horse led by another Groome of his Grâ—â— Stable furnished as the others Earles seruant maâ—â—â— set and Dukes seruants The Lord Priuy-Seales Seruantâ— President of the Cuoncell Seruant Lord Treasurers Seruant Lord Keepers Seruant And Lord Archbishops Seruant 3 Trumpeters The Banner of Steward borne by â—â— Iohn Steward accompanied with an Officer of Armesâ— The fourth Horse sed by a Yeoman of his Graces â—â—â—ble And then our fraileties truely will confesse God tooke him hence for our vnworthinesse Death was in Message from th' Almighty sent To summon him to Heau'ns high Parliament He chang'd his Gracious Title transitory And by the grace of God attain'd true Glory And as his King had his integrity So did the Commons share his Clemency Which was so pleasing to his Makers sight That bounteously he did his life requite That Lambe-like mildely hence hee tooke him sleeping To his Eternall euer-blessed keeping Thus as his name includes so God is pleas'd From worldly sorrows VERTV IS WEL EAS'D No sicknesse or no physicke made him languish He lay not long in heart-tormenting anguish But as Gods feare was planted in his brest â—â—â—oat his Rest God tooke him to his Rest. When like a good Tree laden full of fruite Of Grace of Vertue Honour and Repute Euen in his best estate too good for Earth Then did his soule put on a second Birth And though his part of fraile mortality Yet Monumentall Marble heere doth lye As thousands weeping soules with deepe laments â—â—â—s his most woefull mourning Monuments â—â—â— daily see whose visages doe show That Hee 's inter'd within their hearts below Whose faces seeme an Epitaph to beare That men may Reade who is intombed there Epitaph GOod Gracious Great Richmond Linox Duke God King and Countries seruant heere doth lye â—hose liuing Merits merit no rebuke â—â—â—â— whose liues losse lamenting Memory â—â—â—â—â— hearts are groning Graues of griefes and cares â—hich when we dye wee 'l leaue vnto our heyres ME thinks the Sable Mourners did appeare As if in forme they numbring Figures were â—â—â— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Whilst all that view'd like Ciphers did combine Their mourning with the Mourners to vnite Which made thier Lamentations infinite And Infinite are now his Ioyes aboue With the Eternall God of peace and loue Where for a mortall Duke dome he hath wonne Through boundlesse merits of th'Amighties Son â—â—â— Kingdome that 's immortall where hee sings â—erpetuall praise vnto the King of Kings Thus what the Earth surrendred heau'n hath seaz'd Most blest LEWIS STEWARDE VERTV IS WEL EAS'D ble furnished as the other Seruants to his Grace in Cloakes Officers to his Grauce in Gownes 3 Trumpeters The Banner of Steward and the augmentation quartered with it borne by a Baronet accompanied with a Herald of Armes The 5 Horse led by a Yeoman of his Graces Stable furnished as the
of good men and the reprobate In many places they doe seeme to vary And beare a sence from Scripture quite contrary In Tobis and Dame Indith disagrees From Text and Raâ—es in the Machabâ—es For which the Church hath euer held it fit To place them by themselues from holy writ FINIS SALVATOR MVNDI DEDICATED TO THE HIGH MAIESTIE OF QVEENE MARY GReat Queene I haue with paines and labour tooke From out the greatest Booke this little Booke And with great Reuerence I haue cull'd from thence All things that are of greatest consequence And though the Volumne and the Worke bee small Yet it containes the summe of all in ALL. To you I giue it with a heart most feruent And rest your humble Subiect and your Seruant IOHN TAYLOR To the Reader HEere Reader then maist read for little cost How thou wast ransoâ—â—'d when thou quite wast lost Mans gracelesuesse and Gods exceeding grace Thou here maist reade and see in little space IOHN TAYLOR Mathew LOe here the blessed Sonne of God and Man New borne who was before all worlds began Of heau'nly seed th' eternall liuing Rocke Of humane race of Kingly Dauids stocke Our blest Redeemer whom the Prophets old In their true preachings had so oft foretold In figures ceremonies types and tropes He here sulfils their words confirmes their hopes The worlds saluations sole and totall summe Poore Mankinds Sauiour IESVS CHRIST is come From married Mary wife and Virgin springs This heauenly earthly supreame King of Kings He 's naked borne and in a manger layd Where he and 's Mother blessed wife and maid Are by the wite men sought and seeking found And hauing found their ioyes doe all abound Where they their loue their zeale their faith vnfold And offer incense myrthe and purest gold False-hearted Herod seeketh to destroy This new borne Infant our eternall ioy But Ioseph by a dreame is warn'd by night T'ward AEgypt with the Babe to take his flight Amongst th' AEgyptians be not longsoiournes But backe to Naz'reth he againe returnes To end the Law the Babe was circumcis'd And then by Iohn in Iordane was baptiz'd When loe the Father from his glorious Throne Sends downe the Holy Ghost vpon his Sonne In likenesse of a pure vnspotted Doue Which did his Birth and Baptis me both approue Now subtill Sathan he attempts and tempts him And fasting to the wildernesse exempts him But Iesus power the soule siends power destroyd Commanding Sathan hence Auoyd Auoyd The fearefull Diuell doth slee Christ goes and preaches And in the Mountaine multitudes he reaches He said Repentance wipes away transgressings And to the godly he pronounced blessings Hee makes the lame to goe the blind to see Deafe heare dumbe speake the leapers cleansed be The diuels from the possessed out he draue The dead are rais'd the poore the Gospell haue Such things he doth as none but God can doe And all 's to bring his flock his fold vnto All that are laden come to me quoth he And I will ease you therefore come to me You of your heauy sinnes I doe acquite My yoake is easie and my burden's light Vpon Mount Taber there our blest Messias Doth shew himselfe with Moses and Elias Yet all these mightie wonders that he wrought Nor all the heauenly teachings that he taught The stiffe neckd stubborne Iewes could not conuert But they ramaine obdurate hard of heart The man quoth some by whom these things are done It is the Carpenters poore Iosephs Sonne Some said how be these things to a passe did bring By power of Belzebub thâ—insernall King Thus with the poyson of their enuious tongues They guerdon good with ill and right with wrongs His owne not knowes him Iudas doth betray him To Annas and to Caiphas they conuey him From Caiphas backe to Annas and from thence Is sent this euerlasting happy Prince Thus is this death this sirâ—â— this Sathan-killer Mongst sinnefull wretches tost from post to Piller He 's slouted spitted on derided stript â— He 's most vnmercifully scourg'd and whipt By Impious people he 's blasphem'd and rail'd And of the Iewes in scorne as King is hail'd He like a Lambe vnto his death it led Nail'd on the Crosse for man his heart bloud shed He after three dayes glorious doth arise He leaues the sinnefull earth and mounts the skyes But first to his Disciples he appeures Where he their drooping halfe dead Spirits cheares Marke Saint Marke declares how blest baptizing Iohn Fore-runner was of Gods eternall Son Which Iohn in Wildernesse baptizes teaches And of contrition and remishon preaches Our Sauiour calls no Pharisees or Scribes Or princely people out of Iudahs Tribes But Simon Andrew Iames and Iohn are those Poore toy ling Fishermen which Iesus chose To shew that with the humblest smallest things God greatest matters to perfection brings By sundry wondrous workes our Sauiour Iesus From sinne and Sathan lab'reth to release vs. And in requitall the Ingratefull Iewes Deuise their blest Redeemer to abuse Some inwardly doe hate him some belye him His Seruants all for sake him or deny him But Peter thou wast bless in â—hy dyniall Orthy presuming thou hast â—â—â— the tryall Repentance wasâ— away thy â—â—nities crimes And thou a parterpâ— to after times The Sonne and Heire of neuer sading Heau'n Into the hands of sinfull meâ—s giuen He dyes he 's buried and in glory rises Triumphing ouer all his foes deuises S. Luke Heere Mary and old Zacharias sings In ioyfull manner to the King of Kings And aged Simeon in his armed did take The Lord of life and doth reioycings make Christ teaches preaches mercy vnto all That by amendment will for mercy call He 's tane and by false witnesses accus'd He 's beaten scoffed scorned and abus'd He 's hang'd vpon the Crosse betwixt two theeues The one doth rails on him and one beleeues He dies he 's buried tising he doth quell And conquer all his soes sin death and hell B. Iohn In the beginning was th' eternall Word The Word with God was and that Word the Lord In the beginning the same Word with God Was and for euer hath with him abead With it were all things made and made was nought Without this Word the which was made or wrought Here Christs Diuinity is told by Iohn The blessed Trinitie one three three one How God had now perform'd the oath he swore To Abram and to Israel long before How Christ should come to ransome Aaaâ—es losse And satisfie Gods Iustice on the crosse Though times and places farre a sunderb Yet Prophets and Euangelists agree In Iesus birth his Doctrine life and death Whereby our dying Soules gaâ— ne liuing breath If all things should be writ which â—rst was done By Iesus Christ Gods euerlasting Sonne From Cratch to Crosse from Cradle to his tombe To hold the Bookes the world would not be roome Acts. Th' Apostles praising God and singing Songs The holy Ghost in fierie clouen tongues Descends vpon them who are all inspir'd With