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The wonders of England[e]. 1559
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Awdelay, John, fl. 1559-1577.
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¶ The wonders of England 1559. WHen date of 1553. was expirde ful And Gods wrath rypt ready to fall His sworde from sheath did ferce out pul And to the heauens beganne to call Saying on England now I shall Plage Prince Prophet and People all For contemptes sake Go Death inclose their Kyng in clay And Sunne withdraw the light of day And darkenes make No sooner sayd but straight was done The English Kyng Edward God tooke Light of soule from England gone Darkenes made them blyndely looke Truth and Fayth of People forsooke Their Prophetes taken from the booke And prysoners made The Bats Owles from holes out came Wolues and Beares and cruel Caim Did England inuade WheÌ„ darknes thus echwhere was sen And nightly Uermin rulde the rost No Birds might syng in that late euen By land by sea or by the coast But straight were brought to firy post Or els to Lolers tower tost And kept in cage From meate and frend somtimes so bard That lomy wales they fed on hard Hunger to swage Thys darkenes so extremely bode That none froÌ„ other scarce were known On Noble Sage Learned and Good These wormes of darknes spared none And pourde their poison abrod so flowne On Prophet People Prince their own Whych is by name Elizabeth by God nowe Quene To Englands ioy ryght wel is sene They sought to shame The sun thus queÌ„tch day made dark And Cockes in coopes from croing kept TheÌ„ straight these Owles begaÌ„ to wark And to the Churches fearcely lept And w t new broumes theÌ„ clene out swept From God from King and Scripture set Upon the wall And in their stede set ydols long And made people with prayse and song On them to call Thus Uermin darke the mastry had Of Realme of Prince of Noble and all And yet not here with fully glad Away they sought to saue theyr fall And counsayle gaue a Forayne to call To match our Quene and Crowne royal All for their Pope To haue their kingdome raygne alway And they them selues to heare the sway And blindly grope All this not yet their mindes fyllyng Nor no regarde to Natiuâ— land Fearing again Gods light should spring Brought Mershial law forthw t in hand Against al such as would withstand Their wicked raygne and cruell band And Gods part take Or els in priuye places founde Praying to God prostrate on ground His wrath to slake Thus rulyng all in darkenes blynde Came miseries with heape on heape No lore was taught to fyl the mynde Godly to lyue and good fruite reape But al for Church they cride and threape Restore restore euen as good cheape As ye dyd take And be ye sure ye shall attayne To heauens blysse wythout more payne And so mendes make Losses of townes and Holdes came on Ruine of people beganne eche where Richmen made beggers Captains bond Armour for warre our enmyes toke clere WheÌ„ al thys was seue in this realme here Yet sayd these Owles we nede not feare For all was well No losse haue we by Heritikes gone Ne for Calis for whych ye moue Whych here do dwell Yet God as God styll alwaies one Though angry yet began to stay Plaging the Realme and People echeone At last with teares beganne to saye Oh EnglaÌ„d EnglaÌ„d sore doest thou stray My Martirs bloud shed out thys day In wofull plyght The infantes yong that fatherles be Wyth wydowes poore crying to me wythdrawes my spyte With that y e skies their hue did change And light out shone in darkenes steede Up said this God with voice not straÌ„ge Elizabeth thys Realme nowe guyde My wyll in thee doo not thou hyde And Uermine darke let not abyde In thys thy Land Straight way the people out dyd cry Praysed be God and God saue thee Quene of England Finis ê™ I. A. ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Avvdeley