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A15992	The Song of Songs, which was Salomons metaphrased in English heroiks by way of dialogue. With certayne of the brides ornaments, viz. poeticall essayes vpon a diuine subiect. Whereunto is added a funerall elegie, consecrate to the memorie of that euer honoured Lord, Iohn, late Bishop of London. By R.A.	Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?	1621 (1621)	STC 2774; ESTC S104589	110,486	224

his place vaine-gloriously aspire Till Boreas brasen wings him throwes downe in the mire 26 Thus vaine fond youth left his sage Fathers lore And by his borrowed wings did soare so high Loe here their end that seeke so high to soare The Sunne beames heate his waxen wings did frie. Proud Bryar that safe and secure did lie Vnder stout Oakes most safe protecting armes Supplanted him by treason cunningly Then to Sunnes heate expos'd and Winters stormes He 's trod downe by wild beasts and eaten vp of wormes 27 Once had the feete the noble Head defide Grieuing to beare his burthen any more And Brawny armes their helping hands denide To feede the belly with conuenient store But hands and armes forthwith grew weake and poore For want of stomacks strength'ning nourishment And now the legs that able were before To beare both Head and Bodies wonderment Became wrang stumbling lame for want of gouernment 28 When Ioth●ms trees went out t'annoint a King They first besought the Oliue tree to raigne But he his fatnesse highly valewing Refus'd to leaue it for a Kingdomes gaine Next Fig-tree sweet to rule they would constraine Who nould his sweetnesse leaue for Kingdomes glee Last to the fertile Vine they doe complaine Who fruitfulnesse loues more than Sou'raigntee But Bryar base will raigne and the anointed bee 29 Like as on Mountaynes which doe breake the clouds Sand grauell and vnfruitfull earth doe lye But in the fruitfull Valleyes lowly shrowds Fruit good for meate and to delight the eye And as the brackish Waues doe mount on high Whilst fresher Waters silent slide away Eu'n so it fares with sweet Humilitie Which like the fruitfull Meadow's fruitfull ay And like fresh Brookes whose sweetnesse neuer doth decay 30 And as tall ships which beare too high a saile Are soone o'returned by a boystrous wind Whilst smaller Vessels 'gainst the Waues preuaile Arriuing safely at the Port assign'd So they that to ambition are enclin'd And Phaeton-like to guide the Sunne aspire All things consume that vnder them they find Till from their Coach they tumble in the mire Till fewell failes Ambition neuer slakes her fire 31 And as mans eye the higher he doth stand The things which are beneath doth lesser deeme So he that doth Gods greatnesse vnderstand In his owne eyes doth vile and nothing seeme An humble man 's a gemme of high esteeme Which ignorant men doe trample in the mire Vntill the skilfull Ieweller redeeme It from the dust and clense it in the fire Then those that trod on it before doe it admire 32 Those that in Princes seruice purchase fame And thereby would raise their posteritie Seeke great allyance to confirme the same And of the Heralds get a Pedigree But they that would gaine true nobilitie To doe Christ's heau'nly Fathers will must seeke For such his Mother Brother Sister bee No honour or allyance can be like To this yet sure such are the humble and the meeke 33 Humilitie's the Basis and foundation Of Vertues all into one building brought Which for to raise on high by contemplation Must deepe and low within the ground be wrought If one desire to mount his house aloft And workes his vnder-pinning slight below He builds vpon the sands all comes to nought For if the floods doe come or wind doe blow Affliction Persecution all doth ouerthrow 34 The thing which God or Nature doth decree In secret Man oft b' innate augurie Vnwittingly foretells which shewes to bee Betweene our soules and heau'n a sympathie Hence is it that this Dame * Humilitie Hath her denomination from the ground For though as shee is spirituall shee can flie Aboue the highest heau'ns yet shee is found The lowliest wight on earth though highly to be crown'd 35 The ancient Latines Homo Man did name By deriuation from Humilitie To teach him that he should become the same In Truth as in names Etymologie And let a man looke through Antiquitie Loe all the Men whose vertues are commended For paternes good vnto posteritie In humblenesse they haue begun and ended When Pride as basest sinne is alwayes reprehended 36 Abel and Cain firstlings of humane ●eede Ambitious Cain but Abel meeke and mild His offring was accepted which did breede Such wrath in Cain that he the ground defil'd With his owne brothers blood which he hath spoil'd Moses is call'd the meekest man aliue Abram himselfe but dust and ashes styl'd When he besought his Maker for twice ●iue Iust men there found to saue the Sodomites aliue 37 Iacob fed Labans sheepe the Patriarchs all Like trade of husbandrie did exercise The Iudges with the Prophets great and small And all good Kings were low in their owne eyes Iohn Baptist the Messias-ship denyes And humbly doth himselfe vnworthy deeme To be him that stoopes and his shooe vntyes Christ did it no disparagement esteeme To wash their feete whom with his blood he would redeeme 38 Ah what an humble mind did Mary beare When with salt teares that flowed from her eyes Shee wash'd Christ's feet and wip'd them with her haire Great Volumes I suppose would not comprise Names of all humble Saints let it suffice Their names are written in the Booke of Life They here vaine worldly glorie did despise Free from Ambition Malice Enuie Strife And now by Faith and Hope in Loues Court leade their life 39 Oh! could we but this Vertue truely taste And as w' are dust and ashes apprehend How he that in the highest heau'n is plac't And did of nothing to vs Being lend And one condition vnto all men send Vouchsafes spirituall communication Calls vs his Spou●e his Children Host and Friend We n'ould despise the honest conuersation Of meanest brother that 's Coheire of like saluation 40 Dares dust and ashes thus expostulate Shall not the Lord of all the World doe right And yet dares dust and ashes in his state Denie his brother poore to come in s●ght Shall dogs licke Lazar's sores whilst thou no bite Or crummes which vnderneath thy table fall Wilt to him giue Behold he shall be site In Abrams bosome thou the Deuills thrall For thus the Humble rise and thus the Proud must fall 41 No better obiect of magnificence Can there be found here than an humble heart Who still ascribes all to beneficence That he receiues not to his owne desart Vnto thy humble brother then impart Part of thy substance with true courtesie Intreat the least The lowlier that thou art God will thee higher raise Humilitie Mounts vp to heau'n whilst Pride in hell doth burning lie 42 But ah Ambition still cryes for a name Like Giants proud that Babels Tower would raise Whence followes sure confusion losse and shame Alas how few there be now in our dayes That seeke by humblenesse anothers praise Humilitie no entertainment finds But poorely 'bout Court Citie Countrey strayes And in her roome faign'd complement her winds Who ne're minds as shee sayes nor e're sayes as shee minds 43 Base Complement hatcht

leade about Eu'n to my mothers house that first mee taught I would thee cause to drinke of spiced wine And iuyce that from the Pomegranate runnes out Thy left arme vnderneath my head should line Thy right arme with embracements should my loue intwine Oh Sions daughters I you charge no lesse Stirre not to wake my loue vntill he please Who is 't that comes vp from the wildernesse Leaning on her beloued at her ease From vnder th' Apple trees I thee did raise Whereas thy mother did thee first conceaue Whereas thy mother first began thy dayes Oh let thine heart me as a Seale receaue And as a Signet on thine arme doe thou me cleaue For Loue is strong as death and Iealousie Cruell as graue her coles be brands of fire Whose raging flames consume most violently No water can asswage her direfull ire Nor any floods can drowne her hot desire No though a man all that he hath would sell And let himselfe for wages out to hire Yet house and substance all shee would refell Yea eu'n c●ntemne No worldly thing can Loue compell Wee haue a little Sister and no moe Whose brests as yet lye in a narrow rome Tell vs What snall wee for our Sister doe When as the time of wooing her is come When as the time of wedding her is come A siluer Palace with a doore most sound Of Cedar boords wee 'le make for her alone I am a wall my brests are towers round So am I in his eyes as one that fauour found A fruitfull Vineyard had King Salomon In a most fertile place this Vineyard lay To Dressers he it farm'd that euery one For fruits thereof receiu'd should yearely pay A thousand siluer peeces at their day My Vine before me I doe dresse alone If they to thee a thousand must defray A thousand siluer peeces Salomon They for their paynes must haue two hundred euery one O thou that in the Gardens sweet dost dwell My name to thy Companions forth sound Oh cause me heare thy voyce that sounds so well And make it from the Hills and Rocks rebound Make haste then my beloued to confound Thine enemies Be like vnto the Roe And youthfull Hart that on the mountaynes bound The mountaynes whereon Myrrhe and Spices grow Make haste ô my belou'd thy glorie here to show FINIS WHen Da●id his Ambassadours did send Wise Abigal vnto his wife to take The Lady lowly to the ground did bend Offring to wash their feete for her Lords sake Learne here what high account we ought to make Of messengers that vs glad tidings bring Which trauell great and labour vndertake For to espouse vs to our Lord and King To be allyde vnto a Prince is no small thing They that to desert hearts send forth their voyce And make his paths streight and his wayes prepare Shall as the Bridegroomes friends with him reioyce And be inuited to his heau'nly cheare Oh how my soule is rauished to heare Herselfe inuited as a welcome ghest By come my Spouse my Loue my Doue my Deare Behold our marriage bed is richly drest And all things are prepared readie for the feast Selected Vessell blessed Paul who rapt Aboue the triple heau'n such things didst eye As here the soules of men in darknesse wrapt Cannot conceiue What didst thou there espie The Bridegroome cloth'd in loue and majestie Hasting vnto his marriage consummation Whose louely'st Bride the Wise man doth descrie With all the marriage solemne preparation The Gentiles light and glorie of the Iewish nation Then let no yokes of Oxen Farme or Wife Hinder thy comming to this marriage feast Where Water thou shalt taste and bread of Life The King will bid thee welcome as his ghest And thee inuite to Gardens neatlier drest Than that of Eden planted by Gods hand There is true happinesse and endlesse rest There glorious Angels doe by millions stand All readie at the Bridegroomes and the Brides command THE BRIDES ORNAMENTS Poëticall Essayes vpon a diuine subiect THE FIRST BOOKE Viz. of Loue Humility Repentance Faith and Hope 1. COR. 2. 2. I esteemed not to know any thing saue Iesus Christ and Him crucified LONDON Printed by W. Stansby 1621. TO HIS MOST WORTHY LEARNED AND EVER-BELOVED FRIEND Mr. IOHN ARGALL Esquire THe Authour doth his Passe-times dedicate Whom he indeauouring to imitate These Graces all doth in the practique see Which here in Theorie described bee By your owne R. A. THE BRIDES ORNAMENTS The first Booke THE CONTENTS The Porter of Loues Gate Humilitie Her Treasurer Knowledge Fortitude Generall Mercy her Chancellor Truth Secretarie Iustice chiefe Iudge Prudence directeth all Temp'rance Comptroller Repentance Marshall Bountie the Almoner Faith Hope Patrons are Patience Obedience Meeknesse Maides I call Attending Loue Ioy priuy Seale doth beare Gods word sword-bearer is Zeale Prayer chaplens there THE PROEME 1 THose sublime Wits that in high Court of Fame Doe seeke to ranke themselues by Poesie Eternizing the glorie of their name By prayse of Honour and of Cheualrie To some great Princes Court their youth apply Knights honourable actions to behold Chaste Ladies loues and Nobles courtesie Of such haue Homer Virgil Spencer told And haue thereby their names in Fames faire Court enrold 2 But had they waited on the glorious Court Of Heauenly Loue by some call'd Charitie And seene the order there and gracious Port Of this great Queene and her faire Companie Her gentle Gouernement and Maiestie This sure their most Heroicke Muse might raise As farre aboue their moderne pitch to flie As candle-light's surmounted by Sunnes rayes Or as the Creatures boasting is by Makers praise 3 Nor had their stately Muse beene rais'd more high By this employment in Loues Meditation Than their owne soules which vp to ●●auen would flie By this delightfull heau'nly Contemplation Where they might view th' eternall Habitation Prepared for the faithfull Friends of Loue That by her Lawes frame life and conuersation As Members of one glorious Head aboue Which here vpon the Earth by it doe liue be moue 4 Long time I sought Loues Court most carefully And on her noble Actions set my mind That in her praise my Muse might soare on high I sought in vaine but could no entrance find Vntill a courteous Lady then assign'd To keepe the Court Gate hight Humilitie Well knowing what I sought lowly declin'd Assuring me I neuer could descrie Loues honourable Court but by Humilitie 5 Shee was a louely Lady cloth'd in gray Of russet wooll which her owne hands did spin Nor would expend her state in garments gay Her care was to be glorious within Yet had this Lady goodly commings in Which for Loues sake shee dealt amongst the Poore To fill their bellies shee look'd leane and thin Would stoupe to heale the meanest Lazars sore Yet when shee had done all grieu'd shee could doe no more 6 Shee soone in me espies a