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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05291	Vertue triumphant, or A liuely description of the foure vertues cardinall dedicated to the Kings Maiestie.	Leighton, William, Sir, fl. 1603-1614.	1603 (1603)	STC 15435; ESTC S108435	25,756	64

VERTVE TRIVMPHANT OR A LIVELY DESCRIPTION OF THE FOVRE VERTVES CARDINALL Dedicated to the Kings Maiestie Prima canenda venit mater prudentia rerum Ordine tunc sequitur mens moderata suo Pòst animus magnus postremò munera dico Iustitiae per quam nectitur orbis amor AT LONDON Printed by Melchisedech Bradwood for Matthew Lownes 1603. TO THE RIGHT HIGH AND MIGHTIE Prince IAMES King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith THe deepe-grounded root most dread Soueraigne of my duteous loue to your famous and memorable Sister my gracious Queene and Mistresse being newly watered with the drops of your Princely fauour spreadeth it selfe into many branches of much loialtie and full desire to bring forth the fruit of my most humble zeale and faithfull seruice to your Maiestie And albeit my best labours being brought into a choise and Princely taste can neither desire nor deserue greater grace than to be held as perfunctorie and triuiall yet vouchsafe most mightie King to giue so fauourable a passage in your gracious consideration that were the stocke answerable to the bud of my deuoted minde or the fruit agreeable to my faith and loialtie it should at least haue carried the relish in your iudiciall allowance of good fruit Kirnels being set at first in time beare fruit but being vn-graft neuer come to perfection So may it please your Highnesse from this tender plant of mine there can appeare nothing woorthie either keeping or gathering but being grasted in the least fauour of your Maiesties protection it may hereafter bring forth matter of more approbation content and consequence I must confesse that this so woorthy a subiect might haue beene written with greater maturitie and deliberation but the golde of my inuention hath prooued too base therein to set the rare-orientall pearles of these roiall vertues onely my much respectiue dutie hath thus dared to vent her greatnesse which though it make no large current from the first head yet is it as pure and vndistained as where it floweth most The God of Heauen indue your Highnesse with all Princely blessings and dayly more and more propagate and spread abroad the glorious lustre of your Maiestie to the which as England Scotland France and Ireland so likewise the whole world may haue regard vnto as their true marke and perfect Cynosure since the vniuersall schoole of the world is the Person the House and Court of a vertuous Prince Your Maiesties humbly deuoted seruant of the honourable band of Pensioners William Leighton VERTVE TRIVMphant to the Kings Maiestie 1 NOw that Hyperion with his chearefull beames Hath cleer'd the troubled skie of cloudie state Since little springs do runne to largest streames And mutuall faith determins feare of hate Oh happie land who such a King do'st gaine By whom are dri'd the teares of sorowes raine 2 Our earth esteem'd halfe dead through Winters spight Grones vnderneath the burden of her spring The fields with natures Tapistrie are dight For ioy whereof the winged consort sing Ech vegetable Plant late nipt with frost Vowes treble hope for all the fruit we lost 3 Our memorable Phoenix now takes rest Her ashes doth a mightie Monarch raise Whom best men loue and God himselfe hath blest For all our good and his eternall praise Chosen by him on highest throne to sit For Wisdome Temperance Iustice Power Wit 4 Our cleerest skies with darke clouds ouer-cast In splendent brightnesse shew their wonted hue Our doubts of death are turn'd to life at last All wounds are cur'd and we reuiu'd anew Twixt present hope ioy past and former feare We scarse know what we are or late we were 5 Elizaes losse made wet the driest eies And spred sad sorow through our state and land But present blisse shone from the glorious skies For mightie Ioue stretcht forth his holy hand In one sad morne by death our hearts were slaine Which at midmorow were reuiu'd againe 6 As Pharoes heart most deeply hard'ned was And would not let Gods chosen people goe Nor suffer them from yoking bondage passe But sought their liues and hopes to ouerthrow Through raging Sea without thought of despaire God made their passage easie drie and faire 7 Yet he with might and maine did still pursue Our Gods elected Nation to confound Till in that Sea himselfe he ouerthrew And all his host were in an instant drou'nd The like God works to those whose hate would bring Death to his elect or his anointed King 8 Our state that liu'd so many months and yeeres Odde weeks and daies with fearfull thoughts of death See how Gods power and mightinesse appeares To giue vs life that gron'd and gaspt for breath And doth defend our countrey state and land As those he loues from cruell Pharoes hand 9 Yet some may seeke by enuie and debate To sow sedition in our fields of peace But they shall reape the sheaues of Pharoes hate That sunke in Seas when they sought to increase God grant all those that grudge our Regall power The Sea may drowne or earth may quicke deuower 10 Our ships of care on dangerous Seas were tost Our hopes of life the waues of death sanke downe Like Ionas in the fishes bellie lost Till God gaue grace where first he gan to frowne Now doe our storm-beat-ships their full sailes spread And we like Ionas liue ere-while thought dead 11 As Sidrach Misach and Abednego Did safely walke amids the burning heat And in the flames aliue themselues did show That force of fire could not them ill intreat So we beset about with flames of fire God quencht the rage and sent our hearts desire 12 What people liu'd more fit for mourning cheere What countrey left in greater griefe and scorne Our fall lookt for by Neighbours far and neere Drownd in despaire we held our selues forlorne Yet see the worke of Mightie Ioue his hand That sent such comfort to a wofull land 13 Our Kingdome cast in dreadfull desolation Our mindes seduc'st with spight and proud sedition Our factions fraught with secret expedition To take our liues and worke vs all perdition How great a debt owe we to him aboue That sends a King to worke vnited loue 14 Pardon dread Lord these harsh and ruder times Vnfitting obiects for a Princes eies The thunder-scorning bird of Ioue sometimes Makes a lowe pitch to earth from loftie skies Enough is me if but your Highnesse daine The smallest approbation of my paine 15 To Maiestie alone belongs my Theame The sure foundation of a Royall state Breaking the boistrous surge of fortunes streame Held vp by Prouidence the Curbe of fate In this as in a Crystall thou shalt see What best befitteth Rule and Emperie 16 Vertue that labours like heauens golden eie To light the world with her admired raies Comes to salute your sacred Maiestie Tendring her ofspring to your happie daies First Prudence next to her comes Temperance Then Fortitude whom

happinesse It good preseru's the obstinate denies And hates the soules disordred enemies 120 Rare Scipio the noble African King Cyrus stout and Alexander great Wasting the world with fire and sword outran Yet conquer'd were by Continence intreat Prou'd by the beautie of Darius dames When they subdu'd the heat of wicked flames 121 Architas was with this rare gift indu'd Isaeus Pompey and Zenocrates Antigonus and Gracchus all eschu'd Such youthly motions might their fancies please And when such sparks their hearts do set on fire Their Temp'rance rules the heat of lusts desire 122 We reade of Charles that Emp'rour of great fame Lysimmachus Fabritius and the rest Rodulphus Cato Socrates by name All which this vertue pure and rare possest By her they did their course of life direct And strongest passions of the minde reiect 123 Sith golden meane doth temperance out measure Happy the man that can the same attaine Neither to melt in th'hot desire of pleasure Nor frie in heart-breake griefe and hardest paine The greatest enemie that she doth finde Is stubburne perturbation of the minde 124 Now seat thee Temp'rance by thy sisters side Humbly deuoluing all thy vertuous power To him that in his chaste thoughts doth prouide His Princely minde to be your trustie tower Stout Fortitude is my next morall theame The fountaine third of reasons sacred streame 125 This Fortitude is th' earnest appetite And strong desire of great and mightie things That in contempt of actions base will fight And seruile causes to subiection brings With constant suffring in an honest cause And humble labour to defend good lawes 126 It is the strength and valour of the minde Against the tedious troubles of our age Which doth with setled resolution binde Our liues and lands for Gods trueth to ingage And to defend with courage bolde and stout Christs chosen Church the vniuers throughout 127 Twelue helps to this rare vertue do belong The first is Counsell of the graue and wise When they adrayne a battell great and strong The Priest stands in the vantguard to aduise And with loud voice the people doth exhort They should not faint to lose the towne or fort 128 And bids them hearken when he calles and cries To fight the battell with vndaunted hearts And march on stoutly gainst their enemies Not fearing death nor his relentlesse darts This shewes that courage which doth counsell lacke Runnes on at first but in the end turnes backe 129 Let vs obserue that wise and holy King That arm'd his souldiers not with speare and shield Exhorting them courageous hearts to bring With policie and strength to winne the field Which doth most plaine and perfectly declare Warr's little worth where graue aduise is rare 130 The fame which the olde Herôes did atchieue By their braue deaths and did the same commend To datelesse memory and time to liue Was fortitude and courage without end As Eleazars death hath left behinde A worthie proiect for ech Noble minde 131 Another helpe is dayly exercise Whereby the bodie 's kept in perfect vse Without the which it hourely droups and dies And made a subiect to most vile abuse Which shewes that vse and exercise doth make The partie apt and prompt all good to take 132 Hard sinews and strong armes the rusticks haue Which exercise and dayly vse hath wrought Whose perfect actions dayly custome gaue And earnest labour readinesse hath taught Vse therefore exercise which giueth strength And brings effect to all our works at length 133 The fourth is Faith which euer doth subdue And conquer all the world with victorie Faith is to Fortitude a Captaine true Fit for to march in deeds of dignitie She is the hope of things not had in sight The ioy whereof doth giue the heart delight 134 The fifth is Feare which often helpe doth bring To Fortitude in matters of import Of eu'ry sinne it doth abate the sting And to cleane hands this vertue doth exhort The feare of God the true beginning is Of perfect wisdome and eternall blisse 135 The sixth is Hope which euer appertaines In perfect silence to this vertue pure And so inabled mightie things it gaines In him that doth sweet comfort still assure So Secresie and Hope true solace bring To Fortitudes attempt in eu'ry thing 136 The seuenth pure and perfect Charitie By which we may two waies obserue and take First how we should in need relieued be And of our neighbours helpe good vse to make Which doth instruct vs in our deeds to do To others as we would be done vnto 137 A brother which his brother doth vpholde Is like a goodly citie of great strength If one do fall the other waxeth bolde Him to support and raise againe at length What with Gods blessed Word doth more agree Than brethrens loue and neighbours charitie 138 The second is adhaering to the trueth To which whose mindes and hearts do euer cleaue Shall still controule foolish wayes of youth And not let worldly vanities deceaue For those that are to constant trueth inclin'de Will not admit vaine thoughts to vexe the minde 139 The eighth is Wisdome which we may esteeme A fitting helpe and comfort in this place A wise man stout and valiant we should deeme A strong man learned giues his learning grace Thus Valour should to Wisdome still be tied And learned men with strength be beautified 140 The ninth is Temperance which most pursue The steps and paths of true prosperitie And doth sinister accidents subdue For being downe cast in aduersitie No losse of goods can change or grieue that minde Whom all the gifts of Fortune can not blinde 141 He that doth liue and naught desires at all Of wealth or riches in his course of life Needs not to feare the force of Fortunes fall Nor to molest his minde with care and strife Sweet is the time the yeeres and dayes well spent Where that one hath doth giue the heart content 142 The tenth is pure and perfect discipline Of these our bodies in corrupt estate Which makes vs from our fleshly foes decline T' imbrace good things which we by nature hate And being conquer'd works in vs more strength For to attaine true vertues goale at length 143 Another helpe is Almes and good reliefe Vnto the poore and them which stand in need To clothe the naked and to ease the griefe Of those for whom our Sauiour Christ did bleed Which Almes with honour shall obtaine the field And rule the mighty Monarchs speare and shield 144 The last is prayer of most great auaile With Fortitude conioyn'd doth high ascend When Moyses did by prayers God assaile To Israel the conquest he did lend Which shewes that prayer with