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A18767	A warning for the wise, a feare to the fond, a bridle to the lewde, and a glasse to the good Written of the late earthquake chanced in London and other places, the. 6. of April 1580. for the glorie of God, and benefite of men that warely can walke, and wisely can iudge. Set forth in verse and prose, by Thomas Churchyard Gentleman. Seen and allowed.	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1580 (1580)	STC 5259; ESTC S105093	9,563	30

that it was thought they would haue fallen to the ground and the houses reste insunder And this chaunced not only in London y e suburbs of y e same but also in diuers other parts through the nerest places of our knowlege in Englād But specially about S. Katherins the Limehouse Rad●…liffe where y ● people were so maruellously amazed y ● it was pitifull to beholde how fearefully they ranne oute of their doores and howe strangely one would beholde an other thinking verilye that the latter daye hadde bene come And the houses on London bridge didde shake euen in the same sort as in other parts of y ● Citie Whereby it appeareth that the sayd trembling and mouing of the earth did not onely passe vnder the houses on the firme ground but also vnder the riuers and waters And to signifie better the generalitie of the same you shal vnderstād that the Abbey Church at Westminster was there with so shaken that one of the Pinacles of the same loste aboue one foote of his toppe the stones whereof fel to the ground Also the stéeple in the Pallace so shoke that the bel of the great Clocke sounded therewith as thoughe it hadde bene stricken with some hā●…er Also at White H●…l where hir Maiestie lieth the great Chamber other parts of the Court so shooke as séemed strange to such as were present The new Hall of the middle Tēple did so shake also as it caused a number of Gentlemē being set to Supper to roon forth with their kniues in their hands fearing that it woulde fall It chanced also Tho. Cobhed being in y ● pulpit in Christes church in Newgate market preaching to y ● people sodenly y e church so shooke y e out of the roofe of the same fell certayne greate stones by the fall whereof a boy named Thomas Gray apprentice to Iohn Spurling Shoomaker was brayned and Mabell Eueret his fellowe seruaunt was stricken on the heade with a stone being daungerously hurt but is not dead and a number of the people by hasting to flee and scape away were sore brused and hurt by falles and suche like a●…cidentes A number being at the Theatre and the Curtaine at Hollywell beholding the playes were so sh●…ken especially those that stoode in the hyghest roomthes and standings that they were not a little dismayed considering that they coulde no waye shifte for themselues vnlesse they woulde by leaping hazarde their liues or limmes as some did in déede leaping frō the lowest standings Also in Shordiche and other places fell Chimneis and amōg others in Filpot Lane at Maister Alderman Osbornes ●…el a péece of a Chimney like wise from the toppe of Paules Church and other places fel small péeces of stone morter from the toppes of houses And other harme is not yet heard of for the why●…h God be thanked LEt London wéep whose wals of late did shake with trembling feare Put sack●…loth on waile your sins with many abytter teare For in your pompe and chiefest pryde when Plagues began to seace And peoples hardned stubborne heartes forgot the God of peace An Earthquake came with whirling noise as House and Towre should fall A louing rodde of threatning wrath sent sure to warne vs all For such a terror did it bring to euery honest minde As day of Iudgement had bene come with storme and whirling winde The stréets did shake the Churches réelde the ground it quiuered sore Men stoode amazde and women shreekt the babes did crie and rore The Stéeples tottred too and fro and locks of doores did clinke The tiles from house came tūbling downe and ground began to shrinke The Bels did sounde without mans helpe the water wawmde and boylde The trées and floures did quake for feare as fruite should cleane be spoylde The Theatre for some great regarde that open world shoulde note Was shakte so sore that sundrye there a feareful frighting goett Yea some were slaine crusht with stones from Christs Church roofe that fel And earth was brought in such a state as world shoulde sinke to Hel. The wondring sort of wicked mindes that carelesse steppes do trea●…e Will smile to sée the workes of God as wanton liues they leade But those that grace hath toucht within by outward signes will show That hart forethinks foule former faults for feare of greater blowe Than now they féele through Earthquake strange wherin Gods might in knowne And London if Gods loue had lackt had surely bin orethrowne Loke in your hartes what cankers growe where rust hath gotten roote And search your ioynts you sick in spréet from heade to sole of foote Talke not of God and follow world you know his name is great So is his wrath when that his hate consumes you in his heate You fine dissemblers shroude your selues within his mercie seate And you that for this worldly muche your busie braynes do beate Amende and fa●…l to better life But you that wantons are Repent or Gods right hande wil marr●… the sale of all your ware You gréedie gracelesse Fulkers lewd th●…t lets out gold for gaine Take h●…de lest from the heau●…ns hie hot fire and Brunst●…ne rayne Upon your heades for shameful shifts and you th●…t p●…lter still With poore n●…es wiues come fear y ● Lord for punishe sure he will You mightie men and wealthy Chubbes that hurde vp ●…hinkes in Chestes Proclayme a fast and bold vp hands and leaue your Bacchus feastes You wicked folke that vse deceyte in selling néedeful things Tell tru●…th and leaue that lying trade that Gods disple●…sure brings You Lordly maisters looke on God and gouerne wel your charge And ho●…de in youth that reuell makes and riot ronnes at large You game some seruaunts that doe play●… your thrifte away at Dice Fling downe the bones forsake the fleshe in time reforme your vice You Pastors looke your Lamps be light least you in darknesse fall Fleece not the flocke yée ought to féede for God beholdeth all You Courtiers liue as you are taught bid finenesse now adew Let Mammon go runne after God who sh●…peth men a newe You Lawi●…rs cut off long delayes knitte sutes v●… soone and short Helpe poore mens sutes that people pla●…e may giue you good reporte And all that in the Citie dwell and euery other where Thinke on the Erthquake that you sawe 〈◊〉 ●…ife and breath you beare For this was sent fr●…m fathers hand to make the childe to knowe The 〈◊〉 rodde is neare their backes that out of order goe As yet ●…e shewes a louing signe but when he lysts to lowre The retchlesse laddes and froward sonne●… shall féele their fathers powre This Earthquake is but half a checke to those that warning takes But when in furie Plagues do chaunce when earth and heauen shakes Downe commes the pryde of Babylon and all full flatte on floore As dust that nowe is vnderfoote shal lye both rich and poore Look●… for your fall that long haue stode in pompe and glorie great The

knowen as I néed not to write them This wunder came so vnlookd for that they forsooke their houses in feare with such things as they had in their hands rūning into the stréets gasing one vpon an other This beeing considered to shew our thankfulnes for so merciful a token let vs desire the Lord our God to accept our humble prayer A prayer O Heauenly father which of thy owne free wil and heauenly grace madest man like vnto thy self and commaundst all creaturs to obey him after that our forefather 〈◊〉 had transgressed by whose ●…al we became Children o●… death when thy maiestie was so mightily displeased that thou repe●…edst that thou madest man ●…et vpon thy fatherly good wil remembring thy mercy thou didst not disdaine to send thine owne Sōne to be born of the blessed Uirgin Mary And touching his manhood to take our ●…raile nature vpon him to liue heer in sorow anguish to be despised of sinners to be called be fore Rulers to be bu●…fetted to be spet at to be slaūdred cruelly misused to be betraied of his owne seruant Iudas to be folowed as a Murderer to be deliuered into the hands of sinners to be crucified vpon the crosse to be laughed at of his enimes to 〈◊〉 water and blood for out sakes to dye among ●…heeues and after to be buried then to rise again to be come fellow heire with the in thy euerlasting 〈◊〉 For remēbraun●…e of these and all thy other graces whē thy swoord o●… wrath is lifted vp ready to confound vs which rebel in sin against thy glo ry thē remember thy 〈◊〉 sonnes death cast a 〈◊〉 thy pitieful eyes beholde his gree●…us wounds that bleed a fresh to pacifie thy an ger for get O Lord the offences of our youth blot out of remē braūce y ● sinnes of our forfathers as it hath pleased thee to sēd so gē●…e a remēbrance as this earthquake when it was in thy hands to shake our bodyes to dust and our soules to he●… so merciful Father giue vs thy spirit of grace to takethy warning so thākfully so mortifie all worldly desires in our harts that we may iust for thy cō ming and humbly pray thee to hasten thy kingdome that wee may be pertakers of thy heuenly felicitie and felow sharers with thy Saints and martirs to glorify thy name Graūt this for thy deere sonnes sake to whōe be all honor praise glory world without end Amen YOu that desire to heare of Forrain newes or tales new ●…oynd by rumors rash report Lay by such care good fréends leaue of to muse the tale I tell shall sound in better sort No toy no trifle nor surmised iest But worthy wel to lodge in euery brest When Mountaines mooue as late they did in wales great signe it is y ● nature then is crost When Monsterous Infants tels such doctors tales the tokē shews sōe fauour hath bin lost With him that hath in charge y e vse of all To spill or saue to raise or let vs fall When bla●…g starres and bloody cloudes do●… show then time it is for men too serch a new And mark y ● stock from whēce these graffes doo grow the frute more straūge thē any gardner knew the Ai●…e is chockt w e vapour of our sin When such vnwoonted tokens call vs in The very seas of late haue chaung'd their tides tis not so straūge as true the Sailers know Few things or none in former state a bides such swelling floods such great and monstrous snow with other woonders to to straūge to tel A charme for flesh when nature would rebell The braunch of pride beares such a gallāt gra●… that plainnes now is thrust vnto the wall And c●…uetousnes hath conquerd such a place that charitie must let his action fall Such writs of error subtiltie brings in That Conscience verdit is not worth a pi●… The Childe desires his fathers death for welth bothe moste least make Idoles of their golde Forgetting death that cré●…peth in by stelth to kil desire if baiard be too bolde The siluer key now opens euery gate Such is the blindenes of our present state 〈◊〉 dooth kéep so great a coyle that Saints Martirs they are slain a new And Usury bréeds such a bloody broyle that Pouertie bids all his ioyes adieu Blindnes hyes him ●…ast to cut the cardes too smother law with bribes great rewardes Then Gl●…ttony dooth challenge for his share his earthly ioy which is his paunch too fill And wicked lust tha●… bids a figge for care dooth think this wanton world wil tary still With seuerall sco●…fes they doo not blush to say Put of repentaunce til an other day But if these tokens which be past and gon haue took no roote at all within your harts You néeds must graūt this earthquake to be one vnlesse you chalenge Heauen for desarts Our health of soules must hāg in great suspence When earth and Sea doo quake for our offence But now you Stewards which are put in trust prepare against your Captain call account See that your bookes and reconings fall out iust I feare your paiment wil your welth s●…rmosit Turst not in s●…uces nor a golden tale The law is hard the Iudge wil take no bale Let faith and trueth giue suerties of your life first honour God and then obey your Prince Use vpright dealing bothe to man and wife conquere eche cause that once may bréed offence So shall you liue deuoide of all complaints With Psalmes of ioy to sing among y ● Saints FINIS Richard Tarlton ¶ Imprinted at Lōdon by Iohn Allde and are to be solde at the West doore of Paules Church by Nicolas Ling.