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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15987	The canticles or balades of Salomon, phraselyke declared in Englysh metres, by William Baldwin; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon. English. Baldwin.	Baldwin, William, ca. 1518-1563?	1549 (1549)	STC 2768; ESTC S103862	49,536	114

But because he was before the law we wyll cum nerer And then to let go Moses the brynger of Gods law religion a ryght paterne of a Christen kyng Samuel was at once chief priest and Iudge in Israel Though it wer before they had a kyng yet had the Iudge that than whiche after becam the kynges office And how muche it was agaynst Gods plesure to haue that sundered which was before but one besyde his answer to Samuel the succes of wycked kynges and wurse priestes which ioyed theyr seueral offices can testify which cam bothe at last to vtter destruccion the people beyng lefte captiue vnder the bluddy sweard of the tiran Antiochus tyl it pleased God to delyuer them by bryngyng that agayne to one whiche they by theyr folishnes had deuided in twayne For they neuer enioyed any peace tyl they had geuen to Simon and to his posteritie for euer for ouercummyng theyr enemies and restoryng theyr religion and for many other benefites the honor both of hygh priest and kyng ouer them After the death of whome the vertues of his lyfe are declared in the bookes of Machabees his sonne Iohn as witnesseth Iosephus otherwise called Hyrcanus succeded in his fathers place A man of suche wit in war suche prudence in peace and holines in religion that besides the great prayses of Iosephus his fathers honors he deserued the name of Trismegystus For God gaue hym the spirit of prophecie and forknowlage of diuers matters These examples besyde y e euident profe in our late souerain Lorde Kyng Henry the eyght satisfy this dout sufficiently For firste they proue that God woulde so haue it because he ioyneth with them his spirit of prophecie And whether one man may wel execute them both ▪ the prayses of these menne metely well declare Wherfore now seing I haue proued my gift aptly applied I haue no more to do but fyrst to desyer the euerliuing God that as he hath geuen your grace these two offices so it may plese him as he did to other that had the like to geue ye also the thirde I meane the gyft of prophecie truly to vnderstand the holy scriptures that ye may be able through the illuminyng of his holy spirit to iudge examin al spirites then to besech your maiesty to take in wurth this simple gift We haue an english prouerbe whiche teachyng to take gyfts thankfully to fynde no fault with them sayth Loke not a geuen horse in the mouth I wyl not tary vpon the prouerbe but I would it should not be regarded here for this gyfte is an horse of an other nature than those that the prouerbe seeueth for This is suche an horse as must be ryd beyng well red and rid I doubt not but wyll bryng a man to Christe yf the reader I should say rider wil endure to sit him wherfore I beseche your maiestie to beholde him open his mouthe hardily yea rip his belly to loke what is within hym tyll ye be perfect in euery parte of hys body It is but a shorte horse and yet contrary to the prouerb he will be long in corying spare hym not therefore but tyre hym yf ye can read hym day and nyght spurre hym to the quicke And yf your grace perceyue that he interfere halte or stumble For it is a good horse that neuer stumbleth cast hym not awaye therfore but geue hym to sum cunnyng leache to cure hym and breake of from him those euell properties So doing I doubt not but your grace shalbe delyted and pleased with my gift and I be made ioyous for that you vse it according to my desier For here shal your maiestie hear Christ and his churche singyng the one in prayse of the other and that suche swete mistical balades as I doubt not but will delite any christen harted eare Would god that suche songes myght once driue out of office the baudy balades of lecherous loue that commonly are indited and song of idle courtyers in princes and noble mens houses They are not fine ynough sum will answer wel than woulde I wish that suche fine felowes would becum course ynough for suche course matters The coursest frise best pleaseth the finest of them in winter And I doubt not but theyr colde soules shoulde be kept warme with these course songes if in the winter of theyr frosen faythe clumsed charitie they woulde vouchesafe tunably to syng them I speake not this of these balades alone but of all other of lyke matter as psalmes and himnes In whiche the apostle woulde haue them that reioyce to be exercised To whiche your Maiesty hath alredy geuen a notable ensample in causyng the psalmes brought in to fine englysh meter by youre godly disposed seruaunt Thomas Sternholde to be song openly before your grace in the hearyng of all your subiectes Whiche good example I beseche GOD all your subiectes may haue grace to folow that you may be praysed as the paterne of vertue and in the folowing therof God may be glorified Who preserue your Maiestie in health welth vertue and honor nowe and euer Amen At London the first of Iune 1549. The Ballet of Ballettes of Salomon called in Latin Canticum Canticorum ¶ The firste Chapter ¶ A misticall songe of the spirituall and godly loue betwene Christ the spouse and the churche or congregacion his spousesse O That he wolde kysse me with the kysses of his mouthe for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wyne that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious balmes Thy name is a swete smelling ointment when it is shed forthe therfore do the maydens loue the draw thou me vnto the we wyll runne after the. The kyng hath brought me into hys priuy chambres We wyll be glad reioyce in the we thinke more of thy loue then of wyne They that be ryghteous loue thee I am black O ye daughters of Ierusalem like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hangings of Salomon but yet am I fayre well fauoured withall Maruel not at me that I am so black for why the sun hath shyned vpon me My mothers chyldren had euel wil at me they made me the keper of the vyneyardes but myne owne vineyarde haue I not kept Tell me of him whom my soule loueth where thou feedest the shepe where thou makest them rest at the noone daye for why shall I be lyke him y t goeth wrong aboute the flockes of thy companyons If thou know not thy self O thou fayrest amōg wemen then goe thy waye furth after the footesteppes of the shepe and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes Unto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee O my loue Thy chekes and thy neck is beautiful as the turtyls and hanged with spanges and goodly Iuels a nekband of golde wyll we make thee with syluer buttons Whan the kyng sitteth at the table he shal smell