tire Prouision in a moment spoyld and wasted Which kept might well for many yeeres haue lasted Then Famine like a Tyrant roames and rages Makes faint yet furious hauock of all ages The rich the poore the old the young all dyes All staru'd and fleshlesse bare Anatomies This was a plague of plagues a woe of woes On euery side their death did them inclose But yet the manner how to lose their breaths Did more torment them then an host of deaths To sally forth the Romanes shed their blood To stay within they starue for want of food And if they would goe forth the gates were shut And if they staid within their throats were cut That if they stay or goe or goe or stay Th' are sure to meet destruction euery way But of all torments hunger is the worst For through the stony walls they say 't will burst These people with warre woe and want beset Did striue how they might to the Romanes get They hopde to finde more mercy in their swords Then their still-dying famisht state affords Mans wit is sharpest when he is opprest And wisedome amongst euils likes the least They knew Vespasian for a Noble foe And one that did not glory in their woe They thought it best his â—lemency to try And not immurde with hungry famine dye Resolued thus dispairing in their hopes A number slyding downe the walls with ropes Fled vnto Tytus who bemoand their case Relieuing them and tooke them to his Grace Thus forty thousand neere with famine strau'd Were all vnhop'd for by their fâ—â—s preseru'd The Cittie Soldiers search'd each house to see Where any victuals might conuayed be And if they any found they thought it fit To beat the owners for concealing it But if they saw a man looke plumpe and fat His throat they presently would cut for that They thought him too much pampered too well fed And to saue meat and drinke they strike him dead Some men and women Rich and Nobly borne Graue all they had for one poore strike of corne And hid themselues and it below the ground In some close vault they â—at the same vn-ground If any could get flesh they eat it raw The stronger still the weakest ouer-awe For hunger banisht naturall respect It made the husband his owne wife reiect The wife doth snatch the meat from out his hand Which would and should hir loue and life coÌ„mand All pitty from the Mother was exilde She teares and takes the victuals from her Childe The Childe doth with the Parents play the thiefe Steales all their food and lets them pine in griefe Nor Free or Bond-man Fathers nor yet Mothers Wiues Husbands seruants masters sisters brothers Propinquitie or strong Affinitie Nor all the rights of Consanguinitie No Law or Rule or Reason could beare sway Where strength coÌ„mands there weaknes must obey The pining seruant will no master know The son his father will no duty show The Commons did no Magistrate regard Each one for one and but for one he carde Disordred like the cart before the horse All reu'rence and respect did yeeld to force These Miscreants with vigilance all watch'd Where they could see a doore or lock'd or latch'd There they supposd the people were at meat And in their outrage ope the doores they beat Where entring if they found them feeding fast From out their throats they teare the meat in haste Halfe eaten halfe vneaten they constraine The wretched people cast it vp againe They halde them by the eares the house about To force them bring supposed victuals out Some by the thumbs hang'd vp some by the toes Some prick'd with bodkins some with many blows Tormented were to force them to reueale Meat when they had not any to conceale Now all was fish that fell into the net And all was food that fraud or force could get Grasse hay barke leaues of trees and Dogs and Cats Toads frogs wormes snailes flies maggots mice and rats All filthy stinking and contagious rootes The couer of their Coaches shooes and bootes All vermine and the dung of fowles and beasts Were these poore wretches miserable feasts Things loathsome to be nam'd in time of plenty Amongst the fâ—am'd distressed Iewes were dainty This famine ran beyond all Natures bounds All motherly affection it confounds No blood or birth with it compassion won It forc'd a Woman kill her onely Son She rip'd him and dis-ioynted lim from lim She drest she boyld she broyld and rosted him She eat him she inter'd him in her wombe She made his births place his vntimely tombe From her by Nature did his life proceed On him vnnaturall she her selfe did seed He was her flesh her sinews bones and blood She eating him herselfe herselfe made food No wee her miserie can equallize No griefe can match her sad calamities The Soldiers smelt the meat and straight assemble Which wheÌ„ they saw with horror made theÌ„ treÌ„ble Each one with staring haire and ghastly looke Affrighted and amaz'd the house forsooke This horride action quickly ouercame These men whom force of man could neuer tame Thou that dost liue like to a fatted Brawne And cramst thy guts as long as thou canst yawne Thou that dost eat and drinke away thy time Accounting Gluttony a God no Crime Thou must haue Fowle as high as heau'n that pearc'd And hast the bowels of the Ocean search'd And from all places neere so farre reâ—ote Hast dainties for thy all-deuouring throat Whose pamperd paunch ne'r leaues to feed quaff Till it be made a Hogs trogh fill'd with draff Thinke on Ierusalem amidst thy Riot Perhaps 't will moue thee to a temp'rate diet And you braue Dames adorn'd with Iems Iewels That must haue Cawdles Cullisses and Grewels Conserâ—'s and Marchpanes made in sundry shapes As Castles Towres Horses Beares and Apes You whom no Cherries like your lick rish tooth But they must be a Pound a pound forsooth Thinke on Ierusalem amidst you glory And then you 'le be lesse dainty and more sorry What there auaild their beauty strength or riches Three things which all the spacious world bewitches Authoritie and Honor help'd them not Wrong trod downe Right and Iustice was forgot Their greatest chiefest only earthly good Was 't was no matter how they gâ—t it Food One little piece of bread they reckond more Then erst they did of bags of Gold before One scrap which full fed corps away doe â—ling With them had bin a ransom for a Kin. The lothsome garbadge which our Dogs refuse Had bin a dish of state amongst the Iewes Whilst Famine playd the Tyrant thus within The Romane Army striu'd the walls to win Their Enginers their Pioners and all Did mine and â—atter and assault the wall Ierusalem had three strong walls of stone And long 't was ere the Romans could get one The dearth and death of sword and famine spred The streets that liuing trod vpon the dead And many great mens houses full were fill'd With carkases which
bent Seuere in throats and milde in punishment His iustice would condemne and in a breath His mercy sau'd whom iustice doom'd to death His aduersaries he did ofe relieue And his reuenge was onely to forgiue He knew that well got honour nere shall die But make men liue vnto eternitie It as his greatest riches he esteem'd And Infamy he basest begg'ry deem'd He knew through worthy spirits may be croft Yet if they lose no honour nothing's lost And those that haue afraid of enuy bin True honour or good fame did neuer win If he an auaritioâ—s mind had bore Of wealth no subiect then had had such store So many yeeres Englands high Admirall Fees offices and prizes that did fall With gifts and fauors from the queene and State And other things amounting to a rate That had he beene a mixer close of hand No subiect had beene richer in this Land In deeds of pitty and ture charity Good house-keeping and hospitality Bounty and courteous affability He was the Brooch of true Nobility And for these vertues men shall scarcely find That he a fellow here hath left behind He knew that Auarice and Honour be Two contraries that neuer will agree And that the Spender shall haue true renowne When infamy the Mizers fame shall drowne He euery way most nobly was inclin'd And lou'd no wealth but riches of the mind His Pleasure was that those that did retaine To him and serue should by him thriue and gainâ— And he thought t' was enough for him to haue When as his seruants did both get and saue So amongst Nobles I think few are such That keepes so little giues away so much His latest VVill did make it plaine appeare The loue which to his seruants he did beare To great and small amongst them more or lesse His bounty did expresse his worthynesse To all degrees that seru'd him euery one His liberality excepted none And though base Enuy often at him strooke His fortitude was like a Rocke vnshooke He knew that Fortunes changing was not strange Times variation could not make him change The frothy pompe of Earths Prosperity Nor enuious clouds of sad aduersity Within his minde could no mutation strike His courage and his carriage were alike For when base Peasants shrinke at fortunes blowes Then magnimity most richly showes His grauity was in his life exprest His good example made it manifest His age did no way make his vertue liue But vertue to his age did honour giue So that the loue he wan t is vnderstood T was not for being old but being good Thus like a pollish'd Iewell ' mongst his Peers His vertue shin'd more brighter then his yeers For Wisdome euer this account doth make To loue age onely but for vertues sake Neere ninety yeeres an honoured life he led And honour 's his reward aliue and dead For who so nobly heer his life doth frame Shall for his wages haue perpetuall fame His meditations hee did oft apply How he might learne to liue to learne to dye And dy to liue and reigne in glorious state Which changing time can ne'r exterminate And therefore long his wisdome did forecast How he might best reforme offences past Order things present things to come foresee Thus would his latter yeeres still busied be He saw his Sand was neer runne out his Glasse And wisely pondred in what state he was His waning yeeres his body full of anguish Sense failing spirits drooping force to languish The ruin'd cottage of weake flesh and blood Could not long stand his wisdome vnderstood He saw his tyde of life gan ebbe so low Past all expectance it againe should flow He knew his pilgrimage would soone expire And that from whence he came he must retire Old age and weake infirmities contend Mans dissolution warnes him of his end He knew all these to be deaths messengers His Calends Pursiuants and Harbingers And with a Christian conscience still he mark'd He in his finall voyage was imbark'd Which made him skilfully his course to steere The whilst his iudgment was both sound cleare To that blest Hauen of eternall rest Where he for euer liues among the blest He did esteeme the world a barren field The nought but snares tares and cares did yeeld And therefore he did sow his hopes in heauen Where plentious encrease to him is giuen Thus was the period of his lifes expence The Noble Nottingham departed hence Who many yeeres did in his Countries right In peace and warre successefull speake and fight Our oldest Garter Knight and Counsellor And sometimes Britaines great Ambassador Now vnto you suruiuers you that be The Branches of this honourable Tree Though Verses to the dead no life can giue They may be comforters of those that liue We know that God to man hath life but lent And plac'd it in his bodies tenement And when for it againe the Landlord cals The Tenant must depart the Cottage fals God is most iust and he will haue it knowne That he in taking life takes but his owne Life is a debt which must to God be rendred And Natures retribution must be tendred Some pay in youth and some in age doe pay But t is a charge that all men must defray For t is the lot of all mortality When they being to liue begin to dye And as from sin to sin we wander in So death at last is wages for our sinne He neither hath respect to sex or yeares Or hath compassion of our sighes nor teares He 'll enter spight of bars or bolts or locks And like a bold intruder neuer knockes To Kings and Caitiâ—â—es rich poore great and small Death playes the tyrant and destroyes them all He calls all creatures to account most strict And no mans power his force can contradict We must perforce be pleas'd with what he leaues vs And not repine at ought which he berâ—anes vs. Hee 's lawlesse and â—s folly to demand Amends or restitution at his hand He doth deride the griefe of those that mourne And all our fraile afflictions laugh to scorne For hee condemnes and neuer heares the cause He takes away despight the power of Iawes Yet hee our vassall euer doth remaine From our first birth vnto our graue againe And God doth in his seruice him employ To be the bad mans terrour good mans toy Death is the narrow doore to life eternall Or else the broad gate vnto death internall But our Redeemer in his spotlesse offering Did lead the way for vs to heauen by suffering He was the death of death when he did die Then Death was swallow'd vp so victory And by his rising blessed soules shall rue And dwell in the celestial Paradise For these respects you whose affinity Propinquity or consanguinity Whose blood or whose alliance challenge can A part in this deceased Noble man The law of Nature and affection moues That griefe and sorrow should expresse your loues He was your secondary maker and Your authors earthly being and
they form'd deform'd reform'd againe By God by Satan and our Sauiours paine 8 Mans Generation did from God proceed A mortall Body and a Soule Eternall Degeneration was the Deuils deed With false delusions and with lies infernall Regeneration was our Sauiours meede Whose death did satisfie the wrath supernall Thus was man found and lost and lost was found By Grace with Glory euer to be crownd 9 Man was Produc'de seduced and reduc'de By God by Satan and by God agen From good to ill from ill he was excusd'e By merit of th' Immortall Man of men The vnpolluted bloud from him was sluc'de To saue vs from damnations dreadfull den Thus man was made and marde and better made By Him who did sinne death and hell inuade 10 Let man consider then but what he is And contemplate on what erst he hath bin How first he was created heire of blisse And how he fell to be the Child of sinne How of himselfe he hourely doth amisse And how his best workes doe no merit winne Except acceptance make them be esteem'd Through his obedience that our Soules redeem'd 11 Before thou wast remember thou wast nought And out of nought or nothing thou wast fram'de And how thy Body being made and wrought By God was with a liuing Soule inflam'de And how th' Eternall Nomenclator taught Thee name all Creatures that were euer nam'de And made thee Stuard of the worlds whole treasure And plac'de thee in a Paradise of pleasure 12 Then wast thou Viceroy to the King of heau'n And great Lieutenant to the Lord of hosts The rule of all things vnto thee was giu'n At thy command all creatures seru'd like posts To come or goe and at thy becke were driu'n Both neere and farre vnto the farthest coasts God all things made as seruants vnto thee Because thou only shouldst his seruant be 13 He gaue life vnto hearbes to plants and trees For if they wanted life how could they grow A beast hath life and sence moues feeles and sees And in some sort doth good and euill know But man 's before all Creatures in degrees God life and sence and reason did bestow And left those blessings should be transitory He gaue him life sence reason grace and glory 14 Then let our meditations scope be most How at the first we were created good And how we wilfull grace and goodnes lost And of the sonnes of God were Satans brood Then thinke the price that our Redemption cost Th' eternall Sonne of Gods most precious blood Remember this whilst life and sence remaine Else life and sence and reason are in vaine 15 Thou to requite thy God that all thee gaue Ingratefully against him didst rebell Whereby from Regall state thou turnedst slaue And heau'nly lustice doom'd thee downe to hell As thy rebellion from thy God thee draue So ' gainst thee all things to rebellion fell For when to heau'n thy due obedience ceast Thy disobedience taught each brutish beast 16 Now see thy miserable wretched state Thou and the earth is â—kâ— with thee accurst All worldly things which thee obaide of late In stiffe commotion now against thee burst And thee for euer droue from Eden gate To liue an exilde wretch and which is worst Thy soule Gods darling fell from her prefermeÌ„t To be the Deuils thrall in endlesse torment 17 But Mercies sea hath quenched Iustice fire And Heau'ns high heire in pitty of mans caâ—â— In person came and satisfide Gods ire And gracelesse man new Reposseâ—t in Grace The Sonne of God came downe to raise vs higher To make vs Glorious he himselfe made baâ—â— To draw vs vp downe vnto earth he came And honor'd vs by putting on our shame 18 Who can conceiue the Glory he was in Aboue the heau'ns of heau'ns in threan'd in blisse Who can conceiue the losse that he did winne To rectiâ—ie and answer our amisse Who can conceiue the Mountaines of our sinne That must be hid with such a sea as this No heart no tongue no pen of mortall wight These things can once conceiâ—e or speake or write 19 Man may collect th' abundance of his vice And the deare loue his God to him did beare In thinking on th'inestimable price Was paid his unâ—e-pollated â—ouâ—e to cleare To giue him an immortall Paradise And to redeeme his foes to pay so dâ—are For if our sinnes had not beene more then much The ransome of them â—ure had not beene such 20 The blood of any mighty mortall King Was insufficient this great debt to pay Arch-angels power or Angels could not bring A Ransome worth forbcarance but a day The onely Sonne of God must doe this thing Elâ—e it must be vndone and we for aye God was the Creditor and man the debter Christ God man did pay none could pay better 21 Then since thy sinfull Some from Grace was lost And since by Grace it hath found Grace againe Since being lost so great a price is lost T'enfranchise it from euerlasting paine And since thy crimes are quit thy debts are crost Thy peace with God the way to heau'n made plain Let not all this in vaine for thee be done But thankfull be to God through Christ his Sonne 22 Forget not thou aâ—t ashes earth and dust And that from whence thou cam'st then shalt again And at the last Trumpe that appeare thou must When Procseys and Essoynes are all in vaine Where iust and â—â—iust shall haue iudgement iust For euer doomb'd to endlesse ioy or paine Where though that thou bee damn'd it is Gods glory Thy wife thy sonne thy â—ire will not be sorry 23 Me thinks it should make man this world to lotâ—e When that which will a thousand cloâ—â—â— and feede It should but onely one man â—eede and clothe In â—ares excesse and gorgewisnesse of weede Yet this braue canker this consuming moth Who in his life ne'r meanes to doe good deede Must be ad or'd for those good paâ—ts he waâ—â—â—s By fearefull Fooles and flattering Sicophanâ—â— 24 Hath he the title of an earthly grace Or hath he Honor Lordship Worship or Haâ—h he in Court some great comâ—anding place Or hath he weaâ—th to be regarded for If with these honors vertue he embrace Then loue him else his pâ—ck â—oiâ—t pompe abhoâ—e Sun-shine on dung-hâ—ls makes them â—â—â—â—â—â— the more And Honor shewes all that was had before 25 Shall men giue reu'rence to a painted trunke That 's nothing but all outside and within Their senses are with blacke damnation drunke Whose heart â—s Satans Tap-house or his Inneâ— Whose Reputation inwardly is â—unkâ— Though outwardly raisd vp and swolne with â—â—â— I thinke it worâ—e then to adore the Deuiâ—â— To worship his baâ—e instrumenrs of â—uill 26 No looke vpon the Man and not his Case See how he doth his Maker imiâ—ate If Grace supernall giue internall Grace That makes his minde on vertue contemplate That holds this world and all things in 't as base Knowes death makes happy or vnfortunate That doth no
or Birth Because perhaps his Ancestors were good And sprung from Royall or from Noble blood Where Vertuous worth did in their minds inherit Who gain'd their Honours by Desert and Merit Whose seruice for their Country neuer fai'ld Who iustly liu'd belou'd and dyde bewaild Whose Affability and Charity Guided with pious true sincerity Who to their states lou'd all their liues to ioyne Loue before Lands Compassion before Coyne Yet when they dyde left wealth place state and name To Heires who bury all in Pride shame But as the Sacred Truth most truly faith No man is saued by anothers Faith So though some honourable Rascals haue Turn'd their good Fathers to their timelesse graue And like Ignoble noble Reprobates Possesse their names possessions and estates Yet for they want their Vertues and Deserts They are but Bastards to their better parts Manasses was good Hezechtahi sonne And with his Crowne into a Vice did runne The Sire the title of good King did gaine The Sonn's Abominations alt did staine Honour is better well deseru'd then had To haue it vndeseru'd that Honour 's bad In Rome an ancient Law there sometimes was Men should through Vertue vnto Honor passe And 't is a Rule that euermore hath bin That Honor 's best which a mans selfe doth win 'T is no Inheritance nor can it runne Successiuely from Father to the Sonne But if the Father nobly were inclin'd And that the Sonne retaine his worthy mind If with his Fathers goods he doth possesse His goodnesse all the world must then confesse That that Sonnes Honor doth it selfe display To be the Fathers equall euery way Thus good mens Honors can no Honor be To their degenerate posteritie But 't is a mans owne Vertue or his Vice That makes his Honor high or low in price Of Birth or Parents no man can be proud Pride of Apparell here is disallow'd Pride of our Riches is most Transitory Pride of our Beauty is a sading Glory Pride of our wisedome is most foolish sorly Pride of our holines is most vnholy Pride of our strength is weakenes in our thought And Pride in any thing is come to nought Pride hath bin Author of the worst of Eails * â—â—ay 14. 14. Transforming glorious Angels into Deuils When Babels Tow'r gan proudly to aspire With toungs confusion they were paid their hire Through Pride the King of Babels glory ceast * Daniel 4. Daniel 5. And for seu'n yeeres it turn'd him to a beast And Baltazar that next him did succeede Lost life and left his Empire to the * Acts 10. Josepâ—us lib Iâ— cap. 7 Actâ— 8 Plutarch in the life of of A'â—ler He was poysoned at Babylon Mede For Pride to Tyre and Zidons wicked Kings * Acts 12. Josepâ—us lib â—â— cap. 7 Acts. 8 Plutarch in the life of of Alexander He was poysoned at Babylon The Prophet a most iust destruction brings Herod mid'st his vngodly glory vaine Through Pride was eaten vp with wormes and slaine Great b The Mèdes and Persians Alexander King of Macedon Disdaind to be his father Phillips son But he from Iupiter would be descended And as a god be honour'd and attended Yet Bain'de at Babylon he prou'd but man His godhead ended foolish as 't began There was in Sicilie a proud Physitian Menecrates and he through high ambition To be a god himselfe would needs preferre And would forsooth be named Iupiter King Dionysius making a great feast This foole-god daigned there to be a guest Who by himselfe was at a table plac'd Because his godhead should the more be grac'd The other Guests themselues did feed and fill He at an empty table still sate still At last with humble low Sir Reuerence A fellow came with fire and Frankincense And offer'd to his godship saying then Perfumes were fit for gods and meate for men The god in anger rose incontinent Well laugh'd at and an hunger'd home he went The Romane Emperour Domitian Would be a god was murther'd by a man Caligula would be a god of wonder And counterfeite the lightning and the thunder Yet euery Reall heau'nly Thundercracke This Caitife in such feare and terror strake That he would quake and shake hide his head In any hole or vnderneath his bed And when this godlesse god had many slaine A Tribune dasht out his vngodly braine And thus th' Almighty still 'gainst Pride doth frowne And casts Ambition headlong tumbling downe Great Pompey would be all the worlds superior And Caesar vnto none would be inferior But as they both did liue ambitiously So both of them vntimely deaths did dye The one in AEgypt had his finall fall The other murthered in the Capitall A number more Examples are beside Which shewes the miserable fall of Pride And doe men thinke to goe to Heauen from hence By Pride which cast the Angels headlong thence Or doe they through their Pride suppose to dwell With God when Pride did make the Deuils in hell It is a Vice which God abhors and hates And 'gainst it doth denounce most fearefull threats Oh what a hellish vanity is' t then That doth bewitch vaine women and vile men That rather then their Pride and they will seuer They will be seuer'd from their God for euer I will not say but Wisedome Beauty Health Strength Courage Magnanimity and Wealth Empires and Kingdomes rule of Sea and Land Are blessings giuen by Gods all-giuing hand But not because on whom they are bestow'd Should in the stead of Humblenesse waxe proud Or with vaine glory haue their hearts vpheau'd For why * 1. Cor. 4. what ere they haue they haue receiu'd And therefore Christian Kings their stile doe grace King By the Grace of God of such a place Because by his especiall prouidence They hold Maiesticall Preheminence And as there is distinction of Estates Some Emp'rours Kings and mighty Potentates Superiors and Inferiors each degree As Gods foreknowing Knowledge did foresee Yet he did not bestow his bounteous Grace To make the great men proud or meane men base Aboundant wealth he to the Rich doth lend That they the poore should succour and defend He hath giu'n strength and vigour to the strong That they shuld guard the weak froÌ„ taking wrong To some he knowledge doth and wisdome grant Because they should instruct the Ignorant But vnto no man God his gifts doth giue To make him proud or proudly here to liue For Pride of state birth wisedome beauty strength And Pride in any thing will fall at length But to be proud of Garments that we weare Is the most foolish pride a heart can beare For as they are the Robes of sinne and shame Yet more may be consider'd in the same Be they compact of silke or cloth of Gold Or cloth or stuffes of which ther 's manifold Let them be lac'd and fac'd or cut or plaine Or any way to please the wearers braine And then let him or her that is so clad Consider but from whence
Claudius Caesar with an Army came The Britaines bold rebellious hearts to tame One Hamen there a Romane did deuise Himselfe like to a Britaine to disguise Guiderinâ— brauely chaâ—de his foes amaine Was by disguised Hamon falsely slaine When Guiderius was King of Britaine our Râ—â—â—â—mer suffered vnder Claudius Tiberius Caesar being the Romane Emperour Guiderius was a valiant Prince Aruiragus 44 STout Aruiragus being in the fight The Kings death added fury to his might Perceiu'd the Britaine Host almost dismaide In 's brothers Armour hee himselfe atray'd Yeeres after Christ. The Souldiers thought the King againe suruiu'd With courage new through euery veine deriu'd Braue Aruiragus like a Tempest goes And pell mell topsieturuy throwes his foes Great Caesar with his Romane army fled The King tooke Hamon and cut off his head And more with sharp reuenge his wrath t' appease Hew'd him piece-meale and cast him in the Seas The place long time this name did then allow Of Hamons hauâ—n or Southampton now The Emperour would quite the tribute free If Brittaines King his Sonne in law would be Then Aruarigue did faire Genisse marry And Claudius Caesar heere a while did tarry He builded Glostâ—r whil'st he heere remain'd The King dyed hauing twenty eight yeeres reign'd Marius 73. IN this Kings reigne the lawlesse proling Pict A Nation strange did the North part afflict But Marius in a battell slew their King And all their power did to subiection bring The Picts from Scythia into Scotland came Rude barbarous ingratefull hard to tame For by the Scotisâ— Kings fauour hauing got Possession they oft warr'd vpon the Scot. And more and more that Kingdome they annoy'd Till Kennith Scotlandâ— King them all destroy'd Yeeres fifty three reign'd Marius iust and wise Dyed and at Carlâ—â—â— his Corps royall lies Much about this time Ioseph of Arimathea after he had buried Christ being hated for it of the mis-beleeuing Iewes came into this Land and first planted Christianity heere built a Chapell at Ghastenburgh Some writers say that he repaired Chester and was buried there Coylus 124. IN Rome this King was fostred all his youth He lou'd Peace Iustice Fortiude and Truth Yeeres after Christ. He builded Colchestâ—r and did suruiue Till he had reign'd a Kings yeeres fifty fiue Coylus was the Sonne of Marius hee was buried â—â— Yorke Lucius 179. THe first of Kings that was a Christian nam'd Was Lucius with the spirit of God inflam'd The Bread of life he did receiue with ioy The Pagan Idols hee did all destroâ— The Flamines and Arch â—â—mines he downe cost And Bishops and Archbishops here he placâ—d He lou'd and fear'd th' eternall Three in one And dyed when he had 12. yeeres kept the Throne This was the first Christian King of Brittaine â—â—eeâ—â—â—ed twentie eight Idolatrous Temples of thy Pagan god â—â— he made Cathedrall Churches for the seruice of the â—â—â— God Elutherius was then Bishop of Rome King â—ucâ—â—â— was buried at Glocester hee dyed leauing no â—â—â—â—â—â— that this Land was in a hurly-burly 15 yeeres tâ—â—â—â—â— want of a King Seuerus 194. THis was a Romane Emperour and was slaine At York the eighteenth yeere of his proud reigne Hee was an Alien and a stranger heere And therefore bought his vsurpation deare Seuerus was 60. yeeres old when hee tooke the â—â—â—â—â—â— and caused a wall of Turse to be made betwixt Englaâ—â— and Scotland to kepe this Land from the incursions of tâ—â— Scots and Picts the wall reached from Tyme to â—â—â— Scottish Seas 112. miles Yeeres after Christ. Bassianus 212. SEâ—â—rus here did wed a British Dame By whom this King their Son the Crowne did claime â— after sixe yeeres time he left this Land â—ad had the Romane Empire at 's command Bassianus was brought from Rome by his Father â—â—â—â—rcus Carausius 290. Alectus 291. â—â—â— Carausiâ—â—â—â—â— Dioâ—â—â—â— was â—â—â—â—â— THis king of meane birth did the Crown attain After seuen yeeres was by Alectus slaine Three yeeres Alectus did in state recide â—ur Protomartyr then Saint Alban dyde Dioâ—esian and Maximilian ruled the Romane Emâ—â—â—â— when saint Albane suffered Alectus was sent from Rome against Carausius this Alectus was a cruell â—â—â—â—â— and was also slaine by Asclepiodatus Asclepiodatus 299. ASclepiodatus in a mortall Fight Sabdude the Romane Generall Gallus might Kil'd him and cast him head-long in a Brooke Whence Gallus or Wallbrooke for name it tooke And as Alectus did Carausius kill So did this King Alectus life bloud spill And a free two yeeres reigne in mortall strife Asclepiodatus slaine lost Crowne and life Glallus brooke or Wallbrooke tooke the name from Glallus â—â— Rome to Captaine slaine by Asclepiodatus and throwne into that Brooke Asclepiodatus was after slaine by Coil Duke of Colchester Some write that Asclepiodatus reigned 30. yeeres Yeeres after Christ. Coil raigned 14. yeeres 301. COlchesters Duke Coil in the Throne inuested Was by Constantius Caesar much molested Till Coil gaue's Daughter to him for his Bride And paid Romes tribute that was long denide The Lady was of beauty most diuine Faire Hellen Mother to great Constantine The King at Colchester dead laide in 's Tombe His Sonne Constantius did supply his roome This Hellen râ—â—defied Ierusalem and adorned it with goodly Churches She also waâ—eâ— Ladon and Colchester Constantius 305. SPaine Italy France Britaines Emperor Foure yeeres he raign'd heere with Maiesticke power True Honour was the ayme at which he shoâ— Iust Valiant these reports his Actions got This Constantius was Grandfather to Constantine the Great he came from Rome to this I le and was buried at Yorke Constantine 306. GReat Emp'ror Constantine surnam'd the Great In all respects a worthy Prince compleate Yeeres after Christ. The glorious Gospell he ador'd and fear'd Constantinople famously he rear'd Maxentius Romes great Tyrant most abhor'd He made him flie from his Imperiall sword Belou'd bewail'd high honor'd and admir'd In grace with God and men his dayes expir'd This worthy Prince Constantine was borne in this Land the Sonne of Constantius and Hellen. After Constantius decease our Land was molested by Octauius Maximus and others for many yeers These times are so diuersly written of in Histories that a man knowes not which to beleeue most 84. Constantinus 337. 85. Constans 340. THese two were Brothers of the Royall line And Sonnes vnto the Emperour Constantine Ambition and debate for Kingly Raigne Was the vnnaturall cause they both were slaine Kings and Louers can brook no partners for these two brothers were each others destruction 86. Octauius 345. 87. Traherus 349. OCtauius Duke of Windsore tooke the Crowne Traherus came from Rome and put him downe The Land was full with hurly-burlies fild Traherus by Octtauius last was kild Theodosius was Emperour of the East and Macrinus of the West Some write that Octauius reigned 54. yeeres Non credo Yeeres after Christ. 88. Constantius the third 353. The Romane Empire he did closely sway And as a King this Land did him obay Th'Apostate Iulian was the Emp'rour next
former Seruants of seuer all Offices in his Maiesties House and other Esquires his maâ—stres seruants of good qualitie The Gentlemen of his Maiesties Chappel in Surplaices and rich Copes the Sergeant of the Vestry accompanying them Chaplaines Doctors of Phisicke Doctors of Diuinity Knights Gentlemen of the Priuy Chamber Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber to the Prince Baronets Barons younger sonnes Knights of the Priuy-Councell Viscounts eldest sonnes a Veluet cushen cartâ—ed by an Esquire The Comptroller Treasurer Steward and Chamberlain to his Grace bearing white Staues Barons of Ireland Scotland and England Bishops Earles eldest Sons Viscounts Earles of Scotland and England The Duke of Linox eldest Sonne The Arch-Bishop of Canterbury The Mace The Purse The Iora Keeper Preacher Sergeant Trumpetter and foure Trumpets The Great Banner borne by an Earles Sonne accompanied with an Herald The chiefe mourning Horse couered with blacke Veluet and garnished with Eschochens of Tassata with Shaffron and Plumes led by M r. Harton Clauell His Graces Hatchinements borne as followeth The Gauntlets and Spurres The Helme and Crest and the Sword borne by three Heralds The Targe and Coate of Armes borne by two Kings of Armes Then the â—â—uely Effigies or representation of his Grace drowne in a Chariot by sixe goodly Horses garnished as the former couered with a Canopy of black Veluet The Pall supported two Earles Sons and two Marquesses Sons The Foâ—â—â— going on each side the Chariot and likewise ten small Banners carried by 10. Knights 5 of Scotland and 5 of England round about the Chariot two Principall Gentlemen riding at his head and feet in the said Chariot Then folowed Garter principall King of Armes accompanied with a Gentleman â— sher who went bareheaded the Duke of Linox chief Mourner The Lord Tresurer and Lord President of the Councell his supporters 10 other Assistants The Lord Priuy Seale and Duke of Buckingham The Marquis Hamilton and Earle Marshall The Lord Chamberlaine of his Maiesties House and the E. of Sussex the E. of Southampton and E. of Essex the E. of Salisbury and E. of Exceter The M r of the Horse to his Grace in close mourning leading the Horse of Honor â—â—â—â—â—â— furnished Thus past this sad shew from his Graces House in Holborne to Westminster where the Funerall Rites being solemnely ended his Graces liuely Effigies was leâ—â— in the Abby of S t. Peter vnder a Rich Hearse FINIS GREAT BRITAINE ALL IN BLACKE OR A short Elegie written in the manner of AEquiuoques in a sad and dutifull remembrance of the Royall Prince HENRY OH for a Quill of that Arabian Wing That 's hatcht in embers of Sun-kindled fire Who to her selfe her selfe doth issue bring And three in one is Young and Dam and Sire Oh that I could to Virgils veine aspire Or Homers Verse the golden-languag'd Greeke In polish'd phrases I my lines would tyre Into the depth of Art my Muse would seeke Mean time she 'mongst the linguish'd Poets throngs Although she want the helpe of Forraigne Tongs TO write great Britaines wo how am I able That hauing lost a peerelesse Princely Sonne So wise so graue so stout so amiable Whose Vertues shin'd as did the mid-dayes Sunne And did illustrate all our Hemispheare Now all the world affoords not him his pheare His Royall minde was euermore dispos'd From vertue vnto vertue to accrue On good deserts his bountie he dispos'd Which made him follow'd by so braue a crue That though himselfe was peerlesse many a Peere As his Attendants dayly did appeare In him the Thundrers braine-borne daughter Pallas Had tane possession as her natiue Clime In him and his terrestriall heau'nly Palace Was taught how men by vertuous deeds shal clime So that although his yeeres were in the spring He was true honours Fount and valors Spring So firme so stable and so continent So wise so valiant and so truly chaste That from his Microcosmos continent All heau'n-abhorred hel-hatch'd lust was chac'd Hee ran no vicious vice alluring grace To staine the glory of his Royall race His soule from whence it came is gone againe And earth hath tane what did to earth belong He whilom to this Land was such a Gaine That mem'ry of his losse must deeds belong All states and sexes both the young and graue Lament his timelesse going to his Graue Man-murdring death blinde cruell fierce and fell How dost thou gripe him in thy meagre armes By thy rude stroke this Prince of Princes fell Whose valor brau'd the mighty God of Armes Right well in peace he could of peace debate Dreadlesse of dreadfull danger or debate Robustuous rawbon'd monster death to teare From vs our happy hope we did enioy And turne our many ioyes to many a teare Who else might ioyfully haue liu'd in ioy As wind on thousands all at once doth blow By his deaths stroke so millions feele the blow Well could I wish but wishing is in vaine That many millions and amongst them I Had slue'd the bloods from euery flowing veine And vented floods of water from each eye T' haue sau'd the life of this Maiestike Heyre Would thousand soules had wandred in the ayre But cease my Muse thou farre vnworthy art To name his name whose praise on hie doth mount Leaue leaue I say this taske to men of Art And let his soule rest to sweet Zions Mount His Angell spright hath bid the world adue And earth hath claim'd his body as a due Epitaph Here vnder ground great HENRIES corps doth be If God were pleas'd I wish it were a lye IOHN TAYLOR THE MVSES MOVRNING OR FVNER ALL SONNETS ON THE Death of IOHN MORAY Esquire TO THE WHOLE AND ENTIRE NVMBER OF THE Noble and Ancient name of Morayes Iohn Taylor dedicates these sad Funerall Sonnets Sonnet 1. VVHen King Corbredus wore the Scottish Crowne The Romanes did the Britaine Land afflict But Corbred ioyn'd confederate with the Pict By whom Queen â—eadaes foes were ouerthrowne The Morayes then to haue their valour knowne Did first the Romane forces contradict And made them render vp their liues so strict That horse and foot and all were beaten downe Loe thus began the Morayes honour'd Race Of memorable Ancient worthy fame And since the fiue and fiftieth yeere of Grace â—â— Scotland hath suruiu'd that noble name To whom aliue and to my dead friends hear so In duty heere I consecrate this verse Hee that is euer obliged to your Noble name IOHN TAYLOR Sonnet 2. WEepe euerlastingly you Nymphs diuine Your very Quintessence is waste and spent Sigh grone and weepe with wofull languishment Dead is the life that made your Glories shine The heau'nly numbers of your Sacred nine He tun'd as an Aetheriall Instrument So sweet as if the Gods did all consent In him their Consort wholy to combine Weepe Muses euerlastingly lament Eclipsed is your Sire Apollo's shrine Grim Death the life hath from your Champion rent And therefore sigh grone weepe lament and pine And let the Lawrell rot consume and wither Dye Muses
color is blacke Id sooner deeds of â—â—â—knesse Hee grabs and spuddles for his prey in muddy holes and obscure cauernes my Muse ferrus hase debaushed wretches in their swmsh dens Hee like the Crocodile moues the vpper chap thus Treatise condemnes that beasts dissmulaâ—â— Hee s swallowes downe his meate without taste this booke distastes such as sinne without touch of conscience The ods is my Cormorants appetite is limited but must of theres is vnsatable I ayme not at such mens â—â—â— as may fall by msirmty for that were the Esops crab to offer to teach others to goe right going crooked my selfe Detraction is priuate wounding of means name and flattery and a deâ—ourer of men aloue If I can sayle betwixt these two and not be spht I shall arriue at my desired part In my passage I shall have Polipheme casting rockes to sincke me Criticks misconstrung my words like spiders sucking poyson out of wholsome flowers But from these Antipodes to goodnesse by their Aâ—â—â—besis to â—â—â—â— I appeale to my conference which it a witnesse to me that can neither accese or condomme me Fayme at none but such as deâ—uoure others and set make thirst to keepe themselues out of thereach of Law I name none personally and therefore with the faults to amend with silence rather thereby rubbing off a spot to make a hole in the whole cloth for I leaue gleanings enough to make a second part if need require Such stomackes as cannot dâ—â—gest this doth â—â— me rather de to them a Choake-peare them a Gudgeon There is no degree of man or woman whatsoeuer from the Court to the Cottage or from the Pallace to the Plough but many make good ese of this Poem either for merry recreation or vtees defamation and in a word if it please the â—â—â—â—â— or be any way profitable for the confirming of the good or reforming the bad I have then my full recompence with the effect of my intentous and wishes IOHN TAYLOR THE VVATER-CORMORANT HIS COMPLAINT Against a Brood of Land-CORMORANTS Diuided into fourteene Satyres 1 A Iesuite 2 A Separatist 3 A Trust-breaker 4 A Drunkard 5 A prodigall Gallant 6 An Extortioner and Broker 7 A Basket-Iustice 8 A Cut purse 9 A good and bad Constable 10 A Serieant and Iaylor 11 A Patron and his Clarke 12 A Countrey Yeoman 13 A Figure-Stinger 14 A Lawyer and Vndershriue My Cormorant against these doth inuey And proues himselfe much better farre then they A Iesuite THE ARGVMENT King-killing Monsters out of Heauens mouth spew'd Caters and Butchers vnto Rome and Flell The bane of Youth and Age in blood imbrow'd Perditions gulph where all foule Treasons dwell Lands liues and Soules vnder the sauing stile Of IESVS they deuoure confound beguile IN setting downe this Sect of blood compact Me thinkes I see a tragick Sceane in act The Stage all hang'd with the sad death of Kings From whose bewailing storie sorrow springs The Actors dipt in crueltre and blood Yet make bad deeds passe in the name of good And kindling new Commotions they conspire With their hot Zeale to set whole Realmes on fire As 't was apparent when they did combine Against vs in their fatall Powder-Mine All Hell for that blacke Treason was plow'd vp And mischiefe dranke deepe of damnations cup The whole vast Ocean sea no harbour grants To such deuouring greedy Cormorants In the wide gulph of their abhorr'd designes Are thoughts that find no roome in honest mindes And now I speake of Rome euen in her Sea The Iesiutes the dang'rous whirle-pooles be Religions are made Waues that rise and fall Before the wind or breath Poutisicall The Pope sends stormes forth seuers or combines According to his mood it raines or shines And who is ready to put all his will In execution but the Iesuite still Nor hath his Cormorant long tane degree For Esacus more ancient is then hee Yeares thousands since Troyes sonne he was created And from a man but to a Bird translated Whereas the Iesuite deriues descent But from Ignatius Loyala that went For a maim'd Spanish souldier but herein The difference rises which hath euer bin From Man to Bird one 's changed shape began The other to a Diuell from a Man Yet here in these wide maw'd Esacians May Well agree with these Ignatians First black 's the colour of the groâ—dy Fowle And black 's the Iesuites habite like his soule The bird is leane though oft he bee full craw'd The Iesuit's hatchet fac'd and wattle jaw'd The Cormorant as nature best be fits Still without chewing doth deucure whole bits So Iesuits swallow many a Lordly liuing All at a gulp without grace or thankes-giuing The birds throat gaping without intermission Resembles their most cruell Inquisition From neither is Nonest redemptio For what into the Corm'rants throat doth goe Or Iesuits Barrathrum doth once retaine It ne're returnes fit for good vse againe Eightie yeares since hee stole the Epithite From IESVS to bee call'd a Iesuite But I could find him out a style more right From Iudas to bee nam'd Iscariâ—â—â—e Though Paul the third their title did approue Yet he confirm'd their number that aboue Three score they should not be and yet we see How much increased now the vipers be Tâ—at many a thousand Christian lyes and grones Vnder the slau'ry of these diuelish drones And he that knowes but truly what they are Will iudge a Cormorant'â— their better farre A Separatist THE ARGVMENT Here earth and hell haue made a false commixion Of painted Zeale and holinesse and loue Of Faith of Hope of Charity in fiction In smoake and shadowes as the fruits doe proue Hypocrisie which long prayers dorb repeate Dâ—oureth Widowes and poore Orphans cheate NOw enters next to play his Oylie part A Saiue in tongue but a rough diuell in heart â—â—â— that so smoothly swallowes his prey downe Without wrath shewne or any seeming frowne You 'd thinke him when he does 't in a Psalme Or at his prayers hee'sfo milde and calme No noyse no trouble to his conscionce cryes For he deuoures his prey with heau'd vp eyes Stands most demurely swallowing downe his bit And lickes his lips with long grace after it This Bell-wether sit reu'rence leades the slocke After his sence grafted in errours stocke This reu'rend Barrabas a Button-maker Himselfe with trusty Demas his partaker â—leets with their Brethren Chore Abiram Dathan And tear me our Church the Synagogue of Sathan Wise Balaanz Nabal Esan Ismael Tertullus Theudas and Aoâ—itophed Phygeâ—â—us Himereus and Philetus A crew of turne-coates that desire to cheat vs These fellowes with their ample folio graces With mumping chaps and counterfeited faces Though they like shotten herrings are to see Yet such tall Souldiers of their teeth they be That two of them like greedie Cormorants Dâ—â—oures more then fixe honest Protestants When priuately a sister and a brother Doe meet there 's dainty doings with each other There 's no dulay they ne're stand shall I shall I Hermogenes
yeares till you are gone And being gone you 'l wealth and honour win Whilst ryot here at home addes sin to sin You God assisting may doe mighty things Make Kings of Captiues and of Captiues Kings Riches and loue those that suruiue shall gaine And Fame and Heauen the Portion of the slaine The wounds and scars more beautifull will make Those that doe weare them for true honours sake Since God then in his loue did preordaine That you should be his Champions to maintaine His quarrell and his causeâ— a fig for foes God being with you how can man oppose Some may obiect Your enemies are store If so your fame and victori'es the more Men doe win honour when they cope with men The Eagle will not tryumph o're a Wren The Lyon with the Mouse will not contend Nor men 'Gainst boyes and women wars will bend But clouds of dust and smoake and bloud and sweat Are the maine meanes that will true honour get Thus to Fames altitude must men aspire By noble actions won through sword and fire By trumpets Clangor drums guns flute of fife For as there is an end to euery life And man well knowes that one day he must end it Let him keep 't well defend and brauely spend it O griefe to see how many stout men lye Halfe rotten in their beds before they dye Some by soule surfets some by odious whoring In misery lye stinking and deploring And e're a lingring death their sad life ends They are most tedious loathsome to their friends Wasting in Physicke which addes woe to griefe That which should yeeld their families reliefe At last when wished death their cares doe cure Their names like to their bodies lye obscure Whereas the Souldier with a Christian brest Wars for his Soueraigues peace and Countries rest He to his Makers will his will inclines And ne're gainst Heauen impatiently repines He to his Sauiour sayes that thou art mine And being thou redeem'st me I am thine That if I liue or dye or dye or liue Blest be thy name whether thou take or giue This resolution pierces heauens high roofe And armes a Souldier more then Cannon proofe Suppose his life ends by some noble wounds His Soule to Heauen from whence it came rebâ—unds Suppose blowne vp with powder vp he flyes Fire his impurity repurifies Suppose a shot pierce through his breast or head He nobly liu'd and nobly he is dead He lyes not bedred stinking nor doth raue Blaspheming against him that should him saue Nor he in Physicke doth consume and spend That which himselfe and others should defend He doth not languish drawing loathsome breath But dyes before his friends doe wish his death And though his earthly part to earth doth passe His fame outweares a Monument of brasse Most worthy Country-men couragious hearts Now is the time now act braue manly parts Remember you are Sonnes vnto such Sires Whose sacred memories the world admires Make your names fearefull to your foes againe Like Talbot to the French or Drake to Spaine Thinke on braue valiant Essex and Mountiâ—y And Sidney that did Englands foes destroy With noble Norris Williams and the Veeres The Grayes the Willing â—biâ—s all peerelesse Peeres And when you thinke what glory they haue won Some worthy actions by you will be done 34. Battels fought in France by Englishmen since the Conquest Henry the sixth Remember Poiâ—tiers Cressy Agincourt With Bullein Turwin Turnyes warlike sport And more our honours higher to aduance Our King of England was crown'd King of France In Paris thus all France we did prouoake T' obey and serue vnder the English yoake In Ireland 18. bloudy fields we fought And that fierce Nation to subiection brought Besides Tyroues rebellion which foule strife Cost England many a pound lost many a life And before we were Scotlands or it ours How often haue we with opposed powers In most vnneighboutly vnfriendly manners With hostile armes displaying bloudy banners With various victories on eyther side Now vp now downe our fortunes haue beene tride What one fight wins the other loosing yeelds In more then sixescore bloudie foughten fields But since that we and they and they and we More neere then brethren now conioyned be Those scattering powers we each gainst other lead Being one knit body to one royall head Then let this Iland East West South and North Ioyntly in these braue warres emblaze out worth And as there was a strife that once befell Twixt men of Iuda and of Israel Contending which should loue King Dauid best And who in him had greatest interest Long may contention onely then be thus Twixt vsand Scotland and twixt them and vs Stil friendly striuing which of vs can be Most true and loyall to his Maiesty This is a strife will please the God of peace And this contending will our loues encrease You hardy Scots remember royall Bruce And what stout Wallace valour did produce The glorious name of Stewards Hamiltons The Erâ—â—kine Mâ—rayes ndâ— he Leuingstons The noble Ramseyes and th' illustrious Hayes The valiant Dowglasses the Grimes and Grayes Great Sir Iames Dowglas a most valiant Knight Lead seauenty battels with victorious fight Not by Lieutenants or by deputation But he in person wan his reputation The Turkes and Sarazens he ouercame Where ending life he purchast end lesse fame And his true noble worth is well deriu'd To worthies of that name that since suruiu'd The praise of Sir Iames Dowglas in the Raigne of King Robert Bruce 1330. In 13. maine battel she ouercame Gods enemies and as last was slaine Then since both Nations did and doe abound With men approu'd and through all lands renown'd Through Europs and through Asia further farre Then is our blest Redeemers Sepulchre Through all the Coasts of tawny Affrica And through the bounds of rich America And as the world our worths acknowledge must Let not our valour sleeping lye and rust â—â— to immortalize our Britaines name Let it from imbers burst into a flame We haue that Land and shape our Elders had Their courages were good can ours be bad Their deeds did manifest their worthy mindes Then how can we degenerate from kindes â—â— former times we were so giuen to warre Witnesse the broyles 'twixt Yorke and Lancaster Hauing no place to sorreigne Foes to goe Amongst our selues we made our selues a Foe Fall threescore yeares with fierce vnkind alarmes Were practis'd fierce vnciuill ciuill armes Whilst fourescore Peeres of the bloud royall dyde With hundred thousands Comâ—oners beside Thus Englishmen to wars did beare good will They would be doing although doing ill And Scotlands Hystorie auoucheth cleare Of many ciuill warres and turmoyles there Rebellion discord rapine and foule spoyle Hath pierc'd the bowels of their Natiue soyle Themselues against themselues Peeres against Peers And kin with kin together by the cares The friend gainst friend each other hath withstood Vnfriendly friends weltering in their bloud Thus we with them and they with vs contending And we our selues
a Pease And to the world I 'le cause it to appeare VVho e're giues for you twenty pounds a yeareâ— Must from the Marchants pilfer fourescore more Or else he cannot liue and pay the score And to close vp this point I say in briefe VVho buyes it is a Begger or a Thiefe Or else a Foole or to make all agree He may be Foole Thiefe Begger all the Three So you false Bottles to you both adieu The Thames for me not a Denier for you FINIS VERBVM SEMPITERNVM DEDICATED TO THE MOST GRACIOVS AND ILLVSTRIOVS KING CHARLES MOst mightie Soveraigne to your hands I giue The summe of that which makes Vs euer liue I humbly craue acceptance at your hand And rest your Servant ever to Command IOHN TAYLOR To the Reader THou that this little Booke dost take in hand Before thou Iudge bee sure to vnderstand And as thy kindnesse thou extend'st to mee At any time I le doe as much for thee Thine IOHN TAYLOR Genesis IEhouah heere of nothing all things makes And man before all things his God forsakes Yet by th' Almighties mercy 't was decreed Heau'ns Haire should satisfie for maus misdeed Mans age is long and all are great not good And all saue eight are drowned in the Flood Old Noah second sire to worst and best Of Cham the eurst Iaphet and Sem blest Of Abrahams starre-like numberlesse encrease Of of-springs of-springs and his rest in peace Of Israels going into AEgypt and Of their abode and liuing in that Land Of Iosephs brethren faithlesse and vnkind Of his firme Faith and euer constant mind He pardons them that did his death deuise He sâ—es his Childrens children and he dyes Exodus Th' increase of Iacobs stocke is growne past number And feare of them the AEgyptean King doth cumber Who giuing credit to the Inchanters tales Commands to kill all Infant Hebrew Males But Moses is preserued in the Riuer To be a Captaine Israel to deliuer Sterne Pharaobs cruell Adamantine heart Will not permit Gods people to depart Ten plagues froÌ„ heau'n are on th' AEgyptians powr'd Bloud frogs lice flyes beasts scabs haile thundring showr'd Grashoppers darknesse death of first borne men These were the AEgyptian plagues in number ten The Isra'lites are freed and Pharaobs Host In chasing them are in the red Sea lost A cloud doth shrowd them from the burning day By night a fierie Piller leades the way The murmuring people fearingfamine railes God raines down Manna from the Heauen quailes The Law is writ in stone to Moses giuen By Gods owne hand to guide man vnto Heauen The Ceremoniall Sacrifice is taught As types of whom out blest redemption's wrought Leniticus Heere man is shew'd it is the Almightles will To guard the good and to correct the ill The truest Seruice of the highest stands In no mans fancie but as he commands And cause men are so apt from Grace to swerue He shewes them here their Maker how to serue The Leuites are appointed by the Lord To preach vnto his chosen flocke the word Numbers Old Iacobs blessed off spring numbred are Their valiant Captaines and their men of Warre Curst Korah with his kinsman despâ—rate Datâ—â—n And bold Abiram three sworne Sonnes of Sathad Rebell 'gainst Moses with their tongues vnhallowed And by the earth by heau'ns just Vengeance swallowed The Israelites to fell confusion brings Great Og and Sibâ—n misbeleeuing Kings Where Balaam thought to eurse of force he blest And by his Asse was told how he transgrest Fiue Midian Monarchs Iudaes Host doth slay And all their spoyle diuided as a pray The Land of Câ—naan measur'd is and found That in it all things plenteous doe abound Deutâ—ronomy This Booke againe the Law of God repeats With blessings cursings teachings and with threats Meeke Moses dyes lyes in an vnknowne too me And Nuns Son Iosuab doth supply his roome Ioshua Great Captaine Ioshua great in faith and courage Through greatest dangers valiantly doth forrage He passeth Iordane with his mighty host And to the Tribes diuideth Coast from Coast. The harlot Rahab doth preserue the Spyes She knowes the Lord that reignes aboue the skyes They all passe Iordan which is parted dry Whilst they securely match inuasiuâ—ly The feare of Cananâ—tes doth much increase Ierichoes tane and Manna here doth cease Vile Achan closely steales the cursed prey And Israels beaten from the Wals of Ai Fiue Kings are hang'd and Phebus standeth still At Iosuah's prayer whilst he his Foes did kill Iust one and thirty mighty Kings were slaine Ere Israel could in peace the Land attaine Which being done the bloudy warres doe cease Their faithfull Captains Ioshuah dyes in peece Iudges Iuda is Captaine Anaks Sonnes are flaine The Câ—nanites as vassals doe remaine The Israelites rebell and serue strange Gods And are all plagu'd with heau'ns correcting reds The men of Midia Isra'l much did greeue Stout Gideon comes their sorrowes to releeue And is Gods Spirit doth his Seruant moue He ouerthrowes Baals Altar and his Groue A womans hand King Iabins Hoste doth quaile And kild his Captaine Sis'ra with a naile Abimeleh by wrong the kingdome gaines A woman dashe oat his ambitious braines Victorious Iphâ—ab rashly sweares not good And ends his conquest in his Daugliters blood Great Sampson's borne whoseuer marchlesse strength Orethrowes the Philistims in bredth and length Faire flattering Dalâ—lab her Lord deceiues He 's â—ane himselfe himselfe of life bereaues The Beniamites abus'd a Leuites wife For which all but sixe hundred lost their life Ruth According to the flesh this woman Ruth Was ancient Grandame to th' eternall Truth And though the from the Mâ—abites doth come It shewes th' Almighty in all Lands hath some 1. Samuel The Prophet Samuel's borne and Elies Sonnes To sinne and flat confusion headlong runnes The Isralites are by the Lord forsaken And by the Philistins the Arke is taken The figur'd presence of this all in All Doth make the Diuels inuention Dagon fall God takes his people to his loue againe The Ark's brought backe the Philistines are slaine The Sonnes of Samuel wrong their Fathers trust By partiall Indgements and with bribes vniust Saul seeking straying Asses findes a Crowne And is annointed King in Raman towne The fell Philistians Isrâ—el doth oppresse King Saul doth proudly gainst the Lord transgresse God dids kill Agag Saul will haue him spar'd His will more than his Gods he doth regard Goliah armed leades an hoste from Gath Defies the Lord of Hosts prouokes his wrath Yong Dauid comes and in his hand a sling And with a stone the Gyant downe doth ding Old Ishays Sonne before the Kings preferr'd And Dauid hath Sauls Daughter for reward Th' ingratefull King seekes Dauids causlesse death True hearted Ionathan preserues his breath Saul leaues his God and to a Witch doth goe And so himselfe himselfe doth ouerthrow The Philistines his childrens bloud doe spill And with his Sword King Saul King Saul did kill Saul leaues his God and to a Witch doth goe And
you stand In duty for your liues and honours bound To him for by him haue you beene renown'd Yet Death that 's common vnto euery one Should be intolerable vnto none And therefore let his noble spirit rest Amidst those ioyes which cannot be exprest Let those that liue his goodnesse imitate And yeeld vnto the course of mortall fate FINIS A FVNERALL ELEGIE IN THE SACRED MEMORY OF THE Right Reuerend Right Honourable and Learned Father in GOD LANCELOT Lord Bishop of VVinchester Deane of his Maiesties Chappell Prelate of the Right Honourable Order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Maiestices most Honourable Priuie COVNCELL Who departed this life at his house in Southwarke on Munday the 25 th of September last 1626 and was Honourably Interred in Saint Sauiours Church in Southwarke the XI of Nouember TO THE WORSHIPFVLL AND RELIGIOVS GENTLE man M r. Iohn Parker Citizen of London and of the worshipfull Societie of Marchant-Taylors Right Worthy Sir IN these ingratefull daies of ours wherein mens merits are forgotten with the expiration of the life and that too many doe glory to leaue happy or vnhappy posterities behinde them to â—â—â— their memories liue when they are gone or else put a vaine hope of a long lasting same by eâ—â—â—cting painted vaine-glorious Sepulchers and marble Monuments whilst small are theâ—â—â— ber of those that by Piety Charity Noble and vertuous Actions and good life and conuersation â—â— seeke to attaine the neuer-fading memory of Eternity and true lmmortality so that it is a doubt whâ—ther the death of the good or the life of the bad are most to be lamented Yet although the true worthâ—â— this deceased Right Reuerend Right Honourable and right Learned Father whom God in merry â—â— taken from the euill to come is of that inuincible and impregenable strength that the flattery or battle of future time cannot beat it downe into the gulfe of obliuion and forget fulnesse yet though weâ—â— lesse I in dutious loue and reuerence to the Dead and true in affection to the liuing amongst whom â—â—â—â— of my departed Lords Friends and Seruants I am much endeared and oblieged vnto I haue set â—â— rudely to paper and as I could though not as I should I haue as it were onley look'd into the Suiâ—â—â—â— of a goodly City tasted Manna afarre off and touched the skirts or hem of his meritorious vertues whâ—â— I have made bold to dedicate to your Worships graue and iudicious view and censure humbly desirâ— your VVorship to accept my intention more then my Labour in hope whereof I cease to enlarge my Eâ—â—â— further wishing you such happinesse in this life as is correspondent to your worth and such felicity in â—â— life to come as is layd vp for good men in Heauen Your Worships to command IOHN TAYLOR A Silly Taper or a Candles light Are vaine additious to make Sol more bright â—â—â— can one little water-drop augment The mighty bounds of Neptunes continent The raging Winds that threaten sea and shore â—â—â— one mans breath is not increas'd the more â—â—â— or can a handfull of vnstable sand â—â—yse mounts of earth or amplifie the land â—â—â— that am the meanest man of men â—â—rane wanting learning meaner for the pen â—th glimering raper or a drop of raine â—â—not increase the light inlarge the maine â—â—â— any way in sitting tearmes set foth â—ght Reuerend Winchester Admired worth â—â—â—all the learned Poets of these dayes â—â—ght write and speake in his deserued prayse â—â—â— spend their inke and paper and their spirits â—â—â—â—add no fame or honour ot his merits â—â—â—as pute snow shewes whiter to the eye â—â—â—â—hen cole-black Crowes or swarty Rauens are by â—â—â—as the darknesse makes light seeme more cleare â—â—â—will his Vertues in my lines appeare â—â—â—speake his passage in this vale of strife London he had being first and life â—hose Parents as became their reputation â—â—â—bring him vp in worthy education â—â—â— Prem brooke Hall in Cambridge witnesse will â—hereas his noble memory liues still â—passing on in this his morall race â—â—ne'd by grace from higher place to place â—â—â—to the Deanery of Westminster â—â—â—to this Bishopricke of Chichester â—â— Iames did next to Elye him preferre â—ich learned Prince made him his Almoner â—â—â— by Gods prouidence nor his desire â—â—â—to Winchester translated higher â—â—â—of the Royall Chappell and beside Garters Prelate he was dignifide â—â—â—gracious Iames did in his wisedome see â—â—â— worthy Lords vpright integrity â—hom all loyall vertues were innate â—â—â—â—him a priuy Councellour of State â—â—â—his honours still did higher grow â— minde in meeke humillity was low â—â—â—like a blessed Samuel was he â—yned from his infancy to be â—iant souldier of Christs faithfull Campe â—in God Church a learn'd illustrious Lamp â—â—â—â—at the lord to Abraham did say From thy Country and thy Kin away â—â—â—from thy Fathers house I charge thee goe â—â—â—Lord that I to thee will showe â—is right reuerend Lord was from his youth â—â—â—from the world to Gods eternall truth â—being one in Heau ' ns high businesse sent â—igh in this world yet from the world he went For though the world is as 't is vnderstood Mans natiue Country as he 's flesh and blood Yet is his worldly part a prison foule Wherein in bondage lyes his purer soule Which soule is heauenly makes heauen her aime And here she 's in the World not of the same So this deceased Subiect of my muse He liu'd and grieu'd to see the worldsabuse And like a â—eremy â—â— had â—â—â—ments He sigh'd and greu'd bewaynng the euents Which haue and doe and dad â—â— are like Vpon this woefull age of ours to strike He saw and grieu'd a what all men should grieue How goodnesse small reipect could here achieue And how the chiefest good that men doe craue Is pompe and wealth and rich appreil braue How man will for his body haue good food Good fire good cloathes good house and lodging good And all the care's how these goods may be had And few men cared though their soules be bad Thus the sraile World in pous â—â—â— Strooke in his Christian heart griefes deepe impression That all that worldly was he quite â—orgor And vs'd the World as if hee vs'd itâ— oâ— Hee by the Spirit of God perceiued plaine That all earthes pompe and glory is but vayne And therefore with a lowly minde and meeke He did Christs righteousnesse kingdome seeke For which euen as our Sauiours word is past His earthly treasures were vppon him cast For still the word of God confirm'd shall be I 'le honour them saith he that honour me His heart was free from an ambitious thought No popular applause of men he sought His pride was godly a true Christian pride To know Christ and to know him crucifide And though fraile men are with vaine toyes intis'd Hee with'd to be disolu'd to be with Christ. His charity was not in out-ward show No Pharisey-like Trumpet ere did blow To make the World applause with