in the house and art so busie a baggage that thou canst let nothing stand to which the other answered and you are so wayward and teasty that a little thing troubles you and puts you in a great anger 122 IN a time of peace a Captaine being in company where after dinner there was dancing with whom a Gentlewoman was desirous to dance the Captaine said hee was made to fight and not to dance to whom she answerd that it were good that he were oyl'd hang'd vp in an Armoury till there were occasion to vse him 123 ONe asked a huffing Gallant why hee had not a Looking-Glasse in his Chamber he answered he durst not because hee was often angry and then he look'd so terribly that he was fearefull to looke vpon himselfe 124 THere was a fellow that not for his goodnesse was whip'd at a Carts tayle and in his execution he draw backward to whom a Gentleman in pitty said Fellow doe not draw backe but presse forward and thy execution and paynes will be the sooner past and done to whom the Rogue answerd It is my turne now when thou art whip'd doe thou goe as thou wilt and now I will goe as I please 125 ONe said that hee had trauaild so farre that he had layd his hand vpon the hole where the winde came forth a second said that hee had beene at the farthest edge of the world and driuen a nayle quite thorow it the third replide that he had beene further for hee was then on the other side of the world and clencht that nayle 126 THere was a Pope who being dead it is said that hee came to heauen gate and knock'd Saint Peter being within the gate asked who was there The Pope answered brother it is I I am the last Pope deceased Saint Peter said if thou be the Pope why dost thou knocke thou hauing the keyes mayst vnlocke the gate and enter The Pope replied saying that his predecessors had the keyes but since their time the wards were altered 127 A Rich Miser being reuiled by a poore man whom he had oppressed the rich man said Thou dogge leaue thy barking the poore man answered that hee had one quality of a good dogge which was to barke when hee saw a thiefe 128 A Man being deeply in play at dice hauing lost much money his sonne a little lad being by him wept quoth the father Boy why dost thou weepe the boy answered that hee had read that Alexander the Great wept when he heard that his father King Philip had conquered many Cities Townes and Territories fearing that hee would leaue him â—â—hing to winne and I weepe the contrary â—ay quoth the boy for I feare that my father will leaue me nothing to loose 129 AN Oppressor hauing feld all the trees in a Forest which for a long time had beene â—â—e reliefe of many poore people sayd that it was as good as a Commedy to him to see the trees fall to whom a poore man said I â—â—pe as thou makest a Commedy of our miseries that three of those trees may be reserued â—â—â—â—â—ish a Tragedy for thee and thy Children 130 ONe lamented his friends hard fortune that being raysed to a place of honour his growne sencelesse forgetting all his old â—â—milar acquaintance and so farre from knowing any man that he knew not himselfe 131 THe Plough surpasseth the Pike the Harrow excelleth the Halbert the Culter exâ—â—deth the Cuttleaxe the Goad is better â—â— the Gunne for the one sort are the instruments of life and profit and the other are the engines of death and all kindes of calaâ—â—ries 132 A Poore man is in two extremes first if he â—â—â— he dyes with shame secondly if he â—â—â— not he dies with hunger 133 ONe being in office was reproued for negligence his excuse was that it was his best policy to be idle for if he should doe â—â—â— he should displease God and if he should â—â—e well should offend men to whom one answered you ought to doe your duty for â—â— well doing you shall please God and in ill â—â—â—ing you shall please men 134 VVOmen take great pleasure to be sued to though they neuer meane to grant 135 ONe said that Suiters in Law were mortall and their suite immortall and that there is more profit in a quicke deniall then in a long dispatch 136 A Trauailer was talking what a goodly City Rome was to whom one of the company said that all Rome was not in Italy for wee had too much Rome in England 137 A Countrey fellow came into Westminster Hall where one told him that the roofe of it was made of Irish wood and that the nature of it was such that no Spider would come neere it and he said further that in Ireland no Toad Snake or Caterpiller can liue but that the earth or the trees will destroy them Ah quoth the Countrey man I wish with all my heart that the Benches Barres and Flooring were all made of such earth and wood and that all Coaches Barges and Wherries were made of Irish Oake that all our English Caterpillers might be destroyed 138 MAster Thomas Coriat on a time complained against mee to King Iames desiring his Maiesty that hee would cause some heauy punishment to bee inflicted vpon mee for abusing him in writing as he said I had to whom the King replide that when the Lords of his honourable Priuy Councell had leisure and nothing else to doe then they should heare and determine the differences betwixt Master Coriat the Scholler and Iohn Taylor the Sculler which answere of the King was very acceptable to Master Coriat WhereupoÌ„ I made this following petitioÌ„ to the King TO THE KINGS MOST Excellent Maiestie The humble petition of Iohn Tailor your â—… â—… I begge thou wilt be graciously inclined To reade these lines my rusticke pen compile Know Royall Sir Tom Coriate workes the wile Your high displeasure on my head to bring â—… Did heare the cause of two offending Harlots So I beseech thee Great great Britaines King To doe the like for two contending Varlots â—… A Ribble â—â—bble of Gossips THe space of a â—orting he from the Bearbaiting â—… stulted by the right reuerend Matron madam Isabel that Katherin should go no more a maying â—… spoones now old Sibill all this while sate mumping like a gib Cat and on the sodaine she starts vp and thrusts Charity out of doores to take vp her lodging where she could get it well being much offended to see Marget inâ—â—â—… it and bade her tell Alice that vnlesse she toolâ—â— heed the pot would run ouer and the fat lye in the fire at this â—â—â—â—… Now in the heat of all this businesse Barâ—â—â— tels Frances how there is good ale at the laboâ— in vain the matter being brought to this passe Winisrit saies that her god-daughter â—â—â—â—â— newly brought â—â—â— God blesse the child and â—â—â— Constance the Comfit maker wife at the â—â—â— of the Spiders leg must be â—… dresse to
Steward be Which at the last the Lord shall faithfull finde Heart tongue or eyes cannot thinke speake or see The glory that to him shall be assignde He shall out-passe the Angells in degree He shall out-shine all Starres that euer shinde He shall for euer and for euer sing Eternall prayses to his God and King 85 Vnto which God the Father first and last Whose goodnes all conseru's preseru's and seeds To God the Sonne whose merits downe hath cast Sinne death and hell due vnto sinners meeds To thee O Holy Ghost that euer wast The blessing that from Sire and Sonne proceeds And to the vn-deuided Three in One All Power and Praise and Glory be alone FINIS TO THE TRVELY VVORTHY AND RIGHT HONOVRABLE IOHN MORAY L. VISCOVNT ANNAN EARLE OF Annandale one of the Gentlemen of his Maiesties Royall Bed-chamber Earths Honours and Heauens happinesse THis Booke Good Sir the issue of my braine Though farre vnworthy of your worthy view Yet I in duty offer it to you In hope you Gently it will entertaine And though the Method and the Phrase be plaine Not Artlike writ as to the stile is due Yet is it voyde of any thing vntrue And truth I know your fauour shall obtaine The many fauours I from you haue had Hath forc'd me thus to shew my thankefull minde And of all faults I know no vice so bad And hatefull as ingratefully inclinde A thankefull Heart is all a poore mans pelfe Which with this Booke I giue your Worthy Selfe Your Worships euer most obliged IOHN TAYLOR THE SEVERALL SIEGES ASSAVLTS SACKINGS AND FINALL DESTRVCTION OF the Famous Ancient and memorable Citty of IERVSALEM THe Iustice Mercy and the Might I sing Of heau'ns inst mercifull Almighty KING By whose fore-knowledge all things were elected Whose power hath all things made al protected Whose Mercies flood hath quencht his Iustice flame Who was is shall be One and still the same Who in the Prime when all things first began Made all for Man and for himselfe made Man Made not begotten or of humane birth No Sire but God no Mother but the Earth Who ne'r knew Childhood of the â—ucking teate But at the first was made a man compleat Whose inward Soule in God-like forme did shine As Image of the Maiestie Diuine Whose supernaturall wisedome beyond Nature Did name each sensible and sencelesse creature And from whose Star-like Sand-like Generation Sprung euery Kindred Kingdome Tribe and Nation All people then one language spake alone Interpreters the world then needed none There liued then no learned deepe Grammarians There were no Turkes no Scythians no Tartarians Then all was one and one was onely all The language of the vniuersall Ball. Then if a Traueller had gone as farre As from the Artick to th' Antartick starre If he from Boreas vnto Auster went Or from the Orient to th' Occident Which way soeuer he did â—â—â— or minde He had beene sure his Country-man to find One hundred thirty winters since the Flood The Earth one onely language vnderstood Vntill the sonne of Cush the sonne of Cham A proud cloud-scaling Towre began to frame Trusting that if the world againe were drown'd He in his lofty building might rest sound All future Floods he purposd to preuent Aspiring to Heau'ns glorious Battlement But high Iehouah with a puff was able To make ambitious Babel out a bable For what is man that he should dare resist The great Almighties pow'r who in his fist Doth gripe Eternity and when he please Can make and vnmake Heau'n and Earth Seas For in their expectation of conclusion He plag'd them all with sundry Tongues confusion Such Gibrish Gibble Gabble all did tangle Some laugh some fret all prate all diffring wrangle One calls in Hebrew to his working Mate And he in Welch Glough wheâ— Comrage doth prate Another gapes in English or in Scotch And they are answer'd in the French or Dutch Caldaicke Syriacke and Arabian Greeke Latine Tuscan and Armenian The Transiluaniae and Hungarian The Persian and the rude Barbarian All these and diuers more then I can number Misunderstanding tongues did there incumber Thus he that sits in Heau'n their plots derided And in their height of pride their tongues deuided For in this sudden vnexpected chang The wife and husband Sire and sonne were strange The Brother could not vnderstand the Brother The Daughter stands amazed at her Mother By euery one a seuerall part is acted And each vnto the other seemesdistracted Thus by the iustice of the Lord of Hosts Each seuerall tongue was driu'n to seuerall coasts And GOD peculiar to himselfe did chuse His most beloued yet hard-hearted Iewes Iehouahs honor with them then did dwetl His name was onely knowne in Israel Salem his habitation was of yore In Sion men his Glory did adore Th' Eternall Trine and Trine Eternall One In Iury then was called on alone The sonnes of Heber were the adopted stocke Gods onely Chosen holy sacred Flocke Amongst all Nations them he onely lik'd And for his owne vse them he culd and pik'd Them his sin-killing sauing word he gaue T' instruct them what condemn'd and what would saue To them he gaue his word his Couenants band His Patriarks his Prophets and his hand Did blesse defend instruct correct and guide The Iewes and no one Nation else beside For them a world of wonders hath he done To them he sent his best begotten Sonne On them a Land he freely did bestow Where milke and hony plentiously did flow With them he was till they from him did turne And wilfully against his blessings spurne All heau'nly earthly Soules or Bodies good They lack'd no temp'rall or eternall food His Temple builded in Ierusalem Where he had daily sacrifice from them Where though their seruice was defect and lame Th' Almighties mercy did accept the same For though Mans sin is great God hath decreed To take his best endeuour for a deed And whilst they in his loue and feare abode They were his people he their gracious God But when impieties began to breed And ouergrow old Iacobs sacred seed When they from good to bad began to fall From ill to worse from worst to worst of all When Gods great mercies could not them allure And his sharp threatnings could not them procure When each ones body was vnto the soule A lothsome Dungeon to a prisoner foule When sin al shamelesse the whole Land o'rspreads Then God threw dreadful vengeance on their heads And for their heynous heaping sin on sin Ierusalem hath oft assaulted bin First Shishak Egypts King with might and maine Made hauock there in Rehoboams Raigne The Citty Temple Golden vessels Shielas All as a prey to the Egyptians yeelds Next loas came the King of Israel In Amaziahs dayes with fury fell He brought Iudea to Samariaes thrall King Kingdome Princes Peeres and people all Then thirdly Rezin King of Aram came In Abaz time with sword and furious flame Th' Assyrian great Zonach'rib was
Vertue blindes the eye And Vertue makes vice knowne apparantly When falsehood is examin'd and comparâ—d With Truth it makes truthhaue the more regard The Crow seemes blackest when the Swan stands neere And goodnes makes the ill most bad appeare So vertues that are contrary to vices Make them contemptible and base in prices a The praise of Humility Humility if it be well embrac'd It makes disdainfull Pride disdain'd disgrac'd Humility is a most heauenly gift The Stayre that doth to Glory men vp lift None but the meeke and lowly humbled spirit Shall true eternall happinesse inherit Those that are humble honour * Eecles 19. God alwayes And onely those will he to honour raise If thou be'st great in state giue thanks therefore And humble still thy selfe so much the more He that is humble loues his Christian brother And thinkes himselfe * Phil. 2. 3. inferiour to all other Those that are meeke the Lord shall euer guide And * Psal. 25. 9. Psal. 138. 6. teach them in his wayes still to abide For though the Lord be high he hath respect Vnto the * Prou. 22.4 lowly whom he will protect Humility and lowlinesse goes on Still before honour as saith Salomon He that is humble heere and free from strife Shall for * Mat. 23. 12. reward haue glory wealth and life He that himselfe doth humble certainly Our Sauiour saith shall be * Mat. 23. 12. exalted high He that with Christ will weare a glorious Crowne Must cast himselfe as Christ did humbly downe And like to the rebounding of a ball The way to rise must first be low to fall For God the Father will accept of none That put not on the meekenes of his Sonne If proudly thou doe lift thy selfe on high God and his blessings from thee still will fly But if thou humble meeke and lowly be God and his blessings will come downe to thee If thou wouldst trauell vnto heau'n then know Humility's the way that thou must goe If in presumptuous paths of Pride thou tread 'T is the right wrong way that to hell doth lead Know that thy birth attire strength beauty place Are giu'n vnto thee by Gods speciall grace Know that thy wisedome learning and thy wealth Thy life thy Princes fauour beauty health And whatsoeuer thou canst goodnes call Was by Gods bounty giu'n vnto thee all And know that of thine owne thou dost possesse Nothing but sinne and wofull wretchednes A Christians pride should onely be in this When he can say that God his Father is When grace and mercy vvell applide affoord To make him brother vnto Christ his Lord. When he vnto the holy Ghost can say Thou art my Schoolemaster whom I 'le obay When he can call the Saints his fellovves and Say to the Angels for my guard you stand This is a laudable and Christian pride To knovv Christ and to know him crucifi'd This is that meeke ambition lovv aspiring Which all men should be earnest in desiring Thus to be proudly humble is the thing Which vvill vs to the state of glory bring But yet bevvare pride hypocriticall Puts not humilities cloake on at all A lofty mind vvith lovvly cap and knee Is humble pride and meeke hypocrisie Ambitious mindes vvith adulating lookes Like courteous Crovvne-aspiring a King Henry the fourth Bullinbrookes As a great ship ill suited vvith small saile As Iudas meant all mischiefe cride All haile Like the humility of Absalon This shadovved pride much danger vvaites vpon These are the counterseite God saue yee Sirs That haue their flatteries in particulars That courteously can hide their proud intents Vnder varieties of complements These Vipers bend the knee and kisse the hand And sweare svveet Sir I am at your command And proudly make humility a screvv To vvring themselues into opinions vievv This pride is hatefull dangerous and vile And shall it selfe at last it selfe beguile Thus pride is deadly sin and sin brings shame Which here I leaue to hell from whence it came FINIS TO THE MOST HIGH AND ALMIGHTY God the Father Creator of the World and to the King of Kings Lord of Lords and onely Ruler of Princes Iesus Christ the Glorious Redeemer of the World And to the most holy Blessed Spirit the Comfort of all true Beleeuers and Sanctisier of the World Three Persons and one Eternall Omnipotent God MOst mighty gracious mercifull and glorious God that triest the heart and searchest the reines from whom no secret is hid in the assurance of thy neuer-failing clemency and hope of thy gracious acceptance I humbly offer to thy most dread Maiestie these my poore labours which out of thine owne Word and by and through thy blessed assistance I haue for the glory of thy great Name compiled I acknowledge my selfe the meanest of men and the most vnworthy of thy vnworthy seruants to present my polluted imperfect duty to thee that art the Fountaine of perfection purity and holinesse but thou that knowest mine intentions meeke and humble free from the expectation of worldly applause and onely ayming to reprehend and reforme the too much too frequent impieties of Cursing and Swearing so hatefull to thee and so abusiue to thy Law vpon the knees of my heart I prostrate my selfe before the feete of thy Mercy seate beseeching thee for thy Names sake too much prophaned for thy Glories sake too much abused for thy Sonnes sake who with thy selfe art neglected contemned and reuiled that thou wilt be pleased to arise O Lord and scatter thine enemies that though this worke of mine bee but weake and I the workeman far weaker yet through my frailty be thou pleased to shew thy power let my lines be like Shamgars Goad Iudges 3 31. Like Iaels Nayle Iudges 4.21 Or che Iawe-bone which Samson fought withall Iudges 15. Or Dauids Sling 1. Sam. 17. That through thy might these accursed Philistines with vncircumcised hearts may be either amended or confounded That all the reuiling Rabshakehs may be made to know that thou art icalous of thy glory so blesse I beseech thee these my labours that children reading them may be seasoned with a feare and reuerence of thy Maiestic that those who already doe hate Cursing and Swearing may hereby be the more confirmed in that godly hatred That the wretched carelesse blasphemers and accursed takers of thy Name in vaine may be ashamed reformed that thereby thou maist be glorified thy Church coÌ„forted and edified and our sinfull liues amended and finally our soules euerlastingly saued through thy meere and infinite mercy and our blessed Sauiours boundlesse merits To whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all praise power and glory now and for euer Thy Eternall Maiesties lowest and least of thy vngracious seruants IOHN TAYLOR TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY MONARCH AND MY DREAD Soueraigne CHARLES by the Grace and Prouidence of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland Defender c. My Gracious Soueraigne I Your Maiesties
their Immortall Maker and Redeemer without any feeling or touch of conscience insomuch that they would be ashamed to vse their enemies or their vassals or slaue in such contemptible manner as they doe their God and Sauiour and they would be highly offended to haue halfe the like abuse offered to themselues and which is more they would and should be all hangd or worse if they spake but one quarter of such treason against their naturall King as they doe against the Immortall King of Kings A Seruant is the better to be beloued or hated for so much as in respect the Master whom he serueth bee good or bad and can any villaines deserue more to bee hated abhorred and spewed out of the company of Christians then common swearers the Deuils best seruants who are the Archtraitonrs against the Maiesty of Heauen who like the foole doe say in their heart that there is no God and so doe hold the third Commandement to bee a fable where God forbids swearing saying That hee will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine Oh what a miserable case shall those wretched soules be in who at the dreadfull Barre of Gods Iudgement shall be by the Lord condemned and iudged guilty of swearing forswearing blasphemy and taking of the name of the Lord in vaine Suppose a man were tranailing alone vpon some Plaine Heath or Desart where many crosse wayes lead towards diuers places and hee being a stranger and amazed goes on not knowing whether he goe right or wrong at last by chance hee espieth a man and asketh him it hee be in the way to such a place or no The party answers him that hee is quite out of his way a mile or halfe a mile more or lesse but faith he I will shew you how you may with lesse trauaile come into your way againe then hee directeth him to take his course crosse to such a Tree or House or Gate or other marke and so consequently sheweth him the easiest meanes to find his way againe for which courresie what thanke the I rauailer will giue him and say that if euer it lyeth in his power that he will require his kindnes in a larger measure On the contrary let a man heare a wretch curse blaspheme and sweare and say to him My friend you are quite out of the way to Heauen and if you doe hold that course you will neuer come thither for you are now going downe hill the high broad way to the Deuill If a man should tell a prophane swearer this all the thankes hee should haue would be contempt derision scorne and hard words or perhaps a right roaring Rascall would be so liberall as to sweare ten or twelue oathes more and bestow a knocke or a stab vpon him that mildely reproued him If the penalty of twelue pence for euery oath had bene duely payd as the Statute hath in that case prouided I doe verily beleeue that all the coyned money in England would haue beene forfeited that way for little children that can scarce goe or speake plaine can make a shift to sweare lispingly Meate drinke cloathing or any neceflaries that we vse or any bargaine buying or selling doe very seldome passe betwixt party and party without oathes swearing and oftentimes falsly so that commonly it is no match except the name of God be abused in it At Dice Cards Bowles or at any other game or recreation it is lamentable to heare how vngodly villaines will outdare the Deuils in Hell in abusing he glorious Name of God And I verily thinke that Venison is too oftentimes more vnseasonably seasond with oathes in the taking then it is with cornes of Pepper salt in the baking so that if the Law were executed which St. Leuis King of France made that euery Swearer Blasphemer should haue their tongues cut out I am doubtfull that more then three quarters of the people in Christendome would be tonguelesse for in these dayes men are seldome wearied with swearing as I haue read of an Italian that at his game was tyred in that kind who commanded his man to helpe him to sweare till he himselfe had gathered his breath againe And it is to be feared that there are some who doe make a liuing or trade of swearing as a fellow being asked once of what occupaâ—ion he was made answer that he was a vitnesse which was one that for hire would sweare in any mans cause be it right or wrong The veriest villaine that euer abused the name of God may learne from a Dog to be a better Christian for if he doe take a Whelpe bring him vp giuing him but meate fit for a Dog he may see how the Curre will attend him follow him watch his house and to the best of his ability guard and defend his Masters person from wrong or violence and at no time he will euer forsake him although he might haue a farre better Master But if at any time hee should wax stubborne and fly in his Masters face otherwise bite him then surely such a Master would either hang such a Dog or knocke out his braines Thus as Salomon bids the sluggard goe to the Pismire to learne labour and disigence so I counsaile the blasphemous Swearer to make his Dog his patterne for his better behauiour for much worse then the worst of Dogs is he that knowes God to be his Maker Redeemer preseruer conseruer and keeper and yet for all this a contrary to his knowledge against his conscience will audaciously impiously and ingratefully reuile raile blaspheme the glorious name of this his most bountifull and mercifull God Hee that reuiles or scandals his Soueraigne Prince is rightly accounted worthy to dye the death of a Traitor and whosoeuer doe abuse slander or impeach the reputation of Iudges Rulers and Magistrates there is a Pillory a whipping with sometimes losse of eares and goods for an exemplary punishment Theeues are hangd for stealing and incontinent persons are sometimes punished for adultry and fornication but swearing and abusing the name of God is esteemed lesse then a veniall sinne being by regardlesse conniuence rather approued then reproued and as it were by intolerable toleration defended rather then punished All which the Lord did in his foreknowledge knowe namely that men should be remisse and negligent in the punishing of all those that bee dishonourers of his Name and therefore hee tooke the cause iudgement and punishment into his owne hands with this irreuocable sentence that he will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine so that the Swearer Blasphemer may see that although through Greatnesse of Riches Office Fauour or Flattery men doe passe ouer this great offence slightly yet God doth most assuredly promise and pay them their hire in this world Ecclesiasticus 23. For though thou thinkest God heares thee not but is as deafe aâ—â—â—â— said Baal was yet thou shalt one day kâ—â—â—â—â— that he that made the eye
Angels to the Shepheards told As Luke th'Euangelist doth well vnfold And should my verse a little but decline Lok â— â— To humane stories and leaue diuine There are some mightie Princes I can name Whose breeding at the first from Shepheards came Romes founder Romulus was bred and ted Mongst Shepheards where his youthfull dayes he led The Persian Monarch Cyrâ—â—â— hee did passe His youth with * Valeriux Maximus and Aureliaxus were raised from been Heardsmen to the imperiall dignitie Shepheards and a Shepheard was The Terrour of the world that famous man Who conquer'd Kings and kingdomes ouer-ran His stile was as some stories doe repeat The Scythsan Shepheard Tamberlaine the Great T is sueh a Tytle of preheminence Of reuerence and such high magnificence That Dauid who so well his words did frame â—â—â—â— Did call our great Creator by the name Our blest Redeamer Goas eternall Sonne Whose onely merits our Saluation wonne He did the harmlesse name of Shepheard take â—â—â— For our protection and his Mercres sake Those that will reade the sacred Text and looke With diligence throughout that heauenly Booke Shall finde the Ministers haue Epithires And named Angels Stewards Watchmen Lights Salt Builders Husbandmen and Starres that shine Inflamed with the Light which is Diuine And with these names within that books compil'd They with the Stile of Shepheards are instil'd Thus God the Sire and sonne the Scriptures call Both Shepheards my stieall and literall And by similitudes comparing to All kings and Churchmen beare that tytle do A.E.I.O.V. two Anagrams of the fiue Vowels the one serues for the glorious name GOD and the other in the Spanish tongue is a Sheepe which name the Prophet Esay doth figuratiuely or mystically call our Creator IEOVA or IEHOVAH OVEIA is a sheepe Wherein may bee perceiued that there is no Word Name or Action in or vnder Heauen but hath one or more of the fiue Vowels and that no Word or Name hath them all Without other Letters but IEOVA and OVEIA Which doth admonish vs in the feare and reuerence of the Almightie because in all our thoughts Words and actions some part of his Wonderfull Name is infinitely included And withall that OVEIA or a sheepe is a most significant Emblem or signe of our God and Sauiours innocencie and patient sufferings WIse and Insorutable Omniscient Eternall Gracious and Omnipotent In Loue in Iustice Mercy in Might In Honour Power and Glory infinite In workes in words in euery Attribute Almightie All. commanding Absolute For who so notes the Letters of the name IE MOVAH shall perceiue within the same The Vowels of all Tongues included be â—â—â—â—th no name that e're was nam'd but HE â—â—â— I haue heard some Schollers make Relation â—â— is but a breathing Aspiration A letter that may be left out and spar'd Whereby is cleerely to our sight declar'd That Great IEHOVA may be written true With onely Vowels A E I O V And that there is no word or name but this That hath them all alone but onely His So that the Heauens with all the mighty Host Of Creatures there Earth sea or any Coast Or Climate any Fish or Fowle or Beast Or any of His workes the most and least Or thoughts or words or writing with the Pen Or deedes that are accomplished by men But haue some of these Letters in them all And God alone hath all in Generall By which we see according to his will He is in all things and doth all things fill And all things said or done he hath ordain'd Some part of his great Name 's there in contain'd All future present and all past things seeing In whom we liue and moue and haue our being A Almightie All in All and euery where E Eternall in whom change cannot appeare I Immortall who made all things mortall else O Omnipotent whose Power all Power all Power excels V Vnited Three in one and one in Three IEOVA Vnto whom all Glory bee Besides the learned poets of all times Haue chanted out the praise in pleasant times The harmelesse liues of rurall shepheards Swaines And beautious shepheardesses on the plaines In * All the famous Poetes and Poetesses of all tongues and nations haue written vpon this worthy subiect Odes in Rouudelaies and Madrigals In Sonnets and in well pen'd Pastorals They haue recorded most delightfully Their loues their fortunes and felicitie And sure if in this low terrestriall Round Plaine honest happinesse is to be found It with the Shepheards is remaining still Because they haue least power to doe ill And whilst they on their feeding flockes attend They haue the least occasions to offend Ambition Pompe and Hell begotten Pride And damned Adulation they deride The complementall flatt'rie of kings Courts Is neuer intermix'd amidst their sports They seldome enuie at each others state Their loue and feare is Gods the deuil 's their hate In weightie businesse they nor marre or make And cursed bribes they neither giue or take They are not guiltie as some great men are Tvndoe their Mercer and Embroiderer Their Taylor Butcher Bewer Baker Powlter For which there 's some haue well deseru'd a halter Their Shoomaker and Silkman I forgot Though breaking or else begg'rie be their lot Nor is' t a Shepheards trade by night or day To sweare themselues in debt and neuer pay Hee 's no state-plotting Macbiushan Or Proiect-monger Monopolitan Hee hath no trickes or wiles to circumuent Nor feares he when there comes a Parliament He neuer weares his cap nor bends his knee To feed Contention with a Lawyers fee He wants the art to Cog Cheat Sweare and Lie Nor feares the Gallowes or the Pillorie Nor cares he if great men be fooles or wise If honour fall and base dishonour rise Let fortunes mounted minions sinke or swim Hee neuer breakes his braines all 's one to him He 's free from fearefull curses of the poore And liues and dies content with lesse or more Great temporance in Shepheards He doth not waste the time as many vse His good Creators creatures to abuse In drinking sicks vngodly healths to some They veryest Cankerwormes of Christendome My Lord Ambition and my Lady Pride Shall with his quasting not be magnifide Nor for their sakes will he carowse and feast Vntill from man he be turn'd worse then beast Whereby he scapes vaine oathes and blasphemy And surfets fruits of drunken gluttony He scapes occasion vnto lusts pretence And so escapes the Poxe by consequence Thus doth he scape the Parator and Proctor Th' Apothecary Surgeon and Doctor Whereby he this prerogatiue may haue To hold the laying in into his graue Whilst many that his betters farre haue bin Will very hardly hold the laying in These are great priuiledges though few men seeke or care for them Thus Shepheards liuÌ„e and thus they end their liues Adorn'd and grac'd with these prerogatiues And when he dyes he leaues no wrangling heyres To law till all be speÌ„nt and nothing theirs Hooke Tar-box