labours and takes paine May with a better Conscience sleepe in bed Then he that is with ill got thousands sped So well I like it and such loue I owe Vnto it that I 'll fall againe to Rowe 'T will keepe my health from falling to decay Get money and chase Idlenesse away I 'm sure it for Antiquity hath stood Since the worlds drowning vniuersall Flood And howsoeuer now it rise or fall The Boate in Noahs Deluge carried all And though our wits be like our purses bare With any Company wee 'll make compare To write a Verse prouided that they be No better skild in Schollership then wee And then come one come thousands nay come all And for a wager wee 'll to Versing fall Epilogue to those that know what they haue read and how to censure TO you whose eares and eyes haue heard seene This little pamphlet and can iudge betweene That which is good or tol'rable or ill If I with Artlesse Nature wanting skill Haue writ but ought that may your thoughts content My Muse hath then accomplisht her intent Your fauors can preserue me but your frownes My poore inuentions in obliuion drownes With tolerable friendship let me craue You will not seeke to spill what you may saue But for the wrymouth'd Critick that hath read That mewes puh's and shakes his brainlesse head And saies my education or my state Doth make my verse esteem'd at lower rate To such a one this answer I doe send And bid him mend before he discommend His Enuy vnto me will fauours prooue The hatred of a foole breeds wise-mens loue My Muse is iocund that her labours merits To be malign'd and scornd by Enuious spirits Thus humbly I craue pardon of the best Which being gaind Sir reuerence for the rest FINIS A MEMORIALL OF ALL THE ENGLISH MONARCHS being in number 151. from Brute to King CHARLES TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE LIONEL Lord Viscount Cranefield Earle of Middlesex c. MY humble Muse in lofty manner sings a The y. Kingdomes were 1. Kent 2 â—â—â— Sussx and Surry 3 â—â—â—â— â—â—â— Norfolke and Cambridge-shire 4 â—â—â—â—â—â— â—â—â— Somersetshire and Corneâ—â—â— 5 Mertia Glostershire Hertfordshire Worcester Shraâ—â—â— Staffordshire Cheshire Warwike Leycester North Oxford Buckingham Bedford and halfe Hartfordshire 6 East-Saxon Essex Middlesex and halfe Hartfordshire 7 Northumberland diuided to two Kingdomes Deyrs and all brought to one Monarchy by Eghert King of saeâ—â—â— and called England 1968. yeeres after Brute A Catalogue of Englands mighty Kings At first I do begin with Troian BRVTE And following Chronicles I do dispute Proceeding briefely with their Raignes and Names Till these blest dayes of our best Monarch IAMES T is but an Argument that 's written here That in such time such and such Princes were But he that meanes their Actions were to know May read Boetius Hollinshed or Stow Or our true labouring Moderne Master How Which Authors Learned Iudgement do allow Or if you le see how former times doe runne Reade the laborious paines of Middleton We haue had Kings since Brute of royall Blood One hundred forty sixe some bad some good Foure Queenes in all this time did only Raigne Whose Memories in Histories remaine So in two thousand and seuen hundred yeeres We had thrice 50 Princes it appeares This Kingdome here was fiue times won and lost And Kings as God decreed oft chang'd and tost Sometimes one swaid the Scepter sometime twaine And sometime seuen at once did rule and raigne Till sixe by bloudy warres lost life and throne And valiant Egbert ioyn'd them all in one But since through Heauens high prouidence I see T is growne more great and greater like to be Long may He liue by whom in one 't is guided And may they sinke that wish't againe diuided â—â—â—e Noble Lord with good acceptance take â— Poem for the Royall Subiects sake â—â—though it be not compleate as it should â—â—with it and accept of what I could â—â—â—â—â— matter 's worthy though the manner 's poore Which makes me heere your Patronage implore And may you be externall and internall Blest and aduanc'd to happinesse eternall Your Honours in all obseruance to be commanded Iohn Taylor BRVTE THE FIRST KING OF BRITTAINE began his Reigne 1. BRVTE â—â—â—â—â—â—munds 2858. Before Christ 1108. AENE AS from subuerted Troy exilde In Tuscais wedded King Latinus childe By whom the Realme of Italy he gain'd And after he had 3. yeeres fully raign'd He died and left Ascanius in his stead To whom Siluius Posthumus did succeed From which Posthumus Royall loynes did spring â—â—â— Great Brutus Brittaines first commanding King The people then were here all voyd of pride Borne Naked Naked liu'd and Naked dy'd Three Sonnes Brute left Locrinus was his Heire To England Cambria Wales was Cambers share To Albanact the youngest 't was his lot To sway the Scepter of the valiant Scot. Thus 'mongst his Sonnes this Ile he did diuide And after twenty foure yeeres Reigne he dy'd Brute being of the age of 15 yeeres as he shot at a wild beast the arrow glanced unfortunately and slew his Father Sinius AEneas for the which he was exiled and came on this â—â—â—â—â— then called Albyon I follow the common opinion for many Writers doe neither write or allow of Brutes being here accounting it a dishonor for our Nation to haue originall from a Paâ—â—â—ide and one that deriued his descent from the Goddesse alias strumpet Venus Howsoeuer Histories are obseured and clouded with ambiguities some burnt left defaced by antiquity and some abused by the malice ignorance or partialitie of Writers so that truth is hard to be found Amongst all which variations of Times and Writers I must conclude there was a BRVTE Locrine 20. yeeres 1034. LOcrinus Eldest of old Brutus Sonnes By Valour vanquisht the inuading Hunnes He chas'd them their power did quite confound And their King Humber was in a The Riuer of Humber tooke the name from the drowned King of the Huns now Hungarians Humber drownd This Locrine had a Queene faire b Guendoline was daughter vnto Corineus Duke of Cornewall Estrild was a beautious Lady of King Humbers whom Locrinus tooke prisoner Guendolin Yet folly led him to the Paphaean sinne Besotted sence and blood with lust inflam'd He lou'd a beautie Beautious Estrild nam'd By whom he had a Daughter Sabrin hight In whome the King had whole and sole delight For which the Queene made war vpon her Lord And in the Fight she put him to the Sword And after a reuengefull bloody slaughter Queene Guendoline tooke Estrild and her daughter And drownd them both to quéch her ielous flame And so from Sabrine Seauerne got the name Yeeres before Christ. Q. Guendoline 1064. About this time Saul was King of Israel VVHen 15. yeeres this Queen'had wisely raign'd She dy'd then her Son the kingdome gain'd Queene Guendoline was allowed the gouernment in her Sonne Madans minority whose prudent reigne is applausefully recorded in histories Madan
will make men rotten â—re they die Old Adam liu'd nine hundred thirty yeere Yet ne'r dranke none as I could read or heare And some men now liue ninety yeeres and past Who neuer dranke Tobacco first nor last Then since at first it came from faithlesse Moores And since t is now more common far then whores â— I see no reason any Christian Nation Should follow then in diuellish imâ—â—ation So farewell pipe and pudding stuffe and smoake My Muse thinks fit to leaue before the choake Certaine verses written in the Barbarian tongue dropt out of a Negroes pocket which I thought good to insert because they tend to â—â— honour of Tobacco VAprosh fogh stinkguash slauorumques fie fominoshte Spitterspawâ—smon loather so hem halkâ—sh spewrsbâ—shte Mistrum foâ— smoakrash choakerumques olifa â—rish trash Dam durtâ—cun belehum contagioâ—â—te vemâ—â—troshe Whifferum puffe gulpum allisnuff huff fleaminon odish Rewmito contaminosh disboâ—â—â—â— dungish odorish To the Right Honourable Lord William Earle of Pembroke WILLIAM HERBERT Anagramma My heart will beare RIght Noble Lord whose brest doth beare a heart Which is a Patron vnto Armes and Art Inspight of Enuy still thy fame shines cleere For none but honor'd thoughts thy heart wil beare WHen I but think the daies we wander in How most part of the world do liue by sin How finely Satan shewes his cunning sâ—ill That one man gets his goods from others ill Doe not the Lawyers liue like mighty Lords On brawles on iarâ—res contentions and discords When if men as they should would but agree A Tearme would scarcely yeeld a Lawyers fee Let vsurers bragge of conscience what they can They liue like deuils vpon the bane of man The racking Land-lord gets his ill got store By raysing rents which make his tenants poore Clap-shoulder Serieants get the deuill and all By begg'ring and by bringing men in thrall Like Gentlemen the Iaylors spend their liues By keeping men in fetters bonds and gyues The vintner and the vict'lar get most gaines From dayly drunkards and distemperd braines From whence do Iustice Clerks get most they haue But from the whore the thiefe the bawd the knaue In what consists the hangmans greatest hope But hope of great imployment for the rope The very blue-coate Beadles get their trash By whips and rods and the fine firking lash But leauing these note but how Corporations From others vices get their reputations The vpstart veluet silken satten gull His owne purse empts to fill the Mercers full When for his birth or wit more fit agrees A breech of leather and a coate of freese The Taylor is a Gentleman transform'd For his inuenting fashions new deform'd And those that make the Verdingales and bodies Get most they haue from idle witlesse nodies The Tires the Periwigs and the Rebatoes Are made t'adome ilshap'd Inamoratoes Yea all the world is falue to such a madnesse That each man gets his goods from others badnesse The Chirurgian and Phisicion get their stockes From Gowts from Feauers Botches Piles Pocks With others paine they most of all are pleas'd And best are eas'd when others are diseasd As Sextons liue by dead and not by quicke So they liue with the sound but by the sicke Thus each man liues by other mens amisse And one mans meat anothers poyson is To the Right honourable Iohn Lord Viscount Haddington Earle of Holdernes Iohn Ramsey Angaramma I ayme Honors THrice worthy Lord whose vertues do proclaime How Honors noble marke is still thy Ayme T' attaine the which thou holdst thy hand so steady That thy deserts haue woâ—ne the prize already To the Honourable Knight Sir Thomas Bludder Anagramma Arm'd Thus bold GOd is my Captaine my defence and hold Through faith in him I am thus arm'd thus boldâ— Vpon the Powder Treason the fifth of Nouember 1605. THis day old Dâ—mon and the damned Crue Our King and Kingdome in the ayre had tost But that our God their diuellish practice crost And on their treacherous heads the mischiefe threw No Pagan Tartar Turke or faithlesse Iew Or hels blacke Monarch with his hatefull host Since first amongst them Treason was ingrost No plot like that from their inuention flew But when they thought a powder blast a breath Should all this Iland into totters teare Th' Almighties mercy freed vs from that feare And paid the Traitors with infamous death For which let King and all true Subiects sing Continuall praise vnto Heau'ns gracious King To the Right Honourable Iobâ— Moray Lord Viscount Annan Earle of Annandale Gentleman of his Maiesties Honourable Bed-chamber Anagramma I ayme Honour INdustrious Loyalty doth dayly tell You Ayme at honour and you leuell well And with your trusty seruice shoot so right That in the end you sure will hit the white Twelue Sonnets vpon the Sonnes entring into the twelue Caelestiall Signes The 10. of March the Sunne enters into Aries or the signe of the Raw. March 10. Aries DIurnall Titans all reuiuing Carre Through all the heauens his progresse now he â—â—â—â—â— And now his glistering Raies he doth vnbarre And what his absence mard his presence makes Now he begins dame Tellus face to parch With blustring Boreas with Eurus breth Thicke clouds of dust in March through ayre doth march And Plants dead seeming Re-reuines from death Now at the heauy-headed horned Ram AEoâ—â—â— AErbon Phlogon and Pyrois â—â— sweet Ambrosya sweetly feede and cram And drinking Nector's gods carowsing iuice Thus yeerely one and thirty daies at least In Aries Titan daines to be a guest To the Right Honourable Christopher Villers Earle of Anglesey Anagramma Christ is our helper TO me and mine our onely comfort 's this In all good Actions Christ our helper is The 11. of Aprill he comes into Taurus or the Signe of the Bull. Taurus HIpericon now 's remou'd vnto the Bull And seemes all hid in Mists and watry bowres Till wollsacke seeming cloudes are bursting full And then he glides the Aire with golden showres He shines he hides he smiles and then he lowres Now glorious glowing and straight darkned dim He 's now obscur'd and now his beames out powres Asskies are cleare or thicke twixt vs and him Thus all the Aprill at bo-peepe he plaies â—â—circling daily the Rotundious spheare And at the Bull he hides his glistring raies Tilâ— ayre is purgde of cloudes and skies are cleare Then he the head-strong Taurus soone forsakes And to his Summer progresse haste he makes To the Right Honorable the Earle of Manchester Lord priuy Seale to the Kings Matestie HENRY MONTAGVE Anagramma Gouerneth many AMongst a Million there is hardly Any That like your selfe so well doth gouerne Many The 12. of May the Sunne enters into Gemini or the Twinnes Gemini May. NOw bright fac'd Sminthus with faire Flora meet Adorning her with Natures best attire Trees plants hearbs flowres odoriferous sweet With Birds all chaunting in their feathered quire Now countrie Tom and Tyb haue their desire And rowle and tumble freely on the
and â—â—â— to King Edward the sixt Shee was crowned at Westminster the first of October 1553 by the hands of Stephen Gardner Bishop of Winchester King Edward being dead his death was concealed two daies by reason of the feare of Queene Maries alteration of the religion which King Edward had established for which cause the Lady Iane was by many of the Lords and the Londoners proclaimed Queene This Lady Iane was eldest daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolke shee was then married to the Lord Guiford Dudlty fourth sonne to Iohn Duke of Northumberland her mother was the Lady Francis the daughter of Mary the French Queene and the younger sister of King Henry the 8. Queene Mary bearing that Iane was proclaim'd Queen begain to rowse raised an Army and was first proclaimed in the City of Norwich her powers still increasing she made towards London where all supplies forsocke the Lady Iane so that she with her husband and father and the Lord Thomas Gray with others were beheaded The Queene ceases all the protestant Bishops and Clergie to bee degraded suspended or imprisoned She raised againe the Mase and with it masse of misery to this kingdome King Philip of Spaine was contracted to Queene Mary but Sir Thomas Wiat with an Armie opposed it and after much bickering was taken and executed on the Towreâ—â—â— The Lady Elizabeth the Queenes sister was wrongâ—â—ly imprisoned and in danger to be put to death Philip King of Spaine was married to Queene Mary withâ—â— Royall solemnity at Winchester the 25 of Iuly Anno 1454. This wofull Land was in those daies a very Achetdima or field of blood the Popes Mâ—rebanâ—s â—â—â— Church and Commonwealth with holy Water Pax Censors Oyle Spittle Creame Altars Pictures Images â— Crosses Crucifixes Beades Lights Tapers Candâ—â—â— the Breaden god these Romish warres did cost the liâ—es neere 6000 people that refused them some hanged â—â—â— burne and diuers others suffering other deaths and â—â—ties K. Philip Queen Mary send defiance into France Philip went thither in person besieged the strong â—â—â— of S t. Quintins and man it but shortly after the English men lost Callice which had beene the King of English Towne 21 yeeres Wherefore Queene Mary tooke â—â—â— griefe that sheâ— neuer enioyed her life-long after â—â—â— Callice was lost the 17 of Ianuary and the Queene â—â—â— at Saint Iames house the 7 of Nouember following â—â—â— 1558 when she had reigned 5 yeeres 4 monethâ—â—â—â— daies she lieth buried as Westminster ELIZABETH QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Defender of the Faith c. THe griefes the feares the terrors and the toiles The sleights tricks snares that for my life were laid â—pes prisons poysons pistois bloody broyles â—â— these incompast me poore harmelesse Mayd â—â— I still trusting in my Makers ayde Was still defended by his power diuine â—y glory and my greatnesse was displai'd â—â— farre as Sunne and Moone did euer shine Gods mingled Seruice I did re-refine From Romish rubbish and from humane drosse â— yearely made the pride of Spaine decline â—â—â— and all Belgia I sau'd from losse I was Arts patterne t' Armes I was a Patron I liu'd and dyed a Queene a Maid a Matron Anno Dom. 1558 Nouember 17 Thursday Lady Elizabeth borne at Greenwich second daughter to King Henry the eight sister and heire to the late Queene Mary after shee had by Gods gracious prouience past through many afflictions as scandals calumnations sundry imprisonns â—â—â— and hazard of her life shee was at the age of 25 yeeres and od dayes crowned Queen of England France and Ireland at Westminster by the hand of Owen Oglethorpe Bishop of Carlielc the 13 of Ianuary The first good worke of hers after her coronation was to reforme and restore and Seruice of God to the Primitiue sincerity and prayer and preaching to be vsed in the English tongue she caused all the bables of Babek and all the Romish rubbish to bee cast out of the Church shee dismissed those Bishops and others of the Clergie as would not be reformed She caused all base momes and coyneste to be supprest and to be no vallue and in their stead she ordained that no coyne but Gold and Siluer shouâ— passe for current in her Dominions The French King Henry at a â—lâ—ng was vnfortunately slaine by a Lord named Mountgomery â—â—inter of the lâ—â—â—nce running into his eye An. 1559. Sorne after the French molest Scotland but by Queene Elizabeths â—yde they were expulsed The Noble Earle of Arraw in Scotland and Ericus King of Sweaden were suuerâ—â— to marry â—â—â— the Queene which her Maiesty with all princely modesty refused She was after sued to by Henry Duke of Aniou brother to the French King Charles the 9. Anno 1514. The bloody massaker was in France where in the City of Paris only 10000 Protestarts were mâ—n thered by the Pepists The Irish fell to rebellian vnder the Earle of Tirone which rebellion put England to much cost and trouble Henry Lord Darneley King of Scots most inhumanely murdred Anno 1568 and his Queen Mary assaulted by the oppression of her rebellicus Subiects came into England and was royally welcomed One Thomas Appletree discharging his â—â—ce the Queene was in her Barge vpon the Thames the bullet ranne thorow both the Armes of one of her Watermen but the Queene vnderstanding that the shot was by casualtie pardoned the offender Her mercie iustice temperance fortitude magnanimity prudence learning and incomparable wisedome would each of them fill a volume So that neither â—â—â— vnablenesse of me the writer nor the briefnesse which I am â—â—â— to in thus abstract can no waies touch the â—em of her vertues wherefore I refer the reader to the great volumes of Hollinsheds story the Reuerend learned Cambden Master speed and others who haue writen more largely of her though all of them are much short of her vnimmitable merits shee ayed the 24 of March 1602 aged 69 yâ—eeres 6 moneths and 7 dayes she reigned 44 yeeres â—4 months and 7 daies On the 28 of Aprill after shee was buried at Westminster IAMES Of that Name THE FIRST And I. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE c. WEre all the flatt'ry of the world in me Great King of hearts Arts great Britaines King Yet all that flattery could not flatter thee Or adde to thy renowne the smallest thing My Muse with truth and freedome dares to sing Thou wert a Monarch lou'd of God and Men. Two famous Kingdomes thou to one didst bring And gau'st lost Britaines name her name agen Thou cansedst Doctors with their learned pen The sacred Bible newly to translate Thy wisdome found the damned powder'd Den That hell had hatcht to ouerthrow thy state And all the world thv Motto must allow The peace makers are blast and so art thou Anno Dom. 1602 March 24 Thursday Iames the first of that name King of England Scotland France Ireland the first King that was â—â—â— in England since the Norman conquest
Were by his reading graced and made better And howsoeuer they were good or ill His bourty shew'd he did accept them still He was so good and gracious vate me That â— the vilest wretch on earth should be If for his sake I had not writ this Verse My last poore dutie to his Royall Hearse Two causes made me this sad Poems wrue The first my humble dutie did inurte The last to shunne that vice which doth include All other vices foule Ingratitude FINIS FOR The sacred memoriall of the great Noble and ancient Example of Vertue and Honor the Illustrious and welbeloued Lord CHARLES HOWARD Earle of Nottingham Iustice in Eyre of all his Maiesties Forrests Parks and Chases on this side Trent Knight of the Honourable Order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Maiesties most Honourable Pâ—iuie Councell Who departed this Life at his Mannour of Halâ—ing in Surrey on Thurseday the 14. of December 1624. and was buried at Rigate amongst his Honourable Ancestors the 20. of December last 1624. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE Right Worshipfull of both Sexes who had either alliance by Marriage Consanguinity by Birth or bore loue to the Right Noble and truly vertuous deceased I Humbly craue your Worthinessetâ— excuse This boldnesse of my poore vnlearned Muse That hath presum'd so high a pitch to flye In praise of Vertue and Nobility I know this taske most fit for Learned men For Homer Ouid or for Virgils pen But for I with him haue both seru'd and sail'd My gratefull duty hath so farre preuail'd Boldly to write true Honours late decease Whilst better Muses please to hold their peace And thus much to the world my Verse proclaimes That neither gaine nor flattery are my aimes But loue and duty to the Noble dead Hath caus'd me cause these Lines be published And therefore I entreat your gen'rous Hearts Tâ— accept my duty pardon my deserts Beare with my weakenesse winke at my defects Good purposes doe merit good effects Poore earthen Vessels may hold precious Wint And I presume that in this booke of mine In many places you shall something finde To please each Noble will affected minde And for excuse my Muse doth humbly plead That you 'l forbeare to iudge before you read He that is euer a true wel-wisher and â—â—â—sequious Seruant to your Honours Worships and Noble Personages Iohn Taylor SOme few yeeres since I rode to my Lords Mannour of Halcing in Surrey where I presented his Lordship with a Manuscript or written Booke of the names and degrees of all the Knights of the Noble Order of the Garter since the first institution by king Edward the third which was of mine owne collections out of Windsor Cattle and some authontike â—â—â—â— His Lordship receiued it gratefully and rewarded me honorably in the which Booke was â—â—â— Anagram of his name and Earledome of Nottingham which â—old very 〈…〉 to be heâ—reâ—â—â— under Printed because it falles correspondent to the reuerence of his â—â— and the happinesse which the words import Charles Howard Earle of Nottinghame Anagramma O Heauen cals and hath true Glorie for me And happy was this happy Anagram Heauen calls Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham And he obeyd the call and gain'd true glory For change of earthly Titles transitory For the sacred Memoriall of the Great Noble and Ancient example of Vertue and Honour the Illustrious and welbeloued Lord Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham Iustice in Eyre of all his Maiesties Forrests Parks and Chases on this side Trent Knight of the Honorable Order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Maiesties most Honorable priuy Councell WHat English Muse forbeares to shead a teare For Englands Nestor grauest oldest Peere Not onely old in number of his dayes But old in vertue all good mens praise Whose actions all his pilgrimage did passe More full of honour then his title was And though his corps be seuer'd from his spirit And that the world sufficient knowes his merit Yet shall my poore vnworthy artlesse Verse â—â— dutious seruice wait vpon his Hearse My selfe his Honour on the Seas attended And with his bounty haue I beene befriended And to acquite me from vnthankfulnesse My lines shall here my gratitude expresse No monumentall Marble reard on hie He needs t'emblaze him to posterity No flattring Epitaph he needs to haue To be engrau'd vpon a gawdie graue His life and actions are his Monument Which fills each kingdome Clime and Continent And when their memories shall stinke and dye Who in most stately sepulchers doe lay Then royall histories shall still relate To each degree or age or sex or state The vertue valour bounty and the fame Of Englands all-beloued Nottingham And Noble hearts his memory shall retaine Vntill the world to Chaos turne againe That yeere of wonderment call'd eighty eight When fraud and force did our destruction wait When Hell and Rome and Spaine did all agree That wee should vanquish'd and inuaded be Our foes at Sea thirty one thousand men With neere foure hundred ships and â—â—â—lies then Then this White Lyon rowz'd with â—â—â—â—â—ue Defending both his ounrry and his Queene Like second Mars to battell braue he wenâ— God making him his worthy instrument His Chiefraine Champion and his Generall With sixe score ships and Vessels great aâ—â—â—mall To conquer those that did for conquest â—â—â— And foyle the pow'r of Hell and â—â—â— and â—â— Then valour was with resolution mixt And manhood with true Fâ—uoâ—â— â—â—â— When death and danger â—â—â—â—tned euery where Braue Charles all â—earel 〈…〉 â—â—â— did encourage can When roring cannons counâ—â—â— heau'ns thunder And slaughteâ—d men their vessels â—â—â— vnder The Sun eclips'd with â—â—â—â— skies darke and dim And batt'ring bullets seuered â—im from liâ—â— When as that Sea might bee the Rea Sea call'd Then he with dreadlesse courage vnappaâ—l'd Like a bright Bâ—acon or a blazing Staire Approu'd himselfe a thunder â—â—olr of warre Whose valour and example valiantly Pursu'd and wonne a glorious victory And then by him through the Almighties hand Preserued from inuasion was this Land So that who euer shall his Tombe passe by And shall enquire who there doth buried lye If answere be but made He 's in this Graue Who did in Eighty eight this Kingdome saue Then is the â—otall told and seruice best Where with this little Land was euer blest At * 1596 Cales likewise the Sea-fight we did win By his direction and graue disciplin The Spanish ships soone from his force retir'd Some torne some sunke some taken and some fir'd And whensoere he gaue the ouerthrow He nere insulted ore his conquerd foe But like a Noble Lyon euery way He scorn'd to prey vpon a yeelding prey With pitty piety and true remorce His clemency was mixt with manly force Vnto his foes a noble care he had Nor would affliction to affliction adde So that his enemies much cause did find To loue and honour his true noble mind Yet 'gainst offenders he was sharply
learned langâ—ages adorn'd admir'd Saint Peter preaching tels the people plaine How they the liuing Lord of life had slaine Some slout and mocke remaining stubborne hearted And many Soules peruerted are conuerted The Church increases daily numbers comes And to the Gospels furth'ring giue great Summes Acts. False Ananias and his faithlesse wife In dreadfull manner lost their wretched life The enuious people stone the Martye Steuen He praying for his foes leaues earth for Heauen The Churches Arch foe persecuting Saul Is made a conuert and a preaching Paul He 's clapt in Prison manacled nad fetter'd And through his troubles still his zeale is better'd Th Apostle Iames by Herod's put to death And Herod eat with Lice loft hatefull breath Th' increasing Church amongst the Gentiles spreds By Nâ—re Paul and Peter lost their heads Romanes Th' Apostle Paul from Corinth writes to Rome To strength their faith and tell them Christ is come He shewes how high and low both Iew and Greeke Are one with God who faithfully him seeke He tels how sinne in mortall bodies luâ—kes How we are sau'd by faith and not by workes In louing tearmes the people he doth moue To Faith to Hope to Charity and Loue. 1. Corinthâ— Paul to Corinthus from Philippy sends Their Zeale and Faith he louingly commends He tels them if Gods Seruice they regard Th' eternall Crowne of life is their reward 2. Corinths In this Saint Paul sends the Corinthians word Afflictions are the blessings of the Lord. He doth desire their Faith may still increase He wishes their prosperity and peace Galathians He tels them that their whole Saluations cause Is all in Christ and not in Moses Lawes The Law 's a glasse where men their sinnes doe sec And that by Christ we onely saued be Ephesians Paul bids cast off the old man with his vice And put on Christ our blest redempcions price Philippians He bids them of false teachers to beware He tels them that Humilitie is rare And though they liue here in a vaile of strife Yet for them layd vp is the Crowne of life Colossians Th' Apostle doth reioyce and praiseth God That these Colossians in true Faith abode He praiseth them he bids them watch and pray That sin an Sathan worke not their decay 1. Thessalonians He thanketh God his labour 's not in vaine So stedfast in the faith these men remaine That they to others are ablelled light By their example how to liue vpright 2. Thessalonians Againe to them he louingly doth write He bids them pray the Gospell prosper might He wishes them prosperitie and wealth And in the end Soules euerlasting health 1. and 2. to Timothy Paul shewes to Timothy a By shop must In life and doctrine be sincâ—re and iust And how the Scriptures power haue to perswade Whereby the man of God is perfect made Titus To Titus 'mongst the Creetans Paul doth send And warnes him what â—allow or reprehend Philemon Paul earnestly the Master doth request To pardon his poore man that had transgrest Hebrewes Although this booke doth beare no Authors name It shewes the Iews how they thier liues should frame And that the Ceremoniall Law is ended In Christ in whom all grace is comprenended S. Iames. Heare speake and doe well the Apostle faith For by thy workes a man may see thy faith I. and 2. to Peter He counsels vs be sober watch and pray And still be ready for the Iudgement day 1 2 and 3. of Iohn He shewes Christ di'de and from the graue arose To saue his friends and to confound his foes S. Iude. Iude bids them in all Godlinesse proceed And of deceiuing teachers on take heed Reuelation Diuine S. Iohn to Pathmos I le exilde This heauenly worâ— t' instruct vs he compild He tels the godly God shall be their gaines He threats she godlesse with eternall paines He shewes how Antichrist should reigne and rage And how our Sauiour should his pride asswage How Christ in glory shall to Iudgement come And how all people must abide his doome A Prayer GOod God Almighty in compassion tender Preserue and keepe King Charles thy Faiths defender Thy Glory make his Honor still increase In Peace in Warres and in Eternall peace Amen THE BOOKE OF MARTYRS DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE WILLIAM EARLE OF PEMBROOKE c. MY Lord my weake Collection out hath tooke The summe and pith of the great Martyrs Booke For pardon and protection I intreat The Volume's little my presumption great IOHN TAYLOR I Sing their deaths who dying made death yeeld By Scriptures sword and faiths vnbattered shield Whom Sathan men or monsters could not tame Nor sorde them to deny their Sauiours name Euangelists that did the Gospell write Apostles and braue Martyrs that did fight Gainst death and hell and all the power of sin And boldly dâ—de eternall life to win Iohn Baptist by King Herod lost his head Who to the world repentance published Our blest Redeemer in his loue did follow And conquered death mans sinfull soule to hallow He was the death of death and he did quell The sting and power of Sathan sin and hell And vnder his great standard valiantly A number numberlesse haue darde to die Through bondage famine slauery sword and fire Through all deuised torments they aspire Victoriously to gaine th' immortall Crowne Of neuer-ending honour and renowne Saint Steuen was the third that lost his breath And for his Masters sake was ston'd to death And after him in Scripture may we reade The Apostle Iames was brain'd and butchered Saint Marke th Euangelist in fire did burne And Bartholmen was flead yet would not turne Saint Andrew like a valliant champion dide And willing on a croste was crucifide Matthias Philip Peter and Saint Paul Ston'd crucified beheaded Martyrs all Th' Apostles of their liues no reckoning make And thinke them well spent for their Sauiours sale The tyrant Emperours in number ten Most cruell barb'rous and inhumaine men More Christians by their bloudy meanes did sâ—â—y Then for a yeere fiue thousand to each day And many Romane Bishops in those dayes Were Martyrd to their high Creators praise And though each day so many thousands bleed Yet doubtly more and more they daily breed As Camomile growes better bâ—ing trod So death and tortures draw more vnto God Or as the vine that 's cut and prun'd beares more In one yeere then it did in three before This bloudy persecution did out-weare After Christs death the first three hundred yeere Thus did the primitiue first Church endure Being Catholike Apostolike and pure Then ouer all the world t was truely knowne That Romish Bishops claimed but their owne In their owne Diocesse to be chiefe Pastor And not to be the worlds great Lord and master And now our Britaine glory will I sing From Lucius reign the worlds first Christian King Vnto these dayes of happy peacefull state A Catalogue of Martyrs I le relate First Vrsula and eleuen thousand with her All Virgins for
Right Honourable Thomas Lord Ridgewaye Treasurer THOMAS RIDGEWAYE Anagramma God Armes thy way Againe Age is made worthy THough sinne and hell worke mortals to betray Yet 'gainst their malice still God Armes thsway When life and lands and all away must fade By Noble actions Age is worthy made Certaine Sonnets made in the forme of AEquiuoques on the destruction of Troy VVHen Hellen was for Priams sonne a mate From Greece berest by Parto his Band Which caus'd the Greekes the Troian mâ—rds amaâ—e Som curl'd the boy and other some they band The strum pet Queene which brought the burning brand That Illion fir'd wrack'd old I'â—amâ— Race And on their Names long liuing shame dâ—d brand For head-strong lust runnes an vnbounded â—ace This beauteous peece whose feature radiant bâ—aze Made Menelaus horne-mad warre to wage And set all Troy in a combustious blaze Whose ten yeeres triumphs scarce was worthâ—â—â— wage For all their conquests and their battring Rams Their leaders most return'd with heads like Rams To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Grandison Anagramma Harts Ioyne in loue THy loyall seruice to thy King doth proue That to thy Countrey thy Hart Ioyns in loue VVIth raging madnesse and with fury fell Great Diemed and Atax left their Tents And in the throat of death to blowes they fell To make more worke for plaisters and for tents With blood imbruing all the Phrygian Clime Whilst men like Autumne leaues drop dying downe Where som th'row blood wouÌ„ds to honor clime And some their mangled hims bestrows the downe Whilst Parâ—s with his Hellen in his Armes Imbraces her about the wastfull wast Saw many a Gallant Knight in burnisht Armes Who from their Teuts made haste to make more waste Who to their Teuts did ne'r returne again Thus warres makes gaine a losse and losse a gaine HAd Priams Queene in Cradle slaine her Sonne The lustfull Paris hoplesse boy I meane Then Illions Towers might still haue brau'd the Sun His death to saue their liues had beene the meane Vnlucky lucke when Iuno Venus Prllas Did craue his censure vpon Ida Mount Whence sprung the cause that Troy Priams Palace Were burnt which erst the skyes did seem to mouÌ„t Had he been drown'd or strangled with a cord He had not rob'd Oenon of her heart Or had he dy'd ere Hellen did accord With him to head her husband like a Hart. But Troy it is thy fate this knaue and Baggage Confounds thy state and fire thy bag baggage TRoyes fruitfull Queene did many children beare So braue heroicke and so stout a Crue Who all in noble actions did accrue When age had made their Parents bald and bare They made their daintlesse courage to appeare Amidst the throngs of danger and debate Where wars remorselesse stroke kil'd many a Peer Whil'st swords not words their couÌ„sels did debate But bloud on bloud their fury could not sate For fierce Achilles did braue Hector gore To guerdon which the Grecian in his gore Did wallow whilest the Troians laughing sate Thus did Achilles bid the world adiew For Hectors death Reuenge did claime a due TEn wearie yeers these bloudy broyles did last Vntill the Greeks had form'd a woodden Steed Which they on Priam would bestow at last When force preuailes not falshood stands in stead False Sinon who so well could forge a lye Whose traitrous eyes shed many a trech'rous teare Knew well that in the horses wombe did lye The wolues that Troy did all in pieces teare Polyxena Achilles deare-bought deare Was hew'd in gobbets on her louers graue King Queene and Troy for Hellen paid too deare All felt the Grecian rage both young and graue To Kings and Commons death's alike all one Except AEneas who escap'd alone LO thus the burden of Adultrous guilt I showring vengeance Troy and Troiâ—nes saw No age no sexe no beauty Gold or guilt Withstood foretold Cassandraes sacred saw She often said false Hellens beautious blast Should be the cause the mighty Grecian pow'r Their names and fames with infamy should blast And how the gods on theÌ„ would vengeance powre But poore Cassandra prophesied in vaine She clam'rous cries as 't were to sencelesse Rocks The youths of Troy in merry scornefull veine Securelesse slept whil'st lust the cradle rocks Till bloudy burning Indignation came And all their mirth with mourning ouercame Certaine Sonnets variously composed vpon diuers subiects Sonnet 1 True Nobility GReat is the glory of the Noble minde Where life and death are equall in respect If fates be good or bad vnkinde or kinde Not proud in freedome nor in thrall deiect With courage scorning fortunes worst effect And spitting in foule Enuies cankred face True honour thus doth baser thoughts subiect Esteeming life a slaue that serues disgrace Foule abiect thoughts become the mind that 's base That deemes there is no better life then this Or after death doth feare a worser place Where guilt is paid the guerdon of Amisse But let swolne enuy swell vntill shee burst The Noble minde defies her to her worst Sonnet 2. Enuy and Honour COuld Enuy dye if Honour were deceast She could not liue for Honour's Enuie's food She liues by sucking of the Noble blood And scales the loftie top of Fames high Crest Base thoughts compacted in the abiect brest The Meager Monster doth nor harme nor good But like the wane or waxe of ebbe or flood She shunnes as what her gorge doth most detest Where heau'n-bred honour in the Noble minde From out the Cauerns of the brest proceeds There hell-borne Enuy shewes her hellish kind And Vultur like vpon their actions feeds But here 's the ods that Honour's tree shall grow When Enuie's rotten stump shall burne in woe Sonnet 3. Beauties luster DEw drinking Phoebus hid his golden head Balm-breathing Zephyrus lay close immur'd The silly Lambs and Kyds lay all as dead Skies earth and seas all solace had abiur'd Poore men and beasts to toylesome tasks inur'd In dropping manner spent the drowzy day All but the Owle whose safety night assur'd She gladly cuts the ayre with whooting lay When lo the blossome of blooming May From out her Coach maiestickly doth rise Then Tytan doth his radiant beames display And clouds are vanisht from the vaulty skies Sweet Zephyris gales reuiueth beasts and men Madge Howlet scuds vnto her nest agen Sonnet 4. Hope and Despaire DOmestick broyles my tortur'd heart inuades Twixt wau'ring Hope and desp'rate black Despaire To prosecute my sute the one perswades The other frustrates all my hopes with cares Hope sets me on infer's shee 's fayrest faire â—dire disdaine doth dwell in foulest Cels And fell despaire calls beauty Enuies heire â—hich torments me more then ten thousand hels â— thus my former hope despaire expels â—â—st which extremes what 's best for me to doe â— open armes despaire 'gainst me rebels â—ope traytor-like giues free consent thereto And till these traytors twaine consume my citty â— restlesse rest to rest vpon her pitty
eldest daughter to Henry the 7. from whom our graciâ—â—â— soueraigne is â—ineally descended Henry the eight An. Dom. 1509. FRom both the Lines and both the Ioynes did spring Of York Lancaster this mighty King Katherine that was his brothers wife of late He tooke to wife and crown'd her Queene in state Empson and Dudley lost their heads at Tower For racking the poore Commons by their power Warres dreadfull wars arose 'twixt vs and French Lord Edward Howard drowned by mis-chance At Brest he was high Admirall in fight Cast ouerboord dy'd like a valiant Knight In England Suffolks Duke did lose his head The King to Turwin did an army lead Turney he wonne with his victorious blade King Iames of Scotland England did inuade But Surries Earleâ— the Scotsh King ouercame Who lost life there but wonne immortall fame Now Cardinall Wolsey in the Kings high Grace Was rais'd to honours from great place to place Lordship on Lordship laid vpon his backe Vntill the burthen was the bearers wracke The Duke of Buckingham his head did lose And Laâ—ber stoutly did the Pope oppose â—â—finde ignorance that long had look'd awry Began to see Truth with a clearer eye And then the King inspir'd with seruent Zeale Reformed both the Church and Common weale â—â—â—â—â— with his power Omnipotent Did make this King his gracious Instrument â—â—T'vnmaske his Truth from Antichristian fables And purge this wofull Land from Babels bables This king at Boloigne was victorious â—â— peace and warre Magnifique Glorious â—â— his rage bounty he did oft expresse His Liberality to bee excesse â—â—â— Reuels Iusts and Turnies he spent more Then fiue of his Fore-fathers did before His Auarice was all for Noble fame Amongst the Worthies to inrole his Name A valiant Champion for the Faiths defence Was the great Title of this mightie Prince â—â—â—â— wiues he had 3 Kates 2. Aunes one Iane Two were diuorc'd two at the blocke were slaine One sonne and two faire daughters he did leaue Who each from other did the Crowne receiue The first was Edward Mary next whose death Left State and Realme to Queene Elizabeth He thirty eight yeeres kept this Royall Roome At windsor hee 's enter'd without a Tombe Lâ—â—th Edenbourgh and diuers other parts of Scotland were spoyled by Sir Iohn Dudley Lord Viscount â—sle Lord high Admirall of England with a Navy of 200 tall Ships Anno 1544. King Henry went to Boloigne hee â—â—â—â— France the 13. of Iuly and into Boloigne the 25. of September in which yeere were taken 300. French â—hips for prices Edward the sixt An. Dom. 1546. HAd this Kings reigne bin long as it was good Religion in a peaceable state had stood What might haue his age bin when his blest youth â—o valiantly aduanc'd Gods sacred truth At nine yeeres age the Crowne on him hee tooke And ere sixteene he Crowne and life for sooke Too good for earth th' Almighty tooke his spirit And Westminster his Carkas doth inherit In his 5. yeere a strange Earth-quake did much harmâ— in diuers places of Surry and a sweating sicknesse generally ouer England that dispatched those that were in good health in 12. houres or 24. at the most In one weeke there dyed of it in London 806. the most of them being men of best strength Queene Mary An. Dom. 1553. AFter a while this Queene had worne the Crown Idolatry was rais'd and Truth put downe The Masse the Images the Beades and Altars By tyrannie by fire and sword and Halters Th'vngodly bloudy Antichristian sway Men were force perforce forced to obey Now burning Bonner London Bishop he Was from the Maâ—sâ—al-sea againe â—â— free Iohn Dudley great Duke of Northumberland And Sir Iohn Gates dyed by the Headsmans hand With them Sir Thomas Palmer likewise dy'd Hoping for heau'n through â—â—â—â—â— Crucified In Latine Seruice must be sung and said Because men should not know for what they praâ—'d The Emp'rors sonne great Philip King of Spaine A marriage with Queene Mary did obtaine Against which match Sir Thomas Wyat rose With powers of Kent the Spaniards to oppose But Wyat was or'throwne his armie fled And on the Tower hill after lost his head Lord Gray the Duke of Suffolke also dy'd An Axe his Corps did from his head diuide A little after the Lord Thomas Gray The Dukes owne brother went that headlesse way A Millers sonne assum'd King Edwardâ— name And falsely in that name the Crowne did claime But he was tane and iustly whip'd and tortur'd And claiming it once more was hang'd quarterd King Philip won Saint Quintins with great cost But after to our shame was Callice lost Callice was lost which threescore yeeres and ten Had beene a Garrison for Englishmen Thus by Gods mercy Englands Queene did dye And England gain'd much ease and rest thereby Fiue yeeres and 4. months was her bloudy reigne And all her glory doth one graue containe Though of her selfe this Queene was well inclin'd Bad-minded counsell altred much her minde She married Philip King of Spaine on Saint Iames his day 1554. at Winchester Callice was won by Edward the 3. in the 21. of his reigne 1347. and it was lost the I. of Ianuary 1557. after the English-men had possest it 210. yeeres August 7. 1558. a tempest neere Nottingham beat downe 2. Townes and Churches and cast the Bels to the further side of the Church-yard threw whole sheetes of Lead 400. foot into the fields where they were crumpled together like burns parchment the streame and mud of the Riuer of Trent was blowne a-land a quarter of a mile a childe blowne out of a mans hand 100. foot and kild there fell hayle 15. Inches about Queene Elizabeth An. Dom. 1558. A Debora a Iudith a Susanna A Virgin a Virago a Diana Couragious Zealous Learned Wise and Chasle With heauenly earthly gifts adorn'd and grac'd Victorious glorious bountious gracious good And one whose vertues dignifi'd her bloud That Muses Graces Armes and liberall Arts Amongst all Queens proclaim'd her Queen of hearts She did repurifie this Land once more From the infection of the Romish whore Now Abbies Abbots Fri'rs Monks Nuns Stews Masses and Masse-priests that mens soules abuse Were all cast downe Lamps Tapers Relikes Beads And Superstitions that mans soule misse-leads All Popish pardons Buls Consessions With Crossings Cristening bels Saints Intercessions The Altars Idols Images downe cast All Pilgrimage and Superstitious Fast Th'acknowledging the Pope for supreme head The holy water and the god of bread The mumbling Mattins and the pickpurse Masse These bables this good Queene did turne to grasse She caus'd Gods seruice to be said and sung In our owne vnderstanding English tongue In Scotland and in France fierce warres she held The Irish she subdu'd when they rebeld The Netherlands her name doe still admire And Spaine her like againe doth not desire When forty foure yeers reigne was past and gone She chang'd her earthly for a heauenly Throne At Greenwich she was borne at Richmond dy'd At
at the age 36 yeeres 9 monethe and 5 daies hee was crowned Westminster with his wife Queene Anne by the â—â—â— of Iohn Whitguist Archbishop of Canterbury Theâ—â— was a conspiracy to surprise the King and insorce him to grant a tolleration of Religion but the plot was discoueâ—â— and the offenders were some executed some otherwise by the King elemency banished and imprisoned with good competency of meanes allowed them This king was a King of Peace and with all victorious for he did â—â—â— then his predecesser King Henry the 7 th who ioyned â—â— Roses of Lancaster and Yorke But King Iames â—â—â— happily ioyned kingdomes vniting England and Scotland into one glorious Monarchy by the name and â—â—â— Great Britaine Anno 1605 Nouember 5 the â—â—â— de-plot of perdition was but by the mercy of the Almighty â—â— a mis-taken deliuerie of a Letter and the deepe wisedome of the King the horrid Treason was â—â—â— preuented and the Traitours confounded in their â—â—â—â—â—â—ked deuices King Iames was so crowned and â—â—â— that Germany Polland Sweaueland Russia France Spaine Holland Zealand the Arch-Duke of Austria the estate and Sâ—â—gmory of Venice The great Duke of Florence all these Princes and Potentates did â—â—â— Ambassadors into England to hold Amity and â—â—â— with King Iames. Amongst Kings he was the â—â—â— mirrour of Learning the Patterne and Patron of piety â—â— pittie such a sweet and well composed mixture of Iustice and mercy was inuated in his Royall brest that â—â—â—â—â—â— truth did meet kisse and combine together all the â—â—â— his most auspicious reigne like a second Sallomon gouernment was blest with peace and plenty so that be â—â—â— iustly be stiled vnder God The Peace-maker of â—â—â— Christendome and the louing father and preseruer of â—â—â— own people Realmes and Dominions his life was generally beloued and his death as much lamented which was â—â—â— of March being Sunday there being but 2 daies differâ—â—â— or ods betwixt the accompt of the beginning and ending of his reigne for he began the 24 of March 1602 â—â—â— the 27 of March 1625. Two Tuesdaies were â—â—nate to him for on a Tuesday the 5 of August 1602 â—â— escaped a dangerous conspiracy of the Earle Cowries and on Tuesday the 5 of Nouember 1605 he wisâ—h of that could be called his was preferred from that Great master piece of Satan the Powder Treason and as â—â— Satâ—rday â—â—â— the 8 of May 1603 he was receiued within ioy â—â—â— London so on Saterday the 8 of May 1625 â—â—â— with grise buried at Westminster CHARLES Of that Name THE FIRST And II. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE KING OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Gods immediate VICEGERENT Supreame HEAD c. â—â—â—â—strious Off-spring of most glorious Stems Our happy hope our Royall CHARLES the great â—â—â— Heyre to foure Rich Diadems With gifts of Grace and Learning high â—epleat â—â—â— thee th' Almighties ayd I doe intreate â—â—â— guide and prosper thy proceedings still â—â—â—â—â— long thou maist suruiue a Prince compleat â—â—â— guard the good and to subuert the ill â—â—â— when thy â—â—â— determin'd boundlesse will Thy mortall part shall made immortall be â—â—â—â— let thy liuing Fame the world full fill â—â—â— blesâ—ed famous memory of thee And all true Britaines pray to God aboue To match thy life and fortune with their loue STEWARTâ— CHARLES MARIE Anagramma Christ Arme vs Eâ—â— AT AL Though feâ—â—ds and men to â—â—â—â— should endeuer Against their force AT AL CHRIST ARME VS EVER Anno. Dom. 1625-March 27. Sunday The â—â— sall â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— kingdomes hauing â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— full Iames â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— eternall Our Royall Charles the â—â—â— heire of his blessed Fathers Crowne and vertues â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Westminster by the hands of the Right Reueâ—â—nd fahter in God â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Iohn Williams â—â—â— new present Lord Bishop of Lincolne and Deane of Westminister He is Charles the first of that name and second Monarch of great Britaine â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Vicegerent and God is his â—â—â—â— Seueraigne he is Defender of the True â—â—â—â— Apotlolicasll and Christian I â—â—â—â— and that faith is his shield against all his bedily and ghostly enemies in the first yeare of his reigne he married with the illustrious and vertuous Princesse Henneretta Maria daughter to that admired Mirrer and Mars of martiallilis of Henry the 4 th the French King last of that name vopn the 22 day of Iune 1625 shee safely arrived â—â—â—â—â—â— in Kent where the King stay'd till â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— and to both their ioyes and the â—â—â—â— of this kingdome he enioyed and enioyes her This Noble Pâ—â—â—ce was borne the 19 th of Nouember A no 1602 he was second and youngest Sonne to king Iames the â—â—â— of Scotland and first of that name of England Our last â—â—â— Soueraigne In the yeere 1623 â—â—â— into Spaine priuately and by Gods gracious assistance came backe safely from thence the 26 or October in the some yeere whose safe returne all true hearted Britaines did and doe esteem â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— and happy blessing his elemency â—â—â—â— is manifest his Royall end princely enâ—â—â— are ample â—â—â— his same and Magnificenceis â—â—â—â— sall The graces and cardinall vertues haue â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— taken â—â—â— their habitatiens in his Heroick and Magâ—â—â—â—â—â— brest â—â—â— may hee with his gracious Queene reigne our these his Dominions to the gloâ—â—â—â—â— of God and the good of this famous Iland with the rest of his Territories and to the ioy and comfort of his â—â—â— Amen ALIVING SADNES INDVTY CONSECRATED TO THE IMMORtall memory of our late Deceased all-beloued Soueraigne LORD the Peerelesse Paragon of Princes IAMES King of great Britaine France and Ireland who departed this Life at his Manour of Theobalds on Sunday the 27. of March 1625. TO THE MOST HIGH AND PVISSENT Prince CHARLES by the Grace of GOD the first of that name and second Monarch of the whole Iland of Great BRITAINE HIS VNDOVBTED ROYALTIES BEING VNITED VNDER one and the same his most glorious Crowne the Kingdomes of England Scotland France and Ireland Gods Immediate Vice-Gerent Supreme head of all Persons and Defender of the true ancient Christian Faith in these his Empires and Dominions MOst Mighty Monarch of this mourning Land Vpon the knees of my submissiue mind I begge acceptance at your Royall hand That my lamenting Muse may fauour finde My Gracious Master was so good so kinde So iust so much beloued neere and sarre Which generally did Loue and Duiy binde From all and from me in particular But as your Maiesty vndoubted are The Heire vnto his Vertues and his Crowne I pray that whether Heauen send Peace or Warre You likewise may inherit his Renowne And as Death strucke his Earthly Glory downe Left you in Maiesty and mourning Chiefe Yet through the World apparantly 't is knowne Your Sorrow is an vniuersall Griefe Let this recomfort then your Princely heart That in this Duty all men beares a part Your Maiesties most humble and obedient Subiect and Seruant IOHN TAYLOR A Funerall Elegie vpon King IAMES YOu gushing Torrents
were grau'd in Brasse His Fury like a wandring Starre soon gone His Clemency was like a fixed one So that as many lou'd him whilst he liu'd More then so many by his Death are grieu'd The hand of Heauen was onely his support And blest him in the Nobles of his Court To whom his Bounty was exprest so Royall That he these twenty yeeres found none disloyall But as bright Iewels of his Diadem They faithfully soru'd him he honour'd them And as in life they were on him relying So many of them vshered him in dying Richmonds and Linox Duke fiirst led the way Next Dorsets spirit forsooke her house of Clay Then Linox Duke againe Duke Lodwicks brother Was third and good Southampton fourth and her Lord wriothsly next Southamptons Noble sonne The race of his mortality did runne Next dy'd old Charles true honor'd Nottingham The Brooch and honor of his house and name Braue Belsast next his vitall threed was spun And last the Noble Marquesse Hambletoâ— These in the compasse of one yeere went hence And led the way to their beloued Prince And our deceased Soueraigne quickely went To change earths Pompe for glory permanent Like Phoebus in his Course h'arose and ran His reigne in March both ended and began And as if he had bin a Starre that 's fixt His Rise and Set were but two daies betwixt And once in two and twenty yeeres t is prou'd That the most fixed Stars are something mou'd But in his end his Constancy we finde He had no mutable or wauering minde For that Religion which his tongue and pen Did still defend with God maintaine with men That faith which in his Life he did expresse He in his Death did constantly prosesse His Treasure and his Iewels they were such As I thinke Englands Kings had ne'r so much And still to men of honour and desert His Coffers were as open as his heart Peace Patience Iustice Mercie Pittie These were his Iewels in variety His Treasure alwaies was his Subiects Loue Which they still gaue him as th' effects did proâ—â—â— Which like to Earths contributary streames Paid homage to their Soueraigne Ocean lâ—â—â—â— He knew that Princes Treasure to be best That 's layd vp in the loyall Subiects brest And onely 't was the riches of the minde To which he couerously was inclinde Thus was he blest in Person blest in State Blest in his first and his in latter date Blest in his education blest in 's learning Blest in his wisdome good and ill discerning Blest in his marriage and in his royall Race But blessed most of all in Gods high grace He did his God deuoutly serue and feare He lou'd him and he held his loue most deare He honour'd and obeyde him faithfully He is his fauour liu'd and so did dye His duty vnto God hee knew the way And meanes to make his Subiects him obey He knew that if he seru'd his God that then He should be seru'd and fear'd and lou'd of men And that if he Gods Statutes did respect That men would feare his Statutes to neglect That his Obedience vpward did bring downe Obedience to his Person and his Crowne He did aduance the good supprest the bad Relieu'd the poore and comforted the sad The Widdow and the orphant fatherlesse He often hath suppll'd in their distresse â—or why to rich and poore to great and small He was a common Father vnto all His affability and Princely parts Made him a mighty Conquerour of Hearts Offenders whom the law of life depriues His mercy pardon'd and preseru'd their liues To prisoners and poore captiues miserie Hee was a Magazine of charity For losses that by sea or fire did come He hath bestowed many a liberall summe Besides for Churches it most plaine appeares That more hath bin repair'd in twenty yeeres Is honour of our God and Sauiours name Then in an hundred yeeres before he came Our ancient famous Vniuersities Diuine and Humane learnings Nurseries Such dewes of orace as the Almighties will Was pleased through those Limbecks to distiil Which spight of Romish rage or Satans hate Hâ—â— caul'd the glorious Gospell propogate Our light of learning Iames did still protect them And as a nursirg Father did affect them Thus was Hee for our soutes and bodies health Defender of both Church and Common-wealth For Ireland he hath much reduc'd that nation Churches with land endow'd caus'd much plantation Whereby Ciuility is planted there The Kings obedience and th' Almighties feare These deeds this worthy godly Prince hath done For which he hath perpetuall praises wonne Ah! what a gracious Man of God was this Mercy and Iustice did each other kisse His Affabilitie whilst he did liue Did make all men themselues to him to giue Thus liu'd Great Iames and thus great Iames did dye And dying thus doth liâ—e Eternally With Honour he did liue and Life forsooke With Patience like a Lambe his death he tooke And leauing Kingly cares and Princely paine He now inherits an Immortall Reigne For royall grieu'd perplexed Maiesty He hath a Crowne of perpetuity For miserable Pompe that 's transitory Hee is aduanc'd to euerlasting glory And as he lou'd and liu'd and dy ' din Peace So he in Peace did quietly decease So let him rest in that most blest condition That 's subiect to no change or intermission Whilst we his seruants of him thus berest With grieued and perplexed hearts are lest But God in mercy looking on our grife Before he gaue the wound ordain'd reliefe Though duteous Sorrow bids vs not forget This cloud of death I wherein our Sunne did set His Sonnes resplendent Maiestie did rise Load stone and Load starre to our hearts and eyes He cleares our drooping spirits he frees our scares And like the Sunne dries vp our dewey teares All those his seruants that lamenting grieue King Charles his Grace and fauour doth releeue But as they seru'd his Father so he will Be their most louing Lord and Soueraigne still As they were first to their Master liuing being dead They are releeued and re-comforted Thus Charity doth in succession runne A Pious Father leaues a godly Sonne Which Sonne his Kingly Gouernment shall passe His Kingdomes Father as his Father was For though great Iames inter'd in earth doth lye Great Charles his brest intombes his memorie And heer 's our comforts midst our discontents Hee 's season'd with his Fathers Documents And as th' Almighty was his shield and speare Protecting him from danger euery where From most vnnaturall foule Conspiracie From Powder-plots and hellish Treachery Whilst he both liu'd and dy'd belou'd renound And Treason did it selfe it selfe confound So I inuoke th' Eternall Prouidence To be to Charles a buckler and defence Supported onely by the Power Diuine As long as Sunne or Moone or Starres shall shine To all that haue Read this Poeme I Boast not but his Maiesty that 's dead Was many times well pleas'd my lines to read And euery line word Syllable and letter
of LONDON for the same his happie Arriuall And the Relation of such Townes as are scituate in the wayes to take post-horse at from the Citie of London to Douer and from Callice through all France and Spaine to Madrid to the Spanish-Court AFter great Britaine ouerwhelmed with doubts hopes feares and most carefull louing and dutifull Iealousie had dolourously drooped and mounted in a robe of melancholy 8 monethlong for the absence our hopefull vnparaleld illustrious Prince Charles each minute of whole vnexpected and vnthought of Iourney from hence seeming a tedious torture to millions of louing and wel-wishing hearts whose happy and wel-comes home doth like the radiant Sun expell all the dismall and moody clouds of griefe and melancholy to the vniuersall joy of his Royall Father and all his loyall Subiects hauing passed so long and tedious a Iourney so much change of ayre and varieties of dyet preserued by the Almighties especiall prouidence from all dangers and casualties that might any way impeach his Highnesse health or preiudice is Princely person in any of his affaires After his Highnesse stay from the 7. of March with his Catholike Maiestie at his Court at Madrid with the great and magnificent Entertainments Feastings Maskings Banquetings Huntings Hawkings and diures other royall pleasant laudable costly sumptuous and manly disports and exercises wherewith the King the Queene the faire vertuous and louely Lady Maria the highborne Infanta his highnesse hauing all the content and welcome which so potent a Monarch could any way expresse or our gracious Prince expect Then to ease our common griefe to reuiue our halfe dead hopes it pleased his grace to take his leaue of Madrid passingby easie Iournies on his way accoÌ„panied some partby the King after whose departure from his Highnesse was attended by certaine of the Graundes of Spaine so that in 13. or 14. dayes space his Highnesse came in perfect health to the Portof Saint Anderas in the Prouince of Biscay where when our English Fleet had knowledge of his long look'd for and welcome comming then did the hearts of euery man leap within him for ioy their eyes ouerflowed with teares of louing and dutifull affection their voices shooted with acclamations The great Ordnance thundered and filled the earth skyes with loud reioycings the trumpets clangor pierced the welkin the beaten drums ratled tryumphantly all manner of Instruments sounded melodiously and to better and sweeten all the rest his Highnesse most graciously accepted their loues mutually and thankefully But blustring Boreas with his brother Eurus the North and East winde blew most stifly and churlishly detained our joy and happinesse from vs here in Britaine So that neuer any louing mother desired with more longing to see her hopefull Sonne whose long absence had fild her with griefe then all the honest Inhabitants of this Kingdome did hunger and thirst to see or heare from their most hopeful and beloued Prince With what greedy desire did many thousands as it were nayle their eye sights dayly vpon Fanes Weather-cocks the smoke of Chimneyes and the Racking of the Cloudes and for fifteene long dayes and nights the thwartouer and crosse North and Easterly Winde blew vs nothing but lengthening of our Sorrowes and delaying of our comforts vntill at last on Friday the third of October last it pleased the great Archmaster of windes and Seas to tutne the breath of Eolus the way we most heartily prayed for So that his Highnesse speedily taking aduantage of this most happy and prosperous Gale Anchors were soone weighed Sailes suddainely displayed and by the prouidence of the Almighty and the diligent industry of the skilfull Nauigators and Martiners his Highnesse most safely Landed at Portsmouth in Hampshire on Sunday the fifth of October betwixt the houres of three and foure in the afternoone where he tooke Coach and came that night and Lodged neere Guilford in Surrey 25. miles from London at the house of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Anuan's The happy newes of his Highnesse most welcome arivall was brought to London on Monday being the sixth of October and shortly after the same morning hee came in person himselfe taking Barge at Lambeth with the Duke of Buckingham followed by the Archbyshop of Canterbury and diuers other whence he past to Yorkehouse betwixt eight and nine of the clocke where hee hauing taken some repast hee tooke Coach againe to goe towards his Royall Father to reioyce his heart with his Princely presence The ioyfull newes of his happy returne filled the whole Kingdome with excessiue ioy first his most royall Father had a chiefe share in the comfort Secondly many of his good Seruants who were almost with griefe for his long absence like so many bodies without life but now they are all relieued by his welcome presence with the spirits of mirth and alacrity But the City of London in expression of their louing duties haue spared for no cost eyther generall or particular THe Bels proclaim'd aloud in euery Steeple The ioyfull acclamations of the people The Ordnance thundred with so high a straine As if great Mars they meant to entertaine The Bonfires blazing infinite almost Gaue such a heat as if the world did roast True mirth and gladnesse was in euery face And healths ran brauely round in euery place That sure I thinke this sixt day of October Ten thousand men will goe to bed scarce c. This was a day all dedicate to Mirth As 't were our Royall CHARLES his second birth And this day is a Iewell well return'd For whom this Kingdome yesterday so mourn'd God length his dayes who is the cause of this And make vs thankfull for so great a blisse The whole day being spent thus in mirth triumphs and thanksgiuing wherein the people of all degrees from the highest to the lowest both rich and poore in London Westminster and the Suburbs to their powers exprest their loues that not so much but the foure Elements Fire Water Ayre and Earth seemed to applaud the celebration of this happy and welcome day for the Heauens most aboundantly powred downe a shower of raine of nine houres continuance which the dry and thirsty earth dranke most greeddy or as I may say most louingly to the health of so joyfull and auspicious a solemnitie The fire or fires in all places Streets Lanes Courts and Corners despight the Raine or enuying that it should quench the flaming ardency of its tranâ—â—â—â—dent Loue ascended vpwards in shew of thankefulnesse and the vast empty and subtle Ayre was filled with the shours and acclamations of people with the reioycing noyles of Instruments Ordnance Muskets Bels Drums and Trumpets And further I heard it credibly reported that there was one Bonefire made at the Guildhall in London which cost one hundred pounds belike it was some Logwood which was prohibited and vnlawfull to bee vsed by Dyers and being forfeited was ordained to be burnt in tryumph But as good cause we had the day was