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A08249
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Elizaes memoriall. King Iames his arriuall. And Romes downefall
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Nixon, Anthony.
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1603
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STC 18586; ESTC S113328
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ELIZAES MEMORIALL King Iames his arriuall AND ROMES DOWNEFALL The memoriall of the iust shal be blessed but the name of the wicked shall rotte LONDON Printed by T. C. for Iohn Baylie and are to be sold at his shop neare the litle North doore of Paules 1603. To the suruiuing late wife of his deceased Maecenas THe extraordinarie good that I From you and your deceased loue receiu'd Haue made me oft to ponder with my selfe How in some sort I might requite the same But finding that so farre beyond my power I purposed to take some thing in hand VVherewith I might present you as the signe Of my great thankfulnesse to you againe Then take this simple gift in gracious part Till better workes shall answere your desart Yours most bounde A. N. ELIZAES Memoriall EArly before Aurora shewe her face Or day-bright Hesperus begin t' appeare Before that Titan gins to run his race Awake my pen and vp thy selfe do reare To shewe to all posteritie to come what perfect ioyes possest Elizaes crowne Had Maro liued in her golden daies Resembling ioyes that euer shall remaine He would haue tun'd his oaten pipe to praise The happie state of dread Elizaes raigne And pretermitted as a thing but vaine The troubles which Aeneas did sustaine Her fame throughout the totall Orbe did sound Her wisedome eu'ry Monarch did admire Her Maiden-head with noble vertue crownd Hath now attaind the hau'n of her desire The glorious kingdome of eternitie Where she enioyeth immortalitie Shee kept her selfe a Virgin for the Lord With whom she longed daily for to be That onely he alwaies she did accord Should haue the prime of her virginitie Who hath aduanc'd her to his heau'nly throne Whâ—re she enioyes the perfect vnion Her Scepter was the rule of righteousnes Her Subiects more for loue then feare obei'd Her Gouernment seem'd perfect blessednes Her Mercie with her Iustice euer swai'd Her Bountie Grace and Magnanimitie Her princely minde did plainely signifie She was the goldeÌ„ Pipe through which great Ioue Deriu'd to vs his blessings manifolde She was the token of his tender loue Chearing the hearts of all both yoong and olde She hath extinguisht all the mistie daies And brought a light more bright theÌ„ Phoebus raies But now to come more nearer to the point The which I purpose to insist vpon Three things I meane to handle ioynt by ioynt And orderly speake of them one by one Which are the Captaine blessings of his traine Which did attend vpon her Highnes raigne Where first I do account that chiefest good Among so many blessings that are rife Gods sacred word surpassing Angels food That feeds the soule vnto eternall life Not mingle mangle mixt with Popish custome But sincere milk deriu'd froÌ„ Gods owne bosome FroÌ„ Gods own bosome first the same proceeded Begetting strengthning our faith encreasing Till we with him in glory may be seated With all his Saints and Angels there triumphing VVith this God doth all other blessings send For on this blessing all the rest depend Hence come the ioyes which heau'nly pleasure brings While here we leade our liues deuoid of strife Hence flowe the christall euer-running springs Of wholesome waters of eternall life Hence comes the peace no earthly thing can giue The peace of conscience while on earth we liue A Treasure great of price inestimable A Nectar sweete distilling from aboue The foode diuine of truth incomparable Knitting our hearts in amitie and loue The way to rest and all eternitie The Pearle which Christ commanded vs to buy That glorious light which did illuminate Our harts which long in darknes had remain'd To make vs of true light participate Whereby our steps from darknes are refrain'd How greatly are we bound to praise the Lord For this great blessing of his sacred word If all the costly Mynes of th'Indians Which secretly lie hid within the ground If all the precious stones which in the sands Of Libia land most plentiously abound If all the ioyes of humane hearts content Which seated are vnder the Firmament Should be transported to our English coast And here enioyed as our proper owne Of them we might not halfe so truly boast As of this sacred truth amongst vs sowne This therefore in the front is placed best Because it is the chieftaine of the rest The second head whâ—reto I do reduce The seuerall blessings of her Highnesse raigne Is long and quiet peace whose pleasant iuice Distilleth like the first and latter raine For such a peace before was neuer seene As we enioy'd vnder a Virgin-Queene The Husbandman then gladly tild the ground And sowed the same with graine in time of seed Expecting interest thence to abound As God had preappointed and decreed And at the Haruest reapt it vp in peace Landing Iehouah for his great encrease The Labourer that toiled all the day And tooke his penny for his hired paine At night might homeward safely wend away Praising the Lord the Author of his gaine Sweetly with peace himselfe in peace refreshing Voyd of all feare of forren foes oppressing We were not vexed with those rumours great Of warres which other Nations did sustaine We were not parched with the fierie heat Of Antichrist nor of his filthy traine The Sonne of right'ousnes had giuen vs light Defacing cleane their Vaile of vgly night Whereby our Land a Harbour was become To such as sought to serue the Lord aright Who willing were to leaue their natiue home And all they had to see this heau'nly light Wherein who walkes the path shall neuer misse That leades directly to eternall blisse This peace God graunt to flourish in our Land Vntill his second glorious comming be And eke his sacred Gospell to withstand The hellish pitte of vgly heresie That we may praise his name in all our waies Till fatall death shall consumate our daies From long-bred peace great plentie did proceed Euen as the chiefest off-spring of the same Of peace our plentie naturallie did breed Euen as the yong engender of the dame Destroy the Dam the yong ones are not bred Take peace away plenti's not gendered But Ioue hath giuen vs so long time of peace As hath brought forth the fruits of plenties store Which Riches are much wealth ioies encrease Surpassing all in England heretofore Or any Countrey vnder Heauens shade Since Elohim confused Chaos made So that our Land an other Canaan Did plentiously with milke and honey flow Eliza was our Iesus to withstand Our enemies that sought to worke our woe And to destroy the Popish Cananites That would allure vs to their Idolrites The Heau'ns did seem to smile vpon the earth The clouds powr'd down y e moistned siluer drops The Sun did glad all things with ioy and mirth To make of corne fruites the goodly crops The Earth likewise did yeeld vs ten for one Of that wherewith the same at first was sowne Plentie both Riches wealth and Honor brings Plentie is chiefe