of earths felicitie Plentie with mirth replenisheth all things Plentie abandons all necessitie Truth Peace and Plentie vs'd well makes vs see A glimring of the ioyes in heauen that bee For Truth or true Religion represents The redolent melodious harmonie Which heau'nly Harpers with their Instruments Do offer to Iehouahs Maiestie Sweetly resounding on celestiall strings Their Makers praise whereto the holders sings Peace doth resemble that most sweet content Wherein the blessed soules most safely rest A midst the third and highest Firmament Vnder the Aultar of the Saints request In great repose much wealth and ioyes encrease VVhich lasting aye shall neuer fade nor cease Plentie of all things doth possesse the heau'ns Our plentie's but a shadow of that store Of ioyes which to the blessed soules are giu'n For perfect ioyes are there for euermore No eye hath seene eare heard or heart conceiu'd The ioyes that God for his elect prepar'd Among which ioyes Elizaes soule doth rest Sweetly refresht in the Elizian fields Where she enioyes the kingdome of the blest That neuer vnto alteration yeelds But euer shall endure both firme and stable Repleat with during ioyes innumerable Eliza for one death hath gain'd two liues First in Elisium farre aboue the Skie The second here on earth her name reuiues Which neuer dying liues eternally And from this auntient saying I deriue it As true as old Virtus post funera viuit Oh! gaine surmounting mortall mans conceit To loose an earthly crowne to get the crowne of glory To gaine a lasting life with ioy repleat For this which is but vaine and transitory To gaine immortall life for mortall breath Which seemeth life but is a vitall death All future ages shall admire her raigne When they shall heare her princely gouernment Vntill the liquid teares distill amaine Their owne vntimely birth they shall lament That they might not behold her golden daies So sweetly graced with immortall praise This Virgin-Queene did rule faire Albion Twise two twentie yeares with great encrease Of peace ioy wealth much honour renowne And then resigned vp her soule in peace To him that gaue it an immortall crowne In spite of thousands ten conspiracies Which Antichrist against her did deuise Thus haue I briefly as my slender skill Permitted now describ'd the happines Which we enioy'd vnder Eliza still While she did here her vitall life posses To be a Glasse for ages that shall bee Her prosperous and happie raigne to see VVhat though the Muses did not guide my quill To runne as doth the puncted Grecian verse My Lynes shall drop as from Parnassus hill Eternall Nectar on Elizaes Herse And in a sute which sable they do call Accompany her to her Funerall FINIS KING IAMES his Arriuall PAsse on my pen to Englands present state And shewe of sudden feare what hopefull ioy Did spring alike from out each others hate While Ioue rul'd both that nothing could annoy For feare did striue to make our harts to swound Ioy striu'd with mirth to make our hearts abound The first prefigur'd in Elizaes death When Feare triumphed in our fearefull brests The second in that health resounding breath God saue King Iames of England King the first Here sudden ioy ore-come the former feare A thing the like whereof is seene but rare O ioyfull sound of words spoke in due season When as our former hopes lay all on bleeding When sad distrust could see no ample reason Of this right wise most iust good proceeding Words spoken in due time and fitly placed Like golden apples with siluer pictures graced For when for true we heard this dolefull newes Eliza dead our hearts began to faint Our sinnes were great we could them not excuse God therefore iust we onely caus'd the plaint We thought our life with hers did then decay We thought her death gaue vs no longer stay But marke and see the goodnesse of the Lord When we nought but confusion might expect Did guide our Nobles hearts with one accord The worthiest Prince in Europe to elect King Iames the first next heire to the Crowne To rule this Land in honour and renowne Sprung from the line of that most roiall race Henry the seuenth who raigning married Elizabeth fourth Edwards daughters grace Vniting so the white Rose and the red The houses two of Yorke and Lancastar VVhich long before dissention did seuer VVhence he had issue princely Margaret Who to King Iames the fourth of Scotland King Espowsed was then she King Iames the fift To her said Husband happily did bring But wheÌ„ King Iames the fourth her husband died To Earle of Anguish then she was affied To whom she brought a princely maiden bright Which to the Earle of Lennox married was And broght this Earle in time that worthy wight Henry the Duke of Albany his grace Who married Mary then the Queene of Scots By whom our Soueraigne Iames the sixt he got See here his worthy princely Ancestors 〈◊〉 lineall discent and rightfull claime Of English blood were his progenitors Whose noble Actes deserue immortall fame VVhos 's same reuiues though they in dust do lie For Monuments to all posteritie 〈◊〉 King endued with such royall parts â—oth of his body and his princely mind Of manhood prowesse learning wit and arts As though Queene Vertue had a place assign'd VVithin the Center of his learned brest For her and all her sacred gifts to rest A Prince most prudent and maiesticall As his profound and learned bookes declare Deriued from a minde heroicall Such workes of Kings are neuer seene or rare But of our princely Lord and King alone An other Dauid in his princely throne King Dauid taught wise Salomon his sonne To rule the kingdome after his decease So doth King Iames prescribe his Salomon A ruled way to perfect ioyes encrease To guide his helme in honor renowne Though aduerse coÌ„trarious winds do frowne King Dauid burned with an ardent loue Of sincere truth and perfect godlines So doth our roiall Caesar well approue His praise and glory to consist in this To meditate vpon the lawe diuine And thereby all his publike lawes refine If Iulius Caesar merited such fame VVho did indite his owne most worthy facts How much more theÌ„ shal fame aduaÌ„ce thy name O worthy King which sings Iehouahs acts Which seekest not thy owne praise renowne But his that gaue thee thine Imperiall crowne Most mightie Caesar neuer canst thou flie The praise of fame because she followes thee Thy name she carries through the cloudie skie With wings farre lighter then the nimble Bee And shall in time to come thy praises sound In all the endes of this great circled round Thrice welcome then vnto our English shore Thrice worthy Monarch of faire Albion Ioue fill thy daies with honour peace and store Long maist thou sit vpon thy princely throne Long maist thou rule and long may we obay In Iustice seate long may thy Scepter sway Long
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
may thy sonnes thy regall Scepter sway Long may they immitate their fathers waies Long may thy vertues shine in them that they May rule in peace and honour all their daies Long maist thou all thy childrens children see And after death attaine felicitie Make haste deare Prince and take possession Of this thy long and quiet Regiment Presaged by a springfull horrison As by a thing most cleare and eminent The Sommer giues thee welcome with his heat The Birds thy VVelcome singing do repeat Thy Nobles long to see thy princely face Thy Cleargie pray for thy prosperitie Thy Communaltie would thrust to see thy grace The perfect Mirror of true Maiestie In briefe thy subiects all for ioy do sing That Iames the sixt is now become their King FINIS ROMES DOWNE-FALL VAnish away ye birds of vgly night Which with the Owle caÌ„not endure the light The light hath all your knauerie bewrai'd And to the view of all the world it laid Your neasts are found your filthinesse descride Then pack away no longer here abide All know your rites are but mens phantasies To liue in ease and blind the simples eies Your Masse is knowne a breaden-God to bee Of all that haue but halfe an eye to see Y' are worse then Iudas so your deedes bewray He did for thirtie pence the Lord betray You sell him daily for a single penny You make of Christ euen as you list as many Your curses and excommunications With bell booke candle are but Euen songs Which you for Lucifer your maisters sake With Heathinish and Iudaicall rites do make Your thuÌ„dring Buls may serue to scar the crowes Your Trentalls Dirges are but idle showes Your Iesuits and Priests are Locusts breed Which from the Lake that 's bottomles proceed But what do I your filthinesse recite Whereof the whole world hath a perfect sight You long haue looked for as you did say To see the time when you should haue a day Whereby you ment as all men well do know Elizaes death should worke our ouerthrow O! But is not your hope frustrate and vaine Succeedeth not King Iames our Soueraigne A Phoenix from Elizaes ashes bred Though she possesse a place among the dead What is she dead how failed your intent Because God had ordaind your punishment The Beast must fall you sit so safely on That strumpet vile the whore of Babilon Now is the time that God will vengeance take Vpon that whore which all the world did make Drunke with her whoredome and Idolatrie Which reached vp vnto the cloudie skie For now her former sinnes are come to light Before the face of Ioues eternall might And as shee hath with sinne rewarded him So he will fill her cup euen to the brim And make her of his fiercest wrath to drinke Till she to nothing vtterly do sinke As she delighted bloud of Saints to spill So he will giue her bloud to drinke her fill Now by this whore is meant we all do know The Antichristian Church of Rome for so The Angell vnto Iohn the same expounded A Citie that vpon seuen hilles was founded No Citie on seuen hilles is built but Rome Then Rome it is must haue this deadly doome The Riuer Euphrates now dries away To make her to the Kings of th' earth a pray The kingdome of the beast becomes obscure By preaching of Christs glorious Gospell pure And more and more shal hence-forth day by day Vntill it come to ruine and decay Which God accomplish when he sees the same Most opportune to glorifie his name That all may see 't and seeing say with Iohn It 's falne it 's falne falne is great Babilon FINIS There principall blessings accompanying Elizaes raâ—gnâ— The word of God the first Effects of Gods word The secoâ—â— head 〈◊〉 long peaâ—â— The third principall blessing is plentie of all things 〈…〉 Contention betweene feare and hopefull 〈◊〉 at Elâ—zaes deâ—th 〈…〉 Iameâ—â— procl 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Feare for Elizaes death Ioy for K. Iames happ proclamaâ—â—â—â— The royal 〈…〉 K 〈◊〉 Hâ—nry thâ— seaventh of thâ— houâ—e 〈◊〉 Lanâ—â—sâ—er 〈…〉 Edward the fourth his daughter the house Yorke Archibald Douglas Earle of Anguish Lady Margarets secâ—â—â— Hâ—sâ—â—nd Lord Dâ—â—â—â—â—◠〈…〉