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A09233	Polyhymnia describing, the honourable triumph at tylt, before her Maiestie, on the 17. of Nouember, last past, being the first day of the three and thirtith yeare of her Highnesse raigne. With Sir Henrie Lea, his resignation of honour at tylt, to her Maiestie, and receiued by the right honorable, the Earle of Cumberland.	Peele, George, 1556-1596.	1590 (1590)	STC 19546; ESTC S110405	5,705	18

Polyhymnia Describing The honourable Triumph at Tylt before her Maiestie on the 17. of Nouember last past being the first day of the three and thirtith yeare of her Highnesse raigne With Sir Henrie Lea his resignation of honour at Tylt to her Maiestie and receiued by the right honorable the Earle of Cumberland HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE Printed at London by Richard Ihones 1590. Polyhimnia Entituled with all dutie to the Right Honourable Lord Compton of Compton By George Peele Maister of Artes in Oxforde The names of the Lordes and Gentlemen that ran and the order of their running The Couples Sir Henry Lea The Earle of Cumberlād 2 The Lord Strange M. Thomas Gerrarde 3 The Lord Compton M. Henry No well 4 The Lord Burck Sir Edward Denny 5 The Earle of Essex M. Foulke Greeuill 6 Sir Charles Blunt M. Thomas Vauasor 7 M. Robert Carey M. UUilliam Gresham 8 Sir VVilliam Knowles M. Anthony Cooke 9 Sir Thomas Knowles Sir Phillip Butler 10 M. Robert Knowles M. Ralph Bowes 11 M. Thomas Sydney M. Robert Alexander 12 M. Iohn Nedham M. Richard Acton 13 M. Charles Dauers M. Euerard Digby Polihymnia THerefore when thirtie two were come and gone Years of her raigne daies of her countries peace Elizabeth great Empresse of the world Britanias Atlas Star of Englands globe That swaies the massie scepter of her land And holdes the royall raynes of Albion Began the gladsome sunnie day to shine That drawes in length date of her golden raigne And thirtie three shee numbreth in her throne That long in happinesse and peace I pray May number manie to these thirtie three Wherefore it fares as whilom and of yore In armour bright and sheene faire Englands knights In honour of their peerelesse Soueraigne High Maistresse of their seruice thoughtes and liues Make to the Tylt amaine and trumpets sound And princelie Coursers neigh and champ the byt When all addrest for deeds of high deuoyre Preace to the sacred presence of their Prince The 1. couple Sir Henrie Lea. The Earle of Cumberland MIghtie in Armes mounted on puissant horse Knight of the Crown in rich imbroderie And costlie faire Caparison charg'd with Crownes Oreshadowed with a withered running Vine As who would say My spring of youth is past In Corslet gylt of curious workmanship Sir Henry Lea redoubted man at Armes Leades in the troopes whom woorthie Cumberland Thrice noble Earle aucutred as became So greate a Warriour and so good a Knight Encountred first yclad in coate of steele And plumes and pendants al as white as Swanne And speare in rest right readie to performe What long'd vnto the honour of the place Together went these Champions horse and man Thundring along the Tylt that at the shocke The hollow gyring vault of heauen resoundes Six courses spent and speares in shiuers split The 2. couple The L. Straungé M. Iohn Gerrarde THE Earle of Darbies valiant sonne and heire Braue Ferdinande Lord Straunge straunglie embarkt Vnder Ioues kinglie byrd the golden Eagle Stanleyes olde Crest and honourable badge As veering fore the winde in costlie ship And armour white and watchet buckled fast Presentes himselfe his horses and his men Suted in Satten to their Maisters collours Welneere twise twentie Squires that went him by And hauing by his Trounch-man pardon crau'd Vailing his Eagle to his Soueraignes eies As who should say stoope Eagle to this Sun Dismountes him from his pageant and at once Taking his choice of lustie Tilting horse Couered with sumptuous rich Caparisons He mountes him brauely sor his friendlie foe And at the head he aimes and in his aime Happily thriues and breakes his Azure staues Whom gentle Gerrarde all in white and greene Collours belike best seruing his conceit Lustilie meetes mounted in seate of steele With flourishing plume and faire Caparison And then at euerie shocke the shiuers flie That recommend their honors to the skie The 3. couple The L. Compton M. Henry Nowell NExt in the Virgins collours as before Ran Cumberland comes louely Compton in His Courser trapt in white and plumes and staues Of snowie hue and Squires in faire aray Waiting their Lords good fortune in the field His armour glittering like the Moones bright raies Or that cleare siluer path the milk-white way That in Olympus leads to Ioues high court Him noble minded Nowell pricks to meet All arm'd in Sables with rich Bandalier That Bawdrick wise he ware set with faire stones And pearles of Inde that like a siluer bend Shew'd on his varnish't Corslet black as Iet And beauteous plumes and bases sutable And on his styrrop waites a trustie train Of seruants clad in tawnie liueries And toote they goe this Lord and lusty Knight To doo their roiall mistresse honors right The 4. couple The L. Burke Sir Edward Dennye WHen mounted on his fieree and foming Steed In Riches and in Collours like his peeres With Iuorie plumes in siluer shining Armes His men in Crimson dight and staues in Red Comes in Lord Burck a faire yoong Ireland Lord Bent chiefly to the exercise of Armes And bounding in his princelie Mistresse eie Chargeth his staffe when trumpet cals away At noble Dennies head braue man at Armes That furiously with flaming sword in hand As if the God of warre had sent him downe Or if you will to shew his burning zeale And forwardnesse in seruice to her person To whome those Martiall deedes were consecrate Speedes to the Tylt amaine rich as the rest Himselfe his horse and pages all in greene Greene veluet fairely garnish'd horse and man The 5. couple The Earle of Essex M. Foulke Greuile THen proudly shocks amid the Martiall throng Of lustie Lancieres all in Sable sad Drawen on with cole-blacke Steeds of duskie hue In stately Chariot full of deepe deuice Where gloomie Time sat whipping on the teame Iust backe to backe with this great Champion Yoong Essex that thrice honorable Earle Yclad in mightie Armes of mourners hue And plume as blacke as is the Rauens wing That from his armour borrowed such a light As bowes of Vu receiues from shady streame His staues were such or of such hue at least As are those banner staues that mourners beare And all his companie in funerall blacke As if he mourn'd to thinke of him he mist Sweete Sydney fairest shepheard of our greene Well lettred Warriour whose successor he In loue and Armes had euer vowed to be In loue and Armes ô may he so succeede As his deserts as his desires would speede With this great Lord must gallant Greuill run Faire man at Armes the Muses fauouret Louer of Learning and of Chiualrie Sage in his sawes sound Iudge of Poesie That lightlie mounted makes to him amaine In armour gilt and basses full of cost Together goe these friendes as enemies As when a Lion in a thicket pent Spieng the Boare all bent to combat him Makes through the shrubs and thunders as he goes The 6. couple Sir Charles Blunt M.

Iohn Vauasor ANd then as blithe as bird of mornings light Inflamb'd with honor glistering as the Sun What time he mountes the sweating Lions back Beset with glorious Sun-shine of his traine Bearing the Sun vpon his armed breast That like a precious shining Carbunkle Or Phoebus eye in heauen it selfe reflects Comes Sir Charles Blunt in Or and Azure dight Rich in his colours richer in his thoughts Rich in his Fortune Honor Armes and Arte And him the valiant Vauasor assailes On fierce and readie horse with speare in rest In Orenge tawnie bright and beautifull Himselfe his men and all and on they speed And hast they make to meete and meete they doo And doo the thing for which they meete in hast Each in his Armour amiable to see That in their lookes bare loue and Chiualrie The 7. couple Master Robert Carey Master William Gresham BY this the Trumpe cal'd Carey to the Tilt Faire bird faire Cignet of our siluer Swanne When like a Lord in pompe and princelie shew And like a Champion fitted for the warre And not vnlike the sonne of such a syre Vnder a plume of murrie and of white That like a Palme tree beautifullie spread On mightie horse of Naples mounted faire And horse at hand and men and pagespight All with a burning heart greets he her grace Whose gracious countnance he his heauen esteems And to her sacred person it presents As who would say my heart and life is hers To whom my loyaltie this heart prefers And at the summons out his foe man flyes Gresham the heire of golden Greshams land That beautifi'd new Troy with royall Change Badge of his honor and magnificence Siluer and Sable such his colours were And readie was his horse and readier he To bound and well behaue him in her eie Vpon whose lookes his life and honour stood Then horse and man conspir'd to meet amaine Along the Tylt Carey and Gresham goe Swift as the Swallow or that Greekish Nymph That seem'd to ouerrfly the eyles of corne And breake they doo they misse not as I weene And all was done in honour of their Queene The 8. couple Sir William Knowles M. Anthony Cooke THen like the three Horatij in the field Betwixt the Roman and the Alban camp That triumpht in the roiall right of Rome Or olde Duke Aymons glory Dordans pride Came in the noble English Nestors sonnes Braue Knowles his ofspring hardy Champions Each in his plumes his colours and deuice Expressing Warriors wit and Courtiers grace Against Sir William ran a lusty Knight Fine in deuice he was and full of wit Famous beyond the chalkie Brittish cliffes And lou'd and honored in his country boundes Anthony Cooke a man of noble name For Armes and Courtship equall to the best Valour and Vertue sat vpon his helme Whome Loue and lowring wring Fortune led along And Life and Death he portraied in his show A liberall Hand badge of nobilitie A Hart that in his mistresse honor vowes To taske his hand in witnesse of his heart Till age shake off rough wars abiliments Then with such cunning can they couch their staues That worthily each knight himselfe behaues The 9. couple Sir Thomas Knowles Sir Philip Butler THe yongest brother Mars his sworne man That wan his knightly spurs in Belgia And followed dub of drum in Fortunes grace Well horst and arm'd Sir Philip Butler greetes The noble Essex friend and follower In mourning Sable dight by simpathie A gentle Knight and meekely at the Tylt He standes as one that had no hart to hurt His friendly foe but at the trumpets sound He flies along and brauely at the face His force he bendes the riuall of his fame Spurs on his steede nor shuns the shocke for feare And so they meet the armour beares the skar Of this encounter and delightfull war The 10. couple M. Robert Knowles M. Ralph Bowes THe last not least of these braue bretheren Laden with honour and with golden boughes Entring the listes like Tytan arm'd with fire When in the queackie plot Python he slew Bowes takes to taske with strong and mightie arme Right richly mounted horse and man it seem'd Were well agreed to serue as roughlie there As in the enemies reach for life they would And when they ran me thought a tempest rose That in the storme the clattering armours sound As horse and man had both bene borne to ground The 11. couple M. Thomas Sydney M. Robert Alexander THus long hath daintie Sydney sit and seene Honour and Fortune houer in the aire That from the glorious beames of Englands eie Came streaming Sydney at which name I sigh Because I lacke the Sydney that I loue And yet I loue the Sydneys that suruiue Thus long I say sat Sydney and beheld The shiuers flie of many a shaken speare When mounted on a Courser trapt in white And throughly wel appointed he and his Pure sparkes of Vertue kindling Honors fire He thought he might and for he might he would Reach at this glorie faire befall him still And to the Tylt impatient of delay He comes encountred with a threatning point That Alexander menac'd to him fast A valorous and a lustie Gentleman Well fitted with his armour and his Steed And him young Sydney sits and had he chardg'd The Macedonian Alexanders staffe He had bene answered by that valiant youth So well behau'd himselfe this faire yoong Knight As Paris had to great Achilles Launce Applied his tender fingers and his force The 12. couple M. Nedham M. Richard Acton THe next came Nedham in on lustie horse That angrie with delay at Trumpets sound Would snort stamp and stand vpon no ground Vnwilling of his maisters tariance Yet tarie must his maister and with him His prauncing steed till trumpets sounding shrill Made Acton spur apace that with applause Of all beholders hied him lustilie As who would say Now goe I to the goale And then they ride and run and take their chance As death were fixt at point of eithers lance The 13. couple M. Charles Dauers M. Euerard Digbie NOw drew this martiall exercise to ende And Dauers here and Digbie were the last Of six and twentie gallant Gentlemen Of noble birth and princelie resolution That ran in couplement as you haue heard In honour of their mistresse holiday A gracious sport fitting that golden time The day the byrth-day of our happinesse The blooming time the spring of Englands peace Peace then my muse yet ere thou peace report Say how thou sawest these Actors play their partes Both mounted brauely brauelie minded both Second to fewe or none for their successe Their hie deuoyre their deeds doo say no lesse And now had Englands Queene faire Englands life Beheld her Lordes and louely Lordly Knightes Doo Honors seruice to their Soueraigne And heauen by this distil'd down teares of ioy In memorie and honour of this day Sir Henry Lea resignes his place of Honour at Tylt to the Earle of Cumberland ANd now as first by him intended was In sight of Prince and Peeres and people round Old Henry Lea Knight of the Crowne dismountes And in a faire Pauilion hard at hand Where holie lightes burnt on the hallowed shrine To Vertue or to Vesta consecrate Hauing vnarm'd his body head and all To his great Mistresse his petition makes That in regard and fauour of his age It would so please her princely Maiestie To suffer him giue vp his staffe and Armes And honourable place wherein he seru'd To that thrice valiant Earle whose Honors pledge His life should be with that he singled foorth The flower of English Knightes the valiant Earle Of Cumberland and him before them all He humbly prayes her Highnesse to accept And him install in place of those designes And to him giues his armour and his launce Protesting to her princelie Maiestie In sight of heauen and all her princelie Lordes He would betake him to his Oraysons And spend the remnant of his waining age Vnfit for warres and Martiall exploites In praiers for her endlesse happines Whereat she smiles and sighes and seem'd to say Good Woodman though thy greene be turn'd to gray Thy age past Aprils prime and pleasant May Haue thy request we take him at thy praise May he succeed the honour of thy daies Amen said all and hope they doo no lesse No lesse his vertue and nobilitie His skill in Armes and practise promiseth And many Chāpions such may England liue to haue And daies yeares as many such as she in heart can craue FINIS A Sonet HIS Golden lockes Time hath to Siluer turn'd O Time too swift ô Swiftnesse neuer ceasing His Youth gainst Time and Age hath euer spurn'd But spurn'd in vain Youth waineth by increasing Beauty Strēgth Youth are flowers but fading seen Dutie Faith Loue are roots and euer greene His Helmet now shall make a hiue for Bees And Louers Sonets turn'd to holy Psalmes A man at Armes must now serue on his knees And feede on praiers which are Age his almes But though from Court to Cottage he depart His Saint is sure of his vnpotted heart And when he saddest sits in homely Cell Heele teach his Swaines this Carroll for a Song Blest be the heartes that wish my Soueraigne well Curst be the soules that thinke her any wrong Goddesse allow this aged man his right To be your Beads-man now that was your Knight