sword or Royall Scepter being a most vnfortunate Prince in all his worldly attempts the Peers in England bandied factions against each other the Duke of York claimed the Crowne the coÌ„mons of Kent vnder the leading of their captiain lack Cade being in number 50000 came to London the Rebels murdered the Bishop of Sali bury and beheaded the Lord Say at the standard in Cheape the King was taken prisoner by the Duke of Yorke at the bartell of Saint Albans the French with 15000 men landed at Sandwich spoyled the Towne fierd it stew the Maior with all in authority there and likewise hauing burnt and pillaged many other places in Deâ—onâ—â—â—â—shire and the West they departed Queene Margaret the wife to King Henry the 6 met the Duke of Yorke with an Army neere Wakefield where the victory fell to the Queen the Duke being slaine with his son the Earle of Rutland and many others Thus for the space of 60 yeeres the three Kings Henries the 4,5 and 6 kept the Crowne in the Lancastrian line the house of Yorke got the soueraignty King Henry hauing reign'd 38 yeers â— months 4 daies he was ouercome by King Edward at a place called Mortimers Crosse neere Ludlow more of this vnfortunate Prince shall be spoken in the reigne of the next King Edward EDWARD THE IIIJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND c. I Yorkes great heire by fell domesticke Warre Inthroaned was vn-King'd and re-inthroan'd Subiecting quite the house of Lancaster Whilst wofull England ouer-burthen'd groan'd Old Sonlesse Sires and Childlesse Mothers moan'd These bloody broyles had lasted three score yeares And till the time we were in peace attoan'd It walked fourescore of the Royale Peeres But age and time all earthly things out-weares Through terrours horrors mischiefe and debate By trult by treason by hopes doubts and feares I got I kept I left and Lost the State Thus as disposing heauens doe smile or frowne So Cares or Comforts wait vpon a Crowne Edward the fourth was Earle of March some and heire to Richard Duke of Yorke sonne to Richard Earl of Cambridge sâ—nto Edmund of langley â—â—â— of York 4 sento Edward the 3 King of England This King Edward the fourth Was borne at Roane is Normandy and in the yeere 1461 the 29 of Iune heeâ—â— crowned at Westminister by the hands of Thomas Bourgchier Arcbishop of Canterbury Henry the fixt hauing a great power in the Norâ—â— was â—â—â— and encountred by King Edward neere Towton on Palmssunday where betâ—â—â—xt the two Kings was fought aâ—â—â—â— battell which continued ten houers in which cruell conflict the English ground dranke the sangkired â—â—â—â— of â—â—â— 37000 of her naturall englishmen after â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— as Hexam by the Lord Montracute King Henry was again put to fight with great lesse be was afterwardâ—â—â— disquid'd â—â—â—â—â—isoned â—â— the Towre of London Edward new supposed all was well his minde was on mâ—â—rujâ— wherefore he sent Richard Neuill The great King â—â— ker Exâ—le of Warwich into France so treate forth Lady Bona sister to the French Quene but with meane space King Edward prouâ—ed himselfe man home and was married to the Lady Elizabeth Gray â—â—â— match was so deslatefull to Warwick that hee â—â—â—â—â—â— fals aff from King Edward after which he took the King Prisoner but he escaping againe fled beyend the Saw The Earle of Warwick tooke King Henry out of the Tâ—â—nt and caused him againe to be crowned King Edward landed agains in England at Bornet sâ—ld tra 〈…〉 London his Army was met by the Earles of Warwick and Oxford King Henry being them againe â—â—â—â—â—â—â— sâ—â—er where was fought a fierce battell where Edward was Vector the Earle of Warwicke with â—â—â—â— Nâ—â—â—â— men were slaintâ— and comment on eath sides 10000 King Henry was againe committed to the Tonre Edward Prince of Wales the son of Henry the first wasâ—â—â— the battel of Tewxbury murdred by Richard â—â—â— of Gloecether Soon after the bastard Lord â—â—â— vaised an Army of 17000 men against King Edward but the bastard was soons supprest and the most â—â—â—â—â— King Edward the fixt freed from his longâ—â—â— being murdred by the bloody hands of Richard â—â—â— of Glocester The King bâ—â—ing through must â—â—â— â—â—â— peacs â—â—â— himselfe â—â—â—â—â—â— Iane Shore his Combine â—â—â— pleasures were mixed with greife for his â—â—â— George Duke of Clarence who was â—â—â— of Malmsey the Towre of London 1475. â—â—â— of Scotland threatned was against England Richard Duke of Glocester was some against the Scots â—â—â—â—â—â— king Edward â—â—â— haning â—â—â— Aprill 9 1483 â—â—â— at Windsor EDWARD THE V KING OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND IF birth if beauty innocence and youth Could make a Tyrant feele one sparke of grace My crooked Vncle had beene mou'd to ruth Beholding of my pitty-pleading face But what auailes to spring from roy all Race What suerty is in beauty strength or wit What is command might eminence and place When Treason lurkes where Maiesty doth sit My haplesse selfe had true false proofe of it Nipt in my bud and blasted in my bloome Deprâ—'d of life by murther most vnfit And for three Kingdoms could not haue one tombe Thus Treason all my glory ouer-topt And â—â—â— the Fruit could spring the Tree was lop't Edward the fifth borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster Sonne of King Edward the fourth beganne his short reigne ouer the Realâ—â—â— of England at the age of â—3 yeeres but â—â—y the cunning dealing of Richard ' Duke of Gloucester his vnnaturall Vnckle he was neuer crowned â—â—â— young King with his younger brother Richard Duke of Yorke was at London with his mother and in the guidance of his Vnckle by the mothers side named Sir Anthony Wooduill Lord Riuers but by the â—â—â— and crafty dealing of the Duke of Glouster all the Queene kindred were remoued from the King and the Lord Riuers sent from Northampton to Pomfret with others whence they were imprisoned and beheaded The protector Richard hauing the King in his keeping and power his onely â—ynâ—â— was next how to get into his hands â—â—â— person of Richard Duke of Yorke the Kings brother whom the Queene their mother kept close in the Sanctuarie at Westminster which Prince was gotten from the said Sanctuary by the â—â— till plots and perswation of the Lord protector and the Duke of Buckingham The poore innocent Lambs being as it were put into the greedy Iawes of the Wolfe their rauenous Vnckle for safegard and protection and at the first approach of Richard Duke of York into his Vnckles presence he was entertained in all seeming reuerence with a Iudas kisse by his Vnckle The Duke of Buckingham was promised by the Protector for his trusty seruices to him in heloâ—â—â— him to the person of this Prince and for his future seruices to ayde him in his vnlawsfull attaining the Crowne of England that Gloucesters Sonne should be married to Buckinghams daughter and netball that Buckingham should haue the Earledome of Hertford with many other
great distaste because the Pillory Was hunger-starâ—'d for want of Villianes eares Whom to relieue there was a Mittimus Sent from Tartaria in an Oyster Boate At which the King of China was amaz'd And with nine graâ—â—'s of Rewbaâ—be stellified As low as to the altitude of shame He thrust foure Onions in a Candle-case And sâ—â—â—ld the meaning of the worlds misdoubt Thus with a Dialogue of crimson starch I was inflamed with a num-cold fire Vpon the tenter hookes of Charlemaine The Dogstar howld the Cat a Mountaine smilde And Siâ—â— dranke Muskadell and Egges In the â—â—â—nd hoofe of huge Bucephalus Time turn'd about and shew'd me yesterday Clad in a Cowne of mourning had I wist The motion was almost too late they said Whilst sad despaire made all the World starke mad They all arose and I put vp my pen It makes no matter where why how or when Some Sence at last to the Learned YOu that in Greeke and Latine learned are And of the ancient Hebrew haue a share You that most rarely oftentimes haue sung In the French Spanish or Italian tongue Here I in English haue imployd my pen To be read by the learnedst Englishmen Wherein the meanest Scholler plaine may see I vnderstand their tongues as they doe me AS MVCH HAPPINESSE AS MAY BE WISHED ATTEND THE Two hopefull Impes of Gentility and Learning M r RICHARD and GEORGE HATTON YOu forward Payre in Towardly Designes To you I send these sowsde Salt-water Lines Accept Reade Laugh and breathe and to 't againe And still my Muse and I shall yours remaine IOHN TAYLOR PROLOGVE I Now intend a Voyage here in Wriâ—â— From London vnto Yorke helpe to â—â—dire Great Neptune lend thy Ayde to me â—â—â—â—â—â— Through thy tempestuous Wâ—ues with maâ—â—y a blast And then I 'le true describe the Townes and men And manners as I went and came ageâ—n A Very Merrie VVherrie-FerryVOYAGE OR YORKE for my Money THe Yeere which I doe call as others doe Full 1600. adding twenty a The yeere of our Lord. two The Month of Iuly that 's for euer fam'd Because 't was so by b Iuly was nam'd so by Caesar. Iulius Caesar nam'd Iust when sixe dayes and to each Day a Night The dogged c The Dogdayes were 6. dayes entred Dog-dayes had begun to bite On that day which doth blest Remembrance bring The name of an Apostle and our King On that remarkeable good day Saint Iames I vndertooke my Voyage downe the Thames The signe in d I obserue signes windes tides dayes houres times Sciâ—uations and manners Cancer or the Ribs and Brest And AEolus blew sweetly West Southwest Then after many farewels Cups and Glasses Which oftentimes hath made men worse then Asses About the waste or e No one if you 'l take it â—oâ— Nauell of the Day Not being dry or Drunke I went my way Out wherry somewhat old or strucke in age That had endur'd neere 4. yeeres Pilgrimage And carried honest people Whores and Thieues Some Sergeants Bayliffes and some f Boats are like Barbars Chayres Hackneyes or Whores common to all estates vnder-Shrieues And now at last was her lot to be Th'aduentrous bonny Barke to carry me But as an old Whores Beauty being gone Hides Natures wracke with Artlike painting on So I with Colours finely did repaire My Boats defaults and made her fresh and faire Thus being furnish'd with good Wine and Beere And Bread and Meat to banish hungers feare With Sayles with Anker Cables Sculs and Oares With Carde and Compasse to know Seas Shores With Lanthorne Candle Tinder-box and Match And with good Courage to work ward and watch Wel man'd wel ship'd wel victual'd we appointed Well in good health well timbred and wel ioynted All wholly well and yet not halfe Fox'd well Twixt Kent and Essex we to Grauesend fell There I had welcome of my friendly Host A Grauesend Trencher and a Grauesend Tost Good meat and lodging at an easie rate And rose betimes although I lay downe late Bright Lucifer the Messenger of Day His burnisht twinkling splendour did display Rose cheek'd Aurora hid her blushing face She spying Phoebus comming gaue him place Whilst Zephirus and Auster mix'd together Breath'd gently as fore-boding pleasant weather Old Neptune had his Daughter Thames supplide With ample measure of a flowing Tide But Thames supposde it was but borrowed goods And with her Ebbes paid Neptune backe his Floods Then at the time of this Auspicious dawning I rowzd my men who Scrubbing stretching yawning Arose left Graâ—esend Rowing downe the streame And neere to Lee we to an Ancker came Because the Sands were bare and Water low We rested there till it two houres did Flow And then to trauell went our Galley foyst Our Ancker quickly weigh'd our sayle vp hoyst Where thirty miles we past a mile from shore The water two * These flat Sands are called the Spits foot deepe or little more Thus past we on the braue East Saxon Coast From 3. at morne till 2. at noone almost By Shobury Wakering Fowlâ—nesse Tutingham And then we into deeper water came There is a crooked Bay runnes winding farre To Maulden Estersord and Colchester Which cause t was much about to ease mens paine I left the Land and put into the mayne With speed the crooked way to scape and passe I made out strait for Frinton and the Nasse But being 3. Leagues then from any Land And holding of our Maine-sheate in my hand We did espy a cole-blacke Cloud to rise Fore-runner of some Tempest from the Skies Scarce had we sayl'd a hundred times our length But that the winde began to gather strength Stiffe Eolus with Neptune went to Cuffes With huffes and puffes and angry Counter-Buffes From boy sterous gusts they fell to fearefull flawes Whilst we 'twixt wind water neer Deaths jaws Tost like a Corke vpon the mounting maine Vp with a whiffe and straightway downe againe At which we in our mindes much troubled were And said God blesse vs all what weather 's here For in a word the Seas so high did grow That Ships were forc'd to strike their topsails low Meane time before the winde we scudded braue Much like a Ducke on top of euery waue But nothing violent is permanent And in short space away the Tempest went So farewell it and you that Readers be Suppose it was no welcome Guest to me My Company and I it much perplext And let it come when I send for it next But leauing jesting Thankes to God I giue T was through his mercy we did scape and liue And though these things with mirth I doe expresse Yet still I thinke on God with thankfulnesse Thus ceast the Storme and weather gan to smile And we row'd neere the shoare of Horsey I le Then did illustrious Titan gin to steepe His Chariot in the Westerne Ocean deepe We saw the â—arre-spent Day withdraw his light And made for Harwich where we lay all night There did
being long vexed with the spirit of iealousie came suddenly into his house and found a man whom he suspected somewhat too busie with his wife to whom hee said Now good fellow I thanke thee for thou â—â—â— me of a strange hellish torment my suspâ—â—ion is cleared and apparant knowledge hath giuen mee such ease of heart that I will be iealous no more 32 A Skilfull Painter was requested to paint out a faire Courtezan in plaine English a Whore I pray you spare that cost said the Painter for if shee be a right whore the daily paints her selfe 33 SEigneur Valdrino pay-master to the Campe of Alphonsus King of Aragon a man exquisite in Courtship and complement as two or three were at strife laying wagers what Countryman he was a blunt bold Captaine asked what was the matter why Captaine said one we are laying a wager what Countriman my Lord Treasurer Valdrino is Oh said the Captaine I can tell you that I am sure he was borne in the land of Promise for I haue serued the King in his wars these seuen yeeres without pay and euer when I petition to my Lord he payes me with no coyne but promises which makes me halfe assured that hee is that Countryman 34 A Nobleman of France as hee was riding met with a yeoman of the Country to whom he said My friend I should know thee I doe remember I haue often seene thee My good Lord said the Countriman I am one of your Honors poore tenants and my name is T.I. I remember thee better now said my Lord there were two brothers of you but one is dead I pray which of you doth remaine aliue 35 THe aforesaid Noble man hauing had a Harper that was blinde playing to him after supper somewhat late at last hee arose and commanded one of his seruants to light the Harper downe the staires to whom the Seruing-man sayd my Lord the Harper is blind thou ignorant knaue quoth my Lord he hath the more need of light 36 A Young fellow wisht himselfe the richest Cuckold in England to whom his mother said very angerly you foolish couetous boy why dost thou desire such a wish hath not thine owne Father enough in store for thee 37 A Whore Rampant made her husband a Cuckold Dormant with a front Cressant surprized by the watch Guardant brought to the Iustice Passant with her play-fellow Pendant after a coursie Couchant the Iustice told her that her offence was haynous in breaking the bonds of matrimony in that adulterate manner and that she should consider that her husband was her Head Good sir quoth shee I did euer acknowledge him so and I hope it is no such great fault in me for I was but trimming dressing or ad-horning my Head 38 A Man being very sickly one said to his wife I maruell your husband doth not weare a night-cap Truly quoth shee within this six monthes that my husband hath bin sicke although his legges be shrunke yet hee hath outgrowne all his night-caps 39 A Boy whose mother was noted to be one not ouerloden with honesty went to seeke his Godfather and enquiring for him quoth one to him Who is thy Godfather the boy repli'd his name is goodman Digland the Gardiner Oh said the man if he be thy Godfather he is at the next Alehouse but I feare thou takest Gods name in vaine 40 A Scholler riding from Cambridge towards London his horse being tyred a lazie disease often befalling such hacknies met a Poste on the way who notwithstanding he did what he could to make his horse giue him place by spurre switch and bridle yet the Poste was faine to giue him the way to whom in anger he said Thou paltry fellow dost thou not see I am a Poste The Scholler straight replyed And thou ignorant fellow dost thou not see that I ride vpon a Poste 41 A Fellow hauing more drinke then wit in â—â—â— winter euening made a foolish vowe â—â—â— take the wall of as many as hee met betwixâ—â—â— the Temple-bar and Charing-crosse and coâ—â—â— ming neere the Sauâ—y where stood a Poste aliâ—â— tle distance from the wall the drunkard tookâ— it for a man andâ— would haue the wall beâ—â—â— ginning to quarrell and giue the Poste fouâ— words at which a man came by and askedâ— the matter and whom he spake to he answered hee would haue the wall of that fellowâ—â—â— that stood so stifly there my friend said the other that is a Poste you must giue him thâ— way Is it so said the fellow a pox vpon him why did he not blow his horne 42 A Saylor being on a tyred horse riding from Dâ—uer to London his company prayd him to ride faster to whom he answered I can comâ—â— no faster doe you not see that I am be calm'd 43 TWo Gentlemen were iesting and one oâ— them cast away the others hat but the other catcht his hat off and put it on his owne head now fie fie quoth the other thou spoyâ—â—â— lest my hat wherewith said the other Marry said hee that was bareheaded theâ— spoyleâ—â— my hat with putting a Calues head into it 44 The figure Conuersion IF a Vintner doth draw me good wine vponâ— money or credit then hee is fitter to draw â—â—â— hang but if he draw me bad wine for good â—â—â— money then hee is much fitter to hang then â—â— draw 45 A Man hauing beene with a Doctor of Physicke to haue his aduise about some griefe he had when he came home his wife asked him what newes Marry said he my Physitian doth counsell me to drinke Asses milke euery morning fasting Why husband quoth the Woman I pray you tell me doth Master Doctor giue sucke 46 â—â—â—â—â— and valiant Captaine whom I could â—â—â—â—â—â— had a scarfe giuen him here in England and he sayling ouer into the Low-Counâ—â—â— an old Romane Catholike Lady of his acquaintance was very importunate to beg â—â—â— scarfe of him the Captaine asked her what â—â—â— would doe with it and said it was not â—â—â— for her wearing Shee answered him that â—â—â— would giue it her that Iesus Christ should â—â—â— it in the Church vpon holy daies meaning the Image Madam said the Captaine â—â—â— you will bring me word that euer his father â—â—â— such a scarfe then I will giue you this for him 47 BEtweene the houres of twelue and one at noone one asked mee what it was a clock â—nswered him it was little or nothing Hee demaunded of me what I meant by my answer I reply'd that it being not one of the â—â—â— it was to bee reckned or counted for â—â—ought for that which is lesser then one is â—â—â— or nothing 48 A Gentlewoman cheapned a Close-stoole in Paâ—ls Church-yard and the shop-keeper â—â—â— aske her too much money for it as shee thought Why mistris said hee I pray you â—â—â—der what a good locke and key it hath hee replyed that shee had small vse for either â—â—â— locke or key for shee purposed to put nothing into it but what
the seditious kill'd That with the stench of bodies putrifide A number numberles of people dyde And buriall to the dead they yeelded not But where they fell they let them stinke and rot That plague and sword and famine all three stroue Which should most bodies froÌ„ their soules remoue Vnsensible of one anothers woes The Soldiers then the liueles corpses throwes By hundreds and by thousands o're the walls Which when the Romans saw their dismall falls They told to Titus which when he perceiu'd He wept and vp t'ward heau'n his hands he heau'd And called on GOD to witnes with him this These slaughters were no thought or fault of his Those wretches that could scape from out the City Amongst their foes found â—oth reliefe and pity If the seditious any catch that fled Without remorse they straitway strook him dead Another misery I must vnfold A many Iewes had swallow'd store of gold Which they supposd should help them in their need But from this treasure did their â—aâ—e proceed For being by their en'mies fed and cherisht The gold was cause that many of them perisht Amongst them all one poore vnhappy creature Went priuatly to doe the need of Nature And in his Ordure for the Gold did looke Where being by the straggling soldiers tooke They ript him vp and searcht his maw to finde What Gold or Treasure there remain'd behind In this sort whilst the soldiers gap'd for gaine Was many a man and woman ript and slaine In some they found gold and in many none For had they gold or not gold all was one They were vnboweld by the barb'rous foe And search'd if they had any gold or no. But now my Story briefly to conclude Vespasians forces had the walls subdude And his triumphant Banner was displaide Amidst the streets which made the Iewes dismaid Who desp'rate to the Temple did retire Which with vngodly hands they set on fire Whilst Noble Titus with exceeding care Entreated them they would their Temple spare Oh saue that house quoth he ô quench oh slake And I will spare you for that Houses sake Oh let not after-times report a Storie That you haue burnt the worlds vnmatched glory For your owne sakes your children and your wiues If you doe looke for pardon for your liues If you expect grace from Vespasians hand Then saue your Temple Titus doth command The Iewes with hearts hard offred mercy heard But neither mercy or themselues regard They burnd and in their madnes did confound King Salomons great Temple to the ground That Temple which did thirty millions cost Was in a moment all consum'd and lost The blest Sanctum Sanctorum holiest place Blest oft with high Iehouahs sacred Grace Where at one offring as the Text sayes plaine Were two and twenty thousand Oxen slaine One hundred twenty thousand Sheepe beside At the same time for an oblation dide That house of God which raignes aboue the thunder Whose glorious fame made all the world to woÌ„der Was burnt and ransackt spight of humane aide And leuell with the lowly ground was laid Which when Vespasian and young Titus saw They cride kill kill vse speed and marshall Lavv The Roman soldiers then inspirde with rage Spard none slew all respect no sex or age The streets were drowned in a purple flood And slaughterd carcasses did swim in blood They slew whilst there were any left to slay The ablest men for slaues they bare away Iohn Simon and Eleazer wicked fiends As they deseru'd were brought to violent ends And from the time the Romanes did begin The siege vntill they did the Citty win Sedition sword fire famine all depriues Eleuen hundred thousand of their liues Besides one hundred thousand at the least Were tane and sold as each had beene a beast And from the time it was at first erected Till by the Remanes it was last deiected It stood as it in histories appeares Twenty one hundred seuenty and nine yeeres But yet ere God his vengeance downe did throw What strange prodigious wonders did he show As warnings how they should destruction shun And cause them to repent for deeds misdon First the Firmament Th' offended Lord Shewd them a Comet like a fiery sword The Temple and the Altar diuers nights Were all enuiron'd with bright burning lights And in the middest of the Temple there Vnnat'rally a Cow a Lambe did beare The Temples brazen gate no bolts restraine But of it selfe it open flew amaine Arm'd Men and Chariots in the Ayre assembled The pondrous Earth affrighted quak'd trembled A voyce cride in the Temple to this sence Let vs depart let vs depart from hence These supernat'rall accidents in summe Foretold some fearefull iudgement was to come But yet the Iewes accounted them as toyes Or scarcrow buggâ—beares to fright wanton â—oyes Secure they reuell'd in Ierusalem They thought these signes against their foes not them But yet when â—â—â—â— and death had all perform'd When ruine spoyle furious flames had storm'd Who then the desolated place had seene Would not haue knowne there had a Citty beene Thus Iuda and Ierusalem all fell Thus was fulfill'd what Christ did once foretell Sad deseletion all their ioyes bereft And one stone on another was not left FINIS TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE AND TRVELY VER I VOVS LADY and Noble Patronesse of good endeauours MARY Countesse of BVCKINGHAM Right Honourable Madame AS the Graces the Vertues the Senses and the Muses are emblem'd or alluded to your Noble sex and as all these haue ample residence in your worthy disposition To whom then but to your selfe being a Lady in goodnesse compleat should I commit the patronage of the memory of the great Lady of Ladies Mother to the High and Mighty Lord of Lords And though I a Taylor haue not apparell'd her in such garments of elocution and ornated stile as befits the glory and eminency of the least part of her Excellency yet I beseech your Honor to accepther for your owne worth and her Sonnes worthinesse which Son of hers by his owne merits and the powerfull mercy of his Father I heartily implore to giue your Honour a participation of his gracious Mothers eternall felicity Your Honours in all humble seruice to be commanded IOHN TAYLOR The Argument and cause of this Poem BEing lately in Antwerpe it was my fortune to ouerlooke an old printed booke in prose which I haue turned into verse of the life death and buriall of our blessed Lady wherein I read many things worthy of obseruation and many things friuolous and impertinent out of which I haue like a Bee suckt the sacred honey of the best authorities of Scriptures and Fathers which I best credited and I haue left the poyson of Antichristianisme to those where I found it whose stomackes can better digest it I haue put it to the Presse presuming it shall be accepted of Pious Protestants and charitable Catholikes as for luke-warme Nutarlists that are neither hot nor cold they doe offend my appetite and
therefore vp with them The Schismaticall Separaust I haue many times discourst with him and though hee be but a Botcher or a Button-maker and at the most a lumpe of opinionated ignorance yet he will seeme to wring the Scriptures to his opinions and presume to know more of the mysteries of Religion then any of our reuerend learned Bishops and Doctors I know this worke will be vnrelished in the pestiferous pallats of the dogmaticall Amsterdammarists but I doe must and will acknowledge a most reuerend honour and regard vnto the sacred memory of this blessed Virgin Lady Mother of our Lord and Redeemer IESVS and in my thoughts she shall euer haue superlatiue respect aboue all Angels Principalities Patriarkes Prophets Apostles Euangelists or Saints whatsoeuer vnder the blessed Trinity yet mistake me not as there is a difference betwixt the immortali Creator and a mortall creature so whilst I haue warrant sufficient from God himselfe to inuocate his name onely I will not giue Man Saint or Angell any honour that may bee derogatory to his Eternall Maiestie As amongst women she was blest aboue all being aboue all full of Grace so amongst Saints I beleeue she is supreme in Glory and it is an infallible truth that as the Romanists doe dishonour her much by their superstitious honourable seeming attributes so on the other part it is hellish and odious to God and good men either to forget her or which is worâ—e to remember her with impure thoughts or vnbeseeming speech for the excellency of so Diuine a Creature I confesse my selfe the meanest of men and most vnworthy of all to write of her that was the best of Women but my hope is that Charity will couer my faults and accept of my good meaning especially hauing endeuoured and striuen to doe my best So wishing all hearts to giue this holy Virgin such honour as may be pleasing to God which is that all should patterne their liues to her liues example in lowlinesse and humility and then they shall be exalted where she is in Glory with eternity IOHN TAYLOR THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE MOST BLESSED AMONGST ALL VVOMEN THE VIRGIN MARY The Mother of our Lord IESVS CHRIST BEfore the fire ayre water earth were fram'd Sunne Moone or any thing vnnam'd or naun'd God was who ne'r shal end nor ne'r began To whom all ages and all time 's a span By whose appointment each thing fades or growes And whose eternall knowledge all things knowes When Adams sinne pluck'd downe supernall lre And Iustice iudg'd him to infernall fire The Mercy did the execution stay And the great price of mans great debt did pay And as a Woman tempted Man to vice For which they both were thrust from Paradise So from a woman was a Sauiours birth That purchas'd Man a Heauen for losse of earth Our blest Redeemers Mother that blest Shee Before the World by God ordain'd to be A chosen vessell fittest of all other To be the Sonne of Gods most gracious Mother She is the Theame that doth my Muse inuite Vnworthy of such worthinesse to write I will no prayers nor inuocations frame For intercession to this heau'nly Dame Nor to her name one fruitlesse word shall runne To be my Mediatresse to her Sonne But to th' eternall Trinity alone I le sing He sigh He inuocate and mone I prize no creatures glory at that rate The great Creators praise t'extenuate But to th' Almighty ancunt of all dayes Be all dominion honour laud and praise I write the blest conception birth and life Of this beloued Mother Virgin Wife The ioyes the griefes the death and buriall place Of her most glorious gracious full of grace Her Father IOACHIM a vertuous man Had long liu'd childlesse with his wife S. ANNE And both of them did zealously intend If God did euer Sonne or Daughter send That they to him would dedicate it solely To be his seruant and to liue most holy God heard and granted freely their request And gaue them MARY of that sex the best At three yeeres age she to the Temple went And there eleu'n yeeres in deuotion spent At th' end of fourteene yeeres it came to passe This Virgin vnto IOSEPH spoused was Then after foure months time was past and gone Th' Almighty sent from his tribunall throne His great Ambassador which did vnfold The great'st ambassage euer yet was told Haile MARY full of heau'nly grace quoth he The high omnipotent Lord is with thee Blest amongst women oâ— Gods gracious doome And blessed be the fruâ—â— of thy blest wombe The Angels presence and the words he said This sacred vndefiled Maid dismaid Amazed musing what this message meant And wherefore God this messenger had sent Feare not said GAERIEL MARY most renown'd Thou with thy gracious God hast sauour foâ—â—â—â— For lo thou shalt conceiue and beare a Sunne By whom redemption and saluation's wonne And thou bis sauing Name shalt IESVS call Because hee'lâ— come to saue his people all She humbly mildly heau'ns high Nuncius heares But yet to be resolu'd of doubts and feares How can these things quoth she accomplisht be When no man hath knowledge had with me The Holy Ghost the Angell then replide Shall come vpon thee and thy God and guide The power of the most High shall shadow thee That Holy thing that of thee borne shall be Shall truely called be the Sonne of God Be whom Sinne Death and Hell shall downe be trod Then MARY to these speeches did accord And said Behold the hand-Maid of the Lord Be it to me ' according to ' thy well I am thine owne obedient seruant still This being said she turn'd her Angel tongne My soule doth magnist the Lord the song My spirit and all my faculties and doyce In God my Sauiour solely doth reioyce For though mans sinnes prouoke his grieuous wrath His humble hand-maid he remembred hath For now behold from this time hence I forth shall All generations me right blessed call He that is mighty me hath magnifide And bo'y is his name his mercies hide On them that feare him to prouoke his rage Throughout the spacious world from age to age With his strong arme he hath shew'd strength and batterd The proud and their imaginations scatterd He hath put downe the mighty from their seat The mecke and humble he exalted great To fill the hungry he is prouident When as the rich away are empty sent His mercies promis'd Abr'am and his seed He hath remembred and holpe Israels need This Song she sung with heart and holy spright To land her Makers mercy and his might And the like Song sung with so sweet a straine Was neuer nor shall e'r be sung againe When MARY by the Angels speech perceiu'd How old ELIZABETH a child conceiu'd To see her straight her pious minde was bent And to Ierusalem in three dayes she went And as the Virgin come from Nazareth Talk't with her kinfwoman ELIZABETH IOHN Baptist then vnnam'd an vnborne boy
pleasure And put repentance off to our last leasure To shew vs though we liu'd like Iewes and Turkes Yet Gods great mercy is aboue his workes To warne vs not presume or to despaire Here 's good example in this theeuing paire These seas of care with zealous fortitude This Virgin past among the multitude Oh gracious patterne of a sex so bad Oh the supernall patience that she had Her zeale her constancy her truth her loue The very best of women her doth proue Maids wiues and mothers all conforme your liues To hers the best of women maides or wiues But as her Sonnes death made her woes abound His resurrection all griefe did confound She saw him vanquish't and inglorious And after saw him Victor most victorious She saw him in contempt to lose his breath And after that she saw him conquer death She saw him blest a cursed death to dye And after saw him rise triumphantly Thus she that sorrowed most had comfort most Ioy doubly did returne for gladnesse lost And as before her torments tyranniz'd Her ioy could after not be equalliz'd Her Sonnes all-wondred resurrection Her Sauiours glorious ascension And last the Holy Ghost from heauen sent downe These mighty mercies all her ioyes did crowne Suppose a man that were exceeding poore Had got a thousand tunnes of golden ore How would his heart be lifted vp with mirth As this great masse of treasure most part earth But to be rob'd of all in 's height of glory Would not this lucklesse man be much more sory Then euer he was glad for in the minde Griefe more then ioy doth most abiding finde But then suppose that after all this lâ—sse The gold is well refined from the dresse And as the poore man doth his losse complaine His weath more pure should be relâ—â— againe Amidst his passions in this great reliefe I doubt not but his ioy would conquer griefe Euen so our bressed Lady hauing lost Her ioy her lewell she esteemed most Her all in all the heau'n and earths whole treasure Her gracious heart was grieued out of measure But when she found him in triumphant state No tongue or pen her ioy cou'd then relate She lost him poore and â—are and dead and cold She found him rich most glâ—â—â— to behold She lost him when vpon his backe was hurld The burthen of the sinnes of all the World She lost him mortall and immortall found him For crown of thorns a crown of glory crownd him Thus all her griefes her losse her cares and paine Return'd with ioyes inestimable gaine But now a true relation I will make How this blest Virgin did the world forsake 'T is probable that as our Sauiour bid Saint Iohn to take her home that so he did And it may be suppos'd she did abide With him and in his house vntill she dide Iohn did out-liue th'Apostles euery one For when Domitian held th' Imperiall Throne To th'Ile of Pathmos he was banisht then And there the Reuelation he did pen But whilst Iohn at Ierusalem did stay God tooke the blessed Virgins life away For after Christs Ascension it appeares She on the earth suruiued fifteene yeeres Full sixty three in all she did endure A sad glad pilgrimage a life most pure At sixty three yeeres age her life did fade Her soule most gracious was most glorious made Where with her Son her Sauiour her Lord God She euerlastingly hath her abode In such fruition of immortall glory Which cannot be describ'd in mortall story There mounted meelâ—e she sits in Maiesty Exalted there is her humility There she that was adorned full of Grace Beheld her Maker and Redeemers face And there she is amongst all blessed spirits By imputation of our Sauiours merits She there shall euer and for euer sing Eternall praise vnto th' Eternall King When she had paid the debt that all must pay When from her corps her soule was past away To Gethsemany with lamenting cheare Her sacred body on the Beere they beare There in the earth a Iewell was inter'd That was before all earthly wights prefer'd That Holy wife that Mother that pure Maid At Gethsemany in her graue was laid LENVOY This worke deserues the worke of better wit But I like Pilate say What 's writ is writ If it be lik'd poore artlesse I am glad And Charity I hope will mend what 's bad I know my selfe the meanest amongst men The most vnlearnedst that e'r handled pen But as it is into the world I send it And therefore pray commend it or come to end it FINIS TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE WORTHY and Learned Gentleman S r. THOMAS Richardson Knight Lord Chiefe Iustice of his Maiesties Court of Common Pleas and Speaker in the High Court of PARLIAMENT c. A double Anagramme THOMAS RICHARDSON AS MAN HONORDE CHRIT SO CHRIST HONERD A MAN YOur name includes that As Man honorde Christ So God againe through Christ honord a Man For if Man truely honor the most High'st Then Christ to honor Man both will and can Right Worthy Lord this in your name is true You honor Christ and Christ hath honord you RIGHT HONOVRABLE BVt that I am assured that your Noble disposition in all parts is sutable to the inside of this Booke I should neuer haue dared to Dedicate it to your Patronage for as it is a Diuine Poem so haâ—â— your Worship a religious heart As it hath an honest intention so haue you a brest euer full of â—â—â— thoughts which bring forth worthy actions as it is a whip or Scourge against all sorts of priat so hâ—â—e you euer beene an vfaigned louer of Courteous humanity and humility I humbly beseech your Honour although the method and stile be plaine to be pleased to giue it fauourable entertainment for the honesty that is in it and the dutifull affection of the Author Who is most obsequiously obliged to your Honour IOHN TAYLOR TO NO MATTER VVHO NO GREAT MATTER VVHERE YET TO BE READ THERE IS MATTER WHY ALTHOVGH NOT MVCH MATTER WHEN IT is no matter in whose hands or censure this my Superibae Flagellum or Whipping or Stripping of Pride fall into If it come into the view of true Nobility or Gentry I know it will be charitably accepted If into the hands of degenerate yongsters that esteeme Pride more then all the Liberall Sciences who account the foure Cardinall vertues inferiour to their owne carnall vices such a one will put me off with a scornefull tush a pish or a mew and commit my Booke to the protection of Ajax If a wise man reade it I know it will be discreetly censur'd if a Foole his Bolt is soone shot and I am arm'd against it if a Learned man peruse it he will beare with my bad Schollership if an vnlearned I care not for his opinion if a man of knowledge view it he will pardon my ignorance if an ignorant Asse see it he will bray out his owne if an honest rich man spy it he will be
Grasse And for a Sawce he seldome is at charges For euery Crabtree doth affoord him Vergis His banket sometimes is greene Beanes and Peason Nuts Peares Plumbes Appies as they are in season His musicke waytes on him in euery bush The Mauis Balfinch Blackbird and the Thrush The mounting Larke sings in the lofty Sky And Robin-redbrest makes him melody The Nightingale chants most melodiously The chirping Sparrow and the chattering Pye My neighbour Cuckow alwayes in one tune Sings like a Townesman still in May and Iune These feather'd Fidlers sing and leape and play The Begger takes delight and God doth pay Moreouer to accomplish his Content Ther 's nothing wants to please his sight or sent The Earth embrodered with the various hew Of Greene Red Yellow Purple Watched Blue Carnation Crimson Damaske spotles White And euery colour that may please the sight The odoriferons Mint the Eglantine The Woodbine Primcrose and the Cowslip fine The Honisuckle and the Dasfadill The fragrant Time delights the Begger still He may plucke Violets in any place And Rue but very seldome hearbe of Grace Hearts-case he hath and Loue and Idle both It in his bones hath a continuall growth His Drinke he neuer doth goe farre to looke Each Spring 's his Host his Hostesse is each Brooke Where he may quasse and to 't againe by fits And neuer stands in feare to hurt his wits For why that Ale is Grandam Natures brewing And very seldome sets her Guests a spewing Vnmixt and vnsophisticated drinke That neuer makes men stagger reele and winke Besides a Begger hath this pleasure more He neuer payes or neuer goes on score But let him drinke and quasse both night and day Ther 's neither Chalke nor Post or ought to pay But after all this single-soar'd small Ale I thinke it best to teâ—l a merry tale There was a Rich hard miserable Lord That kept a knauish Foole at bed and boord As Great men oft affected haue such Elues And lou'd a Foole as they haue lou'd themselues But Nature to this Foole such vertue gaue Two simples in one Compound Foole and Knaue This Noble Lord ignobly did oppresse His Tenants raising Rents to such excesse That they their states not able to maintaine They turn'd starke Beggers in a yeere or twaine Yet though this Lord were too too miserable He in his House kept a wels furnish'd Table Great store of Beggers dayly at his Gate Which he did feed and much Compassionate For 't is within the power of mighty men To make fiue hundred Beggers and feed Ten. At last vpon a time the Lord and 's Foole Walk'd after dinner their hot bloods to coole And seeing three or fourescore Beggers stand To seeke reliefe from his hard-clutched hand The Nobleman thus spake his Foole vnto Quoth he what shall I with these Beggers doe Since quoth the Foole you for my Iudgement call I thinke it best we straightwayes hang them all That were great pitty then the Lord reply'd For them and me our Sauiour equall dy'd to Th' are Christians although Beggers therefore yet Hanging 's vncharitable and vnfit Tush said the Foose they are but beggers tho And thou canst spare them therefore let them goe If thou wilt doe as thou hast done before Then canst in one yeere make as many more And he that can picke nothing from this tale Then set him with the Bergger drinke small Ale Thus is a Begger a strange kinde of creature And begg'ry is an Art that liues by Nature For he neglect all Trades all Occupations All functions Mysteries Artes and Corporations Hee 's his owne Law and doth euen what he sist And is a perfit right Gimnosophist A Philosophicall Pythagoras That without care his life away doth passe * A Begger neuer growes mad with too much study A Lawyer must for what he gets take paines And study night and day and toyle his braines With diligence to sift out Right from wrong Writes trauels pleads with hands feet tong And for to end Debate doth oft debate With Rhetoricke and Logicke Intricate And after all his trauell and his toyle If that part which he pleads for get the soyle The Clyent blames the Lawyer and the Lawes And neuer mindes the badnes of his Cause T is better with a Begger that is dumbe Whose tongue-lesse mouth doth onely vtter mam In study and in care no time he spends * Dumbe Rhetoricke mooues Charity And hath his businesse at his fingers ends And with dumbe Rhetoricke with Logick mute Liues and gaines more then many that Dispute * The weake Beggers haue great aduantage ouer the strong If case a Begger be old weake or ill It makes his gaines and commings in more still When Beggers that are strong are paid with mocks Or threatned with the Cage the Whip or Stocks Hee 's better borne then any Prince or Peere In 's Mothers wombe three quarters of a yeere * Beggers for the most pâ—â— well borne And when his birth hath made her belly slacke Shee foure or fiue yeeres beares him at her backe He liues as if it were grim Saturnes Raigne Or as the golden age were come againe * Vertues that Beggers haue Moreouer many vertues doe attend On Beggers and on them doe they depend * Humility Patience Fortitude Temperance Humility's a Vertue and they are In signe of Humblenesse continuall bare And Patience is a vertue of great worth Which any begger much expresseth forth I saw a Begger Rayl'd at yet stood mute Before a Beadle of but base repute For Fortitude a Begger doth excell There 's nothing can his valiant courage quell Nor heate or cold thirst hunger Famines rage He dares out-dare Stocks whipping-posts or Cage Hee 's of the greatest Temperance vnder heauen And for the most part feeds on what is giuen He waytes vpon a Lady of high price * It waytes on Charity worthy bountifull Mistris Whose birth-place was coelestiall Paradice One of the Graces a most heauely Dame And Charity 's her all-admired Name Her hand 's ne'r shut her glory is in giuing On her the Begger waytes and gets his liuing His State 's more * Antiquity ancient then a Gentleman He from the Elder brother Cain began Of Runagates and vagabonds he was The first that wandring o're the earth did passe But what 's a Vagabond and a Runagate â—â—ie Anagramatiz'd I will relate RVNAGATE Anagram A GRAVNTE VAGABONDE Anagram GAVE A BOND And many well-borne Gallants mad and fond Haue with a Graunt so often Gaue a Bond And wrap'd their states so in a Parchment skin They Vagabonds and Runagates haue bin * Beggery descended from Cain who was the first man that euer was borne and heire apparant to the whole world A Begger 's nob'ly borne all men will yeeld His getting and his birth b'ing in the field And all the world knowes 't is no idle fable To say and sweare the field is * Honour
Then Tim Tatters a most valiant villaine with an Ensigne made of a piece of a Bakers mawkin fiâ—t vpon a Broome-staffe he displaies his dreadfull colours and calling the ragged Regiment together makes an illiterate Oration stuft with most plentifull want of discretion the conclusion whereof is that somewhat they will doe but what they know not Vntill as last comes marching vp another troope of Tarterdemalians proclayming wars against no matter who so they may be doing Then these youths arm'd with cudgels stones hammers rules trowels and hand-sawes put Play houses to the sacke and Bawdy-houses to the spoyle in the quarrell breaking a thousand quarrels of glasse I meane making ambitious brickbats breake their neckes tumbling from the tops of lofty chimnies terribly vntyling houses ripping vp the bowels of feather-beds to the inriching of vpholsters the profit of Plaisterers and Dirtdawbers the game of Glasiers Ioyners Carpenters Tylers and Bricklayers And which is worse to the contempt of Iustice for what auailes it for a Constable with an army of reuerend iusty Bill-men to command peace to these beasts for they with their pockets in stead of Pistols well char'd with stone-shot discharge against the Image of Authority whole volleyes as thicke as hayle which robustions repulse puts the better sort to the worser part making the band of vnscowred Halberdiers retyre faster then euer they came on and shew exceeding discretion in prouing tall men of their heeles Thus by the vnmanerly maners of Shroue-Tuesday Constables are baffled Bawds are bang'd Punckes are pillag'd Panders are plagued and the chiefe Commanders of these valourous villiacoes for their reward for all this confusion doe in conclusion purchase the inheritance of a Iayle to the commodity of Iaylors and discommodity to themselues with a fearefull expectation that Tiburne shall stoppe their throats and the Hangman take possession of their coates or that some Beadle in bloody Characters shall imprint their faults on their shoulders So much for Shroue-Tuesday Iacke-a-Lents Gentleman Vsher these haue beene his humours in former times but I haue some better hope of reformation in him hereafter and indeed I wrote this before his comming this yeere 1617. not knowing how hee would behaue himselfe but tottering betwixt Despaire and Hope I leaue him Shroue-Tuesday hauing plaid these parts aforesaid doth Exit and next day Lent begins to enter who is entertained by a graue formall Reuerend States-man call'd Ciuill Policy But you must vnderstand that Lent would very faine take vp his lodging here with Religion but Religion will not be acquainted with him and therefore Ciuill Policy hath the managing of the businesse But it is a wonder to see what Munition and Artillery the Epicures and Caniball Flesh-eaters doe prouide to oppose Lent and keepe him out at the staffes end as whole barrels of poudered beefe blow him vp tubs of Porke to pistoll and shoote him through with his kindred hunger famine and desolation Baricadoes of Bacon as strong and impregnable Bulwarkes against inuasiue battery Which Ciuill Policy perceiuing causeth Proclamations straight to be published for the establishing of Lents Gouernment but then to see how the Butchers like silenc'd Schismaticks are disperst some â—iding into the Countrey to buy Oxen Kine Calues Sheepe and Lambs leauing their wiues men and maides to make prouision of Pricks for the whole yeere in their absence some againe of the inferior sort doe scout into Stables Priuies Sellers Sir Francis Drakes Ship at Detford my Lord Mayors Barge and diuers secret and vnsuspected places and there they make priuate Shambles with kil-calfe cruelty and Sheepe-slaughtering murther to the abuse of Lent the deceiuing of the Informers and the great griese of euery zealous Fishmonger For indeed Lent in his owne nature is no blood-sucker nor cannot indure any bloodshed and it is his intent that the Bull the Oxe the Ram the Goat the Buck or any other beast should be free to liue in any Corporation without molestation it is Lents intent that the innocent Lambe and Essex Calfe should suruiue to weare the crest of their Ancestors that the Goose the Buzzard the Widgeon and the Woodcocke may walke fearelesse in any market Towne checke by ioâ—e with a Headborow or a Tithingman The Cut-throats Butchers wanting throats to cut At Lents approach their bloody Shambles shut For forty dayes their tyranny doth cease And men and beasts take truce and liue in peace The Cow the Sow the Ewe may safely feed And lough grunt bleate and fructifie and breed Cocks Hens Capons Turkey Goose Widgeon Hares Conyes Pheasant Partridge Plouer Pidgeon All these are from the breake-neck Poulters pawes Secur'd by Lent and guarded by the lawes The goaring Spits are hang'd for fleshly sticking And then Cookes fingers are not worth the licking But to recount the numberlesse Army that Lent doth conduct the great Munition and Artillery that he hath to withstand those that gainstand him his weapons of offence and defence and variety of hostile Acoustrements that his hoast is arm'd withall if I should write all these things my memory must bee boundlesse because my worke would be endlesse First marches Sir Lawrence Ling with his Regiment an ancient Sea-faring Gentleman next followes Colonell Cod oftentimes bleeding fresh in the Battell then comes Captaine Stocke-fish a well beaten Souldier and one that is often proued to endure much Sir Salmon Salt in a pittifull Pickle valiantly abides the conflict and Gilbert Gubbins all to tatters like a ragged souldier many times pieces out a broken supper The maiesticall king of Fishes the heroicall most magnificent Herring arm'd with white and red keepes his Court in all this hurly-burly â—not like a tyrannicall teare throat in open armes but like wise Dtogenes in a Barrell where if any of his Regiments either doe or take iniury though he want the sword of Iustice yet he hath the scales which I imagine he carries not for nought The great Lord Treasurer to this mighty Prince old Oliuer Cob is very inward with him and knowes more of his secrets then all his Priuy Counsell besides when his hard-rowd Master meanes to shew himselfe in his red bloody colours then in fury he associates himselfe with two notorious Rebels Iacke Straw and Iacke Cade who doe incompasse him round and beleager him on each side guarding his person from the fury of wind and weather The wet Fishmongers all this while like so many Executioners vnkennell the salt Ecles from their brinie Ambuscadoes and with marshall Law hang them vp the Stock-fish hauing tryed a terrible action of battry is condemned to be drown'd the Ling Haberdine Greene-fish and Cole-fish are drawne and quarâ—ered into poles backes and tailes and like Rebels in Ireland hang'd with a withe nay the King of fishes himselfe cannot escape but â—â—â—yrannically broyld vpon a Gridiron Then comes Iacke-sauce with a spoon creeping out of a Mustard pot arm'd in a pewter sawcer a desperate fellow and one that dares take Dauy Ap Diggon or
tooke leaue of hunting â—or that yeere and tooke our iourney toward â—â— strong house of the Earles called Ruthen in â—â—â—â—â— where my Lord of Engie and his Noble Countesse being daughter to the Earle of Argile did giue vs most noble welcome three dayes From thence we went to a place called Ballo â—â—â—â—â— a faire and stately house a worthie Gentleman being the Owner of it called the â—â—â—â—â— of Graunt his wife being a Gentlewoman honourably descended being sister to â—heright Honourable Earle of Atholl and to Sir Patricke Murray Knight she being both inwardly and outwardly plentifully adorned with the gifts of Grace and Nature so that â—â—â— cheere was more then sufficient and yet much lesse then they could affoord vs. There â—â—â—â— there foure dayes foure Earles one â—â—â—â— diuers Knights and Gentlemen and their seruants footmen and horses and euery â—â—â—â— foure long Tables furnished with all varieties Our first second course being threeâ—core dishes at one boord and after that alwayes a Banquet and there if I had not forâ—ornee wine till I came to Edenborough I thinke â— had there dranke my last The fifth day with much adoe we gate from thence to Tarnaway a goodly house of the Earle of Murrayes where that right Honourable Lord and his Lady did welcome vs foure dayes more There was good cheere in all variety with some what more then plenty for aduantage for indeed the Countie of Murray is the most pleasantest and plentifull Countrey in all Scotland being plaine land that a Coach may be driuen more then foure and thirtie miles one way in it alongst by the Sea-coast From thence I went to Elgen in Murray an ancient Citie where there stood a faire and beautifull Church with three steeples the walls of it and the steeples all yet standing but the Roofes Windowes and many Marble Monuments and Toombes of honourable and worthie personages all broken and defaced this was done in the time when ruine bare rule and Knox knock'd downe Churches From Elgen we went to the Bishop of Murray his house which is called Spinye or Spinaye a Reuerend Gentleman he is of the Noble name of Dowglasse where wee were very well wel-comed as befitted the honour of himselfe and his guests From thence we departed to the Lord Marquesse of Huntleyes to a sumptuous house of his named the Bogg of Geethe where our entertainement was like himselfe free bountifull and honourable There after two dayes stay with much entreatie and earnest suite I gate leaue of the Lords to depart towards Edenborough the Noble Marquesse the Earle of Marr Murray Engie Bughan and the Lord Erskin all these I thanke them gaue me gold to defray my charges in my iourney So after fiue and thirty dayes hunting and trauell I returning past by another stately mansion of the Lord Marquesses called Strobeggi and so ouer Carny monnt to Breekin where a wench that was borne deafe and dumb came into my chamber at midnight I being asleepe and shee opening the bed would faine haue lodged with mee but had I beene a Sardanapalus or a Heliogabalus I thinke that either the great trauell ouer the Mountaines had tamed me or if not her beautie could neuer haue moued me The best parts of her were that her breath was as sweet as sugar-carrion being very well shouldered beneath the waste and as my Hostesse told me the next morning that she had changed her Maiden-head for the price of a Bastard not long before But howsoeuer shee made such a hideous noyse that I started out of my sleepe and thought that the Deuill had beene there but I no sooner knew who it was but I arose and thrust my dumb beast out of my chamber and for want of a locke or a latch I staked vp my doore with a great chaire Thus hauing escaped one of the seuen deadly sinnes as at Breekin I departed from thence to a Towne called Forfard and from thence to Dundee and so to Kinghorne Burnt Iland and so to Edenborough where I stayed eight dayes to recouer my selfe of falls and bruises which I receiued in my trauell in the High-land mountainous hunting Great welcome I had shewed me all my stay at Edenborough by many worthy Gentlemen namely old Master George Todrigg Master Henry Leuing flow Master Iames Henderson Master Iohn Maxwell and a number of others who suffered mee to want no wine or good cheere as may be imagined Now the day before I came from Edenborough I went to Leeth where I found my long approued and assured good friend Master Benianâ—â—â— Iohnson at one Master Iohn Stuarts house I thanke him for his great kindnesse towards me for at my taking leaue of him he gaue me a piece of gold of two and twenty shillings to drink his health in England And withall willed me to remember his kind commendations to all his friends So with a friendly farewell I left him as well as I hope neuer to see him in a worse estate for he is amongst Noblemen and Gentlemen that knowe his true worth and their owne honours where with much respectiue loue he is worthily entertained So leauing Leeth I return'd to Edenborough and within the port or gate called the Netherbowe I discharged my pockets of all the money I had and as I came pennilesse within the walls of that Citie at my first comming thither so now at my departing from thence I came moneylesse out of it againe hauing in company to conuey me out certaine Gentlemen amongst the which was Master Iames Atherson Laird of Gasford a Gentleman that brought mee to his house where with great entertainement he and and his good wife did welcome me On the morrow he sent one of his men to bring me to a place called Adam to Master Iohn Acmootye his house one of the Groomes of his Maiesties Bed-chamber where with him and his two brethren Master Alexander and Master Iames Acmootye I found both cheer and Welcome not inferiour to any that I â—â—â—â— had in any former place Amongst our viands that wee had there â— must not forget the Soleand Goose a moâ—â— delicate Fowle which breeds in great aboâ—dance in a little Rocke called the Basse which stands two miles into the Sea It is very good flesh but it is eaten in the forme as wee â—â—â— Oysters standing at a side-boord a little before dinner vnsanctified without Grace and after it is eaten it must be well liquored with two or three good rowses of Sherrie or Câ—â—rie sacke The Lord or Owner of the Basse doâ— profit at the least two hundred pound yeerâ—â— by those Geese the Basse it selfe being of â— great height and neere three quarters of a mile in compasse all fully replenished with Wildfowle hauing but one small entrance â— to it with a house a garden and a Chappâ— in it on the toppe of it a Well of pure frâ—â—â— water From Adam Master Iohn and Master Iâ—â—â— Acmootye went to the Towne of Dunbarr â—â—â—â— me where ten
full of filiall piety and officious respect I haue written two letters to my Vncle Williams since I came forth of England and no more whereof one from the Mogols Court the last yeere iust at the same time that I wrote vnto you and another now which I sent iointly by the same Messenger that carried yours out of India by Sea Once more I recommend you and all our hearty wel-willers and friends to the gracious tuition of the Lord of Hosts I pray you remember my duty to Master Hancocke that reuerend and Apostolicall good old man and his wife if they are yet liuing to their Sonnes Thomas and Iohn and their Wiues The Author of the Verse takes leaue of the Author of the Prose desiring rather to see him then to beare from him THose Rimes before thy meaning doth vnclose Which men perhaps haue bluÌ„dred ore in Prose And 't is a doubt to me whose paines is more Thou that didst write or they that read them o're My Scullers muse without or Art or Skill In humble seruice with a Gooses quill Hath tane this needlesse fruitlesse paines for thee Not knowing when thou l't doe as much for me But this is not the first nor shall not be The last I hope that I shall write for thee For wheÌ„ newes thou wast drown'd did hither come I wrote a mournefull Epicedium And after when I heard it was a lye I wrote of thy suruiuing presently Laugh and be fat the Scullers booke and this Shew how my minde to thee addicted is My loue thee hath euermore beene such That in thy praise I ne'r can write too much And much I long to see thee here againe That I may welcome thee in such a straine That shall euen cracke my pulsiue pia mater In warbling thy renowne by land and water Then shall the Fame which thou hast won on foot Mongst HeatheÌ„s Iews Turks Negroes black as soot Ride on my best Inuention like an asse To the amazement of each Owliglasse Till when fare well if thou canst get good fare Content's a feast although the feast be bare Let Eolus and Neptune be combinde With Sea auspicious and officious winde In thy returne with speed to blow thee backe That we may laugh lie downe and mourne in Sacke Iohn Taylor A Bawd A vertuous Bawd a modest Bawd As Shee Deserues reproue or else applaud DEDICATED TO THE NEITHER NOBLE OR JGNOBLE LORD OR LADY KIND OR CRVELL learned or ignorant curteous or currish Christian or Barbarian Man or Woman rich or poore but to all and euery one in generall and particular MOnsieur and Madam Hydra to your many heads and variety of Censures I haue made bold to dedicate a poore harmelesse modest honest and innocent Bawd I know great persons of worth and honour are daily so visited with penurious shreds of Schollership fragments of Hexameters and Pentameters scraps of Poetry the Scum and dreggs of wit and the froth and lees of wisdome one salutes my Lords Lordship at Breakefast with a funerall Elegie lamentably written and is most miserably rewarded for his kindnesse Another bunts out his Worships vngentlemanly Knighthood hauing most intolerably belaboured his name with an Acrosticke or Anagram which out of his vacuity of worthinesse hee rewards with not a peny A third hath belyed such a Lady or Gentle womans beauty and qualities in most abominable fashion setting her forth for faire and vertuous for the which hee is rewarded according to the subiect hee wrote of and his owne demerits with as much as comes to nothing For these and some ether respects I thought it not fit to desire the patronage of any one person in particular it being a subiect that is common to all for all or any As men are dispersed uniuersally through the world so a Bawd being an vniuersall creature whose function is publikely scattered I thought it not pertinent or accommodating that shee should be priuately protected by any Therefore at shee hath beene and is for all so I dedicate her to all knowing that all are better able to reward the Poet then one alone And this is further to aduertise the Reader that where I doe speake of spirituall Bawds Bawdry Adultery or Fornication that I haue auoyded prophanity obseenity scurrility and all manner of inciuilitie or indecency not meddling with religion at all bâ—t with a pittifull derision and merry reprehension explaining the abuses soppish and sottish corruptions that like so many Cankers or Caterpillers haue and doe daily eate consume and putrifie both the Puritie and Pietie of that Religion which boasts it selfe to be most Primitiue and Catholike For the other part of this Booke or Bawd shee is altogether ciuill or temporall being not troubled so much as with one good Ecclesiasticall word but meerely Paradoxicall setting forth ther are and singular vertues of a Bawd wherein if any of my Readers can picke any pleasure it is an apparant signe they haue some wit and if they reape any profit let them either thanke me in words or elsereward mee with silence Yours so farre and no further then you are mine IOHN TAYLOR A Bawd MY Verse is honest seemely neat and cleane Yet is my Theame polluted and obsceane He touch foule pitch yet will not be defilde My Muse shall wade through dirt and not be soild The Sun on noysome Dunghils shines as well As on faire flowers that doe fragrant smell The Ayre by which wee liue doth euery where Breathe still alike vpon the poore and Peere The Sea beares many an old despised * VVitnesse my paper Boat Boat Yet on the Sea the best ships doe but float And Earth allowes to all her scatterd brood Food Clothes and lodging to the bad and good Yet Sun Ayre Sea nor Earth receiue disgrace By any bounty which they giue the base Euen so my Muse free from all foule intetnts Doth take eâ—â—â—ple from the Elements In laying better studies by a while And in clean fashion write a beastly stile Yet will I not my sense or meaning marre With tearmes obscure or phrases fetcht from farre Nor will I any way equiuocate With words sophisticall or intricate Vtopian-Fustianisme poore heathen Greeke To put my Readers wits to groape and seeke Small eloquence men must expect from me My Schollership will name things as they be I thinke it good plaine English without fraud To call a Spade a Spade a Bawd a Bawd Two little Pamphlets I haue wrote before Which I was bold to call a Thiefe and Whore Yet was my Whore so chaste that shee had not From end to end one foule offensiue spot Nor did my Thiefe from any man purloyne Or liu'd by filching either goods or coyne And now by chance it came into my mind That with the Bawd my pen was much behind â—â—y Where was honest and my Thiefe was true And in this sort I le giue the Bawd her due â—range fruit from my poore barren labours springs â—â— modestly must vse immodest things
and contriu'd it still He laid the Plot and did the Act fulfill So that of all the Bawdes that euer were The Deuill himselfe the bell away doth beare Yet all his whoring base Idolatry Did seeme Religious zealous sanctitie As thus He blinded and withdrew people so faâ—â— from the seruice and knowledge of the trâ—â— God that they prayed to Pomona for the â—â—â—â— crease of their fruit to Ceres for Corne anâ—â—â—â—â— Graine to Siluanus for wilde-fowle to Bacâ—â— for wine to Neptune for fish to Mars for thâ— successe of Warres and Captaines to Phoebus for Physicke and Musicke to Saturne for â—â—â—â— bourers and workmen in husbandry to Pallâ—â— for valour to Minerua for wisdome to Iâ—â—â—â— for men of state and port to Iuno for Pompâ—â— and Iewels to Vulcan for fire and lightening to Venus for beauty and lasciuious pleasure to Luna for calmnes and faire weather to Plâ—â—â—â— for riches to Mercury for learning and eloâ— quence to Flora for flowers to Proteus for disguises to Pan for Pypers to Eolus for winâ—â—â—â— and stormes to Bellona for battels and conquests to Lucina for women with child to Faunus for Goats and Venison to Clothâ— for spinning out the threed of life to Lachesis for wynding or reeling it and to Atropos for cutting it off nay he led them into more indiculous sorts of spirituall adultery as to worship with religious adoration Cats Dogges Toades Beetles Serpents Fooles Madmeâ— Priuies Onions Garlicke and many other damnable inuentions not to be numbred Neuerthelesse whosoeuer will but looke into the lying Legend of Golden Gullery there they shall finde that the poore seduced ignorant Romanists doe imitate all the idolatrous fornication of the Heathen Pagans and Infidels and that they put their Hee and Shee Saints to farre more baser and ignominioâ—s offices then these vnbeleeuers of former ages did dare to put vpon their vaine imaginarie gods as they make Saint Crespin a Shoomaker and Saint Roch the Patron Sowters and Coblers they put Saint Wendelin to keepe sheepe and they make Saint Pelage a Cowheard or Neatheard Saint Anthony hath the protection of their Swine Saint Vitus or Vitellus alias Saint Calfe an excellent patron or proctor to cure those that are bitten of a Spider called Tarrantulla or Phallanx They acknowledge Saint Gertrude for an excellent Rat-catcher and Saint Hubert for a good Dogge-keeper some say a cunning Hâ—â—â—isman the Smiths must pray to Saint Eloye the Painters to Saint Luke the Baâ—ers must inuocate Saint Honore the Mariâ—â—rs Saint Nicholas Saint Yue is for the Lawyers and Saint Anne to finde things that are stolne or lost whilst Saint Leonard is the onely Saint to set prisoners at liberty by opening the doores in the night and make their Shacâ—les fall off without any noyse or knocking Besides they make Iob a Physician to cure the Pox when as that foule disease was not known in any part of the world in many hundred yeeres after Iobs daies for in the yeere 1496 Charles the eight being then the French King the Pox was brought from Naples into France hauing but a little before beene very thriftily by the Spaniards purchased from the Americans or West Indians And therefore they doe Iob wrong to make a Mountebank of him in ascribing cures to him beyond his skill or knowledge but all is one for that he must be content with his office as Saint Valentine is with the falling sicknesse Saint Roch with â—cabbes and scurfes Saint Schastian with the Plague Saint Euâ—rope the dropsie Saint â—â—â—â— the Gout Saint Petronella the Ague be any Feuer Saint Apollonia the Tooth-â—ch * A Glister of holy water I thinke would better driue on the Deuill Saint Romane they say dispossesseth â—ineâ—s out of the possessed and Saint Maâ—â—â—â— is the madde mens Saint to cure the â—â—enzie It is to be doubted that Physicians and Chirurgians haue small takings where all these skilâ—full Saints are so imployed except â—ow and then they get a Patient by chance when the good Saint is ouer-busâ—ed or not at â—â—â—â—â—ure Moreouer there is a great contention amongst them to whatâ— Saint they shall commit the keeping of their Ceese some will haue Saint Anâ—och some Saint Gâ—llâ—â—ct and some Saint Fortall the businesse is very weighty and requires mature deliberation and ripe iudgement some there are that would depriue Saint Wendeliâ—â— before named of his keeping Sheepe and bestow the place vpon Saint Wolfe which is a very vnsurable name for a Shepheard By this which hath beene said the Reader may perceiue what a cunning Bawd the Deuil is to adulterate the true seruice of the eternall God with these whorish Inuentions And so though I could amplifie this point to a larger extent in describing spirituall Bawdes and Bawdry yet now I thinke fitting to auoid rediousnesse and to treat of this subiect in other garbes and fashions It is reported by Henry Stephens in his Apologie or defence of Herodotes the first Booke 21. Chapter page 182. That a merry disposed Priest got a pretty lasse behinde the high Altar vpon a Good Friday in the morning where he thought all the Hee and Shee Saints were contented to keepe Counsell but it was knowne to the Legate of Auinion by the intelligence of no Saint which Legate after hee had wisely considered on what day and time and in what place the cleanly conueyance was acted hee out of his charity concluded a Priest to be mortal and that flesh was fraile for which respects vpon promise of amendment he was absolued and released Moreouer great * Emperours haue beene Bawdes Emperours and Kings haue beene Bawdes as Suelonius Tranquilius writes of Tyberius Cesar that hee had Cells Caues and Vaults in his house where hee had a nursery of whores and oftentimes would haue the execrable â—â—â—â— committed in his presence The Emperour Domitian followed his admirable example and Heliogabolus went so farre beyond them in the art of Bawdry that hee made Punyes of them both And of later yeeres a * A king of Castile or Spaine Bawd to his owne wife King of Castile called Henry the vnable because hee could not haue a childe by his wife to inherit after him he kindly entreated one of his Lords to take the paines to beget an heire for him There was a rich Burger of Antwerp a Mercer by his trade who was a Bawd to his owne wife though it was against his will or knowledge but I blame him not for I doubt hee hath many more fellowes as innocent and ignorant as himselfe but this was the case his wife wearing Corke shooes was somewhat light-heel'd and like a foule player at Irish sometimes shee would beare a man too many and now and then make a wrong Entrance The summe was that shee lou'd a Doctor of Physicke well and to attaine his company shee knew no better or safer way then to faine her selfe sicke that hee vnder the colour of visitation might feele her pulses and apply such cordiall Remedies as might
He like a partiall Iaylor oft doth deale Permits his goodnesse neuer to appeare And lets his badnesse ramble any where So Rorers Rascals Banquerouts politicke With money or with friends will finde a tricke Their Iaylor to corrupt and at their will They walke abroad and take their pleasure still Whilst naked vertue beggerly despis'd Beleguerd round with miseries surpris'd Of hope of any liberty defeated For passing of his word is meerely cheated And dungeond vp may tell the wals his mones And make relation to the senselesse stones Where sighs and grones teares may be his feast Whil'st man to man is worse than beast to beast Till death he there must take his fad abode Whil'st craft and coozenage walke at will abroad Thus these comparisons doe well agree Man to a Iayle may fitly likened bee The thought whereof may make him wish with speed To haue his prisoned soule releast and freed Thus Iayles and meditations of a Iayle May serue a Christian for his great auaile But now my Muse thus long in bondage pent Begins to thinke of her infranchizement And hauing of a Prison spoke her part She mounts vnto the Hangman and his Art THE NECESSITIE OF HANGING OF Hangings there 's diuersity of fashions Almost as many as are sundry Nations For in the world all things so hanged are That any thing vnhang'd is strange and rare Earth hangs in the concauity of Water And Water hangs within the Ayeres matter The Ayre hangs in the Fierie continent Thus Element doth hang in Element Without foundation all the Massie Globe Hangs which the skies encompasse like a Robe For as an a Simile egge the yolke within the white The white within the skin 's enuellop'd quite The skin within the shell doth outmost lye Eu'n so these Elements hang midst the side First all the world where mortals liue we see Within the Orbe of Luna hanged be Aboue her Mercurie his course doth steere And next aboue him is bright Vâ—â—â—s Sphere And in the fourth and middle firmament Sol keepes his hot and fiery Regiment Next aboue that rans Mars that star of warre Beyond him Iupiter that Iouiall starre Then last is fullen Saturnes ample bounds Who once in thirty yeeres the world surrounds This earthly Globe for which men fight brawle Compar'd to Heauen is like an b All the world is in comparison for greatnesse to the eauens as a hand-worme of a Nit may be compared to the world Attom small Or as a Needles point compar'd to it So it to Heauen may be compared fit And it doth Hang and hath its residence I' th centre of the skies circumference Thus to proue Hanging naturall I proue c Wee liue in a hanging world We in a Hanging world doe liue and moue Man is a little world wherein we see The great worlds abstract or epitomie And if we note each linament and lim There are not many parts vnhang'd of him His haire which to his head and beard belongs Hangs if not turn'd vp with the Barbers tongs His armes his hands his legges and feet we know Doe all hang pendant downe wards as they grow Ther 's nothing of him that doth hanging skip Except his eares his nether teeth and lip And when he 's crost or sullen any way He mumps and lowres and hangs the lip they say That I a wise mans sayings must approue Man is a tree whose root doth grow aboue Within his braines whose sprigs branches rooâ— From head to foot grow downward to the ground Thus world to world and man to man dothcall And tels him Hanging is most naturall The word Dependant doth informe our reason That Hanging will be neuer out of season All that depends doth hang which doth expresse That d Rich men are poore mens Gallowses Great men are like Iybbets for the lesse It is an old phrase many yeeres past gone That such a Lord hath many hangers on Thereby describing that all mens Attendants As it were hangers on were call'd e All dependants are hangers on Dependance And sure of all men they are best indeed Who haue most hangers on to cloath and feed For he that hath the meanes and not the grace To helpe the needie is a Miser base Hee 's no good Steward but a hatefull Thiefe That keepes from good Dependants their reliefe And of all Theeues he hanging doth deserue Who e All dependants are hangers on hath the power to feed and lets men steâ— To end this point this consequence I 'll grant He that hath wealth no hangers on can want For since the time that mankinde first began It is a destinie ordain'd to man The meane vpon the mighty should depend And all vpon the Mightiest should attend Thus through all ages Countries and Dominions We each on other hang like ropes of Onions Some wealthy slaues whose consciences condem Will hang themselues left others hang on them And some spend all on Hangers on so fast That they are forc'd to steale and hang at last If they from these Extremes themselues could weâ—â— There is betwixt them both a Golden meane Which would direct their superfluities They would not hang themselues for niggardine Nor wastefully or prodigally spend Till want bring them to hanging in the end And they and many others by their purse Might scape that hanging which is cald a curse f That 's a Roague There 's many a * That 's an Asse Gallant made of foole and feather Of Gold and Veluet Silke and Spanish leather Whose lagged Hangers on haue mou'd my minde â—osce prids goe goe before and shame behinde With scarce a button or an elboe whole â—â—ch or any shooe that 's worth a sole These that like golden Iybbets and their traines â—â— like poore tatter'd Theeues hang'd vp in chains â—â—â— that doth suffer Whores or Theeues or Knaues â—â—â— flattering Villaines or such kinde of slaues To hang vpon him and knowes what they are That man into a Gallowse I compare That Vintner I account no friend of mine Who for good money drawes me scuruie wine â—â—â— by the rule of Conscience not of Law That he is fitter made to hang then draw The Lawyer that at length doth spin mens causes With false delays and dilatory clauses Who makes a trade to broach and draw contention For him a hanging were a good preuention â—â— hols Muse come backe you beare my Rime To hanging in good carnest ere the time There are a many sorts of hangings yet Behinde which I by no meanes must forget The hanging is a necessary thing Which is a pretty gamball cald a a A Swing or stretch for exercise andâ— Swing And men of good repute I oft haue seene To hang and stretch and totter for the spleene This hanging is a military course Not by the Law but strength of armes and force Thâ—s euery morning for a little spurt â—â—â—man may hang himselfe and doe no hurt This hanging oft like Tyburne hath a tricke
his Kingdome And let vs but marke and consider the plagues and punishments that God hath inflicted vpon Murderers Adulterers and incestuous persons First Cain although by his birth hee was the first man that euer was borne a Prince by his birth and heire apparant to all the world yet for the Murther by him committed on his brother he was the first Vagabond and Runnagate on the face of the earth almost fearefull of his owne shaddow and after he had liued a long time terrifide in Conscience was himselfe slaine as is supposed by Lamech Simeon and Leui the sonnes of Iacob were accurst of their Father for the slaughter of the Sichemites Ioab the Captaine of Dauids Host was slaine for the murthering of Abner Dauid himselfe for the death of Vrlas and the Adultery committed with Bethsheba was continually plagued and vexed with the Sword of Warre with the Rebellion of his owne sonnes and with the vntimely deaths of Aâ—non and Absolen Baanah and Rechab for the slaying of Ishbesheth the sonne of Saul they were both by Dauids commandement put to death who had both their hands and feete cut off and were afterward hanged ouer the Poole in Hebron Samuell 2. 4. The examples are infinite out of diuine and humane Histories that God did neuer suffer Murder to goe vnrewarded and this miserable man of whom I haue here related is a most mainfest spectacle of Gods reuenging vengeance for that crying and hainous sinne As concerning Lust and Incontinency it is a short pleasure bought with long paine a hunnied poyson a Gulfe of shame a Pick-purse a breeder of Diseases a gall to the Conscience a corrofide to the heart turning mans wit into foolish madnesse the bodies bane and the soules perdition to it is excessiue in youth and odious in age besides God himselfe doth denounce most fearefull threats against Fornicators and Adulterers as the Apostle saith that Whormongers and Adulterers shall not inherit the Kingdome of Heauen 1. Cer. 6. 9. And God himselfe saith that hee will bee a swift witnesse against Adulterers Mal. 3.5 And the Wise man saith that because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a â—â—â—â—â—â— of bread and a woman will hunt for the precious lifâ— of a man For faith he can a man take fire in â—â—â— bosome and his cloathes not bee burnt or can â—â—â— man goe vpon hot Coales and his feet not be burnt So hee that goesh in to his neighbours Wife â—â—â— not be innocent Prou. 6. 27 28 29. Abimelech one of the sonnes of Gedeon murdered three score and ten of his Brethren and in reward thereof by the iust Iudgement of God a woman with a piece of a Milstone beat out his braines after he had vsurped the Kingdome three yeeres Iudges the 9. Our English Chronicles make mention that Roger Mortimer Lord Baron of Wallingford merdered his Master King Edward the second and caused the Kings Vncle Edmund Earle of Kent causelesly to bee beheaded but Gods Iustice ouertooke him at last so that for the said Murders he was shamefully executed Humphâ—â—â— Duke of Glocester was murdered in the Abbey of Bary by William de la Poole Duke of Suffoâ—â—â— who afterward was beheaded himselfe on the Sea by a Pyrat Arden of Feuersham and Pâ—â—â— of Plimmouth both their Murders are fresh â—â—â— memory and the fearfull ends of their Wiue and their Ayders in those bloudy actions will neuer be forgotten It is too manifestly known what a number of Stepmothers and Strumpets haue most in humanely murdred their Children and so the same haue most deseruedly beene executed But in the memory of man nor scarcely in any History it is not to be found that a Father did euer take two Innocent Children â—â—â— of their beds and with weeping teares of pâ—â—ilesse pity and vnmercifull meroy to drown them shewing such compassionate cruelty and sorrowfull sighing remorcelesse remoâ—â—â— in that most vnfatherly and vnnaturall deed All which may be attributed to the malice of the Diuell whose will and endeauour that none should be saued who layes out his traps and snares intangling some with Luâ—â—â— some with Couetousnesse some with Ambition Drunkennesse Enuy Murder Sloth or any Vice whereto he sees a man or a woman moâ—â—â— inclined vnto as he did by this wretched maâ—â—â—lulling him as it were in the cradle of sensâ—â—â— and vngodly delight vntill such time as â—â—â— his meanes reputation and credit was â—â—â— and nothing left him but misery and â—â—â— Then hee leads him along through â—â—â— and feares to haue no hope in Gods â—â—â— perswading his Conscience that â—â—â— sinnes were vnpardonable and his estate â—â—â— credit vnrecouerable With these suggestions hee led him on to despaire and in desperation to kill his Children and make shipwracke of his owne soule in which the diligence of the Diuell â—â—â— that hee labours and trauels vnâ—â—â— and as Saint Bernard saith in the â—â—â— day shall rise in condemnation against vs because hee hath euer beene more diligent to destroy soules theÌ„ we haue been to saue them And for a Conclusion let vs beseech God of â—â—â— infinite mercy to defend vs from all the â—â—â— temptations of Satan IOHN ROVVSE his Prayer for pardon of his lewd life which bee vsed to pray in the time of his imprisonment GOD of my Soule and Body haue mercy vpon mee the one I haue cast away by my Folly and the other is likely to perish in thy Funy vnlesse in thy great mercie thou â—â—â— My Sinnes are deepe Seas to drowne me I am swallowed vp in â—â—â— bottomlesse gulfe of my owne â—â—â—gressions With Cain I haue beene Murtherer and with Iudas a Betrayer me Innocent My body is a slaue to â—â—â— and my wretched Soule is deúouâ—â—â— vp by Hell Blacke haue beene my â—â—â— and blacker are my deeds I haue beene the Diuels instrument and am now become the scorne of men a a Serpent vpon earth and an Outcast from Heauen What therefore can become of mee miserable Caitifle If I looke vp to my Redeemer to him I am an Arch Traytor if vpon Earth it is drowned with Blood of my shedding if into Hell there I see my Conscience burning in the Brimstone Lake God of my Soule and Body haue mercy therefore vpon mee Saue mee O saue mee or else I perish for euer I dye for euer in the world to come vnlesse sweet Lord thou catchest my repeÌ„tant Soule in thine Armes O saue me saue me saue me JOHN ROVVSE of Ewell his owne Arraignment Confession Condemnation and Iudgement of himselfe whilst hee lay Prisoner in the White Lyon for drowning of his two Children I Am arraign'd at the blacke dreadfull Barre Where Sinnes sored as Scarlet Iudges are All my Inditements are my horrid Crimes Whose Story will affright succeeding Times As now they driue the present into wonder Making Men treÌ„ble as trees strucke with Thunder If any askes what euidence comes in O 'T is my Conscience which hath euer bin A thousand witnesses and now it tels
shee cared not who â—â—â— out 49 A Countrey woman at an Assize was to take her oath against a party the said party enâ—â—ted the Iudge that her oath might not bee â—â—â— the Iudge demaunded why he excepted against her my Lord quoth hee shee is â—Recusant or Romane Catholique and they â—â—â— old it no matter of Conscience to sweare any thing against vs. Come hither woman said â—â—â— Iudge I doe not thinke thou art a Recusant I am perswaded that for fourty shillings thou wilt sweare the Pope is a knaue Good my Lord said shee the Pope is a stranger to mee but if I knew him as well as I know your Lordship I would sweare for halfe the mony 50 A Cardinall kept a knauish foole for his recreation to whom hee said Sirrah foole suppose that all the world were dead but thou and I and that one of vs should be turned to a Horse and the other of vs to an Asse say which of these two wouldest thou choose to bee The foole answered Sir you are my Master and for that respect it is fit that your worship should choose first and I will be contented to take that which you leaue Why then said the Cardinall I would bee a horse no said the foole let me intreat your worship to bee an Asse for I would bee an Asse to chuse of all things why quoth the Cardinall marry said the foole because that I haue knowne many Asses come to bee Iustices but I neuer knew any horse come to the like preferment 51 A Graue discreet Gentleman hauing a comely wife whose beauty and free behauiour did draw her honesty into suspition by whom hee had a sonne almost at mans estate of very dissolute and wanton carriage I muse said one that a man of such stayd and moderate grauity should haue a sonne of such a contrary and froward disposition Sir reply'd another the reason is that his pate is stuffed with his Mothers wit that there is no roome for any of his fathers wisedome besides the lightnesse of her heeles is gotten into her sonnes braines 52 A Rich Grasier dwelling 150 miles from Oxford hauing a sonne that had seuen yeeres beene a student there at last sent for him home to whom hee said Sonne I doe heare that you are well practised in the rudiments of learning but that withall you are addicted to an idle veine of the poore and thredbare art of Poetry which I charge thee to leaue and auoyd as thou tendrest my fauour for my minde is not to haue thee liue beggerly and dye poorely yet I will aske thee one Poeticall question which is Wherefore thinkest thou that so beautifull a creature as Venus was so besotted to match her selfe with so ill fauored a knaue as Vulcan In truth father quoth the young man I can yeeld you no reason for it but I wonder at it and yet I doe admire as much wherefore my mother married with you 53 A Man going with his Wife by a deepe riuer side began to talke of Cuckolds and withall he wisht that euery Cuckold were cast into the riuer to whom his wife replyes husband I pray you learne to swimme 54 A Man riding through a village with his dog running by him which dogs name was called Cuckold leaping and frisking into euery house hee past by where the doore was open whereupon the man being afraid his dogge would bee lost cals and whistles here here Cuckold to whom an old woman said whom dost thou miscall I would haue thee know that no Cuckold doth dwell in this house Good woman said the man you mistake mee I doe call no body but my dog Now out vpon thee thou misbeleeuing knaue said shee where learnedst thou that manners to call a dog by a christen bodies name 55 A Lusty Miller that in his younger daies had beene much giuen to the flesh and the deuill so that not one pretty maid or female seruant did or could bring grist to his Mill to be grownd but the knaue Miller would doe his best to vndermine and blow vp their chastity and withall hee would bargaine with as many as his temptations ouercame that at his day of marriage euery one of them should giue him a Cake In processe of time the Miller was married and those aforesaid free-hearted Wenches sent each one their Cakes to the number of 99. His wife the Bride who also went for a maid did muse and aske what was the meaning of so many Cakes The Miller told her the truth of all without any dissembling to whom his wife answered If I haue beene so wise in bargaining as you haue beene in your time the young men of my acquaintance would haue sent mee 100 cheeses to â—â—â— with your cakes This bawdy Miller in a trap was catch Not onely married but most fâ—â—ly match In this the prouerb is approued plaine What bread men breake is broke to them againe 56 THere was a faire ship of two hundred â—â—â— lying at the Tower-wharse at London where a Country-man passing by most â—â—â— nestly looked on the said ship and demandeâ—â— how old shee was one made answer that sheâ— was a yeere old Good Lord blesse mee saiâ— the Country-man is shee so big growne inâ— one yeere what a greatnesse will shee beeâ— that time shee comes to my age This mans blind ignorance I may compare To Aquavitae giuen to a Mare Let each man his owne calling then apply No sutor vltra crepidam Say l. 57 TWelue Schollers riding together one â—â—â— them said my masters let vs ride faster â—â— Why quoth another me thinks wee ride â—â—â— good pace I 'l warrant it is foure mile â—â—â— houre Alas said the first what is foure mile â—â—â— houre amongst all vs. Let not man boast of wit or learning deepe For ignorance may out of knowledge creepe Amongst 12 men 4 mile an houre to ride He that hath wit to each his share diuide 58 AN Apprentice in the market did aske the price of an hundred Oysters his friend perswaded him not to buy them for they were small to small reply'd the Prentice there â—â—â— not much losse in that for I shall haue the â—â—â— to the hundred â—â—â— the bill a measur'd mile it be â—â—â— the bill's another mile I see â—â—â— to pay 4 pence will quit the cost â—â—â— hundred in the shire is lost 59 Sâ—e Gentlemen riding together were in doubt that they were out of their way â—herefore they rode a flight shot to an old â—â—pheard one of them enquiring of him if â—â—â— were the way to such a town and how far â—â—â— was thither Sir quoth the Shepheard that â—â—â— the right way and you haue sixe miles thither Quoth one of the Gentlemen what a â—â—â— old knaue art thou it cannot be aboue â—â—â— miles the Shepheard reply'd Sir you â—â—â— like a chapman and you shall haue it for â—â—â— miles but I le assure you it shall cost euery one of these Gentlemen sixe miles before They come thither
euen the very earth quakes and trembles the casements shatter tatter and clatter and such a confused noise is made as if all the diuels in hell were at Barly-breake so that a man can neither sleepe speake heare write or eate his dinner or supper quiet for them besides their tumbling din like a counterset thunder doth sowre Wine Ale and Beere most abominably to the impairing of their healths that drinke it and the making of many a Victualer and Tapster Trade-falne A Wheele-wright or a maker of Carts is an ancient a profitable and a Trade which by no meanes can be wanted yet so poore it is that scarce the best amongst them can hardly euer attaine to better then a Calues skin sute or a piece of necke beefe and Carret rootes to dinner on a Sunday nor scarcely any of them is euer mounted to any Office aboue the degree of a Scauenger or a Tything-man at the most On the contrary your Coach-makers trade is the most gainefullest about the Towne they are apparelled in Sattens and Veluets are Masters of their Parish Vestry-men who fare like the Emperors Heliogabalus or Sardanapulus seldome without their Mackroones Parmisants Iellyes and Kickshawes with baked Swannes Pasties hot or cold red Deere Pyes which they haue froÌ„ their Debtors worships in the Country neither are these Coaches onely thus cumbersome by their Rumbling and Rutting as they are by their standing still and damming vp the streetes and lanes as the Blacke Vriers and diuers other places can witnes and against Coach-makers doores the streets are so pestered and clogg'd with them that neither man horse or cart can passe for them in so much as my Lord Maior is highly to bee commended for his care in this restraint sending in February last many of them to the Counter for their carelesnesse herein They haue beene the vniuerfall decay of almost all the best Ash Trees in the Kingdome for a yong plant can no sooner peepe vp to any perfection but presently it is felled for the Coach Nor a yong Horse bred of any beauty or goodnes but he is ordaind from his foaling for the seruice of the Coach so that whereas in former ages both in peace and wars we might compare with any Nation in the world for the multitude and goodnes of our horses we now thinke of no other imployment for them theâ— to draw in a Coach and when they are either lamed by the negligence of the coachman oâ— worne out after many yeeres with trotting to Playes and Baywdy-houses then are they like old maimed Souldiers after their wounds and scarres preferr'd to Wood-mongers wheâ—â— they are well Billited or to Draymen wheâ— they turne Tapsters and draw Beere by whole Barrels and Hogsheads at once and theâ— they weare out the remainder of their daies till new harnis for others are made of their â—â—â— skinnes The last Proclamations concerning the retiring of the Gentry out of the City into theiâ— Countries although my selfe with many thousands more were much impouerished and hindered of our liuings by their departure yet â—â—â— the other side how it cleered the Streetes oâ—â— these way-stopping Whirligigges for a man now might walk without bidding Stand vp â—â—â— by a fellow that scarcely can either go or stanâ— himselfe Prince Nobility and Gentlemen oâ—â— worth Offices and Quality haue herein theâ—â— Priâ—iledge and are exempt may ride as theâ—â— occasions or pleasures shal inuite them as mosâ— meet they should but when euery Gâ—ll Tâ—â—â—â—â— tripe Mistris Fumkins Madame Polecat and my Lady Trash Froth the Tapster Bill the Taylor â—â— Lauender the Broker Whisse the Tobacco seller with their companion Trugs must be coach â—â—â— to Saint Albanes Burntwood Hockley in the Hole Craydon Windsor Vxbridge and many other places like wilde Haggards prancing vp and downe that what they get by cheating sweating lying at home they spend in riot whoring and drunkennes abroad I say by my hallidome it is a burning shame I did lately write a Pamphet called a Thiefe wherein did a little touch vpon this point that seeing the Heard of hyreling Coaches are more â—â—â— the Whirries on the Thames and that they make Leather so excessiue deare that it â—â—â— good the order in Bohemia were obserâ—ed heere which is that euery hyred Coach should bee drawne with ropes and that all their Harnesse should be Hemp and Cordage besides if the couer and boots of them were of good rosind or pitched canuas it would bring â—â—ne the price of leather and by that means â—hyred Coach would be knowne from a Princes a Noble mans Ladies or people of note account respect and quality And if it be but considred in the right Kue a Coach or Caroach are meere Engines of Pride which no man can deny to be one of the seuen deadly sinnes for two leash of Oyster-wiues hyred a Coach on a Thursday after Whitsontide to carry them to the Greene-Goose faire at Stratâ—ord the Bowe and as they were hurried betwixt Algate and Myle-end they were so be-madam'd be-mistrist and Ladified by the beggers that the foolish women began to swell with a proud supposition or Imaginary greatnes and gaue all their mony to the mendicanting Canters insomuch that they were faigne to pawne their gownes and smocks the next day to buy Oysters or else their pride had made them cry for want of what to cry withall Thus much I can speake by experience I doe partly know some of mine own qualities and I doe know that I doe hate pride as I hate famine or surfetting and moreouer I know my selfe to be at the best but Iohn Taylor and a mechanicall waterman yet it was but my chance once to bee brought from Whitchall to the Tower in my Master Sir William VVaades Coach before I had bin drawn twenty yardes such a Timpany of pride pust mee vp that I was ready to burst with the winde chollicke of vaine-glory In what state I would leane ouer the boote and looke and pry if I saw any of my acquaintance and then I would stand vp vailing my Bonnet kissing my right claw extending my armes as I had beene swimming with God saue your Lordship worship or How doest thou honest neighbour or good-fellow In a word the Coach made mee thinke my selfe better then my betters that went on foot and that I was but little inferiour to Tamberlaine being iolted thus in state by those pampred Iades of Belgia all men of indifferent iudgement will confesse that a Cart is an instrument conformable to law order and discipline for it rests on the Sabbath dayes and commonly all other Holy daies and if it should by any means breake or transgresse against any of these good Iniunctions there are Informers tâ—â— at lye in ambush like carefull Scowtes to informe against the poore Cart that in conclusion my Lady Pecunia must become surety and take vp the matter or else there will be more stirre about the flesh then the broth is worth wheras on the contrary a
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
By whom the Christians all were slaine or vext Constantius was a victorious Prince and triumphed in Rome yet â—â—â—â—uell oppressor and an Arian hereticke 89 Maximinianus 375. NExt Iulian raigned Valentiâ—iaâ— And after him succeeded Grasiâ—â— Maximianus was of life depriu'd 'Cause he with Gratian for the Empire striu'd How like Bauius these tyrants consumed onâ— another these were all Emperours of Rome Kings of Brittaine 90. Gratian. 376. THen Gratian claim'd this Kingdome as his right But hauing gain'd it he was slaine in fight Fierce warres the Romane Empire did deuide And Caesars and their Viceroyes fought and dyde Honorius Romes Tribunall did obtaine Next after him did Theodosius raigne Then did the Scot ioyne with the barbarous pict This headlesse Kinglesse Kingdome to afflict The Romane Scepter we had long obayd Foure hundred eightythree yeeres Tribute payd And now this land shook off their wrongd comand When Ciuill discord had neer spoyl'd this Land In one â—â—â—â—â— the whole nation of the Picts were â—â— Yeeres after Christ. â—â—â—â—â—â—shed about this time the Romanes gouernment â—â—here Gratian was a Brittaine Emperour but someâ—â— 91 Vortiger 447. THis King through murder did the Throne ascend And had a troublous Raigne and murdrous end â—â—â—â—â—â— Constantines lawfull Heyre and Sonne By vortigers false meanes to death was done For which to keepe the Crowne vniustly gain'd The Saxons for his ayde he entertain'd Then Hengâ—st with his Brother Horlus crue â—â— Britaine 's best bloud did their blades embrew King Vortiger with doting loue inthral'd â—atch't Hengists daughter beauteous Rowan cal'd â—â—â— Saxons troopes on troopes came in so fast That Britaines did depriue the King at last Hee murdered his lawfull Prince and vsurping the Throne was enforced to haue ayd of the Saxons who at the â—â— almost ouer-ran this Kingdome but the Brittaines â—â—â—â—ed Vortiger and crowned his Sonne Vortimer 92. Vortimer 454. THen * On the Plaine of Salisbury at Stonching where the Stones are to be seene as this day Vortimer the Sonne of Vortiger Vpon the Saxons made successfull warre Till he by Rowan was by craft o'r-tane From whose false hands he dy'd by poys'nous bane Deposed Vortiger his Sonne once slaine His ill gain'd ill kept Crowne he gain'd againe Hengistus with his Saxon fresh supplies The Plaines of Salisbury did all surprize The King tooke counsell of his Brittaine Lords And all in generall to a Peace accords The Saxons and the Brittaines did agree That at this meeting all vnarm'd should be â—â—xt traitrous Hengist did a watch-word speake Which did the Law of Armes and Honour breake Yeeres after Christ. The Saxons vnsuspected drew forth Kniues Foure hundred threescore Lords all lost their liues All Brittaine Nobles then the Saxons there Surpris'd the King constraining him through feare To giue Kent Sussex Suffolke Norfolke and That Hengist King should in those Lands command But after nineteene yeeres were quite expir'd * The King Queene burnt to death Reuenging Fire the King in 's Castle fir'd And thus the Saxons and Great Hengists Heyres Won Shire to Shire till Brittaine all was theirs Vortiger married his owne daughter to his third wife 93. Aurelius Ambrose 466. IN honour of the Nobles basely slaine This King set vp the Stones on Sarum plainâ— The Gospell with great zeale he dignifi'd Raign'd thirty two yeeres and by poyson dy'd This King was a Romane and brother to Vter Pendragon that succeeded him 94. Vter Pendragon raigned 18 yeeres 498. THis King by Merlins meanes a skilfull man Igrene the Duke of Cornewals Dutchesse wan On her he got though illegittimate The Christian Worthy Arthur stilde the Great Vter Pendragon poysoned by the Saxons after he had reigned 18 yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 95. Arthur 516. OF the nine Worthies was this Worthy one Denmarke and Norway did obey his Throne In twelue set Battels he the Saxons beat Great and to make his Victories more great The Faithlesse Sarazens he ouercame And made them honour high Ichonah's Name The Noble order of the Table round At Winchester his first inuention found Whilst he beyond Sea fought to win Renowne His Nephew Mordred did vsurpe his Crowne But he return'd and Mordred did confound And in the fight great Arthur got a wound That prou'd so mortall that immortally It made him liue although it made him dye Full sixteene yeeres the Diadem he wore And euery day gaind Honour more and more Arthur the great was buried at Glastenbury 96 Constantine the fourth 542. 97 Aurelius Conanus 545. COnstantine was by King Aurelius kil'd Aurelius ' Brittaine thirty three yeeres held Seuen Kingdomes heere at once the Saxons held And slaughter launc'd when proud ambition sweld This Constantine was kinsman to King Arthur and was slaine by Conanus Constantine was a wicked Prince and slaine in battell by his kinsman Conanus when he had reigned neere 3. yeeres Of the tyme of this Aurelius Conanus his reigne there is much variation in Histories Yeeres after Christ. Heere beganne the Heptarchy or 7 Kingdomes iâ— this Land namely Kent South-Saxons West-Saxons East-Saxons Northumberland Mercia and East-Angles which diuision continued more then 600. yeeres be fore it was all vnited into one Monarchy â—â—e names of the Kings times of their reignes and limits of their Kingdomes are hereunder expressed 1 KEnt was only a kingdome which had 17 Kings namely 1 Hengist 2 Eâ—â—â—â—sâ— 3 Octa 4 Ymerick 5 Ethelbert who was the first Christian King of Kent hee was an aydeâ— and helper of Sebert King of the East-Saxons in the famous and memorable buildings of S t Pauls Church in London and Saint Peters at Westminster 6 Eabald 7 Ercombert 8 Eglâ—â—â— 9 Lother 10 Edrick 11 Withred 12 Eaberâ— 13 Edelbert 14 Alick 15 Ethilbert 16 Cuthred 17 Baldred These Kings reigned in Kent 372 yeeres from the yeere of Grace 455. till the yeere 827. 2 The kingdome of the South-Saxons contained the Counties of Suffex and Surrit â—â— continued from the yeere 488. vntill the yeere 601. being 113 yeeres they had three Kingsâ— namely 1 Ella 2 Cissa 3 Ethelwolse a Christian King 4 Berthrum 5 Authum 3 The West-Saxons kingdome whose beginning was in the yeer 519. and ended Annoâ— 166. lasted 561 yeeres hauing 17 Kings namely 1 Cherdick 2 Kenrick 3 Chequilen 4 Cealick 5 Chelwold 6 Kingils a Christian 7 Kenwald 8 Eskwin 9 Kentwin 10 Ceadwald 11 Inas 12 Ethelarc 13 Cuthred 14 Sigebat 15 Kenwolse 16 Brightrik 17 Egbert These Kings had vnder their gouernments the Counties of Cornewall Deuonshire Somersetshire Wiltshire Hampshire and Barkshire 4 The East-Saxons reigned 281 yeeres beginning Anno. 527. and ending in the yeere 827. Their bounds were Essex and Middle-Sex and their Kings were in numberâ— 14 namely 1 Erchenwin 2 Sledda 3 Sâ—â—â—â—â— a Christian King that assisted Ethelbert Yeeres after Christ. King of Kent it in the building of the â—hurches of saint Paul and Saint Peter aforeâ—â—â— 4 Seward 5 Sigebert 6 Sigibert 7 Switheâ—â—â— 8 Sighere 9 Sâ—bba 10 Sigherd 11 Seoâ—â—l
12 Offa 13 Sâ—lred 14 Suthred 5 Northumberland was sometimes diuided into two kingdomes It contained the â—â—ies of Yorkshire Durham Lancashire Westâ—land Cumberland and Northumberland this Kingdome beganne in the yeere of our Lord â—7 and expired in 926. continuing 379. â—eeres vnder 23 Kings whose names were 1 â—â— 2 Adâ—â—a 3 Theodwald 4 Frethulfe 5 Theâ—â—â—â—â—â—ick 6 Ethelrick 7 Ethelâ—rid 8 Edwin 9 Osâ—â—â— 10 Oswy 11 Egfrid 12 Alkfrid 13 Ofred 14 â—â—red 15 Oswolfe 16 Ceolnuph 17 Egbert 18 Oswicke 19 Edilwald 20 Alured 21 Ethelâ—â—â— 22 Alswald 23 Osred Amongst these â—dwin was their first Christian King 6 The East Angles vnder 15 seuerall Kings continued 353 yeeres beginning in Anno 575. â—â—d ended in 914. their Territories were â—â—lolke Norfolk Cambridgeshire and the â—â— of Ely their Kings names were 1 Vffa 2 â—â—â—lus 3 Redwald their first Christian King â—â—â—wold 5 Sigebert 6 Egrik 7 Anna 8 â—â—â—bert 9 Ethwald 10 Aldwolâ—e 11 Aswald 12 Beorn 13 Ethelred 14 Ethelbert 15 Edmund â—â—â— The seuenth Kingdome were the Merâ—â—â—â—â—â— who had 20 Kings and 17 shires â—nder their command their Kings wereâ—â— Creda 2 Wibba 3 Cheorle 4 Penda 5 Peada â—heir first Christian King 6 Wolfere 7 â—â—helred 8 Kenred 9 Chelred 10 Ethebald 11 Offa 12 Egfrid 13 Kenwolfe 14 Kenelme 15 Chelwolfe 16 Bernulfe 17 Ludecan 18 â—â—itlafe 19 Bertwolfe 20 Burdred Their â—ounds and dominions were 17 Counties as of Northampton Leister Darby Lincolne Huntington Rutland Notingham Cheshire Oxfordshire Staffordshire Worcestershire Glostershire Shropshire Warwickeshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire and â—artfordshire Yeeres after Christ. 98 Vortiporus 578. 99 Malgo 581. THis Vortipore from good Kings did decline Kept his wiues Daughter as his Concubine And Malgo pâ—t his Wiâ—â—e to broady slaughter To liue in â—ncest with his brothers Daughter About this time Augustine the Monke Mellitus Iustus and Iohn all â—â—â— men came from Rome and preached the Gospell to the English mâ—n Vortipore reigned 4. yeeres Malgo his raignâ—â— was short and wicked 100. Careticus 586. GVrmundus hither out of Ireland came And with the Saxons ioyn'd with sword and flame The King to Wales did flye his ifeâ—tâ— saue Whereas he chang'd his Kingdome for a Graue He reigned 3. yeeres and now the Saxons had all England the Brittaines and their Kings being expulsed and chased to the West sides of the Riuers Seauerne and Dâ—â— Cadwane 613. THis Cadwane did the Saxon â—orce withstand Of Ethelfridus of Northumberland And made him to entreate and sue for peace Raign'd two and twenty yeeres then did decease Yeeres before Christ. 102. Cadwallin 635. CAdwallin slew King Edwin Egfrids Sonne He Penda Merciaes King did ouer-runne He neuer fought but Conquest home did bring And eight and forty yeeres did raigne a King Cadwallin was buried at London in Saint Martins Church neere Ludgate 103. Cadwallader 685. THis King renowned was both neere and farre The last of Brittaines Kings Cadwallader The name of Brittaine was quite alterd then The Kings of England subiects Englishmen Then in this Land of Kings there raign'd so many That Subiects knew not to obey all or any Their names and times of raigne I meane to tell Should I write more my Book too big would swell Here the inhabitants lost the name of Brittaines the land being called Anglia or England and the people Englishmen 687. Cadwallader left his Crowne went to Rome and dyed there These Kings following were of the West Saxons 726 Ethelard was King of the West Saxons Yeeres before Christ. 740. Cuthred succeeded him 757. Sigebert next him was slainâ— by a Swineheard 758. Kenulphus was slaine by Kinsman of Sigebert 786. Brithricus In his time iâ— rained blood IN the 800. yeere of Christ the Danes landed at Poâ—â—land but Brithricus beat them backe and afterâ—â—â—â— was poysoned by his wife Ethelburga Egbriâ—us King of West-Saxons 839. â—â—â— 839. Adelnulphus ouercame â—â— Danes that came to inuaâ—e the Kingdome with 350. ships 857. Athelbald Yeeres after Christ. 860. Athelbrict 866. Etheldrid 872. AElfred 900. Edward surnamed Seâ—ior Heere end the Kings of the West-Saxons now follow the Kings of Britaine 104. Athelstane reigned 15. yeeres 905. THis King did tame the Welsh the Danes subdu'd He conquered Scotland and the Marches rude The Danish Gyant Colebrand in Hyde-meads â—y Gâ—y the Earle of Warwick was struck dead King Athelstane was crowned at Kingstone hee fought this Land againe to one sole Monarchy hee was buried at Mâ—lâ—â—â—bury Yeeres after Christ. 105. Edmund 940. 106. Eldred 640. EDmund reign'd next his brother Athelstane And after fiue yeeres was vntimely slaine Nine yeeres was Eldrid Englands King instil'd Th' insulting Danes he from this Realme exilde Edmund was buried at Glastenbury Eldred was brother to Edmund hee was crowned as Kingstone hee expelled the Danes and was buried at Winchester 107. Edwin 955. 108 Edgar 959. THen Edwin as his right obtain'd the Crowne For Rape and brutish Lust he was put downe His brother Edger a man iust and wiâ—e By Edwins fall vnto the Throne did rise The Church and Commonweâ—le long time deform'd He by his Iustice and good Lawes reform'd Raign'd sixteen yeeres and then by death assail'd As he had liu'd belou'd he dy'd bewail'd Edwin was Eldreds kinsman crowned a Kingstone he deftowred his owne kinswoman and slew her husband for which â—â—â— acts hee was deposed of all Kingly dignity and his brother Edgar was in his stead crowned at Bathâ— Edgar had 3600 skips to withstand the inuasion of his enemies hee founded and repaired 47. religious houses hee was buried at Glastenbury 109 Edward 975. 110 Etheldred 978. EDward was slain by his accurst Stepmother Ayded by Etheldred his cruell brother This Etheldred caus'd all the Danes be slaine And dyed the thirty eightth yeere of his raigne He was crowned at Kingstone be reigned 3. yeeres and was buried at Shaftsbury Etheldred was buried in St. Pauls Church in London 111 Edmond Irònside 1016. THe Danes came to reuenge with sword and fire Both Kings to Combat single did desire On equall tormes their valours both were tride In loue the Realme betwixt them they deuide Edricus a traitor murdered King Edmond Ironside for the which Canutus the Dane caused him to bee tormented to death griâ—â—uously as he deserued 112 Canutus 1018. THis mighty Danish King foure Kingdomes held Danes Norway England Scotland he compeld Taxes and toles he rais'd in England here And dyed when he had gouern'd twenty yeere In Canutus his raigne the Danes possessed all England he â—â—â—â— buried at Winchester 113 Harold 1038. 114 Hardianutus 1041. HArold from England did exile his Mother And kild Allured his King and his Brother Hardianutus then the Crowne obtain'd Who quaâ—â—ing died when he 3. yeeres had raign'd Harold was a Tyrant hee was called Hartfoott â—â— hâ—â—â—â—â—â—â— running be murdered Prince Allured hee raigned three yeeres and was buried at Westminster Hee caused the body of Harold to be digged out of the graue and cast into the Thames in reuenge of his brother Allureds death he
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
woes opprest and prest Blest curst friends foes diuided and aron'd And after seuenteene yeeres were gone and past At Swinsted poys'ned there I dranke my last Anno 1199 Aprill 6 Tuesday Iohn â—â—â—â—stly intruded the Crowne it being by right his nephew Arthurs who was sonne to Ieffry Duke of Britaine Iohns eldest brother howsoeuer Iohn was crowned on the 6 of May at Westminster by Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury but after a false reconciliation betwixt Philip King of France Iohn king of England and Arthur ' Duke of Britaine the said Duke Arthur was murthered some Authors in malice taxing king Iohn with the murther and some Writers altogether clearing him Hoasoeuer he had not one quiet day in his whole-Reigne his Principalities in France seazed only the French Wales in combustion Ireland in vproare Scotland preparing against him England all in confusion defender and hurliburly the King the Peeres the Prelates and Commons at perpetuall diuisioen The Pope of Rome thunders out his Excommunications against the King and all that obeyed him and interacts the whole Realme Soe that for three yeeres no Church was opened either for Gods Seruice to be exercised or Sacraments administred There was no Christian buriall allowed to any but the Carcasses of the dead were barbarously laid in vnhallowed places or cast like dogges into ditches yet all this time many of the English Nobilitie loyally serued their Soueraigne mangre the Papall Anathemizing The King went into Ireland and finding it shattered into contentions fractures ioynes and vnites it againe and returnes into England When suddenly Lewilyn Prince of Northwales who had married King Iohns daughter inuades the Marches of England but Lewilyn was soyled and Wales conquered But in the yeere 1211 the Popes set all curse beganne to fall heauy vpon king Iohn which curse also made many great Lords and other to far from the King neuerthelesse Scotland being in contention by a Traytor that claimed the Crowne there â—â—â— Gothred King John went thither aided his friend K. William and in that expedition set all in good peace taking the Traitor Gothred caused him to be hanged The Pope very liberally gaue the kingdome of England to Phil. of France An. 1112. More then 3000 people were burn'd drown'd on vnder London bridge in the space of 4 yeers King John made his peace with the Pope surrendred his Crown to Pandulphus the Legat for money and good words was blest and had his Crowne againe Philip of France attempts Englands inuasion his Fleet is beaten discontented sunke scattered taken by king Iohn Lewis the Dolphin of France landed at Sarawich with 650 ships came to London and tooke oaths of Allegeance of the Barons and Citizens in Pauls yet at last Lewis it forsaken of the English Lords yet holds possessions heere King Iohn being thus freed from Inuasion and Forraigne assaults was assaulted with poyson by a Monk in Swinsted Abbey hauing reigned more powerfull then fortunate 17 yeeres 5 moneths and odde dayes was interred at Worcester HENRY THE THIRD KING OF ENGLAND LORD OF JRELAND DVKE OF NORMANDY Gâ—â—en and Aquitaine c. IN toyle and trouble midst contentions broyles â—â— z'd the Scepter of this famous land Then being gready wasted with the spoyles Which â—â—â—â— I made with his French furious band But I with Peeres and people brauely mand Repald repulst expaâ—st insulting foes My â—â—â—ons did my Soueraignty withstand And wrap themâ—â— and me in warres and woes But in each Battell none but I did lose I lost my Subiects lines on euery side From Ciuill warres no better gaining growes Friends foes my people all that fought or died My gaines was losse my pleasure was my paine These were the triumphs of my troublous raigne Anno 1216 October 19 Wednesday Henry the third the eldest sonne of King Ioha and Isabel which was the daughter of Aymâ—r Earle of Aâ—golesme Thus Henry was borne at Winchester â—â— first crowned at Gloucester by Peter Bishop of Winchester Iosseline Bishop of Bath and after agâ—â—man with his Lords he was againe crownes at Westminster by Stephen Langton Archbishop of Conterbury â—â— Whitsanday God in mercy lookes gentle 〈…〉 calamities that this wofull Land pressed by forraigne warres and ciuill discord It all turned to a happy â—â—â—â— betwixt the King and his Lords which continued a long time Gualo the Popes Legate the Bishop of Winchester William Marshall Earle of Pombroke being the protector of the Kings Realme the King â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— old by whose good gouernment Lewts the â—â—â—â—â—â— of France with all his French Armies were expâ—â—ed out of the kingdome The King forgâ—â—e all of the Laâ—â—â—â— the had taken part with Lewis but he made the Clergâ—â—â— great sines Alexander the King of Scotland was married to the Leaytane sister to King Henry at which misiery Dragons wereâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— the â—â—â—â—â—â— counâ—â—â—â—â— fellow said he â—â—â— Iesus Christ sheuing the markes â—â—â— were of Nayles in his hands feet â—er the which blaâ—â—â—â— my bewaâ— Crucified at a place called Atterbury neare the Towne of Banbury Some say hee was 〈…〉 two walls and started at Cathnes in Scotland The Bishop did excem 〈…〉 the people because they would â—â— pay their Tithes for the which they burned the Bishop aliue for reward of which wicked act their King caused 400. of the chife offenders to be â—arged golded â—â—â—â—â—â—â— drâ—â— and put the Earle from his Earledoms Iohn King of Ierusclem came into England to â—raue â—â— deâ—â—f King Henry But the King was so busied here that he coâ—alâ—â— ayd him K. Henry with a great Arm went into Britaine against Lewis King of France and spoyled the Câ—â—â—â— mighty till at last a Peace was coâ—â—lâ—ded The Emperor Fredâ—rick married the Lady Isabell the King â—â—â—â— Eigâ—â—â—â— Iewes were hanged for cruâ—â—ring a â—â—â—â—dre Lincolne Richard Earle of Cornwall the Kingsâ—â—â— ther was made King of the Romanes The King lâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— lands in France except the Duchy of Aquitaine Wales was in insurrection Ireland in rebellion England in a hurty-burly â—â—stoy all Diuision betwixt the King and his â—â—â— Lords Anno 1233. 5 Sunnes were â—eâ—u 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—â—â— in the East one in the West one in the South â—â— in the North â—â—â—â—â— the fifth in the mâ—â—st of the firmament The King entertaines Poictouines out of France and giues them places of great honour in Court and â—â—â—â—â—â—â— which made the English Barons raise Atâ—â—â— aganâ—â—â—â— King The Earl of Leicester and Gloucester â—â—â—â—the King of England in the battell at Lewes The Lord Chiefe iustueâ—â—â—'d in Westminster-â—â—â— â—â—â—â—â— after all these ones the King dyed in peace hauing reigned 56 yeeres â—â—â— burried at Westminster 127â— EDWARD THE FIRST KING OF ENGLAND LORD OF IRELAND DVKE OF AQVITAINE c. MY Victories my Valour and my strength My actions and my neuer-conquer'd name â—ere spred throughout the world in bredth leÌ„gth â—â— mortall deeds I want immortall Fame â—â—ebellious Wales I finally did tame â—â— made them Vassalls to my princely Sonne â—â—red Scotland fierce with
perdurable cares and vexation as appeared in the lines and raignes of Rusus Henry the first Stehpen Iohn and now this King Henry the fourth who though hee were minion of Fortune the Darling of the peolpe euery way a compleate Noble Prince yet was his vsurpation still attended with dangerous molestations he was crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arundell Arbhishop of Canterbury hee was scarce warme in his seat before the Dukes of Exeter Aumerie Surry with the Earles of Glocester and Salisbury conspired to kill him and to raise King Richard againe but their plot was discouered and satisfied with the losse of there heads shortly after king Richard the 2 was starued to death some say murdred at Pomfret castle in short time after the Princes of English poets Ieffry Chaucer and Iohn Cower dyed all those Noble men who either fouored king Richard or were raised by him were degraded disinherited or out of King or courrtly favour The French in Aquitaine intend rebellion against K. Henry but are pacified by Tho Percy Earle of Worcester The Welsh rebell vnder the coÌ„mand of their captine Owne Glendowre and the king went thither in person and with losse and danger quieted them An. 1403 the terrible battel of Shrewsbury was fought betwixt the King and the Earle of Worcester the Earle Dowglasse the Lord Henry Percy alias Hotspur and others where after a bloody triall Percy was slain buried taken vp againe and quartered the Earle of Worcester was beheaded the Dowglasse taken and the King victorious Owen Glendowere again raiseth wars in Wales and inuades the Marches of England although king Richard the 2 be dead and buried yet is he still sained to be aliue and by counterfeit impostures King Henry was much molested 140 ships came out of France arriued at Milford hauen to the aid of Owen Glendowre the Earle of Northumberland rebelled with the Lord Bardolph and were both taken beheaded Thus was king Henries reigne a Maiesticall missery a soueraignty of sorrow and a regall power alwaies attended with perplexity so that hauing raign'd 13 yeers 6 months wanting 5 daies he dyed the 20 of March 1413 and leauing 4 sonnes 2 daughters he was with all funerall and Royall solemnity interred at Canterbury HENRY THE FIFTH KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND FRom my Iancastrian Sire successiuely I Englands glorious golden Garland gots I temper'd Iustice with mild clemency Much blood I shed yet blood-shed loued not Time my Sepulchre and my bones may not But Time can neuer end my endlesse fame Oblinion cannot my braue acts out blot Or make Forgetfulnesse forget my name I plaid all France at Tennise such a game With roaring Rackets bandied Balls and Foyles And what I plaid for still I won te same Triumphantly transporting home the spoyles But in the end grim death my life assail'd And as I lin'd I dy'd belon'd bewail'd Anno Dom. 1413. March 20 Sunday Henry the 5 borne at Monmouth in Wales about 28 yeeres old when he began to reigne he was crowned at Westminster by the hands of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury and howsoeuer some Writers haue imputed wildnesse and irregular courses so youth vnto him yet when hee attained the Scepter he proued the mirror of Princes and Paragon of the world in that age He banished from his Court and presence all prophane and lewd companions and exiled from his eares all flattring Parasites and Sicophants In the 1 yeer of his reigne he prepared a great Armie against France anâ—â—â— Southampton very happily escaped murthering by the Treason of Richard Earle of Cambridge Henry Lord Scroope and Sir Thomas Gray Knight Soone after the King past with 1500 sail into France where hee wanne the strong Towâ—â—â—â— Hatflew and intending to march back with his â—â— my toward Callice he was neere a place called Agincourt encountrea by the whole power of France where King Henry had a triumphant victories in which battel were slaine many of the French Nobility with 10000 coÌ„mon soldiers as many of them taken prisoners The whole English Army at that time being not 10000 being wasted with the fluxe famine and other sicknesses yet did they â—â—â—â—â—â— more prisoners then they were themselues in number in all the battel lost not aboue 28 meÌ„ After which the King returned into England and â—â—â—â— was met with 400 Citizens and magnificantly â—â—â— tertained into London King Henry attributing all his conquests and victories to God The Eâ—â—â—â—â— Sigismond came into England and entred leagâ—â—â— with King Henry the Emperors intent was to â—â—â— made a peace betwixt England France but he could not accoÌ„plish it The king passed into I raâ—â—â— againe and wonne many Cities Townes Câ—â—â—â—â—â— strong holds in the end he married the Lady Katherin daughter to K. Charles of France with when he came into England and hauing crowned â—â—â—â— Queene be returned into I rance the third â—â—â— was in Paris proclaimed heire apparent to the Crowne Finally he sickened and dyed at Boysesâ— Vincennois in France from whence his corps â—â— brought and buried at Westminster I September 1422. HENRY THE VI KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF JRELAND GReat England Mars my Father being dead I not of yeares or yeare but eight months old The Diadem was plac't vpon my head In Royall Robes the Scepter I did hold But as th' Almighties workes are manifold Too high for mans conceit to comprehend In his eternall Register eurold My Birth my troublous Life and tragicke End â— Gainst me the house of Yorke their force did bend And Peeres and People weltred in their gore My Crown and Kingdome they from me did rend Which I my Sire and Grandire kept and wore Twice was I crown'd vncrown'd oft blest oft crost And lastly murdred life and Kingdome lost Anno Dom. 1422 August 31 Munday Henry the 6 born at Windsor the son of Henry the 5 was but 8 moneths old at the death of his father so that by reason of his infancy himselfe and kingdome were gouerned by his vnckles the Dukes of Bedford and Glocester An. 1419 Nouember 6 the King was crowned first at Westminster by the hands of Henry Chichley Archbishop of Canterbury hee was againe the second time crowned at Paris the 7 of December 1431 by the Cardinalls of York and Winchesters and returns into England the 11 day of February following In these times France was in miserable perplexity diuided betwixt French and English in continuall bloody wars for the Dolphin Charles made wars in sundry places claiming the Crowne the English won and lost towns and territories as fortune found or fround till at last by reason of the King childhood in the beginning of his reigne his soft milde gentle inclination in his ripe yeeres and his indisposition to marshall affaires hee beeing more sit for the Church theÌ„ for chinalry for praier theÌ„ for prowesse a man in al his actions more like a Saint then to one that should weild a warlike
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
of my Tearedrown'd eies Sad Partners of my hearts Calamities Tempestuous sighs like winds in prison pent Which wanting vent my grieued soule hath rent Deepe wounding grones companions of vnrest Throngs from the bottome of my care-craz'd brest You three continuall fellowes of my mones My brinish teares sad sighs and pondrous grones â—â— doe intreate you neuer to depart But be the true assistants of my heart In this great at sorrow that my trembling Quill Describes which doth our LaÌ„d with moarning fill Ah Death I could nought thy hunger satisfie But thou must glut thy selfe with Maiesty Could nothing thy insatiate thirst restraine But Royall blood of our Dread Soueraigne In this thy spight exceeds beyond all bounds And at one blow 3. kingdomes fildst with wounds When thou that fatall deadly stroake did'st strike Thaâ— Death thou playd'st the tyrant Catholike Our griefes are Vniuersall sall and the Summe Cast vp the blow doth wound all Christendome But wherefore Death doe I on thee exclaime Thou cam'st in the Eternall Kings great name For as no mortall pow'r can thee preuent So thou doest neuer come but thou art sent And now thou cam'st vpon vnwelcome wings To our best King from the blest King of Kings To summon him to change his earthly throne For an Immortall and a Heanenly one When men vnthankfull for a good receiu'd â—Tiâ— least that of that good they be bereau'd His gouernement both God and men did please Except such spirits as might complaine of Ease Repining Passions wearied with much Rest The want to be molesled might molest Such men thinke peace a torment and no trouble â—â— worse then trouble though it should come double â—â—â— speake of such as with our peace were cloyd Though wâ—â— I think might well haue bin imploy'd True Britaines wish iust warres to entertaine I meane no aide for Spinola or Spaine But time and troubles would not suffer it Nor Gods appointment would the same permit He is inserutable in all his waies And at his pleasure humbleth and will raise For patience is a vertue he regardeth And in the end with victory rewardeth â—â—t whither hath my mournefull Muse digrest From my beloued Soueraigne Lord decast Who was to vs and we to him eu'n thus Too bad for him and hee too good tor vs. For good men in their deaths 't is vnderstood They leaue the bad and goe vnto the good This was the cause why God did take from hence This most Religious Learned Gracious Prince This Paragon of Kings this matchlesse Mirror This Faith 's desending Antichristian terror This Royall all-beloued King of Hearts This Patterne and this Patron of good Arts This cabinet of mercy Temperance Prudence and Iustice that doth man aduance This Magazine of Pious Clemency This fountaine of true Liberaâ—tâ— This minde where vertue daily did increase This Peacefull Seruant to theâ— odo Peace This second great Apollo from whoâ—e Raies Poore Poetry did winne Immortall Baâ—es From whence the sacred Sâ—â—â— Trebâ— Trine Had life and motion Influence diuine These vertues did adorne his Diaâ—â—m And God in taking him hath taken them Of all which Blessings we must needs confesse We are depriu'd for our vnworthinesse A good man 's neuer mist till he be gone And then most vaine and fruitlesse is our mone But as Heau'ns fauours downe to vs descended So if our thankefulnesse had but ascended Had we made Conscience of our waies to sinne So soone of him we not depriu'd had bin Then let vs not lament his losse so much But for our owne vnworthinesse was such So from th'vnthankefull Iewes God in his wrath Tookâ— good Iosias by vnlook'd for death And for our sinnes our ignorance must know We haue procur'd and felt this curelesse blow And Christendome I feare in losing him Is much dismembred and hath lost â— limme As by the fruit the tree may be exprest His workes declar'd his learning manifest Whereby his wisdome wan this great renowne That second Salomon wore Britaines crowne His pen restrain'd the strong relieu'd the weake And graciously he could write doe and speake He had more force and vigor in his words TheÌ„ neigh'â—ring Princes could haue in their swords France Denmarke Poland Sweden Germany Spaine Saâ—oy Italy and Muscoâ—â—â— Bohemia and the fruitfull Palatine The Swisses Grisons and the â—eltoline As farre as euer Sol or Luna shin'd Beyond the Westerns or the Easterne Inde His counsell and his fauours were requir'd Approu'd belou'd applauded and admir'd When round about the Nations farre and neere With cruell bloody warres infested were When Mars with sword and fire in furious rage Spoyl'd consum'd not sparing lex or age Whilst mothers with great griese were childlesse made And Sonne 'gainst Sire oppos'd with trenchant blade When brother against brother kinne ' gainst kinne Through death and danger did destruction winne When murthers mercilesse and beastly Rapes These famine miseries in sundry Shapes While mischiefs thus great kingdomes ouerwhelm Our prudent Steeresman held great Britaines helme Conducting so this mighty Ship of state That Strangers enui'd and admir'd thereat When blessed Peace with terrour and affright Was in a mazed and distracted flight By bloody Warre and in continuall Chase Cours'd like a fearefull Hare from place to place Not daring any where to shew her head She happily into this kingdome fled Whom Royall Iames did freely entertaine And graciously did keepe her all his reigne Whilst other Lands that for her absence mourne With sighs and teares doe with her backe returne They finde in losing Her they lost a blesse A hundred Townes in France can witnesse this Where Warres compulsion or else composition Did force Obedience Bondage or Submission Fields lay vntild and fruitfull Land lay waste And this was scarcely yet full three yeeres past Where these vnciuill ciuill warres destroy'd Princes Lords Captaines men of Note imploy'd One hundred sixty seuen in number all And Common people did past number fall These wretches wearied with these home-bred Iars Loue Peace forbeing beaten sore with wars Nor doe I heere inueigh against just Armes But ' gainst vniust vunaturall Alarmes Iust warres are made to make vniust warres cease And in this sort warres are the meanes of Peace In all which turmoyles Britaine was at rest No thundring Cannons did our Peace molest No churlish Drum no Rapes no flattring wounds No Trumpets clangor to the Battell sounds But euery Subiect here enioy'd his owne And did securely reape what they had sowne Each man beneath his Fig-tree and his Vine In Peace with plenty did both suppe and dine O God how much thy goodnesse doth o'rflow Thou hast not dealt with other Nations so And all these blessings which from heauen did Spring Were by our Soueraignes wisdomes managing Gods Steward both in Office and in name And his account was euermore his aime The thought from out his minde did seldome slip That once he must giue vp his Steward-ship His anger written on weake water was His Patience and his Loue
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
Argos eyes of suruay and obserue and as many hands as Briareus to write yet for all their paines diligent search and collections my weake cpabitie can finde matter enough to make an honest Pamphlet out of what they haue ouerseene neglected or made slight account of Foure things I haue doe and euer will obserue in my Writings which are not to write prophane obsceane palpable and edious Lyes or scandalous Libels In keeping which Decorum I hope I shall keep my selfe within the limits or bounds of good men Respect And this Aduertisement more I giue the Reader that there are many things Imprinted vnder the name of two Letters I. T. for some of which I haue beene taxed to bee the Author I assure the world that I had neuer any thing imprinted of my writing that I was either afraid or ashamed to set my name as large to it and therefore if you see any Authors name I. T. I vtterly disclaime it for I am as I haue bin both I and T. which with addition of Letters is yours to bee commanded in any laudableendeauours IOHN TAYLOR TAYLORS PASTORALL BEING BOTH HISTORICALL AND SATYRICALL OR The noble Antiquitie of Shepheards with the profitable vse of Sheepe APOLLO Father of the Sisters nine I câ—aue thy ayde t' inspire this Muse or mine Thou that thy golden Glory didst lay by As Ouid doth relate most wittily And in a Shepheards shape didst deigne to keeps Thy Loues beloued Sire Admerus sheepe And rurall Pan thy helpe I doe intreat That to the life the praise I may repeat Of the contended life and mightie stockes Of happie Shepheards and their harmlesse sockes â—â— better thoughts my Errors doe controule â—â— an offence most negligent and foule â—us inuoking like a Heathen man â—â— helplesse from Apollo or from Pan When as the subiect which I haue in hand â—almost infinite as Scarres or sand â—â— With Antiquitie vpon Record â— the Eternall neuer-failing Word â—â—ere 't is ingrauen true and manifest â—â—That Shery and Shepheares were both best and blest â—â— Therefore inuocate the gracious aide Of Thee whose mightie Word hath all things made Israels great Shepheard numbly câ—aue That his assur'd assistance I may haue That my vnlearned Muse no verse compile When may bee impious prophane or vile â—â—â—ad though through Ignorance or negligence â—â— poore iuucation fall into offence â—â—implore that boundlesse Grace of his Nor stricaly to regard what is amisle â—at but vnto me belongeth all the blame And all the Glory bee vnto his Name Yet as this Bookers verse so men must know â—â—must some Fictions and Aliusions show Some shreds sow â—mnants reliques or some scraps The Muses may inspire me with perhaps Which taken laterally as line may sceme And so mil-vnderstanding may misdeeme Of Sheepe therefore before to worke I fall Isle shew the Shepheards first originall Those that the best Records will reade and marke Shall finde iust Abel was a Patriarke Our father Adams second sonne a Prince As great as any man begotten fince Yet in his function hee a Shepheard was And so his mottall Pilgrimage did passe And in the sacred Text it is compild That hee that 's father of the Faithfull stil'd Did as a Shepheard line vponth increase Of Sheepe vntill his dayes on earth did ceasel And in those times it was apparent tâ—en Abel * Abel a Princes Patriarke figure of the true Church a type of â—â—â—tt and a shepheard Abraham a Prince a Patriarke â—â—â—uled with the Glorious tytle of Father of the Faithfull a Shep heard and Abram both were Noble men The one obtain'd the tytle righteously For his vnfeigned seruing the most High Hee first did offer Sheepe which on Record Was Sacrifice accepted of the Lord. Hee was before the Infant world was ripe The Churches figure and his Saurours type A murdered Martyr who for seruing God Did first of all feele persecutions rod. And Abraham was in account so great Abramclech his friendship did intreat Faiths patterne and Obedience sample hee Like Starres or sand was in posteritis In him * Isack the Nations of the Earth were blest And now his bosome figures heau'nly REST His Sheepe almost past numbring multiply'd And when as he thought I saue should haue dy'd Then by th' Almighties Mercies Loue and Grace A Sheepe from out a Bush supply'd the place Lot was a Shepheard Abrams brothers sonne And such great fauour from his God he wonne That Sodom could not be consum'd with fire Till hee and his did out of it retire They felt no vengeance for their foule offence Till righteous Lot was quite departed thence And Iacob as the holy Ghost doth tell Who afterwards was called Israel Who wrastled with his God and to his fame Obtain'd a Name and Blessing for the same Hee vnder Laban was a Shepheard long And suffred from him much ingratefull wrong For Bachel and for Leah hee did beare The yoke of seruitude full twentie yeare Hee was a Patriarke a Prince of might Whose wealth in Sheepe was almost infinite His twice sixe sonnes as holy writ describes Who were the famous Fathers of twelue tribes Were for the most part Shepheards and such men Whose like the world shall ne're containe agen Young Ioseph 'mongst the rest especially A constant mirrour of true Chastitie Who was in his affliction of behauiour A morrall Tipe of his immortall sauiour And Truth his Mother Rachet doth expresse To be her father Labans Shepheardesse Meeke Moses whom the Lord of hosts did call To leade his people out of AEgypts thrall Whose power was such as no mans was before Nor since his time hath any mans beene more Yet in the Sacred text it plaine appeares That he was letbroes Shepheard fortie yeares Heroycke Dauid Ishaies youngest sonne Whose acts immortall memorie hath wonne Whose valiant vigour did in pieces teare A furious Lyon and a rauenous Beare Who arm'd with Faith and fortitude alone Slew great Gohah with a sling and stone Whose victories the people sung most plaine Saul hath a thousand Hee ten thousand slaine Hee from the Sheepfold came to be a king Whose same for euer through the world shall ring Hee was another Tipe of that blest HEE That was and is and euermore shall bee His vertuous Acts are writ for imitation His holy Hymnes and Psalmen for consolation For Reprehension and for Contemplation And finally to shew vs our saluation The Prophet Amos vnto whom the Lord Kearâ—l'd the sacred secrets of his Word God rais'd him from the Sheepfold to foretell What Plagues should fall on sinfull Israell True * Job Patience patterne Prince of his affections Most mightie tamer of his imperfections Whose guard was God whose guide the holy Ghost Blest in his wealth of which Sheepe was the most Iust Iobs loft riches doubled was agen Who liu'd belou'd of God admir'd of men Seth and Noab were Shepheards and feeders of Cattle The first of happie tydiageon the earth Of our all onely Sauiours blessed birth The glorious
yeres Maior 1330. Sir Iohn Pultney Draper 2. yeeres Maior 1332. Iohn Preston Draper Maior 1333. Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior 1336. Sir Iohn Pultney the tourth time Lord Maior he built a Chappell in Pauls where hee lyes buried he also built Saint Laurence Pultney Church and the Church of little Alhalowes and the Church called the Fryers in Couentrie hee gaue to the poore of Saint Giles in the Fields to the poore Prisoners in the Fleet and Newgate ten shillings to each yearely for euer besides many other deeds of Charity which he did Many of these men did good and charitable deeds but they did them secretly in their liues time Anno 1363. Stephen Candish Draper Maior 1367. Iames Andrew Draper Maior 1381. Ioh. Northampt. Draper 2. yeres Maior 1391. Iohn Hinde Draper Maior Anno 1402. Iohn Walcot Draper Maior 1404 Iohn Hinde the second time Maior he newly built the Church of Saint Swithin neere London stone 1413. Sir William Cromer Draper Maior 1415. Sir Nicholas Wotton Draper Maior 1423. William Cromer Draper Maior 1427. Iohn Gedney Draper Maior 1430. Nicholas Wotton Draper Maior 1433. Ihon Brockle Draper Maior 1441. Robert Clopton Draper Maior 1445. Sir Simon Eyre Draper Maior he built Lraden Hall for a Garnetie for the Citie and gaue fiue thousand markes to charitable vses 1447. Sir Iohn Gedney Draper Maior 1453. Sir Iohn Norman Draper Maior 1458. Sir Thomas Scot Draper Maior 1462. Sir Thomas cooke Draper Maior 1464. Sir Ralph Ioslin Draper Maior 1474. Sir Robert Drope Draper Maior hee lyeth buried in Saint Michaels Church in Cornehill London he gaue towards poore Maids marriages of that Parish twenty pound and to the poore of that Ward ten pound and three hundred shirts and smockes and hundred gownes of Broadcloth 1476. Sir Ralph Ioslin Draper the 2. time Maior 1479. Sir Bartholomew Iames Draper Maior 1481. Sir William Harriet Draper Maior 1484. Sir William Stocker Draper Maior 1489. Sir William White Draper Maior 1503. Sir William Capell Draper Maior 1507. Laurence Aylmer Draper Maior 1509. Sir William Capell the 2. time Maior 1511. Sir Roger Achley Draper Maior 1514. Sir George Monox Draper Maior hee repaired the ruinated Church at Walthamstow in Essex and erected a Free-schoole there and thirteene Almes-houses for aged people also hee built a long Timber Cawsway ouer the Marshes from Walthamstow to Locke-bridge 1512. Sir Iohn Bruges Draper Maior 1521. Sir Iohn Milbourne Draper Maior hee built fourteene Alines houses for fourteen aged poore people neere the Lord Lumleyes house in the crossed or crouched Friers allowing to each two shillings foure pence monthly for euer 1524. Sir William Bailie Draper Maior 1528. Sir Iohn Rudston Draper Maior 1533. Sir Christopher Askew Draper Maior he payed largely to the building of eight Almes houses in Beechlane London for eight poore widowes of his Company 1540. Sir William Roch Draper Maior 1560. Sir VVilliam Chester Draper Maior 1565. Sir Richard Champion Draper Maior a good Benefactor to the poore of Saint Dunstans in the East and to the poore in Saint Edmunds in Lumbard street hee gaue fiftie foure shillings yearely in bread for euer besides other guists 1578. Sir Richard Pipe Draper Maior 1580. Sir Iohn Branch Draper Maior 1584. Sir Thomas Pullison Draper Maior 1588. Sir Martin Calthrop Draper Maior 1614. Sir Thomas Hayes Draper Maior 1615. Sir Iohn Iolls Draper Maior 1621. Sir Edward Barkeham Draper Maior 1623. Martin Lumley Draper Maior These good deeds following were done by others of the said company who were not Lord Maiors IOhn Holmes Draper gaue his house to the poore in Saint Sepulchers Parish for euer the yeerely rent of it being thirty two pound Iohn Russell Draper gaue eighty pound to Schooler and to other pious vses Iohn Quarles Draper gaue sixe pound a yeare for euer to be giuen to the poore in bread William Dummer Draper gaue to the poore thirteene pound eighteene shillings foure pence yeerely for euer Owen Clun Draper gaue to the poore fiue and twentie pound yeerely for euer William Parker Draper towards the maintenance of Preachers at Saint Antlins sixe pounds yeerely for euer Iohn Skeet Draper gaue to the Hospitals at London three hundred pound and to foure poore Schollers at Oxford fiae pound a peece and the like to foure poore Schollers at Cambridge Henry Butler Draper gaue to Saint Thomas Hospitall ten pound to Christ-Church Saint Bartholomewes and Bridewell fiue pounds to each Peter Hall Draper gaue to Christs Hospitall ten pound to Saint Bartholomewes and Saint Thomas Hospitall three pound to each Thomas Church Draper gaue to Christs Hospitall and to Bridewell to each ten pound and to the Hospitals of Saint Thomas and Saint Bartholomew to either fiue pound Humphrey Fox Draper gaue to Christs Church Hospitall fiftie pound Edmund Hill Draper gaue to the poore of Saint Andrew Vnder shaft fiftie two pound Anno 1609. William Guilborne Draper gaue foure markes the yeare for euer to the poore of Saint Katherine Christ Church neere Aldegate and twenty pound he gaue to build a Gallerie in the same Church Iohn Quarles Draper gaue to the poore in Saint Peters in the poore in Brecstreet ward fiftie pound to bee bestowed yearely in bread for euer Sir Richard Goddard Draper and Alderman gaue to the Hospitall of Bridewell two hundred pound Master Benedict Barnham Draper gaue for the reliefe of the poore Prisoners in the seuerall prisons in London fiftie pound Sir Iames Deane Draper and Alderman gaue to the seuerall Hospitals in London a hundred and thirtie pound and to sundry prison 70.1 Lady Bainham sometimes an A dermans wife of the Drapers Company gaue to the poore of the said Company ten pound yearely for euer Lancelot Thompson Draper gaue to the parish of Saint Peters in Cornehill twenty pound for fiue Sermons and a hundred pounds to the poore of the Drapers Companie and fiue pound yeerely to hee bestowed by them in fire and bread on the poore of that Parish Richard shore Draper gaue fifteene pound to build a Church porch at Saint Mildreds in the Poultry Iohn Calthrop Draper built the bricke Wall betwixt the Hospitals of Christ Church and S. Bartholomew Iohn Chertsey Draper gaue to the Hospitals 20.1 and to other charitable vses a 100 pound Master Henry Woolaston Draper gaue to Saint Thomas Hospitall fortie pound with other charitable beneuolences These memorable and pious workes with many more then my weake capacitie can collect or reckon haue beene done by the Drapers or Clothsellers which doth approue the sheepe to be a thriuing happy and a most profitable beast Now to speake somewhat of the Right Worshipfull Company of Clothworkers Anno Domini 1559. Sir William Hewet Clothworker Lord Maior 1574. Sir Iames Hawes Clothworker L. Maior 1583. Sir Edward Osborne Clothworker L. M. 1594. Sir Iohn Spencer Clothworker L. Maior 1596. Sir Thomas Skinner Clothworker Lord Maior gaue to the Hospitals in London and the Suburbs 120. l. 1599. Sir Nicholas Mosley Clothworker L.M. 1606.
cocks Drakes with the ducks all male and female stocks The Ewe the Ram the Lambe and the sat weather In generall are called sheepe together Harts Stages Bucks Does Hinds Roes Fawnes euery where Are in the generality call'd Deere So Hemp and Flax or which you list to name Are male and female both one and the same Those that 'gainst these comparisons deride And will not with my lines be satisfide Let them imagine e'â—e they doe condemne I loue to play the foole with such as them The cause why Hempseed hath endur'd this wrong And hath its worthy praise obscur'd so long I doe suppose it to bee onely this That Poets know their insufficience is That were earth Paper and Sea inke they know 'T were not enough great Hempseeds worth to show I muse the Pagans with varietie Of godles Gods made it no Deity Heeree followes the names of most of the heathen Gods and â—â—â—s The AEgyptians to a Bull they Arts nam'd A temple most magnificent they framed The â—â—is Crocodile a cat a dog The Hippopostamy beetles or a frog â—â—â—â—â—â—mons dragons the wolfe aspe â—â—le and Râ—â— Base beastly gods for such curst â—â—â—â— of Cham â—â—s were so with I dolatry misted They worship'd Onioâ—s and a garlike hâ—ad If these people had tasted but a messe of Tewxbury must and they would surely haue honoured it â—ot a God or â—eared it as a â—â—â—â—â— King Ieroboam for his gods did take Two golden calues and the truâ— God forsake â—â—â— Philistins and the Assirians The Persians and Babilonians Sâ—â—â—â—ritâ—ns and the Arabians The Thebans Spartans and Athenians The Indians Parthians and the Libians The Britaines Galliant and Hibernians Since the first Chaos or creation â—â—â—ry hath crept in euery Nation And as the diuell did mens minds inspire Some worshipt earth seme aire or water fire Windes Riuers Rainbow Stars and Moone and Sun Ceres and Bacchus riding on his â—un Mars Saturne Ioue Apollo Mercury Priapus and the Queene of techery Vulcan Diana Pluto Proserpine Pâ—â—â—â—â— Neptune and Panâ— piping shrine Old Bâ—â—â—m Berâ—câ—rthia Stones and Trees Bâ—witâ—â—â—â— creatâ—râ—â— worshipt on their knees Bâ—â—l Bâ—â—â—z â—â—â— Niâ—roâ—â— the Diâ—â—ll and Dâ—â—gon Ashâ—aâ—â—oth Râ—mmon Belus Bâ—li the Dragon Flies soules hawkes â—â—â—men any thing they saw Their very Pâ—â—â—ies they did serne with awe And theâ— did sacrifice at sundry â—â—â—sts Their châ—â—â—â—eâ— vnto diuels stockes stones and beasts O had these men the worth of Humpseed knowne Their bâ—â—â—â— zâ—â—â— no doubt they would haue showne In building Temples and would alters frame Lake Ephesus to great Dianaes name And therefore Merchants Marrâ—ners people all Of all trades on your marrow bones â—â—â—â—â— fall For you could neither rose or bâ—te or â—â—p If noble Hempseed did not hold you vp And Reader now â—â—â—â—â—â—â— it is â—â—â—â—â—â— To come vnto the matter with my â—â—â—â— But iudge not â—â—â—â— you â—â—â— well read and scan'd And asks your selues if you dec vnder stand And if you can doe but this fauour shew Make no ill faces cryâ—â—â—â—â—â—â— and â—â—mew For though I dare not brag I dare â—â—â—â— taine Tâ—ue censurers will iudge I haue â—â—â—â— paine Vnto the wise I humbly doe submit For those that play the fooles for want of wit My poore reuenge against them stâ—â—â— shall be I le laugh at them whilst they doe scoffe at me THE PRAISE OF HEMP-SEED WITH The Voyage of Mr. Roger Bird and the Writer hereof in a Boat of browne-Paper from London to Quinborough in Kent SWeet sacred Muses my inuention raise Vnto the life to writâ—â— great Hempseeds praise This grain growes to a stalk wrose coat or â—â—in Good industry doth â—aâ—chellâ—t â—â—â— and â—pin And for mans best aduantage and auailes It makes clothes cordage halters ropes and sailes From this small Aâ—ome mighty matters springs It is the Art of nauigations wings It spreads aloft the lofty skie it scales â—â—â—s o're the great Leuiathan and Whales Dâ—â—es to the boundlesse bottome of the deepe What Neptune doth mongst dreadful monsters keep From Pole to pole it cuts both Seas and Skyes From th'orient to the occident it flyes Kings that are sâ—ndred farre by Seas and Lands It makes them in a manner to shake hands It fils our Land with plenty wonderfull From th'Esterne Indiâ—â— from the great Mogull From France from Portiagale from Venice Spaine From Denmarke Norwâ—y it seâ—ds o'er the maine Vnto this Kingdome it doth wealth acrue From beyond China farre beyond ' Peru From Beâ—gâ—a Almaine the West Indies and From Guiny Biny â—â—â—and New sound land This little seed is the great instrument To shew the power of God Omnipotent Whereby the glorious Gospell of his Sonne Millions misled soules hath from Sathan wonne It is an instrument by the appointment of God for the encrease of the Gospell of Christ. Those that knew no God in the times of yore Now they their great Creator doe adore And many that did thinke they did doe well To giue themselues a sacrifice to Hell And seru'd the Diuell with th' inhumane slaughters Of their vnhappy haplesse sonnes and daughters Now they the remnant of their liues doe frame To praise their Makers and Redeemers name Witnesse Virginia witnesse many moe Witnesse our selues few hundred yeares agoe When in Religion and in barbarous natures We were poore wretched misbeleeuing creatures How had Gods Preachers faild to sundry coasts Tinstrust men how to know the Lord of Hosts But for the Sayles which he with wind doth fill As Seruants to accomplish his great will But leauing this high supernaturall straine I 'le talke of Hempseed in a lower vaine How should we haue gold siluer jems or Iewels Wine oyle spice rice and diuers sorts of fewels Food for the belly clothing fot the baâ—ke Silke Sattin Veluat any thing we lacke To serue necesâ—icies How should we get Such sorts of plenteous fish but with the net The smelt Roaoh Salmon Flounder and the Dace Would in fresh riuers keeps their dwelling place The Ling Cod Herring Sturgeon such as these Would liâ—e and dyâ— in their owne natiue Seas Without this feed the Whale could not be caught Whereby our oyles are out of Greenland brought Nay wer 't not for the net made of this seed Mâ—n could not catch a Sprat whereon to feed Besides it liberally each where bestowes A liuing vpon thousands where it growes As beaters Spinners Weauers and a crue Of halter makers which could sâ—â—rce line true But for th' imployment which this little graine Doth vse them in and payes them for their paine Mirth and Truth are good companions The Rope makers the Net makers and all Would be trade falne for their trade would fall Besides what multitudes of Fishers are In euery Sea townâ— numbers past compare Whilest they their seruants children and their wiues From Hempsceed get their liuing all their liues The Fish-mongers would quickly goe to wrack The lacke of this seed would be their great lack And being now rich and in good reputation They would haue neither Hall nor Corporation
a long Garden within the Wals some of the Townes-men were shooting for wagers at a marke with their muskets some bowling some at slide thrift or shouel-boord some dancing before a blind Fidler and his cow-bellied dropsie dutty Drab some at one game some at another most of them drinking and all of them drinke that though it was a Sabboth which should wholly be dedicated to God yet by the those of these bursten-gutted bibbers they made it an after-noone consecrated or more truely execrated to the seruice of hell and to the great amplification of the Deuils kingdome When Christians dare Gods Sabboth to abuse They make themselues a scorne to Turkes Iewes T is stealing Barabasses beastly race Rib God of Glory and your selues of Grace Thinke on the supreame Iudge who all things tryes When Iewes against you shall in Iudgement rise Their feigned truth with feruent zeale they show The truth vnfeign'd you know yet will not know Then at the Barre in new Ierusalem It shall be harder much for you then them But leauing them to their drunken designes I return'd toward my Lodging where by the way I saw at the common Iayle oâ— the Towne a great number of people were clustred together I asked the cause of their concourse and I was certified that there was a Pâ—iâ—oner to be broken vpon the wheele the next day and that these idle Gazers did prease to gape vpon him or want of better imployments I being as inquisiâ—iue after nouelties as a Trauailer of my â—â—all experience might be enquired earnâ—stâ—y the true cause of the next dayes execution my friend told me that the Prisoner was a poore Carpenter dwelling â—â— the Towne who lately hauing stolne a Goose and plucking it within his doores a little Girle his daughter in Law went out of his house and left the doore open by which meanes the owner of the Goose passing by espyed the wretched Theese very diligently picking what hee before had beene stealing to whom the owner said Neighbour I now perceiue which way my Geese vse to goe but I will haue you in question for them and so away hee went the Caitiffe beeing thus reprooued grew desperate and his child comming into his house ye yong whore quoth he must ye leaue my doore open for folkes to looke in vpon me and with that word he tooke a Hatchet and with a cursed stroake he cloue the childes head for the which murther he was condemned and iudged to be broken aliue vpon the wheele Close by the Iayle I espyed a house of free stone round and flat roofed and leaded vpon the which was erected the true picture of a most vnmatchable Hang-man and now I am entered into a discourse of this braue abiect or subiect you must vnderstand that this fellow is a merry a mad and a subsidie Hangman to whoÌ„ our Tyburnâ— Tatterdemalian or our Wapping winde-pipe stretcher is but a Raggamuffin not worth the hanging for this teare-throat Termagant is a fellow in Folio a Commander of such great command and of such greatnesse to command that I neuer saw any that in that respect could countermand him for his making is almost past description no Saracens head seemes greater and sure I thinke his brainepan if it were emptied as I thinke he hath not much braine in it would well containe halfe a bushell of mault his shaggie haire and beard would stuffe a Cushion for Charons boate his Imbost nose and embroydered face would furnish a Ieweller his eyes well dryed would make good Tennis-balls or shot for a small peece of Ordinance his yawning mouth would serue for a Conniborrow and his two ragged rowes of teeth for a stone wall or a Pale then hath he a necke like one of Hercules his pillars with a winde-pipe or rather a beere pipe as bigge as the boare of a Demiculuering or a wooden pumpe through which conduit halfe a brewing of Hamburgh beere doth runne downe into his vnmeasurable paunch wherein is more midrisfe guts and garbage then three tripe-wiues could be able to vtter before it stunke His postâ—like legges were answerable to the rest of the great frame which they supported and to conclude sir Beuis Ascapart Gogmagag or ou English sir Iohn Falstaff were but shumps to this bezzeling Bombards longitude Iatitude altitude and crassiâ—ude for he passes and surpasses the whole Germane multitude And as hee is great in corpulencie so is hee powerfull in potencie for figuratiuely hee hath spirituall resemblance of Romish authority and in some sort he is a kind of demy-Pope for once a yeere in the dogge-dayes he sends out his men with bates in stead of Buls with full power from his greatnesse to knocke downe all the cus without contradiction whose masters or owners will not be at the charge to buy a pardon for them of his mightinesse which pardon is more dureable then the Popes of waxe or parchment for his is made of a piece of the hide of an Oxe a Horse or such lasting stuffe which with his stigmaticall stamp or seale is hanged about euery dogs necke who is freed from his furie by the purchase of his pardon And sure I am perswaded that these dogges are more sure of their liues with the hangmans pardon then the poore besotted blinded Papists are of their seduced soules from any pardon of the Popes The priuiledges of this graund haulter-master are many as hee hath the emptying of all the vaults or draughts in the city which no doubt hee gaines some fauour by Besides all Oxen Kine Horses Hogs Dogs or any such beasts it they die themselues or if they bee not like to liue the hang-man must knocke them on the heades and haue their skins and whatsoeuer inhabitant in his iurisdiction doth any of these things aforesaid himselfe is abhorred and accounted as a villaine without redemption So that with hangings headings breakings pardoning and killing of dogges flaying of beasts emptying vaults and such priuie commodities his whole reuenue sometimes amounts to 4. or 5. hundred pounds a yeere And hee is held in that regard and estimation that any man will conuerse and drinke with him nay sometimes the Lords of the Towne will feast with him and it is accounted no impeachment to their honours for he is held in the ranke of a Gentleman or a ranke Gentleman and hee scornes to be clad in the cast weedes of executed offenders No he goes to the Meroers and hath his Sattin his Veluet or what stuffe he pleases measured out by the yard or the ell with his gould and siluer lace his silke stockings laced spangled garters and roses hat and feather with foure or fiue braue villaines attending him in Liuery cloakes who haue stipendary meanes from his ignominious bounty Munday the 19. of August about the houre of 12. at noone the people of the towne in great multitudes flocked to the place of execution which is halfe a mile English without the gates built more like a sconce then a Gallowes
Boores who weare white Linnen breeches as close as lrish iouzeâ— but so long that they are turned vp at the shooe in a role like a Maides sleeues at the hand but what these fellowes want in the bignesse of their Hose they haue in Dublets for their sleeues are as big as Breeches and the bodies great enough to hold a Kinderkin of beere and a barrell of Butter The Country is very full of Woods and especially Oakes which they very seldome cut down because of the Mast for their Swine which liue there in great abundance If any man bee slaine or murthered in the way they vse to set vp a wooden Crosse in the place for a memoriall of the bloudie fact committed there and there were many of those woodden Crosses in the way as I trauailed They seldome haue any Robbery committed amongst them but there is a murther with it for their vnmannerly manner is to knocke out a mans braines first or else to lurke behind a Tree and shoot a man with a peece or a Pistol and so make sure worke with the passenger and then search his pockets It is as dangerous to steale or killan Hare in some places there as it is to rob a Church or kill a man in England and yet a two penny matter will discharge the offender for the best and the worst is but an Halter and I was enformed that an English Marchant not knowing the danger as he was riding on the way hauing a peece charged in his hand as it is an ordinary weapon to trauaile with there by chance he espyed an hare and shot at her and killed her but hee was apprehended for it and it was like to haue ecst him his life but before he got out of the trouble he was faine to vse his best friends and meanes and pleading ignorance for his innocency at last with the losse of a great deale of liberty and five hundred pound in money he was discharged The reason of this strict course is because all the Hares in the Country doe belong to one Lord or other and being in aboundance they are killed by the owners appointment and carried to the markets by Cart-loads and sold fot the vse of the honourable owners And no Boore or Tenant that dwels in those parts where those Hares are plenty must Keepe a Dogge except hee pay fiue shillings a yeere to the Lord or else one of his fore feet must be cut off that hee may not hunt Hares A Man is in almost as high proportion to be a â—naue in England as a Knight in Germany for there a Gentleman is called a Youngcur and a Knight is but a Youngcurts man so that you shall have a scuruy Squire command a Knight to hold his stirrop plucke off his boots or any other vnknightly peece of seruice and verily I thinke there are an 100. seuerall Princes Earles Byshops and other Estates that doe euery one keepe a mint and in their owne names stampe Money Gold Siluer and Brasse and amongst 23. two pences which I had of their brasse money which they call Grushes I had 13. seuerall coynes Many more such worthic inâ—unctions and honourable ordinances I obserued which are hardly worth pen and inke the describing and therefore I omit them and draw toward an end for on the Wednesday morning I was at an anchor at Stoad and on the Friday night following I was by Gods gracious assistance Landed at London So that in three weekes and three dayes I sayled from England to Hamburgh and backe againe staying in the Countrey 17 dayes and trauailed 200. miles by Land there gathering like a busie Bee all these honied obseruations some by sight some by hearing some by both some by neither and some by bare supposition FINIS TAYLORS TRAVELS TO PRAGVE IN BOHEMIA Reader take this in your way A Pamphlet Reader from the Presse is hurld That hath not many fellowes in the world The manner 's common though the matter 's shallow And 't is all true which makes it want a fellow ANd because I would not haue you either guld of your mony or deceiued in expectatioÌ„ I pray you take notice of my plaine dealing for I haue not giuen my book a swelling bumbasted title or a promising inside of newes therfore if you look for any such matter from hence take this warning hold fast your mony and lay the booke downe yet if you do buy it I dare presume you shall find somwhat in it worth part of your mony the â—roth is that I did chiefly write it because I am of much acquaintance and cannot passe the streets but I am continually stayed by one or other to know what newes so that sometimes I am foure houres before I can goe the length of two paire of Buts where such non-sence or sencelesse questions are propounded to me that cals many seeming wise mens wisedomes in question drawing aside the curtaines of their vnderstanding and laying their ignorance wide open First Iohn Easie takes me and holds me fast by the fift halfe an houre and will needs torture some newes out of me from Spinola whom I was neuer neere by 500 miles for he is in the Phllatinate Country and I was in Bohemia I am no sooner eased of him but Gregory Gandergoose an Alderman of Gotham catches me by the goll demanding if Bohemia be a great Towne and whether there bee any meate in it and whether the last fleet of ships be arriued there his mouth being stop'd a third examines me boldly what newes from Vienna where the Emperours Army is what the Duke of Bauaria doth what is become of Count Buquoy how sares all the Englishmen Where lyes the King of Bohemiaes forces what Bethlem Gabor doth what tydings of Dampeier and such a tempest of inquisition that it almost shakes my patience in peeces To ease my selfe of all which I was inforced to set pen to paper and let this poore Pamphlet my harald or nuntius trauaile and talke whilst I take my ease with silence Thus much I dare affirme that whosoever he or they bee that doe scatter any scandalous speeches against the plenty in Bohemia of all manner of needfull things for the sustenance of man and beasts of the which there is more abundance then euer I saw in any place else or whatsoeuer they be that report any ill successe on the Kings party this little booke and I the Author doth proclaime and proue them false Lyers and they are to be suspected for coyning such falshoods as no well willers to the Bohemian prosperity One thing I must intreat the Readers patience in reading one hundred lines wherein I haue kept a filthy stirre about a beastly fellow who was at my going from England a peece of a Graues end Constable at which time he did me such wrong as might haue drawne my life in question for he falsly said that I would haue fired their Towne I did promise him a ierke or two of my pen
and they themselues thus rending Doth shew what all of vs hath euer bin Addicted vnto martiall discipline Sâ—â—â—â— can report and Portingale can tell Denmarke and Norway both can witnesse well Sweden and Poland truely can declare Our Seruice there and almost euery where And * The Low Countries Holland Zealand c Belgia but for the English and the Scots Perpetuall slauery had beene their lots Vnder the great commanding power of Spaine By th' Prince of Parâ—a's and the Archdukes traine Farre for my witnesses I need looke 'T is writ in many a hundred liuing booke And Newports famous battell brauely tels The English and the Scots in fight excels Yea all or most Townes in those seuenâ—â—â—â— Lands Haue felt the force or friendship of their hands Ostend whose siege all other did surpasse That will be is or I thinke euer was In three yeares three moneths Scots Englishmen Did more then Troy accomplished in ren Ostend endur'd which ne're will be forget Aboue seuen hundred thousand Canon shot And as if Hell against it did conspire They did abide death dearth and sword and fire There danger was with resolution mixt And honour with true valour firmely fixt Were death more horrid then a Gorgons head In his worst shapes they met him free from dread There many a Britaine dy'de and yet they liue In fame which fame to vs doth courage giue At last when to an end the siege was come The gainers of it cast their loosing samme And the vneuen reckoning thus did runne The winners had most losse the loosers wonne For in this siege vpon the Archdukes side Seauen Masters of the Campe all wounded dyde And fifteene Colonels in that warre deceast And Serieant Majors twenty nine at least Captaines fiue hundred sixty fiue were slaine Leiutenants whilst this Leaguer did remaine One thousand and one hundred and sixteene Dyed and are now as they had neuer beene Ensignes three hundred twenty two all euen And nineteene hundred Serieants and eleuen Corp'rals and Lantzprizâ— does death did mixe In number seauenteene hundred sixty sixe Of Souldiers Mariners women children all More then seauen times ten thousand there did fall Thus Ostend was at deare rates wonne and lost Besides these liues with many millions cost And when 't was won 't was won but on conditions On honourable tearmes and compositions The winners wan a ruin'd heape of stones A demy Gâ—lgotha of dead mens bones Thus the braue Britaines that the same did leaue Left nothing in it worthy to receiue And thus from time to time from age to age To these late dayes of our last Pilgrimage We haue beene men with martiall mindes inspir'd And for our meeds belou'd approu'd admit'd Men prize not Manhood at so low a rate To make it idle and effeminate And worthy Countrymen I hope and trust You 'l doe as much as your fore-fathers durst A faire aduantage now is offered here Whereby your wonted worths may well appeare And he that in this quarrell will not strike Let him expect neuer to haue the like He that spares both his person and his purse Must if euer he vse it vse it worse And you that for that purpose goe from hence To serne that mighty Princesse and that Prince Ten thousand thousand prayers shall euery day Implore th' Almighty to direct your way Goe on goe on braue Souldiers neuer cease Till noble Warre produce a noble Peace A briefe Description of BOHEMIA THE Kingdome of Bohemia is well peopled with many braue Horse-men and Foot-men Rich fruitfull and plentifully stored by the Almighties bounty with all the treasures of Nature fit for the vse and commoditie of Man It hath in it of Castles and walled Townes to the number of 780. and 32000. Villages by a Graunt from the Emperour CHARLES the Fourth it was freed for euer of the payments of all Contributions to the Empire whatsoeuer Morauia Silesia and Lusatia are as large as Bohemia well replenished with stout Horse-men and Foot-men FINIS Honour Conceal'd Strangely Reveal'd OR The worthy Praise of the Vnknowne Merits of the Renowmed Archibald Armestrong who for his vnexpected Peace-making in France betwixt the King and the Rochellers hath this Poem Dedicated as a Trophee to his matchlesse Vertuesâ— This being done in the yeare of our Lord 1623. Written by him whose Name Annagramatiz'd is LOYOL IN HART 'T is not the Warres of late I write vpon In France at the Iles of Rhea or Olleron These things were written in K. IAMES his Raigne Then Read it not with a mistaking Braine Dedicated to the Reader or Vnderstander or both or either or neither WHat you are you partly know and how you will like my lines I partly know not A better mans pen might haue vndertaken this taske for the Subiect for worth is net inferiour to Aiax of whom the learned Sir Iohn Harington wrote a well approued Volume the smallest baires haue their shadowes and the least shadow its substance and though vertue belong Eclipsed by the corrupted Cleudes of Enny yet at the last the Sunbeames of noble mâ—â—t wâ—llâ—reake through those Contagious Vaepours expelling the obscure caertaines of Malignity to the Eternizing of the owners fume and the unrecalled Obloquy of hatefull and malicious opposition And in this Iron age where men hoard vp their goodnesse as they doe their money Wherein it is to be condoled to the tune of Lachrime to see how much Vice is expressed Pouerty depressed Innocency oppressed Vanitie impressed Charitie suppressed the Muses made Bawdes and Parasites to hide and slatter the wilfulnesse and folly of Greatnesse whilst honour of a mens owne winning spinning and weauing cannot be allowed him for his owne wearing This made me to stirre my sterrill iâ—â—â—ention from the Leathean Den of obliuions Cimcrianisme and take this neglected subiect in hand which else is to be seared had beene irrecouerably swallowed in the precipitated bottomlesse Abisse of sable Mourning melancholy Taciturnity and Forgetfulnesse Herein may the Reader without much wearying his eye-sight see Werth emblazed Desert praised Valour aduanced â—â— it described Art commended and all this Paradoxically apply'd to the person and successefull Industry of the ouermuch and worthy to be praised Archiball Armestrong the Camplementall Comma of Courtly Contentment Whose Admirable Fortunte Fate Lucke Hap Chance Destiny or what you please to tearme it was to appease the furious Warres in France and make a wonderfull Accord or Peace betwixt the King and his Subiects whereby it may be obserued how Rochell was conserued the Kings Honour reserued act France preserued and what Archy deserued IOHN TAYLOR THE PEACE OF FRANCE With the Praise of ARCHY VLisses was a happy man of men In that his acts were writ with Homers pen And Virgil writ the Actions the Glory Of bold and braue AEneas wand'ring story Great Alexander had the like successe Whose life wise Quintus Curtius did expresse And worthy Archy so it fares with thee To haue thy name and same emblaz'd by
a Pease And to the world I 'le cause it to appeare VVho e're giues for you twenty pounds a yeareâ— Must from the Marchants pilfer fourescore more Or else he cannot liue and pay the score And to close vp this point I say in briefe VVho buyes it is a Begger or a Thiefe Or else a Foole or to make all agree He may be Foole Thiefe Begger all the Three So you false Bottles to you both adieu The Thames for me not a Denier for you FINIS VERBVM SEMPITERNVM DEDICATED TO THE MOST GRACIOVS AND ILLVSTRIOVS KING CHARLES MOst mightie Soveraigne to your hands I giue The summe of that which makes Vs euer liue I humbly craue acceptance at your hand And rest your Servant ever to Command IOHN TAYLOR To the Reader THou that this little Booke dost take in hand Before thou Iudge bee sure to vnderstand And as thy kindnesse thou extend'st to mee At any time I le doe as much for thee Thine IOHN TAYLOR Genesis IEhouah heere of nothing all things makes And man before all things his God forsakes Yet by th' Almighties mercy 't was decreed Heau'ns Haire should satisfie for maus misdeed Mans age is long and all are great not good And all saue eight are drowned in the Flood Old Noah second sire to worst and best Of Cham the eurst Iaphet and Sem blest Of Abrahams starre-like numberlesse encrease Of of-springs of-springs and his rest in peace Of Israels going into AEgypt and Of their abode and liuing in that Land Of Iosephs brethren faithlesse and vnkind Of his firme Faith and euer constant mind He pardons them that did his death deuise He sâ—es his Childrens children and he dyes Exodus Th' increase of Iacobs stocke is growne past number And feare of them the AEgyptean King doth cumber Who giuing credit to the Inchanters tales Commands to kill all Infant Hebrew Males But Moses is preserued in the Riuer To be a Captaine Israel to deliuer Sterne Pharaobs cruell Adamantine heart Will not permit Gods people to depart Ten plagues froÌ„ heau'n are on th' AEgyptians powr'd Bloud frogs lice flyes beasts scabs haile thundring showr'd Grashoppers darknesse death of first borne men These were the AEgyptian plagues in number ten The Isra'lites are freed and Pharaobs Host In chasing them are in the red Sea lost A cloud doth shrowd them from the burning day By night a fierie Piller leades the way The murmuring people fearingfamine railes God raines down Manna from the Heauen quailes The Law is writ in stone to Moses giuen By Gods owne hand to guide man vnto Heauen The Ceremoniall Sacrifice is taught As types of whom out blest redemption's wrought Leniticus Heere man is shew'd it is the Almightles will To guard the good and to correct the ill The truest Seruice of the highest stands In no mans fancie but as he commands And cause men are so apt from Grace to swerue He shewes them here their Maker how to serue The Leuites are appointed by the Lord To preach vnto his chosen flocke the word Numbers Old Iacobs blessed off spring numbred are Their valiant Captaines and their men of Warre Curst Korah with his kinsman despâ—rate Datâ—â—n And bold Abiram three sworne Sonnes of Sathad Rebell 'gainst Moses with their tongues vnhallowed And by the earth by heau'ns just Vengeance swallowed The Israelites to fell confusion brings Great Og and Sibâ—n misbeleeuing Kings Where Balaam thought to eurse of force he blest And by his Asse was told how he transgrest Fiue Midian Monarchs Iudaes Host doth slay And all their spoyle diuided as a pray The Land of Câ—naan measur'd is and found That in it all things plenteous doe abound Deutâ—ronomy This Booke againe the Law of God repeats With blessings cursings teachings and with threats Meeke Moses dyes lyes in an vnknowne too me And Nuns Son Iosuab doth supply his roome Ioshua Great Captaine Ioshua great in faith and courage Through greatest dangers valiantly doth forrage He passeth Iordane with his mighty host And to the Tribes diuideth Coast from Coast. The harlot Rahab doth preserue the Spyes She knowes the Lord that reignes aboue the skyes They all passe Iordan which is parted dry Whilst they securely match inuasiuâ—ly The feare of Cananâ—tes doth much increase Ierichoes tane and Manna here doth cease Vile Achan closely steales the cursed prey And Israels beaten from the Wals of Ai Fiue Kings are hang'd and Phebus standeth still At Iosuah's prayer whilst he his Foes did kill Iust one and thirty mighty Kings were slaine Ere Israel could in peace the Land attaine Which being done the bloudy warres doe cease Their faithfull Captains Ioshuah dyes in peece Iudges Iuda is Captaine Anaks Sonnes are flaine The Câ—nanites as vassals doe remaine The Israelites rebell and serue strange Gods And are all plagu'd with heau'ns correcting reds The men of Midia Isra'l much did greeue Stout Gideon comes their sorrowes to releeue And is Gods Spirit doth his Seruant moue He ouerthrowes Baals Altar and his Groue A womans hand King Iabins Hoste doth quaile And kild his Captaine Sis'ra with a naile Abimeleh by wrong the kingdome gaines A woman dashe oat his ambitious braines Victorious Iphâ—ab rashly sweares not good And ends his conquest in his Daugliters blood Great Sampson's borne whoseuer marchlesse strength Orethrowes the Philistims in bredth and length Faire flattering Dalâ—lab her Lord deceiues He 's â—ane himselfe himselfe of life bereaues The Beniamites abus'd a Leuites wife For which all but sixe hundred lost their life Ruth According to the flesh this woman Ruth Was ancient Grandame to th' eternall Truth And though the from the Mâ—abites doth come It shewes th' Almighty in all Lands hath some 1. Samuel The Prophet Samuel's borne and Elies Sonnes To sinne and flat confusion headlong runnes The Isralites are by the Lord forsaken And by the Philistins the Arke is taken The figur'd presence of this all in All Doth make the Diuels inuention Dagon fall God takes his people to his loue againe The Ark's brought backe the Philistines are slaine The Sonnes of Samuel wrong their Fathers trust By partiall Indgements and with bribes vniust Saul seeking straying Asses findes a Crowne And is annointed King in Raman towne The fell Philistians Isrâ—el doth oppresse King Saul doth proudly gainst the Lord transgresse God dids kill Agag Saul will haue him spar'd His will more than his Gods he doth regard Goliah armed leades an hoste from Gath Defies the Lord of Hosts prouokes his wrath Yong Dauid comes and in his hand a sling And with a stone the Gyant downe doth ding Old Ishays Sonne before the Kings preferr'd And Dauid hath Sauls Daughter for reward Th' ingratefull King seekes Dauids causlesse death True hearted Ionathan preserues his breath Saul leaues his God and to a Witch doth goe And so himselfe himselfe doth ouerthrow The Philistines his childrens bloud doe spill And with his Sword King Saul King Saul did kill Saul leaues his God and to a Witch doth goe And
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
Rowland Yorke and Sir William Stanley turned Trayâ—â—rs September 13. 11. An English Gentleman * This Stafford was a Gentleman well descended his Mother was of the Bed chamber to the Queene and his Brother Leiger Ambassador in France at the same time William Stafford nam'd Was by the French Ambassador perswaded That if hee 'd kill the Queene he should be fam'd For by her death might England be inuaded Besides for it the Pope would thankfull be And all the house of Guise should be his friends But Stafford to their plots feemet ' agree Yet told the councell on his knees their ends These things vnto th' Ambassador were told And Stafford did auouch them to his face Which he deny'd audaciously and bold Much ill beseeâ—â—ing his estate and place Thus what foâ—euer gainâ—t our Church was wrought God still did bring their purposes to nought year 1587 12. This yeare Spaine with a mighty preparation With tweluescore Vessels loadeth Neptunes backe With thirty thousand men attempts inuafion Of Englandâ— Kingdome and Elizâ—â—s wracke Then many a bragging desperate doughty Don Proud of the strength of that great huge * The Spanish fleeâ— were in all of Ships Gallâ—ons Gallies and Pinaces 242. of Souldiers Mariners and Galley â—â—â—â—â— 31030. of great Ordnance 2630. Our Fleet were in all but 112. the Campe as Tiâ—bury were 22000 foot and 12000. horse Armadâ— Went barely off though they came brauely on The power of Heauen opposing their branado Our numbers vnto theirs inferiour â—arre Yet were they tane sunke slaine bang'd thump'd batter'd Because the Lord of Hosts the God of Warre He was our trust and ayde our â—oes he scater'd His name is oner all the world most glorious And through his power his Church is still victorious year 1588 13. Lopez a Doctor by descent a â—ew A Portâ—â—gaâ— by birth the Queenes physitiâ—n Forgetting duty to his Soueraigne due Would poyson her to further Spaines ambition The Spaniards and the Doctor are compacting How this sweet piece of seruice might be done They promise gold and he doth vow the acting A bargaine wisely made is partly wonne But this base Iew is taken in the trap The Queene preâ—erâ—'d the Spaniards cake is dough The Doctor wrong'd his breeches by mishap And hanging his reward was good enough Still treasons working though its lucke be ill Gods gracious power his Church defending still year 1589 The Queene had beene gracious and beautifull to this same Lopez many wayes and hee was accounted a man of good integrity till hee was corrupted by the Pope and Spaniard At his Araignment feare made him wrong his â—â—â—ches he was hanged at Tyâ—â—rns 14. Tyrone supported by the Pope and Spaine Had put our English Kingdome to much cost Perceiuing all his treasons were in vaine His dangers desperate fruitlesse labour lost Although his Holinesse from Rome had sent A plume of Phoenix feathers for a blessing Which bable from Tyrone could not preuent Rewards of Iustcie for his long transgressing To the Lord Deputy be doth suâ—mit Craues the kings mercy and obtained the same Yet afterward he did his faith forget And new rebeilions did in Ireland frame At last with guilty minde away he flyes Thus God confounds his Churches enemies year 1587 Tyrone an Irish Earle a man of great power and Policie a most peruitions and dangerous trayter 1604. bee came into England and was most graciously pardoned by the King yet afterward would haue leâ— all Ireland rebellion but faâ—ling of his purpose fled to Rome 15. Mongst all these dangers Queene Elizabeth Preserued still and reigned â—oyally Defended all her life from violent death And seauenty yeares of age dy'd naturally To her succeeded as his propâ—r right King Iames Great Britaines blessed Salomon When straight began new tricks of Romish spight For Church and King and Laâ—ds subuersion Watson * They would haue altered Religion brought in Forraigne power imprisoned the King and raised Arbella Watson Clarke Master George Brooke executed Clarke two Priests two Popish brothers Seduc'd Lords Cobham Gray two Noblemen Sir Walter Rawleigh Markham Brooke and others To take the King and him in pâ—fon pen. The plot 's found Iustice would th'â—â—â— ndors kill But the Kings mercy sau'd what L. w might â—pill year 1603 The Kings mercy saued the Lord Cobham Lord Gray Sir Walter Rawleigh Sir Griffith Markeham at the Blocke as the stroake was readis to bee giuen 16. Now treason plotted in th' infernall Den Hâ—ls mischiefe master peece began to worke Assisted by vnnaturall Englishâ—â—â— And lesâ—ites that within this Land did lurke These would Saint Peter-to Salt peâ—â—er turne And make our Kingdome caper in the ayre At one blast Prince and Peeres and commons burn And fill the Land with murder and dispaire No treasonere might be compar'd to this Such an escape the Church had nere before The glory's Gods the victory is his Not vnto vs to him be praise therefore Our Church is his her foes may vnderstand That he defends her with his mighty hand year 1605 Percy and Catesby would needs be heads of this treason and their heads are aduanced for it on the Parliament house they were killed with powder being both shot and burnt and powder was the mainâ— Instrument of their hopes All the Traytâ—rs falling into the ' Pit which they had prepared for vs. Not any of all these treasons but eyther the Popâ— the Spanish King Priests or Iesuites had a hand in it 17. The dangers of a long and tedious way The perils of the raging Sea and Land The change of ayre and dyet many a day And Romes temptations which thou did withstand And after all thy safe returne againe Amongst those blessings make vp much more blest In mind and body â—â—â—â— from Rome and Spaine For which our â—â—â—â— to heauen is â—â—â—â—â—â—â— prest Long mayst 〈…〉 Gracious instrument To propagaâ—e his Gospell and his glory All Antichistian foes to 〈…〉 And with thy aâ—â—s to fill a royall story That 〈…〉 truly may â—â—â—â—â— These Deeds were done by Britaines CHALES the Great year 1623 Great â—â—â—â— the interprize and hazard of our gracieus Pride â— but greatâ—â—â— was Gods iâ—guiding and guarding him backe againe to all Ioy and Comforts 18 And last of all with Heart and â—â—nds erected Thy Church doth magnifie thy name Oâ—Lâ—â—â—â— Thy prouidâ—â—ce p 〈…〉 thy power protected Thy planted â—â—â— according to thy Word My God what shall I rende â—â—â—â—â—â—â— For all thy guise â—â—â—â— doâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Loue and vnfained Thankeâ—â—â—â—â—â— shall be Ascribed for thy Mercies â—â—â—â—â—yes To thee my Priest my Prophet and my King My Loue my Counsellor and Comforter To thee alone I onely praised sing For onely thou art myâ— Deliuerer All Honour Glory Power and Praise therefore Ascribed be to thee for euermore The Churches Thankesgiuing to God for all his Mercies and her Deliuerances The Church of Christ doth acknowledge no other Intercessor Desenrer Maintinrer and Deliuerer but onely Christ himselfe FINIS