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A05048	A letter: whearin, part of the entertainment vntoo the Queenz Maiesty, at Killingwoorth Castl, in Warwick Sheér, in this soomerz progress 1575. iz signified: from a freend officer attendant in the coourt, vnto his freénd a citizen, and merchaunt of London	Patten, William, fl. 1548-1580.; Laneham, Robert, 16th cent, attributed name.	1585 (1585)	STC 15191; ESTC S108211	34,732	88

fo rs experiens of the bear agayn to auoyd the assauts if he wear bitten in one place hoow he woold pynch in an oother too get frée that if he wear taken onez then what shyft with byting with clawyng with roring tossing tumbling he woold woork too wynde hym self from them and when he waz lose to shake hiz earz twyse or thryse wyth the blud the slauer aboout hiz fiznamy waz a matter of a goodly reléef Az this sport waz had a day time in the Gunshot fyrework Castl so waz thear abrode at night very straunge and sundry kindez of fier works compeld by cunning too fly too and fro and too moount very hy intoo the ay● vpward and allso too burn vnquenshabl in the water beneath contrary yee wot too fyerz kinde This intermingld with a great peal of guns which all gaue both too the ear and to the ey the greater grace and delight for that with such order and art they wear tempered toouching time and continuauns that waz about too houres space Noow within allso in the mean time Tumbling of the Italian waz thear sheawed before her highnes by an Italian such feats of agilitice in goinges turninges tumblinges castinges hops iumps leaps skips springs gamband soomersauts caprettiez and flights forward backward syde wize ● doownward vpward and with sundry windings gyrings and circumflexions allso lightly and with such easines az by mee in feaw words it iz not expressibl by pen or speech I tell yoo plain I bleast me by my faith to behold him and began to doout whither a waz a man or a sp●rite and I wéen had doouted mée till this day had it not been that anon I bethought me of men that can reazon talk with too toongs and with too parsons at onez sing like burds curteiz of behauiour of body strong and in ioynts so nymbl withall that their bonez séem az lythie and plyaunt az syneuz They dwel in a happy Iland az the booke tearmz it four moonths sayling Southward beyond Ethiop Nay Master Martin I tell you no iest Diodor. Sicul De anti Egyptiorū gest●a lib. 3. for both Diodorus Siculus an auncient Greeke historiographer in his third book of the acts of the olld Egypcians and also from him Conrad Gesnerus a great learned man and a very diligent writer in all good arguments of oour time but deceased in the first Chapter of hiz Mithridates Mithrid Gesneri reporteth the same Az for thiz fellow I cannot tell what too make of him saue that I may gesse hiz bak be metalld like a Lamprey that haz no bone but a lyne like to a Lute string Wel syr let him passe and hiz featz and this dayz pastime withall for héer iz az mooch az I can remember mee for Thursdaiz entertainment Friday and Saterday wear thear no open Friday sheawz abrode becauz the weather Saterday 8. enclynde too sum moyster wynde that very seazonably temperd the drought and the heat cauzed by the continuans of fayr weather sunshyne afore all the whyle syns her Maiestiez thither cumming A Sunday opportunely the weather Sunday 9. brake vp again and after diuine seruis in the parish church for the sabot day and a frutefull sermon thear in the forenoon at after noon in woorship of this kenelwoorth Castl and of God saint kenelm whooz day forsooth by the calendar this waz a solem brydeale of a proper coopl Brideale waz appointed set in order in the tyltyard too cum and make thear sheaw before the Castl in the great coourt whear az waz pight a cumly quintine for featz at armz which when they had don too march oout at the northgate of the Castl homeward againe intoo the tooun And thus were they marshalld Fyrst all the lustie lads and bolld bachelarz of the parish sutablie euery wight with hiz blu buckeram bridelace vpon a braunch of green broom cauz rozemary iz skant thear tyed on hiz leaft arme for a that syde lyez the h●art and hiz allder poll for a spear in hiz right hand in marciall order raunged on a fore too too in a rank sum with a hat sum in a cap sum a cote sum a ierken sum for lightnes in hiz dooblet hiz hoze clean trust with a point afore sum botes no spurz he spurz no boots and he neyther nother one a sadel anoother a pad or a pannell fastened with a cord for gyrts wear geazon and théez too the number of a sixtéen wight riding men and well beséen but the bridegroom formost in hiz fatherz tawny worsted iacket for his fréends wear fayn that he shoold be a brydegroom before the Quéen a fayr strawn hat with a capitall crooun stéepl wyze on hiz hed a payr of haruest glouez on hiz hands az a sign of good husbandry a pen inkorn at his bak for he woold be knowen to be bookish lame of a leg that in his yooth was broken at football well beloued yet of hiz mother that lent him a nu mufflar for a napkin that was tyed too hiz gyrdl for lozyng It was no small sport too marke this miniō in hiz full apointment that throogh good ●coolation becam az formall in his action az had he béen a bridegroom indéed with this speciall grace by the wey that euer az he woold haue framed him the better countenauns with the woors face he looke Well syr after théez horsmen a liuely morisoauns according too the auncient manner six daunserz Mawdmarion and the fool Then thrée prety puzels az bright az a breast of bacon of a thirtie yéere old a pées that carried thrée speciall spisecakes of a bushell of wheat they had it by meazure oout of my Lords backhouse before the Bryde Syzely with set countenauns and lips so demurely simpring az it had béen a Mare cropping of a thistl After théez a loouely loober woorts freklfaced red headed cléen trust in his dooblet hiz hoze taken vp now in déed by commission for that hee waz so loth to cum forward for reuerens belike of hiz nu cut canuas dooblet woold by hiz good will haue been but a gazer but found too bée a meet actor for hiz offis that waz to beare the bridecup foormed of a sweet sucket barrell a faire turnd foot set too it all seemly be syluerd and parcell gilt adourned with a beatiful braunch of broom gayly begilded for rosemary from which too brode brydelaces of red and yelloo buckeram begilded and galauntly streaming by such wind az thear waz for hée carried it aloft This genet cupbearer yet had hiz freckld fiznemy sumwhat vnhappily infested az hee went by the byzy flyez that floct about the bride cup for the swéetnes of the sucket that it sauored on but hée like a tall fello withstood their mallis stoutly sée what manhood may do bet them away kild them by scores stood to hiz

and pleasure to consider how neer excellency of art could approch vntoo perfection of nature Bear with me good euntréeman thoogh thinges be not sheawd heer az well az I woold or az well as they shoold For in déed I can better imagin cōceyue that I sée then wel vtter or duly declare it Holez wear thear also and cauerns in orderly distauns facion voyded intoo the wall az wel for heat for coolnes for roost a nightz refuge in weather az allso for breeding when tyme iz More fayr eeuen and fresh holly treez for pearching and proining set within tooward each eend one Heereto their diuersitée of meats theyr fine seueral vessels for their water and sundry grainz And a man skilful and diligent to looke too them and tend them But shall I tell yoo the siluer soounded Lute withoout the swéet toouch of hand the glorioous goollden cup withoout the fresh fragrant wine or the rich ring with gem without the fayr feawtered fynger iz nothing indéede in hiz proper grace vse Euen so his Honor accounted of thiz mansion till he had plast thear tenauntes according Had it thearfore replenishte with liuely Burds English French spanish Canarian and I am deceaued if I saw not sum African Whearby whither it becam more delightsum in chaunge of tunez and armony too the eare or els in differens of coolerz kyndez propertyez too the ey I le tell yoo if I can whē I haue better be thought me One day Master Martin az the Gardin The Gardiner door waz open her highnes a hunting by licens of my good fréend Adriā I cam in at a bek but woold skant oout with a thrust for sure I waz loth so soon to depart Well may this Master Martyn bee suinwhat too magnitude of mynde but more thearof az ye shall kno more cauz ye shall haue so too think heer out what I tel yoo and tell me when we méet In the center az it wear of this goodly The Fountain Gardein was theer placed a very fayre Foountain cast intoo an eight square reared a four foot hy from the midst whearof a Colum vp set in shape of too Athlants ioined togeather a backhalf the t●●n looking East toother West with theyr hands vphollding a fayr formed boll of a thrée foot ouer from wheans sundrye fine pipez did liuely distill continuall streamz intoo the receyt of the Foountayn maynteyned styll too foot déep by the same fresh falling water whearin pleazauntly playing too fro round about Carp Tench Bream and for varietée Pearch Eel fysh fayrliking all and large in the toppe the ragged staffe which with the boll the pillar and eyght sides beneath wear all heawen oout of rich hard white Marbl A one syde Neptune with hiz Tridental Fuskin triumphing in hiz Throne trayled into the déep by his marine horsez On an other Thetis in her chariot drawn by her Dollphins Then Triton by hiz fyshez Héer Protheus hearding hiz sea buls Thear Doris her dooughterz solacyng a sea sandz The wauez soourging with froth fome entermengled in place with whalez whirlpoolz sturgeonz Tunneyz Couchs wealks all engrauē by exquisit deuize and skill so az I maye thinke this not much inferioour vntoo Phoebus gatez which Ouid sayz peraduentur a pattern to thiz that Vulcan him Metam 2 self dyd cut whearof such was the excellency of art that the woork in valu surmoounted the stuff and yet wer the gatez all of clean massy syluer Héer wear thinges ye see moought enflame ony mynde too long after looking but whoo so was found so hot in desyre with the wreast of a Cok was sure of a coolar water spurting vpward with such vehemency az they shoold by by be moystned from top too to The hée s to sum laughing but the shée s to more sport Thiz sumtime waz occupied to very good pastime A Garden then so appoynted az whearin a loft vpon swéet shadoed wallk of Terres in heat of Soomer too féel the pleazaunt 〈…〉 tabl 〈…〉 i th 〈…〉 her●●… 〈…〉 lks 〈…〉 ourz 〈…〉 urz 〈…〉 mu●●… 〈…〉 for 〈…〉 ing 〈…〉 the waters for both 〈◊〉 chase 〈◊〉 hard at 〈◊〉 in ●ight the deer the peepl that oout of the Gast ●●her in the ●ase coourt allso a● hande in view the frute trées the plants the earbs the floourz the chaunge in coolers the Burds flyttering the Foountaine streaming the Fysh swymming all in such delectabl varietée order dignitée whearby at one moment in one place at hande Paradisus Giaec Hortus a●●aeni●s Aut Hebrac Par●es id est Hortus without trauell too haue so full fruition of so many Gods blessinges by entyer delight vnto al sencez if al cā take at ones for Etymon of the woord woorthy to bée calld Paradys and though not so goodly az Paradis for want of the fayr Riuers yet better a great deel by the lak of so vnhappy a trée Argument most certein of a right nobl minde that in this sort coold haue thus all contriued But Master Martin yet one wyndlesse must I featch too make ye one more fayr coors and I can and cauz I speak of one let me tel yoo a littl of the dignitée of onehod The nūber ● whearin allweyz al hy Deitee al Soueraintee Préeminens Principalitee and Concord withoout possibilitee of disagreement iz conteyned Az one God one Dauioour one Feith one Prins one Sun one Phenix and az one of great wizdom sayz one hart one wey Whear onehod reinz ther quiet bears rule discord fliez a pase Thrée again may signify cumpany a méeting a multitude pluralitée so az all talez and numbrings frō too vntoo three and so vpward may well be counted numberz till they moount vntoo infinitée or els too confusion which thing the sum of Too can neuer admit nor it self can well bee coounted a number but rather a freendly coniunction of too ones that keeping in a synceritee of accord may purport vnto vs Charitée each too other mutuall looue agréement integritée of friendship withoout dissimulation Az iz in théez The too Testamentes The too Tables of the Law The too great lights Duo luminaria 〈…〉 t 〈…〉 ll 〈…〉 k 〈…〉 z 〈…〉 a●… 〈…〉 ō●… 〈…〉 r 〈…〉 ē●… 〈…〉 a●●●… 〈…〉 Az fy●st for pastymez ho●m●●s and hawks déer red fal●o hare for partrich fezaunt fysh fooul carp tench For warz spear shéeld hors harneis swoord bukler for sustenauns wheat barly peaz and beanz meat and drinke bread meat béer ale appis and pearz But least by such dualitéez I draw yoo too far let vs heer stay and cum néerer home Sée what a sort of fréendly binitéez we oour seluez doo consist stond vpon Fyrst oour too feet too legs too knéez so vpward and abooue too shoolderz too armz too hāds But chéefly our principll

vs towarde all degréez of Honor toward hy Estates and chéeflye whearby we may learne in what dignitée worship and reuerens her highnes iz to be esteemed honored and receiued that waz neuer indéed more condignly doon thē héer so as neither by the bylders at first nor by the Edict of pacification after was euer 1266. An. 50. Hen. 3. Kenelworth more nobled then by thiz hiz Lordships receiuīg hir highnes héer now But Iesu Iesu whither am I drawen noow But tallk I of my Lord onz éen thus it farez with me I forget all my fréends my self too And yet yoo being a Mercer a Merchant az I am my cuntrée man born my good fréend withal whear by I kno ye ar compassiond with me Me thought it my part sūwhat to empart vnto yoo hoow it iz héer with me hoow I lead my life which in déed iz this A mornings I rize ordinartly at seauen a clok Then reddy I go intoo the Chappell soon after eyght I get me commonly intoo my Lords Chamber or intoo my Lord● prezidents Thear at the cupboord after I haue eaten the manchet serued ouer night for liuery for I dare be az bolld I promis yoo az any of my freends the seruaūts thear and indéed coold I haue fresh if I woold tary but I am of woont iolly dry a mornings I drink me vp a good bol of Ale when in a swéet pot it iz defecated by al nights stāding the drink iz the better take that of me a morsell in a morning with a sound draught iz very holsome and good for the eysight Thē I am az fresh all the y● forenoon after az had I eaten a hole pées of béef Noow syr if the Councell sit I am at hand wait at an inch I warrant yoo If any make babling peas say I woot ye whear ye ar if I take a lystenar or a priar in at the chinks or at the lokhole I am by by in the bones of him but now they kéep good order they kno me well mough If a be a fréend or such one az I lyke I make him sit dooun by me on a foorm or a cheast let the rest walk a Gods name And héer doth my langagez now and than stond me in good sted my Frēch my Spanish my Dutch my Latten sumtime amoong Ambassadours mē if their Master be within with the Coūcel sumtime with the Ambassadour himself if hee bid call hiz lacky or ask me what 's a clok and I warrant ye I aunswer him roundly that they maruell to sée such a fello thear thē laugh I say nothing Dinner supper I haue twenty placez to go to hartly prayd to And sumtime get I too Master Pinner by my faith a worshipfull Gentlman and az carefull for his charge az ony hir highnez hath thear find I alway good store of very good viaunds we eat and bee merry thank God the Quéene Himself in féeding very temperat moderat az ye shall sée ony and yet by your leaue of a dish az a colld pigeō or so that hath cum to him at meat more then he lookt for I haue séen him éen so by and by surfit az he hath pluct of hiz napkin wyept his knife eat not a morsell more lyke ynoough to stik in hiz stomake a too dayz after Sum hardmessage from the higher officers perceiue ye me Vpon search hiz faithfull dealing and diligens hath found him fautles In afternoons a nights sumtime am I with the right worshipfull Sir George Howard az good a Gentlman as ony liuez And sumtime at my good Lady Sidneis chamber a Noblwooman that I am az mooch boound vntoo as ony poore man may bee vnto so gracyons a Lady And sumtime in sum oother place But alwayez among the Gentlwemen by my good will O yée kno that cum alweyez of a gentle spirite when I sée cumpany according than can I be az lyuely to sumtyme I foote it with daunsing noow with my Gitt●rn and els with my Cittern then at the Virgynalz Ye kno nothing cums amisse to mée then carroll I vp a song withall that by and by they com flocking about me lyke béez too hunny and euer they cry anoother good Langham anoother Shall I tell yoo when I sée Misterz A sée a madde knaue I had almost tollde all that shee gyuez onz but an ey or an ear why then man am I b●est my grace my corage my cunning iz doobled She sayz sumtime she likez it then I like it mooch the better it dooth me good to heer hoow well I can doo And too say truth what with myne eyz az I can amoroously gloit it with my spanish sospires my french heigh●s mine Italian dulcets my dutch houez my doobl vp syn houe releas my hy reachez my fine feyning my déep diapason my wanton warblz my running my tyming my tuning and my twynkling I can gracify the matters az well az the prowdest of them and waz yet neuer staynd I thank God By my troth cuntreman it iz sumtim hy midnight ear I cā get from them And thus haue I told ye most of my trade al the léeue long daye what will ye more God saue the Quéene and my Lord I am well I thank yoo Hée● with ment I fully to bid ye farewell had not this doubt cum to my minde that heer remainz a doout in yoo which I ought me thought in any wyze to cléer Which iz ye maruel perchauns to sée me so bookish Let me tell yoo in few woords I went to scool forsooth both at Pollez allso at saint Antoniez in the fifth foorm past Esop fabls iwys red Terens Vos istaec intro auferte began with my Virgill Tytire tu patulae I coold my rulez coold conster pars with the best of them syns that az partly ye kno haue I trades the feat of marchaundize in sundry Cuntreyz so gat me Langagez which do so littl hinder my Latten az I thank God haue mooch encreast it I haue leizure sumtime when I tend not vpon the coounsell whearby now look I on one booke noow on an other Stories I delight in the more auncient rare the more likesum vntoo me If I tolld ye I lyked William a Malmesbery so well bicauz of hiz diligenz antiquitée Perchauns ye woold conster it bicauz I loue Mamzey so well but I feith it iz not so for sipt I no more Sak suger yet neuer but with cōpany thē I doo Malmzey I should not blush so moch a dayz as I doo ye kno my minde Well noow thus fare ye hartily well yfeith if with wishig it coold haue béen ye had had a buk or too this soomer but we shal cum neerer shortly then shal we merely méet grace a God in the mean time commēd me I besek yo vntoo my good freends almost most of thē yoor neighbors Master Assderman Pullison a speciall fréend● of mine and in ony wise too my good old freend Master Smith Custumer by that same token Set my hors vp too the rak then le ts haue a cup of Sak He knoez the token well ynough wil laugh I hold ye a grote Too Master Thorogood And too my mery cumpanion a Mercer ye wot az we be Master Denman Mio fratello in Christo he iz woont too summon me by the name of Ro. La. of the Coounty Nosingham Gentlman A good companiō I feyth Well onez again fare ye hartely well From the Coourt At the Citée of Worceter the xx of August 1575. Yoor countréeman companion freend-assuredly Mercer Merchantauenturer and Clark of the Counsel chamber door and also kéeper of the same El Prencipe negro Par me R. L. Gent Mercer DE MAIESTATE REGIA Benigno Cedant arma togae concedat laurea lingu● Iactanter Cicero a●iustius illud habe Cedāt arma togae vigil et toga cedat honori Omnia concedant Imperioque suo DEO OPT. MAX. GRATIAE