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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68914	Iuuenilia. A collection of those poemes which were heretofore imprinted, and written by George wither	Wither, George, 1588-1667.; Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630, engraver.	1622 (1622)	STC 25911; ESTC S120366	76,243	209

The Ioy I shall receiue will be made double And if I fall it may some Glory be That none but IOVE himselfe did ruine me Your Maiesties most loyall Subiect and yet Prisoner in the Marshalsey GEORGE WITHER Epithalamia OR NVPTIALL POEMS VPON THE MOST BLESSED AND HAPPY MARRIAGE betweene the High and Mighty Prince Frederick the fifth Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke of Bauier c. AND THE MOST VERTVOVS Gracious and thrice Excellent Princesse Elizabeth Sole Daughter to our dread Soueraigne Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. Celebrated at White-Hall the fourteenth of February 1612. Written by George Wither LONDON Printed by T. S. for Iohn Budge dwelling in Pauls-Church-yard at the signe of the Greene Dragon 1622. TO THE ALL-VERTVOVS AND THRICE EXCELLENT PRINCESSE Elizabeth sole daughter to our dread Soueraigne Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland c. AND WIFE TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE FREDERICK the fifth Count Palatine of the Rheine Duke of Bauier c. Elector and Arch-s●w er to the sacred Roman Empire during the vacancy Vicar of the same and Knight of the most honorable Order of the Garter George Wither wisheth all the Health Ioyes Honours and Felicities of this World in this life and the perfections of eternity in the World to come To the Christian Readers REaders for that in my booke of Satyricall Essayes I haue been deemed ouer Cynicall to shew that I am not wholly inclined to that Vaine But indeede especially out of the loue which in duty I owe to those incomparable Princes I haue in honour of their Royall Solemnities published these short Epithalamiaes By which you may perceiue how euer the world thinke of me I am not of such a Churlish Constitution but I can afford Vertue her deserued honour and haue as well an affable looke to encourage Honesty as a sterne frowne to cast on Villanie If the Times would suffer me I could be as pleasing as others and perhaps ere long I will make you amends for my former rigor Meane while I commit this vnto your censures and bid you farewell G. W. Epithalamion BRight Northerne Starre and great Mineruaes peere Sweete Lady of this Day Great Britaines deere Loe thy poore Vassall that was erst so rude With his most Rusticke Satyrs to intrude Once more like a poore Siluan now drawes neare And in thy sacred Presence dares appeare Oh let not that sweete Bowe thy Brow be bent To scarre him with a Shaft of discontent One looke with Anger nay thy gentlest Frowne Is twice enough to cast a Greater downe My Will is euer neuer to offend These that are good and what I here intend Your Worth compels me to For lately greeu'd More then can be exprest or well beleeu'd Minding for euer to abandon sport And liue exilde from places of resort Carelesse of all I yeelding to securitie Thought to shut vp my Muse in darke obscuritie And in content the better to repose A lonely Groue vpon a Mountaine chose East from Caer Winn mid-way twixt Arle and Dis True Springs where Britains true Arcadia is But ere I entred my entended course Great Aeolus began to offer force The boisterous King was growne so mad with rage That all the Earth was but his furies stage Fire Ayre Earth Sea were intermixt in one Yet Fire through Water Earth and Ayre shone The Sea as if she ment to whelme them vnder Beat on the Cliffes and rag'd more loud then thunder And whil'st the vales she with salt waues did fill The Aire showr'd flouds that drencht our highest hill And the proud trees that would no dutie know Lay ouer-turned twenties in a Row Yea euery Man for feare fell to Deuotion Lest the whole Ile should haue bin drencht in th' Ocean Which I perceiuing coniur'd vp my Muse The Spirit whose good helpe I sometime vse And though I ment to breake her rest no more I was then faine her aide for to implore And by her helpe indeed I came to know Why both the Ayre and Seas were troubled so For hauing vrg'd her that she would vnfold What cause she knew Thus much at last she told Of late quoth she there is by powers Diuine A match concluded twixt Great Thame and Rhine Two famous Riuers equall both to Nile The one the pride of Europes greatest Ile Th' other disdaining to be closely pent Washes a great part of the Continent Yet with abundance doth the Wants supply Of the still-thirsting Sea that 's neuer dry And now these being not alone endear'd To mightie Neptune and his watrie Heard But also to the great and dreadfull Ioue With all his sacred Companies aboue Both haue assented by their Loues inuiting To grace with their owne presence this Vniting Ioue call'd a Summons to the Worlds great wonder 'T was that we heard of late which we thought thunder A thousand Legions he intends to send them Of Cherubins and Angels to attend them And those strong Windes that did such blustring keepe Were but the Tritons sounding in the Deepe To warne each Riuer petty Streame and Spring Their aide vnto their Soueraigne to bring The Floods and Showres that came so plenteous downe And lay entrencht in euery Field and Towne Were but retainers to the Nobler sort That owe their Homage at the Watrie Court Or else the Streames not pleas'd with their owne store To grace the Thames their Mistris borrowed more Exacting from their neighbouring Dales and Hills But by consent all nought against their wills Yet now since in this stirre are brought to ground Many faire buildings many hundreds drown'd And daily found of broken Ships great store That lie dismembred vpon euery shore With diuers other mischiefes knowne to all This is the cause that those great harmes befall Whilst other things in readinesse did make Hells hatefull Hags from out their prisons brake And spighting at this hopefull match began To wreake their wrath on Ayre Earth Sea and Man Some hauing shapes of Romish shauelings got Spew'd out their venome and began to plot Which way to thwart it others made their way With much diffraction thorough Land and Sea Extreamely raging But Almightie Ioue Perceiues their Hate and Enuie from aboue He 'le checke their furie and in yrons chain'd Their libertie abus'd shall be restrain'd Hee 'le shut them vp from comming to molest The Meriments of Hymens holy feast Where shall be knit that sacred Gordian knot Which in no age to come shall be forgot Which Policie nor Force shall nere vntie But must continue to eternitie Which for the whole Worlds good was fore-decree'd With Hope expected long now come indeed And of whose future glory worth and merit Much I could speake with a prophetike spirit Thus by my Muses deare assistance finding The cause of this disturbance with more minding ●y Countries welfare then my owne content ●nd longing to behold

this Tales euent My lonely life I suddenly forsooke ●nd to the Court againe my lourney tooke Meane-while I saw the furious Windes were laid The risings of the swelling Waters staid The Winter gan to change in euery thing And seem'd to borrow mildnesse of the Spring The Violet and Primrose fresh did grow And as in Aprill trim'd both Cops and rowe The Citie that I left in mourning clad ●rouping as if it would haue still beene sad ● found deckt vp in roabes so neat and trimme ●aire Iris would haue look't but stale and dimme 〈◊〉 her best colours had she there appear'd The Sorrowes of the Court I found well cleer'd Their wofull habits quite cast off and ty'rd 〈◊〉 such a glorious fashion I admir'd All her chiefe Peeres and choisest beauties to 〈◊〉 greater pompe then Mortals vse to doe Wait as attendants Iuno's come to see ●ecause she heares that this solemnitie ●xceeds faire Hippodamia's where the strife Twixt her Minerua and lame Vulcans wife ●id first arise and with her leades along 〈◊〉 noble stately and a mighty throng Venus attended with her rarest features Sweet louely-smiling and heart-mouing creatures The very fairest Iewels of her treasure Able to moue the senceles stones to pleasure Of all her sweetest Saints hath robd their shrines And brings them for the Courtiers Valentines Nor doth Dame Pallas from these triumphs lurke Her noblest wits she freely sets on worke Of late she summond them vnto this place To doe your maskes and Reuels better grace Here Mars himselfe to clad in Armour bright Hath showne his furie in a bloudlesse fight And both on land and water sternely drest Acted his bloudy Stratagems in iest Which to the people frighted by their error With seeming wounds and death did ad more terror Besides to giue the greater cause of wonder Ioue did vouchsafe a ratling peale of thunder Comets and Meteors by the starres exhald Were from the Middle-Region lately cald And to a place appointed made repaire To show their fierie Friscols in the aire People innumerable doe resort As if all Europe here would keepe one Court Yea Hymen in his Safferon-coloured weed To celebrate his rites is full agreed All this I see which seeing makes me borrow Some of their mirth a while and lay downe sorrow And yet not this but rather the delight My heart doth taken in the much hoped sight Of these thy glories long already due And this sweet comfort that my eyes doe view Thy happy Bridegroome Prince Count Palatine Now thy best friend and truest Valentine Vpon whose brow my minde doth reade the storie Of mightie fame and a true future glorie Me thinkes I doe foresee already how Princes and Monarchs at his stirrop how I see him shine in steele the bloudy fields Already won and how his proud foe yeelds God hath ordaind him happinesse great store And yet in nothing is he happy more Then in thy loue faire Princesse For vnlesse Heauen like to Man be prone to ficklenesse Thy Fortunes must be greater in effect Then time makes show of or men can expect Yet notwithstanding all those goods of fate Thy Minde shall euer be aboue thy state For ouer and beside thy proper merit Our last Eliza grants her Noble spirit To be re-doubled on thee and your names Being both one shall giue you both one fames Oh blessed thou and they to whom thou giu'st The leaue for to be attendants where thou liu'st And haplesse we that must of force let goe The matchlesse treasure we esteeme of so But yet we trust 't is for our good and thine Or else thou shouldst not change thy Thame for Rhyne We hope that this will the vniting proue Of Countries and of Nations by your loue And that from out your blessed loynes shall come Another terror to the Whore of Rome And such a stout Achilles as shall make Her tottering Walls and weake foundation shake For Thetis-like thy fortunes doe require Thy Issue should be greater then his fire But Gracious Princesse now since thus it fares And God so well for you and vs prepares Since he hath daign'd such honours for to doe you And showne himselfe so fauourable to you Since he hath chang'd your sorrowes and your sadnes Into such great and vnexpected gladnesse Oh now remember you to be at leasure Sometime to thinke on him amidst your pleasure Let not these glories of the world deceaue you Nor her vaine fauours of yourselfe bereaue you Consider yet for all this Iollitie Y' are mortall and must feele mortalitie And that God can in midst of all your Ioyes Quite dash this pompe and fill you with annoyes Triumphes are fit for Princes yet we finde They ought not wholly to take vp the minde Nor yet to be let passe as things in vaine For out of all things wit will knowledge gaine Musique may teach of difference in degree The best tun'd Common-Weales will framed bee And that he moues and liues with greatest grace That vnto Time and Measure ties his pace Then let these things be Emblemes to present Your minde with a more lasting true content When you behold the infinite resort The glory and the splendor of the Court What wondrous fauours God doth here bequeath you How many hundred thousands are beneath you And view with admiration your great blisse Then with your selfe you may imagine this 'T is but a blast or transitory shade Which in the turning of a hand may fade Honours which you your selfe did neuer winne And might had God been pleas'd anothers binne And thinke if shadowes haue such maiestie What are the glories of eternitie Then by this image of a fight on Sea Wherein you heard the thundring Canons plea And saw flames breaking from their murthering throts Which in true skirmish fling resistlesse shots Your wisedome may and will no doubt begin To cast what perill a poore Souldiers in You will conceaue his miseries and cares How many dangers deaths and wounds he shares Then though the most pass't ouer and neglect them That Rethoricke will moue you to respect them And if hereafter you should hap to see Such Mimick Apes that Courts disgraces be I meane such Chamber-combatants who neuer Weare other Helmet then a Hat of Beuer Or nere board Pinnace but in silken saile And in the steed of boysterous shirts of maile Goe arm'd in Cambrick If that such a Kite I say should scorne an Eagle in your sight Your wisedome iudge by this experience can Which hath most worth Hermaphrodite or Man The nights strange prospects made to feed the eies With Artfull fiers mounted in the skies Graced with horred claps of sulphury thunders May make you minde th' Almighties greater wonders Nor is there any thing but you may thence Reape inward gaine as well as please the Sense But pardon me oh fairest that am bold My heart thus freely plainely to vnfold What though I know you knew all this before My loue this showes and that