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A new discouery by sea, with a vvherry from London to Salisbury. Or, a voyage to the West, the worst, or the best That e're was exprest. By Iohn Taylor.
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Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
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Bognors fearefull Rockes which hidden lie Two miles into the Sea some wet some drie There we suppos'd our danger most of all If we on those remorcelesse Rockes should fall But by th' Almighties mercy and his might We Row'd to Selsey where we stay'd all night There our necessity could haue no Law For want of beds we made good vse of Straw Till Sol that olde continuall Trauailer From Thetis lap gan mount his flaming Car. The weather kept it's course and blow'd and rag'd Without appearance it would e're be swag'd Whilst we did passe those hills dales Downes That had deuour'd great Ships swallow'd Towns Thus after sixe or fiue houres toyle at least We past along by Wittering West and East Vpon the Lee shore still the winde full South We came neere Chichesters faire Hauens mouth And being then halfe sunk and all through wet More fear'd then hurt we did the Hauen get Thus in that harbour we our course did frame To Portsmouth where on Monday morne we came Then to the Royall Fleete we Row'd abord Where much good welcome they did vs afford To the Lord Generall first my thanks shall be His bounty did appeare in gold to me And euery one abord the Prince I found In sted of want to make their loues abound Captaine Penrudduck there amongst the rest His loue and bounty was to vs exprest Which to requite my thankfulnes I 'le showe And that I 'le euer pay and euer owe. On Tuesday morning we with maine and might From Portsmouth crost vnto the I le of Wight By Cowes stout Castle we to Yarmouth hasted And still the windes and Seas fierce fury lasted On Wedn'sday we to Hursts strong Castle crost Most dangerously sowsd turmoyl'd and tost Good harbour there we found and nothing deere I thank kinde M. Figge the Porter there He shew'd vs there a Castle of defence Most vsefull of a round circumference Of such command that none can passe those Seas Vnsunk or spoil'd except the Castle please On Thursday we our Boat row'd pull'd and hal'd Vnto a place which is Key Hauen call'd The winde still blowing and the Sea so high As if the losty waues would kisse the skie That many times I wish'd with all my hart My selfe my Boat and Crewe all in a Cart Or any where to keepe vs safe and dry The weather raged so outragiously For sure I thinke the memory of man Since windes and Seas to blowe or flowe began Cannot remember so stormy weather In such continuance held so long together For ten long weekes ere that t is manifest The winde had blowne at Sowth or west Southwest And rais'd the Seas to shew each others power That all this space calme weather not one hower That whether we did goe by Sunne or Moone At any time at midnight or at noone If we did launch or if to land we set We still were sure to be halfe sunk and wet Thus toyling of our weary time away That Thursday was our last long look'd for day For hauing past with perill and much paine And plow'd furrow'd o're the dangeroas maine O're depths and flats and many a ragged Rock We came to Christ-Church hau'n at fiue a clock Thus God in mercy his iust iudgement sparing Gainst our presumption ouer bold and daring Who made vs see his wonders in the deepe And that his power alone aloft did keepe Our weather-beaten Boate aboue the waues Each moment gaping to be all our Graues We sinking scap'd then not to vs to Him Be all the Glory for he caus'd vs swim And for his mercy was so much extended On me whose temptings had so farre offended Let me be made the scorne and scoffe of men If euer I attempt the like agen My loue my duty and my thankfulnesse To Sir George Hastings I must here expresse His deedes to me I must requite in words No other payment poore mens state affords With fruitlesse words I pay him for his cost With thanks to Mr. Templeman mine Host. So leauing Christ-Church and the Hauen there With such good friends as made vs welcome cheere Some serious matter now I must compile And thus from verse to prose I change my stile GOD who of his infinite wisedome made Man of his vnmeasurable mercy redeemed him of his boundlesse bounty immense power and eternall eye of watchfull prouidence releeues guards and conserues him It is necessary that euery man seriously consider ponder these things and in token of obedience and thankfulnesse say with Dauid What shall I render and the man hauing thus searched considerately the causer of his being then let him againe meditate for what cause hee hath a being indeede it may be obiected that almost euery thing hath a being as stones haue being trees hearbs and plants haue being and life Beasts fowles and fishes haue being life and sence but to man is giuen a Being life sence and reason and after a mortall an immortall euer being this consideration will make a man know that hee hath little part of himselfe which hee may iustly call his owne his body is Gods he made it his soule is his who bought it his goods are but lent him by him that will one day call him to a reckoning for the well or ill disposing of them so that man hauing nothing but what he hath receiued and receiued nothing but what is to be imployed in the seruice of God and consequently his Prince and Countrey it is plainely to be perceiued that euery man hath the least share or portion of himselfe to boast of I haue written this Preamble not onely to enforme such as know not these things already but also to such whose knowledge is as it were fallen into a dead sleepe who doe liue as though there were no other being then here and that their life and being was ordained onely of themselues neither God Prince or Countrey hauing no share or portion of them or of what they call theirs But oh you Inhabitans of Salisburie I hope there are no such crawling Cankerwormes or Common-wealth Caterpillers amongst you Nay I am assured of the contrary that there are many who with religious piety open hands and relenting hearts doe acknowledge that your goods are but lent in trust vnto you and doe patiently beare the ouer-burthensome relieuing of many hundreds of poore wretches which were it not for your charity would perish in your streetes This being entred into my consideration that your Citie is so much ouercharged with poore as hauing in three Parishes neere 3000. besides decayed men a great many and that those fewe which are of the wealthier sort are continually ouerpressed with sustaining the wants of the needy the Citie being as it were at the last gaspe the poore being like Pharaohs leane Kine euen ready to eate vp the fat ones I haue made bold to write this Treatise ensuing both to entreat a constant perseuerence in those who haue begun to doe good