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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11254	The phoenix nest Built vp with the most rare and refined workes of noble men, woorthy knights, gallant gentlemen, masters of arts, and braue schollers. Full of varietie, excellent inuention, and singular delight. Neuer before this time published. Set foorth by R.S. of the Inner Temple Gentleman.	R. S., of the Inner Temple.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. aut; Stapleton, Richard, fl. 1595, attributed name.	1593 (1593)	STC 21516; ESTC S101929	50,100	122

lies against him in alehouses faires markets and such assemblies At whose returne when his dealings were truely discussed and truth ouercame their slanders this was the refuge of their whispering malice His greatnesse and smooth toong saie they beares it awaie as if Honor once lost in act could be hidden by greatnes or recouered by grace and eloquence of speech Both which taken away by his happie death and our vnhappie losse he is sithence more cleared than before Maruell not then at their enuie sith Virtutis comes inuidia but detest the enuious that thus blaspheme vertues whom for mine owne part as I see measure their rage so will I iudge of their affection to the state for vndoubtedly none but the discontented with the time or such as he hath iustlie punished for their lewdnesse will thus calumniouslie interpret his proceedings If I meant to write a discourse of this Earles life or an Apologie in his defence I would proceede more orderly in repetition of his vertues and more effectually in answere of their poisoned Libels But as mine intent at first was onelie to admonish loose toongs such as mine eares haue glowed to heare of and forewarne the ouer credulous that are easily abused hauing finished my purpose if it effects amendment I shall be glad if not their shames be on their owne heads Beseeching God this Realme feele not the want of him alreadie dead and greater iudgements insue for our vnthankfulnesse LEICESTER he liu'd of all the world admir'd Not as a man though he in shape exceld But as a God whose heauenlie wit inspir'd Wrought hie effects yet vertues courses held His wisdome honored his Countries name His valure was the vangard of the same An Elegie or friends passion for his Astrophill Written vpon the death of the right Honorable sir Philip Sidney knight Lord gouernor of Flushing AS then no winde at all there blew No swelling cloude accloid the aire The skie like glasse of watchet hew Reflected Phoebus golden haire The garnisht tree no pendant stird No voice was heard of any bird There might you see the burly Beare The Lion king the Elephant The maiden Vnicorne was there So was Acteons horned plant And what of wilde or tame are found Were coucht in order on the ground Alcides speckled poplar tree The palme that Monarchs doe obtaine With Loue iuice staind the mulberie The fruit that dewes the Poets braine And Phillis philbert there away Comparde with mirtle and the bay The tree that coffins doth adorne With stately height threatning the skie And for the bed of Loue forlorne The blacke and dolefull Ebonie All in a circle compast were Like to an Amphitheater Vpon the branches of those trees The airie winged people sat Distinguished in od degrees One sort in this another that Here Philomell that knowes full well What force and wit in loue doth dwell The skie bred Egle roiall bird Percht there vpon an oke aboue The Turtle by him neuer stird Example of immortall loue The swan that sings about to dy Leauing Meander stood thereby And that which was of woonder most The Phoenix left sweete Arabie And on a Caedar in this coast Built vp hir tombe of spicerie As I coniecture by the same Preparde to take hir dying flame In midst and center of this plot I saw one groueling on the grasse A man or stone I knew not that No stone of man the figure was And yet I could not count him one More than the image made of stone At length I might perceiue him reare His bodie on his elbow end Earthly and pale with gastly cheare Vpon his knees he vpward tend Seeming like one in vncouth stound To be ascending out the ground A greeuous sigh foorthwith he throwes As might haue torne the vitall strings Then downe his cheekes the teares so flowes As doth the streame of many springs So thunder rends the cloud in twaine And makes a passage for the raine Incontinent with trembling sound He wofully gan to complaine Such were the accents as might wound And teare a diamond rocke in twaine After his throbs did somwhat stay Thus heauily he gan to say O sunne said he seeing the sunne On wretched me why dost thou shine My star is falne my comfort done Out is the apple of my eine Shine vpon those possesse delight And let me liue in endlesse night O griefe that liest vpon my soule As heauie as a mount of lead The remnant of my life controll Consort me quickly with the dead Halfe of this hart this sprite and will Di'de in the brest of Astrophill And you compassionate of my wo Gentle birds beasts and shadie trees I am assurde ye long to kno What be the sorrowes me agreeu's Listen ye then to that insu'th And heare a tale of teares and ruthe You knew who knew not Astrophill That I should liue to say I knew And haue not in possession still Things knowne permit me to renew Of him you know his merit such I cannot say you heare too much Within these woods of Arcadie He cheefe delight and pleasure tooke And on the mountaine Parthenie Vpon the chrystall liquid brooke The Muses met him eu'ry day That taught him sing to write and say When he descended downe the mount His personage seemed most diuine A thousand graces one might count Vpon his louely cheerefull eine To heare him speake and sweetely smile You were in Paradise the while A sweete attractiue kinde of grace A full assurance giuen by lookes Continuall comfort in a face The lineaments of Gospell books I trowe that countenance cannot lie Whose thoughts are legible in the eie Was neuer eie did see that face Was neuer eare did heare that tong Was neuer minde did minde his grace That euer thought the trauell long But eies and eares and eu'ry thought Were with his sweete perfections caught O God that such a woorthy man In whom so rare desarts did raigne Desired thus must leaue vs than And we to wish for him in vaine O could the stars that bred that wit In force no longer fixed sit Then being fild with learned dew The Muses willed him to loue That instrument can aptly shew How finely our conceits will moue As Bacchus opes dissembled harts So loue sets out our better parts Stella a Nymph within this wood Most rare and rich of heauenly blis The highest in his fancie stood And she could well demerite this Tis likely they acquainted soone He was a Sun and she a Moone Our Astrophill did Stella loue O Stella vaunt of Astrophill Albeit thy graces gods may moue Where wilt thou finde an Astrophill The rose and lillie haue their prime And so hath beautie but a time Although thy beautie doe exceede In common sight of eu'ry eie Yet in his Poesies when we reede It is apparant more thereby He that hath loue and iudgement too Sees more than any other doe Then Astrophill hath honord thee For when thy bodie is extinct Thy graces shall

locks Thy freedome then is brought into the stocks To touch hir hand hir hand bindes thy desire To weare hir ring hir ring is Nessus gift To feele hir brest hir brest doth blowe the fire To see hir bare hir bare a balefull drift To baite thine eies thereon is losse of sight To thinke of it confounds thy senses quite Kisses the keies to sweete consuming sin Closings Cleopatras adders at thy brest Fained resistance then she will begin And yet vnsatiable in all the rest And when thou doost vnto the act proceede The bed doth grone and tremble at the deede Beautie a siluer dew that falls in May Loue is an Egshell with that humor fild Desire a winged boy comming that way Delights and dallies with it in the field The firie Sun drawes vp the shell on hie Beautie decaies Loue dies desire doth slie Vnharmd giue eare that thing is hap'ly caught That cost some deere if thou maist ha't for naught AS ioy of ioyes and neuer dying blis Is to behold that mightie powre diuine Nor may we craue more blessednes than this With face to face to see his glorie shine So heere on earth the onely good I finde Is your sweete sight my whole content of minde If to the hart mine eie doth truthe impart More faire of late than erst before you seeme Which beautie though it breede my endles smart Yet still I loue and worthily esteeme And if those beames would shine vpon me still Then had I heauen and happines at will Some things by smelling liue as fame report And some the water ioy to their desire The subtile ayre contents another sort And other some by taste and touch of fire If such can liue with things of small delight Much more should I enioying of your sight SEt me where Phoebus heate the flowers slaieth Or where continuall snowe withstands his forces Set me where he his temprate raies displaieth Or where he comes or where he neuer courses Set me in Fortunes grace or else discharged In sweete and pleasant aire or darke and glooming Where daies and nights are lesser or inlarged In yeeres of strength in failing age or blooming Set me in heauen or earth or in the center Lowe in a vale or on a mountaine placed Set me to daunger perill and aduenture Graced by Fame or infamie disgraced Set me to these or anie other triall Except my Mistres anger and deniall I sawe the eies that haue my seeing bounde I harde the toong that made my speech to staie Hir wit my thoughts did captiue and confounde And with hir graces drew my life away Vnto hir life in whom my sences liues My spirit vp himselfe for tribute giues She sawe mine eies and they recouer'd light She spake to me and I had powre to speake She graced me and I regained spright She freed my hart that readie was to breake My life that erst beginning had in me Now by hir being doth begin to be Mine eies behold the beautie raignes in hir Speake toong of hir that nothing is but wonder To honor hir my spirits onely stir Serue hir my hart or hart deuide asunder And life liue in the fauor she hath showne Whereby thou hast more stength than was thine owne Mistres this grace vnto your seruant giue Thus for to liue or not at all to liue NArcissus neuer by desire distressed Elected for the solace of his dwelling The diuers coullerd Medowe liuely dressed And fed with currant fresh of waters swelling The while he liues in libertie thrise blessed Loue sees and enuieth his life excelling And in the waters streight a shape expressed The poyson of his life and freedomes quelling So carelesse I that romed foorth vnarmed Not dreading Loue who watches rebels narrow No sonner sawe hir eies than inlie warmed With vnperceiued flames within the marrow And yet of both my selfe most deepely harmed With waters he I with a burning arrow He drown'd in waues the which his teares did cherish I liue in fire and die and yet not perish THe firmament with golden stars adorned The Saylers watchfull eies full well contenteth And afterward with tempest ouerspred The absent lights of heauen he sore lamenteth Your face the firmament of my repose Long time haue kept my waking thoughts delighted But now the clouds of sorrow ouergoes Your glorious skies wherewith I am affrighted For I that haue my life and fortunes placed Within the ship that by those planets saileth By enuious chaunce am ouermuch disgraced Seeing the Loadstar of my courses faileth And yet content to drowne without repining To haue my stars affoord the world their shining CEase restles thoughts surcharg'd with heauines Loue fortune and disdaine with their endeuer The forces of my life will soone disseuer Without the sting of your vnquietnes And thou oh hart guiltie of my distresse To harbor these faire foes doost still perseuer Whereby thou shewst false traitor thou hadst leuer Their conquest than mine ease and happines In thee Loues messengers haue taken dwelling Fortune in thee hir pompe triumphant spreadeth Disdaine hath spent on thee hir bitter swelling Thus thou the root from whence my woes proceedeth Cease then vain thoughts no more my sorows double Loue fortune and disdaine ynough of trouble THinking vpon the name by Loue engraued Within my hart to be my liues directer The value of the whole entirely saued I reade vpon the sillables this lecter Maruell the first into my spirits soundeth And maruelling at hir the maruell woundeth I seeke to Gaine as by the second's ment An interest in this admired maruaile But cannot finde a meane sufficient So hie a rated Gem to counteruaile There is no weight in fire ordaind to shine Nor counterworth of any thing diuine The last doth giue me counsell to Retire And rest content that Loue hath blest my sight And toucht my fancie with th'immortall fire Of this diuine and precious Margaret And thanke my fortune of exceeding fauour As to be thralled to so sweete behauiour O See my hart vncertaine what effect Shall finally ensue so high a scope See what it is a Master to neglect To haue a Mistres entertaind on hope He whom it was thy fortune first to serue As she doth now could neuer see thee sterue There meanly lodg'd yet mery were thy daies Here high conceited intermixt with feare There words and works all one here great delaies There things were in their kinde here as they were Thy hopes there small but yet assured Loue And here though great God knowes if any proue Yet must I not discourage thine intent All paines and torments suffred for hir sake May be in fine well answerd by euent If so thy sute in time effect may take But tell hir what thy former Master saies Cursed is he that dieth through delaies TO make a truce sweete Mistres with your eies How often haue I proffred you my hart Which profers vnesteemed you despise As far to meane to equall your desart Your minde wherein all hie