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Fennors descriptions, or A true relation of certaine and diuers speeches spoken before the King and Queenes most excellent Maiestie, the Prince his highnesse, and the Lady Elizabeth's Grace. By William Fennor, His Maiesties seruant.
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Fennor, William.
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it Clapping or hissing is the onely meane That tries and searches out a well writ Sceane So is it thought by Ignoramus crew But that good wits acknowledge's vntrue The stinckards oft will hisse without a cause And for a baudy ieast will giue applause Let one but aske the reason why they roare They 'l answere cause the rest did so before But leauing these who for their iust reward Shall gape and gaze amongst the fooles in th'yard Now to our Poets they are much like mothers That loue their owne babes farre aboue all others Though harder fauor'd so a Poets quill With his owne labours best doth please his will The reasons this because he knowes the paines He tooke in the Composing from whose braines A Poets worth takes birth at first ti 's weake Till by the life of Action it doth speake In a square Theator yet vnderstand The Actor speakes but at the second hand The Poet scans and knowes what best befits His birth whom he adornes with Epethites Congruus accents but I heere strike saile That haue iust cause my weakenesse to bewaile That am no Poet rather a poore pleader For friendly sentence from the iudging Reader As you allow the best forgiue what 's ill Though harshly wrote accept of my good will FINIS A description of the Palsgraues Countrey as it was deliuered in a speech before the King the Prince the Lady ELIZABETH at White-Hall By W. F. THe mornings Bridegroome with his Rosie cheeke inuites chaste Cynthia to a Royall feast Long for her welcome presence did he seeke to grace his Princely region in the East Faire Phebes light he doth esteeme diuine to make his splendor mongst the Germaines shine High Princely Palsgraue Protestants Protector loud sounding fames report Germaines rich treasure Arch-shewer of the Empire chiefe Elector whose yea or nay sets vp or puts downe Caesar O! let it not in me be thought ambition To shew the Countries worth and Thy condition On the right side of Pals the riuer Rhyne runnes swimming by the bankes of pleasant vines Vpon whose tops bright Sol so warme doth shine that from the flintie rockes flow Rennish wines And on the left side glides the gentle maine there are few Lands haue two such flouds againe These riuers meet at Mence and are vnited like Gemeni to swim towards Belgicke Seas But vpward these sweet waters are diuided for Pals-Lands comfort and the people ease The Rhyne brings boats vnto each South-ward Towne but in the North the maine brings treasure downe From Brandenburgh and High-borne Saxons Land great Chamberlaine and Lord high Martiall Mence Triurs and Cullen for the Popes right stand if either side in choice be partiall Bohemiaes King he is indifferent betwixt the Papist and the Protestant These are the seuen pillars of the Land on which great Europe Empire standeth fast Pals Brandenburgh and Saxony in one hand vnite their strength which makes their powers last The Popish Prelates at these Princes frowne yet these three Protestants vphold the Crowne To second them ther 's Brund-swickes valiant Duke Hessons great Landsgraue worthy of renowne And for the Popes right ther 's the Prince of Luke the Citie Cullen and great Ausburge Towne But Franckfords force with Protestants doth hold which by the Palsgraues power make Papists cold In this faire Franckford Caesar was instal'd this Citie borders on the Palsgraues Land T is richly furnisht and most strongly wal'd well stor'd with all prouision stoutly man'd But leauing Frankford seated on the maine the bridge hath brought me into Pals againe Betwixt the Riuers that are nam'd before the Palsgraues Land stands like a Paradice The ground is fruitfull yeelding vine-yards store and mightie woods for hunting exercise Stand on the hills inuironing the plaines these Forrests brings the Palsgraue trebble gaines First they inrich his Countrey large with wood secondly they afford him venison store Thirdly for hunting pleasures they are good to rouze the Stagge or chase the tusked Bore If man on earth would chuse a place of pleasure His Country yeelds it in exceeding measure On rocky clifts his stately Castles stand like to mount Sion built of Marble stone With turrets out of which he viewes his Land such worthy prospects heere are few or none Their aire it is so wholesome kinde and sweet they seldome die till death and age doe meete At Bachrade stands a Castle on a clift and vnderneath a Citty of some state Which euer is his eldest sonnes by gift it would seeme tedious if I should relate Each seuerall Castle but let mee report the state of Hedelberge his Princely Court Palace of pleasure and a house of State his winters White-Hall and his summers Hampton A Riuer glideth vnderneath the gate which brings him plentie nothing hath he lack on There stands a vessell which shall neare want wine so long as earth beares fruit or sunne doth shine Braue Knights and Barons on his grace attend His Countries ordered by a Martiall All strangers doe his gouernment commend because in nothing he is partiall But deales withall according to desert which makes all people honour him in heart His Court is pleasant and his person Royall his Councell graue his Officers care true His Gentry faithfull and his Commons loyall his lands are fruitfull what can then ensue Nothing but his Religion which is grounded vpon the Gospell that hath Rome confounded In him there flowes the best of Art and Nature himselfe like Dauid and his Court like Sion Of louely visage and of comely stature yet full of maiesty as is a Lion For with seueritie his grace is kinde Iustice and pittie in his heart are ioyn'd What may be in a Prince in him their flowes excepting Vice for that he euer hated What should be in a Prince in him their growes for Englands good this good Prince was created His Lawes are iust his gouernment is ciuill he doth pursue good and escheweth euill Many braue Castles his faire Land doth yeeld and toll houses vpon the riuer Rhyne Which vnderneath his Castles he doth build to store his Cofers with all Countrey coyne Each passage boate before they passe away vnto these Toll-houses must custome pay Fiue Princes in this iron age suruiue which makes it seeme the siluer world againe To match them hardly shall we finde out fiue yet wee ll forbeare to speake of France or Spaine Fiue heires fiue youths fiue kinsmen and fiue Princes Of one Religion though in fiue Prouinces Yong Prince of Hesson is the first must enter to act his vertues on the worlds Theater T is hard to finde a yong man on earth's center that is a vertue louer and vice hater Old Landsgraues glasse hath many houres to runne whil'st all his vertues liueth in his Sonne Yong Prince of Brundswicke craues the second place whose vertues with him brings a noble spirit Hee 's milde and courteous mixt with maiesticke grace his praise is not so much as he doth merit A Prince a Schollar and a Trauailer a peacefull youth and
yet a Souldier Yong Prince of Brandenbergh Prince absolute for now thou raignest in thy Fathers stead Thy eares are open vnto euerr suite thy hand is prone to euery worthy deed Many degrees thy vertues doe commence Brandenburgh neuer had a better Prince Yong Prince of Pals or Palsgraue of the Rhyne were this a Chronicle and the letters gold To register thy vertues most diuine to make all Nations wonder to behold Thy grace of all their goodnesse doth allow But all their graces to thy goodnesse bowe Yong Prince of England period of my praise thy vertues now thou entrest fils the round Subduing euill and all good to raise thy powers ready now my praise is crown'd Foure kingdomes comfort and Great Brittaines ioy mischiefe befall him that thinkes the annoy These Princes seuerall vertues doe agree and in a true coniunction symphathize When Princely fruit springs from a royall tree there future branches to the like state rise Each of these are their Countries ioyfull hope friends to the Gospell foes toth ' Diuell and Pope Three matchlesse Virgins in this wanton age vertue doth heere commend for the worlds mirror Their hallowed feete tread on Dyanes stage their spotlesse thoughts are free from female error In framing of these three Nature did well but made a fourth that doth her selfe excell Hessons faire Virgin one of vertues traine Lady of pleasure and the Nymph of peace Whose face the stampe of beauty doth containe which in her liuely image neare shall cease A match fit for a Prince sweet Saint-like creature wonder of all that gaze on thy faire feature Brunswicks bright Virgin Germâ—ines louely rose whose vestall lampe shines like the Moone at full Thou art admired by the Dutch-land Froes Saxony vowes thy blowming bud to pull A Prince of vertues and a Princesse true who can deny when such for loue doe sue Brandingburghs Sister of an Angels face the top of vertue and the branch of beautie Of humble modest and maiesticke grace the gods haue stroue who first should shew their duty Dyan and Venus are for hir at strife which choise is best for hir a maide or wife Thus they contend each houre ' boat all three Dyan speakes Virgins hearken to my voyce Keepe your selues single if you would liue free Venus sayes sports in bed cause maides reioyce But let them chide I can iudge neither rude till the fourth virgin wife the iarre conclude Englands faire Phoenix Europes admiration of matchlesse beauty yet of vertue rare A kingdomes comfortable consolation who euer rarest is yet she is rarer Now in the East she lets her splendor shine all doe confesse she is a light diuine She seeing Dyan and Loues Queene at odds Dyan made claime bright Venus swore shee 'd haue hir At last the cause being heard before the gods Hymen stood vp and this sweet sentence gaue hir For chaste virginitie mates hast thou none and being wed like thee shall scarce be one Poets leaue writing of the Graecian Queene and of Aeneas Lady Venus sonne Two rarer beauties shortly shall be seene in Almany when Englands pride is wonne Make hast yong Prince swim liuely downe the Rhyne to stile hir peerelesse Princesse Palatine Lend all your hands to knit this Princely knot all euerlasting ioy binde sure the same A noble Prince a Princesse without spot will fill the trump of euer sounding fame All Europes bells that ioyfull day shall ring Pals hath ioyn'd power with Englands royall King FINIS Cupids iourney to Germanie and the effects of the same WHen Hymen had his sentence ended He of the gods was much commended Venus was buxome blith and glad But Dyans front with frownes look't sad Almaine was fild with loues desires Their heart flam'd Citharean fiers Oldenburgs Earle and Hessons Prince Sent presents from their hearts Prouince Loue in a rich shape crost the maine From Courtly France and hauty Spaine With hope to gaine this matchlesse prize But stormes of Non-suite did arise Which fil'd their sailes with discontent And blew them backe incontinent Then Cupid tooke a box of balme And gaue to Neptune for a calme To Aeolus he sent a ring Intreating him no sighs to fling In his sailes forefront thus he went To th' Seas imbark't with sweet content Sweet Zephirus to winne a wreath Into loues sailes goodwill did breath Which soone conuey'd him to the Rhyne Where Bachus quaffes vp Rennish wine There Cupid feasted in each Court And at the length met true report Whose newes did cause the boy admire Filling his heart with ardent fire And presently he mounts the skies To craue one of his mothers eyes Shee grants the suite and thus she spake I le doe it for the Princes sake Hir left eye she plac't in his for'head Which made the God of loue adored He tooke his leaue and humbly bends And from hir Deity descends The winged youth who vnderstood His way by 's eye through thickest wood Where Siluian tooke vp her stay And met with Cupid on the way But she from him began to flye When she perceiu'd he had an eye Least he her nakednesse should see She shrowdes hir selfe behide a tree For Autumne that the field bereaues Had left hir nought but withered leaues Cupid amaz'd kept still the path Which brought him to a priuate bath And close by it a thicket stood More like an Arbour then a Wood The willowes twisted arme in arme To keepe the Bower in winter warme And in the summer when the sunne Through the high Meridian runne Hee cannot pearce in with bright eyes But peepe through hole cut checker wise This Arbor fil'd with naked Imphes The thrice three Muses and their Nymphes Dyan with sundry flowers crown'd Begirt abount with Virgins round Cupid drew nye and got a sight Which bred in him no small delight None did deny the shamefast boy But in him tooke exceeding ioy Saue Dyan whose wrath did inuade hir Vntill at length all did perswade hir To smiling mirth which shee allowes And tooke her violl from the bowes Whereon most sweetly she did play A well contriued Roundelay Which rauisht so the god of Loue That he a question thus did moue You Nymphes and Goddesses of grace How doe you call this sacred place This is quoth they the Muses fountaine Impayl'd with many a craggy mountaine The name of it is Helycon Hence Germaines bounds first borders on It parts the lowe Dutch from the high And heere great Caesars crowne doth lye We know yong Archer thou art sent To wound a Prince with Loues content Thy shaft shall not be shot in vaine For he a faire Princesse shall gaine Whose beauty no Appelles needes Hir vertues all our worths exceeds But hast thee Cupid flye away And Hymen crowne their Nuptiall day The one ey'de boy tooke leaue of all And tooke vp 's bowe which he lets fall His quiuer on his backe he hung And spread both wings and vp he sprung With matchlesse swiftnesse