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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02476	A commemoration of the most prosperous and peaceable raigne of our gratious and deere soueraigne lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of England, Fraunce and Irelande, Queene &c. Now newly set foorth this. xvii. day of Nouember, beyng the first day of the. xviii. yeere of her Maiesties sayd raigne. By Edw. Hake. Gent.	Hake, Edward, fl. 1560-1604.	1575 (1575)	STC 12605; ESTC S106018	14,122	40

that Iudges doo renounce Where hée my Lorde amongs the rest whose handes regard no méede Whose harte Dyes no deceyte at all with honour doth procéede As others eke in soundest sort to Ioyne together aye With Mercy Truth with Iustice Peace in firme and perfecte staye Ah hawtie Hall with honours deckt ah Roofes of royall viewe Ah Seates possest with Iustice self with peace and Iudgements trewe Sith laude sith thankes sith endlesse praise be dewe vnto thy name Swéet lord swéet Christ for these thy gifts we magnifie the same Lord blesse therfore these benefittes Lord giue them large increase Lord let thy mercies still endure Lord let them neuer cease Lord blesse our Quéene Lord prosper her Lord leade her with thine hand Lord teach her aye thy will to know and worde to vnderstand Lord graunt that shée in harte maye loue thy law and thy decrée That shée may knowe how all these giftes proceede good Lord from thée And for thy works of wonder done let her extoll thy praise Let her in truth and holy lyfe continewe all her dayes Let Lorde her graces eyes so pearce into thy Churches state That she with Iudgement sound and pure remooue from thence debate And let her Lorde so loue to heare thy godly Preachers voyce That shée reiecte not what they teache but take the best in choyse Let pompous state be vnto her no stoppe of dew regarde Ne let the faults of faythlesse mates at any time be sparde Let all her royall howsholde so reformed be from sinne That they to all the worlde may showe what vertue is therein That shée may bring a lasting praise and glory to thy name That life and doctrine fownde alike her foes may suffer shame Lorde giue her Iudgement to discerne and that with Counsayle graue Shée may finde out what sownde redresse our common wealth should haue To cut of crafte from wholsome lawes and chiefly to supplant From place of Rule and Iustice such as sownde profession want Whose handes how hurtfull they shall be in times of troublous state Our sondry sortes of troublous heades expressed haue of late Lorde graunt therefore that Lawes be had to bynde each place to choose To office such as loue thy worde and others to refuse That whensoeuer forein driftes or home deuise shall rise Such men of trust prepared so may treasons guile surprise Lorde finally with humbled mindes and Sowles we thee desire Unite both Prince and Peoples harts with loue and zeale entire That th' one with vpright course may rule the other so obaye As Prince may be her peoples Ioye and people Princes staye Lorde graunt that none within this Lande no one that beareth breath Refuse in harte to crie God saue Our Queene Elizabeth Amen ¶ The Authour most humblie to all the Queenes highnes most honourable Counsaylers THough Poets pennes in these our later daies In works of waite gaine credit neare a deale Because that some seduced many waies Their fond affectes and fancies do reueale In rymyng frames wherein they do conceale No want of wyt nor learning dew regarde As in their Bookes full many haue declarde Yet hope I must that truth may take no harme Where she is cloathd with cloake of simple Ryme Deuoyd of dark deuise and Poets charme Which learned wits full rifelye in our time Haue set to view as sootest hearbes in Prime Although the blunt and bitter byting brayne Each rymed truth doth blot with black disdayne You noble wights that win immortall fame By gyding well our english common wealth To you I wryte ▪ as one that loues the same And ioyes in heart to see your Honours health Reiect him not that riming fancies telth But beare him out where he deserues no blame And heere such termes as he in truth shall name Your godly graue and prouident foresightes Th●se passed times and blisfull daies forespent Haue so preferd in peace vnto your mightes That calmer daies of yoare were neuer lent Your God therfor that so your harts hath bent Extolle with praise and watch to worke his wyll Seeke tresons soyle and loue your countrey still Beware of forrein fraude and false pretensed loue ▪ Accept goodwill but secreat woorks preuent So ioy in league that close compacts you proue So liue in peace as you to warre were bent Yeeld trust but try for feare ye do repent Geue heede to peace but lyue not vnpreparde The strongest state the longest time is sparde And as you watch each one in your degree T' establish peace and plant right wholsome lawes So noble wights as you true noble be Keepe men opprest from rage of ramping pawes Pluck pluck the spoyle from foorth deuouring iawes And let not Crewes of cruell wasting wightes Thus prank in pride with spoile of pore mens rights To taxe the Trades that wickednes findes out To touch the liues that lewdnesse hath begonne To blase the pride that runnes the Realme throughout To preach the Spoyles the priuate gaine hath wonne To shew the shifts that poore men haue vndone O noble wights and honourable all No pen of mine hath force or euer shall Men craue you graunt men pray you pardon stil Men sweare you trust men crouche you think them mylde Ah out alas heerein is errour styll Heerein your godly meanings are begilde Herein the wastful Crewes lusty heads wax wyld Heerein the trades that wickednesse doth breed On Common welth with priuate pawnche do feed Heerein the pompe of Pride withouten end Hath put it selfe in prease and vaunting spreddes With daringe face where none should dare offende No Caesars looke nor Princes eye it dreddes In frank outrage alas it trampling treddes Heerein the rowtes of cutting roysters grow And bankes of peace with braules do ouer flow Heerein the bloudy papistes do conspire And begging broodes of bankrowts in their kind Do take the course to set our peace on fire By fawnyng force a flithy fetch to finde A few to raise with ryches yll assygnd Though thousands thence doe reape their endlesse neede Whence hate for loue in consequence doth breede Heerein to f●●e the fewest sorts do right Heerein the lawes that godlynes haue fixt Heerein the peace appearing in our sight By pryuate heades with wickednes are mixt And this our peace hath dangers drawne betwixt Heerein therefore to finde redresse with speede Shal make your names true noble still indeede In most humble wife ▪ Edward Hake ¶ Gentle Reader hauing this prayer folowing imparted vnto mee by a learned and worshipfull gentleman very behooufull to be vsed in this the end of our reioysinge I haue according to the dutie of godlynes heere published the same as the fittest seemeliest conclusion to be had in this my lytle Booke A Meditation wherin the godly English geueth thankes to God for the Queenes Maiesties prosperous gouernment hitherto and praieth for the continuance therof to Gods glory AMongst other thy benefites great and innumerable heauenly father our most mercifull Lorde and God by thee of thy