to Vertue Wealth Nor to his Honour doth preferre his Health For Countrey King and for the Christian Fayth Hee 's truely Noble that doth disdaine the Death And never doth regarde for loue of these His Hazards Paines his Losse his Gaine nor Ease And hee is Noble the noblest Nobles among That will not doe nor will receiue a Wrong Hee is compleatlie Noble in everie Case Whose Nature is nobilitate with Grace And hee is Noble that prudentlie and wyse Doth hugg Humilitie and Pryde despyse Graue Wisdome justlie doth most Noble esteeme The temperatelie Iust and Magnaneim A verie Noble a King a Prince or Earle In Natures Shop is lyke a polisht Pearle Whose reasonable Soule is rapt aboue Terrestr'all Trash with hopefull holy Lone Hee 's wholly Noble into his Heart that hath Strong holding Hope true Loue and living Fayth Hee 's meerly Noble whose Sprite aspiring springs Nev'r blinking backe to Baggage basest things Hee is the Heart of Hospitalitie Bounties Lyfe and Nurse of Charitie Hee 's Learnings Loue Necessities Reliefe Valours Fame and Wisdomes constant Cliefe The Falcon hee 's that on no Carrion feeds And th' Eagle that after no Spider speeds Hee is the Dolphin true that feares no Whale And never will for terrour turne his Taile Hee is in Reasons Heaven a stately Starre And chosen Sainct in Vertues Kalendar Hee 's in the Royall Round and Hemispheare A sure and setled Cynosura there Hee 's Rector in Reasons Philosophie Load-starre of Light in Loues Astronomie In Honours Court hee hath the Marshals place And 's Royall Gallant into greatest Grace In briefe hee is the Beaut ' of his Abode Belov'd of Men and gracious vnto GOD. An Ignoble-Man 9. TH' Ignoble are that bee in Noble Roomes Putrid within without faire painted Toombes Lyke th'Apple of Sodome that is ash within Altho it haue a gold-lyke glancing Skin It is to Reason an exceeding Grâ—…fe When Glories Styles and Honours Tytles chiefe Birth Fortune Fate or Chance doth put or place In and vpon the Subjects of Disgrace Base naughtâ—…esse and th' ignoble Mynds of them Nobilitie doth falsif ' and defame When the Follie of Will and want of wit For Vert ' advancing frames Nature vnfit Th' Ignoble are Bulks and Bodies of Basenesse The verie Mynde and Spirit of Grossnesse Into his Indevours and Disposition Of right Generation hee 's in Suspition Wisdome never knew and Vertue nev'r bred him Learning nev'r taught nor Honour nev'r led him To waste and consume his course and inclination Without respect to his place or Reputation Vanitie and Wrong are the whytes of the But Where-at the Ignoble doe ayme and doe shoot Wastrie and Avarice tho both b'extreame Are dearest desir'de delightsome to Them Th' ignoble are the Sorrow and the Shame Of Kinsmen Parents Pedegree and Name The staine of their Title the Plague of their Place Wracke of their House and Ruine of their Race A worthie Bishop 10. ALL worthie BISHOPS Ambass'dours they are To plot and preach Peace in the midst of Warre From th' Almightie to miserable Man Most worthily worthy these Worthies are Than They make th'Attonoment take vp the Trews From th Heaven to th' Earth they bring the best newes Where mercies Patience doth practise and prease Nature corâ—…upted to call vnto Grace They are the sweet sounding Trumpets of loue That Fighters of Fayth to fight it out moue And Heralds of wrath that thunder-lyke threates For sinfull Trespasses all manner of States Praying imploring with folded vp Hands Before the Holiest humblie Hee stands Charie of their charge and war'lie they watch From forcing their Flockes and stands in the breach Th' are Pastors compleâ—…t that None can reproue Full of a faythfull and fatherly Loue. Yet dreadfull and deadlie Denuncers of Woe To sinfull Secure in their Sermons they show These vigilant wyse and worthie Divines Are Sunnes to our Soules but setting that shines In the Night of Nature before vs they pace To leade vs to Goshen to light vs with Grace Hee 's vnreprooueable whole of his Lyfe The Houseband and Head of an only Wyfe Hee 's prudentlie prompe and apt for to preach To confirme confute instruct and to teach Hee 's harbrous hee is helpfull hee is holie To Wisdome woo'd to Vertue wedded wholie Hee doth direct by his workes and his word And squares his lyfe by the Law of the LORD Hee 's a Physician and vseth Therefore For the loue of the Soule to search everie Sore Lansing what Leprose or Festred Hee finds And so He remeads the Mallad ' of Minds Searing some-times and Corrosiues in cure Hee vseth for Putrids till they bee pure Hee is fore-pacer in the path-gate to Grace And worthie of Honour respect of his Place For preaching of Lyfe hee 's worthie of Loue And hee for his Paines Prayse-worthie doth proue An vnworthie Bishop 11. A Bastard that the Ephod doth abuse And is of faythfull Pastors the Refuse Hee 's th'Out-cast the Scroofe the Scumme the Shame Yea th'Ignommie of a worthie Name A Dog that is dumbe a Drudge and a Drone Vnworthie the Charge hee is chosen one When sparing of Paines of Knowledge misuse Vnfaythfull Effects but Profit produce Idolatrous Seeds hee seminates so Sowes in the Soule a Furie and a Foe Vnhappie for lorne and light-lesse the Sheepe That Bishops so bad haue credite to keepe When these they shall for wanting Food bee found To perish pastring in a barren Ground Hee breeds a Warre Distrust and Diffidence Into the Wittes of all his Audience Good Pastors aye hee preasseth to supplant A Devill indeede and bot in show a Sainct Hee makes Religion bot a Cloake of Sinne That covertly hee walks and walloweth in And with a feign'd Humilitie doth hyde A passing and imcomparable Pryde His Flesh doth fret and all his Bones doe itch To raze the Poore and for to rob the Rich. Ev'n Wise-mens Eyes hee leades blind-folded foorth Bot with Conceit of his imagin'd Worth And drawes their thoughts to call Accompt esteeme Tho hee bee not him such as hee doth seeme Hee lookes lyke a Lambe hee liues lyke a Foxe And cruellie craftie kils all his Flocks Hee is the person of Hypocrisie Th'vnpure Spirit and Heart of Heresie Griefe to the Good to the Faythfull a Foe Crosse to the Church and to the World a Woe A worthie Iudge 12. THe worthie Iudge doth well his Calling knaw And is the Grace and Glorie of the Law Hi Stomacke is a Treasurie of Trueth And pondereth all with Reasons Scalls of Rueth Hee is indeede a Doome whose Blast of Breath On breach of the Law is dreadfull as Death Where criminall Faulâ—…s must cleanly bee cut And from the Peace of the Publict-weale put A worthie Iudge is a Sword in the Hand To kill or conserue of the Lord of the Land In the Countreyes Cause hee ev'r hath an Eye That doth the weale of the Common-wealth see His Studie and Paines Proportion to keepe Bereaues him of Rest and of his sound sleepe Betwixt
His Progresse plaine and all his Practize Rueth His Life is Labour past with Patience His Rest is Death and his Sprites Passage hence His Travell is from Infancie to Age A painfull Passage and a Pilgrimage His Wayes yet plainnesse and his Pleasure Peace His whole delight is loue his Glorie grace His Crdit is his Coyne Reason his Square Content his Kingdome Conscience his Care His Carr'age courtous is and no waies vaine His Heart is humble holie and humane Hee 〈◊〉 is Churlish ever Charitable In Talking and Discourses delectable Hee ever was and ever will bee found Amongst rich Iemms the rightest Diamond A Phenix amongst Fowles yea hee is borne Mongst Men a Sainct mongst Beasts an Vnicorne A Knaue 31. THe Worst of Wit and the Scorne of Reason Begot but Grace and syne borne out of Season Hee is the Shame of good Societie And Promptuarie of Impietie Hee doth dishonour all the humane Race And is past helpe of GOD past Hope of Grace Hee corrupts Age and hee infecteth Youth Hee hateth Wisdome and detracts the Trueth His Words are false his Oathes proue perjuries His Studies Trickes his Practise Villanies His Wealth for Wit and Honour hee doth holde â—…or Glorie Gaine and for his God his Gold To Trust a Traytor t'Amitie a Thiefe Prompe in the Plots and Practise of Mischiefe A Friend to none or found to few is hee And yet hee is aye his owne Enemie An Vnthrift since his Breathing first and Birth Abhorr'd in Heav'n vnhallowed on the Earth His Heart of Poyson is a Pond that springs His Tongue deceitfull and lyke Dragons Stings And lyke a Limbecke is his fleeting Braine That doth distill Inventions vilde and vaine Hee loues no Lawes nor counts of their Commands For Hell Mahound and hee hath shaken Hands And as hee VVolfe-lyke liues false like a Foxe â—…ee Dogg-lyke dies or in the Streets or Stockes An Vsurer 32. THe Character and Patterne is expresse Of worldly Miserie and VVretchednesse The Gold and Money that these Misers haue Their Master is and they their Silvers Slaue What they doe call and for their owne doe claime They haue it not for it bot holdeth Them They haue no Grace Divine nor God bot it VVhich robs their Reason and bereaues their VVit The more they come by more and more they craue And wish their Gardivyots were their Graue For where their Heart and Treasure is there would They ly and bee engraveld with their Gold Their Greed it is s'vnsatiate and such Gaine what they lyke they cannot get too much Their ev'r vnbounded Pleasure in their Pence Makes them but Soule but sight but Shame but Sence Their Feare is VVant and for to get their Care Their Dyet is plaine Fasting or poore Fare Their Studie Sparing and their loathsome lyfe Still with it selfe is at Debate and Stryfe Their Habit and their Cloathing oft declares They were the Hang-mans or of rouped VVares Their Teeth of Interest destroyes and eates And is a Canker vnto all Estates They swill they sucke and like Loach-Leeches Bloods And drinke their Debters Substance and their Goods They loathed liue and vnlamented die Drudges to Drosse and Mappes of Miserie A Beggar 33. A Laysie Lout that doth himselfe professe The Fellow Pheire and Mate of Idlenesse His Lyfe a Resolution is of Ease High-wayes his VValke hee travels most in these Bot th' Ale-house is the Place of his Retreat Where with his VVhore hee will not misse to meete And there ore-turnes and freely tosse the Pot That with a feign'd Infirmitie they got For busily his Studies are all bent To counterfit th'Infirme and Impotent And all his Practise is espyde to bee To cogg and coozen simple Charitie Of all the Rabble of all ranging Rogues None are more noysome than thâ—…se swarming Frogs For into everie Hamlet Towne and Farme Lyke Caterpillars they doe flocke and swarme At Bed at Board from Home and in the House Their Fellow and Companion is a Lowse VVith Blessings they begin and pray for all Bot into Cursing ofttimes ends their Call None lives on th' Earth Religious lesse than they They prey on Men yet nev'r to GOD they pray Thanks none or few to Him they giue and lesse Regard they giue their Givers in Distresse No none more â—…ewdlie liues and more impure And none are worse and vicious more bee sure They carnall are and lustfull out of Measure And brutish in the acting of their Pleasure They Marrie seldome baptize nev'r their Brood And others know but Caring Kynd or Blood Th' are Atheists almost all and in effect God nor the Devill Hell Lord nor Law respect They trade by Beggrie many tymes by Stealth And alwayes VVasters of the Common-wealth His Birth his Lyfe and Death oft falleth thus Hee 's gotten and borne into a Barne and Bush. Then ydlie dryues his Dayes and leads his Lyfe VVithout all Law and her that for his VVyfe Hee holds a VVhore a Thâ—…efe is or a VVitch And last hee ends and dyeth in a Ditch A Virgine 34. IS like the Lillies and the Crimson Roses When PHOEBVS force their luked Leaues vâ—…loses VVhich kythe in Colours pure and all Ingraine But anie Macule Tash or anie Staine Shee 's Natures Beautie in her chiefest Pryde In Chastitie and Vertues Tinctures dy'de VVhere th'vnpolluted Spirit Gracious Doth make her Angell-like and Glorious Shee 's Vertues Darling VViâ—…domes Milk-whyte Doue Reasons Care and shee is Honours Loue. The Grace of Youth the Comfort of the Age In both discreet in both digest and sage Her Studies and her Exercises holy But Petulance lascivious Sports or Folly An handsome humble Gravitie her Grace VVith comely Carr'age and a constant Pace Louely her Looks and yet most chaste her Eye Her Countenance severe yet sweet to see Her Actions all are with her VVords that 's Trueth Her Constancie her Fame in Age and Youth Her Wealth her Vertues are her Grace her Glore Her Labour Patience and Content her Store Her vsuall Dyet it is Abstinence Her Ornament and Crowne is Continence Her Lawne-like Loue vnspotted is and cleane Her Orisons devote her Hope 's divine Her Parents Pleasure Honour of her Kin And Phoenix of the Land shee liveth in Of Female kinde shee is the first and fairest And one of all the Rationall that 's Rarest And to bee found the Heavens beneath and vnder The choysest Iewell and the chiefest Wonder A wanton Woman 35 A VVanton VVoman 's Vicious and strange The type of Imperfection and of Change In Qualitie a VVag-taile and in shape A Siren in her Nature bot an Ape Her Vult a Witch inviting to all Evill For shee into Condition is a Devill Her Words are Charmes and everie Nod a Net To snare the Foole and for the fleshlie set Her Looks are Hooks and Baits bot to Abusion Her Companie is Death Iosse Confusion Her lustfull Lips like Hybla-Honey Drops Bot loathsome sowre these Liquors haue their Sops Her Mouth is soft and smoother more than Oyle Bot what it speaks
choake Bot so his Reason his hote Passions temper That it controules and moderates them Semper Yet blushes oft for shame of Beggarie Or with the Sense of his Necessitie For Rich Men shun and flee him like Infection His Wants refuse his Sutes finds all Rejection And with a Frowning cold and carelesse Eye Or with a Skoffe th'vpbraide him going by His Lodging is the Earth and oftimes even The Banke his Bed his Courtanes clouds of Heaven Rootes his Repaste bot fending or'e his Fare And such poore Portion as the Godly spare The Sunne his Summer-Comfort vntill Night The Moone his Toâ—…ch his Lampe and Winter Light His Mournings are the Musicke of his Breathâ—… His Songs are Swan-like sung before his death His studie Patience and his Labour Prayer And yet with-all meeke are his Forms and faire His Life below a Pilgrimage doth prooue His Resting Rowme and Home is Heaven aboue Hee lightlie liues and as no Man neglected And dyes not moand not mist no nor respected Yet tho the Worlde his Wants and State contemne Hee shall inherite th' High IERVSALEM And more nor hee stands in the State of Grace That hath the Worlds Prosperitie and Peace Hee fullie hath the Favour of the LORD And hee with Faith with Hope and Loue is storâ—…d And there-in hath for him reserv'd a Treasure Past Reckning Rich Great past all Meanes Measure A Iust Man 45. THe Childe of Trueth and Vertue both a Birth That shall inherite Heaven inhabite Earth For Nature in a meane and temprate Mood Bred and brought foorth this Fruit as Rare as Good His Eyes from wilfull Blindnesse they are cleare His Hands from Blood and Brybrie are enteare His Will is voyde and free from Wilfulnesse His Heart most holy hath no Wickednesse His Word and Deede are ev'r and alwayes one Hee violates nor this nor that to None His Lyfe doth show the Nature of his Loue Whose Aime whose Ende and Object is Aboue His efauld Dealing and his Deeds declare To keepe his Conscience cleane his constant Care The chiefest Comfort that such happie haue Th' assurance is of Lyfe and to bee saue When as hee on the Bench a Iudge doth sit Hee ponders all and powders all with Wit With closed Hands and Single eyes hee shawes That there hee sits to grace as giue the Lawes And thus in judging so his Iudgement proues Hee honours Reason and hee Iustice loues Hee feares not Power t'Equall and to Place With Iustice Rigour Mercie myld with Grace Hee feares the LORD and as hee loues Him too His Worship hee in Feare and Loue doth doe His Walks are vâ—…rt'ous in his Makers Sight Hee treads not by-Rods bot hee traces Right Hee loues the Good the Bad hee cannot by de Hee loues Humilitie and hateth Pryde His Works are alwayes worthie for his Deeds As Honour bringes Them foorth so Vertue breeds And Wisdome fostring war'lie weaneth Them For his rich Vertue to renowne his Name So that hee hath an vnderstanding Braine And Sprite of Knowledge more than is Humane And thereby is One from Aboue that 's Blâ—…st And on the Earth One earthly that is Best A Repentant Sinner 46. OF all Forlorne hee finds himselfe the First And vowes hee is of Wretches all the Worst So bad is the Estate hee standeth in While hee is sowsed in the Seas of Sinne. Hee sighes therefore and for his Guilt doth groane And sends Remorsefull thoughts to MERCIES THRONE To pray for Pardon Pittie and Compassion For CHRISTS most bloodie and most bitter Passion And offers with a broken Heart contreete Of Prayse and Thanks a Sacrifice most sweet Whose sad Remembrance all his Entralls teares And makes him weepe and wash his Couch with Teares The hate of Sinne is figur'd in his Face By th' operation of the Sprite of Grace Hee covets nothing bot such things that are Conducent for him and most necessare Superfluous and vaine hee doth abhorre And nev'r delights in these that 's transitore Hee lusts not after more than hee would haue Yet more contemplates than hee can conceiue The sharpe Recording of his Sinnes doth search His secret Soule and to the Spleane doth pearse While in the Detestation of them all Woefull hee weepes for his Offence and Fall Yet still his Hopes for Mercie springs Aboue Despare and Feare through Force of Fayth and Loue. His Senses tyre his Sprites and thus distrest His Soule in Natures Course can finde no Rest. The Slough of Sinne and Rags of Vice hee wore Hee shifts him off and mynds to vse no more Bot as that Snake that slayeth with the Sight All Sinne all Wrong and Vice hee doth despight Hee laboures still in Loue and liuely Fayth To liue to GOD in Feare and at his Death To die in favour that hee may in Heav'n Enjoy the Glorie GOD hath freely given A Reprobate 47. HEE is the Worke of Violence and Wrath The Sonne of Sinne but Hope but Loue of Faith Who beeing borne for Service of the Devill But Care doth all and all hee doth is Evill No Villanie escapes him that hee can For loathsome Sinnes delighteth most this Man His Wits are wandring weake and still vnstable His Speech prophaine impure vnprofitable His Actions orderlesse and scelerate Corrupted all curst and contaminate With all these Ills that with the Fiends downe fell From th' highest Heaven vnto the lowest Hell For Wisdome stands his Will which while it s so Bot Furie or bot Follie flows there-froe Hee 's full of Infidelitie Mistrust And onlie doth delight t' injure the Iust. The Simple hee deceiues and sucks the Blood And vnder Trust of th' Innocent and Good His Breath is bot the Blast of Blasphemie And all his Practise proues Impietie His Conscience cauteriz'd his Senses â—…eard His Heart is hardned and hee is not feard To Fault and Fall bot like a Free-man fares And nev'r in Publicke his Trespassing spares Hee worships seldome and it is in vaine Like Cains Sacrifice because prophane Hee is indur'd an Out-cast from the LORD Impenitent vnmyndfull to remord His wicked wishes are the wracke of those That Vertous godly are and Vices Foes Hee loues Confusion and desires Disorder And Boucher-like bathes in the Blood of Murder T' oppresse and spoyle hee bot a Mirding makes And scorns the Law when hee her Statutes breaks And bee hee put in a respected Place The Good they smart the guiltie gets the Grace Remorse regarde nor Pittie hee hath none For Feare of GOD and Hope of Grace is gone This Peace-Oppressor Lawlesse Litigious This damn'd Reprobate and Irreligious Is a Man-Monster and an Humane Evill A Diabolicke and Incarnate Devill An Holie Man 48. HIs heart is Heavenly and his Hopes are hie Ev'r over-mounting all Mortalitie Things that 's corrupt hee doth contemne and hold All Mammons Meanes bot Mucke Goods Treasure Gold No Honours heere nor Pleasure hee respects Bot thinks they are of Fancies frayle Effects The Soli-loquies of his Soule are sweet His Mouth and Mynde in Meditation