eldest daughter to Henry the 7. from whom our graciâ—â—â— soueraigne is â—ineally descended Henry the eight An. Dom. 1509. FRom both the Lines and both the Ioynes did spring Of York Lancaster this mighty King Katherine that was his brothers wife of late He tooke to wife and crown'd her Queene in state Empson and Dudley lost their heads at Tower For racking the poore Commons by their power Warres dreadfull wars arose 'twixt vs and French Lord Edward Howard drowned by mis-chance At Brest he was high Admirall in fight Cast ouerboord dy'd like a valiant Knight In England Suffolks Duke did lose his head The King to Turwin did an army lead Turney he wonne with his victorious blade King Iames of Scotland England did inuade But Surries Earleâ— the Scotsh King ouercame Who lost life there but wonne immortall fame Now Cardinall Wolsey in the Kings high Grace Was rais'd to honours from great place to place Lordship on Lordship laid vpon his backe Vntill the burthen was the bearers wracke The Duke of Buckingham his head did lose And Laâ—ber stoutly did the Pope oppose â—â—finde ignorance that long had look'd awry Began to see Truth with a clearer eye And then the King inspir'd with seruent Zeale Reformed both the Church and Common weale â—â—â—â—â— with his power Omnipotent Did make this King his gracious Instrument â—â—T'vnmaske his Truth from Antichristian fables And purge this wofull Land from Babels bables This king at Boloigne was victorious â—â— peace and warre Magnifique Glorious â—â— his rage bounty he did oft expresse His Liberality to bee excesse â—â—â— Reuels Iusts and Turnies he spent more Then fiue of his Fore-fathers did before His Auarice was all for Noble fame Amongst the Worthies to inrole his Name A valiant Champion for the Faiths defence Was the great Title of this mightie Prince â—â—â—â— wiues he had 3 Kates 2. Aunes one Iane Two were diuorc'd two at the blocke were slaine One sonne and two faire daughters he did leaue Who each from other did the Crowne receiue The first was Edward Mary next whose death Left State and Realme to Queene Elizabeth He thirty eight yeeres kept this Royall Roome At windsor hee 's enter'd without a Tombe Lâ—â—th Edenbourgh and diuers other parts of Scotland were spoyled by Sir Iohn Dudley Lord Viscount â—sle Lord high Admirall of England with a Navy of 200 tall Ships Anno 1544. King Henry went to Boloigne hee â—â—â—â— France the 13. of Iuly and into Boloigne the 25. of September in which yeere were taken 300. French â—hips for prices Edward the sixt An. Dom. 1546. HAd this Kings reigne bin long as it was good Religion in a peaceable state had stood What might haue his age bin when his blest youth â—o valiantly aduanc'd Gods sacred truth At nine yeeres age the Crowne on him hee tooke And ere sixteene he Crowne and life for sooke Too good for earth th' Almighty tooke his spirit And Westminster his Carkas doth inherit In his 5. yeere a strange Earth-quake did much harmâ— in diuers places of Surry and a sweating sicknesse generally ouer England that dispatched those that were in good health in 12. houres or 24. at the most In one weeke there dyed of it in London 806. the most of them being men of best strength Queene Mary An. Dom. 1553. AFter a while this Queene had worne the Crown Idolatry was rais'd and Truth put downe The Masse the Images the Beades and Altars By tyrannie by fire and sword and Halters Th'vngodly bloudy Antichristian sway Men were force perforce forced to obey Now burning Bonner London Bishop he Was from the Maâ—sâ—al-sea againe â—â— free Iohn Dudley great Duke of Northumberland And Sir Iohn Gates dyed by the Headsmans hand With them Sir Thomas Palmer likewise dy'd Hoping for heau'n through â—â—â—â—â— Crucified In Latine Seruice must be sung and said Because men should not know for what they praâ—'d The Emp'rors sonne great Philip King of Spaine A marriage with Queene Mary did obtaine Against which match Sir Thomas Wyat rose With powers of Kent the Spaniards to oppose But Wyat was or'throwne his armie fled And on the Tower hill after lost his head Lord Gray the Duke of Suffolke also dy'd An Axe his Corps did from his head diuide A little after the Lord Thomas Gray The Dukes owne brother went that headlesse way A Millers sonne assum'd King Edwardâ— name And falsely in that name the Crowne did claime But he was tane and iustly whip'd and tortur'd And claiming it once more was hang'd quarterd King Philip won Saint Quintins with great cost But after to our shame was Callice lost Callice was lost which threescore yeeres and ten Had beene a Garrison for Englishmen Thus by Gods mercy Englands Queene did dye And England gain'd much ease and rest thereby Fiue yeeres and 4. months was her bloudy reigne And all her glory doth one graue containe Though of her selfe this Queene was well inclin'd Bad-minded counsell altred much her minde She married Philip King of Spaine on Saint Iames his day 1554. at Winchester Callice was won by Edward the 3. in the 21. of his reigne 1347. and it was lost the I. of Ianuary 1557. after the English-men had possest it 210. yeeres August 7. 1558. a tempest neere Nottingham beat downe 2. Townes and Churches and cast the Bels to the further side of the Church-yard threw whole sheetes of Lead 400. foot into the fields where they were crumpled together like burns parchment the streame and mud of the Riuer of Trent was blowne a-land a quarter of a mile a childe blowne out of a mans hand 100. foot and kild there fell hayle 15. Inches about Queene Elizabeth An. Dom. 1558. A Debora a Iudith a Susanna A Virgin a Virago a Diana Couragious Zealous Learned Wise and Chasle With heauenly earthly gifts adorn'd and grac'd Victorious glorious bountious gracious good And one whose vertues dignifi'd her bloud That Muses Graces Armes and liberall Arts Amongst all Queens proclaim'd her Queen of hearts She did repurifie this Land once more From the infection of the Romish whore Now Abbies Abbots Fri'rs Monks Nuns Stews Masses and Masse-priests that mens soules abuse Were all cast downe Lamps Tapers Relikes Beads And Superstitions that mans soule misse-leads All Popish pardons Buls Consessions With Crossings Cristening bels Saints Intercessions The Altars Idols Images downe cast All Pilgrimage and Superstitious Fast Th'acknowledging the Pope for supreme head The holy water and the god of bread The mumbling Mattins and the pickpurse Masse These bables this good Queene did turne to grasse She caus'd Gods seruice to be said and sung In our owne vnderstanding English tongue In Scotland and in France fierce warres she held The Irish she subdu'd when they rebeld The Netherlands her name doe still admire And Spaine her like againe doth not desire When forty foure yeers reigne was past and gone She chang'd her earthly for a heauenly Throne At Greenwich she was borne at Richmond dy'd At
vshers of the Mortimers intollarable aspiring conetousnesse and destruction and which was most insupportable there were for all most 20 yeers space the plagues and desolation of the King and kingdomes After great coutentions were betwixt the 2 Realmes of England and Scotland a peace was concluded and Dauid-le Bruce the young Prince of Scotland was married to Iane King Edward the 3 sister K. Edward maried with the Lady Philip daughter to the Earle of Henault at Yorke with whom she liu'd 42 yeers She sounded Queens Colledge in Oxford She was mother to that mirrour of manhood and stâ—â—â—â— of Chiuâ—â— it Edward surnamed the black Prince There was a dreadfull batell sought at Hallidon hill in which were slaine 8 Earles 80 Knights and Baroness and 35000 Common soldiers on the Scots side the losses on the English side through the parciality of Writers were not set downe About the 12 yeers of this Kings reigne a quarter of Wheate was sold for 28 an Oxe 6 d a Geose 2d a fat Sheepe 6 d fixe Pidgeons and a fat Pigge for 2 d. The King claimed the Crowne of France and with 200 ships sought with 300 French ships and flew 33000 of the French This King first instituted the Honorable Order of the Garter at Windsor there being alwaies 26 in number The King sought the battell of Cressie in France wherein was slain the King of Bohemia with 10 Princes 80 Knights Baroness and 1200 Knights with 330000 Common Soldiers The King made 4 inroades into Scotland with great armies and was still victorious Anno 1338 the arms of France were quartered wth the armes of England the King prepared a great armie against France and on the Sea neere Sluce in Flanders he vanquished 400 French ships with the losse of 30000 of their men Then was France taken or halfe a yeere the wars againe renewing King Edward besieged Callice and â—ocke it An. 1347 Dauid King of Scotland was taken prisoner by one Iohn Copland an Esquire of the North. At the battell of Potiers Edward the black Prince of Wales had a glorious victory for there hee â—ocke King Iohn of France with his Sonne Phillip the Dolphin prisoners There were slaine of the French 52 Neblemen 1700 Knights and Esquires and 600 Common men 100 Ensignes and many men of note taken prisoners Dauid King of Scots was set at liberty hauing bin a prisoner 11 yeers paying 100000 marks stâ—â—â—ing Iohn K. of France after 4 yeeres imprisonment set free paying 1000000 â— for his ransome Finally neuer was English King more triumphant and fortunate in war in the fruition of a vertuous Queen 7 sons and daughters a glorious and lang reign of 50 yeeres buried at Sheene Anno Domini 1378. RICHARD THE IJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND c. A Sunshine Morne precedes a showry day A Calme at Sea ofttimes foreruns a storme All is not gold that seemes so glistring gay Foule Vice is fairest features Canker-worme So I that was of blood descent and forme The perfect image of a Royall Stock Vnseason'd young aduice did me deforme Split all my hopes against despaires blacke rock My Regall name and power was made a mock My Subiects madly in rebellion rose Mischiefe on mischiefe all in troopes did flock Oppos'd depos'd expos'd inclos'd in woes With wauering fortunes troublously I raing'd Slaine by soule mur ther peace and rest I gain'd Anno Dom. 1377 June 21 Sunday Richard the second borne as Burdeux the â—â—â—â—â— nate Grandebilde and son of the two 〈…〉 and Paragons of Armes and all Noble vertues Edward the third and his euer-famous sonne Edward the â—â—â—â—â— Prince was crowned at Westminster by the 〈…〉 mond Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury the Kâ—â—â— being but 11 yeeres old The glory of the English Nâ—â—â— was in a continual Eclips the most part of this Kâ—â—gâ—â—â— his youth with all the frailties incident vnâ—â—â—â— with â—â—â—â— gouernours both of his Kingdome and person 〈…〉 main Ruines of the King almost the Realm The 〈…〉 of his fortunes after his Coronation was that 50 French ships landed at Rye in Suffex who burnt and spoyled the Towne and diuers other parts of the kingdome and â—â—â— Alexander Ramsey a valiant Scottish Gentlemen with but 40 men withhim tooke the Castle of Barwicke which the Earle of NorthuÌ„berland man from him â—â—â—â— with a great number The French did so far preuaile â—â—â—â—â— they came to Granesend and burnt and rifled it Tâ—â—â— Comment arose in rebellion in diuers places as Kent â—â—â—â— sex Surrie Suffolk Norfolk Cambridge the Kâ—â—â—â— men being 50000 came to London where the â—â—â—â— cammitted many outrages vnder the cemmanâ—â— of â—â—â—â—â— solent rebels Wat Tyler and Iack Sraw who â—â—â—â—â— mated to that mischief by one Iohn Ball anâ—â—â—â—â—â— priest but Tyler was killed by the famous Sir William Walworth Lord Maior of London the rebele dispeâ—â—â—â— Iack Staw and Ball the Priest extented the Comâ—â—â—â— pardoned and all at peace for a short time These Bascalls had beheaded Sinon Tibald Archbishop of Canterburyâ—â— and Sir Robert Hales Lord Treasurer of England â—â—â— burnt and spoylea the Sahoy the like they had â—â—â— Lanibeth destroying all the Rowles and Record of â—â—â—â—â— Chancerie Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster the King vnckle was accused for Treason by a Carmilite Fryer â—â—â—â— the Fryer was cruelly murdered and the Duke suspiciâ—â—â—â— cleared Barwick was wonne againe by the Scots â—â—â—â— againe recouered by the Earle of Northumberland The French prepare a great Nauy and Army purpa â—â—â—â— inuade England King Richard raiseth a â—â—â—â—â— intending to conquer Scotland all which desigâ—â—â—â—â— neither good or profitable euents 1386 mischiefe and â—â— serie hauing sate long abroad began to batch the â—â—â—â—â— insulting on the one side and the people rebellious â—â—â— other did Bandy the regall power in to hazard The Scott enter England vnder the command of the valiant Sir William Dowglasse and are met and â—â—â—â— tred by the Right Noble Lord Henry Hotspurre Dowglasle was staine and Hotspur taking Ireland rebel'd the King went thither in person and lest England the whilest he bring forced to surrender himselfe but Crowâ—â—â— and kingdome to his kinsman Henry Bullingbrooke Son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster 1400. HENRY THE IV KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND c. FRom right wrong-doing Richard I did wrest His Crowne mis-guided but on me mis-plac'd Vnciuill Ciuill warres my Realme molest And English men did England spoyle and wast The Sire the Son the Son the Father chas'd Vndutifull vnkind vnnaturall Both Yorke and Lancaster were rais'd and rac'd As Conquest did to either Faction fall But still I grip'd the Scepter and the Ball And what by wrong I won by might I wore For Prince of Wales I did my Son install But as my Martiall Fame grew more and more By fatall Fate my vitall threed was cut And all my Greatnesse in a graue was put Anno Dom. 1399 September 19 Munday Crownes misplaced on vnrightfull heads are commonly lined with
of my Tearedrown'd eies Sad Partners of my hearts Calamities Tempestuous sighs like winds in prison pent Which wanting vent my grieued soule hath rent Deepe wounding grones companions of vnrest Throngs from the bottome of my care-craz'd brest You three continuall fellowes of my mones My brinish teares sad sighs and pondrous grones â—â— doe intreate you neuer to depart But be the true assistants of my heart In this great at sorrow that my trembling Quill Describes which doth our LaÌ„d with moarning fill Ah Death I could nought thy hunger satisfie But thou must glut thy selfe with Maiesty Could nothing thy insatiate thirst restraine But Royall blood of our Dread Soueraigne In this thy spight exceeds beyond all bounds And at one blow 3. kingdomes fildst with wounds When thou that fatall deadly stroake did'st strike Thaâ— Death thou playd'st the tyrant Catholike Our griefes are Vniuersall sall and the Summe Cast vp the blow doth wound all Christendome But wherefore Death doe I on thee exclaime Thou cam'st in the Eternall Kings great name For as no mortall pow'r can thee preuent So thou doest neuer come but thou art sent And now thou cam'st vpon vnwelcome wings To our best King from the blest King of Kings To summon him to change his earthly throne For an Immortall and a Heanenly one When men vnthankfull for a good receiu'd â—Tiâ— least that of that good they be bereau'd His gouernement both God and men did please Except such spirits as might complaine of Ease Repining Passions wearied with much Rest The want to be molesled might molest Such men thinke peace a torment and no trouble â—â— worse then trouble though it should come double â—â—â— speake of such as with our peace were cloyd Though wâ—â— I think might well haue bin imploy'd True Britaines wish iust warres to entertaine I meane no aide for Spinola or Spaine But time and troubles would not suffer it Nor Gods appointment would the same permit He is inserutable in all his waies And at his pleasure humbleth and will raise For patience is a vertue he regardeth And in the end with victory rewardeth â—â—t whither hath my mournefull Muse digrest From my beloued Soueraigne Lord decast Who was to vs and we to him eu'n thus Too bad for him and hee too good tor vs. For good men in their deaths 't is vnderstood They leaue the bad and goe vnto the good This was the cause why God did take from hence This most Religious Learned Gracious Prince This Paragon of Kings this matchlesse Mirror This Faith 's desending Antichristian terror This Royall all-beloued King of Hearts This Patterne and this Patron of good Arts This cabinet of mercy Temperance Prudence and Iustice that doth man aduance This Magazine of Pious Clemency This fountaine of true Liberaâ—tâ— This minde where vertue daily did increase This Peacefull Seruant to theâ— odo Peace This second great Apollo from whoâ—e Raies Poore Poetry did winne Immortall Baâ—es From whence the sacred Sâ—â—â— Trebâ— Trine Had life and motion Influence diuine These vertues did adorne his Diaâ—â—m And God in taking him hath taken them Of all which Blessings we must needs confesse We are depriu'd for our vnworthinesse A good man 's neuer mist till he be gone And then most vaine and fruitlesse is our mone But as Heau'ns fauours downe to vs descended So if our thankefulnesse had but ascended Had we made Conscience of our waies to sinne So soone of him we not depriu'd had bin Then let vs not lament his losse so much But for our owne vnworthinesse was such So from th'vnthankefull Iewes God in his wrath Tookâ— good Iosias by vnlook'd for death And for our sinnes our ignorance must know We haue procur'd and felt this curelesse blow And Christendome I feare in losing him Is much dismembred and hath lost â— limme As by the fruit the tree may be exprest His workes declar'd his learning manifest Whereby his wisdome wan this great renowne That second Salomon wore Britaines crowne His pen restrain'd the strong relieu'd the weake And graciously he could write doe and speake He had more force and vigor in his words TheÌ„ neigh'â—ring Princes could haue in their swords France Denmarke Poland Sweden Germany Spaine Saâ—oy Italy and Muscoâ—â—â— Bohemia and the fruitfull Palatine The Swisses Grisons and the â—eltoline As farre as euer Sol or Luna shin'd Beyond the Westerns or the Easterne Inde His counsell and his fauours were requir'd Approu'd belou'd applauded and admir'd When round about the Nations farre and neere With cruell bloody warres infested were When Mars with sword and fire in furious rage Spoyl'd consum'd not sparing lex or age Whilst mothers with great griese were childlesse made And Sonne 'gainst Sire oppos'd with trenchant blade When brother against brother kinne ' gainst kinne Through death and danger did destruction winne When murthers mercilesse and beastly Rapes These famine miseries in sundry Shapes While mischiefs thus great kingdomes ouerwhelm Our prudent Steeresman held great Britaines helme Conducting so this mighty Ship of state That Strangers enui'd and admir'd thereat When blessed Peace with terrour and affright Was in a mazed and distracted flight By bloody Warre and in continuall Chase Cours'd like a fearefull Hare from place to place Not daring any where to shew her head She happily into this kingdome fled Whom Royall Iames did freely entertaine And graciously did keepe her all his reigne Whilst other Lands that for her absence mourne With sighs and teares doe with her backe returne They finde in losing Her they lost a blesse A hundred Townes in France can witnesse this Where Warres compulsion or else composition Did force Obedience Bondage or Submission Fields lay vntild and fruitfull Land lay waste And this was scarcely yet full three yeeres past Where these vnciuill ciuill warres destroy'd Princes Lords Captaines men of Note imploy'd One hundred sixty seuen in number all And Common people did past number fall These wretches wearied with these home-bred Iars Loue Peace forbeing beaten sore with wars Nor doe I heere inueigh against just Armes But ' gainst vniust vunaturall Alarmes Iust warres are made to make vniust warres cease And in this sort warres are the meanes of Peace In all which turmoyles Britaine was at rest No thundring Cannons did our Peace molest No churlish Drum no Rapes no flattring wounds No Trumpets clangor to the Battell sounds But euery Subiect here enioy'd his owne And did securely reape what they had sowne Each man beneath his Fig-tree and his Vine In Peace with plenty did both suppe and dine O God how much thy goodnesse doth o'rflow Thou hast not dealt with other Nations so And all these blessings which from heauen did Spring Were by our Soueraignes wisdomes managing Gods Steward both in Office and in name And his account was euermore his aime The thought from out his minde did seldome slip That once he must giue vp his Steward-ship His anger written on weake water was His Patience and his Loue
was e're thy siyt King Edwards raigne Yet long before his time I was in value As read in good true written Stories shall you My stamp when Rome did keept the world in awe Was foure swift Steedes that did a Chariot draw Which figur'd that I to and fro should runne An endlesse Iourney that would ne'r be done I am made endlesse round which doth portend Till the world end my Iourney ne'r shall end And men may plainely in my roundnesse see An Emblem of the world rotundity Round is the Globe round is the Hemisphere Rond runs the Moon and Sun each month and yeere Round ran the Empire from th' Assiran Kings Round vnto Persian Greece and Rome it flings Round to great Britame it is come I know Whence hem'd round with the Sea it cannot goe But the maine cause that makes it stay and stand Is where 't is guarded by th' Almighties hand Round from the North to East to South and West All Arts haue still runne round t is manifest The Iewes th' Egyptians Caldies Persians Deuis'd Arts and were Astrologians And true experience doth approue it thus Their knowledge is runne round from them to vs. The age of man goes round a child at first And like a child returnes vnto his dust His body and his limbs his eyes his head All in round formes are made and fashioned The roots the fruits the flowers and the Trees All in a round conformity agrees Our drinking healths run round with nimble quicknes Vntill at last too many healths brings sickenes When store of money to mens hands doe come They say they haue receiu'd a good round summe And when a man doth take a Knaue vp soundly 'T is said he told him of his faults most roundly The Hang-man hangs a Traytor or a Thiefe And is about his businesse round and briefe Round are the dishes where we put our meate Our Cups wherein we drinke are round compleat Round is our Butter round our Cheeses are RouÌ„d are the cloaths which on our backs we weare Beasts fowles and fish that euery where abound Are for the most part euery where made round Round are all wedding Rings implying will Mens cares runne round like horses in a mill Thus hauing plainely shew'd why and wherefore I am made round now to my taske once more About my circle I a Posie haue The Title God vnto the King first gaue The circle that encompasseth my face Declares my Soueraignes Title by Gods grace Vpon my other side is * In English I haue put or placed God my helper POSVI DEVM Whereto is added ADIVTOREM MEVM The which last Poesie Annagrammatiz'd Wisdome admit me power true compriz'd Wisdome at first vpon me did bestowe Such power that for a Shillinh I should goe When Wisdome gaue me power I was then A seruant not a Master vnto men Now Power * Anaagram of the Latine Motto of Posui plac'd into English words Wisdome admit me Power makes me wisedome force perforce Improper like the Cart before the Horse For in this Age so many friends I finde My power 's before and Wisedome comes behinde He that for me and for my kin can rake Hi's wife although a Coxcombe for my sake He that wants me shall be esteem'd an Asse Although he be as wise as e're man was * The Annagram turn'd backward Wisedome comes behind money For there 's such league one in Triplicity Sworne firme betwixt the Deuill the world andâ— That those who to the one true seruants be Are captiue bondslaues vnto aâ—l the three Great sway vpon the earth to vs is giuen Por well we know we ne'r shall come in heau'n And all that in vs take delight and mirth Their onely heau'n is here vpon the earth And couetous they are not in this case Because they couet for no better place So much for that now to my shape againe You see my face is beardlesse smooth and plaine Because my Soueraigne * King Edw. was crowned at nine yeeres of age and dyed before he was sixteene was a child 't is knowne When as he did put on the English Crowne But had my stamp beene bearded as with haire Long before this it had beene worne out bare For why with me the vnthrists euery day With my face downwards do at shoue-boord * Edw. shillings for the most part at vsed at shooue boord play That had I had a beard you may suppose Th 'had worne it off as they haue done my nose Yet doth my bare face sometimes now and than Make a young beardlesse Boy outface a man For any Boy and I doe both agree To outface any man that doth want me A crosse * vpon the crosse of a Twelue-pence I beare vpon my other side A glorious figure of true Christian pride And with that crosse I any man can crosse From wrong to iniury from harme to losse And in me is such working powerfulnesse That those that haue me can both crosse and * Heere I meane generally of money and not simply of our Twelue-pence blesse The English and French Armes the Lyons flowres Shew es France a subiect once to Englands pow'rs And when my Master did respire his breath His sisters Mary and Elizabeth Ordain'd new Twelue-pences with me to ioyne But altred not my badge vpon my Coyne Except a little which King Philip did Which Queene Elizabeth did soone forbid But since the comming of my Soueraigne Iames The badge vpon my * K. Edw. Q. Mary Q. Elizabeth and king Iames all their shillings of equall weight and value and therâ—fore my twelue-pence hath vpon his backe the Royall Aâ—â— here expressed in verse back more worth proclaimes And to mixe state with truth truth with delight Vpon the Armes I carrie thus I write Vpon the Kings Armes THree Lyons Passant borne by former Kings Subdues the Harp quarters the * Ireland flowres of * The Flower de â—â—â— of France France Fourth Lyon Rampant equall honour brings Though hauing power to war doth peace aduance * Lyon of Scotland vnited in great Iames this Royall stile â—â—ng of great Britaine France and Irelands Ile â— Thus Readers hauing printed for your reading â—y birth my rising my estate and breeding â—y Badge my face my Crosse my Annagram â—ow mighty in my great command I am â—ow will tell some trauels I haue had â—â—me as I remember I 'le recite â—â—ould I name all 't were almost infinite â—Ne ask'd the * Diogenes Cinnicke wise Athenian â— The cause why siluer look'd so pale and wan â—o in reply was quicke and answer'd straite â—â— because so many for it lay in waite â—nd did men thinke in what diuersity â—f fashions men for me in waite doe lye â—hey would agree together in a tale â—hat I had reason to looke wan and pale â—haue of Treason bin made Instrument â—â— betray Kingdomes and to circumuent â—â— vndermine and to subuert the states â—f
digest it let him eate The prayse of the Gray Goose wing THe Winchester and Taylors Goose I see Are both too heauy and too hot for me I will returne the honour to Emblaze Of the Gray Goose that on the greene doth graze To speake of wandring Wild-goose in this place Were like a Goose to run the Wild-goose chase The Egyptians did obserue their wonted guise How in the Skie they flew triangle-wise Which with one Corner forward is their drift Thus figured to cut the Ayre more swift For me the wilde-Goose is too high a game My minde is onely to the Goose that 's tame I in her Fleshes prayse haue wrote before But yet her Feathers doe deserue much more They are of farre more estimate and price Then th'Estrich or the bird of Paradise The Rauen the Crow the Daw in mourning digitâ—â— The prating Pye attyr'd in blacke and white The Buzzard Redshanke Kite Owle Gull Rookâ— The fabled Phoenix that breedes where goe lookeâ—â— The Pheasant Partridge Turtle Plouer Pidgeon The Woodcock Woodquist Woodpecker Wiâ—â— The Iay the Snipe the Teale the Cock the Hen sgâ—â— The Chogh the Larke the Lapwing the Wraâ—â— The Falkon the Gerfalkon Hobby Marlin The Sparrowhauke the Goshauke Tassell Starlin The Haggard Keistrell Lanneret Cormorant The Caperkelly and the Termagant The Bunting Heathcocke Crane and Pellican The Turkey Mallard Ducke the Storke the Swan The Pewet Parrot and the Popinjay The Eagle and the Cassawaraway The Sheldrake Bittour Black bird Nightingale The Cuckow that is alwayes in one tale The Sparrow of the hedge or of the house The Ringdoue Redbrest and the Tittimouse The Bulunch Goldfinch Ringtaile Wagtaile and The Hearne that liues by water and by land The Swallow Martin Lennet and the Thrush The Mauis that sings sweetly in the bush The Morecoote the Kingfisher and the Quaile The Peacock with his proud vaine-glorious taile These sorts of Birds that I haue nam'd before If they were thrice redoubled three times more And let men value them but as they are They cannot with the Goose for worth compeare Many of these doe feed on Carrion still And still are Carrion euer being ill Neither in flesh or feathers they affoord To doe man seruice at his bed or boord And some of them yeeld Plumes and ornaments For Ladies and for Knightly Tournaments But let these toyes be weigh'd but iust and right And thei 'le be found as vaine as they are light Others there are as Parrots Stares Pyes Dawes Are mightily accounted of because They can speak perfect none-sence prate châ—â—â—â— Feeding the eare these fowles makes fooles these â—â— Then there are others great and small in size But great all for the greatnesse of their price Most pleasantly their flesh men doe denoure The sawce lyes in the reckoning sharpe and sowre Some are to sing continually in Cages And get but bread and water for their wages And others with great paines men doe procure With cost of Manning Diet Hood Bels Lure â—â— pleasure 's little and the gaine is small Goose for profit doth surprise them all Then with her flesh mans stomack she hath sed â—â— giues him ease and comfort in his bed He yeelds no whim-whams wauering on his crest â—â— the relieues him with repose and rest â—d though the world be hard she layes him soft â—e beares the burthen and he lyes aloft â—t him be drunke or weary sicke or same â—e's semper idem alwayes one the same â—â—us to supply our wants and serue our needes â—ood meate and lodging from a Goose procedes â—â—sides she loues not farre abroad to gad â—t at all times she 's easie to be had â—â— if to satisfie mans hungry gut â—e wayted still that he her throat should cut â—n neede not be at charge for Hawkes and Dogs â—nd ride and run o're hedge ditch mines bogs â—e's quickly caught and drest well eates as pleasant â—â— far fetch'd deere bought Partridge or a PheasaÌ„t Throughout the world the Trumpe of Fame loud rings â—â—emblaze the glory of the Gooses wings The Romane Eagle ne'r had spred so farre â—ut that the gray Goose was the Conquerer â—ostris King of Egypt with her feather â—â—ain'd stormes and showres of Arrowes like foule weather â—nd ouercame the Iewes th' Assirians â—h ' Arabians Scithians Germanes Thracians The Huns the Gothes the Vandals and the Gals With Arrows made great Rome their seu'rall thrals The Philistines were mighty Bow-men all With which they got the conquest of King Saull â—rus with thousands of his Persians With Shafts were slaine by the Messagetans â—â—urkes Tartars Troyans and the Parthians â—anes Saxons Sweuians and Polonians â—ea all the Nations the whole world around The gray-Goose-wing hath honour'd and renound But why should I roame farre and wide aloofe When our own Kingdome yeelds sufficient proofe But search the Chronicles it is most plaiâ—e That the Goose-wing braue conquests did obtaine Remember valiant Edwards name the third How with the wing of this deseruing Bird When to small purpose seru'd his Shield or Lance At Cresste he ore-top'd the pow'r of France And after that remember but agen That Thunder-bolt of warre that Mars of men The black Prince Edward his victorious sonne How he at Pâ—â—ctiers a braue battaile wonne Where the French King and many Peeres wer tane Their Nobles and their Gentles most part slaine And thirty thousand of their Commons more Lay in the field all weltring in their gore Henry the fift that memorable King All France did vnto his subiection bring When forty thousand of the French men lay At Agincount slaine in that bloody fray And though true valour did that conquest win But for the Gooses wing it had not bin In these things and much more then I can say The Gooses feather bore the prize away If I should write all in particular What this rare feather hath atchieu'd in war Into a sea of matter I should runne And so begin a worke will ne'r be done And thus from time to time it hath appear'd How the gray Goose hath brauely domineer'd With swiftly cutting through the empty skie Triumphantly transporting victorie From land to land offending and defending The Conquest on the Arrowes still depending Our English Yeomen in the dayes of old Their names and fames haue worthily â—â—told Witnesse that Leath that stout admired three Braue Adam Bell Clim Clough Will Clowdeslee I could capitulate and write vpon Our English Robin Hood and little Iohn How with this feather they haue wonne renowne That euermore their memories shall crowne And e'r the Deuill these damned Gunnes deuis'd Or hellish powder here was exercis'd With the Goose-wing we did more honour get More nobly gain'd then Gunnes could euer yet And how hath Vice our worthy Land infected * Some thing in praise of the exercise of shooting Since Archery hath beene too much neglected The time that men in shooting spent before Is now perhaps peruâ—rted to a Whore Or bowling swearing drinke or damned
leasure would repent But sudden death Repentance did preuent Epigram 35. Not so strange as true THe stately Stag when he his hornes hath shed In sullen sadnesse he deplores his losse But when a wife cornutes her husbands head His gaines in hornes he holds an extreme Crosse The Stag by losing doth his losse complaine The man by gaining doth lament his gaine Thus whether hornes be either lost or found They both the loser and the winner wound Epigram 36. A Wordmonger MAns vnderstanding's so obnubilate That when thereon I doe excogitate Intrinsicall and querimonious paines Doe puluerise the concaue of my braines That I could wish man were vnfabricate His faults he doth so much exaggerate Epigram 37. Plaine dunstable YOur words passe my capatchity good zur But ich to proue need neuer to goe vur Cha knowne men liue in honest exclamation Who now God woe liue in a worker fashion The poore man grambles at the rich mans store And rich men daily doe expresse the poore Epigram 38. Reason KNowest thou a Traitor plotting damned Treason Reueale him t is both loialty and Reason Knowest thou a thiefe will steale at any season To shun his company thou hast good reason Seest thou a villaine hang vp by the weason Hee hangs by reason that he wanted reason Good men are scarce and honest men are geason To loue them therfore t is both right and reason More I could say but all 's not worth two peason And therefore to conclude I hold it reason Epigram 39. Out of the â—â—â— into the fire TOm senselesse to the death doth hate a play But yet he 'l play the drunkard euery day He railes at plaies and yet doth ten times worse He 'l dice he 'l bowle he 'l whore he 'l swear he 'l curs When for one two pence if his humor please He might go see a play and scape all these But t is mans vse in these pestiferous times To hate the least and loue the greatest crimes Epigram 40. A Poets similitude A Poet rightly may be termed fit An abstract or Epitome of wit Or like a Lute that others pleasures breed Is fret and strung their curious cares to seed That scornfully distaste it yet t is knowne It makes the hearers sport but it selfe none A Poet 's like a taper burnt by night That wastes it selfe in giuing others light A Poet 's the most foole beneath the skies He spends his wits in making Idiots wise Who when they should their thankfulnesse returne They pay him with disdaine contempt and scorne A Puritane is like a Poets purse For both do hate the crosse what crosse is worse Epigram 41. Mecanâ—s Epitaph HEre lies the Steward of the Poets god Who whilst on earth his loued life abod Apollo's Daughters and the heires of Ioue His memorable bounty did approue His life was life to Poets and his death Bereau'd the Muses of celestiall breath Had Phoebus fir'd him from the loftie skies That Phoenix like another might arise From out his odorisâ—rus sacred embers Whose lou'd liues losse poore Poetry remembers This line is the same backward as it is forward and I will giue any man fiue shillings apiece for as many as they can make in English Lewd did I liue euil did I dwel An Apologie for Water-men â—â— Dedicated to Nowell and Robert Clarke Esquires Masters of his Maiesties Barges and to the rest of the Masters the Assistants of the Company of Watermen SVch imputations and such daily wrongs Are laid on Watermen by enuious tongâ—â— To cleare the which if I should silent be 'T were basenesse and stupidity in me Nor doe I purpose now with inke and pen To write of them as they are Watermen But this I speake defending their vocation From slanders false and idle imputation Yet should I onely of the men but speake I could the top of Enuies Coxcombe breake For I would haue all men to vnderstand A Waterman's a man by Sea or Land And on the land and sea can seruice do To serue his King as well as other too He 'll guard his Country both on seas and shore And what a Gods name can a man doe more Like double men they well can play indeed The Soldiers and the Saylers for a need If they did yeerely vse to scowre the Maine As erst they did in wars twixt vs and Spaine I then to speake would boldly seeme to dare One Sailer with two Soldiers should compare But now sweet peace their skill at Sea soduls That many are more fit to vse their sculs Then for the sea for why the want of vse Is Arts confusion and best skils abuse And not to be too partiall in my words I think no Company more knaues affords And this must be the reason because farre Aboue all Companies their numbers are And where the multitude of men most is By consequence there must be most amisse And sure of honest men it hath as many As any other Company hath any Though not of wealth they haue superfluous store Content's a Kingdome and they seek no more Of Mercers Grocers Drapers men shall finde Men that to loose behauiour are inclinde Of Goldsmiths Silkmen Clothworkers and Skinners When they are at the best they all are sinners And drunken rascalls are of euery Trade Should I name all I o'r the bootes should wade If Watermen be onely knaues alone Let all that 's senselesse cast at them a stone Some may reply to my Apology How they in plying are vnmannerly And one from tother hale and pull and teare And reile and brawle and curfe and ban sweare Is this I 'l not defend them with excuses I alwaits did and doe hate those abuses The honest vse of this true trade I sing And not th' abuses that from thence doe spring And sure no Company hath Lawes more strict Then Watermen which weekely they inflict Vpon offenders who are made pay duely Their fines or prison'd 'cause they plide vnruly They keepe no shops nor sell deceitfull wares But like to Pilgrims trauell for their fares And they must aske the question where they goe If men will goe by water yea or no Which being spoke a right the fault 's not such But any Tradesman sure will doe as much The Mercer as you passe along the way Will aske you what d' e lacke come neer I pray The Draper whose warme waredoth clad the back Will be so bold as aske ye What d' e lack The Goldsmith with his siluer and his gold To aske you What d' e lack he will be bold This being granted as none can deny Most Trades aswell as Watermen doe ply If in their plying they doe chance to iarre They doe but like the Lawyers at the Barre Who plead as if they meant by th' eares to fall And when the Court doth rise to friendship fall So Watermen that for a fare contends The fare once gone the Watermen are friends And this I know and therefore dare maintaine That he that truely
with the sword at the siedge of â—elphos in Greece Bochas They were the sonnes of Mulmutius Donwallo Belinus brought Denmarke to â—butary to Brittaine they were a paire of worthy broâ—â—â—â— Gâ—rguintus 373. GVrguintus was Belinus first-borne sonne Victoriously he Denmarkâ— ouer-runne â—â—e the vnpeopled Ireland did supply â—eign'd nineteen yeeres a King and then did dye This King gaue leaue to a company of stragling â—â—â—â—ssed Spaniards to possesse themselues in Ireland hee â—â—â— buried at Caerlion Yeeres before Christ. Guinthelinus 456. HE married Merciâ— a renowned Dame From whom the iust â— wise Merâ—â—â—an Statutes came He sixe and twenty yeeres the Scepter swaide And then with honour in his Tombe was laide He was the sonne of Gurguintus he builed Warwick and lyâ—th buried at London Cecilius 330. Kimarus 223. SEuen yeeres Cecilius kept the Regall Chaâ—re Three yeeres Kimarus rul'd as his â—ole Heire The Syre with loue did well and â—ustly reigne His sonne Kimarus was a hunting slaine About this time a sauage people called the Picts beg'd habitation of the King of Scots and liued in the Marâ—â—es betweene England and Scotland Kimarus was a vicious Prince and killed by wild Beasts as hee was hunting he was the sonne of Cecilius Cecilius was buried at Caerlion Elanius 321. ELanius as most Histories agree Was King of Brittaine yeeres iust three times three What Acts he did or what Lawes he decreed They are vnwrit and therefore are vnread Elanius was the sonne of Kimarus Yeeres before Christ. Morindus reigned 8 yeeres 311. THis King Morindus valiant more then wise A rau'ning Monster from the Sea did â—ise Which many people to destruction brought Who kil'd this braue King as he brauely fought He killed the Monster after the Monster had deâ—â—â—red him for he was in the belly of it liuing and found dead with his dagger in his hand Gorbomanus 303. THis King eleuen yeers wore the Brittain crown He founded Cambridge built Grantham Town His subiects peace past Kingdomes he prefer'd Lou'd and bewaiâ—'d at London was inter'd He built the Townes of Cambridge and Grantham Archigalo and Elidurus 392. THese brothers were not Kings both at one time But for extortion an vnkingly crime The Eldest hauing gaind his Subiects hate Depos'd and Elidurus got the State But he not greedy after worldly reigne To Archigalo gaue it vp againe Rul'd tenne yeeres more thus twenty yeeres in all His State Maiesticke did twice rise and fall Archigalo put away from him and reiected the true and ancient Nobility and Gentry and in their roomes was supplyde with the counsels of flatterers and parasites which was his downefall Yeeres before Christ. Elidurus 272. Vigenius Peredurus 270. THen Aâ—chigale beeing dead and gone Good Elidure two yeers kept Brittaines Throne Vigenius Peredurus two yeeres more Thrust Elidure from all the sway he bore But they both dy'd the third time he was crown'd Elidurus 261. And reigned foure yeeres more belou'd renown'd Once subiect twice a slaue and thrice a King Thus Fortunes fauours vp and downe did sling Heere because Hystories make little or â—o mention of any the doings of the Kings from the reigne of Elidurus to King Lâ—â— I thinke it fit onely to insert their names and the times of their reignes with their yeeres before Christ. 258. Gerbonian reigned ten yeeres 248. Morgan foureteene yeeres 224. Emeriaâ—â—s seuen yeeres This King was deposed from alâ—â—â— gall gouernment for his tyranny 227. Iuall twenty yeeres This King was a iust and â—â—â— Prince Yeeres before Christ. 207. Rimo sixteen yeeres His reigne was blest with abundance of Peace and Plenty 191. Geruncius twenty yeeres 171. Catillus ten yeeres Catillus caused all the oppressors of the poore to be hanged vp but since his time they are doubly increased 161. Coylus twenty yeeres A peaceable King and a quiet reigne 141. Porrex fiue yeeres A good Prince 136. Chirimus one yeere Chirimus through excessiue drinking got his death 135. Tulgon two yeeres 133. ELâ—red one yeere Yeeres before Christ. 132. Androgius one yeere 131. Varianus one yeere Varianus giuen all to lust purchsed himselfe a short reigne and it may bee perceiued that all these Princes either by treason or their own bad liues were soon brought to their ends for 25 of them did not reigne aboue 62 yeeres 12â— Eliud fiue yeeres 120. Dedamius fiue yeeres 118. Gurginius three yeeres 115. Merianus two yeeres 113. Blodunus two yeeres 110. Capenus three yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 108. Quinus two yeeres 106. Silius two yeeres 94. Bledgabredus ten yeeres A great louer of Musicke and a good Patron to Musicians 92. Archemalus two yeeres 90. Eldolus two yeeres 88. Rodianus two yeeres 86. Redargius three yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 84. Samullius two yeeres 81. Penisellus three yeeres 78. Pirrhus two yeeres 76. Caporus two yeeres 74. Diuellus foure yeeres A Noble and verâ—nous Prince 70. Hellius one yeere The I le of Ely tooke the nâ—mâ—â—â—tion from this Prince There hee â—â—â—â— a Palace and there he dying was buried Lud reigned 11. yeeres 66. A Long time after Troynouant was fram'd It was by Lud Kair-Lud or Lud-stoâ—s nam'd Yeeres before Christ. â—â—e made it strong with Battlements and Towres â—â—â— against foes inuasiue pow'rs â—â—â—free Stone for Free-men Ludgate hee founded â—â— here freemen wanting freedom are confounded â—â—dy'd and left two Sonnes too young for reigne Therefore his brother did the Crowne obtaine Some Writers doe affirme that this King builded London from Ludgate to London-stone and that the stone â—â—â—â— thereof was called Luds stone Cassibelan 17. yeeres 58. Vâ— dead the nobles crown'd Cassibelan â—â—â— whose reign here the Romanes conquest wan â—â— Iulius Caesar sailed out of France â—in this Land his Eagle did aduance â—â—â—â—â— bold scorn'd base at first to stoope â—â—â— Caesar fled before their warlike troope â— Ciuill warres this Kingdome ouer-runnes â—twixt Cassibelan and Luds two Sonnes â—â—â— they vnnaturall sought each others fall â—â—â— Romanes tooke aduantage conquer'd all Tâ—â—â— Caesar by his high Imperiall doome â—â—â— Britaine Tributary vnto Rome Nemias a valiant Duke of this Kingdome receiued deaths wound of Caesar Yet after that he tooke Caesars â—â—â—nd from him and with the same kil'd Labianus a Romane Tribune and lastly was she field and dyed Caesar â—the Castles of Douer Canterbury and the Tower â—â— London Theomantius 37. THen Theomantius of the royall blood The sole Sonne liuing of his Father Lud â—â—ign'd three and twenty yeeres a King in State â—hose Picture stands on Luds vnlucky gate Yeeres before Christ. Cimbilinus IN this Kings reigne the glorious King of Kings In person came and mans saluation brings When through the world all bloody wars did cease For our soules peace then came the Prince of peace Our Sauiour Iesus Christ was borne his reigne in the 42. yeere of Augustus Caesar then being Emperour of Rome Cimbelinus was the Sonne of Theomantins Guiderius anno Christi 21. THis King and Subiects brauely nobly ioyne To hold from Rome the tributary Coyne But
of February following king Richard the 2. being in prison at Poâ—â—fret-Castle â—â—â— murdered The raigne of King Henry was accâ—â—â—â—â— warre and trouble Henry the fift An. Dom. 1412. THis was a King Renowned neere and farre A Mars of men a Thunderbolt of warre At Agencourt the French were ouerthrowne And Henry heyre proclaim'd vnto that Crowne In nine yeeres raigne this valiant Prince wan more Then all the Kings did after or before Intomb'd at Westminster his Carkas lyes His soule did like his Acts ascend the skies Henry the 5. In his 3. yeere hee past the sea with 1000. saile of Ships and Veâ—â—els into France His tombe or â—â—â—â— was couered with siluer but this yrâ—n age â—â—th â—â—â—â—â—â— Henry the sixt An. Dom. 1422. THis Infant Prince scarce being nine moneths old The Realmes of France and England he did hold But he vncapable through want of yeeres Was ouer-gouern'd by mis-gouern'd Peeres Now Yorke and Lancaster with bloudy wars Both wound this kingdome with deep deadly scars Whilst this good King by Yorks oppos'd depos'd Expos'd to dangers is captiu'd inclos'd His Queene exilde his sonne and many friends Fled murdred slaughtred lastly Fate contends To crowne him once againe who then at last Was murdred thirty nine yeeres being past King Edward the sixt being 10. yeers old was crowned King of France in Paris but with the strife betwixt the Nobility and the Commons in England the most part of France was lost againe which was neuer recouered â—â—â—â—â— Edward the fourth An. Dom. 1460. EDward the 4. the house of Yorks great heire By bloudy wars attain'd the Regall Chaire The poore King Henry into Scotland fled And foure yeeres there was royally cloath'd and fed Still good successe with him was in the wane â—â—e by King Edwardâ—â— power at last was tane Yet yet before the tenth yeere of his reigne Hence Edward fled and Henry crown'd againe By Warwicks meanes sixe moneths he held the same Till Edâ—ward backe in armes to England came And fighting stoutly made this kingdome yeeld And slew great Warwicks Earle at Barnot field Thus Ciuill wars on wars and broyles on broyles And England against England spils and spoyles Now Yorke then Lancaster then Yorke againe â—uels Lancaster thus ioy griefe pleasure paine â—â—oth like inconstant waters â—bbe and flow Ones rising is the others ouerthrow King Edward twenty two yeeres rul'd this Land And lies at Windsor where his Tombe doth stand Edward the 4. In the first yeere on Palme-sunday 1460. there was a battell fought betwixt King Edward and King Henry neere Todcaster wherein were sâ—aine of English-men on both sides 53000 700 and 11. persons The bloudy victory fell to King Edward In the 10. yeere of his reigne he was forced to forsake this Land whereby King Henry was restored againe to the Crowne But shortly after Edward returned and Henry was murthered Edward the fifth An. Dom. 1483. HIgh birth blood state and innocent in yeeres Eclips'd and murdred by insulting Peeres This King was neuer crown'd short was his raigne For to be short hee in short space was slaine Edward the 5. Within 3. moneths after the death of his father hee and his brother Richard Duke of Yorke were depriued both of their liues and he of the Crowne by their tyrannous Unkle Richard Duke of Gloster Richard the third An. Dom. 1483. BY Treason mischiefe murder and debate Vsurping Richard wonne the royall state Vnnaturally the children of his brother The King and Duke of Yorke he caus'd to smother For Sir Iames Tirrell Dighton and Blacke â—ill Did in the Tower these harmlesse Princes kill Buckinghams Duke did raise King Richard high And for reward he lost his head thereby A fellow to this King I scarce can finde His shape deform'd and crooked like his minde Most cruell tyrannous inconstant stout Couragious hardy t' abide all dangers out Yet when his sinnes were mellow ripe and full Th' Almighties iustice then his plumes did pull By bloudy meanes he did the kingdome gaine And lost it so at Bosworth being slaine This Richard was neuer a good subiect but when he had got the Crowne be striued by all meanes to be a good King for in his Short reigne of two yeeres two moneths he made very profitable Lawes which are yet in force by which it may be perceiued how willing he was to redeeme his mis-spent time Henry the seuenth An. Dom. 1485. VVHen Ciuill wars full fourescore yeers more Had made this kingdome welter in her Gore When eightie of the royall blood were kild That Yorke and Lancasters crosse faction held Then God in mercy looking on this Land Brought in this Prince with a triumphant band The onely Heire of the Lancastrian line Who graciously consented to combine To ease poore England of a world of mone And make the red Rose and the white but one By Marriage with Elizabeth the faire Fourth Edwards daughter and Yorks onely heire But Margret Burgunds dutches storm'd frown'd That th' heire of Lancaster in state was crown'd A counterfeit one Lambert she suborn'd Being with Princely ornaments adorn'd To claime the State in name of Clarence sonne Who in the Tower before to death was done Wars'gainst the French King Henry did maintaine And Edward braue Lord Wooduile there was slaine Northumberlands great Earle for the Kings right Was slaine by Northerne rebels in sharpe fight The King besiedged Boloigne but a Peace The French king fought and so the siedge did cease Still Burgunds Dutchesse with inueterate hate Did seeke to ruine Henries Royall state She caus'd one Perkin Warbacke to put on The name of Richard Edwards murdred sonne Which Richard was the youngest of the twaine Of Edwards sonnes that in the Tower was slaine The King at last these traitors did confound And Perkin for a counterfeit was found Sir William Stanley once the Kings best friend At Tower hill on a Scaffold had his end On Blacke Heath Cornish rebels were o'rthrowne A Shoomaker did claime King Henries Crowne The Earle of Warwicke lost his haplesse head And Lady Katherine did Prince Arthur wed But ere sixe moneths were fully gone and past In Ludlow Castle Arthur breath'd his last King Henry built his Chappell from the ground At Westminster whose like can scarce be found Faire Margret eldest daughter to our King King Iames the fourth of Scotland home did bring Where those two Princes with great pompe and cheare In State at Edenborough married were But as all Mortall things are transitory So to an end came Henries earthly glory Twenty three yeeres and 8. months here he swaid And then at Westminster in 's Tombe was laid He all his Life had variable share Of Peace Warre Ioy Griefe Royaltie and Care In his I. yeere in 7. weekes space there dyed in London 2. Maiors and 6. Aldermen besides many hundred others of a strange sweating sicknesse 1485. Anno Reg. 12. at Saint Needâ— in Beafordshire there fell hail-stones 18. inches about King Iames the 4. of Scotland married Margret
perdurable cares and vexation as appeared in the lines and raignes of Rusus Henry the first Stehpen Iohn and now this King Henry the fourth who though hee were minion of Fortune the Darling of the peolpe euery way a compleate Noble Prince yet was his vsurpation still attended with dangerous molestations he was crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arundell Arbhishop of Canterbury hee was scarce warme in his seat before the Dukes of Exeter Aumerie Surry with the Earles of Glocester and Salisbury conspired to kill him and to raise King Richard againe but their plot was discouered and satisfied with the losse of there heads shortly after king Richard the 2 was starued to death some say murdred at Pomfret castle in short time after the Princes of English poets Ieffry Chaucer and Iohn Cower dyed all those Noble men who either fouored king Richard or were raised by him were degraded disinherited or out of King or courrtly favour The French in Aquitaine intend rebellion against K. Henry but are pacified by Tho Percy Earle of Worcester The Welsh rebell vnder the coÌ„mand of their captine Owne Glendowre and the king went thither in person and with losse and danger quieted them An. 1403 the terrible battel of Shrewsbury was fought betwixt the King and the Earle of Worcester the Earle Dowglasse the Lord Henry Percy alias Hotspur and others where after a bloody triall Percy was slain buried taken vp againe and quartered the Earle of Worcester was beheaded the Dowglasse taken and the King victorious Owen Glendowere again raiseth wars in Wales and inuades the Marches of England although king Richard the 2 be dead and buried yet is he still sained to be aliue and by counterfeit impostures King Henry was much molested 140 ships came out of France arriued at Milford hauen to the aid of Owen Glendowre the Earle of Northumberland rebelled with the Lord Bardolph and were both taken beheaded Thus was king Henries reigne a Maiesticall missery a soueraignty of sorrow and a regall power alwaies attended with perplexity so that hauing raign'd 13 yeers 6 months wanting 5 daies he dyed the 20 of March 1413 and leauing 4 sonnes 2 daughters he was with all funerall and Royall solemnity interred at Canterbury HENRY THE FIFTH KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND FRom my Iancastrian Sire successiuely I Englands glorious golden Garland gots I temper'd Iustice with mild clemency Much blood I shed yet blood-shed loued not Time my Sepulchre and my bones may not But Time can neuer end my endlesse fame Oblinion cannot my braue acts out blot Or make Forgetfulnesse forget my name I plaid all France at Tennise such a game With roaring Rackets bandied Balls and Foyles And what I plaid for still I won te same Triumphantly transporting home the spoyles But in the end grim death my life assail'd And as I lin'd I dy'd belon'd bewail'd Anno Dom. 1413. March 20 Sunday Henry the 5 borne at Monmouth in Wales about 28 yeeres old when he began to reigne he was crowned at Westminster by the hands of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury and howsoeuer some Writers haue imputed wildnesse and irregular courses so youth vnto him yet when hee attained the Scepter he proued the mirror of Princes and Paragon of the world in that age He banished from his Court and presence all prophane and lewd companions and exiled from his eares all flattring Parasites and Sicophants In the 1 yeer of his reigne he prepared a great Armie against France anâ—â—â— Southampton very happily escaped murthering by the Treason of Richard Earle of Cambridge Henry Lord Scroope and Sir Thomas Gray Knight Soone after the King past with 1500 sail into France where hee wanne the strong Towâ—â—â—â— Hatflew and intending to march back with his â—â— my toward Callice he was neere a place called Agincourt encountrea by the whole power of France where King Henry had a triumphant victories in which battel were slaine many of the French Nobility with 10000 coÌ„mon soldiers as many of them taken prisoners The whole English Army at that time being not 10000 being wasted with the fluxe famine and other sicknesses yet did they â—â—â—â—â—â— more prisoners then they were themselues in number in all the battel lost not aboue 28 meÌ„ After which the King returned into England and â—â—â—â— was met with 400 Citizens and magnificantly â—â—â— tertained into London King Henry attributing all his conquests and victories to God The Eâ—â—â—â—â— Sigismond came into England and entred leagâ—â—â— with King Henry the Emperors intent was to â—â—â— made a peace betwixt England France but he could not accoÌ„plish it The king passed into I raâ—â—â— againe and wonne many Cities Townes Câ—â—â—â—â—â— strong holds in the end he married the Lady Katherin daughter to K. Charles of France with when he came into England and hauing crowned â—â—â—â— Queene be returned into I rance the third â—â—â— was in Paris proclaimed heire apparent to the Crowne Finally he sickened and dyed at Boysesâ— Vincennois in France from whence his corps â—â— brought and buried at Westminster I September 1422. HENRY THE VI KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF JRELAND GReat England Mars my Father being dead I not of yeares or yeare but eight months old The Diadem was plac't vpon my head In Royall Robes the Scepter I did hold But as th' Almighties workes are manifold Too high for mans conceit to comprehend In his eternall Register eurold My Birth my troublous Life and tragicke End â— Gainst me the house of Yorke their force did bend And Peeres and People weltred in their gore My Crown and Kingdome they from me did rend Which I my Sire and Grandire kept and wore Twice was I crown'd vncrown'd oft blest oft crost And lastly murdred life and Kingdome lost Anno Dom. 1422 August 31 Munday Henry the 6 born at Windsor the son of Henry the 5 was but 8 moneths old at the death of his father so that by reason of his infancy himselfe and kingdome were gouerned by his vnckles the Dukes of Bedford and Glocester An. 1419 Nouember 6 the King was crowned first at Westminster by the hands of Henry Chichley Archbishop of Canterbury hee was againe the second time crowned at Paris the 7 of December 1431 by the Cardinalls of York and Winchesters and returns into England the 11 day of February following In these times France was in miserable perplexity diuided betwixt French and English in continuall bloody wars for the Dolphin Charles made wars in sundry places claiming the Crowne the English won and lost towns and territories as fortune found or fround till at last by reason of the King childhood in the beginning of his reigne his soft milde gentle inclination in his ripe yeeres and his indisposition to marshall affaires hee beeing more sit for the Church theÌ„ for chinalry for praier theÌ„ for prowesse a man in al his actions more like a Saint then to one that should weild a warlike
since at Tyborne sought a quarrell Epigram 21. OLd Grubsons Sonne a stripling of good age â— will make one laugh to see him and his Page Like to a garded Vichin walkes the streets Looking for reuerence of each one he meets Eagles must honour Owles and Lyons Apes And wise men worship fooles for farre fetcht shapes Epigram 22. GReab Captaine Sharke doth wonderfully muse How he shall spend the day that next ensues There 's no Play to be playd but he hath seene At all the Theaters he oft hath beene And seene the rise of Clownes and fall of Kings Which to his humour no contentment brings And for he scornes to see a Play past twice Hee 'l spend a time with his sweet Cockatrice Epigram 23. A Compleat Gallant that hath gone as farre That with his hands from skyes hath pluckt a star And saw bright Phaebus whoÌ„ he did take Coach And Luna when her throne she did approach And talke with Iupiter and Mercury With Vulcan and the Queene of Lechery And saw the net the stumpfoot Black-smith made Whe ein fell Mars and Venus was betrayd With thousand other sights he saw in skyes Who dares affirme iâ— that this gallant lyes I counsell all that either hate or loue him Rather beleeue him then goe to disproue him Epigram 24. DRusus his portion gallantly hath spent What though He did it to a good intent Vnto a wise man it seemes neuer strange That men should put their money to Exchange Nay then I saw he was a subtile Fox What had he for 't I pray sweet Sir the Poxe I doe not like his bargaine why wherefore His money still wan'd lesse his poxe waxe more He need not now feare wasting of his stocks Spend what he can he nere shall want the Poxe Epigram 25. NEate Master Scape-thrist railes against all ryet Commending much a temperate sparing dyet What though he hath beene prodigall and wilde Those idle fancies now he hath exilde What though he hath beene frequent with excesse Of Dice of Drabs and drowsie Drunkennesse Yet now he 's chang'd Sir he is not the man The case is alter'd now from what 't was than The Prologue of his wealth did teach him spend And 't is the Epilogue that makes him mend Epigram 26. A Greedie Chuffe once being warn'd in poste To make appearance at the Court of Hell Where grifly Pluto hotly rules the roste And being â—ummon'd by the passing Bell. With heapes of gold he would haue bribed Death But he dildaining bribes depriu'd his breath Epigram 27. DOctor Donzago one of wondrous learning And in Astronomy exceeding cunning Of things thats past and coming he 's discerning His mind on Prophesies is euer running Of Comets Meteors Apparitions Of Prodigles and exhalations Of Planets natures and conditions And of the spheares great calculations Yet want of one skill all his cunning smothers Who lyes most with his wife himselfe or others Epigram 28. BRaue Bragadocia whom the world doth threaten Was lately with a Faggot sticke sore beaten Wherefore in kindnesse now my Muse must weepe Because his resolution was asleepe Epigram 29. VVAlking along the streets the other day A ragged Souldier crost me on the way And though my purses lyning was but scant Yet somewhat I bestow'd to ease his want For which he kindly thankt me with his heart And tooke his leaue and friendly we did part When straight mine eyes a Horse Footcloth spy'dâ—â— Vpon whose backe in pompous state did ride One whom I thought was deputie to Ioue Yet not this Souldiers wants could pitty moue But with disdainefull lookes and tearmes of scorne Commands him trauaile whether he was borne 'T will almost make a Puritan to sweare To see an Asses Horse a cloake to weare When Christians must goe naked bare and thin Wanting apparell t'hide their mangled skin Vaine world vnto thy Chaos turne agen Since brutish beasts are more esteem'd then men Epigram 30. LIeutenant Pusse from Cleaueland is return'd Where entring of a breach was sorely burn'd And from reuenge hee 'l neuer be perswaded Till the low Countries he hath quite inuaded When his hot wrath makes Neatherlands to smoke He 's bound for Deepe in France with irefull stroke But haue a care in these hot warres of France Least in a Pockie heat you spoyle your Lance. Epigram 31. A Loue-sicke Wooer would a Sonnet write In praise of her that was his hearts delight'â— Hoping thereby his wished loue to win And to attaine it thus he did begin Seure of the Earth and Empresse my Soule â—Loue and Life that doth my thoughts controule â— Queene of my affections and desire â—â—â—â— to AEâ—na sets my heart on fire â—y Golden Lockes resembling brightest Amber â—â—â—â—it to grace some mighty Monarkes Chamber â—â—â—eyes Eclipsing Tâ—â—â—â— in his rising â—y Face surpassing Natures best deuiung â—y lips euaporates most sweet persumes â—y roice the Musicke of the Spneares astumes â—â—â—on wounds more then Loues shast and Bow â—y red the Rose doth shame thy white the Snow â—â—â— Worlds wonder Natures dearest Iewell â—â—â— not thy vertues with thy beeing cruell â—â—â— that art my Soules adored Saint â—â— â—â—â—etrable to my woes complaint â—â—â— the poore Bull finch spends the day in moanes â—â—â—â—ight he wasts in deepe heart-gnawing groanes â—â—â— most filthy vgly odious Whore â—â— whom he spends his substance and his store â—â—â—sing millions of egregious lyes â—â—rayse his Punckes foule feature to the skyes Epigram 32. â—â—â—ke how yon Lechers legs are worne away â—â—â— With haunting of the Whore-hose euery day â—â—nowes more greasie Panders Bawds and Drabs â—ad eates more Lob sters Articheckâ—â—s and Crabs â—â—w roasted Egges Potatoâ—s Muskadine â—â—â—â—ers and pith that growes â—â—â— Oxes Chine â—ith many Drugs Compounds and Simples store Which makes him haue a stomacke to a Whore â—â— one day hee 'l giue cre when 't is too late â—â—hen he stands begging through an Iron Grate Epigram 33. Light finger'd Francis begging in the Iayle Did chance to see a friend of his passe by â—â—inking his lamentations would preuaile â—ad that some coyne would from his bountie stye These ancient friends one thrall and th' other tree â—â—e hungry lowsie ragged and forlorne The other â—at with prodigality â—akes him this answer mixt with pride and scorne What Franke quoth he art there for â—le Cakes Why how the Dâ—uell comes this lucklesse crosse â—â—â—â—h sir quoth Franke your mastership mistâ—kes â—â—or I am heere for stealing of a Horse â—roth I mistooke indeed and â—o â—â—st thou â—â—at this time I haue no money now Epigram 34. MOunsieur Luxuri hath beene with a Puncke Wherby his worships purse is â—hrodely shtunk And now for penance of his former ryet With good Duke Humfrey he must take his diet Thus with a crâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—◠〈…〉 â—â—adge his case 〈…〉 Epigram 35. THere chanstâ—… â—… The â—â—â— an old manâ—… â—… The â—â—â—â— a Poet â—â—â—â—â—â— and 〈…〉 Theâ—â—â— th a Pâ—… Theseâ—… Who shouldâ—… Thâ— old man said that when he was a boy To â—â—â— nine hâ—ndâ—â—edâ—â—â—â—â—
and they themselues thus rending Doth shew what all of vs hath euer bin Addicted vnto martiall discipline Sâ—â—â—â— can report and Portingale can tell Denmarke and Norway both can witnesse well Sweden and Poland truely can declare Our Seruice there and almost euery where And * The Low Countries Holland Zealand c Belgia but for the English and the Scots Perpetuall slauery had beene their lots Vnder the great commanding power of Spaine By th' Prince of Parâ—a's and the Archdukes traine Farre for my witnesses I need looke 'T is writ in many a hundred liuing booke And Newports famous battell brauely tels The English and the Scots in fight excels Yea all or most Townes in those seuenâ—â—â—â— Lands Haue felt the force or friendship of their hands Ostend whose siege all other did surpasse That will be is or I thinke euer was In three yeares three moneths Scots Englishmen Did more then Troy accomplished in ren Ostend endur'd which ne're will be forget Aboue seuen hundred thousand Canon shot And as if Hell against it did conspire They did abide death dearth and sword and fire There danger was with resolution mixt And honour with true valour firmely fixt Were death more horrid then a Gorgons head In his worst shapes they met him free from dread There many a Britaine dy'de and yet they liue In fame which fame to vs doth courage giue At last when to an end the siege was come The gainers of it cast their loosing samme And the vneuen reckoning thus did runne The winners had most losse the loosers wonne For in this siege vpon the Archdukes side Seauen Masters of the Campe all wounded dyde And fifteene Colonels in that warre deceast And Serieant Majors twenty nine at least Captaines fiue hundred sixty fiue were slaine Leiutenants whilst this Leaguer did remaine One thousand and one hundred and sixteene Dyed and are now as they had neuer beene Ensignes three hundred twenty two all euen And nineteene hundred Serieants and eleuen Corp'rals and Lantzprizâ— does death did mixe In number seauenteene hundred sixty sixe Of Souldiers Mariners women children all More then seauen times ten thousand there did fall Thus Ostend was at deare rates wonne and lost Besides these liues with many millions cost And when 't was won 't was won but on conditions On honourable tearmes and compositions The winners wan a ruin'd heape of stones A demy Gâ—lgotha of dead mens bones Thus the braue Britaines that the same did leaue Left nothing in it worthy to receiue And thus from time to time from age to age To these late dayes of our last Pilgrimage We haue beene men with martiall mindes inspir'd And for our meeds belou'd approu'd admit'd Men prize not Manhood at so low a rate To make it idle and effeminate And worthy Countrymen I hope and trust You 'l doe as much as your fore-fathers durst A faire aduantage now is offered here Whereby your wonted worths may well appeare And he that in this quarrell will not strike Let him expect neuer to haue the like He that spares both his person and his purse Must if euer he vse it vse it worse And you that for that purpose goe from hence To serne that mighty Princesse and that Prince Ten thousand thousand prayers shall euery day Implore th' Almighty to direct your way Goe on goe on braue Souldiers neuer cease Till noble Warre produce a noble Peace A briefe Description of BOHEMIA THE Kingdome of Bohemia is well peopled with many braue Horse-men and Foot-men Rich fruitfull and plentifully stored by the Almighties bounty with all the treasures of Nature fit for the vse and commoditie of Man It hath in it of Castles and walled Townes to the number of 780. and 32000. Villages by a Graunt from the Emperour CHARLES the Fourth it was freed for euer of the payments of all Contributions to the Empire whatsoeuer Morauia Silesia and Lusatia are as large as Bohemia well replenished with stout Horse-men and Foot-men FINIS Honour Conceal'd Strangely Reveal'd OR The worthy Praise of the Vnknowne Merits of the Renowmed Archibald Armestrong who for his vnexpected Peace-making in France betwixt the King and the Rochellers hath this Poem Dedicated as a Trophee to his matchlesse Vertuesâ— This being done in the yeare of our Lord 1623. Written by him whose Name Annagramatiz'd is LOYOL IN HART 'T is not the Warres of late I write vpon In France at the Iles of Rhea or Olleron These things were written in K. IAMES his Raigne Then Read it not with a mistaking Braine Dedicated to the Reader or Vnderstander or both or either or neither WHat you are you partly know and how you will like my lines I partly know not A better mans pen might haue vndertaken this taske for the Subiect for worth is net inferiour to Aiax of whom the learned Sir Iohn Harington wrote a well approued Volume the smallest baires haue their shadowes and the least shadow its substance and though vertue belong Eclipsed by the corrupted Cleudes of Enny yet at the last the Sunbeames of noble mâ—â—t wâ—llâ—reake through those Contagious Vaepours expelling the obscure caertaines of Malignity to the Eternizing of the owners fume and the unrecalled Obloquy of hatefull and malicious opposition And in this Iron age where men hoard vp their goodnesse as they doe their money Wherein it is to be condoled to the tune of Lachrime to see how much Vice is expressed Pouerty depressed Innocency oppressed Vanitie impressed Charitie suppressed the Muses made Bawdes and Parasites to hide and slatter the wilfulnesse and folly of Greatnesse whilst honour of a mens owne winning spinning and weauing cannot be allowed him for his owne wearing This made me to stirre my sterrill iâ—â—â—ention from the Leathean Den of obliuions Cimcrianisme and take this neglected subiect in hand which else is to be seared had beene irrecouerably swallowed in the precipitated bottomlesse Abisse of sable Mourning melancholy Taciturnity and Forgetfulnesse Herein may the Reader without much wearying his eye-sight see Werth emblazed Desert praised Valour aduanced â—â— it described Art commended and all this Paradoxically apply'd to the person and successefull Industry of the ouermuch and worthy to be praised Archiball Armestrong the Camplementall Comma of Courtly Contentment Whose Admirable Fortunte Fate Lucke Hap Chance Destiny or what you please to tearme it was to appease the furious Warres in France and make a wonderfull Accord or Peace betwixt the King and his Subiects whereby it may be obserued how Rochell was conserued the Kings Honour reserued act France preserued and what Archy deserued IOHN TAYLOR THE PEACE OF FRANCE With the Praise of ARCHY VLisses was a happy man of men In that his acts were writ with Homers pen And Virgil writ the Actions the Glory Of bold and braue AEneas wand'ring story Great Alexander had the like successe Whose life wise Quintus Curtius did expresse And worthy Archy so it fares with thee To haue thy name and same emblaz'd by
me For Homer was the Prince of Poets styl'd And Princely actions onely he compyl'd And Quintus Curtius with ornated skill Did soare aloft with his Hystorian Quill But pardon mee much short of their great worth If in alowerstraine I set thee forth And sure I hold it for no little Grace That 't is my lot thy honour to vncase Nor can it be impeachment to thy name To haue so meane a pen divulge thy fame For when the businesse is in order knit The subiect for the writer will seeme fit First I haue read in Prophesies of old That written were by Merlin who soretold Some strange predictions that without all doubt Doth Cull or picke or point or marke thee out The Prophesie as thus WHen as the fect of Mabomâ—t Themselu's against themselues shall set When as the Gauls the Gauls shall spur and Gall When Castles Townes and Towers shall fall When nought but Horror Death and Dread Shall famous fertile France or'e spread Then shall a man depart our strands Borne 'twixt the Rumps of two great Lands And he shall make these brawles to cease And set all France in friendly peace His name shell Strong in Arme be call'd With Chiefe though Bearded joyn'd with Bald This Prophesie in charily kept by one Himpshage Scottish witch who dwels in a Caue in Ram one of the Iles of the Hebrades About nine hundred yeares or somewhat nigh Are past since Merlin speke this Prophecie And all the world may see that what he sed In Archies person is accomplished First all the Turkes that Mahomet adore Are by the eares and welter in their Gere Next France which Gaul in time of yore was nam'd With war hath wasted beene with fire inflam'd Then thirdly Armestrong thither was conuaid And then and not till then the peace was made We fourthly finde to further our auailes How he was borne betweene the Rumps or tailes Of two great Kingdomes which were call'd the borders Now midst of Britaine free from old disorders And lastly Strong in Arme his name shal be Chiefe Arch or Bald or bold which all agree There is a fellow with acrafty pate That made a cunaing Anagram of late The words were Merry Rascall to be hang'd But if the writer in my hands were sang'd I quickly would inforce him know that he Should moddle with his fellowes not with me But vnto thee from whom I haue digrest Braue Archybald I find it manifest The name of Armstrong like strong men of armes Haue euer valiantly outdar'd all harmes And for their stout atchieuments bin acoounted To be regarded waited on and mounted Whilst those whose merits could not win such state Were grieued at their heart to soe their fate And mayest thodrise Within this age of ours Vnto the honour of thy ancestours That the Auxungia of thy Matchlesse brest May breed fresh Mandrahes to cause sleepe and rest To charme the Temples of consuming warres As thouhast done amongst the Rocheslers 'T was sharpe contention that began those broyles Which fild all France with fell domesticke spoyles And that discention did so farre offend That wisedome scarcely could the mischiefe end And therfore 't was ordain'd that thou shouldst come To hang the Colours vp and still the Drum To cease the trumpets clang and fifes shall squeaking And bring forth frightfull peace that close â—ay sneaking Not dating once her visage out to thrust Till Armours were committed vnto rust Oh thou who art halfe English and halfe Sâ—â—â— I would not haue thee proud of this thy lot But yet I should be proud if 't were my chance To doe as thou sayest thou hast done in France But should thy worth and acts bee here denyd Thou hast ten thousand witnesses beside Who will maintaine 'gainst eyther friend or foe If thou didst make the peace in France or no. 'T is certaine that thou soundst them all vnruly Within the Month of August or of Iuly And in September or I thinke October Thou lefst them all in peace some drunke some sober Then what is he that dares expostulate Or any way thy fame extenuate But he whosâ—e Idlenesse will make it knowne That he hath little businesse of his owne Nor can he be of any Ranke or note That enuies thee or any of thy Coate Then let desert fall where desert is due Thine honour is thine owne and fresh and new War could not end the war t was plainely seene Wealth could not stop the floudgates of their spleene Strength could not make them lay their weapons by Wit could not helpe nor martiall policy Perswasion did not doe that good it would And valour would decide it If it could When neither of these vertues are in price Then thou didst boldly shew them what a Vice It was for Subiects to prouoke their King By their Robellion their owne deaths to bring When many a Mounsieur of the gallant Gaules Vnnat'rally was slaine in ciuill braules When many a Mother childlesse there was made And Sire 'gainst Sonoppos'd with trenchant blade When Roaring Cannons counterchekt the thunder And slately buildings lay their Ruines vnder When smoake eclipsing Sol made skyes looke â—â—â— And murd'ring bullets seuer'd lim from lim Then did â— thou come and happy was thy comming For then they left their Gunning and their Dromming And let the world of thee say what it list God will blesse him that made the warre defist 'T is wondrous strange fate cannot be withstood No man did dreame thou euer wouldst doe good And yet to see beyond all expectation All France and Britaine Ring with acclamation And with applaw sefull thankes they doe reioyce That great Nauarre and Burbon and Valoyes Guize Loraine Bulleins all the Gallian Pesros Like fixed starres are setled in their spheares A soole can raise a flame from out a sparke But he 's a man of speciall note and marke And worthy to be guerdon'd for his paine That turnes a flame into a sparke againe So hast thou done or else there are some Lyers Thou didst extinguish wars combustious fires And what thou didst I see no reason but In print the Memorandums should be put Thou hast a brace of Brothers trauailers Who each of them in their particulers Shewes of what house they came and of all others They 'l do things worthy to be knowne thy brothers The one to Poland or the Land of Po To vnexpected purpose late did goe The other furnish'd with as braue a mind Vnto Virginia wandered with the winde Whore like a second Rephabus braue Kitty Doth make those parts admire him he 's so witty And though but little seruice he did here 'T is past mans knowledge what he may doe there And where they are they striue still to appeare To doe as much good there as thou doest heere I wish you all were married that your seed Like Sonnes of Caine might multiply and breed For 't is great pitty such a stocke or race Obliuion should consume or time deface Hadst thou but lin'd amongst
the hairebraind elss In Italy the Gibtliues and the Guolphs Thou with thy oylely Oratory words Hadst made them at their owne wils sheath their swords Or when Angustus Pompey Anthony Sought Monarchy in Warres Triumuiri Hadst thou beeno neere them er'e their mortall fight Thou hadst done more then I can truely write Or had Ierusalem but had thy mate Before Vespatsan it did Ruinate The Mad men Eleazar Simon Iohn â—â— Had neuer wrought their owne destruction And happy had it beene if thou hadst bin When Yorke and Lancaster did loose and win Thou hadst done more then any man can tell Those mighty factions to suppresle and quell There 's a late Currant stufr'd with tales and newes Of the Hungarians Sarazens and Ienes And to the Turkish Citty Hight it come Constantinople or Bizantium In which Caranta all the French disignes With Archies name endors'd did grace the lines And how thou wast the Pipe or Instrument That made the peace there to their great content And scanning of the businesse thus and thus They did admire thee there as much as vs. For they are there like rough tempestnous Seas All by the eares whom no man can appease At last amongst themselues they did agree To send a great Ambassador for thee The great Grandsigneor the Commission sign'd And they abide to haue Moone Sun and Wind The name of him that brings the Embassy Is Halye Bashaw Lord of Tripoly He is attonded and well waited on By Sinan Beglerbeg of Babylon The Sanzake of ' Damascus comes along And many more a mighty troope and throng And sure t will be much honour vnto thee To cause these Mad Mabometant agree Thou shalt be fed with dainties and with suckets And thy reward shall be Chickens and Duckets The Turkes are at ciull Warres and entend to lend an Am bassador for Archy to doe as much for them as he did for France He set sayle for this place the 32. of Nouember last The Tartar Chrim Icleaped Tamor Can. Warres with the mighty great Mosccuian And vnto them haue thy exploytes bin told But goe not there the Climates are to cold Our Merchants might doe well to hire thee hence 'Gainst Tuuis and Argiera for their desence There in the Straites of in the Gulph of Veuice Where Neptune to sseth Ships like â—â—ls at tennis Thou mayest amongst the Pyrates take some course To mitigate or aggrauate their force I muse what Planet had within the sky Predominance at thy Natiuity For surely Fortune wrapt thee in her smoake And like a Lamb did in the Cradle Rocke She dandled thee and luld thee in her lap And tenderly she gaue thee sucke and pap Her purblinde fancie to her more delights Esteem'd thee 'mongst her chiefest saucâ—tites Much happy was it that â—â—â—â—â—â— â—â—â—â— to smile On vs that thou hadst birth within our Ile For thou at Iâ—yic mightst haue beene borne Then all our hopes in thee had beene forlorne Or at Cathay in China ordapan And whe can tell what we should all doe than And sure did Prestor Iohn and the Mogull But know thy worth and vertue to the full Not Britaines Bounds thy Carkasse then could hold If thou for Gold or Siluer mightst be fold Or 't is a question they would make pretence ' Tinuade our Land by force to take thee hence For why in thee a Iewell we enioy As Whilome the ' Palladium was to Troy Or like the Target drop'd from Heauen to Rome So on thy person waites a fat all doome In Terra call'd Incognita did they That there inhabite know but any way To compasse thee they ' ld hazard bloud and bone And passe the Frigide and the Torid Zone The trope of Cancer and of Capricorne To hold them from the hazard they would scorne And they would cut the Equinoctiall line ' Tenioy as we doe that sweet corps of thine Werâ—t thou with Powhaton he would agree To leaue the Diuell and fall to worship thee And like that image giue thee honour there Nabuchaduezzar did in Babel reare But whether doth my Muse thus Rambling run 'T is knowne the Warres in France are past done And if themselues they to remembrance call For what thou didst they ought to thank thee all Mars and Bellona from thy presence fled And Baccbus with faire Venus came in stead The Codpiece God Priapus is erected In France and Somnus is by Pax protected Thou hast hercau'd the souldiers of some knocks And wounds and slashes are transform'd to packs For Câ—berea's the Chyrurgians Star And makes more worke in peace then Mars in was The Generals and Masters of the Campe The Colonels now cease to sweare and stampe The Captaines haue layd by their bastinadoes Lieutenants put to silence their braua does The Colours surdled vp the Drum is mute The Seriants Ranks and Files doth not dispute The Corp rall knowes no watchword Lantzprezzdoes Nor Souldiers scowt or lye in ambuscadoes Now murdring Bullets morrall Cuts and stabs Are metamotphos'd to Dice Drinke and Drabs To Fidlers Pipers Panders Parasites Fooles Knaues and Festerâ— and such rare delights The Cups run round the tongue walks quicke and glid Whilst euery Tinker doth enioy his Tyb Thrice happy France that in thee did arriue Our thong arm'd Archy that war thence did driue And happier Britaine now thy worth is knowne In hauing such a lewell of thine owne A Iewell pollish'd and most brightly burnish'd Foyld and well painted set in Gold Rich furnish'd But all men knowes a Iewell shewes not well Except it be dependant like a Bell But Archy let delay breed no distaste There 's time enough for all things hast makes wasle There was a Post came late all tyr'd and weary From Callice o're the Sea to Canterbury And he reported that in euery angle Of France did bonfires burne and Bels did Iangle In euery market Towne and Street and Citty The Ballad makers haue compos'd a Ditty To magnifie thy name which is resounded And wondred at as farre as France is bounded That in their drinking Schooles and tipling Houses The Fidlers sing thy honor for two touses The whilst thy health runs round with wondrous quicknes 'Till too much Health or health at last brings sicknes And shall a forreine Land thus farte expretle To thee for thy deserts their thankefulness And shall thy health in Britaine not be gazled And all our Muses be hide-bound and muzled Great Iouc forbid that such indignity Should ere befall to thy malignity For since the Graces heere doe not befriend thee And since the Vertues will no way attend thee The Sences seeme as sencelesse vnto thee The Sciences to thee Regardlesse be The Gods and Goddesses seeme dumb and stupid Except the Punke of Daphes and young Caâ—â— Onely the deadly Sins the Fates and Fâ—iâ—â— On thee as on ten thousand more attends I noted this and grieued much in mind That in our loues we were so farre behind I was resolu'd to vndergoe this Chance To write thy praise as