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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53930	To the Most High and Mighty Monarch, Charles the II, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith Thomas Pecke of the Inner Temple, Esq. wisheth an affluence of both temporal and eternal felicity, and most humbly devoteth this heroick poem in honour of His Majesties establishment in the throne of his ancestours.	Pecke, Thomas, b. 1637.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1042; ESTC R20471	5,201	18

From loss of Fortune gain of Infamy In the Engagements of late time though some Good eyes were cheated with the Medium Of candied Remonstrance whilst men be 'T is possible they trip on Frailty Yet no legitimate Nobility Or who had Badges of Gentility Border'd with Vertue Mantled with Pretence Cordial and upright ever could dispence With dutiful Allegiance Or did rend The Ermin Robes for a base private end Whom Errour misled are turn'd Proselytes And a desire that 's National invites Secular Hereticks for to comply Not to draw stakes but in sincerity Is it not time to quit an head-strong Rage When our Convulsions have attain'd full Age And have not we Years of Discretion See Discrepant Factions in a Third agree In CHARLES the GREAT or Second of that Name And the Third MONARCH married TWEED to THAME Natures Musitians in the Air employ Their slender Throats as ecchoes to Mans Ioy Flora in the Kings Colours takes delight And wears a Tulip PURPLE GREEN and WHITE The Halcyon never used to appease Tempestuous Seas till setting Pleiades Usher'd the Winter Now she brings fair daies And Neptune Tethys treats with Masques and Playes The scaly Regiments all Muster there Except the Meermaid hindred by a fear Of meeting Princely Dolphins who would carp At their supporting of the Cross and Harp And justly might with rigidness reprove Prompted by Honour and Arions Love Whose Instrument was strook with Iollity When Englands Face resembled Niobe Doth the profound Philosopher desire To see the pure and unconsuming Fire Which neighbours on the Moon let him mount high His eyes when Londons bone-fires roost the Skie And what is voyc'd invisible he 'll see And quarrell at the Aires Triplicity Of Regions since the Fire is next to Earth Thoughts of this kind have scarcely atchieved Birth But the Moncks powder thunders lightens now The Middle doth disseise the Fire and Low Thus in amazement arguing from hence An unbelieving Sceptick doth commence FIRE AIR EARTH WATER in a Chorus sing An Io Paean Or GOD SAVE THE KING Ships are our Forts Our Pilot's not to learn And that without a Trope to hold the Stern Three Languages made any heretofore A Prodigy Our Gracious Lord speaks more But in a strict sense Words no more comprise Of worth than Parrets prating signifies Or File of Cyphers which are nothing all Unless a Figure make Numerical The Nations Patron hath pleas'd to confer The honour of a Privy Counsellour On History That Bosome-friend of time And Calculation fit for every Clime This shews King Codrus gave his life to buy Athens a controverted Victory If Caesars justly mannag'd Axe and Rodds Caesars liv'd Happy were at death made Gods Because the bloud of Innocents was spilt Domitian was broke on the Wheel of Guilt In sport LYSANDERS Thirty Bloud-hounds kill No Laws are cruel if compar'd to WILL What Factions root up Kingdoms she relates What Lapses depose mighty Potentates A Ruler without History is blind Self-love will be industrious not to find A Parasites deceptions or do Right Unless a Bribe bespeaks a FAVORITE I purposely omit the Title Iust Not to judge that is bottomless distrust All Ethicks is an Inmate to the Man Whom study dubs compleat Historian His Active valour was at WORCESTER shown His Passive to the Universe is known But as an Eagle credits common Fowl And brittle Bodies have an high-born Soul So may we in Renowned CHARLES behold A radiant Iewel in recited Gold RELIGION adorns VERTUE Kingdoms Three Require in Graces AEquipollency When Subjects fail'd His Faith rely'd upon The Holy Holy TETRAGRAMMATON The Verdict of twelve gloomy years attest Hope the Consort of his couragious Breast And who enquires after his CHARITY Cannot deride CORVINUS MEMORY Did he FORGIVE As if it were a Task Too scratching for an Enemy to ask MERCY was profer'd which did circumvent An unsophisticated PARLIAMENT By a devout Prolepsis For which Fame An Obelisk shall build to his Great Name Add to these CONSTANCY A splendid Gemme That darts its Lustre through the Diadem The Romish Church though she held out her Armes Could not entice Him by the potent Charmes Of profuse Promises and did in vade His Resolves with the Loyola Brigade A Ship at Anchor the Seas Wrath out? braves Slighting the fury of rebounding Waves Or as a Faithful Garrison counts trash Smooth Agitations of th' Assailants Cash What if the Blockers up when GOLD shall fail Showres down Bravadoes in revengeful Hail His two-edg'd Machination proves in vain Here a Good Cause undaunted Hands maintain So our FAITHS Standard-Bearer stood His Ground When GIFTS when SOPHISTRY begirt him round A Black stone streak'd with White which Authors call Agathos frees from all Terrestrial Dangers and Discontents and it exempts From Loss and Detriment in all Attempts The Black stone is Affliction the white Veines Are Souls she scours from Unrepented staines This is the Shield repulsing Mortal Sins And gross Imprudence who so wears her wins ALL PALMS The Earth as knowing how to use And Heaven it self by watching lest he lose This strickt Lycaeum CHARLES did educate Who is in Tribulation GRADUATE And Scholars know twelve years Non-Regency Will make a DOCTOR of DIVINITY Kind Providence hath bless'd us with a King Whose Aristotle was his Suffering Fancy a wealthy Mariners return From Sun-burnt India whose watry Urn Rumour had long since form'd view how his Wife Starts at the surprize of a dubious Life And hardly reconciling HOPE and FEARS She wafts him to her LIPS in joyous TEAES Great Sir your espous'd Kingdom fear'd the Crown Should fall into Distractions Gulf and drown When Pikes and Bandaliers were the sole Helm And many thousand Centaurs steer'd the Realm But when you came within few Leagues of PORT Her Prayers went your Harbingers to Court And in proportion to that solemn rate The Heliconian Nymphs Congratulate Nor shall stout MONCK seek his Arrears of Praise Let Gratitude cut down a Grove of Bayes To Crown his Head who without Angry word Did braver Exploits than ACHILLES SVVORD Grass covers not the top of Royal Mines Nor should Words Fly-blow exquisite designs Counsel like Essence expects stopping well Or bid Adieu to the perfuming smell Moyst APRIL shall attend on florid MAY Whose EIGHT thy Worth enstall'd St Georges day And since from Alli'd SCOTLAND you came forth The PROVERB' 's outlaw'd Good comes from the North Lift up thy Head old Worcester and confess Horrour the Epilogue of Wickedness Though thou wert blasted with a jealous eye A Plaudit now attends thy LOYALTY For dutiful endeavours unto this May be subjoyn'd the fam'd Metropolis Whose DAGGER to the BACK-SWORD rendring place Great want of TRADING gave REPENTANCE space It was full time to beg a REGAL TOUCH When this Kings-Evill did afflict so much Have ye not seen an Infant Fat and Fair Whilest to his Mothers Milk he might repair Commit him to a STEPDAMES cruel care His Cheeks grow hollow and his Iaw-bones bare In a good Mood she may allow him Meat But Tears shall moysten what the poor Child eat To hide her shame she will afford fine Cloaths Lest Prints of Stripes and Pinches shew she Loaths Hunger and Thirst nay Blows can't satiate Unless his Father be induc'd to Hate CHARLES with maternal Care kept LONDON plump But O the Claws of the Novercal RUMP Know thy felicity be fix'd at length RELAPSES conquer half consumed Strength That ever thou Apostatiz'd is Strange Since the word Royal comes before Exchange 'T is Perseverance onely can advance The Crown the Crown 's thy Cap of Maintenance Rouse Understanding Manacle my Sence Demonstrate how a swift Intelligence Acteth his distinct Orb with what Tube shall I gaze upon an Immaterial But let not Curiositie be bold To disturb Spirits since it may behold Sublimer Objects And will then prefer For wise Intelligences WEST MINSTER In that most grave Assembly every Man Is to his Sphere An Angel Guardian Our Balsam dropt not from the Major Part Three hundred Members had a single Heart The Commons vote Assent flies from the Lords Time was not spent in nicities of Words Sixty the Golden Number hence shall be Your Speaker Fame your Rolls Eternitie THE KING ENJOYS HIS OWN sing Civil State And let the Clergie say MAGNIFICAT FINIS 1652. Mar. 29. 1648. Ian. 30.