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St. Paules-Church her bill for the Parliament as it was presented to the Kings Matie on Midlent-Sunday last, and intended for the view of that most high and honorable court, and generally for all such as beare good will to the reflourishing estate of the said church. Partly in verse, partly in prose. Penned and published for her good by Hen: Farley author of her complaint.
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Farley, Henry.
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the rest Monopoly For well I wote Much-ill proceeds thereby It wrongs the STATE and sokes the Subiects drie Hardens mens hearts all good b I doubt it hath a little choked mens good deuotions towards me designes doth choke And such as pinch doth to reuenge prouoke A thing inhumane that one Christian Brother Or fellow Subiect should deuoure another And for my Soueraignes loue to me last Lent Vpon a Holy day diuinely spent Loue him good Lord and let him plainely see It 's much the more for his great loue to mee That so his Highnesse may without Omission Most royally proceed in the Commission By Him appointed for my Restauration Vpon my humble Plaint and Supplication For neuer came more honor to a King Then my repayre will to his Highnesse bring Nor can a worke be of more note or name To raise Him and His seed Immortall Fame O let them be as Heauens bright shining starres That are my Friends his true * I haue 70. Commissioners and 40. almost are of the Parliament I hope one good Phinees among them will stand vp in my cause Commissioners And such as seeke to frustrate his Decree Darius a Ezra 6. 11. 12. c. Sentence light on them for me Or turne their hearts that they may rightly know I am thy House so builded long agoe With State with Honor and Endowments plenty Though Woluish times and Men haue made it scanty For buriall of the dead for pious vses And not for b Gods House was wont to be had in reuerence but I and my Courts are made a place of Sir-reuerence and as base as any Laystall c. Prophanation and abuses That so men may haue better conscience To vse me like Gods house with Reuerence And let those base prophane and idle Rout That daily passe with burthens in and out Those that c Such as I here meane loue neither Mother Churches nor reuerend Fathers They make a faire tall shew of Faith but as Maypoles they grow slenderer and slenderer till they come to bee Weather-Cockes and then their Faith turnes with euery winde and so be like the Tree that was hewen downe and cast into the fire hauing neither Roor Rinde Sap Bough Branch Leafe Blossome or Fruit of good Workes c. deride me with their scoffes and Songs That wish my downefall with their spitefull tongues Those hollow vpright Maypoles that doe hate To see their Mother Church be fortunate Those that haue suckt my Brests till all is drye And yet are backward me to dignifie All that pollute my sacred Courts and Walles Know there 's a scourge for them whense're it fals O whip them soundly that abuse thy Temple That others may be warn'd by their Example Heare me thy Sion from thy Sanctuary Helpe me O God make haste and doe not tary Sic Opto sic Oro. This is another Prayer or Petition for the King Prince c. and directed to the Prince of Princes O Christ the Sonne of God Alpha and Omega Ruler of heauen and earth Orderer of all things Light of lights Very God of very God Sauiour of the world Preserue the King and Prince I was cured of the Kings Euill by his gracious comming and I hope if he come once more I shall be cured of the Wolfe and Dropsie and preserued from feare of the falling Sicknesse Restore my Fame Iustifie my Friends Nullifie my Foes Cure all my euils and infirmities Endow me with plenty Prosper great Britaine Send peace to all Christendome And the God of peace c. make you perfect in all good workes c. So be it Amen This is a Petition to the Kings Maiestie onely I hope to see the 26. day of March to be celebrated as a holy day for euer at my Crosse for a Thanksgiuing to the Lord that he stirred vp the heart of my good King to visit me to take course for my good and then will there be 3. holy daies of great solemnity togither viz. March 24 Coronation day 25. Anunciation day 26. Visitation of St. Paules I Humbly beseech Whereas vpon the 26. day of March last past being then Mid-Lent Sunday it pleased your Maiesty after the royall solemnity held vpon your Coronation day and the Anunciation of our blessed Lady c. to visit me with your Sacred presence in an honorable Assembly and to declare your Kingly loue towards my Retriumphant estate by your own gracious speeches and by the diuine Oratory of my Reuerend Diocesan at that instant and soone after by a most Noble Commission c. For the which all people my good Friends that haue heard thereof doe heartily honour and applaud your Highnesse as a second Salomon That likewise it may please your Maiesty now in this holy time of Lent or some other time in the Interim of this high and most Honorable Court of Parliament at this present holden to renew If a competent summe were in cash and Scaffolds setting vp and a Register appointed for a record of mens Beneuolences as in Sr. Thomas Bodleis Library I should not feare the wanr of money during my Reparation or euer after your pious fauour towards mee by gaining some little beneuolence to set on the worke as a free Offering or gift and for redresse of my intolerable wrongs by some penall Lawes and seuere punishment of the offenders And I shall continue my praiers for your sacred Maiestie your Princely Posterity your long peaceable and prosperous Reigne and for that Noble Reuerend and Worthy Assembly by the helpe of my Well-willers to the worlds end And this poore man who hath beene my voluntary seruant these 8. yeares by Bookes Petitions and other deuises euen to his owne dilapidations will according to his bounden duty approue himselfe your Maiesties loyall Subiect and my faithfull Proficient during life c. St. Paules her Conceipt after this Petition OF many Molehils Mountaines may be made By many Springs great Riuers we doe see By many hands a Burthen's light t is said That for some few too waighty seemes to bee So many hands might make quicke worke of mee Though hard it seeme at first most Royall King Yet once begunne t' will proue an easie thing And rather benefit then losse For so shall many worke and pay their debts And what rich Subiects giues poore Subiects gets No Money goes out of Thy Land thereby Or from the Chamber or Thy Treasury But all to offer freely at a Chest One little free Beneuolence to begin will be more prosperous then 1000. forced Collections or Taxations What gifts they please as at a Mariage Feast So Mites to Millions at the last may rise And I be made a Princely Edifice Here followeth a Petition written in my name and presented to the King two dayes before his Maiestie came to visit me viz on Friday the 24. of March 1619. But the Master of Requests then attending tooke it away from his Highnesse before he
poore Widow cast in her Mite Then the peoples continuance in well doing For said he they gaue not a little at the first for fashion sake or in shew of deuotion and then grew weary but they brought in and cast into the Chest vntill there was sufficient Therein he also obserued how the End crowns the Action for to beginne well and not to end well is to bee a Christian by halfes and that in the worst halfe too And these mee thought were the principall diuisions of the Text whereat I was neuer a whit vext c. After the Sermon was ended I went in and at two of your Pillars neare Sir Christopher Hattons Tombe me thought I saw two Chests chained to two Pillars one hauing these words and verses in Capitall letters written in a faire Table hanging ouer the Chest as followeth viz. THE KINGS CHEST COme all good Subiects loyall and liege people With chearful harts to help this Church and Steeple For here 's the place of offering appointed By IAMES our sacred King and Gods Annointed Where such as with deuotion offer free Shall in true Register recorded be To their great honor fame renowne and praise From this time forward to the end of dayes His Highnesse hath begunne for your example Come then I pray it 's for Gods holy Temple THE QVEENES CHEST THis Chest which here inchained you doe finde Prepared for the gifts of * Or kind Women women-kinde Queen ANNE chiefe foundresse S. Paules wel-willer Commanded to be fixed to this pillar And ' cause she would her pious heart vnfold Shee first put in a Princely showre of gold Come Ladies then her goodnesse imitate And let Paules know shee shall be fortunate Nay come all women bring away your crownes Pounds shillings pence from Countries Cities Townes O let it be to all a ioy and pleasure To helpe this Church with some part of your treasure It is a blessed worke and well't doth suite That faithfull trees should bring forth holy fruite Your Offerings shall be kept in true Record Vntill the second comming of the Lord. Come then I pray and let this Prouerbe stand When Women giue they haue a luckie hand These two Chests one for the men and another for the womens Offerings me thought one told me were placed there not so much for the present Offering which was then in generall at your North doore for getting money to set on the Worke but for future during the time of your Reparation and were attended by one appointed by the King of purpose to * This Register or Record is humbly required by c. as a Grace to what he hath done record the gifts which should be brought in either as volūtary by the liuing or as Legatory by the deceased To the end his Maiestie might once a yeare see how his louing Subiects and loyall people did second his Highnesse and imitate his goodnesse to their power in his pious designes And thus I concluded my second Dreame viz. As wicked workes doe bring our soules damnation So pious workes are steps to our saluation 3. My third and last Dreame was in this manner Me thought I saw you suddenly renewed beautifully repaired and cured of all your euills and infirmities And then me thought appeared a farre more glorious splendor in the Heauens then that which I saw in my first Dreame and neare to the Kings Picture which me thought was rarely ingrauen and cut in stone vpon your Steeple I saw eight Angels flying vp and downe reioycing with great melody and sounding Praises with Trumpets and heauenly Voices as followeth viz. 1 Angell For this good worke King Iames shall rule in peace And ' cause by him the Gospell doth increase 2 Angell Hee shall be prosperous in all his wayes Hee shall haue health long life and happy dayes 3 Angell His Royall Seede shall mighty be and many And shall increase as much as ere did any 4 Angell Hee shall plant Colonies in euery Nation To forward still the Gospels propagation 5 Angell Like as the Sands on Sea or Starres in Skye So shall his People grow and multiply 6 Angell Hee shall haue conquest when hee goes to fight And shall put all his enemies to flight 7 Angell And at the last to end our blessed story Hee shall be crown'd in heauen with endlesse glory 8 Angell Where Angels and Archangels euer sings All prayse and honor to the King of Kings S. Pa. So be it Fa. Amen This glorious sound of the Angels so much inflamed my spirits with diuine desires to heare and see more being also rapt and rauished with ioy at your beautifull appearance that I suddenly start vp in my bed and was thereby awaked And thus haue I ended my third Dreame and as briefly as I could repeated all three of them S. Pa. Did you not write a Booke of this at large and giue it to his Maiestie when you presented the Table Fa. Yes that I did but for want of a Friend in Court I failed of my desires which was to haue published it such ill successe had I with my Petitions that although his Maiestie seemed well pleased with any thing I gaue him in your behalfe yet could I neuer get Reference vpon any So that oftentimes I went by Chearing aliàs Charing Crosse in the Morning and home by weeping Crosse at night S. Pa. What time of the yeare did you fall into these contemplatiue Dreames Fa. Vpon the Eue of S. Iames the Apostle it beganne but it continued long after as you shall see by the Prologue which is before the Dreame in the Booke which I gaue to the King in this manner The PROLOGVE VVpon the Feast of IAMES th'Apostle last At ten a clocke i' th night and somewhat past I went to bed and after I had pray'd I turnd me on my right side and so laid Intending there in quiet sort to sleepe Vntill the Larke did sing or day did peepe So musing broad awake a little while At last a slumber did mine eyes beguile And what I thought but then before I slept I dream'd thereon and in that Dreame was kept Foure houres at least nay as I now remember It did not end vntill the last Nouember Except some thrice and then I felt some paine So dream'd so wak't then dream't then wak't againe As if I had beene * It might haue made a better head then mine ake aboue three times made of dreame and sleepe Sometimes I laught and sometimes waile and weepe By which I cal'd to mind a sacred Theame That all mans life is but a Sleepe or Dreame A Span a Flower a Ship at Sea a Bubble Like to a Tale that 's told like Grasse like Stubble Like any thing that soone doth change and fade Such is the life of man whom God hath made I meane in this life fraile and transitory Vntill he doe attaine the life of glory And then beganne my waking dreaming Story S. Pa. Now I pray thee