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A17462	A poore knight his pallace of priuate pleasures Gallantly garnished, with goodly galleries of strang inuentio[n]s and prudently polished, with sundry pleasant posies, [et] other fine fancies of dainty deuices, and rare delightes. Written by a student in Ca[m]bridge. And published by I.C. Gent.	Student in Cambridge.; Robinson, Richard, fl. 1574, attributed name.; I. C.	1579 (1579)	STC 4283; ESTC S104857	56,414	86

He is my minde changed so much my state is not so good He haue my lippes I vow to thee once sypt of Letho flood But yet beleeue mee gentle freend though I so long delay And though I breake my coucnant made my minde doth not decay Which oft my letters haue bewraide which I before haue sent As well the cause wherof I stay as of my whole intent The curious Artes of Parnas Hill do aske a longer race And hee which wish for Thespias spring must watch for time space And hee which once begins to goe and fainteth with his labor The Muses haue declarde long since to shew to him no fauor But all his paine is clene forgot his labor all is lost Loe this it is which held mee backe from comming to the coast But if that God shall graunt mee leaue this Letter is the last Then looke for mee and thus adew from Cambridge in all haste To Maister Iobson Qui é nuce nucleum esse vult nucem franget TO maske within the Front of Faire to wear the Laureat crown To march with worthy Martial might to purchase high renown It is not wonne with cowards hartes for why such slickering fame Deserue such deedes as iustly may demeritall the same And first the labor must bee spent before the end insue And hee which seekes the sounding blast no labor must eschue For as wee plainly see by proofe that hee which gapes for gaine No daungerous death or dint of sword is giuen to disdaine So hee which seekes to liue for aye within the mouth of men Will not refuse the strong conflict within Leerna Fen. Had Iason left the golden fleece when hee to Colchos went If Aiax in the Troian toyle at Greece had bin content The fleece had beene at Colchos stil Medea had bin true And Aiax might haue held his hands such valiant actes to shew Had Caesar stayd in Britanny had Brutus kept his ire ●mpey had liued in royall Rome and Percia kept from fire Yea neither hee nor this nor that had liued so fresh in minde But fame did force pricke them foorth which came of gentil kinde Glaucus of whom the Poets pen haue found pastime to wright Feared not the floods to follow her which was his chéefe delight Then marke the end and way the end the ende is cause of fame And hee which hopes to win the end doth neuer feare the same To his freend Richard Bently BEyond sea boy beyond sea wilt thou wend Christ sh●●lde my birde and keepe my childe from care Before thou goest read this that I shall send And thinke on it when wee a sunder are For when I heard thy ship thou didst prepare To sulke the seas and forrow foming flood Alas my boy absence did make mee feare And want of time did streeke my minde in moode But sith that Ioue hath so estéemde it good To turne thy minde and kéepe thée heare a while Loe if it rayne I send to thee a hoode To kéepe thee dry and daungers to exyle To keepe the dry least raine thy clothes defile Then way it well which shall bee sayd of mee And though perhaps thou doo not like the stile Of truth I know the matter fit for thee First feare the Lord which ruleth Heauen and sea And euery thinge that mooueth in the same Which when thou seest let God remembred bee And thinke on him which euery thing did frame The subiectes here beholde to thee I name For euery thing is too long to rescite The Heauen the Earth the Water and the flame The Sunne the Moone the day and clowdy night Such is his powre such is force and might Which when thou seest then thus begin to muse O Lord thou knowest eche thing is in thy sight It is but vayne my sinne for to ercuse But graunt mee Lorde thy graces so to vse That to thy praise it may redound at last For without grace eche thing I shall abuse Thus thinke my freend when thou the seas art past Another thing I warne thee of in haste Eche forran lande hath many a subtill sleyght And forrain snares will make thee soone agast Ech sundry place hath many a sundry bayt Here lurketh one in Dungeon of deceit An other there in secret Den doth ly The Romish Church for thee will lay great wayte But oh my freend from p●lting Papistes fly Fly fly from those kepe not their company Auoide those mates wherof I haue thee tolde For surely freend they stinge so secretly That if the wound begin once to be colde It is as hard the same for to vnfolde As to remoue the Pope out of his place Trust not to far good freend bee not to bolde Least you be sicke before you know your case Another thing beware of in your race Beware I say of those which fawne with g●●le Which merily will cheare you in the face And sooth you foorth with many a wanton smile And heapes of wordes they sticke not to compile I néede not name them in more plainer sort Which rediest bee at all times to beguile Eschue all such vnto your owne comfort Vnto their tentes in no wise doo resorte But when they beeke beware least that you bow Oh gentill freend eschue that filthy sport And say your freend of this hath counselled you Then if thou meane his counsell to allow And thinke on it when you haue past the Sea Then shall you see and for this perceiue hew Thou of hye Ioue shalt alwaies blessed bee Blessed I say so will hee comfort thee That though thou chance not to returne again● God sheeld my childe and keepe both thee and 〈◊〉 Yet shall thy srule alofte with him remaine And though thou chance to soio●ne longe in Spayne In Germany in France or els in Rome Do not forget that minde for to retaine Which erst thou hadst when thou therto hidst come Remember still the dreadfull day of dome Be curteous still bee sober meeke and wise And hasten thee vnto thy natiue home Ill company see that thou doost dispise Least that by them some danger should arise And if thou chance in Venice for to stay I say no more thou knowest what I surmise Vnto my fréend commend mée by the way And wish him well to make no more delay But to returne when time shall him permit And this is all thou knowest what more to say Which vnto Pen I meane not to commit Thou knowest my minde and so know I thy wit Loe this is all I geue vnto thy taske And thus farewell vnto a season fit Whose safe returne of mighty Ioue I aske To Thomas Tur. by the example of Perillus alluding to Quod tibi non vis fieri alterine feceris HAd not the cruell bloody kinde imbrued it selfe with blood No doute the life of Phallaris might soone haue doone much good For why yll manners did corrupt and banisht ciuell kinde And gasping thirst of humaine blood defilde a worthy minde Whose workes be

whom shee detests shall lead thy hoste to feeld And I my selfe will wend with thee to make her for to yéeld Yea all my mates and faithfull frends I hope will bee content Perdy my Lorde quoth euery one wee yeeld to this intent Then Mars began to smil● and then the Gods did rise together And euery one in cumly sorte did welcome Venus thyther Then Mercury did sound the trumpe that all the 〈◊〉 did ringe● The noyse therof great feare no doubt to all the earth did bring Then Pelion gan to shake for feare and Ossa trembled sore Olimpus with the mighty Alpes did neuer s●before But mighty Mars did shake his ●●d hée 〈◊〉 and ran for ioy And kissing Venus oft hée sayd thy foes I will distroy By this the Gods he furnished and armed ●t all neede And Ioue himselfe rides first in ranke vpon a barbed ●eede The Go●te suffiseth for his badge whose milke hée loued well When milde Meliss● gaue him sucke which then in Crete did dwell Then Mercury doth sound agayne and all the Gods assemble And as before so Heauen a●d earth beginneth againe to tremble Amonge the gods which present were olde Priasus did resort Who wi●h Dianas Champions did thinke to make some sporte A garden spade this God did bring euen as his custome was Bedeckt with crownes of smelling flowre● hée rid vpon an asse The Gods rid on before apace for Venus made great haste And Pryasus was left behinde hee could not ride so fast His Asse did trot so harde alas and put him to such paine Hée thought the iorney was to longe and turned backe agayne Then Morpheus turnd himselfe and sayd it is no time to stay To follow them vnto the Campe let vs no more delay Wherfore I thankte him much that time for longe I wisht to sée The royall tentes of Cupids Court with all their dignitie A description of Cupid GOd Morpheus was more swift thē those which with Dame Venus came Or els by right he should not seeme for to inioy his namē Wherfore by his assent wée past Dame Venus and her trayne With speedy pa●● vnto the tentes where Cupid did remayne Who deygned I my poore request to ease mee of my charge And with his pl●●sant tales of truth described the God at large Whom when 〈◊〉 vewde I was amazde and all abasht with feare Wherat my guide began to smile and thus hee did declare Within that tente and cumly couch whose couering seemeth red A grisly ghost beholde by whom the mighty Gods bee led Whose power exceedeth Mars his might whose strength the rest dot● tam● Yea none in heauen in earth nor hell that can resist the same Alas my Lorde quoth I againe this seemes most strang and rare Should all the Gods which rule in skyes of one boy stand in feare In deede quoth hee this withered wight doth so mollest their braine That those which bee of féebled age hee turnes to boyes agayne For why in trickes of childish yéeres hee causeth them to stay Neglecting duties of great waight delighting nought but play My God quoth I to know all things I greatly doo desire What is the cause that Venus sonne is naked without attire Quoth Morpheus hee that liueth in loue in folly passe his dayes And has that hath but halfe an eye may set his wauering wayes Ah silly wight ah shaddow poore for flesh in him is skant And as hee seemeth to bee blinde 〈◊〉 brow so doth hée want Hée is a type quoth Morpheus then you know well what I meane And too much lust and lechery hath made him very leane Not lust alone but care and thought which doth perplex his minde For to much lust may bée a cause why Cupid seemeth blinde For those which liue in louers lawes regarde not what they doo And ofte they thinke to bathe in blisse but sinke in wretched woe A brow hee wants for by the same his souldiers 〈◊〉 deuine Wherto the motions of the harte doo purpose to declyne And as the brow doth beare the badge that bringeth death or life So they that badge doth hate and shun which séeme to tel some strife But oh my God why hath hée wings adioyned to eche side Because that Cupid changeth ofte and neuer long abide A bowe is bent within his hand two quiuers at his backe Well may hee shoote and wide enough that doth his eye sight lacke It is not so among the Gods as men suppose to bée Hee shootteth ofte but nere in vaine so stedfast holdeth hee That leane and naked boy with force his mighty foes doo quell That blinde and winged Champion doth shoote excéeding well And though hee browlesse seeme to bée yet doth hee pearce the brain Through skin and bone hee hits the hart wheras his Dart remain Then maruell not though all the Gods doo yéeld for want of might Sith none haue force for to resist the strength of such a knight Both man and beast both sish and foule and all that life doth beare Are subiecte vnto Cupids bowe which all the Gods doth feare The quiuers which thou doost behold which stand this God in stead The one is full of golden shaftes the other full of lead The golden strike the seruent wights which pas their daies in lou● The leade doth wound the brasen harts wh● no complaint can mou● Poliphemus with Stenobia young Phedra felt the golde Galatea Belerophon with the lead were stricken colde This while wee talked at leysure loe wée heard the trumpet sound Wherby we knew the Gods were come from skyes vnto the ground And as they had pretended erst did set themselues in ranckes To march with Venus to the Campe who yeelded them great thanks And sounding out God Mars his trumpe to set them in aray They marched forth vnto the féeld wheras their foes did stay But fréendly Morpheus had mée first for to discribe at large The order of God cupids campe the which I will discharge And if it please my Angell then to call mee to that sight I will discribe Dianas hay which did befall in fight A description of Cupid his host THe Gods béeing met Venus sonne béeing garnished in this wise By whole consent to vanquish her which did his lawes dispise Mars is assended vp the Couch to guide the horses right And Cupid stands with bow in hand to send forth euery knight Then Venus layd her heauenly head vpon God Mars his lap And sayd my Lorde wee trust on you to gouerne well our hap The cheefest Captaine of the rout Audacity was named Whose safe conduct of all the host deserues not to be blamed With him hée led forth Pollicy Cupid his only stay These vndertooke by Mars his will to guide the host that day The second Captaine curtesy a valiant host did leade Who had Delight adioynde to him to helpe him at his néede The Captayne graund did bid them both the right wing to p●ssess● And alwayes to attend the same to driue a way

returne againe Come ●enting death come strike the ende of strife Pyraustae shee is weary of her life So goeth my time so runs my fickle race And all is gone nothing is left in store Imbrued with teares I must bewayle my case I wish for death what should I looke for more For sith the aydes which did prolonge my strength Bee ●led from feelde and banished from c●ust With willing hart I yéeld to him at length Which come to call whom I desired most Come denting death come strike the ende of strife Pyrausta shee is weary of her life More of the poore Knights Posies of sundy matters and writ to sundry persons A letter to William Th. who sending to him for a looking glasse writ vnto him this letter with the Glasse following The Letter TO blame my selfe or pinch mee to the quicke To rub the bare which faine would ranckled lye To raise the mier within the water thicke Is all in vaine experience plainly t●ice To warne of that as Horace did in Rome Erhorting thee from that which I should vse That guerdon dew vnto my share would come Which for his hier Se●la could not refuse Erhorting those which then in Rome did stay To sober life when hee a Ruffian was Loe euery one with ready tounge would say Scilla Scilla seeke to amend thy case Amend thy life a good e●ample giue So wee by thee shall better know to liue So wée by thee shall better know to liue Whose life wee seeke whose wordes wee doe not way ▪ If I to thee the like to this should giue And thou my hier with like accompt should pay Then were I well rewarded for my paine And had enough alotted to my taske But this I know thou neuer wilt disdaine For to performe the sum that I shall aske Then sith I trust to tryall of good will Peruse the same which I to thee haue sent Which would I could delate with so much skill As hee which first moued mee to this intent But here to him to thee to his to thine And as to thee euen so to mee and mine And as to thee euen so to mee and mine For thee I doo accompt among my owne And as my owne from thee shall not decline But ioyne in one whose séedes in one bée sowne So read thou this which cummeth from thy frend But as thou reade remember my good will And way this well which I for thee haue pende As for a glasse to stand before thee still And when thou vewest thy formall face therin Though I bée gon and happely out of minde Thus for to muse on mee thou maist begin God rest thy soule my friend which wert so kinde And after if thou canst perceiue thy spot To looke in this my Glasse disdaine thou not The looking glasse of the poore Knight to W. Th. IN him which made and framed all repose thy hope and trust Who as hee made thée out of clay can turne thee vnto dust In him I say which guideth all the Heauen the earth the sea 〈…〉 thy hope in whom I hope eternall life to see 〈…〉 euery thing yet neuer seene of any So is hee present euery where as hath appeard to many Yet hee which clears his hart from spot an● purge his minde from yt Hee seeth the Lord hee knoweth the lord ●ee doth the Lord his will. In him to put thy confidence as loyall duty charge Forget not for to put thy hope in him which holds the large And lofty sky within his hand do not his hust neglect For godly duty at thy hands hee solely doth expect Which if thou doost hee will thee blesse yea in most bounden sort And bring thy ship through wallowing waues vnto the happy port Then after duty done to God sweet VVilliam keepe in minde The straight and lincked knot of loue which natiue soyle doth binde To whom thou owest thy life thy land toy body and thy blood For whom thou oughtest to spend thesame if it may doo her good For what can bee more neare the skin or sticke more nere the bone Then ioy with parents when they ioy mone when as they mone And loe thy cuntry doth maintaine both thee and all thy kin Thy life their land thy ioy their hope and all that is therin Herin thou oughtest not to forget thy parents of good fame And seeke for them as they for thee for to increase thesame Doo duty to thy elder Sire and loue thy yonger brother And holde vpright the falling staffe of thy gray hedded mother Whose hoary haire doth smile for ioy whose fainting feete renew The running race with liuely blood with fresh and pleasant hew And thou in whom her hart doth rest do walke that wished way Oh ioyfull stockes saith shee whose imp●s doth keepe you from decay Now learne my Will thy duty done to God and parents then To shun those wicked waies which ought to bee dispysed of men First fly from pride whose puffed cheeks wil bring thy hart to pain Eschue the Pope with all his pelfe for why hee is but vaine Whose bellowing Bulles in Basan bred haue rored against the light And cleane apposed their wicked waies against the Lord of might Whose great confusion and decay no doubt is neare at hand Although hee clime the suprem head of euery christian land In riot run no rechles race regard thy good estate And way thy welth for riot hath acquainted many a mate Where riot rules within the sh●p there Whoredome holds an Ore And Sloth doth holde the sickle belme while Enuy row to shore There Cruelty doth turne the sayle and these the Ancor cast There Gluttony sleepes vnder hatch and Sicknes comes in fast Blaspheming of the liuing Lord with Riot shakes his hand And false attempts with Flattery doo sinke the ship in sand When Riot lieth and all his mates the sea doth make her pray And swalloweth quick those passengers which walke that wery way In youth my freend while yeeres be green beware of Circes charme And stop thy cares whē Sirens sing whose noates pretendeth harme For why the baite which fishers vse were of to great a price If that the pleasant taste therof the fish did not intice And subtill foulers would accompt their labor lost in vaine If that the draught of simple birdes did not requite their paine Bee not to bolde to trip thy selfe in Cressids subtill traine For hee that reche his foot so far can not returne againe And wanton wordes may rule thy will and turne thy wit away And wise men often bee to seeke in that they ought to say This is the glasse the which I sent thy cumly face to vew Till other glasses may be bought and thus my freend adew ❧ A letter to Richard Ra. lyinge in his death bed Memento mori OH call to minde forget not thy estate And ponder well within thy musing minde Wheron thou oughtest alwaies to medita●e That man is man by property and kinde Yea man