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The mirror of martyrs, or The life and death of that thrice valiant capitaine, and most godly martyre Sir Iohn Old-castle knight Lord Cobham
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Weever, John, 1576-1632.
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most bride-groome like doth rise Soone as the morne vnbarres her christall gate So Bullingbrooke vnto the gazers eyes Riseth in Richards royall chaire of state Whose rising was the cause that millions fel That we in peace and endlesse pleasure dwel Great Bolingbrooke this type of chiualrie In ayding false-faith-breaking Orleance Against the hote assault of Burgundie Whose ciuil warres neere driue him out of France To higher honour willing me to call Of al the forces made me generall Then ledde I warre mailde vp in sheetes of brasse Drawne in a Charriot with amaze and horror Whose fiery steedes Bellona sterne would lash To strike the Frenchmen in an vncouth terror Feare clamour wrath warres followers but assembled The French astonisht turned backe and trembled Burgundie stonisht which so prowdly vaunted Turn'd backe and trembled turning warre to peace So much our souldiers sight his courage daunted So much the Frenchmen lou'd to liue at ease How would these warriors then haue feard to fight When with out looks whole myriads tooke their flight Marke what ensues for marking it deserues With this dayes honour Orleance not content But from his oath and neare alliance swerues And a bold challenge to king Henry sent But once forsworne and be forsworne for euer A Traitor once will be a subiect neuer Henry to calme the Sea of war betraid Rebates the edge of choller with aduise Most mildlie answeres to the challenge made So of himselfe the Conquerour did rise Which conquest is a far more kinglie boast Then for to brag the conquering of an hoast Proude Orleance marching with six thousand strong For hate deepe rooted hardlie left in Frenchmen Beseig'd the Towne of Vergie three moneths long Three hundred English onlie there entrencht then Of which smal force in force great to withstand hers I and Sir Robert Antfield were commaunders Three months expyr'd mind-loftie Orleance Saw that his Souldiers courage gan recoile With that retyr'd his forces back to France Without all honour victorie or spoile All Guien since for sauing of their Towne Long time gaue tribute vnto Englands Crowne With Thomas Percie Worcesters braue Earle Against the French againe I went to fight Percie of bold aduenterous knights the pearle Many to sword but more we put to flight In wars abroad in ciuill broiles at home Oldcastle still selected was for one Then high-resolued Hotspur Scotlands terrour The child of Mars and magnanimitie The throne of fame wars palme knighthoods mirrour Ioin'd with the Yorkists made a mutinie Thus ill to worse and worse to woâ—se did fall Worst to rebellion which was worse then all To raise all people sooner to commotion The Archbishop let the commons vnderstand In guilfull Rhetoricke that it was deuotion Which caus'd them take these home-bred warrs in hand This euer is a Rebels chiefe pretence To vaile his treason or'e with innocence Looke how a Swarme of hony-gathering Bees The Muses birds leauing their luscious bowers Follow their king in order and degrees Vntill they find some arbour deckt with flowers And then they murmur hum and all rejoice Euen so the Commons yeelding made a noice And followed Percie to these ciuill broiles Who made no doubt of Henries victorie Emboldened by Scotlands late-won spoiles Yet left him slaine behind at Shrewsbury And all the Armie ventrous valorous bold Hote on the spur now in the spur lie cold If this deserue a Conquerours praise For with a Conquest this may make comparison Engirt my temples with triumphant baies Gainst Percie then I led a garrison Percie so cald because he pierst the eie Of the Scots king and set Northumbers free Prest then I was with Iohn of Lancaster Vertues Pyramides fames imagerie We vanquished our foes at Doncaster With wisedome not with rash temeritie T is often seen ill-pleasing accidents Proceed from rage and hare-braind hardiments No day which would not me to wars importune No warres but got palme-crowned victorie No victorie but brought her handmaide fortune No fortune but enlarg'd my dignitie Daies wars victorie fortune and renowne Cald me so high to cast me lower downe On Sea the mild-aspecting heauens would guide me Whereon who fares may not commaund his waies Cherubs on earth and Seraphins would hide me Vnder their brode gold-flaming winged raies On Sea on Land the Heauens and Angels all First fauourd me at last to make me fall Fall ah no fall but honour-climing staire Staire ah no staire but prince-ascending Throne Throne ah no throne but Ioues gold-scorning chaire Chaire ah no chaire but Heauen her selfe alone That no tong mind nor Art can tell think measure My crownd soule-pleasing sweet joy mirth pleasure The radiant Eos which so brightlie shone Whose lamps enlightned all this Hemisphare Henry the fourth vnto Elisium's gone Of whose departure England gins to feare Her soddain fall and iudg'd by outward signe Henry the fifth would lose his fathers shine Looke how the Suns approach doth ouershade The lesser stars from entercourse of sight But from the worlds quick-ere the Sun conuaide The Stars receiue from him their former light Stars by the Sun Sun in the stars be graced In Sun in Stars heauens sun-bright glori's placed Henry the fift euen thus did rise whose shine Of vertue dimm'd all kings before him quight He being barred from his glorious shrine Their memorie reuiu'd and shone more bright Thus they by him and he in them was graced In them in him faire Englands glorie placed Now one by none but one makes all illustrious One the first mouer of this firmament In ruling all her orbes and spheares industrious Sun stars all plannets are to her obedient Like the first mouer as she now appeares O that she might all England moue his yeares When Henry first injoi'd th' imperiall Crowne A blazing Comet in the West appeared At which strange vision pointed streaming downe The common sort Art-ignorant much feared A cause or signe some said t was to portend The kingdomes fall or kings vntimely end Our sharper wits suppos'd thus Ouid wrasted The fable of foole-hardie Phaeton When some huge Comet was dissolu'd and wasted Great heat and drinesse following therevpon For want of water so the world burned But vpside downe the Suns carr neuer turned This all-affrighting Comet I haue heard To be the plighted tresse of Meropes Or staring haires within the curled beard Of Vulcans prentice swartie Steropes Be what it will thus much I do define Of kingdomes fall t is neither cause nor signe A Comet is an earth-agreeing vapour Drawne by the power attractiue of some star Fyr'd by the Suns beames burneth like a tapour Seen in the supream region of the aire Turning those beames receiueth forme withall Bearded or trest or stretching forth his taile Why should a mist-hung Star-exhaled Meteor To kings or kingdomes be prestigious Whose cause is not aboue the power of Nature Why should it seeme to men prodigious Vnlesse we would this Axiom reject A naturall cause a naturall effect In Europe many Comets haue