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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

glow to heare so many cry The sore complaints did mone his tender hart With spéedy pace hee mounted to the skye And caused his cookes with Vulcan for to try Till all delights for Beauties trayne did stay For whom hee sent and wisht to come away Then Beauty risde and thus she gan to say My noble Lords and Ladyes of estate Much are you bound for this your happy day Your harty thankes to yeeld vnto your fate For that this Court hath banished debate Then marke what hee which is ordainde to speake Shall brefely say and then the Court shall breake From of the bench a cumly Lord did rise Which vnto all dit pleasantly appéere And vnto Heauen hee fixed his stedfast eyes Whose couler came which did increase his chéere Whose voyce was such that euery man might here And at the last making no long delay With filed speech thus hee began to say Himenae his Oration REnowmed Lordes giue eare and marke what I shall say Which now haue séene the whole exploires of all this lucky day I Hymenaeus hight whose force you do obay In whom twise happy may you bee if you do rightly stay Now therfore sith ech case hath bin discoursed at large And sith the Iudge by Iustice rule her duty did discharge Leaue of those wanton toyes of loue beeing vsed amisse And loue the lawes of wedlocks bond which much more séemely is And you which long haue erred and wandered to and fro Reuoke your selues and stay your race and cease for to doo so For holy bée the lawes which wedlocke doo maintaine And duty must perforce be giuen to those which there remaine To range abrode in woods as many vsde before Beséeme the brutish beast to doo then vse that vse no more Let Iuno serue for Ioue sufficing for his wife And let not Neptune with his mate dispise to lede his life If Hypolite the chas't can leade his life so still Why should not P●●edra suffer him to doo after his will What ill affectes bée these cut of those Impes I pray Which may both bring the ●oote and stocke with branches to decay And thus I end in bréefe as e●st I haue begonne Desiring you to set your ●●lues in wedlockes lawes to ronne ¶ This sayd hee ceast and setled downe agayne And Beauty rose and vttered all her minde Requesting them that they would take the payne To wend with her as Ioue had then assi●de They did consent as duty did them binde But ere they went beholde what did betide To mee poore soule which did that sight abide For as I looked on euery thing that fell I did neglect wheras my guide did goe And glauncing lookes within that place did dwell With speedy pace came running mee vnto Who drew mee forth euen as a furious foe Who straightly said thy iudgement ●s halbe geuen Bee sure to dye God bring thy soule to Heauen Hée drew mee forth and vrged mee to goe Yea Mauger all my force and all my might Alas sayd I what meane you to doo so Take some remorse and cease to worke your spight Doo well quoth hee if that thy case bee right Wherfore I wept but yet alas in vaine And on my guide I ceast not to complayne I sweat for feare I tremble for to tell My haire stood vp my sences were agast My reddy blood this terror did expell Before that time which in my cheekes was plaste And yet my foe did draw mee forth in haste Who told the Iudge where hee had found mee out When all the throng began topreace about And when they saw what nouelty had hapt Then euery one began to shout and cry And on my head their tender handes they clapt And sayd good Sir you are welcome hartely Wherwith I thankte them for their curtesie Whē teares and swet ran down my face by stremes They awakte mee out of this dreadfull dremes So since that time I neither saw my foe Nor yet my guide which then was slipt away Nay can I tell if they to skyes did goe As Beauty had pretended all that day Of this nor that no more I haue to say But when I wakte I went from silent shade For darkesome night the earth did then inuade And here beholde I breefely will conclude For why my pen is weary of her toyle But yet I pray beare with these termes so rude And for my payne yeeld not my worke ●he foyle Now gentle Muse vnto thy Caue recoyle I yeeld thee thankes for this thy gentle hart Thy Maister hee hath playd his wished parte And though not so as hee hath wisht to doo Yet for his skill hee hath displayde his due Hee craues remorce if that it chaunceth so That any crime therof there should insue Or if his pen hath writ more then is true Iudge you which haue run in this tedious way The Author doth expect what you will say To I. C. IF it had not been gentle I. C. for your earnest intreatie whose wordes might commaunde mee I assure you that these three trifles had not come vnto the handes of any reader for feare of infamy which I doubt that they shall incurre by meanes of the vnskilfull reader But beeinge perswaded that they shall neuer bee red of any you only excepted and your louing Brother I haue taken the paine which for your cause 〈◊〉 accompt but a sporte for to set them downe in the forefrunt Partly for that they fight all vnder one Ensigne Partly for that the other which follow bee written vnto sundry persons Let mee therfore gentle I. C. intreate you to kepe these close lest they come to the handes of them which may for the publishing of them bee by right moued with mee Fare you well The lyfe and death of Maister T. Cicero who was slayne beeinge 63. yeares of age NO legend lye no fable fond no tatling tale I tell No treasure of Thalias Schoole my shop hath for to sell Come Chapmen come come vew and sée and bargain for the best And see the hap of him whose hand held Rome in perfit rest Whose yll reward for paines beeing past when as you doo perceiue Although they moue not watery streames to wéepe yet giue me leue For when I writ with painfull pen that which I had begun The teares distild from watery eyne whence flowing floods did run And sorrowed down my moistned chéekes repleat with greuous mone And seas●ed sighes with salted Seas I vttered many a one And thus my Muse amazde my minde and kept my hart in feare Since first I tooke my quiuering quill his actes for to declare In Italy an auncient Towne that once Arpinum hight Which erst the Volscian kinges inioyed by title truth and right Yet after subiect vnto Rome as custome did constraine Somtime there was and yet perhaps to this day do remaine Herin did Olbia hide her selfe a Matron pure and milde And to her Tullius ioyfull spouse brought forth a louely childe A blessed babe whose noble stocke neuer