and materiall Substance of that which I desire to describe Though time receiues disturbance by some neither valiant wise nor honest but in their hearts no lesse then State disturbing Catalines for Libellers are meerly such whose thoughts be in themselues rebellions and actions tend vnto rebellion but in despight of them and treasons treacherie God will bring his purposes to passe by the instrumentall meanes of Humane gouernment and Britton shall as now it is by a prudent wisdome iudgement and prouidence be for euer vprightly gouerned Thus may it please your Honours I haue once more aduentured by my vnworthy and yet well meaning Pen not to present this booke alone but therewith to dedicate my poore and vnrespected selfe vnto your Lordships and though my labours doe neuer chance to meet with the approbation of this sentence 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet I hope my now indeuours shall not make me say Solabarâ—â—â—â—â—atis contraria Fata rependens for my labour doth but desire to liue to the end my liues imploiments may wholy be deuoted to my countries benefis But vnto that all powerfull prouidence which holdes the hearts of Kings within his hand do I commit my hopes and you my Lords to heauens eternall happinesse Your Honors in all humble dutiâ—â—â—â—â— Robert Priâ—â—â—â—â—ket To the Reader THough custome doth in a sort compell my Pen by this Epistle generally to direct my labours to the vulgar multitude yet I neither do desire nor expect a fauourable censure of euery one that reads for my affection bouÌ„ded in a compasâ—â—â—â—â—e more particular doth onely desire to content and please the Graue wise religious and well affected Readers for the rest let them in opposition stand for my part neither lou'd nor fear'd yet in my charitie I wish amendment vnto all least all bee marde for want of mending Such as my selfe either Souldiers or generally the poorer sort whose pouertie vnto the earth is crusht with the massie burden of their woes calamitie to whom is giuen no hand to helpe them vp but hate contempt and scorne to keepe them downe whilst Enuie Pride and Malice mercilesse strange Monsters-like with heâ—â—â—â—â—ds of Brasse hands of Lead feete of Yron and hearts of Flint with violence and insulting steps doe tread vpon the aduerse fortune of a poore mans miserie vnto those poore ones though in this worlds respect accounted absolutely comfortlesse yet may my lines to them the comfort of the sweetest consolation bring if with a Christian patience they do indure their wants and in the sight of their impietie confesse that God is iust and iustly punisheth and then if in the inward feeling of griefes true compunction and sorrowes sound Anxietie for sinne Their soules humilitie and repentant hearts doe from these things beneath with ioy direct faiths eyes aboue to looke they shall behold the glory of that throne where shines the euer radiant golden beames of heauens eternall glorious malestie where at the right hand of God the father sits redemptions only strength worlds alone saluation Iesus Christ who hath prepard a kingdome for his Saints from whence the greatest power can neuer plucke the poorest soule that on his grace depends and in the meditation of this felicitie and vncompared neuer ending happines let them reioyce who in this world do want each worldly cause of ioy Those Idle vaine misgouernd dissolutes the spots and staines of our corrupted time proud plumed gallants whose actions Atheismeticall do seeme as if they scornde both heauen and hell for them I wish they did but know themselues or could perceaue the fearefull horror of their owne estate for certaine the world shal passe from them or they from it and they not here on earth their sinnes repenting the world to come shall be to them most terrible When they in vaine shall wish earths mountaines on their heads to fal thereby to hide them from the wrath of God those therefore that make a gaine of sinne and letts adultry and fornication out to feare those that by whoredome reape an anuall rent and do resolue by them to liue vpon whom they haue spent their meanes of liuing such as do with most delight sucke vp the filthyest dregges of worst Impiety and glut themselues with ranke damnation whose proud presumptuous sinne doeth as it were euen in a desperate vilde despight proudly beare it selfe against the powerfull greatnesse of their makers maiesty with their sauage rude and godlesâ—â—â—â—â—e blasphemy doe rendâ—â—â—â—â— and teare in sunder the glory of saluations name those of that number which vsually do vse for affirmation of their vildest filthynesse to sweare God confound them Gods curse light on their hearts God damme them body soule perpetually and if it were not so when for because it was so all that they wish on their owne heads shall fall and in the presence of heauens Iustice their names beeing regestred in hells black booke they one day must receiue that sentence which shall throwe their soules and bodies into that sulpher lake where for euer in endlesse burning flames amongst the diuels they must shal indure the al coÌ„suming fury and fiers indignation of Gods eternall iudgement Oh may we therefore here on earth our selues so iudge as that in the world to come we be not vnto hell adiugded You little least and almost vnseene number in respect of worlds great multitude who in your hearts doe purpose to performe those actions that vnto righteousnes belong know I canot giue offence to you by plainly setting foorth the true Anotamy of our times abuse doe you as those of heanen beloued increase in loue and heauenly charity for those whom God doth iustifie their affections are also sanctied vnto the obedience of his will Make therefore your election sure by sufficient testimony in your selues on earth by holy workes let your faith bee dignified that in heauen by faith alone you may be iustified bild not the sollace of your faiths content vpon the fruitlesse florish of vnfruitful leaues nor let a selfe concealed pride or wilfull arrogance disturbe the peace of Syon and glory of our church but as becomes the members of Iesus Christ our head ioyne in the fellowship of saints and walke together in the pathes of sanctity stil praysing God whose mercie hath preserued great Britonâ—â—â—â—â— monarke with the princely state and glory of his monarchye Concerning Rome if any Papist chance to reade and find himselfe agrieued at my words let him or them euen as they will or can be satisfyed for were the Pope a temporall Prince and so accounted and no more I would vse him with some reuerent respect although I know him as indeed he is my countries enemy But as he is the now reuealed Antichrist and siâ—â—â—â—â—tes vpon the seat and Sea of blasphemy I will not vse any shewe of reâ—â—â—â—â—erence to his misnamed holines whose vildest predecessor Boniface the 3. at first did builde the strength of euery Popes supremacie vpon the bloud of Christians and spoile
To the poore mans King a poore mans plainâ—â—â—â—â— shall 〈◊〉 And thus complaine vnto his Maiesty The poore mans breast in seas of sorrow â—â—â—â—â—ost For shipwracke lookes hopes ankeâ—â—â—â—â—s all are lost Oh where is mercie doth the poore man aske On earth to finde it were a wondrous taske The word alone is easie to be found But as a word it hath no more then sound Contempt and scorne extortion Enuies rage They florish bâ—â—â—â—â—st in this remorceles age The poore may say feeling oppressions wrong That fewe or none will sing King Dauids song This rotten world doth painted garments weare Leaues without sâ—â—â—â—â—uit prosessions name doth beare Blest charity diuine religioâ—â—â—â—â—s grace Now stearu'd to death hath but a pictures place Celestiall Loue the goulden chaine of piety Is turn'd to lust and cloth'd in sinnes variety Friendships best shew deceipt and fraud doth 〈◊〉 Dissembling friends are wrapt in flatteries smoake Plaine dealyng men that honest plainnesse vse Them to vphold doth euery hand refuse Clam Clawâ—â—â—â—â—ack he with Peter Piâ—â—â—â—â—k 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To reape reward euen from the worthiest hands Faire words feedes fooles best wise men are miâ—â—â—â—â—led Euen by that baire wherewith most fooles are fed Wel wil they speake whose thoughts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 euil In words a Sainct in 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Who doth desire worlds wise 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Must learne by art with cunning to 〈◊〉 He that is not beyond all compasse holloâ—â—â—â—â— His wit is grosse and his inuention shallow Good policie hath lost commended vse Bad politicks boast in that words abuse A faithles wit is wisdome which excelles They are best wise that most are 〈◊〉 Wisedome it selfe it selfe doth much disgrace When as it striues a shadow to imbrace As if that men should here for euer liue So they themselues vnto the world do giue Poore men that in this world do want worlds wealth Are sure to want loue friends meat drinke clothes health This proueth liues each for himselfe cries all Great 〈◊〉 thereby from heauen to hell do fall The poore man thus this world his tourâ—â—â—â—â—e doth serue Steale and be hang'd or mourning sigh and starue Wet eyes sad hearts poore men opprest and greeued May liue or die vnpittied vnreleeued Great wealth that 〈◊〉 euill gotten riches fast Will not his bread vpon the water cast Sadly poore men may mourne their wretched thrall Whilst rich men add more bitternesse to gal Proudly rich pompe with proudnesse pride adorneth Proud wealth the poore maÌ„s poorenes proudly scorneth Poore poorely sits his pouerty deploring Wealth as his God sits heapes of durt adoring What old Churles gets by extortious vsury Young fooles do spend in pride and luxury Vaine Vainest Vainnesse Vanity doth nourish In silke and golde vaine ones doe vainely flourish Experience tels Prides painted prodigalitie Hath cut the throat of wonted hospitality The poore mans want no painted Pecock feeles Poore soules must not come neâ—â—â—â—â—e Prides waggon wheelâ—â—â—â—â— Silkes must be worne what price so ere they cost Three suites perhaps ere once the booke be crost Proud female felâ—â—â—â—â—s are like the Ostridge plum'd And Souldiers now by chamber warres consum'd Such in their caps must gallant feathers weare Who in their hearts do such like lightnesse beare Nature no Art beautifies the blood As faire as sweete both artificiall good Muske Ciuit and Imbrothery high priz'd vaine Hath charity with Prides corruption slaine Pride hath so much a decent forme forsooke As now proud heads through gridiâ—â—â—â—â—on ribs must looke So much is lou'd the tricks of French attire As many are more Frencht then they desire Pripe puppet-like in Female folly flings with a good gownes charge in one vaine paire of wings worlds pompe worlds wrack worlds woe worlds misery Pride not content to goe gets wings to flie Court Prides deuise our gentry imitates The Cittie follows each each ruinates The yoemans name proud minds will not allow All Gentles Knights Ladies or Beggers now Pride beares that wealth vpon presumptions back That makes the poore so much releife to lack Italian tricks haue rays'd the auncient rent In idle Pompe must be most bounty spent Gay Cloathes Rich Plate fine Houses Iewells Rings To publique weale pale deaths consumption brings Pride to defend base proud ambitions for t A Cotage makes to seeme a princely Court Now to maintaine the pompe of thâ—â—â—â—â—iftles sending Each subtill braine must be in Law contending A hurtfull swarme of hungry trencher-flies To fat themselues can wrangling trickes deuise With foggy sweat the Lazie lubbers toyle Desir's to feede vpon his countries spoile Oh were they Tith'd and all the Nieâ—â—â—â—â—ths cast by Each tenth would serue to labour honestly Their wits can make such wondrous heapes their owne As molehills are to mighty mountaines growne Wealthes current in a three-fold streame doth runne Two flouds are past the third not yet begunne The Clergie first the Lawâ—â—â—â—â—er next getts much The end of time will make the Souldier rich Goods by deceipt cunning fraud and wrong Togither scrapt will not continue long The mother Church lockt vp a goulden store To feede it selfe and to relieue the poore That bountie which did vnto all sorts giue Fatts but a fewe the most must poorely liue Wealth which it selfe did to good vse dispose Now serues to paint an idle veluet hose The stock growne poore which should maintaine good preachers Makes Coblers now to seeme sufficient teachers All sorts can prate and talke of things diuine In fewe or none a righteous life doth shine Braue plumed gallants made gay with silken suites On Gods pure word amongst their cups disputes A tauerne dice wine sugar and a wench Much loue to them doth good deuotion quench The Papaâ—â—â—â—â— sea doth thinke good workes doe merite The Protestant his â—â—â—â—â—aith must heauen inherite For to euill vse one doth good workes deuise The other doth good workes to vse despise Time past did to the world this truth reueale A blinde deuotion hindered faithfull zeale Time present doth this truth for certaine show Least good we doe when most we seeme to know The Heathen men did so themselues incline That Stoycks seem'd then we farre more diuine Amongst them was the law of mine and thine With better faith though in a faithlesse time They seru'd their Gods with a religious care And did their lawes obey with trembling feaâ—â—â—â—â—e The God of Gods to vs in truth declar'd We liue as though nor heauen nor hell we fear'd Ierusalem men seeme as if they sought But going wrong they are to Babell brought Some fooles doe thinke to finde the way by chance And thither runne as in a Morâ—â—â—â—â—ice daunce Some at a play haue wisely more discern'd Then euer they at any Sermon learn'd Who from the Stage would fetch heauens admonitions Let Woodcocks be vnto those fooles Phisitions By-wayes to seeke and tread in pathes vneuen Such trauailers nere finde the way to heauen No shadow can substanciall hope beguild If on Gods word faith doth arightly build In building new men vse such
time They ar mustering now of Sathans regiment Their plot is lay'd hope feeds their vild intent When time shall be into combustion thrown And falsehoods nurse to hostile actions growne Wars thunder then when it shaâ—â—â—â—â—l shake the world People shal be into amasement whorld A scaâ—â—â—â—â—let horce shal stomble and fall downe And after him a triple hallowed crowne The beast whose legges of claye and Irone wrought Must be vnto a feareful ruine brought Because Gods tâ—â—â—â—â—uth for to defile he sought He and his sea shall wast and come to nougâ—â—â—â—â—t 〈◊〉 seat doeth shake and reele I see him â—â—â—â—â—alling The wounded monster on the earth lies scravvling He gapes for breath strangled himselfe he choakes About his eares his painted Pallace smoakes Downe tumble must that triple crowned whore Once falâ—â—â—â—â—e her fall not any shall deplore But those that would her spotted garments weare Whose foreheads doe the marke of Dagon beare The Champions all which would the best maintaine Shall at his feete by conquering swords be slaine Gog ouerthrowne Magâ—â—â—â—â—g shall thinke to come With fire and sworde through glorious Christendome From Eâ—â—â—â—â—phrates and Tygris then shal â—â—â—â—â—ise A strength that will our tyrants tyrannise Arabians Gulâ—â—â—â—â—e to Percias Gulfe shall flow From whence a high reard softly floud shall grow Whose Sea like waues from thence to Fes shall roule Downe tumbling all that would their force controule Râ—â—â—â—â—uenge and death to warâ—â—â—â—â—es alarums leades The Eagles last continued monstrous heads The mountaine VVolâ—â—â—â—â—es froÌ„ Christian bounds cald hence Christians then by force shall driue them thence And Christendome whilst God her peace doth shield Shall striue aright in her Gods house to build That she may teach the nations thus to say Her Christ is God we will his lawes obay Our Bishops then the truth shall ratifie In order chiefe not in authoritie And that Religion shall stand most beloued Whose rule is best by Scriptures truth approoued And for a Iudge a Church finde out we can That knew the truth before the Pope began Then shall the Church be built on Peters faith And that beleeue which holy Scripture saith Then shall Gods Church her strength and glory see When Christ alone her corner stone shall be Aboue Gods word shall then be raisde no head By Christ their Sheapheard shall his flock be lead Such Vnion shall the Northren Prince contriue As Christians shall no more with Christians striue Then Christendome shall all her power bestow By force to worke the Pagans ouerthrow All Christian Princes will themselues protect As shall the Northren Prince their course direct And now me thinkes I see a glorious sight A Christian Armie shining wondrous bright Marching in warres 〈◊〉 fit for fight In the defence of their Redeemers â—â—â—â—â—ight The Northren Emperour doth the red crosse beare To whoâ—â—â—â—â—e command the armie craues to sweaâ—â—â—â—â—e With 〈◊〉 bloud their warlike weapons staines 〈◊〉 fields and faire Hungarian plaines Whilst 〈◊〉 Ismael and the cursed seed Doe striue to make each others breast to bleed Working that worke for which they were compouÌ„ded That each by other may be with warre consounded The tâ—â—â—â—â—mperour of the North that Prince of fame Brings Christendome into her wonted frame And all that did vnto that Empire bend At last shall back vnto that state descend Empires and Kingdomes shall at once recoile And bend their strength to worke their spoilers spoile Those lockt vp Deuils in wildest Mountaines bred Whom Christian hands from thence deliueted To whom at first the Sarazens gaue pay By whom at last themselues destroyed were they By all that strength which hath their wrong indur'd Shall be at last their rac'd out name procur'd Sara and Ketura shall a conquest winne Of whom there is a mightie power vnseene And then once more in pompe of Empire swels Those that are calde Religious 〈◊〉 Before they doe the sacred truth retaine Mongst them is 〈◊〉 and Elias slame From forth the North a Lyons voyce shall rore And make them then the murthered dead deplore The doctrine which they taught once calde to minde Shall Heathens teach the way heauens path to finde Old Magog then new built his name shall loose And for his God the God of Gods shall choose The Northren Empire shall to him disclose That Truth gainst which he did himselfe oppose The Persians shall the Christians kindly greet When both their Armies shall with conquest meet Mount Harmons dew that sweetly then distils From off the tops of faire Arabian hils Shall fall on them of Abrahams line the race Though yet vnseene by faith the seeds of grace Then hungrie Dogges no more a stray shall wander Iudeas race shall finde the Bridegromes chamber Time takes in hand to worke this wonder great A Northren blast must coole the Sothern heate For of the Princes that shall worke this thing The worthiest power from forth the North shall spring A Potent Prince a strong and powerfull King His famous deeds through all the world shall ring It is establisht and his Throne shall stand Whose force shall take a wondrous worke in hand In his blest Liâ—â—â—â—â—e triumphant glory goes With glorious Race of conquering Emperours This is the winde and Lion of the wood From whom a most Emperiall strength shall bud And to the Eagle in wrathes fiers fury speake And al his winges and Feathers peâ—â—â—â—â—cemeale breake The Heathens he at iudgments bar shall set And make them know the power gainst which they freâ—â—â—â—â— He shall the land from Paganisme deliuer And wash heauens flock in faith's saluations riuer He shall the earth with heauenly grace refresh And vnto her heauens lawes with truth expresse The foes whereof he shall with force destroy And turne earths bondage into freedomes ioye Set free her hope shall waite on that saluation whose mercies iudgment layed her first foundation This Royall line the whole continuance summes Of all the yeares vntill great Shilâ—â—â—â—â— comes God shortly will the businesse vndertake For which he doeth the Northen Empier make Vpon his head stands an Emperiall Crowne Whose Monarchy shall throw Romes Empire dovvne Fooles though they brag their cloud of earths elusâ—â—â—â—â—on Both must and shall come to a rac't confusion And that eare long time doeth a course beginne Whereby consum'd shall be worlds sinke of sinne This happen shall and when these signes appeare Know then the day of iudgment draweth neere Be I excusd and not condempn'd of men No deuill-borne Merline doth direct my pen. Vnto an end time doth each creature driue From holy writ do I these words deriue This rotten age pointing at worlds decay But well obseru'd doth wondrous things bewray Both heauen and earth mankind so loades with sinne They pray heauens God he would their rest beginne And set them in that state wherein they stood When God made all and said all things were good Of time to come what meanes my pen to write Whom present time holdes in such base despight In spight of time and times
same shall to the heauens aspire Great Britaine so is by Gods hand instal'd As it shall be the land of conquest cal'd But now to ease a poore mans grieued minde In things aboue my sight shall comfort finde I know the time when I poore wretch reiected Shall as the best be no whit lesse respected When Kings and Queenes of greatest excellence Twixt them and me shall be no difference And there dwels Mercy Oh there a Sauiour liueth That to the poore saluations comfort giueth Not many Kings nor Queenes nor Nobles shall Triumph before heauens throne maiesticall But those that in this world their heauen doe make Shall in that world before Gods iudgment shake The beautie which on earth no praise doth lack Maskt vp in shame hels sulphure smoake makes black The snowe white hand moyst soft foule sinnes desire Shall burne in lake of hels eternall fire where diuels meÌ„s soules with fiery darts strikes thorow And in their iawes like dogges they them shall worow Where God doth so his angers iudgment frame As that his wrath shall blow hels endlesse flame Euer Euer oh fearefull word for euer Where plagues encrease but shall be ended neuer Where torment brings torments with fresh supplie Where dying soules doe liue but neuer dye And ther 's the place where earths proud dignitie Shall plunge it selfe in endlesse misery But happie those whose soules by grace made pure Exempt from wrath shall no such plagues indure And most of them poore soules scornd and disgrac'd Are those that shall with God and Christ be plac'd When most on earth the poore despisde doe stand It doth presage Christs comming neere at hand Deiected base and out-cast pouertie Reioyce triumph in Mercies clemencie You are heauens flock a Shepheard doth you keepe Who of his number will not loose a sheepe Thus hath my sigh an honest passion breathed And of my woes a weeping garland wreathed My sighes my teares my woes my griefes lament My plaints my groanes all fruites of discontent Doe not themselues vpon one substance feed A generall doubt makes heart and soule to bleed A generall cuill a land to vildenesse bent Must needs expect some fearefull punishment Of present time the things desired heere Time prooues my words and makes the truth appeere Of time to come I humbly doe auowe Experience shall my words for truth allowe Search but the Story of that writte diuine And vnderstand the change of euery time Fiue hundred fiftie two yeares coumpted was A period whole which euer brought to passe Strange alterations both in Church and State Kings Kingdomes then did striue to ruinate Temples were rac'te Religion cleane despisde Tyrants by force of sword new lawes deuisde And now the time doth on such period stand As if it meant to take like course in hand Do but obserue each Celestiall spheare And see what signes doe in their course appeare Compare the time with antedated times And vnderstand the Heauens true speaking signes Then will you not these lines of mine deride Nor smother them with smoake of scornfull pride A Souldiers writing like his fighting is His course noâ—â—â—â—â— knowes how dangers rockes to misse Those Pens doe most their hopes in peeces batter That cannot best with oyled smoothnesse flatter A Souldiers name striue not for to disgrace Poore should not be accompted 〈◊〉 base And that I may not from the truth digresse My humble lines shall thus my state expresse The Souldier which doth scorne the lye to take Should scorne as much himselfe the lye to make The open fields to me is made my bed A bancke of earth a pillow for my head In shadie groues and sollitary places My steps doe make their sorrowes mournfull traces Imprisonment woes wofull habitation Hath forc't my Muse to secret contemplation In winter nights when I a Souldier was Alone my Muse should priuate motions tosse When in the warre I warres attire did beare My bookes to me most kinde companions were And some sad houres on skie-bornâ—â—â—â—â— bookes I read Amongst the flarres an humble path I tread And see the great and strange Conâ—â—â—â—â—unctions there Of angrie Saturne Mars and Iupiter Since fiâ—â—â—â—â—st the Planets disclosde their variation Saturne neer had more Lord-like domination What it foretels my weaâ—â—â—â—â—y Muse sorgets In Dragons taile when strange Coniunction sets His name stands rouled in perditions booke Whose taile from heaueÌ„ of starres the third part strooke Vnder the Dragons taile is fixed fast A strength that shall him and his tayle downe cast Mankinde the starres that Heauen should 〈◊〉 Shall be vpreard with glorious dignitie Though obseruation rightly may collect The iudgment of some retrograde aspect Yet Christ our King and kingdomes hath possessed With that wherein ourselues and world is blessed Though Lâ—â—â—â—â—os house hath such reflection glided As tels there is some wondrous thing prouided I leaue to write and will conceit the rest Our land shall still by Gods great loue be blest A constant faith true resolution proues Feares not what vnder the first moouer mooues And in this thought I see with humble eye The mighty worke of Prima â—â—â—â—â—obili And know the world in fiery flames shall burne Before he doth to his first point returne For Heauen and earth by fire once purgd then sure They shall remaine as they at first were pure When God the world to iudgement summon will That first great mouer keepes his motion still Whose slow pace round doth roundly comprehend Those lesser Orbes that vnder him doe wend. In order each his fixed iourney takes And in their turnes celestiall musicke makes And then I thinke of that most happie time When I shall heare their dulsiue heauenly chime Aboue them all faiths eyes through Bethelem Be holds the glory of new Ierusalem Where sits vpon a Throane maiesticall The mightie maker of this wondrous all When thether once my ioyfull thoughts are sent I am amazde with wonders rauishment Nor tongues nor Pens nor Angels can expresse The glory of that glorious happinesse From thence to Luna not any Orbe to misse I cannot finde where Purgatorie is So that I thinke it sure remaineth yet Within their bellies that deuised it And those that would attaine to heauens great ioy Must leaue bye-pathes and finde in Christ their way But for the Starres I creatures them account Aboue them all their makers power must mount And by their influence more I will not learne Then Rules diuine shall teach me to discearne And in that course men sometimes are befriended Of those pure fiers by whom they are attended God euer yet by signes and visions told So as worlds change worlds worldlings might behold But cloddes of clay because they will not greeue This course they take to heare but not beleeue To gesse to speake to iudge great states to touch For me poore soule it is a strength too much Who so doth tel what things themselues doe show May doubt his words wil too presumptuous growe FVll twenty times nights Bride her selfe
hath chaung'd Since from my former worke my muse estraung'd Her grieued thoughts my owne estate to viewe Still being fed with wormewood gall and rue And now though wrapt in foldes of mournefull care I am rowsde vp some part with them to beare Which doe reioyce as theirs so is my ioy That God is pleasd hells actions to destroye And now my muse in more then wonder wrapt Will speake of what since first shee writ hath hapt Two nights before the night of Englands wrack Such greifes themselues vpon my breast did pack That from woes Cowch I rose alone to walke And with myselfe of my sad faâ—â—â—â—â—e to talke For when daies light vpon my face should shine I knew those wants would â—â—â—â—â—ip both me and mine No sooner vp and forth my chamber stept But straight my thoughts into amasement lept For round about I saw so cleere a light As that I thought it rather daie then night And well I knew that Luna then did please To shew her selfe to the Antipedes And when aloft I did suruey the skie There was no starres that any man could spie To search the cause resolu'd of my intent I walkt abroade to view the Element A tossing winde whorl'd round the earth below as from earths wombe some tombling noyse did growe Said I such noyse as this is said of some For to foretell an Earth-quake nere to come And looking vp a generall seeing flame With burning streames bemantled all heauens frame That from one part did not arise lights beames But heauen was Cloath'd with vniuersall streames Amids the Ayre I might sometimes espie The flashing flames vnto a roundnes flye And then dispierce themselues immediatly The world ore spreeding with a burning Cannopie When thus I saw sent from the fiery spheate Such burning streames and flashing flames so cleere Said I this truth doth on these signes depend Doubtles the world is neere vnto her end And then I thought that such despisde as I With ioy should haue an end of miserie Thus hauing view'd till eyes all dazled were My reeling steps my dussie braines did beare To sorrows cell the Caue of former Care Vnto my selfe I did my woes declare From Sol to Mars with vsuall attribute Foure times Aurora in her Crimson sure Had bid god morrow to her friendes beneath Whilest all this time my griefe woes sighs did breath And then my minde griefes danger to eschue For solace went Gorguntus walles to viewe Abroad my steps had me no sooner brought But straight my eares had such a rumour caught As made me start and in a maze to wonder How hell deuisde to rend the world in sounder A treason no A deuill borne fiery rage A worke nere thought of in precedent age A Sauage wrath whose like nere staynd a storie Should haue destroyd the heauen of Britons glory It s true in warre that souldiers not refuse Against their foes the like deuise to vse But in a kingdome by subiects to their King The world till now nere heard so vilde a thing The name of England with datelesse infamie Had stood ingrauen to worldes posteritie Breeder of Deuills so sit for villany As at one blow could sack a monarchie The whore whose lawes allowes such deedes of horror Let heauen and earth and all the world abhorre her The Proiect of these trayterous homycites A booke at large to euery mind recites And though I would I dare not speake no more Of Treason plotts then hath beene spoke before But now I see the night that I admyred Foretold the flame that should the world haue fiered And yet the generall of heauens fiety warte Included more then on particular Oh if that God for Englands sinne had pleasd That horred act on king and state had seazd Great Britons breast had now beene drownd in blood Rac'd sackt and spoyl'd bereft of euery good Theft murther Rape and euery act of hell Had built their house on Englands face to dwell The spoile of man of humane race the shame Would haue rac'd out all humane vertues name Vilde dissolutes prophane and insolent Like Tirants would haue wrong'd the innocent A Goathian Armye amongst ourselues maintain'd Would theÌ„ with blood our townes streets haue stain'd Our lawes of God our lawes of man should then haue bene of force to gouerne faithles men The rich mans wealth should not his owne haue bâ—â—â—â—â—ene But made a spoile vnto the hands of sinne Faire London then her glorious pompe and state The vildest hands would vildely ruinate Young maides and wiues of feature excellent Had beene abusde by brutish rauishment Beautie most rare if it continued chaste Had then vnto luxurious armes beene cast The courtly nimphes faire wise and trimly gay That could not but with silkes and veluets play Whos 's maskt vp cheâ—â—â—â—â—kes from winde sunne are fled All fresh to keepe their artificiall red There beauties sheild white breasts scarce paper proofe Must then haue tumbled with some ruder stuffe With correspondeÌ„ce rude armes besmeer'd with greace Should haue imbrac'd a painted sluttishnesse And they perhaps resolu'd in miserie Would smiâ—â—â—â—â—e at that their least calamitie But mindes refin'd of purest substance fram'd Such as on earth may be heauens Angels nam'd Whose beauties no adulterate deeds haue staind But spotlesse they haue truly chaste remainde That Angell number with hels rage ore spred That Heauens impression vildely rauished Oh what a terror should their hearts haue felt When vilde ones would with them haue vildely delt Euill to suppresse when Iustice sturd had beene Then bloud and murther had mainteind hels sinne The strength which makes the magistrate most strong And giues him warrant to suppresse each wrong The name which doth vnto the lawes giue force Had hence bene snatcht if hell had held his course In vayne should then the officers haue said In the Kings name wee charge le ts be obeyd In the Queenes name then if iustice out should crye Hells howndes had said she with the king should die Prince Henryes name if iustice should haue tried Sweete Prince he should with King Queene haue died If to the Duke of Torke our hopes had fled Doubtles hells hands would him haue murthered Should iustice then vnto the Princesse flie She had beene seidze by traytors tyranny The honor'd Councell might help the iust to saue For King Queene Prince them was made one graue Then to the Lords and Bishops of the land They with the rest had dyed by treasons hand Should in the Iudges then our hope haue ioyed They with the rest had beene at once destroyed From knights and burgesses if safeties hope distilld They with the rest a sulpher flame had kilde With bibles then should faithfull preachers presse And breath forth iudgments gainst sinnes wickednes And saie Behold heauens indignation feare This booke of God doth Gods fierce wrath declare The rage which should from Romishe flames haue fum'd Would quickly haue them and their books consum'd Oh then of whom should iustice help
vnkind â—â—â—â—â—espising My time shal be my countries good deuising The times abuse let time to come amend For trifles let not time with truth contend A vnion and a vniforme conclude Oh let no shadowes this happiest time delude Vnto the Church a glorious time is sent Things now decreed must be worlds president Let then this time foresee with iudgements sight By sacred lawe to rule all actions right Time must suppresse all such vntimely fruit As doth it selfe in Scisme and Faction suite Condemne not those either of Scisme or Faction Whose liues are giuen to euery godly action Let goodmen vse wise wisdomes sound aduise Least causelesse feare makes them vnwisely nice Who so their wills before their wit preferre By wilfulnes may most vnwisely erre Indifferent things not hindring good deuotion Wise men for them should raise no vaine commotion No true Church can her glory dignifie Whose power Commands gainst written veritie Wee may obserue what ere the wrangler saith Rules that are held within the list of faith True faith in which saluations strength is found It must it selfe vpon the scriptures ground Things done which doe not hinder faiths beleife Why should they seeme to worke Religious greife Me thinkes we doe vnto religion wrong By seeming weeke when faith should make vs strong Foxes dumbe doggs let no man them prefer Nor such as those that too contentioâ—â—â—â—â—s are Let not diuines like phisick doctors be The more the worse and most lack honestie Nor let our hope vpon this motion rest To keepe the worst and cast away the best Those triâ—â—â—â—â—les which doe now dissturbe our peace Could men be wise they of themselues would cease The consort of a lawfull ministrâ—â—â—â—â—e Must be on earth heauens sweetest harmonie Oh let them then that doe Gods vineyard keepe Watch preach and pray and not like sluggards sleepe Paul shau'd his head and did thereby intend His course might not his brethren weake offend Ioyne in on truâ—â—â—â—â—h with blessed vnitie Great Britaines â—â—â—â—â—ame adorne and beautifie Feare not but know for it is Albions dome Her kings shall neuer yeeld their Crowne to Rome Then let heauens flock with patient soules abide Although like gold they must be seauen times tri'de When God doth meane to scourge a land for sinne At his owne house the blow must first beginne Who so will be the glorious Bridegromes Bride Must in afflictions flames be purified The path to glory is no pleasant way Take vp thy crosse and seeke eternall ioy Whilst Preachers preach of Christ his sacred deitie Where are the deeds of Mercy Loue and Piety Where are the fruites Religion should bring forth When Saint-like shew vngodly actions doth Ouâ—â—â—â—â— seeming zeale doth this report preserre We scornefull proud and meerely faithlesse are A seeming friend will friendships name delude And staine himselfe with hels ingratitude One by his friend both raisde to wealth and credit His thankes shall be to cut his throat that did it Let but a muck-heape possesse great heapes of gould And Honour then shall be by him contrould Each witlesse peasant by his wealth made proud Thinkes he talkes well and if he speakes but lowd A seruile minde his hopes at lowest ebbe Worships as God the golden Calse in Hereb Though by the poore the rich are honoured Yet by the rich the poore may starue vnfed Our lamenesse must with skilfull Arte be dressed So out of ioynt are all our actions wrested Great Britaine know a time will come to thee In which thy sinne shall sharply punisht bee Therefore repent least iudgements follow fast First plague then dearth and vse of swords at last Be reconcilde though God will not abhorre thee Yet he prepares an angrie iudgement for thee Thy pride and proud contempt of Gods pure word Makes Heauen gainst thee to draw a wrâ—â—â—â—â—thfull sword Thy whordoms lust and drunkards blasphemie Extortion bribes and hatefull vsinie Lyes fraud deceipt and poores oppression Slownesse to good from God thy swift digression Will bring on thee a wrath to plague thee so As thou shalt groane with seâ—â—â—â—â—se of feeling woe With seeming Saints the time not temporize A broken heart to God is sacrifice Wraths 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—â—eares shall whip thee for thy sinne Vnlesse thou doest for to repent begin Such iudgments doe gainst thee themselues assemble As were they seene would make hels Ruffins tremble Heauens gracious God be pleasde for thine elect Faire Albions good with safetie to protect Direct vs so that we to thee may turne That then gainst vs thy wrath may cease to burne The swarmes sent from the Antechristian beast Confound them Lord let them in no place rest And those by whom our harme is yet concealed In thy good time be all their plottes reuealed Great Britaine doe thou not despaire but mourne In sorrow let repentant robes be worne That when thou sightst for thy Redeemers name Thy deeds in warre may dignifie thy fame From forreine coasts the thing which most thee harmes Is Englands Armour wanting English armes And English-men from vse of warre exempt Are oft prou'd cowards in the first attempt A Souldiers name though now it be refused A time will come when Souldiers must be vsed Not euery one that beares a Souldiers name If rightly tride will be approued the same It is not he that drinkes sicke healths and sweares That in a Tauerne proudly swagger dares Nor he that doth a misled Mistresse keepe And vowes for her his sword in bloud to steepe Nor he that feareth neither God nor diuell Whose daily actions are the worst of euill He is no Souldier that wanteth vertues stay Who loues to make a desperate drunken â—â—â—â—â—ray That is no valour nor resolution right That vainely will for worthlesse trifles fight But they doe best a Souldiers name approue Who wisely doe their reputation loue Be he a Souldier worthy praise to winne Who feares his God and hates the deeds of sinne He whose body and stomack can disgest Heat colde hunger thirst much paines and little rest He that can well imbattell soone his men And knows in clouds oâ—â—â—â—â— smoake to skirmish then He that leads on and with discretion leads And least dismaide when most in bloud he treads He that when thousands doe with thousands fight By word or signe can giue directions right He that so can both charge and make retraite As Honour still vpon his steps shall waight That Fortitude ioynd with sound iudgments sense Is wrought of more then natures quintessence Those Souldiers are of greatest excellence Whose liues and deaths haue honours recompence A poore man if a Souldier rightly tride King Harry would haue plac'd him by his side Those spirits which are fit for warre esteem'd Amongst the best be they the worthiest deem'd Be they imbrac'd with loues respectiue arme Whose hands know how to shield our peace froÌ„ 〈◊〉 I doe not wish but doubt warres ratling drumme Ere long to armes will summon Christendome The Red-crosse though it may some times retire At last his
require All these Consum'd by flame of rutheles fire No age makes record of so foule a sinne Since god did first to frame this world begyn Doomes day to England now bin threatned hath Ore which heauens God hath shakâ—â—â—â—â—e his hand of wrath Oh may our deedes his mercy so Commend As still his grace may Britons I le defend But now behold the fruites of Romish faith And know for truth what Popish doctrine saith Of binding and of loosing Popes haue got A strength which knittes of euery euill the knot And makes damnation seeme saluation sure If so thereby Rome may her gaine procure What most she craues is euery course to take How best she may her selfe worlds Monarch make The Pope that saith himselfe worlds God to be Speakes truth for so 's the deuill as well as he But Pope from Peter doth deriue his race And saith to him belongs the keyes of grace And he Christs vicar of all Gods church the head Must be supreame all Kings his frowne must dread With any oath he can at large dispence And at his pleasure pardon each offence Aboue Gods word he doth himselfe auow And his construction must the world allow True Christians they onely his doctrine likes And all the rest are damned Heretikes Gainst this the Lyon of the Tribe of Iuda cries And tels the Pope that like a diuell he lyes But still the Pope will keepe heauens golden gate And doth from thence Kings excomunicate No King on earth must haue his name inrold Vnlesse that first on him his Crowne he hold And al the world that on his sea not dwels Are Ethnicks Pagans faithlesse Insidels Those that not grow vpon his stock intire Are branches wilde fit for destructions fire Such hath he power to any death to put And from lifes tree those saplesse twigs to cut Without the Church as Iewes and Turkes they be That will not yeeld to his supremacie And Popish Romaines they are taught to know It lawfull is to worke their ouerthrow That will not yeeld obedience to the Pope In whose behalfe is giuen so large a scope That Traytors doe for heauenly merite hope Though thence the deuill doth pluck them in a Rope If for Romes sake they kill their lawfull King Bald iades for them shall trotting trentalls sing And they because so vilde a deedâ—â—â—â—â— they did For Saints at Rome shall be canonized The Pope such power vnto himselfe doth take As he a diuell a Saint can quickly make Heere briefely see the power of Rome set downe Aboue the world himselfe himselfe doth crowne Aboue Gods word and sacred Lawes diuine The monsters proud ambitious steps doe clime And from his seate of blasphemie hath flowne The fire that should haue King and Realmes vp blowne Villaines that would the world in sunder riue Say for Religions sake they did contriue That damned plot oh hellish insolence When deuils will make Religion euils desence The actors in a worke more then Tyrannicall They did themselues their countries purgers call In all they did meerely their countries loue Did them vnto the vildest actions moue They would not leaue her but like Champions stand Till they from bondage had freed their natiue land They but resolu'd to be most mercilesse To free the Catholicks from their long distresse From desperate times disease euils strength to loose They were inforc'd a desperate salue to choose The worst of euill was bâ—â—â—â—â—st in their esteeme From worse then euill their countrie to redeeme The Pope might them for faithfull Christians take When what they did was for religions sake Their plot found out the very place to sack Where all the lawes were made that wrought their wrack And this conceit in them a hope prefers They should be thought Gods iustice ministers These Realmes with Rome in vnion to vnite Was all the cause for which their hopes did fight For Romes auaile and for the Church her good King Kingdomes they would haue drownd in bloud For these good deedes whatsoeuer did befall Saints at the least the Pope would make them all Now see their worke and cause for which thâ—â—â—â—â—y wrought And iudge how well Rome hath her children â—â—â—â—â—aught Their euill to doe they were so confident As to performe't they tooke the Sacrament Christs Royall body substanciall flesh and bloud They say they eate and dranke and thereby stood Bound to performe the euill which they intended Oh then how farre should be their faith commended Here doth my Muse want words my thoughts to speake And doth into a strange admirement breake Oh God how durst these meâ—â—â—â—â— Sathanicall Imbru'de in bloud with hearts Tyrannicall Made blacke with treason gainst Gods annointed King Themselues before heauens Iesus Christ to bring And though from bread they can him not 〈◊〉 Yet in the signe he 's representatiue And bread not chang'd yet holy scripture saith By it we feed on Iesus Chrisâ—â—â—â—â— by faith Not to dispute but say as they accoumpt Into what height doe their presumption mount When as a wretch before his God shall stand And thinke he holdes his Maker in his hand And yet with soule all stain'd as black as hell Euen at that instant doth in damnation dwell And records God and in him all the Trinitie To be the witnesse of his hell-borne villanie And sweares by them with desperate hand to act The vildenesse of the very vildest fact And thus resolu'd his Sauiour vp he eates So arm'd in proofe a King and State he threates Oh fearefull thing the seale of mans saluation Seales vp to them assured condemnation Yet they so blinde in faithlesse hopes doe trust And thinke thereby their vildest actions iust Heere see the strong delusion that should mocke The race cast from the number of Christs flocke Heere see the cup of worlds abhominations And know the whore that breaths forth execrations Against heauens throne the Lambe and all his Saints And yet she so her damned vildenesse paints As that she seemes of holinesse the seate But God for her hath laid vp iudgments great She and her pack that had our fall compounded Shall be ere long by Gods fierce wrath confounded And they that did for vs one flame desire God hath for them prepar'd an endlesse fire NOw would my Muse desire to expresse In vildest euill false traytors readinesse Catesbie so soone as he did Winter mooue Consent straight ioynd the worst of euill to proue There needed no perswasion to be vsde Hels motion was at first not once refusde What course so ere hell could to him propound His liues aduenture he thereon would ground So all the rest with selfe-same swismesse ranne To worke an euill the like nere wrought by man Their labour then their care and diligence Their watchfull heed their bountie and expence Their desperate and resolued confidence Till death to fight gainst heauen in hels defence Approues what power the deuill doth beare in those That serue his will and to his Aulâ—â—â—â—â—ers goes In England now
to seruâ—â—â—â—â— their turnes withall Their actions waied then let the truth speake thus Pittie to them is crueltie to vs. Are these the fruites that Romish Saints forth bring Is it for this so oft thâ—â—â—â—â—y masses sing Is this the zeale of their veligioâ—â—â—â—â—s heate So oft for this doe they their prayers repeate Is it for this their God in minde to beare That on their brests a Crueifixe they weare Is it for this that whip themselues they vse For this doe they their cloathes to weare refuse Doe they for this to Saints and Angels pray Vse shrift and ponance and fast so oft must they Is this their loue almes patience and humilitie Is this their peace and churches sweete tranquilitie Are these the children that Romane faith begets With helpe of Popes Friers Nunnes and Iesuits Are they for this with holy-water blesâ—â—â—â—â— Doe their perfection in these effects consist Now sute since they such deeds as these preferre The Pope's a whore her children bastards are All their deuotionâ—â—â—â—â— brings such workes about Oh God keepe me from being so deuout I hope the Papists no excuse can make This treason was for their religion sake And all the treasons in late Elizaâ—â—â—â—â—s raigne Were done by those that did Romes Sea 〈◊〉 So many then as are thereof asham'd Leaue Rome serue God and be no further blam'd But let obedience to your Soueraigne proue Your saithfull soundnesse and repentant loue And though ere long the cunning of Romes drâ—â—â—â—â—ft Will coyne some cause themselues from shame to 〈◊〉 Yet those of you that will not shamelesse be Come to our Church and from Romes doctriâ—â—â—â—â—e flee And you that are the simplest sort of them That may be thought plaine honest meaning men Your ignorance no sound deuotion teacheth Trust not the lyes that Popish doctrine preacheth Some now I hope heauens grace to them imparted Will be from Rome by Romes foule deeds conuerted Oh may that honor whose heart sinnes action loath'd Hence forth no more be in Romes darknesse cloath'd Mounte Eagles like loue heauens all lightning sunne And from the clouds of Popish darknesse runne So many yeares the truth hath clearely shinde As none but those that will can still be blinde Who so his eyes against the light will shut Must needs himselfe in mistie darkenesse put Be such Religion of the world disdain'd As is with treason bloud and murther stain'd Papists still blinde let not our Ile containe them Send them to Râ—â—â—â—â—me for all but Rome disdaines them From of Romes shore my Muse her selfe doth wend And would her course vnto Great Briton bend My natiue land oh let to her my zeale The euidence of loues affection seale Who i st that sees the wrong vnto vs done But will from Rome and Romes adherents runne God in thy loue preserue those Princely states Who all as one Romes Sea and doctrine hates And those mongst vs that of profession vant My little ruft most peeuish puritant Whos 's Brownisme must our quiet state offend That witlesse striues for trifles to contend Whose in good sooth indeed and verilie Nere knew the ground of faiths sinceritie Whose folly in a wide maskt net doth dance Whose zeale is but a painted ignorance Whose wildenesse runnes the fields and woods vnto Where preaching Coblers learnes them what to doe Nise curious wits vaine idle wise like dawes Iumpe ouer blocks and stumble most at strawes When now they see how God his Church hath loued Let them thereby to ioyne with vs be moued And striue no more to prooue their foolerie Against both learning and authoritie Such will alone for Christ his flock be knowne And will allow no Church besides their owne Twixt them and those throwne into like suspence There should be made some greater difference Those that haue borne the burthen of the day And neuer ceast to watch to preach to pray Whose loue and zeale hath so heauens precepts taught As they to heauen haue greatest number brought To King and State whose hearts are constant sound Whose doctrine doth on faiths saluation ground Let not the Church giue to it selfe a wound By loosing those that are most faithfull found All those graue Preachers wise and fit to teach For trifles let them not refuse to preach But vse their tallant Gods number to increase Great is the sinne if now they holde their peace He doth not euill that to his power withstands it But who forbids not sinne and may command it The threates of lawe sway not affection so As those good deeds which righteous rulers doe When no man may tell kings they doe amisse Then in obedience their corruption is But God hath sent to vs a vertuous King Let vertues loue true loues obeysance bring Oh let our loue be to that grace not mist In which our selues and all the world is blist The glory of that royall issues line Like to the sunne their famous deeds shall shine For Britons weale let all good people trie To crowne her fame with perpetuitie God so the ground of her foundation lay As that no strength may worke her weales decay Her glories trophies let no such earth-quake shake Whose force would her the land of Ruine make But let the glory of her King and state Consume those foes that would her ruinate Traitors that would in bloud our land haue drownd God them destroy and all their plottes confound Those hearts that would domestick warres procure Be they first made of deaths destruction sure No home bred broiles may they our peace disturbe Such mindes oh let the strength of iustice 〈◊〉 Me thinkes there should be some thing vnderstood When heauen is cloath'd in cloudes of fire and bloud Before and since the heauens did neuer cast More signes then were about this treason last Could heathen men iudge future euils to hap When thunder did the Okes in peeces rap And if the sunne should but some signe bewraie Might no man dare gainst such prediction saie And now shall heauen both fier and bloud presage And we not thinke they chide this sinfull age Eclipses strange both 〈◊〉 Moone and Sunne When strangely they on heapes together come Shall reason so and wisdomes strength be broken That by such signes there shal be nothing spoken Shall God oft shake as in his furies wrath The solled roundle of this maslie earth And yet we still remaine secure in sinne Oh no let ts all for to repent begine The better that our safetyes strength may grow Let Iosua Acan and his wedge hence throw Our peace at home be that establisht sure No force abroad can Britons wracke procure In ciuill warres when souldiers armes are worne Vniust tryumphe the iust are force't to mourne No souldiers sword could make Romes Empire stand When Rome Rome selfe brus'd with rebellions hand Let Britons which doe God and Christ proâ—â—â—â—â—esse Their faiths true soundnes by their deeds expresse So shall heauens God our King and land defend And from his Loynes a Roiall issue send That on his throne shall sit triumphantly Til Christ doth come in glorious dignitie This grace God grant and thus shall cease my pen But still my heart till death shall say Amen FINIS A Song of reioycing for our late deliuerance GReat Brittons Ile worlds wonder heauens delight Religions strength faiths seate professions stay Confirmd mayntaynd vpheld in hels despight That 〈◊〉 in thee saluation florish may Thy King suruiues and on Mount Sion standes Protected safe from force of traytors handes Thy Queene thy Prince thy Peeres and Princely state Thy Lords thy Bishopps Knights and Burgesses God hath preseru'd from Romes intestine hate A suddaine slame should haue consum'd all these Romes traytors nâ—â—â—â—â—w so to the world are knowne As treasons Minâ—â—â—â—â— hath Rome and them vp blowne Falshood â—â—â—â—â—ells childe in hel darke Pathes doth treade To hide it selfe from truthes discâ—â—â—â—â—rning eye But traytors God will to destruction leade They cannot liue from iudgements stroke to flye Treason is like the Baziliske his eyes First seeing kills first being seene it dies In sâ—â—â—â—â—ight of Româ—â—â—â—â—s proude Antichristian force Celestiall ioyâ—â—â—â—â— with heauenly comfort 〈◊〉 Their soules in whom once toucht with sinnes remorce By â—â—â—â—â—aith in Christ a gratious dew distills Rome is exilde and this is Albions glory King Iames maintaines the scriptures sacred story When Gods true Church doth in her glory shine Why should some mindes their wisdome so preserre As if they were then scripture more diuyne By selfe conceipt to seede contentions iarre Sunne Moone and Starrs those lights too little be To giue them light that will themselues not see A vnyon and a vniforme Conclude For trifles let not time with truth contende No shadowes can substantiall faith delude Indifferent things should not the wise offend By ioyning all in blessed vnitie With datelesse fame Crowne Brittons monarchie FINIS