A PANEGYRIKE CONGRATVLATORIE TO THE KINGS MAIESTIE Also certaine Epistles By SAMVEL DANIEL Carmâ—â— aiâ—â—t quisquis carmina digna gerit A PANEGYRIKE CONGRATVLATORIE TO HIS MAIESTIE 1 LO here the glory of a greater day Then England euer heretofore could see In all her dayes When she did most display The Ensignes of her powre or whenas she Did spread herselfe the most and most did sway Her state abroad yet could she neuer be Thus blesst at home nor euer come to grow To be intire in her full Orbe till now 2 And now she is and now in peace therefore Shake hands with Vnion O thou mightie State Now thou art all great Brittaine and no more No Scot no English now nor no debate No Borders but the Ocean and the Shore No wall of Adrian serues to seperate Our mutuall loue nor our obedience All Subiects now to one imperiall Prince 3 What heretofore could neuer yet be wrought By all the swords of powre by blood by fire By ruine and destruction here is brought To passe with peace with loue with ioy desire Our former blessed vnion hath begot A greater vnion that is more intire And makes vs more our selues sets vs at one With Nature that ordain'd vs to be one 4 Glory of men this hast thou brought to vs And yet hast brought vs more than this by farre Religion comes with thee peace righteousnes Iudgement and Iustice which more glorious are Then all thy Kingdomes and arte more by this Then Lord and Sou'raigne more than Emperor Ouer the hearts of men that let thee in To more than all the powres on Earth can win 5 God makes thee King of our estates but we Do make thee King of our affection King of our Loue a passion borne most free And most vn-subiect to dominion And know that England which in that degree Can loue with such a true deuotion Those that are lesse than Kings to thee must bring More Loue who art so much more than a King 6 And King of this great Nation populous Stout valiant powrefull both by Sea and Land Attemptiue able worthy generous Which ioyfully imbraces thy command A people tractable obsequious Apt to be fashion'd by thy glorious hand To any forme of honor t' any way Of high attempts thy vertues shall assay 7 A people so inur'd to peace so wrought To a successiue course of quietnesse As th'haue forgot and O b' it still forgot The nature of their ancient stubbornnesse Time altred hath the forme the meanes and brought The state to that proportion'd euennesse As t' is not like againe t' will euer come Being vsde abroad to draw the sword at home 8 This people this great State these hearts adore Thy Scepter now and now turne all to thee Toucht with as powrefull zeale and if not more And yet O more how could there euer be Than vnto her whom yet we doe deplore Amidst our Ioy And giue vs leaue if we Reioyce and mourne that cannot without wrong So soone forget her we enioyde so long 9 Which likewise makes for thee that yet we hold True after death and bring not this respect To a new Prince from hating of the old Or from desire of change or from neglect Whereby O mightie Sov'raigne thou art told What thou and thine are likely to expect From such a faith that doth not haste to runne Before their time to an arising Sunne 10 And let my humble Muse whom she did grace Begge this one grace for her that now lies dead That no vile tongue may spot her with disgrace Nor that her fame become disfigured O let her rest in peace that rul'd in peace Let not her honor be disquieted Now after death but let her Graue inclose All but her good and that it cannot close 11 It addes much to thy glorie and our grace That this continued current of our loue Runnes thus to thee all with so swift a pace And that from peace to peace we do remoue Not as in motion put from out our place But in one Course and do not seeme to moue But in more ioy than euer heretofore And well we may since thou wilt make vs more 12 Our Loue we see concurres with Gods great Loue Who onely made thy way thy passage plaine Leuel'd the world for thee did all remoue That might the shew but of a let retaine Vnbarr'd the North humbled the South did moue The hearts of all thy right to intertaine Held other States imbroyld whose enuie might Haue fostred factions to impugne thy right 13 And all for thee that we the more might praise The glory of his power and reuerence thine Whome he hath raisde to glorifie our dayes And make this Empire of the North to shine Against all th'impious workings all th'assayes Of vile disnatur'd vipers whose designe Was to imbroyle the state t' obscure the light And that cleare brightnesse of thy sacred right 14 To whose reproach since th' issue and successe Doth a sufficient marke of shame returne Let no penne else blazon their vglinesse Be it inough that God and Men do scorne Their proiects censures vaine pretendences Let not our Children that are yet vnborne Finde there were any offred to contest Or make a doubt to haue our kingdome blesst 15 Bury that question in th' eternall graue Of darknesse neuer to be seene againe Suffice we haue thee whom we ought to haue And t' whom all good men knew did appertaine Th' inheritance thy sacred birth-right gaue That needed n'other suffrages t'ordaine What onely was thy due nor no decree To be made knowne since none was knowne but thee 16 Witnesse the ioy the vniuersall cheere The speeede the ease the will the forwardnesse Of all this great and spacious State how deere It held thy Title and thy worthinesse Haste could not poste of speedy anywhere But Fame seem'd there before in readinesse To tell our hopes and to proclaime thy name O greater then our hopes more then thy Fame 17 What a returne of comfort dost thou bring Now at this fresh returning of our blood Thus meeting with th'opening of the Spring To make our spirits likewise to imbudde What a new season of incouraging Beginnes t'inlength the dayes dispos'd to good What apprehension of recouery Of greater strength of more abilitie 18 The pulse of England neuer more did beate So strong as now nor euer were our hartes Let out to hopes so spacious and so great As now they are nor euer in all partes Did we thus feele so comfortable heat As now the glory of thy worth impartes The whole complexion of the Common-wealth So weake before hop'd neuer for more health 19 Couldst thou but see from Douer to the Mount From Totnes to the Orchades what ioy What cheere what triumphs and what deere account Is held of thy renowne this blessed day A day which we and ours must euer count Our solemne festiuall as well we may And though men thus court Kings still which are new Yet do
they more where they finde more is due 20 They feare the humours of a future Prince Who either lost a good or felt a bad But thou hast cleer'de vs of this feare long since We know thee more then by reporte we had We haue an euerlasting euidence Vnder thy hand that now we neede not dread Thou wilt be otherwise in thy designes Then there thou art in those iudiciall lines 21 It is the greatest glory vpon earth To be a King but yet much more to giue The institution with the happy birth Vnto a King and teach him how to liue We haue by thee farre more then thine owne worth That doth encourage strengthen and relieue Our hopes in the succession of thy blood That like to thee they likewise will be good 22 We haue an earnest that doth euen tie Thy Scepter to thy word and binds thy Crowne That else no band can binde to ratifie What thy religious hand hath there set downe Wherein thy all-commanding Sov'raintie Stands subiect to thy Pen and thy Renowne There we behold thee King of thine owne hart And see what we must be and what thou art 23 There great exemplare prototipe of Kings We finde the Good shal dwell within thy Court Plaine zeale and truth free from base flatterings Shall there be entertain'd and haue resorte Honest discretion that no cunning brings But councells that lie right and that import Is there receiu'd with those whose care attends Thee and the State more then their priuate ends 24 There grace and fauour shall not be dispos'de But by proportion euen and vpright There are no mightie mountaines interpos'de Betweene thy beames and vs t'imbarre thy light There Maiestie liues not as if inclos'de Or made a prey t'a priuate benefite The hand of Powre deales there her owne reward And thereby reapes the whole of mens regard 25 There is no way to get vpto respect But onely by the way of worthinesse All passages that may seeme indirect Are stopt vp now and there in no accesse By grosse corruption bribes cannot effect For th'undeseruing any offices Th'ascent is cleane and he that doth ascend Must haue his meanes as cleane as is his end 26 The deedes of worth and laudable desarts Shall not now passe thorow the straight report Of an imbasing tongue that but imparts What with his ends and humours shal comport The Prince himselfe now heares sees knows what parts Honour and Vertue acts and in what sort And thereto giues his grace accordingly And cheeres vp other to the like therby 27 Nor shall we now haue vse of flatterie For he knowes falsehoode farre more suttle is Than truth basenesse than libertie Feare than loue t' inuent these florishes And Adulation now is spent so nie As that it hath no coulours to expresse That which it would that now we must be faine T'unlearne that Art and labour to be plaine 28 For where there is no care to be abus'd None will be found that dare t' informe a wrong The insolent deprauer stands confus'd The impious Atheist seemes to want a tongue Transform'd into the fashion that is vs'd All striue t' appeare like those they liue among And all will seeme compos'd by that same square By which they see the best and greatest are 29 Such powre hath thy example and respect As that without a Sword without debate Without a noyse or feeling in effect Thou wilt dispose change forme accommodate Thy kingdome people rule and all effect Without the least convulsion of the State That this great passage and mutation will Not seeme a change but onely of our ill 30 We shall continue one and be the same In Law in Iustice Magistrate and forme Thou wilt not touch the fundamentall frame Of this Estate thy Ancestors did forme But with a reuerence of their glorious fame Seeke onely the corruptions to reforme Knowing that course is best to be obseru'de Whereby a State hath longest beene preseru'd 31 A King of England now most graciously Remits the iniuries that haue beene done T'a King of Scots and makes his clemencie To checke them more than his correction Th'annoynted blood that staind most shamefully This ill seduced state he lookes thereon With th' eye of griefe not wrath t' auenge the same Since th' Authors are extinct that caus'd that shame 32 Thus mightie riuers quietly do glide And doe not by their rage their powers professe But by their mightie workings when in pride Smal Torrents roare more lowde and worke much lesse Peace Greatnesse best becomes calme power doth guide With a farre more imperious statelinesse Then all the force of violence can doe And easier gaines those ends she tends vnto 33 Then England thou hast reason thus to cheare Reason to ioy and triumph in this wise When thou shalt gaine so much and haue no feare To loose aught else but thy deformities When thus thou shalt haue health and be set cleare From all thy great infectious maladies By such a hand that best knowes how to cure And where most lie those griefes thou dost indure 34 When thou shalt see there is another grace Then to be rich another dignitie Then money other meanes for place Then gold wealth shall not now make honestie When thou shalt see the estimation base Of that which most aflicts our misery Without the which else couldst thou neuer see Our wayes laide right not men themselues to bee 35 By which improouement we shall gaine much more Then by Peru or all discoueries For this way to imbase is to instore The treasure of the land and make it rise This is the onely key t'unlocke the dore To let out plentie that it may suffice For more then all this I le for more increase Of Subiects then by thee there can increase 36 This shal make roome and place inough for all Which other wise would not suffice a few And by proportion Geometricall Shall so dispose to all what shal be due As that without corruption wrangling brawle Intrusion wresting and by meanes vndue Desert shall haue her charge and but one charge As hauing but one body to discharge 37 Whereby the all-incheering Maiestie Shall come to shine at full in all her parts And spread her beames of comfort equally As being all alike to like desarts For thus to checke imbase and vilifie Th' esteeme of wealth will fashion so our harts To worthy ends as that we shall by much More labor to be Good then to be Rich. 38 This will make peace with Law restore the Barre T' her ancient silence where Contention now Makes so confus'd a noyse this will debarre The fostring of debate and ouerthrow That ougly monster that fowle rauener Extortion which so hideously did grow By making prey vpon our misery And wasting it againe as wickedly 39 The strange examples of impou'rishments Of sacriledge exactions and of waste Shall not be made nor held as presidents For times to come but end with th'ages past Whenas the State
cunning this Which so imbroyles the state of truth with brawles And wrappes it vp in strange confusednesse As if it liu'd immur'd within the walls Of hideous termes fram'd out of barbarousnesse And forraine Customes the memorials Of our subiection and could neuer be Deliu'red but by wrangling subtiltie Whereas it dwells free in the open plaine Vncurious Gentile easie of accesse Certaine vnto it selfe of equall vaine One face one colour one assurednesse It 's Falshood that is intricate and vaine And needes these laborinths of subtilnesse For where the cunningst cou'rings most appeare It argues still that all is not sincere Which thy cleere ey'd experience well discries Great Keeper of the state of Equitie Refuge of mercie vpon whom relies The succour of oppressed miserie Altar of safegarde whereto affliction flies From th'eger pursuite of seueritie Hauen of Peace that labourst to withdraw Iustice from out the tempests of the Law And set her in a calme and euen way Plaine and directly leading to redresse Barring these counter-courses of delay These wasting dilatorie processes Ranging into their right and proper ray Errors demurs essoines and trauerses The heads of Hydra springing out of death That giues this Monster malice still new breath That what was made for the vtilitie And good of man might not be turn'd t' his hurt To make him worser by his remedie And cast him downe with what should him support Nor that the State of Law might loose thereby The due respect and reu'rence of her porte And seeme a trap to catch our ignorance And to intangle our intemperance Since her interpretations and our deedes Vnto a like infinitie arise As be'ng a Science that by nature breeds Contention strife and ambiguities For altercation controuersie feeds And in her agitation multiplies The field of Cauell lying all like wide Yealds like aduantage vnto eyther side Which made the graue Castillian King deuise A prohibition that no Aduocate Should be conuaid to th' Indian Colonies Lest their new setting shaken with debate Might take but slenderroote and so not rise To any perfect growth of firme estate For hauing not this skill how to contend Th'vnnourisht strife would quickely make an end So likewise did th'Hungarian when he saw These great Italian Bartolists who were Call'd in of purpose to explane the Law T' imbroyle it more and make it much lesse cleere Caus'd them from out his Kingdome to withdraw With this infestious skill someother-where Whose learning rather let men farther out And opened wider passages of doubt Seeing euen Iniustice may be regulare And no proportion can there be betwixt Our actions which in endlesse motion are And th'Ordinances which are alwayes fixt Tenne thousand Lawes more cannot reach so farre But Malice goes beyond or liues immixt So close with goodnesse as it euer will Corrupt disguise or counterfeite it still And therefore did those glorious Monarchs who Deuide with God the Stile of Maiestie For being good and had a care to do The world right and succour honestie Ordaine this sanctuarie wherevnto Th' opprest might flie this seate of Equitie Whereon thy vertues sit with faire renowne The greatest grace and glory of the Gowne Which Equitie being the soule of Law The life of Iustice and the Spirite of right Dwell's not in written Lines or liues in awe Of Bookes deafe powres that haue nor eares nor sight But out of well-weigh'd circumstance doth draw The essence of a iudgement requisite And is that Lesbian square that building fit Plies to the worke not forc'th the worke to it Maintaining still an equall paralell Iust with th' occasions of humanitie Making her iudgements euer liable To the respect of peace and amitie When surly Law sterne and vnaffable Cares onely but it selfe to satisfie And often innocencie skarse defends As that which on no circumstance depends But Equitie that beares an euen raine Vpon the present courses holds in awe By giuing hand alittle and doth gaine By a gentle relaxation of the Law And yet inviolable doth maintaine The end whereto all constitutions draw Which is the well-fare of societie Consisting of an vpright pollicie Which first being by Necessitie compos'd Is by Necessitie maintain'd in best estate Where whenas Iustice shal be ill dispos'd It sickens the whole body of the State For if there be a passage once disclos'd That Wrong may enter at the selfe-same gate Which serues for Right cladde in a coate of Law What violent distempers may it draw And therefore dost thou stand to keepe the way And stoppe the course that malice seekes to runne And by thy prouident Iniunctions stay This neuer ending Altercation Sending contention home to th' end men may There make their peace whereas their strife begun And free these pestred streets they vainely weare Whom both the State and theirs do need elsewhere Lest th'humor which doth thus predominate Conuert vnto it selfe all that it takes And that the law grow larger then debate And come t' exceede th' affaires it vndertakes As if the onely Science of the State That tooke vp all our wits for gaine it makes Not for the good that thereby may be wrought Which is not good if it be dearely bought What shall we thinke when as ill causes shall Inrich men more and shall be more desir'd Then good as farre more beneficiall Who then defends the good who will be hir'd To intertaine a right whose gaine is small Vnlesse the Aduocate that hath conspir'd To pleade a wrong be likewise made to runne His Clients chaunce and with him be vndunne So did the wisest nations euer striue To binde the hands of Iustice vp so hard That lest she falling to prooue Lucratiue Might basely reach them out to take reward Ordaining her prouisions fit to liue Out of the publike as a publike Guard That all preserues and all doth entertaine Whose end is onely glory and not gaine That eu'n the Scepter which might all command Seeing her s' vnpartiall equall regulare Was pleas'd to put it selfe into her hand Whereby they both grew more admired farre And this is that great blessing of this land That both the Prince and people vse one Barre The Prince whose cause as not to be withstood Is neuer badde but where himselfe is good This is that Ballance which committed is To thy most euen and religious hand Great Minister of Iustice who by this Shalt haue thy name still gratious in this land This is that seale of pow're which doth impresse Thy Acts of right which shall for euer stand This is that traine of State that pompously Attends vpon thy reu'rent dignitie All glory else besides ends with our breath And mens respects scarse brings vs to our graue But this of doing good must out-liue Death Aud haue a right out of the right it gaue Though th' act but few th' example profiteth Thousands that shall thereby a blessing haue The worlds respect growes not but on desarts Powre may haue knees but Iustice hath
our harts TO THE LORD HENRY HOWARD ONE OF HIS MAIESTIES PRIVIE COVNCEL PRaise if it be not choice and laide aright Can yeeld no lustre where it is bestowde Nor any way can grace the giuers Arte Tho'it be a pleasing colour to delight For that no ground whereon it can be shew'd Will beare it well but Vertue and Desart And though I might commend your learning wit And happy vttrance and commend them right As that which decks you much and giues you grace Yet your cleere iudgement best deserueth it Which in your course hath caried you vpright And made you to discerne the truest face And best complexion of the things that breed The reputation and the loue of men And held you in the tract of honestie Which euer in the end we see succeed Though oft it may haue interrupted bin Both by the times and mens iniquitie For sure those actions which do fairely runne In the right line of Honor still are those That get most cleane and safest to their end And passe the best without confusion Either in those that act or else dispose Hauing the scope made cleere whereto they tend When this by-path of cunning doth s'imbroile And intricate the passage of affaires As that they seldome fairely can get out But cost with lesse successe more care and toile Whilst doubt and the distrusted cause impaires Their courage who would else appeare more stout For though some hearts are builded so that they Haue diuers dores whereby they may let out Their wills abroad without disturbancie Int'any course and into eu'ry way Of humour that affection turnes about Yet haue the best but one t' haue passage by And that so surely warded with the Guarde Of Conscience and respect as nothing must Haue course that way but with the certaine passe Of a perswasiue right which be'ng compard With their conceipt must thereto answere iust And so with due examination passe Which kind of men rais'd of a better frame Are meere religious constant and vpright And bring the ablest hands for any ' effect And best beare vp the reputation fame And good opinion that the Action 's right When th'vndertakers are without suspect But when the bodie of an enterprise Shall goe one way the face another way As if it did but mocke a weaker trust The motion being monstrous cannot rise To any good but falls downe to bewray That all pretences serue for things vniust Especially where th' action will allow Apparancie or that it hath a course Concentrike with the Vniuersall frame Of men combind whom it concerneth how These motions turne and intertaine their force Hauing their being resting on the same And be it that the vulgare are but grosse Yet are they capable of truth and see And sometimes gesse the right and doe conceiue The Nature of that text that needes a glosse And wholy neuer can deluded be All may a few few cannot all deceiue And these strange disproportions in the traine And course of things do euermore proceede From th'ill-set disposition of their minds Who in their actions cannot but retaine Th'incumbred formes which do within them breede And which they cannot shew but in their kindes Whereas the wayes and councells of the Light So sort with valour and with manlinesse As that they carry things assuredly Vndazeling of their owne or others sight There be'ng a blessing that doth giue successe To worthinesse and vnto constancie And though sometimes th' euent may fall amisse Yet shall it still haue honour for th' attempt When Craft begins with feare and endes with shame And in the whole designe perplexed is Vertue though luckelesse yet shal skape contempt And though it hath not hap it shall haue fame TO THE LADY MARGARET COVNTESSE OF CVMBERLAND HE that of such a height hath built his minde And rear'd the dwelling of his thoughts so strong As neither Feare nor Hope can shake the frame Of his resolued powres nor al the winde Of Vanitie or Malice pierce to wrong His setled peace or to disturbe the same What a faire seate hath he from whence hee may The boundlesse wastes and weilds of man suruay And with how free an eye doth he looke downe Vpon these lower Regions of turmoyle Where all these stormes of passions mainely beate On flesh and blood where honor power renowne Are onely gay afflictions golden toyle Where Greatnesse stands vpon as feeble feete As Frailtie doth and only great doth seeme To little mindes who do it so esteeme He lookes vpon the mightiest Monarchs warres But onely as on stately robberies Where euermore the fortune that preuailes Must be the right the ill-succeeding marres The fairest and the best-fac't enterprize Great Pyrat Pompey lesser Pyrates quailes Iustice he sees as if seduced still Conspires with powre whose cause must not be ill He sees the face of Right t' appeare as manyfold As are the passions of vncertaine man Who puts it in all coulours all attires To serue his ends and make his courses hold He sees that let Deceit worke what it can Plot and contriue base wayes to high desires That the all-guiding Prouidence doth yet All disappoint and mockes this smoake of wit Nor is he moou'd with all the thunder crackes Of Tyrants threats or with the surly brow Of power that prowdly sits on others crimes Chardg'd with more crying sinnes then those he checks The stormes of sad confusion that may grow Vp in the present for the cumming times Appall not him that hath no side at all But of himselfe and knowes the worst can fall Although his hart so neere allied to earth Cannot but pittie the perplexed State Of troublous and distrest mortalitie That thus make way vnto the ougly birth Of their owne sorrowes and doe still beget Affliction vpon imbecilitie Yet seeing thus the course of things must run He lookes thereon not strange but as foredun And whilst distraught Ambition compasses And is incompast whil'st as craft deceiues And is deceiu'd whil'st man doth ransack man And builds on bloud and rises by distresse And th' inheritance of desolation leaues To great expecting hopes he lookes thereon As from the shore of peace with vnwet eye And beares no venture in impietie Thus Madame fares the man that hath prepar'd A rest for his desires and sees all things Beneath him aud hath learn't this booke of man Full of the notes of frailtie and compar'd The best of glory with her sufferings By whom I see you labour all you can To plant your heart and set your thought as neere His glorious mansion as your powres can beare Which Madame are so soundly fashioned By that cleere iudgement that hath caried you Beyond the feeble limits of your kinde As they can stand against the strongest head Passion can make invr'd to any hew The world can cast that cannot cast that minde Out of her forme of goodnesse that doth see Both what the best and worst of earth can bee Which makes that whatsoeuer here befalles You in the