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A10262
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Hadassa: or The history of Queene Ester with meditations thereupon, diuine and morall. By Fra. Quarles.
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Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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1621
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STC 20546; ESTC S115479
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among whom Ester the Orphane of a Iew is chosen married and Crowned Queene Mordecai Queene Esters Vnkle discouers a treason which was entred into the Records Haman the son of Amedatha is promoted into the Kings fauour the King commands his Subiects to bow to him which Mordecai alone refused to doe whereupon Haman is full of wrath and directed by a lot begs of the King to destroy all the Iewes in his Prouinces vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth which the King granting Haman sends Letters in the Kings name to make the Massacre vpon that day The Queene vnderstanding the plot ventures in to the King vncalled The King demanding the cause of her comming she inuites him and Haman to a feast They come the King is pleased to demand her further suit whereupon she inuites them both to a second Feast In the meane while Haman aduised by his wife builds vp a Gallowes for Mordecai intending at the Banquet to beg his life That night the King indisposed to sleepe reades the Chronicles where hee findes that Mordecai discouered a Treason which seruice the King intending to reward askes Haman who then came to beg Mordecai's life what Worship best befits him that the King meanes to honour Haman supposing himselfe the man spake largely whereupon the King commands him to doe that very honour to Mordecai So Haman goes home discomforted and is straight sent for to attend the King to the Queenes Feast where in his presence the King vrges the Queene to mooue her suit whereupon shee humbly begs hers and her peoples life which Haman sought to betray wherat the King is inraged cōmands Haman to be hanged on the Gallowes which he built for Mordecai and giues his Estate to the Queene and his Honour to Mordecai The Queene earnestly requests the King that he would reuerse the letters which Haman had deuised for the Iewes destruction the King referres it to the Queene and Mordecai who sent Letters in the Kings name that the Iewes should defend themselues on the day that Haman had appoynted for their slaughter vpon which day the Iewes slay in Susa fiue hundred men and the ten sonnes of Haman and in the other Prouinces 70000. Whereupon the Queene desires the King that the next day the Iewes might likewise defend themselues from their enemies and that the dead sons of Haman may be hanged vp all which the King grants so as the Iewes slew the next day in Susa 300. men and Hamans ten sons were hanged vp whereupon the Feasts of Purim are instituted and in the Kings name confirmed for euer Partly to blow the coles of old affection Which now are dying through a forc'd subiection Partly to make his Princely might appeare To make them feare for loue or loue for feare He made a Feast He made a Royall Feast Fit for himselfe had he himselfe bin Ghest To which he calls the Princes of his Land Who paying tribute by his power stand To which he calls his seruants of Estate His Captaines and his Rulers of the State That he may shew the glory of his store The like vnseene by any Prince before That he may boast his Kingdomes beauty forth His seruant Princes and their Princely worth That he may shew the Type of Sou'raignty Fulfil'd in th' honour of his Maiesty He made a Feast whose time did full extend One hundred fourescore dayes before an end And when this royall-tedious Feast was ended For good more common 't is 't is more commended For meaner sort he made a second Feast His Ghests were from the greatest to the least In Susa's place Seuen dayes they did resort To Feast i' th Palace Garden of the Court Where in the midst the house of Bacchus stands To entertaine when Bounty claps her hands The Tap'stry hangings were of diuers hiew Pure White and youthfull Greene and ioyfull Blue The maine supporting Pillers of the Place Were perfect Marble of the purest race The Beds were rich right Princely to behold Of beaten Siluer and of burnish't Gold The Pauement was discolour'd Porphyry And during Marble colour'd diuersly In lauish Cups of oft-refined gold Came wine vnwisht drinke what the people would The Golden vessels did in number passe Great choyce of Cups great choyce of Wine there was And since Abuse attends vpon Excesse Leading sweet Mirth to lothsome Drunkennesse A temp'rate Law was made that no man might Inforce an vndisposed Appetite So that a sober mind may vse his pleasure And measure drinking though not drinke by measure Meditatio prima NO man is borne vnto himselfe alone Who liues vnto himselfe he liues to none The World 's a body each man a member is To adde some measure to the publike blisse Where much is giuen there much shal be requir'd Where little lesse for Riches are but hyr'd Wisdome is sold for sweat Pleasures for paine Who liues vnto himselfe he liues in vaine To be a Monarch is a glorious thing Who liues not full of Care he liues no King The boundlesse tryumph of a King is such To sweeten Care because his Care is much The Sun whose radient beames reflect so bright Comforts and warmes as well as it giues light By whose example Phoebe though more dim Does counterfeit his beams and shines from him So mighty Kings are not ordain'd alone To pearch in glory on the princely Throne But to direct in Peace command in Warre Those Subiects for whose sakes they onely are So loyall Subiects must adapt them to Such vertuous actions as their Princes doe So shall his people euen as well as He Princes though in a lesser volume be ¶ When as I fixe my sharpe-contracted eye Vpon Assuerus Feast me thinkes I spye The Temple daunce in my attentiue eare Rauisht with th'Heauenly musike that I heare I well conceiue this sence-bereauing song Like dainty warbling of an Angels tong Vashti shall fall and Ester rise Sion shall thriue when Haman dyes Blest are the meetings and the Banquets blest Where Angels caroll musike to the Feast ¶ How doe our wretched times degenerate From former Ages How intemperate Hath lauish custome made our bed-rid Age Acting obsceane Sceanes on her drunken Stage Our times are guided by a lewder lot As if that world another world begot Their friendly Feasts were fill'd with sweet sobriety Ours with obsceane delights and foule ebriety Theirs the vnualued prize of Loue intended Ours seeke the cause whereby our Loue is ended How in so blind an age could those men see And in a seeing Age how blinde are wee ¶ Let poore men then diuide their wants to me If not to them my wealth diuided be THE ARGVMENT The King sends for the Queene the Queene Denies to come His hasty spleene Inflames vnto the Persian Lawes He leaues the censure of his cause Sect. 2. TO adde more honour to this Royall Feast That Glory may with Glory be increast Vashti the Queene the fairest Queen on earth