MICROCOSMOS THE DISCOVERY OF THE LITTLE World with the government thereof Manilius An mirum est habitare Deum sub pectore nostro Exemplumque Dei quisque est sub imagine paruâ By IOHN DAVIES At Oxford Printed by Ioseph Barnes and are to bee solde in Fleetestreete at the signe of the Turkes head by Iohn Barnes 1603. TO MY MOST DEERE AND dread Soveraigne IAMES by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland be all heavenly and earthly happinesse THoughts fight no more but now with Wits accord Yeeld al obedience to Arts rightest rule Then like a constant treble-twisted cord Binde vp the sweet'st affections of my Soule And in a Poesy giue them to O no They are too base for such high Excellence Yet prostrate giue them to him and say so So I may shunne dislike you insolence Great ó too narrow is this name for thee King yet too straite a stile for thy great worth And Monarch this with it doth best agree Deigne to accept a Base base Wit brought forth And base it is great Highnesse in each line Because indeede it is too rightly mine His Maiesties lesse then least and most vnworthy Subiect IOHN DAVIES To the sacred Queene of Englands most excellent Maiestie IF those VVombs blessed be from whom proceedes A world of blessings to the VVorld accurst Or if that gracious be that Graces breedes To make Men gracious being at the worst O then how blest and gracious is thy VVombe Deere Daughter Sister VVife vnto a King Wherein Heaven wrought as in a sacred roome Strong Props of peace which blest Time forth did bring Vnto a Mother-maide we all are bound For bringing forth our Soules preservatiue Who for the same is Queene in Heaven Crownd And sith thou bring'st our Corpes conservatiue We must crown thee in Earth or els we should Doe otherwise then Saints Angels would Your Highnesse most humbly devoted Vassall IOHN DAVIES The vvhole I le of greate Brittaine vvas of yore divided into 13. Kingdoms as by Monuments of antiquity and Historie the vvitnesses of time appeareth viz. England into 8. namelie Kent South-Saxons East-Saxons VVest-Saxons Bernnicia aliàs Northumberland Deira or Southumberland Est-Angles Mercia Scotland into 2. viz. Scottes Picts The Scottes on the VVestside the Picts on the East called Pictlād as the other Scotland VVales into 3. viz. North-wales Southwales and powys-Povvys-land Vppon vvhich Plaine-songe thus I descant AN Articke I le there is most famous found In the great Lavor of this lesser Round Which Neptunes hand as most esteemd infolds And in his vnsweet-sweating bozome holdes On whom at once Heavens providence begate Thirteene Kinges ' which did her participate Shee fedd them sweetlie made them fatte to grow For from her Brest did Milke and Hony flow Who being pampred so ambitious made Gainst Nature gan each other to invade Shee greatly griv'd they quited so her loue And ay to make them one shee oft did proue But froward at the least they would be Twoo So lived long in strife with much adoo Yet like a tender Mother vext to see That hir deere children could no better gree Shee laboured night and day with Tyme to doe That which shee tride but could not bring them to Who both togither ioyn'd did them attone So Tyme and shee at last haue made them One. Then if in One Thirteene vnited be How great how glorious and how good is hee IOHN DAVIES AENIGMA A Treble paire doth our late wracke repaire And sextiplies our mirth for one mishappe These six as hopes to keepe vs from dispaire When clappes wee feard were sent vs at a clappe That we might clapp our hands in his high praise That made vs by our Heads losse much more faire And vs beheaded so our Head to raise One headlesse made all looke as blacke as Hel◠All headlesse makes the Head and all looke well SPHINX IF this a Riddle be then so be it Yet Truth approues what therein hid doth lie And Truth 's most louelie in the Eye of VVit When she is rob'd with richest misterie In few by losse we haue gott benefitt That 's six for one by lawfull vserie Then if we gaine by losse our losse is gaine So saith France Flāders Scotland Irelād Spaine To the iudicious Reader THou seest this great VVorld Reader perchāce Thine Eie is cloid with often seeing it Then see the Lesse with noe lesse circumstance Aud with VVittes Eie that Monarchy of VVitte The Heav'ns and Earth do make the greater VVorld And Soule and Bodie make the Lesse we prove The Heav'ns doe moue the Earth they are whirld By Him that makes the Soule the Body moue Who conquers it at least are Monarchs great Greater then those that conquered the greater For from their goodnesse Men their greatnes gette And they are best that doe subdue the better The great VVorld's good but better is the least Then view it to subdue it thou wert best IOHN DAVIS A Request to the Cittie of Hereford Deere Mother in whose Wombe my vitall flame Was kindled first by the Almighties breath Lend me thy name to adde vnto my name That one with other may keepe both from death Vnto thy conscience I poore I appeale Whether or no I haue deserved it My conscience telles me I haue sought thy weale With al my skill my will my woorth my witte Iudge God iudge good men iudge my truth herein Impartiall Iudges you shall iudge for me If so my soule is sear'd or I haue bin Deere Mother what I now would seeme to thee And doe confesse though vnkinde Parents proue Yet are their children bound to seeke their loue Iohn Davies of Hereford In Microcosmon IOH. DAVIS II Herefordiensis EN tibi Pythagorae sacram diamque 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Almae Naturae scatebram fontemque perennem Cuius quis pandet mysteria quisve profundos Audebit timidogressu tentare recessus Audet Davisius nec magnis excidit ausis Non is Daedaleâ per coelum remigat alâ Nec Phaetontaeo raptatus in aethera curru Stellarum inspector stupet aut Iovis atria lustrat In se conversus Divinae particulam aurae Non lippo aut lusco solers rimatur ocello Hunc lege quisquis aves Animani tam nobile germen Noscere decerptum delibatumque supremi Quod de mente Dei quisque hoc in corpore gestat Non te AEgyptiacus teneat tardetve character Nulla Syracusij Senis arte inventa morentur Suspensus coeli fornix vitreus orbis AEdibus in proprijs quae recta aut prava gerantur Inspicias haustamque polo vigil excute mentem Coelitùs emissum descendit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 IO. SANFORDVS Charissimo Iohanni Davisio Salutem OXoniae vates cum sis Herefordia quare Davisi in titulo pristina scripta tuo Crede mihi doctam non vrbem tale pigebit Ingenium in numero nomen habere
Richard Monster not a Man Vpon the Royal Throne that reeling stood Now Rule doth end when he to rule began VVho being perfect ill destroi'd the Good And like an Horseleech liv'd by sucking blood Now as desire of Rule more bloody was In Yorke then Lancaster so did the flud Of Divine Vengeance more in Yorke surpasse For to maine Seas of blood Blood-Brookes repasseâ— Bloud-sucking Richard swolâ—e with sucking Bloud When Horsleech-like he had his bloody pray Away fals hee in bloud bemir'd with Mud Making his Nephewes vsher him the way For from his crowne the crowne was cut away Henrie the sevenths keene-edg'd victorious Sword Slipt twixt both Crownes vnto his Crownes decay And got the Crowne that was much more assur'd VVhich hee to his and his to theirs affoord God amongst Men no King but demi God Henrie the seventh the Scâ—pter takes in hand Who with it as with Moises powrefull Rod Turn'd streames of civill bloud that soakt this land To silver streames that ran on Golden sand He turned Swords to Mattockes Speares to Spades And bound vp all vnbound in peaces Band Who draâ—e the erst long idle to their Trades And chang'd iniurious Swords to Iustice-Blades No more Plantagenet but Thewdor now Sits in the Kingdomes late vnstable Seate Plow-men praise God and God doth speed the Plow For such a King that makes their Crops compleate And multiplies their heardes of sheepe and Neate Vpon Ambitions Necke hee sets his foote Keeping her vnder And amongst the VVheate He puls vp Darnell dulie by the roote And nought neglects that may his Kingdome boote This Salomon lookt into High and Low And knew all from the Cedar to the shrub He bare the sworde that gaue a bitter blow Aswell to Cedars as the lowest stub That in the course of Iustice prou'd a Rub VVisedome and Prowesse did exalt his Throne Iustice and Mercie propt it which did curb Those that would shake it so that he alone Did rule the Roast that all did liue vpon He vertuous King still fear'd the King of Kings With louing feare that made him Lion-bold He ordred things as pleas'd the Thing of Things Like David that of him his Crowne did hold That on his Throne his Ofspring doth vphold Laden with happinesse and blessed daies His Realme repleat with blessings manifold This prosp'rous Prince to his immortall praise Left Life Realme Children all at happy staies Then no lesse fear'd then famous Henry That had a sacred Caesar in his pay With some-what more then mortall Maiestie Sits on the Throne that hands divine did stay As Heire apparant and the state doth sway He weilds the sword with his victorious hands That the whole Continent doth sore affray Wherewith he makes to crouch the Neighbor lands Which in a manner lie at his commands Hee was as circumspect as provident And by his Fathers observation Did right well know what kinde of government Was fitt'st for this vnkinde revolting Nation Well knew hee how to part a Combination That stood not with the state or his availe And if he were severe for reformation T' was Emperik-like that knew what it did aile So kill the cause lest all the VVhole should faile His forâ—aine VVarres and famous Victories More glorious wereâ— then for our Contrie good For such VVars haue these inconveniences They make vs spend our Treasures with our bloud Where both are cast away in likelyhood When wars abroad drinke vp our wealth at home The fire must out when spent is all the wood And if nought from without come in the wombe The Body needes must die by Natures dombe The wealth hee prest from Monastries supprest VVith the Revennues which to them pertain'd The Crowne possest but hee it dispossest With open Hand which had they still remain'd T 'had bin aloft for lesse hath Crownes sustain'd Lone Reliefe Subsedie and such as these Might for the subiects ease haue bin refrain'd The crownes Revennues such might well release And haue maintain'd the state in warre and peace If these had still bin adiuncts of the crowne And all that hold them hold as of the same Our Kings might warre with Tenants of their owne Who would vnprest haue yet bin prest for shame To follow their Liege-land-lords by that name The Crowne then like a Condite neuer dry Stil might haue stream'd to th' owners endles fame Rivers of Riches vnto Low and hy That well deserv'd of King or Contery Those harts whose life their Liege should thus maintain No lesse then bodies to their souls are bound Should haue bin tied vnto their Soveraigne To goe with him at ev'ry needfull Sound And in their service bin most faithful found But that that shal be shal be That high hand That all disposeth thus did it confound For purposes which hardly can be scand But for the Crowne ill how ere for the Land Hee Caesar-like in 's fortunes confident Ere first he crost the Seas to warre with France The Marquesse of Exceter made Regent And Heire apparant but no ill by chance Ensu'd till he did him quite disadvance Hee had forgot the direfull Tragedie Of the sixth Henry and like heires apparance But more advis'd he held it policie To spare that heire till more necessitie When he had cleer'd the coast and clensd the waie Of all that lay in either to molest And having put the state in perfect staie He with his Fathers laid him downe to rest And left a Sonne in whom the Land was blest VVho being yong could not yet stirre the sterne But rul'd by those his sire esteemed best And while the vertuous King to rule did learne His Realme misrul'd in vp-rore did discerne Heere raign'd Ambition like Obedience clad There rul'd Sedition in Concordes coate And here and there Rebellion rag'd as mad And ev'ry where the Common-wealth did floate Like to an halfe-suncke tempest-beaten Boate Each for him selfe no one for King or Sate Vpon the VVedge of Gold the best did doate All stood as falling still in each estate Knights giving Earles Earles giving Dukes the Mate Many a Demas then forsooke poore Paule In Summe the Summe of all was out of square And yet strange Paradox at square was all None Compasse kept yet compassing they are And Circumvention held discretions care Thus whilst the Sov'raign's in minoritie Each would be sov'raigne that about him were The smal in grace strave for maiority And Youth with Age for Seniority Disorder thus dividing the whole State And subdividing those divisions The Lord of Love to show his vrged Hate Tooke the wrong'd Kinge from his Dominions And left the Land fir'd with seditions By Angells hands this Kinge Angelicall Aâ— one of high Iehovahs Minions Was borne from this Nation vnnaturall That vengeance on it so might freely fall No sooner had the Heavens seis'd his Soule But a left hand began to seize
rag'd being racked most And with their losse the King lost many frends VVhich were as Fortes to guard his Kingdoms coast But ill beginnings haue vnlucky ends And worse proceeding worse in fine offends In the last Richard may be liuely seene Ambition really annatomiz'd VVhich orelookes all and yet is overseene Advising all yet none more vnadvis'd Destroying all till shee be sacrifiz'd Shee Faith Sex Age Bloud State and Contery Divine and humane lawes immortaliz'd Respects not in respect of Empery All which appeer'd in this King copiouslie In his Successor Englands Salomon Are diverse things well worth the imitation In our states policie for he alone Bent all his powres to benefit this Nation He saw our forraine Conquests ill probation And that for Islanders it was vnmeete To spend their wealth for forraine domination Which was no sooner fixed but did fleete And did this state with ill Salutes regreete He thought it losse to purchase warre and hate Where loue and Traficke might be helde with gaine He well remembred how each Runnagate And wandring Nation here ran in amaine Making their profit of this Nations paine He saw the safetie and weale of this state Rested in wealth and peace and quiet raigne And not in forraine Conquests and debate VVhich haue as short as most vncertaine date Through Peace and perfect government this Land May in her rich Commodities abound Which may coÌ„firme the Neighbor-friendships band And intertrafficke with them tunne for pound So make the Landes adiacent to her bound Thus God is pleasd and King and Contrey eas'd The Tradsmen thriue that dearth wars coÌ„found The People are as with great profit pleas'd And none but those that liue by spoile displeas'd This prudent Prince perceav'd this Common-weale To be by Trafficke strong made in the backe So as an head that Members wants doth feele He leagu'd him where might be suppli'd their lacke Or be as walls to keepe the Realme from wrack He seeing that which he did often trie The Money-Sacke best kept the Land from sack Therefore the Angells which from him did fly Had but short wings and lighted but hard by Among the things which he did least regard His Belly and his Backe were more then least He fared wel when so his Commons far'd Although his commons were not of the best Yet fared like a Kinge without a feast He rather chose to haue Exchequers rich Then wealthy VVardropps yet would well be drest When it his Maiestie and State did touch Yet held save Common-wealth all wealth too much Where Kings be not in ceasselesse guard of Armes Like these of ours the State lying open so T' invasion and Rebellions soddaine harmes Let not the Kinge looke Friends should â—oile the Foe At their owne charge for feare of overthro And in tumultuous times to breake their backs Will make them from their Necks the yoke to thro And to be freed from such tormenting Racks Wil ruine all though them with al it wracks Such great improvidence and want of heede vnseasonable Taxing Tempting rather Hath made the Soveraigne with the Subiect bleede Witnesse the two last Richards among other That knew how greevous then it was to gather Store is no Sore they say except of Sores Yet t is sore store with hate to heape togither Hate havocks in each hole in al vprores As VVater havocks life through all the Pores This spectacle of Kingly providence Nere cloi'd the subiect with too great estate Nor would he of a Pesaunt make a Prince His best belov'd he held in sober state That he might liue with them without debate Of all the Kings that ere this Land possest For government discreete and temperate This King deseruedly is deemed best And to be imitated worthiest In his Triumphant most victorious Son Henry the last in name and first in fame Is to be seene great wisedome vsd to shun Crosse Accidents and courage in the same Yet some suppose that he incurred blame For be'ng too open-handed in expence And giftes excessiue but it is a shame For Kings not roially to recompence The rich desert of any Excellence Ingratitude in all 's most monsterous But most of all in roiall Maiestie Wherein it s more then most prodigious Munificence makes great Authoritie And standes with Greatnesse in great policie The force of Guifts doth offer violence Even to savage Inhumanity Forcing therefrom such loues obedience As singlie workes with double diligence His forraine Conquests much more famous were Then any way commodious to this state Yet â—hem his actiue sp'rite could not forbeare For Caesar-like he would predominate VVhere he had least iust coulor of estate In raising lowest shrubs to Cedars hie He from his sage Sire did degenerate Yet vertue though it nere so low doth lie Is vvorthy of high praise and dignitie In the last Edwards and Queene Maries raigne Is seene what to those states is incident VVhere subiects doe not feare their Soveraigne But striue to liue beside their Regiment Contemning so their too-weake government This made the Rebell rise in strength and pride From Sov'raignes weaknesse taking couragement T' assault their Gates led by a feeble Guide Shaking their Thrones a while from side to side In our Queenes no lesse long then peacefull reigne Blest as appeer'd by that blest Prince of Peace VVas seene much more then wisedome feminine If wee respest how soone shee made to cease The olde Religion for the oldes increase That suddaine change that did the soule acquite Of olde devotion which none will release Vpon the suddaine still to stand in might May make a Newter deeme sh'was in the right And now descend yee spirites Angelicall That chargde doe guard th' Anointed of your Lorde Crowne my Liege Lord with crowne imperiall And put into his hand the awfull Sword Of Iustice so the good shall bee assur'd And so may yee bee freed from your charge VVhereby the good are evermore secur'd For hee that office will for you discharge Sith Iustice goodmens surance doth inlarge Blesse him ô ever-blessed Vnion Making a no lesse blessed Trinitie Blesse him as thou hast never blessed one That ever did possesse this Monarchy Showre downe thy blessings on his family The blessings of the womb giue to his Queene And let them as the Sea-sand multiplie That froÌ„ their roiall loines may still be seene Heires as the starres of heau'n for store and sheene Thus haue I breath'd my Muse in Policie Or rather runne her out of breath therein That so shee may with more facility Runne ore the rest lesse difficult vvherein Shee hath much more then much delighted bin But Policie is but abus'd by me I doe but mangle her and make her sinne But were shee whollie seene as shee should be Sh'would seeme no daughter of Mortalitee REturne my Muse froÌ„ whence thou hast digrest To toile thy selfe in
â—o traÌ„sgres theÌ„ a They that favor sin are aâ— worthye of death as they that coÌ„mit the sin Rom 1.31 The way by precepts is obscure long but by exampleâ— shoâ—te plaine Senec. b Princes and Priests ought to be the Exchequers of Gods inestimable Graces c Good works ar much more perswasiue to good life theÌ„ good wordes d Good life is the effect and glory of the church militaÌ„t of the good Pastors thereof Blessed is the Prince Priest whose liues serue for vnwriâ—en law Mâ—s-goveâ—nment â—or the most parte iâ— cauâ—e of rebellion an aâ—gument of the goodnes of ours WilliaÌ„ Duke of Normandy Others harme teach vs to shuÌ„ what caused them Brittanâ— Saxon Dane It is a glorious matter to coÌ„quer but a much more glorious to vse the Conquest well The way to establish a state purchased with the sword A consequent of removing great ones in a newe-conquered kingdome 20 And odde descentes of Kings and Queens since the conquest As this of this Conqueror France Our glory shame Avaâ—ice and Pride the perverters of Peace It is meer madnes to trust the Crown in their handes that long to put it on their owne heads Rich 1. taken prisoner in Austria The sincerest minds may be teÌ„pted aboue their strength by the glitering glosse of a crown lying within reach The Pope interdicted the land By poison as some saie Edward 1. All kings that thought so thrivâ—d the better * WaÌ„ ScotlaÌ„d That which is gotâ—eÌ„ with the Sword must so bee mainetained which little instrument can remooue Obstacâ—es bee they never so gâ—eat or keep them downe that wold rise without permission To rule is as much as to amend that which is amisse or awry b A Prince once in obloquie doe hee wel or ill al is ill taken of his subiects Tacitus Hist. Simil. Claw-backs and Sinn-soothers d The more wealth the more woo if evil imployed Edward 3. The divine Vengeance sleepes not though it wincks Richard of Burdeux One evil corrupteth another and evill put to evill is cause of mutuall destructioÌ„ h God executes his owne iustice by the iniustïce of others i Present pleasures take away the thought of future paine Henry 4. k A Kinge should be able to councell as chiefe councellor and direct as chiefe Captaine Henry 5. l Vengeance attends the 3. and 4 generation of mercilesse maÌ„quellers Henry 6. Rich. Duke of York claimed the crowne in Parliament * No king iâ— but halfe onâ—â— The fruites springing froÌ„ the powâ—e of ParliameÌ„ts to make Kings in England * Germanicus because one or two in the Army had only a purpose to salute him by the name of Emperor was never wel brooked til by his own death he had paide the price of other meÌ„s rashnes Tac Hist. * No wisdome prevailes against Gods decree Edward 4. a The effects of civil warre for looke how much Peace is betâ—er then warr so mâ—ch is â—orraine invasion better then civill dissention b Civill warre tenâ—es to the preiudice of the yet vnborne c Kings houses yeeld many such Vermine d For a poore and hungry Army cannot observe military disciplin Casiodorus e Ambition vpon the least opportunitie setts vpoÌ„ what so ere hinders hir rising f More coÌ„mon weales are ruined for want of good obayers theÌ„ good commanders g Iealousy is glued to loue and to a Crowne h Birth Bequest Laws of God Nature Nations and ReasoÌ„ togeather with all kingly worthines makes good our now kings possession i Neerenesse of blood doth oft put hartes furthest a sunder in Kâ—ngdomes cases k The Lawe it selfe will rather admitt a mischiefe theÌ„ an inconvenience l He alwaies shal be suspected hated of the Prince in possession whoÌ„ men doe account worthy or like to be Prince in succession Tacitus Hist. The Valor fierce courage of the great Cousin displeaseth the iealous Soveraigne Tacit. m All crafty Achitophell-like councels are in showe pleasant in execution hard and in event deadly dangerous n A BaÌ„kerours peace is in civill discord his discord is in peace o Gods Iudgments are inscrutable but none vniust p Iustice equal in quality quantity for Henry 6. and his Sonne were murdered c. q Man ought not to vse maÌ„ prodigally Seneca Richard 3. r Vnder this King to do ill wasâ— not alwaies safeâ— alwaies vnsafe to doe well as Tacitus reports of Neros raigne Princes that tyrannously governe their people haue greater cause to feare good men then theÌ„ that bee evill They which coÌ„teÌ„n peace and covet honour doe lose both peace honor A good cause in publike war like the Cape Bone spei coÌ„ducts to the laÌ„d of triumph Hen. 7. A good prince makâ— war that hee may haue peace and endures labor in hope of rest Salust Eccles. 5 8â— * Where God is praised meÌ„s endevors are blessed * Two things doe establish the Throns of kings prudeÌ„ce pietie the one aâ—earing in their Actions the other in their manners 1. King 3.12 Homer faineth all the Gods to sleep except Iupiter implying ther by the care of a good King for his subiectâ— Princes ought to measure their Actions by the standerd of their Laws as this did Hen. 8. His sword was so successefull as made his neighbours glad of his friendship feareful of his indignation Mercie may haue her excesse in humaÌ„ things Clemency is most daungerous where wheÌ„ soft quiet dealing draweth on more evil then severityâ— * Forrain CoÌ„questes were costly in achiving costly in holding oft no lesse costly then dishonoâ—rable in forgoing * In liberal larges to his friends servants Our Kinges might haue had a double intrest in their subiectes The hearts of Kings are in his hands that disposeth all things to effect his inevitable decrees Beheaded him He knew it was not the speach of a wise man to say who woulde haue thought it Edw. 6. Simil. a For private good b Disorder mother of Confusion c Sedition the plague of perverâ—nesse d Fortune ofteÌ„ reserveth tâ— the hardest chanceâ— them whoÌ„ she advaÌ„ceth to the greatest dignity The fortunate cannot doe ill iâ— they would He is made wise too late that is made wisâ— by his owne hâ—rme and irrecovâ—rable lâ—sâ—e f Dâ—pâ—â—t from thâ—â—e enemies and bewâ—re of thy fâ—iendes Eccle. 6.13 g Frailty is ful of falshood h There is nothing more profitable to mortall men then distrust Euripides i They that stand with all worldes will stand with no world if the world stand not with theÌ„ Queen Mary k Love covers the multitude oâ— sins in our neighboure what should it doe theÌ„ in our Soveraignes that haue more meanes inducemeÌ„ts to sin theÌ„ private peâ—sons l Queene Elizabeth m All that vnderstand the worth of blessed Peace will say Amen to a praier for Peace God will rather heare the Orisons of theÌ„ that pray for Peace theÌ„ the TruÌ„pets that proclaime warres n So often wee play with Gods
their dores to dare VVhat may we doe when over vs doth raigne A kingly King and one Realme made of twaine If ever therefore twixt our Fathers were That now are rakt in dust cause to complaine Let it be rakt with them for wee are cleere From wronging each and each to other deere Both subiect to one Soveraigne then draw wee Togeather kindlie in subiections Yoke God and our King will ioy if wee agree But greive if we each other shal provoke And make vs feele their wrathes resistlesse stroke Then dwell in our harts for ioyes cordiall VVhich nothing but your sorowes can revoke Haue made them large ynough to hould you all And lend vs yours to doe the like withall Call for them when yee will they shal be yours Togither with the Tenaâ—nts harbred there But take our harts for now they are not oures But yours for ever let vs then ende ere Vs to you ever who are to vs deere My voice though base to highest Concord tends Then t is in tune I trust to ev'ry Eare If it be harsh my hart shall make amendes For it doth relish Loue which nere offends Then weigh our Prince our Peace with Vprightnesse And presse him to no more then that will way For if not too perverse we must confesse Our best requests sometimes may haue a nay For better ends which he may not bewray It is no ease for one two friends to please VVhen both perhapps doe but for one thing praie Then die ô die ere once him so displease As to vrge that that may his hart disease O that I had a Soule-enchanting Tongue That with an Eare-bewitching violence I might persuade to all that doth belong To perfect Loue and true obedience Sith our felicitie must flow from thence If so it be then nought the VVill can moue To loue if obiects of such excellence cannot allure the Mind and Will to loue As the felicitie which now we prove Our King comes not to our late barren Crowne Himselfe alone but brings a fruitfull Queene And Englands comfortes children of their owne By which the state ay stablisht may be seene Then blest are wee if ere wee blest haue beene O let vs then blesse him whose blessednesse Hath when our sinnes expected sorrowes keene Preserv'd vs both from warres and wretchednesse And let vs loue in Soule and singlenesse Giue vs your Daughters and take ours in marage That Blouds so mixte may make one flesh and bloud We will not yours then doe not ours disparage But ballance all by woorth and Liuely-hood By Vertue Beauty and what ere is good Each bend his wittes and all his industrie To make all one in body minde and mood Then God will blesse all bent to vnity And plunge vs all in all felicity If Concord makes of weake most mightie things And Discord of most mightie things most fraile If subiects peace and glorie be the Kings And their Disgrace and strife his disâ—vaile Then ô let my weake words strongly prevaile To strongest peace that makes weak'st weaknesse strong Then nought shall dare our daring peace t'assaile But we shall right th' oppressed Neighbours wronge And make them holde their owne as we doe longe As when a humane-flesh-fedd Caniball Hath singled out some weakling for a Pray And by the power of some Knight armed all Is sker'd at point to feede with skath away So from th' opprest we shall oppressors fray And be as Gods Liuetenants heere belo To see his highest iustice done each way That Heau'n by vs may make the Earth to kno We are Heau'n holpe to helpe all wronged so Whiles Myne and Thyne did disvnite our Crownes Two things for which the Sire and sonne will iarre There was some cause sometimes of secret frownes That ended too too oft with open warre But now both We and They vnited are And surely to sustaine that double Crowne Fiue Proppes we haue Ambition so to barre Made of each others substance so our owne Then what remaines but still to loue as One. The Lion to the Dragon 's reconcil'd That whilome did vpon each other feede Ierusalem hath David erst exild Free denized King proclaim'd with speede Whose Members dance for ioy of that iust deedâ— Hir King is now according to his Hart VVhich with saue goodnesse nothing is agreedâ— He is a King in all and in earth part By bloud without bloud Nature Minde and Arte. Fortune that crost the will and worke of Nature For many yeares hath now made her amends By making vs as we are one in nature And of vnfaithfull foes most faithfull friends That Hand on whose direction all depends Disposing Crownes and Kingdomes as it lists Hath made vs one I hope for endlesse endes Then curst be he that Heau'n herein resists And blest be him that it therein assists And though I be no Seer yet let mee Out of my darke foresight in things future Speake like a Seer that can snch things see That may be seene without the seeing pow'r And their like seene of blind men ev'ry howr If sinne crosse not the course of Heau'n herein Our Land that flowes with Hony Milke and Floure Shall be an Earthlie Paradice wherein Plentie and Peace shall woo from and to sinne But Plenty like an Eaue-enticing Snake Shall tempt vs with the Eye-delighting frute Of all voluptuousnes which if wee take There is a powr that can our fortunes sute VVith Adams when hee Eadâ—â— was cast out And with stil-sweating sorrow-furrowed Browes To liue or begge or starve if we be mute For nought hath roote so fast or gaily growes But Heaâ—â—nâ— least puffe extirpes and overthrowes O t is perfection next to that of Gods When Men are compast with all sensuall sweetes Then then to make the Will to know the odds Betwixt that sweete that lasts and this that fleetes And so restraine harts ioy when pleasure greetes An abiect Slaue will glutt his greedie Maw VVith what so ere his Sense with sweete regreetes If he can snatch it but great Myndes withdraw Their Wills from such base blisse by Glories law A Beare will breake her Belly if shee may So hoony be the meane to doe the deede And so will Men-beares doe as well as thay If they catch hoonied sweetes themselues to feede VVho make it their Minds laboure onely meede Basse humane Beasts how senselesse is your â—ense That will gainst sense and Reason so exceede Base is your minde worse your intelligence Odious to God and vnto Men offence If Landes are saide to flourish and reioyce Vnder new Kinges though oft worse then the old How may this Land as if shee had made choise Of hir Liege Lord that now the same doth hold For vertue onely ioy him to infold If Soules extreame ioy makes the Body dance VVittnesse sweete Psalmist then deere Liege behold Thy subiects iesture at thine enterance And be assur'd they besse this blessed chance And see how Vertue pulls to and putts
fro Like to the Load-stone whose North-point attracts And South-point putts off what the North pulls to So thou North-point by right and vertuous Acts Dost draw our Crowne and vs to thee contracts And those South from thee that in show might draw By Vertue mou'd as loathing bloudie facts Put off the Crowne before their head it saw To thee whose vertue breedes their loue and awe See see how Mother Natures totall Body Doth as inspired with a second Soule Exult to see thee weare the Crowne vnbloudy See how the Orbes of Heav'n doe slowly roule To slacke Times course which they for thee controule The hoast of starres with Sol their soveraigne Fight all aspects malitious to ore-rule The Elements renew their force againe To blesse with plentie thy thrice-blessed raigne Our Fields are clad in three-pil'd Greene in Graine Three pil'd for thicknesse that none sees the Ground In Graine which no Land can for goodnesse staine Like ioyfull Sommer Queenes they thus are gound To see their Kiâ—g by whom they flourish cround VVho will for thee such larges throw about VVith open hand that Beggars shall abound VVith fill of Bread yea all the land throughout Shall glut her Children with Milke Flowre and Frute Behold our Heards crowning our gorgeous Downes VVith Diadems of rich and rarest Wooll See how the virgin Lambes in milke-white Gownes Doe skip for ioy whereof their harts are full No Beast nay not the Asse though nere so dull But in his voice though vnarticulate Salutes these times and vp their spirites pull So Airie and Watrie Flockes congratulate Thy fortune blest to staie this sincking state No Beast is backward in this common ioy But the slowe Oxe and hee with open Throte Complaines for that Men will him now imploy More then before yet tunes a doubtfull Note That none may him directly grieved note For he though nere so blunt of wit and sprite Cannot but know except hee can but dote That his whole Tribe might haue beene bucherd quight To feede huge Hosts if thou hadst not thy right Our Houndes and Haukes with Spaniels them among Togither drue their Heads so to decree VVith Triumph such as to them doth belong How th' one should runne and crie the other flea To sport their King for their Sportes libertee They fear'd their game had beene expired quight And that their owne decay they soone should see For no flesh comes amisse t' a hungry wight That hunts for Flesh for neede not for delight The Rivers dallying with their beautious Banckes VVith voice of comfort whisper in their Eares That Swans shall decke them now not Soldiers Rancksâ— Swans whose sweete Songs shall banish cares and feares And both ioy-drown'd do interchange sweete Teares Each silver Prill gliding on golden Sand Transmuted so by these new golden yeares Oreflowne with ioy doth laugh vpon the Land VVhich as with blisse entraunct amaz'd doth stand The senslesse Trees with sense of ioy past Ioy Send through their Buff-skyn Barks their iuyce in Teares VVhich ere they fall blithe Nature doth imploy In Buds and Blossoms so that each appeares Smiling on all and Roabes of Triumph weares So all doe weepe and laugh and laughing weepe That earth the Iade of Elementals beares And as an holy-day this yeare doth keepe Drownd in a Sea of hoonied pleasures deepe The Seasons of the yeare in councell sate VVhich of the fow'r thee first should entertaine VVho all decreed the Spring as chiefe in state Should welcome in thy comming hereto raigne And decke our Triumphes for our Soveraigne Among the Monthes March was thereto assign'd Yet hee refus'd till hee his puffes restrain'd And having spent his spight to wit his winde Iâ— fine he welcomes thee in mildest kinde The Day and Night straue then for greatest might VVhen thou should'st come this Islâ— of Isles to sway So greed there should bee as much Day as Night The Day to triumph in the Night to play VVith Heav'nly Visions which sweete sleepes bewray Neptune now hugs his Darlinge in his Armes This Queene of Isles lest that his Tridents sway Should bee made subiect to her Sceptred Armes So flatâ—'ring seekes to shunne his feared harmes Her Eies witnesse mine Eies lights of the Land Oxford and Cambridge distill'd ioyfull Teares VVith cries among for loe the Doctors stand Prest with the Presse filling the Worlds wide Eares VVith showts of ioy that fainted late with feares Vp go their Caps so Gravity for ioy Doth light become and Age like Youth appeares VVhich doubled mirth to see Eld play the Boy And with Cap tost till lost to sport and toy Looke in the studies of the younge and old Their wonted studies wee shall changed see For now the Muse their heades deere harts doth hold The while their hands are making lines agree To meate their ioy that cannot measur'd be Happy is he that can light on one line That may expresse and kisse it for a fee The thousandth part of what his hart doth line Namely that ioy that no name can define Some bend their browes and wroth with their conceite Doe scratch their Cogitations hardest Hold For having no Worths in their rude Receipt VVorth the bestowing though the worst be gold WVhich is but Drosse compar'd with what they would Some other write and blot and blotting write So thoughts in Blots infolded thoughts vnfold Bewraying so the Worlds of their delight Is more then Worlds of thoughts can well reciteâ— And hee that best dischargeth his Soules charge Doth it displeasingly with much a doe As when rare Preachers whith a blessing large Discharge their hearers thronging out they goe That at the Gate they sticke and stumble too VVhen some by maine force from their fellowes breake So thoughts in them so one another woo To be out first and so the same doe seeke That in the Portall of the minde they steeke And those that breake out come but stumbling ouâ— Nay cannot stand without some others stay So one each other stay in stumbling doubt And yet no one can well his doubts bewray For doubt he doth say what his friend can say He doubts his Lines may be for Loue or hate Led to his Liege that can all faults display Hee doubts their worth and carefull doubts their fatâ— So Doubts distresse his thoughts oppresse his Patâ— Learning and Vertue that did hang the Head As if they had receau'd their doome of death or had bin in a Dreame or rather dead VVith their kind Nurse deere Queene Elizabeth Who did theÌ„ with hir Crowne to thee bequeath Lo on the sodaine how they looke aloft Being reviv'd at point to render breath And with the Muses treade the Measures oft Meating their ioy with feete high-falling soft The Braine bredd Godesses poore forlorne Crue That still she feeds which some â— cal broken Braines Some Poets and some fellowes fangled new Some Rimers base that all the VVorld disdaines And other some MeÌ„s plagues but they are swaines These
being wellâ—neere out of hart before Each to his fellow ioy vnfained faines Because they likely were to Bee no more For being but poore Soules the VVorlds Ey-sore But when they heard with cheerefull Trumpetts clange Thy peacefull name proclaim'd as Englands king They skipt daunc't and Heav'nly Hymnes they sange That Angells did admire their Carrolling VVhich made both Heau'n and Earth with ioy to ring Each now retakes his late abandon'd Pen And Night and Day they plie it pestering Thy Name with Fame thy fame with more then Meâ— Maie beare if they be not remade agen And who hath held their Pens from blott of blamâ— And ever kept their Muse immaculate Their conscience now takes comfort in the sameâ— As if some God were come that Vice doth hate VVith Grace their virtue to remunerate As when the Kinge of Kings shall come at last To giue all Men their meede in righteous rate The good alone reioyce in their liues past So perfect Poâ—ts now must comfort tast Now their cleere Soules free from distemp'raturâ— That constantly ensues vnconstant Vice Doe Angell-holpe draw Lynes divinely pure T'expresâ—e their Soules prais-worthy avarice To draw their King to read their Subiect twice They melt in Nectar of Phrase most refin'de That may the Pallate of the Soule intice To tast and retast in a greedy kinde The Sweetes there mixt to recreate the Minde Healths now goe round among the rude Civill The Earths best bloud that bettereth our bloud Is suck't each where and he esteem'd a divill That will not drinke to show his mery moode A little more perhapps then does him good If VVine were made to gladd the hart of Man Although our gladnesse needes no wyny floudd Then now or never troule about the Cann Till sober moode cries hoe and no more can A time there is for all things vnder Sunnâ— A time for mirth aswell as to be sadd The time for mirth is now ev'n now begun Now wisest men with mirth doe seeme starke madd And cannot choose their harts are all so gladd Then let 's be merry in our God and King That made vs merry being ill bestadd Southâ—hampton vp thy cappe to Heauen fling And on the Violl there sweet praises sing For he is come that grace to all doth bring If thou did'st faulâ— iudge Heau'n for I will spare thee Because my faults are more then can be cast It did to greater glorie but prepare thee Sith greater vertue now thereby thou hast Before our troubles we seeme goodnesse past But cold Afflictions water cooles the heate VVhich Youth and Greatnesse oft too much doth wast And Queenes are coy and cannot brooke the sweat That such heate causeth for it seemes vnsweete But yet thy woorth doth wrest from what soere thereto opposd by vnseene violence Acknowledgment of what in thee is deere That is the glory of much excellence Fitt for the vse of high'st preheminence The VVorld is in the wane and worthy Meâ— Haue not therein in each place residence Such as are worthy should be cherisht then And being overthrowne raisd vp agen Pembrooke to Court to which thou wert made strange Goe doe thine homage to thy Soveraigne VVeepe and reioyce for this sadd-ioyfull Change Then weepe for ioy thou needst not teares to faine Sith late rhine Eies did nought els entertaine If I mistake thee not and thy best part Thy vertues will thy Lieges favoure gaine For Vertue vertue loues as Arte doth Arte Then will hee loue thee Lord for thy desartâ— Thy Sire and Grand-sire were two mightie Peeres Thâ—t were strong trustie Pillars of this State Thou hast what they had thy want is but yeeres Yet Arte in thee doth Tyme anticipat And maks thee being yonge in old estate For lo thy Iudgments iointes are strongly knitt And in Artes Limbecke thy all-learned Pate VVisdome extracts the Quintessence of VVitâ— To make the same for hie imployment fitt Hold vp your hartlesse Heads and headlesse Harts All yee whom Time and Fortune did suppresse Hee 's come hee 's come that Life halfe dead reverts Deere little Lord great in too great distresse VVith smoothed front goe kisse thy happinesse Ladies and Lords purse-pinched and Soule-pain'd Poore Rich and all rich ïn all blessednesse Blesâ—e him by whom yee haue till now remain'd To tast these Tymes which yeeld sweet ioyes vnfain'd High humbled Lady high though humbled High by thy vertue humbled by thy Crosse By Fortune lift vp and downe tumbled Two ô speake VVorld had ere one such a losse As shee had of two Pheares who did engrosse The richest VVares that Arte and Nature sold Yet Fortune in their fines was over-crosse For both vntimely shee return'd to Mould Yet Lady new be cast in Comforts Mold Yee seemely Senators that God do feare Vertues true Lovers Bloud-detesting Sages Peace Rights friends as now doth wel appeare Load-starrs to this Lights to the after Ages Reioyce you may for your well-erned VVages Earned of your late Mistris he will pay That 's now your Master TheÌ„ with harmeles rages Of zeale infam'd exult and with vs say Blest be King Iames our King our Ioy our Stay Moâ—â—t-ioy let ioy now mount as high as Heav'n For now thy long-left land is Heav'n become Come come away the Foe to slight is driv'n Hasten thy comming hie ô hie thee home That ioy though nought els caÌ„ may thee orecome Muses deere loue Mecaenas to their loues Thy King vnto this kingdome now is come And like the sunne in our new Heaven moues To comfort thee and all that glorie loues If wee that still liue here doe Heav'n it hold VVhat wilt thou thinke it with that Hell coÌ„par'd VVhere yet thou liv'st among deathes manifold VVhich for our safety thou hast long endur'd Thou sure wilt thinke no Angell now doth ward The Esterne Eden plac'd now in the North But Scots and English men the same doe guard And therein liue then come Heroicke Worth Attend thy Liege till he resends thee forth Meeke-harted Worcester friend of Humanityâ— Honoâ—'d for honesty so rightly honored Gods white-guifâ— Whiteguifâ— â— glory of Prelacy Buckhurst our Treasoâ—er roially treasured VVith richest Rules of Rule Egerton famouzed For loue to equity chiefe Iustâ—ce of the land Bold Popham resolute for thy friend for thy Head Striue striue ô striue to make fast Peaces Band That you obeying may in peace command So you by it and it by you may stand Great harted Heros great Northumberland Furnisht withall that may make great a Peere And Tethys true loue ventrous Cumberland Together with the rest to England deere Deere Peeres let now your peerelesâ—e ioy appeereâ— Goe Lordes goe meete your sans-Peere Soveraigne And tell him yee are his while hee is here And when he leaues the Earth for heav'nly raigne You and yours will be his whiles they remaine Thou liuely Image of our Worldes perfection Ouâ— little Worlds great Paragon of fame Both taking beeing by the Heav'ns direction In
in truth and equitie But pious Augustine canonized For piety saith there are certaine lies VVhereof no great offence is borne or bred Yet are not faultlesse in which leasings lies That lie which Kings for common good devise Hence may we see how much deprav'd we are VVhen Kings sometimes must faine and temporise For their estate and common-wealthes welfare VVhich would fare ill if they should it forbeare VVho note withall It breedeth small regard To bee too lavish of their presence when Among the commons it might well be spar'd For Maiestis like Deity in Men VVhen wee it see as farre as wee can ken Yet policie the proppe of waightie States VVould haue them present with all now and then As well to comforte as to cease debates Both which their harts to true loue captivates It tels them other Documents among That who so bridles their felicitie Shall better governe it and hold it long For Temp'raunce ioined with Authoritie Makes it resemble sacred Deitie It bids them loue the learned with effect VVho can with lines their liues historifie That ay shall last and their renownes erect As high as Heav'n maugre humane defect And here I cannot wonder though I would Sufficiently at these guilt times of ours VVherein great Men are so to money sold That Iupiter himselfe in golden Showres Wil basely stand to gather while it powres Mars scornes Minerva gibes at Mercurâ— He better likes Venerian Paramoures Greatnâ—sse regards not Prose or Poesie But weenes an Angell hath more Maiesty Artes perish wanting praise and due support And when want swaies the Senses Common-weale VVitts vitall faculties wax al amort The Minde constrain'd the Bodies want to feele Makes Salves of Earth the Bodies hurt to heale Which doe the Mind bemire with thoughts vnfitt HeÌ„ce come those dull Conceipts sharp witts reveale Which nice Eares deeme to come froÌ„ want of witt When want of wâ—alth indeede is cause of it How many Poets like Anatomies As leane as Death for lacke of sustenance Complaine poore Staruelings in sadd Elegies Of those whom Learning onely did advaunce That of their wants haue no considerance What Guift to Greatnesse can lesse welcome be Then Poems though by Homer pend perchaunce It lookes on them as if it could not see Or from them as from Snakes away wil flee What 's this to me thinkes he I did not this How then to me should praise thereof pertaine Thou hitt'st the Marke deere Sir yet dost misse For though no praise for penning it thou gaine Yet praise thou gett'st if thou that Pen sustaine That can eternize thee in Deathes despight And through it selfe thy grossest humors straine So make them pure at least most pure in sight Which to Posterity may be a light In common policy great Lords should give That so they may though great much more receaue The more like God the more they doe relive And the more VVriters they aloft doe heave The more renowne they to their Race doe leaue For with a droppe of ynke their Penns haue pow'r Life to restore being lost or life bereave Who can devour Time that doth all devoure And goe beyonde Tyme in lesse then an how'r Where had Achilles fame bin longe ere this Had not blind Homer made it see the vvay In Parchas â—pight to all eternities It had with him long since bin clos'd in Clay Where had AEneas name found place of stay Had Virgills verse of it no mention made It had ere this bin drown'd in deepe decay For without memory Names needes must vade And memory is ay the Muses Trade But how can these Daughters of Memory Remember those of whom they are dispis'd They are not Stocks that feele no iniurie But sprightly quicke and wondrous wel adviz'd Who though with loose Lines they are oft disguis'd Yet when they list they make immortal lynes And who soere by those lines are surpriz'd Are made eternal they and their Assignes Or wel or ill as Poesy defines Leaue we to vrge poore Poets iust complaint Sith they are deafe that should redresse the same That Policy we may yet better paint And consecrate more lines vnto her name That learnes our Pen her laudes by lines to frame Shee would that Government should never dy Which is the Rodd of Circes which doth tame Both Man and Beast if ledd by Policy And tends to perfect Mans Societie Shee teacheth Kinges to giue and take no vvrong One gettes Revenge Contempt the other gaines All gainfull Leagues she would haue lengthn'd long And not to warre vntill iust cause constraines For Iustice prospers VVarres and Thrones sustaines No Secrets nor no publike governments To Clawbacks or to those that scrach for gaines Shee would have shar'd for badd are all their bents And evermore doe ruyne governments In such is neither truth to God or King Therefore shee would have such aloofe to stand As farre at least as a bent brow can fling Them from the Sov'raigne or a straight command These bitter baneful weeds doe spil the Land But to the tried trusty she would haue The Sov'raignes favoure constantlie to stand For with their losse they seeke the whole to saue To whome like Fathers they themselues behaue Shee tells the Kinge that Treason gathers strength Extreamly in his weakenesse and requires That it be cut short ere it gathers length And level that that out of course aspires Shee chargeth Kinges to quench their vaine desires Of vaine expence without the Commons charge Lest it enflame Rebellions quenchlesse fires Which oft such large expence doth much inlarge Who oft the same vpon the King discharge Shee wils that holsome Lawes should be ordain'd Bereaving Kings of pow'r t' infringe the same For if their Crownes are by the Lavves sustain'd They should not breake the Props lest al the Frame Should fal to their confusion and shame That of Reteyners shee would have obseru'd Else most Ignobles in a Nobles name Wil let Lawes course which should be safe reseru'd And wrack the Poore which law would haue coÌ„serv'd And as the Law should governe Maiestrates So should the Maiestrates the People sway The Governours are living Lavves in States And a dumbe Maiestrate the Lavve is ay As Bodies Reason and the Soule obay So States should Law and Maiestrates by right For Law is Reason keeping all in Ray By which the wise themselues doe guide aright And Vulgares have it from Law-givers light She bidds the Sou'raigne take heede how he heares Much lesse embrace th' advice of selfe Conceipt For such Conceipt hath neither Eyes nor Eares To heare or see another but doth waite Vpon her selfe admiring her owne height In cases doubtfull it is dangerous T'admitte light Councells for for want of weight T' wil make the case to be more ponderous The whilst such Councells prove Aereous For it s oft seene that Publike Policie Occurrs with matters
From making such too great for they wil pare The Prince and polle the Commons without care For Slaves though Kinges in disposition Are most vnmeete to manage Kingdomes states And so are Men of base condition Vnfitt to make inferior Maiestrates The Floures of Crownes fitt not Mechanick Pates No more then costly plumes doe Asses heads They are call'd Crafts-men quasi craftie mates Let these rule such if they must governe needes For they at best are nought but holsome vveedes But some as voide of honestie as Arte Advance themselues by wealth the Nurse of Vice And with good gifts supply want of desert Good-giftes that Givers of Commands entice To part with them though they be nere so nice These seing wealth hath giv'n them Vertues meede Doe make port-sale of Vertue and Iustice T' enrich themselues to clymbe thereby with speed From whence the wracks of CoÌ„mon-weales proceed Did they but good themselues by some mens harme It might be borne although it heavy were But they hereby make all themselues to arme With gold that seeke authoritie to beare Because they see it s gotten by such geare When Vertue 's thus neglected and dispis'd Then Vice perforce doth in her place appeare And where dam'd Vice hath Vertues place surpris'd A Common-woe with Common-wealth's disguis'd That must be deerely sold that 's deerely bought And whereas Iudgments thus are bought and sold There by iust Iudgment al goes stil to nought Yet â—ustice and iust Iudgments States vphold Whose want wrappes them in mis'ries manifold The Iudgments of that Iust orewhelme that Land That armes Oppression gainst the Lawes with Gold For where it s so there VVill for Law must stand And Law goes with Confusion hand in haâ—d Intelligence supreme pow'r of the Soule Wherein alone w' are like the Deity Is that alone which makes vs meete to rule For Natures lawes and Reas'ns authority Requires that such should haue high'st dignity That by their vertue and their high estate They might conserve men in prosperity For right it is they should be rais'd to State That make the state of all most fortunate For Honor is high Vertues sole Reward For which all vertuous Men all paine endure If then such men from Honor should be barr'd All to be vicious it would soone procure For Vice doth raigne where Vertue hath no pow'r Where Honors are bestow'd without respect On good and badd as cloudes bestowe their shower There must of force ensue but badd effect For who 'l be good if Grace the good neglect In ancient Common-weales they wonted were Statues of mettall Arches triumphal With Publike Sepulture and praises cleere These and such like they did bestow on all That to their Common-weales were as a VVall For they that watch whilst others sound doe sleepe To stay the State that else perhapps might fall And laboure stil the Lambes from VVolves to keepe Such Shepherds should be honor'd of the Sheepe For to give Rule to none but Midasses Is ev'n as if a Shippe were rendered In greatest Tempests and VVindes outrages To richest Marchants to be governed Not to the skillful'st to be mastered Whereof ensues the wracke of shippe and freighâ— From which in Stormes it is delivered By skilful Pilotts which haue gott the sleight by their experience to direct her right Themistocles is iustly famoused For that by Valor and great Policie He did reduce th' Athenians beastly bredd To live by Lawes in great civility But Solon's prais'd more meritoriously Who finding Athens at the point to fall With shocke of Civill warre he readily Did staie the same and reestablish't all The Lawes Maiestrats driv'n to the wall Nor did Camillus that repulst the Galls And Rome preserved from their furies flame Deserve lesse if not more memorialls TheÌ„ the two BrethreÌ„ that first built the same Nor yet can Caesars or great Pompeies fame Though they Romes Empire stretcht from East to VVest Be so renowmed as his glorious name That found it neere by Haniball possest Yet rescu'd it and gaue it roome and rest Then Rule should not be given to the rich If with their wealth they were but fooles vniust The Common-wealth would private be to such For they would rule by Lawes squar'd by their lust And for their gaine stil buy and sell the Iust VVisedome and Iustice with wealth competent Should be in Rulers such â—he Prince might trust With greatest charge next them in government For each will rule as Vertues President For how i st possible men should perswade Others to vertue and to keepe the Lawes If they them-selues them-selues there froÌ„ disswade And by their lewdnesse others lewdnesse cause A Rulers Vice to vice the People drawes Sylla might wel be laught to scorne when hee Perswaded Temperance to all because He liv'd himselfe none more licenciouslee For none lesse loved mediocritee Lisander was no lesse to blame for hee Allow'd those Vices in the Multitude FroÌ„ which himselfe refrain'd religiouslee For if by Princes vices bee alowd It is al one as if they vice ensude But iust Licurgus nere did ought forbid But by himselfe the same should be eschude Whose subiects did no more theÌ„ himself did Such Legislators should bee deifide Such Prince or Priest such people saith the Saw Examples more then Lawes make men liue wel Doe Priests liue so their liues like Loadstones draw The people to the same And doe compel Sans-force t' obedience such as would rebel Then weigh what good or ill your liues doe cause Ye Prophets Sonnes that should in grace excel Is your life il its double ill because It hurts your selues and to vice others drawes And where Vice raignes Rebellion oft doth rule That diss-vnites the best vnited state Which growes from Governors vice or mis-rule That makes the Commons with no common hate Watch al advantage to abridge their date The forraine Foe then findes domesticke aide Aide that assists all that wil innovate So by their Subiects Sov'raignes are betraide VVhen their mis-rule makes them be disobaide ANd here my Muse leads me as by the hand Out of the way as it were by the way To view the liues of Princes of this Land Since first the Norman did the Scepter sway And scanne their vndertakings as I may For by th' event of Actions past wee shall The present and future the better sway Which is the vse of storie for they fal Seldome or nere that haue light to see All. VVilliam the Norman surnam'd Conquerer By his succesful sworde having subdude This compound Nation weake through civil war The Conquest hee so thorowly pursude As that an admirable peace ensude This fierce Invader with resistlesse force Dissolu'd the state and made the Multitude To liue by Lawes which Lawyers yet enforce Which of all former lawes did crosse the course Hee pull'd vp all that might pul downe his state
Supplanting or transplanting ev'rie plant That might proue poison to his frolicke fate And planting in their place ere Plants did want Such as were holsome or lesse discrepant So that no Brittaine Saxon Dane or all Could to this day his Ofspring here supplant But they haue doe and still continue shall Vntill this Kingdome from her selfe doth fall It was no little worke nor wisedome lesse From so smal wealth and powre which he possest Not onely such a people to suppresse But erst at ods to make them liue in rest For ten descents twice tolde and more at least Not as a Nation mixt but most intire And with new Lordes new Lawes the land invest Which straight extinguish might seditions fire And keepe Ambition downe that would aspire For vvho so reacheth vvith his sworde a Crowne If head and hand vse not like government The reeling Crowne may soone be overthrowne Though it perhaps be propt by Parliment VVitnesse our Conquests in the Continent That vvere more glorious then commodious Because we made the sword the instrument Onely to make our selues victorious But not to keepe vvhat made vs glorious From VVilliam vnto Edward Longshancks nam'd Turmoiles and Brals to that state incident That is not throughly staide the Land inflam'd For no peace is so sure or permanent But Avarice or Pride makes turbulent Richard the first transported by desire To helpe to conquere Iurie thether went And made his brother Iohn Regent intire Who did vsurpe the Crowne ere his retire In which returne hee vvas tane Prisoner In Austria from whence b'ing ransomed Hee repossest his Crowne but in the warre He made when he his Crowne recovered Vpon his foes he life surrendered The end of Kings thus causing their owne griefe To leaue their crownes so neere anothers Head A pleasant pray enticeth many a Theefe And who 'l bee second when he may be chiefe Neither did Iohn escape the heavie hand Of iust Revenge to all Vsurpers due In whose dire Raigne two curses crost the Land Gods and the churches which made all to rue For ceaslesse Troubles did thereon ensue And in conclusion his life hee lost For vengeance to the ende did him pursue So al his life hee beeing turn'd and tost Before his time gaue vp his tired Ghost But to descend to Longshanckes in whose time The common-wealth fast rooted gan to sprout And by this Piller to high state did clime For he was prudent painefull valiantâ— stout And dextrously his bus'nesse brought about He wisely waide how incommodiously The Conquests stoode atchiv'd the Land without Therefore he bent his powre and industry It to reduce into a Monarchie On VVales and Scotland he that powre imploide Reducing both to his obedience And long might one the other haue enioy'd Without hart-burning inbâ—ed difference If hee had vs'd King VVilliams dilligence Prosperous he was abroade and iust at home A no lesse vertuous then a valiant Prince Leaving his Sonne that next supplide his rome A demonstration what doth kings become Edward his Sonne succeeded him in Rule But not in Rules by which he rul'd aright Who being seduc'd by Masters of Misrule Referr'd the government to their oresight Who all oresaw but what advance them might Vntill their rapine and ambition The loue of all from their Liege parted quight So that the Sire assail'd was by the Sonne And being subdu'd â— in Prison A direfull end to Kinges misguided due Who like to figg-Trees growing on the side Of some steepe Rocke doe feede none but a crue Of Crowes and Kites which on their Toppes do ride And plume on them base Birds on ev'ry side A States abundance if it manag'd be By a lascivious King which Slaves misguide Subverts the State which Kinges cannot foresee When they are compast with ill Companee Edward the third was most victorious In all attempts and Actions fortunate No lesse iudicious then valorous Yet were his Conquests hurtfull to his State For they the same did but debilitate So that when through his ages feeble plight And this ore-racked Realmes most poore estate The Synnewes of the warre were cracked quight His wonted fortunes then plaide least in sight His Fathers blood with never-ceasing cries Filling Th' almighties iust al-hearing Eares Importunes Vengeance which with Argus Eyes VVatcheth his shaking house for many yeares And to his Sonnes Sonne fearefully appeares Disastrous Richard second of that name Pestred with plagues and ceaselesse cause of feares Through his misrule can well averre the same VVho did the forme of this State quite vnframe He like his Grandsire great great troubles rais'd Through his more great oppressions and excesse He lov'd and praised none that vertue prais'd Liv'd like his Grandsire great with like successe VVho blest a few that few or none did blesse Edward and Richard second of their names The last the first did second in distresse Both over-ruled were by base past-shames So Both alike lost Kingdome Life and fames And if there be wrench in this Paralell It is in that one had a sory Sonne The other a like Cousin to compell Him yeeld his Crowne beâ—ore his Daies were done VVhich were abridg'd as Edwards in Prison But if this King had not so childish bin VVhen Mowbray peacht th' Vsurper of Treason He might haue bin secure from al his Kin But blinded Iudgment is the hire of Sinne. Thus faâ—es it with weake Kings and Cousins stronge Richard lies naked clothed with his gore Exposed to the view of old and yonge A woefull Spectacle if not much more For Kinges that live as he had liv'd before But though Examplâ—s freshly bleeding yet Doe Caue crie or rather lowde doe rore Yet Kings thus clawde where they doe ytche forgett The future paine â— on present pleasure sett Henry the fourth which thus vsurpt the Crowne Of all Vsurpers had the best successe For he was provident to hold his owne And for the Common-wealth he was no lesse In Field and Towne he would direct the Presse Chiefe Captaine and chiefe Councellor was he Who rul'd in height of VVisedome and Prowesse Into obscurest Treasons he could see And if they VVere soone cause them not to Bee This held him Kinge as long as life he held Which was as longe as Nature gaue him leave And courage gaue the Scepter wel to weld Vnto his Sonne to whome he both did leave Who did accordingly the same receave He rul'd as did his Sire in VVisedomes strength And heigth of Valor which he eke did give Who caught fast hold on fleeting France at length ,But weak Arms loose what ere the stroÌ„g Arme geint'h And now as rowsed from a tedious Sleepe After this Kinge with glorie was interr'd The Divine Vengeance gan againe to peepe Vpon his Sonne that longe had bin deferr'd The Cries of Richards blood now well are heard And
divine fury are obseru'd The first and first by right Propheticall Which by Apollo is rul'd and conserv'd The next by Bacchus called Misticall The third by Muses hight Poeticall The fourth and last by Venus governed Is call'd the Fury Amatoriall Which doe inferre that Love is borne and bredd Without the breach of Natures Maidenhedd What force it hath is better felt then showne For VVords cannot expresse the force of loue Call we it Love or Lust it is well known It hath the force of both the Heart to move Which these can testifie that it did prove Semiramis whose Vertue past compare This furious Passion her did so remoue From that shee was that lusting to reshare Hir Sonne her Sonne her Threed of Life did share The Macedonian Philipps peerelesse Sonne That over-ranne the VVorld with Sword and Fire This flaming fury yet did so ore runne That for his Thais that kindled his desire He burnt Persepolis sans cause of ire Yea did not onely that fowle fact command But with his Hands he lab'red as for hire To burne the buildings which as yet did stand Till he had laid al level with the Land A VVonder worthy of all wonderment That he that foil'd what ere his force withstood Should bee thus foil'd and made a President Of Lusts fell force which so enflam'd his Blood That made his Flesh Wild Fire in likelyhood A Man by woman a King by a Queane To be so overcome through Lustfull moode Being so effeminate and most obscene Argues in Loue and Lust there is no meane Strange are th' effects of Lust. For Men with Men Nay Man with Beast A Sinne not to be toucht So much as with the Tongue much lesse with Pen And least of all with that too oft bewitcht With loue of that which is by Nature grutcht Lust is so blinde that it cannot discerne A Man from Beast how ever beastly coucht But doth a Man-beast moue though Nature yerne The tricks of Beasts with lothsome Beasts to learne Graue Xenephon lov'd Clinias in this kinde So as hee crav'd of Ioue when Clinias di'de That if he might see him and still be blinde Or not see him and still be perfect Eyde He rather mought the want of sight abide To see him once then still to haue his sight And not see him See see how blinde a Guide Is lothsome Lust that leades men so vnright As for her pleasure so themselues to spight Semiramis an Horse ô brutish Lust Did lust to haue ô moÌ„strous Mare humane Pasiphaë long'd for a Bull to thrust Her from a woman to a Cow vncleane And Cyparissus made an Hynde the meane To coole his courage Aristomâ—chus A silly Bee would haue to be his Queane Lust whither wilt wilt be so monstrous To long for Bees that be but moates to vs Publius Pilatus fell in lusting loue With Hellens Image and Pigmalion For his owne Picture did like passion prove Damn'd Lust what pleasure provd'st thou in a stone That 's cold by kind as Snow on Libanon To tell the Mischiefes Spoiles Masacres By hate effected though through loue begun Were but to tell the number of the Starrs For Lust and Mischeife are ioynt passengers Troy might perhappes haue stoode vnto this Age Had Lust not laid it levell with the plaines And seas of Blood spent in that ten yeares Siege Might still haue kept the Chanells of the Vaynes But lewde Lust is so loose that shee restraines Her will in nought though it bringes all to nought Shee pleasure takes in pleasure causing paines For by her painfull pleasures such are wrought Yet on such pleasures shee doth fixe her thought Shee will not let the Thoughts so much as prie A minutes space on ought but what shee loues Shee Tirant captivates the Fantasy So that it cannot stirre till shee it moves Or if it doe shee forth-with it removes My Fancies Mistris saith some slaue to Lust Is my Thoughts Heau'n So swallowed with his Loues Are all his Thoughts and though as dry as Dust He lusts to please his loue with loue vniust For this al that pertaines must be in print VVeeds VVords Lookes Loks in print not one awry Whose Motions must be currant for the Mynt His glances must keepe iust time with her Eye And seeme to die se'ng her rich beauties dye Yet with a carefull carelessenesse he must Avoide the hate which too much loue doth buy And loue no more then may provoke to lust These are their loue tricks trickes of loue vniust One makes an Idoll of his Mistris Glove And offers thrice a day at least a Kisse Vnto each finger so to show his loue Another her Haire-Bracelett makes his blisse And Night and Day t' adore it wil not misse These Fancies fancie doe with kindnes cloy VVitt nere in loue taught Pupill so of his As saith the Book but doth his powres imploy With kindnesse coy to winne his witty Toy Whist Muse be mute wilt thou like Naso proue And interlace thy Lynes with levity Wilt thou add Precepts to the Arte of Loue And show thy vertue in such vanity So to polute thy purer Poesy No more no more ynough if not too much Is sedd already of this Mistery My Conscience at the same doth grieving grutch But let it goe this once with but this Touch. And how-soere Beauty may bee abus'd It promiseth more good then shapelesnesse If it proue otherwise it s thus excus'd The High'st to shew that good-guifts more or lesse Proceede from him and not from Natures largesse Le ts beauty fal and soile it selfe with sinne VVhich is more dam'd if beauty it doth blesse As Vertue is most faire that blest hath bin VVith beauty being resident therein But loue that Beautie breedeth is threefold According to three obiects of that loue All faire some good which thus we may vnfold The Pleasant and the Profitable mooue As doth the Honest true loue which vve proue The first concerneth things that please the Sense As beautie and at what the sense doth roue The second hath to welfare reference The third and last to Iustice and Prudence The first and second kinds of lust or loue Among the Perturbations may be put Sith they so many ill affections moue That make mans life to be in Sorrow shut VVhich like a Razor off the same doth cut But loue of honest things is vertuous And from mans praises takes away the But It shows the Minde is right magnanimous ' For that 's most great that is most gracious This loue is kindled by that heav'nly Flame That like fine Gold doth purifie the Sp'rite And like it selfe transmuted maks the same Good gratious holy wise iust clear bright Glory'ng in him that makes her glory right This is the loue of beauty most extreame VVherein celestial soules doe most delight Of loue that feedes the Sp'rite it is the creame Infus'd by Iustice Sonnes inlightning Beame This
thought VVhat shouldst thou doe with that that 's good for nought Let theÌ„ go waite on Byshops to whose See They doe belong but let the Prince be free VVilt thou be Servant to the common Trash That often leaves their Master in the lash Or spend thy VVitte and Sp'rits for such Riffraffe And so consume the Corne to saue the Chaffe VVilt thou orewhelme thy selfe in all anoy That they may swime aloft in Seas of Ioy VVhat wilt thou place thy pleasure in thy paine And make thy Subiect be thy Soveraigne Wilt loose thy roiall sole prerogatiue To make vngrateful base Bash rags to thriue O be indulgent to thine owne deere Hart And of Heav'ns blessings take a blisful part Doe not depriue thy selfe of that rare blisse That vnto none but thee peculier is And here vpon the sodaine great mishap I found my selfe in Oxford my loues lap Where thinking seriously vpon this thing I heard some say God saue king Iames our King And therewithal I heard a Trumpets clang That in an vnison that Dittie sang Then did I more admire what I had seene But griev'd I had so double lost the Queene And grieu'd no lesse sith I saw not the rest Of that wherein I held me highlie blest Had I so blessed bin t' haue seene th' event I should haue thought my time divinely spent But as I cannot now diuine vvhat shal Vnto this Land orewhelm'd in blisse befal So wil I not suspect the worst for why God onely good keepes good Kings company JOHN DAVIES To the Right Ho. and most most Reverend Father in God my Lord Archb. of Canterb. his grace THou temp'rate Soule that holdst promotion To be but Vertues meede and vertuouslie Dost higher prize the Soules devotion Proceeding from the low'st humilitie Passion-suppressing wel-disposed spirit Cleere glasse wherein true Pastors may behold The hall'wed life that heaven doth inherit Whose praises Glorie writes in liquid gold O helpeful harmelesse vertuous virgin Priest O louing tender-harted gaullesse Doue O that Arte could in thy praise so insist As answere might the measure of my loue But for my loue herein surmounts my skill Accept this poore show of my rich good-will I. D. To the most gracious Prince the Duke of Lennox c. FOr no respect great Lord but for the loue I owe to grace and greatnesse ioin'd in one Doth my weake Pen her strongest vertue proue To graue thy name vpon this paper-stone That if it chance the turnes of Time to brooke Which grinde to pouder all produc'd in Time Thy Name at least which is my most may looke Like to it selfe in my hard-fauour'd Rime If voice of those that loue the voice diuine Bee true the truth whereof none ought to doubt Thou like the Moone among heav'ns laÌ„ps dost shine While Sol thy Sov'raigne goes the Globe about Long maist thou as he doth giue light to all That pleas'd or pain'd doe foote this earthy Ball. I. D. To the R. Honorable and highly valued Lord the Earle of Northumberland c. WHo cannot raigne in height of lofty stile That hath so high a subiect for the same As thy heroicke worth and glorious name Is abiect nay then abiect farre more vile Magnificke thoughts to think on thoughts doth mouÌ„t Aboue the spheare of common intellect The thought of thy thoughts causeth this effect Which maks my towring thoughts theÌ„selus surmouÌ„t I thinke of thee and them as of those things That moue to rest in honors highest Spheare Sith vertue is the scale the same to reare Which wil make thee as neere as deere to kings As long great Lord as Vertue guideth thee Thou shalt be blest of God King State and me I. D. To the Right Honorable the Earle of VVorcester c. WErt thou most noble Lord a scurge to me Plagueing my misses vvith an Iron Rod Yet vvould I in my hart still honor thee For though he punish me I honor God Thou dost hurt no man simplie for his harme But as the Surgeon doth his hurt to heale Would wounded or diseased states did swarme With no worse Surgeons for their Common-weale I honor thee for that vvhich God himselfe Doth honor Men that is for drawing neere To his great goodnesse not for Port or Pelfe I honor thee for that deere Lord and deere Shal such be to me for their vertue sake Though I thereof no vse at all doe make I. D. To the Right right Honorable the Earle and Countesse of Rutland FOr infinite respectes to thee ' sweete Lord My Muse doth consecrate these zealous lines Which is the All her nothing can afford Serving for nothing but for true loues signes To thee that do'st enioy fruite of his loines From whoseworsts parts proceeded nought but good Whose weakest vvorths brake Envies strongest foines These lines I send and to his deerest blood Sweete couple that haue tasted sweete and sowâ—e The sweetest potion worldly weale can taste O let each others sweetes that gaull devoure Which with this sowre VVorlds sweetes is interlac't And that you may doe so your vnknowne yours Will praie so you vouchsafe to call him ours I. D. To the Right Honorable Earle of Cumberland Neptunes vice-gerent Sea-controling Spirit That makes her pay thee tribute and thy land Of which thou dost therefore great honor merit And worthy art thou on both to command So long thou hast the Northen-pole regarded That nature now hath made that pole thine head So lookes are with what was lookt for rewarded Then by his light let thy course still be led If so thy fame the world inviron shall For his light leades to glory infinite Then eie him well and his staid motions all Yea draw as neere him as is requisite So Fame thy name will on the Skies enrole So shalt thou honor'd be by this North-Pole I. D. To the Right Noble and intirely beloved Earle of Southamtonâ— c. WElcome to shore vnhappy-Happie Lord From the deepe Seas of danger and distresse Where like thou wast to be throwne over boord In every storme of discontentednesse O living Death to die when others please O dying Life to live how others will Such was thy case deere Lord such al thine ease O Hell on Earth can Hell more vex the VVill This Hell being harrowed by his substitute That harrowed Hell thou art brought forth froÌ„ theÌ„ce Into an Earthly Heaven absolute To tast his sweetenesse see his excellence â— Thy Liege well wotts true Loue that soule must wouÌ„d To whom Heav'ns grace His doth so abound I. D. To the Right Noble and no lesse learned then iudicious Lord VVilliam Earle of Pembrooke c. DEere Lord if so I could I would make knowne How much I longe to keep thee still alive These Lines though short so loÌ„g shal be thine owne As they have pow'r Vitality to giue I consecrate this Myte of my devotion To the rich Treasurie of thy deere fame Which shal serve though nought else worth as a Notion For Tyme to sever