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Honors fame in triumph riding. Or, The life and death of the late honorable Earle of Essex
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Pricket, Robert.
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1604
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STC 20339; ESTC S115234
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HONORS FAME IN TRIVMPH RIDING OR THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE LATE HONORABLE EARLE OF ESSEX LONDON Printed by R. B. for Roger Iackson and are to be solde at his Shoppe in Fleet-streete neere the Conduit 1604. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARLES OF SOVTHHAMPTON and Deuonshire and the Lord KNOVLES Baron of Grayes R. P. wisheth all increase of honor and endlesse happinesse RIght honorable and worthily renowmed Lords such is the mutabilitye of times vnconstant motion as that things wel done cannot challenge to themselues the certainty of their euent nor without suspect of euill misconstrued inputation build their hope And when the wel meaning actions of mighty men cannot in permanent stability stand cleared from the after-rays'd-vp misty Meteors which may encomber them what then shoulde I expect being no other then pouerty it selfe but that this work by me aduentured should with my self dangerously run vpon vncertaine hopes although the vprightnes of my conscience vowes I haue not herunto bin lead by any particular inuectiue spleen or turbulent affection only a priuate consideration made me thinke that it might now be a time in which the praise of honours worthines might haue his place and not any longer by a violent imposition be taxed with vndeserued euill It were inhumane tyranny to forbid the vertues of the dead to be cōmended and no lesse cruelty to charge the deceased with vncōmitted offences There are certain polititians in this age not vnlike the Grecian Orators which Diogenes called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thrise double men their tongues and pens are miserably valiant they may well be tearmed three times thrise double minded men theyr ayery statiōs tottering stands aloft like windmils placed vppon a mountayns top whose sayles can turne themselues to imbrace the benefit of each variable blast but being climbd vnto an extraordinary height are oft times by an vnexpected storme sodainly throwne headlong downe and broken at the mountains foote leauing their recuerlesse ruines to remayne vnmoaned monuments of their presumptuous mounting Some goulden mony mouthed eloquence that vseth a detractors Oratry may stop the vnequall current of his fine wits most grosse ingendred flux by fetching from the Tyrant Nero a very wel prescribed documēt For plainly thus his affirmation sayth that it is no part of a wise man thence to drawe credit to himselfe from whence proceedeth discredit to his friend Is it not maruell that a rhetoricall politician should be lesse wise then wicked Nero was that his sentence shoulde directly call him foole yet thus it happeneth when with the change of time Time seruers vse to say Hac non successit alia aggrediendum est via When honor and vnstaind nobility by ill aduise and inconsiderate thoughts vntimely falls into some daungerous accident then though the lawe in robes of iustice armd with quick pursuite doth follow euils amisse yet should no minde on such dependance dwell as if his wisht for time of triumph were imbrac't when he might glory in honored vertues fall and like a lumpe of proude degenerate brasen insolence euen in the gall of enuie hate and malice steept scornefully impugne the honor of a Lands renowmed noblenesse God with my soule an vncontrowled witnes beare I not desire to speake against the iustice of the lawe nor any honorable magistrate in place of Councel or of gouernment only my words may neerly glance at such whose proud demeanour insulting violence made to the world an apparant demonstration that they were most ioyfull actors in a mournefull tragedy but now the iustice of the heauens decree hath most iustly throwne themselues vnto the stroke of the selfe same iudgement And now my honorable Lords when I looke back vnto my owne vnworthinesse my Muse doth sound retrayte and bids me stay the further occurrence of some other thinges which wold most willingly be issuing forth And for this little worke already done by me with lowe submission I intreate your pardon and do solemnly protest that the vnfained loue I beare vnto the late Honorable and yet still honored Earle of Essex hath with an ineuitable force caused me to make this briefe description of his life and death And though I desire to be freed from a Poets name yet because the musick of a mourning verse doth best consort with sorrowes passion I haue made choyse thereof in hope your L L. will be pleased to excuse my vnpolisht rough vnsmoothed Poetry My greatest studie with religious care hath sought to build my words vpon the ground of truth hauing brought my labor to an end I knew not better vnto whome to dedicate the same then to your Honors Not for my sake then but for his whose vertues I desire should liue be pleased to receiue this well meaning worke into your loues protection and thus with all submissiue humblenesse a souldier humbly throwes his liues seruice at your Honors feet Yours in all dutifull obedience R. P. To the Reader health ALthough right courteous Reader my former writings haue not so imbouldned me as that I should againe aduenture to bring my selfe vnto so miserable a punishment as the third time to indure the presse yet choosing rather to dy then not to manifest my loue vnto an honorable deceased Earle I haue out of the affectiō of an honest mind desired to set before your eyes the fame of honor in his Triumph riding and doe hope that for his sake whose liuing vertues I labour to commende this worke of mine shall bring it selfe into your kinde acceptance And as you desire that the plants of honor now established shoulde florish with a glorious dignity doe not choose out any one particular whose fame and prayse you will desire to follow with the generality of a popular estimation nor inuolue the person of a noble man in the ayerie cloudes of your intemperate Aue least the honour which you most desire to preserue bee vntimely poysoned by your breath of which euent this after following briefe description contaynes a mournefull spectacle Reade therefore with re spectiue diligence and haue greate regarde you do no iniurie by setting any imposition in his wrong place which you shall directly doe if you beare my wordes against any which doe now continue in place of honour honorablye deseruing for vnto them the Authour doth ascribe all honourable estimation Thus the good opinion of eache well affected reader he desireth whose hearte preferreth theyr content before his owne whose life is readie in a souldiers place vnto the last article of death to manifest the vnfayned loue he beareth vnto his countries publick benefite Vale. Honors fame in Triumph riding FRom forth the dust my lines desire to rayse bright honors fame in triūphs state to ride Whose liuing worth did so adorne his prayse as that his glory shall to the world abide The only Mirror of a valiant mind Whose Honors thoughts not to base wealth inclin'd Doe make him liue though long since dead And crownes with bayes his buried head
his tacklings torne Through rockes through cliffes through walls of brasse His noble minde did then resolue to passe For if to Thetis get he could Saue life and men and ship he should Thence did proceed the rigor of that day VVhen haples life to liue did helpeles striue Dispaire inrag'd did beare too great a sway Hope could not at his wish for hauen arriue Reuenge mistrust and hate preuention wrought VVith bloody mouthes they his destruction sought From euill to worse poore Earle he fled So was he to the slaughter led Guarded with friends vntimely forth he goes To raise a force so strong his part to take As that he might remoue his setled foes And to his Queene a quiet passage make But faithles hate did presently deuise Proclayme him traytor out aloude he cries The name of traytor kild him dead So he aliue was murthered Doubtles I thinke he had no Traytors hart 'Gainst Queene and State he did no treason plot No more did they that then did take his part He onely stroue 'gainst them that lou'd him not But yet the Lawe their act did treason make Such hostile armes no subiects vp must take Thus when he thought an euill to shun A greater euill by him was done The Law hath past Iustice his stroke hath strooke And he is dead yet shal he still suruiue Vpon his honoured Vertues will I looke And make them liue as were himselfe aliue He dyde for treason yet no Traytor Why The Treason done he did it ignorantly Intent and purpose in the act Is that which makes a Traytors fact But God forbid such Action should be good As rashly into rude Combustion throwes A Kingdomes State and wraps her brest in blood Where peace in pomp with glorious plenty growes And for this cause I thinke that Iustice ment To make his death a mournfull President His tryall could example giue Why did not Mercy let him liue Because that Mercy not arightly knew His heart whom she disloyall did account Report did feed her taste with Gall and Rue For by his fall some other vp must mount And so they haue the Gallowes top vnto For euer so may such like Mounters doe But God is iust so shall they finde That lay their plots with bloudy minde With humble lynes to Englands honored State A Souldiers passion doeth desire to flye Who neuer sought that Lord to ruinate Nor chase him with bloud-thirsty cruelty True honour No some baser stuffe it was That sought to bring that stratageme to passe For in that time Peeres were no men They walkt about like shaddowes then Yet in the ranke of Honour Honours grace Reuerend renowm'd religious vertuous learn'd Graue sober chaste vpheld a Primates place Whose godly wisdome Englands eyes discearnd His soule diuine was to that Earle a friend Whom froward fate bequeath'd to fatall end But now their soules in purest loue Liue with their Christ in heauens aboue Then Honours Seat and Wisdomes fountayne pure Iudgemēt approu'd the rule of Conscience sound His grieued thoughts did woes extreme endure As did his loue so did his griefes abound A Iustice Chiefe an equall loue preferres No kingdome hath two worthyer Iusticers Both these did mourne when Honour fell For both were knowne to wish him well And in my mind of Lords Earles I view A mourning troup whose looks all downward thrown Told to the world that they were mourners true They reapt the fruit that sorrowes seed had sown Ladies wise fayre and chaste they weeping went Sad time sad cause procur'd their discontent Though Law strict course of Iustice kept The most and best of all sorts wept Then Noble minds wil help my Muse to mourne The losse of him whom Honour did aduance In their sad thoughts haue Sable robes bin worne They sigh to thinke of that sinister chance Whose bloudy hād with fatal death snatcht hence That honored Earle true Honours Excellence Doe him this right and Honour gayne Pluck from his Hearse false rumors stayne Oh how I grieue Report doeth wound my soule So many treasons 'gainst that Earle obiected Who whilst he liu'd could those reports cōtroule And but in one that last and least detected Kill him no more too well we know hee 's dead Whose life would now a ioyes content haue bred No paper-powder rays'd vp smoke Can Fames true honored vertues choke It 's false to say hee would a King haue bin From faith honor he made no such digression His heart was cleare from such so foule a sin He alwayes stood for this approu'd Succession Which happily doeth now the Throne possesse Heauens mighty God protect his Mightinesse Dead Earle amidst bright Angels wings Amen thy heauenly Spirit sings Damme vp your mouthes foule Enuies insolence Fil not the world with monstrous mouthed lies Of hate and malice you are the Instruments Though smoothly you can closely temporize Wrong not the dead nor liuing honor wound Let not one fault all vertues worth confound To make the best of things misdone Hath alwayes greatest honour wonne No cause there was that in his lucklesse fall So proudly some should triumph as they did Against an Earle to spit impoysoned gall But bloudy thoughts were made in bloud so red As heat and rage too much himselfe forgot And boldly spake he car'd not how nor what No vp-start groome sprung from the Cart Should braue the honour of a lands desart So vse base minds in greatnesse to forget The place whence first they their beginning had Their proud disdayne the noblest brest would hit The fall of honour makes them wondrous glad So was 't or else he rather would haue wept Then proudly such a ruffling coyle haue kept In this I ioy his Prophecy The time hath turn'd to foolery He was not last though last that so shall end We haue a Bud sprung frō that honored Branch God in thy loue doe thou that Earle defend And so his state by vertues steps aduance As he may grow an honour to his King Whose mercy did his youth to honor bring And he that drest his fathers dish Lord let his end be worse then his England beare witnesse deceased Honour dyde Rich in thy Loue his Loue was pure to thee Not for his gayne but for thy good he tryde To doe what might become his Dignity He hated Bribes Extortion he defide Gayne by thy losse his noble heart denyde To doe thee good he spent his wealth His Ioy consisted in thy health The Church of God Diuine religious Grace Was grac'd by him his heauenly sanctity Vnto the written Truth of God gaue place His heart did loue the reuerend Ministery All Popish trash and Romes inuentions vilde Were from his Soule as hatefull things exilde Good men from foes hee did protect The poore he neuer did reiect He was no Churle nor wretch-like couetous His noble Brest as drosse base gold esteemd Valiant Liberall Wise and Vertuous His honor more then all worlds wealth he deemd Some could in print his honored