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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17029	The speeches and honorable entertainment giuen to the Queenes Maiestie in progresse, at Cowdrey in Sussex, by the right honorable the Lord Montacute. 1591; Honorable entertainment given to the Queenes Majestie at Cowdrey in Suffex, by Lord Montacute. 1591.		1591 (1591)	STC 3907.7; ESTC S120322	5,374	16

dutie the greatnes of the branches not the greenesse Your majesty they account the Oke the tree of Iupiter whose root is so deeplie fastened that treacherie though shee vndermine to the centre cannot finde the windings and whose toppe is so highlie reared that enuie though she shoote on copheigth cannot reach her vnder whose armes they haue both shade and shelter Well not they that your enemies lightnings are but flashes and their thunder which filles the whole world with a noise of conquest shall end with a softe shower of Retreate Be then as confident in your steppes as Caesar was in his Fortune His proceedings but of conceit yours of vertue Abroad courage hath made you feared at home honoured clemencie Clemencie which the owner of this Groue hath tasted in such sort that his thoughts are become his hearts laberinth surprized with ioie and loialtie Ioy without measure loyaltie without end liuing in no other ayer then that which breathes your Maiesties safetie For himselfe and all these honourable Lords and Gentlemen whose shieldes your Maiestie doeth here beholde I can say this that as the veines are dispersed through all the bodie yet when the heart feeleth any extreame passion sende all their bloud to the heart for comfort so they being in diuers places when your Maiestie shall but stande in feare of any daunger will bring their bodies their purses their soules to your Highnesse being their heart their head and their Soueraigne This passage is kept straight and the Pilgrime I feare hath complained but such a disguised worlde it is that one can scarce know a Pilgrime from a Priest a ●●●●er from a Gentleman nor a man from a woman Euerie one seeming to be that which they are not onely do practise what they should not The heauens guide you your Maiestie gouernes vs though our peace bee enuied by you we hope it shall be eternall Elizabetha Deus nobis haec otia foecit The Dittie THere is a bird that builds her neast with spice and built the Sun to ashes doth her burne Out of whose sinders doth another rise she by scorching beames to dust doth turne Thus life a death and death a life doth proue The rarest thing on earth except my loue My loue that makes his neast with high desires and is by beauties blaze to ashes brought Out of the which do breake out greater fires they quenched by disdain consume to nought And out of nought my cleerest loue doth rise True loue if often slaine but neuer dies True loue which springs though Fortune on it tread as camomel by pressing down doth grow Or as the Palme that higher reares his head whē men great burrhens on the branches throw Loue fansies birth Fidelitie the wombe the Nurse Delight Ingratitude the tombe Then vppon the winding of a Corne was 〈◊〉 most excellent crie of hounds with whome h●● Maiestie hunted and had good sport Wednesdaie On wednesdaie the Lords and Ladies dined in the walkes feasted most sumptuously In the euening her Maiestie comming to take the pleasure of the walkes was delighted with most delicate musicke and brought to a goodly Fishpond where was an Angler that taking no notice of hir Maiestie spake as followeth The Anglers Speech NExt rowing in a Westerne barge well fare Angling I haue bin here this two houres and cannot catch an oyster It may he for lacke of a bait that were hard in this nibling world where euerie man laies bait for another In the Citie merchants bait their tongues with a lie and an oath and so make simple men swallow deceitfull wares and fishing for commoditie is growen so farre that men are become fishes for Lande lords put such sweete baits on rackt rents that as good it were to be a perch in a pikes belly as a Tenant in theyr farmes All our trade is growen to trecherie for now fish are caught with medicins which are as vnwholsom as loue procured by withchcraft vnfortunate We Anglers make our lines of diuers colours according to the kindes of waters so doe men their loues aiming at the complexion of the faces Thus Marchandize Loue and Lordships sucke venom out of vertue I think I shal fish all daie and catch a frog the cause is neither in the line the hooke nor the bait but some thing there is ouer beautifull which stayeth the verie Minow of all fish the most eager from biting For this we Anglers obserue that the shadow of a man turneth backe the fish What will then the sight of a Goddesse T is best angling in a lowring daie for here the Sunne so glisters that the fish see my hooke through my bait But soft here be the Netters these be they that cannot content them with a dish of fish for their supper but will draw a whole pond for the market This saide he espied a Fisherman drawing his nettes towarde where hir Maiestie was And calling alowde to him Ho Sirra quoth the Anggler What shall I giue thee for thy draught If there be neuer a whale in it take it for a Noble quoth the Netter Ang. Be there any maydes there Net Maydes foole they be sea fish Ang. Why Net Venus was borne of the Sea and t is reason she should haue maydes to attend hir Then turned he to the Queene and after a small pawse spake as followeth MADAME it is an olde saying There is no fishing to the sea nor seruice to the King but it holdes when the sea is calme the king vertuous Your vertue doth make Enuie blush and Enuie stands amazed at your happines I come not to tell the art of fishing nor the natures of fish nor their daintines but with a poore Fisher mans wishe that all the hollowe heartes to your Maiestie were in my net and if there bee more then it will holde I woulde they were in the sea till I went thether a fishing There bee some so muddie minded that they can not liue in a cleere riuer but a standing poole as camells will not drinke till they haue troubled the water with their feet so can they neuer stanch their thirst till they haue disturbd the state with their trecheries Soft these are no fancies for fisher men Yes true hearts are as good as full purses the one the sinewes of war the other the armes A dish of fish is an vnworthie present for a prince to accept there be some carpes amongst them no carpers of states if there be I would they might bee handled lyke carpes their tongues pulled out Some pearches there are I am sure and if anie pearch higher than in dutie they ought I would they might sodenly picke ouer the pearch for me What so euer there is if it be good it is all yours most excellent Ladie that are best worthie of the greatest good That ended This Song of the Fisher man THE fish that seeks for food in siluer streame is vnawares beguiled with the hooke And tender harts when lest of loue they dreame do swallow beauties bait a louely looke The fish that shuns to bite in net doth hit The heart that scapes the eie is caught by wit The thing cald Loue poore Fisher men do feele rich pearles are found in hard homely shels Our habits base but hearts as true as steele sad lookes deep sighs flat faith are all our spels And when to vs our loues seeme faire to bee We court them thus Loue me and I le loue thee And if they saie our loue is fondly made we neuer leaue till on their hearts we lite Anglers haue patience by their proper trade and are content to tarrie till they bite Of all the fish that in the waters moue We count them lumps that will not bite at loue For the rest of the Entertainment honorable feasting and abundance of all things that might manifest a liberall and loyall heart because I was not there I cannot set downe thus much by report I heare by the words of those that deserue credite that it was such as much contented her Maiestie and made many others to wonder And so her Maiestie well pleased with her welcome he throughly comforted with her Highnesse gracious acceptance shee went from thence to Chichester