fulfill And leave the Reader to thinke what he will NOw may we range next to the Ranke of loue Other Affections and to doe it right We must place Favoure there by which w'approve Of some thing wherein we conceave delight For that it 's good in deede or so in sight Herein Loues obligation doth commence Yet favoure may haue force where loue lacks might But without Favoure Loue is a non ENS For Favoure waites vpon Loves excellence Then Reverence with Favour we may Ranke Bredd by comparing some high Dignitie With some inferior State that Fortune sanck Which then is in it's right especially When extreame feare and Hatred come not ny For though in Rev'rence Feare and Shamefastnesse VVith moderation doe obscurely lye Yet Feare by some Ill caus'd Good doth suppresse Still seene in that which breedes our humblenesse True rev'rence therefore beare we vnto God Who is allâ—good as he almightie is For fear'd we nought but his revenging Rodd Our Rev'rence would be turn'd to hate by this Then Rev'rence growes from pow'r and grace of his And whosoere with them he most endowes Of Rev'rence from lesse Rev'rend cannot misse For Rev'rence Pow'r and Goodnesse still ensues And the lesse worthie to the better bowes For when we eie the vertue pow'r and grace Of the most Noble truely called so And looke vpon our selves and weigh how base VVe are compar'd with them then bend we lo As vnto them that vs in Good out-go For as selfe-liking doth enlarge the Hart Or puffe it vp like Bladders which we blo So it contracts it selfe in ev'ry part When we see others passe vs in desart Then as we rev'rence God for goodnesse more Then for his might and awfull Maiesty So if we would be rev'renc't of the Low'r We must surmount them in that ex'lency That makes vs most resemble Dëity For whereas Goodnesse doth associate Might There the most Insolent most rev'rently Though otherwise repleat with al Dispight VVill doe their Homage freely with delight For homage fealty and honor are To sacred Vertue due by Natures Law Honor we owe to Vertue though but bare And Vertue matcht with might doth Rev'rence draw Then Honor Reverence and loving awe Are due to Maiestie and that is due To Magistrats that Men froÌ„ Vice with-draw And make them Vertue eagerly ensue Themselues therin be'ng Leaders of the Crue The last Affects to Love subordinate Are Mercy and Compassion These are they VVhich make vs like God to commiserate The miseries of those that still decay Or are at point to perish without stay These these bewraie that we are Members quick Of that same Bodie whose Head doth bewray That they are Members mortifide or sick VVhich feele no paines that fellow members prick These make vs make the hand of the distrest Our Mucke and Earthly Mammons continent Yea make vs make the Orphanes home our Brest And our right Arme the VVeedowes Sustinent And all that want our All them to content O that these were more frequent then they are With those that doe our Churches so frequent For damn'ds Devotion that will nothing spare But for selfe-comfort altogither care These Colledges and Hospitals erect And both endow with copious maintenance These are so prevalent in their effect That they vnto the Heav'ns doe Earth advance Wherein there is no want or sufferance These doe forgiue as gladly as they giue Vnto their foes miscarried by Mischance These good and bad like God in lacke relieue For Mercies Bowels melt when anie grieue These Bridges builde ore Rivers semi-Seas And turne deepe VVaies though endlesse in extent To Cawseis firme for Man and Beasts more ease And ev'ry waie provide for bothes content Through fellow-feeling of their dryriment These make their VVaredrops and the Needies one And their owne Limbes limbes of the impotent Ioy with the ioiefull mone with them that mone And sigh in soule when they in Bodie grone O that my soule could as it gladly would It selfe infuse into each worde or line That tendes to Mercies glorie then it should So as it ought at least like Phoebus shine If not at most bee more then most divine For Mercie and Iustice are Gods mightie Armes But he most might to Mercie doth assigne As bee'ng the right Arme holding all from harmes Though All do fall through Frailties least Alarmes Mercie 's the true Idea of Gods Soule Wherein his matchlesse glorie glitters most Which is of force his Iustice to controule For when in Iustice all that are were lost Then Mercie them redeem'd to Iustice cost The Lord of Iustice was vniustly slaine That Mercie might triumph and iustly boast As Loue first made so Mercie made againe Man-kind that sin had marr'd with monstrous stain Sith Mercie then is of so high account Shee should bee most familier with the Hy For God in mercy doth himselfe surmount That is it doth himselfe most glorify So they that eie the Poore with Pitties eie And haue most mercie seated in their soule Draw neer'st the nature of his Dëity Whose names engrossed are in his Check-role And next him ought the VNIVERS to rule THus having toucht th' Affections most humane That humane nature doe consociate Now follow those that are most inhumane Bred by Opinion of Ill which wee hate Which make vs savage or in worse estate The vnrest of our soules the while they rest Within our Bodies and predominate Proceedes from fowre chiefe causes of vnrest Which thus by Natures searchers are exprest Desire Feare Griefe Ioy all immoderate Which perturbations be from these proceede Al Passions which the soule excruciate Which the Mindes ignorance doth fatting feede As knowing not what 's good or Ill indeede Desire and Ioie those goods accompany Which be not good further then Natures neede And that a little God wot doth supply For overmuch doth her soone mortifie Aske peace and plenty what fell fights they haue With these three Monsters Pride Strife Excesse Hardly themselues if they at all doe saue From their fell force they eas'ly wil confesse Yet God with Peace and Plentie Man doth blesse That Man might blesse God both in word and deede Not take occasion from thence to transgresse But from these Fountaines pure doe oft proceede By their abuse Abuses which exceede For sinne in peace and plentie is so arm'd VVith all that may allure the simple sense That sense by those allurements is so charm'd That soone it yeeldes to sinne obedience As it were forc'd by some Omnipotence When sinne so sweetly doth intreate and pray And promise Flesh Heav'n in Incontinence To which prosperity doth Flesh betray How can fraile Flesh and Bloud say sweet sinne nay If Tast would tast what might her Pallate please Sinne offers Manna Nectar and what not VVould touching feele sinne opens pleasures Seas To plunge the sense therein it to besot The smell shee ioies with sents as sweete as
but trie To keepe them in in their conceaving place Dissembling so Discretions fowle disgrace But as I cannot colour my defects So can I wel dissemble in no case Which is the cause of many badd effects For none though nere so vaine this vaine affects Teares are the Tokens of a Passion'd Soule That Hart for Loue somtimes sends to the Eies And oft they witnes there Ioy Paine or Dole But how so ere from Passion strong they rise Which Passion in Compassion often lies Mine Eies are kyn too neere of kyn to these Which though my Spirit doth it much despise Yet doe they turne mine Eyes too oft to Seas To drowne Harts Passion and to give it ease But blessed were I if mine Eyes could flowe With Teares of Pittie seeing the distrest But much more blest had I then to bestow And franckly giue then were I treble blest In Teares in wealth and in both so addrest My Secret to my selfe I blesse Him ay For being no worse though badd I be at best The lesse I speake of what I feele that way The more I feele his grace my thoughts to sway He Fount of goodnesse holie be his name Was often seene when he as man was seene To weepe and seem'd delighted with the same Seeing the VVorld through his Teares stil oreseene That might by his example blest haue beene Who never was observ'd to laugh or iest Either in Manhood or when yeares were greene At merry-meetings or at vveddings feast Showing thereby what moode fitts Vertue best If Ioy at any time had toucht his Soule As when his words had made a Proselite He only wise would wisely it controule For that this moode with Maiesty doâ—h fight Which in his Person was enthron'd by right This we admire as that we cannot doe For we in pleasures vaine so much delight That Ioy may make vs madd and kill vs too For Ioy or Griefe can our hart-stringes vndoe Thus when our Teares doe testifie our ruth We neede not rue or of them be asham'd For Vertue therein her owne selfe ensuth When with selfe-love her Soule is most inflam'd Which selfe-loue burns the Soul yet nere is blam'd Wherefore such Teares and Teares effus'd for sinne Is wyne of Angels so by Angells nam'd Then blessed are those Founts that never lyn To send forth streames that Angells glory in VVhen sighes for sinne ascendâ— Mercy descends And in the rise their flight anticipates Grace centreth sighes that Mercy comprehends But sighes from sinne ascending Mercie hates Sighes for and from sinne are vnequall mates From sinne none but sighes sinneful can arise But sighes for sinne high grace consociates And did not Mercie stay them in the rise They would with violence the Heav'ns surprise Two kindes of Ioy or Griefe the Hart conceaues For Good or Ill possessed or future The name of Hope the later Ioy receaues Which of some good to come doth vs assure The latter Griefe doth Feare in vs procure Of Ill to come which we with Griefe expect So Ioy and Hope or Griefe and Feare in powre Are much alike their ods Time doth effect And take their names as they doe Time respect Hope time to come respects bred by Desire Desire of good wherein we Ioie by Hope Hope hath no helpe of science but intire Rests on coniecture which to doubt lies ope And likelyhood giues her her vtmost scope Yet Hope that 's fixt on that all-working VVord That gaue Earth being and the Heav'nly Cope Excludes Coniecture and is so assur'd As if that hopt for Time did straite afford Then no true Ioy can hope accompany That hath but likelyhood for her best stay For such hope Posse evermore doth eie Which ere it comes to Esse slides away For in each Possibilitie we may Behold a possibilitie of faile Which must of force our hope sometimes dismay Then Feare a shaking hope must needes assaile And hope must shake that crosse events may quaile Such is the VVickeds most assured hope Who Ancor it on transitorie Toyes They feare the cracking of that cable Rope That holds them to their hopes expected ioies Contingencie their constan'st hope annoies Which ay is constant in vnconstancie And oft them with their groundlesse hope destroies Which fils their hopes with dire perplexity And lines their ioies with lasting miserie But hope that hath for obiect certaine things As those which Truthes nere-failing word assures In great'st distresse great consolation brings And like good sauce an appetite procures Griefe to disgest as long as life endures This hope makes harts to hold that els would breake And harts almost quite broken shee recures And when our foes by force our ruine seeke She giues vs streÌ„gth to weene their force too weake Shee holds the powres of hell in high contempt And makes a iest of temp'ral powre or paine From all annoy of both shee is exempt For in Griefes bowels shee doth ioie retaine As Ionas did in the VVhales intertaine The aire shee striketh with so strong a winge That aire or fire the force cannot restraine But vp shee will through both and ev'ry thing That lets her from the place of her biding Nay she with such resistlesse wings doth flie That shee her selfe her selfe doth oft surmount The Faithfuls Father made her so to stie And diverse other Saintes of lesse account Being on her VVings she maugre force wil mount Who through the ten-fold heav'ns though thick hard CaÌ„ glide with ease as Fish do through a fouÌ„t Nor by the high'st himselfe can shee be bard But will prevaile as it with Iacob far'd Thus Ioy and Hope goe iointly hand in hand Like Twins got by Desire by Fancie borne And as Hopes ioie on future Good doth stand So Fear 's a griefe conceav'd for Ill vnborne Which we expect wherewith the Soule is torne Then looke what ods there is twixt Hope and Ioy The like 's twixt Feare and griefe in minds forlone A like they comfort or the Minde annoy As they best know that best or worst enioy Feare doth the Hart contract that Hope dilates And shut so close that vitall Sp'rits it pines Then Nature to prevent death which shee hates Drawes bloud and Sp'rits from al the parts confines And to the Hart in haste the same assignes Then are the outward partes as pale as cold And quake as fearing their approaching fines Then pants the heart that labours life to hold Which ties the Tongue womb loosing ere it should And as this sense-confounding Passion Feare The hart with horror thus excruciates So in the soule it such a swaie doth beare That it the Powres thereof quite dissipates And makes most abiects of most mightie States How like an Idoll stands Feares servile Slaue Whose total senses Feare so captivates That no one sense hath force it selfe to saue But Death desires to kill the feare they haue If this base Feare harts hatefull hel possesse The hart the
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
iudgmeÌ„ts because we feele not the force therâ—of that at length like the Fly in the flame we are consumed of them o Civill warre is faâ—re worse then Tyranny or vniust iudgmeÌ„t Plutarch in Bruto p Gods commandements A Recapitulation of what hath bin discoursed touching the Kings of England their governments William Conqueror q Vis vnita fortior New Lords new Lawes r To hurt and heale for more health is holsome s Blessed is the affliction that procures greater perfection t Soone ripe soone rotten Edward 1. Longshancks Edw. 2. Rich. 2 Hen. 6. Edw. 5. a Ambition gathers resistles strength in a Kings weakenes Maiesty without magnanimity is vnassured Livie 2. â— b I haue seene servaÌ„ts on horses Princes walking like â— servaÌ„ts on the ground Eccl. 10.7 Edw. 3 Hen 4. Hen. 5. Edw. 4. Loving feare a sure guarde to Soveraigns No kingdâ—me free froÌ„ Ambition Kingdoms the obiects of fortune Envy Simil. a PerfectioÌ„ humane AmbitioÌ„ a sore of the minde incurable b An inevitable incoÌ„venience Richard 3. a Ambition would destroy al to be aboue all Hen. .7 Vniust peace is to be prefer red before iust warre Livie Yet open war is more secure theÌ„ suspitious peace Tac. 4. Hist. Great heapes are made of many litle thiÌ„gs in peace brought to nothinge in warre Peace good government the Parents of Prosperity God selleth vs riches for the price of labor We are said to be well backt when wee are no worse frended a Gold makes al thinâ—s pregnable b Money is the very sinâ—wes of a State Mucian c The good of the Subiects is the obiect of the good â—rince d Money saith Thucidides makes weapoÌ„s forcible and profitable Cyrusâ— was wont to say he heaped great treasures wheÌ„ he enriched his friends Subiects f Let Kinges that desire to live in peace provide in time thinges necessary for warre g Tiberius of Constantinople accounted that for counterfet coyne that was levied with Teares and cryings of the people h The bitings of enraged necessitie are most dangerousâ— Portiuâ— latro Hen. 7. a true Paâ—terne of a wise and vertuous Prince Hen. 8. Bounty doeth cover manie faults Avarice obscureth many vertues Guiftes doe superinduce the heart to loue He more respected honor then profit Edward 6. Qâ— Marie Contempt in subiects is the conâ—usion of government Qâ— Elizabeth Act. 5.35,36 37,38,39 The Mindes pleasurs much more pleasant theÌ„ corporal delightes Sensuall persons are vselesse burdens to the earth The senses soone weery of their pleasures Wine sicknes 2. Obstacles that lets the mâ—ndes actions Simil. Wee ought to propose nothing to the minde vnworthy of her Simil. Sense must awhile forbear pleaâ—ures to make them more pleasaÌ„t * The pleasurs which sense receiues from natural things are more pleasant theÌ„ those froÌ„ Artificiall * Nothing vnder the SuÌ„ne long coÌ„tents therefore wee should seeke contentment aboue the Sunne * Birdes Simil. None know it but they that feele it a The propertie of true felicity is alwaies to coÌ„cent the desire and exclude feare b St. Paule Loue doth descend not ascend How love is bredd Doating bâ—ings loathing God should simply be loved for his own goodnes It is selfe-loue to love God for his bounty towards vs onely b Loue made vs to loue God is mans beginning his end The order of loues progres He workes in vs both the will and the deede Selfe-loue is iustifiable wheÌ„ we loue our selues for god only Beauty is a speciall cause of loue God the FouÌ„t of all Beauty Painting the face * Without coulor of Reason Outward argues inwarde beauty Sinne is conceived in the womb of concupiscence * They rather ruine then repaire the â—ender honors of women A well teÌ„pred body makes a like tempered mind ordinarily An vnchaste eie loues to looke vpon â— light eie Beauty â—igniorizeth the sense The beauty of a WomaÌ„ cheereth the face and a man loues nothing better Eccl. 36.22 * Maried Adultery Luxury wantonnesse slouth Pride c. are sins in Specie the Genus to all these is Caro. 4. Kindes of divine furie Loues force is vnvtâ—erable Alexander Mag. b Plutar. in Alexand. Loue is lawlâ—â— Lust is blinde Such lovers are as sensles as the stones which they loue Lust is most willfull O toile intollerable Quoth Speculation Beâ—uty promisâ—th more honesty then deformity 3. Causes of loue viz Pleasant pâ—ofitable honest Perfect loue God the Exchequer of Beauty Goodnesse is mother to loue beauâ—y Goodnes hath made 4 especiall beautieâ— The little consideration we haue of Gods goodnesse towards vs is the cause of our coldnesse in loue to him The loue that is bought is â—â—ark nought A natural reâ—son why loue descendeth In him we liue move haue our being To know godâ— loue is the way to make Man loue All true loue is either Amor Coeâ—i or amor Seculâ— this of our neighbouâ—e that of God As â—here is no lâ—ue without faith so there is no faith without loue Loue of all humane Affections is the most puiâ—ant passionate b Loue is the Bond that vnites God man Brothers by redemption ought to be more neere deere to each other theÌ„ Brothers by creation In good desires there is pleasure and paine * God When loue is in the height of perfection â—owe favoure iâ— bredd Reverence springs from powre and goodnesse Simil. We reverence God more for his goodnesse then for his powre To whom honor and reverence are due vpon Earth Mercy and compassion Affectes flowing from loue Loue hath nothing in private Man made of earth CompassioÌ„ extendeth her vertue to man and beast Mercy Iustice are godâ— almightie Armes Gods Mercie triumpheth over his Iustice towards Man Priâ—ces and Maiestrates Inhumane affections howe bred 4. Perturbations froÌ„ whoÌ„ do flow al immoderate passions of the soule Wherefore God doth blesse man with abundance There is no greater temptation theÌ„ never to be teÌ„pted no sorer punishmeÌ„t then of God never to bee punished Sinne offers the senses their severall satisfactions Vertue without adversitie withereth and loseth her force There is no other passage to heaven theÌ„ through the fire of Afflictions Griefe fear accompanie transitory riches Simil. Good Affects proceede froÌ„ the opinion of good and evill froÌ„ evill OffeÌ„ce what All mundane things are as they are takeÌ„ Offenses against the outward Senses are much lesse osâ—ensiue then those against the inward * Nothing moues our patience that moves not our will Man of all creatures hardest to please * Who so pleaseth all doth more then he that made all Some to bee thought more iudicious are most censorious Criticks of these times A Foole may make the wise ridiculous to Fooles These be men of partes that would have al whollie The coÌ„plaint of base male-contents * Without good partes Divells incarnate tempt meÌ„ desperate * The PestileÌ„ce which infects al that comes neere it * They walke like Devills invisible A