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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18386	Palestina Written by Mr. R.C.P. and Bachelor of Diuinitie	Chambers, Robert, 1571-1624?	1600 (1600)	STC 4954; ESTC S119228	109,088	208

shee had offered almes at whose death a sword of griefe should pierce her owne soule For among others which expected the redemptiō of Israel one whose name was Simeon dwelling in Hierusalem father vnto Gamaliel as some write and sonne vnto Hillel who was one of the twoo chiefe maisters of the Scribes and Pharyses men of great learning and right vnderstanding vntill opposing themselues against the Sadduces who were accounted heretickes among the Iewes they fell by two much precisenesse into most absurd superstitions This Hillel liued 120. yeeres and flourished not long after the Machabees he was of the tribe of Iuda and no doubt instructed his sonne Simeon how neere hee was who was to come to redeeme Israel for which cause Simeon made alwayes his prayer vnto God that hee might see his Sauiour before hee dyed which was promised vnto him and this day of the virgins purification performed for comming according vnto his custome into the Temple and seeing the mayden mother and her sonne hee tooke the childe with exceeding great ioy in his armes and as one who after a long time had obtained his hearts desire hee beganne with a voyce which was no lesse then an 100 yeere old to sing this little H●mme Now lettest thou thy seruant Lord depart According to thy word in peace Because mine eyes haue seene which ioyes my hart Thy sacred health my soules release Which thou prepared hast before all peoples face A light to light the rest renowne to Iacobs race Had this beene else where the mayden mother vsed vnto such matters would either haue beene very little or nothing mooued but her sonne being at that time and in that place descryed it made her greatly amazed much more did it astonish others who could not but knowe that the three Kings came to Hierusalem to seeke such a childe and poore Ioseph among the rest maruailed not a little who was accounted by the people father of the childe and for that cause is so called in the same sacred hystorie which before had shewed how that the Maiden mother conceyued this childe by the holie Ghost without the companie of man But old Simeon draue her out of that maze by drawing her into a farre deeper muse for afterwarde taking aduauntage of his owne gray haires and her greene yeeres hee blessed her and gaue her as much cause of griefe in prose as hee had giuen of ioy before in verse and tolde her that her sonne should bee the ruine although also the raysing of manie in Israel and that he shoulde be a signe which shoulde bee contradicted alluding perchaunce vnto that which the Oracle sayde vnto Achas king of Iudah The Lorde shall giue you a signe behold a virgin shall conceiue and bring forth a sonne But in that Simeon sayde that this signe shoulde bee contradicted hee woulde insinuate eyther a troublesome life or else a scandalous death as that eyther his doctrine woulde bee little esteemed of where hee preached or that his manner of death shoulde bee such as beeing suffered by him shoulde in malicious mynded men derogate from the worthinesse which others attribute vnto him For aptlie dooth the conclusion of Simeons speech vnto the virgin fol●ow And a sworde of griefe shall pierce thy soule and manie secrete thoughts be reuealed And no sooner had Simeon done his deuotion but a religious widow of 84. yeares and aboue a hundred yeeres old daughter vnto Phanuel of the tribe of Aser came not vnto the Temple for she was neuer from thence spending there all her life in fasting and prayer but vnto the maiden mother and hauing done her dutie vnto the yong prince shee spake of him for she had before the spirit of prophecie vnto all such as looked for the redemption of Israel And after these things were finished they returned into Galile vnto their citie Nazareth from whence they parted when they came to Bethleem These ceremonys being finished which satisfied the Iewes law a new solemnitie was also begun which should abolish the Gentiles loosenesse for as by the princes his birth the sports made in December in honour of Saturne were afterwarde turned to celebrate his natiuitie who was to bring again vnto the worlde such tymes or rather better then in which Saturne raigned and as by the effusion of his moste precious bloud the first day of the yeare had a newe consecration which was before performed with vain pastimes in honour of Ianus so now in Februarie wherein they vsed their lupercals either to purge the vnclean spirits or to please themselues with vnseemly sports both the virgin was purified because she would not haue it knowne howe litle she needed it and the yong prince was offered who doubted not afterward to make himself a most gratefull sacrifice thereby to chaunge these senselesse superstitions into a moste sacred solemnitie likely to teach them also some newe kinde of tryumph in March in which Moneth theyr priestes which song and daunce marched vp and downe in the streetes in armour But before the virgin and her spouse had disgested these sodaine ioyes which hapned vnto them in the Temple new dangers were set before them insomuch as that their owne experience might sufficiently haue taught them if they could not haue told before that mourning is alwayes at one end of myrth Ioseph his iealousie swallowed vppe his first ioy hee had in his spouse their grieuous winter iourney made him bewayle her wombes groth their gladnesse at this childes birth was checked with an inconuenient abode the shepheards congratulation was soone choked with the childs circumcision the kings oblation of golde and frankensence was not perfected without mirrhe and now that they haue beene at the Temple and heard what ioy these made which did but see him who was theirs a message commeth which to shew the more hast commeth by night and vrgeth Ioseph to arise and take the childe and the childs mother and flye into Egypt for that Herod would make search after the childe to kill him The message being deliuered vnto Ioseph he lost little time but rose and tooke the childe and his mother by night and went into Egypt where they remained not onely vntill the massacre was ended but also vntill that Herod was dead Then were many Oracles vnderstood and one principall prophesie was fulfilled that the Lorde should ascend vppon a light cloude and should enter into Egypt and the Idols of Egypt should bee ouerthrowne and the heart of Egypt should languish in the middle thereof for when the sonne of God became a man he was in some sort hidden that his glorie was not seene and the flesh which hee tooke was likened vnto a light cloude either because flesh is of it selfe no more lasting then is a thin cloude which with euery little winde is dissolued or else because he was of no lesse power when he was in that cloude then he was before At his comming into Egypt some affirme that all the Idols in Egypt fell downe

PALESTINA WRITTEN By Mr. R. C. P. and Bachelor of Diuinitie FLORENCE Imprinted by Bartelmew Sermartelli 1600. TO OVR MOST Gracious and Soueraigne Ladie and Princes whose dowrie is little England and the largest heauens her fayrest inheritance all happinesse and heauenly blisse ALl faire and fortunate Princesse the glorie of England the gemme of all the world so worthie of the highest renowne as no one is worthie to pronounce thy name By whom next vnto God wee not onely liue but labour with ioy our heartes ease our soules peace Liue vnder whom England liueth in the farthermost part of the world and raigne for euer vnder whom it hath beene a long time most graciously gouerned at home Vouchsafe noble Princes who descendest of a princely race Vouchsafe gracious Soueraigne who condescendest to thy poorest subiects requestes Vouchsafe worthie of all praise this small-worth present which although it bee but a harsh discourse of a sometime happie countrey yet it is with a heartie wish it were not so greatly weaned 〈◊〉 thee Too much presumption it may seeme to presse vpon a Princesse so sleight a works protection But the common lying in the wind to take aduantage against whatsoeuer is written compelleth men to flie to those who can and will defend which none will sooner then such a Princesse as taketh to her heart her meanest subiectes loue and thinketh their harme doth touch her owne honour none may better then such a Princesse as whose gracious looke can make it a most pleasing lure whose readie fauour can fast-locke all others iudgements in aliking A pleasing subiect are thy prayses if by any they could be worthily desciphered but they doe so much exceed the arte both of penne and pensell that men should wrest their wittes in vaine that would do more then wonder at them Thy felicitie then being so great thy bountie so gracious as no one who needeth thy patronage may iustly either distrust or dispaire thereof hauing declared what most humblie I desire and earnestly wish I may deserue I cease admire thee with those who neuer cease to admire thee and wish vnto thee what thou hast not aboue all mens wishes Your Maiesties humble seruant not worth the naming PALESTINA Written by Mr. R. C. P. and Bachelor of Diuinitie IN the heauenlye Hierusalem dwelleth an Emperor so worthie and so wealthie as in his presence both the rarest maiestie seemeth base and the richest Monarch a beggar The cite wherein hee abideth is so stately and so strong as neyther Niniuie without a lippe nor Babilon●r ●r Ec●atane may without a blush either be named or numbred with it It is of a glasse-like transparent but the purest tried gold that he resteth free from all doubt of euer hauing it wasted with fire and voide of all feare that it will not last for euer The streetes of the citties are of the same gold through them runneth a riuer as cleare as christall on either side of which groweth a tree which for euery of the twelue monethes giueth a seuerall fruite and according vnto the effect it worketh is called the tree of life it is watered with the riuer which is of no lesse vertue then the tree and hath his first vent from vnder the Emperour his throne The citie is square 375. miles aswell in heigth as length and breadth the compasse is 1500 mile about it is a wal 216. foote high all of Iasper stone which beside the firmenes thereof is of a most fresh and beautifull greene colour that it mooueth the beholders to wish as much as to wonder The wall is built so low of purpose that the statelinesse of the Citie may appeare the better vnto all passengers The foundation of the wall is of twelue precious stones the Iasper the Saphire the Calcedonicke the Emerauld the Sardonix the Sardius the Chrysolith the Berill the Topaze the Chrysophrase the Hyacinth the Amethist In this wall were twelue gates in all poynts correspondent vnto the statelinesse of the wall three toward the East as many toward the West also three towarde the North and three toward the South euerie seuerall gate is one of those twelue seuerall precious stones and no one of the gates without all the rest of the stones but they are not so much beautified by them as by the presence of twelue princes which stand in euery of the twelue gates one who seeme there to abide onely as allurements to their citie if any beeing weary of the worlds illusions should indeuour too seeke theyr safetie for neyther haue they any cause to looke vnto their gates nor any custome to locke them And no worse then princes can stande at his gates all whose houshold ●re princes euerie one of them rich because they cannot enioy more then they doe all happie because they cannot become lesse then they are and onely contend who shall to their power giue him most praise who hath filled their harts with such ioy as neither eye hath seene eare hath heard nor heart but their owne can conceiue and furnished all their senses with such delight as still they couet but neuer want still they taste but are neuer glutted because they no sooner wish then haue and euery taste giueth a fresh appetite If the ver●e pauement of their streetes bee of most pure gold and the foundation of their walles of most precious stones thinke what ornaments are those which are within theyr Pallaces No night succeedeth their day no winters colde nor summers heate disturbeth that temperature which an euerlasting spring-time maintaineth in liuely vigour One Kingdome contenteth them all and because they all hold it of one in whome onelie they ioy and by whome they enioy it they know not how to liue but as one no one enuyeth at anothers good both because euery one hath what his heart can desire and also for that they all haue one obiect which so mightily draweth all their powers to the continuall loue and looking thereon as they haue neither power nor leysure to apply themselues to any other more then that they loue each other in respect that euerie one loueth him who as each thinketh cannot bee loued too much How daintily doe they feede whose meate and drinke is loue for if any thing delight without any likelyhood of euer loathing it it is his loue if any thing doe please without danger of poyson it is his loue if any thing bee able to quicken what seemeth quite dead it is his loue O howe well did the Poets aime at the truth when they sayd that loue was a God but shot much wide when they fayned that hee was blinded whose seeing onely and being seene is that which giueth life to all men but neuer woundeth hee any against their willes and whose heart hee woundeth he salueth with the ioy of such a loue as is far more noblethen themselues and will not leaue the least loue vnrequited This soueraign Lord ouer so many happy Princes his estate is such as cannot