32 of the Compasse in all 40. We being in our watry businesse bound And with these wicked winds encompass'd round For why such breaths as those it fortunes euer They end with hanging but with drowning neuer And sure the bladders bore vs vp so tight As if they had said Gallowes claime thy right This was the cause that made vs seeke about To finde these light Tiburnian vapoursour We could haue had of honest men good store As Watermen and Smiths and many more But that we knew it must be hanging breath That must preserue vs from a drowning death Carefully and discreetly prouided Yet much we fear'd the graues our end would be Before we could the Towne of Grauesand see Our boat drunke deepely with her dropsie thirst And quast as if she would her bladders burst Whilst we within sixe inches of the brim Full of salt water downe halfe sunck did swim Thousands of people all the shores did hide And thousands more did meet vs in the tide With Scâ—â—crs Oares with ship boats with Barges To gaze on vs they put themselue to charges Thus did we driue and driue the time away Till pitchy night had driuen away the day The Sun vnto the vnder world was fled The Moone was loath to rise and kept her bed The Stanes did â—winckele but the Ebon clouds Their light our fight obseures ouer shrowds The tosling billowes made our boat to caper Out paper forme scarce being forme of paper The water foure mile broad no Oares to row Night darke and where we were we did not know And thus 'twixt doubt and feare hope and despaire I sell to worke and Roger Bird to prayer And as the surges vp and downe did heaue vs He cry'dmost feruently good Lord receiue vs. I pray'd as much but I did worke and pray And he did all he could to pray and play Thus three houres darkeling I did puzzâ—ll and toile Sows'd and well pickl'd chafe and muzzell moile Dernch'd with the swaffing waues stew'd â—â— sweat Scarce able with a cane our boat to set At last by Gods great mercy and his might The morning gan to chase away the night Aurora made vs soone perceiue and see We were three miles below the Towne of Lee. And as the morning more end more did cleare The fight of Quinborogh castle did appeare That was the famous monumentall marke To which we striu'd obring our rotten barke The onely ayme of our intents and scope The anker that brought Roger to the Hope He dwelleth now at the Hope on the Banck-side Thus we from Saturday at euening Tide Till Monday morâ—e did on the water bide In rotten paper and in boy sterous weather Darke nights through wet and toyled altogether But being come to Quinborough and aland I tooke my fellow koger by the hand And both of vs ere we two steps did goe Gaue thankes to God that had preseru'd vs so Confessing that his mercy vs protected When as we least deseru'd and lesse expected The Maior of Quinborough in loue affords To entertaine vs as we had beene Lords It is a yearely feast kept by the Maior And thousand people thâ—â—her doth repaire From Townes and Villages that 's neerâ— about And t was our luck to come in all this roue I'th'street Bread Beere and Oysters is their meat Which freely friendly shot-froe all doe eat But Hodge and I were men of ranck and note We to the Maior gaue our aduenturous boat The which to glorifie that Towne of Kent He meant to hang vp for a monument He to his house inuited vs to dine Where we had cheare on cheare and wine on wine And drinke and fill and drinke and drinke and fill With welcome vpon welcome welcome still But whilst we at our dinners thus were merry The Country people tore our tatter'd wherry In mammocks pecoemeale in a thousand scraps Wearing the reliques in their hats and caps That neuer traytors corps could more be scatter'd By greedy Rauens then out poore boat was tatter'd Which when the Maior did know he presently Tooke patient what he could not remedie The next day we with thankes left Quinbroght coast And hied vs home on horse-backe all in post Thus Master Birds strange voyage was begun With greater danger was his mony won And those that doe his coine from him detaine Which he did win with perill and much paine Let them not thinke that e're 't will doe them good But eate their marrow and consume their blood The worme of conscience gnaw them euery day That haue the moanes and not the will to pay Those that are poore and cannot let them be Both from the debt and malediction free Thus I in part what Himp-seed is haue showne Cloth ropes rags paper poorely is made knowneâ— How it maintaines each kingdome starte and trade And how in paper we a voyage made I therefore to conclude thinke not amissâ— To write something of Thames or Thamasis The names of the most famous riuers in the world Mazâ— Rubicon â—lue Volga Ems Scamander Loyre Moldous Tybar Albia Scyne Meander Hidaspes Indus Iuachus Tanaies Our Thames true praise is sarre beyond their praise Great Euphrates Jordans Nilus Ganges Poe Tagus and Tygris Thames doth farre out-goe Danubia Ister Xanthus Lisus Rhrine Wey Seuerue Auon Medway Isis Tinâ— Dâ—â— Ouze Trent Humber Eske Tweed Annan Tay. Firth that braue Demy-ocean Clide ' Dun Spay All these are great in sames and great in names But great'st in goodnesse is the riuer Thames From whose Diurnall and Nocturnall flood Millions of soules haue fewell cloathes and food Which from twelue houres to twelue doth still succeed Hundreds thousands both to cloath feed Of watermen their seruants children wiues It doth maintaine neere twenty thousand lines I can as quickly number all the starres As reckon all things in particulars Which by the bounty of th' All-giuing giuer Proceeds from this most matchlesse famous Riuer And therefore ' cis great pitty shelfe or sand From the forgetfull and ingrate full land Should it's cleare chrystall entrailes vilesy Or soyle such purenesse with impurity What doth it doe but seruas our full contents Brings food and for it takes our excrements Yeelds vs all plenty worthy of regard And dirt and mucke we giue it for reward Riuers sabled or seigned to be in Hell Oh what a world of Poets that excell Is ar haue fabled riuers out of hell As Erebus Cocitus Acheron Sur Orchus Tartarus and Phlegeton And all internall Barathrums Damn'd Creekes With Charous Passengers and fearefull shriekes Who writing drinking Lethe to their shames Vnthankefully they haue forgot the Thames But noble Thames whilest I can hold a pen I will diuulge thy glory vnto men Thou in the morning when my coine is seant Before the euening dost supply my want If like a Bee I seeke to liue and thriue Thou wile yeeld hony freely to my hiue If like a drone I will not worke for meate Thou in discretion giues me nought
belonging to the Graff or Graue of Shomburgh a Prince of great command and eminence absolute in his authoritie and power not countermanded by the Emperour or any other further then coutesie requires and in a word he is one of the best accomplisht Gentlemen in Europe for his person port and Princely magnificence He hath there to his inestimable charge built the Towne with many goodly Houses Streets Lanes a strong wall and a deepe ditch all well furnished with munition and Artillerie with a band of Souldiers which he keepeth in continuall pay allowing euery man a Doller a Weeke and double apparell euery yeare Besides he hath built a stately Church being aboue 120. steps to the Roofe with a faâ—e paire of Organs a curious caâ—ued Pâ—lpit and all other Ornaments belonging to the same His owne Pallace may well be called an earthly Paradice which if I should run into praise of the description of I should bring my wits into an intricate Labyritch that I should hardly finde the way ouâ— yet according to the imbecility of my memory I will only touch a little at the shadow of it and let the substance stand where it doth At the front or outward gate is a most stately Arch vpon the top whereof is erected the image of Eâ—uy as great as a de ny Coloss â—â— betweene two Dragons all guilt with gold before the gate is an iron grate to open and that as it were of flowers or worke of E 〈…〉 at which gate stands alwayes a Câ—â—â—rt of Guard and a Sentinel and at the Lower part of the Arch is the Princes title or in Capitall Letters as followeth ERNESTVS DEIGRATIA COMES HOLST Scomburgh Sternburgh c. After I was entred within the outward gate I was shewed his stables where I saw very faire and goodly horses both for warre and other vâ—es amongst the rest there was one naturally spotted like a Leopard or Panther and is called by the name of Leopard a stately couragious beast and so formed as If Nature had layd all her cunning aside onely to compose that Horse and indeed I mvst acknowledge he was made for the Seruice of some great Prince and not for any inferiour Person Passing further I came to another Court of Guard and ouer a Draw bridge into the inner Court where on the right hand I was conducted into the Chappell in which Chappell if it were possible that the hand of mortall men with artificiall workemanship could visibly set forth the magnificent glory of the immortal Creator then absolutely there it is but being impossible so to doe as neere as I can I will describe it the pauement is all of blacke and gray marble curiously wrought with Chequer-worke the Sâ—ats and Pues are carued wainscot of wonderful cunning and workemanship â— the roofe is adorned with the statues of Angel and Cherubins many in numâ—â—â— all so richly guilded as it Gold were as pentifull as pewter there could not bee more liberality bestowed besides there are a faire set of Organs with a brau sweet Qâ—ire of Qâ—iristers so that when they fâ—g the Lures Viols Bandoraes O gans Recorders Sâ—gbuts and other musicall instruments all strike vp together with such a glorious delicious harmony as if the Angelicall musicke of the Sphea â—â— were descended into that earthly Tabernacle The Prince himselfe is a Protestâ—â—â—â— very zealous in his Prayer and diligent in his attention to the Preacher who although I vndestood not yet I perceiued he was a good Dâ—â—ine who grauely and sincerely with reuerence and eloquent â—locution deliuered the bread of life to the vnderstanding Auditors In this Towne I â—â—â— with my brother from Saturday the laâ—â—o August till the Thursday following which was the fifth of September When I was conducted an English â—â—â—â— on my way by certaine of my Countrey men my Lords Musicians where wee dranke and parted onely my Brother and my Guide brought me that night to a strong walled Towne called Mâ—nden which standeth on the Riuer oâ— Weazar and belongeth to the Byshop of that See Oâ— the morrow I walked to see the Towne where I bought thirty fiâ—e Câ—eeses for eight pence which I brought into England for raritres pence and a yardaâ—la halte of padding for fiue So about noone we tooke a Boat to passe downe the Riuer which boat is much longer then any Westerne Barge but nothing neere so broad it was halfe laden with Lime and Cnalke and by reason the Wâ—â—blew hard we were almost choaked with â—â— flying and scattering of that dâ—stie commodity Besides the Water was so shallow that we ran a ground three or foure times and sometimes an houre sometimes lesse before we could get a float againe which made mee and my Guide goe a shore at a Village called Peterhaghen where we hired a Waggon to Leize where we stayed all night being come into our old way againe where were a crew of strowling Rogues and Whores that tooke vpon them the name of AEgyptians Iuglets and Fortune-tellers and indeed one of them held the Goodwise with a tale the whilst another was picking her chest and stole out ten dollers which is forty shillings and she that talked with her looked in her hand and told her that if shee did not take great heed she knew by her Art that some mischance was neere her which prooued true for her money was gone the whilst her fortune was telling But I appointed a Waggon ouer night to bee ready by three of the Clocke in the morning when I arose and applyed my trauaile so hard by changing fresh Wagons so that that day I came as farre as Rodenburgh which was nine Dutch miles where I stayd that night The next day being Sunday the eighth of Semptember we took Waggon towards Buckstahoo we had a merry Boore with an hundred tatters about him and now I thinke it fit a little to describe these Boores their natures habits and vnmannerly manners In our English tongue the name Bore or Boore doth truely explaine their Swinish condition for most of them are as full of humanity as a Bacon-hog or a Bore and their wiues as cleanly and courteous as Sowes For the most part of the men they are clad in thin buckerom vnlined bare legged and foored neyther band nor scarce shirt no woollen in the world about them and thus will they run through all weathers for money by the Waggons side and though no better apparelled yet all of them haue Houses Land or manuall meanes to liue by The substantiall Boores I did meet aboue 120. of them that Sunday with euery one a Hatchet in his hand I mused at it and thought they had beene going to fell Wood that day but my Guide told me they were all going to Church and that instead of Cloakes they carried Hatchets and that it was the fashion of the Country whereupon it came to my mind Cloake quasi Cleaue-oake ergo the Boores weare Hatchets in steed of Cloakes There are other fashion
therefore vp with them The Schismaticall Separaust I haue many times discourst with him and though hee be but a Botcher or a Button-maker and at the most a lumpe of opinionated ignorance yet he will seeme to wring the Scriptures to his opinions and presume to know more of the mysteries of Religion then any of our reuerend learned Bishops and Doctors I know this worke will be vnrelished in the pestiferous pallats of the dogmaticall Amsterdammarists but I doe must and will acknowledge a most reuerend honour and regard vnto the sacred memory of this blessed Virgin Lady Mother of our Lord and Redeemer IESVS and in my thoughts she shall euer haue superlatiue respect aboue all Angels Principalities Patriarkes Prophets Apostles Euangelists or Saints whatsoeuer vnder the blessed Trinity yet mistake me not as there is a difference betwixt the immortali Creator and a mortall creature so whilst I haue warrant sufficient from God himselfe to inuocate his name onely I will not giue Man Saint or Angell any honour that may bee derogatory to his Eternall Maiestie As amongst women she was blest aboue all being aboue all full of Grace so amongst Saints I beleeue she is supreme in Glory and it is an infallible truth that as the Romanists doe dishonour her much by their superstitious honourable seeming attributes so on the other part it is hellish and odious to God and good men either to forget her or which is worâ—e to remember her with impure thoughts or vnbeseeming speech for the excellency of so Diuine a Creature I confesse my selfe the meanest of men and most vnworthy of all to write of her that was the best of Women but my hope is that Charity will couer my faults and accept of my good meaning especially hauing endeuoured and striuen to doe my best So wishing all hearts to giue this holy Virgin such honour as may be pleasing to God which is that all should patterne their liues to her liues example in lowlinesse and humility and then they shall be exalted where she is in Glory with eternity IOHN TAYLOR THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE MOST BLESSED AMONGST ALL VVOMEN THE VIRGIN MARY The Mother of our Lord IESVS CHRIST BEfore the fire ayre water earth were fram'd Sunne Moone or any thing vnnam'd or naun'd God was who ne'r shal end nor ne'r began To whom all ages and all time 's a span By whose appointment each thing fades or growes And whose eternall knowledge all things knowes When Adams sinne pluck'd downe supernall lre And Iustice iudg'd him to infernall fire The Mercy did the execution stay And the great price of mans great debt did pay And as a Woman tempted Man to vice For which they both were thrust from Paradise So from a woman was a Sauiours birth That purchas'd Man a Heauen for losse of earth Our blest Redeemers Mother that blest Shee Before the World by God ordain'd to be A chosen vessell fittest of all other To be the Sonne of Gods most gracious Mother She is the Theame that doth my Muse inuite Vnworthy of such worthinesse to write I will no prayers nor inuocations frame For intercession to this heau'nly Dame Nor to her name one fruitlesse word shall runne To be my Mediatresse to her Sonne But to th' eternall Trinity alone I le sing He sigh He inuocate and mone I prize no creatures glory at that rate The great Creators praise t'extenuate But to th' Almighty ancunt of all dayes Be all dominion honour laud and praise I write the blest conception birth and life Of this beloued Mother Virgin Wife The ioyes the griefes the death and buriall place Of her most glorious gracious full of grace Her Father IOACHIM a vertuous man Had long liu'd childlesse with his wife S. ANNE And both of them did zealously intend If God did euer Sonne or Daughter send That they to him would dedicate it solely To be his seruant and to liue most holy God heard and granted freely their request And gaue them MARY of that sex the best At three yeeres age she to the Temple went And there eleu'n yeeres in deuotion spent At th' end of fourteene yeeres it came to passe This Virgin vnto IOSEPH spoused was Then after foure months time was past and gone Th' Almighty sent from his tribunall throne His great Ambassador which did vnfold The great'st ambassage euer yet was told Haile MARY full of heau'nly grace quoth he The high omnipotent Lord is with thee Blest amongst women oâ— Gods gracious doome And blessed be the fruâ—â— of thy blest wombe The Angels presence and the words he said This sacred vndefiled Maid dismaid Amazed musing what this message meant And wherefore God this messenger had sent Feare not said GAERIEL MARY most renown'd Thou with thy gracious God hast sauour foâ—â—â—â— For lo thou shalt conceiue and beare a Sunne By whom redemption and saluation's wonne And thou bis sauing Name shalt IESVS call Because hee'lâ— come to saue his people all She humbly mildly heau'ns high Nuncius heares But yet to be resolu'd of doubts and feares How can these things quoth she accomplisht be When no man hath knowledge had with me The Holy Ghost the Angell then replide Shall come vpon thee and thy God and guide The power of the most High shall shadow thee That Holy thing that of thee borne shall be Shall truely called be the Sonne of God Be whom Sinne Death and Hell shall downe be trod Then MARY to these speeches did accord And said Behold the hand-Maid of the Lord Be it to me ' according to ' thy well I am thine owne obedient seruant still This being said she turn'd her Angel tongne My soule doth magnist the Lord the song My spirit and all my faculties and doyce In God my Sauiour solely doth reioyce For though mans sinnes prouoke his grieuous wrath His humble hand-maid he remembred hath For now behold from this time hence I forth shall All generations me right blessed call He that is mighty me hath magnifide And bo'y is his name his mercies hide On them that feare him to prouoke his rage Throughout the spacious world from age to age With his strong arme he hath shew'd strength and batterd The proud and their imaginations scatterd He hath put downe the mighty from their seat The mecke and humble he exalted great To fill the hungry he is prouident When as the rich away are empty sent His mercies promis'd Abr'am and his seed He hath remembred and holpe Israels need This Song she sung with heart and holy spright To land her Makers mercy and his might And the like Song sung with so sweet a straine Was neuer nor shall e'r be sung againe When MARY by the Angels speech perceiu'd How old ELIZABETH a child conceiu'd To see her straight her pious minde was bent And to Ierusalem in three dayes she went And as the Virgin come from Nazareth Talk't with her kinfwoman ELIZABETH IOHN Baptist then vnnam'd an vnborne boy
to you Next to the Court in generall I am bound To you for many friendships I haue found There when my purse hath often wanted bait To fill or feed it I haue had receite So much for that I 'le now no more rehearse They shew their loues in prose my thankes in verse When death Mecanas did of life depriue Few of his Noble Tribe were left aliue This makes inuention to be meane and hard When Pride and Auarice doth kill reward And yet me thinkes it plainely doth appeare Mens writings are as good as e're they were Good lines are like a Banquet ill imployd Where too much feeding hath the stomack cloyd Good verses fall sometimes by course of fate Into their hands that are preiudicate And though the Writer n'er so well hath pend Yet they 'le find fault with what they cannot mend Thus many a learned well composed line Hath bin a Pearle that 's cast before a swine Or more familiarly to make compare Like Aqua vitae giuen vnto a Mare These fellowes glutted with variety Hold good lines in a loath'd saciety Whilst paltry Riming Libels Tigges and Iests Are to their appetites continuall feasts With which their fancies they doe feed and fill And take the Ill for good the Good for ill Whilst like to Mōkeyes scorning wholsome meate They greedily doe poysnous spiders eate So let them feed vntill their humours burst And thus much bold to tell them heere I durst That Poetry is now as good as euer If to bounty relieue her would endeuer Mens mindes are worse then they haue bin of yore Inuention's good now as it was before Let liberality awake and then Fach Poet in his hand will take a pen. And with rare lines inrich a world of paper Shall make Apollo and the Muses caper SVPERBIAE FLAGELLVM OR THE VVHIP OF PRIDE VVHen all things were as wrap'd in sable night And a If any man fetch his Story higher let him take my booke for nought Ebon darknes muffled vp the light When neither Sun or Moone nor Stars had shinde And when no fire no Water Earth or Wind No Haruest Autumne Winter when no Spring No Bird Beast Fish nor any creeping thing When there was neither Time nor place nor space And silence did the Chaos round imbrace Then did the Archwork master of this All Create this Massie Vniuersall Ball And with his mighty Word brought all to passe Saying but Let there be and done it was Let there be Day Night Water Earth Hearbs Trees Let there be Sunne Moone Stars Fish Fowle that flees Beasts of the Field he said but Let there be And all things were created as we see Thus euery sensible and senselesse thing The High-Creators Word to passe did bring And as in viewing all his workes he stood He saw that all things were exceeding good Thus hauing furnisht Seas and Earth and Skies Abundantly with all varieties Like a Magnificent and sumptuous Feast For th' entertainment of some welcome Guest When Beasts and Birds and euery liuing Creature And the Earths fruits did multiply by Nature Then did th' Eternall Trinity betake It selfe to Councell and said Let vs make Not Let there be as vnto all things else But LET VS MAKE MAN that the rest excels According TO OVR IMAGE LET VS MAKE MAN and then did th' Almightie Red Earth take With which he formed Adam euery limme And hauing made him breathed life in him Loe thus the first Man neuer was a Child No way with sinne originall defil'd But with high Supernat'rall Vnderstanding He ouer all the World had sole commanding Yet though to him the Regency was giuen As Earths Lieutenant to the God of Heauen Though he commanded all created things As Deputy vnder the King of Kings Though he I so highly here was dignifide To humble him not to be puff'd with Pride He could not brag or boast of high borne birth For he was formed out of slime and earth No beast fish worme fowle herbe weed stone or tree But are of a more ancient house then he For they were made before him which proues this That their Antiquity is more then his Thus both himselfe and his beloued Spouse Are by Creation of the younger house And whilst they liu'd in perfect Holinesse b Imperfect Holinesse and Righteousnesse Their richest Garments were bare Nakednesse True Innocency were their chiefest weeds For Righteousnesse no Masque or Visor needs The royal'st robes that our first Parents had Was a free Conscience with Vprightnesse clad They needed ne'r to shift the cloathes they wore Was Nakednesse and they desir'd no more Vntill at last that Hell-polluting sin With Disobedience soil'd their Soules within And hauing lost their holines Perfection They held their Nakednes an Imperfection Then being both asham'd they both did frame Garments as weedes of their deserued shame Thus when as sinne had brought Gods curse on man Then shame to make Apparell first began E're man had sin'd most plaine it doth appeare He neither did or needed Garments weare For his Apparell did at first beginne To be the Robes of penance for his sinne Thus all the brood of Adam and of Eue The true vse of Apparell may perceiue That they are Liueries Badges vnto all Of our sinnes and our Parents wofull fall Then more then mad these mad-brain'd people be Or else they see and will not seeme to see That these same Robes with Pride that makes them swell Are tokens that our best desert is hell a Comparison Much like vnto a Traytor to his King That would his Countrey to destruction bring Whose Treasons being prou'd apparantly He by the Law is iustly mg'd to dye And when he lookes for his deserued death A Pardon comes and giues him longer breath I thinke this man most madly would appeare That would a halter in a glory weare Because he with a halter merited Of life to be quite desinherited But if he should vainegloriously persist To make a Rope of silke or golden twist And weare 't as a more honourable show Of his Rebellion then course hempe or towe Might not men iustly say he were an Asse Triumphing that he once a Villaine was And that he wore a halter for the nonce In pride that he deserued hanging once Such with our heau'nly Father is the Case Of our first Parents and their sinfull Race Apparell is the miserable signe That we are Traytors to our Lord diuine And we like Rebels still most pride doe take In that which still most humble should vs make Apparell is the prison for our sinne Which most should shame yet most we Glory in Apparell is the sheete of shame as 't were Which for our penance on our backs we beare For man Apparell neuer did receiue Till he eternall Death deseru'd to haue And thus Apparell to our sense doth tell Our sinnes 'gainst Heau'n and our desert of Hell How vaine is it for man a clod of Earth To boast of his high progeny
digest it let him eate The prayse of the Gray Goose wing THe Winchester and Taylors Goose I see Are both too heauy and too hot for me I will returne the honour to Emblaze Of the Gray Goose that on the greene doth graze To speake of wandring Wild-goose in this place Were like a Goose to run the Wild-goose chase The Egyptians did obserue their wonted guise How in the Skie they flew triangle-wise Which with one Corner forward is their drift Thus figured to cut the Ayre more swift For me the wilde-Goose is too high a game My minde is onely to the Goose that 's tame I in her Fleshes prayse haue wrote before But yet her Feathers doe deserue much more They are of farre more estimate and price Then th'Estrich or the bird of Paradise The Rauen the Crow the Daw in mourning digitâ—â— The prating Pye attyr'd in blacke and white The Buzzard Redshanke Kite Owle Gull Rookâ— The fabled Phoenix that breedes where goe lookeâ—â— The Pheasant Partridge Turtle Plouer Pidgeon The Woodcock Woodquist Woodpecker Wiâ—â— The Iay the Snipe the Teale the Cock the Hen sgâ—â— The Chogh the Larke the Lapwing the Wraâ—â— The Falkon the Gerfalkon Hobby Marlin The Sparrowhauke the Goshauke Tassell Starlin The Haggard Keistrell Lanneret Cormorant The Caperkelly and the Termagant The Bunting Heathcocke Crane and Pellican The Turkey Mallard Ducke the Storke the Swan The Pewet Parrot and the Popinjay The Eagle and the Cassawaraway The Sheldrake Bittour Black bird Nightingale The Cuckow that is alwayes in one tale The Sparrow of the hedge or of the house The Ringdoue Redbrest and the Tittimouse The Bulunch Goldfinch Ringtaile Wagtaile and The Hearne that liues by water and by land The Swallow Martin Lennet and the Thrush The Mauis that sings sweetly in the bush The Morecoote the Kingfisher and the Quaile The Peacock with his proud vaine-glorious taile These sorts of Birds that I haue nam'd before If they were thrice redoubled three times more And let men value them but as they are They cannot with the Goose for worth compeare Many of these doe feed on Carrion still And still are Carrion euer being ill Neither in flesh or feathers they affoord To doe man seruice at his bed or boord And some of them yeeld Plumes and ornaments For Ladies and for Knightly Tournaments But let these toyes be weigh'd but iust and right And thei 'le be found as vaine as they are light Others there are as Parrots Stares Pyes Dawes Are mightily accounted of because They can speak perfect none-sence prate châ—â—â—â— Feeding the eare these fowles makes fooles these â—â— Then there are others great and small in size But great all for the greatnesse of their price Most pleasantly their flesh men doe denoure The sawce lyes in the reckoning sharpe and sowre Some are to sing continually in Cages And get but bread and water for their wages And others with great paines men doe procure With cost of Manning Diet Hood Bels Lure â—â— pleasure 's little and the gaine is small Goose for profit doth surprise them all Then with her flesh mans stomack she hath sed â—â— giues him ease and comfort in his bed He yeelds no whim-whams wauering on his crest â—â— the relieues him with repose and rest â—d though the world be hard she layes him soft â—e beares the burthen and he lyes aloft â—t him be drunke or weary sicke or same â—e's semper idem alwayes one the same â—â—us to supply our wants and serue our needes â—ood meate and lodging from a Goose procedes â—â—sides she loues not farre abroad to gad â—t at all times she 's easie to be had â—â— if to satisfie mans hungry gut â—e wayted still that he her throat should cut â—n neede not be at charge for Hawkes and Dogs â—nd ride and run o're hedge ditch mines bogs â—e's quickly caught and drest well eates as pleasant â—â— far fetch'd deere bought Partridge or a PheasaÌ„t Throughout the world the Trumpe of Fame loud rings â—â—emblaze the glory of the Gooses wings The Romane Eagle ne'r had spred so farre â—ut that the gray Goose was the Conquerer â—ostris King of Egypt with her feather â—â—ain'd stormes and showres of Arrowes like foule weather â—nd ouercame the Iewes th' Assirians â—h ' Arabians Scithians Germanes Thracians The Huns the Gothes the Vandals and the Gals With Arrows made great Rome their seu'rall thrals The Philistines were mighty Bow-men all With which they got the conquest of King Saull â—rus with thousands of his Persians With Shafts were slaine by the Messagetans â—â—urkes Tartars Troyans and the Parthians â—anes Saxons Sweuians and Polonians â—ea all the Nations the whole world around The gray-Goose-wing hath honour'd and renound But why should I roame farre and wide aloofe When our own Kingdome yeelds sufficient proofe But search the Chronicles it is most plaiâ—e That the Goose-wing braue conquests did obtaine Remember valiant Edwards name the third How with the wing of this deseruing Bird When to small purpose seru'd his Shield or Lance At Cresste he ore-top'd the pow'r of France And after that remember but agen That Thunder-bolt of warre that Mars of men The black Prince Edward his victorious sonne How he at Pâ—â—ctiers a braue battaile wonne Where the French King and many Peeres wer tane Their Nobles and their Gentles most part slaine And thirty thousand of their Commons more Lay in the field all weltring in their gore Henry the fift that memorable King All France did vnto his subiection bring When forty thousand of the French men lay At Agincount slaine in that bloody fray And though true valour did that conquest win But for the Gooses wing it had not bin In these things and much more then I can say The Gooses feather bore the prize away If I should write all in particular What this rare feather hath atchieu'd in war Into a sea of matter I should runne And so begin a worke will ne'r be done And thus from time to time it hath appear'd How the gray Goose hath brauely domineer'd With swiftly cutting through the empty skie Triumphantly transporting victorie From land to land offending and defending The Conquest on the Arrowes still depending Our English Yeomen in the dayes of old Their names and fames haue worthily â—â—told Witnesse that Leath that stout admired three Braue Adam Bell Clim Clough Will Clowdeslee I could capitulate and write vpon Our English Robin Hood and little Iohn How with this feather they haue wonne renowne That euermore their memories shall crowne And e'r the Deuill these damned Gunnes deuis'd Or hellish powder here was exercis'd With the Goose-wing we did more honour get More nobly gain'd then Gunnes could euer yet And how hath Vice our worthy Land infected * Some thing in praise of the exercise of shooting Since Archery hath beene too much neglected The time that men in shooting spent before Is now perhaps peruâ—rted to a Whore Or bowling swearing drinke or damned
stay â—d then I went plaine Dunstable high-way â—â— very heart with drought me thought did shrink â—ent twelue miles and no one bade me drinke Which made me call to minde that instant time That Drunkennes was a most sinfull crime When ' Pudâ—â—le-hill I footed downe and past A mile from thence I found a Hedge at last There stroke we sayle our â—â—con Cheese and Bread We drew like Fidlers and like Farmers fed And whilst two houres we there did take our case My Nag made shift to mump greene Pulse Pease Thus we our hungry stomacks did supply And dranke the water of a Brooke hard by Away t'ward Hockley in the hole we make When straight a Horsman did me ouer-take Who knew me would faine haue giuen me Coine I said my Bonds did me from Coyne inioyne I thank'd and prayd him to put vp his Chinke And willingly I wisnt it drownd in drinke Away rode he but like an honest man I found at Hockley standing at the Swan A formall Tapster with a â—ugge and glasse Who did arest me I most writing was To try the Action and straight put in bale My fees were paid before with sixe-pence Ale To quit this kindnesse I most willing am The man that paid for all his name is Dam At the Greene-dragon against Grayes-Inne gate He liues in good repute and honest state I foreward went in this my roauing race To Stony Stratford I toward night did pace My minde was fixed through the Towne to passe To finde some lodging in the Hay or Grasse Buâ— at the Queenes-Armes from the window there A comfortable voyce I chanc'd to heare Call Taylor Taylor and be hang'd come hither I look'd for small intreaty and went thither There were some friends which I was glad to see Who knew my Iourney lodg'd and boorded me On Friday morne as I would take my way My friendly Host intreated me to stay Because it rain'd he told me I should haue Meate Drinke Horse-meate and not pay or craue I thank'd him and for 's loue remaine his debter But if I liue I will requite him better From Stony Stratford the way hard with stones Did founder me and vexe me to the bones In blustring weather both for winde and raine Through Tocetter I trotted with much paine Two miles from thence we sat vs downe dinde Well bulwark'd by a hedge from raine and winde We hauing fed away incontinent With weary pace toward Dauentry we went Foure miles short of it one o're-tooke me there And told me he would leaue a Iugge of Beere At Dauentry at the Horse-shoe for my vse I thought it no good manners to refuse But thank'd him for his kinde vnasked gift Whilst I was lame as scarce a leg could lift Came limping after to that stony Towne Whose hard streets made me almost halt right down There had my friend perform'd the words he said And at the doore a Iugge of liquor staide The folkes were all inform'd before I came How and wherefore my iourney I did frame Which caused mine Hostesse from her doore come out Hauing a great Wart rampant on her snowt The Tapsters Hostlers one another call The Chamberlaines with admiration all Were fild with wonder more then wonderfull As if some Monster sent from the Mogull Some Elephant from Africke I had beene Or some strange beast from th' Amazonian Queene As Buzzards Widgions Woodcocks such fowle Doe gaze and wonder at the broad-fac'd Owle So did these brainelesse Asses all-amaz'd With admirable Non sence talk'd and gaz'd They knew my state although not told by me That I could scarcely goe they all could see They dranke of my Beere that to me was giuen But gaue me not a drop to make all euen And that which in my minde was most amisse My Hostesse she stood by and saw all this Had she but said Come neere the house my friend For this day here shall be your Iourneyes end Then had she done the thing which did not And I in kinder wordes had paid the shor I doe intreat my friends as I haue some If they to Dauentry doe chance to come That they will balke that Inne or if by chance Or accident into that house they glance Kinde Gentlemen as they by you reape profit My Hostesse care of me pray tell her of it Yet doe not neither Lodge there when you will You for your money shall be welcome still From thence that night although my ibones were sore I made a shift to hobble seu'n miles more â— The way to Dunchurch foule with dirt and mire Able I thinke both man and horse to tire On Dunsmore Heath a hedge doth there enclose Grounds on the right hand there I did repose Wits whetstone want there made vs quickly Iarn With kniues to cut down Rushes greene Feame Of which we made a field-bed in the field Which sleepe and rest and much content did yeeld There with my mother Earth I thought it fit To lodge and yet no Incest did commit My bed was Curtain'd with good wholesome ayres And being weary I went vp no stayres The skie my Canopy bright Phebe shinde Sweet bawling Zepbiruâ— breath'd gentle winde In heau'ns Star-Chamber I did lodge that night Ten thousand Starres me to my bed did light There baracadoed with a bancke lay wee Below the lofty branches of a tree There my bed-fellowes and companions were My Man my Horse a Bull foure Cowes two Stâ—â—â— But yet for all this most confused rowt We had no bed-staues yet we fell not out Thus Nature like an ancient free Vpholster Did furnish vs with bedstead bed and bolster And the kind skies for which high heau'n be tâ—â—â—â—â—â— Allow'd vs a large Couering and a Blanket Auroras face gan light our lodging darke We arose and mounted with the mounting Larke Through plashes puddles thicke thinne wet dry I traueâ—'d to the Citie Couentry There Master Doctor Holland caus'd me stay The day of Saturne and the Sabbath day Most friendly welcome he did me afford I was so entertain'd at bed and boord Which as I dare not bragge how much it was I dare not be ingrate and let it passe But with thankes many I remember it Instead of his good deedes in words and wnâ—â—â— He vs'd me like his sonne more then a friend And he on Munday his commends did send To Newhall where a Gentleman did dwell Who by his name is hight Sacheuerell The Tuesday Iulyes one and twentieth day I to the Citie Lichfield tooke my way At Sutton Coffill with some friends I met And much adoe I had from thence to get There I was almost put vnto my trumps My Horses shooes were worne as thinne as puâ—â—â— But nobâ— Vnlean a mad smuggy Smith All reparations me did furnish with The shooes were well remou'd my Palsrey shod And he referr'd the payment vnto God I found a friend when I to Lichfield came A Ioyner and Iohn Piddock is his name He made me welcome for he
graciously offer to purchase for them and to bestow vpon them freely certaine low and pleasant grounds a mile from them on the Sea shore with these conditions that they should pull downe their Citie and build it in that more commodious place but the Citizens refused it and so now it is like for me to stand where it doth for I doubt such another profer of remouall will not bee presented to them till two dayes after the Faire Now haue with you for Leeth whereto I no sooner came but I was well entertained by Master Barnard Lindsay one of the Groomes of his Maiesties Bed-chamber hee knew my estate was not guilty because I brought guilt with me more then my sins and they would not passe for current there hee therefore did replenish the vaustity of my empty purse discharged a piece at mec with two bullets of gold each being in value worth eleuen shillings white money and I was credibly informed that within the compasse of one yeere there was shipped away from that onely Port of Leeth foure score thousand Boles of Wheat Oates and Barley into Spaine France and other fortaine parts and euery Bole containes the measure of foure English bushels so that from Leeth onely hath beene transported three hundred and twenty thousand bushels of Corne besides some hath beene shipped away from Saint Andrewes from Dundee Aberdeene Desert Kirkady Kinghorne Burnt-Iland Dunbar and other portable Townes which makes me to wonder that a Kingdome so populous as it is should neuerthelesse sell so much breadâ—orne beyond the Seas and yet to haue more then sufficient for themselues So I hauing viewed the Hauen and Towne of Leeth tooke a passage Boate to see the new â—â—rondrous Well to which many a one that is not well comes farre and neere in hope to be made well indeed I did heare that it had done much good and that it hath a rare operation to expell or kill diuers maladies as to prouoke appetite to helpe much for the auoyding of the grauell in the bladder to cure sore eyes and old vlcers with many other vertues which it hath but I through the mercy of God hauing no need of it did make no great inquisition what it had done but for nouelty I dranke of it and I found the taste to be more pleasant then any other water sweet almost as milke yet as cleare as cristall and I did obserue that though a man did drinke a quart a pottle or as much as his belly could containe yet it neuer offended or lay heauy vpon the stomacke no more then if one had dranke but a pint or a small quantity I went two miles from it to a Towne called Burnt-Iland where I found many of my especiall good friends as Master Robert â—ay one of the Groomes of his Maiesties Bed-chamber Master Dauid Drummend one of his Gentlemen Pentioners Master Iames Acmooty one of the Groomes of the Priuie Chamber Captaine Muray Sir Henry Witherington Knight Captaine Iyrie and diuers others and there Master Hay Master Drummond and the good olde Captaine Murray did very bountifully furnish mee with gold for my expences but I being at dinner with those aforesaid Gentlemen as we were discoursing there befell a strange accident which I thinke worth the relating I know not vpon what occasion they began to talke of being at Sea in former times and I amongst the rest said I was at the taking of â—aâ—es whereto an English Gentleman replyed that hee was the next good voyage after at the Ilands I answered him that I was there also He demanded in what ship I was I tolde him in the Rainebowe of the Queenes why quoth he doe you not know me I was in the same ship and my name is Witherington Sir said I I do remember the name well but by reason that it is neere two and twenty yeers since I saw you I may well forget the knowledge of you Well said he if you were in that ship I pray you tell me some remarkable token that happened in the voyage whereupon I told him two or three tokens which he did know to be true Nay then said I I will tell you another which perhaps you haue not forgotten as our ship and the rest of the fleet did ride at Anchor at the I le of Flores one of the Iles of the Azores there were some foureteene men and boyes of our ship that for nouelty would goe ashore and see what fruit the Iland did beare and what entertainment it would yeeld vs so being landed we went vp and downe and could finde nothing but stones heath and mosse and wee expected Oranges Limonds Figges Muske-millions and Potatoes in the meane space the wind did blow so stiffe and the Sea was so extreme rough that our Ship-boate could not come to the land to fetch vs for feare she should bee beaten in pieces against the rockes this continued fiue dayes so that we were almost famished for want of food but at last I squandring vp and downe by the prouidence of God I hapned into a Caue or poore habitation where I found fifteene loaues of bread each of the quantity of a penny loafe in England I hauing a valiant stomacke of the age of almost of a hundred and twenty houres breeding fell to and ate two loaues and neuer said grace and as I was about to make a Horse-loafe of the third loafe I did put twelue of them into my breeches and my sleeues and so went mumbling out of tâ—e Caue leaning my backe against a Tree when vpon the sudden a Gentleman came to me and said Friend what are you eating Bread quoth I. For Gods sake said he giue me some With that I put my hand into my breech being my best pantrey and I gaue him a Loafe which hee receiued with many thankes and said that if euer hee could requite it he would I had no sooner told this tale but Sir Henry Witherington did acknowledge himselfe to bee the man that I had giuen the Loafe vnto two and twenty yeeres before where I found the Prouerbe true that men haue more priuiledge then mountaines in meeting In what great measure hee did requite so small a courtesie I wiâ— relate in this following discourse in my Returne through Northumberland So leauing my man at the Town of Burnt Iland I tolde him I would but goe to Sterling and see the Castle there and withall to see my honourable friends the Earle of Marr and Sir William Murray Knight Lord of Abercarny and that I would returne within two dayes at the most But it fell out quite contrary for it was fine and thirtie dayes before I could get backe againe out of these Noble mens company The whole progres of my trauell with them and the cause of my stay I'cannot with gratefulnesse omit and thus it was A worthy Gentleman named Master Iohn Fenton did bring me on my way sixe miles to Dumfermling where I was well entertained and lodged at Master
atteÌ„d thee â—ere al tongus mute thy own tongue wold coÌ„mend thee â—â—hy selfe vnto thy selfe art Fames Trump blasting â—o make thy name like Buffe tough long lasting Yet graÌ„t me thou braue man that ne'r feard colors â—â—â— accept the poore Lines of an Artlesse Scullers â—hy Bilboe oft bath'd in the blood of Foe mans â—â—ke Caiâ—s Marius Consull of the Romans When thou haft seem'd more dreadfull in thy harnesse â—hen Babels Generall great Holopbernes â—ore in command then was Nabuchadnezzar â—nd more renownd then Cayus Iulius Caesar â—pon thy foes brest thou hast often troad free â—soa the Pagans did braue Boloignes Godfrey â—ierce Meibridates the stout King of Poâ—tus â— thou dost lead vs dares not to confront vs â—hy matchlesse valour ten to one more tride is Then euer was the Libian strong Alcides â—nd all men know that neuer such an od piece Of fighting mettle sprung from Mars his Codpiece Vpon the maine land and the raging Ocean Thy courage hath attaind thee high promotion Thou neuer fear'dft to combate with Garganto Thy fam's beyond the battaile of Lepanto The mighty Alexander of Macedo Ne'r sought as thou hast done with thy Tolede â—e hold thee for a worthy and no base one But one that could haue won the fleece from Iason Thou durst oppose 'gainst Bore Beare Wolfe or Lion â—nd from the torturing wheele to fetch Ixion And I acknowledge that thy matchlesse vallour is To kill Pasitbaes or the Bull of Phalleris Though age hath ouertaine thee yet thy will is To grapple with an Atax or Achilles Or with Hells Monarch enuious ill fac'd Pluto And proue him by his hornes a dambd Cornuâ—â— Thou fearst no Diuell nor no Demogorgon Nor yet the valiant Welchman Shon a Morgan So that most Wizards and most fortune tellers Approue thee for the greatst of Monster quellers And absolute and potent Dominator For War or Counsell both by land and Water In times of tumult thou amongst the Irish Hast made them skip o'r bogs and quaginires mirish Whilst in the pursuit like an angry Dragon Thou mad'st them runne away with not a rag on For had thy foes bin Thousands with thy Pistall And thy good sword thou brauely wouldst resist all Thou wast to vs as vnto Rome was Titus And stoutly sent our foes to blacke Cocities To kill and cut throats thou art skild in that trick As if thou wert the Champion to Saint Patriâ—ke I know not to which worthy to compare thee For were they liuing they could not out-dare thee To thee what was great Tamberlaine the Tartar Or marcht with thee what was our Britain Arthur Great Haniball that famous Carthagâ—an Was not a mate for thee in mine opinion And all Seuerus vertues sum'd vp totall Remaine in thee if this blind Age would note all Thou shewdst thy selfe a doughty wight at Dublin When Irish Rebells madly brought the trouble in At Baltimore Kinsale at Corâ—â—â— and Yoghall Thou with thy power hast made them oft cry foghâ—â— Oft in thy rage thou hast most madly ran on The burning mouth of the combustious Cannon For in thy fury thou hast of beene hotter More swifter then an Ambler or a â— rotter As witnesse can the bounds of fierce Tâ—â—â—â—nnel And the rough Bickâ—rings with the stour Odennell The slaues did seud before thee o'r the Quagmites Where many a warâ—â—ke Horse many a Nagmires Thou kildst the gammon visag'd poore Westâ—halians The Al-to-totterdâ— torne Tatterdemalians The broaging roaging brawling base Bazâ—â—ians The swift-foot light-heeld run-away Slaâ—â—onians Thou letst theÌ„ haue no ground to stand or walke on But made them flye as Doues doe from a Falcon. For if thou list in fight to lead a Band on Thy slaughtering sword if thou but layst thy hand on Thy fearefull foes would strait the place abandon Without or hose or shooes shirt or a band on Thou letst them haue no quiet place to stand on By tongue or pen it cannot well be verifide How many hundred thousands thou hast terrifide For thou hast rac'd more Castles forts Garrisons Beyond Arithmeticke and past comparisons The Prouerbe sayes Comparisons are odious I 'l therefore leaue them being incommodious In all thy actions thou hast beene impartiall Accommodating thy designes as Martiall In mortall battels and in bruising battery Thy eares would entertain no smooth-tongu'd flattery That though to all men thy exploits seem'd very od Thou brought'st them still to an auspitious Period And as thy valour durst out-dare bold Hector Like wise Pâ—â—sses thou canst speake a Lector Such policies thy wits mint could deuise on Which wiser pates could neuer once surmise on With many a hundred neuer heard of Stratagem Thou hast gor precious honour is not that a Iem What trickes or slights of war soere the foe meant Thou canst desery and frustrate in a moment Vpon his Wisedome and Policie OF thy Heroick acts there might be more said For sure they are but slightly toucht aforesaid But Gods or Muses Men or Fiends infernall To blaze thee to thy worth can ne'r discerne all And should I write but halfe that I know of thee Some Criticks would perswade thee I did scoffethee Thus hauing shewd thy valor now I 'l expound Part of thy policies and wisedome profound Vnfellowed and vnfollowed and vnmatched Are the rare slights that in thy pate were hatched Of Engines Mines of Counterscarphs and Trenches And to keep clear the Camp from whoring weÌ„ches To teach the Soldiers eat frogs snailes and vermine Such Stratagems as these thou couldst determine That Cato Plato or Aurelius Marcus Wise Socrates or reuerend Aristarchus Diogenes or wise Pithagoras Licurgus Pliny Anaxagoras Archidamâ—â— of Greece or Romane Tully Could ne'r demonstrate Sapience more fully And specially when there was any trouble like To vexe molest or trouble the Republike That wit with valour valour ioynd with wisdome From all the world thou hast attained this doâ—â— To be wars Abstract Counsels Catechizer That canst direct all and all scarce the wiser A Complaint and a Petition to him THus thou of Yore hast followed great â—elcâ— And shin'd in Arms like twins of bright Laâ—â— But now those manly martiall dayes are gone A Time of Cheating swearing drinking drabbing Of burst-gut feeding and inhumane stabbing The Spanish Pip or else the Gallian Morbus Bone-bred diseases mainely doe disturbe vs That now more men by ryot are confounded Then valiant Souldiers in the wars were wounded Mars yeelds to Venus Gown-men rule the rostâ—â— And men of War may fast or kisse the post now The thundring Cannon the rumbling Drum â—â—â— The Instruments of War are mute and dumbe â—â—â— And stout experienc't valiant Commanders Are turn'd Saint Nicholas Clarks high-way â—â—â— And some through want are turn'd base Pimps â—â—â— Panders The watchfull Corporall and the Lansprezado Are Marchants turn'd of smoaky Trinidado His shop a fadome compasse now containes him Where midst the misty vapours he complaines him That he who hath made Forts and Castles caper Liues now
into their Countrey So that he earnestly disswaded me from the iourney if I loued my life and welfare at last he concluded his discourse with me by a summe of mony that he threw downe from a window thorow which he looked out into a sheete tied vp by the foure corners and hanging very neere the ground a hundred pieces of siluer each worth two shillings sterling which counteruailed ten pounds of our English mony this businesse I carried so secretly by the helpe of my Persian that neither our English Ambassadour nor any other of my Countrymen sauing one special priuate and intrinsicall friend had the least inkling of it till I had throughly accomplished my designe for I well knew that our Ambassadour would haue stopped and Barracadoed all my proceeding therein if he might haue had any notice thereof as indeed he signified vnto mee after I had effected my proiect alleaging this forsooth for his reason why he would haue hindred me because it would redound somewhat to the dishonour of our Nation that one of our Countrey should present himselfe in that beggerly and poore fashion to the King out of an insinuating humour to craue money of him But I answered our Ambassadour in that stout and resolute manner after I had ended my businesse that hee was contented to cease nibbling at me neuer had I more need of money in all my life then at that time for in truth I had but twenty shillings sterling left in my purse by reason of a mischance I had in one of the Turkes Cities called Emert in the country of Mesopotamia where a miscreant Turke stripped me of almost all my monyes according as I wrote vnto you in a very large letter the last yeere which I sent from the Court of this mighty Monarch by one of my Countrymen that went home by Sea in an English shippe laden with the commodities of this India which letter I hope came to your hands long since After I had beene with the King I went to a certain Noble and generous Christian of the Armenian race two dayes iourney from the Mogols court to the end to obserue certaine remarkeable matters in the same place to whom by meanes of my Persian tongue I was so welcome that hee entertained me with very ciuill courteous complement and at my departure gaue mee very bountifully twenty pieces of such kind of mony as the King had done before counteruayling forty shillings sterling About ten dayes after that I departed from Azmere the court of the Mogoll Prince to the end to begin my Pilgrimage after my long rest of fourteene moneths backe againe into Persia at what time our Ambassadour gaue mee a piece of Gold of this Kings Coyne worth foure and twenty shillings which I will saue if it bee possible till my ariuall in England so that I haue receiued for beneuolences since I came into this countrey twenty markes sterling sauing two shillings eight pence and by the way vpon the confines of Persia a little before I came into this country three and thirty shillings foure pence in Persian money of my Lady Sherly aâ— this present I haue in the City of Agra where-hence I wrote this letter about twelue pounds sterling which according to my manner of liuing vpon the way at two pence sterling a day for with that proportion I can liue pretty well such is the cheapnesse of all eateable things in Asia drinkable things costing nothing for seldome doe I drinke in my pilgrimage any other liquor then pure water will maintaine me very competently three yeeres in my trauell with meat drinke and clothes Of these gratuities which haue beene giuen me willingly would I send you some part as a demonstration of the filiall loue and affection which euery child bred in ciuility and humility ought to performe to his louing and good mother but the distance of space betwixt this place and England the hazard of mens liues in so long a iourney and also the infidelity of many men who though they liue to come home are vnwilling to render an account of the things they haue receiued doe not a little discourage mee to send any precious token vnto you but if I liue to come one day to Constantinople againe for thither I doe resolue to goe once more by the grace of Christ and therehence to take my passage by land into Christendome ouer renouned Greece I will make choice of some substantiall and faithfull Countriman by whom I will send some prety token as an expression of my dutifull and obedient respect vnto you I haue not had the oportunity to see the King of Persia as yet since I came into this country but I haue resolued to goe to him when I come next into his Territories and to search him out wheresoeuer I can find him in his Kingdome for seeing I can discourse with him in his Persian tongue I doubt not but that going vnto him in the forme of a Pilgrime hee will not onely entertaine me with good words but also bestow some worthy reward vpon me beseeming his dignity and person for which cause I am prouided before-hand with an excellent thing written in the Persian-tongue that I meane to present vnto him and thus I hope to get beneuolences of worthy persons to maintaine me in a competent manner in my whole pilgrimage till come into England which I hold to be as laudable and a more secure course then if I did continuall carry store of mony about mee In the letter which I wrote vnto you by an English ship the last yeere I made relation vnto you both of my iourney from the once holy Hierusalem hither and of the state of this Kings Court and the Customes of this Country therefore I hold it superfluous to repeat the same things againe but what the Countryes are that I meane to see betwixt this and Christendome and how long time I will spend in each country I am vnwilling to aduertise you of at this present desiring rather to signifie that vnto you after I haue performed my designe then before howbeit in few words I will tell you of certaine Cities of great renoune in former times but now partly ruined that I resolue by Gods helpe to see in Asia where I now am namely ancient Babylon and Nimrods Tower some few miles from Niniue and in the same the Sepulcher of the Prophet Ionas spacious and goodly Câ—â— in Egypt heretofore Memphis vpon the famous Riuer Nilus where Moses Aaron and the children of Israel liued with K. Pharaoh whose ruined Palace is shewed there till this day and a world of other moueable things as memorable as any City of the whole world yeeldeth sauing onely Ierusalem but in none of these or any other Cities of note doe I determine to linger as I haue done in other places as in Constantinople and Azmere in this Easterne India onely some few daies will I tarry in a principall citie of fame to obserue euery
â—â— Maiesty did thee that name allow The name of Rimer carry to thy graue â—â—ile of Poet thou shalt neuer haue â—â—ch well in Turn-bull street or in Pickt-hatch â—ere Shorditch or Long alloy prethee watch And mongst the trading females chuse out nine To be thy â—â—â— they will sit thee fine Thy â— make thy rimes and thee of more account And mount thy same aboue Parnassus Mount Thou writst a hotch-potch of some forty lines About my Play at Hope and my designes Where men may see thy stocke of wit is poore To write of that which I had writ before Thou fill'st thy Booke with my inuention full And shew'st thy selfe an idle shallow Gull And then thou talk'st prat'st and keep'st a Rut And tearm'st my Muse Melpomenes Tayle Gut I wonder where thou didst that phrase procure Thou art beholden to some Tripe-wife sure When hunger doth prouoke thee rime and sing That Gut will make thy Muse a Chitterling For thou from tripes and tayl-guts hogs mawes Hast won thy greatest credit and applause There 's none that eats a Partridge or a Pheasant But takes thee for a soole to make them pleasant I know not if thy wife be he or shee If she be honest shee 's too good for thee Thou partly offrest me to hold the dore If I will make thy Kitchin-maid my whore But prethee hold thy prating witlesse Gander Shalt ne'r haue honor to become my Pander Thou saist I raile 't is true I had decreed To giue my wronged Muse a purge with speed And as the fittest vessell 't was thy lot To be her foule vnworthy Chamber-pot Shee 's well recouer'd and the world doth see Her filthy excrements remaine in thee No blacke contagious mist her pure light suffers But strait she makes of thee a paire of Snuffers To make her glorious greatnesse shine more cleere And this shall be your office Le Fognicre And now a thought into my mind doth creepe How thou a Kitchin or a Maid canst keepe I know the time thou wouldst haue lick'd thy chaps From out an Almes-basket to get some scraps And hast thou now a Kitchin and large roomes To entritaine faire Lasses and braue Groomes I see thou art the frugal'st Lad aliue And car'st not greatly what thou dost to thriue I wrongly call'd thy Kitchin-seruant maid No maid can dwell with thee I am afraid And now a pretty tale I meane to tell Marke it I prâ—thee for it fits thee well There was a fellow once some faults had done Which fearing hanging did his Country run And comming to the City full of feare Nay note my tale good Mounsier Le Fognier In hope to get his pardon 't was his chance Vpon a man as might be thee to glance The poore distressed fellow told his mind And said If any man would be so kind To get his pardon and to set him fâ—re He should haue threescore angels for his Fee Now he that this mans pardon should procure To saue his owne stake and to make all sure He leaues the Thiefe in London and strait went And brought a Hoy full of his goods from Kent Then out of hand this man like thee call'd Momus Did hire a goodly building called Donius Which this thiefs houshold-stuffe did furnish well And there this Gentleman like thee doth dwell Now to proceed the poore vnhappy thiefe Is ready still to hang himselfe with griefe For he is cheated of his goods I wot And knowesâ—â—t when his pardon will be got And 't is much fear'd the Cheater his owne selfe Will worke some meanes to hang him for his pelfe How lik'st thou this i' st not a pretty trick But wherefore dost thou chafe and spurn and kick A guilty conscience feeles continuall scare And this discourse doth seem to touch thee neare Nay then I will relate another thing Which I suppose will make you wince and fling Vpon S. Georges day last Sir you gaue To eight Knights of the Garter like a Knaue Eight Manuscripts or Bookes all fairely writ Informing them they were your Mother wit And you compild them then were you regarded And for anothers wit was well rewarded All this is true and this I dare maintaine The matter came from out a learned braine And poore old Vennor that plaine dealing man Who acted Englands Ioy first at the Swan Paid eight crownes for the writing of these things Besides the couers and the silken strings Which money backe he neuer yet receiu'd So the deceiuer is by thee deceiu'd First by those Bookes thou stol'st a good report And wast accounted a rare man in Court Next thou didst much abuse those Noble-men And kildâ—st their bounty from a Poets Pen. And thirdly thou a Poet didst beguile To make thy selfe the Author of his stile And last thou shewst thy cheating good and euill Beguiling him that could beguile the Deuill Thou highly hast prouoâ—'d the Muses fury Twelne Poets are empaneld for thy Iury Then William Fennor stand vnto the Bar Hold vp thy hand herd thy accuserâ— are Art guilty or not guilty of those crimes Thou art accus'd th' ast stole fiue thousand rimes From But ends of old Ballads and whole books What saist thou for thy selfe hold vp thy lookes He falters and his words are all vnsteady Poore fellow looks as he were hangd already His silence doth affirme these things are true And therefore let the Bench in order due Giue sentence that within a hempen string He at S. Thomas Wat'rings may goe swing And for heliu'd the wonder of our time Do him this honor hang him vp in rime A Sirrha is the matter falne out so Must thou Extemp'ry to the Gallowes goe For old atquaintance e'r thou breathe thy last I o'r the Water will giue thee A Cast. And till the halter giue thy necke a wrench Thou shalt haue time and space in the Kings Bench To Con and fesse and to repent thy fill And to dispose thy goods and make thy will Which being done and thou well hang'd and dead This Epitaph vpon thy graue I 'l spread That passers by may read and reading see How much thou art beholden vnto me Epitaph HE that could alwayes lye doth lye Sixe foote below thy feet Of any colours he could dye His lyes to make them meet In lyes vntrue he spent his youth And truly dead lies here in truth HOw saist thou Fennor is not all this worth Thy harty thanks which I haue here set forth If not thou shew'st thy selfe the more ingratefull Which vice is to the very Diuell hatefull Thou didst belye me when thou saidst I threat thee For rather then I would doe so I 'd beat thee And 't were the easier taske of both by halfe But who will foule his fists on such a Calfe A Calfe said I for age thou dost appeare To be a Bull of Oxe th' art past a Steere Thou liest againe accusing me of Griese Because thou goâ—st a pardon for a Thiefe Why should I grieue
be scandaliz'd for it If a Mercer a Grocer a Gold smith or any other of the best Trades be a Traytor a Thiefe or a Debosht Drunkard it were impudent ignorance for the Vices of a few that all the rest of the function should bee reproch'd I will make no odious comparisons but I am perswaded that there are as many honest men of our company as of any other such as doe make a conscience of what they doe such as wil not wrong others though it might be gainfull to themselues Such who are both Religious and Charitable and whose greatest care is to liue in Gods feare that they may die in his fauour And for those that are vnruly ignorant and brutish there is no company hath sharper Lawes or more seuerely executed as the Counters can testifie once a weeke Little ease can witnesse often The whip and the Whipper like a roaring diuell doth many times affirme the naked truth and banishment from the Riuer of Thames for euer now and then cuts off a bad member Besides Fines and Forfeitures are laid vpon the heads of petty offenders that few or none escapes vnpunished if their faults be knowne If the gout be in a mans toe all the body is grieued if a finger ake the rest of the members hath a share in the paine but if many of the Ioynts and members be putrifide then the heart cannot chuse but be craz'd with eare if not wounded so is it with our company that the Abuses and Vices of the worst inferiour members as Gracelesse Godlesse Reprobates are sometimes like a Plague infectious to their betters and a daily heart-griefe to all honest men who are scandalized by their damnable demeanors But all they doe or can doe is nothing to the defaming of the Company for it were very absurd because one in his drinke hath kild a man to impute the fault to the wine or the drinke that he dranke when the blame lies in the drunkard that abus'd Gods good Creatures in taking too much so a Watermans trade is honest necessary and not to be wanted howsoeuer it is abus'd by misgouern'd vnciuill companions If a Water-man would be false in his trade I muse what falshood he could vse hee hath no false weights or measures to curtoll a mans passage but he will land a man for his money and not bate him an inch of the place he is appointed His shop is not darke like a Wollen-Drapers on purpose because the buyer shall not see the coursnesse of the Cloath or the falsenesse of the Colour no his worke and ware is seene and knowne and hee vtters it with the sweat of hiâ— browes the worst fault is that like a Lawyer he will take more then his see if anybody will giue it him very thankfully his bare fare he will take willingly vpon necessity but lesse then his fare or many times nothing me thinkes goes against stomacke I haue seene a Vsurer who hath beene â—â—â— onely for the graue these seuen yeeres being more then halfe rotten with the Gowt the Cough and the Murre who hath lost his conscience to get money and perhaps win damnation who is not able to goe by land and yet will not pay his Fare by water but like the picture of misery will either beg his passage of some seruing-man or bargaine with a Waterman to giue him two pence for sixe penni worth of labour such I haue seene and such there are too many who if they were once buried the wheele of Time would turne and what they got vniustly by extortion oppression and grinding the faces of the poore what they haue vncharitably pinch'd in keeping backe the labourers hyre their Sons or heires perhaps will consume in Law who shall possesse most of that ill gotten goods or else Drinke it Dice it Drab it Reuel and ruffle it till al is gone and as their fathers before them made others to rot in prison so their prodigall Sonnes are holed in some loathsome Iayle being lowzy lodging on the boords and liue vpon the Boxe and the Almes-basket Moreouer too many there are that passe the bounds of liberality and spend most prodigally on a Whore on the diuell of India Tobacco on the superfluous Quarts and Pintes of the blood of Bacchus Sack and Claret Spanish and French on vnlawfull Games and in a word on a thousand vanities they wil carelesly and beyond expectation cast away their cash but vpon a Water-man that hath rowed till his heart ake and sweats till hee hath not a dry thread about him the Gentlemens bounty is asleepe and hee will pay him by the Statute or if hee giue him two pence more he hath done a huge worke beyond the merrit of Suttons Hospitall I my selfe haue often met with a Roaring boy or one of the cursed crew that hath had nothing about him but a Sattin outside to couer â—â—â— his knauery and that none of his owne â—â—ther witnesse his Mercer and his Taylor â—â—â— this Gallant must be shipp'd in a paire of â—â—â— at least but his gay slop hath no sooâ—â—â—â— the Cushions but with a volley of â—â—â— coynd outlies newly brought from hell â—â—â— Bermoodoes by the Ghost of a Knight â—â—â— the poft he hath neuer left Roaring row â—â—â— row a pox on you row as if his punke â—â—ld stay too long for his pestiferous perâ—â—â—â— and when his scuruinesse is landed where â—â—â— leases hee hath told meâ— I must waite on â—â—â— and he will returne to mee presently â—â—â— I shall carry him backe againe and bee â—â—d all together then haue I attended fiue â—â— six houres like Iohn Noakes for nothing â—â—â— my cheating sharke hauing neither mony â—â—â— honesty hath neuer come at mee but â—â—â— some other paire of stayres and in the â—â—â— fashion coozened another Water-man â—â—â— his Boat-hire We must and doe with thankfulnesse conâ—â—â—â—â—â— that the Nobility Gentry and all others â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— of this Kingdome haue hoâ—â—â—â—â—â— worthy and charitable considerations of â—â—â— want of meanes and multitude of men â—â—â— they doe know that house rent and victuâ—â—â—â—â—â— are at foure times the rate which it was â—â—â— when the Statute was made in Queene Maâ—â—â— â—â—â—â—â— for our fares and as the price of â—â— thing is raised except to â—â—â—â—â—mens labors â—â—â— doe they in conscience very liberally rayse â—â—â— hires accordingly And as before I haue written out grade isâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— vsefull and necessary both for the Kings â—ruice and the Commons commodity that it â—â—â— not to be or cannot be wanted and by how â—â—â— the more a Water-man is neere to his â—â—esty to the Queenes Maiesty to the Prinâ—es â—â— Highnesse to the Nobility the Gentry â—â—â— the best of the Commonaity of this Kingâ—ome â—â—â— and sometimes of forraine Nations so â—â—ch the â—â—â—â—â—â—ight Water-men to behaue â—â—emselues honestly and soberly in their â—â—â—â—â—â—â—here are many better trades and quaâ—ties â—â—â— that scarce the best of their Companies â—â—â—â— their â—â—ues â—â—â—â— do come so often and so â—â—â—â—â—â— presence
thinke he will not find them in hast 105 A Fellow being scoulded at by his Wife would make her beleeue he would drown himselfe and as hee went toward the riuer his Wife followed him desiring him to forbeare or at the least to let her speake with him well quoth hee speake briefly for I am in haste then husband said shee seeing you will drowne your selfe let mee intreat you to take my counsell which is that you cast not your selfe into this shallow place here for it will grieue my heart to see how long you will bee a dying but goe with me a little wayâ— and I will shew you a deepe place where you shall be dispatched presently 106 A Woman in Scotland lay dying to whom her husband said Wife now thou art about to leaue mee alone I pray thee tell me with whom shall I marry Shee replyed are you in haste to marry before the breath bee out of my body then marry the deuils dam not soâ— wife said hee I haue had his daughter already and if I should match with his mother too then I should be guilty of incest 107 THere was a Gentleman that was of a very hasty disposition so that hee would freâ— and chase almost at all things and be seldome pleased with any thing and withall was a great Tobacco taker and as one time hee beat and kick'd his man the fellow ran from him and told one of his fellowes that hee thought his master was transformed into Brawne for hee was all Choller and that hee thought the reason of his kicking was because hee dranke Colts-foot among his Tobacco 108 A Doctor of Physicke in Italy asked a waterman if hee might goe well by water ouer the Riuer Po the fellow told him yea but the Doctor when hee came to the water side and saw it was a little rough weather was very angry and said You Watermen are the veriest knaues in the world for to gaine six pence you care not to cast a man away to whom the Waterman replyed Sir it appeares wee are men of a cheaper function and better conscience then you for you sometimes will not cast a man away vnder forty fifty or one hundred crownes 109 ONe borrowed a cloake of a Gentleman and met one that knew him who said I thinke I know that cloake it may be so said the other I borrowed it of such a Gentleman the other told him that it was too short yea but quoth â—â— that had the cloake I will haue it long enough before I bring it home againe 110 A Poore womans husband was to be hanged at the towne of Lancaster and on the execuâ—â—â—â—ay she intreated the Shrieue to be good â—â— her and stand her friend the Shrieue said that he could doe her no hurt for her husband was condemned and iudged by the Law and therefore heeâ— must suffer Ah good master Shrieue said the woman it is not his life that â—â—â—â— but because I haue farre home and my â—â—â—e is old and stiffe therefore I would intreat you to doe me the fauour to let my husband be hanged first 111 ONe came into a Colledge in a Vniuersity and asked how many Fellowes belonged to the house â—â— another replyed that there were more good fellowes then good â—â—â—â—llers two to one 112 A Fellow being drunke was brought before a Iustice who committed him to prison and the next day when hee was to be discharged hee was come to the Iustice againe who â—â—â— to him Sirrah you were not drunke the last night your Worship sayes true said the know Yea but you were drunke said the Iustice and you did abuse me and said I was â—wise Iustice the fellow replied If I said so I thinke I was drunke indeed and I cry your Worship mercy for I will neuer doe you that wrong when I am sober 113 A Spaniard hauing but one eye chanced to meet a man in the field where drawing both their Rapiers the other man with an infortunate thrust strucke out the other eye of the Spaniard whereat the blind man suddenly castdowne his Rapiers saying Buonas noches which in the Spanish tongue is good night 114 A Reuerend Preacher once reproued his Auâ—â—ors for sleeping at his Sermons but â—â—â— said he I pray you do not refrain coÌ„ming to Church though you doe sleepe for God Almighty may chance to take some of you napping 115 A Saylor was absent on a voiage three yeers in the meane space his wife had a boy of 20. moneths old to entertaine him withall at his returne the Saylor faâ—d Wife whose childe is this marry husband quoth she it is mine and God sent it me in your absence To which the man replied I will keepe this child because God sent him but if God send mee any more on that fashion he shall keepe them himselfe 116 A Young fellow being newly married hauing bin from home came suddenly into his house and found his wife at foule play with another man the poore young Cuckold ran presently and told his wiues father all the businesse who replied thus Sonne I married her mother and I tell thee plaine that thy wife seemes to bee her daughter in conditions as well as feature for I haue taken her mother many times in that manner and no warning would serue her till in the end age made her leaue it and so will thy wife doe when shee is old and past it 117 THree Gossips in a Tauerne chatting ouer a pint of Sherry said one of them I muse whereabouts a Cuckolds hornes doe grow quoth the second I thinke they doe grow in the pole or nape of the necke verily quoth the third I doe thinke it to bee true for my husbands bands are alwayes worne out behind 118 ONe called a Whore lazy iade content your selfe quoth another as lazy as shee seemes shee is able to carry a man quicke to the diuell 119 A Company of Neighbours that dwelt all in one rowe in one side of a street one of them said Let vs be merry for it is reported that we are all Cuckolds that dwell on our side of the street except one one of the women sate musing to whom her husband said wife what all a mort Why art thou so sad no quoth shee I am not sad but I am studying which of our neighbours it is that is not a Cuckold 120 A Gentleman being in a house of iniquity or Couzen-German to a Bawdy-house the roome being very darke he called a lowd for a light Huswife to whom a wench made answer I come Incontinent He cals for light she vnderstood him right For shee was vanity which made her light She sayd she would Inconcinent attend To make her continent she needs to mend 121 TWo Mayds or seruants dwelling in a house together the one of them hauing occasion to vse a steele smoothing Iron or some such kinde of Laundry instrument and hauing sought it and not finding it said to her fellow thou dost mislay euerything
perhaps you shall haue an Irish footman with a â—acket eudgeld down the shoulders and skirs with yellow or orenge tâ—wny Lace may â—â—â—t from London 3. or 4. score miles to one of there decayed Mansions when the simâ—ring scornfull Passe the supposed â—â—â— of the house with a mischiefe who is indeed a kinde of creature retired for a while into the Countrey to escape the whip in the City â—hee demands out of the window scarce ready and dressing herselfe in a glasse at noone Fellow what is thine Errand hast thou letters to me And if it be about dinner a man may sooner blow vp the gates of Bergen â—p Zome with a Charme then get entrance within the bounds of their Barr'd Bolted and Barracadoed Wicket About two of Clocke it may bee walking an house or twaine Sir Sellaâ—â— comes downe vntrust with a Pipe of Tobacco in his fist to know your businesse hauing first peeped thorow a broken pane of Glasse to see whether you come to demand any money or old debt or not when after a few hollow dry complements without drinke he turnes you out at the gate his worshippe returning to his Stoue What Townes are laide waste what fields lye vntilled what goodly houses are turn'd to the habitations of Howlets Daives and Hobgâ—â— what numbers of poore are increased yea examine this last yeere but the Register books or buriaâ—â— of our gred â—est Townes and Pariâ—â—â— of the land as Winondham in Norfolke Wâ—â— Chappell neere Evâ—don and many other and see how many haue beene buried weekely that haue meerely perished for want of breaâ— whâ—â—â— Pride and Luxury dam vp our streetesâ— Barracado our high waies and are ready euen to driue ouer their Graues whom their vnmercifull Pride hath famiâ—hed Whence come Leather to be so deare but by reason or as I should say against reason â—â—â— the multitude of Coaches and Corâ—oâ—â—â— who consume and take vp the best Hides â—â—â— can be gotten in our Kingdome â—â—â— that I cannot buy a paire of Boots for my â—â—â— vnder an Angell nor my Wife a paâ—â—â— of Shooes though her foote be vnder the â—â—â— vnder eight roates of three â—â—â— by which meanes many honest shooâ—â—â— are either vndone or vndoing and â—â—â— numbers of poore Christians are enforced â—â— got â—are footed in the cold Winters till â—â—â— very beâ—â—mmeâ—nesse some their toâ—â— â—â—â—â—â—â— their feeâ—â—â—â—â—â— rotted off to the â—â—â— lesse increases of crooked Cripples â—â—â— woodden â—â—â— beggers of which sort of â—â—â—â—â—â— wretches euery streâ—â—â—â— pleâ—â—ifully stored with to the scorne of other â—â—â—ions and the shame and obloquy of our â—â—ne The Saddlers being an ancient a worthy and a vsefull Company they haue almost ouerthrowne the whole Trade to the vndoing of â—â—ny honest families For whereas within our memories our Nobility and Gentry would â—ideâ— well mounted and sometimes walke on â—â—â— gallantly attended with three or foureâ—â—ore braue fellowes in blue coates which was a glory to our Nation and gaue more â—â—â—â— to the beholders then forty of your Leather tumbrels Then men preseru'd their bodies strong and able by walking riding and other manly exercises Then Saddleâ—s were a good Trade and the name of a Coach was Heathen Greek Who euer saw but vpon â—â—traordinary occasions Sir Philip Sidney Sir â—â—â—is Drake Sir Iohn Norris Sir William â—â—â— Sir Roger Williams or whom I should â—â—â—e nam'd first the famous Lord Gray and â—â—â—â—â—â—ghby with the renowned George Earle of Camberland or Robert Earle of Essex These soâ—â—es of Mars who in their times were the glorious Brooches of our Nation and admirable terrour to our Enemies these I say did â—â—â—e small vses of Coaches and there were â—â—o mayne reasons for it the one was that there were but few Coaches in most of their â—â—nesâ— and the second reason is they were â—â—lly foes to all sloth and effeminacy The â—â—â— was Sir Francis Vere with thousands others but what should I talke further This is the tarrling rowling rumbling age and The VVorld runs on VVheeles The hackney-men who were wont to haue furnished Trauellers â—â— all places with fitting and seruiceable horses for any iourney by the multitude of Coaâ—â—â—â—â—â— vndone by the dozens and the whole Common-wealth most abominably iaded â—â—in many places a man had as good to ride vpon a woodden post as to poast it vpoÌ„ one of â—â—â— hunger-staru'd hirelings which enormiâ—â—â— can be imputed to nothing but the Coaâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—sion is the Hackneymans confusion Nor haue we poore Water-men the least â—â—â— to complaine against this infernall swarm of Trade-spillers who like the Grashoppers or Caterpiller 's of Egypt haue so ouerrun the land that we can get no liuing vpon the water for I dare truely affirme that euery day in any Tearme especially if the Court be at VVhitchall they do rob vs of our liuings and carry Fiue hundred sixty fares daily from vs which numbers of passengers were wont to supply our necessities and enable vs sufficiently with meanes to doe our Prince and Countrey seruice and all the whole fry of our famous whores whose ancient Lodgings were neere S. Katherines the Bankeside Laâ—nbethMarsh Westminster VVhite Fryers Coleharbor or any other place neer the Thames who were wont after they had any good Trading or reasonable commings in to take a Boate and aire themselues vpon the water yea and by your leaue be very liberall too I say as a Mercer said once A whores mony is as good as a Ladies and a bawdes as currant as a Midwiues Tush those times are past and our Hackney Coaches haue hurried al our hackney customers quite out of our â—each toward the North parts of the City where they are daily practised in the Coach that by often iolting they may the better endure the Cart vpon any occasion and indeed many times a hired Coachman with a basket-hilted blade hang'd or executed about his shoulders in a belt with a cloake of some pide colour with two or three change of Laces about may manne a brace or a Leash of these curuetting Cockatrices to their places of recreation and so saue them the charge of maintaining as Sir Pandarus or an Apple-squire which seruice indeed to speake the truth a Waterman is altogether vnfit for the worst is most of them are such Loggerheads that they either will not learne but as I thinke would scorne to bee taught so that if the Sculler had not been paid when he was paid it is to be doubted that he should neuer haue bâ—â—paidâ— for the coachman hath gotteÌ„ all the custom from the Scullers paymistris This is one apparant reason why all the whores haue forsaken vs and spend their cash so free frequent vpon those ingenious well-practiz'd seruiceable hired coachmen but a Pox take em all whither doe my wits run after whores and knaues I pray you but note the streetes and the chambers or lodgings in Fleetstreet or the Strand how they are pestered with them especially after a Mask or a Play at the Court where
breath Thy liuing Muse shall still deâ—lare thy Art The fatall Sisters and the bless a Graces Were all thy friends at thy Natiuitie And in thy mind the Muses tooke their places Aâ—oring thee With care capaâ—itie And all the Worthies of this worthy Land Admires thy wâ—ndrâ—uâ— all admired worth Then how should I that cannot vnderstand Thy worth thy worthy â—â—â— sse set forth Yet beare the bold â—ffâ— of the houest Sculler Whose worthlesse praise can fill thy praise no fuller I.T. To my louing Friend Iohn Taylor COâ—ld my vnpractis'd pen aduance thy name Thou shouldst be feared on the wings of Fame For from thy toylesome Oare I wonder I How thy inuentâ—on siowes so ioâ—ondly Not hauing dream'd on faire Pernassus Hill With truitfull numbers to enrich thy Quill Nor hauing washt in that Pegassion Fount Which lends the wits such nimblenesse to mount With tickling rapture on Poetique straines On Thames the Muses floate that fils thy braines Thy happy wit produc'd thy happy times Which shall commâ—nd thee vnto after times And wortly enroll thy name 'mongst those Whose Temples are begirt with Lawrell bowes For footh to say a worke I saw not yet Lesse helpâ— with learning â—nd more grac'd with wit Then spight of enuie and detractions scorne Though Art thou want'st thou art a Poet borne And as a friend for names sake I 'le say thus Nee scombros metuentia Carminance thus Hen Tayler To the one and onely water-Poet and my Friend Iohn Taylor FResh-water Souldiers saile in shallow streames And Mile-end Captaines venture not their liueâ— A braine distempred brings forth idle dreames And gelded Sheathes haue seldome golden Kniues And painted faces none but fooles bewitch Thy Muse is plaine but witty faire and rich When thou didst first to Aganippe float Without thy knowledge as I surely thinke The Nayades did swim about thy boat And brought thee brauely to the Muses brinke Where Grace and Nature filling vp thy Fountaine Thy Muse came flowing from Pâ—rnessâ—â— Mounâ—â—â—â— So long may slow as is to thee most sit The boundlesse Occan of a Poets wit â—â—â— In laudem Authoris WIt Reason Grace Religion Nature Zeale Wrought all together in thy working brainâ— And to thy worke did set this certaine scale Pure is the colour that will take no staine What need I praise the worke it selfe doth praise In words in worth in sorme and matter to A world of wits are working many wayes But'few haue done what thou dost truly doe Was neuer I ailor shapt so fit a Coat Vnto the Corps of any earthly creature As thou hast made for that foule Romish Goat In true description of his diuellish nature Besides such matter of judicious wit With quaint conceits so sitting euery faâ—ciâ— As well may proue who scornes and spights at it Shall either shew their folly or their franzie Then let the Popes Buls roare Bell Booke Candle In all the Diuels circuit sound thy curse Whilst thou with truth dost euerie tryall handle God blesse thy worke and thou art ne're the worse And while hels friends their hateful so do pâ—oâ—e thee The Saints on earth God in heauen will loue thee Thy long friend Nâ—â—â—â—â— Bâ—â—tâ—â— VVHen Tybers siluer waues their Channel least And louely Thames her Wonted course fersait Then foule obliuion shall thy name bâ—reaue Drenching thy glory in her hell bred lake But till that time this scourge of Popery Shall crowne thy fame with immortality Thy friend assured Maximilian Wâ—â—â— To my louing Friend Iohn Taylor FErris gaue cause of vulgar wonderment When vnto Bristow in a boat he went Another with his Sculler ventured more That row'd to Flushing from our English shoare Another did deuise a woodden Whale Which vnto Cassice did from Douer saile Another with his Oares and slâ—nder Wherry From London vnto Antwerpe o're did Ferry Another maugre sickle fortunes teeth Rowed hence to Scotland and arriu'd at Leeth But thou hast made all these but triuiall things That from the Tower thy watry Scuiler brings To Hellicon most sacred in account And so arriued at Peru assas Mount And backe return'd Laden with Poets wit With all the Muses hands to witnesse it Who on their Sculler doth this praise bestow Not such another on the Thâ—â—â— doth row Thy louing Friend Sam Rowlands To my Friend both by Water and Land IOHN TAYLOR OFt hast thou trauail'd for me at thy Oare But neuer in this kind didst toyle before Toturne a Poet in this peeuish time It held as rare as I should write in rime For one of thy profession yet thy Art Sâ—â—passeth mine this serues to paint that part I meane thy Poetry which in â—â—â— lurks And not thy sweating skill in water-works I cannot but commend thy Booke and say Thou merit'st more then comman Scullers pay Then whistle off thy Muse and giue her scope That she may soundly cease vpon the Pope For well I see that he and many more Are dar'd by her which scarce was done before Prâ—â—â—d good Iohn and when th' ast done this worke Feare not to venter trussing of the Turke I like thy vaine I loue thee for those guifts Of Nature in thee farre about the shifts That others seeke plodding for what thy pen Wit Workes in thee learning in other men Then Natiue Language we haue done thee wrong To say th' art not compleat wanting the tongue Call'd Latine for bâ—cre's are shall â—â—â— the strife That neuer learned Latine word â—â—â— life Then to conclude I truly must confesse Many baue more beene taught but learned lesse Thy assured friend R. B. To my louing Friend IOHN TAYLOR SOme say kind â—â—â—â— thou art a Poet borne And none by Art which thou maist justly scorne For if without thy name they had but seene Thy lines thy lines had artificiall beene Opinion carries with it such a curse Although thy name makes not the verse the worse If then this worke variety affords Of Trophes of Figures Epethites and Words With no harsh accent and with iudgement too I pray what more can Art or Nature doe So that in thee thy Gâ—â—iâ—s doth impart To Artificiall Nature Naturall Art Thy old assured friend IO MORAY Prologue to the Reader GOod gentle Reader if I doe transgresse I know you know that I did ne're professe Vntill this time in Print to be a Poet And now to exercise my wits I show it View but the intrals of this little booke And thou wilt say that I some patnes haue tooke Paines mixt with pleasure pleasure ioyn'd with pain Produc'd this issue of my laboring braine But now me thinkes I heare some enuious throat Say I should deale no further then my Boat And ply my Fare and leaue my Epigram Minding ne Sutor vltra crepidam To such I answere Fortune giue her guists Some downe she throwes and some to honour lifts 'Mongst whom from me she hath with-held her store And giues me leaue to sweat it at my Oare And though with labour I my liuing purse Yet doe I thinke
likewise shot by the boord their Admirals Mizzen-mast Flag and flag-staffe shot by the boord and her Hull much rent and torne Their fourth ship had the head of her maine mast shot by the boord Another of their ships had all her top-masts shot by the boord In conclusion all their eight ships were so torne and tattered that they had neither good Masts Sailes or Yards to helpe themselues with no tide sides to beare saile vpon Thus it pleased thâ— Almighty to giue the victory of the day vnto those that relie vpon his promise to that greaâ— God be all glory for euer and let all true Christians say Amen The 13. of February being Friday the English and Dutch Fleets set saile at day-light from thâ— Road of Gombroone hauing also with them foure Iunks other vessels of lading vnder the conductâ—â— and charge of the Dutch which as soone as thâ— Enemie perceiued they let slip their Cables anâ— slipped from their harbour at the Iland of Law racke which is foure or fiue Leagues from the Roade of Gombroone the Enemie making all the sayle he could to Sea-boord of the English and Dutch all the day till Sun-set when they were got within Saker-shot of each other and a good bearing gale they all kept company together all night This 13. at night it blew so hard at Westâ— south-west that one of their great Gallions borâ—â— ouer-boord the head of her maine Mast close vnder the hownds not being able to hoyst vp heâ— maine sayle she was forced to steere alongst with her fore-saile fore-top-saile her Sprit-saile and Mizzen the wind being at West-South-west they steered away South and by East The 14. in the morning the Dutch Fleet staying and bearing vp vnto the Iunke the night past was a starre so farre that the English Fleet could scarce descry them so the Iames laid her fore-saile a backe staies and staid for them the Portugall neuer offering to alter his course but kept on still The same day about noone the Dutch being come vp with the English it was agreed betweene them that the Royall Iames should giue the first on-set vpon their Admirall and the rest of the Fleet to second her so about two of the clocke that afternoone the two Fleets came to weather of the Enemies Admirall receiuing the first shot from their Vice-Admirall and presently a whole broad side from their Admirall both sides comming as neere each other as they could but well keepe cleane of each other they â—ell to it of all hands pell mell the Ordnance going off as fast as small shot the Iames for her part giuing them two broad sides she then edged vp in the winde laying her fore-saile and fore-topstyle abacke stayes as well to giue leaue to the â— who was second to the Iames as also to suffer the Portugall Admirall to shoot a head which the suddainly did then the Iames filling her top sayle the second time bore vpright with the Enemie Admirall plying her whole broad side so fast vpon him that he had scarce any leaâ—â—â—â— to returne any shot backe whilst the English and Portugall Admirals were so nere each other that they could hardly cleare themselues In this time whilst our ships plyed the Enemies Admirall not so much looking after or heeding the other ships the Vice-Admirall with the rest of their fleet were left a sterne their Admiralll plyed very hard vpon the Iames giuing and receiuing many dangerous shots the Iames being shot betweene winde and water often and had more â—oyle in her Sayles and Rigging than she had done any of the two dayes fight before then the third time comming side by side with each others Fleet they let driue one at another like Thunder in the ayre the Iames comming vp with the Admirall the great ship of Damon who the first dayes fight lost her maine Mast crept in betwixt the Iames and the Portugall Admirall lying as a Bulwaâ—ke to weather off her to receiue all that might be put vpon her and indeed all that was meant to haue beene bestowed vpon tbe Admirall was still plyed vpon that great Hulke as likewife the Ionas and Dutch did continue this third dayes fight till day-light was shut in the Portugals edging vp to get nere the Arabian shore insomuch that at 8. at Night both English and Dutch were faire by it chasing them in This Night the English and Dutch steered away their course for Surat the Portugals steering for Swar a place where they haue a Castle The Royall Iames with the rest were forced to giue ouer the Chase for these reasons FIrst for that the time of yeere was so farre spent that they should not haue time enough to deliuer their goods at Surat and so to goe cleere off the Coast before the Westerly Monsâ—â—ne which is a Wind that blowes at West sixe moneths together beginning in Aprill would be come and so endanger the Ships in getting off againe A second reason was that the Royall Iames had but 31. Barrels and some 500. Cartreges fild with Powder and some 600. shot all which was not aboue three quarters of a dayes fight for her vse for in her former dayes worke the third of February she alone spent 1000. great shot vpon the Enemie so that now through want of Powder was not able to maintaine such another dayes fight according to that rate And this last dayes fight she lost but one man hauing spent vpon the Enemy more then three hundred great shot To the Lord of hosts the only giuer of victory the mighty God of Battels be all honour glory praise and dominion for euer Amen A note of the mens Names slaine in these three seuerall fights with the Portugals out of the English Fleet. Slaine in the Royall Iames. Richard Dauis Nicholas Burton quarter Masters Robert Skaife Gunners Mate Ioseph Wright Thomas Bland Iohn Burcham Godfrey Howton Carpenters Richard Dauis Iunior Richard Walker Iohn Maisters William Wilcockes William Clarke William Surdam dismembred in their legs and dyed Sailers Slaine in the Ionas Robert Modding Masters Mate Iohn Beedam mid-ship-man William Adams Robert Stacie Edward Wilkinson Robert Larke Richard Hergoll Francis Blow Thomas Page Thomas Wilkinson Thomas Williams Slaine in the Starre Iames Wanderton William Carter Reignold Sanderson Charles Robinson Slaine in the Eagle Iohn Sares. The Dutch lost neere the like number amongst whom their chiefe Commander Albert Becker was slaine the first dayes fight A Relation by Peter Hillion a Frenchman of the force of the eight Portugal Gallions which fought with the English and Dutch Fleet in the Gulph of Persia as also the spoyle they receiued by them with their number of men slain on the 13. and 14. of February,1624 himselfe being then in the Admirall which afterwards riding with three more of her Fleet at the Riuers mouth of Surat be escaped from her and ran to the English which were then riding in the Barre of Surat THeir Admirall named S. Francisco Sanuer wherein was Generall
entred at least 100. of their men hauing fire-pots and the other in the other and diuers sorts of fire-workes vpon our decks the Frigots as many as could lye about vs threw firepots in at the Ports and stucke fire pikes in her sides all which by the great mercy and assistance of God we still put out Our Admirall and Vice-Admirall in this our miserie were quickly out of our sight the cause whereof is best knowne to themselues This conflict remained from 8. at night till about 11. in which space our Master Richard Swanley was slaine and foure more of our men were also slaine 3. of our Masters Mates and 20. more were exceedingly burnt the rest almost wearied and more discomforted by reason our Fleet had left vs and in briefe wee were in that case that the word was giuen to blow vp the ship had not God in his wisdome stayd it by putting it in the mind of some of our men to let fall an Anchor which being done the tide running very strong brought our ship to so strong a bitter that the fast which the Portugals had vpon vs brake whose vnexpected suddaine departure from vs left 50. or 60. of their men vpon our Poope who still maintained the fire in such sort that we were forced to blow them vp which blast tore all the Sterne of our ship in peeces from the middle-Decke vpwards The Portugals being all repulsed and the fire put out we vsed all diligence for the clearing our ship and getting vp our maine-top-sayle-yard which then lay vpon our Deck likewise bringing new sayles of our Yard the former beeing all burnt and torne all which being as well done as haste would giue leaue we expected their comming againe the next tide but they hoping wee would either haue burnt or sunke onely left fiue Frigots without shot of vs and themselues with the other two ships that were formerly a sterne flood after the Palsgraue and Dolphin and in short space fetcht them vp and fought with them all that night they standing still off to Sea were but off our sight the next morning The 8. day in the morning all the ships beeing out of our fight it was agreed vpon by the Officers of our ship that Henry Crosbey our Masters chiefe Mate should succeed as our chiefe Commander vntill such time as it pleased God we should meet with our Commander This being done wee being not able to weighâ— our Anchor by reason our men were most of them hurt cut Cable in the hawâ—e and let as much Sayle as we durst beare our sore mast hauing receiued 3. shot in such wise as it had but 4. inches hold and stood off to Sea and beeing faire weather praised bee God in short time ouâ—â— fore-mast was made seruiceable The Frigots aforesaid that were left by vs stood foure of them after the Fleet and the other in foâ—â—â— the shore all that day we heard them in fight buâ— saw them not likewise the next night wee could see the light of their Ordnance at our top-mast head but they being to wind-ward of vs wee could not get to them nor indeed were not in case if we could for our ship was so open and all our chiefe men kild and hurt The ninth in the morning wee could neither see them nor heare them then it was thought fitting by our Master that according to the Consultation held aboord the Palsgraue the seuenth day wee should stand for Ormus the which by the assistance of God wee did hauing faire weather all the way in which time of our Sayling our Carpenters had got vp all the sterne of our ship againe as well as his store would giue him leaue our men also were recouered of their hurts The fourth of Nouember we arriued at Gombroone where we had intelligence by our Merchants there resident that Rufrero was riding vnder Ormus Iland with 18. or 20. Frigots the which when our Master vnderstood the Merchants being then aboord it was concluded by consultation that to preuent any ensuing danger that might happen and also for the cleering of our ship whereby to mount our lower Tier all the Cloth and Currall and foure Chests of money should besent a shore with as much speed as possible the other our Master refused to send one of the ship alledging that if it should please God they were forced to leaue the Port by any disaster there was no stocke to buy any refreshing for our men which then did want it the rest of our Carriages and goo is lying low in Hold could not then be come by â—â—â—â—â—â— much time which then we wanted It was also appointed that we should with all speed take in water and stand for Ormus the which was aâ—â—â—yed to doe and partly effected for vpon the fifth day the Merchants and our Purser rode with all speed to the Sultan who was then out of Towne to â—â—treat for Boats to Land the Goods and to water out ships the which he granted and also gaue â—â—a Boat to make vs a Long boat by reason wee had lost both our Skiffe and Long boat the last sight The sixth there came Boot-haylers aboord tooke all the goods aforesaid and carried them a shore also tooke in Caske to fill with water The 7. of Nouember there came 12. Tunne of water aboord which was presently taken in and more Caske sent a shore also in this short time our Lower Orlope was also made Priddic and our two chase Peeces were mounted and wee were in good hope the next day to take in water enough to serue vntill the fleet came to stand ouer for Ormus but God hauing otherwise appointed it fell out contrary The eighth day about 7. in the morning Rusrero with his Frigots came rowing towards tne Ship and being then calme that the Ship could not worke hee came in such sort that she could haue none but her Chase Peece to beare vpon them which lay so well to passe that they sunke two of their Figots before they could boord her and two more after they were by her sides But after they were aboord they plyed their small shot in such wise that they were not able able to open a Port in the ship but were forced to shoote away Ports and all They also maintained such aboundance of fire works round about her that in a moment all her Masts and Sayles â—â—re on fire her vpper Decke was also on fire the which for all their heauing much water vpon it in lesse then halfe an houre fell downe vpon their heads and put them from their 〈…〉 death on each side some 〈…〉 put themselues to the mercy 〈…〉 the rest gaue â—â—â— to the 〈…〉 vp the ship Those men which â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— bâ—ord were all receiued into the 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—â— carried vnto Ormus Iland and the next in â—â—â—â—â— Rusrero gaue or â—â—â— to cut off all their heads but one namely Thomas Winterborne whom he sent with a letter to the Merchants at Gombroone the
but such dyeâ— we had that the Prouerbe was truly verified God sent meat and the Diuel sent Cookes for as there was no respect of persons in the boat so all fellowes at the Table and all one price the Palatine and the Plebeian our first messe was great platters of blacke broth in shape like new tarre and in tast Cofen Germane to slut pottage our second were dishes of Eeles chop'd as small as hearbs and the broth they were in as salt as brinâ— then had we a boyld Goâ—se with choake peares and carrets buried in a deepe dish and when we demanded what was to pay it was but three pence a man I mused at the cheapenesse of it but afterward they came vpon vs with a fresh reckoning of fiue pence a man for beere for they neuer count their meat and drinke together but bring in seuerall reckonings for them but the morning being come we hired a Boorâ—s Waggon to carry vs to a place called Citâ—zen three miles there or 12. English miles from Buckstahoo a little bald dorp it is where we came about noone and found such slender entertainement that we had no cause to boast of our good cheere or our Hostesse Cookery We hauing refreshed our selues and hyred a fresh Waggon away we went two miles further to a Dorp called Rodonburgh this village belongeth to the Byshop of Rodonburgh who hath a faire house there strongly walled and deepely ditched and Moated about very defensible with draw bridges and good Ordinance This Bishop is a temporall Lord notwithstanding his spirituall title and no doubt but the flesh preuailes aboue the Spirit with him So the Bishops of Breame Lunningburgh and diuers other places in Germany doe every charitably take the fleece for they themselues neuer looke to the flocke by reason they vse no Ecclesiastick function but onely in name Being lodged at Rodenburgh in a stately Inne where the Host Hostesse Guests Cowes Horses Swine lay all in one Roome yet I must confesse their beds to be very good and their linning sweet but in those parts they vse no couerlet rug or blanket but a good featherbed vndermost with cleane sheets pillowes and pillowbears and another featherbed vppermost with a faire sheet aboue all so that a mans lodging is like a wormans lying In all white August the 30. wee went from Rodenburgh and about noone wee came to an old walled towne called Feirden it hath two Churches in it and the hangmans statue very artificially carued in stone and set on a high pillar with a rod rampant in his hand at this Towne I met with sixe strangers all trauailers where wee went to dinner together all at one Table and euery man opened his knapsacke or budget with victuals for he that carries no meat with him may fast by authority in most places of that Country but to note the kindnesse of these people one to another some had bread and a boxe of salt butter some had raw bacon some had cheese some had pickled herring some dryed beefe and amongst the rest I had brought three ribs of rost beefe and other prouision from Hamburgh to conclude we drew all like fidlers and led for the most part like Swine for euery man eat what was his own and no man did proffer one bit of what he had to his neighbour so he that had cheese must diue with chesse for he that had meat would offer him none I did cut euery one a part of my rost beefe which my guide told me they would not take well because it is not the fashion of the Countrey I tryed and found them very tractable to take any thing that was good so that I perceiued their modesty to take one from another proceeds from their want of manners to offer But dinner being done away we went ouer a bridge in the midst whereof is a Iynn made in the likenesse of great Lanthorne it is hanged on a turning Gybber like a Crane So that it may bee turned on the bridge and ouer the Riuer as they shall please that haue occasion to vse it It is big enough to hold two men and it is for this purpose if any one or more do rob Gardens or Orchards or Corne fields if they be taken he or they are put into this same whiligig or kickumbob and the gybbet being turned the offender hangs in this Cage from the Riuer some 12. or 14. foot from the water then there is small Line made fast to the party some 5. or 6. fadome and with a tricke which they haue the bottome of the Cage drops out and the thiefe fals sodenly into the water I had not gone farre but at the end of the bridge I saw an old Chappell which in old time they lay was dedicated to S. Frodswicke which hath the day after Saint Luke the Enangelist I entering in perceiued it was a chartiable Chappell for the doores and windowes were alwayes open by reason there were none to shut and it was a common receptacle for Beggers and Rogues There was the Image of our Lady with a vaile ouer her made as I thinke of a Bakers bolter and Saint Peter holding a candle to her I cut a peece of her Vaile and taking Peter by the hand at my departure the kinde Image I know not vpon what acquaintance beeing loose handed let me haue his hand with â—ntc which beeing made of wood by reason of ruinous antiquitie burst off in the handling which two precious relickes I brought home with me to defend me and all my friends from Sparrow-blasting From this place wee were glad to trauaile on foot 1. Dutch mile to a Dorpe called Durfurne where we hired a Boores Waggon to a Towne called Neinburgh but we could not reach thither by 2. English miles so that we were glad to lodge in a Barne that night on the morrow early we arose came to Neinburgh which is a little walled towne belonging to that Byshopricke from whence it is so named There we stayed 3. houres before we could get a Waggon at last wee were mounted to a Dorpe called Leiz 2. Dutch miles I would haue bargained with the Boore to haue carried vs to Dorne which I bade my guide tell him it was but a mile further a mile quoth the Boore indeed we call it no more but it was measured with a Dog and they threw in the taile and all to the bargaine so to Leize he carried vs and there we found a Waggon of Dorne homeward bound which made vs ride the cheaper but it was the longest mile that euer I rode or went for surely it is as much as some ten of out miles in England But hauing ouercome it at last from thence I tooke a fresh Waggon to carry me two miles further to a towne called Buckaburgh where I had and haue I hope a Brother residing to whom my iourny was entended and with whom my perambulation was at a period This towne of Buckaburgh is wholely and solely