Philomythie, or, Philomythologie wherin outlandish birds, beasts, and fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely / by Tho: Scot ...

Philomythie, or, Philomythologie wherin outlandish birds, beasts, and fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely / by Tho: Scot ...

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Title page

A PRAEMONITION TO THE INTELLIGENT READER. Leſt hee finding his affection or opinion croſt in the praiſe or diſpraiſe of ſome particular, ſhould thereby be drawn to reade or reiect the reſt with Praeiudice.

SARCASMOS MVNDO: OR, The Frontiſpice explaned.

A SVPPLY OF THE deſcription of MONSIER PANDORSVS WALDOLYNNATVS, that merry American Philoſopher, or the Wiſeman of the New World; being Antipode to Aeſop, placed with him as parallel in the front. Done according to the ſimple truth of his owne naked deliuery. And dedicated to THOMAS THVRSBY Eſquire, no leſſe fit to be publicke, then deſirous of retirement and priuacie.

To the ouer-wiſe, ouer-wilfull, ouer-curious, or ouer-captious Readers.

1. IBIS. DEDICATED To the religious KNIGHT Sr EDMVND MONDEFORD, and his Lady a true louer of LEARNING.

Epimythium.

2. Venaticum Iter. Dedicated To the example of Temperance, Sr HENRY BEDINGFEILD Knight, and to his LADY the example of Loue.

Epimythium.

GRYPS. DEDICATED To the Courtly and accompliſht Knight, Sr. HENRY RICH, and his moſt equall Lady.

Epimythium.

Who ſeekes two ſwords to ſway, hath right to none.

Who ſeekes two offices, is not fit for one.

Who ſeekes two Callings, takes too much in hand.

Who hath two faiths, doth true to neither ſtand.

4. SPHINX, HYENA. DEDICATED To the wiſe and valiant Souldier, Sr. IOHN POOLY Knight, and to his good Lady.

Epimythium.

HIPPOPOTAMƲS. DEDICATED To the magnificent KNIGHT Sr. HVGH SMITH, and his worthy LADY.

Epimythium.

PHAENIX. DEDICATED To the honorable KNIGHT Sr. ROBERT RICHE, and his noble LADY.

Epimythium.

VNIO. DEDICATED TO THE TRVE LOVER OF HIS COVNTRY Sr. ARTHVR HEVENINGHAM Knight, and his truly Religious LADY.

Epimythium.

Struthiocamelus. DEDICATED To the vertuous Knight, Sir Iohn Heueningham, and his charitable Lady.

Epimythium.

ONOCROTALVS. DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT hopefull KNIGHT, Sir THOMAS SOVTHVVELL.

Epimythium.

The ASSE. DEDICATED. TO THE LEARNED and iudicious KNIGHT Sr. HAMOND LE-STRANGE.

Epimythium.

CVRIALE. DEDICATED TO the good acceptance of Maſter FLYODE, Admirall to the Queenes Maieſtie, and of her Counſell.

Epimythium.

SOLARIƲM. DEDICATED. To the abſolute and open enemies of Ignorance and Darkneſſe, and the true Louers and Followers of Light and Knowledge, Sr. Iohn Crofts and his happy LADY.

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DVELLVM BRITANNICVM.

DEDICATED To the eternall memorie of that admirable Combat performed by two valorous Knights, Sir Robert Manſell appellant, and Sir Iohn Heydon Defendant; where both equally expreſsing fortitude and skill in giuing and receiuing wounds, ſcaped death, notwithſtanding by the onely fauour of Prouidence.

Duellum Britannicum.

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Epitaphium Georgii Whartoni Milit.

Epitaphium Iacobi Stewardi Armigeri.

IVSTITIA IACOBI.

Dedicated to the graue, reuerend, and iudicious Knight, Sr. ROBERT GARDINER, ſometime Lord Iuſtice of Ireland.

Regalis Juſtitia IACOBI.

Aquigniſpicium.

DEDICATED TO THE FREE and bountifull Houſe-keeper, Sr. Le-ſtrange Mordant, Knight Baronet.

Aquigniſpicium.

ANTIDOTVM CECILLIANVM.

DEDICATED To the Common-wealth.

TO THE HONOVR of the illuſtrious Familie of the CECILLS, deſeruing of this Commmonwealth, all the Romane wreaths of triumph: The memorable Pyramids of Egypt: And all other Trophes of Eternitie.

Epicedium.

Antidotum Cecillianum.

Antidotum Cecillianum.

Antidotum Cecillianum.

EPITAPHIVM.

§

TO THE RIGHT WORTHY, Henry Doile, Eſquire.

SATYRA AVLICA.

AN IRISH BANQVET, OR THE Mayors feaſt of Youghall.

To all thoſe Knights, Ladies, and Gentlemen, to whom my Dedications are made, a true reaſon and excuſe why I haue not placed them in their rankes and diſtances.

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MONARCHIA. DEDICATED To all the worthy profeſſors of the Law, who make not priuate-wealth, but the good and peace of the Commonwealth the end of their ſtudies and practiſe.

Epimythium.

The Cony-burrow. Dedicated to the louers of worth, and friends of vertue, who follow truth with a ſingle heart, and ſpeake it with a ſingle tongue.

Epimythium.

The Houſe of Fame. Dedicated to all the noble atten dants of Royaltie in the Campe of Vertue, who fight for the honor of the Church, and Common-wealth.

Satellitium. Dedicated to all that ſtand Sen inell, that watch and ward in defence of this kingdome, eſpecially to the ſtrength and guard of the State.

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PHILOMYTHIE or PHILOMYTHOLOGIE wherin Outlandiſh Birds, Beasts, and Fiſhes, are taught to ſpeake true Engliſh plainely.

By Tho: Scot Gent.

Philomithus est aliquo modo philoſophus: fabula enim ex miris constituitur.

The ſecond edition much inlarged.

LONDON for Francis Conſtable at the white Lyon in Paules church:yard. 1622

TORTI TOTO MVNDO

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A PRAEMONITION TO THE INTELLIGENT READER.
Leſt hee finding his affection or opinion croſt in the praiſe or diſpraiſe of ſome particular, ſhould thereby be drawn to reade or reiect the reſt with Praeiudice.

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WHO ſafely in the ſtreame would ſwim,

Muſt free from weeds keepe euery lym;

Lest ſl [...]e vnto himſelfe he grow,

And vulgar humour drawes him low;

Or v [...]n [...]ring in the deeps (too weake),

Opinions windie bladder breake.

" We ought both in our ſelues and friends,

" To hate all acts with doubtfull ends;

" And loue euen in our foes the good

" Which may be ſeuer'd from their blood.

[Page] And if the times miſlead vs ſo,

To ſooth thoſe ſinnes we would not do;

At least (like free-men) let vs thinke

What's good and bad, although we winke.

To this free nature if you finde

Theſe buſie papers much inclinde;

Yet pardon them, and i [...]dge ar [...]ght,

A free man (not a ſlaue) did write.

Reade for your pleaſure, cloſe the Booke,

On th' innocent out ſide all may looke.

Th' intelligent within may prie:

But barre th' Intelligencers eye.

THOMAS SCOT.

SARCASMOS MVNDO: OR, The Frontiſpice explaned.

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HOw apt is Man to erre? Antiquitie

Thinks it ſees right, and yet ſees all awry.

Our ſight is impot [...]nt, the helpe we haue

By aArt-full ſp [...]ctacles, doth much d [...]praue

The truth of obiects; And tradition ſaith

Bookes vſe to ly [...], And bBookes d [...]ny her faith.

Ecclipſes of the Sunn [...] were wonders thought,

Thales.

Till ſage Mileſi [...] the cauſe out-ſought.

And man had not the wit to make a doubt

Of halfe the world, till fortune found it out.

Columbus.

But what this Age hath ſ [...]ene, makes that ſ [...]eme truth

Democr. Alex. Ma [...].

The laughing wiſeman wrote, which made the youth

Shed teares to reade it; that more worlds remaine

Still vndiſcouer'd then are yet made plaine.

De [...]pe diuing Paracel [...]us findes the ground

With minerals and mettals to abound;

More proper for our humors then the weed [...]s [...]

Hearbs, plants, & flowers, which ſpring from weaker ſeeds [...]

This earth we liue on and do ſtedfaſt call,

Copernicus proues gid [...]y-brainde, and all

[Page] Thoſe other bodies whoſe ſwift motions we

So wonder at, he ſetled finds to be.

Till ſanctifi'd

The f [...] e [...] o [...] the e [...]uits.

Ignatius and his brood

Found out the lawfull way of ſhedding blood,

And prou'd it plainly that a ſ [...]bi [...]ct might

Murther [...]is Prince we fondly vſde t'indite

Such perſons of high treaſon: Now before them

We kneele, we pray, we worſhip and adore them.

[...]e mireris [...]bſecro, ſ [...] ationes de [...]s [...]fe [...]re [...]on po [...] i [...]a: ſaris [...]ctu [...] pu [...]re debes, i non mi [...]us proba [...]les quam [...]u [...]uis ali [...]s, [...]ationes [...]ttuler [...]m. [...]e [...]uum [...] [...]ſt memi [...]ſ [...]e & m [...] [...]ui diſierā, & vos qu [...] udicabitis [...]omines [...]ſte: vt ſ [...] [...]babilia [...] [...]hil [...] req [...] [...]tis. [...]la [...] in [...]imaeo.

For with their merits now w'ar [...] mor [...] acquaint [...]d

And know for zealous Pa [...]riot [...] they are ſ [...]incted.

His power that doth it, till of lat [...] we do [...]bted

But now who qu [...]ſtions it to death are flout [...]d.

Th [...]n l [...]t what I propound no wonder ſ [...]eme,

Though doting age new truthes do diſeſteeme,

For time may mak [...] it plaine, and reaſon too

May beare it out, though ſure with much adoe.

Cauſes for [...]g [...] [...]ff [...]cts by courſe of kinde,

Yet firſt th' [...]ff [...]ct and then the cauſe we finde.

And ſo much I do here, propound the thing,

But ſtrong [...]r reaſon af [...]r-times may bring.

Attend my Doctrine then. I ſay this Earth

On which we tread, from whence we take our birth,

Is not, as ſome haue thought proportion'd round,

And Globe-li [...]e with ſ [...]ch zon [...]s, and girdles bound,

As Poets or (more lyer [...]) Tr [...]u [...]ll [...]rs ſ [...]y,

But ſhap [...]d awry, and lookes another way.

It is a monſtrous Creature like a M [...]n,

Thruſt altog [...]ther on a heape, we can

Diſtinguiſ [...] no part, goggle cyes, wide mouth,

Eares that reach both the poles from north to ſouth,

Crump-ſhouldr [...]d, breaſt, & back, & thighs together,

The legs and feet all one, if it hath [...]ither.

[Page] In breefe it is the greateſt Maſter D [...]uill

Thro [...]ne downe from heauen, in whoſe womb [...] euery cuill

Is radically fixt, and from thence ſprings

Infuſing natiu [...] euill, in all ſuch things

As it doth bre [...]d and nouriſh. The place of H [...]ll

Is in his wombe, there leſſer deuils dwell.

And when he ſtirres a limme, or break [...]th winde,

We call't an earth-quake, and the danger finde.

Kings, Emperours, and mighty m [...]n that tread

In [...]igheſt ſtate, are l [...]ce vpon his head.

The Pope and all his traine are skipping [...]leas

That know no bounds, but l [...]ape lands-law and ſeas [...]

The r [...]ſt are nits or body-lyc [...], that craule

Out of his ſweat, ſ [...]ch vermin are we all.

From heauen this monſter fell, and now doth lye

Bruzde with the fall, paſt all recouery.

Neither aliue, nor dead, nor whole, nor ſound,

Sinking, and ſwimming, in a ſea profound

Of ſinn [...], and puniſhment, of paine, and terror,

Of learn [...]d ignorance, and knowing error.

No wonder then, that we who liu [...] and dye

On curſ [...]d earth, do all things thus awry,

Being monſtrous in our mann [...]rs, and our minds,

And mixing in the luſt-full change of kinds.

That we are full of paſsions, doubts, and feares,

And daily f [...]ll together by the eares.

No wonder that the Cl [...]rgie would be Kings,

Kings Church-men; Lords and Ladies equall things;

So like in painting, ſpotting, ſtarching, all,

That Ladies Lo [...]ds, and Lords we Madams call.

For euen as Hares change ſhape and ſex, ſome ſ [...]y

Once [...]uery yeare; theſe whores do eu [...]ry day,

[Page] So that Hirquittall and his wife were waken

By Succubus and Incubus, miſtaken.

No wonder that Diuines the Paraſites play

In ieaſt and earneſt; Actors euery way.

No wond [...]r that ſome the [...]ues doe Lawyers proue,

Since all theſe euils by courſe of nature moue,

So f [...]rre; that it is queſtion [...]d 'mongſt the wiſe

Which now is vertue, and which now is vice.

Two Croo [...]backs (not the third Dick Gloſter, hight,

We will haue none of him, for he would fight)

Debate this queſtion, each aſſumes his part.

Aeſope for vertue ſtands, and all his art,

Is to inſtruct the world to leaue the ſinne,

And folly, which it lyes incompaſt in;

We [...]ps to behold it circled ſo with vices,

Whoſe ſerpentine and poyſond ſting, intic [...]s

To f [...]ding pleaſure, and to deadly paine,

By vſe ſoone caught, but hardly left again [...].

He wries his necke at earth; but 'tis to ſee

How out of order euery part will bee.

He wills each R [...]der if my tales be darke,

To iudge the beſt, the morall ſtill to marke.

And w [...]ere they finde a doubtfull meaning, there

To hold an eu [...]n courſe, and with compaſſ [...] ſtere.

But where ſtrict rigor might inforce a doubt,

T [...]incline to [...]auour, and to helpe me out.

On th' other ſide doth learned [...]ort [...]s ſtand

Concomitant, and beares the world in hand

That Aeſope and ſome Stigmaticks beſide,

(In ſhape and wit) did call well-fauour'd Pride

A vice, becauſe themſelues were ſo deform'd,

At euery pleaſure they with malice ſtorm'd;

[Page] But wiſer much, he doth with better face,

With equall wit, worth, knowledge (but leſſe grace)

Confront ſuch fond aſſertions, lookes awry

On all the world of vertue, giues the lye

To iudgement, and with crooked minde and backe

(T [...]ſites-like)vnloades this learned packe.

He teacheth firſt that Aeſope was a ſlaue,

"But Man's free borne, and freedome ought to haue,

"To worke h [...]s owne good pleaſure, fayre content;

"Who liues not thus, hath his whole life miſ-ſpent.

This rule he followes, and laies violent hands

On all; that his pride, luſt, and will, with-ſtands.

Calls his affection reaſon; his deſire

And appetite, ſets all his world on fire.

His childe, his wife, his neighbour, or his friend,

Is for his pleaſure lou'd; without that end

No King, no great Lord, can forget ſo ſoone,

And ſlight d [...]ſert; as he hath often done.

Baſtards are true legitimates, he [...]aith:

And enemies then fri [...]nds, haue far more faith.

His n [...]ighbors are moſt ſtrangers, and before

A modeſt wife, he likes a ſhamel [...]ſſe whore.

For many whores (he [...]aith) he often kept

Without diſturbance; but one night, hauing ſlept

In twenty yeares with his true wife, th' aſſault

Of many Sumners did correct the fault.

What we terme cowardice, he doth valure call,

And in that valure he exceedeth all.

An oyſter-wife once beat him; brauely hee

Bore all her blowes, but wanted heart to [...]lec.

He will on Sundaies with an Abbot dine,

On Frydaies, with a brother Libert [...]ne.

[Page] And euery day drinke health's vp to the eye:

He treads not right vnleſſe he treads awry.

The Maa of ſinne himſelfe, is not more free

In doing all forbidd [...]n ſinnes then hee.

For what he ſpea [...]es or te [...]cheth, writes or reads,

Only ſpeaks p [...]eaſu [...]e, aud to pleaſure leads.

Had

[...]he [...]ault Seneca [...] Sir [...]as [...]erbury.

Ner [...]' [...] froward Tutor too preciſe)

Been like our Philo [...]rch [...], ple [...]ſure wiſe,

And pliant to all humors but the good,

He had with [...]ur [...]ts dyd'e, not lac [...]e of blood [...]

Learn'd A [...]tine he reads, and can expound

His modeſt pictures with a touch profound.

That part is his of [...]uery tongue, and ar [...]e,

Which ſtricter Ia [...] tremble at, and ſtarte

To hear [...] recited. This, this man is h [...]e

Who on the forefront you with Ae [...]ope ſee.

Ae [...]op [...] that loo [...]es awry on all m [...]ns vice;

But this on vertue caſteth ſcornefull eyes.

Ae [...]ope m [...]kes birds, beaſts, fiſhes, ſp [...]ake and liue

As if t [...]eir liues ſhould M [...]n example giue

To pr [...]ctiſ [...] vertu [...]. This (with apt beheaſts)

Doth teach all men how to becom [...] li [...]e beaſts.

And [...] w [...]oſe life theſe creatures m [...]ſt reſ [...]mble

Comesn [...]reſt tru [...], and ſ [...] doth lea [...] di [...]emble [...]

Th [...]t Nature is the beſt g [...]ide, if w [...] pl [...]ſe

To follow her, then we muſt [...]ollow [...]

For theſe obſer [...] her rules, and are not ſpoyl'd

By arte, nor haue their able organ [...] foyl'd

With abſtinence and lac [...]e of vſe, but ſtill

Dir [...]cted are by appetite and will.

Looke on [...] front.

In Kings he would no other vertue ſee

Then what in Lyons, and in Eagles b [...]e:

[Page] To prey on all, to make their will a law,

To tyr [...]nnize, to rule by force and awe,

To feare no higher powers, to do no good,

But liue to gl [...]t themſelues with guiltl [...]ſſe blood.

Courtiers he would h [...]ue faſ [...]ion'd like to apes,

So fond their geſtures, ſo d [...]formde t [...]eir ſhapes:

So full of idle imitation found,

That ſcorne in them, our ſtages might confound.

That they ſhould ſtarch & paint white, red, blew, yellow

And then all blacke, that other fooles might follow.

Diuines of Owl [...]s he would haue learne to ſhrieke,

As if they hated all the world did like;

But hauing got a tree and Iuy buſh,

He then would haue them mute, and dumbe, and huſh,

To ſerue all purpoſes, to hate the light,

And prooue right Blackbirds, childr [...]n of the night.

Men that want wit, yet haue great place in State,

He woul [...] haue like to Parrots, learne to prate

Of others, till with Almonds they w [...]re fed.

The reſt lik [...] Foxes he would ſtill haue bred

Cloſ [...], cr [...]ftie, indir [...]ct, to get by ſtealth

The goods both of the Church and Common-wealth.

All ſub [...]ects and inferiors he would haue

Themſ [...]lues like G [...]e, and Aſſes to behaue.

Rich men and [...]rers to ſwallow all

Dir [...]cted by the Dolphine, and the Wh [...]le.

Many of his ſch [...]ll [...]r haue learned this le [...]on.

All m [...]n like Dogs to flatter, and to bite,

And mi [...]int [...]rpret what we ſpeake or write.

He wills all thoſe that on my payers looke,

To make each line a libell in my booke:

To poyſon with their eyes what [...]'ere they ſee,

And make themſelues ſport, and make worke for me.

[Page] Not to beleeue the morall, but to ſeeke

Another meaning whatſoe're they like,

And call it mine; and ſweare I meant the ſame,

Although I would not perſons plainly name.

And then he wils them laugh to ſeeke the ieaſt.

"Anothers miſchiefe, makes a merry feaſt.

This Doctor is our Ages guide and Tutor,

The world his Schoole, the fleſh his Coadiutor.

No wonder then if we liue all awry,

When on our Maſter we caſt ſteady eye.

For

Regu ad ex [...]mplum. &c.

[...] Alex [...]nder [...] necke can teach vs this,

"The Schoole and Court by greatnes faſhio [...]'d is.

Thus our great Maſters crookedneſſe is ſpide

In vs his followers, who no good parts hide

That he hath learn'd vs, but proclaime aloud

The cauſe which makes our vertuous Tutor proud.

If any ſeeke his name, and liſt to come

To ſchoole, enquire for M [...]rus & Antrum.

A SVPPLY OF THE deſcription of Quaſi d [...]rſus pandus.MONSIER PANDORSVS WALDOLYNNATVS, that merry American Philoſopher, or the Wiſeman of the New World; being Antipode to Aeſop, placed with him as parallel in the front. Done according to the ſimple truth of his owne naked deliuery.
And dedicated to THOMAS THVRSBY Eſquire, no leſſe fit to be publicke, then deſirous of retirement and priuacie.

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YOV ſhun all office, though your ſtate and wit

With long experience makes you truly fit;

Wherefore Pandorſus wils me pricke you heere

Shriefe in my booke, who might be in the Sheere.

AS the Eaſt and Weſt are oppoſite, ſo ſtand

Theſe Wiſe- [...]en in the front on either hand.

Aeſope well known an Eaſterne witty thing:

But our Pandorſus Weſterne fame I ſing;

Whoſe picture in the Front, whoſe markes before,

Behinde, within, without, I late did ſcore;

Yet leſt that picture, nor theſe markes, ſhould make

His worth enough apparant, briefely take

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[Page] His life anatomiz'de, but chiefly where

It may our ſucklings with example rer [...].

The lines are drawne euen by his owne true light,

From partiall flattery free, and enuious ſpight.

Within that S [...]i [...]re where Hyndes with dumplings fed,

Beget beſt Lawyers, was Pandorſ [...]s bread:

But for his P [...]r [...]nts were of better ranke,

And in a Co [...]ste Town [...] dwelt, they Clarret dranke,

And wrie-mouth'd Pl [...]i [...] br [...]ts butts [...] and [...] did eate,

And crooked Crabs with ſuch prodigious mea [...]e.

Thus for a wonder they prepar [...]d in feeding:

And ſuch he prou'd, who from that root [...] had breeding.

Though no P [...]n lora yet P [...]ndorſus he,

For vice as famous, as for vertu [...] ſhee.

Each God gaue her a grace, and g [...]ue ſo much

As more then Momus thought there was no ſuch.

But what to her they gaue, from him they tooke,

And now in vaine for grace in earth we looke.

Looke for effects according to the cauſe:

"Our childrens faults a [...]e moulded in our mawes.

T [...]is ſalt-water-daintie diet f [...]d

The parts concupiſcible, and there bred

An itching humor, whence extracted was

This quint eſſence of contraries, this maſſe

Of Natures ſhreds and parcels, who partakes

A part of all, which imperf [...]ction makes.

A Foxes brain [...]s, knowing m [...]ch wrong, no right;

Gote-bearded, ſweete-fac'd, like a Catamite;

Toung'de Lawyer-like, all terme without vacation;

A Baboon [...]s loyn [...]s, deſiring occupation;

Crumpe-Cammell-ſhoulder'd, neckt as ſtraight as [...]ynx,

One eye like to a Molls, t'other like Lynx;

[Page] A Lyons ſtomack; not to fight but feede;

A Hare in heart, and yet a Snaile in ſpeede.

This is the man whom we Pandorſus call.

Whoſe armes or Rebus thus we blaſen ſhall.

Vpon a ſtat [...]ly wall Saint George doth ride

(Wanting a horſe) in pompe and armed pride;

Beneath there is a Den, in that the Dragon.

This tells his name, whoſe worthy parts we brag on.

It is his owne deuice, let all men know:

So is the reſt which we in order ſhow.

His Mothers Husband (who reputed was

His Father) being rich and well to paſſe,

A wealthy Merchant and an Alderman,

On forraigne ſhores did trau [...]ll now and than:

The whilſt a Gallant Souldier, new come forth

From warre b [...]got this man of mickle worth.

This gallant Souldier, then from [...]Belgia brought

A wondrous Mandrake (with much perill bought)

Sprung (though ſome thin [...]e it fabulous) from ſeed

The gallow [...]s drop (for ſo this roote doth breed,)

Which whilſt his mother did in pl [...]aſure eye,

Our Mo [...]nſurs ſhape, ſhe did conc [...]iue thereby.

Much like that Mandrake, writ [...]en, turning round,

As from the gallow [...]s he had dropt to ground.

And l [...]t no dou [...]tfull Reader much admire,

A Myrmidon ſhould be Pandorſus Syre,

For as there's none with vs get brauer men

Then Lawyers, or the tender Citizen,

So none more cowards g [...]t, then thoſe which are

Our braueſt Spirits, moſt renownde in warre.

The cauſe I know not, or I liſt not tell,

But ſo it often falles, and heere ſo fell.

[Page] None bolder then Pandorſus Syre, then he

None fearefuller; and yet he needs would be

A Souldier, where the Muſter-booke he fild,

But fought with none, nor ne're ſaw any kild.

Artemon was more hardy though afraid

Of his owne ſhadow. Wagers haue beene laid,

That let an enemie fart, he would out-run

An Iriſhman, for feare t'had been a gun.

Where learned Spencer maketh harna'ſt Feare

Afraid the claſhing of his armes to heare,

That apprehenſion he from hence did gaine,

Our Monſieur did, what Spencer did but faine.

But ſtay, I haue forgot to let you know

His education, and to ſhew you how

(Being nuſled vp in Letters) he in ſport

His time wore out at Schoole and Innes of Court,

Yet ſo as once a Gipſie, who did looke

Vpon his Palme, ſaid he, ſhould liue by's booke;

Which fortune ſome conceiue hath doubtfull ſcope,

As if his booke ſhould ſaue him from the rope:

But ſince he proues, it meant another thing,

That teaching Tongues, he ſhould liue like a King;

And ſo he now doth, liuing as he luſt,

And by his owne will meaſuring what is iuſt.

For being ſet to Schoole when he was young,

He of all knowledge learn'd both taile and tongue.

Th' Italian, Latin, Spaniſh and the French,

He grew as cunning in, as at a Wench.

A Dictionary of all words of Art,

And Lullies old-ends, he hath got by heart.

Th' apparrell of all knowledge he doth weare,

And 'bout him (Bias-like) his wealth doth beare.

[Page] And now (growne ripe) he doth religion chooſe

That's moſt in faſhion, as our great ones vſe:

But otherwiſe for truth hee'le neuer burne,

Th' aduantage of his wry-necke helps him turne:

He knowes the way, and wills the world ne're doubt,

That comming raw in, hee'le go roſted out.

In youth he tooke to Wife a louely Dame,

Not hight the chaſt Penelope by name;

But worthy ſuch an attribute, for ſhee

Her wandring looſe Vliſſes did not ſee

In twenty yeeres, and yet t'is thought her bed

Shee kept vnſtain'd, and vn-ad-horn'd his head.

But what a bleſsing was, he thought a curſe,

His wife had better beene, had ſhee been worſe,

Her goodneſſe made him hate her; ſhe had dide

But that a dozen muſt be kil'd beſide.

He knew not then (as I haue heard him ſay)

Th' Italian tricke, but the plaine Engliſh way,

Of ſimple Country poyſoning, now he knowes

To do t by inches; Court perfection growes.

Lopus and Squire, are not ſo skil'd as hee,

And ſcarce Romes Conclaue in that myſterie.

He can a Nullitie worke, diuorce the life

Twixt ſoule and body, ſooner then ſome wife.

And if his ricke be knowne, men ne're will ſeeke

A doubtfull way by law, but do the like.

His wife thus ſcap'd a ſcouring, ſo did he,

When being merry once in company

And paſsing Smith-field (then vnpau'd) too late

With rich Canary hauing linde his pate,

The owle-eyde Sharkers ſpi'd him, how he felt

To finde a poſt; his meaning ſoone they ſmelt:

[Page] And then the ſturdieſt knaue, with ſodain'd ruſh,

Our wauering Monſieur on his knees did puſh,

The whil'ſt another kindly to him ſpoke;

Help't him out of the durt, and chang'd his cloke.

This cloke he wore next day, and paſsing by

A Brokers ſhop, the prentice lowde gan cry

Sirs ſtop the theefe, the cloake this fellow weares

Is mine: with that they ſwarm'd about his eares,

Conuayde him to a Iuſtice, where one ſwore

He had been branded ſtagmaticke before.

Another ſaid, he was the man that hung

Three dayes beyond Seas, as the ballad ſang;

The cauſe why he his necke awry, did hold,

Was for he hang'd long, and was ta'ne downe cold

But to the Iuſtice being throughly knowne,

For carrying letters where't muſt not be ſhowne,

And for his skill, each moderne language ſpeaking,

And wondrous Art, to ſilence doores from ſqueaking,

With loſſe of his good cloke, he ſlipt the hooke,

And thus he once was ſaued by his booke.

Thus farre I ſtretch my lines, thus farre he liues,

And more I'le write, when he direction giues.

But if I die, theſe lines ſhall be the glaſſe

His worth to ſhew, and how I thankfull was.

To the ouer-wiſe, ouer-wilfull, ouer-curious, or ouer-captious Readers.

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I Faine would tell ſome Tales, but I'de be loth,

To haue men be ſo wiſe to thinke them troth.

This is [...] wondrous witty age that ſees

Beyond the truth of things, forty degrees,

Each Riddle now hath Poyſon in't; each Rime

On the blancke Almanak points at guilty time.

Aeſope muſt mak no Lyons roare, nor Eagles

Shrike loude, nor wolues r [...]in, nor ſwift Beagles

Yelpe with their ſlauering lips after the Foxe,

Nor muſt he meddle with the Aſſe, or Oxe,

For feare ſome querke [...]e found, to proue he men [...]

Vnder thoſe ſhapes, a priuate ſpleene to vent

Againſt wiſe vigilant Statiſts, who like Ianus,

Looke both waies ſquint, and both waies guard and ſa [...]e v [...].

Or that he cloſely would great Lawyers yerke,

Who build their neaſts, with ruines of the kirke:

Or that he toucht ſome Church-man, who to riſe

One Steeples height, would tell Canonicall lies.

The Ghoſt of Virgils Gnat would no [...] ſting ſo [...]

That great men durſt not in the City go

For feare of petty-Chapmen, with a Serieant,

And a ſly Yeoman, noted in the Marg [...]ant.

If Spencer now were liuing, to report

His Mother Hubberts tale, there would be ſport:

[Page] To ſee him in a blanket toſt, and mounted

Vp to the ſtarres, and yet no ſtarre acco [...]nted.

I dare not for my l [...]ſe in all my tale,

Vſe any Engliſh Bird, Beaſt, worme, or Snaile,

Or fiſh that in the narrow Seaes do trauell,

(Al [...]hough each Pyrat dares) le [...]t ſome ſhould cauell,

And finde it did belong in times of yore

To ſome blew ſleeue, (but ſhall do ſo no more)

Or that the Maker of new blood, the Marrold,

(Cleped in our w [...]lch-Scotch and Engliſh Harrold)

Had (too too cheape) for fiue pounds it entailed

On ſome bold Britaine, and by warrant nailed,

To him and to his houſe, and double voucher,

Fine and recouery; and then who dare touch her?

Not I, I loue my eaſe too well, my money,

My eare [...], my liberty; he longs for hony,

That mo [...]gſt the angry Wh [...]ſpes thruſts his bo'd fingers,

And from their neaſ [...]s in Summer, hunts thoſe ſtingers.

My valour is leſſe hardy, my deſire

Leſſe hot Ile bl [...]ſſe and blow, not kiſſe the fire.

Therefore auant all ca [...]h [...]like Lo [...]ſts, [...]me

Into my tale nothing one this ſide Rome,

Nor in Virginia, though't be ours by lot,

And yet p [...]rhaps it may, perchaun [...]'t maynot.

I would not [...] if it lay in me to chuſe,

Meddle with any thing we Chriſtians vſe:

But would all dealing with our owne eſchew,

If other world, and elements I knew.

But ſince that Nature doth ſome gifts diſperſe

Alike to all within the Vniuerſe;

And in a cicular globe, tye thoſe to theſe;

Mixt vs [...]n common with th' Antipodes:

[Page] I ca [...]not chooſe but do as nature doth,

Mixe many names and things well knowne to both.

Thus if by chance I vſe Bird, Fiſh, or beast,

Which is no daintie at a Mayors feaſt:

But oft familiar food for euery Swaine,

That in our Countr [...]y, Coaſt, and Wood remaine.

Yet ſtill concei [...] (I pray) thoſe names I take

Not properly, but for your ignorance ſake.

Or if they proper be, of all one kinde,

Yet difference in their place of birth we finde.

And in the [...] natures. For though man be man,

Yet ſure an Indian is no Engliſh man,

And ſo an Indian Aſſe, or `Daw, or Trout,

Though we haue ſuch, are none of ours no doubt:

But would we wonder here, and purſes pick [...],

Since none but trauellers [...]uer ſ [...]y the like.

Excuſe me then though with ſuch names you meete [...]

They are not thoſe that trauell in our ſtreete,

But forreiners to vs and to our Nation,

Except by trade, commerce, or tranſplantation

Made our acquaintance. Hence thou ſubtile ſpies

Streach out my tailes to iuſtifie your lies.

If ought beſide the morall you in [...]ent,

Call it your owne [...] By me'twas neuer ment.

My tale ſhall ſort all Atheiſts well, and be

Of their religion, heatheniſh and free.

It ſhall make luſt a Goſpell and a Law,

(Not for the truth) but to keepe fooles in awe,

That when our Goſpell or elſe Law doth thware

O ur willes, we then may neither reck a f—.

Come Ibis, Lead the way; eat one ſnake more

And by my fury; vſher on before

1. IBIS.
DEDICATED To the religious KNIGHT Sr EDMVND MONDEFORD, and his Lady a true louer of LEARNING.

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in. lib. 8. [...]ſpae [...]iunt corporibus [...]uorum ortuorum: [...]es ranarū iortuarum: [...]nae ver [...] & [...]gues ex [...] utrefactioe aquae. [...]omment. [...] lib [...] 1 [...] Ariſt M [...] aphy. bis [...]erpentibus [...]ſt inimica [...]oſtro enim, [...]os percuti [...] nterficit & leuorat. Ariſt.

KNowledge and Grace, are antidotes to you,

Who killing Serpents, do not Serpents grow.

EGYPT oppreſt with Serpents, either growing

F [...]om ſlimie NILVS fruitfull ouerflowing,

Or from the enuious bankes of Tyber ſent

To tell what farther harme the Romans ment:

Or by the foggy Southern winds brought o're

From ſandy Lybia to this fertile ſhore:

Made [...]bis Keeper of their liues and ſtates,

VVho like a watchfull Porter, kept the gates

VVhere this infected Crue did vſe to enter:

And (as they came in poyſoned troopes) did venter

Mauger their ſting, and teeth, and venome too,

To ſwallow th' enuious Aſpes with ſmall adoe.

[Page] So long ſhefed, that Egypt now ſeem'd free,

And ſcarce a Serpent in the land could ſee.

"But ouer [...]f [...]eding hurts [...] as ſome men ſay,

" [...]hough food be good then ſurf [...]t ſoone we may

"B [...] poyſon [...]d bits. And Ibis found it true.

Diod [...] Sicul [...] lib [...] 3.

So that her glutted gorge ſh [...]e's [...]orc't to ſpue;

The noyſome ſtinke wher [...] of inf [...]ct [...]d more

Then by theſe Serpents had bin ſtung before,

And Ibis ſelfe (corrupted with the food)

Grew Serpentine, and did more harme then good,

Shee ke [...]ps no [...]ntrance now, but lets them paſſe,

And of their faction, and their treaſon, was

A cunning aider, and a cloſe contriuer;

Al-gate Shee ſe [...]m'd a diligent, faithfull, diuer

Into their darker holes to ſearch them out:

But truth it was to put them out of doubt,

That Shee their friend, they need not feare a foe,

But might at pleaſure through the kingdome goe,

VVhilſt all neglect [...]d their increaſe, ſuppoſing,

Ibis their truſty warden, had been cloſing

The lands ſtrong Ports, with skill to keepe theſein,

And others out, till all had eaten bin.

But ſhe had other aimes, and vnder hand,

Plac'd Cockat [...]ices all about the land:

And ſuch as theſe (who kin to ſerpents were)

Did ſhe make Captains, and to place preferre

Plin. lib. cap [...] 22. Cacoble alias. Ca [...] cotheph [...]

Of chiefe command in warre: with hope to bring,

The Baſiliske to be th' Egyptian king;

The Baſiliske that at the head of Nile,

VVith deadly poyſon doth the ſpring defile.

Thus Ibis faild them, and betraide their truſt,

And now or die themſelues, or kill they muſt.

[Page] And ſcarc [...] was't in their choice. Such quick increaſe

"Hath bad things more then good, in time of peace.

Yet the Egyptians from ſecurer ſleepe,

Of fooliſh pitty, and remiſneſſe deepe,

Or fond c [...]edulity, and eaſie faith,

At laſt aw [...]k't, wha [...]ſ'euer Ibis ſaith,

Suſpects of [...]r [...]ud, of double-meaning, doubt,

And with qui [...]ke ſearch do finde the treaſon out.

Whic [...] Ibis [...]eeing to be paſt preuention,

Paſt skill [...]o cloke and coner with inuention:

With [...]alice, enuie, feare, and horror ſwelling,

And other poyſon in her boſome dwelling,

Shee burſt aſunder, and pre [...]eut [...] the paine

Her cri [...]e de [...]er [...]'d, but not the ſhame and ſtaine:

That the E [...]ptians left for a [...]ter tim [...]s,

To reade and wonder at in theſe few rimes.

"Whom nature made good, cuſtome made vniuſt;

We tr [...]ſted Ibis, but ſhee faild our truſt.

Let Reaſon rule, and Reaſon thus exhorts,

[...]Make not your will wardon of your Cinque Ports.

Epimythium.

ut. in vit [...] ex [...] mag. PLutarch in the life of Alexander the Great, writes of a Woman brought to a Serpentine and poyſonous natur [...], by feeding ordinarily on Serpents. This hath ſo [...]e r [...]ſ [...]mblance with this tale, whoſe Morall is [...] that man ſhould carefully, guard himſelfe from others, and from himſelfe: From others, becauſe though we come neere ſin, with a purpoſe to puniſh it; yet being full of contagion, the effect is hazardous: [Page] much more when wee conuerſe with it daily; as they witneſſe, who keeping company with prophane, diſſolute, and blaſphemou [...] perſons, doe often come out ſuch themſelues, ſeldome otherwiſe. Beware therefor [...] of euill company, and euill cuſtome. Pſal. 1To walke in the counſeil of the wicked, leads you to ſtand in the way of ſinners, and cauſ [...]th you to ſit in the ſeate of ſcorners. To conuerſe with Hereticks vnder whatſoeuer pretence is dangerous. Thus therefore guard your ſelfe from outward inuaſion, from others; but keepe one eye to looke inward. The worſt company is at home, within a mans ſelfe. His ſenſes ſtirred vp to pleaſure, are ſo many Serpents in his boſome, ſeeking his deſtruction: neither will they eaſily bee charmed. The ſting of ſinne is ſweet, but deadly [...] Set your vnſanctified app [...]tite and will to gouerne theſe, and you are vndone. The fleſh will let in the world and the deuill, in ſtead of God and Heauen. But let your ſanctified Reaſon bee your gouernour, and you are ſafe at home and abroad. Mortifie therefore p Colo c [...] 3. v. your members which are on the earth; fornication, vncleanneſſe, the inordinate aff [...]ction, euill concupiſcence, and couetouſneſſe, which is Idolatry, &c. The place of greateſt danger where your foe may land and enter, is the Cinque-ports, the fiue ſenſes: watch therefore ouer theſe, and ouer our affections, and you are ſafe.

2. Venaticum Iter.
Dedicated To the example of Temperance, Sr HENRY BEDINGFEILD Knight, and to his LADY the example of Loue.

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You hunting loue, your fields are ſpread with ſheepe,

Looke that your hounds, your folds from foxes keepe.

Foxes and Wolues in ſheepskins range about:

Within [...]pinions; Paraſites without.

TH' Egyptian Shepheard arm'd at all aſſayes

With Dogs and Sheephookes, ſat vpon the Layes,

At pleaſure piping many a lear [...]ed ſonnet

Of fixed ſtarres, and each courſe keeping plann [...]t:

Of thunder, lightning, meteors, and the c [...]uſe

Of changing kingdomes, and tranſlating law [...]s:

Why peſtilence did rage, why good men di [...],

Why Nilu [...] ouerflowes the bankes ſo hie,

Why killing froſts, and ſuch aboundant ſnow,

That ruine falling, [...]uine as they thaw:

Why th' earth ſhould barren be, and famine breede

In the fat ſoil [...], though [...]owne with better ſeede.

[Page] Why water, ayre, the earth, and cheerefull fire

Should (being made for man) gainſt man conſpire,

And of themſelues (by nature neuer bidden,)

Bring forth ſuch croſſe effects, vnheard and hidden,

To plague poore man, and liuing him t'intombe

In his one ruines, e're the day of doome.

The cauſe of this, they wiſely found to be

Mans open ſins, and cloſe Hypocriſie.

And of this Theame diſcourſing too and fro,

Prouing it was, wiſhing it were not ſo.

The King came by, and with him many Nobles,

Whoſe peſtred traine the ſheep and ſhephead troubles.

Poore Country, thou find'ſt this in corne and cattle,

When moſt remote f [...]ō Court, thou moſt doſt battle

The King a hunting rides; the ſhepheards dogs

Would needs a hunting too, and onward iogs

Theſe iolly Currs: the Shepheards whoope amaine,

Hollow and whiſtle too, but all in vaine.

The Hunts-men rate, and like to mad men ride;

The Currs ſuppoſe they cheere them when they chid [...]:

So on they go, and doe as others doo,

Throw vp their curld tailes, ſpend their weſands too,

And when thy cannot top the reſt, run after

[...]o [...]ong, till anger now is turn'd to lafter;

And now the King delights the Currs to heare.

For they are euer buſie in his eare;

And comming home to trencher-food they fall,

[...]rouing good blood-hounds ſome, good harriers all.

[...]hey can draw dry-foot to the harmleſſe game,

Whil'ſt Wolues and Foxes paſſe their noſes tame.

[...]hus fed by fat ſweet bones, they all proue gluttons,

[...]nd where they wont to guard, now kill our muttons,

[Page] They learned haue Court lore, and nothing failes;

Can fawne and flatter, nimbly wag their tailes;

And ſnarle, and bite, and beat [...]he better hound

Out of the Court, who their falſe hunting found.

And now the time drawes on, the King againe

Rides out to hunt, and with him all his traine.

Theſe dogs are fore-moſt, and purſue the chace

With eager ſtomackes and with equall pace.

But being trencher-fed, the weather ho [...],

Themſelu's vnbreath'd, to hunting vſed not,

They ſoone are ſhaken off, and waxing ſlacke

Become the lag and hindmoſt of the packe;

And ſtraight loſe [...]ight, ſent, hearing of the reſt.

So then to Nilus-ward they hold it beſt

To turne their courſe, with the coole waues to ſlacke

The heat they got, for double diligence [...]ake.

The rougheſt, rudeſt, curſteſt Curr of all,

Which wont vpon the gentleſt Dogs to fall,

(And neither being Hound nor Maſtiffe bred,

Lyci [...]ca.

But of a mongrill kinde, by ſhee-Wolues fed,

Did ſilence ſuch as ſpent their ſweeter voice

In turnefull tones, which Hunters eares reioyce,

Whil'ſt he nor at the fold would watch in darke,

Nor bite the Wolfe, nor with his harſh voyce barke,

Nor here amongſt the Hounds once open wide

His monſtrous chaps, except, to bite, or chide,

Or rauin and deuour the daintyeſt meat

Which the induſtrious, not the ſlug ſhould eat:

And in deſpite of whips, though crouch and cry,

Would neuer mend, nor better grow thereby)

Led on the way, for he would ſtill be fi [...]ſt,

His impudence was ſuch, and ſuch his thirſt.

[Page] [...]or would he ſuffer auy their to drinke

[...]ill he had done. Ambitions eye doth thinke

To ſwallow all, and all too little to,

For him that leaſt deſerues, and leaſt can doo.

[...]ut ſee a iuſt reward, whil'ſt thus he lies

[...]ending his pleaſure, from the waues doth riſe

[...] cruell ſubtle Crocodile, who ſnatcheth

[...]t him with her ſharpe ſangs, quickly catcheth

[...]he lazie Curre; which ſtruggles, cryes, and ſtr [...]ues.

[...]ut all too late. Th' amphibious monſter diues

[...]nder the waues; the Dog r [...]ſiſts in vaine,

[...]eath ſwallowes him, the reſt run home amaine;

[...]ome to the Sheepfolds, and attend the trade

[...]hey were by Art traind to, by Nature made.

[...]nd fearing now the like, fore-warn'd by this,

[...]hen hot and dry they waxe [...] their cuſtome is,

[...]t banks of Nile nere to reſt and ſtay,

A [...]lianus I. [...]. Praet [...]rc [...]rrunt autem ripam, & ſuffurantes bibunt, quant [...] eſt capere: iterum aeque iterum.

[...]ut here and there to lap, and ſo away;

[...]eſt otherwiſe ſome Crocodile being hid,

[...]hould ſerue their ſloth, like as the other did.

Epimythium.

This tale doth teach, each man himſelfe t'apply

To his Vocation; not to looke awry

At Honors, Riches, Pleaſures, which are baites

The deuill layes in our way, and in them waites

To ſwallow vs, whileſt eagerly we ſeeke

To ſwallow and ingroſſe what [...]'ere we like:

Without reſpect what's honeſt [...]iuſt, and fit,

[...]o we by any meanes can compaſſe it.

[Page] Each hath his element, his toyle, and ſport.

The clowne the country, and the King his Court.

The Nobles in the Councell or the field,

The Sea, and Burſe, doth like to Marchants yeeld.

Each trades-man in his ſhop, houſe-wiues at home [...]

"They range too far, that o're the threſhold rome.

Lawyers vpon the bench, Diuines within

their ſtudies, ſchooles or pulpits; elſe they ſinne [...]

Who takes the plow in hand, muſt neuer ſ [...]acke,

"Nor looke about, for then [...]e looketh backe,

Who takes the Crowne and Scepter, ſtill muſt thin [...]

"When others ſoundly ſleep, he muſt but winke,

Who goes to warre, or counſell muſt aduiſe

"The ſhame or honor on the Nobleſt lies.

Who guides the Helme muſt ſtill his compas minde,

"And cheere his mates, and ſaile with eu [...]ry winde.

Who by Mechanicke Arts doth hope to thriue,

"Muſt be a Bee, and make his ſhop his Hiue.

Who ſits to Iudge, the Perſon muſt neglect,

"Not looke aſquint, but to the truth direct.

Who will Epiſcopize, muſt watch, faſt, pray,

"And ſee to worke, not ou [...]rſee to play.

They haue a double charge, to rule, and teach,

"Whil'ſt they neglect to preach, negl [...]ct they preach [...]

Each muſt his Dioceſſe tend; or if at Court,

What others dare not he muſt ſtill report.

Yet nought but truth, [...]or all truthes but the good:

Pſ [...]l. 106. 13.

(So Moſ [...]s in the gap of vengance ſtood)

What others dare not whiſper he muſt ſing,

And like a golden trumpet [...]ouze the King,

VVith wiſe alarums from ſecurer ſleepe,

VVherein fraile flattring fleſh doth greatneſſe keep [...]

[Page] [...]or greatneſſe, both in ſtate, wit, ſtrength, and all

[...]hat wee call great one earth, is apt to fall [...]

[...]Vith greateſt danger, greateſt violence,

[...]nleſſe vpheld by greateſt diligence.

[...]nd he is only worthy to be great,

[...]Vho with a vertuous freedom holds the ſeat

Of Moſes, and inclines to neither hand,

But both vpright only for truth doth ſtand,

[...]uch tend their flocks; whil'ſt they attend the Court,

Their paſtime'tis to moderate each ſport.

They ſeaſon all raw humors. Seldome glance

On honours or on pleaſurs, but by chance:

And then to recreate their ſpirits they do it,

Taking a ſnatch, and fall the harder to it.

GRYPS.
DEDICATED To the Courtly and accompliſht Knight, Sr. HENRY RICH, and his moſt equall Lady.

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ALL Men ſeeke greatnes: goodneſſe is the way.

Hee's oft leſſe King that rules, then doth obay.

Add [...] to Gods worke your owne, his image then

Shall be repayr'd, for that's the crowne of Men.

Gryp [...] animal pennatum & quadrupes. Hae belluae di [...]untur eſſ [...] in S [...]ythia [...] & cum Arimaſpis qui vnicum haben [...] oculum, auri cauſa quod cuſtodiunt [...] aſſiduè bellu [...] g [...]rere. Plin. lib [...] 10.

THe Griffon (well alli'd, and great in power)

Made challenge to be generall Emperour

Of beaſts, and birds; whoſe title to decide,

A generall Councell was proclaimed wide

Through all the world, and euery bird and beaſt

Together met, the greateſt, and the leaſt.

Mongſt theſe ſome crawling ſerpents, ſome with feet,

And ſome with wings did at this Councell meet,

And claim'd the place of beaſts, and did alledge

Full many ancient lawes of priuiledge

[Page] [...]or their high honour; b [...]t the chiefe was this;

Gen. 3 1. Serpens enim erat aſ [...]utus, aſtu [...]or quauis beſtia agri.

[...]hey prou'd themſelues beaſts, out of Geneſis.

[...]ut when that Law was read, and it was found,

[...]heir treaſon brought a curſe vpon the ground;

[...]hat euer ſince their poyſon did annoy

[...]oth birds an [...] [...]ſts, and oft did both deſtroy;

Cloking their [...]aud, guilding their villanie

With ancient vniuerſall-vnity;

Betraying truth with darke a [...]biguous lies,

And coſening man of bleſſed Paradiſe:

Adulterating, purging of the ſence

Of holy Writ, vnder a good pretence:

They had by generall voice, ſtrict baniſhmen [...]

[...]rom comming nere this Court of Parliament.

And now the reſt proceed; but by the way

Aroſe another cauſe of ſome delay,

Comming to chooſe a Speaker, bolde Iack daw

Goodmatters may be propounded with an ill minde.

Would interpoſe his skill, and vouch a Law,

(The law of Para [...]ites) that each one might

Speake what him liſt, gainſt reaſon or gainſt right.

And that no Speaker needed, ought to be,

Where ſuch a mixture was; for if quoth he,

We chooſe a bird, the beaſts will all diſſent;

If they a beaſt, we ſhall be diſcontent.

This ſpeech, though true in pa [...]t, did all offend,

B [...]cauſe they ſaw his buſie tongue did bend

To c [...]oſſe all buſineſſe, and his wit de [...]iſe

To change the firmeſt knots to nullities.

So they agreed toge [...]her in this ſort,

To cut his nimble tongue a little ſhort,

For ſa [...]cie tatling, where he ſhould not teach [...]

And being ſilent where he ought to preach.

[Page] But he aueides his ſentence with a quirke,

Pleading of old he longed to the Kirke,

Though ſeldom he came there; and each one tooke

Him for no Clarke, vntill he claim'd his booke

Then they perceiu'd his skill; and ſoone diſcerned

How he to flatter and backbite was learned;

Could mount a ſteeples top and with the winde

Turne like a weather-cocke his ready minde,

Seruing the time. Therefore they onward paſſe

To chooſe a Speaker; ſome would haue the Aſſe,

Becauſe he could diminiſh nought nor adde,

But truth deliuer, were it good or bad:

Yet moſt miſlik'd that choice, and thoſe pronounce

The Parrot fit, and ſome the nimble Ounce;

Some the ſweet Nightingale, and ſome the Dog,

And ſome the Fox, the Baboone, ſome the Hog;

Some Robin red-breſt, or the ſpeckled Thruſh,

Some Chantecleere, and ſome the VVoodcock fluſh.

Some choſe the Ape, and ſome miſlike his voice,

So ſundry factions riſe from his heard choice.

At laſt the Elephant perſwades with all,

To take an equall courſe, and Man to call

As Speaker, Iudge, and Vmpire in this thing,

Being by nature the worlds generall King,

And the moſt fit t'appoint and to depute

His owne Emperiall bird beaſt ſubſtitute.

To this they all conſent, and to this end

In humble wiſe to Man this Meſſage ſend,

That he their Patron, Gouernor and Lord,

VVould daigne this mighty difference to accord

VVith reaſon and authority. His conſent

Is ſoone obtain'd: now gins the Parliament.

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In which the Griffon thus begins his plea.

Grand Emperour, of Ayre, Earth, and Sea;

I challenge by prerogatiue, and birth,

To be your Vicar generall on the Earth,

O're birds and beaſts: The beaſts I ought command,

Gryps quadru Gryps ter vol [...] recitat [...] Deut. 1 [...]

Becauſe vpon foure feet like them I ſtand.

The birds I ought to rule, cauſe I can flie

With theſe my wings like them, and ſoare as hie.

I doe ſurpaſſe the beaſts in hauing wings,

The birds in legs, in taile, and other things:

My force doth match the Lyons, and my heart

The Eagle, or excels them in each part.

Your doome I therefore claime, that I may be

Plac'd equall to my worth in ſoueraigntie:

And next your ſelfe the Emperour be of Earth,

According to the priuiledge of my birth.

Then ſpake the Elephant, and ſaid, that he

Ought ouer beaſts the only Lord to be.

His ſtrength was great, and more then others farre,

Elephas animal quod ma nitudine inter om nia anim lia quadr [...] pedia excellit: I [...]. tellectu & memoria multum vigens. Plin. Solit. Regulus, or, Reg [...]liolu [...]

His honours purchaſde more in manly warre:

His le [...]rning more, the letters vnderſtanding,

And aptly doing all, wiſe Man commanding.

Gainſt him vp roſe the Syre of Ban [...]es his horſe,

And challeng'd him to try, wit, worth, and force.

This grew to heate, but then the mighty Rucke

Soone parts the fray, each did from other plucke;

Deſires ſhe might be heard, her challenge was

To rule all birds, ſince ſhe all [...]rds did paſſe.

The Wren ſtraight hopt about, and ſaid, his [...]ame

Did ſhew from what a royall ſtocke he came.

And euery bird and beaſt, the great and ſmall,

Had his ambitious ayme to gouerne all [...]

[Page] Which hauing made, in ſilence all ſate downe

Being ouer-aw'd with mans Emperiall frowne.

Each fear'd, each hop'd, vntill at length the Man

Roſe vp, and to determine thus began.

I was your Maſter made, you made for me,

And whatſoeuer in the Globe there be

Hid or reueal'd, t'is mine. And I alone

Sole Emperouram, vnder that onely One.

Nor doubt you this; the queſtion now in hand

Is for the vnder-king-ſhip of my land;

For t'is not fit that I ſhould troubled be

With euery toy, when ſubiects diſ [...]gree:

But that my Preſiden [...] ſhould ſtill be nigh,

Your doubts and iarrest' appeaſe and rectifie.

It only reſts to ſhew what parts are fit

For gouernment. That's courage, ſtrength and wit,

Mercy and iuſtice, and the guard to thoſe,

Awe to command, dexteritie to diſpoſe.

If any part of theſe be ſeparate,

The rule is moſt imperfect, and the State

Falls to con [...]empt; the lawes are trodden downe,

The Scepter broken, and deſpi [...]'d the Crowne.

This ſhewes how many her [...] haue vainly ſought

For one good part, the wreath that many ought.

That nor the Ruck, the Elephant nor Ho [...]ſe,

Are fit to gouerne for their matchleſſe force;

Nor for their wit alone; for then the Oxe

Might make his claime too, and ſubtle Foxe:

Much leſſe the ſilly Wren for honor'd houſe,

Nor the catt-fearing, Elephant-frighting Mouſe.

For theſe would breed contempt, and Athens Owle

Might challenge ſo night-rule of eu'ry Fowle.

[Page] Nor is it meet this Griffon ſhould obtaine

What by pret [...]nce of right he ſeeks to gaine.

Becauſe his title halts on either ſide,

Except in halues, himſelfe he will deuide.

Gryph [...] Capite [...] alis Aqu ſimilis [...] [...] quo cor [...] re ſimili [...] Leoni. Iſid. l. 1 [...]

He is no beaſt: his talents, wings, and head

Conclude againſt his challenge in my ſtead.

Nor yet a bird: his body, legs, and tayle

With euidence his garments all do quaile.

But if where proofe lyes hid, we may proceede

By probabilities; from ſpurious [...]eede

He tooke his being, and would neither loue,

Being like to neither, but a Tyrant proue.

And where he boaſts his wondrous ſtrength and hart,

It's falſe he doth pretend, becauſe that part

Which ſhewes him Lyon-like in ſhape, hide, haire,

Doth of the kingly-Lyon ſtand in feare.

And that birds part which he from th' Eagle tooke,

On the sky-towring Eagle dares not looke.

The Lyon therefore I ordaine and make

The King of beaſts; his awfull voice ſhall ſhake

Aquil [...] mas [...]

The proudeſt ſpirit. And the Eagle ſhall

Be King of Birds, and ouer-looke them all.

This ſentence paſt, the Parlament aroſe,

And with theſe rules of truth the Seſsions cloſe.

Epimythium.

Who ſeeks two ſwords to ſway, hath right to none [...]

Vnum opus optim [...] fi [...] ab vno [...] Ariſt. l. 2. Politic.

Who ſeeks two offices, is not fit for one:

Who ſeeks two callings, takes too much in hand:

Who hath two faiths, doth true to neither ſtand.

One ſword, one office [...]calling, and one faith,

Is fit for one Man; ſo this ſtorie ſaith.

Who ſeekes two ſwords to ſway, hath right to none.

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The Pope challengeth not onely Peters keyes and Pauls ſword, but hath found two ſwords in Peters hand, with which he (like another Alexander) cuts aſunder the knots hee cannot vndoe. The band of marriage betwixt man and woman: The hand of loyall obedience betwixt ſubiects and Soueraignes; The band of conſcience betwixt God and man; hee cuts aſunder by diſpenſing with marriages, allegeance, and others, &c. By his behauiour therefore in theſe things, it may bee iudged whether hee be fit to haue many ſwords that cannot vſe one well. Edged tooles are not to bee put into the hands of drunkards: Hee is ſcarce ſober that makes all other drunke with the c [...]p of his abhominations.

Who ſeekes two offices, is not fit for one.

To the late Queene of famous memory, a Courtier who had great place about her Maieſtie, made ſuite for an office belonging to the Law. Sh [...]e told him he was vnfit for the place. He confeſt as much, but promiſed to finde out a ſufficient Deputy. Do (ſaith ſhe) and then I may beſtow it vpon one of my Ladies, for they by deputation may execute the office of Chancellor, chiefe Iuſtice, and others, as well as you. This anſwered him, and I would it could anſwer all others: that [...]it men might be placed in euery office, and none how great ſoeuer ſuff [...]red to keepe two. They ſhould [Page] take offices for the Common-wealths benefit; but they take them like Farmes for to inrich themſelues. This diſcourageth all profeſsions, both in the Church and Common-wealth: one place is fit for one man.

Who ſeekes two Callings, takes too much in hand.

The Church hath ſome of theſe, who are better Phiſitions, Lawyers, Merchants, or Handicrafts-men, then Diuines. The Common-wealth hath many of theſe, ſome who receiue tythes, buy and ſell Churchliuings, retaine Deanryes, and Prebenda [...]ies. and are well ſeene in all occupations, but in that which they were bound to profeſſe. To be a Marchant, a Maultſter, a Brewer, a Graſier, a Sheepe-maſter, a Farmemonger, an Vſurer, a Diuell and all, is ordinari [...] in e [...]ery Country, and hee is thought no good husband that is not all or the moſt of theſe.

Who hath two faiths, doth true to neither ſtand.

Our miraculous example in theſe our dayes, hath demonſtrated this beyond deniall, which but lately though wee knew, yet wee durſt not v [...]ter for feare of cenſure. With what Tyranny doth vice guard it ſelfe from knowledge? How rankly doth that Fame ſtinke now, againſt which but lately we durſt not ſtop our noſes? This is a maxime grounded from this example. No honor, preferment, or reſpect can aſſure our [...]aith, if the band of faith, religion, be not intire with vs.

4. SPHINX, HYENA.
DEDICATED To the wiſe and valiant Souldier, Sr. IOHN POOLY Knight, and to his good Lady.

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YOu lou'd my Brother, he is gone, I ſtay,

T' acknowledge firſt a debt, and then to pay:

Loue lookes vpon the will, which eaſily can

Proue ther's no bankrupt but the thankleſſe Man.

ena cru [...]is eſ [...] be [...]ſimilis [...]o, &c. [...]cuit do [...]g per no [...]m & hu [...]nà prout [...]eſt [...]ingi [...] [...]em Iſid. [...]icuiuſque [...]men [...]n [...] [...]it, quem [...]ca [...] [...]o [...]laceret. [...]d:

HY [...]n [...] was a ſubtle beaſt and bloudy;

To ruine man was his whole trade and ſtudy.

He ſcorn'd the ſheep, the ſhepheard was his prey,

His nightly plots got, what he miſt by day.

The ſhepheards of Arcadia, beguil'd

By his fain'd voice, were murther'd oft and ſpoil'd.

For in the night he wont like ſome good friend,

To call them out, and then a peeces rend.

One onely wiſer ſhepheard thought it beſt

Hire Sphinx to watch his houſe whil'ſt he did reſt:

[Page] Whoſe ſubtiltie foreſaw, and ſtill preuented,

What elſe his Maſter had too late repented.

For when the falſe Hyena went about

Calling for helpe, to train [...] the Shepheard out,

Faining diſtreſſe as if he robbed were,

Or miſt his way (a weary traueller);

Sphinx ſoone perceiu'd his counterfeit complayning,

And laught out-right to heare his craftie fayning;

But would not let the credulous ſhepheard goe,

(Whoſe tender heart pittied his mortall foe)

Till day appear'd, and that the Sunne ſhone bright.

Together with the Sphinx full many a night,

An Indian Aſſe and Musk. cat, ſafely ſlept,

Whil'ſt Sphinx the ſhepheards houſe & houſhold kept.

Nor did they alwaies ſleep but often heard

What at the firſt to thinke vpon they fear'd;

But cuſtome at the length bere [...]t all awe,

And they afrayd were when they nothing ſaw.

So enuy wrought, and Ignorance, and Pride,

That they the wiſer Sphinx dare now deride.

And mou'd the Shepheard, to preuent the charge

Of keeping more, to let the Sphinx at large.

Perſwading there was no ſuch cauſe of dread,

But they might well ſupply the Sphinx his ſtead:

Who fain'd thoſe feares, and did imagine treaſon,

To win th' opinion of much wit and reaſon.

The Sheapheard fondly credits this; and ſtraight

Lets looſe the Sphinx, and theſe in order waite.

The Indian Aſſ [...] he truſted being plaine,

Suppoſing he would nei [...]herlye, nor faine.

And the Musk-cat, was pleaſant to the ſmell,

And very watchfull; needs muſt theſe do well.

[Page] The night is come, the Shepheard ſoundly ſleeps

As he had wont, no skar his conſcience keeps.

Theſe two ſtand Sentinel, and now ere long,

Comes the Hyena, and with ſmoothing tongue

Saith; Is your Maſter waking, gentle ſwaines?

If not, a [...]ere him, tell him all the Plaines

Are vp in armes againſt our common foe,

The falſe Hyena that beguil'd vs ſo.

He cannot ſcape their hands, for they haue found

The Caue he keeps in, cloſely vnder ground.

Bid him awake and riſe and come away,

For all the Shepheards for his comming ſtay.

This tale beleeu'd, the Aſſe and Musk-cat hye,

To make their Maſter to make haſt to dye.

He r [...]ſeth raſhly, opes the doore, goes out,

And is de [...]our'd ere he can looke about.

Nor can the watch-men ſcape, but both are ſlaine:

Though one be ſweet, the other true and plaine.

Epimythium.

"Not ſimple truth alone can make vs fit,

"To beare great place in State without great wit.

"For when the Serpent comes to circumuent vs,

"We muſt be Serpents too, or els repent vs.

HIPPOPOTAMƲS.
DEDICATED To the magnificent KNIGHT Sr. HVGH SMITH, and his worthy LADY.

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YOur Auon's quiet, no ſuch Monſters feede

'Bout ſandy Seuerne, as in Nilus breede:

[...]t Nilus-like your bountie o [...]erflowes,

[...]ence good report, and [...]ame, and honour growes.

Hippopotamus in Nilo editur, Crocodilo inimicus. Pli. lib. 8. c. 25. Crocodilus animal quadrupes in terra & in aquis valens.

THe Sea-horſe, and the famous Crocodile,

Both challeng'd to be Kings of fruitfull Nile;

[...]nd ſundry fields they fought, where many dyed

[...]f either [...]action, ſtill the cauſe vntried.

[...]et often had they ſingle, hand to hand,

[...]ncountred in the flood, and on the land:

[...]nd parted ſtill with equall harme away,

[...]or both the blowes bore thence, but not the day;

[Page] Yet each inuincible himſelfe did call,

And ſo they were, but to themſelues, to all.

But when they cop'd, ſucceſſe did thus conclude;

Courage remayn'd, ſtrength only was ſubdu'd.

And ſo for want of ſtrength they often ſundred,

Though at their wondrous ſtrength al other wondre [...]

Thus o [...]t they met, and o [...]t aſſay'd in vaine,

Who ſhould th' Emperiall crowne of Nilus gaine:

Till both grew weary of theſe warres at length,

And gan lay by the vſe of armes and ſtrength.

And truce proclaim'd a while on either part,

A fained truce, no friendſhip from the heart.

For vnder-hand by ſtratagems, and friends,

And ſecret plots, each ſought their ſeuerall ends.

But much more noble was the Crocodile,

And wiſer much, though not ſo full of guile

As Hippopotamus, ſo th' other hight,

Who car'd not what he did, or wrong or right,

By falſhood, bribes, or treaſon; ſo he could,

Seruo enim non [...]as eſt ve [...]um dicere, quod Hero ſuerit incommodum Enti [...] Chameleo [...] mutat ſ [...]m [...]olorem infl [...] tus A [...]iſt, Hiſt. Animal [...] lib. 11. cap. 11.

The fouleſt fact, to his aduantage mould,

And thus he call'd Chameleon on a day,

With Polypus, and vnto them gan ſay:

You two my boſome-fri [...]nds, my Minions are,

My p [...]iuie Counſellers in peace and warre.

And I haue found you plyant to my will,

Faithfull to me, but falſe to others ſtill.

And now I craue, your vtmoſt Art and reaſon,

In conquering of the Crocodile by treaſon;

Which thus I purpoſe: Both of you are made,

By nature apt to colour and to ſhade,

With fit reſemblance all the obiects nye,

On which you ſhall reflect a ſteady eye,

[Page] [...]ou can ſeeme otherwiſe, then what you be,

[...]nd couer hate with cloſe hypocriſie,

[...]ou can take any ſhape, any diſguiſe,

[...]nd ſoone beguile the moſt inquiſitiue eyes;

[...]eare any Liuery, all companies fit,

[...]nd to each humour change your ready wit.

[...]his you haue done before, and oft made plaine

[...]eightie intelligence, and can ſo againe.

[...]ut each his proper element retayning,

[...]hameleon in the ayre, and earth remaining,

[...]ou Polypus at ſea. To ſea then hye,

[...]nd with rich promiſes Torpedo buy

[...]o our cloſe ſeruice: he in Counſell is

[...]o our great [...]oe, a greater friend of his.

[...]But wealth is our beſt friend, and that corrupts

[...]The pureſt minde, and friendſhip interrupts.

[...]ith gifts and promiſes peruert him ſo,

[...]hat he may call vs friend, count him a foe:

[...]ill him he would, when fitting time doth come,

[...]ith his ſlowe touch, ſecure, bewitch, benumme,

[...]ur aduerſary, and his ſenſe aſtoniſh,

[...]hat it may ſeeme a crime him to admoniſh

[...]f our apparant practiſes preparing,

[...]hilſt he attends his ſports, no danger fearing.

[...]hen to the Water-rat Ichneumon go [...],

[...]nd you to Cuſchill [...] and will them too,

Phi [...] lib. 8, cap [...] 26 [...]

[...]hen next they picke his teeth, and ſcratch his head,

For they are neere him ſtill at euery ſtead,

[...]nd highly fauor'd, (chiefly Cuſchi [...]us),

[...]hough both in fee and penſion be withvs),

[...]hat they would ioyne their wits and force together

[...]o murther him; and for reward come hither.

[Page] So when your plots he cloſely thus conuey'd,

And all your traines and tew in order laid,

Then mixe your ſelues in either element

With the profuſe, the needy, diſcontent,

The deſperate, the bloody, and the bold,

Whom nought but feare do from rebellion hold;

Of ſuch you ſhall finde many in this State.

For hee's remiſſe, and doth all buſineſſe hate,

Whereby he gets contempt, and opens wide

A ready way of entrance vneſpide

To our high aimes. Full many you ſhall finde

Of our cloſe faction, fitting to our minde.

Thoſe that are ſuch encourage, others frame,

A [...]d what you will ſpeake largely in our name;

Promiſe, and ſweare, and lye, to make things fit,

That our deſignes may proſper by our wit.

[...]way, and for the reſt leaue that to m [...].

The ſpies inſtructed thus fit agents be,

And poſt with ſpeede, and with a ſpeed too good

Diſpatch all Scenes fit for the Act of blood.

And now the wiſe, learn'd, valiant Crocodile,

A hunting hies vnto the bank [...]s of Nile:

Where hauing ſported long, and fully fed,

The ſlow Torpedo ſtrokes him on tbe head,

Whiſp [...]rs within his eare, and charmes him ſo

That in the Sun-ſhine he to reſt muſt go.

But as he goes drowſie and reeling thus,

Meets him the Indian Rat, and Cu [...]chillus,

And lowting low with muſicke him preſents,

And antique ſhe [...]es, and mas [...]ing meriments;

Striuing to hide their treaſon with ſuch Art,

That their true care almoſt betraid their heart,

[Page] [...]his wiſe Alcedo (one that many a diſh

[...]ad for his King prepar'd, of dantieſt fiſh),

[...]id ſoone ſuſpect, and with ſhrill voice gan crie,

[...]ir King beware, for enemies are nie;

[...]eware of him that's buſie with your eare,

[...]nd tells you lies, that truth you may not heare:

[...]eware of him that's ſ [...]ratching of your head,

Regnum potius ab aſſentatoribus quam ab hoſtibus euertitur [...]F. Patr. Seu. Comm de Inſt. Princ [...] lib. 5.

[...]eware of him that's making of your bed.

[...]eware of [...]im that doth extoll you ſo,

[...]nd like a God adores you as you go:

[...]eware of him that doth ſo humbly fall

On his falſe [...]nee; good King beware of all.

With that the Crocodile gan looke about,

Being halfe aſleep, from a ſweet dreame wak [...]d ou [...],

[...]nd would haue heard more, but the charmers kept

The bird away by force; and ſo he ſlept.

[...]e ſlept, and Cuſchillus did ſing the while,

And pickt his [...]eeth, and vſed many a wile

To ope his ouer-chap (for onely he

[...]oth moue his ouer-chap, the nether we):

Solus inter animali [...] ſuperiorem maudibulā mouet Crocodilus. Iſid.

At laſt he tickled him, and forc't him ſo

[...]o yawne and gape: then Cuſchillus doth go

[...]nto his belly, and the Indian Rat

[...]eapes quic [...]ly after; where they firſt ſearch what

[...]loſe counſels, ſecret purpoſes did fill

His darker boſome, were they good or ill.

But were they good or ill, it matters not,

For they purſue and proſecute their plot:

They gin to gnaw his bowels, and to rake

[...]is entrailes with their nailes; which paine doth wake

[...]im from his lateſt ſleepe, and makes him crie

Aloud this counſell: Princes ſee ye trie [...]

[Page] Before ye truſt, Thoſe ſeruants that be ill

"At your commaund, for others money will

"Betray you too: he eaſly will diſpenſe

"With greateſt ſinnes, who hath of ſmall no ſence.

"Beware of ſuch as flatter by traduction,

"Theile firſt be others, then be your deſtruction.

"Beware of priuie whiſperers and ſpies,

"The truth they tell is but a ſauce for lies.

Beware of Ledgers, for legerdemaine

With others beſide Iuglers doth remaine:

"And cheating and croſſe-biting Great ones may

"In great things vſe, as Little ones at play.

Beware of Clergie men their colour changing,

And in each place with lawleſſe freedome ranging.

Take heede of Penſions, they haue often ſlept,

In priny Chambers, and at Counſell kept.

Philip Cō mineus. lib. [...]. c [...]p. 2,

And if it be a truth which ſome haue told,

Good men haue had large ſleeues to put vp gold.

With that he dies, and thoſe that were within,

Striuing who firſt ſhould greateſt credit win,

By carrying newes of this accurſed deede,

Hinder each other in their haſty ſpeede:

And iſſuing out iuſt as his chaps did cloſe,

Did their reward, life, fame, together loſe.

"Yet ill report findes wings in euery place;

And this vnto the Sea-horſe flies apace;

Who (making too much haſt) in top of pride,

Nothing before, behinde, nor bout him ſpide,

And ſo, for lacke of care, himſelfe betraide

Into a pit-fall which th' Egyptians laid.

There he doth pine to death, and dying cries,

"Who liues by treaſon, thus by treaſon dies.

Epimythium.

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THe Crocodile is a Hieroglyphicke of Honour or Nobility.

The Hippopotame, of Impietie, Ingratitude, and [...]eneſſe.

1. Theſe two haue continuall warre: and in that [...]melion and Pol [...]pus (the types of ſubtill diſsimu [...]ion, and craftie hypocriſie), ioyne with Hippopotam [...] [...]ainſt the Crocodile; it giues honour warning to be [...]re of ſuch who adapt themſelues to pleaſe humors, ſooth groſſe follies: for theſe though perhaps they [...]me of their colour, weare their liueries, follow [...] religion whom they depend vpon, will notwith [...]nding for gaine, Iudas like, kiſſe and betray [...]em.

2. In that the time when this was done, is ſaid to in peace after ſport: it ſhewes that Honor which [...]ings from action, decaies with affectation of peace, [...]d ſleepes to death with immoderate pleaſure in the [...]mes or bed of ſecuritie.

3. The touch of Torpedo warnes Greatneſſe from [...]oth, and to beware of ſuch charming Counſellours hide the truth of dangers from the eyes of States.

4. Alcedos warning the Crocodile, tels vs no danger [...]mes without a [...]monition: Wiſedome cries out in [...]e ſtreetes, it is our owne fault if ſtopping our eares [...]e periſh wilfully.

5. In that Ch [...]ſchillus ſings the Crocodile aſleepe, tels vs, flatterie is the ruine of honour; yet the flat [...]rers note is ſweeter, and wel-commer to the eare, [Page] then the admonition of friendſhip and true loue.

6. In that Ichneumon and Cuſchillus leape into belly, it ſhewes Treaſon will purſue the blackeſt p [...] iect with moſt bloody and bold violence; and [...] ſtriue to double that ſinne with ſlander and miſrepo [...] which once they contriued, applauded, and perh [...] perſwaded Greatneſſe to commit.

7. In that Hippopotame falls into the Aegypti [...] trap, it ſhewes what the Pſalmiſt ſaith, Who dig [...] pit for another, falls therein himſelfe. Treaſon e [...] betrayes the Traytor, elſe it were not right treaſon.

If any man enquire farther after this tale, let h [...] call to minde the late death of that renowned King France, whoſe life was terrible to Rome and her a [...] her [...]nts.

He had many admonitions to beware of Ieſuitic [...] practiſes, but would not take heede, his confiden [...] might rather be tearmed preſumption then courage.

I haue heard a ſtory of him which may be as true its ſtrange: the probabilitie is great.

Monſieur D. Pleſſis (that glorious ſtarre of o [...] age) being euer bold with the King, becauſe the ki [...] knew him honeſt, and durſt truſt him farther then Proteſtant Prince may truſt a Popiſh Catholike wi [...] ſafety, told his Maſter that all the world did wond [...] at the ſodaine repeale of that edict of baniſhment ſolemnly made by the Parliament againſt all [...]eſuit [...] vpon ſo iuſt an occaſion as the wounding of his ſacr [...] perſon by one of their diſciples. He humbly beſoug [...] him to giue him licence to put him in minde ho [...] once profeſsing the reformed religion, euen in arme [...] he had been defended from the treacheries of his enemies [Page] by that God whoſe cauſe hee fought for. But now in the armes of peace, hee was endangered by them who pretend his protection, for that they thought that howſoeuer for ſome reſpects he carried himſelfe, he could not be in loue with their darkeneſſe who had beene acquainted with the true light: And the Proteſtants thought ſo likewiſe, the rather induced hereunto by Gods miraculous deliuerance of him [...]rom the horror of that bloody attempt, not ſuffering any part to be puniſhed but his mouth with which hee had offended. But hee beſought him to remember that the hearts of Kings are in the hands of God aſwell as their heads; and if they forſake or forget him and what he hath done for them, hee in Iuſtice often giues them ou [...]r into the hands of their enemies.

I enforce no man to beleeue this Narration; the [...]robability, with the credit of the Relator, and the [...]ucceſſe, haue preuailed with me to accept and repor [...] [...]t. As his death was the damnable act of a Ieſuiticall Aſſaſinat of the Romiſh religion, ſo this admonition [...]eares the ſhape of a true Iſraelit [...] and one of the houſe of peace.

PHAENIX.
DEDICATED To the honorable KNIGHT Sr. ROBERT RICHE, and his noble LADY.

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THere's but one Phaenix, iſ there had been more,

Your names had ſtood within, but now before.

Phaenix vnica dicitur eſte, auis, & in toto orbe terrarum ſingularis. Iſid.

TH' Arabian Phaenix, being noble, young,

And newly from his fathers aſhes ſprung,

Seeing how other birds did louers take

Of their owne kind, would needs like tr [...] ma [...]

And thought by what good courſe he might preuent

His doubted ruine, and ſeeme prouident,

Where nature (as he iudg'd) defectiue ſtood,

In leauing ſingle, ſuch an abſolute good.

His meanes was marriage, married he would be,

But where to chooſe a Mate he could not ſee:

[Page] For chooſe hee might and pleaſe his curious eyne,

Each bird made ſuite to be his Valantine.

The Pehen dreſt her ſelfe and ſpred her taile,

The Turkey [...]hen aduanc'd her ſpotted ſaile.

The Turtle left her mate to ioyne with him,

The Siluer-Swan, in ruffled pride did Swim,

The Parakite, and Goldfinch,, Citie heires,

Offer'd him loue, and what beſides was theirs:

The courtly Pheaſant gaudy Pop [...]niay,

In varied coloures dreſt themſelues that day:

The ſweet Canary ſinger ſtroue t'excell

The merry-making mournefull Ph [...]lomel;

Who left deploring, and did mirth preferre [...]

Wiſhing the Phaenix would haue rauiſh't her.

All theſe, with all beſides the reſt excelling,

Did woo him, proffer loue, their paſsions telling.

But all in vaine; the bird of Paradiſe,

Had with her pleaſing forme bewitcht his eyes.

He wooes, and winnes her too, with ſmall adoe,

"Where both deſire, both parties ſeeme to wooe:

And who would not deſire ſo rare a one,

Whom [...]ll deſire, him to enioy alone?

They married are. Opinions equall voice,

Say both are happy in each others choice.

For ſhe was faire, and rare, and rich, and young,

And wiſe, and noble, and full ſweetly ſung;

In [...]ll complete ſhe was, only did faile,

Hauing too ſmall a body for her t [...]ile.

This fault ſhe tooke by kinde, it coſt her nought,

From her birth place the frai [...]tie firſt ſhe brought.

And though by all good meanes ſhe ſtroue to hide

This naturall blemi [...]h, ſtill it was eſpide.

[Page] And ſpied the more, becauſe this corporall ill,

Being ſingle here, did each mans fancy fill.

"That diſproportion doubles in the minde,

"Where we it ſingle in the body finde.

And ſo it fell out here; not long they dwelt

In peace, but loues fire alteration felt,

And gan to ſlake and coole, where it ſhould not,

And where it ſhould be coole, it waxed hot.

Shee now did hate and loath, the ſweet ſhe had,

And linger after ſomething that was bad.

Her taile was too too large for him to tread,

He too too little her to ouer-ſpread.

To ouerſpread her body was not much,

But her inſatiate taile, and minde was ſuch.

So weakeſt ſtomacks ſtrongeſt meates deſire.

So greateſt ſmoke riſeth from ſmalleſt fire.

So ſlender wits great matters vndertake.

So ſwift purſuite, doth ſlow performance make.

So th' appetite, by impotence is mou'd.

So ſhee (though little) eu'ry great thing lou'd.

She lou'd all great things, and all rare things ſought,

But what ſhe had that ſhe eſteemed nought.

She had what others long'd for, and enioyde

What all deſir'd: and that enioying cloyde.

And now ſhe ginnes to hate, and wiſh in heart,

A fit occaſion offer'd were to part.

But wanting ſuch, ſhee frames one: doth traduce,

And wound his honour for her owne excuſe.

And ſtill pretending modeſty a cauſe,

Immodeſtly, ſhe triall claimes by lawes.

Although the Phaenix her with teares did woo,

She ſeparation ſought, and gets it too.

[Page] The ſentence paſt, ſhe Cynoſure doth wed,

An vnknowne fowle, by th' ayre begot and bred.

He (following kind) trod oft, and quencht her heate,

And ſhe laid oft, fild many a neaſt and ſeate

With addle egges; but neuer bird did ſpring [...]

Out of thoſe [...]hells, nor other liuing thing.

Yet ſome in their opinions counted wiſe,

Say that ſuch egges do hatch the Cockatrice.

Yet nothing from theſe ſpurious Embrions came

But naked promiſes, and open ſhame.

In memory of whoſe vnhappy wombe,

That brought dead fruit forth, like a liuing tombe,

(Dead fruit, much like faire apples all of ſmoake,

Which grow in Sodome, and the eaters choake,)

Each courtly lady now vpon their head,

Do weare a bird of Paradiſe, inſtead

Of a light feather; which doth warning giue,

How free from lightneſſe, Ladies ought to liue:

How conſtant they ſhould be, how firme in loue:

Not feather-like, apt with each breath to moue.

How well proportion'd, not ſo great below,

But leſſe in ſhew, and more in truth to know.

To fit the bottome with an equall ſaile,

And not to ouer-top the head with taile.

All this it tells them, and doth ſhew beſide,

"How addle egges ſpring out of luſt, and pride.

"How noble houſes by ignoble deeds,

"Bury themſelues and their owne ruine br [...]eds.

"How beautie and all vert [...]es of the minde,

"Conioynde with wealth, adorne not woman kinde:

"Except with theſe, true chaſtitie be plac'd,

"And that againe, by modeſty be grac'd.

[Page] And now I will proceede to tell my ſtory,

How ſad the Phaenix was in minde, how ſory

To be ſo ſleighted and ſo ill reſpected,

By her for whoſe ſake, he had all neglected.

This wounds his heart, and he reſolues too late,

All ſecond matches for the firſt to hate;

To liue alone, and neuer mor [...] to minde

Fond alteration, in the courſe of kinde.

But griefe perp [...]ex't him ſo, he fear'd to die,

E [...]e were fitted for poſteritie.

And ſo his neaſt vnmade, he quickly might,

Both life, and nam [...], and memory looſe out-right

This to pre [...]ent, his [...]light he nimbly takes

O're hill [...]s and dales, o're deſarts, riu [...]rs, lakes,

O're kingdomes, countries, bounding Eaſt and Weſt,

And ſpices gathers vp to build his neaſt.

Which made, and finding ſtill [...]is former griefe,

Not cur'd but growing deſperate of reliefe,

Him better ſeem'd by p [...]iuiledge of kinde,

To kill his body, and renue his minde:

To leaue g [...]iefe where it breeds with earth on earth,

And [...]ecr [...]ate his ſpirit with ſpritly birth,

(Li [...] [...]re, which touching powder ſtraight reſolues

T [...] groſſer parts; and eac [...] it ſelfe inuolues

In its owne element) then ſo t'out weare

And tyre away with griefe ſixe hundred yeare,

(For ſo long liues the Phae [...]ix) but thought he,

"So long [...]e dies that liues in miſerie.

And [...]herefore ſoone betakes him to his neaſt,

Wherefore-prep [...]r'd he finds his funerall dreſt.

The Sun ſhi [...]es bright and hot, he with his wings

Makes more the heate: & ſparkling diamond brings,

[Page] Whoſe ſtrong reflection, or retention rather

Either beates backe the heate, or heate doth gather.

Which kindled (like dri'd leaues with burning glaſſes)

Conſumes the neaſt, and bird, and all to aſhes.

Vpon theſe aſhes fruitfull dewes deſcend,

And the hot Sun his actiue beames do b [...]nd.

So heate and moiſture twixt them procreate,

A ſilly worme vnlike the bird in ſtate.

But time doth giue it growth, and ſhape, and feathers,

And ſtill perfection from each houre it gathers.

Till to the former equall it appeares,

Or rather all one bird, except in yeares.

The rauenous Vulture wondring long had ſtood

To marke all this, within a neighbour wood.

Which hauing ſeene, ambition pricks her ſo,

That ſhe reſolues what'euer power ſaith no,

Example and direction hence to take,

Her ſelfe and hers all Phaenixes to make.

So calls ſhe firſt the Hee, and then the young:

And thus gan ſpeake to them with rauiſht tounge.

How much my power hath done, how much my wit,

You know, yet know ſome repetition fit.

I do the Eagle rule, (the birds braue King)

And worke him to my minde in euery thing.

He preyes on whom I liſt; ſtill on the beſt;

Eates what I ſtint him, and leaues you the reſt.

I gouerne euery Hawke, or bird of prey;

Such as confront the Eagle, me obay;

And make me ſharer in their richeſt prize,

And how to pleaſe me beſt, beſt meanes deuiſe.

I that deſpiſe Religion, ſcorne all law,

Do binde all other birds to both by awe:

[Page] To both for my aduantage, elſe you know

I can prophane the Temple well enough;

Pollute the Altar; ſearch the graue, each tombe,

And dig out of the priuiledged wombe

Of hallow'd earth, dainties for you to lurch,

Mans fleſh, enſhrined in the ſacred Church.

You know I foſter Souldiers not for loue,

But to breed warres; the ſlaine my prey ſtill proue.

All ſorts, profeſsions, kinds, I prey vpon,

When their ſweete ſleſh is turn'd to carrion.

For carrion is my food, let others kill

And hazzard life for life, we ſafely will

Eate the vnfortunate, the weake, diſtreſſed,

Whom want enfeebled, mightie power oppreſſed.

This is our practiſe. But I cald ye now

For higher aimes: to giue you notice how

We may aſpire in royaltie and pride

Aboue the Eagle, and all birds beſide.

Much time, much ſtudy, with full large [...]xpence,

Haue I beſtowed, to gain [...] intelligence

Of a rare ſecret, which exceedeth farre

Th' Alchi [...]iſters Idol, call'd th' Elixar.

This is, to vnderſtand and know aright,

What courſe to take, and how we compaſſe might

The glorious eminence, the ſingular grace,

The famous Phaenix hath in euery place:

How to attaine her nature, beauty, ſtate;

And without copulatio [...] procreate.

At l [...]ngth my wit, my induſtry, and chance

Concurring, did this happineſſe aduance [...]

For watching lately, as I often did,

In deſart vaſt, among thicke buſhes hid,

[Page] I ſaw (vnſeene) the myſterie throughout,

And can reſolue each rite, each ſcrupulous doubt.

The circumſtance were needleſſe, whil'ſt the fact

Shall manifeſt each ſeuerall Scene, and act,

With happy iſſue; and accompliſh ſo

Our wiſhes, that we ſhall amazed goe;

Amazed goe, to ſee our ſelues ſo low,

So ſoone to ſuch a pitch of glory grow:

So ſoone tranſlated, metamorphoſed,

And new created from the foot to head:

Beyond our hopes, report, the preſent ſtation

Of other birds, almoſt to adoration.

Enquire not how, but each prepare t'obay,

What I command; performance leads the way.

Hie on, hie all, to ſeuerall quarters flie,

And through the whole world make a ſcrutinie

For aromatick drugges, perfuming ſpices,

Rare pretious ſtones, rich iewels, ſtrange deuices.

Bring them together, lay them on this hill,

And the ſucceſſe refer to my deep skill.

The young ones all obayde, but then the Male

Staid long t'enquire the reaſon of this tale.

Yet long he durſt not ſtay, leſt ſhee from thence

Should beate him for his arrogant offence:

For females of all rauening fowles beare ſway,

And the blacke Vulture is a bird of prey.

The male ne're meddles with young, meat, or neſt:

But ſhee commands, and he ſits like a gueſt.

He ſeeing her incenſt, away doth poſt

Ore many Seas, and many an vnknowne Coaſt,

And all the world ſurueyes from Eaſt to Weſt,

From North to South, and gathers what is beſt;

[Page] Sweet odoriferous ſpices, amber-greece,

The Castors ſtones, the Ermins ſpotted fleene,

Rich Luzerns, Sables, Martins, and the horee

Of the moſt precious-ſeld-ſeen V [...]icorne.

The Musk-cats cod, with Rubies bluſhing red,

Quick-ſparkling Diamonds cutting glaſſe like lead;

Bright ſhining Carbuncles, and Saphires blew,

With Iaſp [...]r, Iacynth; Emerals greene in view;

Perſpicuous Chriſtall, orient Pearles large, round,

And Gold, for which man doth the Center ſound;

Blacke, white, greene, marble; in-laid Porphyrie,

With Alablaſters for Imagerie:

Truth-trying Touch-ſtones, making things diſtinct,

And what rariety elſe within precinct

Of ample Nature dwels, they hither brought;

With which a curious neaſt ſhee neatly wrought,

To match whoſe wealth remaining earth was baſe.

Her ſ [...]lfe, Mate, yong, each by themſelues had place

In this moſt royall building. Then in ſtate

Her ſelfe ſate downe, and next her muſing Mate.

Her young ones, then in orde [...], One by One,

And now the Sunne ſhin'd hot on euery ſtone

The ſpice gan kindle. Now quoth ſhee I finde

My ſelfe halfe made immortall changing kinde.

The fire flam'd fiercer then, and ſing'd their wings:

Be conſtant Sirs quoth ſhee, you ſhall be Kings.

"Gold crownes are heauy, toyle is hard but gainfull;

"There is no excellent ſweet but firſt is painfull.

They would haue flowne away, but 'twas too late.

Quoth ſhee the Phaenix dies to liue in ſtate.

With that ſhe ſinkes, her neaſt and all combuſt

Her glorious hopes, and proiects turn'd to duſt.

[Page] Which tells vs this: Pride ſtill doth ouer-build.

[...]Folly is not in architecture skill'd.

[...]Wit frames his Plot according to his ſtate,

[...]And to a ſmall houſe makes no lofty gate.

[...]But ouer-bold Ambition fires her neaſt,

[...]And proues her houſes ſhame, her houſe a ieaſt.

Epimythium.

The Phaenix betokens vnitie in Religion. This was proper to the Iew [...]s, but they forſooke it, as the bird of Paradice did the Phaenix. Then it came to the Gentiles and ſeemed to returne to its owne nature to be vniuerſall, not tyed to place, or Nation, or perſon. The Phaenix died, and out of the aſhes aroſe a new Phae [...]ix. Chriſt came not to deſtroy but fulfill the Law. The old faith remaines which was firſt preached in Paradice, the ceremonies only are aboliſh [...]d by the pr [...]ſence of the thing ſignified. That ſeems another, which is the ſame truth. Wee Chriſtians poſſeſſe what the Iewes expected. They are diuorced (with the bird of Paradice) for their vnfaithfulneſſe and vnbeleefe; now they are wedded to the Cynoſure their owne wils and ſtiffe-necked opinions and traditions. They tread and cac [...]le, and lay egges; addle egges or rather adders egges, egges of winde without fruit, which neuer proue birds. They expect in vaine an other Meſsias to ſaue them, till the true Meſſias is ready to come to iudge them. They are a ſcattred people, hatefull to all where they inhabite.

[Page] The [...]Vulture and her brood is the Clergie of Rome; where the ſhee or female preuailes. Shee will be called the Mother Church, which is truly the whore of Babylon, the malignant Church, the Aduerſarie, the Antichriſt. Shee builds to her owne ruine, her power and policie ſhall ouerthrow it ſelfe. Shee ſhall burne in her owne neſt. Let all ſuch therefore as loue the truth, and would ſaue their ſoules, come out of her.

VNIO.
DEDICATED TO THE TRVE LOVER OF HIS COVNTRY Sr. ARTHVR HEVENINGHAM Knight, and his truly Religious LADY.

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YOV know the moodes of Men, the tempers too

Of Climes, of States, of Elements; Then who

May better read this tale? The minde that's free

Can iudge diſeaſes, and diſtempers ſee.

THE Mole, Chamelion, and the Salamander,

As neere the Ocean they together wander,

Spying at ſea the Lamprey, haild him thus [...]

Good day my friend to you and eke to vs.

We three are met to argue and debate

Which of vs liueth in the happieſt ſtate;

Whether the ayre, the earth, or fire doth giue

To what they breed beſt ſuſtenance to liue.

[Page] And we would gladly heare how farre the ſea

May with fire, ayre, and earth compared be.

You happily we met as we would wiſh,

Being a prompt, deep diuing, ſubtle fiſh,

And ableſt to reſolue vs. Come then ſhow

The life you lead, and learne our liues to know.

The Lamprey ſoone conſents. And firſt the Mole

Demogorgon omnium Deorum primus, in media terra degen [...], craſsiſſima n [...]bula circumdatus, ſitu obductus eſt. Ima Deorum ex Boccacio. Q [...]od non e [...]t cognitum eſt ens. Ariſt lib. 8 de gener. & corr. Imposſibile [...]ſt ſcire quid eſt ignorare, ſi eſt. Poſterior. lib [...] 2. Plut [...]rch. vita The [...]iſtocl. Socra. Hoc ſcio me n [...]hil ſcire. Ouid. Met-lib 1. [...] Omne quod fit a natu [...]a [...]it ſecu [...]dum ordinem. Ariſt lib. 16. Animal.

Doth thus begin. Deare friends I left my hole

To breath the open ayre (whoſe light I hate)

T'acquaint yee with the bleſsings of my ſtate.

And to perſwade ye, if you loue your reſt

To liue with me in peace, and plenty bleſt.

It fits me firſt to ſpeake, for I had firſt

My being, long before the earth was curſt.

Darkeneſſe was not created; tis as old

As that great workeman which the whole doth mold

But light was made long after, and doth ſhow,

That ignorance is elder then to know.

The workmans ſelfe in cloudy darknes keeps;

For no eye ſees or when he wakes or ſleepes.

He loues not euery curious foole ſhould ſee

What ioyes, what treaſures, in obliuion bee.

The worthy Grecian would haue learn'd that Art,

For ignorance is wiſdoms better part.

When all was Chaos firſt the Center ſtood,

And all the ſolide parts, call'd Earth. The flood

Was next being ponderous. The ayre flew higher;

And as a hedge to all was placed fire.

What firſt was plac'd was worthieſt, & brought fort [...]

The firſt of creatures, and beſt things of worth.

And firſt it brought forth things that were below;

The roote had life, before the fruit did g [...]ow.

[Page] And we (earths darlings) had our ſhape within

Ere you without. Nor doe th' effects of ſin

(Ambitious ſin which light and'knowledge ſought

And (fondly curious) blinde obedience thought

A baſe director) ſo afflict and kill

Vs h [...]re within; as you who ſhare in ill

Of puniſhment and guilt, with fooliſh man;

Yet no way from his rule acquit ye can.

You dwell with him, and dye with him. But we

Are earth by nature, procreated free.

And our forefathers cuſtomes ſtill obay,

Doe as they did, and follow their blind way.

Not ſtriuing buſily our wits t'approue

By ſearching doubts, but rather ſhew our loue,

By louing eu [...]n their errors that are gone,

Humnm degerit Talpa, & radices ſubt [...]a comedit & corrodit. Iſid [...] [...]. 12.

Or reuerently beleeuing they had none.

Our dyet is moſt choice, on rootes to feed,

And relliſh firſt the ſweet of euery ſeed.

You liue on th' excrement, and do not know,

That fundamentall vertue ſprings below.

Beſides you liue like ſlaues, but I am free,

Though bloudy-minded Man oft ſeeks for me.

The Lyo [...] did pretend becauſe I haue

Foure feet, that I by nature was his ſlaue:

He call'd for this a Councell, ſent for me

To ſweare to his ſeruile ſupremacie.

But I (refuſing th' othe) to ſpite him more

Did vndermine his Councell-chamber flore

And had not light (damn d light) my plot bewraide [...]

He had to hell ſ [...]nke by the traine I laide.

But light diſcouered me, and ſince that deed

I loath light more, and ſo in darkneſſe breed.

[Page] Darknes thou ſweet companion, friend of ſleepe,

How I delight in thee. With thee doth keepe

All that man ſeeks for, euery ſecret plot,

Darke myſterie, cloſe ſttatagem; what not?

Inuiſible wealth, with treaſures manifold,

But chiefe Mans ſoule, his god, almighty gold.

This Man knowes well, and knowing learnes of me

To dig and delue till in his graue he be.

Then all proclaime him happy: ſay he is

Omnia corrumpuntur in ea ex quibus ſunt. Ar [...] lib. 3. Metaphy.

At peace and reſt, and doth emoy all bliſſe.

And ſuch ſay truth: for he returnes againe

To his firſt being, and doth ſo remaine.

"Contentment with darke ignorance doth dwell,

"And light and knowledge only maketh hell.

Then without farther ſtrife liue all with mee,

If you will taſte no paines, nor errors ſee.

The changeable Chamelion laught out-right,

To heare the blinde Mole raile ſo much at light.

And ſaid; Your darker ſpirits can't conceiue,

The bleſſed fruit, that we from light receiue.

Let fooles depend on faith implicatiue,

Wiſe-men into the depth of truth will diue.

Darkneſſe and ignorance, which you ſuppoſe

Tenebrae ſunt priuatio luminis. Ariſt. l. 2. de anima [...] Ariſt [...] de gener. & corrup. lib. 1.

Had an eternall being, are the foes

Of all eternall beings; and indeed

Are voide in nature without fruit, root, ſeed.

Darkneſſe is but the abſence of cleare light.

As error is the ignorance of right.

So theſe two are vacuities, want being;

Not ſeene by others, nor yet others ſeeing.

From nothing, nothing ſprings; ſomething there was

From whence this vniuerſall frame, this Maſſe

[Page] Of ſtrange agreeing contrarieties,

Had eſſence: and 'twas ſomething that had eyes:

For ſure it was not ignorance, nor night,

They could not ſee to order things ſo right.

But it was knowledge, wiſedome, light, and truth,

Figur'd in mature age, and actiue youth.

The priuiledge you plead, Antiquitie,

Talpa ſol [...] odit & fugit Iſid. Omne animal generans; ſibi ſimiles habet oculos praeter talpam, &c. Ariſt.. Talpa non hab [...]t oculos quia in generatione e [...]us naturale editur. Ariſt [...] l. 4. de animal [...] Talpa roſtrum habe [...] [...]d modum porci.

Proues onely, that of old you vſ de to lye;

And that all truth you hate, for truth doth run

Still to the light, and you the light do ſhun.

And where you challenge your creation firſt;

It is not like, Nature would make the worſt

Before the beſt; except this can preferre

Your claime, that as young workemen vſe to erre

In their firſt workes; ſo Nature firſt did try

To make right eyes, by making yours awry.

Much rather truth it is, ſhe did beſtow,

Labour in framing others; but for you,

She left you to corruption, night, and chance,

Which made you [...] eies ſuch, ſuch your countenance.

And your tame-blinde obedience well befits

Such earth-bred, doltiſh, dull, and ſluggiſh wits.

But ayerie Spirits acquainted with the light,

Will not be led by cuſtome from the right.

No loue, no friends, no predeceſſor ſhall

Peruert their iudgements; they examine all.

And for the food ye boaſt to eat boaſt ſtill;

No root, herbe, fruit of yours, I handle will.

They are corr [...]pted. Ayre doth only giue

True nouriſhment, and happieſt meanes to liue.

The ſick-man ſhewes this, who the weather fayre,

Remooues for health, from cloſe to th' open ayre.

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Talpa. Cor [...]um rump [...]tur qu [...]do incipit mo [...]i, & [...]um [...] pit ap [...]rire oc [...]los [...] A [...]ſt.

And for the light, your death doth it approoue;

When onl [...] then your eyes are ſeen to moue.

Then you begin to ſee, and loath the kinde

Which being blind themſelues brought you vp blind,

Bereauing you of many a bleſ [...]ed ſight,

Which we enioy, [...]ho loue and liue in light.

Your freedom from all beaſts I like. T'is ill

[...]o be ſ [...]bi [...]cted to anothers will:

A [...]r fit Cam leonti cibus. Chameleon gyrat oculos [...]uos frequenter circumqueque. Ariſt.

B [...]t that to your ſuperiors I do hate,

And therefore am exilde from euery ſtate:

I liue a poore thin creature, by the ayer;

My ſelfe I feed with hopes, others with prayer.

My eyes I oft lift vp, and roole about,

D [...]ſiring to be ſ [...]en to be d [...]uout.

But neither with my bulke, nor with my backe

Supply the l [...]aſt defect of others lacke.

I beare no Wooli to clothe, no fleſh to feed;

Let ſh [...]ep, and Calues, relecue the poore that need.

I rauiſht go with a diſtracted looke,

A [...]d turne my mind, ſtill, as I turne my booke,

My will doth lead my conſcience, not my wit.

And euery riddle for my purpoſe fit:

Hating whatſ'ere is old, I loue the new

And to all purpoſes, change my ready hue.

My fleſh is low, my ſpirit high and prowd

Illud. quod eſt in corpore [...]uo eſt modicae carnis.

Doth contradict what order hath allow'd.

I faſt when others feaſt, feaſt when they faſt,

And with Angelicall food, I do out-laſt

All Gormandiz [...]rs. Come then, liue with me

All that loue life, and light, and would be free.

The Salamander hearing this diſcourſe,

Sayd. Sure you both do argue without force.

[Page] Darke ignorance our nature doth contemne:

And curious ſearch wiſe Magiſtrates condemne

By blindneſſe we our wants and dotage ſhew:

To thoſe, not reuerence but reproch is due.

Not priuatiue blindn [...]ſſe, our antiquitie ſhowes,

But onely that which by long ſeeing growes.

But you blinde Mole do ignorance affect,

Which breeds deriſion, ſcorne and diſ-reſpect.

For what a ſenſel [...]ſſe part is this in you,

Your fathers [...]aults and errours to allow?

And not much rather to reforme your owne,

By ſhunning the defects, which they haue ſhowne?

Your food is groſſe and earthly; dirt and mould

Mixt with old roots, do much corruption hold.

Yet (though they gin to die, with age and wither)

The good with bad (being old) you cram togither.

This makes my fiery ſpirit ſcorne to keep

I [...] your darke celles, where knowledge ſeems to ſleep.

But you Chameleon with a hand too bold,

Oppoſe, contemne, and ſcorne, whatſ'ere is old.

You onely loue to ſee, but not to doo,

You dote on knowledge and on error too.

"T'is error, in our ſight to ou [...]r [...]eene,

"And but our owne, all iudgements diſ-eſteeme:

"T'is error to be fondly ouer-wiſe,

"Too pure, too iuſt, too perfect, too preciſe.

There is a meane [...] For knowledge ſure doth liue

"Onely, where it doth good to others giue.

You too too ſawcie hidden ſecrets handle,

And too too fond your o [...]ne conceits doe dandle,

And cocker with obſeruance: being ſo

A friende to ſuperſtition, though a foe.

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Corpus pellucidum illum inatur per reflectionem, corpus coeleſte ſolum per ſe. Com. in Ariſt. lib. 1. Met. Lux eſt viſibilis per ſe: color verò mediaute luce. Com. in Ar. l. 2. de Anima.

The light you vſe, is borrowed not your owne,

The colours that you ſee, their ground vnknowne.

Your darke imperfect, double glimmering ſight,

Is but th' extended beames of greater light.

Ariſing from vicinitie of fire,

To which the pureſt elements aſpire

In their refined parts; the earth in gold

And pretious ſtones, doe moſt reſemblance hold;

The ſea in ſalt, in Pearles, in dewes that riſe,

And to the Sonne-ward with ambition flies;

The Ayre in colous and in Meteors bright,

Which the Sunnes place vſurpe in darkeſt night.

Tis fire alone that ſearcheth and refines,

And doth diuide the groſſe from purer mines.

Tis fire that makes graſſe, herbe, andtree to grow:

Meltes the ſeas Icie chaines, and th' earths cold ſnow.

It cheares the young, it cheriſheth the old,

Omnia elementa putreſiunt preter ignem. Ariſt. l. 4. Meteo.

Reuiues the dying, makes the Coward bold.

Nothing without it can be ſaid to liue,

Whatſ'ere hath being, it doth glory giue.

Which makes me to determine, that the light

Which you inuiſible call, is but a ſprite

Made by your feare, and ſtrong imagination,

Without true being, eſſence, or foundation.

Stellae e [...] non vidatur de die propter lumen ſolis [...]om. Ar. l. 2. de Anima.

For light the greater 'tis, doth more appeare;

So ſhould that light of lights, if ſuch there were.

My indgement therefore in this rule doth runne,

There's nothing greater then the glorious Sunne,

Here I ſet downe my reſt. And for the ſchooles,

That teach beleefe, let them ſtill tutor fooles.

From your contention, my inſtruction ſprung;

And thus I learn'd to thinke when I was young.

[Page] The Mole doth feede too much on earthly meat,

And the Chameleon nought but ayre doth eat.

I neither like your faſt, nor yet your feaſting,

Salamar [...] drae tantus eſt rigor, vr ignem tactu extingu [...]t ſicut glacies. P [...]n l. 10. fructus arborum inficit, aquas corrumpit. Ex gu [...]bus ſ [...] quis comederit vel. biberi [...] mox necatur. Plin. l. 10. Murena non à ſuo ſimili concip [...]tur, ſed à ſerpente. I ſid. l. 12. cap. 6.

For twixt you two all earneſt turnes to ieaſting.

And doth perſwade me thinke, there is no food,

In earth or ayre, that doth or hurt, or good.

So all my knowledge, practiſe, life, doth chime,

According to the current, ſtate, and time.

I thinke they'r only gulls that liue in awe

Of any thing but want, death, and the law.

I quench all fiery zeal whereſ'ere I co [...]e;

And would haue Policie ſpeake, Religion dumbe.

I poyſon with my breath, both foe and friend,

And to my pleaſuredo [...] each proiect bend:

In briefe I onely am a freeman borne,

Who loue my ſ [...]lfe alone, and others ſcorne.

The Lamprey hearing this damn'd Atheiſt tell,

A tale befitting none b [...]t Machiuael,

Thruſt his eye-guarded h [...]ad aboue the brim,

Of the rug'd waues [...] and to the ſhore did ſwim.

And on his ſlippery belly gan to ſlide,

Till he came neere the Salamanders ſide.

Thou curſed ſlaue (q [...]oth he) though I proceed

From ſome of thy neere kin, of ſerpents ſeed.

And am halfe ſerpent, as thou wholly art,

Yet I am halfe a fiſh; and euen that part

Prouokes me contradict the curſed note,

Which thou didſt vomit from thy venomd throat.

Thy Pedigree is lineally detiued

From that great Serpent, which at firſt depriued

The reſt of feet; and being ouer-wiſe

Gull'd credulous man of glorious paradiſe.

[Page] Still thou partak'ſt that nature, and each tree,

Thy tongue or teeth touch, ſo infected be

In root and fruit, that who ſo eats doth die,

Poyſon'd b'accurſt, cold infidelitie.

Too light beleefe, and too too earneſt thirſt

Of curious knowledge, cauſde de [...]th enter firſt:

But now thy skill hath brought it ſo about,

That hearing, ſeeing, feeling, ſtill we doubt.

And flying one extreame, we fondly fall

Into the contrary; wiſe, fooles, and all.

"Yet blindneſſe better is, then hauing eyes,

"Not t'acknowledge truthes, but count them lye [...].

Dubitato. [...]um ſolummodo [...]ſt veritatis inquiſit [...]o. A [...]ſtot. Me [...]. l. 3.

"T'is better to be doubtfull what we know,

"Then to be Truthes profeſt and open foe.

The Mole and the Chameleon better are,

And neerer truth, then thou thy ſelfe by farre.

Yet the Cham [...]leon ſomewhat doth reſemble

Thy nature, but he can more cloſe diſſemble.

He is not ſo prophane, ſo impious, bold,

To call all truth in doubt, both new and old;

Though he giues darkneſſe not the praiſe he ought,

And too too curious, after knowledge ſought:

Yet he confeſſeth that there is a light

He cannot ſee, through th' impotence of ſight.

But you all light and knowledge do confine

Within the Sunne, as if it were diuine:

And like a deſperate traytor, fooliſh theefe,

From art and nature ſteale, to kill beleefe.

Come then good fellowes (quoth the Lamprey) take

This monſter vp againſt vs; let vs make

Him an exampl [...] of our iuſtice ſhowne,

Vpon Truthes foe, ſo manifeſtly knowne.

[Page] With that he nimbly twines himſelfe about

The Salamander (being quicke and ſtour:)

Chameleon and the Mole, the Lampr [...]y aide

Which makes the Salamander much diſinay'd.

Yet he doth lay about with tongue, teeth, nailes,

And bites them all, but oddes at length pr [...]uailes.

And they remaining victors caſt him downe

F [...]om the ſteepe cliffe, and ſo the Atheiſt drowne.

Then comming backe, they two the Lamprey pray

His wi [...]e opinion of their ſt [...]ife to ſay:

That they may know to which part he enclines

Whether to darkneſſe, or where ſpl ndor ſhines.

He ſoone conſents, and tells how he (by kinde

B [...]ed and brought vp in [...]u [...]) is of the minde

The Mole ſpake truth. For happineſſe (quoth he)

"Conſiſts in what we haue, not what we ſee.

And ſight prouokes vs wiſh, and couet change

And ſo in boundl [...]ſſe, endleſſe, toyle we range.

"He that knowes moſt, knowes beſt what he doth miſſe,

"The loſſe of Parad [...]ſe is only this.

"Th [...] ſimple innocent truth this inſtance fameth;

"Man in the darke being naked nothing ſhameth.

Thus he diſcourſt, then tells how he behaues

Himſelfe in darkn [...]ſſe, vnder [...]eath the waues.

How he prefers old gnorance, before

N [...]w K [...]owledge, and (I wot) knowes cauſe therefore.

Shewes how for this opinion he was brought

Before the Whale, yet lo [...]g in vaine was ſought:

Tells how he ſcapes the ſear [...]h b [...] many creeks

And winding holes, when Hipp [...]a him ſeeks:

For they (Phoenician Cre [...]iſhes being ſwift)

Are Purſeuants which he can hardly ſhift:

[Page] Yet he hath learned counſell, who directs

His whole proceeding when he ought ſuſpects.

Firſt ſubtle Polypus to whom he cleaues,

And ſeeming part of him the ſearch deceaues.

The turbulent Cuttle, who doth raiſe the mud,

Aud ſuch a colour mingle with the flood,

That no eye can diſcouer where he lies,

And ſo he often ſcapes the craftie ſpies.

L [...]mprey quaſi Lampetra [...] Of licking rocks. Camden.

Then creepes to ſtones that lye on ſilt and ſand,

(Not to the corner-ſtone on ſtedfaſt land [...])

And if by chance they finde him ſpite of theſe,

And ſo attach him, then he can with eaſe

Slip through their fingers, or himſelfe vnwinde,

By leauing ſome part of his ſlime behinde.

He can equiuocate, and double ſo,

That [...]uery way at once he ſeemes to go.

Yet once he taken was, and brought to triall,

Where with his doubtfull anſwer [...], ſtif [...]e deniall,

Low crowching, ſmoth conueyance, flattering guiſe

He ſcap't th' Exchequer, Priſon, and th' A [...]s;si [...]e.

Then being askt, why darker ignorance

Before the light he did in ſpeech aduance.

He anſwers, firſt it was to try his wit;

Not that he held it, to be true or fit.

Againe, becauſe [...]inall vſe of light he had,

He to make ſome fooles like himſelfe was glad [...]

With theſe ſlye anſwers, and great friends beſide,

Bribes are faithfull friends, for gifts corrupt the wiſe.

And faithfull bribes, he did from danger glide:

And ſuch fe [...]'d friends he had in euery Court,

And euery office, at the leaſt report

Of threatned danger rounded him in th' eare

To ſhift [...]is ſcat, before the ſtorme came neare.

[Page] [...]en ſhewes he how the better to diſguiſe

[...]is double face, he had two rowes of eyes:

[...]s though he lou'd all knowledge, and all light.

[...]ut (quoth he) only two of theſe haue [...]ight;

[...]he reſt are hypocriticall and blind:

[...]et their appearance calmes the Whales fierce mind

[...]hoſe eaſie nature open to abuſe,

[...]akes ſhew for ſubſtance, colour for excuſe.

[...]hus adapt and frame my ſelfe to follow

[...]he Whales command, although my hea [...]t be hollow,

[...]iue at quiet, offices obtaine,

[...]ace in the warres, and in the Coram gaine.

[...]ll which ſhall turne vnto the Whales deſtruction:

[...]euer great fiſh, mooue but inſurrection:

[...]or I'le diſcouer all when time ſhall fit;

Who truſts a halfe friend, hath not halfe his wit.

[...]hil'ſt thus he argu'd, and the Mol [...] grew proud,

[...]o heare affected ignorance allow'd:

[...]nd that ſo many in that large dominion,

[...]emain'd vpholders of his ſtiffe opinion.

[...]he thinne Cham [...]le [...]n gan looke bigge and ſwell,

[...]nd each complain'd himſelfe he was not well,

[...]ut then too late, they found how they were ſtung

[...]nd poyſon'd by the Salamanders toung.

[...]here was no helpe, but die they muſt. In vaine

[...]hey weepe; and each to other ſhew their paine,

[...]ill Iuſtice did by death their paine conclude,

[...]ith tragicke end cloſing their interlude.

Epimythium.

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The Mole is the blinde, obſtinate, refractary Romiſh Catholike, who hath no other anſwere or reaſon for any article of faith, or point of religion, but this: My predeceſſors were of this opinion, and they were wiſer then I am. His Poſitions are. 1. Ignorantia eſt mater de [...]otionis. 2. Caeca obedientia meruit ex condigno. 3. [...]ides implicatiua ſufficit. He obeyes that which he calls the mother Church, before God, who is his heauenly Father. For he had rather breake ten of his commandements then one of hers. Gods Sabboth day is his play [...]day, and euery Saints day, his Sabboth. What hee ſpends on Chriſtmas day, hee ſpares on Aſhwedneſday, and Goodfriday. And this is his generall rule, two faſting dayes, makes the third a glutton.

The Chameleon is in England a Familiſt, at Amſterdam a Browniſt, further on an anabaptiſt He liues by the aire, and there builds Caſtles and Churches [...] none on the earth will pleaſe him. He would be of the triumphant and glorious Church, but not of the terrene militant Church, which is ſubject to ſtormes, deformities, and many violences and alterations of time; he muſt findeout Sr. Thomas Mores Vtopia, or rather Platoes Communitie, & be an Elder there: In this point, and in that of r [...]iſting ciuill gouernours, he ſeems the ſame with the Romiſh Catholicke. But they are tide onely by the tailes, like Sampſons foxes, their heads like Ianus looke diuers wayes. They are Boutefewes & carry betwixt them a fire-brand to inflame all Chriſtendome. [Page] They haue in the imagination an Idea of [...]uch a Church, and ſuch keyes as the Romaniſts mad [...] boaſt they poſſ [...]ſſe: but they will not haue them the [...]me, nor to reſemble theirs. Fooliſh Alchimiſters [...]hey are both, ſeeking a Ph [...]oſophers ſtone, and neg [...]ecting the true Elixar, the Corn [...]r-ſtone. They boaſt [...]o build golde on the foundation, when what they [...]aube on is adulterate ſtuffe, laid b [...]ſide the founda [...]ion. They beggar themſelues in ſ [...]king for wealth [...]broad, whil'ſt at home they neglect that Pearle of in [...]tinable price, for which the wiſe M [...]rchant giues al [...]hat he is worth. If euer I could heare Papiſt cleare [...]he Pope from being Antichriſt and proue he muſt bee [...]ne ſingular perſon, I would then beleeue that hee [...]hould not ſpring from a [...]ew of the tribe of Dan, as [...]hey fable, but [...]rom a promiſcuous coniunction be [...]wixt two fugitiues, to Amſterdam, and Rome.

The Salamander is the Atheiſt, hee is contrary to himſelfe, and hatefull to others; he poyſons all with whom he con [...]erſeth, and knowes ſome Philoſophy [...]no Diuinity. Hee ſeekes all wiſdome in himſelfe, where the Tutor is the Maſter foole; and is ſo inquiſitiue after the cauſe, that he forge [...]s both the [...]nd and the cauſer. His reaſon is his god, and that being falſe, is not able to direct him to ſearch & ſee the true God. Thus he is drown'd in the ſea of his own fooliſh and boundleſſe imaginations [...] and being [...] a pretty childe, is brought vp for his mo [...]hers Cocknie, ſpends Lamprey, quaſi Lampetra Of li [...] [...]ing the r [...]ck [...]. Camden in Worſterſhire.his youth like a witie foole, his Manhood like a reaſonable beaſt, and his age (if iudgement cut him not off) like [...] deuill incarnate.

The Lamprey is the ſubtill ſhotten Catholike or [Page] Church Papiſt. He cooſins the law and his owne ſou [...] too. He is worſe to truſt then the open and profeſt [...] cuſant. He hath no good conſcience, for Conſcientia [...] ſcien [...]ia cum alia ſcientia. N [...] good zeale, for zeale [...] Intentio virtutu [...] theologicarum (An oppoſite to Hypocriſi [...], with which h [...] clokes himſelfe from all pena [...] ſtatutes). H [...] is neither fiſh nor fle [...]h; but halfe fiſh, an [...] halfe Serpent, as they ſ [...]y which write of the generation of the Lamprey. A man m [...]y eaſily ſurfet of ſuch meate, and a S [...]ate ſo [...]ne indanger it ſelfe by ſuffering ſuch to increaſe. There is no law can meete with thei [...] fraud. The Churchwarden is the Coppiholder. The Parſon is his Chaplaine. Theſe dare not preſent him. A fine will vndoe the firſt, and a prohibition begge [...] the other: yet theſe the law preſumes muſt firſt ſpeak or none. If theſe do their office, the I wery are perhaps his tenants; he is a Iuſtice of peace, a great man their neighbour. If they finde him guiltie, there are pillars in the Excheaquer: or if theſe faile, a friend or kinſman in Court makes all ſure. Theſe ſcape thus themſelues, and ſhelter others in their houſes and abroad. Becauſe the State through conniuence accepting a weake and imperfect ſhew of conformitie, giues credite to their conuerſions, and intru [...]ts them in place where they may doe much hurt. The goods, leaſes and monies of the meaner and more reſolute ſort are paſt ouer to theſ [...], and paſſe free vnder their priuiledges and protections. The Character to know theſe is this. They come to Church once a moneth, and then when Prayers are done and the Pſalmes ſung, p [...]rhaps at the beginning of the Sermon. They are prag naticall, and haue for the moſt part trauail' [...] and [Page] [...]rought home ignorance: They are ſtiffe and inflexi [...]le, and call it ſtrength to oppoſe truth and reaſon. They extoll forraigne gouernment, and ſlight all domeſticke graces. They magnifie the Infanta, the Archduke, and Spinola; but vilifie his Excellence and the States. They will diſpu [...]e ſcandalls [...] or what may ſeem ſcandalous, and that only at tables, where if you ſtop their mouthes with argument, they pretend they could ſay more, but that their mouthes are ſtopt with meat. They trauaile ſtill on Sundaies, and remooue againſt Eaſter.

Struthiocamelus.
DEDICATED To the vertuous Knight, Sir Iohn Heueningham, and his charitable Lady.

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VVHat on our ſelues we ſpend, doth through vs pa [...]

And leaue vs [...]aked, as this Oſtrich was:

This makes you on the poore beſtow ſo much,

And no expence but owne your ſelues to grutch.

A Wealthy Marchant late in Barbary,

Through ſandy deſarts paſsing; chanc't to ſp [...]

An Oſtrich eating iron which he found,

By Trauellers ſcattered vpon the ground:

Tantae caliditatis eſt Stru [...]hiocamelus quod ferrum deglutit, dirigit & co [...]ſumit Iſiſid.

Quoth then this Merchant; prithee let me know,

What nouriſhment, can from thoſe mettals grow?

Th [...] Oſtrich anſwers; Sir I do not eat

This iron, as you thinke I do, for meate.

I only keepe it, lay it vp in ſtore,

To helpe my needy friends, and friendleſſe poore.

[Page] I often meere (as farre and neere I goe)

Many a fow [...]dred horſe that wants a ſhooe:

Se [...]uing a Maſter that is money-leſſe:

Such I releeue and helpe in their diſtreſſe.

With trauellers I meete that are beſet

By theeues and [...]obbers often. Then I beget

My ſelfe a [...]ong the thickeſt, and preſent

Out of my [...]aw a piſtoll ready bent,

A ſword and dagger, or ſome ſuch like toole,

To help the true man, and the theefe to coole.

The Merchant mus'de (as well he might) at this,

And thought within himſelfe; this fellow is

Moſt fit for my imployment, I will ſtraight

Hire him to be my Bailiefe. No deceit

Lurkes in his ſimple ſhew; he'le ſurely keepe,

My plow-yrons, when my lazie hindes do ſleepe.

This to the Oſtrich motion'd, he agrees,

The wages are ſet downe, the vailes, the fees,

The liuory, with circumſtance enough,

And they come home [...] And now God ſpeed the [...]

The Oſtrich carefully laies vp the rakes,

The pitch-forke teines, the yron-pointed ſtakes,

The wedges, hammer, hatchet, and the nailes,

Th [...] ſithe, the ſickle, and the biles of pailes,

The ſhare, the coulter, heele-yorne, and the cocke,

The whip, the horſe [...] ſhooe, with the key and locke.

He needs no locke and key to keepe them vnder,

But keeps both lock & key, where you wold wonder.

Then comes into the houſe, puts vp the gun,

The ſword and dagger; and when this is done,

Deuoures the dripping-pan, the cob-irons, ſpit,

And ſwallowes all the iron bit by bit.

[Page] The Merchant praiſ'd his fortune, that he had

Got one ſo good, 'mongſt many ſeruants bad.

Told him he ſhortly would his ſtate preferre,

From being Bailiffe, to be Treaſurer;

For he could not inuent a ſurer hold,

Then th' Oſtrich had for ſiluer, or for gold.

And now the Merchant leauing one at home,

That he may well truſt, goes abroad to rome:

Neglects his houſe and lands, thinkes all is well,

And as he wont to doe, doth buy and ſell.

Mongſt other things he ſold, becauſe the warres

Began afreſh, he truct for yron barres.

For he was one of thoſe that would for gaine:

Sell bullets, where they were ſhot home againe,

And did our Mines and Woods on Ordnance waſt,

Which ſpite of lawes, he to the Enemie paſt,

Much yrone he had at home, and ſold beſide

All kinde of armour fit for ſuch a tide.

So home he comes glad of ſo good a mart,

For here he knowes the Oſtrich playes the part

Of a good Bailiffe. He may eaſily thriue,

When ſuch a full winde doth his fortune driue.

His land he finds vntill'd, he wonders then

And thinkes the fault reſts on his lazy Men.

They ſay they wanted yrons for the plough,

He wonders, for the Bailiffe had enough.

He findes his houſe all naked, not a bit

Of meate prepar'd, the Cooke wants pot, and ſpit [...]

He goes to bed, the theeues aſſault his houſe:

He hath no weapon to reſiſt a Mouſe.

H [...] riſeth early, lookes for his munition,

The place remaines, no yron in fruition.

[Page] His barres are gone, his houſhold-ſtuffe, and all,

Now to account his Bayliffe he doth call.

The Seruants ioyne in their petition firſt,

And ſhew their griefes, [...]ow hard he was, and curſt.

How he kept backe their wages and their meate,

And gaue them worke, but gaue them not to eate.

How he neere hand had made a monſtrous neaſt,

Where whilſt they faſted, he and his did feaſt.

And thither he conuaide the yron worke

Where the ſhe Oſtrich and his young did lurke;

Who ſwallow'd all: for they haue mawes as large

As culuerings, which would as ſoone diſcharge

The yron loade; and ſooner farre would ſpend,

And bring a world of wealth to lauiſh end.

The Oſtrich to excuſe himſelfe bewraies

The place where ſafely he this yron layes.

Carries him to a priuate hole, where ſtill

He dung'd, when he his maw did ouer-fill.

Quoth he if you can good diſtinction make,

Each ſeuerall peece you may from hence vptake.

The plow-geares, cart-geares, and the toole for war,

Stercusferri eximium rarumque medicamentum ad omnesiocineris & ſplenis obſtructiones. Mathiol [...] Medicamē tum ex [...]ccacatorium. Idem Mathiol.

Spits, pots, and cobirons, here together are.

Each wedge, knife, hammer, and the ſmalleſt naile,

Drawne lymbick wiſe through ſtomacke, guts & taile

It's a rare chymicall extraction now,

Better then all the drugs the Mount-bankes ſhow.

It paſſeth our elixar, or the ſtone [...]

Sought for by many, but attaind by none.

Th' obſtruction of the Liuer, and the ſpleene,

It opens, mollifies, and purgeth cleane.

A ſecret t'is aſſured, for madneſſe, folly,

Wild i [...]alouſie, and cloudy melancholly,

[Page] It cures the Gout, and qualifies the cauſe,

Suppling a hide-bound purſe like th' oile of lawes:

It dries vp humours, humours that a bound,

And mans weake body it makes ſafe and ſound.

The merchant ſtood amaz'd, but at the laſt,

He ſeazde vpon the Oſtrich, held him faſt:

Made him be tide be [...]inde a horſe, and ſtript,

They are called his egges, becauſe hee trod the hen that laid them.

(His buttocks bare as now they be) and whipt.

Ranſackt his neaſt, and brake before his face

His egs, though his poore Hen in hope of grace,

Did ſue for their repriuall. But in vaine,

He look [...]s to finde his Iron there againe.

Which miſsing he proceedes, exiles him quite,

And then vpon his gate this note doth write.

Let Rich-men wiſely feare,

All ſuch as feathers weare,

It's loſt whatſ'ere they borrow,

And ſoone their mawes goes thorow:

The ſubſtance they conſume

To nought but ſmoke and rheume;

But th'vſe they neuer faile

To pay with tongue and taile.

Naturaliter equum odit Aren [...]m fodit & ibi ponit oua [...]ua quae fabulocooperit & regi [...]

The Oſtrich euer ſince his breeches loſt,

Goes like a naked rogue at whipping poſt.

He hates a horſe to death ſince he was ſtript,

And for his fault, ti'de at his taile and whipt.

He hides his egges, and couers them from ſight,

Leſt man ſhould find & break them. Thus they write.

Epimythium.

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THe Merchant. figur [...]th Parſimony, the Oſtricl prodigalitie; what the one gathers, the other ſpends. Ages, nations, and particular perſons haue their alternall variations and vicisſitudes, euen in gathering and expence, as in all other paſſages. [...]There bee few ſcraping fathe [...]s, but their children proue witty ſcatterers, or fooliſh retainers: experience of many ages ſcarce produce one contradiction to this generall obſeruation. The father vſ [...]th no more diligence in damning his ſoule by getting goods vnlawfully, then the ſonne doth in ſp [...]nding them prodigally: Let this therefore learne Vſurers, Ingroſſers, and Oppreſſors of all profeſsions, (if they loue their wealth, and would not haue it waſted; or loue their children, and would not haue them vndone) to ſecure their eſtates rather from their children, then for them. It is not the want, but the enioying of aboundance that vndoes many men. The rich father who dares beſtow nothing on himſelfe; and the prodigall ſonne that ſpends all on others, and keepes nothing for himſelfe, are the miſerableſt beggers in the world. Others haue pitty and prouiſion to helpe them, t [...]eſe nothing but deriſion and ſcorne. No Hoſpitall will entertaine them; only the father finds roome in Bedlame, and the ſonne a hole in the Counter, or a dungeon in Newgate.

ONOCROTALVS.
DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT hopefull KNIGHT, Sir THOMAS SOVTHVVELL.

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YOur name hath long been mist, now fairely riſe

And make your Country flouriſh. All our eyes

Are caſt vpon your actions; then on vs

Reflect your loue. Shun Onocrotalus.

[...]nocrotaus eſt auis luos ha [...]ens vte [...]os. In vno [...]ecipit, in [...] deco [...]uit. Iſid.

VVHilome within the Perſian gulfe did haunt

A fowle much like our greedy Cormorant,

Cal'd Onocrotalus, who vſde to prey,

On fiſh, or fowle, or beaſt which paſt his way.

He had a crop vnder his boſome wide,

In compaſſe like a ſacke, and thereto ſide.

[Page] Much harme and ſpoile he did, for none could paſſe

But fild his pouch, if bird, beaſt, fiſh, it was.

At length th' oppreſſed birds, with fiſh, and beaſt,

Petition to their Soueraignes, and requeſt

Aide and protection gainſt the open wrong,

This tyrant daily did, and had done long.

The beaſts vnto the Lyon made complaint.

Birds to the Eagle. Fiſhes did acquaint

The Seas great Emperour the Whale. with griefe,

They all ſuſtain'd, and all implor'd reliefe.

Long was it ere they could be heard, for ſtill,

The Cormorant, (for ſo we call him will)

Had many friends in euery Court, which he

Maintainde with large ſhares, and full liberall fee.

For ſtill his gorge full laden, ready ſtood,

And when they miſt elſe-where they here had food:

Food of each kinde, for euery ſtomacke fit,

And ſuch as fauorites were, had part of it.

Long thus he put them off, yet at the laſt,

By counter-bribes, their weake petitions paſt.

The Eagle firſt did ſeeke him, and he found,

The theefe where he would wiſh, vpon the ground,

Quoth he, well met, are you the fowle that prey,

Vpon our harmleſſe ſubiects night and day,

That none can this way paſſe and vſe his trade,

But is a ſubiect to your fury made?

Not I ſir (quoth the Cormorant) I am one,

That liue in contemplation all alone.

This poke I begge with, to ſuſtaine my need,

And I no fowle am but a beaſt indeed.

Quoth then the Eagle, wherefore ſerue thy wing?

O (quoth the Cormorant) thou mighty king

[Page] Of feathered fowles, theſe two are my forefeet,

Held vp to honor thee, with reuerence meete.

And that thou maiſt be full reſolu'd, and know

That I vnto the Lyon duty owe,

As ſubiects to their Soueraignes, not to thee,

Without thou wilt vſurpe authoritie,

And into other neighbour Realmes incroch

(Which to thy Iuſtice were a fowle reproch)

[...]ſtrum [...]aquam ergens [...]rridum [...] cit [...]o [...]m, Aſino mor [...]. id.

Heare but my voice. With that he ſteps aſide,

And in the water thruſts his wezand wide,

And like an Aſſe gan bray. The Eagle ſtraight

Hearing his voice, ſuſpected no deceit,

But p [...] away to ſeeke what now he ſaw.

When the late noyſe he made did thither draw

The kingly Lyon, who did hunt about,

As th' other did to finde th' oppreſſor out.

And when he ſpide him; What art thou quoth he

The beaſt gainſt whom ſo many plaine to me?

O noble Lyon, quoth the Cormorant,

I am a fiſh, the water ſtill I hant.

And here I take my food, and lead my life,

Free from oppreſsion, and each cauſe of ſtrife.

Why, quoth the Lyon, now I heard thee bray

Like to an Aſſe. True, True, my Lord ye ſay,

(Quoth this ſmooth hypocrite) for I would faine

Be like an Aſſe, ſo innocent and plaine.

I loue beaſts well, and next your excellence,

The humble Aſſe, for ſtill his patience.

And now to put your highneſſe out of doubt,

Behold me ſwimme and diue, (ſo launcht he out

Far from the Lyons reach) If beaſts quoth he,

Can ſwimme and diue thus, I a beaſt may be.

[Page] With that he diues, ſaying, Sir fare you well,

Your faire commends to the King Whale I'le tell.

The Lyon parted thence; the Whale that way

Had ſought this Monſter all the liue-long day;

And ſeeing ſuch an vn [...]outh thing glide paſt,

Within his Kingdome, with ſuch nimble haſt;

He call'd and bad him ſtay, and will'd him tell,

If he were Onocrotalus, that fell

And cruell murtherer, who hauocke made

Of all that in that wealthy Rode did trade?

O mighty Emperour (aloud he cri'de)

I hardly ſcap't euen now his curſed pride

For being by my noble Maſter ſent,

(The Eagle King of fowles) you to preſent

With birds and other iunkets in my crop,

He needs would me from your glad preſence ſtop;

And but he heard you comming, I ſurmiſe,

His lawleſſe force had made me lawfull prize.

Quoth then the Whale, I ſearch to meete that ſlaue.

But what art thou that canſt ſo well behaue,

Thy tayle and nimble fins? Art not a fiſh?

That I were ſuch (quoth he) it is my wiſh.

I like thy milder reigne where ſubiects ſay,

For loue, and not for dread, they thee obey.

And would arm'd in white ſcales, if I might chooſe

Serue thee a fiſh, and my blacke feathers looſe.

But Nature this forbids; yet ſtill I ſtriue,

Euen from my youth, fiſh-like to ſwim and diue:

And vnderſtand their language, and conuerſe

With them whoſe ciuill manners, are leſſe fierce

Then beaſts or birds be. For they drinke far more

And eat much leſſe, then we doe on the ſhore.

[Page] This drinking I delight in, and haue tride,

By all good meanes to make my belly wide.

Yet ſee, I am a fowle. So vp he hies,

And takes his wings with ſpeede, and far thence flies?

The Whal [...] then found his cunning and ſtraight ſent

A priuy letter of his cloſe intent,

Both to the Eagle and the Lyon ſtout,

To meet and ioyne, and finde this Out-law out.

They met, and ioynd, and then this Out-law found

Nor in the Sea, nor yet vpon the ground:

Nor flying in the aire, but in a hold,

A hollow tree, whoſe ſtrength made braggard bold.

[...]in litoquieſ [...]ēs [...]rum ſu [...]uper [...]um eri [...]Et ſui us acu [...]e con [...]nſul [...]um [...]ipitris [...]raemu [...]ſ [...]d.

They ſpoke him faire, but he diſcerned plaine,

Their drift, and cride [...] Faire words make Idiots faine.

They threatned him, but threats he doth deride,

And ſaith, by threatning words none euer dyde.

The Eagle would haue ventred on his neaſt,

But he his bill held right vpon his breaſt,

Like a ſtiffe ſouldi [...]rs pike, ſharpe, long, and armd;

And no way but right downe he could be harmd.

The Lyo [...] would haue torne with teeth and nailes

The tree vp by the roote, but wanted ſailes

To ſwim ſo farre, for it in waters ſtood.

The Wh [...]le then thought to toſſe it in the flood,

But in a rocke it grew, and growing ſo,

He bad them do their worſt, he fear'd no foe.

They ſaide, they would beſiedge and ſtarue him out;

He laught amaine, and ſhew'd how gainſt that doub [...]

He was prouided, hauing ſtore to ſerue

So long, till if they ſtaid, they all would ſtarue.

Then each bethought himſelfe of many a wile

And war-like ſtratagem, how to beguile

[Page] This politique Rebell, and to force him yield

Or ſtarue within, or venter to the field.

All workes the ayre, the water, or the land

Did ere produce, theſe Captaines vnderſtand:

B [...]t none found able to enforce his ſtrength:

The warlike Ly [...]n yet conceiu'd at length

How to effect it. Great confederates heare,

(Quoth he) what I propound. There's uought I feare

But what I ſpeake of. Once I did rebell

Againſt out Generall Soueraigne Man: to tell

This fault doth touch my honour, but you all,

I [...]now haue been co-partners in my fall,

And his moſt gracious pardon. Then, O then

I kept within my fort, a hideous den

Caru'd out of rocke it was; and no way he

Could force me out, or make aſſault on me.

At laſt with indignation mou'd, he takes

A mighty flint vp, and with hurling, breakes

The ſame againſt a rocke, which flying ſings,

And ſparkles from the ayre betwixt them ſprings

As from a red-hot yron, when a Smith

With heauy hammer beats it on a ſtith.

Neere hand he had before laid leaues with roſſe

From Okes torne with a Northern blaſt, and moſſe

Dride in the parching Sun: and wood which dide

By killing age, and ſtood my den beſide.

The ſparks inflam'd this ſtuffe, which in the mouth

Of my darke Caue he plac'd: the winde then South

Forc'd in the ſmoke, and this ayre-thickning ſmoke

Infor'd me thus, either come out or choke.

[Page] The iſſue you remember: this alone

Muſt be our proiect now; or Art hath none.

Hie therefore braue-bird brother, quickly take

Twixt your ſtrong tallents this great flint, and make

Experience of my plot. Mount with it hie

And let it fall, that fire may from it flie:

Which kindled once, fan gently with your wing,

And cheriſh with ſoft breath: then let the king

Of fiſhes with his mighty noſtrels puffe

Till it [...]lames fiercely, and burnes hot enough.

This counſell they applaud; but th' Eagle thought

How purer, hotter, flames might ſoone be [...]ought:

And vp he nimbly fores the milke-white way,

Where (being a minion knowne) he findes no ſtay;

Each dore [...]ies ope alone, till to the eare

Of mighty loue he gets, and let him heare

His buſineſſe and his ſuite, which was for fire

And thunderbolts; loue grants his full deſire.

Downe quickly he deſcends and makes a traine

About the place where this theefe doth remaine:

Then powder he applies vnto the root

Of t'hollow tree, and thence the ſlaue doth ſhoot.

He ſhoots him thence into the ayre as hye,

As th' Eagles ſelfe could follow with his eye.

And downe he comes and doth deſcend the deep,

Where the ſtill Center doth no motion keep.

Then vp againe aboue the ſwelling maine,

He bounds, there floting without ſenſe or paine.

And ere he can recouer labouring breath,

That's lo [...]h to part, the Whal [...] from vndern [...]ath

[Page] The traytor doth attach, and ſtraightway brings

To be arrayn'd before the other Kings.

Him they examine, but he will confeſſe

No truth, but what they know as he doth gh [...]ſſe.

Then they doe racke him (being rent before)

Yet he no truth, but many a lye doth rore.

Till with the violent torture and conſtraint,

Life almoſt failing, and with ſufferings faint,

His gorge he vomits and bewraies with paine

The truth, for which they ſought ſo long in vaine.

And firſt (prepoſterouſly) he caſteth out,

All ſlimy lubricke meats, Eele, Gudgeon, Trout;

The Citie heires, Gilt-head and Golden [...]eye,

Belonging to the Sea-kings ſoueraignty.

And with this euidence conuict, the tryall

Proceeds to proue him guilty in denyall

Of farther wrongs done. The Wood-cocke, Parret,

The Gooſe, the Dotterell, lack [...]daw prone to parret,

The Sea [...]gull and the Cinclos weake and friendleſſe,

And of poore widdow-Turtles numbers endleſſe,

With diuers ſubiects to the royall Eagle,

He doth as eaſily voide, as erſt inueagle.

Yet ſtill vnto the Lyon he denies

Himſelfe a treſpaſſer, but all thoſe lyes

He lately made, and late was taken in,

Afford preſumption of his farther ſinne.

For which againe they racke him one pin higher,

And then he vtters more then they deſire.

A fooliſh Cony, and an innocent Lambe,

A credulous Cal [...] new weaned from the dam,

And yet in wardſhip; a ridiculous M [...]uſe

For feare of Cats leauing her ſheltring houſe:

[Page] And laſt of all, (for which the Lyon greeued)

A Hare, from execution oft repreeued.

All theſe with eaſie vtterance, doth declare

That he did fowle, nor beaſt, nor fiſhes ſpare

But preide on all, and ſo became a prey

To the Eagle, Whale, and Lyon, eu'ry way.

Which prou'de and made by demonſtration plaine,

Beyond the power of impudence to faine:

He then excepts againſt th'vndue proceeding,

They in his apprehenſion vſde, not heeding

The law of Nations, but by force conſtraining

(Himſelfe) an others ſubiect, remaining

In peace, and league with them, to be arrayn'd

Like to a Traytor, and with tortures payn'd.

He ſaith the place he kept in was without

Their iuriſdiction, and he made no doubt

To proue it with large priuiledges bleſſed

A ſanctuarie for the poore diſtreſſed.

They ſlight his cauils; And the Whale demands

In whoſe vnknowne, ſtrange gouernment it ſtands

If not in one of theirs? For ayre, earth, ſea,

And all they haue (but Man and what Mans be),

Doe properly belong to one of theſe,

Who may diſpoſe of all, as they beſt pleaſe.

I pray then (quoth the Corm [...]rant) relate

To whoſe Emperiall crowne, and to whoſe ſtate,

My enuy'd neaſt belongs? which of you three

Claime th' intereſt as Lord by right of fee?

For if it proper be to one, the reſt

Haue done much wrong, t'vſurp his intereſt

Whoſe it ſhould be. This queſtion he did make

Hoping thereby their ſetled loues to ſhake

[Page] [...]y couetous ambition, whilſt they all

[...]ould make their claimes, and ſo aſunder fall.

[...]ut the foreſeeing Eagle bids him minde

[...]is owne affaires, and not to thinke t'vnwinde

[...]he ſnares true Iuſtice laies about his life,

[...]ut interpoſing ſuch ſlight cauſe of ſtrife

[...]etwixt ſuch firme friends, in ſtrong league combinde

And with all ſtrength of entercourſe entwinde.

And yet to ſatisfie this curious doubt,

Know (quoth the Eagle) that being hem'd about

With floting waters, it belongs to him

Who gouerns all that in the waters ſwim.

But as it on the ſtedfaſt earth doth ſtand,

It longs to him that is the king of land.

And the large tree which ſpreads his ſpacious bowes

In th' open ayre, within my kingdome growes.

Thy neaſt thus longs to all of vs, thy food

Stolne from our ſubiects, in th'ayre, earth, flood:

And thou thy ſelfe muſt needs, if thou beeſt either

Beaſt, bird, or fiſh, be one of ours; if neither,

Say what thou art, or whoſe thou art; for all

But Man and Monſters in this number fall.

Then (quoth the Cormorant) I doe belong

Vnto the fearefull Dragon, whoſe blacke tongue

Threats death to each of you, and keeps in awe

Draco maximus eſt cunctorum ſerpentium à ſpelnuci [...] abſtractu [...] ſertur in aerem.

Your humbler ſpirits, making his will your law,

He is the king of ſerpents, whoſe ſtrong breath

Confounds your ſtrength with all-ſubduing death.

He rules the vpper region, purging fire

Which ſearcheth hell, and doth to heau'n aſpire.

This, this alone it was which I obay'd

When that ſtrong law vnto my neaſt you layd.

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Excitatur propter [...]um aer, & mare contra eius ventu [...] contumeſcet. Iſid. lib. 12. Solum habet venenum in lingua & in felle. Plin. [...]

But you that ſprightly power by int [...]uſion

Falſely vſurpt to my deuout confuſion.

Fire onely to the Dragon doth belong;

To him, and vnto me, you haue done wrong.

To him I doe appeale; and haue reſort

In this great cauſe to his infallible Court.

This ſpeech inflam'd their hearts with heat & ſcorne

To be confronted thus, thus ouerborne

By a baſe villaine who did proudly brag on

The free protection of their foe the Dragon.

So with a full reſolue, they all agree

Each for himſelfe and his reueng to bee.

The Lyon takes, feet, head and throat away:

With thoſe he walk't and like an Aſs [...] did bray.

The Eagle ſeaſeth on his wings and taile,

With theſe he bird-like in the ayre did ſaile.

The Whale his body ſwallowes at a bit

Which he vſ'de fiſh-like, diu'd and ſwam with it.

Thus Traytor-like hee's quarter'd out and caru'd;

Would land and water Pyrats were ſo ſ [...]ru'd.

Epimythium.

The water Pyrat euery one doth know

They rob our Marchants, and allegeance owe

To no command; dutie to none will giue,

But out-lawes, like the ſea wherein they liue.

Our Pyrats on the land haue ſundry kinds,

And ſundry obiects. Our goods, bodies, minds.

Law-ſtate-Church Pyrats, when no Church, ſtate, law,

Can their irregular liues to faſhion draw.

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The firſt pretending gouernment of all,

And freeing ſuch as into danger fall;

Doe kill in curing, and oppreſſe with eaſing

Both the delinquent, and the free diſpleaſing.

The ſecond guard our land from forraigne force,

Whilſt they themſelues (perhaps) afflict vs worſe.

Strangers may not deuoure vs, yet we are

By peace eat vp, more then we wont by warre.

The third are of two kinds; our owne and others,

Who not in doctrine, but in fact are brothers.

Our owne feed few (for the dumb dog ſtill lurches)

They'le not teach one, but ſwallow many Churches:

They vnto ignorance our ſoules betray;

And to ſeducing diuells giue ſilent way.

The other knowes, no king, but knowes their ſubiects,

And faines to reconcile, but make them abiects.

No place is priuileg'd, no law, no Nation:

For all the world his pariſh is and ſtation.

Rome giues him licence, and although he ſwim

In the whole ſea, there is no roome for him.

He cries where ſ'ere he comes; Al's mine, giue room;

And if it be oppoſ'de a fatall doom

Becomes his vſher. Kings muſt kiſſe his foot,

If curſes, piſtolls, poyſon, hell can doo't;

But if nor theſe, nor hell, then Faux more skilfull

Will charme the open earth, blow vp the wilfull.

Theſe Cormorants my bleare-eyde Muſe hath ſpide:

But there are many Cormorauts beſide.

If any man ſeeke a true body for this ſhadow, let him read Commines his fourth booke; where hee ſhall ſee Lewis of Luxe [...]b [...]rgh Earle of S. Paul & Conſtable [Page] of France, playing the right part of Onocrotalus with Le [...]is the XI. King of France (ſhadowed by the Eagle [...] becauſe hee ouer-ſored the other Princes in wiſedome and policie, and becauſe that kingdome hath been honored with [...]he Emperiall crowne and armes) As alſo with the King of England Ed [...]ard the fourth ſhadowed by the Lyon (both in regard the Lyon is part of the Armes of England, and for that the ſaid King was a moſt valiant Prince, hauing been perſonally preſent in nine ſet battailes, and remaining Conquerour in all. And laſtly with Charles Duke of Burgu [...]die, ſhadowed by the Whale (both in regard he was ſtrong by Sea, as alſo for that he was terrible and cumberſom to all his neighbour Princes) If any ſeeke farther they ſeeke without mee, and muſt be their owne guides.

The ASSE.
DEDICATED. TO THE LEARNED and iudicious KNIGHT Sr. HAMOND LE-STRANGE. Pol. Virg. lib. 1 c. 19. de inuent. rer▪

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Some beaſts are [...]minous ſome birds are ſo,

But Maſſolanus and [...]our ſelfe ſay no.

Hee ſlew the Augurs bird [...] My [...]illy Aſſe.

May [...]o a wiſe-man without perill paſſe.

ALthough in [...]taly, in France, and Spaine,

Aſinus eſt [...] animal maxim [...] frigoris [...] impatiens. Plin. lib. 8. cap. 4 [...]

And all thoſe hotter Regions, there remaine

Great ſtore of Aſſes? and with vs but few,

Saue ſome that our late Trauellers do ſhew.

And though the Pope and Romane Clergie ride

In euery lowly, patient, humble pride

Vpon theſe beaſts, or on their baſtards rather,

As fits each ſingle, ſimple, holy father.

[Page] I would not haue you thinke my meaning ſuch

A beaſt of theirs or of our owne to touch.

The Aſſe I talke of, bred in Theſſ [...]ly

Came to a country man, a neighbour by

And made great mone, that euery ſauage beaſt

In woods and fields, the greateſt and the leaſt

Miſuſ de him, wrongd him, made it all their ſport

To trouble him, who had no remedy for't.

The Man ſeemde pit [...]ifull, enclind to good,

And gaue the Aſſe aduice to leaue the wood,

To dwell with him who able was and ſtrong,

His weake Retainers to protect from wrong.

True (quoth the Aſſe) your wit, your ſtrength I know,

But how can I deſerue the grace and ſhew?

What benefit or pleaſure whilſt I liue

Can I doe you, who muſt my liuelyhoood giue?

Quoth Man, for my protection, and my meat

You ſhall affoard me but your dung and ſweat,

Thoſe excrements t'inrich and luſt my ground,

That it with corne and vintage may abound.

And when I chance to trauell farre and nye,

You like a friend, ſhall beare me company.

The Aſſe was glad the cou [...]nants were ſo good,

And ſtraight agrees, nor long conſulting ſtood.

The articles were drawne [...] read openly,

Sealed and deliuered interchangable.

And homethey goe, and long together dwelt

Without repentance; neither greeuance felt.

But man in innocence remain'd not long,

And ſince is apt to doe all innocence wrong.

Sure here it fell out ſo. The crafty Man

Wo ſay and vnſay, lye, and cauill can,

[Page] Went to the Aſſe, and (all inrag'd) demands?

Why all that while he had not dung'd his lands?

Sir (quoth the Aſſe) ſuch compaſſe as I yield

I haue with daiely care laid in your field.

True (quoth the Man) but that will not ſuffice

To dung my ground, that plenty may ariſe;

Yet ſo you vndertooke. Then out of hand

See you prouide enough to ſerue my land.

And yeeld what you keepe backe good ſtore of ſweat

Tria [...] ver [...] cùm ſint [...] opus, cibus. & caſt [...] gatio. &c. Ariſt. O [...] conomi [...] lib. cap. [...].

Or Ile giue ſtore of blowes, but not of meat.

The Aſſe finds he is wrong'd, but ſees not how

To right himſelfe; weake men to ſtronger bow.

He does what man commands, and rather more

Till Man grows rich, and ſo grows proud, with ſtore.

Then man muſt trauaile, muſt his kinsfolke ſee

And other countries how they faſhion'd be.

The Aſſe muſt goe with him, ſo 'twas agreed

To beare him company. Well mote they ſpeed,

The Man a ſaddle ſets vpon his backe,

A hal [...]er on his head, which wit doth lacke.

What meane you maſter (quoth the ſimple Aſſe)

Theſe will but make me weary as I paſſe?

Foole (quoth the Man) thinke you ile haue my Page [...]

Not ſuited to the faſhions of this age?

I ſhould be ſham'd to ſ [...]e you neere me ſtand,

Without a cloake, and bout your neck a band.

Proud was the ſilly Aſſe, to heare he ſtood

So high in fauour, and doth onward skud

With willing pace, not like a ſleepy ſnaile,

But toſsing of his eares, winching his taile.

Long trauailde they, till to a brook they came,

Wherein a many ſiluer fiſhes ſwam.

[Page] A bridge was n [...]re, but Man withheld his eye,

And would not ſee the bridge, ſome reaſon why.

The Aſſe went through the water: quoth he then,

All beaſts are far more happier than all Men.

You are by nature ſafely cloth'd, and armde,

Gainſt cold, heat, drought, and wet; we eaſly harmde

With any ſmall annoyance. You are free,

And gainſt all theſe extreames muſt patient be.

The Aſſe being prais'd, vpon no ground ſtood ſtill,

But muſt turne backe againe to ſhew his skill,

To boaſt his valour, let his Maſter know

All his good parts, and ſ [...]ruices arow.

Now ſir, quoth he, you on my backe I'le beare,

Safe o're this water [...] G [...]t vp, nothing fear [...].

The Man leapt lightly vp. Diſsimulation

"Doth neither ſtirrup n [...]d, nor great perſwaſion.

The Aſſe doth quickly paſſe the Ri [...]er. Then

He ſtayes, and prayes him light. No, (ſ [...]ith the Man)

Proceed vpon your iourney you can beare,

I dare not light, to fall I ſtand in fear [...].

I'le kneele then (quoth the Aſſe) and down he kneels,

The Man ſtraight raiſde him with his whip and heels.

O Maſter (quoth the Aſſ [...] you promiſde meat,

You [...] cou [...]nant giues no liberty to b [...]at.

[...]oole (quoth the Man) the word expreſly meant,

Wages for worke impli [...]s a puniſhm [...]nt

For ſluggiſhneſſe and ſloth; make haſte away,

Our buſin [...]ſſe and the time permits no ſtay.

So on they goe, till the Aſſe now almoſt tyred,

Askt pitty of the Man, and eaſe deſired,

Th [...]t the would daigne a little while to light.

The Man denide it, and then laught out-right.

[Page] And doubled blowes with whip, with heele, & ſtaffe.

Verberās [...] abſque ira peior, eſt verberā [...]e cum [...]ra [...] Com. in Ariſt [...] 1. 6. Metaph.

O tyrant (quoth the Aſſe) doſt fight and laugh?

Are theſe th' effects of promiſes and words?

Is this the peace your law, bond, faith, affords?

Keep you your couenants thus? O man thinke how

You make vs traytors, when you, breake your vow.

Why (quoth the Man) my couenants are vnbroke,

I haue performde whatſere I wrote or ſpoke.

I giue you meat, my meaning likevviſe vvas,

To giue you blovves, if that you plaide the Aſſe.

I was to haue your ex [...]rem [...]nts and ſweat.

I cannot haue thoſe but by vvorke and heat,

Therefore I ride you. You were to attend

In all my iourneyes on me like a friend.

And vvhat is liker to a friend I pray,

Then a mans drudge, that toyles both night & day?

That carries him through thicke and thin vvith paine,

And a ſure ſtud for all turnes doth remaine [...]

O (quoth the Aſſ [...]) the vvorld vvas neuer good,

Since other on mentall reſeruation ſtood.

I only vvas to beare you company,

True (quoth the Man) to beare, that's carry me.

O damn'd equiuocation, vvho at firſt,

(quoth the poore Aſſe) this double Doctrine nurſt?

No Merchant, Tradeſman, Lavvyer, nor Diuine,

Though much frō truth they warp, frō grace decline,

Could be the a [...]thors of this ample euill,

But truthes profeſſed foe, that i [...]gling deuill.

You be [...]s Gods knowing good [...]u euill.

That Diuell who taught it firſt, and practiz'd too,

In paridiſe, vnto our generall woe.

That Diuell which doth renue in euery age,

By this alone his kingdome and image.

[Page] For without this his kingdome would decay,

And without this his image weare away.

This onely murthers truth, oppoſeth faith,

Deceiuing, whether true or falſe it ſaith.

If true we dare not truſt it fearing ill.

If falſe, like truth it looks, and tempts vs will.

Quoth Man, thou preacheſt well; and well mightſt paſſe

Couldſt thou ſpeake Latin too, to ſay a Maſſe.

Thy folly was in fault raſhly to draw,

Thy articles without aduice at law.

[...]hat is a comnon caſ [...].

There wanted ſtops, pricks, letters, here and there,

And by your leaue ſome words the truth to cleere.

Nay quoth the Aſſe, had euery word, ſtop, letter,

Been left vnwritten my eſtate were better.

This is the plague, when power expoundeth lawes

Not as the truth requires, but as the cauſe.

When euery letter may an error breed,

To helpe the rich, and begger ſuch as need.

When tyrants do capitulate and treat

Not to conclude, but to deceiue and cheat.

When your falſe minds are candi'de ore with words

As your gay ſheathes conceale your bloody ſwords.

Now (quoth the Man) I thinke that Balaams Aſſe,

Or golden Apuly's, thy Tutor was.

Thou art ſo eloquent, ſo learned, witty,

As if thou hadſt been taught in Athens Citty.

In Athens? (quoth the Aſſe) now I eſpie,

You ſpeake no truth, but when yee thinke to lie.

I was a Cockny once, of noble blood,

Traind vp in Athens Court, and in the flood

of pleaſure, bathde my youth, (but not in Art,)

Which cauſde this transformation, teares, and ſmart.

[Page] Yet went our Maſter, and was well allowde [...]

(With many of my kin) in that thicke crowde,

When Philip did ſo learnedly diſpute,

And made Demoſt [...]enes with wonder mute.

I was in fauour then, and then did paſſe,

For braue and wiſe, though now I be an Aſſe.

For no Man ought to iudge by forme, or face,

By fauour, or imployment, or by place,

Which are the wiſe and fooliſh. Dunces oft

[...]Paſſe by great doctors. Baboones leap aloft.

And they may proue like me, (li [...]e to be ſwitcht,)

If they my fortune meet, to be bewitcht.

How I bewitched was, you now ſhall heare.

There is no true accompliſht Caualere,

That hath not trauailde. And the'rs few of theſe,

Which ſcape bewitching, paſsing ouer Seas.

When I firſt trauail'd, my braue Spirit did moue,

T'attempt great Ladies and to purchace loue.

I purcha'ſt loue ſo long, till all I had,

Was purcha'ſt from me, and my ſelfe full glad,

To leaue both Court and Citie, and to try,

A better Country fortune to eſpie.

With much much toyle, and many courtly ſhifts,

At length I did arriue mongſt craggy clifts,

And barraine rocks, t'a ſmoaky houſe which ſtood

Alone, beſides a fearefull deſart wood.

There with a wither'd witch I long time ſtaid,

A Bel-dame that had been Mede [...]es maid.

She turn'd me to an Aſſe that very day,

Th' Odcombian wit, did odly ſcape away,

He may his good ſhooes praiſe, pray for his heeles,

By thoſe he ſcap't. And yet I feare he feeles,

[Page] His braine, was turning, if he euer paſſe

That way againe, he will turne perfect Aſſe.

And ſo will many more as well as I,

Except they ſtop their eares, as they paſſe by.

No (quoth the Man) this is a pretty fable,

Fitting the end, ſo neere vnto the ſtable.

Ile now alight, we two are perfect friends,

My iourney and thy tale together ends.

So they went in to reſt, but euer ſince,

The Man mounts on the Aſſe, although he wince.

There is no remedy, and he muſt obay,

That's ſadled, bridell'd, and bound euery way.

He might haue look'd before he made his match:

Now ti's too late, when time was paſt to watch.

Aquas tranſire & pedes in eis figere multum horret. Ari. 5. de Animal.

Yet euer ſince he letters hates and learning,

When ther's no fault in them, but his diſcerning.

He ſhunneth water too, all that he can,

The cauſe which made him firſt a ſlaue to Man.

Epimythium.

We muſt learne from hence theſe leſſons.

1. Eccleſ. 8. 13.Firſt to beware with whome wee deale: for if hee be ſtronger either in perſon, or by friends, wee ſhall become his prey: if hee be richer, hie gold will weigh dow one ſiluer: if he be more eloquent, his lies will be belecued before our truths: if hee bee the Iudge, he will giue ſentence according to his honour, [Page] or at leaſt according to his owne profit. This is ſeene by generall [...]xperience, and [...]ſp [...]cially in that man of ſinne, who pretends to Iudge of all controu [...]rſies, and expounder of all doubts; d [...]termin [...]s the darkeſt things to be cleere in his owne b [...]half [...]; and the moſt clecre and pregnant proofes brought againſt him, to be darke and obſcure.

2. Secondly, we muſt beware of whom wee take counſell; they may be our enemies to morrow, that are our friends to day; we often ſhew our euid [...]nces to ſuch, who for a larger free giuen by our aduerſ [...]ries, know how to betray vs, and open a gap for the ouerthrow of our cauſe.

3. Thirdly, to whom we ſlee for protection from wrongs, leſt ſhunning the Buzzard, wee become a prey of the Sparhauke. Many poore men are ſwallowed in this pit-fall: we make lawes to tye our owne winges. So much of euery act is taken as will ſcrue for lime-twigs to take vs; the reſt which ſhould reforme, lies vſe leſſe. We receiue ſtrength into a towne, which beeing once in poſſeſsion, hold for themſelues, and plague vs worſe the then enemies would haue done. So the Brittai [...]es (our fellowes) call'd in the S [...]x [...]ns (our fathers) and all hiſtories are full of like examples. We [...]el might the laſt yeere haue looked into this glaſſe, now it is too late. The hand which holdes it, hath practiſed the Falcone [...]s firſt prou [...]rbe in many places before. It knowes how to holde faſt: and knowes no other honour, but profit. But C [...]llis was wiſer, who would rather yeeld it ſelfe to the Archduke [Page] then expect profferd deliuerance by vs. The French durſt not let vs haue footing againe in France, we had taught them too well before how hardly we are intreated to let goe our hold in ſo good a Countrey. Let this then teach vs to beware.

4. Fourthly, let vs take heede to whom wee giue And what we giue. A talent is too much for a Cynicke to receiue; a groat too little for a King to giue: diſcretion muſt guide liberality. Many bounties haue miſcarried, and been loſt, vndoing both the giuer and receiuer, whil'ſt they were not proportioned according to the worth and reſpect of both parties. Our age may looke in this glaſſe. Who giues ſome the firſt peny, giues him earneſt mony to begge ſtill, encouraging rather then releeuing. Giue ſuch the whip. We often giue preſents to our betters, & they expect the cuſtome ſtill: power demands that of duty, which was firſt granted by way of bencuolence.

Laſtly let vs beware what we receiue from others and what we put on. It may be a ſaddle, which wee thinke an ornament, and a bridle which we thinke a Ca [...]den. Hiſt [...] Antiq. Ir [...].grace. Diuers forraigne ouertures ſhew this, and at home the inu [...]ſtitures of Ireland, made by the Pope to Henry the ſecond whereby that Sea challengeth right in Ireland. All other titles and prerogatiues [...]which come from thence, are of this nature; and were ſent to this end, to be witneſſes of their intereſt. Doubtleſſe the Diuell pretends thus to bee author of our G [...]. [...]. 5.knowledge; & ſaith but for him we had neuer known good and euill aſunder. Our lawes and priuiledges written in the Norm [...]n [...] tongue are euidences to prooue our ſubiection to William of Norm [...]ndy; as [Page] the vniuerſall ſpeech of the Latin proued the worlds ſlauery to Rome, though none were thought free men, and braue fellowes, but ſuch ſlaues as ſpake that tongue; the reſt Barbari [...]s. Merchants will truſt vs to draw vs into their book es; they bridle and ſaddle vs with gay clothes, (like foot-clothes to Aſſes;) then they girt vs vp ſure, and mount our backs, whil'ſt we can walke free in no ground, not in the ſtreets. Our ſtable is the Counter, where we are mad [...] right Aſſes: Hither many Courtly Gallants make haſt to come, and to ſtand at liuery in the HOLE.

CVRIALE.
DEDICATED TO the good acceptance of Maſter FLYODE, Admirall to the Queenes Maieſtie, and of her Counſell.

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The Court from Flies and fleas you cannot free,

Whilſt ſuch ſweet meates, good fires, ſoft beds there be:

Yet guard your eyes and eares well, for we know,

Princes both heare and ſee by ſuch as you.

THe Flie and Flea hauing in Court got place,

Saw all ſuch Courtiers as were chi [...]fe in grace.

Still preſent with the King: how in his eare

For being buſie, ſome rewarded were:

Others they ſaw get wealth with ſtanding nie:

But none did thriue that were not in his Eye.

They thought ſince theſe alone grew rich and braue,

They would as nimbly too themſelues behaue.

[Page] [...]hat they were black could be no hindrance thought,

[...]or many blacke gownes their pre [...]erment ſought.

[...]ut their ambition reacht t'ingroſſe all grace,

[...]nd ſhoulder others from ſo wiſht a place [...]

[...]nd thus reſolu'd, the Flea leapes vp alo [...]t,

[...]nd in the Kings eare falls with footing ſoft.

[...]he fooliſh Flie did mount with ſpeedy wing

[...]etwixt the Eye-lids of th' amazed King;

[...]ho with his nimble hand did apprehend

[...]he ruſticke Courtiers, and their hopes ſoon end.

Quoth he, Ye ſaucy Traytors, Dare ye thus

[...]reſume our preſence neuer cald by vs?

Or being come, Is there no other place

[...]n all our Court to pleaſe you, but our face?

And in our face no roome can you eſpie,

[...]ut our reſerued [...]are? our tender eye?

[...]n all my kingdomes you might freely range,

And varied pleaſures euery minute change

Without my perturbation: only heere

Your boldneſſe you ſhall both with life buy deere.

And though the Eagle takes no Fleaes nor Flyes

Y [...]t for pre [...]umption both by th' Eagle dyes.

Epimythium.

THis tells inferiours that they muſt not aſpire too Principatu [...] virum o [...]tendit. Ari [...]t. l. 5. Metaphyſ. Tacit [...] Hiſt [...] lib. 1. cap. 7.high, nor preſume too far [...]e. All perſons are not [...]it for all places: fooles miſtake, and ouer-doe; wiſe [...]en warme themſelues at the fire, where children [...]urne their fingers: many ſeeking to be in grace, diſgrace themſelues. None was thought fitter to bee Emperour then Galba, till being made Emperour [Page] he prooued himſelfe vnfit. Or age hath ſeene many of theſe Babels, whoſe ruines ſeeme greater farre of [...] then at hand. In a darke night each Mete [...]r, each I gnis fatuus ſeemes a Sunne; but the day, comming neere the Sunne, they cannot bee ſeene. There bee many oftheſe, who if they had not attained preferment, would haue thought themſelues wronged, and the world would haue thought them vnfortunate; as if enuy had croſt honour from beholding them with equiualence: when now hauing attained what their ambitions deſire, they ſee their owne inſufficiencies, and the world iudging them vnworthy of ſuch eminence, ſay they ſerue for nothing but to keepe out better Men. Their high flight rather helpt by the winds ſtrength, (by fauour and grace) then by their owne wings (vertue and true worth,) ſerues onely to ſhew the world its owne blindneſſe, and their weakeneſſe; for being aloft in the top and pride of their pitch, they make many plaines, and dare not come freely at all occaſions; but they ſoone ſtoop to the lure of the dead quarry, hauing good ſtomackes, but bad hearts; what they ſpeake, what they doe, as not out of their owne ſtrength and ſufficiency, but from others direction. They are french ſouldiers and Stateſmen; their horſes, their ſeruants muſt be Knighted, for theſe did the ſeruice; It was not the Rider, his care was only to keepe the ſaddle warme and to ſit ſure.

Againe, it tells Superiours that the pooreſt and Exod. 8 [...] 17moſt deſpiſed creatures may annoy them. Lice preſume into [...]araohs bed-chamer, in ſpite of the Guard, the Vſhers, and Penſioners, the Squires of the [Page] body, the Gentleman, and the Groomes; where none durſt come before but Minions and Fauorits. Wormes craule into Herods wombe, euen then when his flatterers Act [...] 12 23.and all the people crie out, vox De [...] & non hom [...] nis. Hee ſpake well but he did nothing: he vſed eloquence and learning to his owne glory not to Go ds: God therefore ſhew'd him that he was a worme and no man, who a little befote did both in place and Pſal. 82. [...].voice ſhew himſelfe like a god. A [...]lie skips into Pope Alexanders cup and into his throat and kils him, who a little before chalenged to haue the keyes of life and death in his hands, and with his cup of abominati ons poyſoned not only the poore flies (the ſubiects) but Reu. 17. 2. Iudg [...] cap. 4. 17. cap. 9 53. Gra [...]ton.the Eagles (the kings) of the earth. Deſpiſe not therefore litle ones. Remember how Siſera and Abimelech fell by the hand of women. And Sigebert king of the Weſt-ſaxons was ſlaine by a ſwine-heard of Combra [...]s, euen in that place where Sigebert had ſlaine Combranus before, for the good and wholſome counſell he gaue the vnthankfull King.

SOLARIƲM.
DEDICATED. To the abſolute and open enemies of Ignorance and Darkneſſe, and the true Louers and Followers of Light and Knowledge, Sr. Iohn Crofts and his happy LADY.

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THe Clock that chim'de your praiſe, went right for ſtill

The Diall rulde his tongue the Sunne his Will.

And as theſe led him right, you follow may,

To heauenly glory, through the Milk-white-way.

IN ſome part of the World, I know not where,

But ſure S [...]. Thomas Mard [...]uile was there.

Betwixt a Clocke and a Sunne-dyall fell

A difference which I with ſorrow tell.

With ſorrow, for this error calls to minde

Th' vncertainty, which we in Story finde;

[Page] Where computations croſſe, and make vs doubt

Cambden in his Brit. Alluding to the ages of the [...]hurch. 1. The Prin [...]tiue, by [...]aſon of ou [...]ward [...] perſecution, being obſcure. 2. The ſecond vnder the Spiritu [...]ll perſecution of Antichriſt, being fabulous. 3. The third being our Age, where Cō trouerſies are tried by the cleare Sun-ſhine of Gods Word, and ſo certaine and Hiſto [...]icall. Pol. Virg. Rer. [...]nuen. Cap. 14. lib. 1.

Of what we all ſeeke, cannot one finde out.

How to agree, and reconcile th' obſcure,

The fabulous, and c [...]rtain [...] Age of our.

The Age obſcure; is that before the Floud:

The Fabulous, on fained Wonders ſtood

The race of gods, on gold [...]n Legends told,

Where for ſad truths, mad [...]ictions were enrold.

This latter Age more plaine and cleere, we call

The certaine Age, or th' Age Hiſtoricall.

Yet houres, and day [...]s, and yeeres haue ſure been loſt

In ſome of theſe, which our accounts haue croſt.

And ſo they eaſily might, when from the Sunne

To lying Clocks for our accounts we runne.

This tale makes all apparant, or at leaſt,

Makes probable, what ſome haue thought a ieaſt.

Within a Churchyard once a Dyall ſtood

Vpon a ſquare hewne Marble, which the Flood

In vaine with enuious waues had often ſought

To ſpoile, when it the whole world vnder brought.

But Seth's wiſe ſonnes had faſtned it ſo ſure,

It could all ſtormes [...] and ſtre [...]e of times endure.

And thereon they had caru'd the Art, and lore

They learned of their Grandſire long before [...]

Vpon a Church or ſteeples ſide neere hand

A goodly Clocke of curious worke did ſtand;

Which ouer payſde with lead or out of frame,

Did time miſcall, and euery houre miſname.

Th [...] Dyall hearing this, aloud gan cry

Kinde neighbour Clocke your glib tongue tells a lye.

Reforme your error, for my Gnomon [...]aith

You gad too faſt, and miſſe an houres faith.

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Foole (quoth the Clocke) reforme thy ſelfe by me,

The fault may rather in thy Gnomon be.

Had'ſt thou tould euer truth, to what end then

Was I plac'de here, by th' art of cunning Men?

The weather-Cocke vpon the ſteeple ſtanding

And with his ſharpe eye all about commanding,

Heard their contention, wil'd them to appeale

Motus [...]raec [...]d [...]t e [...]pus [...]aturali [...]er, & Tempus conſequi [...]u [...] mot [...]m. A [...]iſt. Ph [...] ſic. lib. 4. Cauſatur autem motus primo & princ [...] pal [...]ter à circumuolutione Coel [...]. A [...]iſt. Motus eſt tranſitus à termino ad terminum. Tem [...]us [...]ſt re [...]um mu [...]abilium men [...]u [...]. A [...]iſt.

To him the Chiefe of all that Common-weale.

Told them that he was ſet to Ouerſee

And to appeaſe, to guide and to agree

All diff'rence in that place; and whatſo'ere

He ſetteth downe from Iuſtice cannot erre.

For from the winde he information takes

Which ſearcheth through the world, & ſwiftly make [...]

A true ſuruay of euery proofe and cauſe,

And doth of Reaſon know the ground, and lawes.

He bids them boldly ſpeake, and bring their pleas,

And hee'le define th' infallible truth with eaſe.

The Dial then beginnes. The globe-like world

From Center to Circumf rence being whorl'd

In neuer-reſting motion, maketh [...]ime

In ſundry reuolutions fall and clime.

This Time the meaſure of all mutable things

Comes with lead-heeles, flies hence with fiery wings;

Sleepes with two eyes, hath two eyes euer waking,

Twixt minuts, hours, daies, nights, diſtinction making

And though the diff'rence and degrees of change,

In ſeuerall yeares, be wonderfull and ſtrange;

Some by the Moone, ſome reckoning by the Sunne,

And ſome the great yeare, whē th' heauens hauing ru [...]

Their compleat courſe, doe to that point arriue

Whence the firſt mouer, them did motion giue;

[Page] Yet the moſt generall certaine count of all

Vigila [...] tempus cum dormire videtur: dumque vigilat ſ [...]mul dormire Idem. que cum ſi [...] ſtit, volat; & cum volat, conſiſtit. Vince Chartarius. Sunt anno [...]um diuerſa genera. 1. Annus Lunaris. 2. Annus Solarus. 3. Annus Magnus.

Is meaſur'd by the Sunne, whoſe riſe and fall

Makes day, and night, and noone, and midnight too,

Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumne, and the two

Solſticiums, Equinoctials, and the houres

Now naked, and then deck't in gaudy flowers.

This Adam to his Grandſons hauing told,

With other Arts, and wonders manifold,

How all the world both fire and flood ſhould try;

They plac'd me here, to tell poſterity

Such hidden myſteries; And to direct

The wiſer Soules deep-diuing intellect.

About me they haue grau'd ſeauen liberall Arts,

The Sciences, with their diuiner parts,

A circle and a Gnomon ſet aboue

With Characters; which as the Sunne doth moue

In his aſcent, or low declenſion, tells

The certaine houre, degree, and all things elſe.

But for my ſpeech was ſlow, and cauſe the Sunne

Did often vnder clouds for pleaſure runne,

Succeeding ages did this C [...]ocke out finde

T'attend on me, and to declare my minde,

From me intelligence and rules ro gather

Perſecutions are l [...]ke clouds and ſtormes, which benight the Goſpel [...] The Morning is deliueranc [...] from e [...]o [...].

To meaſure night, cloſe ſtormes, and cloudy weather:

And in the Morne, finding his reckoning wrong,

By my ſtraight rule, to tune and ſet his ſong.

But this forgetfull Clocke at randome ſtrikes,

Not as I bid, but fondly what it likes:

Robs ſhort-liu'de Man of his moſt precious time,

And orderleſſe, doth others orders chime.

It will not follow me, but wanting wit,

VVould haue the Sunne and Me to waite on it.

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and darkneſſe by the Goſpel; which obtaines free paſſage, and cleares and reformes the abuſes of ſuperſtitious times.

This matter ſo apparant, though I might

Wild Weather-Cocke, except againſt your right

To iudge, and thinke you partiall at the leaſt,

Since you o're-cloude me when the Sun comes Weſt,

And will take part with it, that's in the name,

In nature, and in ſight, almoſt the ſame

With you; yet know I'l [...] not refuſe

Thy cenſure, but high place with honour vſe.

Thus did the Dyal end, and then the Clocke

Low-louting to the powder Weather-Cocke,

Began his pl [...]a. Thou mighty Soueraigne

VVhich doeſt the vniuer [...]all [...]udge remaine

In all thoſe places, where thy pearcing eye

Can ſee, or my ſhrill voice be he [...]rd to cry.

Behold this impudent, poore, negl [...]ct [...]d poſt

How it gainſt me, and gainſt thy ſta [...] doth boſt

Embaſingthy great wo [...]th, n [...]gl [...]cting mine;

As if the glorious Sunne did n [...]uer ſhine,

Nor his ſweet influence on vs l [...]t fall,

But that the Dial had ingroſt vp all.

VVhen all the world knowes thou wer't placed there

The ſleepy Hind [...] vp to his worke to reare,

Pauſanias [...]cribit Grae cos gallu [...] generatos e [...]e, vt Apollini ſacrum; Is enim ca [...]tu mane [...]olis aduentum anuncia [...] Vin. Cha [...].

To call the Scholler to his booke, and wake

The The [...]e which at thy ſhrill voice gins to ſhake.

Thou art the cheerefull dayes Embaſſador,

In whoſe praiſe once theſe lines compoſed were.

A crowned King, a compleat Knight,

An armed Captaine, fit to fight,

A plumed Courtier, fairely clad,

A louer that was neuer ſad,

A Trumpetter [...] the houſe wifes Mate,

Who riſeth early, ſleepeth late,

[Page] A Queriſter, the poore mans Clocke,

All this is our great Weather-Cocke.

This ſacred Antheme all the world doth ſing [...]

To thee the Suns bird, [...]ho doth tidings bring,

O [...] his approch and riſing: as for me

I heere was ſeated, next thee in degree

To giue thee eaſe, to tell the wondring people

What thou diſcouer'ſt from that lo [...]tie ſteeple,

The whil'ſt thou keep'ſt thy voice from [...]ub [...]les,

And art for ſilence honour'd with large fees.

The Dial is my ward, firſt placed there

That Common Perſons who preſume not neere

Thy hallow'd thron [...], may haue intelligence

And learne from me the cloſe and hidden ſence

Of all thoſe Characters, and not expound

As liſt themſelues, darke riddles, ſo profound:

Nor contradict, nor yet correct by force,

According to the Gnomon, my true courſe;

But the falſe Gnomon rather to correct

By my aduice, whoſe way is ſtill direct.

Who knowes not, that the Sun in his round race,

Many degr [...]es is gone from his firſt place,

And like a drunkard reeling to and fro,

With giddy ſteps doth ſhift his circle ſo;

That where he was euen now, he comes no more,

His courſe is all confuſde, behin'ds before?

Needs muſt the Dial then deceiued be,

Which truſts a Guide that doth ſo diſagree

Within it ſelfe, and without iudgement ſhines

Alike on all, making of fooles Diuines.

And teaching Fiſhermen to ſee as farre,

As learned Shepheards, without other ſtarre.

[Page] Too common in this Guide, to guide aright;

Or if he could, where is the Guide for night?

I then am preſent ſtill at euery neede

Poore erring man, in ignorant night to leade.

Then why ſhould this bold Dial, dare to ſpeake

Againſt my greatneſſe, or the orders breake

Of cuſtome and conſent? ſince all make choice

To feede, faſt, pray, or play, led by my voice?

And that all bargaines made, all wagers laide,

Not by the Dial but the Clocke are paide?

Which truth, whilſt all the world dare neuer doubt,

This Dial ſeemes to queſtion, and (growne ſtout)

Exc [...]pts againſt thy iudgement too, that thus

He might be free and ſeeme to gouerne vs.

But ſince our cauſes are ſo neere of kinne,

Let that reſpect ſome grace and fauour winne

With thy high holineſſe, that thou maiſt ſee

To giue iuſt ſentence for your ſelfe and me.

The weather-Cocke thrice turn'd himſelfe about,

As taking care to minde the matter out;

And thrice return'd, as if he were as free

From preiudice, as from integritie.

Then thrice hee claps his wings (which courage ſhowes)

And thrice aloude his ſenſleſſe ſentence crowes.

To giue a reaſon, wherefore, how, and what,

When, where, by whom, or fondly this or that,

Might argue reference to higher power;

But what is he whoſe place doth equall our?

We are the rule of reaſon, truths cleare law.

Heare then with reuerence, and obey with awe.

Without more queſtion, argument, or triall,

The iudgement I pronounce againſt the Dial.

[Page] The Dial ſhall be guided by the Clock [...]

This is the ſentence of the weather-Cock.

Which when the Cl [...]ck had heard (puftvp withp [...]ide)

He ginnes the wronged Dial to deride;

And ſits his tongue at large, too much, too ſoone;

Twelu times he fetch'd his breath, & laugh'd out none.

The Dial then with indignation moued

By this inuectiue ſpeech their fault reproued.

Poore ſilly Clock (quoth he) reioyce thy [...]ill,

Time will reforme thy ignorant zeale with s [...]ill,

Stay thy diſtempered courſe, which hurried now,

By mad-braind humor, goes it knowes not how.

Time that's my pupill, ſhall thy Tutor be,

And teach a diff'rence twixt thy ſelfe and me;

Then thou wilt know thy error, and recant

That euer thou wert proud of ſo much want.

But as for thee (thou iudge corrupt and baſe,

Who bindſt all knowledge Prentiſe to thy place)

Know this, th' all-ſeeing Sunne thy folly knowes,

And to each vulgar eye thy ſhaddow ſhowes,

That they may plainly ſee how poore thou at

Thy head deform'd, defectiue euery part.

And that thoſe high prerogatines of ſtate

You challenge proper to your ſelfe, are late

Vpſtart intruſions, vſurpations new;

Forg'd by the force or flattery of ſome few.

The promiſe which you boaſt, to haue the winde

Blow where you liſt, and alte [...] when you minde,

Is falſe, and fooliſh; but 'twas promiſde ſtill

To blow and guide you right, if that you will.

And ſo it doth, ſo it doth others too,

If they conſent, not whether they will or no.

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Where it doth breath, on me they looke; I ſhow

The truth to them and thee, if you looke right,

If not, you are miſled by your owne ſight.

But how can'ſt thou others from error keepe

When as thy ſelfe foulded in error deepe,

Shun'ſt reformation, and wilt neither minde,

My graue directions, nor the powerfull wind?

I can remember, long before thou Wert

When wiſe Alcedo ſtood where as thou art.

He calm'd all ſtormes, and pacified the wind

To patient ſufferance, bent his humble minde.

He to the fiſher, and the Seaman gaue

Directions, how their ſtorme-toſt barke to ſaue.

When by the Lee-ſhore, when to lanch the Maine,

And when to lie at Hull, when to remaine

In harbour Anchor-faſt, and when to ſaile

With a full winde, and when againe to vaile:

How, where and when, to caſt their nets, and lay

Their hidden hookes, where all the skull do play.

Some of each kinde, yet at each corner ſtand,

Who ſtill loue truth; in ſpite of thy command:

Their heads look ſouth, becauſe the wind blows there,

Thy taile ſtands ſouth, thy head the winde doth feare [...]

Ill might he fare that in Alcedos place,

Set thee, who ſpringeſt from a bloudy rac [...].

His error, and thy pedigree behold

As it in ancient ſtory is inrould.

[...]hocas.

A trayt'rous Slaue, his Maſter hauing ſlaine

Did ſole Commander of the world remaine.

Luk. 22. [...].

But whilſt he ſlept; a chickin of that Cocke

Which Cephas check't when he denyde the rocke,

[Page] And forc't him to repent, to ſigh, and weep,

Did with his voyce the murtherer wake from ſleep,

And would not ſuffer him to reſt in ſin,

But he would rouſe his conſcience ſtill within [...]

This Murtherer, a Cocke of kinde did get,

And him to kill this kinder Cocke did ſet,

Who ſoone perform'd the taske he tooke in hand:

For Chauntecleer would [...]uffer, not withſtand.

He watchfull was and tended his vocation,

To ſtirre vp others to their occupation:

He lou'd the pearle more then the barley corne;

To crow, and not to quarrell he was borne.

So he was ſlam [...], and ſlaine by one of thoſe

From whence thy proud ſucceſsion ſtrangely roſe

Who hight Alectrion, and while-ere had bin

The Pandor vnto Mars and Venus ſin,

Luc [...]an.

And then (being Captaine of great Mars his guard),

Stood Sentinel, and kept both watch and ward,

For feare that Phoebus all diſcouering eye,

Should them vnwares at their ſtolne pleaſure ſpie.

But ouert'ane with ſleep, he did not wake

Till Vulcans net did both the lechers take;

For which the angry God (inrag [...]d and mad)

His ſleeping ſouldier, all in feathers clad,

His ſword turn'd ſpurr [...]s, himſelfe a Cocke of kinde,

His armes and body changde, but not his minde;

That's bloody ſtill, and too far prone to ſight

Without reſpect of perſons, cauſe, or right.

Elſ [...] would he ne're haue been ſo mad to kill,

A harmeles Cocke, who had no thought of ill.

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Pho [...]as ha [...]ing ſlaine Mauritiu [...] ga [...] the title of vniuer [...]all Biſhop to Boniface then Biſhop of Rome. The Croſſe [...] Omnia haec tibi d [...]bo. Math. 4. 9 [...]

But him he falſely ſlew, and hauing [...]aine

Did for this murther, of a murtherer gaine

Too great preferment, to be ſet vp heere

In t iumph t'ouerſee all, farre and neere;

To be ador'de with vniuerſall praiſe

And triple crownd with Oliue, Oake, and Bayes.

Him thou ſucceed'ſt both in thy minde and place,

An armed Champion, of that yron race,

A Souldier, none of his whoſe badge thou bear'ſt;

But rather one of his whoſe crowne thou wear'ſt;

Thy narrow heeles are ſharpe, thy tongue is ſhort:

To prey, and not to prayer fit t'exhort.

Thou wilt not crow to ro [...]ſe the world from ſleep,

But with thy ſilent charmes, it drunken keepe.

Servus Seruorum.

When thou moſt ſeruant-like thy head doſt beare

Downe to the ground, then Cockes their crownes ma [...] feare.

Thou ſeek'ſt a fained quarrell then to pick,

And wilt with both wings mount, with both heeles ſtrick [...]

At euery feather come, ſtab either ſpur

Vp to the hilts; and furiouſly beſtur

Thy ready parts, t'attaine thy bloody end,

And all the world to thy owne ſcope to bend.

Thou trumpet'ſt warres and curſes ouer all,

And ouer-c [...]owes, but wilt not crow to call

Thy ſelfe and others of thy ranke, and place,

Culpas huius redarguere prae [...]umit mor [...]lium nullus [...]

From looking on the Earth, to view the f [...]ce

Of the all-ſearching Sunne, and by his light

To meaſure truly what is wrong and right.

The Cock is kil'd that Peter cauſ de to weepe,

Th [...] Petrean Paſtor now may ſafely ſleep.

[Page] [...]leepe though he hath deni'd his maſter too;

[...]or none t [...]admoniſh him hath ought to doo.

Crauen awake, behold how I deride

[...]y mutabilitie, thy ſloth, thy pride,

[...]ou ſtand'ſt where he ſtood who claim'd all the world,

Diabolus ſt [...]tit ſuper pinnas Templi. Math. 4. 5.

[...]d ſhalt with him from that ſteep heigh [...] be hurld.

[...]bout thy head each prating bird that perks,

[...]a [...]e take the name and place of learned Clerks,

And vn [...]o royall Eagles offer lawes,

[...]Vhen each eye ſees, they are but iangling dawes.

And though all Lyons in the deſart feare,

And crouch, when they thy crowing voice do heare [...]

Our Lyon ſcornes thee, when he heares thee crow;

And with his [...]oaring voice the world doth ſhow,

How poore thou art, how cowardly, how weake,

Who ſhak'ſt & trēbleſt when thou hear'ſt him ſpeak.

And yet how proud art thou, t'vſurpe a place

Of iudgement ouer me, in this darke caſe,

And to prefer the Clock for want of wit,

VVhen I ſhould be the iudge of thee and it?

The Sexton comes, hee'le mend all this anone.

VVith that the angry Clocke in rage ſtrooke one.

The Sexton came indeed, and one did tell,

Look't on the Diall, ſaw all was not well.

For that ſaid twelue, the Clock ſaid one and paſt.

He tooke the weights off, which cauſ [...]d too much haſt,

Suruaide the wheeles, for there the fault might be,

And found ſome cog ſupply the place of three.

Some whe [...]les were taken off, and borne to Court,

To trundle vp and downe, and there make ſport.

And ſome with duſt, and ruſt, were duld and foild,

And ſome ſtood vſeleſſe, ſo the Clocke was ſpoild.

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Which to reforme, he mends the wheels forthwit [...]

Files, oyles, and beats them throughly on a ſtith:

Makes weights and wyere fit, then by the Sunne

Sets the new courſe, which it doth truly runne.

Then going vp the ſteeples top he ſpies

The weather-cocke how palpably it lies.

For at each Corner the Kings-fiſhers ſtood,

Full South; and that the Dial prooued good.

But the fond Weather-cocke (being w [...]ather-wiſe)

From the Calme blaſt turn'd his ſcornefull eyes.

The Sexton tooke him downe, and ſtraight did ſee

An eaſie way how he might mended be,

His head was too too great, with 3. combes crownde

Which euer when the wind blew turn'd him round.

His taile was too too weake, when euery feather

Was bent with ſtorms, and broken with the weather

The Sexton cut his crownes, and gaue more ſaile

With them and with the ſpurs vnto his tayle

So humbled now in habite, looke and minde,

He waites with due obedience on the winde:

Knowes his high place was not to rule, but ſerue,

And means no more from this ſtrict courſe to ſwerue [...]

Epimythium. Prin [...]ipium plus [...]ſt quam dimidium totius. Ari [...]t. [...]. 5. Pol. 2. King. 9. 32.

This tale no mortall needs, it is not darke,

But points a worke fit for our learned Clarke

Who by the Dyal may reforme the Clocke,

And by kings fiſhers turne the Weather-cocke.

We haue the winde to helpe vs and the Sunne,

And works are halfe accompliſht when begun.

Then who'le begin? who is on our ſide, who?

Where words, winde, writings faile, reſolue to Doe.

[Page] I had thought this Tale ſhould haue needed no other [...]ongue then its owne to bee rightly vnderſtood. But becauſe I ſee it too miſty for ſome apprehenſions, whoſe wills are as deſirous as others to know truth, I haue added this by way of illuſtration to enlighten ſuch as accept well of my good meaning, which is to informe others according to that which I haue recei [...]ed, and to be reformed where I erre my ſelfe.

1. Firſt the teaching part of the militant Church, which conſiſts of the Clergie, I haue vayled vnder the Cl [...]cke [...]. The wheeles are the diſtinct degrees and offices they en [...]oy of ſuperioritie, and inferioritie; wherein the Harmonie of the whole conſiſteth. The weights are the priuiledges, immunities, prerogatiues and donations of ſeuerall kinds, beſtowed vpon the Church in ſeuerall ages, by good Kings, liberall profeſſors and benefactors. The challenge the Clocke ſeemes to make h [...]ere to rule the Dyal, reſembleth the controuerſie the Church of Rome raiſeth in the Catholicke Church about the expoſition, the reſtrayning or publiſhing of the Scriptures.

2. The Dyal is the written word, which is of it ſelfe dead and vnprofitable, without farther illumination. Since none of the Philoſophers, nor Salomon himſelfe by the me [...]re ſtrength of Nature, could from thence draw ſauing knowledge, without ſauing grace. But as the Dyal hath reference to the Sunne; ſo hath this to the Sonne of righteouſneſſe. Neither am I without warrant for vſing this bold Allegorie, ſince the ſweet Pſal. [...]16. v. 105. Singer of Iſrael compares the ſame word to a lanterne, and the ſpirit to a light, when he ſaith elegantly, and like a Diuine POET, Thy word is a lanterne vnto my feet, and a light vnto my path.

[Page] Now as it is abſurd that the Dyal ſhould bee ſet by the vncertaine gadding of the Clock: So is it more abſurd that the Clergy ſhould ſo iudge of the Scriptures, as to conclude o [...] teach any thing by w [...] pretence ſoeuer againſt it, or to vouch vnwritten veri [...]es (as ſome call them) or traditions contradictorie to the written word. But much rather as the [...] ought to be ſet by the Dyal; ſo ought the Church to ſubiect it ſelfe to bee directed by the Scriptures. and to prooue and examine it ſelfe by the ſame rule whether it be in the faith or no. And finding i [...] ſel [...] in the right, it ought by manifeſt proofes and arg [...]ents from thence to ſhew forth the ſame faith [...]

3. Thirdly, the Weather-cocke who [...] himſelfe as iudge in this controuerſie betweene the Dyal and the Clocke, is that Pope of Rome, who challengeth the ſame prerogatiue iure diuino, oue [...] the Church and Scriptures. How falſely he doth this, and yet how impudently, is well knowne to all.

For I know not what the Pope hath more to doe with the rule of the Catholique Church, then the Weather-cocke (becauſe he ſtands vpon the top of the ſteeple) hath to doe with the gouernment of the Clock and Dyal. I haue heard and read the reaſons vpon which the contrary opinion is grounded, but for my owne part can ſee no ſtrength in them able to turne any but Weather-cock [...]. The prioritie of place, the whole Church perhaps would bee content to yeeld him for the generall peace, and to expreſſe the true humilitie of holy Paſtors, who follow the example and doctrine of their maſter Chriſt. But for him (that turnes and returnes as vncertainely with euery [Page] blaſt of humor or occaſion, as any Weathercocke at [...]e change of the winde) to challenge not onely the [...]mmunitie from errors, and the infallibilitie of iudge [...]ent, but alſo to be Chriſts Vicar Generall vpon earth, [...] Peters Succeſſor, the Apoſtolicall Prince, and Vniuerſall Biſhop of the whole Church, to haue all power in Heauen and on Earth, and all iuriſdiction both temporall and ſpirituall, impropriated to his Cha [...]re, and [...]nnexed to his place, this ſeemes ſtrange; and they [...]uſtly deny it him, who are not giddy with ſtanding [...]oo neere him, or troubled with the ſame vertigo, by [...]eaſon of the height of place, from whence they looke [...]pon the reſt of the poore afflicted and diſtreſſed [...]ocke of Chriſt Ieſus. But for this proud challenge [...]hey know truly how to ſtyle him the great Antichriſt, and crowne him with this triple Crowne; the Man of ſinne, the Whore of Babylon, the Vicar Generall of HELL.

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Notes

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Ar [...]s are Natures ſp [...] ctacles to be [...] imperfection [...] If [...]hey be n [...] whole and [...] for the part [...] that vſ [...]th them, th [...] rather [...]ure then inlight [...] ind [...]ement.

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The Romi [...] Catholicks o [...] poſe the wri [...] [...]en word wit traditions, [...] unwritte [...] v [...] [...]ities, as the [...]alſly ca [...] them.

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CERTAINE PIECES OF THIS AGE PARABOLIZD.

viz. Duellum Britannicum. Regalis Juſtitia Iacobi. Aquigniſpicium. Antidotum Cecillianum.

By THOMAS SCOT Gentleman.

Scire tuum nihil eſt.

LONDON, Printed for Francis Conſtable. 1616.

DVELLVM BRITANNICVM.

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DEDICATED To the eternall memorie of that admirable Combat performed by two valorous Knights, Sir Robert Manſell appellant, and Sir Iohn Heydon Defendant; where both equally expreſsing fortitude and skill in giuing and receiuing wounds, ſcaped death, notwithſtanding by the onely fauour of Prouidence.

SInce you haue done more then I can relate

(A miracle in conquering Death) what hat [...]

Is that, then death more deadly, which ſuruiues

To cloude the glory of your after liues?

Be reconcilde; we ſhew moſt ſtrength and skill

In maſtering our ſtrong frailtie, our weake will.

Duellum Britannicum.

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HOMO HOMINI DAEMON

Man may Man perſwade amiſſe,

But the skill and cunning is,

To rule him right, to cauſe him do [...]

What true wiſedom [...] [...]o [...]gs [...]nto.

See how the buſie Lawyers throng

Twixt Man and Man for right and wrong [...]

Thoſe Papers, all thoſe bookes are writ,

To reconcile Mans iarring wit.

Piſtols, Muskets, Rapiers, Swords,

All the Engines war affords [...]

Are for Man prepar'd, not hell:

There no foe like Man doth dwell.

"Man for ſport baites Lyons, Beares,

"Man alone Man hates, and feares.

GReat Volumes in few lines epitomiz'd

Are eaſieſt apprehended, and ſo priz'd.

[Page] Large Countries in ſmall Maps are beſt ſuruaide,

Becauſe the ſenſe (in theſe abridgments ſtaid)

Keeps company with Reaſon, neuer flitting

From that firme obiect their ioynt powers fitting.

Thus the whole world is in one Man expreſt,

And euery part deſcrib'd and iudged beſt.

Then noble Britain [...] do not ſcorne to ſee

Thy owne face in this Glaſſe I proffer thee:

Two of thy children, whoſe fortune tels,

What danger and aſſur'd deſtruction dwels

In thy diſ-vnion; and how fond they are,

Who with falſe reaſons nurſe thy ciuill warre.

The two (two Worthies, nobly borne and bred;

Inrich'd with vertue, and vpon the head

Of Court and Kingdome plac [...]d, (as Iewels worne

For vſe and ornament) now rent and torne,

Remaine ſad ſpectacles; and cry aloud

O Man, why, being mortall, art thou proud?

Why art thou proud of beauty? Roſes blaſt;

Or of thy wealth? the mines of India waſte;

Or of thy ſtrength? ſince ſicknes, age, or wounds

Let looſe the ſtiff-ſtrung ioynts, and ſpirit confounds.

Or of thy honour, and thy high-borne blood?

Since to be great is not worth praiſe, but good:

Or of all theſe? ſince all theſe, and much more

Wh [...]rton and Steward had, loſt, and di'd poore.

Much more they had; ſo much, that hard it is

To tell what either wanted. Earths chiefe bliſſe,

(Their Princes fauour) like the Sunne aboue

In his hot Solſtice ſtood, and did improue

Their blooming youth's with ripened fruit, before

Their thoughts could hope: ô what could they wiſh more?

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Friends ſought thē, fortune bleſt thē; bleſt them ſo,

That which might happieſt ſeeme was hard to know,

Neither had cauſe of Enuie; except thus,

As th'eies [...] hands, feet, which guide, guard, carry vs;

Whoſe ſelfe like ſhape, and equall vſe admits

No warre, but fellow-feeling of ſuch fits,

Griefes, and diſeaſes, and each part ſuſtaines;

So ſhar'd they in all pleaſures, toyles, ſports, paines.

Nor had theſe other cauſe of warre at all,

"And cauſeleſſe warre is moſt vnnaturall.

Yet (oh) that ſubtle Spirit incens'd raſh blood

With franticke rage, that enery ill ſeem'd good.

They firſt muſt pray; ſo vndeſerued gold

"Ill got, we waſte, and haue no power to hold [...]

Then they proceed to words, from words to blowes;

"The way to ill is eaſie; but who knowes

The Clue that we returne by? hence proceeds

A Challenge from wrong'd Wharton: Steward needs

No ſuch ſtale prouocation: Miſchiefes feet

"Are ſwift to blood: their quicke deſires ſoon meet,

And (met) ſoone fight; bold Steward falls by Fate;

Wharton by Chance: thoſe powers each other hate.

So I haue ſeene from th' Indies Eaſt and Weſt,

Two Ships well rigg'd and mann'd vpon the breſt

Of Thetis d [...]ncing, ſpreading flags abroad

For ioy of their long-wiſht-for Engliſh roade;

Paſt now all dangerous Ro [...]ks [...] Gulphs, Pyrats, Sand,

Ready t'vnlade their rich fraught on firme land,

And tell the ſtory of their perils paſt,

And frolicke with glad friends in peace, at laſt.

When ſpying each other ſo bedeckt, adorn'd,

With outward pomp: ones pride the other ſcorn'd,

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[...]

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[...]

[Page] And from that enuious ſcorn ſome word proceeding,

And from that word ſome blow, from that blow bleeding.

Then giuing way to fury, all inrag'd,

Both are in deſp'rate tearmes of fight ingag'd.

The fire in water, Lead in th'ayre, their center

Doe madly ſeeke; and both theſe r [...]dely enter

The ſtrong ſhips wombe, and ranſac [...]e euery hold,

For pretious life, neglecting Indi [...]n gold.

The ſhot ſeems thunder, but the dying grones

Of ſlaughtered ſoules, ſhrike louder, deeper tones

Then roring Cannons, whoſe thicke charging rout

Lets water freely in, and poures bloud out.

In this hot fight both firmly doe defend,

Both nimbly do aſſault, both madly ſpend,

Strength, skill, and all to hurt. Conqueſt inclines

To neither part as partiall. Equall lines

Are drawne betwixt them both by Fate and Chance;

Till th' one his topſaile fairely doth aduance

To win the winde, and in that vantage flies

With force and fury on his foe; who plies

All meanes to ſalue this loſſe, and to regaine

Faire ods, or equall ſtanding once againe.

But all in vaine, fortune, the winde, and ſea,

Con [...]ederate with the aduerſe ſeeme to be.

So this to ſinke (rather then yeeld) reſolues,

And halfe his tatter'd ſides the Sea inuolues.

When th' other (couetous) grapples with his foe,

To bourd and rob him: and (being chained ſo)

The ſ [...]ip that leaks ſinks, and with his weight drawes

The Conqueror with Conqueſt, to deaths iawes.

So fares it with theſe noble Combatants

Both equally of blood and honor vaunts:

[Page] Both enui'd and belou'd alike, both friends,

Both yong, both valiant, and their life and ends

So paralell, and twin-like like in all

That they obtain'd one graue, one [...]unerall.

One graue, one funerall, they obtain'd, yet loſt

The [...]ame and honor their youth thirſted moſt.

Becauſe their quarrell on falſe grounds begun,

Could not produce true praiſe, nor true blame ſhun.

The wounds thou gau'ſt ſtout Wharto [...] had bin good

Againſt thy Kings or faiths foe; and thy blood

Heroicke Steward, had been nobly ſhed,

Againſt ſuch ſlaues; ſo both had brauely bled.

And your braſſe Monuments had ſpoke the fame

Of Whartons noble, Stewards royall name.

Then the fierce challenger for his quicke charge,

And ſtout aſſault with wounds giuen deepe and large;

His apt command of euery part ſoone ſhunning,

All wounds ſaue one, giuen more by chance then cunning

And the Defendant, who ſo long time ſtood

Drownd (yet vndanted) in his owne life blood;

And deadly wounded, paſt all hope of liuing,

Death in his death to his haile fooeman giuing;

Had filld the largeſt leaues of Fames faire ſtory,

And both worne wreath of triumph, conqueſt, glory [...]

And then like patterns [...]o both Realms, ſet out

By vertue for example; the wiſe and ſtout

Had been your ſchollers, and their leſſons read,

In thoſe greene fields, where both ſo boldly bled.

Bnt now (aye me!) as rocks, bars, ſands, at ſea,

Or marks ſet vp to ſhew ſhips where they bee,

Or rather as ſome wrack'd ſhips ſelfe, whoſe maſt

Ore-looks the waues, and yet ſtill ſticking faſt

[Page] In th' eating ſilt, bids the wiſe Pilot flye

The trackleſſe path, where ſuch hid dangers lye.

So ſtand theſe two, the ſignes of woe, and ruth,

Of ſhipwrackt honor, fortune, valour, youth;

And by their deaths confirme this ſpeech for good,

"Vertue hath greater priuiledge then blood.

"Our ſoules are Gods, our bodies are the Kings,

"And he that in his priuate quarrell brings

"Either of theſe in queſtion doth betray

"The Kings part, and giues Gods part cleane away.

England, behold in Wharton what thou art,

And Scotland ſee in Steward euery part

Of thy beſt power; ſhun enmitie and ſtrife,

None but your ſelues haue power of eithers life.

Let no ſlight toyes (the ſnares and traines of hell)

Breed war betwixt you two; but kindly dwell

Within this Ile as in one houſe, the rather

Being thereto wooed by your good King, kind father.

If not, peruſe this glaſſe, and let not me

The fatall Prophet of ſuch ill newes be

To your ſucceeding times; but chooſe you whether

You'le ſtill liue friends, or like theſe die together.

DVELLI FINIS:

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A caſt of Falcons (in their pride

At paſſage ſcouring) fowle e [...]pide

Securely feeding from the ſpring,

At one both ayme with nimble wing.

They firſt mount vp abou [...] Mans ſight,

Plying for life this emulou [...] flight

In equall compaſſe, and maintaine

Their pitch without a lazie plaine.

Then ſtooping freely (lightning like)

They (counter) dead each other ſtrike.

The [...]owle eſcapes [...] and with her wings

Their funerall dirge, this leſſon ſings.

"Who aimes at glory not aright,

"Meet [...]s death, but Glorie takes her flight.

Epitaphium Georgii Whartoni Milit.

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TH' offence was great, worſe the report,

The ini [...]r [...]e Reuenge acquitting,

And life with many wounds ta'ne for't

Arg [...]'de a minde true honour fitting.

"For ſluggiſh Cowardice doth ſhame

"Anoble Stocke, and [...]onour'd name [...]

Epitaphium Iacobi Stewardi Armigeri.

VVIth an vndaunted heart I fought,

Reuenge and Choller me aſſailing,

In fight I fell, with courage ſto [...]t,

My life and [...]oes, together failing [...]

I dig'de my graue out with my ſword,

And ſtroke, whilſt life would ſtrength afford.

IVSTITIA IACOBI.

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Dedicated to the graue, reuerend, and iudicious Knight, Sr. ROBERT GARDINER, ſometime Lord Iuſtice of Ireland.

SO many men preſſe now for place in State,

Deſeart and Worth cannot come neere the gate:

[...]ut happy were it for the State and Vs,

[...]f we (as Rome did) ſought for Curius.

[...]here ſhould we finde him, farre from Court, with you

[...]erhaps a Gardiner, or perhaps at Plow.

[...]et euen the ſame which Pyrrhus did withſtand,

[...]amnites, and Sabines ruld, as you Ireland.

[...]hen ſhould our Kings cleare Iuſtice ſhine too brigh [...]

[...]o ſuffer potent wrong, cloude impotent right.

[...]hen ſhould this act of Iuſtice ſo aboue

[...]ll preſidents, make others like it moo [...]e.

But wretched we, whilſt few the doore can paſſe

Of high pre [...]erment, but the L [...]den Aſſe.

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Regalis Juſtitia IACOBI.

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DEVS VIDET.

Man, Angell, nor the Fiend of Hell,

Can Mans heart ſee, ſearch, and tell,

That God alo [...]e doth vnderſtand,

Cloſing all thoughts within his hand,

He better knowes then Prieſt, Iudge, Scribe,

Who gaue the laſt cauſe-carrying bribe.

He ſees, when ſentence goes aw [...]y,

Where the hidden ground doth lie.

He kno [...]es if it be true or no,

The doubtfull witneſſe ſweares vnto [...]

He markes the Iewrie and their leader,

And obſerues the lying Pleader.

He notes the Councell what they doe,

And the Kings heart ſearcheth too.

HOw hatefull is this ſilence? I haue ſtood

Wiſhing, expecting, muſing long, who wou'd

[Page] With honeſt thrift, this faire aduantage take

To fame himſelfe for euer, and to make

This ſenceleſſe age conceiue (perhaps commend)

The good we now enioy, not apprehend.

Time was, Kings words were like to apples, ſnatch'd

From t' Heſper [...]des, ſo obſ [...]ru'd [...], ſo watch'de.

None [...]ffer'd to drop downe; all highly prizde

Preſer [...]ed, recorded, apothegmatizde.

But now their words (though Or [...]cle [...] to thoſe

Of former times, though verſe vnto their proſe)

Are ſlighted by this lip-wiſe age of ours;

Whoſe rootles knowledge bears no fruits but flow'rs

Where is the Man whoſe better fate, admits

Him place, time, meanes, to heare the King of wits.

Diſcourſe like Salomon, of euery thing,

Begot betwixt the winter and the ſpring?

Determine euery doubt that doth ariſe

Twixt heauen and earth, the [...]diot and the wiſe?

That doth for priuate vſe, or publike good

Make knowne how Sab [...]-like, he vnderſtood?

And did not (like the pictures) waite for ſhow

To fill place only, but to learne to know.

This man is yet no Courtier, or at leaſt

No daily waiter; ſcarce ſ [...]ne at a feaſt.

Too poore and plaine to trauaile, and bring backe

The [...]ongue and heart of treaſon; he doth lacke

A face t'outface his wants, and doth bewr [...]y

His ignorance in euery arrogant way.

He meanes good faith and ſpeakes it, though the lip

Of cenſuring law, his ſtate and body ſtript

Of coyne, and eares, and freedome; it's no crime,

To ſpeake truth (he thinks) though't be out of time.

[Page] He is no chamber Traytor from hell ſent,

To v [...]dermine the Soules high Parliament.

He cannot candy poyſon; wants the waies

To tickle truth to death, with her owne praiſe.

He dares not weare a deſperat [...] ſuite t'vndoe

Himſelfe, a Mercer, and a Taylor too:

And then make that the preface how to aske

Towards his vnknowne loſſe in the laſt maske.

But ſuch as can thoſe Court-lie Myſteries

Want time for this. Themſelues are hiſtories

Not eaſely learn'd; t'will aske a perfect Man

To read them daily o're, do what he can.

And ere he learns by heart each attribute

Appropriate to the body, and the ſuite,

Himſelfe growes old, or a new-faſhion ſprings:

Which ſhifts the Scene, the forme, and face of things.

Thus ſilk-worms ſpend their times, & ſchollers too

Haue idle worke enough to turne them to.

Perhaps a paire of feete and a tongue ſtroue

Who ſhould walke faſteſt, and moſt countries roue.

In feweſt howers to ſmalleſt purpoſe; theſe

At length returne (their trauailes finiſht) pleaſe

To publiſh their fond Iournall. But (alaſſe!)

Neither themſelues, nor their huge worke can paſſe

Our preſſe vnpraiſde. O Courtiers thither hie,

Gallants, Wits, Poets; Let your Muſes flie

Not to reforme, or ſettle this light braine,

But render him more wilde. Your ſelues ſhall gaine

Much wonder by't; extol'd ſhall be your skill,

For writing well in ieaſt, in [...]rneſt ill.

Or if not this, ſome other witty taske

Staies your continuall leiſures, and doth aske

[Page] Inke from your pens, t'aſperge, deforme, defile,

States and their inſtruments, with libells vile.

No man muſt liue without your fawning praiſe,

Nor no man die without your rounddelaies.

Death maks you ſport, & ſtroks which force the State,

Stagger and reele; your humors eleuate.

"Vice liuing, is preferd to Vertue dead,

"The preſent, no time els, is honored.

If you attend on Kings, it's to obſerue

Their imperfections, where their frailties ſwerue

In raſh attempts or paſsionate words vnſtaid,

From iuſter rules, their intemperate bloods once laide

As if Kings were not men, weake, fraile, and poore,

Like to their Subiects, and ſubiected more.

As if at Rome (whether you ſend this newes)

All there were Saints, & your Popes Court no ſtewes [...]

As if that you a Patent had from Hell

All things to ſay or doe, but nothing well.

O! if you yet retaine a graine of that,

Which your high aimes would ſeeme to leuell at:

Or if no faith (but that you Atheiſts be,

And nothing but vnhallow'd Reaſon ſee)

If but a ſparke of that remaine intire,

Which you ſeeme to monopolize (the fire

Prometheus filch'd from lou [...]) let that bright flame

Kindle your zeales for ſelfe, kings, countries fame,

To vſe thoſe opportunities, parts, pl [...]ces,

Intelligences, meanes, friends, fortunes, graces,

You haue 'boue other, for the publique good,

That we may vnderſtand you vnderſtood.

Learne Saba- like to heare, obſerue, report,

The good our Salomon ſpeakes, doth at Court.

[Page] Not Shemei- like to ſlander, curſe, deride,

Religions Nurſe, Arts glory, vertues pride,

Bnt you contemne my admonition. Goe

Feed [...]at for hell, the place you co [...]et ſo.

And let my humble Muſe, applaud, admire

And celebrate he [...]uens grant to our deſire.

Tell what thou ſeeſt and feel'ſt. Ingratitude

"Receiues, craues ſwallowes, a whole multitude

"Of gifts and graces, without thanks or cenſe,

"And with dul ſilence beats heauens bleſsings hence [...]

"It is D [...]traction to conceale due praiſe,

"When good related, might more goodneſſe raiſe.

"It is not flattery to report truth well;

"True glaſſes both our faults and fauours tell.

Here then receiue this one worke royall [...]ames,

Which now reflects vpon thee, and more fames

This Church and [...]ingdom, then thy birth, crown, pen,

Or [...]hat elſe makes thee the good King of men.

I ſing thy Iuſtice, whoſe cleere raies giues light,

To neighbour Princes in this ignorant night

Of miſtie error, and corrupt Reſpect,

How to informe aright their intellect.

And (hauing here on earth, mongſt Chriſtian Kings

And Pagans ſhone) it mounts the winds ſwift wings

Calming the ſea, bounding her ebs and tides,

And in her monthly change the moiſt Moone guides [...]

Then ſores vp higher, and informes the Sunne,

How mongſt the ſignes in an euen line to run;

How to make daies, and nights; and higher yet

Mounts, till it be in the firſt Mouer ſet.

Two warlike kingdomes linck't in happy peace.

When they beheld how common fewdes did [...]aſe

[Page] And ſaw how ſtrongly bleſt that concord ſtands,

Where brethren ioyne firſt hearts, and after hands,

Reſolu'd that courſe; turn'd matches into Maskes,

And reuelling tiſſues wore for maſsier Caskes:

Steeds traind for ready fight, learnd now to peace,

And knew no foes but Buckes and Hares; nor race

But on ſmooth plaines for wagers, or for ſport,

Not for lou'd life; where Campes lay, lay the Court.

Keene ſwords that bit the bone, abated now

Kiſt without making skars, or help'd the plow

To draw long furrowes on the fruitfull earth,

Leaſt Peace ſhould (breeding teeth too faſt) breed (dearth.

Blunt foiles were on ſharpe pointed Rapiers ſet,

And ſo Lord Sanquier and poore Turner met.

They met to play: there Sanqu [...]er loſt an eie.

O Brittaine! canſt thou nothing further ſpie,

In this then his loſſe? Looke vp now and ſee;

Securitie hath ta'ne an eye from thee.

Ill didſt thou ward that blow; If ſport hurt ſo,

O what will open force and malice do?

Thy King rides, hunts and falls. Are horſes then

Turn'd traitors too? will beaſts proue like to men?

Can Kings finde ſportfull peace ſo hazardous?

To armes then Caeſar, ſhun the Senate houſe.

Like poiſon, ponyards, piſtols, Death a [...]oue

Attends on 'Pr [...]nces when they feed, ſleep, moue;

B [...]neath like powder, that the ground they tread,

Seemes all one continent, to quicke and dead.

And is't not ſo with others too? behold,

This ſilly Fencer, in his ignorance bold

Think's his ſubmiſsiue ſorrow will ſuffice

For that vnhappy thruſt at Sanquiers eyes;

[Page] And begging pardon, ſeemes to haue it then.

What foole dares truſt the vnſeald words of men?

Yet Turner will. A reconciled foe

"Seemes a true friend, to him would haue him ſo.

He thinks (now Dunne is dead) to die in peace.

"but blood cries out for blood, and doth not ceaſe

"Till vengeance followes. Vengeance euen at hand

Whaits like a treacherous Groome of Sanquiers; and

(When Turner nothing of his neere death thinkes,

But laughes, & plaies, & to his deathſ-man drinkes.)

Let's his charg'd piſtoll flie, whoſe mouth ſpits lead

With fire-wing'd ſpeede, ſtriking the Fencer dead.

"No ward auoides that blow: Pal [...] Death we ſee

"A fellow-gameſter in all ſports will be.

The Murtherers flee; Iuſti [...]e purſues with ſpeede,

Th' Abettor, Actor, Author of this deede;

Who (apprehended) apprehend too late

(If friends helpe not), the iſſue of their fate.

But friends will help. One ſteps vnto the King,

Kneeles and thus pleads. Leige Lord, you are the ſpring,

From whence Nobilitie flowes. And all our blood

The neerer yours it comes, the neerer good:

As you firſt gaue, ſo let your power preſerue

Thoſe that are ſet a part the Crowne to ſerue [...]

Others by fit election, theſe by fate

Are made hereditarie to the State;

Diſtinguiſh'd from the common ranke of thoſe

Who only know they are not, when they roſe

And priuiled [...]ge aboue the raskall rout,

Whoſe words and deeds haue reference to account.

Elſe why did our bold fathers, with the loſſe,

Of lymmes and liues, honors for vs ingroſſe?

[Page] O why do theſe new Nobles de [...]r [...]ly buy

Thoſe attributes for which they dare not die?

Or why ſhould land or gold [...] which all things can

Be giuen for [...]itles, if they mend not man,

And ſomething adde beſides an emptie ſound,

To recompence the gloſſe of gold and ground?

If honour doth nought but a name afford,

A Lordſhip then is bette [...] then a Lord.

"Nobilitie this priuiledge doth bring,

"It makes the owner ſomething like a king;

"Exempting him from penall lawes, which crack

"With heauy preſſure the poore Commons back.

This (Sir) I ſpeake t'excite your royall power

To reſcue Noble Sanquir, who this houre

Is by the too-ſtrick't vnreſpectiu [...] lawes

Condemn'd to die a villa ines d [...]ath. The cauſe

And quarrell this. The Barron chanc'd to play

With a rude Fencer; where both did bewray

Their beſt ability at Rapier foyles.

The [...]encer to vphold his credit toyles,

But wanteth skill; which makes his hate ariſe;

And with an enuious thruſt at Sanquirs eyes,

The wicked and inchant [...]d foyle depriu [...]s

An eye of ſight; worth many Fencers liues.

The ſuffering Lord forbeares to kill him then

But being after ſcorn'de by watermen,

Fidlers, and ſuch baſe inſtruments of hell

For this foule blemiſh, his great heart did ſwell.

And (full of noble courage) loth to do

So blacke a de [...]de himſelfe he puts it to

His mans performance, who obaide too ſoone,

Repentan [...]e came before the deede was done.

[Page] The equall lawes to equalls doth appoint

An eye ſhould haue an eye, ioynt anſwere ioynt.

But where ſuc [...] [...]ddes of perſons be, I gheſſe

An eye ſhould haue a life to boote, no leſſe.

Yet not on this or that doth Sanquir ſtand;

His death, his life, his doome is in your hand.

He doth confeſſe the foulneſſe of his guilt:

He ſorrowes for the blood that he hath ſpilt.

Your mercy (royall Sir) he doth implore

For this raſh act, who neuer beg'd before.

Scarce had he don [...], and e're the king could ſpeake,

An other thus begins. If you ſhould wreake

Each Engliſh peaſants life with bloud ſo hie

As noble Sanquir is, No memorie

Of your faire traine, of Natiue Scots, ſhould ſtand,

To let times know the glory of that land.

Souldiers muſt doffe their armes, and gowns put on,

If villaines ſo foule may paſſe vpon

Lords vnreueng'de; or if thoſe antique names,

Thoſe honors, trophees, and eternall fames,

We got by killing many Engliſhmen,

Be for the death of one, thus loſt agen.

If thus to quench the fewde you pleaſed are,

You thereby quench the heart of lawfull warre.

Remember what a ſouldier he hath bin;

How eaſly might forget it was a ſinne.

And thinke he did but chaſtice one of thoſe

Who'gainſt his Leader muteni'de, and roſe.

Many of th' Engliſh haue been pardoned

For treaſons capitall. Some honored

For their knee-ſeruice, and no other merit.

Then (Sir) let vs who lineally inherit

[Page] Allegeance, worth, and honours; ſometime finde

You left not all your Scottiſh blood behinde:

Nor meane to leaue vs in the hands of [...]hoſe

Who kill with law more friends, then fewdes kil foes.

Thus ended he; And then as in a Queere

Of ſolemne ſingers, one ſhall euer heare [...]

After the Trebles hath the Antheme ſung,

(And their diuiſions with ſhrill vtterance [...]ung);

The Baſe, the Tenor, Counter-tenor ſweet,

With Howboyes, Cornets, Trumpets, Organs meet,

And ioyne their hye-ſtretcht notes, that all the ring

Seemes Eccho-like, their ſonnets to reſing:

So did the graue and gallant troope, which ſtood

About the King (like a dew-dropping wood)

Conuey their powres to make this conſort full

And cryed; Be ſtil'd King [...]ames the mercifull.

Or (if to ſatisfie the courſe of law,

And ſtop Opinions wide-gull ſwallowing iaw)

Life muſt haue life, take Carliſ [...]e, one for one,

And one to boote too; ſo this Lord be none.

With that (as if all aymes would this aduance)

Comes from the Regent and the King of France,

Letters, intreating for their Penſioners life;

And laſt, as if the difference of a wife

Should from this fact take characters, to know

A true good wife, from a good wife in ſhow:

Comes his forſaken Lady all in blacke,

(W [...]oſe youth from him did due beneuolence lacke)

Weeping, intreating, for her loſt Lords ſinne,

And then like fullomes that run euer in

A baile of Goſsips (ſome true beggars borne,

Pittying this Lord more then the Lord of Lorne)

[Page] Beg his remiſsion with obſtreperous voice:

But mongſt the reſt, ſhe that made lowdeſt noiſe,

Was Turners Widdow, whoſe ſhrill throat did yell,

That ſhe was ſatisfied, and all was well.

The king abhord it, and his vpright heart,

Beholding theſe aſſaults on euery part,

Made it his glory to be onely good,

And from his crowne to wipe thoſe ſtaines of blood.

Thus he replies [...] "The crowne for Iuſtice ſake,

"Heau'n plac'd vpon our head; which none can ſhake

"Or touch, till with vniuſtice we make way,

"And (for reſpect) that ſtrict rule diſobay.

"God is our Guard of proofe, that we may be

"A guard to you vnpartiall, iuſt, and free.

"And this ſtands firme; If one hand goes about

"To ſigne a croock't line, th' other blurs it out.

O magnanimitie, aboue a Man!

O Iuſtice more confirm'd then that which wan

Zeleuchus ſo much fame! Corrupt with gold

States, Cour [...]iers, Law, or Wi [...]es that will be ſold.

Peruert with paſsion euery ſolid heart,

Moue Stoickes, or melt marble with thy Art,

Iuſtice ſits ſtill vntouch'd, with kingly care,

Not pardoning till true mercy bids him ſpare.

And then not ſtriking, though the life he giues,

Repines, and enuies that the giuer liues.

Deni'de they vaniſh, as the cloudes diſperſe,

When the hot-ſhining Sunne lookes red and fierce.

The law proceeds; the Actors ſuffer firſt,

A death too-good, too-bad; the beſt the worſt.

The Author then ſubmits him to his doome,

And dies a Catholike; That's a man of Rome [...]

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Romulus & Remus nur [...]ed by a Wolfe, [...]omulus [...]ew his [...]rother R [...] nus for lea [...]ing ouer [...]he walls of [...]is Citie [...]ome.

O Rome! Liues yet that Wolfe which was thy Nurſe

When (growing great) thou grewſt the whole worlds curſe?

May none yet leap thy wals, or leaue thy Sea

Vnſlayne, though he a King and brother be?

Retain'ſt thou yet that ſauage kinde, to pray

On the diſtreſſed flocke which ſhuns thy way?

Do all that ſucke thy breſts, for milke ſucke blood?

Dare not that ſpring from thee die well, doe good?

Muſt Gibbets onely rocke them to their reſt?

Doe they deſire that death? become they't beſt?

Muſt Traytors, Murtherers, only be thy Saints?

Weare none white robes but ſuch as ſcarlet paints?

Elſe why doe all euill men ſo ſoone drinke vp

The deadly lees of thy inchaunted cup?

Or why doe fooles ſo credit what Rome ſayth,

But for they eaſely learne implicit faith?

If Rome keep heauens keyes, (as'tis out of doubt),

None dare barre Lambert, or Lord Sanquir out:

Nor neede they feare, where Ieſuits haue to doe,

Garnet ſhall be a Saint, and [...]udas too:

Their writings and examples murther teach;

They'l not condemne the doctrine which they preach.

This makes our deſperate Ru [...]ins, Romanes dye.

And our crack'd Virgins ſeeke a Nunnery.

Iuſtice riſe Lyon-like out of thy ſleepe,

The Weſterne Wolues worry the [...]riſh ſheepe:

And here at home thy borders ſwarme with thoſe

Who doe imitate, breed, beget thee foes.

Vnion.

The t ſcar thou thinkſt to cloſe, theſe make more wide,

"True faith vnites, but their faith doth deuide.

[...]nno 1. [...]acob.

The Grimes are baniſh'd, but worſe Foxes earth

In thoſe vaſt places, through the Goſpels dearth.

[Page] The Hu [...]our that feeds theſe, affects the heart,

And doth dilate it ſelfe through euery part

By ſecret influence, though it cloſely lurkes,

"Cauſes are beſt diſcouered by their workes.

"Examples though they doe no other ill,

"Rebell againſt the Lawes in being ſtill.

"They count'nance giue to error, and curbe in

"Bold reprehenſion, making truth a ſinne.

"Who hides his queſtion'd faith he ought reueale,

"Will vtter what perhaps he ſhould conceale.

Hunt out theſe Foxes then; it is a ſport

Fitting a King, a Councell, and a Court.

Vſe Hounds that lie not, or flie out; for ſuch

Spend freely, ſweetly, but thee ground ne're touch,

They pleaſe the eare and eye, but neuer minde

To kill the Game. Thoſe Cubs are of their kinde.

But ſtay, take off, we ryot: leaue the ſent:

"Plaine Truth cannot be ſlaine, but may be ſhent.

Aquigniſpicium.

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DEDICATED TO THE FREE and bountifull Houſe-keeper, Sr. Le-ſtrange Mordant, Knight Baronet.

THou that are almoſt onely left to tell,

Wherein our ancient Gentry did excell,

Theſe vpſtart plants, be ſtill thy ſelfe, till we,

For ſhame reforme our liues, and wax like thee.

So plaine, free, vpright, honeſt, open, iuſt:

But ſure firſt die, and riſe againe we muſt.

Aquigniſpicium.

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A CAPITE, VS (QUE) AD CALCEM

The State is caſt; God doth behold

Eyes blinde, eares deafe, tongues dumbe with cold.

Dayes care to get, gets nightly cares,

Which memorie foyles, and iudgment marrs.

The faint hearts (ſlowly beating) tells

Dull ſpirits in the ſlacke ner [...]e dwells,

The Liuer boyles with l [...]ſtfull blood,

Weake ſtomacke brookes no meat that's good.

Looſe palſie makes the hands to tr [...]mble,

When they for loue ſhake, they diſſemble.

The gowty knees doe ſtifly bend;

The feete walke flow to all good end.

The Doctor ſaith; Repent, faſt, pray,

Die, or this diet take we may.

GOd bends his bowe but ſhoots not; ſee, it ſtands

Alluding to the Rainbow.

As if the ſtiffe ſtring were in Mans owne hands.

[Page] For God firſt plac'd it ſo, that Man might know

How prone to peace he is, to warre how ſlow,

That couenant which he made with Noah, he keeps,

His Mercy euer wakes, his Iuſtice ſleeps.

And though our ſins a ſecond Deluge craues,

Hee'l drench the world no more in thoſe ſalt waues.

"What hurt frō heauē fals, firſt frō th' earth proceeds [...]

"And Mans misfortune, ſprings from mans miſdeeds [...]

Miſdeeds that from our ſelues, friends, country come,

And where they ſhould on all, light but on ſome.

The ſnow, haile, raine, are by the Suns pure beames

Exhalde from ſtanding Mariſhes, whoſe ſtreames

Infect the ayre with foggy miſts, and then

Are botteld vp in clouds for ſinfull men.

And for Mans good, in ſeaſon they diſtill

Or out of ſeaſon, to amend the ill.

The plagues we feele fall at the head and foot,

Are ſhafts gainſt God our hands firſt vpward ſhoot.

Preſumptuous ſins in Country and at Court,

Creatneſſe, and Grace, and Fauour do ſupport.

The Pulpit flatters; Iuſtice ſits and ſmiles,

Making a gainefull skill, of lingring wiles.

"Who hath great friends liues free, & wanteth faults,

"But without friends the vpright innocent haults.

Vice now prouides vs rayment, meat and drinke,

So how't increas't not how to curb't we thinke.

Old men waxe impudent, laſciuious, wilde,

That fits them beſt, which ſcarce becomes a childe.

Young men are ſtubborne, diſobedient, ſtout,

And rule, and teach, euen from the ſwathing clout,

They all things know and can but (what they ought)

Themſelues and vertue. Theſe they neuer ſought.

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Faſhions from Spaine, France, Germanie, and Rome,

And Turkie too, wi [...]h their Religions come.

So they are ſuited faire from top to toe,

And each new ſuite in a new faith they goe.

Matrons that are not dead nor yet aliue.

But betwixt both, in ſome part vegetiue,

Crown their ſmooth ſcalps with haire, [...] now makes

A ſecond Miſtres ready for the graue

Young Maids (that goe for ſuch) are Mothers known b [...]aue

And ſuch as ſhould be none, are Virgins ſhowne.

O modeſty where dwelſt thou? Womanhood

Is ſcarce by our high Engliſh vnder ſtood

Vice growes ſo common, tha [...] it is far more

Opprobrious, to be chaſte, then be a whore.

All things are out of order. Lawes are made

Strong meanes not to defend, but to invade.

Then why ſhould we limit the ſea, or fire

Within their bounds, and not our owne deſire?

Southward th' Armado, and the fleetes of Spaine,

(Oft beat [...]n) ſ [...]eme to threaten vs againe.

Ann. Dom. 1588 The ſeas broke in before Weſt, now Eaſt.

And Eaſt and Weſt the Seas would meet we ſee:

But that (O wonder!) Northward bleſt we bee.

The want of water was the cauſe before

Thoſe huge built hulkes, could not approch our ſho [...]e,

VVho came reſolu'de of conqueſt: and did ſtand

As if they ment to beare away our land.

Poore Ile ſo ſmall thou wert, and they ſo great

Too ſcant a ſea for them that was thy ſeat.

But had they ſtaide till now, now might they ride

On the ſwolne waues at eaſe in all their pride.

[Page] Andinto euery heauen their bold Ships ſteere,

As if no ſands, barres, ſhallowes, had bin there.

We know whenſ'ere they come, God can prouide

Such ſeas, ſo high, ſo vncontrold a tide,

Able without their Enuie, or their ayde

To bury vs; for ſee how he hath layde

Our workes all leuell; draines, dikes, ſluces, bankes,

Fields, paſtures, gardens, mannors, farmes, and frank [...]

With man their owner, and what Man doth feed,

Are buried with a ſea of teares indeed.

Nouember did we ſcape thy fift day thus,

That euery day thou ſhould'ſt be ominous?

Doe we ſo ſoone forget [...]he ſixt day laſt,

And worſt of all daies to our Iland paſt,

That thus we ſhould ſo oft remembred be,

From what ſtrange thraldom, we were once ſet free?

Or do the waters thus breake in, to ſhow

How humorous and irregular vices flow?

How Sai [...]-like Sacriledge doth impropriate?

And calme Oppreſſion ſwallowes Church and State?

How cloſe Hypocriſie bends his courtly knee,

And (wanting all faith) would haue all faith's free?

How holy Hymen [...] ſacreds band are broken,

His torch extinguiſh'd, and his rites fore-ſpoken?

How Gotiſh luſts needs all thoſe waues to ſlake

His ſcorching flames, hot as th' infernall lake?

Or is't for all theſe crimes, and more vntold,

The faithfull Sea, which wont our Ile to hold

In his moiſt armes, from ſtrange a [...]aults ſecure,

Hath chang'd his loue to this ſad ouerture?

[Page] And (for our ſinnes) learnes vs to faſt and pray.

Bringing in fiſh, ſweeping our fleſh away?

That land which (Goſhen-like) did flow whil-ere,

Marſhland in Norfolke.

With all that Man deſires or life holds deere,

So that no ſpot in all this Iles large field,

The ſythe more hay, ſickle more corne did yield:

Where ſweetnes was the ſawce, and fatnes fed,

Whil'ſt Dearth, and Famine from the confines fled:

Where the ſtiffe-vdder'd Cow long'd twice a day,

To meet the merry milke-maide on the way:

And miſsing her by chance, wrot on the ground

With milke-white letters where ſhe would be found,

Now proſtrate lyes; the goodly beauty foil'd,

The welth waſh'd thence, the gards & trēches ſpoil'd.

O what aſſurance haue we then in clay

Which (if not Lawyers) Seas thus eat away?

Build farre from waters, that ſecures thy feare,

Though leſſe thy profit be, ſafe dwelling there.

O no; what's that I ſee? a raging flame

New-market burned with many other notable town [...] in England

[...]ounts vp in yonder plaine, and none can tame

His hot miſgouern'd furie. Water heere

Some cry, but no ſuch element is neere.

Like a mad-Dog that through the thronged ſtreets

Ranging with rage ſnatcheth at all he meets,

And all that bitten are, as mad as he,

Runne raging too, that few or none ſcape free:

The cry is vp, and euery man ſtands arm'd,

To do he knowes not what till he be harm'd;

And then to ſaue himſelfe neglects the reſt,

And madly miſchiefe does when he meanes beſt.

[Page] Or as a towne of ſtrength, at dead of night,

Surpriz'd (by ſodaine ſtratagem or ſlight,)

The people (with the allarum bell awak'd)

Run out to ſee what newes amaz'd and nak'd;

And meeting death abroad, for life run home,

And finde their houſes ſ [...]ck'd before they come.

Then turning backe againe they know not whither,

Flocke all on heaps and dye like freinds together:

So far'de it there; the fire flew vp and downe

Snatching at euery houſe within the towne.

And whilſt one thought his neighbors houſe to ſaue [...]

He ſees his owne doth inſtant ſuccour craue.

Here ſtands an Al [...]houſe toſting, and the Hoſtis

Swearing her falſe-ſ [...]or'de tally burn'd or loſt is.

The T [...]pſter (wanting water) plies with ale

The thirſtie fire which drinks both new and ſtale,

And by that oyly-liquor is not quenched

But rather (Drunkard-like) inrag'd, incenſed.

The Hoſt (inſtead of pailes) fils pots and ſweares

H [...]e'le vſe no penny-pots that wants their eares.

Wiſheth his Iuggs were bigger, he would fill them,

And (but in vaine) on the wilde fire doth ſpill them.

Here ſtares an Oſtler whil'ſt the flame makes c [...]aſure [...]

On his ſmall bottles and his oſtry meaſure,

And here a Chamberlaine giues quicke attendance

To ſaue his pretty faggots with a vengeance.

Thoſe pretty faggots which fire-hot being eat

In a cold morning, ſcarce would make one ſweat.

Here runs a rauening Vſurer dog-like tyred

Betwixt his owne houſe and the mort-gagde fired.

[Page] Here flames a barne of ſome ingroſsing Farmer.

And here the ſtudy burnes of ſome falſe Termer.

Here ſtands a kennell, there a rack and manger

For running horſes, but both ſtay the danger.

A Baude houles here, and here a [...]eaſt of whores

Burnde oft within, are now burnde out of dores.

Heere's a Tobacco ſhop, and in the Celler

Th' Indian Deuil, our baud, witch, whore, man-queller,

That ſpirit waſter, and that Liuer heater,

Of t'humor radicall that greedy eater,

That breath corrupter, and quick-eye-ſight ſpoyler,

That wit confounder, and ſtrong Memorie foyler,

That pickpurſe, theefe, time [...]cheater, connycatcher,

That alehouſe haunter, and fell miſchiefe hatcher,

That all compounded euill of euery Nation [...]

Too bad (almoſt) for th' Engliſh imitation [...]

Tobacco by the fire was there carouſed

With large pettounes, in piſſe perfum'd and ſouſed.

Thus what full many thrifty yeeres erected,

One prodigall flame hath waſted and dei [...]cted.

And now (behold) the prouder Chimnies ſtand

As heires left well [...] who waſted haue their land,

Of whom the common people vſe to ſay,

It's pitty proper men ſhould thus decay;

Yet none releeues them, or build vp their ſtate

To ſuch an eminent fortune as of late.

Mongſt theſe one Chimney ſtands, where paſſers by

May reade this ſentence with a running eye,

[...]othing is ſo cloſe carried or concealde,

[...]hich ſhall not be in his due timere [...]eal'd.

[Page] Whether by chance or by diuine decree,

(For ſo all humane actions ordr'ed bee)

This object ſtands; that all may make good vſe

Of what they ſee, or quit them from excuſe,

He not d [...]termine. L [...]t it bee my folly

Rather than bee profane, to bee too holy.

H [...] t [...]at once drown'd the world, can if he pleaſe,

Drowne part or the whole world againe with eaſe:

But ſince his word is paſt, though we abound

With that which caus'd the former world be drown'd

Hee'le keep his promiſe, and the Sea reſtraine

From ouer flowing ſinfull ſleſh againe.

Yet is it in his power the whole t'mmerſe

In variable woes; plagues to diſperſe

In the moſt frequent ſtre [...]tes, moſt fragrant fields,

That th'ayre may breath out death, [...]helth now yields

Or thin cheek'd [...] (though a ſtranger borne)

Who now to know on Fridayes th' Engliſh ſcorn,

Who of all forrainers is worſt in [...]reated,

His faſhion left, himſelfe in priſon ſeated,

May be familiar with our countreymen

(Like a poſt [...] Natus, or free Denizen)

And that without an act, if God thinke good,

Though a [...]l the Peeres and Commons it withſtood.

Fire, aire, earth, water, all are his: he can

With or without theſe, ſaue or puniſh Man.

No place is free from him, no thing is hid,

He knowes what Fauk [...]s, Perſi [...], and Cate

Vnder the ground; and what new plots doe come bie did

From hell, or from hels Councel-chamber (Rome).

[Page] And this, (and all els) his bleſt hand reueales

To his elect, and with deliuerance ſeales.

Attend his pleaſure then; firſt we ſhall ſee

Rome burne, and all with Rome that lynked bee.

Then the whole world; and that fire ſhall diſcloſe

Each truth, each falſhood, and each cauſe of thoſe.

Till then, theſe waters doe but waſh the ſlime

Of Babel from this too indifferent time.

Theſe petty fires, kindle our loue and zeale,

(Halfe-dead) to King, the Church, & cōmon-weale,

Affliction profits. Strike vs (Lord) in loue;

Let thy milde hand each way our firme faith proue.

But let not Babel triumph in our fall,

Nor any that on Baal, or Dag [...]n call.

ANTIDOTVM CECILLIANVM.

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DEDICATED To the Common-wealth.

DEſert hath no true follower after death

But En [...]y; others flatter with their breath.

Jn vaine I ſought particular Patrons; they

When life left greatneſſe, ran with life away.

Blood, kindred, friends, forſooke him; ſo't was [...]it,

We might haue doubted elſe his worth and wit.

Their compaſſe was too narrow to [...]ield ſhade

To him that both their rootes and fortu [...]es made:

But gentle England, ſince he quiet gaue

To thee by his cares, giue his corps a graue.

And ſince his wiſdome did renowne thy name,

Be thou a Sanctuary to his fame.

And ſince he gaue for thee his life and health,

Giue him protection, thankefull Common wealth.

TO THE HONOVR of the illuſtrious Familie of the CECILLS, deſeruing of this Commmonwealth, all the Romane wreaths of triumph: The memorable Pyramids of Egypt: And all other Trophes of Eternitie.

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AS by one mouer, motion, doth commence,

Euen from the Center, to circumference:

So from one good Man, many may ariſe,

Like-good, like-apt, like-faithfull, and like-wiſe.

This now is verified; The Cecills are

Stateſmen in time of p [...]ace, Souldiers in warre.

Epicedium.

What needs, thy Monument be rais'd?

What needs, the Muſes ſingthy worth?

What needs, thy memory be prais'd?

Or what needs Art, thy fame ſet forth?

Let Art, time, gold, the Muſe, and Men,

Guild falſhood, folly, ignorance:

Let them conſpire gainſt thee; and then,

The more they ſhall thy worth aduance.

They worke, write, raile, or praiſe to pleaſe,

"But Truth giues vertue, life, not theſe.

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Antidotum Cecillianum.

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THESAVRVS INTVS.

Darius on a Graue. ſtone found

This Epitaph: Who digs this ground

Shall treaſure finde. The greedy King

Dig'd there, but found another thing.

Within was written; Had'ſt not been

A beaſtly-minded man, I ween

The harm [...]leſſe bones of the deceaſt

Had in their quiet tombes tane reſt.

Who rips the coffins of the dead,

Finds ſame and honour thence are f [...]ed

With life, the Subiect of their Ire;

Stench onely ſtayes to pay their hire.

"Worth hath his Epicedium ſung

"By enuies ſhrill and ſlandrous tongue.

WHen this rich ſoule of thine (now ſ [...]inted) kept

Her State on earth, my humble Mu [...] nere ſtept

[Page] Out of that ſweete content wherein ſhee dwelt,

To ſing thy worth, th' eff [...]cts wher [...] of we felt.

But now ſince death hath freedome giuen to thee,

To ſee thy ſcorne made others flatterie,

And that each mouſe on the dead Lyon leaps,

And euery riming [...]en, forg'd matter heaps

On thy bright frame, caſting their owne baſe durt

Vpon thy honour'd hearſe, (minding more hurt

To thee then `Death or He [...] can doe) I may

And muſt be bold (or ſinne) this truth to ſay.

Each euidence thy foes bring, ſpeakes thy praiſe:

For what can more thy fame and glory raiſe,

Then to be rail'd on by the worſt of men [...]

Such as like out-lawes liue, not in the ken

Of Iuſtice, or communitie? Baſe ſlaues

Whoſe crimes & ſins make their own neſt their graus.

T'was meet thy vertues eminent and hie

Should not vn-en [...]ied liue, vnſlandred dye:

For then we might haue fear'd thou had [...]ſt not been

So abſolute a man; now it is ſeen

Euen by thoſe many ſhadowes Enu [...] throwes,

That thy worth was ſubſtantiall, and not ſhowes.

De [...]rac [...]ion [...]s perplext, aud f [...]ies about

Ouer a world of Acts to ſingle out

Some one or two in thy whole life to ſcan,

And proue by the (what Death did) thou wer't man:

Yet ſ [...]eing that paſt credit, ſhe deſcends

To view thy body, and her venom ſpends

Not again [...]t it but nature, which did ſhroud

So great a ſunne vnder ſo ſmall a cloud.

But we that plainly ſee men ſildome riſe

Though they be learn'd, iudicious, daring wiſe,

[Page] Except the body ſomewhat [...]uites the minde,

And good cloathes ſute the body too; are blinde

And mad with enuie if we yeeld not thee

[...]orth aboue thought, who to that high degree

Roſe through the eminent parts of thy bleſt ſoule,

Aboue contempt, diſgrace, ſcorne or controule.

Nature did recompence thy want of clay

With heauenly fire; thy body could not ſtay

Thy acti [...]e ſoule heere longer, t'was too light

A clog to keepe from Hean [...]n ſo ſtrong a ſpright.

Well might thy body be a ſoule to thoſe

Whoſe more groſſe earthen ſoules did late compoſe

Blacke libels gainſt thy fame, and rak'd ſo low

Into thy purged excrements to know

What foule diſeaſe durſt kill thee, and then found

Many were guilty: for it could not ſound

They thought like truth, that one diſeaſe ſlue thee

When they hauing all yet ſcape to Deddick free.

By this they ſhew that whatſoe're we thinke,

They know all theſe diſeaſes by th' inſtinck,

They are familiar with them and of kin,

To their firſt cauſes of being deadly ſinne,

And of the elders houſe too. For the diuell

(Chiefe libeller formes all degrees of euill

And like good boies of his, theſe labour too

(More then diſeaſe, or Death, or Hell can doe)

To kill the ſoule, and to bely a fame

Which laughes to ſcorn, all ſcorn, & ſhames all ſhame.

You that ſtand next the helme and thinkey're free

From their ſharpe viperous tongues, it cannot be;

If death comes, theſe Rauens follow, and perchance

(Time fauouring their deſires) th'eile leade the d [...]nce

[Page] And raile at you too. Tis not you they hate

But our bleſt King, Religion, and the State.

And if (which God forefend) ſo ſtood the time

Y'ould ſee they could do worſe, then they can rime.

Now I haue throwne my ſelfe into the way

To meete their rage, and (if I can) to ſtay

Their dog-like malice rather on my head

Then ſuffer it pollute and wrong the dead.

If they alledge I giue him more then due,

You know their cuſtome, they cannot ſpeake true.

But if they ſay I gaue him leſſe, their ſpite

Shewes neither I nor they can do him right.

Antidotum Cecillianum.

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OPPORTVNE TIBI IN TEMPESTIVE NOBIS

The Sunne paſt by degrees thoſe ſignes

Which to his ſotherne ſeate inclines,

And now in Leo ſate aloft.

The ſ [...]eating labourer bans him oſt,

The Shepheard melts, and ore the Plaine

His new ſhorne-ſheepe ſeeke ſhades in vaine.

The Marchant, Sea man, euery T [...]ade

They ſay by him are Banckrupt made.

He heares it and (at height of noone,

Hides his bright beames behinde the Moone.

They ſadly know that d [...]th preſage

Dearth, death, warre, want to euery age

And then his late wiſht abſence mone;

"Fooles wiſemen miſſe, when they are gone.

SInce its decreed in heauen, found true on earth,

That all things haue an end which had a birth;

[Page] That no eſtate is fixed, nights follow noone,

Ebs ſecond floods, change fils the horned Moone

Which wanes againe at full, and ſhewes the glory

Of Earths beſt eſſence to be tranſitory:

How happy is that Man whoſe fate expires

Before declenſion crowned with his deſires.

And hath his daies by vertuous actions told,

Gueſsing how much he would had he been old,

Since yong, his noted deeds out-vied his daies

And he lack't not true worth but rather praiſe.

Few touch this point, yet hither ſeeme to bend

Preuenting ruine with a violent end.

So Otho, and the Perſian Monarch fell,

But this ſteepe way precipitates to Hell

Flattering with ſeeming help our wretched ſtate

Not curing woes, but making deſperate.

Our way is holy, white, and leades to bliſſe

Not by oblique attempts. For nature is

Made priuy with our paſſage, and we ſtay

Till ſhe leades gently on, Grace making way.

Not euery common Preſident can fit

This golden rule, all aime; but few can hit

This narrow paſſage which more fames the man,

Then ſayling twiſe through fatall Magelan:

Or girding all the earth with one ſmall bote,

Diſcouering gold, new worlds, things of rare note.

From hence the ground of thy great praiſes ſpring

O Cecill lou'd of God, good men, the King,

Borne vp not by ſtolne imps or borrowed plumes,

Which lets them fall who with high flight preſumes

Neere the ſuns ſcorching beames; thy natiue worth

Vertue, and actiue knowledge, ſet thee forth

[Page] [...]is Kingdomes Pilot, where no ſtorme or ſtreſſe

[...]ould make thee loſe thy compaſſe or expreſſe

[...]hew of doubt, but firmely guide our ſtate

[...]s th' adſt beene ruler both of chance and fate.

This well thy Maſter ſaw, who therefore plac'd

[...]ee next himſelfe, and with high honors grac'd

[...]y great deſerts: more could'ſt thou not deſire

[...]or earth afford, yet that which we admire

[...]as aboue this, euen in the top of theſe,

[...]ing neerer heauen thither to mount with eaſe,

[...]s if th' adſt [...] tane th' aduantage of the time

[...]n Gre [...]tneſſe ſtaires, helpt by good deeds to clime.

O happy thou, but wretched creatures wee

[...]o ſ [...]e thy flight, and yet to ſlander thee:

[...]o f [...]ele the fruite of thy life waſting care,

[...]hich zealous for our good, no time would ſpare,

[...]o cheriſh nature, that we thus being free

[...]hould onely freedome vſe to raile at thee.

[...]ur idleneſſe proclaimes thy well ſpent time,

[...]ince by thy meanes we leiſure haue to rime,

[...]hil'ſt neighbour States are acting it in blood,

[...]hich we ſcarce heare of, neuer vnderſtood.

The benefite the Sunne gi [...]es to our ſight,

We ſee not halfe ſo well by day as night.

Want giues a grace to goodneſſe, when th' inioying

[...]onfounds and dazells ſenſe like honny cloying.

[...]ome needes no target till the ſword be loſt:

Whil'ſt Neſtor wakes, well may Thirſites boaſt.

Plutar in vita Fabii.

[...]iſhers and expert Maſters are all one

[...]n calmes and deepes, the ſhip there goes alone.

[...]ut when the winds, ſeas, rocks, and ſands do fight,

[...]he skilfull Maſter then keepes all vpright.

[Page] We feare no ſtormes the Porpuſes do play,

The Dolphins dance, and Prot [...]us flocks do ſtray

O're Neptunes watry Kingdome ſafe and free,

None caſting doubts, or fearing what may be.

May this calme laſt perpetuall, and faith then

We ne're ſhall need thee Cecil nor ſuch men:

Others we haue to fill thy roome thou gone,

So Ariſtippus ſaith, ſtone ſits on ſtone.

We yet are ſenſeleſſe of thy loſſe, and find

No danger in't. Like ſome within the winde

Of a great ſhot, whoſe violent thunder driues,

The ſenſe into diſtraction, and depriues

The eare of preſent vſe: ſo did report

Of thy death make vs mad to raile and ſport,

To temporiſe, lye, flatter; ſo defaming

Our ſelues, ſtate, manners, law, religion ſhaming:

But now the fit being paſt, tis plaine to fenſe

"Though man for beares Heauen pleads for innocenc [...]

"Vertue o'recomes by ſufferance, and good deeds

"Are fen [...]'d by Calum [...]y, as herbes by weeds.

Antidotum Cecillianum.

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BACVLVM TANTVM

The Cynicke ſicke and like to die,

To ſuch as askt where he would lie,

Made anſwere where you will; the field

Is large, and roome enough doth yeeld.

But they reply'de, the fields are wide;

Rauenous beaſts and vermine vilde

Haunt thoſe places; Kites and Crowes

Who to dead men no mercy ſhowes.

True (quoth he) but if you pleaſe

Lay a ſtaffe to driue hence theſe.

Tis only man I feare ali [...]e,

From my graue beaſts only driue.

"Though (liuing) we haue ſtaues for dogs,

"Dead w'are rooted vp by hogs.

EPITAPHIVM.

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ROmes poiſon, Spaines coplots, the French deſignes

Thy skill foreſees, diſcouers, vndermines.

D [...]g like they lick'd the duſt, crouch't low, and faund

When (liuing) thy skil'd power did ought command:

But (de [...]d) they madly rage, grin, ſome for ſpite;

For toothleſſe curres will bark that cannot bite.

§

TO THE RIGHT WORTHY, Henry Doile, Eſquire.

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THe folly which in man with wit is fixt,

Muſt needes haue pleaſant things with wholeſome mixt;

Elſe Nature loath it. Homers frogs and miſe

Instructs Achilles: Virgil is not nice

Totue an Oten pipe. Theſe toyes I ſend:

Accept; to pleaſe, and profit is my end.

Sic paruis componere magna ſolebam. Virgi.

SATYRA AVLICA.

VVHo (weary of contentfull Countries reſt)

Repaires to Court, with patience had beſt

Fore [...] arme himſelfe, both Fate and Fortune proofe

'Gainſt all aſſaults, or wiſely ſtand aloofe:

For plainneſſe is deſpiſde, and honeſtie

Is fellow Shakerag with ſimplicitie.

To be a Scholler, is to be a foole:

Rude impudencie is the Courtiers Schoole.

Arts are but Lackies to attend and waite

On Ignorance, Apparance, and Deceite.

[Page] Canſt thou ſeeme wiſe? Enough. This followes then,

"Vizards haue fairer vizages then men.

To be a Souldier is to be a ſlaue,

Danger abroad, reproach at home to haue.

Deepe furrow'd wounds freſh bleeding in the wars

Findes leſſe reliefe and pittie then the ſcars

Of muskey Courtiers, when their ſmooth ſlicke skin,

Is bramble-ſcratched with a Ladies pinne.

Nor do they now, (as er'ſt they did) delight,

The ſtubborne Steedes to mannage to the fight;

To tilt and turnay with ſtrong ſtaues of oake,

To fight at barriars with a Brandons ſtroake,

To dance in compleat armour, (but alas!)

To tilt, fight, dance and turnay with a laſſe.

The Schollerſhip they vſe, is to diſcourſe

Of my Lords bloud-hound, and his Honors horſe:

To tell how well the one purſued the chaſe,

The other ſwiftly ranne a luſtie race.

Or if more high their heauy wits aſpire,

It's to diſpute of luſt, and looſe deſire.

Their Soulderie is ſwaggering in the Court,

Where none may ſtrike the vrger but in ſport:

To offer ſtrangers, ſtrange and foule diſgraces,

Preſuming on their priuiledged places,

Which oft-times is repaide them, when they come

Abroad from Court, they'r w [...]lcom'd like Iack drum

Their idle houres, (I meane all houres beſide

Their houres to eate, to drinke, drab, ſleepe and ride [...]

They ſpend at ſhooue-boord, or at penny pricke,

At dice, cards, tennis; or they will not ſticke

Rather then not be idle, to delay

At ſhittle-cocke the precious time away.

[Page] O ſlaues! regard what ſlander doth ariſe

From your effeminate ſlow cowardiſe.

Haue you no Soules? no pens? no ſwords in hand?

Behold where curſed Mahom [...]t doth ſtand,

Triumphing o're the Croſſe; he Iew beſide

And Heathen do our holy faith deride.

For ſhame vnſheath your ſwords, let not reproch

You ſluggiſh eaſe is forraine kingdomes broch.

Caſt painted Puppets from your yeelding neckes

And ſcorne to ſtoope when the ſtale Strumpet beckes:

Let ſtallians ſerue to ſquench the ſcorching hea [...]e

Of ſuch as marrow, oyſters, Ringoes, eate.

You that are Scholers, ſouldiers, or ſuch men

Whoſe ſoules ſeeke knowledge, flee this ſhady den

Of ignorance; let thither none reſort

But Taylors, Bauds, Perfumers, fooles for ſport,

Cookes, Painters, Barbers, Fidlers; theſe may hap

To ſleepe in for [...]unes net, and honors lap.

In honors lap? auaunt baſe dunghell groomes

You are but ſhadowes: honors lo [...]ty roomes

Muſt be ſupplide with men. Though Iſis Aſſe

Thinke men adore his greatneſſe as they paſſe.

Yet Iſis knowes tis falſe; then hence be gon

And let deſert be honored alone.

For [...]une vſurpe no more, permit not fooles

To triumph ouer Souldiers, Arts, and Schooles.

Let not the wit for higher actions able,

Attend for ſcraps at [...]gnoramu [...] table.

Faire Cynthia fill thy horne, at length ariſe

And chaſe theſe blacke clouds from our troubled skies

AN IRISH BANQVET, OR THE Mayors feaſt of Youghall.

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TAles many haue been told by men of yore,

9 Worthics

Of Giants, Dragons, and of halfe a ſcore

Worthies ſaue one, of Caſtles, kings and knights,

Of Ladies loues, of Turnaies, and ſuch ſights

As Mandeuile ne're ſaw; yet none like this

Which my Mu [...]e howles: then liſten what it is.

The old Maior [...]

Saturne grew old, and the gods did agree,

That

New Maior.

Ioue ſhould him depriue of Soueraigntie,

And become chiefe himſelfe. A ſolemne day

Appointed was, when all the

Aldermen [...]

Gods moſt gay,

Attired in mantles faire, and truſes ſtrange,

Came to behold this Lecher-like lou'd change.

The frie of all the Gods was there beſide,

And each his baſtard had, his Whore and Bride.

The milk-white path which to [...]oues Pallace leades,

In comely order all this rich troope treades.

An old wi [...]e.

Ceres threw wheate vpon Ioues face moſt daintie,

Preſaging and foreſpeaking future plenty.

The well-inſtructed ſwine did follow after,

And for the whe [...]t left ſomething that was ſofter,

Smell out the meaning.

Ciuet, like Iriſh ſope. Sweete naturde beaſts,

Fit waiters at ſuch ciuill ſolemne feaſts.

At length the traine reach't the high Hall of Ioue.

The Gods ſat downe, the

Aldermens w [...]es.

Goddeſſes then ſtroue

For place and ſtate: but

Miſtres Maiores.

Iun [...] moſt demurely,

Plac'de and diſplac'de that day, as pleaſde her ſurely,

[Page] The tables ſtood full crownde with dainty diſhes,

Enough to ſatisfie the idle wiſhes

Of longing Wiues, or Maids grown green and ſickly,

With eating fruit, and doing nothing quickly.

Huge

So they call their butter cakes [...]

hands of butter not yet fully blue,

With quiuering cuſtards of a doubtfull hue.

Stewde prune, and bread that paſſeth

Bread of crud [...].

Malahane.

And honny ſweeter farre then ſugar cane.

Greene apples and ſuch plenty of ſmall Nuts.

That there with ſafely one might fill his guts,

Though he were ſure the Cookes were Iriſh ſluts.

The goblets ſweld with pride, themſelues to ſee,

So full of French and Spaniſh wines to be.

Nectar-like Vſqua-bath, or Aqua-vitae,

And browne Ale growne in yeeres and ſtrength moſt mighty

Was there as a

Common Iriſh drinke.

Bonniclabbar,

That euery gueſt his cleane lickt lips might ſlabbar

In full ſatiety, till they were crownde

With Bacchus wreathes [...] and in ſtill ſlumber drownde.

The fidling

Two fidlers and a blind boy with a bagpipe.

Spheeres made muſicke all the while.

And riming

Their poer [...] Chroniclers.

Bardes braue meeter did compile

To grace this feaſt: when

One of the Aldermen.

Phoebus ſtanding vp

Tooke in his greaſie fiſt a greaſier cup

And drunke to Daphnes health. Bacchus replide

And ſtraightway quaft another to the bride

Of Mulciber. This health paſt all along.

Then Mars his feather wagde amongſt the throng

Carowſing Pallas health (braue wench and wiſe)

Which draught coſt bonny

The fidlers boy.

Cupid both his eyes,

Straining to pledge it. Maias ſonne ſtood ſtill,

And ſtilly mark't how Ganimed did [...]ill

The ſeuerall healths, which ſwiftly paſt around

[Page] Till all the Gods, and Goddeſſes had bound

They were almoſt all drunke.

Their browes with wreathes of Iuy leaues and vines,

And each his forehead to his knee enclines.

The Sun went down.

Apollo then ſlipt thence, and being halfe drunke

His burning bonnet doft, and ſlily ſunke

His head in Thetis lap. So heauen loſt light,

And cheerefull day was damp't with irkſome night.

Maſter Maior cald to his wife for candles.

Ioue yet diſpoſde to mirth, bad Iuno ſpread

Her Starry mantle or'e the worlds blacke head.

But

She was drunke and would none.

ſhe inrag'de with plumpe Lyeus iuice,

And mad with iealouſie, without excuſe

Refuſde to guild the then vnſpangled skie,

With th' eyes of Argus her cow-keeping ſpie.

She took Maſter M ior a box on the care.

And aided by Neceſsitie, and Fate,

And all the ſhrewder Goddeſſes, Ioues ſtate

She durſt aſſume, and boldly preſſe as [...]arre

As all the Gyants in their ciuill warre.

They firſt bound Ioue, then all the other Gods,

Who were conſtrain'd by darknes, drinke, and th'ods

Of this conſpiracie, to condeſcend

To hard conditions for a quiet end.

Miſtris Maiores might doe what ſhe would.

Ioue granted [...]uno power of all the ayre,

Her frowne or ſmile makes weather fowle or faire.

His thunderbolts and lightning ſhe may take,

And with her tongue the worlds firmes axtree ſhake [...]

From hence do women their free charter hold,

To rule gainſt reaſon, or elſe cry and ſcold.

Proſerpina obtained of her Pluto,

That ſuch ſhould only ſpeed, who ſhe-ſaints ſue to:

That all affaires of man in ſtate or purſe

His wife ſhould ſway, or women that are worſe.

From whence this cuſtome ſprings in towne and city,

[Page] The wife growes rich, the bankerout begs for pitty.

[...] go [...] leaue [...] [...] with an [...] [...] [...]

And that no ſawcy god ſhould once reproue her:

That Mars and ſhe might dally, whil'ſt Don Vulcan

Should freely to their pleaſures drinke a full can.

Fro whence this vſe proceeds, that wiues once wātons

Wage ſeruants, as the French the Swizzers Cantons.

You that are Statiſts looke vnto this geare,

Do not Tyrone and his raſh ſtriplings feare;

Feare not Tirconnel, nor thoſe Galliglaſſes

That cut, and hacke, and carue men as it paſſes:

Feare thoſe which all theſe feare, thoſe fathers holy

Which make the whole world their ſole monopoly:

That crowne & vncrowne Kings, when as they pleaſe,

Play faſt and looſe like Iuglers with ſlight eaſe;

Diſſolue all othes, though made with hand and heart,

And pardon all ſinnes,

The eight deadly ſin, and more ſhunned of the Iriſhmen then the other ſeuen.

yea an Iriſh fart.

Feare theſe, and

Their croſſes, their wiues.

thoſe they ioyne with, leſt too late

We finde our [...]le an Amazonian ſtate,

Where none but women, Prieſts and Cocknies keepe

As cloſe as young

His hiſtory is wel knowne.

Papiriu [...], and as deepe,

And none but theſe ſtate myſteries may know,

Leſt they to more fooles then themſelues ſhould ſhow

The atreaſons, ſtratagems, and bgolden fables

Which are proiected at their Councell tables.

If this aduice be good, crie, Ioue be thanked,

And with that ſhort grace cloſe my Iriſh banquet,

To all thoſe Knights, Ladies, and Gentlemen, to whom my Dedications are made, a true reaſon and excuſe why I haue not placed them in their rankes and diſtances.

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IF any of you now be diſcontented,

To haue your names found here, it is repented

On my part too: for I would no man wrong

Nor honour, but for merit in my ſong.

If here yon finde your vertues be not proude,

But thinke you are by me and truth allowde

To weare Fames liuery, which if y'abuſe,

Shee'l ſoone pull off againe; and as you vſe

To deale with your euill ſeruants, put ye forth

Naked of honour, if you be of worth:

But whilſt you be what now I know and write,

Your fames guard me, and I giue you your right;

Yet not in place, for I my ſelfe profeſſe

To be no Harold; but if worthineſſe

Had as much power, as many hath, to grace,

You ſhould not (hauing ſo much worth) want place.

FINIS.

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Notes

a

They plot and conſult of nothing elſe.

↵

b

Stories out of the Legend whi [...]h they beleeue aboue Gods Word.

↵

§

§

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[Page] THE SECOND PART OF PHILOMYTHIE, OR PHILOMYTHOLOGIE.

CONTAINING CERTAINE TALES OF True Libertie. Falſe Friendſhip. Power Vnited. Faction and Ambition.

By THOMAS SCOT Gent.

LONDON, Printed by Iohn Legatt for Francis Conſtable. 1625.

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MONARCHIA.
DEDICATED To all the worthy profeſſors of the Law, who make not priuate-wealth, but the good and peace of the Commonwealth the end of their ſtudies and practiſe.

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Though you (perhaps) be Clyentleſſe and few,

Friendleſſe and poore, yet 'tis to you I ſue

For kinde acceptance. You alone are they

Who by example guide vs in our way.

You looke not on the fee, but on the cauſe,

Cambden Inſula vectis. This title is giuen them by our worthy L. chiefe Iuſtice of Eng.

And follow truth, as truth doth lead the Lawes.

The reſt, with vice, and wealths ill-gotten load,

Paſſe on to death, in glories beaten road.

TH' inhabitants of the Ile of Wight did boſt,

No vermin vs'd to harbour in their coaſt.

For they no hooded Monkes, nor Foxes had,

Nor Law * Retriuers who make fooles run mad,

[Page] With their ſtrife-ſtirring tongues; but liu'd as free,

From theſe, as by them others combred be.

And though our whole land cannot boaſt ſo farre,

That we from all ſuch vermin quitted are:

Yet happy is our Ile, that's hemd about

With water-walles, to keepe our enemies out;

Whilſt we (as Adam did) in Eden dwell,

And ſcarce of famine in an age heare tell.

Where hils are clad with woods, and vales with corn

Whoſe laden eares doe liſten to be ſhorne.

Where ſhephearde neither Lyon doubt, nor Beare,

Nor rauening Wolfe which ſheep & ſhepheard teare;

But each in ſafety dwell, and ſillie ſheepe

From all but Man, doe one the other keepe.

O happy are we if we know our good,

And if our ſtate be rightly vnderſtood:

To liue thus free vnder ſo bleſt a King,

Iuſt Magiſtrates and Cleargy-men, that ſing,

The ſongs of Syon in the holy tongue

Conuerting old men, and informing yong.

No ſpirit-tyrant, Pope, State, Tyrant, Turke.

Can here their bloudy ends and proiects worke;

But each in ſafety may his owne poſſeſſe,

More free then Kings, becauſe our cares be leſſe.

But moſt vnhappy are thoſe neighbour lands,

Where Peace, and Plenty, as two ſtrangers ſtands;

Where bloodie war, and bloodleſſe famine ride

Vpon the ruin'd top of thankleſſe Pride:

Where Law deſtroies, Diuinity deceiues,

And where the crowne the care of kingdome leaues.

Where men eate men, as beaſt deuourd by beaſt,

The ſtrong the weaker kill, the great the leaſt.

[Page] Where tyrannie in triumph mounted hie,

Makes truth and innocence in dungeon lie.

This tale the difference ſhewes, that weemay know

How much to God for our good king we owe.

An aged Hart, vpon mount Carmel bred,

Hauing as Admirall the Nauy led

From Syria through the Seas, to Cyprus ſhore,

Where all the Ile with greene is couered o're.

Hapt by a Parke to trauaile, where he ſpide

A yonger ſad Hart, ſtanding cloſe beſide

Th' impriſoning pale, and vſing all his skill

To free himſelfe from thence, to larger ill.

Good brother (quoth the ſtranger) let me know,

What heauy thoughts they are that vex you ſo?

Why do you ſadly ſo your ſelfe bemone?

Why hauing friends within come you alone

To feed ſad melancholly, and inuent

To doe a raſh act, which youle ſoone repent?

The younger Deere made anſwer, Can ye muſe

Why I am ſad, and wherefore I doe vſe

All meanes to free my ſelfe, from being thus

A ſlaue to him that's foe to all of vs?

Know brother, I endure more ſorrowes here,

In one halfe day, then you in one whole yeere.

For you haue liberty to come and goe,

Though forreſter and wood-man both ſay no.

But I by cru [...]ll man, impriſond keepe,

Within this woodden walls, where none but ſheepe

Hares, Conyes, Cowes, and other of my kinne

Are my aſſociates, ſimple ſoules within.

I haue no beaſt of worth, of birth, or wit,

With whom I may conuerſe; but faine to fit

[Page] My lofty ſpirit to the lowly ſtraine,

Of baſe companions, ſluggiſh, fearefull, vaine.

No Wolues or Dogs come here whereby decaies

The exerciſe of valure and the praiſe.

The traps for vermin, are ſo thicke beſet,

That oftentimes they ſome of vs doe get.

The watchfull keeper, euery night and morne,

Commands me riſe, and reſt with his ſhrill horne,

He with his Lymehound rounds the pale about,

For feare leaſt we be ſtolne or broken out.

He feeds vs cheerefully, and doth prouide

Sufficient meat that's fit for euery tide;

But being fat, he chooſeth which he likes,

And through our ſides, deaths forked arrow ſtrikes.

Thus all he doth, is his owne turne to ſerue,

And for his owne life doth our liues preſ [...]rue.

Then gentle brother helpe to free me hence,

And my ſwift thanks ſhall yeeld you recompence.

Stay brother mad-brain ſtay, quoth Light foot thē

If you were out, you'ld wiſh you in agen.

I was in Syria borne, and euery yeere

A dangerous voyage make, for what you here

Enioy with proud cont [...]mpt. We cannot find

"Content on earth, without a thankfull mind.

You ſlight your eaſe and plenty; we, alas!

With toyle ſeeke that which you with ſcorne let paſſe.

Our meat is grutchd, we like to robbers watcht,

So what we feed on, here and there is ſnatcht.

The pale you call your priſon rather may,

Be tearmd your Caſtle, Garden, Cloſet, Stay,

To keepe ou [...] others from thoſe ioyes of yours,

Or to preſerue you from theſe woes of ours.

[Page] Whilſt we without by Lyons, Leopards, Beares,

Wolues, Eagles, Serpents, and a thouſand feares,

Are howrely vext, beſet, beſieged ſo,

That as our ſhadowes, death doth next vs goe.

Yet none our deaths reuenge, nor craues account,

How our neglected blood is lauiſht out.

For euen that Man (which is your guard) to vs

Proclaimes himſelfe a foe, moſt dangerous.

He hunts for our deſtruction cheeres the hound,

Rides, runs, whoopes, hollowes, and at euery ſound,

Rings our ſhrill deaths bell with ſo fearefull blaſt,

As charmes our ioynts to heare, whilſt hounds make haſt

To finiſh our deſired death, and glut

VVith our ſweet fleſh, each vermins maw and gut.

Thus doe we die abroad, for euery man

Claimes right in vs, and labors all they can,

Our weary feet in toyles, nets, ſnares t'incloſe,

VVhen you haue friends, to guard you from your foes

If therefore you haue told me truth that there

You doe no creature but your keeper feare;

O bring me to this priſon, ſhew me how

I may obtaine a bleſſed life with you.

Direct me to a leape, ile ſoone leape in.

"Tis happineſſe, vnhappy to haue been.

VVith that he mounts the pale, adue quoth he,

Vaine, wide, wild world; who ſerues the law is free.

Epimythium.

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There [...]ath been long diſputation to finde out the true freedome. The world holds opinion that Libertines who doe what they liſt, and luſt what ſoeuer is vnlawfull are onely free men. Cain was founder of this brotherhood. He might doo what he liſt, he was a vagabond exempt from lawes, he had a marke of priuiledge ſet vpon him to keep [...] him from puniſhment here. Our Ieſuits and King-killers being exempt from the tempor all ſword are free of this company [...] But the child of God whoſe affections are mortified, who obeyes law for conſcience ſake, who is a law vnto himſelfe, is the onely freeman; for him the Magistrate beares the ſword in vaine. He would be honeſt without law, and will be honeſt if the la [...] ſhould [...]orbid him. Yet would he not reſiſt, but ſubmit himſelfe to power. Hee is free of that company whereof S. Paul profeſſeth himſelfe one when hee ſaith, I haue learned in all eſtates to bee contented. How much more happy are they who liue vnder the protection of a good King, and wholeſome lawes, then theſe are who liuing here like outlawes, goe without contradiction out of momentary pleaſure and liberty into eternall ſlauery and puniſhment.

The Cony-burrow.
Dedicated to the louers of worth, and friends of vertue, who follow truth with a ſingle heart, and ſpeake it with a ſingle tongue.

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Be inn [...]cent, but circumſpect withall,

The Turtles mate may be the Turtles ſtall.

[...] wiſe yet truſt not wit. The traps we make

For others, firſt doe our falſe fingers take.

What we delight to vſe, take pride to weare,

Take vs; as Abſalon hangd with his haire.

Then walke vpright, to neither hand encline,

There's nought frees innocence, but grace di [...]ine.

THe Polcat, Ferret, Lobſtar, Weaſell, made

A ſecret match, the Cony to inuade:

VVhich no way they could compaſſe, whilſt he kept

Himſelfe abroad, when as hee fed or ſlept.

[Page] At laſt the Polcat to the Cony went,

With this ſmooth ſpeech. Good couſen my intent

Hath been long ſince t'acquaint you with our kin,

And tell ye how our couſenage came in.

Your Grandame was my carefull foſtermother,

To your kind S [...]re, I was a foſterbrother;

My education, nurture, and my foode,

I from my youth receiued from your ſweet brood.

In recompence whereof, my thankfull mind,

A fitte requitall long deſired to finde.

The time is come, for I haue lately found,

A ſecret plot, wherein the cunning hound

The cloſe diſſembling Tumbler, Lurcher ſwift,

With Raynard that knowes many a ſubtill ſhift.

The Eagle and the Goſhauke, haue agreed,

Their ſtomacke with your d [...]inty [...]leſh to feed.

Firſt they intend the hound ſhall hunt you out,

And by your footing heate ye once about.

Then ſhall that hypocrite, the Tumbler tri [...],

To cheate you of your life, with his falſe [...]ie.

But if he faile, the Lurcher with his ſpeed,

Will ſnatch yee vp (they hope) and do the deed.

If not the Eagle, Fox, and Goſhauke, ſweare,

To eat no meat, till on your lims they teare.

The harmleſſe Cony; at this dir [...] report,

Ready to ſound, beſought in humble ſort

The wary Polcat him t'inſt [...]uct and teach

A way, how he might ſ [...]ape his foes long reach.

Faith (quoth the Polcat) you perhaps might hide,

Your ſelfe among thicke buſhes vneſpide,

But that the Hounds and Lurcher both are [...]here,

whoſe ſents will quickly find ye out, I feare.

[Page] Againe vpon the rocks, you might remaine,

But that the Eagle, Fox, and Goſhauke ſaine

Thei'l watch ye there; ſo that no other way

Remaines to ſcape with life, but night and day

To ſcrape and grate with your forefeet, a den,

Within the earth, where ſafe from beaſts and men,

And foule, and euery bloody foe you ſhall,

Your life ſecurely lead in ſpite of all.

The ſimple Cony doubting no deceit,

Thought treaſon had not councell for a bait [...]

And therefore thanks his foe, and (glad at heart)

To dig his owne graue vſeth all his art.

A ſandy place he ſeeks, and finding one,

Free from all clay, or flint, o [...] other ſtone,

He with his forefeet grates, and makes a burrow,

As deepe, as if he ment to trauaile thorow,

The body of the earth, and meet the Sunne,

When it vnto the Antipodes doth run.

Which hauing finiſht, he prepares a feaſt,

And there the Polcat is the chiefeſt gueſt.

The Lobſter, Ferret, Weaſel too muſt goe,

To ioy him in his houſe, they loue him ſo;

And their great friend, the [...]iluer-ſuited Snake,

Muſt needs along with them, and merry make.

He welcomes them, and do [...]h before them ſet,

What iunckets he with purſe or paines could get.

The Lyons Court hath not a dainty diſh,

But he prouides it, euen beyond their wiſh.

"Yet they that long for blood, till blood be ſhed,

"Cannot be ſatisfied, though fully feed.

Ingratitude! thou monſter of the minde [...]

Art thou not only proper to mankind?

[Page] Is there a beaſt that can forget his friend,

And for his owne ends, worke his fellowes end?

Is there a beaſt whoſe luſt prouokes him kill

The beaſt that did him good, nere wiſht him ill?

Is there a beaſt who vnder kindneſſe can

Diſſemble hate? O then thrice happy man!

Thou art not only he that kilſt [...]hy brother,

Some beaſts there are that murther one another.

Some foules, ſome fiſhes, Serpents ſome there are

VVho pray vpon their kind in open war.

And ſome that vnder friendſhip fal [...]ly faind,

VVith fellowes murther haue their natures ſtaind.

Nay there is one who can ſo couer [...]uill,

That man may iudge him Angell, find him diuell.

He firſt with ſweet meats poyſond Adams ſeed,

Since when of ſweet meats wiſeſt men take heed.

So need not theſe bold gu [...]ſts, they eat and drink

And then riſe vp to play; but neuer thinke

Ought fadgeth right, till they haue brought to paſſe

The purpoſde plot for which this meeting was [...]

Theref [...]re (diſſemblingly) the Polcat gins,

To licke and catch the Cony, and ſo wins

Hold vnderneath his throat, which hauing faſt,

The tragedy begins, the ſport is paſt.

For all aſſault him then on euery part,

Some at his ſides, ſome at his head and heart.

Some at his belly, but the poiſonous Snake,

Doth at his tayle a deadly iſſue make.

The helpleſſe Cony [...]ues, intreat [...], [...]nd ſtriues,

But he muſt die had he ten thouſand liues.

Each foe his greedy go [...]ge with blood doth glut

And with his ſweet fleſh cram each hollow gut.

[Page] "But blood that's ſweet in taſt, is not ſo ſound,

"To feed vpon, as milke that's eaſier found.

The Snake with poiſonous touch had venome ſpred,

Through all the ſwelling vaines, from taile to head.

And they had ſuckt the blacke infection in;

A fitting vengeance for their crying ſinne.

Straight they their ſtomacke find not well at [...]aſe,

And ſomething feele, that doth their minds diſpleaſe.

The VVeaſel firſt ſuſpects the Snake, for he

Can neuer with a Serpent well agree;

Saies, they are poiſond all by one baſe ſlaue,

VVhoſe company the Ferret needs would haue.

The Snake replies, he did no more but what

He was appointed to performe by plot.

And if they fooliſhly had eat their laſt,

He could not mend with ſorrow what was paſt.

They find it true, but find it now too late,

Each rauing dies, and yeelds conſtraind by fate.

Yet ere they die, all doe their farewell take,

By ſhaking teeth together on the S [...]ake.

VVho deadly wounded, crawles but faintly thence,

Confounded with the guilt of his offence.

And heeding not his way, by good miſhap,

Became a priſoner to the warriners trap.

This feaſt was ended thus, death tooke away,

And where they did not well we mend it may.

Epimythium.

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Some are of opinion that wiſedome conſiſteth i [...] the abilitie to giue good counſell. But I thinke the knowledge how to take good counſell and how to diſcerne the differences of ad [...]iſe, is the principallpart of wiſedome. That Frog in Aeſope which in a great drought ſpying water i [...] a deep pit aduiſed his fellow to leape downe [...] that they might be ſatisfied and liue there, gaue good counſell and ſeemed to be a patterne of the firſt wiſedome ſpoken of [...] But the other Frogge that refuſed his aduiſe, and diued deeper then the preſent time, then the bott [...]me of the pit with this queſtion; But if the water faile vs there, how ſhall we get out, or how ſhall we liue there [...] was a figure of the ſecond wiſedome, and teacheth vs that it is harder to take good counſell then to giue it. Let vs therefore beware in this point, and learne to looke a little beyond that good which is firſt and moſt apparant in euery proiect, The ſecond and third good is that which we muſt rest on [...] for truth is often most remote and neorest the bottome [...] all that ſwims vppermost is the froth and falſe good and fraud.

The Houſe of Fame.
Dedicated to all the noble atten dants of Royaltie in the Campe of Vertue, who fight for the honor of the Church, and Common-wealth.

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Till now of late we feard that loud report,

Of Creſſy field, Poicters, and Agincourt,

Fought by our Kings and Princes heretofore,

Had not been true, or ſhould be told no more.

We wondred if thoſe Nobles euer were

Who [...] [...]ame for armes and bounty did prefer [...]

We doubted all our Countries had forgot.

The deede of Audely or beleeu'd it not [...]

we thought our Nation was of worth [...]eref [...],

When bowes and arrowes and browne bills were left.

But ſee [...] occaſion now hath turnd our eyes,

To inward wars where greater wonders riſe.

To ſee affection couquerd, l [...]ſt chaſtiſd'e,

Priae humbled, Murther ſlaine, all vice deſpiſd'e.

And all old vert [...]es freſhly now reneude,

By fa [...]re examples as the Sun ere vewd.

In which bra [...]e war of wonders (paſſing far

[Page] All other conflicts that compounded are

(Of loue and hate) each Lord who lends a hand

To fight againſt vice for vertue, doth this land

More [...]onor then his ancestors before

In conquering France, and ſhall be famd for't more.

Some for their Prudence who found out and led,

Others for zeale through whom the enemy fled [...]

Others for Art, whoſe skill the ſquadrons placed

Others for Iuſtice who the e [...]emy chaſed,

And ſome for Constancie [...] who held it out.

And ſtill vnwearied, not v [...]w [...]unded fought.

But none more [...]ame attaind then mercies ſquire,

Who begd to giue, all ſa [...]ing i [...] deſire,

He Audely-like taught Courtiers how to craue

What they might giue aw [...]y [...] and giuing ſ [...]ue,

Saue free from feare of forfeiture or loſſe,

Or there-begging or the next y [...]res croſſe:

Or enuies eye ſore, or the Commons [...]ate,

Or poores complaint, or grieuance of the ſtate,

To him and to the reſt, this tale is ſent,

Howſoeuer taken with a good i [...]tent.

FAme that in Homer [...]s time a vagrant was,

Without a houſe and home, did after paſſe

In ſtately ſtructures all the mixed race

Of S [...]mdeities, and euery place

Built her a Court, aſsiſted by the Rages

Of ſ [...]ndry Poets i [...]ſucce [...]ding ages.

[Page] For euery one did ſomething adde, to frame

More ſpace and roome for their friends narrow fame.

Which as they purchaſt, ſtill to her they gaue

And that's the cauſe, themſelues ſo little haue.

This Fame hath now her houſe glazde all with eies,

The rafts, beames, balkes, nerues, ſinewes, arteries;

The dores wide open, eares; hangd round about

With nimble tongues, and couerd ſo without.

All things are ſeene and heard the wide world ore

Which touch that place, and fartheſt off the mo [...].

The Houſe of Fame built vp foure ſtories hie,

Stands in an open pl [...]ine, in which doth lie

Foure ſiſter twins, True [...]ame, and good the firſt,

And eldeſt are; falſe and had fame the worſt.

And youngeſt payre, yet ſwifteſt are in flight

And though laſt borne, yet oft come firſt to light.

Theſe laſt dwell in two darker roomes below,

Among the thicke Crowdes where all errors grow.

There keepe they Court, where Scandals, Libels, lies,

Rumors, Reports, Suſpicions, c [...]lumnies,

Are fauorites and Go [...]ernors of State,

Whoſe practiſe 'tis true worth to ruina [...]e.

Falſe fame liues loweſt, and true Fame aboue,

Bad Fame next falſe, good fame next, true doth moue [...]

Yet good fame ſomtime doth with falſe fame ſtay,

And bad fame ſometime doth with true fame play.

But falſe and true (oppoſd) will neuer meete,

Nor bad and good fame, one the other greete.

It ſo fell out (as oft ſtrange things befall)

A gallant Knight, ariued at that faire Hall,

Attended on with ſuch a noble ſort,

Of warlike ſquires, as fild this ſpatious Court.

[Page] Who curiouſly enquiring of the rout,

Whoſe Court it was, could no waies find it out.

For contradictions croſſe each other ſo,

As truth from falſhood he could no waies know.

Bad fame did call it hers, and ſaid, ſhe was

A guide to ſuch as vnto glo [...]y paſſe.

Falſe Fame did call it hers; he ſaw they lide,

For 'boue their heads, two brighter Queens he ſpide.

True fame ſpake to him then, and let him know,

That [...]he and good fame did the building owe,

Being eldeſt borne, to Titan and the Earth,

Before the Gyants war: when th' others birth

Long ſince was ſubiect to their p [...]rents ſinne,

And heauens curſe which now they liued in.

For as thoſe Gyants gainſt the Gods did war,

So theſe to t [...]uth profeſſed enemies are;

Had by ſtrong hand, and fraud, vſurpd her ſtate [...]

And to expreſſe to vertue v [...]moſt hate,

Had bard all paſſage other houſes hie,

That mor all men might in obliuion die

Or haue their memories blaſted, glories kild

By eating time, wi hlies and ſlanders fild.

She wiſht him then if he his good deſired

To haue repeated, or his ſpi [...] it aſpired

To worthy honor as old knights had wont,

(Whoſe ſwords not ruſt, but too much vſe did blunt)

That he would vſe ſome meanes to ſet them f [...]ee,

Whereby his bleſt name might [...]ternizd be.

Good Fame then told him, that the only way,

How he this enterprize accompliſh may,

Was by the helpe of mercy, prudence, art,

Iuſtic [...] and zeale, and Conſtancy of heart.

[Page] All their knowne friends to ſummon vp in armes,

To force the place, and to diſperſe thoſe ſwarmes

Of idle vagabonds; who kept below

And hated good Fame, would not true fame know.

Then (ſince the ſtayres of fame were broken downe,

And do es ſtopt vp to glory and renowne)

She wild him make an engine where withall,

He might her lodging and her ſiſters ſcale.

And ſo himſelfe in ſpite of perill, raiſe

Aboue the reach of enuy, or diſpraiſe.

The Knight (in ſpirit rauiſht with delight

To heare their ſpeech, to ſee their goodly ſight)

Mounts his fierce Courſers backe, with which at hand

His Squires attend vpou his ſtrict command.

Wils euery one of them to take a dame,

Such as the Ladies of the houſe did name,

Who there attended that they might direct

This high attempt, with order and reſpect.

The Squires with willing minds the knight obaide,

And each behind them tooke a louely maide.

Prudence directs her Squires to lead the way,

(Who followes her direction cannot ſtray,)

At length they come vnto a fruitfull wood,

Wherein a world of vpright timber ſtood;

Tall Cedars, Cypres, Pine and royall Okes,

With country Elmes, and Aſh for plow and yokes.

The lea ned Laurell, and the weeping Mirrh,

The ſmarting Birch, and the ſweet ſmelling Firr

Grew there in order, and all trees beſide,

Where in the thrifty Woodreeue taketh pride,

The knight ſuruaies all this, yet [...]inds not one

Fit to be feld; till Prudence lights upon

[Page] A proud ſtraight Aſpe, whoſe wauing top did leane

On a ſlight Poplar, with ſome ſhrubs betweene.

The curſed Eldar, and the fatall Yewe,

With W [...]ch and Nightſhade in their ſhadowes grew;

Whoſe ſaples tops, with mildewes often ſtood,

And grew ſelf-ſeare, and ouertopt the wood.

The Rauen & Shreikeowle there did build their neaſts,

And at their roots did harbour harmefull beaſts,

Which Pruden [...]e ſaw, but mercy would not ſee,

Till ſhe perceiu'd how euery other tree

Droop'd vnderneath the height of theſe alone,

And could not thriue, or grow till theſe were gone.

She therefore (ioynd with Constancie and Zeale)

Beſought ſharpe [...]ſtice, who doth euenly deale

Her warie blowes, to fell all theſe with ſpeed;

Who ſoone conſents, and ſoone, performes the deed.

At euery ſtroke ſhe fetcht, the trees did grone,

The reſt did eccho laughter to their mone.

And now they lye along, their branches topt,

Their barke pild off, their trunks aſunder chopt.

Then Art with rule and line, theſe vſeleſſe payer

Frames ( [...]ngine-lik [...]) a ſtraight clowd climing ſtayer

To mount Fames houſe; this euery Squire doth reare [...]

And brauely on their backs do thi her beare.

But Mercy ſeeing all the other ment

To burne the C [...]ips, to ſaue them ſhe is bent.

And, with her Squire, the knight praies, let them lye,

For he ſhall gaine, and glory g [...]t thereby.

Since chips which cut from Aſpe and Poplar bee,

Do ſoone take roote, each growes a goodly tree.

The knight co [...]ents, and fenceth round the ſpring.

Whoſe forward growth doth hope of profit bring.

[Page] And now, together to the houſe of Fame

With ſpeede they paſſe, where firſt the falſeſt Dame

Salutes them with a lye, and [...]aith ſhe heares

Her Siſters are together by the eares,

And haue deſtroyde each other; this ſhe had

From her Twin ſister, who tells rumors bad.

They ſlight her leaſings, and with ſpeedy aſſay

To raiſe the lather, where bold Zeale makes way;

But falſe Fame and her Siſter, lay about

To hinder her, with all their raſcall route.

Slander, foole-hardines and heartles fear [...],

With fooliſh Pittie, and falſe Lou [...] was there,

Damnde In [...]idelitie, and ſecret Hate,

And treaſon [...]oo, that cloſe d [...]ſſ [...]mbling mate.

Who all with open mouth, and open lyes,

All waies to ſtop his honord worke deuiſe.

They raile, and fight, intreat, and curſe and ban.

The Knight proceedes, in ſcorne of what they can.

And mounts the ladder, with his ſword in hand,

Which ſoone diſparkles, ſuch as dare withſtand.

Zeale hales him vp, and Prudence guides him right,

True Constancie encourageth the fight,

Mercy ſaues all the inno [...]ent, who ſwarme

For companie, not with intent of harme;

Art orders euery act, the engine ſtaies

And helpes the Knight ſtep after ſtep, to praiſe

The luſty ſquires below, with ſword and lance,

Withſtand bad fame, whilſt Iuſtice doth aduance

Her heauy hatchet, and ſtrikes off the head

Of both the leaders, and there leaues them dead.

Which when their troopes diſcouer, they forſake

Th' vſurped fortreſſ [...], and themſelu [...]s betake.

[Page] To heady flight, into a marſh neere hand,

Where many whiſpering reeds and Oſiars ſtand.

There they like out-lawes do themſelues incloſe,

In wilfull baniſhment, with all the foes

Of this good knight, whoſe valure vndertooke

This high attempt, that Fame might rightly looke

On all deſeruers, and that man might finde,

Like freedome for his tongue, as for his mind.

That vertue migh be crowned by true fame,

And honeſt meaning liue with honored name.

Which promiſe gladly both the ſiſters ſwore,

In ſolemne forme; and now as heretofore

The freedome of their tongues they both poſſeſſe;

And worth is knowne from baſe vnworthineſſe.

The knight they humbly thanke, and him they crowne

The Soueraigne of glory and renowne.

Which ſtile, Fames trumpetters the foure winds blow

Through th' earths foure quarters, that the world may know

Th' extent of vertuous actions; how no power

Can ſtop their paſſage, nor lanke time deuoure

Their ſweet remembrance; which ſhall liue as long

As nature hath an eare, or eye, or tongue.

To euery Squire then they this fauour giue,

That after death their Fames ſhall euer liue;

For ſtill thoſe Ladies, whoſe imploiment they

So well aduanc't'ſhall duly night and day

Repeate heir labors, and prefer them far

Beyond Alcides workes, as peace doth war

Surpaſſe in glory, or thoſe works we doe,

When others wills, and ours we conquer too.

Now 'tis proclaimd that if we tell no lies,

We may with boldneſſe ſpeake and feare no ſpies.

[Page] That what this age hath done, this age may heare,

As well repeated now as the next yeere.

That all our words our ſelues ſhall firſt expound,

And that no forc't conſtruction ſhall confound

Our honeſt meaning, but bee't ill or well,

We may with freedome our opinions t [...]ll.

Since no man dares to doe the thing which he,

Would haue all the world both heare and ſee.

Theſe orders ratified, they fall to ſport,

And fill with maskes and reuells all the Court.

The ſequel I refer to Fames relation,

Whoſe golden trumpe ſounds vs a bleſſed nation.

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Satellitium.
Dedicated to all that ſtand Sen inell, that watch and ward in defence of this kingdome, eſpecially to the ſtrength and guard of the State.

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Be of one minde; Religion tyes a knot,

Which none vndoes, by practiſe or by plot.

But if in that we differ, be our breed

Within one houſe, or wombe, of all one ſeede.

'Tis ſeuerd ſoone by hate, reſpect, or gold,

Which Law can neuer ſoulder, art make hold.

'Faith only ioynes, what nothing ſunder can.

'Beaſts loue for benefits, for vertue Man.

VVHo guarded round about, with Parthian bowes,

Or Spaniſh pikes; or hedg'd and dikt with rowes

Of ſturdie Ianiſaries, or the ſhot

Of hardy Swizzars, or the valiant Scot [...]

[Page] And after theſe with walles of ſteele and braſſe,

Hemd in ſo cloſe that ſcarce the ayre may paſſe

Betwixt the cliffes, is not ſo free from doubt,

As is that King whom loue doth guard about.

Whom ſubiects loue doth guard, becauſe that he

Guards them from all oppreſsion, and makes free

His noble fauourers to deſert and worth,

Spreading his valiant vertues frankly forth,

That both his owne may finde, and neighbors know,

What glorious fruit doth from religion grow.

How ſweet an odor Iuſtice ſends to heauen,

How rare example is to Princes giuen,

By vertuous deeds, to ſtop the mouthes of thoſe,

Who vnreform'de are reformations foes.

Such one ſleepes ſafe within the armes of loue,

Diuine regard doth all his ſubiects moue

To due obedience; and with ſacred awe

Binds conſcience, with a ſtronger bond then lawe.

Such heauen informes, whilſt hell doth vndermine,

And ſpit [...] of darkeſt plots with grace diuine

Doth hedge about, that naked in the armes

Of en [...]mies he is preſeru'd from harmes.

They ſleepe ſecurely, feed on holſome cates,

Angels their beds make, cookes their delicates

Giues Antidotes gainſt poyſons, doth defend

Gainſt d [...]mned w [...]tches and their God the fiend,

No [...]eſuits at their elbowes can do hurt,

Nor t [...]oopes of Papiſts that their courts ingirt.

For God doth them in his bleſt armes incloſe,

Safe, though their chiefeſt fauourites were foes.

O happy then good Kings proceed, ride on,

Grow vp in glory, as you haue begun.

[Page] Ride on for truths ſake, looke on either hand,

how you are guarded with a heauenly band

Of bleſſed ſpirits, who ſhall lead you ſtill

[...]n holy paths, and guid [...] your ſteps from ill.

Pſal. 91.

Theſe being with you, you ſhall boldly tread

Vpon the Lyon, and the Dragons head,

And trample danger vnderneath your feete,

As men tread ſtones, or dirt within the ſtreet,

Which only ſpraids them; your heauen-garded ſtate

[...]s ſafer far, then that of Mithridate,

The King of Pontus, vnto whom befell,

VVhat ſtrange aduenture in this tale I tell.

This King perceiuing well there was no band,

Aelianus.

Of duty, loue, or nature, could withſtand

The ſtrong inticement of corrupting gold,

Or baſer luſt, or humor ouerbold,

Or fond ambition (which makes empty ſlaues

Swim bladder borne vpon the floting waues

Of falſe Opinion, with the arme of pride,

Of borrowed power, and ignorance beſide)

But that theſe would peruert the faith they had,

And cauſe them after farther hopes run mad;

Did to preuent all this, a guard prouide

Of faithfull beaſts, whoſe ſtrength had oft been tried.

A Bull, a Horſe, a Hare, the Captaines were,

Of this ſtrong guard, whoſe force did nothing feare

But falſhood, and Ingra [...]itude, and Treaſon,

From which they were as free, as man from reaſon

VVhy knowing more then beaſts, he ſhould not hate

As they doe, to be treacherous, and ingrate.

Theſe three together being put to feed,

And ſport themſelues till there were farther need

[Page] Of their knowne faith, together long did dwell

In peace and loue, till on a time it fell

That they with reſt and eaſe full fed and fa [...],

Had time to play, to dally, and to chat.

Then did the wanton Hart propound a courſe,

Betwixt himſelfe and the couragious Horſe.

The warlike Horſe did dare the horned Bull

To make one in the race, who ſtraight way full

Of burning choller, and aduſted blood,

Bad cowards run, hee for no footman ſtood.

Twas meet for them that durſt not ſtand it out,

To vſe their heeles, his heart was too too ſtout.

The angry Hart replies, ther's none of you,

But may to me as to your better bow,

I ſwifter then the Horſe, my feet can vſe,

And for my head, the Bull ile not refuſe

To combat with, my courage I am ſure

Is like my ſtrength as able to indure,

And doe, as either of you dare or can,

And more I am eſteemd by royall man.

Thoſe Serpents which you run from, I ſeeke forth,

And teare them with my teeth as nothing worth.

And as my life to man is ſweet and pleaſing,

So is my death, each part ſome ſorrow eaſing.

My hornes all mortall poyſon can expell,

My marrow makes ſtiffe-ioynted miſers well.

My fat yeelds ſtrength and ſweetneſſe; that fierce lad

Achilles, neuer other ſpoonemeat had.

Which made him ſuch a Captaine, euery part

Is phyſicall and comforteth the heart.

Yea euen my excrements the dropſie cures,

My teares, like precious Iewels, man allures.

[Page] To ſeek them vp, whereſoeuer they be ſhed.

My skin great Captaines weare when I am dead;

And boaſt that they haue ſuch a coat of proofe,

Which wounds withſtands, whence venome ſtands aloofe.

Then why) O baſer creatures) dare you brag

And match your ſelues with the long liuing Stag?

My life is long, cauſe I with coſt am wrought,

But nature ſlights your liues, as good for nought.

The creſted Horſe, with fiery eyes did ſhow,

What inward rage did in his hot blood flgw

To heare this bold ſpeech vttered, and with head

Toſt in the ayre his hardned hoofes doth tread

The ſcornd earth with contempt, then thus breaks out;

O thou fearefull of all the rout

Of hunted beaſts, how haps it that you dare

With me your maſter and your Lord compare?

Forget ye my preheminence? the loue

Man beares me? how one ſpirit ſeemes to mo [...]e

Me and my rider? that we ſtart and run,

Stop, turne, trot, amble, as we were but one?

Haue you at any time been calld to war,

Where none but Captaines and great Souldiers are?

Truſted to heare their Councels? on your backe

Borne the Commander of that royall packe?

I haue done this and more, borne him about

Through worlds of danger, and then borne him out

He truſts me when his legs he dare not truſt,

And when his hand, faile them performe I muſt.

Nay when he failes himſelfe in euery part,

I adde another life, another heart.

In war I thus befriend him, in his need,

And ſo in peace, I helpe his wants to feed.

[Page] I till this land that elſe would barren be,

Beare all his carriage, and am ſeldome free

From ſome imploiment, but muſt neere him ſtand

As being fit, and apt for his command.

If he to viſit friends abroad doth fare,

I muſt along with him, true friends we are.

If he intends to hunt ſuch beaſts as you,

For ſport, or hate, or need, he lets me know

The time, the place, the end, and we agree [...]

I ſee the ſport, and hunt as well as he.

How often haue I ſeene ſome fearefull Hart,

Perhaps your [...]ire, at my dread preſence ſtart;

Fly hence with vtmoſt ſpeed, and neuer ſlacke

His willing pace, when I vpon my backe

Bearing my noble maſter haue at length

O'retane the lubber, hauing loſt his ſtrength?

VVhilſt I ſtill foming courage, breathing ſprite,

Haue ſought another conqueſt long ere night;

And after that a third, vnwearied yet,

Yet you your ſelfe as Paralell will ſet

To match and ouermatch my worth, my force;

As if weake Stags might braue the peereleſſe Horſe.

For phyſicall receipts eaſily yeeld,

Aliue I profit man, you being [...]ild,

This makes him ſeeke your death, my life to ſaue,

Yet being dead my parts their vertues haue.

VVhich I refer to others to relate [...]

As ſcorning Hog-like to doe good ſo late.

This only I conclude, If man ſhould chooſe

To ſaue but one, hee'd both of you refuſe.

[...]ſal. 54 [...]

The armed Bull ſweld, pu [...]t and roard alowd,

To heare [...]he Hart ſo bold, the Horſe ſo proud.

[Page] And all the while they ſpake, he toſt about

With hornes and hoofes the duſt; then bellowd out

This bolder braue; What ignorance is this,

That cauſeth both of you, ſo much amiſ [...]e

To boaſt your falſe worths, and neglect the true,

Which reſ [...]s in me, belongs to none of you?

The Wolfe, the Greyhound, and [...]ach queſting cur,

Makes thee poore trembling Hart keepe ſuch a ſtir.

To ſhift thy layer, as if thy life were loſt,

With euery faint blaſt, that the leaues downe toſt [...]

And this couragious Horſe, that makes a quoile,

Of wounds in war, and tilling o [...] the ſoyle,

With many other vſes fit for man,

(As they that leaſt can doe, beſt cauill can)

Let this his anſwer be, the ſpur and bit

Shewes man truſts not his courage, nor his wit.

For if he tyre or faint, his ſpur prouokes,

And prickes him forward, with continuall ſtrokes.

And if with head-ſtrong heat, he madly rides,

The bridle curbes him, and his folly guides.

"All voluntary acts the actors praiſe,

"Not ſuch as others by conſtraint doe raiſe.

"Out of our natures, whilſt we eaſily are

"Made inſtruments either of peace, or war [...]

Elſe might our horned Heards, the reſcue boaſt

Of Hannibal and his diſtreſſed hoaſt,

Plut [...]r [...] in vita Han.

When he with lights and torches tyde to vs,

Eſcapt the trap, of lingring Fabius.

But truth is far from ſuch oſtents, thoſe deeds

Cunctando reſtitui [...] rem Enniu [...]

We call our owne, which from our choice proceeds.

The yoke we beare, and wherewithall we till

The earth for man, is by conſtraint, not will [...]

[Page] What comfort from our fleſh, or from our Cowes,

By calues, or milke, or Cheeſe or Butter flowes,

Or phyſicall receipts, as they are more,

And vſefuller, then what you both before

Haue mentioned, ſo freely I confeſſe

Man hath in them the glory more or leſſe.

His wit and induſtry, in them is ſeene,

And th' Authors goodneſſe from whom firſt we been,

War is the good you glory in, which ſprings

From mans ambitious ignorance, and brings

Wants, woe, and death, with many ills beſide,

To ſcourge vs all, through ou [...] great maſters pride.

Then at the beſt, you are but ſlaues to ſuch,

As feeding you, foode to thei [...] like doe grutch.

And through your force, their owne reuengements take,

Whilſt you to ſtout men; cowards equall make [...]

For what from you they borrow, they muſt grant

They feare their foes enioy, whilſt they doe want.

Thus therefore all the nobler nations vſe

To ſight on foot, whilſt coward rather chooſe

To ſhare with beaſts in glory, and to get

Themſelues a name, through your foole hardy heat.

So you on them, and they on you depend,

Such ſeruice iudgement neuer did commend.

And thus in ſportiue war, and warlike ſport,

You doe your rider from himſelfe tranſport.

Whilſt you not man-li [...]e grow, but beaſt-like he

Reſembles you, in all theſe ſports we ſee.

Yea often to miſchance you doe betray

Your heedleſſe rider, and in midſt of play

Pr [...]cipitate his ſoddaine fortune ſo,

That who hath you a fai [...]nd, ſhall need no [...]

[Page] But may himſelfe, a happy man proclaime,

If by your meanes he ſcapes without a maime.

But now if either of you, thinke you can,

Out of your owne worthes, proue more fit for man,

And better able to defend, and guard,

Him whom we ſerue, from whom we haue reward,

Then I can with my hornes, and harnaſt hide,

Proceed to triall, I defie your pride;

And with bold challenge ſummon you to fight,

A triple combat, to decide the right.

They both with eager appetite accept

Theſe wiſht conditions, and by this haue ſtept

For from each other; all prepard doe ſtand

At full carere, to ioyne this treble band.

The field triangle wiſe they euenly caſt,

And each with rage expects, that dreadly blaſt,

Which warnes them charge. Each roreth out his wrath,

Nor other need of drums or trumpe [...]s hath.

The Hart doth bray, the bounding Steed doth neigh,

The Bull doth bellow, deepe, and lowde and high.

The earth doth tremble, and the ayre doth ſhun,

This dreadfull thunder; as when laden gun

Spits forth its load, in ſcorne to be reſtraind,

The ayre giues way vnto the bullets chaind,

As dreading to reſiſt ſo mighty force,

Thus meet the valiant Bull, the Hart and Horſe.

The Hart and Horſe firſt touch tha'ppointed place

Being more ſwift, and apter for the race.

And let each other, with much dange [...] feele

The force of horned head, and armed heele.

But ere a ſecond bout they can performe,

In comes the boyſtrous Bull, like winters ſtorme,

[Page] And ſeuers them with ſuch a violent puſh,

That they amazde, turne giddy with the ruſh.

But (nimble both and actiue they repay

The ſturdie Bull, with all the ſpeed they may.

The Hart with his broadhornes, doth make him reel [...]

But the kinde Horſe, vpholds him with his heele.

The Bull thanks neither, for the one did pearce

His hollow flanke, the other much more fearce,

Did breake a rib, and bruiſe his ſhoulder blade,

And taught him with leſſe choller to inuade.

Yet th'ods is ſoone recouer'd with his horne,

Which hath the belly of the Courſer torne.

And rent one weaker beame, from branched Hart,

As trees by thunder riuen, or clouen athwart.

The ſubtle Hart, then ſhuns thoſe ruder blowes,

And tho'ds of handiſtrokes too dearely knowes [...]

The Horſe taught by his wounds, doth keepe aloofe,

And ſtands vpon defence, with hardned hoofe.

The Bull aſſaults them both with watchfull eye,

And ſeeks how he aduantages may ſpie.

The Horſe and Hart vpon their guard do ſtand,

In doubt and iealouſie, on either hand.

The Bull aſſaults the Hart, but he giues way,

And ſlips his furie with what ſlight he may.

Yet turnes not head, as fearefull cowards will,

But wefes aſide, to tyre his foe with skill.

The Bull then ſtrikes the Horſe a deadly cuff,

But he requites him with a counterbuff.

The Hart ſtrikes in betwixt, the Bull turnes rownd,

The Horſe leaps right vp, doth coruet, and bownd;

So at one inſtant, fatally they me [...]te;

The Bull his death meets from the Horſes feet.

[Page] The Hart th' aduantage takes, the [...]orſe aloft

Strikes his one horne into his belly ſoft,

Which there hangs faſt; the Horſe doth with his fall.

Breakes the Harts necke, this is the end of all

None hath the conqueſt, all of them are ſlaine.

Their deaths not doubted, long they there remaine,

Till that the King their Maſter, hauing neede

Of their attendance, goes his guard to feed,

For none might tend them elſe, leaſt they acquainted

With others bribes, by treaſon ſhould be tainted.

So enters he the place, and there he ſpies

What doth affright him, all his comfort lies

Dead at his feet, then ſadly going neere

Their carrion corpes, he doth a murmur heare,

As armed ſouldiers in a Citie ſound,

Or fire in th'ayre, or wind within the ground.

And doubting the ſucceſſe, three ſeuerall ſwarmes

He ſees prepar'd for fight, and vp in armes.

Bees from the Bull, Waſpes from the Horſ [...] do ſtart,

And Hornets from the melancholly Hart.

He motions peace, and hopes to part the fray,

They ſend three ſouldiers, who ſends him away.

For each of them doth fix his venomd ſting,

Wit [...]in the fleſh of the amazed King.

He flies with ſpeed from thence, they fight it out;

The conq [...]eſt all expect, all feare and doubt.

But what befell I know not; this I know,

The King cride out aloud. The euils that grow

Epimithiū.

From pride, ambition, and exceſſe of grace,

"Like thankleſſe curs, flie in their maſters face.

"Beaſts will be beaſts, doe bounty what it can,

"Tis caſt away, thats giuen to worthleſſe man.

[Page]

O Princes baniſh faction from the Court,

It ſowres all actions, leauens euery ſport.

And at the laſt, when it ſhould ſweetly cloſe,

From one falſe friend riſeth a thouſand foes.

FINIS.

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Philomythie, or, Philomythologie wherin outlandish birds, beasts, and fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely / by Tho: Scot ...

Scot, Tho. (Thomas), fl. 1605.

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1622

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— Philomythie, or, Philomythologie wherin outlandish birds, beasts, and fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely / by Tho: Scot ..., Scot, Tho. (Thomas), fl. 1605.. The second edition, much inlarged..

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For Francis Constable at the white Lyon in Paules Churchyard,. London :: 1622.. (In verse.) (Signatures: [pi]¹ A-L⁸ M⁴.) (Title in engraved illustrated border.) (Contains: Certaine pieces of this age parabolized / by Thomas Scot. London : Printed for Francis Constable, 1616.) (Bound with: The second part of Philomythie, or, Philomythologie, 1625.) (Imperfect: tightly bound and cropped with slight loss of print.) (Reproduction of original in the British Library.) (Includes bibliographical references.)

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