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EMARICDULFE. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 EMARICDULFE 
 
 HE prefent collection of Sonnets is printed from an unique and 
 hitherto unknown work, which is bound up with three other 
 Poetical Tracts of great rarity and value, namely, Barnfielde's 
 Cynthia, 1595; Griffin's Fidefsa, 1596; and Tofte's Laura, 1597. 
 
 Its claims to the honour of a reprint are not merely on account of its 
 rarity. In fome parts the Sonnets mow great excellence, both in thought 
 and expreflion; but in mufical rhythm they are perhaps — with fome 
 exceptions where the lines, though they each scan, read more like profe 
 than poetry — of better quality than they are in fonnet-fenfe. One 
 peculiarity is, as compared with Shakespeare's poetry of the fame date, the 
 frequent ufe of an extra syllable, as is apparent in Sonnet VII. This is 
 noticeable, becaufe it mows that the ufe of this extra fyllable, and Shake- 
 fpeare's increased ufe of it as his years went on, was not even a femi- 
 originality. 
 
 Another fource of intereft is the obfcurity which involves both the 
 writer and the object of his adoration, for the whole work is devoted to 
 the expreflion of love for a lady who is concealed under the remarkable 
 pfeudonym of Emaricdulfe, by her admirer, who is equally succe/Tful in 
 concealing himself under the initials B.C. Yet this obfcurity arifes 
 perhaps only from lapfe of time, for when a difcarded lover commits his 
 forrows to the prefs, and this with the tacit confent of the lady — when 
 initials (no doubt true ones) and a pfeudonym (perhaps in deference to 
 the fame) are affixed to the title-page — and when friends with well-known 
 
ii Introduction to Emaricdulfe. 
 
 names are appealed to — it is hardly conceivable that the names of the 
 lovers and the circumftances of their connexion could long efcape the 
 knowledge of their contemporaries ; efpecially as both belonged — as is 
 demonftrable from the tone of the dedication and the names mentioned 
 therein — to the upper clafTes of fociety. 
 
 Much refearch has been made by the Editor and others to folve the 
 myftery of thefe faid initials of ' E. C and of the evidently compofite 
 name of Emaricdulfe — or, as it is ofteneft fpelt, Emaricdulf — but without 
 fuccefs. As to the initials ; it is to be obferved that a writer ufing the 
 fame has verfes "In prayfe of Gafcoignes Pones," before the latter's 
 poems ; but it muft be confefTed that they more probably belong to an 
 older man than the E. C. now in queftion. Yet it is quite poffible that 
 other explorers into literary myfteries may be more fortunate, and that the 
 identity of the parties may at a future time be eftablifhed when least 
 expected. With this object in view, therefore, the Editor ventures to 
 print, in extenfo, the following verfes (on the reverfe of the leaf containing 
 which are the names of the fpeakers in the play), which are fubfcribed with 
 the fame initials f E. C, as it is not abfolutely impoflible that they emanated 
 from the author of our tract. They were previously communicated to 
 Notes and Queries, Ser. in. vol. 8. (9 Sept. 1865) by Mr. W. Carew 
 Hazlitt, who introduces them thus : — 
 
 " In examining fome old books and MSS. for a different purpofe, I 
 came acrofs a copy of f The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of 
 Jewry,' 1613, by Lady E. Carew, with a Dedication, which I never met 
 with before in copies of this drama, as follows : — 
 
 TO DIANAES 
 
 EARTHLIE DEPVTESSE, 
 
 and my worthy Sister, Mistris 
 
 Elizabeth Carye. 
 
 When cheerfull Phoebus his full courfe hath run, 
 His fitters fainter beams our harts doth cheere: 
 So your faire Brother is to mee the Sunne, 
 And you his Sifter as my Moone appeere. 
 
Introduction to Emaricdulfe. iii 
 
 You are my next belou'd, my fecond Friend, 
 For when my Phoebus abfence makes it Night, 
 Whilft to th' Antipodes his beames do bend, 
 From you, my Phcebe, mines my fecond Light. 
 
 Hee like to SOL, cleare-fighted, conftant, free, 
 
 You, LUNA-like, vnfpotted, chaft, diuine: 
 
 Hee fhone on Sicily, you deftin'd bee, 
 
 T'illumine the now obfcurde Paleftine. 
 
 My firft was confecrated to Apollo, 
 
 My fecond to DIANA now mail follow. 
 
 E. C. 
 
 The allufions in the above verfes to " hee fhone on Sicily " may be 
 either to fome Works or fome Travels of her brother, in the fame fenfe 
 as the reference to the "now obfcurde Paleftine" indicates her own 
 tragedy of " Mariam." In the Catalogue of the Harleian MSS. in the 
 Britifh Mufeum (No. 6917) is mention of "Sir George Carew's Poems"; 
 but this is an error, for they prove to be not by him but tranfcripts of 
 thofe by Thomas Carew. There being feveral families bearing the names 
 Carew and Carey (which were ufed indifcriminately by all of them), it is 
 not impomble that the Beddington Carews may have furnifhed the authorefs 
 of " Mariam." Sir Francis Carew fucceeded his father Sir Nicholas in 1 $■$ 9, 
 and died in extreme old age (81) in May 161 1, having had no ifTue. (See 
 Nichols's Progreffes of James I. vol. 1. p. 164). His heir was his fifter's 
 fon, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, who then afTumed the furname of Carew. 
 This Sir Nicholas (who was brother-in-law to Sir Walter Ralegh) had a 
 daughter, Elizabeth, who might have been the authorefs of "Mariam"; 
 and me had likewife brothers , namely Francis (who died in 1 649, and whofe 
 fon, Sir Nicholas, married Sufan, daughter to Sir Juftinian Ifham, Bart.), 
 Nicholas, George, and Edmund. This latter may have been the writer 
 of the "Dedication." 
 
 After this digreffion, we will return to the Sonnets — which, according 
 to the author's Dedication, were " begun, at the command and fervice 
 
iv Introduction to Emaricdulfe. 
 
 of a faire Dame," and which refer to one fubject — the glorification of his 
 lady-love. That his addrefTes were at one time favourably received may 
 be gathered from feveral of the Sonnets, and that the couple flood on 
 intimate terms towards each other may be inferred from Sonnet VII., 
 in which he is compelled to exprefs contrition for his overbold prefumption 
 on one occafion by which he incurred her difpleafure. That he had, 
 moreover, fome grounds for anticipating a favourable iflue for his fuit 
 is hinted at in Sonnet XIII., in which he expatiates on their mutual 
 love, of which her prefents to him were an evidence, And this ftate of 
 things is reiterated in Sonnet XXVII. But afterwards he feems to have 
 abandoned all hope of obtaining her, and the remaining Sonnets fhow that 
 he was certain of ultimate rejection. Yet, notwithftanding this downfall 
 of his hopes, it is fufficiently clear from paiTages in the later Sonnets, 
 and in the Dedication — which was naturally the lafl: portion written — 
 that the couple retained kindly feelings for each other; ftrengthened 
 perhaps by the fact that her choice of a hufband was not a happy one. 
 But, be the latter conjecture true or not, it is certain that the Dedication 
 points to fome domeftic embroilment or fcandal which has advifedly been 
 left unintelligible except to the parties concerned. 
 
 At the clofe of the lafl: Sonnet are clear allufions to the poets Daniel 
 and Spenfer, and to Queen Elizabeth. Thefe, however, throw no light 
 on the date of the compofition of the body of Sonnets, which were pub- 
 lished in i 595. The former's collection of Sonnets, entitled " Delia," firfl: 
 appeared in print in 1592; and the firfl: part of Spenfer's "Faerie 
 Queene," which is no doubt the work alluded to, in 1590. 
 
 As to the choice of the name " Emaricdulf " (more rarely " Emaric- 
 dulfe") ; it is doubtlefs a pfeudonym, like the "Laura" of Tofte, the 
 " FideiTa " of Griffin, the " Cynthia " of Barnfielde, the " Delia " of Daniel, 
 etc. Unlike them, however, it is a pfeudonym compofed, in all pro- 
 bability, of the letters of the real name of the lady commemorated. But 
 it feems impoffible to difcover in the Sonnets any clue to this name. 
 They are full to overflowing of praife of her " more than heavenly 
 parts " ; her wifdom, chaftity, beauty, fkill in mufic, etc. but filent with 
 
Introduction to Emaricdulfe. v 
 
 reference to her lineage or any other circumftance from which bio- 
 graphical or genealogical facts might be inferred. 
 
 That the author intended the word to be pronounced "E-marric- 
 dulf " is clear from the rhythm, and from his fpelling it, throughout the 
 fixteen fonnets in which it forms part of the verfe (with a fingle exception 
 in Sonnet IV), without the final e. On the title-page, and in the firft 
 heading alfo, it has this final vowel. Why this variation fhould have been 
 made it is difficult to fee, unlefs it were the whim of the printer. 
 "Emaric" occurs in Sonnet XII.; but this name applies to another perfon 
 than " Emaricdulf " — in fact to "a young Emaricdulf" — a boy, who is 
 fpoken of alfo in Sonnet XI. 
 
 Edward Fitton — one of the gentlemen to whom the work is dedicated 
 . — was probably the fon of Sir John Fitton, of Gawfworth, Chefhire, and 
 the one who fubfequently (2 Oct. 161 7) was created a Baronet. The 
 other friend — John Zouch — was apparently one of the Zouches of 
 Haryngworth. Full particulars of thefe families will be found in Betham's 
 Baronetage of England. 5 Vols. 4to. 1 801-5. 
 
A.j. 
 
Ernaricdulfe. 
 
 SONNETS 
 
 WRITTEN BY 
 
 E.CEfquier. 
 
 Nonfat vt quondam, plena fattori: grant » 
 
 At London, 
 Printed for Matthew Ltto. 
 
TO MY VERY GOOD 
 
 friends, lohn Zoucb, arid Ed- * 
 
 ward TitttnJLfyttkri. 
 
 L Oth biting friends, for a fmueb as by 
 ireafon of an ague, I was inforced te 
 \keepe my chamber , and to abandon 
 idlenesjtoohein bande my fen tofi- 
 nips an idle worke I had begun, at the command 
 andferuice of a f aire Dante, being mojl exqui- 
 fitbf weUfeatured,and of as excelle.it good car- 
 riage, adorned with vertue; andvnderftanding 
 the (toriejmd knowing you both to be offuff- 
 cient valour jwttjotdbeneftie,pte fumed to dedi- 
 cate the fame to you, not doubting but that ye* 
 will vouch fafe for my fake, to maintaine the ho- 
 nour of fofwecte a Saint. Thus crduingypumy. 
 Autre friends to be frtrones oft be fe f ewe Son- 
 nets: being well per/waded you will excufe my 
 A $ vnlearued 
 
The Epistle. 
 ittearned writing, in regardyou may be ajfured 
 Jam no fchoUer , as dootb appeare by this my 
 
 worthies verfe: hoping you wiUreceiue my good* 
 
 viS with content, as I my felfefhaU be then be ft 
 
 fat is fed. Andfo wifhingyou both as much 
 
 comfortable happiness to myfouie: 
 
 / bid you heartily far ewe IL ^ 
 
 Tours mall true friend* 
 /hip. EC, 
 
EMARICDVLFE. 
 
 SONNET, r. 
 
 txrHen firft the rage ofloue aflail'd my han, 
 
 And towards my thoughts his fiery forces bent; 
 Eftfoones to fhield me from nis wounding dart, 
 
 Arm'd with difdaine,! held him in contempt. 
 Curld headed louc when from mount Erecine 
 
 He law this geere,fo ill thereof he brookes, 
 That thence he fpeedes vn willing to be leene, 
 
 Till he had tane his ftand in my faire lookes. 
 There all inrae'd his golden bow he bent, 
 
 And nockt his arrow like a pretie elfe : 
 Which when I faw,I humbly to him went, 
 
 And cri'd hold,hold,and 1 will yeeld my fclrev 
 Thus Cupid conquer'd me,and made me fweare 
 Homage to him,and dune to my deare. 
 
 A 4 Homsge 
 
SOK NET. IT. 
 
 LlOmage co loue,dutie to thee my deare, 
 
 Deare miftris of ray thouglics,QueeneoTmyioyj 
 Then ray lifts grarious planet Dright appcare, 
 
 My hearts deepc griefe and fbrrow to deftroy, 
 Be not(I thee bcfecch)my cares maintainer t 
 
 For in thy power it lyes to due or (hike. 
 To kill the gnefe,or els the gricfes retainer, 
 
 With loue or hate the mfantof did ike. 
 O if that cruellloue did not command 
 
 To /lay my heart without remorfe or pitier 
 Or ifhe aid that {ad dootne countermand* 
 
 Andbe agradous Queeneof gendemerde: 
 Sweetfhew thy felfe diuine in being pitirull* 
 For narureof thegods is to be rnerctfull. 
 
 Why 
 
SONNET. III. 
 
 trrHjr doc I pleade for mereie vnto thee, 
 
 v Whenfromotfcnccmylifc&foukareclccrc? 
 
 For in my heart I ncere oflended thee, 
 
 Vnlefic the hie pitch of his Sight it were. 
 I,thar is it,I to too well confider, 
 
 Thy fparkling beautic is the funnc that melted: 
 My thoughts the waxe that ioyn'd his wings together, 
 
 And till my very fall I neuer felt it; 
 Defpaire the Oceanis that fwallowed me, 
 
 Where 1 like Icarus continue drowned, 
 Till with thy beautie I reuiued be, 
 
 And with loucs immortalitic be crowned. 
 True loue immortall is,then louc me truly : 
 Sweet doe,and then thy name Ue honor duly. 
 
 My 
 
SONNET. JUL 
 
 V| Y forlorns mule that neuer erode the path 
 
 That leades to top of hie Pierion mount, 
 Nor neuer waiht within the Iiuelbme bath 
 
 Of learnings fpringjbright Aganippe fount: 
 Mine artles pen that neuer yet was dipt 
 
 In facred ne&ar of fweet Caftalic, 
 My loueficke heart that euer hath I dipt, 
 
 Emancdu/fethe Queene of chaftitie: 
 Shall now learne skill my Ladies fame to raife, 
 
 Shall now take paines her venues to record, 
 And honor her with more immortall praife, 
 
 Then euer heretofore they could affoorck 
 Both heartland pen,and mule {hall thinke it dude, 
 With fighefwolne words to blaze her heauely beucie. 
 
 Nature 
 
SONNET. V. 
 
 kj Anire [EmjrieJulf) did greatly fauour, 
 
 *^ When firft her pourtrait fhe began to pencill, 
 
 And rob'd the heauens of her chiefeft honour: ' 
 
 There facredbeautie all her parts doth tmcilL, 
 Heauens Hyrarkie is in her bright eyesfpheered: 
 
 The Graces fport in her cheekes dimpled pits : 
 Trophies of raaieftie in her face be reared, 
 
 A nd in her Iookes (lately Saturnia fits. 
 Modeft Diana in her thoughts doth glorie, 
 
 Loue-lacking Vefta in her heart in throned : 
 The quired Mufes on her lips doe ftorie 
 
 Their heauen fweet notes, as if that place they ow- 
 But aye is me,C«//^/and Venui faire (bed, 
 
 Haue no degree,faue in her golden haire. 
 
 Within 
 
SONNET. VI. 
 
 yrrltbin her baire v*amt and Cupidfaxx these 
 
 Sometime they twift it Amberlike in gold, 
 To which die whirling vrindes doe oft refort them, 
 
 As if they (hone to haue the knots vnrold: 
 Sometime they let their golden trrfles dangle, 
 
 And therewith nets f. ad amorous gins they make, 
 Wherewith the hearts of louers to isuanglc: ' 
 
 Which once inthraTd,no ranfome they will take. 
 But as co tyrants fitting in their thrones, 
 
 Looke on their Haues wich tyrannizing eyes: 
 So they no whit regarding louers mones, 
 
 Doome worlds of hearts to endles flaucries, 
 Vnlelle they fubieft-like fweare to adore, 
 And feruc Enuncduifiox cucrmore. 
 
SONtfET. VIL 
 
 |Will perieuereuerfortolouerhee, 
 
 O ceafe diuineft fweemes to difdaine mee: 
 Albeit my loues true types can neuer raoue thee, 
 
 Yet from affection let not pride decaine thee. 
 Although my heart once purchaft thy d jfpieafurc 
 
 With ouerbold prefumpuon on thy fanour: 
 tec now lie facrifice my richeft treafore 
 
 Yntothy name and much admired honour: 
 Tcares are the creature of my griefegal'd hare, 
 
 Which on (thy loue) my altar I haue dropped 
 To thce,thatmy thoughts temples goddeffeart, 
 
 Hoping thy anger would thereby Be ftopped. 
 If thele to get thy grace may not fuffice, 
 My heart is 11 sine, accept thatfacriflce. 
 
 Jus** 
 
SONNET. VtJL 
 
 T^Mar'tciulffrou grace to cucry grace, 
 
 11 Thou perfbft life of my vnperfed liuing : 
 
 My thoughts fole heauc,roy harts faect rcfting place., 
 
 Caufe of my vyoc and comfort ofmy grieuing. 
 O giue me leaue and I will tell thee how 
 
 1 he haplcs place and the vnhappie time, 
 Wherein and when my fclfe 1 did auow 
 
 To honour thce,and giue my heart cothine* 
 Wearie with labour Jabour that did like me, 
 
 I gaue my bodic to a fweet repofe : 
 A golden /lumber fuddenly did ftnke me, 
 
 That in deaths cabbm eucry fenfe did clofe : 
 And either in a heauenly trance or vifion, 
 1 then beheld this pleafing apparition. 
 
SONNET. IX. 
 
 A Wight was clad moftFofter-like in greene; 
 
 With loyal home and hunting pole in hand : 
 Whofe chanting houds Were heard in woods & leene 
 
 The deerc amafdc before the rider ftand : 
 The keeper bids goe choofe the beft in heard : 
 
 The huntfrnan(ayd,my choife is not to change: 
 And drawing neere the deerc was (ore affcard, 
 
 Into the woods the rider fpurd to range: 
 There did he view a taire young barren doe 
 
 Within the hey faft by the purlcy fide, 
 And woodman-iike did take trie wmdc thenfoe, 
 
 Whereby the decre might better him abide. 
 At length he fhot,and hit the very fame 
 Where he beft likte and lou'd of ail the game,, 
 
 But 
 
SONNET. X. 
 
 n Vt ftay conceit where he beft like to lone, 
 
 Yea better he if better beft might bee: 
 
 The Rider thought the beft of better prouc, 
 
 Till fortune fign'd his fortune for to fee. 
 Now wearic he bctooke himfelfe to reft, 
 
 Deuifed where he might good harbour finde: 
 Emartcdttlf (quoth he J 1 am her gucft, 
 
 And thither went : flic greeted him moft kindc: 
 Welcome fayd fhc,thrce welcomes more fhe gauc: 
 
 His hand fhe tookc,and talking with him then, 
 What wine or bcere to drinkc wilt pleafe you haue, 
 
 Sixe welcomes more,and fofhc made them ten. 
 He dranke his hll,and fed to his defirc, 
 Rcfrcfht himfclfc,and then did home retire. 
 
 Forth- 
 
SONNET. XL 
 
 EOrthwith I fa w,and with the fight was bleft, 
 A bcauuousiffueofabeauuous mother, 
 A young Em/iricdulf, whofc fight increaft 
 
 Millions of ioyes each one exceeding other: 
 Fairc (bringing branch fprong of a hopcfull ftocfee, 
 
 On thee more beauties nature had beftowde, 
 Then in her heauenly ftorehoufc (he dothlockc s 
 
 Or may be feene difperft on earth abrode. 
 Thrife had the Sunne the world encompafled, 
 
 Before this bloflbme with deaths winter nipt: 
 Ocruell death that thus haft withered, 
 
 So faire a branch before it halfe was riptc ! 
 Halfc glad with ioyes,and halfe appal'd with fcares, 
 I wak't,and found my chcekes bedew'd with tearcs. 
 B My 
 
SONNET. XII. 
 
 luf Y cheeks bedcw'd.my eies cue drown'd with tearcs 
 O feafull ftorme rhatcaufde lb great afhowre 
 Gncfc ty'd my tonguc/orrow did ftop my eares, 
 
 Bccauie earth loft her fweeteft paramoure. 
 O cruell heauens and regardlcffe fates ! 
 
 If the worlds beauue had compafsion'd yotf, 
 You might by powre haue (hut deaths ebongates, 
 
 And been rcmorfefull at her hcaucnly view. 
 O foolifh nature why didft thou create 
 
 AthingfofairCjif faircnes be neglected/ 
 Butfarreft things be fubiett vnto fate, 
 
 And in the end are by the fates reiee'rea. 
 Yong £m4t/c yet thou croft the deftinie, 
 iFbr tnou furuiu'ftinfainejthatnere fhal] die. 
 
SONNET. XI If. 
 
 THat I did Iouc and once was lou'd of thee, 
 
 WitnefTethefauoursthatlhauereceiued: 
 That golden ring,pledge of thy conftancie: 
 
 Thac.bracelctjthat my libertie bereaacd: 
 Thofc gloues,that once adom'd thy hi lie hands: 
 
 That handkercher,whofc mazeinthral'd me Co: 
 1 hofc thoufand gifics,that like a thoufand bands 
 
 Bound both my heart and Joule to weale and woe. 
 AlJ which )Lwearc,and wearing themfigh kmh, 
 
 You infancies of her true loyaltae : 
 I doe not Iceepe you for your fbueraigfieworth) 
 
 But for her fake that fcneyou vnto me : 
 Tis (he,nor you ,that doth compell my eyes, 
 My lifes fole light,my hearts fole paradice, 
 
 £ x One 
 
SONTfET. XI UL 
 
 /"\Nc dajfjp ten times happic was that day, , 
 EmartcJu/fv/as in her garden walking, 
 Where floras imps ioy'd with her feere to play, 
 
 And I to fee them thitherward ran (talking, 
 Behind the hedgc(not daring to be feene^) 
 
 I faw the fweet fent Rofcs bluih for frame, 
 The Violets ftain'd,and pale the Lillies becne: 
 
 Whereat to (mile my Ladic had good game. 
 Sometimes (Tie pleafdc to (port vpon the grafle, 
 
 That chang'd his hew to lee her heaiicnly prcfencc: 
 But when (lie was imaskcd,then (alas^). 
 
 They as my felfe wail'd for her beauties abfencet 
 They mourn'd for that their miftris went away, 
 A nd 1 for end of fuch a bleflcd day. 
 
 What 
 
SONNET. XK. 
 
 \xrHat meane our Merchants (b with eger minds 
 To plough the Teas to finderich iuels forth? 
 Sith in Emancdulf-% thoufand kinds 
 
 Are heap'd, exceeding we althic Indias worth: 
 Then India doth her hairc arroord more gold, 
 
 And thoufands filuer mines her forheaid fhowes, 
 More Diamonds then th'Egyptian furges foldc, 
 
 Within her eyes rich treafurie nature ftowes: 
 Her hony brcatn,but more then hony (wcetc, 
 
 Exceeds the odours of Arabia : 
 Thofe pretious rankes continually that meete, 
 
 Are pcarlcs more worth then all America. 
 Her other parts(proud C»^/<//eountcrmate) 
 Exceed the world for worth,thc hcauens for ftate- 
 
 D j Lookc 
 
SONNET, XVI. 
 
 T Ooke when dame Tttttu clad in. F<W/pride, 
 
 Her (ammcr vaile wirii fatre imbroderic, 
 And fragrant hcarbs fwcet bloflbm'd hauing dide. 
 
 And fprcd abrode her fpangled tapiftric : 
 Then (halt thou fee a thoufand of her flowers 
 
 (For thcirfaire hew and life delighting fanours) 
 Gathered to deckand beautirie the bowers 
 
 Of Ladies faire,grac'd with their loner* fauours. 
 But when rough winter nips them with his rage, 
 
 They 3rc difdain'd and not at all refpettcd : 
 Then loue( s-maricdulf)m thy yong age, 
 
 Left being oldjlikc flowers thou be reic&cd : 
 Nature made nothing that dorh euer flourifh, 
 Andeucn as beautie fadcs,fo loue doth penfh. 
 
sonnet, xriu 
 
 1 Am inchanted with thy fnow- white hands, 
 
 That mafc mc with their quaint dexteritje, 
 And with their touch,tyc in a thoufand bands 
 
 My vccldingheart euer to honour thee: 
 Thought of thy daintic fingers long and fmall, 
 
 For pretie aclion that exceed compare, 
 Sufficient is to blefle tae,and withall 
 
 To free my chained thoughts from fbrrowes (hart 
 But that which crowncs myfoulc with heauchJy Mis, 
 
 A nd giucs my heart Fruition of all foyes. 
 Their daintie concord and fwcet muGck is, 
 
 That poyfbns griefe and curcth all annoyed 
 Thofe eyes that fee, thofe cares are bleft that hcare 
 Thcfc heauenly gifts of nature in my deare. 
 
 B 4 
 
 Ef»4* 
 
sonnet, xr/rr. 
 
 C M*ricdulf t if thou this riddle r eade, 
 
 c This daxk&A£aigma that I will demand thee, 
 
 Then for thy wile domes well defcruing *necde, 
 
 In loues pure dune thou (halt ay command mee. 
 A Turtle that had chofe his louing mate, 
 
 Sate feemly percht vpon a red rofe breere : 
 Yet faw a bird(ayres paragon for ftate) 
 
 That farre (urpaft his late efpoufeddeere : 
 He changed rumfelic into that luftfoll bird 
 
 That /«»<?loues,and to his loue referred: 
 And thought wirii amorous (beeches to haue Grde 
 
 Her conftant heart: but her in vaine he courted, 
 When booties he had woo' d her to his paine, 
 He tooke his leaue and turn'd his (bape againe. 
 
 The 
 
SONNET. XIX. 
 
 'J'Hc Heaucns and Nature whe my Louc was borne, 
 
 Stroue which of both (huld mod adorne & grace 
 
 The facred heaucnsinwcalthie natures fcorne (her: 
 
 With wifedomes pure infufion did imbrace bcr : 
 Nature lcnc wings to wifedomc for ber flight, 
 
 And decktmy Ladie with fuch heaueniy features, 
 As ncrc before appear'd in humane fight, 
 
 Ne eucr fithence in tcrrcftnall creatures. 
 (Quoth Wifedome )\ will guide her conftant hare 
 
 At all affaies with policic to relieueher: 
 (Quoth Naturc)I wtll caft thofe gifts apart, 
 
 With outward graces that I meane togiue her. 
 Yet were they reconcil'd, and fwore withall 
 To make her more then halfe celcfiiall. 
 
 That 
 
SOU NET. XX. 
 
 •VHat thou art faire exceeding all compare, 
 
 Witnes thy eyes that gaze vpon thy bcaurie, 
 Witnes the hearts thou daily doft infnare, 
 
 And draw to honour thee with louers dutie 
 That thou an wife witnes the worlds report, 
 
 Witnes the thoughts that do lb much admire thee, 
 Wttnes the heauen-borne Mufes chat refort, 
 
 And for their miftns meekly do defire thee : 
 Thacthou an both exceeding faire and wife, 
 
 Witnes the anguith of my ullie hart: 
 Thy hcauenly fhape hath caught me by my eyes, 
 
 Thy (east wifedome that giues an ro an, 
 So drcumuenrs me and procures my paine, 
 That I muft dye,vnles &ou true remaine. 
 
 All 
 
SONNET. XX t. 
 
 A L thole that write of heauen and heauenh/ ioyes, 
 
 Describe the way with narrow crooked bedings, 
 Befet with griefe, painc,horror and annoyes, 
 
 I hat till all end haue neuer perfed endings. 
 The heauen wherein my thoughts are refiden^ 
 
 The paradice wherein my heart is fainted, 
 Through ftsj:et-Iikc ftraighr hie-waies I did attempt. 
 
 Nor with cough care nor rigorous croUe attainted. 
 I mud confefle faith was the only raeane, 
 
 For that wieh&me for wane thereof did mifie, 
 Only thereby at length Ididobraine, 
 
 find by that faith am now inftaPd in blifle: 
 There fiecpeny thoughts^my heart there ferthy reft, 
 Boih heart & thoughts thinke that kcr heauen is beft. 
 
SONNET. XXII. 
 
 yE (ubie&s ofher partiall painted praife, 
 
 Pcn,paper,inkc,you feeble instruments : 
 Vnto a higher ftraine I now muft raife 
 
 Your miftris beauuous fairc abiliments. 
 Thou author of our hie Mconian verfe, 
 
 That checks the proud Caftalians eloquence : 
 With humble (pirit if I now rehcrfe 
 
 Her feueraU graces natures excellence: 
 Smile on thefe rough-he wd lines,thefe ragged words 
 
 Thatneucr (hTd from the Caftalian fpring: 
 Nor that one true Apologie affbords, 
 
 Nor neuer learn 'd with pleafant tune to fing : 
 So (hall they liue,and liuing (till perfeuer 
 To deifie her (acred name for euer. 
 
 Ye 
 
SONNET. XXI I J. 
 
 VE moderne Laurcacs of this later age, 
 
 ThatJiuc the worlds admircment for your writ; 
 And fer me infufed with a diuinc rage, 
 
 To (hew the heauenly quintcflcnce of wit : 
 You on whole wclcun'd verfe fits princely beaurie, 
 
 Deckt and adom'd with heaucns etcrnitie, 
 See I prcfumc to cotefand all is duetic) 
 
 Her graces with my learnings fcarfitie. 
 But jf my \>cn( Maraaf harm-writing quill) 
 
 Could feede the feeling of my thoughts defire, 
 And (hew my wit cocquall with my will, 
 
 1 hen with you men diuinc I would confpire, 
 In learned poems andfweetpoefie, 
 To fend to hcauen my Ladies dignirie. 
 
 Oft 
 
SONNET. XXJIJI. 
 
 /"\Ftbauc I heard Hony-iong'd Ladies fyeake, 
 
 Striuing their amerous courtiers i o indbant, 
 And from their ne&aj ltp s fuch fweei words breake, 
 
 As neither an nor hcaucnly skill did wane* 
 But when Emarifduif^ns to difcouric, 
 
 Her words are more then wel-run'd bannortie, 
 And euery fentence of a greater force 
 
 Then Mermaids ibng,orSyref)s fbreenet 
 And iftohearc her fpcake,£**£r/<r.) heire 
 
 The wife ylifie j liu'd vs now among, 
 From her fweef words he could not ftop his care, 
 
 As from the Syrens and the Mermaids fong: 
 And had (he in the Syrens place but Hood, 
 Herheauenly voycehad drowndhimin the flood. 
 
 Let 
 
SONNBT. XXr. 
 
 TEr, gorgeous Tjtan blufh i for ofher hflire 
 
 fcach tranncl checks his brighteft fummcrs (hinc 
 The clcerefl Comets drop wiihin the aire 
 
 To fee them dim'd with thole her glorious einc: 
 June for ftace (he ma tchles dorh difgrace, 
 
 Surpafsing eke for ftacure Dy*n tall, 
 Venfn for faire iaire Venus for her face, 
 
 In whofe fwer t lookes are heap't the graces all; 
 ForwSfedomc may (he make companion 
 
 With /W-*/,yer 1 wrong her ouer-mucht 
 For who fo founds her policies eachonc, 
 
 Will {wear e 7 ij ton /a* witwasheuerfucn: 
 Her (he exceedsjthough lbe exceed all other, 
 Bring /cwf/grcardaughter borne without a mother 
 
SONNET. XXVI. 
 
 P Mdriedulftc^At hcre,but reading marke 
 
 As in a mirror my true conftancic : 
 The golden Sunne fhall fiift be turn'd to darke, . 
 
 And darknes claime the Sunnes bright dignitic : 
 Tlie ftarres that fpanglc heaucn with gliftriBg light) 
 
 In number more then ten times numbcrkflc, 
 Shall foonci leauc to beautific the night, 
 
 And thereby make the world iccmc" comfortlcfTe: 
 Firftlhall the Sea become the continent, 
 
 And red-gild Dolphins dance vpon the fhorc : 
 Firftwcaric^/2»frombispainc.cxempt, 
 
 Shall lcauc the hcauens to tremble euermorc, 
 Before I change my thoughts and lcauc to Joue thee, 
 And plead with words and direful %hs to mouc thee. 
 
 Sweet 
 
SONNET. XXriI. 
 
 CjWcCt arc the thoughts of plcafures we haue vfde, 
 ^ Swecte arc the thoughts that thinkc of that fame 
 Whofc fwectnes is too fweet to be refufde, (fwecr, 
 
 That vertuousloue-taft for my faith was meec 
 The t'afte whereof is fweeter vnto mc, 
 
 Then fwecteltfwcct that euer nature made. 
 No odours fwectnes may compared be 
 
 1 o this crucTwcetnes that will neucr fade. 
 This Sonnet fwcet with checrefull voyces fing, 
 . And tunc the fame, fb plcahng to mine eare, 
 That Emartcdulfthy praifes fo may ring, 
 
 As all the world thy honors fame may heare. 
 Once didfl thou vow^that vow to me obferue, 
 Whofc faith and truth from thee (haji ncuer fwcrac. 
 C ' if 
 
SONNET. XXirill. 
 
 Tp cucr tongue with hcaucn inticing cries, 
 1 If euer words blovunc from a rented harr, 
 If cuer teares (hed from a Louers eyes, 
 
 If euerfignes uTueofgriefeandfmart, 
 If cucr trembling pen with more then skill, 
 
 » If cucr paper, witnesjof true loue, 
 Xf cucr inke,checfe harbetigcr of will, 
 
 If cuer lentence made with art to moiie, 
 If all of chefe combinde by Cuptdi power, 
 
 My long borne liking to anatomife: 
 Had but the aft,with art for todifcoucr 
 
 What louc in mc dothby his art comprife. 
 Then might the heauens,the earth,watcr and ay re, 
 Be witnes that I thirikc thec oncly fayre. 
 
 My 
 
SONNET. XXIX. 
 
 VI Y hart is like a (hip on Neptumt backe,' 
 
 Thy beaurie is the lea where my (hip feylcth, 
 Thy frowncs the furges are that threat my wracke 
 
 Thy fmilcs the windes that on my failes fbftgailcth 
 Long tod betwixt faire hope and fbule defpaire, 
 
 My fea fick harr,arriued on thy more : 
 Thy loue I meane^egges that he may repaire 
 
 His broken vcflell with thy bounteous flora 
 Dtdo relicu'd A Eneas in diftrcfle, 
 
 And lent him loue,and gaue to him her heart* 
 If halfe fuch bounrie thou to me exprefTc, 
 
 From thy faire (hore I neuer will depart: 
 But thanke kinde fortune that my courfe did forte, 
 To fiiffer ihip wrack on lb fweete a pone. 
 
 Ca On 
 
SONNET. XXX. 
 
 Qfa TeBusbobmz faring two fragrant flowers, 
 
 The milkwhite Lilly,and the blufhing Role, 
 Which daintie flora for to decke her bowers 
 
 Aboue all other colours chiefly chofc. 
 Thefe in ray miftris cheekes both empire holding 
 
 In emulation of each others hew, 
 Continually may be difcerned folding 
 
 Beautie in Iookes,and maieftie in view. 
 Sometime they meet,and in a skarlet field 
 
 Warre with rebellious hearts neglecting dutie, 
 And neuer ceafe, vncil 1 they force to yeekf 
 
 Them coward captiues conquered by beautie 
 Emariedm/fthus didft thou play the foe, 
 And I the rebell,and was conquer 'd lb. 
 
 In 
 
SOT^NET. XXXh 
 
 TN tedious volumes I doe norintend 
 
 To write my woes,my woes by loue procured , 
 Nor by my infant mute implore the end 
 
 Of loues true life,this ( Joiie) I haue abiured: 
 Only my face ffaire deare)fhall be the booke 
 
 Wherein my daily care (hall be rehearfed: 
 Whereby thou (halt perceiue when thou docft looke, 
 
 How by thy beauties darts my heart was pierled. 
 My eyes fhall witnes with diftilling reares, 
 
 And heart with deepe fetch c fighes fhall manifeft 
 My painfull torments caufde by griefes and feares, 
 
 And hourely labours rnixt with deepe vnrefb 
 Both hearr, and eyes ,and face fhall all exprefle, 
 That only thouart caufe of my diftrefle. 
 
 Cj Thy 
 
SOW NET. XXXI t. 
 
 *T<Hy image is plaine porturde in my thought, 
 
 Thy conftan t minde is written in my heart, 
 Thy feemely grace and pleafing fpeech haue wrought 
 
 To vow me thinc,till death a (under pare 
 Thy fauours forft me fubicft vnco thee, 
 Thy oncly care extended to my good, 
 Tylouelyloofces, commaunded allin me 
 
 For thy ckarefake tolpend my deareft blood*. 
 My ioy confifts in keeping of thy loue, 
 
 Mybalcdothbrccdcif Iinioyitnot : 
 My feruice true,from thee none can remoue, 
 
 Vnlcflc both life and loue I (hall forgot. 
 Though life and loue in tome mufthauean end, 
 Yetcuer I haue vpwdc to be thy fiend. 
 
SONNET. XXX/71 
 
 C Mariedulf my Orphan mutes mother, 
 
 Pure map of vcrtue,Honors onery daughter 
 Bright gemme of bewtie,fayrc abotte all other, 
 
 True badge of faith/oule ignominies Slaughter, 
 Enffgne of loue,fourc enemie to luft, 
 
 The graces grace/aire Erecines difgrace : 
 Wrongs checfe reprcucr,caufe Of what is iuft, 
 
 Aduiccspatron,counccl<; reding place : 
 Wifdomes chiefe fort, wits onely pure refiner, 
 
 Graue of deceite, the life of policic, 
 Fates bed bcloued,natures true diuiner, 
 
 Nurce of uiuention,hould of conftancie, 
 Poyfon of paine,Phifition of anoyes, 
 Eltzjumi pride>and paradice of ioyes. 
 
 C 4 Emarit- 
 
S.OJVNET. XXXI III, 
 
 p Mjrtcdulf Joueis a holy fire ', 
 
 Tbatburnesvnfeene,andyernotburningiecne: 
 Free ofhin)felfe,ycc cbain'd with ftrong defire -t 
 
 Con<^uerdby thce,yct mumphsin thy einc: 
 An eye- bewitching vifion thee in (cemmg, 
 
 Thatfhadow-like flyesfroroalouers eyes; 
 An heauen afpiriftg fpirityoyd of feeing ; 
 
 A gcntlcgod,yeclouesrb tyrannize: - 
 Boncl-flaae.tohonour,Dunhcnof conceit, 
 
 The only god of thine eyes Hyrarlfie,. 
 Decay of friendfhip,grandfire of deceit, 
 
 More thertagod,yct wants a monarkie: 
 Baftardof nature, that to heauen did clime, 
 To fceme the misbegotten hare of tun e. 
 
 O 
 
SONNBT. XXXr. 
 
 /-\Faith,thou facred Phoenixof this age, 
 
 > Into another world from hence exiled 
 Diuorc'd from honor by vnhecdfuU rage, 
 
 Pureveftuesneft by harefull vice defiled: 
 Thou faith thai cal'ft thy-fimame Conftancic, 
 
 Chriftn? d aboue the nine- told glorious fphcre, 
 And from the heauens deriues tby pedegree, 
 
 Planting, r.he.rootc of rhy faire linage there; 
 Let this thy glone-be aboue the reft, 
 
 Th at banifht earth where thou didfr once remaine. 
 Thou yet maift harbour in ray miftrisbreft, 
 
 So aj>ure<heft pure treafuremay conraine, 
 And in her lining beautie neucr old, 
 Seem like a prepous Diamond fctin gold. 
 
 When 
 
sonnet, xxxrr. 
 
 trrHen I bchould heaucns allbehoulding ftarrM, 
 I doe compare them to my woes and fmart, 
 Caufde by the many wounds and mighcic fcarres 
 
 That lone hath trenched in my bleeding hart i 
 And when I thinkevpon the Ocean fands, 
 
 Me thinkes they number but my ladies. bewtieJ, 
 And reprcfentthe infinites of bandes 
 
 Wherein my heart is bound to cndlcs duties: 
 And when I fee natures faire children thriuc, 
 
 Nurft in the bofomc of the fruitcfull earth, 
 From my chad vowes they their increafe deriuej 
 
 And as they fpring.fohatle my vowes their birth: 
 And as the ft aires and fands haue cndlcs date, 
 So is my louc fubicft to naught but fate. 
 
SONNET. XXX r I l n 
 
 Q\ Luft of facred loue the foulc corrupter, 
 
 Vfurper of her heauenly digrutic, 
 Follies firft childe,goo<l counccls interrupter 
 
 Foftered by floth,firft ftep to infanue, 
 Thou hel-bome monftcr that afFnghtsthc wife, 
 
 Loue-choking luftyertucs difdamefull foe : 
 Wifdomes contemner fpurner of aduife, 
 
 Swift to foilwcare,to faithfull promife flow, 
 Be thou as far from her chaft-thoughted breart, 
 
 Her fruc loue kindled hearr,her vertuous nunie, 
 As is aUfecing Tyran from the weft, 
 
 When from Aurora* armes be doth vntwinde. 
 Nature did make her of a heauenly mould, 
 Oncly true heauenly vertucs to infould. 
 
 My 
 
■ SONNET. XXX y III. 
 
 X/|Y thoughts afcending the hie houfe of fame, 
 Found in records of vertuous monuments 
 A map of honours in a noble frame, 
 
 Shining in fpighr. of deaths oft banifhrnents: 
 A thoufand colours Loue fate futcd in, 
 
 Guarded with honour and immortal] time, 
 Left led widi enuie/care,and deadly fin, 
 
 Oppofde againft fairc Loues out-lfuing line. 
 True Conftancic kneeld at the feet of Loue, 
 
 Andbcgg*dfdrfcruice,but could not procure it: 
 Which feenc,my heart ftept forth & thought to mcoe 
 
 Kind Loue for fauour,but did not allure it: 
 Tec when my heart fwore Conftancic was true, 
 1 one welcomed it,and gaue them both their due. 
 
 Image 
 
SONNET. XXXIX. 
 
 YMageof honotir,Vertuesiirft borne childe, 
 
 Natures faire painted ftage^ames brighteftface, 
 Syren that neuer with thy tongue beguild, 
 
 Sibill more wife then Cumas SibiS Was, 
 When learnings fun with more refplendent gleaxnes, 
 
 Shall with immoral! flowres of poefic, 
 Bred by the verrue of Bram bigningbeames 
 
 Deck my inuenrion for thy dignities 
 With heauenly hymnes thy more the heauenly parts 
 
 lie dcific, thy name commands fueh duric, 
 Tliough many heads of poifeft poets arts 
 . Arc infufficient to exprefle thy bcaurk, 
 Thy namcjChy honour,and loues puritie, 
 With Scaruas,Laycs and Hymnes Jleftelufie. 
 
 Some 
 
SONNET. XXXX> 
 
 cOme bewties make a god of flatterie, 
 
 And fcorne Elt^Jmmt eternaU types, 
 Nathes,! abhorrefuch faithlcs prophsfie, 
 
 L eaft I be beaten with thy venues (tripes* 
 Wilt thou furuie another world to fee t 
 
 Deltas fweete Prophet (hall the praifes fingc 
 Of bewties worth exemplified in thee, 
 
 A nd thy names honour in his fweete tunes ring: 
 Thy vermes C»Um (hall immortalize, 
 
 CvtUn chaft vertues organ fweceft cftcem'd, 
 When for EU^ai name he did comprue 
 
 Such matter as inuentions wonder feemd. 
 Thy venues hee,thy bewties (hall the other j 
 Chnften a ne w,whiies 1 fie by and wonder, 
 
 Me*f«rtitnatua 
 
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