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THE 
 
 ANATOMIE OF HUMORS, 
 
 AND 
 
 THE PASSIONATE SPARKE 
 
 OF A 
 
 RELENTING MINDE, 
 
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 BY SIMION GRAHAME. 
 
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NOTICE. 
 
 SiMioN Grahame, the author of this volume, was the son of 
 Archibald Grahame, a burgess of Edinburgh, and he appears 
 to have been born in that city about the year 1570. He 
 was indebted, for a liberal education, to the patronage of 
 James the Sixth, who, in 1580, presented him, by a letter 
 under the privy seal, to the prebendary of Brodderstanis 
 for his " sustentatioun at the scolis for sevin yeiris."' 
 On the expiration of this grant in 1587, his Majesty again 
 presented our author to the same prebend " for all the 
 dayes of his lyftyme — his Hienes willing that the said 
 Simion suld not be disapointit of sum ressonable susten- 
 tatioun to interteny him at the scuillis.'" It is more than 
 probable that Grahame was by these means enabled to com- 
 plete his education at the University. 
 
 The personal history of our author from this period is 
 nearly a blank, and the few scattered notices which remain 
 regarding him, scarcely afford materials for an outline of 
 his story. There is reason to suppose that during the ear- 
 lier part of his career, although he enjoyed a considerable 
 reputation for learning, his character in other respects 
 was little calculated to secure the respect of his contempo- 
 raries. Sir Thomas Urquhart describes him as " a great 
 
 ' Register of Presentations to Benefices, 29th July 1380. 
 '-^ Ibid, 26th March 1587. 
 
VI 
 
 traveller and very good scholar, as doth appear by many 
 books of his emission ; but being otherways too licentious, 
 and given over to all manner of debordings, the most of the 
 praise I will give him, will be to excuse him, in these terms 
 of Aristotle — Nullum magnum ingenium sine mijctura de- 
 mentice"^ 
 
 Even were this account of Grahame's licentiousness 
 altogether free from that tone of exaggeration which so ge- 
 nerally pervades the writings of the Knight of Cromarty, 
 we have the testimony of Dempster in favour of the piety 
 of his maturer years. " Simon Graimus," says this learned 
 writer, " honesto loco natus Edinburgi, taedio vitae soluti- 
 ons, cui se diu mancipaverat, vocanti tandem Spiritui Sancto 
 paruit, et religiosum S. Francisci de Paula habitum induit, 
 diemque extremum magna pietatis opinione, dum patriae 
 suae prodesse vult, finivit."" If Grahame speaks his own 
 sentiments in The Sorrowful Song of a Converted Sinner, 
 his character is faithfully given in this passage. 
 
 According to his own testimony, the course of Grahame's 
 life was by no means prosperous. He was at different 
 periods a traveller, a soldier, and a courtier ; and in 
 these various characters he appears to have experienced 
 the inconstant wavering of an ever changing fortune. " My 
 peregrinations," he remarks in an Epistle Dedicatorie to 
 the Earl of Montrose, " enlarged my curiositie, my soul- 
 diers estate promised to preferre mee, and the smiles of 
 Court stuffed my brains with manie idle suppositions." But 
 none of these hopes were realized. The circumstances under 
 which Grahame left his country, to walke on foreigne fieldes 
 forlorne, are unknown ; but they were probably not fortun- 
 ate, as in his lines From Italy to Scotland his soyle, and in 
 
 ^ Jeioel, p. 122. - Dempster! Hist. Eccles. Gentis Scotorum, p. 328. 
 
vn 
 
 His Passionado when he was in pilgrimage, he not only de- 
 scribes himself as an exile, but writes under the influence 
 of those feelings of sorrow and depression, inseparable from a 
 long protracted and reluctant absence from our native land ; 
 
 Amidst my sorrowing greef, 
 
 My -wandring in exyle, 
 Oft looke I to that arth, and sais. 
 
 Farewell, sweete Britains lyle ! 
 
 In the beginning of the seventeenth century, Grahame 
 appears to have returned to Britain, and to have resumed 
 his literary pursuits under the auspices of his earliest patron, 
 James the Sixth, to whom he dedicated a small collection 
 of poems published at London in 1604, under the title of 
 The Passionate Sparke of a Relenting Minde. The work is 
 printed in quarto, and in a highly ornamented style for the 
 period. The letter press is throughout encompassed by 
 rich and fanciful xylographic borders, of which specimens 
 accompany the title page and dedication of the present re- 
 print of the Passionate Sparke. The merit of Grahame's 
 poetry is inconsiderable, and perhaps the extreme rarity 
 of the volume in which it is contained, forms the best apo- 
 logy for thus introducing it to the notice of the Club. 
 
 In 1609, we find Grahame publishing at Edinburgh, The 
 Anatomie of Hvmors, consisting of prose interspersed with 
 verse. The object of this curious work is very clearly in- 
 dicated by its title, and the general character of the book 
 is truly delineated in the address to the reader. " Be what 
 thou wilt who reades this Treatise, be sure to finde thy 
 selfe set downe in a true fashion. I have taken the paines 
 to paint thy portrate ; if thou finde thy selfe in faire colours, 
 then be carefuU how to entertaine thy selfe in the true 
 luister; if thou finde thy selfe in filthie colours, wash, 
 
VIII 
 
 clainge, and purge thy selfe from such pestiferous blots, 
 which even infects thy very soule, and makes thee loath- 
 some to the sight of God. I have searched thy feastred 
 wounds, I have bared thy vlcered sores, and for feare of 
 putrifying cankers I have tainted thee to the very quick." 
 The Anatomie of Hvmors is evidently the production of a 
 mind disgusted with the world — familiar only with the 
 darker views of human nature — and accustomed to dwell 
 upon its most unamiable features. Chiefly occupied in the 
 delineation of vice in all its varieties, the general tone of 
 the work is severe, sarcastic, querulous and melancholy. 
 Still it abounds in acute observations upon human cha- 
 racter, and in lessons of practical wisdom. The diction, 
 although somewhat ambitious and elaborate, has much of 
 the racy eloquence of the olden time, and the work undoubt- 
 edly affords a very favourable specimen of the didactic 
 literature of Scotland two centuries ago. It has been sup- 
 posed, and not without probability, that the Anatomie of 
 Hvmors may have suggested to Burton the first idea of his 
 incomparable Anatomie of Melancholic . 
 
 Sir Thomas Urquhart and Dempster represent the publi- 
 cations of Grahame as numerous, but with the exception of 
 the two works composing the volume now presented to the 
 club, none are extant. 
 
 Subsequently to the publication of the Anatomie of Hvmors 
 Grahame returned to the Continent, and spent the last 
 years of his life as an austere Franciscan. He died, accord- 
 ing to Dempster, at Carpentras, in 1614, while on his way 
 again to revisit Scotland. 
 
 February, mdcccxxx. 
 
THE 
 
 ANATOMIE 
 
 OF HVMORS: 
 
 WRITTEN 
 By SiMioN Grahame. 
 
 Pro. 21. Cap. 
 
 Euery way of a man, is right in his owne eyes : 
 
 hut the Lord God pondreth their hearts. 
 
 AT EDINBVRGH. 
 
 Printed by Thomas Finlason. 
 
 1609. 
 WITH LICENCE. 
 
TO HIS EVER. 
 
 H ONOV RE D LORD 
 
 AND MAISTER, MY LORD 
 
 Gr AH AME , Earle of Montr ois , &c. 
 Con il tempo. 
 
 IKE A STORM E- 
 
 beatenship, with many vnfor- 
 tunate conflicts (in my long-some 
 journeyes) here and there haue I 
 still beene tossed, till now at last 
 I haue arriued to the safe harborie of your Lord- 
 ships favour : being sore fatigated in my trou- 
 blesome trauailes, I am very eagerly willing to 
 be comforted with the rare fruites of your Ho- 
 nours admired Engine, who ivith a most gene- 
 rous fpirit, can temper thy greatnes with benig- 
 nitie, thy Majestie with meekenesse, thy Heroy- 
 ick minde with courtesie , thy Noble hand with 
 liberalitie, and thy Herculian-heart with cle- 
 mencicy such is the inestimable ritches (of thy re- 
 
 A 2 nowned 
 
THE EPISTLE B 
 
 nowned worth) which hath made (and still 
 makes) conquest of many hearts, O what can I 
 say of my selfe (who without any merit in mee) 
 hath so often felt the force of your Lord- 
 ships loue , / am sorie that I shall neuer be able 
 to value the ritch treasure of such great de- 
 sert : Good will is all my wealth , and yet my 
 seruice (bound by dutie) craues no thanks. Than 
 most luorthie (to be named worthy) Lord, re- 
 ceaue these my Labours as the true tributarie 
 effects of my affection , the beholding of this 
 Humorous world, the strange alterations of 
 Time, and the inconstant wauering of my euer- 
 changing Fortune, will afforde mee no other 
 Subject, it may truly be saide, Fortuna vi- 
 trea est, quae cum splendet frangitur . My 
 peregrinations enlarged my curiositie, my soul- 
 diers estate promised to preferre mee , and the 
 smiles of Cornet stuffed my braines with manie 
 idle suppositions . Heere abruptly must I needes S 
 bi^eake off', fearing least the great occasion of 
 this discourse, make mee forget my selfe, and be- 
 come tedious in reckoning vp my losse of Time. 
 So in my neuer-ending-loue, lend, wishing your 
 Lordships valour, good fortune, your estate 
 
 all fej 
 
DEDICATORIE. 
 
 g all happinesse, and that your Honours discre- 
 tion may sepulchrise this boldnesse of 
 
 Your Lordships 
 
 euer-obedient feruant, 
 
 SiMION GrAHAME. 
 
 TO HIS EVER-HONOVRED 
 
 LADY, MY LADY COVN- 
 
 tesse of Montrois, 
 
 GReat is the worth of thy triumphing Fame, 
 With Faith y Hope, Loue, in thy fweet foule in- 
 A endleffe world fhall eternife thy name, (ftirind. 
 And crowne the glorious verttie of thy mind. 
 
 Thy ievwent faith to Chrift is fo inclind. 
 Which makes ritch hopes vp to the Heau'ns afpire 
 From thence thy loue, defcends in ruthfuU kinde. 
 And helps the poore in their diftrelTd defire. 
 
 w Long may thou Hue, and long may God aboue 
 Increafe, confirme, reward, ^eV//, liope, and loue. 
 
 S. Grahame. 
 
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 Math. 7. 
 Chap. 
 
 TO THE READER. 
 
 N A FEARELES HV- 
 mor, I haue anatomized the humors 
 ofmanMnde, to the mouth of the honeji 
 marif it hath a mojl delicate andjiveet 
 tq/ie^ hut to the wicked, it is hitter as 
 gall or wormwood, for if thou he a dijjemhling hypo- 
 crite, one of the fed offlejhlyandhloudie Gqfpellers, one 
 of the generation of Wolues cloathed in JJieepe-shins , 
 which are naught elfe, hut hatchers of deceit, to entrap 
 foules, inventers of treafon to murther Kings, helliJJi 
 injlruments to ruifie Countries, fworne enemies to God, 
 and diligent faStors for the deuill. If thou he a man of 
 this Catigorie, I hate thee to the very death: hut if thou 
 frji he true to God, and next to thy owne Prince : if 
 thou he faithfull to thy Countrie, if thou judge all men 
 with equitie injpite ofloue or hriherie, if thou wrong no 
 man: and lajl of all, if thou he all in alia good Chrif- 
 tian, thou art an honeji man, 6x^ thou art the mail whom 
 I place in my harts hart: if thou he a woman of a mo- 
 dejihehauiour, 8^ difcreet in all thy adions, of a chajl 
 mind, and qf a good life, whojiillaymesathonejlie, and 
 profecutes all thy dejires with the fear e of God: it is 
 thou who is the honeji woman, arid thou art the woman 
 whom I honour to the death. Then he what thou wilt 
 who reades this Treatife, he fur e tojinde thy f elfe fet 
 
 downe 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 Q tlowne in a trtieJaJJiion , 1 Jiaue taken the paines to paint 
 @ thij portrate , ifthoujinde thy f elf e in fair e colours, then 
 )^ be carefull how to entertaine thijfelfe in the true Luif- 
 M ter^ ifthoujinde thijfelfe infilthie colour s, wajli, clainge, 
 8 and purge thij felfe from fuch pejliferous hlots^ which 
 ^ euen infers thy veryfoule^ and makes thee loathfome to 
 M the fight of God, I hauefearched thy feajired wounds^ 
 Q / haue bared thy vlcered fores, andforfeare ofputri- 
 § fy^^S cctnhers I haue tainted thee to the very quick :fo 
 8 to keepe thy weaknes in a good temper, I haue applied 
 ^ this Cataplafme, to appeafe thee of all thy paXnes : lam 
 Q furely perfwaded, that thefe my labor sjlial merit thanks 
 ^ of the vpright man who hues God, obedient to his King, 
 and is true to his Country, and that the good report of 
 the righteous Jhall guard me, from criticaU barking of 
 ivicked malice , and I am affured, that the honeji Ma- 
 tron, the wife true to her husband, and the c/ia/le virgin 
 M will euer party me, and euer be ready to countercheck 
 8 the detracking reports of the fiamelejfe woman, whilji 
 ^ my reuengefludl be withfilence, and fimple patience to 
 "^fmile at neuer-blti/liing-im^udence. To conclude, I 
 g onely expeB: to be quarrelled with the deceitfull villaine, 
 Q whofm Iwillproue to be an arrant Knaue : if thou chcd- 
 '^ lenge me. If come to be a Coward, and therefore I will 
 M anfwer thee. So IJIiaU euer reft thy hatefull Enemie, 
 8 and the honejl mans Seruant to the death. 
 
 SiMiox Grahame. 
 
 sec 
 }§C 
 
 KC 
 sec 
 
TOHISEVER- 
 
 HONOVRED LADY, 
 MY LADY COVNTESSE 
 
 of ErrolL 
 
 SWeet Lady looke & grant this begd-for-grace, 
 My feruile Miife doth craue vpon her knees. 
 Now here Ihe comes before thy facred face. 
 And of her Labours makes a facrifees. 
 Then ouer-fpread them with thy glorious eyes. 
 Let lufter faire inritch my rurall rime, 
 Thou haft the power (great Potent) if thou plees. 
 To regifter ray verfe in endleffe time. 
 If quicknes of thy wit finde any crime. 
 In thy difcretion fepulchrize my wrong. 
 For why thou know'ft my Miife in youthfull prime 
 Did what Ihe could to pleafe thee in her fong : 
 Great is the glory of my willi'd-for-gaines. 
 If deereft Dame, thou patronize my paines. 
 
 S. Grahame. 
 
I THE ANATOMIE 
 
 OF HVMORS. 
 
 SILKE VVORME 
 
 firft eateth it felfe out of a very 
 little feed, and then groweth to 
 be a quick creature : a while af- 
 ter, it is fed and nourifhed vp- 
 on frefh and greene leaues, then 
 it comes to a greater quantitie, 
 and againe, it eates it felfe out of that coat, and wor- 
 keth it felfe in a coate of filke ingendred full of fmall 
 feede for many young ones to breed of; in the end 
 it leaues the flugh of filk for the Ornament of man- 
 kinde : And laft of all, it dieth in the fhape of a white 
 winged flye. A King may be compared to the filke 
 worme , which firft of the earth becommeth a crea- 
 ture, and then being fed & nourifhed vpon the grace, 
 favour, and mercie of God, with the loue, feare, and 
 obedience of his fubjedts ; he becommeth a King of 
 more kingdomes, and fo from kingdome to kingdome 
 he groweth to be an imperiall and free Monarch over 
 many Countries, for him and his pofteritie to pof- 
 fefle for ever : in the end, he leaues his vertues educa- 
 tion, his good qualities, his vpright juftice, his mercie, 
 his compaflion on the poore, and his loue to &ll,liis 
 
 B ; -people I 
 
21. P/al. 
 
 Pro. 21. 
 Cap. 
 
 ludg. 6. 
 Cap. 
 I Pro. 20. 
 Cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 people, to be a mirrour to the reft of earthly Kings, 
 one example to his children , and a never decaying 
 Ornament to all his Off-fpring : then laft of all, he 
 returneth againe to the earth ; and his foule cloathed 
 with pure innocent whitenes , flyeth vp to heaven in 
 the beautifull fliape of a bright winged Angell. Who 
 Jhallafcend{^'dYes the Prophet) into the mountaineofthe 
 Liord^ andwhojhalljiand in his holy placed euen he that 
 hath innocent hands, and a pure heart, who hath not in 
 the rage of crueltie fucked the bloud of innocents , 
 who hath not fufTered the greater powers to oppreffe 
 his poore Subje6ls : it is he who extols luftice, and 
 triumphs in mercie. O God, this man is he whofeglorie 
 is great in thyfalvation, both dignitie and honour haji 
 thou laid vpon him: It is thou, O Lord, who goverues 
 all his a6lions , and ftill inftru6ls his minde what he ^ 
 fliall doe: Cor regis in manu domini quocunque voluerit ^ 
 inclinabit illud: Then thou 6 earthly King, behold how '^ 
 the great and mightie King of all Kings is thy fure bul- ^ 
 warke , his ftrength guards thee againft the maliti- M 
 ous mindes of men, the poyfonnous Caluranie of^ 
 wicked vipers fliall not offend thee, nor the fubtill 
 hatchers of vnnaturall Treafon , fliall neuer prevaile 
 againft thee, becaufe God affures thee of thy life in 
 all thy journeyes by day or by night , he ftill fayes vn- 
 to thee as he faid by the voyce of his Angell to Gideon: 
 Peace hei)nto thee, f ear e not thoujhalt not die: How bold 
 may thou be to build vpon this aflurance : if God be 
 with thee, who can be againft thee. Thy anger is like the 
 roaring of a Lyon, liethatpro%ioheth thee to wrath,Jinneth 
 againji his owne foule. Who fliould not tremble at thy 
 fitjtie, •& who fliould not be afraid to offend thee ? who 
 ' \ • . dare 
 
^ 
 
 OF HVMORS. 
 
 2. 
 
 ^ 
 
 dare calumniate a King, or yet fpeake againft the vp- 
 rightnefle of his juftice ; God him felfe giues this 
 ftraite comraaund, faying, ThouJJialt not raile vpon 
 the ludges ^neither fpeahe euillofthe ruler of the people. 
 Then the Apoftle Saint Paul tells thee why thou 
 fliould not doe it : Becaufe he is the Minifier of God 
 to take vengeance on them that doe euill . I fay to thee , 
 O King ; 
 
 Thou earthly God^ whqfe ouer-riding hand 
 The Scepter fwayes, and doth vnjfieath thejword. 
 Nowferuile Kingdomesjioupes at thy command f 
 Who dare controle thy vnrecalled word. 
 
 Thou, with great glorie of thy triple crowne, 
 Erecks the good, and throwes the wicked downe. 
 God hath anoynted thee a King, and placed thee here 
 on earth to be a God, and to doe right to all men, 
 without refpe6l of perfons. God him felfe calls you 
 a God, and commaunds you, faying : Doe right to the 
 poore andfatherlejfe: doejvjiice to the poor e andneedie, 
 becaufe I hauejaid thou arta God: And therefore be fure 
 that the great God of heaven, will judge you that are 
 Gods on earth : remember how he is to craue a moll 
 fharpe reckoning at your hands, therefore how care- 
 full fhould thou be ever to difcharge thy great and 
 waightie charge which hangs over thy head: thou art 
 a ruler of many, and many things will be asked of thee; 
 respe6l alwayes the poore more then the ritch, and let 
 not the complaints of thy people come to thy eares by 
 the mouthes of thy briberous Minions ; call the poore 
 com plainer before thee, flay and heare them with 
 patience, and wearie not to examine their wrongs, 
 when thy pitty hath pond red their eflate : Pronounce 
 
 B 2 fentence 
 
 Exo. 22. 
 Cap. 
 
 Rom. 
 13. cap. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 Pro. 
 cap. 
 
 25. 
 
 fentence with thy owne tongue , then let thy diligent 
 eye fee judgement executed, and delay not the poore 
 mans caufe, nor let no feniftrus requeft recall thy juft ^ 
 refolution. And fo Ihall the teares of the diftreffed Q 
 creatures imbalme thy foule , thy righteoufnes fliall ^ 
 crowne thee, and thy mercie fhall fet thee on the ma- ^ 
 jellicall Throne of Gods eternall glory ! O remem- ^ 
 ber what thou art, where thou art, and what thou flialt ^ 
 be, as I haue faid : thou art a King anoynted by God 
 over many people : thou art here on earth a Judge ; 
 and thou art to be called before the tribunall feate of 
 God , to giue a reckoning of thy behaviour ! O then 
 how narrowly Ihould thou looke to thy journey, how 
 perrilous is thy Prograce ? what weightie burthen 
 hangs on thy fhoulders, what continuall fafhires, 
 what incomprehenfible care, and what great memo- 
 rie craues thy carefull eftate ? With eyes of wifedome 
 governe thy fight about thy felfe , and if thou chance 
 to fee Iheltred vnder thy owne wings , the deceitfull 
 parafite, the male-contented Mutenar, the murmu- 
 ring whifperer, the detracker of honeftie, the invier 
 of vertue, the ambitious oppreffour, or the vnmerci- 
 fuU briber : then if thou finde fuch caterpillars about 
 thee, fweepe them away ; becaufe they are confuming 
 cankers to thy flate , bloud-fuckers of innocents, vef- 
 fels of treafon, and fworne enemies to the true Vnion 
 of thy iRingdomes . O fayes the great King of wife- 
 dome, Take away the wicked men from the King, andhis 
 throne Jhall bejiablijfied in righteoufnes. Shake off all 
 kinde of fuch infe^lious fcabs , and purge thy compa- 
 nie of fuch peftiferous euils ; keepe ever with the men 
 of truth , and place fuch men in office as feares God , 
 
 and 
 
OF HFMORS, 
 
 and loues thee. Let graue and honourable counfai- 
 lours condu6l thee, and guard thy felfe with them. 
 Comraaund thou them as God hath comraaunded all 
 you that are Ki ngs, Say yejhallhaue no refped qfper/bns 
 injudgement, hutjhallheare thefmallas well as the great: 
 yejiiall notfeare the face of man, for the judgement is 
 Gods : Thou art the Lieutenant of God, therfore thou 
 fhould looke well to thy officers, and how they are enclin- 
 ed . A true and faithfuUfubJedy who doth the will of his 
 King, is worth the halfe of his Kings kingdom. O fayes 
 SalomoUy the Joy andpleqfure of a King is in a wifefer- 
 vant. He putteth the charge of him felfe in his hands, he 
 is the pillar of his ftate, and executes the a6lions of his 
 King with a lincere equitie. It is not birth that makes 
 thy fubje6t noble or honourable. The originall of No- 
 bilitie is like a fmall fpring , which good defert makes 
 the gratefull favour of a King to enlarge to a great ri- 
 ver, which by bound dutie ought to pay their dutifull 
 tribute to the King their Ocaean : but how many are 
 they that becomes ingrate, and fwels with pride, am- 
 bition, envie, treafon, fedition, and emulation, they 
 become rebellious flouds, & overflowes their banks, 
 and in dilperfing them felues, loofes their name, and 
 becomes ignominious to the world. When fuch men 
 beholds their owne ruine and fwift deftru6lion (which 
 blinde pride did never looke for) then how may their 
 Ihame fmother ambition in a helplefle repentance, 
 making the eyes of man (which was curious to behold 
 the glorious triumph of their vpraifd pomp) turne 
 with amazement to looke vpon their fuddaine fall, 
 this tragicall fpedlacle of the great mans grovelling 
 ou the ground, makes difpaire crie out, Quijacet in 
 
 B 3 terra 
 
 Deutro. 
 1. cap. 
 
 Pro. 14-. 
 Cap. 
 
Deutr. 
 16. Cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 terra non hahet vnde cadit, O how fhould that man 
 haue his minde tortered within his loathfome bo- 
 die, when he beholds how fwiftly his glorie hath left 
 him, his honours drowned in difgrace, his falutati- 
 ons turned to contempt: his bare-headed petitioners 
 the fpe6tators of his mine, and the voice of the world 
 (mixtured with loue and difdaine) making many 
 mifconftrued fuppofitions, his friends weepes and la- 
 ments his eftate , his foes fmiles, and makes the acci- 
 dents of his deftruction their difcourfe, whilfl he poore 
 reje6led foule cries out, Colocatusjiim in ohfcurisjicut 
 mortuus Jectdu Here is a jufl reward to an vnjull fub- 
 je6t. True fervice to God, obedience to thee who is 
 King, and vpright judgement voyd of partialitie no- 
 bilitates the man , it crownes him with honour , and 
 makes his glory to Ihine eternally : bleffed is that 
 King who may freely giue his fubje6l this moll glori- 
 ous and honourable Epithite, faying, I haue a faithfull 
 fervant : this man is he whom the booke of God calls 
 the wife fervant, in whom the pleafure and ioy of a 
 King remaines : he boldly tells thee thy error, his wife- 
 dome prevents thy euill, he whifpers in thy eare, and 
 defires thee to read before thou fet thy hand JLitera 
 fcripta manent! O how fecure may the juft man be in 
 his foule, his fafe confcience makes him feareleffe : he 
 hath compaflion on the poore, he wrefts not the Law, 
 neither hath he any refpe<Jt of perfons , neither taketh 
 he rewards to blinde his vnderftanding, nor yet per- 
 verteth he the words of the juft man, but ponders the 
 eftate of all men with wifedom : this man may truly be 
 called a righteous Judge : when Augujius CcBfar gaue 
 au6lhority to any ludge , he alfo gaue this advertife- 
 
 ment. 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 9 
 
 ment, I put not (fayes he) the treafure of my honour in thy 
 hands, nordoelcommitmyjvjiice to thee, that thoujhould 
 he a dejiroyer ofpeople, the hloud-Jhedder qfinnocentSy 
 nor ane executioner of malefactors^ hut with the one hand 
 thou JJiould maintaine the good, and with the other hand 
 [ raife vp the euill man from his wicJcednes . Therefore I 
 *fend thee forth to be a preceptor and defender of Or- 
 ^phanes,ahelperqfwidowes,aChirurgionforallwoundSf 
 \ O'Jiaffefor the hlinde, apittier of the poor e, and a father 
 to allperfons. Tofpeahefaire to my enemies, and rejoice 
 \ my friends . O how much is that man to be efteemed , 
 ' who with a fearleffe reguard executes the will of his 
 J Prince, and in fpite of envious malice , giues a true tef- 
 I timonie of a good confcience : this man is he who is 
 blefled in the fight of G O D , his ritch treafure layes 
 J hoarded vp in heaven, the glory of his GOD, the 
 honour of his King , and the weale of his Countrey 
 is the onely contemplation of his foule in this pre- 
 fent time : how perrilous is the eltate of mankinde : 
 how is the honeft mans actions mifdeemed, and his 
 behaviour mifconftrued, if he be an a6tour in the 
 affaires of his King and Countrey , then is he cen- 
 fured to be a man of partialitie , and a bufie-headed 
 body, if he retire him felfe from Court , and meddle 
 with nothing, then is he fufpe^led to be a Malevole, 
 one who expe6ls the change of Court, a fuborner, or 
 elfe a fa6tion-maker : then begins Envie to pick quar- 
 rels. Malice will barke and invent falfe information ! 
 O how watchfuU fhould the honeft minded man be 
 in this latter dayes of deceit , to faue him felfe from 
 the fubtill fnares of fecret envie. This inconftant 
 world being fo full of fubtill deceites , in whom can 
 
 the 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 16. Cap. 
 
 the vpright man truft, how many in externall comple- 
 menting ftiowes vowes affection , where fecret 
 grudge is grounded. And beiides, what a quarrellous 
 pick-thank time is it, when a man dares not truft him 
 felfe , but doubts his deareft friend. Some reades fo 
 much on Matchavell, that in the end they turne 
 matchleffe villaines ; the honeft and plaine dealing 
 man is abhorred and termed a Gull, whilft politick 
 they imployes their wits to exploit other mens deftru- 
 6lion, when extreame neceflitie and miferie of want 
 doth vrge the poore men to fteale or rob ; then are 
 they prefently taken, put in prifon, and laid in chaines 
 of iron : But when a politick Matchavilian robs the 
 common wealth, and doth oppreffe the poore, he tri- 
 umphs in golden chaines : it is he who gets the Law- 
 ftouping falutations on the ftreete : it is he who makes 
 his deceaving pietie, his cut-throat flatterie, his diffi- 
 mulation to God, to his King and his Countrie, poy- 
 fon the aire. It is he whofe vnderftanding could ne- 
 ver reach to that imagination, that there can be a God, 
 and it is he, who for a fwift paffing glory damnes his 
 foule eternally. This fort of men are they whom our 
 Saviour Chrift fpeakes of in the Evangell of S. Luke, 
 that they are cloathed in purple, in filke, and in fine li- 
 nings, well fed, and delicate in all things, in their fe- 
 cure fenfualitie they contemne the poore La%arus ly- 
 ing at their gate, they heare not his ruthfuU cries, 
 they are blinde, and fees not his fores, their hearts are 
 hardned and conliders not his miferable eftate. Thefe 
 are they who lines in Kings Courts, Qui molibus vejli- 
 untur in domibus regumjunt: In braue apparrell, in 
 pride of life, and choaked with this worlds vaine glory, 
 
 what 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 5. 
 
 what reckoning ftiall be taken of fuch men, and 
 what anfwere can they make to God Almightie, 
 when he Ihall fay , Reclde rationem vilicationis tuts, 
 Giue me a reckoning of thy ftewardfhip ; and 
 therefore the greater thy place , the greater thy 
 reckoning Ihall be before God : And the more thy 
 pleafures in this life, the more thy paines (hall be in 
 the life to come. O what a terrible fentence giues 
 Chrift in the Apocalips when he fayes. Quantum in 
 deliciis Juity tanium date illi tormentum. What plea- 
 fures hath the ritch man had in this world, let him 
 haue as many torments in the world to come. All 
 thy fenfes which did abound in delectation, Ihall 
 become moft loathfome, thy delecate eares, Ihall 
 for their fvveete mufick, receaue moft detefta- 
 ble howling of tormented fpirits ; thy feeling which 
 was vfed to fine linnings, and foft filks , fhall feele 
 the burning fire of brimftone : Thy light which 
 had the profpe6l of faire buildings , ritch and curi- 
 ous ArchiteStors , & pleafant gardings, fhall fee the 
 ouglie fight of fearfull and terrible divels ; thy dian- 
 tie guft which did furfet with all forts of fweetnes, 
 fhall be tormented with thirft and hunger ; and thy 
 fmell which was fed with rare muske, & filled with 
 art of fine oders , fhall now be perfumed with 
 ftink and fent of moft intollerable filthines. This 
 fhall be the rewarde given to the ritch gluttons of 
 this world. God fpeaking by his Prophet Efay, he 
 bids, ToUatur impius ne videat gloriam Dei; Take the 
 wicked man away, that he may not fee the glory 
 of God. Then thou who fucks forth the heart- 
 
 C bloud 
 
 Luk. 16 
 
 •xatA 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 bloud of the poore, thinke on this, and thou who 
 art a grievous oppreflbur, looke to thy felfe, or ra- 
 ther thy heart is hardned and can not fee, thou tri- 
 umphs in the aboundance of worldly glorie ; thy 
 confcience feeles not the forceable flroke of iinne ; 
 thy too much fenfualitie hath made thy foule fenf- 
 les. But 6 when licknes the fore-running harbinger 
 of agonizing death doeth feafe vpon thy bodie, & 
 wils thee to pay that doubtles debt, no furetie will 
 be taken , nor no fhifting excufe can helpe thee ; 
 thy foule mull needs be fequeftred from thy bodie, 
 all thy friends will forfake thee, thy flattering troups 
 which doeth attend thee, will leaue thee, thy 
 pleafures fliall loath thee , and in thy loathfome 
 bed fhalt thou lye deftitute of all comfort ; the di- 
 vell in moft fearefuU and terrible forme fliall 
 haunt thee, houlding thy haynous iinnes before 
 thine eies , and ftill crying in thine eares, Defpaire 
 and dye. What miferable eftate fliall this be, 
 when thy wicked life layeth this before thee, and 
 telles, This mufl; thou suffer, and this way mull 
 thou goe. And when the malediction of the op- 
 prefTed man, the deflreffed widow, and father- 
 les Children , whofe ruth-begging-clamours , di- 
 flurbes the Heavens, and brings thee (O wick- 
 ed man) to this miferable end. Can thy ritches 
 ridde thee, or fette the free from the horrible paines 
 of Hell ? Where is the glory of thy wealth and fub- 
 ftance nowe ? JDivitiarum jad;antia quid vohis con- 
 tulit f And befides all this , how infamous fliall thy 
 name be amongil the Commons flill , like a Ten- 
 nice 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 nice ball , toffed from mouth to mouth , faying, 
 The moft pernitious inftrument of our age hath left 
 this worlde ; The onely Glutton of Ambition 
 whofe infatiable delires coulde never be filde , 
 one who fubornde the eare of his Prince , and 
 made him beleeue that everie flrange face was 
 comde to cut his throat, one whofe envy wold suffer 
 no man rife but himfelfe. When ever he did marke 
 any afpyring branch, flourifli vnder the Ihining fa- 
 vour of the King, then did his feditious wittes, and 
 his Luciferian pryde, fearch by all-meanes how to 
 deftroy him. This ever byting hound whofe teeth 
 was a contagious canker, when his heart was moft 
 ful of mifchief, then was his tongue moft ful of flat 
 terie. O filthie difeafe of flattery, it were better for a 
 man to follow a dogge , and liue vpon his furfating 
 vomet, then to be a flatterer. O flattery the very in 
 tyiing fnare of deceit , vnder the which all kinde of 
 dangers lieth obfcured in Amhtt/Ji : to be ftiort he 
 was fuch a one, that ftill did impoverifli the Kings 
 coffers to inritch his own, he did not loue to fe thefe 
 to whom he was beholden, to al his friends vnthak- 
 full, of all good deeds forgetful, and to al wel-defer- 
 ving mindes ingrate. O thou filthie ingratitude, thou 
 art even the very excrament of all evilles, ill fa- 
 ring man, faire ill : I muft leaue thee, for my breath 
 is putrified with founding the Trumpet of thy 
 ignominious imperfedlions. Ryde on thy pofting 
 journey , for indeed thou may ride a fwift gallop to 
 hell, when thou haft the Arch-diuell thy guide to 
 winde his home before thee, let him who is hulcerus 
 
 C 2 Jhrinh 
 
 (M2 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 fhrink at his owne Jmart, when his fores arejerji. 
 Now as for the yong afpyring gallant, I haue moft 
 rare and excellent CoUours to paint thy portrate 
 in a trew luftring forme ; take Phyfick to ingender 
 thy patience , although my fpeech be Satyrick , 
 What then ? bitter drinkes are goode for the fto- 
 mack, Therefore come on thou vngratious Boy , 
 for I muft haue a bout with thee , Thou chylde of 
 vnthrift, when thy parents gives thee ftore of 
 wealth , before God giue thee witte to governe : 
 Then be fare thou felft all, pawnft all , and fpendft 
 all. How careles art thou of whats to come ? Thou 
 never thinkfl on want , but playes the infant perdu 
 freely, ilill affuring thy felfe , that thy father hath a 
 fatted Calfe to be kilde at thy Converlion. Vpon 
 the hope of this, thou letft all goe, like the Jinoake 
 of Tobacco , or like a foppy billow , which flees 
 from the fliell of the walnut, and ftraight doth va- 
 uifti in the aire. It may be thy father or mother, hes 
 fcraped this fubftance together with labour, hun- 
 ger and pinching of their belly : How beggerly 
 perchance hath thy parents lived to provyde for 
 thee ? How carefull were they to get it ? And how 
 careles how they got it ? evill and vnlawfuU con- 
 queffe makes fuch Irapes of perdition come after 
 and fpend all . Thou art like a raging Courfer , 
 which runnes without a brydle, or rather like a 
 florme-beaten-fhip amidfl the Rocks, hauing no 
 Rudder at all. Thou doeth quintifcens thy vnder- 
 ftanding, and imploys thy wits, leaving no deceit 
 vnfought how to get money. Thou intrudeft thy 
 
 felfe 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 felfe in the Kings favour, building great authoritie 
 on his fmyle ; if he grace thee with his eare, then 
 becoraeft thou homely, bold, and audatious lying, 
 cogging and flattering, that the behoulders and 
 hearers may thinke thee a Irew and perfite Cour- 
 tier in deed. By this meanes, many men employes 
 thee to fpeak to the Prince in their afaires, futes, co- 
 plaints and requefts, are put in thy hands. What is 
 offered thee for thy paines ? Thou wilt doe nothing 
 till thou get halfe , or all in hand ; then thou felft the 
 poore mans fute to fome other, and so makes thy 
 fliifting delayes excufe thy ftiameles deceat . If 
 thou be fometyme altogether out of money , thou 
 calft thy wits to a reckoning, and then difguifes thy 
 felfe in fome ftrange apparels ; and on the hie way 
 will rob the paffenger of his purfe. A King may giue 
 honor ofknight-hoodyhuthe can not giue moyen to main- 
 taine it. After thy robery, then come to Court with 
 thy bolde ere6led face, and an impudent gefture 
 moft majefticall , to maske thy rogifti villany. In a 
 vagabounding humor , thy nights are fpent in 
 whowring; fo thou makft thy bawdrie & fpending 
 in a Bordell increafe thy reputation , and then thy 
 lecherous life makes the blew circle vnder thy eye, 
 tell the world how much thou art over-fpent in 
 fubftance of bodie. Befides all this, the Paliards 
 token which thou caries of a Merfenary woman, is 
 moft pleafant for the Apotecharie, and very profi- 
 table for the Barber. Thou affirmeft thy felf to be of 
 the ludayecaU law, and much more in going beyond 
 the lew in thy vpright Circumci/ion. Notwithftan- 
 
 C S ding, 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 ding of all this , every Ladie in the Court, mull be 
 thy miflres; but thy chief choife is a gallant, and 
 moft quick-witted Lady, whofe experience knows 
 what duety belongs to the quiet opening of a back 
 doore, perfumed fmocks, a whifpering voice, and 
 cloath-lhooes, & who in a veneryan difcourfe, with 
 the want of fliame, will make her fan ferue to cover 
 the bloudles blufli of her never blulliing face; thy 
 want of purpofe is fupplied with many apifli triks, 
 and in thy interluds doth praife her miftaken beau- 
 tie, affirming, that it is not painting makes her faire, 
 nor that her perfumd breath giues delicacie to the 
 fmel, no thou fwerft Nature hes done al. The crew of 
 vnthrifts are thy comrades, fuch cumpanions as hes 
 made companion with the divell to ride pofte to hel : 
 when thou commeft to a taverne, and enters in the 
 fecond degrie of drunknes, then playeft thou the 
 RodomontadOf and in thy Orlando Furiofo humor, cals 
 for OccBans of wyne , a world of Tobacco , and whole 
 mountaines oijuger: who wil refufe to caroufe thy 
 miflres helth, then is he called the fon of a whowre, 
 the wine thrown in his face, & flraight cartalifde to 
 a combat ; thou mufl be flout and out-fwagger al, & 
 flill curfe the coelefliall fignes which are not in Can- 
 cer or Scorpio , to the effedl thou may let out thy co- 
 lerick bloud, in thy fwearing mofl horrible, fo that 
 the greevous terror of oathes, makes the haire of 
 the hearers head fland right vppe ; when the hofl 
 brings thee a reckoning , then thou wilt fweare to 
 pay all , and fo takes it in trufl , for I grant it is the 
 true pendeckles of gentilitie, to black bookes with 
 
 recko- 
 
 ' *' ^*^^^^t^jiy^^^i^^ ^^ _^ 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 reckonings, to hunt with dogs, to play at dyce, 
 and dally with drabs , and fometirae to make a 
 cuckold of thy furniiher : when a married man be- 
 commes a Monfter , what kinde of glory is it to fee 
 him walk on the ftreets, with a pair of egregious e- 
 re<fted homes, and every one poynting their finger 
 at his homed- worfliip. Thou art of no Religion, 
 but a meere Athiejlf then affure thy felfe to line vn- 
 querrelled, thy roume and large confcience will 
 make thee to efcape excommunication , becaufe the 
 Libertine goes alwayes frie ; yet for all this thou 
 goeft to Church for fafhion fake, and makes thy 
 feming pietie weare thy brieches on the knees, as 
 the young Lawyer goes to the houfe of Juftice, 
 and without profeit, weares the fore-breaft of his 
 gowne on the Bar, fo that he is forft to make a fom- 
 mer cloak of the pofterior parte : All this miferie 
 proceeds of the want of Clyants, and fearfull com- 
 plainours , who dares not truft the defence of 
 their a6l;ion in the hands of fuch a skil-wanting 
 Novice. Thou imitating all kinde of ftrange hu- 
 mors, flill becomes inconflant in thy cloathes: 
 Thy traffick is with the Lumbard , thou makes 
 it thy Gioarda rohba , and thy ferce is amongft the 
 Phrepryes , and oft-times a purpofe thou itayeft 
 from Court a prettie whyle , that occafion may 
 offer thee to returne with a newe faftiion of 
 cloaths, not vnlike a Cittizens young wyfe, who in 
 curious pryde of a newe-faugling Humour , will 
 take the advantage to change her buske when 
 
 flie 
 
THE ANA TOMI E 
 
 flie comes from her child-bed. If thou haft any- 
 thing , fell , pawne, borrow , and begge , to buy 
 knight-hood ; thy wife muft haue a hoode , and be 
 called Madame , although thou and flie Ihould liue 
 beggerlie, and lay the moft parte of your cloaths 
 in lavender, to maintaine the naked ftyle ; it is a bafe 
 ambition, which brings nothing with it but the 
 bare name. Povertle maks fuch fort of people turne 
 Cunny-catchers, take vp commodities , skambell , 
 beg and borrow of their betters, and ftill liue by the 
 tryall of their wits , attended on by brokers, who 
 fpares not to feek & ferch be al means to know who 
 will giue their money out for intreft, making large 
 and fair promifes , damning his foule to confirme 
 his lyes , till at laft with vowes and oathes , he de- 
 ceaues his neighbour ; and that which an honeft 
 man hes gathered with great paines, and longfome 
 travell , gotten and fcraped together , to maintaine 
 him and his family : Then is it put in the hands of a 
 deceitfuU villaine, who never thinks to repay a pen- 
 nie of it. How foone his credit is loft ? then is he 
 gone, and becomes bankerout. So is many a poore 
 man left with his wife and children to make new 
 fhift, this is a voluntarie robberie, which a good 
 coufcience could never yet excufe. The ferjants at- 
 tends like pages of honor vpon fuch careles vn- 
 thrifts, whofe eares are ever attending , / arreji you 
 Jir. The dambd Crew, and the fwaggering Confort 
 of companions, hants commonlie about the Court 
 and capital Citties, and waits on Taverns, the ordi- 
 naries, ftage-playes, tilting, balling, and revelling, 
 
 fo 
 
;^w^*^g?<^WW^^'*^r'^r'^^^"'^^ 
 
 OF HVMORS. 
 
 fo are they at al forts of conventions , and with cun- 
 ^ ning authoritie becomes pocket-ferfers , and purf- 
 ' pykers, their promynado is in fome other parte like 
 P Pauls Church at London , where many poore gentle- 
 P men dines with Duck J^mphra , and then comes to 
 ^ the ftreets Spaniard-like with an emptie bellie, pik- 
 f^ ing his teeth; in this abufed place, thefe imps of vn- 
 f^ thrifts makes their meetings , and there invents 
 P new ftratagems how to get frefh money ; fome by 
 P horfe, and fome by foote, will walk like night Owls 
 P on the fields , waiting fcollers comming from their 
 P friends, farmorers coming to London^ marchants go 
 P ing to mercats, & lawiers coming from the viiitati 
 P on of their clyants, and fo transforming the word of 
 P Godjaue you fir , in Blander your purjefir, they become 
 P obfolut commanders . O they haue no revenues of 
 P lands, this purchefe makes them go gallant in faire 
 P cloathes, & entertain an horfe & a whore, & fome- 
 P time for neceffitie fake , himfelfe will be Pandor ; of 
 what proceedes all this villany ? It is true, the King 
 hath no warres, nor wil not grant Commiffioners, 
 nor letters of Mark for the fea, every Galies and Ga- 
 lias lying idle and waift without flaues , fo that my 
 P Lord Cheif Juftice is forft to fill prifons, and floo- 
 P rilh Tyhurn with the lewd confort of this dambd 
 Crew . Thefe fparkes of perdition , caries the 
 P name of Gentle-mens fonnes , hauing great reve- 
 P nues and rents , and for the moft parte are calde 
 P Capitaines, or elfe Lewtenants ; aske him where he 
 P was made Capitaine , he will prefently anfwere in 
 eighty eight, that time when the king of Spains great 
 
 D Armada 
 
 9. 
 

 Armado was overthrowne ; or elfe in Ireland , when 
 the Earle of Ejpex was generall, O to heare them ti- 
 kle a difcourfe of valour , what great bravados (as 
 the Spaniard fayes) Que Jon Mais los amena%ados,que 
 los acuchilla dos , and how they kill men be appre- 
 henlion, leads on troups, and never takes them off 
 againe, Como vno Span%ola Kodamontado^ that fayes, 
 his beard grew with fmook of mufcats, and the 
 haire of his head decayde with the noyfe of Can- 
 nons : fuch forte of men makes the winde of their 
 flomack become firme aer, fo that every word (by 
 felfe confate, and a lying difcourfe) appeares in his 
 owne minde a braue man. Thefe are the men who 
 affirmes tranjmigratioune, and makes it the chief Ar- 
 ticle of their beleif , as when he fayes , Bota a dies io 
 Jla hidalgo NaJJido , So by imagination , he is the 
 moft valorous man that ever lived , he will haue a 
 ragement , and all his Souldiers mull haue Mo- 
 narchs minds ; all his drums muft be made of kings 
 Ikinnes, and prefentlie he will vow and fweare that 
 his fword Ihall kill none except it be Cornels , 
 Capitaines , e Cavelleros muy honorados. What man 
 of a foled wit wolde not fmyle to heare fuch bafe 
 Cowards difcourfe , and chiefly in a Taverne , or 
 elfe in a bordell amongfb whowres : away with fuch 
 cogging villains, which are naught els but the very 
 excraments of mankinde. What may be thought 
 of the buffie headed man, who ranges from Coun- 
 trie to Countrie , he haunts Courts , and becomes 
 a fpye , ftill curious to fearch newes and verye 
 diligent to knowe the fecrets of all eftates ; in this 
 
 point 
 
P point he proves a rare intelligencer , and fo much 
 P the more by ingyring himfelfe with hanging on the 
 companie of young and light-headed Courtiers, 
 with a counterfoot gefture , Hill plaufible to their 
 P idle humors , at his comming to towne before he 
 * come to Court, he takes his lodging in the fub-vrbs 
 P and inquyres for the Phrepry , and then , be fure he 
 P will enter like a Polonian , a SweiJIi , or a Fleming ; 
 P But 6 how fwiftlie will he be chainged in ane /- 
 talian , a French , or elfe in a SpaniJJi fute ? In this 
 P new Metamorphus , hee comes bouldlie to the 
 P ftreete , and makes his promynad towardes the 
 P Court , preffing (as it were) to accompanie his 
 vnacquainted apperrell with a borrowed gefture, 
 P making the world poynte at his oulde garment, 
 P furniftied with newe faftiions , till fome poore 
 P Gentle- man take notice of his owne late pawnded 
 P fute . Then (even then) beginnes povertie to make 
 the true owner bluihe at the Baftarde behavi- 
 our of baifnes it felfe , whilft the boy of the Phre- 
 prey is fette to attend on his hyrde apperrell , and 
 P ftill to remember the ftranger to come back , and 
 make reftitution , and that he may leane off the 
 wal, and alwayes keepe his cloathes cleane. When 
 he circuits the Palace, he fcornes to be aftia- 
 med, but needs will intrude himfelf amongft Gen- 
 P tie-men and Ladies , then beginnes Curiofitie to 
 inquyre what*s he ? O fayes one , he is a Traveller, 
 a man of a moft rare wit, and of a very quick dif- 
 courfe, he is an Heretick Poet, who can ryme 
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halting-feete , and make any obje6l his fubje6t, 
 and more then this , he hath the true arte of face 
 painting, he knowes the fecreet vertue of com- 
 ple6lions , and hee can lay an vpright vermilion 
 collour vpon the pale cheeks of bloudles Ladies. 
 What folies and fuperflitioiis vanities may the eies 
 of Wifdome beholde in the affronted and dam- 
 nable cuftoms of wicked mankinde, whofe mindes 
 are a mirror of mifchief, a bordell to vyce, and an 
 excramentle corruption of all inormities, it fmels 
 of treafon to knock at the doore of a Kings mi- 
 nion, fo with fcretching (the long waiting peti- 
 tionar , may weare his nales to the flefti) before he 
 Ihall be difpatched , this makes many mal-conten- 
 ted myndes Hand vpon the Thaeater of impati- *'' 
 ence , behoulding the glittering llage of an evill *^ 
 furnifhed and deformed Court , where blinde For- *^ 
 ton playes a prologue to the triumph of Time, a6led 
 with the abhominable linnes of Envy ^ Pryde , Am- *^ 
 bition , Gluttonie , Avarice and Licherie , &c . But "^ 
 6 how happie is that man whofe heart is not *^ 
 polluted with the imperfe6lion of Court , whofe *^ 
 head is not fluft with a world of fafcheries, and "^ 
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 treafon , fecure without feare or danger , and *^ 
 moft ritch with fweete contentment, it is he who 
 fcornes to climbe a falling Towre, and whofe 
 chiefe felicitie is not fixed , nor placed vpon vn- 
 certaine toyes ; fo very well may it be faid. 
 
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^ T T Ow blejl is he whqfe happy dayes arejpent 
 ^ L X ^arfrom the Court , and Hues at home in eafe : 
 y^ It*s onely he whqfe ritch withfweete content 
 f** And builds no neji on top of CtBdar trees : 
 ^ Nojlormingjirifey nor yet no Viprich Mnde 
 Of treqfons gilty doth harbor in his minde. 
 
 He eats that breads which Jweating labor yeeldSf 
 ^ With open dooreSf Jecure in his repq/e; 
 
 He ivalks alone , abroad on Jpatious fields, 
 P* Goe where he pleajcy he needs notfeare his foes : 
 ^ He trades on that, which proud ambition brings, 
 Andfcornes the threatning terror of great Kings, 
 
 I grudge to fee when many afctirvie Clowne^ 
 
 Of no defert triumphs , in their defre , 
 P* And from tlie top of Honor doth ihrowe downe 
 ^ Her&yh fpirits, prefuming to qfpire : 
 
 Shame wher's thy blujli f cd heauens contet with this 
 ^ To fee good Kings, deceaued with Judas Ms, 
 
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 Thou hellifh Court where cut-throat flattrie dwels, 
 Where fimple trueth no kinde offliailterfindes. 
 Where bafer mindes, with pride and enuyfwels 
 Where rueling hearts are like inconjiant ivinds. 
 Where Forton blinde playes to a poultrons chance. 
 And makes deceat in glittring robs to dance. 
 
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 Then curjl he Courts thou monjirous Map of Hell, 
 Where enuy, pryde, and treajbn loues to dwell. 
 O Time , what a pretious thing art thou to be 
 thus abufde and wrongde with fo many? When 
 thou art loft , who can finde thee ? When thou art 
 gone , who can recall thee ? How happie are they 
 who employes thee well , and fpends thee not in 
 hunting idle and vncertaine toyes ? What a pittie is 
 it to fee braue fpirites fo careles of time, and ftill 
 waifting of their wits in vaine ? Confuming their 
 youthfull yeares in fucli flauilli fervice, where ver- 
 tue could never harbour, and at laft guardond with 
 ingratitude, how oft hath the cowardlie flatterer 
 cropen in favor, and catched the gallant mans re- 
 warde ? O but the difgrace of indifcretion pertaines 
 to the diftributer, & not to the wel-deferving man. 
 Let the man whofe meriet is great, put on Pati- 
 ence , crofle his armes, and fmyle at fliameles in- 
 gratitude, what a ftiame is it for fuch as are borne 
 to great ritches , and yet wants nobilitie ! O to be 
 noble now in thefe dayes, it is thought to be pro- 
 digal, and fo the hearts of higher powers, are tranf- 
 formed in the hearts of avaritious vfurers , who 
 makes their gould their God ; he houlds his hand 
 faft, his blinde pryde, and voluntarie forge tfulnes, 
 thinks every man bound by duetie to ferue and doe 
 his vtermoft, without fo much as thinks, How ftiall 
 braue men in this miferable extremitie Hue , or 
 keepe goode cloathes on his back ? feing his fervice 
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 his forton be fome other meanes. Becaufe when he 
 goes to the warres , every Capitaine will be his 
 Comrad, and if his courage deferue honor, he fliall 
 get it, and what he hath by hazard is fweete con- 
 tent, he gets elbo-TOume to eate his meate, he needs 
 not lay downe his cloak in vaine to fit at the great- 
 mans table, for if there wants roume, he mufi; Hand 
 like the pillar of fait which Lots wife was turned in, 
 or elfe fteale to his cloak , and flay for the latter 
 meate , where never yet was ceremony of fitting 
 downe , for he that comes firfi: , fits fir ft , and then 
 fits like one flightred in rops, if he holde not his 
 hand on his trinflier , hee may be robd whilft he 
 drinks , if he eates at leafure, he may be fure to rife 
 with an empty belly ; if he be hungrie, he muft fwel- 
 low all with vncivilitie , and put himfelfe in perrell 
 of chocking. I think the ftomack of a latter-meate- 
 man, and the ftomack of a dog, muft be very like of 
 dilgefture , and their throats of a like meafure , for 
 they without vfe of their teeth fwallows all. At 
 hunting, after the Deere is kild and cwird, then is 
 his intrals throwne to the hounds, whofe greedie 
 appatide , and eager ftrife , without regarde , fla- 
 bring the guts about their eares, and every one pul- 
 ling from another gormounds filth and all . In 
 treuth me thinks, there is nothing in fimilitude, can 
 come fo neare the forme of a Courtiers latter-meat 
 break-faft, the favage rudnes of fuch creatures, tels 
 modeftie , that they never learned , Qicos decet in 
 menja mores fervare docemus , I'hey are altogether 
 ignorant of civill inftru6tions , their quick expedi- 
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 tion , makes their patience cry , either a Ihorte **^ 
 grace , or elfe no grace at all . O what a heavie *^ 
 croffe is it for an honeft heart to liue inr fuch a **^ 
 graceles and llavilhe life , let him feme , waite, **^' 
 ryd , all is in vaine , and without profite. Beholde *^ 
 the Catigorie of whifprers . One will round in his *^ 
 Lords eare an errant lye ; another forge and invent *^ 
 a flattring difcourfe to pleafe the humor of his ma- *^ 
 Hers minde ; fome will doe no good fervice except "^ 
 it be in fight, that he may gaine thanks, and the vil- "^ 
 lane proues naught elfe but a pyk-thank knaue , and "^ 
 a back-by ter of his deareft companions . I wonder '^ 
 but fome of the wifer fort of noble men, fliold pon- *^ 
 der and confider very wel, fie villanie, and ftil grace "^ 
 the pyk-thank with a lifting eare, take good-heed to *^ 
 his detra6ling difcourfe , and ever ayme at all his a- "^ 
 dlions with a diligent eie, prote6l his knaverie with '"^ 
 a fmyle, why ? becaufe fuch men are mali necejfarij^ 6 "^ 
 but good my lord , beleeue him not without great *^ 
 triell, take a reckoning of his relation, and keep not *^ 
 malice in a mifconftring minde towards an honeft *^ 
 man , if it be a mater of importance , which con- "^ 
 cernes both honour and credit , then fpare not to *^ 
 call the fufpe6led man before thee, and aske him in '^ 
 fecracie, if this or that be true, if thou findft any **^ 
 knavery, either be malice, or be juft tryell, guer- '"^ 
 done the honeft man with honour, and caffeir the "^ 
 knaue with fhame , contrare-poyfon fuch confu- ^ 
 ming cankers, & keep not fuch venemous vipers in **^ 
 thy company, but ftil away with favors of difcenti- "^ 
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 ftand, or yet hold out againft the enemie, when it 
 is devided in it felfe : Or if the members of thy bo- 
 die be crefd or feiftred with filthy fores ; thou who 
 is the head, can never be well; thy followers are 
 thy guard ; and therfore thy guard that guards thee 
 Ihould be found and of one minde, accompanied 
 with loue one to another, without envie, grudge, 
 or malice : and aboue all things , they fhould carie 
 a great and awfull refpedl, to thee who is their 
 onely head and maifter : thy glory is to fee all that 
 attends thee in good equipage ; and it is thy ftiame 
 to fee men that corrupts good maners, to bide in 
 thy companie, or to attend thy perfon. The honeft 
 gefture decores the grofnes of the apparrell, but 
 evill education would fpoile a diadem. If thy fer- 
 vant or retainer, after two or three admonitions re- 
 fufe inftru6lion, decard him, and let him goe : be- 
 caufe iimple ignorance can be no excufe to arro- 
 gant wilfulnes, be curteous to thy friend, and ftill 
 ^ be noble to thy followers . Becaufe they who at- 
 ^ tends thee, are as ftrengthie pillars of thy ellate, and 
 jfe without them thou can not ftand. Be liberall, but 
 W no wayes prodigall, and as a contagious Peft, ever 
 'j^ efchew that filthy and deteftable vice of avarice. 
 }S. Contemne that beggerly Canalze, who counfailes 
 ^ thee, to Ihame thy worth with a niggards minde, 
 ft great is the great-mans honour, which confifts in a 
 S wife fervant. It is not the difcreet holding of a great 
 jk houfe, will impoverilh thy Hate. And it is not thy 
 rS noble heart to thy followers will empty thy cofei-s : 
 ^ No, it is when the vnthrift in his prodigall humor, 
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 raoft vngratioufly fpends his rent vpon change of 
 whoreSt and diligent Pandors in fecret villanie, when 
 the darkned clouds of the quiet night, brings lilent 
 reft to the honeft fort : even then is the fparkes of 
 perdition ranging the ftreetes, and making their 
 ritch triumph in bordels. O heavens why made thou 
 night to cover Jinne : it is this and fuch abufe as this 
 be, that cankers the ftate of many a man : thefe abo- 
 minations breeds many beggers, and drawes down 
 Gods vnrefiftable wrath vpon them felues, their 
 houfe, and their off-fpring. And againe, how will 
 other mifers fpend their ritches fo narrowly, and 
 yet how fwiftly will it confume, becaufe God hath 
 not blefled their portion ; fome will hoard it vp, and 
 neither hath joy nor comfort of it : they hold in their 
 hand, and with earneft eyes over-looks every thing 
 niggardly : it is they who ever takes a lliarpe recko- 
 ning of the kitchin-CoMW^*, and ftill giues ftrait com- 
 mand to the Butler and Pantry keeper, betwixt 
 meales to goe take the aire in fome quiet corner, 
 where he can not be found. O thefe be they who 
 fubfcriues their precepts with a counterfetted Cha- 
 radery to the effedl the deburfer fliould not anfwer 
 his Maifters warrant, but only make payment with 
 Ihifting delayes. Thefe fort of men weares their 
 cloathes till they weare out of faihion, and than 
 transformes them in the laft edition. When this 
 ma is called to any convention cocerning his King 
 or Country, or yet to pleafure his friends in any af- 
 faires, to efchew the journey, then be fure he will 
 haue the meagrime in his head, a paine in his teeth, 
 
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 fome collick in his intrals , either Siai'ike , or elfe by 
 guttifh, then muft his beggerly worfhip keepe his 
 chamber, & take fome Phijick to expell the humor of 
 expenfes : they are alwaies deafe when they heare of 
 any thing that founds of asking : they can never be 
 found in their giving humor, but are alwaies ftarke 
 blind at the light of the well-deferving man : this ig- 
 nobilitates honor, it crownes JJiame, it treads downe 
 vertue, it inthrones vice, and makes hellilh ingrati- 
 tude , to becom the triumph of time. Should a Prince- 
 ly fpirit be fo bafe, as not to haue a care of the man 
 whofe merit is great : Ihould he haue that ingratfuU 
 mind to make a forged fault, rob him of his reward, 
 and then fend him to thee yet : or Ihould he haue 
 that vnchriftian heart, to let him know of want. O 
 worfe (yea ten thoufand times worfe) then the verie 
 hearts of brute beafts : Curjed he thou ingratitude, the 
 chiefs of all euils : fie on fuch beggerly brefls, which 
 are borne to be Noble, and then containes naught 
 elfe but pinching avarice. O cancro, le Spalle d' vn hu- 
 onto da bene non dehbono portare lajbmma di tante in- 
 juries O it grieues me mightily that I can not raile e- 
 nough , and it grieues me more, that nothing elfe 
 but bare railing Ihould work revenge vpo the bafe 
 abufe of fuch ftrange monfters, whofe degenerate 
 hearts from true Nobility are gilt over with golden 
 words. But what ca be faid to a cautarifd cofcience, 
 
 I a remorlles mind, or to a hai-dned & fenfles heart, 
 who never died the face of honor with the blulh of 
 
 I fliame, the gentle heart of an honeft minded man, 
 holds his turret of recopece vpo the ruinous groiid 
 
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 of idle proraifes, ftill credulous, and ever ritch in Q 
 naked hope, till at laft his merit growes fo great, Jf 
 that his light becomes loathfome to him, who S 
 fliould reward him. Who is it then that gets and ^ 
 gathers all the gaines ? flattering pick- thanks, vn- gj 
 worthy fowles, cowardly poltrones, and canailles, 3 
 who ftill keepes begging in requeft. So ideots, ^ 
 ftoyicks, and parafites, are ritch, when Princes and g^ 
 gallants are poore. Such is the fubtilty of fnakie ^ 
 hatchers of envious treafon, and fubtill villaines. ^ 
 To fee two crafty knaues meet in Court, in ftreet, ^ 
 or any where, how will they falute one another it 
 with ftiaking of hands with low courtefaies, an- g 
 nixt complements, offers, vowes, and large pro- W 
 mifes will pafTe betwixt them : how ware will they B 
 be ever doubting, not vnlike two cunning and fure ^ 
 Fenfers lying at a fafe guard : O that then their bo- fL 
 die were tranfparent like chriftall , and that an ho- Q 
 neft man might fee what hid mifchiefe lies in their ^ 
 hearts. I thinke the honeft man might gnafh his S 
 teeth, to fee the bote rancounter of equall deceit, ^ 
 the true race of JSahilonian rafcalls , the flaues of g 
 pride, and generation of Human. If any fuch vil- ^ 
 laine haue the credit to gather & take vp his Lords 
 rents and revenewes, in receaving and deburfing : 
 then be fure he keepes the two rules of Arithme- 
 ticky to wit, SvhJiraStion and Multiplication^ the one 
 helps him in his receaving, the other in his debur- 
 fing; hee muft enterline his counts, enlarge his 
 fummes, invent new journeyes, exploite all kinde of 
 courfes that may be expenfive, onely a purpofe to 
 
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 make great volumes of reckonings, that his vantage 
 may be the greater, & his theift the better covered. 
 Hee robs his Maifter of his revenewes, and makes 
 him felfe a great rent, and with a godleffe purchafe 
 he Hues like a Prince, enritching his owne pofteri- 
 tie, and puts his Maifter ever in debt : the Noble 
 man thinks him felfe to be well ferved , and that he 
 hath a faithfull and truftie fervant, when the villaine 
 is a cut-throat, a vnderminder of his Maifters ftate, 
 and brings his lands in morgage : this man will 
 counfaile his Lord to fell his lands, and this villaine 
 will be the firft will offer him money; thefe kinde 
 of deceaving Parafites are made ritch with falls and 
 godleffe conqueft. O this man is he that hath no 
 foule, he plagues the tenants, and ftops the eare of 
 his Maift;er from the poore farmourers complaint: 
 he hath no compaffion on the widow or fatherleffe, 
 in giving of rewards he robs his Lords honour, be- 
 ing commaunded, he either giues little, or none at 
 all : he payes the well-deferving man with faire ex- 
 cufing-words , & the poore diftreffed begger with 
 God help you, but when the purfe-bearers recko- 
 nings are produc'd, how large, how liberall, and 
 how honourable will he make his Maifters rewards 
 to be. O this affronted villaine with a ftiameleffe 
 face, and with perjured oathes, will damne the ve- 
 rie foule of him felfe . O that the King, the Duke, 
 Lord, Laird, Maifter, or the fuperiour, be what 
 thou will, would take fuch a treacherous knaue by 
 the neck, and fay, Sirra, giue me a reckoning of my 
 goods ; thou art a cogging villaine, thou art a tray- 
 
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 tour, and betrayed me : thou haft ftollen my fub- M 
 fiance and begirt me, thy deceit hath over-filed my ^ 
 Parents, robd their lands, & made me to Hue in po- ^ 
 verty : thou hafl woone all with falfe dice, lay down 
 againe, or elfe thou fhalt fmart for it. I thinke, be 
 what thou may be, thou may doe this, and thou may 
 doe it with au6toritie of a good confcience, and fo 
 giue an example to all cofoning rafcals, to cogging 
 flatterers, and to all treacherous villaines. When 
 Generalls, Coronals, or Captaines, receaues pay 
 from the Prince or his Pagadore, to doe good fer- 
 vice to the Countrey, they who are commanders 
 of the Armie, will make new Callenders of their 
 owne enlarging yeares and moneths : for fomtime 
 they will make the yeere to be 1 5. moneths, the mo- 
 neth fine or fix weekes , to the wrack of the fouldi- 
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 be thirtie, fortie, fiftie, or a hundreth thoufand 
 flrong, when they fhall fcarfe be half fb many men, 
 fo that falfe monters is the mine of a camp, the rob- 
 bing of a Prince, and the only deflru6lion of poore 
 fouldiers by the law of Armes and counfaile of 
 warres, fuch caterpillers of a Campe fhould be 
 hanged, cafhiered, raked and tortured, and at left 
 get the Jirapado, Many a Captaine goes gallant, and 
 playes the bravado with the poore fouldiers pay : 
 how can a fouldier line, when he gets no pay to 
 maintaine him. Is it not a great and worthy glo- 
 rie, and a mightie courage to the Generalls heart, 
 when he fees all his Armie of gallant men in good 
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 be more carefull for the fouldiers then for him felf, 
 feeing the fouldier is his defence, and the onely 
 fortrefle of his eftate. O that the eyes of Princes 
 would not winke at fuch villanie, and that their 
 wealth fliould not be fo vnworthily beflowed. A 
 kings minion that knowes all the fecrets of the King, 
 and next to the Kings body, perchance will be an 
 intelligencer, a fa6lor, & a doer for neighbor Prin- 
 ces, preffing to raife and keepe them vp, and vnder- 
 minding his owne King and Maifter, taking large 
 fums, fo that he becomes a Pentioner to a forraine 
 Prince, yea if it were to ten Kings, he will take of all : 
 this bufie-headed and craftie knaue, for all this he is 
 not miftrufted, but ftill advanced and efteemed to 
 be a true fubje6l, and ftill thought a man who doeth 
 good fervice to his King & Country. Now in this 
 chirping time of peace, when none triumphs but 
 cowards & poltrones, fouldiers and fchollers are 
 baniflit Court & Country, they are counted a con- 
 tagious Peft, and vnprofitable inftruments. What 
 flial we all turne cowards, & ftill try our patience in 
 Kf fuffering wrongs ? when the couragious fouldier be- 
 ^ gins to difcourfe how he hath fpent his time in wars, 
 P he begins to tel in the Winter how he lies in garri- 
 ^ fon, & in the fpring-time like a well managed ftiip 
 ^ going to her voyage, lb in braue equipage goes he 
 g to the fields commanded by his Chieften, and ani- 
 Q mated in his march with found of Trumpet, and 
 j^ tuck of Drummes ; if they approach the enemie in 
 Q faire fields, they muft marche in battaile, if the 
 j^ Campe defende or purfue a Towne, they muft 
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 entrench them felues, make redoubts, and conques 
 ground, defend their Cannon, fet their Gabions, 
 and palifade their weaker places, the fouldier muft 
 fland his houre fentinell perdew, vnder the mercie 
 of Musket and Canon , and what is all their fport ? 
 naught elfe but flying of Colours, founding of 
 Trumpets, touking of Drummes, claihing of har- 
 neffe, Ihooting off Muskets, roaring of Cannons, 
 thundring of vp-blowne-Mines, giving aflaults, and 
 getting repulfe with fundry & thick fortes, making 
 retreats, and with frefli courage joyning hote and 
 fierce rancounters , bringing deftru6lion , rape, 
 bloud-ihed, murther, and cruell vengeance. O this 
 fearefuU difcourfe makes the haires of a coward 
 ftand right vp, he will not buy honour at fuch a per- 
 rillous rate, he will ftay at home and be knighted 
 either by moyen or money : fuch is the abufe of 
 worthy knighthood, that now every kitchen-fellow 
 may attaine to, be flattering credit of euil-purchafd 
 wealth . Non venit ex molli vivida fama thorOt Do- 
 lours, paines, guts, avarice, ambition, envie, the 
 ftonie gravell, the plague, inventing of treafon, and 
 thoufand worfe infirmities, and worfe difeafes are 
 found and bred by idlenes and flaying at home, 
 much more then in travaile or going in farre jour- 
 neyes. I hate this miferable fe6t of Epicurians, who 
 onely loues to eate, lleepe, and drinke. Looke on a 
 drunkard, how the continuall exhaufting of drinke 
 enflames his face with fire , and transformes his 
 nofe in a red rock of fpurtled and white-headed ru- 
 bies, whofe gliflring luifter yeelds a vermilion re- 
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 flex to palenes it felfe : and yet the more the fto- 
 mack be oppreffed with the ftrength of drinke, the 
 more it heates and dries vp. Quo plus sunt potcB , plus 
 Jitiuntur aqucB , fuch fort of tiplers who loues and 
 hath pleafure in bibbing and continuall fupping of 
 flrong drinke : this Epicurian fe6l, I fay, makes their 
 back & their belly their Jummum honum . O I blame 
 the great abufe of companionrie, who can not keep 
 focietie, and be merrie in honeft & civill paftimes : 
 they think all nothing if that they drinke not drunk : 
 what a beaftly thing is drunkennes ? and what an 
 abhominable mother is it to all other linnes, it is 
 the very gate of hell . Alexander the great , when 
 he had conqueft the world with valour, yet drinke 
 overthrew him, and killed him : how many bran- 
 ches of mifchiefe fprings from that filthy rowt ? I 
 fay to thee who hath bene a drunkard, & hath bene 
 an abufer of the benefits of God, perchance rather 
 for the loue of company, then for the loue of drink : 
 If thou haft remorfe, and is angry at thy felfe, thou 
 art happy. And I will entreat thee to behold the 
 beaftly behaviour of a drunkard , when he is in his 
 drunkennes, and it will make thee hate drunkennes 
 worfe then any thing : in man it is more then filthy, 
 and in woman ten thoufand times worfe, hecuufe 
 Jliee can not hide her owne Jhame . I confefle and 
 alow that both men and women Ihould drinke mo- 
 deratly , for the better health of their body ; but I 
 thinke it odious, when one Ihall (as it were) force 
 another to drinke more then meafure, to furfet and 
 fpoile them felues; to this, I fay with the Italian, e qual 
 
 F edi 
 
 17. 
 
 Eccle. 
 26. caj). 
 
Pro. 23. 
 Cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 e dipa^iajigno peu exprefo: Che per altri, voter perder 
 fejiejfo : It is a great figne of madnes, when any bo- 
 die for the loue of another will kill him felfe : To 
 whovi is woe f to whom isjbrrow f to whom isjirife f to 
 whom is murmuring f to whom are wounds without caufe ? 
 (and) to whom is the rednes of the face and the eyes ? 
 euen to drunkards. This infatiable cuftome is fo enlarg- 
 ed within this Hand, that it is in all forts of ellates cha- 
 ged from vice to vertue. How many fundry forts of 
 fins hath intruded them felues amongft vs ; ftrange 
 and new invented finnes comes from the Court to 
 the Countrey , like the new faihions of apparrell : 
 how new-fangled are we to follow them, difcen- 
 ding by degrees, for we may flill fee the bafer fort 
 ftriving to imitate their betters, and rather in wic- 
 kednes then in goodnes : the Clowne ilriues in his 
 fafhions to follow the Gentleman, and the Court 
 waiting Ladies is counterfaited with the Country 
 drab ; few or none foUowes the honeft mans maners : 
 honeflie, & truth are becomd banifht traytors, nor 
 yet dare Charitie come neere Court: the civill and 
 vpright man hath waited long in the glorious 
 Courts of Kings, & can not find favour, he is turned 
 back wearied, he weeps to fee a fcurvie & vngodly 
 confort of villaines, crowned with deceit, & wrapt 
 vp in the painted robes of flatterie, in the Triumph 
 of thieft , adorned with iniquitie in the Chariot 
 of forgetfulnefle , drawne to hell with the feaven 
 deadly finnes. What can heroyick Ipirits fay to 
 the hainous abufe of pretious time in this lafi; and 
 miferable age . Let him pittie forgetfulnes , and 
 
 figh 
 
 jtb^^jmm^amimittlUtm 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 18. 
 
 figh at villanie, or rather let him tume home againe 
 to burthen his friends when his lands are engaged, 
 when he hath fpent all, and left nothing, and when 
 moyen and mony failed him both at once, he could 
 not begge a fuit : he could not buy an Office, nor he 
 could not get one church benefice gratis: fuch was 
 the rage of ingratitude. Let this man I fay, who hath 
 Ipent his time, turn ; & fay with that moft galant ma, 
 Awfull regard difputeth not with Kings , but takes re- 
 pulfe, and neuer asketh why. We may fee what ftrange 
 paines the worldling takes on him, to be ritch, what 
 inventions, and with what great induftrie ; behold 
 the Merchant what he vndertaketh , to be ritch : 
 what reftleffe travailes with great hazard of his life, 
 compaffing (as it were) the whole earth to flie po- 
 vertie , and leaues no corner in the worlde vn- 
 fought : Impiger extremes currit mercator ad Indos 
 per Mare Pauperiemjugiens per Saxaper ignes. Then 
 looke againe on the Mechanike or artifant^ with rare 
 inventions of his fpirit: the diligent labourer of 
 the ground, with the fweate of his bodie, and eue- 
 rie one by lawful! or vnlawfuU meanes wrings 
 their wits, and ftill travailes to be ritch. Now let 
 vs confider what it is that ritches will not doe ? We 
 may beholde and fee howe it mendes all defor- 
 mities, and oft-times transformes Vertue in Vice: 
 firft , it makes the bafe Poltrone proude , the 
 foolifli efteemed wife, the ignorant ftoyick to 
 be preferred . And it makes a Lord or Chiefe 
 Comraaunder, to honour a borne Rafcall, and 
 a verie flaue by Nature , hee will make him 
 
 F 2 fpeake 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 ^ 
 
 fpeake with a covert head, wafli with him, lit at M 
 meat, and eate in his owne difh, with a flattering Q 
 eare he will entertaine his difcourfe, fomtimes with 
 gravitie, and fomtimes with fmiling, as it were to 
 giue a counterfait grace, to the ignorant AlTe : why 
 will it pleafe his Lordfliip to doe all this ? Becaufe 
 his honour thinkes fuch men are needefull inftru- 
 ments to ingage them felues , and become Catio- 
 ners for the Lords debt. A help to furnilh his houfe, 
 to ftore his Citchin , and ftill to lend him money. 
 O but when this poore deceaved fot, begins to be 
 beggerd, then his Lordlhip prefently decards him, 
 becaufe hee can not ferue more to make vp a full 
 hundreth. At laft, this guild rafcall comes with cap 
 in hand, with low-ftouping courtefie licking the 
 way with his flavifli knees, and halfe weeping begs 
 his owne ; then his Lordfliip becomes deafe, and 
 hath no more Judas kifles to beflow on his foolifli 
 worfliip. What may this man thinke of him felfe, 
 and of his deere bought courtefie, the Lord leaned 
 on his flioulder, the Lord called him Sir, and ftill 
 bad him cover his head; the Lord fet him at his 
 fide, and dranke healths to him : and now when all 
 is gone, the Lord payes him with a promife, and fo 
 bids him farewell. What will ritches doe more? 
 it will cover villany , invent mifchiefe , and bring 
 forth treafon, it betrayes beauty, and makes loue 
 mercinarie, it corrupts juftice, and with damnable 
 deedes damnes the foule of mankinde. This defire 
 of ritches hath made , and ftill makes many a man 
 to hazard all, there is nothing but the worldling 
 
 will 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 will doe for gold, even all in all: This made that 
 heroyick and learned Poet crie out, Quid non mor- 
 talia pediora cogis aurifacrafames : What Ihall I fay 
 to thee who is contented with fobrietie, and caries 
 truth in thy heart, when thou feeft the great abufe 
 of ritches, it makes thee defire no more then is fuffi- 
 cient to maintaine thee with all, yet for all this, thy 
 good deedes perchance can not purchafe it : thy 
 Lord or Maifter enranks thee with the deceaved 
 fort, and fo forgets thee ! O thou , had I wiji what 
 an excellent plaifter art thou for the incurable dif- 
 eafe of repentance. What a great griefe is it to 
 the well-deferving man, who hath a promife to be 
 rewarded, and becomes aftiamed to importune his 
 debter ? but O, when he ftands in his fight, what a 
 loathfome booke, becomes he to defired forgetful- 
 nes, which yeelds naught elfe but flattering fmiles, 
 and never performd promifes. Now I fpeake to the 
 young afpiring gallant, learne in time to beware 
 at other mens harmes. Provide for age and ficknes. 
 Looke on the aged Courtiers, who hath fpent their 
 youth in waiting on, they goe fcambling like But- 
 chers dogs in Lentron, they are like old cart-horfe, 
 like out-worne hounds, and the very fcoffe of time. 
 Therfore when thou looks on the Anatomie of time, 
 & hath confidered the fecrets thereof, O how deere 
 fhould it be to thee, & how Ihould thou behaue thy 
 felfe in this time, to provide for the time to come ; if 
 thou be poore, who wil care for thee, fuppofe thou 
 art of the moft rare wit in the world , adorned and 
 made perfit with all the chiefe, & principall gifts of 
 
 F S nature. 
 
 19. 
 

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 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 Nature, enricht & decoird with the aditions of Art, 
 yet for all this, if poverty hant thee, few or none Ihal 
 efteeme of thee now in thy youth-head ; I counfaile 
 thee to thinke well on the time paft; confider the 
 time prefent, & haue a care of the time to come. 
 
 Fronte Capillata eji 
 Sed pqji Occajto Calua. 
 
 O Weet lonely flower , in gallant flourijhf aire 
 ^ Whilftbeautie's pray'dy dothyouthfuUfl£ldsdecm'e, 
 Tahe time in time,Jbr time in time is rare. 
 Once paji and gone^ it neuer comes no more, 
 Than take this time^fo long as ifs injlore. 
 And hunt not toyes , to perrill thy ejlate : 
 Wife may thou he, hut yet he wije hefore 
 ThouJIialt repent y and then it is to late: 
 Deere friend heleeue, I wiJJi thyjad annoy es, 
 Times altring Fates may tume them all injoyes. 
 
 Learning hath no Meccena^, blinde Auarice hath ba- 
 niflied Charitie, good workes now a-dayes doeth 
 no good, it is only naked faith that femes the turne. 
 O happy is that man who can doe for him felfe, and 
 puts no trull in the pinching mercie of great mens 
 liberalitie ; for my owne part I lay ; 
 
 /^ That I might, thenjliould I Hue content, 
 ^^ And not complaine on Fortunes worthlejfe worth : 
 Whats gone let goe, ifs I muji needes repent, 
 Whilft fiUnce fad, jnyforrowesjhallfetjhrth : 
 
 My 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 My outward JJieWi can not hewray my hart; 
 Ifmile, hut none can Judge my inward fmart. 
 
 How lliall I chufe but pitty the diftrefled eftate of 
 other men, when Memorie calls my owne deere- 
 bought experience to a reckoning, & then revolues 
 the great volumes of Fortunes ftrange Enigmatizing 
 Charaders, painted with the ruthlefle penlil of time, 
 whofe tragicall Map is ftill out-ftretched before my 
 eyes, where I finde all the flourifh of my fruitlefle 
 hopes lying Winter-blafted, and fcattered with the 
 mercileffe ftormes of ingratitude. 
 
 Si ingraium dixeris omnia dixeris, 
 
 "XJCTHil/i I did hazard, Jbr vncertaine toyes 
 ' ' Vaine flat f ring hope, expeld my prejentfeares ; 
 
 haplejfe /, who for momentall joyes 
 Mujlpay long paine with fad repenting teares. 
 This inward griefs my burtJienedfoule now heares 
 With outward f lew IJlriue to make it light : 
 But when the courfe qfhy-pajl time compeareSy 
 And Tragick-like outfpreads before myjight. 
 Euen then Igiue my rigours rage all right, 
 With pa/fionflrange, tranfported here and there, 
 Ifpend the day and wajl the wearying night. 
 Imparting plaints vnto the idle aire, 
 
 O wJud remedie, time pajl hath no remorfe. 
 Then muji I needes endure this paine perforce, 
 
 1 thank my God, who with his out-ftretched armes 
 hath borne me through feas, & over land, giving his 
 
 bleffed 
 
 20. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 blefled Angell charge of me , who never left me in 
 all my farre and wearifome journeyes , fo that in 
 every courfe and hazard of my travailes, his eyes of 
 mercie hath ever Ihined on me , and many times 
 hath he delivered me, when defpairing dangers did 
 threaten my life. All honour and glory be to thee 
 my God, and giue me grace that my experience of 
 time pall, may governe the time to come. O this is 
 a perrillous time, the time of mifchiefe and miferie, 
 the latter dayes full of calamitie : now is the age of 
 deceit, when the father doth oppofe himfelf againfl 
 the fonne, the fonne againfl the father, brothers, 
 and fillers, and all are at llrife, every one labouring 
 how to deceaue his friend , and every one feeking 
 how to betray his neighbour , Bonds, SealeSy Obliga- 
 tions, Sureties, all can not feme the turne to main- 
 taine truth : if thou haue to doe with a man of grea- 
 ter worth then thy felfe, then be fure he will minas 
 thee, and fo pay his debts with threatnings. Wilt 
 thou appeale him before a Judge, with new inveur- 
 ted Ihifts of Law he will out-wearie thee : with bri- 
 berie he will begger thee, and thou Ihalt never be 
 the better. O thou wicked oppreflbur, and thou 
 falfe and partiall Judge, what llialt thou anfwer to 
 the head Jultice of heaven, when God fayes by his 
 Prophet Jeremie, Egojum Judex ^ tejlis, I am both 
 Judge & witnes. O fayes the wicked man in his hart, 
 I feare not God, therefore I can not loue him with 
 my foule, nor yet can I loue my neighbour, becaufe 
 I envie his good ellate, and covets his ritches, and 
 would wrack him : fo I owe no duty to God at all, 
 
 nor 
 
nor loue to my neighbour, I fcorne, fpurne, & treds 
 on the lawes of God. O let me never thinke on that 
 terrible & fearful day of Judgement, nor of the hor- 
 rible and endles burning paines of hel. I wil altoge- 
 ther forget it, becaufe it will make me defpare, take 
 away this frivolous word Religion , why ? becaufe it 
 keeps me from my pleafures, and doeth imprifon 
 all my flefhlie liberties. The foolifli man faieth in his 
 heart, There is no God. He that is vnjvft^ let him he vn- 
 juJlJiUl, (faieth Chrift) and let the deceiuer be ftill de- 
 ceitfull, let him dwell in his abhominations , and 
 triumph in all kinde of wickednefle. For behold I 
 come fhortlie , and my rewerde is with me to rander 
 euerie man as he doeth deferue. The cuftome of 
 finne and continuall vfe , makes finne pleafant , 
 aboundance of impietie, and couldneffe of Cha- 
 ritie deftroyes all , and makes many Atheijis . 
 What frutes of Charitie may we beholde in fun- 
 drie Countreyes ? naught elfe but the pittifuU fpe- 
 6lacle of Envy and Malice y Oppreffion and Bloud- 
 Jhedy Juftice wreifted with brybrie, the negligence 
 of magiftrats fuffring vi6lual and provilion to parte 
 from our Countrey, leaving derth and famine a- 
 mongft vs, the lametations of the poore is not heard 
 behold the youths and fcoUers going idle, fome be- 
 comes marchants, or els machaniks, learning is held 
 in difdain, Scoles, Colleges, & Vniverfities are not 
 mentaind, al decaies out of memory. O how may the 
 hart of a true chriftia bleid to fe the lametable fight 
 of down-fallen bridges, decayed hofpitals & menus 
 churches , Nuncfeges vbi Sionjuit, through Holland, 
 
 Cr and 
 
 Reu. 22. 
 cap. 
 
 t^'^^^'t^^ 
 
*Mat. 21. 
 
 •Cap. 47. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 and in many parts of the Low Countries^ what great 
 obje<Sls of deftru6lion, what overthrowe of faire 
 and ritch architedtors , what large profpe6l of a- 
 bufde pollicie ? and what deformation is now found 
 in reformation ? where fhall the murtherer be con- 
 demned, or the theif receaue the cenfure of his pu- 
 nilhment ? In the Church : where fhall the Judge 
 heare the oathes of perjurie ? In the Church : where 
 fliall meetings, blockings, buying, and felling be? 
 No where but for the moft part in the Church : Mij 
 houfe (faith Chrift) itjhould be called an houfe of prater , 
 hut you Tiaue made it a denne qftheues. And befides all 
 this, what facraledge is committed, and how is the 
 ritches, goods, and lands, (which be proper duety 
 belongs to the Church) how are they defperft a- 
 mongft the Commons, and keepe it (as it were) in 
 contemp of God, O faieth Chrift, Giue vnto Ccefar 
 thqfe things which are Ccefar s, and giue vnto God thqfe 
 things which helongeth to God, The greatnes of our 
 fins hath procured the wrath of God his punifh- 
 ment threatens vs , and his judgements are laid be- 
 fore vs. Who can hide himfelfe from Gods anger? 
 Let vs cry out with Jeremie the Prophet, O tho%i 
 Jword of the Lord, how long will it he ere thou ceqfe f 
 turne againe into thyfcalbert, reji and hejiill. But 6, 
 the dulnes of vnderflanding, and the arrogant ftrife 
 againfl veritie , makes the hearts of man like Pharos 
 hardned, and confiders not this, our eares are deafe, 
 we heare not , our eies are blinde and feeth not his 
 great wonders, Gods difpleafure comes by finne, 
 and nothing can appeafe him but repentance. But 
 
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Xv ty Xy 
 
 OF HUMORS. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Mat. 7. 
 
 Reiiel. 
 cap. 13. 
 
 17. cap. 
 
 4 
 
 the divell who is prince of this world ftands like the 
 mailer of a faire lotry, and foolifli mankinde looks 
 vpon his deceauing vanities ; at laft their fight being 
 infnarde, and their heart tempted with his glitte- 
 ring allurements , they hazard their foule in hope 
 of gaine. O man, how art thou deceaved, and how 
 many ftrange wayes feekft thou to come to the 
 kingdome of heauen ? Many cryes Lord^ Lord^ that 
 
 JJicdl not enter in the Kingdome of our Lord. Many pro- 
 fefles Chrift, that flial never be pertaker of Chrifls 
 glory. What a great confort of Antechrijiians are 
 now defperft amongft Chrijiicms. Now is the mo- 
 ther of whoredomes mounted vpon the feven headed 
 beft , that ten-crownd-hornd Monfter , that oulde 
 Dragon the divell, hath given him his power, and 
 hath giuen the beaft authoritie, and hath printed on 
 his fore-head the name of JBlqfphemie : he fpews, and 
 vomets forth vncleane fpirits, which are Ambafla- 
 ders to inlarge the kingdome of Sathan, Babilon is 
 drunke with the bloude of Saints, and with the 
 bloud of Marters of Jefus Chrift, the pittifull lamen- 
 tation of the Church, fpoken be the Prophet in the 
 perfon of our Saviour, faying, Haue ye no regarde all 
 yethatpajfe hy this way, behold andjee, if there he any 
 
 forrow like vnto myjbrrow. Our long fuffring G O D at 
 laft being forft to fpeake, / haue long time (faieth he) 
 holden my 'peace, I haue henejiill and refrained myfelfe 
 now will I cry like a trauelling woman, andljliall both 
 dejiroy anddeuoure at once. In that day of God's wrath 
 what fliall the Idoles of the Gentiles helpe thee 
 %> made of gould and filver, the workmanlliip of mans 
 
 G 2 hands 
 
 ^:i^*i^:»^t^:it^J*^:^ 
 
 22. 
 
 •^ 
 •i 
 
 Jer. 1. 
 
 cap. 
 
>7 VT/^' 
 
 •^Mat. 10. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE ^ 
 
 hands, they haue a mouth and fpeakes not, they '^ 
 haue eies and fees not, and they haue eares and ''^ 
 heares not, fuch fenfles flocks and ftones can not *'^ 
 helpe thee. The Prophet David cryes out , Similes "^^ 
 illis fiant , qui faciunt ea , <§ omnes qui conjidunt in '^ 
 eis , Let them be lyke vnto Idoles who maketh '^1 
 them, and let them be deafe, dumbe, and blinde, <l 
 let them be altogether fenflefle who putteth their <3| 
 truft in them ; G O D is a Jelous God , he will not '"^ 
 be mocked, nor deceived, he knoweth all them 
 who boweth their knies to Saallf and looks on the 
 filthines of them who commits fornication with the 
 whore of Sabelt He hath marked all them that drinks 
 the poyfonus dregs of her abhominations, what 
 anfwere giues the diflembling Hypocrite to this ? O <l 
 faieth he, I did it to faue my life, my lands, and my '^ 
 pofleffions, or to get maintainance to fuftaine me. 
 O thou faint-hearted coward, thou fearft that man <l 
 who hath power to kill the bodie onely, but thou <k 
 fearft not God who hath power to kil both foule & -c^ 
 bodie, and to caft thee in hels fire. If thou think ei- <k 
 ther ritches, thy wife, or thy children, or thy Coun- <^ 
 trie, better then Jefus Chrijlt thou art not worthie <i 
 of him , nor thou ftialt never be pertaker with him <^ 
 in glorie. Yet thou wilt reafon farther, and fay, O, I <3i 
 did it onely in outward ftiew of body, but not with <5 
 my heart. Now I will aske thee againe. If thou had a <5 
 wife whom thou loued well, and if thou fand thy 'C^ 
 wyfe, lying in the bofome of a ftranger, adulterat- <5 
 ting her body ? would thou not fay, O wife thou haft <^ 
 wronged me, thou haft violated thy matrimoniall " 
 
 vowe 
 
 <l 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 \owe before God, the world and me ? Then if flie 
 •^ ihould fay. Dear husband, I haue lent this man one- 
 ly my bodie, but I keepe my heart to you : What a vil- 
 lanous excufe wolde this be ? Wolde thou not repu- 
 deat her, abandon her, and forfake her ? Even fo will 
 our living God doe to thee, he will Jjpew thee out of his 
 mouthy hecaufe thou art neither hote nor colde. And yet 
 p* for all this, hear the comfortable fpeech of God his 
 •*p kinde intretie, his vnfpeakable mercie (faieth he) 
 "i P" Although the manforfdke his wyfefor her adulteries yet 
 p* I will notjorjake thee : thou hajl played the harlot with 
 p many louersy after manyjlrange Gods haji thou gone a- 
 ^ J^r^y- turne againe to me ^ faith the Lord, Iwillreceaue 
 thee; & if thou wilt not turn again, what faith the Prophet 
 ^ David, Niji conuerjif ueritis gladiumfuum vibravit, ar- 
 f> cumfuum tetendit <^ parauit illu. If thou convert not, 
 God hath fliarped his fword, he hath bent his bow, 
 %> & made it readie. O that it wold pleafe God to end 
 the difcord amongft Chriftians, & that they would 
 ^ goe againft the Turhs, Jews & Infidels, either to con- 
 vert them, or elfe to confound them, Vt edificentur 
 ^ muri Hierufalem, that the walles oiJerufaUm may be 
 1^ builded. Thefe are the latter dales wherin we ftager 
 $> with the drunknes of fin, & the dulnes of our vnder- 
 ^ Handing can not reach to this, the hypocrit wil figh 
 ^ & grone at a preaching, & be his behavior he will ap- 
 pear to the world to be a reformd man. But 6 the vil- 
 •^ lain wil not make reftitution of wrangous geir, nor 
 p wil pay duety for opprefiion, fo that the iniquitie of 
 ^ the impious & hypocriticall prefitian leans alwaies 
 to the mercy of God, they never think on his juflice : 
 ^ O igno- 
 
 23. 
 
 Reue. 3. 
 cap. 
 
 Jer. 3. 
 cap. 
 
 Pfal. 7. 
 
h 
 
 ^Deut. 
 •^cap. 32. 
 ^Exod. 
 cap. 20. 
 
 r 
 
 ^'2. Epijl. 
 *2. cap. 
 
 Ti?^ ANATOMIE 
 
 ignorant foole, is he GOD of mercie, fo is he 
 GOD of Juftice, Vengence is mine (faieth the Lord) 
 
 1 vijit thefinnes of the fathers vpon the third and fourth 
 generations. Want of feare makes the finner fenfles, 
 they builde fo much on faith, that the pride of their 
 faith makes them faithles : in whom (I fay againe) 
 fhall the vpright man truft when the world is fo full 
 of deceitfull villany? Beware of that man (fayeth 
 the Italian) who giues thee fairer words then he 
 was wont to giue thee, for he is either minded to 
 deceaue thee , or elfe he hath deceaved thee alrea- 
 die , then againe the Italian cryes out , De gli amici 
 meiguarda me Z)io, d* gli inimici meiguardro hen io. 
 And yet for all this , what if a man had Argus eies 
 to watch deceit ? Yet hee may be deceiued, fuch is 
 the craft of the fubtle deceiuer. O thou deceiving 
 Hypocrafie , what an Eie-blinding behaviour ? 
 What an externall lliew of chirping pietie putft 
 thou on to mask thy damnable deiling ? The pride 
 and envy of the heart, covered with out-ward diffi- 
 mulation, feemes to corre6l vyce, and fpit at iinne, 
 thou walkft on the ftreets with a down-call look to 
 Hell ; thy modeft apparell is the onely coverture of 
 Gluttonie, Ambition and Venertj , this is the true gar- 
 ment of civilitie, thy common and fmooth fpea- 
 ches, is all compunde with borrowed fcriptures, 
 thy be yea and na is no fwearing, but both croft and 
 curft is he who beleeues thee, Quoniam 7ion eji in ore 
 eorum Veritas. How brauelie doeth S. Peter paint 
 fuch men in their owne collours when he faieth, 
 Through couetoufnesJJiall they withfained words, make 
 
 mar- 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 24. 
 
 marcJutndries of you, their judgement is not far off, and 
 their damnation Jleepeth not. And againe, heare what 
 our Saviour cries out, O generation of Vipers, how can 
 youjpeake goode things, when you are euillyourjelues. 
 Thou art a lighing nuUa-Jidian brother , who is not 
 aihamed to call thy felfe a brother in Chrift, ligh 
 & fob forth thy villanie, and be dambd. How many 
 (and wondrous) damned fedles and opinions are 
 fpred on the face of the earth, and every one to af- 
 firme their owne erraefie, will lay hand on Scrip- 
 ture, wrefting the word of G O D to be a warant to 
 their dreaming inventions. O thou Religion how art 
 thou changed ? And with what llrange and divers 
 coUours art thou painted with ? How is thy face dif- 
 figurd , and thy apperrell polluted ? And with in- 
 grate wormes of the Earth, how art thou tranf- 
 formde ? How can the limple foule knowe thee ? Or 
 to what hand fliall he turne to, when fo many con- 
 trare opinions are at fuch a miferable ftrife ? It is 
 onely to the humble heart that the treuth is mani- 
 fefted, and the true paffage of Heaven is difcove- 
 red , becaufe Jejus Chrijl hath placed his Tabernacle 
 in the Soone , and he hath builded his Church like 
 a great Cittie on the top of a Mountaine, blind Ar- 
 rogance can not (nor will not) fee it. Our Saviour, 
 hath bought it with no leffe price , then the price of 
 himfelf, he hath made it a glorious Church without 
 fpot or wrinkle, hauing no blame at all. Let Here- 
 ticks bark, and hellifli fpirits rage againfl the truth, 
 what then? Etportiinferinonprevalehunt, Letdete- 
 ftable errors, and all the authors of fe^ls, let all 
 
 fuch 
 
 2. Cor. 
 4. cap. 
 
 Efay.2 
 
 cap. 
 
 Mat. 5. ^ 
 Ejph. 5. 
 cap. 
 
f>Mat 23. 
 
 \jcap. 
 
 ^Mat. 12. 
 cap. 
 
 r 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 fuch vipers, (I fay) turne their infe6lious flings in 
 their owne bofomes , Sed vejirum quis hajilifcus erit , "^ 
 woe be vnto you adulterers of Gods word, and ''^ 
 woe he vnto you , whojliuts vp the Mngdome ofheauen 
 before men^foyr you yourjelues will not enter ^ nor will 
 yefuffer them to enter who willinglie wolde enter . O 
 Jerpents the generation of Vipers , how can ye ejcape 
 the damnation of Hell . Dira tihi cum Jis vt Chamy '"^ 
 execratio certa ejl, nam matrem rides ^ rijit ut illepatrem. "^ 
 Ye lliall knowe them be their frutes of vain-^/oHe, "^ 
 prydey emulation^feditiony contention^ and vndantoned '^ 
 luji of the fleih. And more then all this , you fliall "^ 
 knowe them by vnpardonable iinnes againft the 
 Holie Ghqji, to wit, Impugnatio veritatis, inuidentia 
 fraterncBygraticeyprefumptiOi impenitentia^ ohJiinatiOyS^ 
 dyperatio. The haynous blafphemie againft the holy '^ 
 Ghqji fhall never be forgiuen in this world, nor in "^ 
 the world to come , For their vine is of the vine of So- '^ 
 dome and Gomorach, their grapes are of gall, their clu- "^ 
 Jiers are moji hitter , their vines are the poy/bn ofDrO' "^ 
 gonSy and of the cruellgall qfCochatriJes. O thou man "^ 
 of God, I requeft thee to fay with the Prophet Da- '^ 
 vid, Judica me Deus, (^ decerne caujam meam, de gen- '^ 
 ie nonfan£ta ah homine iniquo <§ dolqfo erue me Deus. '"^ 
 Let wifdorae fumilli the patience , to contrare-poyfon "^ 
 the contagious teeth of fuch mad dogs in thefe Ca- '^ 
 nicular dayes, what deteftable a thing is it , to fee and '^ 
 heare a fraternitie of obftinat ignorants, barking (a- '^ 
 mongft themfelues, at their owne errors, to fpoyle "^ 
 fcripture, wrong Religion, and pratle of divinitie, ftil "^ 
 arrogant and euer fcorning to be cenfurde with the "^ 
 
 more "^ 
 
 i> 4: 
 
OF H VMORS. 
 
 more auncient and grauer judgements. It is no 
 wonder, but the wonder of this (wondrous error) 
 fliould make the hearers amafd. Who would not 
 fmyle at the gefture of a young Philqf(yphical fellow 
 (who in his youth-heid hes bene anointed with O- 
 leum Pkilqfophorum) to hear him in his tedeus talk of 
 Jugling fopheftry, in fuperfluous circumlocutions, 
 in his far-fetched exeraples, in bafe applications, & 
 in a never-ending difcourfe, feemeth to himfelfe a 
 moft rare fcoller by art, & then by nature he proues 
 not elfe but a redicolus foole ; thefe are they whom 
 the Apoftle S. Pmil bids you beware of, that their vain 
 deceiuing Philqfophy corrupt you not, which are not 
 elfe hut the traditions of men. Let al men of a foled vn- 
 derflanding allow the Spani/Ji Proverb , A paldbras 
 hcas orejasjurdas , y que a mucho hahlar^ mucho errar. 
 The Charleton or as the Dutch-man cals him , the 
 Quick-Jiluer . This cogging raskall will ftand vpon 
 a Market place, and there with a boulde erre- 
 6led face, he will beginne and tell of many inven- 
 ted miracles, how his Oyles and Waters hath done 
 fuch rare wonders in reftoring health to the difea- 
 fed perfons, in curing (as it were) incurable wounds, 
 and prefentlie he will produce fome fained Char- 
 ter feald with walx to approue his villanie, and 
 be this meanes he perfwades poore ignorants to 
 buye his poyfoning drogs . This is he who will 
 vndertake to mend any thing what-fom-ever. The 
 Mutehanky in Italic are not fo full of deceit , but 
 I grant in their fubtle villanies , they goe farre be- 
 yond them , yet they are lefle hurtefull to their 
 
 H au- 
 
 25. 
 
 Colqf. 2. 
 cap. 
 
THEANATOMIE % 
 
 fe 
 
 auditors, and are more merry with lefle offence, Q 
 yet I will not purge them of knavery. Who is a Jf 
 more felfe-deceiving foole in wifedome ? or who ^ 
 is a greater Affe ? then a Prognoftication-maker, Jf? 
 who faieth, that the Conjectures, which they haue g 
 is founded vpon probabylities , and not vpon ab- €j 
 folut neceffities, & fo confequetly, the moft perfite p 
 Prognqjiicaiors fomtimes mull erre; but why may J^ 
 not ane AJironomicall villaine, joynd with a drea- ^ 
 ming AJirologitian villan, make and invent leifings, ^ 
 it is they who will take vpon them to tell whats to ^ 
 come, and feeke to prejudge God of his glorie, it is iis 
 they who wil tell the alterations of time, the change q 
 of weather, and in what eflate a mans bodie Ihall 
 be in, for that yeare into come. I thinke fuch For- 
 tun-tellers or fuch jEgiptian-palmifters ^ when they 
 fet downe fuch Phyjicall rules to a man or womans 
 bodie, fliould be prejuditiall to the wife Phyfitian^ 
 becaufe he leives him nothing to fay, feeing he in ^ 
 his Mathematicall humor circumvolves the Hea- & 
 vens, and fo audatiouflie intrudes himfelfe in the ^f 
 fecretes of the Omnipotent GOD. But as for ^ 
 you ignorant Medicenars , I thinke you are not H 
 much prejudged, becaufe your opinion is doubt- ^ 
 fome, your judgement is voyde of vnderftanding, ^ 
 and your experience is naught elfe but meere "4 
 poyfon. And I fay vnto you with learned An- Q 
 tonie (V Guevara, Medejyns de Valance , longues ro- S 
 hes (§ peu de fciance. But you whom I honour and 0^ 
 reverence, that you may rather allow (I meane ?2 
 you who feares GOD) and whofe vnderftanding ^ 
 
 is fry 
 
^^^^iiS^^s£;^^s£^^^si£^^^^ 
 
 OF HVMORS, 
 
 26. 
 
 is great) I hope (ye, I fay) will excufe me to raile 
 vpon the abiife of this rare and wonderfuU Scy- 
 ence. The Booke of GOD fayeth. Honour the 
 Phiilitian with that honour which is dewe vnto him , 
 hecaufe of necejjitie , for the Lord hath created him . 
 Then I will fpeake againft fuch phantaftick fel- 
 lowes, which I haue feen heere in this Ifle of J3ri- 
 taine, and in many other forraine Countries (where 
 I haue travelled) profeffe the Art of Medicine, and 
 produce their great Charters , and Patents , fealde 
 and fubfcrived where they haue bene made Do- 
 ctors , and then they are noght elfe but the very a- 
 bufers of Phyjick ; what a derilion is it, to heare & fee 
 Domine DoStor difcourfe with a borrowed Counte- 
 nance, and commonly at meat over the table, with- 
 out refpe6t of perfons ? O faith he, you mull not eate 
 of this, it offends the ftomack ; fuch and fuch is re- 
 ftoratiue, and this againe breeds conftipation, this 
 is laxatiue, this breakes winde, and expels the 
 CoUick, and this is your onely meat for confirmde 
 ftones, it purges the raines, and diffolues quickly, O 
 what a fcurvy difcourfe is this for the ears of a cheft 
 and fkunring-hearted Ladie ? and cheefly at meat to 
 talk of confirmde ftones, purging of raines, and dif- 
 folving quickly. Fy vpon it, I thinke it Ihould not be 
 fuffred, & yet for the falhions fake, my Lord Dod:or 
 will not fpare to produce fome place of Gallein to 
 make his leyfings good and currant. Then begin- 
 neth he to frame a large Comenter vpon a borrow- 
 ed text, interluding fuch a long Parenthefis, till at 
 laft his haulting Ipeeches makes him altogether 
 
 H 2 for- 
 
 Eccl 38. 
 cap. 
 
 'r^^i£;ii:s9^^fiD^^^£^ 
 
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 ^ 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 forget the origenall of his former fubje6l. O how 
 will he helitat when his long difcourfe beginnes to 
 challenge memory, then obruptly will he change 
 purpofe not vnlike a bloud-hound which hath loft 
 his fent. Woe be to poore patients comes vnder 
 the Cure of fuch ignorants, who fcarce can de- 
 fcerne a docken leafe from Tobacco, And yet he will 
 fay, that he is a rare herbeft , how oft he vifits the 
 lick , as oft muft he vifit gould , or elfe his vilitation 
 is ftark naught : When he feeleth the punfes of any 
 difeafed perfon, O faieth he , it is an Ague, a raging 
 fever, houlde you warme, keepe your felfe quiet, 
 let no bodie moleft you, I will come againe, and 
 fee your water : Then the next time he comes with 
 a confort of Cut-throts like himfelfe, and after 
 many whifpering doubts, they call the Apotechar, 
 and giues him a Recepie of I knowe not what, which 
 poyfones the poore diftreffed patient, and fo fends 
 him to his everlafting home. Then doeth their ig- 
 norance lay the fault on God , or elfe on the poore 
 Patient , faying , he would not be reuld , nor com- 
 manded , he would not obey their precepts ; and 
 they make the man or the woman author of their 
 owne death. When the Painter is asked why he 
 left his trade of painting to become a Do6lor of 
 Phyfick. O faid he , when I was a Painter , all the 
 world faw my errors, but now being a Do6lor of 
 Phyfick, I make the earth to burie my wrongs, they 
 feeke forth the life and ritches of mankinde. Well 
 may fuch ignorants be calde, the Officers of death, ^ 
 for the life of mankinde, is the tryell of their drinks, ^ 
 
 and 5 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 and with their poyfning drogs, they furnifti graues, 
 and feeds wormes. When the Patient is dead, the 
 Do6lor muft be payde for all his vifitations, the A- 
 poteehar for his drogs , the Barber for his InJitionSy 
 FumetingSy Vnguents , Cataplqfms , Emplqfterings , 
 Balmes, and moUefying Ceir-cloaths , this muft all be 
 payed and much more. Whats worfe ? None except 
 it be Charlytons , Brokers, and Vfurars, flefli-flees, 
 that ftill gnawes vpon gald backs, bloud-fuckers, & 
 a contagious peft to a comon-wealth. Why Ihould 
 not fuch devoring gulfs be difcovered ? and why 
 ftiould not fuch hulcerous phifters be bard and ten- 
 ted, & Rogry ftriped naked ? who Ihould not vnmask 
 the worlds Ihedowed villanie ? The beggerly inven- 
 tio of a fubtle PandroSy the exploits & tricks of a mer- 
 cenary whore, the fals reckoning hoft, the marchants 
 perjurie, and the Lawyers deceit; but O I doe not 
 meane be that Lawyer whofe confcience and foule 
 is not fpotted with murthering brybrie, who hath 
 compaffion on the poore complainour, and taketh 
 the tears of the diftreffed widow for good paymet : 
 No, I meane be a Janus-headed Lawyer who hath one 
 face to his Clyant, & another to the Compeditor, 
 whofe ever-gaiping hand muft ftill be anoynted in 
 the Palme with the holie oun6lion of Gould, 
 who muft be courted like a whore with the fight 
 of Angels, ftrange peeces of gould, and purfe- 
 pennies. Woe be to many heart-tortred Clyants, 
 whofe right dependes vpon the defence of an a- 
 varitious Lawyer. It is fuch poore foules who 
 hath their ever-warfling mindes intrecated in a La- 
 
 borinth 
 
 27. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 borinth of woes, circumveind with innumerable 
 faflieries, and ftill deceived with delayes. 
 
 Patientia pauperum non peribit infinem. 
 
 Therefore, O man, arme thy felfe with Patience 
 in this miferable time, and couragiouflie fight it 
 out ; for fo long as thou art heer into this little pro- 
 greffe of thy lyfe, great is thy battel!, and many 
 are thy miferies which doeth oppofe themfelues 
 againft thee ; like vnto the reftleffe motion of 
 the fea , one trouble being gone , another fol- 
 lowes. Many forrowes, and few pleafures, when 
 we expert joy, then comes greefe, every one hath 
 their owne croffe, fome les, fome more. As poverty 
 to an honeft heart brings mifery, greef of minde, & 
 melancholy, becaufe he conceals his want, and can 
 not pra6life Ihameles Ihifts to perrell honelly, iick- 
 nes, & many a languifhing difeafe, which is lade be- 
 fore mankinde. Opprejfion^ when thy betters doeth 
 abufe thee, taks thy wealth, & thy lands, puts the wi- _ 
 dow and the fatherles to begry. Lqfe offriendsy when ^ 
 they who fliuld help thee are gone, & hes no body 
 to comfort thee in thy deftres. Ship-wrack when thy 
 fubflance is loft by fea, & thy life indangered. JBanifJi- 
 ment, when thou in a ftrange country, becomes a 
 poore ftranger, far from thy own foyle , thou liueft 
 an out-caft, and thy enemies injoyes thy ritches at ^ 
 home. PrifbUf when the croffe of rancountring mif- Q 
 fortunes, doth imprifon many a man within a Jaill, & 
 or cafts him in chaines within a Galies, triumpht o- J? 
 ver with Raskals (and as iH were) the very refting W 
 
 place 5 
 
t?s^i«]2S8^i«acj»''Cjs:**^^ 
 
 OF HVMORS. 
 
 place of all wrongs , when a gentle heart is forft to 
 harbor patience ; and when revenge in a gallant 
 breaft turns coward, O this earthly hell, which hes 
 no other Mufick, but locking of doores, the noife of 
 irons and chains, the heavy complaint of diftrefled 
 prifoners, lockt with bonds in mifery, confuming in 
 ftink and filthines. This faid the Apoftle S. Paul, Re- 
 member them that are in bonds, as if ye werin bonds with 
 them, fo that every one aught by charitable works to 
 haue companion on the poore diftrefled prifoners. 
 Saith not the Prophet Dauid with great grief of hart 
 Let thejighing of the prifoners come before thee OLord: 
 as though he wold fay, O Lord God, confider the 
 great anguifli of their hearts , take mercy on them, 
 and releue their wants, how heavy and comfortles 
 is this grievous cros. Some again are croft with lofe 
 o^ honor, when a man either falles in diigrace, and 
 commits fome bafe and filthy fa6l, or when he fuf- 
 fers wrong, and can not repare himfelf, the crofle of 
 manage where there is no peace, quietnes, nor reft, 
 voyde of all contentment, and ever barking, and fo 
 makes the devill fmyl at their diflention. And what 
 can be faid to the crofle of idle loue , which hangs 
 on the flioulders of all fortes of people, as well ma- 
 rled as vnmaried. In this Frenafy many ould do- 
 tardes beginnes to renue their declyning age, 
 and takes vpon them the apprehenfion of youth- 
 heid , whilft their gray haires , and hairles heads, 
 reckones vp their yeares , and telles the worlde 
 their folly, Turpe fenilis amor, it is more tollera- 
 ble in youth , fo that it be not fuperftitious loue ; 
 
 as 
 
 28. 
 
 ^ 
 
% 
 
 fe 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 as fometimes to faft from meate and drink , watch- 
 ing the nights , and fending [their lamentations 
 written with bloudie letters , railling on crueltie ; 
 and being alone in their retearing walks , they fur- 
 fat the folitarie deferts with the forrowful voice of 
 a difcontented minde, with weeping eies in fplaine 
 of paffion, O faieth he , 
 
 T^ He furious force qfloues confumingfire, 
 
 iVb tyme can quench, nor thoght can notexpell: 
 Such is the rejtles rage of my dejire , 
 Which makes my wits ivithin myjelfe rehell: 
 Thus am I wrongd, and euer Jaikles Jlaine , 
 IJIiift my place, hut can notjhift my paine . 
 
 They ever efteeme their paines worfe then the 
 paines of hell, fuch are the fort of penetential lovers, 
 who are alwaies Anatomifd with humorous follie, 
 & yet how often comes it to pafTe , that they who 
 taks moil pains to pleafe, are moll difpleafd, for it is 
 knowne be vnfallable experience, that the duetifull ^ 
 lover in a refpe6led perfute , is often reje6led with ^ 
 many ingratfuU difdains . For fome they are which ^ 
 are Monflers in the womanifli fex , will hate that ^ 
 man moil, who loues her beil, and yeeld her felf to a J|^ 
 cowardly pultron of no defert. And againe, we may ^ 
 evidently fee, how fome men of a curriih & mailifh ^ 
 kinde, will be moil carelelTe of that woman who is J^ 
 moil carefuU of him. Such are the vnthankfull dif- Q 
 cords and interviewing controveriies , of this fri- jfe 
 volous thing which the world calleth JBlinde-loue, tS 
 it is not the ritch apparell, nor the rare bewtie, ^ 
 
 nor ft 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 nor the art of curious engines, nor yet is it the gor- 
 geous gefture of a glorious woman, which makes 
 the woman : it is the good education, which brings 
 forth good qualities , & it is the vertue of the mind, 
 which doeth produce difcretion, makes the wo- 
 man a perfit woman; and that man, may truly be 
 called a perfit man, who makes wifedome the vn- 
 feperable companion of valour, whofe liberall 
 minde aymes at honour , and whofe couragious 
 heart treads on feare to conques Jdme . O it is not 
 the externall fhew of a Peacocks pride, who with the 
 gefture of his painted plumes, feemes to threaten 
 Kingdomes : it is not the man of perfonage, nor the 
 robuft nature, neither is it the quantitie, but onely 
 the qualitie doth the turne. A woman may feeme 
 very coy in braue attire, with a faire face, and yet 
 a whore: a man may be cloathed in fine cloathes, 
 he may be very ftrong of body, of a great ftature, 
 and he may in a fearelefle humor difcourfe of va- 
 lour, but when it comes to the pufli of Fortune, he 
 may proue naught elfe but a faint-hearted-coward, 
 a turne-back to courage, and a runne-away from 
 honour » What a world of vanity is it to fee a pain- 
 ted fellow, that can doe nothing elfe but court a 
 woman, how effeminate will he be, and how pro- 
 digall will the tongue be to lend vowes to the hart : 
 Nee jura retine, veneris perjuria venti 
 Irritaper terras S^freta longaferunt 
 How perrillous is it to beleeue a Lover, how temp- 
 ting will their words be , and how will they ftraine 
 them felues to fpeake with vehemencie. Lady Re- 
 
 I thoricJc 
 
 29. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 thorick ever hants the mouth of a Lover, and with 
 borrowed fpeeches of braver wits, doeth enlarge 
 their deceit, his perjured promifes, his oathes, his 
 vowes, his proteflations, his waiting-on, and all 
 his iron fences drawen to feed vpon the a6lra6liue 
 humors of her Adamantall beautie ; as when the 
 fong or lifping fpeech of a Syranicall wench doth 
 enchaunt his eares, the feeling of her too-much 
 tempting flefti doth intangle his touchy her perfu- 
 med breath doth fweeten his Jmell, the ne^lar of 
 her lafcivious killing giues delicacie to his tq/iey 
 and her petulant beautie feedes h.\sjight; her fmile 
 is his heaven, & her frown is his hell; flie is the only 
 idoll of his minde, for when he fliould ferue God, 
 he worfliips her, if hee comes to Church, his look- 
 ing on her behaviour takes away his hearing, 
 robs him of devotion, and makes him a fenceleffe 
 blocke ; with flaring in her face, hee learnes the 
 Arte of Phijiognomie t his vaine apprehentions 
 will reade a womans thought in her vifage, and 
 when hee lookes on her hands , O then hee be- 
 comes a rare Palmifter, for hee will not fpare to 
 reade her fortunes by lynes , for heere (fayes hee) 
 is the true fcore of death, and there goes the 
 fcore of life, from this part comes the venerian 
 fcore, and if this clofe with that, ye may be af- 
 fured to loofe your Mayden-head : it is onely this 
 makes the too-much beleeving wenches defpaire 
 of their virginitie , his braines are tormented 
 with new inventions , fancie leades him to a fren^ 
 fie, next lunaticke , and if hee efcape madneffe it- 
 
 felfe. 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 felfe, hee may thanke GOD. Hee fpendes the 
 time in his Chamber, with no other thing but 
 with a great Looking-glaffe , how to take off his 
 Hatt, how to make his gefture, and in a difcourfe 
 how to frame the motion of his hands , to kifle 
 his finger , to make courtelie with his legge , to 
 fet his arme, to fmile, to looke afide, to walke, 
 and then hee ftands gazing on the full proporti- 
 on of his owne bodie, which I fweare is not elfe 
 but the verie true image of fuperftitious vanitie. 
 When the Miftreffe of his defires beholdes the 
 Lovers dilligent attendance, then to keepe the 
 Lover ftill proude in a flavifli fervice, often times 
 fliee will in a willing floathfulnefle , make her 
 Gloue or anie fuch thing fall , that hee ftouping 
 may attaine to that looked-for-honour , to kifle 
 what hee takes vp, and fo receaue a fmile for his 
 offitious humour : Hee will entertaine her dogge, 
 keepe her Fanne, call to light Torches, holde vp 
 the Tapeftrie, bring the Coach, and with a 
 loude voyce hee will call , to make way for my 
 Lady ; to make vowes, weare favours, and doe 
 pennance, they are the true follies of idle loue, 
 but once beeing cooled of that hote and luna- 
 ticke frenzie, O howe will hee then blufh at his 
 owne folly, when hee beginnes to examine his 
 wits, and conliders with him felfe how farre hee 
 hath gone aftray. But what can be faide to fuch 
 who wants grace to make a retreat, but ftill dwels 
 in that endlefle miferie , they never wearie , 
 but thinkes all flavifli paines pleafure, fome by 
 
 I 2 night 
 
 30. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 night with mufick, fome with walking in her fight, 
 fome with gifts, fongs, letters, and convoyes, every 
 one by degree doeth poufe his Fortune, and every 
 one by degrees counterfets their betters . I often 
 fmiled to fee a Pandorly-fuftian-Rafcall, lead a raer- 
 cinarie-Perpetuana-drab, there is nothing invented 
 and put in pra6life by higher eftates , but the bafer 
 fort doe ftill ftriue to imitate, and chiefly in appar- 
 rell. It is raoft true that a man is to be commended, 
 if he be cleanly, and chiefly in his linings, his haire 
 well drefled, his beard well brulhed, and alwayes 
 his vpper lip well curled, with an frefado vp-llart, 
 as if every haire would threaten to pull out his eyes, 
 for if he chance to kifle a Gentlewoman, fome re- 
 bellious haire may happen to ftartle in her nofe, 
 and make her fneefe, fo by this meanes, he applies 
 both phifick & courtefie at one time, then he may 
 freely fay, God Wefle you Lady, receaving back 
 the chirping Eccho of / thenk youjir . But looke a- 
 gaine on the other part of fnotty nofd Gentlemen, 
 with their drouping muftaches covering their 
 mouth, and becomes a harbroy to meldrops, and 
 a fucking fponge to al the watery difi;illations of the 
 head, he will not fpare but drinke with any bodie 
 whatfoever, and after hee hath walhed his filthie 
 beard in the cup, and drawing out dropping, he wil 
 fuck the haire fo hartily with his vnder lip. I aske 
 at Civility, if fuch a poyfonnous fup can be whol- 
 fome ? or if the kifle of fuch a flavering mouth be 
 fweet? Farre may fuch beafl;ly filthineflTe be from 
 handfome and perfit men, who ftil attends vpon the 
 
 handy 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 handy labour of pittifull Ladies, if a Lady be a per- 
 fit woman indeede , and ftill aymes at honeftie : 
 what although ihe hit not the marke of gentilitie ? 
 yet the pendicles of her defires ftiould be cleanly : 
 as flie her felfe is moft daintie, neate, pollite, and 
 fine in all things, and cheifly in her fleeping cham- 
 ber, to fee the whitenes of her linings, the clean- 
 lineffe of her night-cloathes , her chamber-pot fil- 
 led with fweet flowers (to ftay the ftur of water) her 
 perfumed odours , fweet-wafliing-balls , Poman- 
 ders, fundry forts of finelling waters, fannes, hatts, 
 feathers, glafles, combs, brouches, ruffes, falling- 
 bands, red and white face-colours, fcarfes, vardin- 
 gales, artifitiall locks of curled haire, with vp-ftan- 
 ding-frifadoes, their fmoothing-skin-clouts, night- 
 fraocks, muffels, maskes, petticotes, waiftcoates, 
 gownes, picadels, attires, chaines, carkats, cafes, 
 coffers, boxes, and many things more, that if a man 
 intrude him felfe in a Ladies bed-chamber, & look 
 vpon every thing about him, he flial think him felfe 
 to be no elfe where, but in an evil deformed fhop of 
 Merchandife. But on the other part, looke vpon 
 filthineffe it felfe, when fome women in a fluttifh 
 eftate , hath their bed-chamber like a fwines-ftie, 
 ill-favoured (and vnfcoured) Pilpot, their combs 
 and brufhes, full of loofe haire and filth, their foule 
 fmocks ill laid-vp, their knotty phlegme and fpet- 
 ting on the walls and floore, the black and flaverie 
 circle on their lips, fweating, fmoaking, and broa- 
 thing in their vncleane-flieetes , that if any would 
 hold their head within the bed, I thinke the ftrong 
 
 18 ImeU 
 
 31, 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 fmell were an excellent prefervatiue againfl the 
 Peft, and none like it, except it be the jumbling of a 
 Jakes, or of a Clofe-ftoole : for it is a true Max- 
 erae, that the force of fuch odious and hatefull 
 fmells, doth occupie the fence, and holdes out the 
 peftiferous aire of the Plague; GOD forbid, but 
 the beaftly filthineffe of fome women , Ihould 
 make the delicate and fine faihions of other wo- 
 men (who are civill and honell) appeare pleafant. 
 And even fo , why Ihould not the graue and good 
 life of a difcreete woman (who feares GOD) 
 make the filthie fafliions of an harlot (whofe acti- 
 ons are moft abhominable) appeare loathfome to 
 the world ? and ftill to be difdained and hated of all 
 honeft Matrones, What a monftrous thing is it, 
 when a fliamelefle woman caries the Jewell of ini' 
 pudencie on her fore-head , giving her boldneffe 
 to exploit any thing, and to execute all her fil- 
 thie a6lions without anie reguard : Farre be it 
 from mee to crie out againft the modeft Matrone, 
 the chafte Widowe, or yet to mifconfter the ci- 
 vill behaviour of an honeft Virgine, whofe edu- 
 cation is true Vertue , who refolues conftantlie, 
 and performes wifely, and whofe doubtfome a6li- 
 ons, are all mixtured with feare, and accompa- 
 nied with a Virgine blufli , in everie thing dif- 
 creete, a graue gefture, a fpotleffe fpeech, a mo- 
 derate fmile , and a chafte minde , and whofe 
 thoughts are not polluted with leacherous ex- 
 ploites; Such fort of women are to be valued at 
 a high price, they are of great worth, and moft 
 
 worthie 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 worthie to be honoured and efteemed of by all 
 men, when vilde and brutifti women (that is rob- 
 bed of all vertue, and loaden with vice) makes the 
 tranlparent perfe6bion of a good woman feeme 
 glorious to the fecret fight of God, and to the out- 
 ward iliew of the world : fo I do what I can to imi- 
 tate the skild Painter, who makes a darke Ihadow, 
 giue a bright lufter (& an fhining life) to his vpright 
 colours. Why fhould not filthie kennels avoyde 
 the corrupted excraments of Nature from faire 
 llreetes ? And why fhould I not ftriue to make an 
 honeft behaviour, fpurne at a fhameleffe gefture? 
 and I doe not doubt but the wifer fort will fpurne 
 at the increafe of fuch fuperflitious vanities that are 
 in this prefent age , and the great aboundance 
 of idle , flrange , and new invented toyes : as 
 when fome women deckes and trimmes them- 
 felues of purpofe to tempt the eyes of man. And 
 fetting forth their wantonnefle (which is com- 
 pounded of all kinde of farre-fetched fafhions) 
 that everie one may reade in their apparrell , as it 
 were in a Cart, the defcription of all forraine 
 Countries , with fuch new additions of Art , as 
 leemes in dumbe lliewes, to lay. What lacke you 
 Gentlemen. This fort of women doe not follow the 
 commaund of Saint Pauly That a woman Jliould he ar- 
 rayed in comely apparrell^ withjliamefajineffe and mo- 
 deJUe: And what fayes the Prophet IJaiah, The daugh- 
 ters ofSion are haughtie, andwalhe with Jir etched out 
 nechs, and with ivandring eyes, walking and minjing as 
 iheygoe, TuaJting a tinkling with their Jeet. And what 
 
 fayes 
 
 32. 
 
 1. Timo. 
 
 2 cap. 
 
 3 Cap. 
 
5. Cap. 
 
 5. Math. 
 5. Cap. 
 
 ,6. Cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 fayes he more. Woe he vnto ihem^ that draw iniquitie 
 with the cords of vanitie , And are not thefe things 
 the true cords of vanitie, which drawes both man 
 and women to eternall deftru6lion : Our Saviour 
 affirmes it, faying : Whqfoeuer looketh on a woman to 
 Itift after her^ hath comittedadulterie with her inhishart. 
 And for all this, how often falls men vpon the flum- 
 bling blocks of iniquitie : the wife man fayes, Stum- 
 ble not at the beautie of a woman, beware of all her in/ha- 
 ring-engines,Jbr they are many and very tempting, 
 
 C^An not thy eyes, the eyes of man command: 
 ^^ Rath not thy face Sufficient force to kill, 
 Sut that thou mujl vngloue thy iuorie hand, 
 JVhqfe beautie robs proud Cupid of his skill: 
 So with thy hand thoujhootes Cupidoes darts, 
 Andjhootes at naught but atpoore Lovers harts. 
 
 But how can that man efchew , fuch flefhly tempta- 
 tions , who makes their companie his fummum bo- 
 num , when all his felicity is placed vpon their daun- 
 cing, iinging, fpeaking, playing, and with fweet 
 and ferious notes (moving her fingers vpon a Violl 
 d' Gambo) enchants his eares , and allures his light. 
 Can a man (fayes Salomon) take fire in his bofome, and 
 his cloathes not be burnt. As he would fay, can a man 
 hant the companie of wanton women, and not be 
 allured with their lafcivious ftratagems , when a 
 man beholds their legges cloathed with lilke floc- 
 kius , ritch garters , fine pearled and well wrought 
 fmocks. Such Hermophradites, fuch pretty tempting 
 
 inftru- 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 inftruments with tenne thoufand more artificiall 
 tricks, which doeth enrage the luftfuU man, and 
 |- makes him, 
 •^ Fremitando come vno Stallone^ che a veduta la Cauulla. 
 
 38. •<^' 
 
 O Ome Martiall men hewitch'd with beautie rare, 
 ^^ Are intricate in Laborinths of Loue : 
 Andjbrc'd to trie in fancies Jlatf ring Jiiare, 
 JVhatJweet-mixt-Jbwre or pleajing paines can proue. 
 
 Then Nymph-lihe-Jhe with Jirange inticing loohe 
 •^ Doth Jo enchant the gallant minded men, 
 The hay te Jim hides the poyfon of the hoohe 
 Till they hejajl, and thus hetrayd, what then f 
 
 Poore captiue Jlaues in bondage projlrate lies, 
 Yeelding vnto her mercie-wanting-will : 
 She in difdaine fcornes all their carefull-cries. 
 And Circes-like triumphes in learned skill. 
 
 With ambling trips of beauties gorgeous grace, 
 AxxxoTA-like injirie colours clad. 
 And with bright rejlex of her fair ejl face. 
 She tempting goes icith brainjick humors lad. 
 
 Fearing that ifJJieJJiould hut looke below, 
 Tlien Beames would from her burning eyes dejcend 
 On luorie breji, proud Jwelling hils qffnoiv 
 Would meltf con/ume, and all their beauty fpend. 
 
 K And 
 
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 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 Andfojhe lets her curled lockes downefall, 
 JVhich doe allure the gentle cooling winde 
 To come and play ^Jiill wrapping vp in thrall 
 Chaines of her hair e, fond Louers hearts to binde. 
 
 Beautie in prime adorned dothfeede thejight 
 From crimfon lipsfweet Ne6lars gujl forth flowes 
 Odours perfumes the hreathy not Natures right 
 White luorie hands afacred touch bejiowes. 
 
 And when thqfe pearle of Orientall-rankes 
 With treafure rich of tempting found deuides 
 From two bright daintie mouing-corall-banhes 
 In-circkled eares calmefmoothingfpeechesjlides. 
 
 Each fencelejfe fence on doting pleafure faji 
 Doth in a carelejfe Regijier inroule : 
 Wijhing that courfe offwift-wing*d Time to lajt^ 
 Which f pots the fpotlejfe fubjiance ofthefoule* 
 
 But oh beholdy Nature in mourning weede 
 Weepes to be wronged withfuperjiitious Art, 
 For what can braines of rare inuention breede ? 
 Or whafs vnfought which pleafure may impart f 
 
 Thefiarpejl wit whofe quiche deceauingJliU 
 Makes rejflejfe mujing of their minde to trie 
 Vaine trifling fnares, mixtur'd with 31agicks skill. 
 So Art adds that which Nature doth denie. 
 
 And 
 
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 OF HVMORS, 
 
 And thus much morejiceet Syrens Jongs Jhejounds 
 To charme, conjure^ and tempt his lijlning eare : 
 Oh, then the poore Captiued wretch abounds 
 In peruerje vowes, and monjirous oathes tojweare. 
 
 By Jurious force ofFancie more than mad. 
 With fond dejire in rejUeffe courje he hunts : 
 Blinde Loue can not dijcerne the good from had, 
 JVhe7i on the eye-plumed tayle of pride it mounts. 
 
 The curious minde makes choife of good or iU, 
 Thenfcales the Fort of his Engine to clym 
 Aboue the top of Art exceeding skill, 
 ^ Perfed: in that predominates in him, 
 
 Drunke with the wonders of a worthlejfe worth, 
 Fromprofped: of a looking-glajpe he takes 
 Strange Apijli trickes tofet his folly forth, 
 Mock'd with the gejlure that hisjhadow makes. 
 
 WhenfooliJJifeates wo waies will feme his turne. 
 All Jiope is drown*d in defpaires groundlejfe deepe : 
 In reJUeJfe bed (he martir^l man) mujt mourne. 
 Thoughts, Jighes, and teares admit no kind qfjleepe. 
 
 Thus layes the Conquejt Conquerour of fields 
 On his hurt heart he caries Cupids skarre. 
 The fcuruie fainting Coward bqfely yields 
 To idle Loue the enemie ofwarre. 
 
 K 2 Xow 
 
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 34. 
 
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 N^ow Trumpets Jbund, hraue MartiaU mujick turnes 
 Tojidling noi/e, or elfejbme amorous Jong ^ 
 That glorious Fame her wings of worth now burneSy 
 When golden youth in prime mujljuffer wrong. 
 
 Thus gallant Jjprights doe qmntefence their wits, 
 Spending the rare invention of their hraines 
 On idle toyes, at which high honor f pits. 
 Nor memori'^d memorials remaines, 
 
 TS it not faid? that faire wiudowes, lafcivious 
 •*" lookes, curled locks, the difcovered mountaines 
 of the moving breaft, often croffing of flreetes, and 
 the hanting of aflemblies, are the true harbingers, 
 and fore-runners of ve?iarie , A leacherous bed, is 
 commonly decored with all kinde of allurements, 
 for the better execution of vulgar anions, and the 
 fecret difcharge of Venus lafcivious mifteries, pain- 
 ted with the true colours of Quids works, as the dif- 
 guifing of naked Gods , and Venus dallying with <^ 
 Adonis, Tarquin at flrife with Lucrece, Hero fporting 
 with Leander, and fuch other wanton Obje6ls with 
 prettie conceites, to encourage the vnwilling, and 
 to warme the cold humor of froftie defires : befides 
 all this, the flieetes muft be perfumed, and fundry <^ 
 fine drying cloathes, fome well furnifhd glafles of 
 delicate reviving liquors, to giue a new life, and to 
 make a more fwift refurre6lion to the fatigated 
 creatures . The often change & mixtures of many 
 fundry natures, doth hinder the propagation and 
 iffue of children, and fo reguardleffe women by 
 
 this 
 
 «&i«4^m^^m4^n4^m4^'«^9^k4^ 
 
*^Jp«^jr»*>Jr''^S?^^ 
 
 OF HVMORS, 
 
 la- 
 
 this meanes giues luft free libertie, fo to the eyes of 
 the world, with fimple denials they Hue long ho- 
 neft. There is nothing more profitable to a Tavern, 
 then well-skilled (and pretty wenches) it makes the 
 wine to haue an excellent guft, it covers the imper- 
 feiSlions of the houfe, and giues a Curtaine to all 
 kinde of corruption . To mercenarie women all 
 forts of men are welcome, the Clowne as well as 
 the Courtier, the Rafcall, the Gentleman, the Boy 
 as well as the Maifter, it is onely gold and gifts 
 makes choife, if they conceaue with childe, what 
 then ? fome women fearelefle of Gods heavie 
 wrath, will take drinks to deftroy her conception, 
 and fo commits a murther againft Nature : and 
 what's more againft Nature, then that abhomina- 
 ble finne of Sodomie ? O what filthy and ftrange in- 
 ventions hath raankinde, to lloken the fierie luft of 
 the flefh ? but beholde what is the end of all fuch 
 filthinefle, fuch beaftly luft, worfe then beaftly, be- 
 caufe the binite beafts keepes the rule and direction 
 of Nature, & they againft Nature hath no appoin- 
 ted time in particular, but takes their time in all 
 maner of times. And I fay againe, what is the end 
 of this abhomination ? and what reward hath God 
 prepared for fuch wilde creatures, Gli Jcandali, gli 
 homicidiy lapregioney le crapuli, gli morbi^ e le hejiem- 
 viie,Jbno la legitima prole del putanifmo. They are 
 the true children of whoring, & the true off-fpring 
 of filthy luft : the tormented Italian lying martired, 
 cries out. Donna majatto, e donna ma disfatto. Who 
 ihould pittie fuch fort of miferable Caitiues ? 
 
 K3 Non 
 
 A.^ 
 
 3.5. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 Nonfi doglia d* altrui, nonji lamenfi, 
 Chi da cagion, aijui propi tormenti : 
 
 That honefl and vniverfall woman, Miftres Werolle 
 gaue a generall command, that Mounlieur Camuis 
 fhould by no meanes brangell his joynts, nor yet 
 play at Jaktaleg : Is it not faid, that fire, water, and 
 women, are the three greateft daungers in this 
 world . The old and learned Father giving his opi- 
 nion of the lullfull perfon, and what harme it brings 
 with it, he fayes, Luxuria Jenfum hehetaty confundit 
 intelledum, memoriam obdurat, euacuatfenfum^ ohnu- 
 hilat vifum^ reddit hominem pallidum acfcedum^Jenec- 
 tutem inducit, mortem denique maturat. All thefe mi- 
 ferable things are the true revenewes of leacherie, 
 when vaniihing beautie begins to decay, and then 
 lookes in a Mirror , then it fliall fee the ftrange ru- 
 ines of time, the wrinkled impreffion of vnwel- 
 come age, which blinde vanitie never did looke 
 for : they fhall beholde their eyes funke in their 
 head, and their face all disfigured. Let the moft 
 beautifuU body that ever was in the world, be but 
 foure houres deprived of life: how hard favoured 
 will it be? how loathfome both to the fight and 
 fmell will it become? then where fhall the profit 
 of Painting be? where is the vertue of complexi- 
 ons? and where is all the Engines that did abufe 
 heautief all thy fairding can not helpe the defeats 
 of Nature, at laft, it will bewray it felfe. O but 
 heare what that learned and godly Father S. Au- 
 gujline fayes, Fucarejigmentis quo vel ruhicundior vel 
 
 candidi 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 
 candidior, vel verecundior appareant adulterinafalla- 
 cia ejl: quanta amentia effigiem mutare naturce^piBu- 
 ram querere : tollerahiliora prope modum in adulterio 
 criminajunt , ihi enim pudicitia hie Natura adultera- 
 tur : And what fayes that devine man Saint Am- 
 hrqfe , Deles piSturam Dei mulier , Ji vultum tuum 
 Materiali candore ohliuijii . Againe , Saint Cyprian 
 with the reft of thefe learned and devout Fathers, 
 fayes, Fcemince manus Deo iriferunt, quando iUud 
 quod ille Jhrmauit reformare contendunt. How de- 
 teftable a thing is it to fee a filthie creature feeke to 
 reforme the handy-worke of God: how vnthank- 
 fuU and ingrate art thou to thy Creator, when thou 
 feeft the blinde, the cripple, or any ftrucken with 
 Gods hand? how Ihouldft thou thanke God, who 
 hath created thee with all the joynts of thy bodie 
 ftretcht and even, and hath given thee all thy right 
 members, he might haue made thee a monfter to 
 the world : But O ! thy pride confiders not this : but 
 thou with Art will corre6t the wondrous works of 
 God : O come e indegna e Jlomacheuole cqfa il vederte 
 ialhor , con vn pinello pinger le guance &^ occultar le 
 mende di natura e del tempo , e veder come il liuido 
 pallor Jai par er di ojiro, le rughe apiani e il hruno im- 
 hianchi e togli col defetto il defetto . All their inventi- 
 ons, their ever-deviiing conceites, are naught elfe 
 but fnares to entrap our owne foules : the man 
 with enticing vanities, doeth allure and perfwade 
 
 women with fuperftitious 
 tempts the man, and yet 
 manie women (no doubt, 
 
 who 
 
 36. 
 
 the women, and the 
 and fuperfluous follies, 
 for all this, there is 
 
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 Tii£: anatomic: 
 
 who meanes well) are deceaved with the fubtill de- 
 ceites of falfe and perjured men : they will make 
 their owne fex be an inftrument to overthrowe 
 them, when a woman will for gold or mony tempt 
 another woman, and vfe all deceaving tricks to en- 
 fnare her : fo I fay, a woman to a woman is a great 
 enemie ; fuch Pandrofles cares not the wrack of 
 young damofels , and then the diftrefled woman 
 becomes an out-cafl to her friends, afliamed of 
 them felues, and a llaue to all kinde of miferie. But 
 can fuch fort of women be excufed, who deliring 
 to be deceaved , will compound and yeeld vpon 
 reafonable conditions. This fort of women are the 
 weaker veffels, who imputes their wantonnes to 
 their too-much weaknes , and whofe naturall infir- 
 mities muft be excufed with their iimple igno- 
 rance, who trufted fo much to oathes and vowes. 
 O God, was ever man bewitched to think that the 
 conques of a woman can crowne Honor: or can it 
 raife any Trophies to Vertues vidorie : or was ever the 
 ftealing of a Maids virginitie regiftred in any chro- 
 nicle for a valorous a6t of worth, and being got, 
 what is it? A haftie-paft-pleafure, with a fpeedie 
 following repentance, where a fwarme of tortring 
 thoughts flill works, a fwift revenge, a trifling toy, 
 and like a feather blowen with the winde before 
 children, for when one boy gets it, hee opens his 
 hand to fee it, then the wind blowes it ftraight away 
 againe, then others runs and gets it againe, againe, 
 and againe, and fo it goes ftill from hand to hand. 
 And whats all this they runne for, it is but a feather, 
 
 let 
 
 •J 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 4 
 
C?M,S8£>S»h«SC3»?iS^^ 
 
 OF HrMORS, 
 
 37. 
 
 let it goe, who builds his hopes vpon the ruenous ground 
 qfawaueringwomans Conjiande ^JhaU hxme ajuddaine 
 fall: And well may he with a pare of croffed armes 
 breath forth and fay, 
 
 Donna adorata, e, vti nume del inferno . 
 
 T jP haples /, had harbor d in my heart 
 -*• The fejlred Jting of euer-tortring greefe , 
 Reuthles difdaine had neuerjcornd myjmart^ 
 £5 Nor I haue baifde myjelfe to beg releefe : 
 9 But O, my Mi/ires, hath a womans minde , 
 Jt Who loues her bejl, there prouesjlie moji vnkinde, 
 
 ? Doe whatjhe can, O cruellfaithlesjaire, 
 © Bejlill ingrate^ and neuer grant me grace : 
 ^ For why f the proud triumph of my De/pare 
 pL Hath lade my hopes before her Jlaughtring face : 
 Q There mujt they Jlerue^ murthred with mif-regarde, 
 S My Loue is loathed, and I haue no rewarde. 
 
 fi Then fare-well LiOU£, a woman is a toy, 
 n< Which being got yfome other gets againe : 
 ^ Cur/i be that man , whqfe jeloujie is joy , 
 And yeelds himferuile to a Slaui/h paine : 
 
 Who courts a woman, mujl not thinke itjlrange. 
 That want qfwit,JliU makes her minde to change. 
 
 O mmi whom G OD his cheefejl wonder made , 
 And Treafure ritch of his alfeeing Eye , 
 The winter hlaji, thy flooriJJi fare Jliall fade : 
 Swift-pqfting-timetjiill tels thee you mu/l dye : 
 
 L In 
 
 Qi<^^s£;^n2f:^^siD^3!^^ 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 Infavfies lapjpend not thy dayesforjhame, 
 Gojpend thy dayes where honour Hues with fame. 
 
 Then get you gone,Jweet Syrins qfdeceat , 
 Full well I knowe yourjlrange inchanting skill: 
 IJcorne that Coward of a hqfe conceal. 
 That Pandor-lihe waits on a womans will: 
 O let him dye deceaud, that will not doubt you , 
 And happieft he, who hejl can Hue without you. 
 
 When a man hyreth an horfe, either to ryde 
 Poft or Journey, as it pleafes the ryder, at his jour- 
 neyes end he receaues but a hyrelings pay, and fo he 
 is prefently gone. But when a man hes an horfe of 
 his own, he will haue a care of him, and fpare for no 
 expenfes to fee him well furnifhed, well fed, and 
 well dicht , neither will he burft him , nor fpur-gall 
 him, but he will ryde him foftly and Ipare him. 
 Now what if his horfe Ihould learne gades, and doe 
 nothing without the Bc^ienado , kick with his feete, 
 and not be anfwerable to the Rainzie, but muft be 
 ridden with a French bit ; in faith then I think that 
 man had better ridden on a Caronze hyrling , when 
 his owne horfe proves noght elfe but a wearied jad. 
 If a man could fay this word My owne, he were hap- 
 py fo being he could lay it with contentment, as 
 my owne houfe, my owne wyfe, my owne chil- 
 dren ; is it not written , Let euery man haue his owne 
 wife. But now in thefe dayes, fuch is the deteftable 
 abhominations cropen into the hearts of men, 
 which makes them to point the facred band of Ma- 
 
 tre- 
 
 ^^^isSS^^s£;^i^iDi!3^ 
 
 II. Cor. 
 J. cap. 
 
OF HVMORS, ^ 
 
 tremonie. Now in this godles tyme a man cares not 
 to put away his own wyfe, and take another ; he wil 
 alledge a thoufand lyes, he will corrupt men and 
 wemen to beare falfe witnes , or elfe he is not a- 
 Ihamed to difcover his owne filthines, and take the 
 fault on himfelfe. What God hath coupled together, let 
 nomanjeparate. And againe, our Saviour fayes, Who- 
 Jbeuerjfhall put away his owne wife, andmaries with an- 
 other, committeth adultery : And if a woman put away, 
 or deuorfe her felfe from her owne husband, \_Jlie hath'] 
 committed adultery, in cafejhe marie with any other man. 
 Said not the man to the woman at their firft Creation, 
 This is now hone of my bones, andfiejhe ofmyflejhe, and 
 for that caufejfiejhall be called woman. And againe S. 
 Paul fpeaking of the loue fliould be betwix the wife 
 and the husband, and what authority he hath over 
 his wife, he fayeth , The man is not of the woman, but 
 the woman of the man, for the man was not created for 
 the womansfake, but the woman for the mans fake. And 
 why then fhould a man hate his owne flefh and 
 bones. Why ftiould not a wel-deferving wife be 
 well cheriihed, and aboue all things, moll refpe- 
 6led, as his fecond-felf, yea, even all in all as himfelf. 
 But many men are to blame, who maries a woman, 
 and prefently after he is maried , goeth to farre 
 Countries, and longfome journey es, and leives her 
 to the mercy of all mifery , it is a great (igne and to- 
 ken that this man whatfomever, hes neither refpe^l 
 to G O D nor fhame of the world, and he is a Rebel to 
 the command of GOD, When a man taleeth a new wife, 
 heJJiall notgoe a warfare, neither JJiall he be charged 
 
 L 2 with 
 
 38. 
 
 Mark. 
 10. cap. 
 
 Luk. 16. 
 cap. 
 
 Gen. 2. 
 cap. 
 
 Cor. 11. 
 cap. 
 
 Deu. 24. 
 
 cap. 
 
 S?fc»'«aC?MS5«^'«S^ 
 
Q«H«aG*=!iSG^»«Se3S'«S5*«EX^^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 leap. 8. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 with any hujjinejfe , hut hejhall hejree, and remaine at i 
 home one yeare , and rejoyce with his wyfe . It were 
 better never to marie, then to mary and abufe Ma- 
 nage. But the originall of this mifcheef proceeds 
 partely of Parents, and partely of the parties them- 
 felues, whofe avarice and gread of geare is fuch, 
 that they care not whom with they joyne, fo being 
 they be ritch; they looke not to education, to qua- 
 laties, nor birth, ritches hides all imperfections, 
 and what folio wes , noght elfe but hatred, greefe, a 
 languifliing repentance, a mutuall contempt, a 
 continuall battell, and a loathfome bed when daies 
 of anger, and nights of forrow, are waited on, with 
 Argus-eid^^Qiw^Y' "^^^ wife man faith in his Canticles^ 
 Jeloiifie is cruell as thegraue, and the coles thereof are 
 fyrie, and coles of a vehement fiame. And the Italian 
 making a defcription of jeloulie, he crieth out, with a 
 vehement paffion, JDa quelljhfpetto rio» da quell timore, 
 da quell martir, da quellajrenefia, da quella rabia del- 
 ta gelejia . How many are they who are robd both of 
 fhame and honour, yeelding to infatiable luft, no 
 reftraint, nor yet fetting limits to modefty, but gi- 
 ves their own delire free fcope to a more then beafl- 
 ly appetyte, intertainde with all kinde of delicat al- 
 lurements, that their filthy flelh may ever be cra- 
 ving, and the better furniflied with that confuming 
 pleafure. And again, when fome fhameles creatures 
 makes their body the moving flage of licherous lin, 
 where all the fates of a6tivaty , and waiting trickes 
 giues a generall tryall in a particular forme ; when 
 bafe bloud corrupts Nobility, & makes wrongous 
 
 heires 
 
 f59^^«£;^^»D^5!^f^f£;i^^ 
 
Q^,,j225J*!,,|£)Cx^^ 
 
 OF HrmoRS. 
 
 39. 
 
 heires poffeffe other mens lands , when voluntarie 
 ignorance becomes a Nurfe to vnlawfuU children : 
 And when the facred vowe of Matrimonie is made 
 a jugling maske to overfyle the eies of true fim- 
 plifetie: The wrongde Spaniard cryde out, De la 
 mala muger teguardatyde la huena nojies nada. Alas, 
 poore horned bucks, whilft they judge charetably 
 and makes their foolilh ignorance impute all to a 
 kinde courtafie, which brings nothing with it but 
 an homely honeftie, even then is lead mifdeming 
 mindes made a mocking flock to fecret villany, and 
 if the partie (who is wrongde) appeare to mifcon- 
 fter any thing, or to fmell knavery, then prefently is 
 there a complementing application of borrowed 
 imbracements accompaned with vrged teares, 
 fained kiifes, falfe perjuries, flatring Ipeaches, with 
 broken vowes, and a number of vnperformde pro- 
 teilations. All this villanous diffimulation hood- 
 winks verity, & maks one become the pointed-out- 
 Iport of anothers pleafure, one beat the bufli whilft 
 others catch the bird, and the righteous owner feed 
 on idle fhowes, whilft ftrangers injoies the true fub- 
 ftance. This tricking Humor takes both chefles and 
 belles from many a one , & fends them to the Kan- 
 gild. But heare what opinion the word of G O D hath 
 of fuch. The lippes qfajirange woman drop as a honey 
 combe, and her mouth is more foft then oyle, hut the endqf 
 her is more hitter then wormewood, and morejharpe then 
 a two edged Jivord. And againe to that fame purpofe. 
 Then whyjfiuld thou delite, my Jon, in ajirange woman, 
 or imbrace the bq/bme of ajtranger ? With what eies 
 
 can 
 
 Prov. 
 cap. 5. 
 
 Qi^^8aG?fe''«aG?^?*«sc^ 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 JProver. 
 leap, T. 
 
 can thou looke vpon thine own wife when thou gi- 
 ueft thy bodie to another woman ; is not her face a 
 booke that vnfolds a volume of accufations to thy 
 Ipotted foule: Is not the Echo of thefe words, / 
 take thee hejbre God, ftill founding through the cor- 
 ners of thy Confcience, tooke thou not her to thy 
 wyfe? did thou not vowe before GOD and the 
 world, to keep thy body cleane onely for her. Why 
 Jliouldthou then imhrace the hqfome qfajirange woman. 
 And heere againe what defcription the word of 
 GOD maketh of an Harlot, and how it paints forth 
 the filthineffe of a Ihameles woman. And I Jaw a- 
 mong thejboles , and conjidered among the childreny a 
 young man dejlitute qfvnderjlanding; and behold there 
 met him a woman with an harlots hehauiour, andjuhtle 
 in heart yfojlie toohe him, andMJfedhim, and with an 
 impudent face faid vnto him, Ihaue peace offrings, this 
 day haue Ipayde my vowes , therefore came I forth to 
 meete thee, that I might feehe thy face , and now I haue 
 found thee I Ihaue decht my hedwith ornaments, carpits, 
 laces qfjEgipt, I haueperfumde my led with mirrh, 
 aloes, and cynamon; come let vs take our Jill ofloue till 
 tJie morning,let vs take our pleajure in dalliance, for my 
 husband is not at home, he is gone a journey, farre off; 
 and he followed herjiraight wayes, like an ox thatgoeth 
 to the Jluughter, The pryce of fuch pleafures are 
 great, and ever brings with it a fwift repentance, 
 and the end of it is noght elfe but Mijery, Povertie, 
 Shame and Beggery. O what pleafure is it to fee the 
 man & the woman both of one minde, comporting 
 with others imperfe6lions , and ftill yeelding to o- 
 
 thers 
 
 ^i^iaG^^i^s^^^csNftas:^'^^ 
 
OF HVMOBS. 
 
 thers waiknes,^/ confejo de la muger espoco y quien no 
 le toma es locOy When a modeft difcretion , and fi- 
 lent patience is applyde to their owne infirmities; 
 for when the woman is in rage and ftormes at her 
 houfhald affaires, corre6ling wrongs with the fu- 
 rious rage of her tongue. O then the man fliould 
 labor to pacifie her with fweete words, gentle ad- 
 monitions, and large promifes. Is it not a common 
 Proverb , That wyles helps wdkefolhe. And when the 
 man is in rage, the woman Ihould not then tempt 
 his patience, but holde her peace, and with loving 
 words, obedient duety, and all kinde of courtafie 
 carrefs him, and be quiet. Saieth not S. Pauly I permit 
 not a woman to vfurpe authoritie ouer the man, hut to he 
 in JUence. This is the true duety of a woman to- 
 wards her husband, and this woman is the woman of 
 wifdome, as it is written, A peaceable woman, and of a 
 good heart f is the gift of the Lord, and there is nothing 
 Jo much worth as a woman well injlruded, this is great 
 ritches, and a ritch treafure. This woman bringes 
 peace with her, Ihe lies a carefull defire, and an ear- 
 neft loue towardes her husband, and difcharges an 
 vpright duetie to her children, with many eyes 
 watchful! over her houfe. And what is fuch a woman 
 worth ? The Scripture tels thee. That her pry ce is far 
 ahoue thepearles, theheartqfherhushandtrujleth inher, 
 andhejtiallhaue noneedeqfJpoyle,Jlie will doe him good 
 and not euill all the dayes of her life.JIieJeketh wooll 
 andflaxy and lahoreth cheerfully with her hands. This 
 is the woman whofe eares doeth not itch for ftrange 
 teddings , nor is (he curious to fearch fecreets of 
 
 others 
 
 40. 
 
 1. Tim. 
 
 2. cap. 
 
 Eccl 26. 
 cap. 
 
 
^^^^^^sS5^^si^^^-^£m^iS^ 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 others affaires, nor yet goes Ihe abroad to feeke 
 newes, nor hes flie any difeafe to be curde with the 
 aire taking, Ihe breeds not her childe with the lan- 
 guifhing difeafe of a new fafliiond gowne, nor yet 
 needs Ihe any molefying Ceir-Cloath to be lade at 
 her ftomack , becaufe flie can not get her will , her 
 domeftick affairs is a pleafant paftime, which brings 
 profite by the purches of her own hands, She putteth 
 her hands to the wheel, and her hands handle thejpin- 
 die, fhe is not afraide nor alhamde to fyle her fingers 
 for the well of her family, and fo by her handy-la- 
 bor helps to fuftaine them , Her husband is hnowne in 
 the gates, when hejitteth with the Elders of the land, Ihe 
 hath a care to fee him civill, in all things his honour 
 is her glory , She is not a pratler, hutjhe openeth her 
 mouth with wifdome, and law of grace is in her tongue, 
 Jhe over-Jeeth the wayes of her houjhould, andeateth not 
 the bread qfidlenejfe: her children ryje vp and call her 
 blejjed, her husband also Jliall praife her . O what a 
 world of happines liueth that man and woman in, 
 where mutual Concorde, peace and quietneffe, true 
 tranquillity of minde triumphs, where external diffi- 
 mulation is not aplyde to cover the inwarde deceit 
 of the heart, and where a modeft difcretion excufes 
 and dantons the flelhly defire of infatiable lull. 
 This may be called felicitie. All their prayers are 
 acceptable to GOD, what they pretend is pro- 
 fperous , becaufe all their a6lions feares the Lord , 
 it is onely to fuch as thefe that GOD will keepe 
 his promife, fpoken by the mouth of Dauid the 
 Prophet , He hathgiuen a portion vnto them that fear e 
 
 him. 
 
 ^^^^i^^^^^£^G!i^^s^:^^^»^ 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 41, 
 
 him , he will euer he mindefull of Ms Covenant, And 
 what is it ? Even this, Tliy wyfejhall he as thejruite- 
 full vynes on the fides of thine houje , and thy Children 
 lyhe the Oliue plants round ahout thy tahle , thus are 
 they hlejfed that f ear eth GOD, For all thefe kynde 
 promifes and large bleffinges beftowed on nian- 
 O kinde, yet there are many men and women whom 
 )9( God hath blefled with children, who are vnworthy 
 ^ & vnnatural Parents ; they are careles of their chil- 
 g drens education , and cares not what becomes of 
 them. How far is it againft Nature to fee a woman 
 cary the Infant in her belly nyne moneths ; and 
 that whyle vexed with fo many fundry forts of in- 
 toUerable paines, and when fhe approches neere 
 the delivery of her birth , what a feare and terror 
 will poflefs all the parts of her bodie ? what pittifuU 
 exclamations will llie make through her grieuous 
 tortour ? what an extreame agony and perrell of her 
 lyfe will fhe be in, before the Childe parte from 
 her belly? This is a great and ftupendeous mira- 
 cle of Nature, ordained by GOD Almighty, and 
 for all thefe torments, greefes, and vexations, fome 
 vnnaturall mothers will forget their children, flie 
 will be fo delicate, flie will not nourifhe them, 
 nor fyle her fine cloathes with flobbring young- 
 lings, ftie muft haue a ftranger to nource her childe, 
 for the bewtie of her fnowe-white skinne muft 
 not be blabered with fucklings. It appeares very 
 well, that thefe forte of women gettes and ingen- 
 ders their children onely for pleafures fake, and 
 delivers them to the worlde for meere neceffi- 
 
 M tie. 
 
I cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 tie to empty their wombe. Again when they come 
 to perfite yeares, fome Parents will giue over their 
 children to all kinde of mifery. When G O D in his 
 fuper-aboundant mercy fpeakes to Sion be his Pro- 
 phet, he faieth, Can the mother forget her owne infant, 
 or canjlie not he mercifuU to the childe of her own wombe ; 
 ifjhe could he forgetfully yet I will not forget thee, nor 
 can Irf^e£t thee ,for heholde Ihaue written thee in the 
 flejhe of my owne hands* In this coraparifon our GOD 
 Ihowes how farre it goeth beyond all naturall rea- 
 fon that the Parents ftiould forget their children. 
 But there are many children who deferueth the 
 wrath of their Parents, through their owne ingrati- 
 tude, and through their great over-fight of duety. 
 Honour thy Father and thy Mother , that thy dayes may 
 he long in the land which the Lord thy God hath giuen 
 thee. Let ingratfuU children goe look on that won- 
 drous worke of Nature, and of Loue; the young 
 Cigonztis will vomet vp their meate from their llo- 
 mach to nurifch their parents, when they are oulde 
 and can not flee. Looke to all beafts by Nature, 
 what loue they cary one to another, & what mutu- 
 all concord in their owne kinde; and how much 
 ought reafonable creatures, the Parents to 
 
 more 
 
 the children, and the children to the Parents: Ye 
 Parents (faieth S. Paul) prouoke not your children to 
 wrath: meaning be over great aufteimes. When 
 Parents and Children lines all in peace and quyet- 
 nes , and in charitable concord, O how good a thing 
 is it (faieth the Scripture) and how joyfuU is it, to 
 fee brethren and fitters, and the whole family to line 
 
 m 
 
X 
 
 OF HFMORS, 
 
 in loue and peace , they eate their bread with fweete 
 contentment, and fpends their dayes in great hap- 
 pines. But woe be to feditious tail-tellers, to leying 
 lippes , to harkners and rounders , to back-byters 
 and flanderers, who are fowers of diffention, and 
 with their wicked and malitious tongues, are in- 
 venters of mifcheif: The wifdome of GOD faith, 
 A wicked perjbnjbwethjlrife , and a tail-teUer maketh 
 diffention . It is vpon fuch wicked inftruments that 
 the great GOD hath promefl to rainejire and brim- 
 Jionef withjlormie tempejls: this fliall be the portion 
 of their cup, with many more greevous and end- 
 lefle torments , which are provided for detra6ters 
 and flanderers. All heqftes are tamde be many but the 
 tongue no man can tame, it is an vnruely euillyfuU qf 
 deadly p&yfone . Contentment is great wealth, and fo- 
 breatie with loue, is better then Kingdomes with 
 ftrife , I had rather dwell with a Lioti, then keepe houfe 
 with a ivicked wife. And againe faith the Scripture, A 
 wicked wife maketh ajory heart, an heauy countenance, 
 and a wounded minde, wake hands, andfeebleknees,and 
 can not comfort her husband in hauines. Can any goe 
 more neere the husband then the wife ? are they not 
 both one flefh ? But fuch is the wake fragility of our 
 wicked nature, that even they who lieth in others 
 bofomes fome-time will difcord ; but the difcord 
 amongft friends fliould be fliort, as betwix the Pa- 
 rents and the Children , betwix Brether and Si- 
 fters, and cheefly betwix the Man and the Wife; 
 Is it not written, Let not the Sunnegoe downe vpon your 
 anger: The anger of fome wemen are dangerous. 
 
 M 2 The 
 
 42. 
 
 Jam. 3. 
 
 Eccl 25. 
 cap. 
 
,Eccl4>2. 
 cap. 
 
 ' Judges. 
 14. cap. 
 
 Pro. 12. 
 
 cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 The wife and learned man Aufonius fpeaking of a wo- 
 mans anger, he faieth , That the wylde Boare perjew- 
 ed qfdogSy the Viper whqfe taile is tread vpon, the Ly- 
 ons bitten with hunger, the Tiger robd of her young-ones, 
 are not more cruell andfearce then an angry woman. 
 Meliorejliniquitas viri, quam mulier henejaciens. There 
 Ihould be no vp-cafls betwixt the man and the wo- 
 man, as to fay, thou art come of this , or of that, we 
 are all the children of Adam, and alfo what ever fe- 
 cretes are amongft them , fhould not be reveild, 
 were the occalion never fo great. Many times great 
 mifchief hes bred of fuch things, for this caufe wo- 
 man Ihuld not be curious of the mans perticular af- 
 fairs. Sampfon being maried with the vncircumcifed 
 Philiftanes, his wife did never reft, but importuned 
 him to knowe his fecrets, and then fhe reveiled all 
 to his great harme. The wife man Salomon fayeth, 
 A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband, butJJie 
 that maketh him qJJiamed, is as corruption in his bones. 
 But many times it falles out, that the man is author 
 of his fhame, blowing and founding abroad the 
 Trumpet of his owne ignomy ; in this refpe6l, that 
 when he knoweth a particular imperfection to pre- 
 dominat in his wife, he will not be fecrete, but 
 makes the world pointe their fingers at his turpi- 
 tude ; when he is to come home, he fhould fend 
 word before, and tell he comes, and if his minde af- 
 fure him that Occupata e lajian%a , then Ihould he be 
 very ware to enter his houfe vpon a fuddainty, leaft 
 he catch a moat in his eye, and then his eie-fore 
 will fting his heart with impatience, turning all 
 
 the 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 the mifty-clouds of his darke doubts, in a clear-fhi- 
 ning verity, it will bring Jeloufie to a true and per- 
 fite refolution, it will giue him pofleffion of HorneSy 
 and fo by this meanes , it inroUes him amongft the 
 Cathegory of voluntary Cuck-colds , then rauft he 
 maintaine a back-dore for the ingrejfe and egrejfe of 
 his wifes vulgare adlions. AJentenall mall haue a 
 good eare , a quick eie, and a fwift retreat , that the 
 aVarme may be the more tymous, and to make a 
 more large preparation for Patience . O what a 
 fpatious fubje6l is this, and how endleffe appeares 
 this profound difcourfe; like a ftranger Pilgrim in 
 a wilderneffe , I haue loft my way ; or like the Sea- 
 faring-man fatigated in a longfome voyage, foun- 
 ding his lead where he findeth no ground, in fuch 
 groundles deepes ; then at laft he returnes hopeles 
 to end his (feeming endleffe) journey, with a dif- 
 fembling courage, and a hearties cry, he comforts 
 his company. So (good Reader) I am forced heere 
 obruptly to break off, for fo long as this Subje6l; is 
 the load-ftar of my difcourfe, I think, and am affured 
 that my Ship fliall never arryue to the fight of 
 Capa dellhuena afpermma. Then in defpaire I bid this 
 large Occean fare- well , for this fearful! , and tempe- 
 ftuous ftorme threatens Ship- wrack, I muft ftand 
 by my Taik-ling , fhut my Rudder a lee , and feeke 
 vp for the next flioare. 
 
 Away vaine worlds thou Occean ofannoyes^ 
 And welcome Heauen with thy eter nail joy es . 
 
 O how 
 
 43. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 OHow farre (beholde) doeth it goe beyond 
 the reatch of mans capacitie to ponder the 
 great and wondrous workes of GOD, 
 when we meditate vpon his miracles, to fee the )g( 
 frame of every thing, prefenting fuch ftrange ob- § 
 je6ts, this large profpe6l of Heaven and Earth, the 15 
 admirable operations of every thing which hath |g£ 
 bene wroght, and ftill works in the fwift courfe of ^ 
 time; and when we haue confidered all that we § 
 can, or may, we fliall fee that mankinde of all other C§ 
 creatures, are moll ingrate to his Creator. So that |g^ 
 this great and vniverfal Glob , whofe fpatious ^ 
 Ihoulders is over-lodned with the wickedneffe of 
 mankinde, and wearied with the heavy burthen of 
 weightie linne, and the vnnaturall ftrife in all 
 kinde of eftates, even from the ritch Monarch to 
 the poore begger. We may fee Kings oppofde a- 
 gainft Kings, thefe great and earthly powers tri- 
 umph in other mens fpoyle, we may fee mightie 
 ruelars vfurpe Kingdomes, fubje6ls mutein againft 
 their owne naturall Prince, contemne his Laws, & 
 in fpight of GOD, oppreffe the poore, and turne 
 careles Ratinegats to all Chriftianity , Virum fangui- 
 num ^ dohfum abhominabitur Dominus, GOD ab- 
 hors and detefts the bloudy and malitious man, he 
 fliall never get mercy, all his abhominations fliall 
 not leaue him, but fliall follow him and accufe him, 
 his ambition, and the complaints of the opprefled, 
 fhall conderane his Soule. And what is all this 
 world , it is noght elfe but a ftage where euery one 
 a6ls their parte, and then makes an eternall retret 
 
 with 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 44. 
 
 without retunle, Heavens incloftred powers looks 
 downe, and they fee all the dulfuU Tragedies of vn- 
 recalled time, and marks the vnfpeakable wicked- 
 nefle of mankinde, how many folies are a6led vpon 
 this ftage, for the moft parte playes the Buffone, and 
 all their life is but a pleafant Comedy, and with the 
 Ethnick they cry out, Ede , hibe , dorme , pqji Mortem 
 nulla voluptas . Vpon the other parte we may be- 
 holde the pidture of true repentance, paintod with 
 ten thoufand miferies , the pittifiill gefture of men, 
 how vnlawfull Law hes made miferable, the beg- 
 gerd Marchant , who hath bankerd-out his credit : 
 the Artifan whom age and iicknes brings to po- 
 verty, and we may fee how the threed-bare Catio- 
 ner goeth with melancholious grones, dilperfing 
 the fighs of his greeved minde in the Aire : we may 
 fee how the curious Alchamifl in feeking the PhilO' 
 fopher-Jlone , with continuall travell, and far-foght 
 inventions hath wrung out all the fubflance of his 
 wits, and feeking to finde wealth, hath loft all his 
 wealth, fo till at laft, his fweating labors, rypes no- 
 thing elfe but fmooke. O then, his repentance be- 
 ginnes to challenge time, when all his finooking 
 hopes are vaniftied in the aire, in end, he payeth his 
 debt to Death , and dyeth a begger. And we may 
 fee the Necromancer, one who hath ftudied the black 
 Art, for a little borrowed (and yet a very vncer- 
 taine) tyme dambs his owne foule, and giues it as 
 a proper tribute to Hell , and why ? becaufe with 
 the Arch-deuUs diredlion , he will command all the 
 infernall fpirits. O moft vaine illufion, and deceat- 
 
 fuU 
 
Reuel. 
 20. cap. 
 
 Gen. 6. 
 \cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 ful pleafure which brings nothing with it, but eter- 
 nall horror. Now when all men hath a6led their 
 parte vpon this vniverfall ftage, then comes Al- 
 commanding Death, & fwiftly cryes to every one, 
 Away^ gette you gone, your parte is playde. So with 
 his Imperiall Darte , he ftreaketh all kinde of Crea- 
 tures without refpe6l , and then with his reuth- 
 les hand, he draweth the darke Courtaine of the 
 Graue, over the paill bodie of raankinde. So fhall 
 thy foule compeare before the Great Spedlator of 
 Heaven , who hath feene all thy a6lions , and how 
 thou haft plaide thy parte in this world , there the 
 booke is opened where all thy doings are in Re- 
 gifter , if they be vpright , then art thou crowned 
 in the Majefticall Throne of Eternall Glory ; if 
 thy actions and doinges be falfe, and found deceat- 
 full , if thou haft ftopped thy eares , and woulde 
 not hearken , nor heare vnto the voice of Gods 
 Meffingers , then fhall thy name be blotted and 
 fcraped out of the Booke of lyfe, and thy foule and 
 bodie fhall be condemned to burne perpetuallie in 
 the Everlafting fyre of Hel. O what a pittifuU thing 
 is it to fee fo many catiue creatures careles of the 
 life to come, and what great debt they take on their 
 foule to be payed at the latter day . The wicked ab- 
 hominations of mans heart made GOD in his 
 great wrath cry out and fay , / repent that ever I 
 made man. And why did our Saviour Chrift hate this 
 world, he telleth the reafon. Quia mundus totus in ma- 
 ligno pojitus ejl. Becaufe the Worlde altogether is 
 placed in wickednefle. For we may beholde, what 
 
 wicked- 
 
C^.^f^/^f^'^'^'^'^'^'^'^j?**^'^^ 
 
 OF HVMORS, 
 
 Pro. 16. 
 
 Cap, 
 
 'fii 
 
 wickednes pofleffes mankinde, even from their ve- 
 rie youth-head ? of what evill inclination ? how per- 
 verfe in their a6tions ? and how contemptioiis to 
 age? how will they mock, fcorne, and difdaine the 
 reverend Father, and the aged Matrone. O fayes 
 the word of God, Age is the crowne of glory, therefore 
 we fhould honour age, helpe and reverence age, 
 the pernitious nature of man is fuch, that it breeds 
 contention , emulation , and continuall difcords, 
 how vncharitable without law, reafon, or religi- 
 on, fo that man to man are the moft cruell enemies 
 of any other creatures : when the Neronicall heart 
 of man being in a tirannicall humor , what kinde of 
 llrange tortures will they devife one againft ano- 
 ther ? how vnnaturall is this ? and how farre is it a- 
 gainft all Chriftianitie ? it hath kindled the wrath 
 of the Almightie, when anger calleth Ifraell, Gentem 
 apoftatricem dura facie 8^ indomahili corde, an apofta- 
 ticall Nation with a Ihameleffe face & encourage- 
 able heart, who will not acknowledge the won- 
 drous mercies of our loving God, Miferos facit po- 
 pulos peccatuniy linne maketh people miferable , and 
 when holy Joh fpeaking of wicked men and of care- 
 leffe finners, he fayeth, Bibit quqfi aquam iniquita- 
 tenif they drink vp finne like water, even like 4 thir- 
 llie flomack, with as little care and as much plea- 
 fure drinke they vp wickednes , and that thou who 
 readeft this , may the better beleeue me : goe and 
 with experience thou Ihalt fee (goe I fay) & walke 
 abroad into the ftreetes, and behold the doings of 
 mankinde; looke and marke well their behaviour, 
 
 N and 
 
 4'4'4'«^$^»4'4'4^^ 
 
 45. 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 ^ 
 
 and falhions, coniider well and attentiuely what is 
 done in Market-places, in Kings Courts, in Juftice 
 houfes , in common meeting places , what lying, 
 & deceaving? what flander & Ihameleffe villany? 
 thou ftialt fee nothing in this world fo little accoun- 
 ted of as iinne, thou fhalt fee Juftice corrupted with 
 briberie, and variety fold for money, and impudent 
 faces defpife equity, thou Ihalt fee the innocent co- 
 demned, the wicked and malitious malefa6lor deli- 
 vered and fet free, the villaine advanced, & the ver- 
 tuous defpifed, thou ihalt fee the proud oppreffour 
 triumph, & theeues command, vfurers and brokers 
 deceaving their neighbours, extortioners at liberty 
 to execute their owne delires : and thou ihalt fee 
 ignorant fooles preferred to great authority , be- 
 caufe they are ritch, worthlelfe men reverenced, ho- 
 nored, and drawen vp to great dignities, and thou 
 ilialt fee how the eager deiire of ambition cuts in- 
 nocent throats, treafon covered and cloaked with 
 flattery : and to conclude, thoii ihalt heare the ge- 
 neral voyce of the people, to be nothing elfe but of 
 vanities, bawdrie, and whoring, detra6lion & back- 
 biting, pride, en vie, deceit, drunkennes, diiiimulati- 
 on, wantonnes, diifolation, flatterie, lying, fwearing, 
 perjuring, & blafpheming. And fo this ihal confirme 
 (that in their perrillous and latter dayes) how mif- 
 chief abounds, & what abhominations are fpred on 
 the face of the earth, having no regard to law or ju- 
 ftice, to reafon nor religion, but in an vnfatiable ap- 
 petite of beaftlinelTe, are become drunk with iinne: 
 how glad may the man of an vpright mind be ? how 
 
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 46. 
 
 quiet may his foule be? at what fweet repofe may 
 his confcience be ? when all his a6lions are vp- 
 right before GOD: the Scripture fayes, Secura Pro. 15. 
 mens Juge conuiuiumy a fecure confcience is a blithe ^"P- 
 banquet : but O thou wicked man ! O thou mali- 
 tious oppreflbur ! O thou deceitful! and avaritious 
 villaine : how fhalt thou haue thy foule and con- 
 '%> fcience tortured? the terrour of thy vnrighteouf- 
 neffe fliall torment thee, thy nights fhall be voyde 
 of reft, and thy foole ihall be wrapped vp in the 
 ^* pricking thornes of thy owne wickedneiTe , everie 
 •^* thing fliall affray thee , all obje6ls fliall threaten 
 thee, and reftlefle defpaire fliall hant thee with ten 
 thoufand devillifli temptations : Salomon fayes, the Pro. 28. 
 wicked manfiietli though no manpurfue him : Hee will ^^P- 
 ftart at his owne fliadow, the heart of him is alwaies 
 aloft, Confcientia mille tejies : O but heare in the end 
 what is prepared for fuch wicked and infolent fin- 
 ners (who hath fuch pleafure in this world, & with 
 their abhominations procures the heavie wrath of 
 God) even this is prepared for them, Cruciabmiiur in 
 fcECula fcBCulorum injlagno ardenfe igne S^fulphure, 
 they flial be tormented for ever & ever in a burning lake 
 of fire & brimfton. O that the horror of this fentence 
 might make vs mark our owne blindnes, and amend 
 our beaftly life, Noliti fieri Jicut equus et mulus quihus 
 non eji intelledus : Be not like the horfe or the Mule, 
 which hath no vnderftanding, as the Prophet would 
 fay, be not fo brutifli nor fo voyd of reafon, nor yet 
 fet not thy faluation to fuch a fmall reckoning . O 
 thou Reader, I will requeft thee, & all mankind ever 
 
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 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 to remember and hold this moft worthy and infal- 
 lible fentence printed in thy heart , Hoc momentum 
 vnde pendit ceternitas. This Ihort life is the very mo- 
 ment whereon dependeth all eternitie , either the 
 eternall joyes of heaven, or elfe the eternall paines 
 of hell . O I fay againe , remember this true fen- 
 tence, and haue a continuall care of this moment, and 
 fpend it not in fuch idle vanities , Agree with thine 
 aduerfarie qtiicJely, whiles thou artin the waygoing with 
 him, leajl thine aduerfarie deliuer thee to the Judge, 
 and the Judge deliuer thee to thejaylor, and the jay - 
 lor caji thee in pri/bn , where thou Jhalt not come out 
 till thou haue payed all . How carefuU fliould we be in 
 this little moment of our life , to prevent the intol- 
 erable and endleffe burning paines of hell . What 
 would the damned foules in hell doe, if they were 
 in this world againe ? how would they Ipend this 
 moment, to efcape that vnfpeakable torture, that 
 ever-burning Gehenna , where nothing elfe is but 
 gnalhing of teeth and everlafling horrour, yea, and 
 worfe than the tongue or heart of man can tell or 
 thinke, out of the which part there is no redempti- 
 on. Good Chriftian Reader, againe I will requeft 
 thee, and all iinners, to print this in the depth of thy 
 heart : And I my felfe, I confeffe to be a moft gree- 
 vous linner, when I thinke vpon the loffe of preti- 
 ous time, it ftirills my wearie foule with griefe, it 
 wearies my dayes, and difturbs my reft : with that 
 holy Prophet Dauid, I crie to God with a repenting 
 heart: O Lord, remember not thejinnes of my youth, 
 nor my ignorance, hut according to thy great mercies re- 
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 memher thou me , euenfor thy goodnes Jake, O Lord: 
 The workes of our Lord God are great and won- 
 drous, they are incomprehenlible, and yet his mer- 
 cies exceedes all his ftupendious workes ; therefore 
 once more let vs confider fo neere as wee can the 
 great works of God, the creating of all things. The 
 heauens (fayes the Prophet Dauidjfets forth his glory, 
 and the firmament Jhewes the worhes of his hands; the 
 earth, the feas, and all living creatures therein, the 
 ftrange courfe of every thing in heaven, in earth, &; 
 the naturall inclination of all living creatures. Look 
 on the feas how they are limited, that they fliall not 
 paffe their bounds , but keepes their due courfe : 
 Looke on the creation of mankinde, he hath made 
 vs according to his owne image, and of the verie 
 dirt and flime of the earth hath he created and for- 
 med vs, he hath alfo made vs fubje6l to many infir- 
 mities of Nature, the filthinefle of our flefli, the ex- 
 crementall corruption of many fundry and ftrange 
 difeafes, which are naturall, and iniident both to 
 man and woman : And what would this carcafe of 
 ours be, if it had not the change of cleane cloathes ? 
 it would be naught elfe but a mafTe of vermine, and 
 with time the fmell of our flefli would be loathfom, 
 and fo in the end wee would putrifie and confurae 
 to naught . O man, why is all this done ? onely to 
 bafe our pride, and God hath done it to let vs fee 
 what ftuffe wee are made of: and what hath our 
 good God done more ? Within this earthly veflell 
 of our body, he hath placed a foule made of a de- 
 vine and heavenly fubftance, adorned with all her 
 
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 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 faculties, and garniflied with reafon ; the Prophet 
 Dauid fayes, Little inferiour to the Angels . And be- 
 fides all this , he hath caft vnder our feete all kinde 
 of other creatures, and aboue all his workes that 
 work of vnfpeakable love , that miraculous worke 
 of our redemption, and yet the mercie of our Lord 
 God goes farre aboue, and farre exceedes all his 
 wondrous works : for the holy Prophet Dauid fayes. 
 The Lord is good and Jcinde to all^ and his mercies are 
 aboue all hi^ great and wondrous works. And heare what 
 our good & loving God fayes more with his owne 
 mouth : The mountainesJJiall remoue, the hillsjhallfall 
 downe, hut my mercie JJiall not depart from thee: neither 
 
 Jhalllhreahe the couenant of my peace, faith the Lord, 
 that hath compajjion on thee ? What great and true 
 confidence may we then haue in Gods mercie ? he 
 fayes againe by the mouth of his Prophet : The Lord 
 doth attend tliejinners conuerjion, to the end he may take 
 mercy on him, and thereby be exalted: Yet heare more 
 Avhat God fpeakes to Ezechiel the Prophet : Say vntxt 
 them, as I Hue, faith the Lord God, Idefirenotthedeath 
 of the wicked, but thai the Jinner fiould turn from his 
 
 Jinfullife ^ Hue: And farther, with what great compaf- 
 (ion goes he on to allure & perfwade his people to con- 
 vert : O fayes he, Turne you turne you from your wick- 
 ednes,for why wilUjou perifli and die, Oyou houfe oflf- 
 raell : How many kind & loving perfwaiions doth our 
 loving God giue vs to draw neere, and come home to 
 him. What gentle & kind corrections ? what large 
 and great fpace of repentance ? what wonderfull & 
 fweet Parables of our Saviour Jefus Chrift in the 
 
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 48. 
 
 Evangell : Of the good llieepheard who brought 
 back the Iheep vpon his ihoulders, which had gone 
 aftray, what joy and feafting makes bee with his 
 friends, and of the honeft woman when ihee findes 
 her loft peace of liluer. And the pittifuU father with 
 teares of mercie & compaiRon receaved his forlorn 
 fonne, with what joy and gladnes did bee embrace 
 him. Here doth our fweet Saviour Jefus, ftiew what 
 great joy is in heaven at the convertion of a linner. 
 Our loving God again entring in more conference 
 with the linner, he begins to reafon with him : Thou 
 • fay eft that I am ritch^ and encreafed with goods ^ and full 
 qffuhftance, and thatlhaue need of nothing, and doejl 
 thou not know how poore thou artf how wretched f how 
 ^ miferable'^ how hlinde"^ and how naJced thou artf Then 
 ^ our Saviour goes on with fweet perfwading fpeeches 
 to allure the linner, faying: I counfell thee to buy of me 
 gold, tried he the fire, that thou mayejl he made ritch, 
 and white ratjment, that thou mayejl he cloathed^ and 
 that thyfilthie nahednejfe may not hefeene, and anoint 
 thine eyes with eyefaluejhat thou mayejl fee: And when 
 he with chaines of loue keepes his owne faft to him, 
 p* he fayes. As many as I loue, Irehuhe and chqften, he 
 ^ %ealous therefore and amend. Now againe at laft he 
 concludes with fervent compaffion, Behold I Jtand 
 at the dore and knocJc, if any man heare my voice, and 
 open the dore, I will come in vnto him, and I will f up 
 with him, and hee with mee . What more comforta- 
 ble fpeeches would the heart of mankinde craue ? or 
 what greater confolation can wee caitiue and dif- 
 treffed fmners delire , who would refufe to open 
 
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 3. Cap. A 
 
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the dore of his heart to entertaine fuch a worthie 
 gueft of infinite loue and mercie, even Chrift Jefus "^ 
 the onely fonne of God omnipotent : he gave his "^ 
 life to ranfone the foules of finners, he left the glo- "^ 
 rious heavens for our caufe, and cloathed him felfe 
 with our wilde and filthy nature . Many yeeres did 
 he preach, he fuffered cold, hunger, and reproach, "^ 
 he was tempted, and fafted forty dayes in the wil- 
 dernes, in the agony of his prayers he fweat bloud, "^ 
 he was tortured, fold, and imprifoned, his head was •'^ 
 crowned with Iharpe thornes, his body torne with "^ 
 fcourges, he was mocked, buffeted, and fpet in the "^ 
 face , his body hung on the CrolTe betwixt two "^ 
 theeues, and his armes out-ftretched, his hands and "^ 
 feete peirced with nailes of iron , and his fide and <% 
 heart wounded to death ; neither was we bought ''^ 
 with filuer, gold, or pretious Hones , but with the '^ 
 infinite price of the bloud, and life of our Sauiour 
 Jefus Chrifl i the onely fonne of our ever-living <^ 
 God. O it was our finnes and wickednes put him 
 to death, and laid all his cruell torments on him, it <% 
 was our wickednes made him fall forty dayes when •<^ 
 he was tempted in the wildernes, we crowned his <% 
 Imperiall head with fharpe thornes, we bound his <^ 
 delicate armes with cords , wee mocked him, wee <« 
 flripped him naked , and fcourged his blefTed bo- <^ 
 die, we buffeted and fpat in his moft glorious face, 
 we laid the CrofTe on his patient flioulders, we caft <^ 
 lots for his vpper garments , we crucified him be- <^ 
 twixt theeues, and nailed his innocent hands and 
 feet to the CrofTe : it was for vs he fweat bloud and 
 
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 OF HVMORS. 
 
 49. 
 
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 water in his prayers, and it was we, even onely we 
 who peirced and wounded his heart , and it was 
 wee who made him in his cruell paines of death, 
 cry out in his laft paffion, My God, my Gody why liajl 
 ihouforfaken me: All this, and much more hath our 
 wickednes done to the incomprehenfible Majeftie 
 of Almighty God. Heare with what great admira- 
 tion the Prophet Ifay cries out, fpeaking of the Paf- 
 fion of Jefus Chrift long before his comming : Who 53. Cap. 
 will (fayes he) beleeue our report , and to whom is the 
 arme of the Lord reuealed f Then he begins and tells 
 of his fufferings & torments for our finnes, laying : 
 Surely he hath horne our infirmities ^ and carted our for- 
 roweSt yet we did judge 8^ ejleeme himplaguedy andfmit- 
 ten of Gody and humbled, hut hee was wounded for our 
 tranfgreJJionSy it was for our iniquities he was puni/hedy 
 The burthen of our finnes was laide on his backe 
 like a fimple fheepe, fo was he led to the flaughter, 
 in patient filence fuffered he all forts of paines, nei- 
 ther was wickednes with him, fraud nor deceit was 
 never found in his mouth : this Innocent was put 
 to death amongft theeues and malefactors, for the 
 finnes of the world : The Evangelift S. John fayes. For 
 Godfo loued the world y that he hath giuen his onely he- 3. Cap. 
 gotten fonne Jefus Chrijty that whofoeuer heleeueth in 
 ^ him.ffiould not perijliy hut haue life euerlajiing . And 
 g what fhall this life everlafting be ? the Apoflle tells 
 Ijj thee, That eye hath notfeency nor eare hath not heardy 1. Corin. 
 ^ nor yet the heart of man can not imagine what Jiappinejfe 2. Cap. 
 K and glory is prepared for tJiem thatJJiallhefaued, Now 
 ^ deare and loving Reader, confider with what little 
 ft O paines 
 
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 \lfay, 25 
 
 cap. 
 'fReuel. 
 57. cap. 
 : Reuel. 
 J21. cap. 
 
 Roma. 
 J8. cap. 
 
 paines thou may (in this little moment of thy life) 
 prevent the everlafting paines of hell , and make 
 conqueft of the eternall glory of heaven, to fee and 
 behold the vnfpeakable Majeflie of God, fet on his 
 triumphant Throne, environed & compaft with the 
 glorified Saints , & the innumerable Martirs , who 
 hath fuffered for the faith of his fonne Jejus Chri/i, 
 when the woman in travaile and bitter paines of hir 
 birth is releeved of her naturall burthen : how will 
 the pleafure of her child expell the paines, and giue 
 her comfort ? Even fo after the weariednefle of this 
 world, the paines and anguilh, then comes the joy- 
 full pleafure of heavens, which expells all our vexa- 
 tions, comforts our foules, and wipes all the teares 
 from our eyes , what perfecution ? what croffe or 
 worldly temptation ihould hold or keepe vs backe 
 from fuch an infinite treafure, from fuch an endleffe 
 joy : Let vs fay with that conftant and blefled fervant 
 of Jefus Chrift, WlioJtiaUJeperate vsjrom the loue of 
 ChrifttJJiaU tribulation, or anguiJJi, (mt perfecution, or 
 famine, or nakednes, or perrill, orjword, as it is writ- 
 ten: for thy fake are wee killed all the day long, wee are 
 counted asjheepefor thejlaughter : neuerthelejfe in all 
 thefe things we are more then conquerours, through him 
 that loued vs: for I am perfwaded that neither death nor 
 life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things 
 prefent, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor 
 any other creature Jhall he able tofeperate vsfrom the 
 loue of God, which is in Chriji Jefus our Lord. And a 
 little before, this happy and godly Apoftle fayes in 
 this fame chapter , For I count the affli6tions of this 
 
 prefent 
 
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 OF HVMORS. 
 
 50. 
 
 ^ 
 
 prejent life are not worthy of the gloiy which JliaU he 
 Jliowne to vs in the life to come : And for this refpe6l, 
 when hee confideredofthejoy qfheaueUyhee eJleemedaU 
 the r itches t all theglorie^ and all the honour of this world 
 hut vayled filth andjiinking dirt: How careful! then 
 Ihould wee be of this word Eternall ? and that in 
 this moment wee Ihould be good provifors : Our 
 Saviour defires vs faying, Negotiamini dum venio. 
 Be diligent , and lay much treafure to thee fore a- 
 gainll I come, and feeke for a reckoning of thee: 
 For hehoM (fayes he) I come quickly, and my reward is 
 with mee , to giue euery man according to his workes : 
 And what Ihall this reward be, if thou be vpright, 
 conftant , and continue firrae and faithfull to the 
 end, Se thou faithfull vnto the death, and I will giue 
 thee the crmvne of life , In hope of this glorious 
 Crowne, how gallantly ftiould thou fight againit 
 all the wofuU miferies of this world, and ftill con- 
 temne all their earthly temptations : In the word 
 of GOD the wife man forwames the faying, 
 My fonne , when thou art to come to the feruice of 
 G O D,JlandfaJl injujlice, and in f ear e, and prepare 
 thy minde for temptation. Heere thou art forwar- 
 ned in what eftate thou Ihalt be in time of battell, 
 and howe to lye at thy guard againft thy three 
 ghoftlie enemies. The DeuUl, the World, and the 
 Flejh : Stand therefore, and your loynesgirde about with 
 veritie , hauing on the breqft-plate of righteoufnejfe. 
 What Ihould hinder vs to fight againft our owne 
 infirmities, having fuch a Captain to encourage vs, 
 and fight for vs, to ftrengthen vs, to holde vs vp, 
 
 O 2 and 
 
 Ph%L. 3. 
 cap. 
 
 Luk. 19. 
 cap. 
 
 Apoca. 
 qfS.John'^ 
 21. cap. 
 
 2. Cap. 
 
 Ephe. 5. 
 cap. 
 
 C;«Mi«SC?^i«SQ^i«]2C*^ 
 
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 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 )Judg. 7 
 \Cap. 
 
 ^Prou.l9 
 icap. 
 
 and helpe vs . Our Saviour fayes , You are they who 
 hauejioode with me in my temptations^ and therefore I 
 prepare Jbr you a Kingdome . And I pray thee heare 
 good Reader M^hat a Kingdome, even to be perta- 
 ker of his owne glory, to lit crowned with him in 
 all eternall joy and happineffe, but our infirmities, 
 and weakneffe, and want of faith, and our flrength- 
 lefle hearts, and our great faintnefle hath made our 
 Captaine Chrift to fay , You haue left me in time of 
 temptations : this lets vs fee how feeble wee are of 
 our felues, and that without the helpe of God wee 
 are nothing, nor can doe nothing. Our omnipotent 
 God diminilhed the Camp of Jerubaall, and with a 
 very fmall number made him overcome the great & 
 llrong armie of the Midianites, leaft Jerubaall ftiould 
 haue faid. It is the ftrength of man hath woone the 
 vi6lorie, and fo taken away the honour, glory, & po- 
 wer from God, iVbw nobis Domine, non nobis fed nomi- 
 ne tuo da gloriam . O man, bafe thy pride, for of thy 
 felfe thou art naught elfe , but a miferable and 
 flrengthlefTe worme, and all thy refolutions are but ^ 
 meere folly, for behold the foolilh hearts, and thou 
 flialt fee what courfe, and what flraunge decree 
 they will make to them felues . What vowes and 
 promifes fealed with oathes will they make to per- 
 forme wonders : but O let the foolilh man heare 
 what the wifedome of God fayes , Many deuifes are 
 in a mans heart , but the counfell of the Lord Godfhall 
 Jiand : Thou mayell flatter thy felfe with many faire 
 promifes , but all is vaine , becaufe God almightie 
 mult be the chiefe a6lour of all things. This made 
 
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 the Apoftle Saint Paul fay , / am able to doe all things 
 through the helpe of Chrift which Jirengthneth me, and 
 when it pleafes God to lay a crofle vpon the fhoul- 
 ders of any Chriftian, that he may be glorified, and 
 to be a chaine of loue to bring thee to him , and to 
 keepe thee faft with him : how will he helpe thee to 
 beare thy Crofle ? how will he draw thee forward ? 
 and how will he peace and peace releeue thee and 
 fet thee free : is it not written. Our God is faithfully 
 and he will not fuffer vs to be tempted aboue our Jirength, 
 Hee will lay no more on thee then thou art able to 
 beare, he will not fuffer one haire of thy head to pe- 
 rifh : he fayes, Ichajtice them whom I loue for the Lord 
 your God doth try andproueyou to know, if you loue your 
 Lord God with all your heart , and with all yourfoule. 
 Now in this meane time of his aduerfitie , what com- 
 fortable fpeeches ? and what great aflurance giues he 
 by his Prophet Dauid, He called on me (fayes he) 
 and I heard him when he is in trouble, I am with him, 
 and 1 mil deliuer him, and fet him free, and I will 
 glorifie him. Now when a man or woman is burthened 
 with any worldly crofle, can he goe to a better (or 
 can he goe to a more loving and wifer) Counfailer, 
 to difcharge the burthen of his griefe to, then to 
 our Lord Jefus Chrifl;, who knowes what is meet- 
 efl; for thee; Intelledum tibi dabo, et injiruam te in via 
 hac qua gradieris,Jirmabofuper te oculos meos, I will 
 (fayes he) giue thee vnderfl:anding, and I will teach 
 thee how and what way thou ftialt winue free of 
 thy trouble, and I fhall ever fixe my eyes vpon thee. 
 Now wilt thou but looke on all the great rulers and 
 
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 51. 
 
 Philip. 
 4. cap. 
 
 1. Cor. 
 10. cap. 
 
 Deut. 13. 
 cap. 
 
THE ANATOMIE ^ 
 
 principalities in this world. From the mighty and 
 ritch Monarch to the bafe and poore begger. And 
 tell me who can fay he hath no Crofle : beleeue me ^ 
 not any, for that man hath not beene, nor for the Sp 
 prefent is not, but he hath vexation, a griefe, and 
 a continuall crofle. What although hee appeare 
 to the eyes of this worlde, mofl content in earthly 
 glory, in ritches or authority, yet for all that, be- 
 fore night that day was never but hee had fomwhat 
 to repent him felfe of. Then thou who art croft, will 
 thinke in thy heart, and fay : O this man or woman 
 are happie, they haue no tribulation, they haue no 
 fighting with this world , their minde is in peace 
 and quietnefle, they Hue fecure , and are crowned 
 Kings of their owne defires. O foole , thou art de- 
 ceaued , for what is all our chiefeft joy in this vale 
 of miferie? euen nothing elfe but a funne-fliine 
 pleafure, bringing nothing with it but a grievous 
 ftorme of infinite cares : O but what remedie, euen 
 this muft be thy onely remedie, to fay with the Pro- 
 phet Dauid, Tribulationem <% dolorem inueni 8^ no- 
 men Domini inuocaui. In the time of my tribulation 
 and griefe, I called vpon the name of the Lord, hee 
 is the true Phifitian that muft heale thy fores, and 
 be aflured he will fay to thee as hee faid to S. Paul 
 in his great temptations , Sufficit tibi gratia mea. 
 My grace is fufficient to ftrengthen thee, to keepe 
 thee, and defend thee in thy greateft confli6l, and 
 to be a ftrong and mightie bulwarke againft all 
 temptations , and aboue all things , let vs that are 
 finners and grievous offenders of GOD, thinke 
 .1 and 
 
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 and affure our felues that it is onely our owne 
 iniquities, and wicked life, which procures our 
 croffe of tribulation: O then let vs not mur- 
 mure againft GOD, but let vs looke to our owne 
 finfuU life , that is the onely originall of all our mi- 
 feries : how ought we then to repent , for it is one- 
 lie finne difpleafes GOD, and nothing can pleafe 
 him but repentance and mourning . Heere I will 
 fet thee downe this comparifon : Take eye-falue and 
 applie it to any Jeqjired part of thy bodie, it will neither 
 helpe nor releeue thee of thy paine^ but take that eye- 
 Jalue and applied to thy eye, it will helpe and releeue thy 
 eye. Euenjb take mournings and applie it to tlie lojfe of 
 ritcheSf it doth no good, applie mourning to the lojfe of 
 friends, it doeth no good, applie mourning to the loffe of 
 honour, it doeth no good: but applie the teares of mour- 
 ning to thyfeajtredfoule, it will doe good, it will bathe 
 thy feajlred Joule , it will embalme and moUifie her 
 wounds, andgiue thee a true comfort in thyfweete Re- 
 deemer Jefus Chriji. It is onely he who will heare thy 
 lamentations, confider thy diflrefle, and exhaufl vp 
 thy remorfe in his mercy. When thou art wea- 
 ried & faints , he is the true fountaine who will re- 
 frefh thy wearied fpirit, he calls vpon all that are fa- 
 tigated and opprefled : If any man be thirjiie, let him 
 come vnto me, and heejhall haue drinke . How joy- 
 full may the thirftie finner be , to haue acceffe to 
 come and drinke of the true fountaine of life : heare 
 yet againe what fweete confolation hee powres in 
 thy heart by his Prophet : / haue afflicted thee alrea- 
 die, and I will not affli£t tliee againe: As he would £ay, 
 
 there 
 
 ,52. 
 
 John. 7. 
 cap. 
 
 Ndhum. 
 1. cap. 
 
 x^ns^9^^^^tis^f^^^s^^»s:^^^^ 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 18. 
 
 there Ihall not come from me a double tribulation. 
 Now good Chriflian, how may thy troubled foule 
 repofe vpon this loving and infallible promife. Ho- 
 ly and conftant Joh, in the middes of his torturing 
 griefe, cries out to God, Although he kill me, yet ivill 
 I trujt in him : and to animate thee, and to giue thee 
 more ftoutnes, that in aduerfitie thou be not over- 
 throwne : The royall Prophet Dauid cries to thee 
 with great courage , ExpeSia Dominum, viriliter age, 
 (^ confortetur cor tuum, S^JuJline Dominum : Truft in 
 the Lord, and fight manfully , our Lord will com- 
 fort thy heart, and therefore abide his will, for the 
 Lord our God will not leaue thee, hee will not de- 
 part from thee ? what great confidence hath this ho- 
 ly man had in GOD, for in the beginning of this 
 Pfalme, he fayes. Seeing God is theprotedor of my life, 
 who can harme me : And againe, with great affurance 
 he fayes, Si conji/lant aduerfum me cajlra, non timehit 
 cor meum:Ji exurgat aduerfum meprelium , in hoc ego 
 Jperdbo, Giue whole armies were comming againft 
 me, I Ihall not care, but hope in God, then hee fol- 
 lowes with this requeft : I haue fought one thing of 
 thee my God, that I may dwell all the dayes of my life 
 in thy houfe, and that I may fee the glory andbeautie of 
 thy Temple . Then when this bleffed man begins to 
 thinke vpon the wondrous benefits of God beftowed 
 on him with joy and gladnes of heart, he cries out 
 and fayes, JV^hatfiall I render the Lord for all his be- 
 nefits bejiowed vpon me, I will take the cup qffalua- 
 tion, and call vpon the name of the Lord: If wee poore 
 ingratefuU creatures, would meditate vpon the in- 
 
 compre- i 
 
 Qf^^fi^^^f£^39fi^i£^^^^^^ 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 comprehenfible loue of GOD of his long fuffe- 
 ring, and gentle patience. How flow is he to wrath, 
 and how fwift is he to mercy, what wrongs doeth 
 he receaue? Theyhaue (faiethhe) repayed euiljor good. 
 Then when he perceaved their great vnthankful- 
 nefle, their dulnefle and hardnefle of heart, and 
 that all what he did, could not moue his people to 
 turne to him . Then he cryeth out in great paffion, 
 Oye Heauens he aJloni/Jied at this, be affraied, and ut- 
 terly confounded. And yet with more vehemence be his 
 Prophet, hefayeth, Heare O Heauens, andharken O 
 Earthyforthe Lordhathfaid, Ifiaue nuriJJiedandhroght 
 vp children , and they liaue rebelled againjl me : The oxe 
 knoweth his owner, and the ajfe knoweth his maifters crib, 
 but yet my people knoweth not me: woe be to thisjinfull 
 nation, a people loaden with iuiquitie, a wickedfeed, and 
 corrupt children , they haueforfaken their Lord, they 
 haue prouocked the holy one qflfrael to anger, and iJiey 
 haue gone backwards. What an heavy lamentation 
 is this, how grievous was this complaint to the 
 Almighty GOD to make vpon bafe and filthy, 
 wake and worthlefle, creeping vermeine of the 
 Earth , whom the twinkling of his eie, might haue 
 deftroyed, and with the fmallefl: breath of his an- 
 ger, brought an infinite number of worlds to no- 
 thing. Who canjiand before his wrath, faieth the Pro- 
 phet Nahum , or who can abide the fearcene[fe of his 
 wrath f his wrath is powred out like fire, and the rocks 
 andmountaines are broken withhis anger. How oft hath 
 our iinnes (even now in this prefent age) procured 
 that heavy and terrible wrath of GOD, even that 
 
 P wrath 
 
 ;3. 
 
 Jere. 2. 
 cap. 
 
 Efay. 1. 
 cap. 
 
 Nahum. 
 1. cap. 
 
Efay.6^. 
 ^cap. 
 
 .Efay.QQ. 
 \cap. 
 
 '61. cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 wrath, I fay, which moues the Mountaines and 
 makes the hilles to trimble. Look (good Reader) and 
 thou fhalt fee how the fparkes of GODS furious 
 wrath is fpred throgh many parts of this world, we 
 may with teares houle and lament, and with vexati- 
 on of minde complaine and cry out with that holy 
 Prophet, Thine holy cities ly wai/iy Zion is become a wil- 
 dernejpe, andJeruJalemade/erty thehoufec^ourSandiua- 
 riCy and of our glory where our for ejhtherspraifed thee t is 
 brunt andconfumed with fir e^ and all our pleqfant things 
 are icaijled and dejlroyed. How heavily doeth this man 
 of GOD complaine, how doeth he bewaill this de- 
 flation and deftru6lion , and in the bitter paffion 
 of his heart, he crieth out , Wilt thou hold thyfelfejiill 
 attheje things, O Lord; what wilt thou holde thy peace , 
 andafflid vs aboue mecifuref As he wold fay, wilt thou 
 not take compaffion vpon vs , and wilt thou not 
 withdraw thy heavy wrath from vs ? What, without 
 all kinde of mercy fhall we be vtterlie deftroied ? 
 No , not fo , becaufe in his fuperaboundant loue, 
 and wonderfull great pietie , hee comforteth vs , and 
 faieth. In my wrath I haue punijhed thee, but in my 
 mercie I had compaffion on thee . And yet farther with 
 great regrate he maketh a fweete and comfortable 
 promife, Whereas thou haji been for fahen and hated,fo 
 that no man refpeded thee, IJJiall make thee an Eternall 
 giorie , and a joy from generation to generation . And 
 what more will our G O D of mercie doe ? And 
 they fhall (fayeth hee) builde the otdde waift places , 
 and raife vp the former de/blations, and theyjliall re- 
 paire all the Citties that were defolate, andwaiftthrough 
 
 many 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 many generations. What great ftore of Confola- 
 tion doeth this promife of GOD giue to vs? and 
 with what meeknefle of heart doeth he fay , Indig- 
 natio non eji mihi, I am not angrie, wrath is not 
 mine, I will freely forgiue thee, I will forgett all thy 
 iinnes, and call them behinde my back, I fliall 
 blot all thy wickednefle out of my memory, and be- 
 leeue me, I ftiall never thinke on thine offences any 
 more . Haue I any dejire that the wicked JJwuld dye^ 
 (fayeih our Lord God) orJhaUhe not Uue^ ifhereturne 
 from his wicJcedneJfe . And againe he perfwadeth vs, 
 faying , Cajlaway all your tranfgrejfions , whereby you 
 haue tranfgrejfedi and make you a new heart and a new 
 Jpirit, Let the teares of remorfe purge the filth of 
 linne from our foule. O that we in all humilitie 
 wolde coniider , what and how many earneft per- 
 fwafions our loving GOD hath laid, and ftill lay- 
 eth before vs to turne home to him ! Againe, hes our 
 abhominations and wicked life banifhed vs from 
 his loue ? O yet let vs not defpare of his mercy ! Al- 
 though ourjinnes were red asjcarlet, God will make 
 them white asjnowe. Come vnto me all ye (faieth our 
 Saviour) that are wearie and lodeny and I will refrejh 
 you. And then he beginneth to reproue the fluggard, 
 Goe labour in my vyne-yarde^ whyjland ye all the day 
 idle f Although we come with the laft, yet we will be 
 rewarded with the firft. Let vs throwe and call a- 
 way all hinders that lats vs and ftaies vs from GOD. 
 Let vs (I fay) in time mend our life, our good GOD 
 will helpe vs, he will make all impoffibilities, poffi- 
 ble. Marie Magdalen, and Marie the mother of James 
 
 P2 aU 
 
 54. 
 
 Exek.l8. 
 cap. 
 
 Efay. 1. 
 cap. 
 Math. 
 20. cap. 
 
 Mark. 
 16. cap. 
 
Ephef. 
 4. cap. 
 Ephef. 
 3. cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 l.S.Pet. 
 4. cap. 
 
 all the way, how carefull were they to gette the 
 great Hone rolled away from the fepulcher dore ; 
 and how foone they came to the dore, there they 
 found the ftone rolled and turned away. Even fo in 
 this happy journey of our converfion. Let vs call 
 away all worldly cares , and take vp our crofle and 
 follow Chrift , His yocke isjweete , and his burthen is 
 light y weJJiall not walke in darknejfe. Let vs fay with S. 
 Augujiine^ Et tu Domine vjque quoquam diu f quam 
 diuf Cras^cras, quare non modo? quarenon hac hora? 
 Jinis eft turpitudinis mece. O Lord, how long wilt thou 
 fuffer me thus ? How long ? How long ? Ihall I fay 
 to morrow, to morrow, why Ihould I not convert 
 now ? Why fliould there not be an end of my filthy 
 lyfe , even at this very inftant ? And let vs all fay 
 with the holy Prophet Dauidy O Lord create a new 
 heart in me, and renew my fpirit , and that we May 
 cqft off the ould man, and put on the new man. O Lord 
 giue vs grace hereafter that we may walke circum- 
 fpe6lly, and not like mad and infolent fooles, in ig- 
 norance , blindneffe and errour , that we may re- 
 deme the time that we haue fpent in fleuthfulnefle, 
 and idleneffe. Try me, O G OD, andjearch my heart, 
 {faieth Z)auid J proue me, and examine my thoghts: Con- 
 Jider if there he any way qfwickednejfe in me, and then 
 O Lord lead me in the way qfeternitie, I pray GOD 
 let vs never like dogs turne to our vomet, ftay Hill with 
 vs O Lord, becaufe it is neere the night. When S. 
 Peter faies. And if the righteous fear cely can hejaued, 
 where JJiall the vngodlie and thejinner appeare. What 
 a perellous fpeech is this, for vs poore and mife- 
 
 rable 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 55. 
 
 rable finners, who Hill heapes finne vpon finne. 
 Therefore deare brother, let vs cry, O Lord enter 
 not into judgement with vs , take all our finnes and 
 iniquities, and bury them in the bleeding wounds 
 of thy dearly beloved Sonne Jefus Chrift. Let the 
 Q temporall punifhments of this life , deliver vs , and 
 *"* redeme vs from the eternall paines of hell. Let vs 
 all lay with S. Ate/iein, Hie vre, kicjeca, vt in (ster- , 
 num parcas, O good GOD moUifie our hearts, and 
 let vs not be hardned when we heare thy voyce, 
 giue vs that ftrength of grace, that the filthy vapors 
 of our finnes extinguifli not thine holy fpirit in vs. 
 Daferuo tuo Domine cor docile : Giue vnto thy fer- 
 vant, O Lord , a tra6lable heart to receaue inllru- 
 _ , 6lion. And O GOD we pray thee to remember 
 Q thy promife. Ad quern refpitiam niji ad pauperculum 
 8^ contritum corde 8^ timentem fermones meos f To 
 whom will I haue regard , or lliew my favour , but 
 vnto the poore and humble of heart, vnto the con- 
 treat fpirit, and to fuch as trimble at my fpeeches ? 
 Thou never yet , O Lord , defpifed the facrifice of a 
 contreat heart. So long as the iinner remaines with- 
 in the darkned and mifty vapors of all wickedneffe, 
 he can not beholde the odeous and vylde leprofie, 
 nor the filthy apparell which finne cleideth his 
 foule with all, the devill blinds him : but when he 
 reteares hirafelfe from wickedneflTe, and walkes on 
 the faire way of Repentance , or when he flands v- 
 pon the Mountaine of Amendement, and then 
 lookes forth from the turrat of a good-life, behol- 
 ding the filthy ftiape, and the ougly portrate of fin, 
 
 O how 
 
 Efay. 
 66. cap. 
 
1. cap. 
 
 THE AN ATOM! E 
 
 O how will he then deteft hirafelfe that hath bene 
 fo long fwatring in that filthie myre , in that ftink- 
 ing puddle of finne, putrified with all abhominati- 
 ons, and how loathfome will fuch company be to 
 him thereafter, he will efchew them as a contagious 
 peft , and fay with the Prophet Dauid, Di/cedi te a 
 me omnes qui operamini iniquitatem quoniam exaudu 
 uit Dominus vocem fletus meiy Goe from me all ye 
 workers of iniquitie , becaufe my GOD hath 
 heard my weeping voice , and hath receaved my 
 prayer; or elfe he will intreate the wicked man with 
 gentle perfwalions , with good examples , and lo- 
 ving admonitions to fliake off that filthie and con- 
 tagious habite which infe6ls the foule, and keepes 
 him back, and debarres him from the loue of GOD, 
 and makes the Death of Chrift to be for him in 
 vaine. S. John the Evangeleft fayeth , It is onely to 
 them who beleeveth in him, that hee hath given 
 power to be the fonnes and children of GOD. It 
 is moft fure that onely want of faith maketh the 
 finner obftinate, he is a Iyer and can not beleue in 
 GOD, O thou poore and diftreffed creature looke 
 vpon thine owne miferable eftate, how thou gal- 
 lops poft to hell , and will not looke back but goeth 
 on thy cairleffe journey ! When we walke alone 
 on the fields, when we walk folitare in our chalmer, 
 when we ly in our bed , will we but meditate vpon 
 the fearfuU and terrible Majeftie of GOD (whom 
 all the Heavens can fcarce containe) of his vnlpeak- 
 able glory, of his Almightie power. And it is onely 
 this great and Omnipotent Jehouak that we offend. 
 
 To 
 
OF HVMORS. 
 
 To thee onely haue I finned, laith Dauid, And let 
 vs remember how for the eating of a fillie apple, 
 contrare the Lords commandement, he condemned all 
 mankinde, and nothing could appeafe his wrath, 
 nor yet ranfome the world, but the bloud and death 
 of his owne dearly beloved Sonne Jefus Chrill. 
 When wee thinke on this feveritie, and of GODS 
 terrible anger againft iinne, how loath Ihould we 
 be to offend GOD, and yet in very contempt 
 of GOD the wicked man will perfeveir in all 
 kinde of wickedneffe, and ftill deferre his Repen- 
 tance , till at laft there ihall be no time given him, 
 yea, not the halfe quarter of an houres minute gran- 
 ted to him . Heare how the Prophet Dauid faieth of 
 fuch men, Convertentur ad vejperam, Sfjumem patien- 
 tur vt canes 8^ circuibunt civitatem : And in the eve- 
 ning they fhall convert , they fliall runne about the 
 Cittie , and barke like dogs , they fliall houle for 
 meate , but furely they fliall not be iatisfied . O 
 that in time we wold take heed to this wofull fpeech ! 
 And what more ? G O D will mock them, and hold 
 them in derifion. It is to thefe that our Saviour will 
 fay, Nejcio vos, I knowe you not. Why? Becaufe 
 you had no Oyle in your lampes. And when he 
 hath knowen them , and all their wicked deedes 
 (which fliall be accufers of them, and laid open 
 to beare teftimonie againft them) O what will 
 he then fay to them ? Ite malidiSti in ignem ceter- 
 num: Goe you accurfed vnto the eternall fire of 
 Hell. And befides all this, remember the fliarpe rec- 
 koning muft be made, when the leaft idle word 
 
 we 
 
 56. 
 
 Mat. 25. 
 cap. 
 
\ 4. cap. 
 
 THE ANATOMIE 
 
 we fpeake, we muft giue a count of it. O GOD 
 according to the multitude of thy mercies, be 
 merciful! to vs miferable finners, in that fearfull and 
 terrible day of judgement. In time convert vs O 
 Lord, and we Ihall be converted. How happie is 
 that man who can withftand the dangers of this 
 life with a well refolved minde , and ftill calles on 
 G O D to affift him in all his a6lions, for the temp- 
 tations of this world, are many, and wondrous 
 ftrong. The devill is fubtle, and we are eafily infna- 
 red, and this our flefti is exceeding fubje6l to ma- 
 ny infirmities. So that without Gods helpe we are 
 not able of our felues to fight. Then with the Pro- 
 phet Dauidy Let vs all fay, O Lord fight for vs, how 
 feeble, how weak, and faint-hearted are we ? When 
 the leaft blaft of affli6lion ruines all our llrength, 
 we can not fland after we ar raifed vp, but prefently 
 falles againe and turnes to our former wickednefle, 
 notwithflanding of our repentance, and promeift 
 amendement. We haue no force to command 
 our felues. We perifh in our owne paffions, and 
 moll cowardly yeeldes to all forts of finnes. Thus 
 are we made flaues to our owne infirmities , in fo 
 far that we make no kinde of refiftance to the fma- 
 left motion. Concerning the paffion of anger S. 
 Paul writting to the Ephejians , he fayeth, Be angry ^ 
 hutjinne not, neither let the Sunnegoe downe vpon your 
 wrath. This paffion of anger is exceeding perillous, 
 for in that time that it doeth poffeffe the heart, it 
 careth for nothing, nor hath no refpe6l to thinges 
 prefent , nor thinges to come : the fury of anger is 
 
 the 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 51, 
 
 the higheft degrie of felf-raadneffe. The Italian 
 fpeaking of the nature and condition of anger. He 
 fayeth, Ira e hr eve furor ^ e chi nolfrena^ e furor longa, 
 che elfuo pojfejfore Jjpejb a vergogno e talhor mena a 
 morte t Anger is a Ihort furie, and to him who 
 will not brydle it, it is a longfome furie, which 
 bringeth the poffeflbur, either to fhame or death. 
 That happie and learned Father Saint Augti/iein, 
 makes a very godlie and religious difcourfe in his 
 confli6l of vertue and vyce ; firll he maketh anger 
 to fpeake , Qua (Bquanimiter erga teferri non pojfunt 
 h(BC patienter omnino toUerare peccatum ejly quia nifi 
 eis cum magna exq/peratione rejijiatur , contra te de- 
 inceps Jine menfura cumvlantur : Who will not be- 
 haue themfelues well towardes you , it is a finne to 
 fuffer fuch wrongs with patience, becaufe if thou 
 refill them not with great bitterneffe, and mali- 
 tious heatred of heart, they will (without all kinde 
 of meafure) heape more vengence on thee. But 
 deare Chriftian , heare how he maketh Patience 
 to anfwere , Si pajfio JRedemptoris ad mentem redu- 
 citur, nihil tarn durum quod non €eque toleretur^ 
 quanta enimfunt hcec quce paiimurcomparationeilliusf 
 iUe opprohriay irrijiones, contumelias, allapas^fputa, 
 flagellar fpiniam coronam , crucemque fiijlinuit , ^ 
 nos mijeri vno fermone fatigamur , vno verho deij^ 
 cimur. But if thou woldeft call to minde the Paf- 
 fion of our Maifter and Saviour Jefus Chrift, 
 there is nothing in the world fo greivous or 
 heavie that thou woldeft not fuffer: Alas, what 
 can we fuflfer in refpe<5t of him, he fuffered ihame, 
 
 Q and 
 
 4 
 
 -4 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 and mocking, contumelies, buffets, fpitting in his 
 face, fcourges, and the crowne of thorne; and laft 
 of all , he was crucified : and we poore foules are 
 over-throwne with fimple fpeech, a word cafts vs 
 downe. O what a bright mirror may the Patience 
 of Chrifl be to man, even in his greateft wretched- 
 nefle and mifery. Let him call to minde the Paffion 
 of our Saviour, and then we fhall fee what great 
 oddes is betwix his fuffering and our fuffering. It is 
 onely the example of fuch a kinde and loving ma- 
 fter, will giue thee patience, if thou confideft in 
 Chrill and art a true Chriftian, Do^rina viri per pa- 
 tientiam nqfcitur, Againe, will we deeply conlider, 
 and we fhall finde that in this tranfetoreous life, that 
 our eflate is but meere mifery, and a continuall 
 •change of forrow ; fo our beft is not elfe, but vexa- 
 tion of minde, and greef vpon greef. We are heere 
 in this world like the difeafed creature, warfling, 
 and ftil turning on a bed of forrow, burdained with 
 ficknes, and can finde no repofe, no fatled lare, 
 nor no refl to our reftles tortring-tribulations. Or 
 we are here like the wearied Pilgrim , who in many 
 forraine Countries, far from his owne foyle, liveth 
 exiled from his naturall home, and ftill wandering 
 through many flrange parts, in fundry perels, and 
 divers dangers of his life, fpending his dayes, and 
 mofl parte of his nights in reftleffe travell, he wal- 
 keth the folitary deferts, and wanders along the fpa- 
 tious wildernefTe ; fome-times opprefTed with the 
 vehemency of heat , and fome-times tormented 
 with the extremity of colde, when charitable harts 
 
 affords 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
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 OF HVMORS, 
 
 
 
 r 
 
 affords him hofpitality, and refrelhment to his hun- 
 gry bowels , how contented will he be , and how 
 welcome will that reft and repofe be, then he be- 
 ginneth to recall his paft perrels to a reckoning, 
 when all his paines are turned to pleafure, and 
 when his longfome journey ends, which brings an 
 end to all his miferies , when his fatigations is re- 
 freflied , and his peregrinations hath no farther 
 courfe , then rypeth he a fruitfuU harveft , a joyfull 
 feafon, and all the wearied Filgrims paines are tranf- 
 fornied in pleafure. We are all on earth going our 
 pilgramage, tofting and tumbling vpon the large 
 and depe Seas of this world, threatned with the 
 devouring gulfes of temptations, and ftill allured 
 with the glittering vanities of this prefent life. 
 Chrift Jefus being our carefull Pilot, he crieth to vs 
 poore paffingers, and bids vs take heed to our jour- 
 nay, that we perifh not in our paiTage , but that we 
 may be ftill earneft and watchfull, how to arryue 
 to that faif barbery of all tranquillitie , that hea- 
 venly and eternall joy, which ihall finifli all our 
 troublefome travels. How may the thought of this 
 progreffe make vs to hate, to difdaine, and con- 
 temne the vain-glory of this world. O how fliould 
 we clofe our eies, and winke at ftich abufe, fuch fu- 
 perftitious vanities. Tell me, who ever lived in 
 greateft pompe? or who ever yet (to this houre) 
 had moft command over this world, but was for- 
 ced to dye, and after death, be (as it were) quyte 
 forgotten. Holy Job fayeth. That their memory Jliould 
 he like q/hes, troad vnderfoote. And the Prophet Da- 
 
 Q2 uid 
 
 *QiMSi^^»Q^uS^,^M 
 
 ^, 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
 Efai/AO. 
 'Cap. 
 
 vid faieth, That theyjhould he as duji blowen abroad 
 with the winde . For what is all our glory ? or what 
 is all our ornaments? Noght elfe but filth. Our 
 filkes and velvots which we wrap our felues in, is 
 noght elfe bot the excraments of wormes, and all 
 our eftimations are but borrowed from beafts, our 
 ritches comes from the centure of the earth. And 
 fo all this that makes vs proud is but very filth. 
 Then what art thou, O man ? Or what Ihall I com- 
 pare thy felf to ? to noght elfe but to dull, and all thy 
 glory is but earth & duft, blowne before the winde, 
 thou art a maffe of earth, wraped vp in earth. This 
 made the wifdom of G O D fay to mankinde, Quid 
 Juperhit terra et cinis f Why doeth earth and duft 
 become proud ? When we haue tryed all things in 
 this world, then with experience we will fay, all 
 things are vanifhing like fmooke, & nothing is du- 
 rable except the glory of GOD, all muft turne to 
 noght. What then fhall reft to that foule who trufts 
 in this earthly Paradice ? Let his terreftiall eftate firft 
 confider the light of the ftar-fpangled-heavens, the 
 glorious Sun, the light-borrowing Moone, the bew- 
 tie of women, delicat meates, favory gufts of fweet 
 frutes, pleafant harmonies of fine & wel-founding 
 inftruments, odeferous and fair floorilhed gardens, 
 braue buildings, laffivous danling, mirry compani- 
 ons, quick- witted-difcourfes, and many more plea- 
 fures, all muft end, all muft be changed : Heare this 
 Proclamation, The voice of Godjaid^ Crij: and the Pro- 
 phetjaidy OLordwhatJJialllcnjf Cryouttthatallflejhis 
 grajfe^ and all the glory thereof is like the flower on the 
 
 field: 
 
field: the grajfe widreih^ and the flower faideth. The 
 Prophet Dauid faieth, Vniverja vanitas , omnis Jiomo 
 vivens. And what faid great king Salomon in the top 
 of his glory , All was but vanitie of vanities. And S. 
 James calleth our life noght elfe but a vapor. How 
 fwiftlie are we gone, fome by one meanes, forae by 
 other, man againft man, beaft againft beaft, every 
 one becomes a prey to other, all muft pay that 
 doubtlefle debt of Death , no creature can efcape, 
 there is nothing more certaine, & there is nothing 
 more vucertaine; we knowe not when, nor where, 
 hecsc^jSeflatutum efl omnibus femel mori, it is ordained 
 that we ftiall all once dye. Then in our greateft 
 mirth let vs ever fay to our felues. Memento homo 
 quod pulvis es, <^ in pulverim reverter is . O man, 
 remember that thou art but duft , and in duft thou 
 flialt returne againe . It is faid of the ambitious 
 wretch, 
 
 Mendicant femper avarL 
 
 ^Y^He mal'Content hunts Fortune here and there, 
 -•• His euer-tortring^thoghts di/iurbs his braine. 
 Till all his hopes he drownd in deepe de/pare. 
 Then Time tels him his travels are in vaine, 
 O earthly-wretch, what glory can/i thou gaine ? 
 Whenfruteles-labor thyjlwrt life hathjpent : 
 A reflles minde withflil-tormenting pai?ie , 
 Eve?i whom a world of worlds could not content. 
 
 Fromjuch bafe thoghts heavens make my heart afpire. 
 And with afweete contentment crowne dejire. 
 
 Let 
 
THE ANATOMIE 
 
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 Let vs beholde, and we ftiall fee how in one day, 
 (yea, even in one inftant time) fome making riatous 
 bankets, fome triumphing in all pleafures, fome 
 going to the fcafFold to be executed, fome women 
 travelling with childe, & with great paines bring- 
 ing their children to the world , fome lying in fore 
 lickneiTe, exfpedling death, the prifoner in bonds, 
 looking when he Ihould bid his laft fair-well to the 
 world, fome carying their children with honour to 
 receaue the Sacrament of Baptifme, the bryd-grome 
 going with his bryde to folemneffe Matrimony. 
 And againe, at that fame inftant, we fliall fee murn-^ 
 full companies , celebrating the funeralles of the 
 death, carying the dead carcatches, both of age and 
 youth to the graue. It may truely be faid of our in- 
 conftant eftate. 
 
 LcBtajit ifta dies nejcitur origojecundi 
 An labor i an requies ^Jic tranjit gloria 3Iundi. 
 Sometimes are we merry, and fometimes are we 
 fad, Nunquam in eodemjiatu. We are not perticepant 
 of the fecrets of GOD, It is onely his providence 
 dere6ls vs, we knowe not what fuddaine change 
 may come, fuch a fwift courfe hath Time, and in 
 this meant-time, the glory of this world goeth a- 
 way , the moft part of our life is fpent in fleep, and 
 how many in their mid-age is taken away» fcarce 
 are we come in the world, when we returne againe 
 to the graue , very few comes to the period of Na- 
 ture. O when we truely thinke on Death, and cal- 
 leth to minde that perellous palfage, how fearfuU is 
 it , and what a ftrange horror brings it to the heart 
 
 of 
 
 4 
 
OF HVMORS, 
 
 P- 
 
 P- 
 
 of mankinde, and cheefly to the vnrefolved, who 
 lives in all liberty of pleafure, environed with all 
 worldly contentment, O mors quam amara eji memo- 
 ria tua homini pacem habenti in Juh/iantiis Juis : O 
 Death how bitter is thy memory to that man who 
 hes hurded vp ritches ? how loath will he be to leaue 
 his beautiful buildings, his faire allurements, and his 
 many pleafures ? What a greefe is it to his heart that 
 he mull departe and leaue them all behinde , and he 
 needs muft goe and compeir before that great and 
 terrible Judge to giue a fliarpe reckoning how he 
 conqueft all that ritches. O man thinke on thy end 
 and thoujlialt neuer Jinne. Remember that thy glaffe 
 Ihall once be runne, and that thy Sonne fliall fet, 
 and the horror of Death ihall over-ihadow thee, 
 and that there fhall no pleading be heard after fen- 
 tence is once given, Quia ex injerno nulla eJi redemp- 
 tiOi Thy paines fhall haue no end, thy torments 
 ihall haue no diminiihing. Therefore to you I call, to 
 you that careles lives, and premeditats vpon mi- 
 fchief, and how to execute the damnable exploits 
 of the ever-laboring minde. To you who are the 
 ritch-gluttons of this world, and to you who feeles 
 not with what fence I fpeik, confider from whence 
 you came, where you are for the prefent , and 
 where you ihall goe. You are here on Earth, Vbi 
 fped:aculumfad:i ejlls Deo, angelis &^ hominihus, where 
 you are in iight of G O D , of Angels and of Men. 
 Now when ye are going, looke well to your jour- 
 ney, your paiTage is all ilraude over with thornes, 
 it is a perelous way, full of 0»2mM*-threatnings, 
 
 planted 
 
 60. 
 
 4^»iQk., 
 
 tt^iS^i. 
 
 4 
 
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 ^ 
 
 >• 
 
 THB ANATOMIE 
 
 planted with an hedge of many prodegyous 
 obje6les, Non eft vitce momentum , fine motu ad 
 mortem. There is no moveing of lyfe without a 
 motion to Death. Line well, that you may dye 
 well. For looke in what eftate you dye, fo GOD 
 will finde you; and as he findeth you, fo he cenfu- 
 reth you ; and as he cenfureth you, fo he liueth you 
 for ever and ever. His decreit fhall never be con- 
 trolled , nor his fentence Ihall never be recalled. 
 As a growing tree when it is cut downe falleth to 
 that fide where it did extend the branches when 
 it was in growth ; Even fo if thou defirefl to fall 
 right , learne in thy grouth to extend fuch frutefuU 
 branches as may fway thee to the right fide, and 
 make thee fall well. Sweete (faieth Saint Chrifo- 
 Jiome) is the end of the laborers , when he fhall reft 
 from his labors . The wearied traveller longeth 
 for his nights lodging , and the ftorme-beatten- 
 ftiip feeketh vp for fliore, the hyreling oft queftio- 
 neth when his yeares will finiflie and come out ; 
 the woman great with childe , will often mufe and 
 ftudie vpon her deliverie. And he that perfitelie 
 knoweth that his life is but a way to death, will with 
 the poore prifoner fit on the doore-threfhold , and 
 expert when the Jaylor ihall open the doore ; every 
 fmall motion maketh him apprehend that the com- 
 mander with the ferjants are comming to take him 
 from fuch a loathfome prifon. He looketh for death 
 without feare , he defireth it without delight , and 
 he excepeth it with great devotion; he a6leth the 
 laft (and tragicall) parte of his life on a dulefuU 
 
 ftage 
 
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 OF HVMORS, 
 
 61. 
 
 ftage before the eyes of the world, his gefture thirls 
 the beholders heart with fad compaffion, his words 
 of woe feafoned with fighes, doth bathe the cheeks 
 of the hearers with ftill diftilling-teares, with a ge- 
 nerall relation of his former wickednes, he giues a 
 loude confeffion of his fecret finnes, with weeping 
 eyes, he calls for help of prayer, and like a hunger- 
 ftarued begger, he howles and cries to that honou- 
 rable houftiolder, faying, O good God open the 
 gates of thy mercies to the greatnes of my miferies. 
 Caft vp the Ports of thy vnfpeakable pittie to my 
 wearied fpirit : receaue my foule in thy hands, and 
 anoynt her feaftred wounds with the blood of thy 
 immaculate Lambe Chrift Jefus. 
 
 IT*s true indeede this age is veryjlrange. 
 For why ? behold great men ofritch renowne^ 
 Time comes hy turnes with vnexpeded change. 
 And from their Tower of pride doth puU them dotvne: 
 Theji what are we f hutjboles qfjelfe-conceate , 
 All what we hauejiands ifi ajiag^ringjtate. 
 
 Wee loeeping come into this world of cares. 
 And all our life's hut battels of dijlrejfe, 
 Scarje is our prime when winfring age declares 
 What weightie grief e our body doth oppreffe. 
 Bred witkjinne, borne with woe, our life is paine, 
 Which JiiU attends vs to our Graue againe. 
 
 Then earthly Jlime wherein conjijls thy pride f 
 Sith all thy glory goes into the ground, 
 
 B 
 
 That 
 
 ??^»«25c?^i«ac;j^i«aci*^ 
 
THE ANATOMIE § 
 
 That hed qfwormes wherein thoujhall abide. 
 Thy fair ejl face mojl filthy Jhall he found: 
 
 Our funnefliine joyes i timefwiftlyfweepes away , 
 This night we Hue, and dies before the day. 
 
 -t* 
 
 Homo natus de muliere breui tempore viuens 
 repletur multis miferys. 
 
 f^An thou part from thy befl beloved friends 
 ^^ to goe in a farre Country, and not remember 
 how it refembles the parting from this world to a 
 more llrange place. When thou rifes in the mor- 
 ning what knoweft thou will chaunce thee before 
 night. And if thou efcape the dayes perrill, what 
 knoweft thou will chaunce before the morning : 
 Omnem crede diem tibi diluxijfe fupremum , When 
 thou goeft to bed, remember how it is the verie 
 image of thy graue : thy merrie companions are 
 parted, thy day being gone, and come is thy night, 
 thy riotous banqueting is finilhed, and thou in a fo- 
 litarie retreat, puts off thy gorgeous apparrell, and 
 ftrips thy felfe naked to thy Ihirt : fo the pleafures 
 of this inconftant world Ihall part, thou fhalt be 
 ftripped naked of all thy ritches , and flialt carie 
 nothing with thee, but a fimple winding-ftieet this 
 Ihall be, and this muft be, Vt hora fie fugit vita : 
 Therefore euery day take a reckoning of thy felfe, 
 and euery moment examine thy actions. Mark thy 
 behaviour firft towards God, and next towards thy 
 neighbour . Confider how the all-feeing eyes of 
 heaven lookes vpon all thy doings : and euer be- 
 ware 
 
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c?^i^St»>^8Sc?^*«SG:«^'^BS^ 
 
 OF HVMORS, 
 
 62. 
 
 tj ware of that finne which thou knoweft to predomi- 
 ^ nate moft in thee, feek by all meanes to oppreffe it 
 tSf and overcome it : take away all the occaiions ther- 
 of, or elfe it with the reft of thy fins, will draw thee 
 to hells fire, where nothing elfe is , but gnafhing of 
 teeth, and eternall horrour. When thou haft com- 
 mitted any greevous finne, haue thou a true repen- 
 tance, a vnfained remorfe, and that thy heart ftirill 
 within thee with angry griefe againft thy felfe, then 
 thou may be aflured that the fpirit of God worketh 
 in thee : for it is a fign of true & vnfained repentance, 
 when the finner (without all kinde of hypocrifie) 
 mends his wicked life, making firft fatisfa6lion to 
 the great God by fafting and praying, making refti- 
 tution to thy neighbour, giue to the poore for Gods 
 caufe, vifite the fick, comfort and help the prifoner, 
 and giue hofpitality to the diftreffed ftranger : /* it 
 not to deale thy bread to the hungry , and that thou bring 
 the poore that wander into thine houfe. When thoujeejl 
 the naked,that thou couer him f and hide not thyjace from 
 thine owne jiejli. For in the poore miferable crea- 
 ^ ture, thou feeft thy felfe as in a Glafle : And what 
 Q (fayes the Prophet) fliall be thy reward. Then JhaU 
 ^ thy light breakejhrthy as the mornings and thine health 
 ^ JJiallgrowJjpeedilyythyrighteonJhesJIiallgoe before thee, 
 f4 and the glory of thy great GodJJiall embrace thee, <§c. 
 
 tThy A'pright confcience lliall giue thee a great fecu- 
 rity of thy foules helth, thy mercies iliall meet thee, 
 & doubtleffe thy end Ihall be moft happy : that blei^ 
 fed Euangelift S. John fayes, BleJJ^d are the dead, who 
 dies in the Lord, becaiife they rejlfrom their l<ibours, 
 
 R 2 and 
 
 I fay, 58. 
 Cap. 
 
 Reuel. 
 14. cap. 
 
 ^i^Cx'^'^iSJC^^s^SSi^^^eJCxtMi^ 
 

 THJS ANATOMIE 
 
 and their works follow them. Now (good Chriftian 
 Reader) I muft end praying God that every one of 
 vs all may haue an earneft confideration of our owne 
 eftate, what we are, where we are, and how we Ihall 
 be heereafter : and once more I pray to our Lord 
 God, that we may ftill remember (hoc momentum vnde 
 pendet aeternitas) that this little moment of our life, is 
 the fhort fpace, whereon dependeth all eternity of 
 eternall joyes, or elfe eternall paines: If wee haue 
 bin wickedly enclined, let vs with the deepe of our 
 hearts repent and think how the Axe is at the roote 
 of the tree , and let vs all endevour our felues with 
 the grace of God, to amend our life, that our filthie 
 nakednes may not be feene in that fearefull & ter- 
 rible day of judgement, Domine Jecundum ad:um me- 
 um nolimejudicarey nihil dignum in con/pe6iu tuo egi : 
 O Lord judge me not according to my actions, I haue 
 done nothing worthy of mercy in thy light. Cloath 
 me with thy righteoufnes, that I may appeare righ- 
 teous before thy pittifuU eyes . Je/iis ejio mihi Je/us. 
 When the thundring voyce of thy Angels fliall def- 
 cend from the heavens, and cry out : O vos mortui 
 quijacetis infeptdchris^Jurgite <% occurite adjuditium 
 Saluatoris : O you dead creatures that lies in your 
 graues, rife and runne fwiftly to the judgement of 
 the Saviour, who with all his glorious Saints and 
 triumphing Martirs, ftiall lit in his throne of vn- 
 fpeakable glory, and judge both the quick and the 
 dead, to him be all honour, power, and glory now 
 and for euermore, -^/w^w. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 ^^»Si:^^»s^f:^^fiS^^^^ 
 
63. 
 
 THE SPIRIT OF GRACE 
 
 To the wicked finner. 
 
 Is AY. 55, Cap. 
 
 Zjet the wicked Jbrjake his wayes» and the vnrighteous 
 his owne imaghiations , and returne vnto the Ltord, 
 and our God will haue mercie vpon him, 
 
 /^ Man the treafure of Gods glorious eye, 
 ^^ Thou art ingrate, and to thy felfe vnkinde ; 
 Poore Caitiue wretch who fees and will not fee. 
 Nor to eternall blifle will turne thy rainde : 
 
 Rife floathfuU rife, forth of thy fenflefle fleepe ; 
 
 And for thy finues, go (igh, bewaile, and weepe. 
 
 Heare how thy Saviour Jefus Chriji doth call. 
 Come wearied and you burth'ued both to me. 
 Come, come, fayes he, I will refrefh you all. 
 What fweeter words would thou haue faid to thee ? 
 Thou art that flieep, which wand ring went aftray, 
 Chrift on his back will bring thee to thy way. 
 
 Thou (infuU man is fo with finne allur'd. 
 That pleafure of thy finne doth hold thee fall ; 
 Thy wit, thy will, thy reafon all obfcur*d. 
 And now behold, forgets thy God at laft : 
 
 Thou art intrapp'd within ten thoufand fnares, 
 And blindiins rins to hell, thou never cares. 
 
 The flying motions of thy minde ftill burnes. 
 And forward goes, her furie to fulfill : 
 Youth and defire, whofe raging humor turnes 
 
 R3 To 
 
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 The Spirit of grace 
 
 To execute the horrour of their ill U\ 
 
 With no les price , then with thy foule is bought, ^ 
 And when all's got, they are but things of nought. % 
 
 Both day and night thou doth thy felfe annoy, g 
 
 To worke great mifchiefe with thy owne raifdeeds, ^ 
 
 Lefle travaile farre would gaine eternall joy, j| 
 
 Which fweet reward, all earthly paines exceeds : J< 
 But thou art mad, and in thy madnefle flrange, 
 To quit thy God, and take the devill in change. 
 
 At threatning ever fenflefle, deafe, and dumb. 
 Thou never lookes on thy fwift-running-glafle ; 
 Nor terror of the Judgement for to come. 
 But flill thou thinks, thy pleafure can not paffe : 
 All is deceit, and thou haft no regard, 
 Gods wrath at laft, the iinner will reward. 
 
 To pray to God : why ? then thou art afham'd. 
 For finne in thee ftiall fufFer fcandalies, 
 Thy rufty filth of confcience fhall be blam*d, 
 Befides, thy foule hath fpoil'd her faailties : 
 Thus doth the deuill fo hold thee ftill aback, 
 Euen to the death, and then thy foule doth take. 
 
 Alas poore foule, when God did firft thee frame, 
 
 Moft excellent, moft glorious and perfit : 
 
 But fince thou in that carnall body came. 
 
 Thy favour's loft, fpoil'd is thy fubftance quite : 
 O that thou would repent, and turne in time, 
 God will thee purge, & clange thee of thy crime. 
 
 God 
 
 G?^'*s:^i^ej^'€5G:»'i«£^ 
 
Gfife'i^sc^^i^sciiKH^ex^ 
 
 to the wicked Jinner. 
 
 Q God is a God of vengeance, yet doth ftay, 
 ^ And fparing, waites if thou thy life will mend 
 With harmlefle threatnings oft he doth aflay. 
 And oft he doth fweet words of comfort fend : 
 If thou repent, his anger will aflwage : 
 If not, he will condemne thee in his rage. 
 
 The fonne of God, he for thy finfuU fake. 
 To faue thy foule, with care he did provide. 
 Mans filthy nature on him he did take. 
 That he both cold, and hunger might abide : 
 
 He many yeers on earth great wonders wrought. 
 Still perfecute, and ftill his life was fought. 
 
 When as his time of bitter death drew neere. 
 The agony was fo extreame he felt. 
 That when he pray'd vnto his Father deere. 
 In fweating drops of bloud he feem'd to melt : 
 Naird on the Crofle he fuffer'd cruell fmart. 
 When as they pierc*d his hands, his feet, his hart. 
 
 Great torment more was laid, on him alone. 
 For thee and all mankind who will beleeue : 
 Thou was not bought, with iiluer, gold, nor ftone. 
 But Chrift his life and precious bloud did giue : 
 O let not then his bloud be Ihed in vaine, 
 Whil'ft thou haft time, turne to thy God againe. 
 
 THE 
 
 64. 
 
 Q*'i»iaCJ«^;^C^,S£^^ 
 
^i«2aCx»^i«22Q^i^C?«^'^82^ 
 
 THE SORROVVFVLL SONG 
 
 Of a Converted Sinner. 
 
 Job. 7. Cap. 
 / hauefinnedy whatJJiall I doe vnto thee f (O thou pre- 
 Jeruer qfmankinde.) 
 
 LEd with the terrour of my grievous iinnes, 
 Before Grods mighty Throne I do compeare, 
 The horrour of my halfe-burft heart begins 
 To ftrike my finfuU foule with trembling feare. 
 
 Where ftiall I feeke fecourfe, or finde redrefle ? 
 Who can my fearefull tort'ring thoughts devorce ? 
 Who can me comfort in my great diftrefle ? 
 Or who can end the rage of my remorce ? 
 
 I at companions dore hath begg*d fo long. 
 That I am hoarce, and yet can not be heard 
 Amids my woes, fad lilence is my fong. 
 From mirthleffe-me, all pleafure is debard. 
 
 O time (vntimely time) why was I borne ? 
 To line fequeftred folitar alone 
 Within a wildernefle of cares forlorne. 
 Which grants no limit to my mart'ring mone. 
 
 My mart'ring mone with wofuU words doth pierce 
 The aire, and next from hollow caues rebounds 
 This aequiuox my forrow doth rehearfe. 
 And fills my eares with tributarie founds. 
 
 Thefe 
 
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M 
 
 of a conuerted finner. 
 
 ^ Thefe founds difcends within my flaught'red hart, 
 ^ And there transform'd in bleeding drops appeares 
 Next to my eyes drawen vp with cruell fmart. 
 In water chang'd, and then diftill'd in teares. 
 
 My teares which falls with force vpon the ground, 
 g In numbers great of little fparks doth fpread, 
 §1 And in each fpark my dolefuU pi6tures found, 
 j^ I in each picture tragick llories read. 
 
 8 I read Chara6lers both of linne and lliame, 
 y^ Drawne with the colours of my owne difgrace, 
 )9C In figures black of impious defame, 
 g Which painted Hands in my difaftred face. 
 
 ^ I breathlefle faint with burthen of their woes, 
 M Such is my paine it will not be expell'd, 
 8 Doe what I can, I can finde no repofe, 
 ^ All hope of help againft me is rebell'd. 
 
 H Gods mercie*s great, I will expell difpaire 
 H With praying ftill : I fliall the heavens moleft 
 Both night and day, vnto my God repaire, 
 He will me heare, and help my foule oppreft. 
 
 The thought of hell makes all my haires afpire, 
 Where gnafliing teeth fad forrows doth out-found. 
 Where damned foules ftill boiles in flaming fire. 
 And where all eudleife torment doth abound. 
 
 S Had 
 
 Q5. 
 
The forrowfullfong 
 
 Had they but hope, it might appeafe their griefe, 
 That in ten thoufand yeares they fhould be free : 
 But all in vaine, defpaire without reliefe, 
 Gods word eternall, moft eternall be. 
 
 When as our Chrift in Judgement fhall appeare, 
 Cloath'd with the Glory of his Ihining light, 
 And when each foule the trumpets found fliall heare, 
 They with their corps muft come before Gods light. 
 
 The Angels all, and happy troups of heaven, 
 Incirkled rounds theatred in each place, 
 A reck'ning fharp of euVy one is given 
 Before the Saints, and Gods moft glorious face. 
 
 The floathfuU linner then Ihall be afham'd, 
 Who in his life would neither mend nor mourne 
 To heare that fentence openly there proclaim'd : 
 Goe wicked to eternall fire, and burne. 
 
 And to his bleffed company, he fayes. 
 The Angels to my Kingdome fhall convoy 
 With endlefle mirth, becaufe ye knew my wayes. 
 Come reft with me in never-ending joy. 
 
 O let me Lord be one of thy ele6l. 
 And once againe thy loue to me reftore. 
 Let thy infpiring grace my fpirit protecSl, 
 With thee to bide, and never part no more. 
 
 Once 
 
of a conuerted Jinner, 
 
 Once call to minde how deerly I am bought. 
 When thy fweet corps was fpred vpon the Rood, 
 Thy fufTring torment, my faluation wrought 
 Thy paines, thy death, and fliedding of thy blood. 
 
 feeke not then my foule for to affaile 
 Againfl thy might : how can I make defence. 
 Thy bleeding death for me will naught auaile. 
 If thou Ihould damne me for my lewd offence ? 
 
 Try not thy ftrength, againft me wretched worme, 
 
 1 am but duft before thy furious winde, 
 Nor haue I force to bide thy angry llorme. 
 Then rather farre, let me thy favour finde. 
 
 I Caitiue on this earth doth loure and creepe, 
 I proftrate fall before the heavens defaite. 
 On thee fweet Chrift with mourning tears I weepe 
 To pittie this my weake and poore eftate. 
 
 My poore eftate which rob'd of all content, 
 w And nothing elfe but dolours doth retaine. 
 The treafure of my griefe is never Ipent, 
 But ftill in fecret forrow I complaine. 
 
 Heare my complaint, mark well my words, 6 Lord, 
 Thou fearcher of all hearts in euery kinde. 
 Thou to my true conuertion beare record. 
 And fweepe away my finnes out of thy minde. 
 
 S 2 I fa- 
 
 66, 
 
Theforroufullfong 
 
 I facrifice to thee my Saviour fweet, 
 And patient God who gaue me leaue to liue 
 My fighing-teares, and bleeding heart contreit, 
 I haiie naught elfe nor ritcher gift to giue. 
 
 Thou God the Father, thou created me, 
 And made all things obedient to mans will : 
 Thou Sonne of God to faue my foule didft die, 
 And Holy Ghoft thou fanaifieft me ftill. 
 
 Thou Father, Sonne, thou Holy Ghoft divine. 
 On my poore foule, let your ritch glory Ihine. 
 
 FINIS, 
 
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 TO THE ESTATE 
 
 OF WORLDLIE ESTATES. 
 
 Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in iUis, 
 
 Eight flanzas — reprinted from " The Paffionate 
 Sparke," &c. 1604. 
 
 OF A BEE. 
 
 MADRIGALL. 
 
 Two flanzas — reprinted from the fame work. 
 
 HIS PASSIONADO, 
 
 when he was in Pilgrimage. 
 Quo fata vacant. 
 
 Twenty-five flanzas — ^reprinted from the fame 
 work. 
 
 67. 
 
 n 
 
 Fol. 67. 
 
 Fol.68.b' 
 
 Fol. 69. 
 
Fol. 72. 
 
 FROM ITALY 
 
 to Scotland his Soyle» 
 
 TO thee my Soyle where firft 
 I did receaue my breath, 
 Thefe mournefull Obfequies I ling 
 Before my Swan-MkQ Death ; 
 My loue by Nature bound. 
 
 Which fpotles loue as dew. 
 Even on the Altar of my heart 
 
 I facrifice to yow. 
 Thy endleffe worth through worlds 
 
 Beginning ftill begunne. 
 Long may it ihine with bearaes mofl bright 
 
 Of vneclipfed-Sunne. 
 And long may thou Triumph , 
 
 With thy vnconquer'd hand , 
 And with the Kingdomes of thy King 
 
 Both Sea and Earth command . 
 At thy great Triple-force, 
 
 This trimbling world llill ftoup's ; 
 Thy Martiall Arme Ihall over-match 
 
 The Macedonian troupes. 
 And thou the Trophees great 
 
 Of glory ihall ere6l , 
 The Confeins of this fpatious Glob^ 
 
 Thy Courage fliall dete<5l. 
 
 O 
 
O happie Soyle Vnyt 
 
 Let thy Eraperiall breath 
 Expell feditious Muteners, 
 
 The excraments of wrath. 
 With Honor , Trueth and Loue , 
 
 Maintaine thy thre-fold-Crowne, 
 Then fo Ihalt thou with wondrous worth, 
 
 Inritch thy ritch Renowne. 
 In fpight of Envyes pride, 
 
 Still may thy florifli'd Fame 
 Confound thy foes , defend thy right. 
 
 And fpurne at Cowards fhame. 
 Amidft ray forrowing greef , 
 
 My wandring in exyle, 
 Oft looke I to that Arth, and faies. 
 
 Fare-well fweete Britains lyle. 
 
 TO THE GHOST OF THE 
 
 right Honorable John Grahame 
 Earle o/'Montrois, fometime Vice- 
 Roy ©/"North-Britaine. 
 nn JHTy meriet great to Honor gaue a Crowne, 
 -*• In Invyes-Jpight tkyJpotles-Faiih didjiiiiie ; 
 Thyjiately Fame inthrond thy ritch renowne. 
 And Deaths triumph hath made thy Joule divine. 
 Death kild thy mortal! Corps, 
 
 JBut not thy glorious Name : 
 Whofe life isjiil with wings-horn-vp 
 Of Honor, Faith and Fame. 
 
 Againji 
 
 68. 
 
 Fol.72.^ 
 
Fol. 73. 
 
 Fol.73.'' 
 
 AGAINST TIME. 
 
 SONNET. 
 
 Reprinted from " The Paflionate Sparke," &c. 1604. 
 
 HIS DYING SONG. 
 
 Circundederunt me dolores mortis, ^ pericula in- 
 ferni invenerunt me. 
 
 Nine ftanzas — reprinted from the fame woi-k. 
 FINIS. 
 
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JHfK^ TO THE HIGH AND 
 \^^f:M^/ Mightie Prince lames, by theV 
 
 grace of God King of England, 
 
 Scotland, Fraunce and 
 
 Ireland, &c. 
 
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 His Jparke comes from 
 the quenchlejfe fire of my 
 euer-hurning hue, which ^ 
 
 l^W (to your Highnejfe) IJacrifice vpon 
 
 the Altar of my Jpotlejfe hart . In 
 
 the fericent flames of this ardor , my 
 
 Mtife with reftles flightring wifigs 
 
 ^^ combur'Sy Jiil hoping to he Nouri/hed 
 
 Yf with the radiant heames and propi- 
 
 tious fplendors of thofe graiious 
 
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3Ii/Ue Vapors of darke Ohliuion o- 
 ^^ uercloud the bright quickeneffe of 
 ;■ fuch JJiining Suns, But rather let 
 njl the Influence of their admired ver- 
 
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 *lw> -x. /^ into the rare and rich treafure of \fJ^^.-)( 
 
 jfure of 
 your Maiejiies fuperahoundant fu- 
 uor. So ending (to begin againe) I 
 wijh your Grace a mojl Jiappie and 
 long Reigne. 
 
 Your Maiefties eiier 
 louing fubie6l. ^ 
 
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 Simion Grahame, ^^^mlr\ 
 
To the King his 
 
 Maiejiie. 
 
 GO thou proud Mufe, with thy ambitious flight. 
 Let WiiUome with her pleafing plumes adorn thee, 
 If lofty thou ftiould'fl foare thy felfe from light. 
 What need'ft thou care, the Worlds Enuy to fcorn thee? 
 
 Let Heau'ns thy Song with Ecchoes Hill refound, 
 A Royall Subie6l doth thy wings vpholde. 
 And bids thee mount aboue the valted Round; 
 Loue hath no fcope, bee prodigall and bolde. 
 
 Go then my Mtife His mightie Miife adore, 
 Pull of the veile that hid thy high deiire. 
 With confort fweet Ihe Ihall thy fong decore, 
 Her feathers faire giu's promife to afpire. 
 
 Then like the Larke afcend the azure Ayre, 
 With quiu'ring wings goe houer in the Skye, 
 Out blaft thy Notes, and fend them here and there 
 Filling his eares with this melodious Crye. 
 
 B O 
 
OMightie King, Celeftiall glory fliine 
 Ouer thy Crowne and thy earth'ruling hand, 
 Let harts infpir'd thy happines deuine : 
 And let the World come ftoupe at thy command. 
 
 Famei\iVQ\x^\ this G/oi^ molt furious-like fliall thunder, 
 Fraught with thy praife on Vertues worth to flee, 
 And choke the Earth with fuch admiring wonder 
 That potent Kings may come and honor thee. 
 
 Hartes fliall confume of thy aftonifli'd foes , 
 
 To fee thy rare and high llupendious ilreet 
 
 All paueat (whereon thou facred goes) 
 
 With Crownes and Scepters thrown before thy feet. 
 
 Why hear'fl thou not thy fmiling Fortune call, 
 And bids thee fpurne that pleafure mak's thee Hay ? 
 Goe climbe her wheell, be not afraide to fall , 
 Thy llrength but thinks this world a flender pray. 
 
 Seeke firft thy owne, what force can thee relifl ? 
 A name with nought, makes all thy people rage 
 Like eager Haukes, reteinde vpon the fifl, 
 Who cannot haue their hunger to aflwage. 
 
 10 
 
 The apple ftayes the limple Childe to weepe, 
 And doth appeafe his fobbing heart of harmes : 
 So flatt'ring fonges lulles courage fail afleepe. 
 And makes the Souldier throw away his armes. 
 
 Now 
 
Now fits he wrapt vp in a warme furr'd gowne , 
 Ouer the fire with firme-fixt-gazing eyes : 
 There battels braue chara6ters doth fet downe, 
 Hee apprehends which thought deceiuing fees . 
 
 12 
 An Armie there in bloudy rage forth goes. 
 With furie for'ft, fwelde with reuenge and griefe : 
 And yonder flyes their faint and feeble foes , 
 Heere llandes fome troopes cut of without reliefe. 
 
 18 
 
 Some Martiall men bewitch't with beauty rare, 
 
 Are intricate in laborinthes of loue : 
 
 And for'ft to trie in fancies flatt'ring fnare. 
 
 What fweet-mixt-fowre or pleafing paines can proue. 
 
 14 
 Then Nymph-like-flie with ftrange intifing looke 
 Doth fo inchant the gallant minded men, 
 The bayte ftill hides the poyfon of the hooke 
 Till they be faft, and thus betray'd, what then ? 
 
 15 
 
 Poore captiue flaues in bondage proftrate lies 
 Yeelding vnto her mercy-wanting-will, 
 Shee in difdaine fcornes all their careful! cries. 
 And CirceS'like triumphes in learned skill. 
 
 16 
 With ambling trippes of beauties gorgeous grace, 
 Aurora-like in firie colors clad. 
 And with bright reflex of her faireft face 
 She tempting goes with brainficke humors lad. 
 
 Fearing 
 
Fearing that if flie fliould but looke below 
 Then beames would from her burning eyes defcend 
 On luory breft, proud fwelling hils of fnow 
 Would melt, confurae, and all their beauty Ipend. 
 
 18 
 
 And fo file lets her curled lockes downe fall 
 Which do allure the gentle cooling winde 
 To come and play, Itil wrapping vp in thrall 
 Chaines of her haire, fonde louers hearts to binde. 
 
 19 
 
 Beautie in prime adorn'd doth feede the fight. 
 From crimfon lipps fweet NeStars guft forth flowes, 
 Odor's perfumes the breath, not Natures right 
 White iuorie hands a facred touch beftowes. 
 
 20 
 
 And when thofe pearle of Orientall-rankes 
 With treafure rich of tempting found deuides 
 From two bright daintie mouing-corall-bankes 
 In-circkled eares calme fmothing fpeeches Aides. 
 
 SI 
 
 Ech fencelefle fence on doting pleafure fall 
 Doth in a carelefle Regifter inroule, 
 Wilhing that courfe of fwift-wing'd Time to laft 
 Which fpots the fpotlelTe fubftance of the foule. 
 
 22 
 
 But oh beholde, Nature in morning weede 
 Wepes to be wrong'd with fuperflitious Art, 
 For what can braines of rare inuention breede ? 
 Or what's vnfought which pleafure may impart ? 
 
 The 
 
his Maie/fie. 
 
 2S 
 
 The Iharpeft wit whofe quicke deceiuing ftill 
 Makes reftlefle muling of their minde to try 
 Vaine trifling fnares, mixtur'd with Magicks skill. 
 So Art adds that which Nature doth deny. 
 
 24i 
 And thus much more fweete Syrens fongs fhe founds, 
 To charme, coniure and tempt his liftning eare ; 
 Oh, then the poore captiued wretch abounds 
 In peruerfe vowes and monftrous othes to fweare. 
 
 25 
 By furious force of Fancy more than madd. 
 With fond delire in reftlefle courfe hee hunts : 
 Blinde Loue can not difcerne the good from badd. 
 When on the eye-plumde tayle of pride it mounts. 
 
 26 
 The curious minde makes choife of good or ill. 
 Then fcales the fort of his engine to clym 
 Aboue the top of Art exceeding skill, 
 Perfe6l in that predominates in him. 
 
 27 
 Drunke with the wonders of a worthlefle worth. 
 From profpe6l of a looking glafle he takes 
 Strange apifli trickes to fet his folly forth, 
 Mockt with the gefture, that his Ihadow makes. 
 
 28 
 When foolifli feates no waies will ferue his turne. 
 All hope is drownd in defpaires groundlefle deepe : 
 In reftlefle bed (hee martir'd man) muft raourne. 
 Thoughts, lighes, and teares admitt no kind of fleep. 
 
 Thus 
 
Thus layes the conqueft Conquerour of fieldes, 
 On his hurte harte he carries Cupids skarre : 
 The skiruie fainting Coward bafely yieldes 
 To idle Loue the enemie of warre. 
 
 30 
 
 Now trumpets founde, braue martiall mufick turnes 
 To fiddling noife, or ells fome am*rous fonge. 
 That glorious Fame her winges of worth now burnes, 
 When golden youth in prime muft fuffer wronge. 
 
 31 
 
 Thus gallant fprights doe quintefence their wittes. 
 Spending the rare inuention of their. braines 
 On idle toyes, at which high honor fpittes, 
 Nor memoriz'd memorials remaines. 
 
 82 
 
 What marble minde at this would not amaze, 
 To fee the ambuflit robberies and fpoyles , 
 O Royall Sir, with conqu'ring eyes now gaze, 
 Conquer this lofle that's loft in all thy foyles. 
 
 33 
 
 Goe, goe, and make the skiruie world to yielde 
 Which trembling ftoopes, made feareful with thy force 
 Outfprede an hoft vpon ech forreigne fielde : 
 And from felfe pleafure, doe they felfe diuorce. 
 
 34f 
 
 (But ftay my Mufe, recall this word of woe) 
 Thy felfe Ihall with thy fecond felfe abide. 
 The glorious iffue of thy loynes fliall goe, 
 His honor fliall the proude earths honor hide. 
 
It's he the florifh of thy Princely prime. 
 It's he that Kings are made for to adore. 
 It's he bewayles the flow and tardy time, 
 It's he that weepes there is not worlds in ftore. 
 
 26 
 It's he that with a greater courage corn's 
 Than Godfrey did to fackt the Pagan Turke, 
 ^Vith trumpets founds, & with great noife of drum's, 
 It's wondrous hee will fet this world on wourke. 
 
 31 
 In his approch allegreat thy owne, 
 J| With mightie muficke of a martiall mirth. 
 
 Beholde thou mak'ft great Neptunes pride be fliowne. 
 Adorning him with fuch a gorgeous birth. 
 
 38 
 Let matchleffe marching-caftles with the winde, 
 In armies ftrong and ftately troopes forth fhine : 
 Now let them goe as harbingers to finde 
 Ech vnknowne coaft, and tell them all is thine. 
 
 39 
 Looke on that power that potent thou commands. 
 In learned militarie art, and how, 
 Thy eager-harted ventring fubie6ls Hands 
 Way ting that gallant warriours word, Goe tow, 
 
 40 
 Then doe not Hay vi6torious troph's to raife. 
 Let thy tryumphes through fea and earth be fpred, 
 Wlien thou art dead high Fame fliall pen thy praife, 
 Of great renowne in volumes to be read. 
 
 Thou 
 
RS 
 
 To the King 
 
 41 
 
 Thou Eagle thou looke not on bafe fowles winges, 
 Out-flretch thy owne and flye this world about. 
 Thou Lyon thou leaue beaffcs and hunt at Kinges, 
 From their vfurped dennes goe roufe them out. 
 
 42 
 Prowde Valor for the vangard ihall make flrife, 
 And loftie fprights for Honor will aduance. 
 Let him be loath*d that loth's to loofe his life. 
 Or in thy quarrell skornes to trye his chaunce. 
 
 43 
 He will be firft who dying liu*d to fee, 
 This foyle thy right gouern'd with thy great grace : 
 And that blacke mill of vap'rous clowdes to flee 
 Which long obfcur'd the fplendors of thy face. 
 
 44 
 O, when he heard thy peoples ioy proclame 
 The righteous King, in their exalting cryes. 
 And when he heard them found thy facred Name, 
 He threw his hatte vp in the azure skies. 
 
 45 
 On the tow'rs toppe incarcerat he flood, 
 And faid, O rare and fweete exchange in deede ! 
 Thou fleetfl on Neptunes dutie-paying flood , 
 Hatte, thou art lofl, and I haue gainde a heade : 
 
 46 
 
 His Lady flaide her fweete eyes filuer flreames , 
 Thehart-burfl lighes which that deere dame did breath : 
 Thou with the radiant brightnes of thy beames 
 Expeld her woes, and his vntimely death. 
 
 Pittie 
 
^ 
 
 his Maiejlie, 
 
 47 
 
 Pittie in thee doth Pitties felfe furpafle. 
 
 With pittie heare thy peoples mourninge fonges : 
 
 Looke in abufe, as in a looking glaffe, 
 
 Appeafe this plague of their peftif rous wronges . 
 
 48 
 With treafure rich and rare adorning giftes 
 Of luftice ioynde with mercy both in one : 
 See how the wrongde complainer kneeling liftes 
 His hauds; his eyes, and lighes with raartring mone. 
 
 49 
 He faies, O Sir, I would to God thou fawe. 
 What numbers great, daran'd Ufurie doth kill ; 
 The fnakye Lawyer with vnlawfuU lawe 
 He fuckes the hartblood of his Clients ftill j 
 
 50 
 
 His hopeleffe fliiftes will promife very fayre, 
 And take their foule, if that their foule were golde. 
 He robbes them firft, then drownes them in difpaire. 
 So poore mens right is to the rich men folde. 
 
 51 
 To come to thee, alas, they'r chokte with feare ; 
 Some are put backe, when kneeling on their knees , 
 Doe what they can, before they get thy eare. 
 The bribrous Minion needes will haue his fees. 
 
 He takes in hand each fute both great or fmall. 
 And fweares they'r fure, yea to them furely loft. 
 For firft he tryes the value of them all, 
 And felles them quite to thofe that will giue moft. 
 
 C When 
 
53 (he telles 
 
 When dayes, weekes, moneths, and yeeres are fpent 
 The King will no waies graunt your futes : farewell . 
 This whorles the poore man in a hundred helles 
 Both them and theirs to begge, to robbe, and fteale. 
 
 54> 
 
 Heau'ns what filthie colors can I haue 
 To painte fuch vgly monfters in their kinde : 
 They flatter moil when they would moft deceaue. 
 Their hony tonges ilinges with a viperous rainde. 
 
 55 
 
 It's this vile caterpillers mifcheifes-nurfe. 
 That fills thy Commons full of fad complaintes , 
 Thou com'fl to cure this ftrange confuming curfe. 
 At which I know thy ruthfuU hart relents. 
 
 56 
 
 1 care not for the falty-ons enuie, 
 
 I know this phificke makes his foule to fmart : 
 O that it could both make him weepe and crie, 
 Whil'fl Confcience-worme eates vp his giltie hart. 
 
 57 
 
 Spare not Reuenge, God fends thee to redreffe 
 Long-fuff'ring-greife, and rigor to remoue : 
 Treade down their heads that would the poore opprelTe, 
 So fhalt thou win and keepe thy peoples loue. 
 
 58 
 
 Still may thy loue with their true loue be bought, 
 Still may thy Crown bring Crownes vpon thy Crown, 
 Still may thy worth with wond'rous worth be wrought. 
 Still may renowne inrich thy rich renowne. 
 
 Still 
 
Still maift thou reigne in happines and health. 
 And Hill mayfl thou in being euer bee : 
 Belieue me. Sir, my loue is all my wealth, 
 And all that wealth I facrifice to thee. 
 
 So only Loue hath giuen ray Mufe this flight, 
 And makes her come falute thy facred fight. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 Of a Bee. 
 
 De I* Ape cU lo prouai dolce^ e crudele , 
 Le ago nel core, nella bocca la male. 
 
 O 
 
 Madrigall. 
 
 I nee did I fee 
 a founding See, 
 Amongft her fweetned fwarme 
 flill would fhee flee 
 and fauour me. 
 Then did I dread no harme. 
 
 Now whilft in Nectred-gloTy of her gaines, 
 Shee fitts and fuckes the fayre well-florillit flower : 
 My fugred hopes are turn'd to bitter paines. 
 And lookt-for-fweete is nothing elles but fower : 
 Ah cruell fvveete, Bee fweet and cure my fmart, 
 Honny my mouth, but doe not flinge my hart. 
 
 FINIS. ^ 
 
To the famous He 
 
 of Glorious Britannic. 
 
 ON Parnajfe hill whilft as I lit to ling 
 Of llately ioy, the llreames that by me Hides 
 Sweet confort yeelds, from the Cajlalean fpring 
 Whofe murmure Hill in liluer veines deuides : 
 Then intricate with courfes to and fro , 
 They feeme to turne whii'fl as with fpeed they go. 
 
 The Mufes fcarfe in circuit is fat downe , 
 When Laureat troopes comes kneeling mee before, 
 In humble Ihow each takes his Lawrell Crowne, 
 And fweares they Ihall this fubie6t all adore : 
 
 So am I forc'd by thee, O wondrous worth ! 
 
 In warbling notes fweete conforts to fend forth. 
 
 With nine-voyc'd mouth, my DelpMn fong I found. 
 Of all the world blell bee thou Brittaines He ! 
 Thou, onely Thou within this mortall round, 
 On whom the Heau'ns haue lou'de fo long to fmile : 
 For PhoenixASkG thou haft renewde by kinde 
 In getting that which lay for thee inlhrinde. 
 
 Thy prefent time doth winter-blaft difpaire. 
 At force of joy the barren branch decayes, 
 Long florilh'd hope now fruitfull is and faire 
 
 Whofe 
 
 1 
 
of glorious Srittaine. 
 
 fWhofe lod'ned birth with burthen bowes the bayes ; 
 So downeward tops, inclining ftill below, 
 ,^ Such homage to their owner do they Ihow. 
 
 Then Soyle in this moil happie haru'ft your right 
 Ripe fweete deiire, in fpight of vilde Enuie, 
 So fliall you with your Monarches-matching-might 
 Make earthly Kings to feare your conqu'ring crie : 
 The circuit of this fpatious Ball at length 
 Shall yeeld vnto your armie-potent-ftrength. 
 
 As founds below relents the ayer aboue 
 That hideous noyfe of thunderclaps may fwage. 
 So proud vfurping mindes fliall ftoope to mooue 
 The Lion redd to ftay his roring rage, 
 
 Their honors high when he hath made them thrall. 
 Since with his force their forcelefle force rauft fall. 
 
 Hee threatens th' earth with fuch tryumphant might 
 That makes his foes afraid to heare his name ; 
 On Vertues wings orefliinde with honors light. 
 Borne through the world with euer flying Fame, 
 Which ftill the Eccho of his might refounds, 
 A terror threatning thefe terreftriall bounds. 
 
 His Scepter proud and his great conqu'ring hand 
 Will ere6b Troph's of high Triumphes on all. 
 Earth-ruling mindes ftooping at his command 
 Adorn'd they are by him to bee made thrall. 
 So Monarch hee muft caufe ech potent King, 
 For him and his rich tributes for to bring. 
 
 No 
 
No treafons gilt fuch threatnings can abide, 
 Nor Vipers vilde who eates their tongues to barke. 
 With feares confuPd muft needs their felues go hide. 
 And lye obfcure in the Cemerian darke. 
 
 From light debar'd to preffage Plutoes place 
 Where monflrous fpirits fuchmonfters fhall imbrace. 
 
 10 
 Sweld with Enuie and poyf'ned great with griefe, 
 Moft ferpent-like fpewes vennome on their owne 
 Damn'd harts abhord whofe mutins breeds mifchief, 
 They with their felfe, their felfe fhall bee orethrowne. 
 So diu'llifh braynes brings refllefle murther ftill. 
 They filthie frogs each one fliall other kill. 
 
 11 
 
 Then fubie6ls true on honors throne fet forth 
 No death your eternized life can end , 
 For famous feates ad's wonders to fuch worth. 
 And truth ftill doth a ftiining light out fend 
 
 Whofe glancing beames, reflexing heere and there, 
 By flowing quilles of Poets are made rare. 
 
 12 
 
 Now happie He fequeftred lines no more. 
 Since ioyn*de expell the excrements of wrath, 
 And let their foule ambitious factes implore 
 Their owne orethrow and well-deferuing death. 
 Rafe downe, tread on their turrets of enuie 
 Whofe pride would mount aboue the valted skie. 
 
 IS 
 The Regifter of Memorie beholde 
 How God of wonders, wondrous works hath wrought 
 
 When 
 
?g w g - Tg ii :^ 'J B^ auiJ/ nimsa PiJ ^p 
 
 ■9 
 of glorious JBrittaine. 
 
 When life paft hope to treafon he was folde. 
 Till threatning-death in dangers mouth him brought: 
 In fuch extremes deathes ambuih was in vaine, • 
 For Heau'ns llrong hand did faue him ftill vnflaine. 
 
 14 
 All high attempts of deu'llifli foes was foyld. 
 All hideous noife of horrors did affwage. 
 All tragike troopes of hellifh thoughts was fpoylde, 
 And rigors felfe gaue rigor to their rage; 
 
 Enfignes difplaid whofe terror them confounds 
 Whilft conqu'ring ioy vi6lorious trumpet founds. 
 
 The Ihip which death with tempefts grief did threat'n, 
 And gulfes of feas was readie to deuoure, 
 When reftleffe-mercy-wanting-ftormes had beat'n. 
 At laft came fafe vnto her long-fought ftiore. 
 So lieau'n now brings him to his hau'ning place 
 Still to fucceed to him and all his race. 
 
 16 
 The vpright in each true externall thing 
 Bewrayes the force hart-burning-loue doth yeald. 
 For fmiling lookes of fuch a gratious King 
 Shall make your loue with life and blood be feald ; 
 Vnworthie to enioy this mortall breath 
 Who for this King or countrey feares their death. 
 
 17 
 
 The Altar is a fpotleffe minde whereon 
 You facrifice and offer vp good-will, 
 Loue yeelds the fuell from the hart alon 
 Which once inflam'd is quenchleffe burning ftill. 
 Then Martiall feates ftiall breed couragious ftrife, 
 
 In 
 
In battels braue to trye a carelefle life. 
 
 18 
 Though the Idcea of your long defire 
 Vnfetled Time obfcures him for a fpace , 
 Yet Ihall this Time with comming Time expire, 
 And then receiue fruition of his face : 
 
 Who luftice feekes, his wifedomes eyes Ihall fee. 
 With Reafons right each may contented bee. 
 
 19 
 So Spring-time conies, long dark'ned Sun com's out 
 All to renew that Winter blaftes had fpoil'd, 
 W^hen fending forth his gorgeous beames about, 
 Hopes haru'ft expels which high difpaire had foil'd ; 
 So hope triumphes , difpaire lies quite o*rethrowne, 
 Sweet Soyle thou haft which God hath made thine own. 
 
 20 
 
 Mifconfter not his well-inclining-minde. 
 Do not miftruft, for triall lurkes in Time, 
 Why to his Kingdomes fliall hee prooue vnkinde. 
 And glorie ftayne of his adorning prime ? 
 
 No counfaile can make him become fo ftrange. 
 Nor earthly pompe his burning loue to change. 
 
 21 
 
 Murmour no more, nor bee not difcontent 
 When conftant Loue and fpotlefle luftice ftands , 
 With eager piercing lookes for to preuent 
 All kinde of foule oppreflion in his lands. 
 This is the right inricheth his renowne. 
 This is the oath made to his royall Crowne. 
 
 22 
 
 And you whofe long tormented hearts hath ftill 
 
 With 
 
of glorious JBrittaine, 
 
 With cloudie miftes and darkeneffe been obfcur'd ; 
 You all the world with tragike volumes fill, 
 What woe's deuiPd that you haue not iudur'd 
 
 Your Regijier this rigor may recall. 
 
 Shame, bloodflied, death, ftill captiues led in thrall. 
 
 28 
 
 In guiltleffe-hira no crueltie doth dwell , 
 Nor from his mercy neuer fprang mifchiefe ; 
 Your confcience read, and it Ihall furely tell 
 His hands are wafh*d as caufeleffe of your griefe : 
 Then let the bloud, the banifliment and death, 
 Bee on their heads the Authors of your wrath. 
 
 24 
 
 What though a King ? yet Kings are fometime forc'd 
 
 To yeeld confent with vnconfenting hart, 
 
 As from his will vnwillingly diuorc'd. 
 
 That no vprore Ihould rife in any part : 
 Such is the onely prudence in a Prince 
 That 'gainft a murm'ring Momus makes defence. 
 
 25 
 
 Why doe not then degorge fatyrike words, 
 Vfurping right thou fhalt vfurpe thy braine. 
 For lo, nought elfe fuch foolilh feates affords, 
 But diu'llish guerdon for thy greateft gaine : 
 And ftill thou Ihalt infamous make thy name, 
 When as thy end's to end in endleffe lliame. 
 
 26 
 If Chriftian thou, then Chriftian-like abide 
 Till flowing fauour from his Kingly loue , 
 By stately rule, thy fredome fliall prouide, 
 When mindes remorfe and mercy fliall him moue, 
 
 D So 
 
To the famous lie of Srittaine. 
 
 So Confcience thral'd, made free and griefe is gone. 
 Then fhall his Soyles contented liue in one. iA\ 
 
 27 
 
 And dark'ned clouds that lowVs vpon your heads 
 
 Giues place vnto the glori'us fliining Sun , 
 
 Whofe burning beaines with radiant fplendor fpreads 
 
 A reftlefle race not ending Hill begun , 
 
 To Ihew the ods 'twixt Heau'ns caelefliall light 
 And gloomy milt of Helles eternall night. 
 
 28 
 From treafure rich of Gods immortall ftore 
 Let feruent loue in firy flames defcend, 
 And fill your hearts with pittie to implore 
 That Heau'ns preuenting-hand may him defend ; 
 Let higheft curfe breath forth confuming woes 
 For to conuert or elfe confound his foes. 
 
 29 
 A gratious King whofe mercie Hill abounds , 
 A gallant Queen by Nature made none fuch, 
 A Prince whofe worth Frames reltles trumpet founds, 
 And PrincefTe fhe I cannot prayfe too much , 
 A King, a Queene, a Prince, a Princeffe rare 
 O SoylCy what Soyle, can with this Soyle compare. 
 
 30 
 Then happie lie, in this thy happie day 
 Gods thundring voyce with harts relenting heare , 
 Whil'ft Heau'ns high troopes theatred in array 
 With founding joy before Chrifls throne compeare. 
 In confort fweet melodious fongs to ling , 
 Liue liue great lames molt blelt and potent King. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 To 
 
To Scotland his Soyle. 
 
 To thee my Soyle (where firft 
 I did receiue my breath) 
 Thefe Obfequies I ling 
 
 Before my S'e^ftw-like-death. 
 My loue by nature bound, 
 
 which fpotlefle loue I Ipend, 
 From treafure of my hart 
 
 to Thee I recommend. 
 I care not Fortunes frowne, 
 
 nor her vnconftant Fate : 
 Let her diffembling fmile 
 
 and tryumph in deceate. 
 CurPd be that man which hoords 
 
 his hopes vp in her lap. 
 And curPd be he that builds 
 
 vpon her hapleffe hap. 
 I tread on that blinde Bawd 
 
 and fcorne hir fowre-mixt-fweet , 
 In Ipite of all her fpite 
 
 I fpurne her with my feet. 
 Now let her fpet more wrath 
 
 (If any more yet bee) 
 Let horror of her hart 
 
 thunder at carelefle-ilf/i?^. 
 Then all the flatt'ring Ihowes 
 
 of Fortune I difdaine. 
 So farewell Soyle and friends, 
 
 a Pilgrime once againe. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
>>^^3(h 
 
 His Pafsionado, 
 
 when he was in Pilgrimage. 
 
 THou Phaeton thy firy courfe do'fl end, 
 and Cinthia thou with borrowed light do'fl fhine, 
 Thefe woods their lilent horrors doo out-fend. 
 And vallies lowe their miftie vapors ihrine ; 
 Each liuely thing by Natures courfe doth goe 
 To reft, faue I, that wander now in woe. 
 
 My plaints impart thefe foli'd partes to fill, 
 Whil'fl roaring riuers fend their fowndes among, 
 Each dreadfull den appeares to helpe me flill. 
 And yeelds fad conforts to ray forr'wing fong : 
 How oft I breath this wofull word, Alace , 
 From Eccho I fad accents backe imbrace. 
 
 I will aduance, what feares can me affray ? 
 Since dreades are all debar'd by high difpaire, 
 Like darke nights-Ghofl, I vagabond aflraye 
 With trobled fpri't tranfported here and there ; 
 None like my felfe, but this my felfe alone, 
 I martir'd Man bewaile my matchleffe mone. 
 
 You flintie flones take eares and eyes to fee 
 
 This thundring greife, with earthquake of my hart , 
 
 That you may figh and weepe with mifer-Mee, 
 
 Melt 
 
in Pilgrimage. 
 
 Melt at the tragicke commentes of my fmart : 
 Let thefe my teares that fall on you fo oft, 
 Make your obdurate hardnefle to be foft. 
 
 You liquid droppes, diflilling from mine eyes 
 In chriftall, you my fecond felfe appeares : 
 Patterne of paine , how do'ft thou fympathize 
 In vifage wan, and Pilgrim's weede thou beares ? 
 And on thofe fignes of mifcontent attire 
 Still doe I read, Debar'd from my defire. 
 
 This hairie roabe which doth my corps contain 
 This burden, and my rough vnrafed heade, 
 A Winter and a Summer haue I bin 
 In dangers great, Hill wandring in this weede ; 
 Loe thus the force of my difaflers ftrange 
 Hath made me vfe this vuacquainted change. 
 
 I am dri'd vp with dolors I endure. 
 
 My hoUowe eyes bewray my rellles night. 
 
 My vifage pale felfe pittie doth procure, 
 
 I fee my fores deciph*red in my light. 
 A Pilgrime ftill, my Oracle was fo. 
 And made my name, JH MISER MAN I GO. 
 
 8 
 Now doe I goe, and wander any way, 
 No flrange eftate, no kinde of trau'ling toyles. 
 No threatning croffe, nor forrow can me ftay 
 To fearche and feeke through all the forts of foyles : 
 So round about this Round llill haue I run. 
 Where I began, againe I haue begun. 
 
 In 
 
I 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 His Pqfsionado 
 
 In flrangeft parts, where ftranger I may bee, 
 An outcaft loft, and voyed of all reliefe : 
 When faddeft fights of forrow I can fee. 
 They to my graue ftiall helpe to feede my griefe. 
 If Wonders felfe can wofull wonders fhowe. 
 That fight, that part, that wonder I will knowe. 
 
 10 
 Thus doe I walke on forreigne fieldes forlorne, 
 To careleffe-M^^, all cares do prooue vnkinde, 
 I doe the Fates of fickle Fortune fcorne, 
 Each crofle now breeds contentment to my minde, 
 Aftonilh of ftupendious things by day, 
 Nor howling founds by night can me affray. 
 
 11 
 You ftately Alpes furmounting in the skyes. 
 The force of floods that from your heights down falles, 
 There mighty clamors with my carefull cries. 
 The Ecchoes voice from hollow caues recalles : (der 
 The fnow-froz'n-clowds down from your tops do thun- 
 Their voyce with mine doth teare the ayre a funder. 
 
 12 
 And Neptune thou when thy proude fwelling wrath 
 From gulphes to mountaines mou'd with Winters blaft, 
 In anger great when thou did'ft threaten death. 
 Oft in thy rage, thy raging ftormes I paft. 
 And my fait teares increaft thy faltnes more. 
 My fighes with windes made all thy bo wells rore. 
 
 13 
 The fpatious earth and groundleffe deepe fhall beare 
 A true Record of this my mart ring mone ; 
 
 And 
 
in Pilgrimage 
 
 And if there were a world of worlds to heare, 
 (When from this mortall Chaos I am gone) 
 I dare approue my forrow hath bin fuch , 
 That all their witts cannot admire too much. 
 
 On the colde grownde my caytife-carcaffe lyes, 
 The leaueles trees my Winter-blafled-bed : 
 Noe Architedure but the vap'rous skyes, 
 Blacke foggie mill my weari'd corpes hath cled , 
 This lothfome laire, on which I reftles tourne. 
 Doth beft befit J/i^^-mifer-man to mourne. 
 
 15 
 With open eyes Nights darknes I difdaine , 
 On my croPd-breft I croffe my croffed arraes , 
 And when repofe feekes to preuent my paine. 
 Squadrons of cares doe found their frelh alarmes, 
 So in my Deep (the Image of pale Death) 
 Thefe %hing words with burthen bruf 'd I breath. 
 
 16 
 
 I euer row'd my Barge againft the ftreame, 
 
 I fcal'd thole lleppes that Fortune did me frame , 
 
 I conquer'd which impoffible did feeme , 
 
 I, haples I, once happie I became, 
 
 Now fweetell joy is turn'd to bitter gall, 
 The higher vp the greater was my fall. 
 
 17 
 
 What palling Follies are in high Estates, 
 •Whofe foolilh hopes giue promife to afpire : 
 Selfe-flatt'rie Hill doth maske the feare of Fates, 
 Till vnawares deceiuM in fought defire, 
 
 This breeds difpaire , then force of Fortunes change 
 
 Setts 
 
His Pqfsionado 
 
 Setts high Eftates in dread and perrill flrange. 
 
 18 
 There fecret grudge, Enuie and Treafon dwelles, 
 There luftice lies, in dole-bewraying weede. 
 There flyding Time with alt'ring feates ftill telles 
 The great attempts ambitious mindes doe breed. 
 They who haue moil flill hunt for more and more, 
 They moft defire that moft are choak'd with ftore. 
 
 J9 
 Henceforth will I forfake Terreiliall toyes. 
 Which are nought ells but fliadowes of deceat , 
 What couer'd danger is in earthly joyes, 
 When vilde Enuie, triumphes on each Eflate. 
 Thou traytor Time thy treafon doth betray 
 And makes youthes Spring in florilli fayre decay. 
 
 20 
 What's in experience which I haue not fought, 
 All (in that All) my will I did aduance, 
 At higheft rate , all thefe my witts are bought. 
 In Fortunes lottrie, I haue try*d my chaunce. 
 So what I haue I haue it not by fliowe. 
 But by experience which I truly knowe. 
 
 21 
 Long haue I fearch'd, and now at laft I finde 
 Eye-pleafing-calraes the tempeft doth obfcure. 
 When I, in glory of my profp*rous winde. 
 With white-fweld-fayles on gentle feas fecure. 
 
 And when I thought my Loadjiarre fliin'd moft faire 
 Eu'n then my hopes made Ihipwracke on difpaire. 
 
 22 
 
 My light is darke, whil'ft I am ouerthrowne, 
 
 Poore 
 
in Pilgrimage. 
 
 Poore filly Barke that did pure loue poffeffe : 
 With great vngratefull flormes thus am I blowne 
 On ruthlefle rockes, flill deafe at my diftrefle. 
 So long-fought-conqueft doth in ruin's boft. 
 And faies, behold, thy loue and labor's loft. 
 
 23 
 Since all my loue and labor's loft, let Fame 
 Spit forth her hate, and with that hatefull fcorne 
 In darke obliuion fepulchrize my name , 
 And tell the World that I was neuer borne. 
 In me all earthly dream'd-of-joy ftiall ende. 
 As Indian herbes, which in blacke fmoke I fpende. 
 
 24, 
 
 AU-doting-pleafure, that all-tempting-deuill, 
 I ihall abhor as a contag'ous peft, 
 I'le purge and clenfe my fences of that euill, 
 I fweare and vow, ftill in this vow to reft ; 
 In fable habit of the mourning blacke, 
 I'le folemnize this oath and vow I make. 
 
 Then goe vilde World, confufed maffe of nought , 
 Thy bittemefle hath now abufd my brayne , 
 Auoid thy deu'llifti fancy from my thought. 
 With idle toyes torment me not agayne. 
 My Time which thy alluring folly fpent 
 With heart contrite and teares I doe repent. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 E 
 
 Againft 
 
Againji Time. 
 
 SONNET. 
 
 GOe traytour Time and authorize my wrong. 
 My wrack, my woe, my wayting on bewray ; 
 Look on my heart, which by thy Ihifts fo long 
 Thou tyranniz'd with treafon to betray : 
 My hopes are fled, my thoughts are gone aftray, 
 And fencelefle I haue forrow in fuch flore 
 That paine it felfe, to whom I am a pray, 
 Of mee hath made a martred man and more. 
 Go, go then Time, I hateful! thee implore. 
 To memorize my fad and matchleffe mone, 
 Whilft thy deceipts by death I fhall decore. 
 My lofle of life ftiall make them knowne each one. 
 So I (poore I) I ling with Swan-Wke fong. 
 Go traytor Time and authorize my wrong. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 H The Eftate of 
 
 worldly Eftates* 
 
 EAch hath his Time whom Fortune will aduance, 
 Whofe fickle wheel runs reftlefle round about. 
 Some flatt'ring lye oft changeth others chance, 
 Dangers deceipt in guiltie harts breeds doubt. 
 
 It's 
 
It's feene 
 
 What yet hath beene 
 With tra6t of time to paffe, 
 And change 
 Of Fortune ftrange 
 At laft hath turn'd their glafle. 
 2 
 Enuie triumph's on tops of high Eftate 
 All ouer-hung with veiles of feigned fhow. 
 Man climbes aboue the courfe of fuch conceate, 
 That loftie-like, they loath to look below. 
 And what ? 
 All's hazard that 
 Wee feek on dice to fet. 
 For forae 
 
 To height's do come, 
 Then falls in dangers net. 
 
 The gallant man, if poore, hee's thought a wretch. 
 
 His vertue rare is held in high difdayne. 
 
 The greateft foole is wife, if he be ritch. 
 
 And wifedome flowes from his lunatique brayne. 
 
 Thus fee 
 
 Rare fprit's to bee 
 Of no account at all. 
 
 Dilgrace 
 
 Hath got fuch place 
 Each joyes at others fall. 
 
 The brib*rous minde who makes a God of gould, 
 He fcornes to plead without he haue reward, 
 Then poore mens fuites at higheft rates are fould, 
 Whilft Avarice damn'd, nor Ruth hath no regard. 
 
 For 
 
The EJlate of 
 
 For heere 
 He hath no feare 
 Of Gods confuming curfe. 
 His gaines 
 
 Doth pull with paines 
 Plagues from the poore mans purfe. 
 5 
 The furious flames of Sodoni*s fodaine fire, 
 With feruent force confume vaine Pride to nought. 
 With wings of wax let foaring him afpire 
 Aboue the ftarres of his ambitious thought. 
 And fo 
 
 When hee doth go 
 On top of Prides high glory. 
 Then fliall 
 His fodain fall 
 Become the worlds fad Story. 
 
 Ingratitude, that ill, ill-fauor'd lU, 
 In noble breaftes hath builded caftles flrong, 
 Obliuion fett's-vp the Troph^s that ftill 
 Bewrayes the filthie vildenefle of that wrong. 
 
 Ah minde 
 
 Where deu'Uilh kinde 
 Ingratitude doth dwell. 
 
 That /// 
 
 Coequals ftill 
 The greateft /// in hell. 
 
 On poyfons filth contagious Error fpreeds, 
 Heau'ns fpotlefle eyes looks as amaz'd with wonder, 
 Their viprous mindes fuch raging horror breeds 
 To teare Religions vifgin-roabes afunder. 
 
 What 
 
Worldly EJiates. 
 
 ^ What then, 
 
 ^^ O wicked men, 
 
 ^^ And Hels eternall pray, 
 1^ Go mourne, 
 
 itO And in time tume 
 
 ^g From your erronious way. 
 
 ra 8 (ftrife? 
 
 ^^ What courfe wants croffe ? what kinde of ftate wants 
 Jfii; What worldling yet could euer feem content ? 
 ^^ What haue wee heere in this our thwarting life ? 
 loyy Beautie, Honour^ Loue, like fmoak are fpent. 
 1%, 
 
 Time goe's away 
 Without returne againe. 
 How wife ! 
 Who can delpife 
 Thefe worldly vapours vaine. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 His Dying Song. 
 
 NOw hapleffe Harty what can thy foars aflwage. 
 Since thou art grypt with horror of Deaths hand ? 
 Thou (baleful-thou) becoras the Tragich ftage. 
 Where all my tort'ring thoughts theatred ftand : 
 Grief e^ feare, deaths thought, each in a monftrous 
 Like vgly monfters, mufter in my minde. (kinde 
 
 Thou 
 
His Dying Songe. 
 
 Thou loathfome bed to reftleffe-martred-ilt/^^, 
 Voyd of repofe, fiU'd with confuming cares, 
 I will breath forth my wretched life on thee , 
 For quenchleffe wo and paine, my graue prepares ; 
 Vnto pale-agonizing- Ji)^«^A am thrall. 
 Then muft I go, and anfwere to his call. 
 
 3 
 
 O Memorie moft bitter to that man 
 Whofe God is Golde, and hoords it vp in ftore, 
 But O, that blind-deceiuing- Wealth, what can 
 It faue a life, or add one minute more ? 
 
 When hee at reft, rich treafures in his fight. 
 His Soule (poore Foole) is tane away that night. 
 
 4 
 And ftrangers gets the fubftance of his gaine. 
 Which he long fought with endleffe toyles to finde, 
 This vilde Worlds filth, and excrements moft vaine, 
 Hee needs muft dye and leaue it all behinde : 
 O Man, in minde remember this, and mourne, 
 Naked thou cam'ft, and naked muft retoxirne. 
 
 I naked came, I naked muft returne. 
 Earths flatt'ring pleafure is an idle toy. 
 For now I fweare my very Soule doth fpurne 
 That breath, that froth, that moment-fleeting joy ; 
 Then farewell World, let him betray'd ftill boft 
 Of all mifchiefe that in Thee trufteth moft. 
 
 Burnt Candle, all thy ftore confum'd thou end's. 
 Thy lightning fplendor threat's for to be gone, 
 
 O 
 
His Dying Songe. 
 
 O how do'ft thou refemble Mee that fpend's. 
 And fighs forth life in lighing forth my raone ? 
 Thy light Thee lothes, I loth this lothed life. 
 Full of deceipt, falfe enuie, grudge, and ftrife. 
 
 I call on Time, Tim's alt'red by the change, 
 I call on Ft-iendes, Friendes haue cloPd vp their eares 
 I call on Earthly Poufrs, and they are ftrange, 
 I call in vaine when Pittie none appeares. 
 
 Both Time and Friends, both Earthly Power S2xA all. 
 All in difdaine are deafe at my hoarfe call. 
 
 8 
 Then Prayer flowe from my heart-humbling knees, 
 To the fupreame Celefliall Throane afpire. 
 And fliew my griefe to Heau'ns all feeing eyes. 
 Who neuer yet deny'd my juft deiire : 
 
 Mans helpe is nought , O GOD thy helpe I craue, 
 \Vhofe fpotleffe blood my fpotted Soule did faue. 
 
 Then take my Soule, which bought by thee, is thine, 
 Earth harb'ring-worms, take thou my corps of clay ; 
 O Chrift, on mee eternall mercy fliine. 
 Thy bleeding woundes wafti all my finnes away. 
 Now, now I come to thee O leju fweet. 
 Into thy hands I recommend my Spreet* 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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