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BARNABE GOOGE
Eglogs, Epytaphes, and
Sonettes
1563
i lll'.l.i; COPIES ONLY AT PRESENT KNOWN
FROM THE COPY IN THE POSSESSION OF
HENRY HUTH, ESQRE.
I M I ED BY
E D \Y A R D ARRER
A. ETC. LATK EXAMINEK IN ENGLISH
LAI ;ATLRE
1 KSITY OF
LONDON
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WESTMINSTER
A CONSTABLE AND
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I NTS, ...... 2
i Lines, . . . • • 4
s of the Life and Writings of Barnabe Googk, . 5
I.N 1 1.. iDU( 1 l' >N, ..... 15
Bibliography, ..... 18
cclcmuctf, cpirapljs, anH feonnetg, i 9
i. [A dedicatory Poem by] Alexander Neville, . 21
ii. ( rofe dedication to William Lovelace, Efq.,
I; of Gray's Inn, . . . . 24
iii. L. BluNDESTOn's [profe Addrefs] to the Reader, dated
27 May [562, ..... 26
iv. The [poetical] Preface of L. Blundeston, , 2S
(Ecloguejs.
rima. Speakers, DAPHNES and AMINTAS.
/ unda.
I 1 >tia.
I uarla.
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I 1 octaua.
1 'ami: ias.
\i cas and Coridon.
Me libeus and Palemon.
Mi 'i 51 - and Egon.
! ix and Faustus.
SlLVANUS, Sll SELGOVIA.56
Coridon and Cornix. . 62
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1. ( M Lord Shei mi 1 d's death,
2. (ii Mill, r Shelley, (lain at Muffelburgh,
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4. Of Nil HOLAS GRIMAOLD, .
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4. Of Edwards of the Chapel.
5. To L. Blundeston.
The Anfwer of L. Blundeston to the fame-
To Alexander Neville.
Alexander Neville's anfwer to the fame.
To Matter HENRY C< >BHAM. Of the mojl bleffed flate oj
life. ....
To Alexander Neville. Of the bleffed Jlate of h
that feels not the force of Cupid's flames.
ALEXANDER Neville's anfwer to the fame.
To Miftrefs A.
To G eorge I Ii h.meden. Of a running head.
To the tranflation of Pallingenius' [Zodiac of Life]
The Heart abfent. ....
To Alexander Neville.
The anfwer of A. Neville to the fame.
To Miftrefs D. [i.e. Mary Darrell].
Out of an old Poet.
[The Fly and the Candle], .
tied Sonnet]. ....
[Untitled Sonnet]. ....
(Hit of fight, out of mind. .
[A pofy]. .....
• ther pofy]. ....
Of the unfortunate choice of his Valentine. .
The uncertainty of life.
A Ri : ifaL .
< )i Miftrefs I). S. [? Darrell of Scotney].
Of Money. .....
( r< ing towards Spain.
At Bonivall in France.
1 ning homewards out of Spain. .
To L. Bli ndeston. (>/ Ingratitude.
The anfwer oi L. BLUNDESTON to the fame.
To the tune of Appelles.
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4 First lines ok the Poems contained in this work.
By ISarnabr Goocjr.
ECLOGUES.
i. Sytk Phebus now begins to flam*, O/rende Amintas deare.
i. My beasts, gofede vpon ye plaine, and let your herdman lye.
asaunt wether Condon, and fytte to kepe thefyelde.
4 . i :• guyds ye golden Globe, it-he r shinyng shapes do dwel.
leful thing there is at hand thy countenaunct doth declare.
6. O /-'a list us, whom abone tlie rest, of Shephardes here that kepe. .
7. Sirenus shepltard good and thou, that hast yll luc/ee in lone.
8. Now ragethe Titan fyerce alone ; his Beantes on earth do beate.
EPITAPHS.
9. When brutysh broyle, and rage of war in Cloivnysh hafts began.
10. Wan Mars liad moued mortall hate and forced Jumysh heate. .
11. The havitye verse, yat Maro wrote made Pome to wonder muche.
holde this Jletyng world /tow al things fade.
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Accuse not God, yffanciefond, do tttoue thy foolysh brayne.
As oft as I remembre with my self. .
1 motes that with your sacred food.
Farewell thou fertyll soy It, that Brutus fyrst out founde.
I lothe to speake wylt thou »iy lust.
Money me, take I'rendshyp wlio so lyst.
, thai with thy hoary keares. .
If thou canst banish idleness, Cupiaoes bowe is broke. .
in the high Citherion //yll, nor from that Ladies throne
No vayner tkyng titer ran be found amyd this vale of stryfe.
i Affection, wounder of my Hart.
Olde Socrates, whose wysdome dyd excel/.
musynge as I sat, and candle bumynge bye.
Seas, and myghty Neptunes rayne.
Synce I so long haue lyved in pain, and burnt for lone of t/te.
Some men le countydwyse, that well can talke.
•r is my hart becom.
tuoures not and al thytt.es backward go.
yat from thy mouth did flow.
* that happens vnto men.
tppyest lyfe that her, .
, that I sustaynde in the.
Byrde, the tender Marly on.
The tytell Fysh, that i'l the slreme doth fleet,
'uses ioye, ana' well they may to se.
The of trier sene, the more I lust.
1 that all the Furyes fell can cast from Lymbo lake.
.-.' a'o run.
that / by Loue suslayne.
. why dyds.'e thou not consent.
When I do u my hart doth ryse.
CUP/ DO CO NO UK K ED.
T/te rtoeetest time of al the year* it was when as the Sonne.
1L. Bluntorston.
hygh hoi: - estate. .
dull of my appalled Muse.
r t of this thy Byrde I fynde. .
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NOTES of the Life and Writings
of
BARN ABE GOOGE.
1 1 is furname is alfo varioufly fpelt Gochc, Goghe, Goncke, &c.
There was printed at Venice an undated Latin satirical poem
in twelve books named after the signs of the Zodiac. Zodiacus
i'.' 1535— 1539] ' 'itapulcherrimmoopusatque utilissintum, Marcelli Pal-
ingenii stellati Poeta ad illustrissitnum Ferraria Dueem
Hercules secundemfeliciter iticipit. The dedication to Hercules 1 1. d'Este,
who was Ilulce of Ferrara between i Nov. 1534 — 3 Oct. 1559, fixes the date
of the impression, to which Thomas Scauranu es. Mar-
cellus Paiingenius is believed to be i P Manzolli,
an Italian, respecting whose life very little is known. We hive printed
Googe's own account of him at p. 13. Despite its being put on the Index by
the Council of Trent ; more than twenty editions of this celebrated Invective
have been published in Latin and "tiler languages : including two Latin edi-
tions at Basle in 1552 and 1557, which Googe may have used in his transla-
tion and another at London in 1579.
1553. Feb, 20. Thomas Kirchmeyer or Naogcorgus [b. 151 1 — d. 29 Dec
1563] was the author of another anti-Papist invective in
entitled Regni Papistici, the preface of which is dated 20 Feb.,
June, and the imprint June 1553.
1558. p.rj. \'i. l£li>abctl) succteos to the throne.
1559- SErT. A second edition of Regni Papistici is published at Basle.
Nov. 24. The date of Gasper 1 1 '.ywood's poetical preface to his trans-
lation of Seneca's Thyestes, the printing of which was finished
on 25 March 1560. In this preface, he supposes himself to
meet Seneca, while in a dream, whom lie thus addresses. | The allusions are
rtant as showing the rage for translating then prevailing; and also as
\ utually announcing Googe's translation, no portion of which had as yet ap-
peared.]
A /about long (quoth / it is that riper age doot 'lie crane
A tut who shall traitaile in thy I , e iudgement ought to haue
/'hen I : whose greener retires thereby no thanks may hope to Wynne.
Thou seest danu- Nature yet hath sette no heares vppon my chyiuie
1 'raue this therefore oj grauet age, ami men 0/ greater skill
hull many be that letter tin, and some perhapps that -anil.
But yf thy will be rather bent a yong mans witt to proue,
And tkinkst that eldet lerned tnt n perhaps it shall behoue,
h: woorks o/waight to spende theyr tynte, goe where Mineruaes 1
Ana finest witts doe svjarme : whomt she hath taught to passe with pen,
hi I.ytnolnes Inne and Temples t~< • /yes Inue an, t other mo.
Thou shall them Jynde whose paynfull pen thy ve>
That Melpom H t midst -.fell weene hail taught them tor to Wright,
Ami all their woorks with stately style, and g
/'here slta/t thou see thesel/e sa displayes,
And Dyall a es paynte, and pi road his p>
'/ her,- Sat Icuyl j tied bee.
There Norton's ditt, ;ht, there Yelui :'ee
He mgntenth tne thou mightest agayne,
To be tie /one his bray ne.
Then heare thou shah me
Whose M 1 >ne.
And there the gentle blunduilie is by name ana eke by hynae.
6 Notes of the Life and Writings of B. Googe.
Of whom* we ham* by Plutarclu-s lore, what frute by Foes to/ynde,
Bauande by da, that turnde his toyte a Common welthe to frame,
A nd greater grace in Bnglyshe genes, to woorthy authors name,
•e Googe a grateful! gaynes hath got te, reporte that runneth ryfe
If/to. .' : lie describe, and Zodiake of lyfe.
Ana yet great nombre more, 'whose names yf I shoulde nenv resight,
A ten tymes greater woorke then thine, I should be forste to Wright.
Barnabv Googe, son of Robert Googe, esq. recorder of Lincoln, by
liter of Sir John Mantell, was born in or about 1540,
at Afvingham, Lincolnshire. He was some time a member of Christ's College
in this university, I not appear to have graduated here. He was
i ', / College, ( Ixford. Upon leaving college, he travelled through
ice to Spain By his wife he had issue Matthew : Thomas ;
Robert, I a of All Souls' College, Oxford; Barnaby, master of Magdalen
College, Cambi Francis; William; Anne; Mary. Cooper. A then.
.■I: ii. 39. Ed. 1858.
1559. The first of the translations of Seneca ; Troas, by T. Hey-
wood, published.
1560. Ai'R. or May. There is the following entry in the Stationer's Registers
" Recevyd of Raufe newbery, for his lycense for printing of a
e called pallengenius, and he geveth to the howse . . iiij d "
J. 1' Collier. Extracts, &>c. i. 26. Ed. 1848.
was The First thre Sokes of the most Christian poet Marcellus
■.■genius called The Zodiakeof Like Newly translated out of Latin
into I nglysh. This edition, which we have been unable to see, Mr. ("oilier
states, in iphical Catalogue, "This is one of the rarest poetical
works in our lai we never had an opportunity of seeing more than the
nplar before US, and our belief is that only one other copy is in existence."
ii. 88. Ed. 1865. Mr. Collier also states that it is dedicated to his grand-
mother lai H il , and also to William Cromer, Thomas Honywood and
I ih Heimund Enquires. Herbert states that he styles this piece, ' the first
ol his study.'/. 717. It likewise contains the following initial poems
[which we here print from the next edition of 1561] :
Oe pcfarc.
When as syr Phebe with backward course, the horned gote had caught.
And had the pl.t e from whence he turtles his lofty face out sought :
Amid the entrauuoe of the grades of Capricome he stode.
And distant fat from him away was Marce ivithfiery mode.
He lachd th[e] aspect of mighty loue and Venus pleasaunt lake
II ith beanies he , ould not broil* from hie for heat his Globe forsoke.
Old Saturn* then aloft did lie, with lusty riueled face:
And with a ' course he ranne from out the twinnes apace,
A ml towardes the Bull he can to driue intending there to rest,
inkerd limmes in lonely Venus nest.
II 'ith frosen fa* § about he loked and vile deformed htwe,
And down* the boysttrous Boreas sent in entry coste that blewe,
'd* the pleasant trees weft the ground of grent,
That lite in springing springs 01 plants might no whet,- now be senei
1 he liuely sappe forsoht the bough and ,i,t; the tote it held
theflahey snowes on tender bowes they dweld,
II 'h,n down among) st my bones I sate and close I crouched for cold,
/■'•. • with stately steps alofe I might behold.
In >n and b tes in hand they <
With Laurell ie.it, . were crownd, a sight to me but rare.
N I ome and Vp I rose, at etewtf moued to in, . to
1 <ud Nimphi tvn / fall before theyr cornel}
tippet and shining fa, <■ and Melpomen her nan:,-.
../ thus her wordes to frame.
. man, quoth she. dispaU h. and take thy pen in hand,
thou tktciuii Warrtt and St 'lie in a;in,:ent l.atines land.
Notes of the Life and Writings of B. Googe.
Reduce to English sence she said, the lofty Lucernes verse
The cruel chaunce and dolfuH end ofC'esars state rehearse.
Maddatn (quoth Vratiy) with that, in this you do me wrong
To moue my man to seme your tunic thai hath profesd oj long,
And vowed his yeares with mc to serve in secreat motions lite.
To bent his brain in searching forth the roivlittges of the sky.
Nay rather take in hand quod she, (and on me Jul she loirs J
II 'ith English rime to bring to light A rat us worthy bo/cos.
J 'escribe the whirling spheares aboue and mouinges every one,
J lino forced about from East to II 'est from West to East they gone.
Aratlts verse wil shew the plain hoiu Circles at they run
How elides ye course tliorow croked line of Plicbe the shining sun.
I ed i'o/es do stay, and ivliere tlie snake doth crepe,
In heauens hie among the North wh - theyr course do kepe
is quoth she) thou shall ret eiue immortal fame at last,
Much more then if thou shouldst declare those bloudy bankets past.
These wordes declard wyth pleasaunt voyce, this Lady held her peace,
And forth before them till I saw the loneliest Lady prease :
tature tal, and I 'onus face, site sonde me thought to luiue
And Calliope she called was with verse tliat wrytes so graue.
Sisters quod she and Ladies all of lone his mighty line,
To whom no art doth lie vnkiurwne that heare we may define:
C he fe patrons of the Poets pore, and aiders of their verse.
Without whose help their simple heds would nothyng well rehearse,
I am become a suter here to you my Ladies all.
For him that heare before you staudes as -onto learning thrall,
A Poet late I had whose pen, did tread the crabbed wayes,
rtuous life, declaring how that men should e spend theyr dales.
In Romish lande he lined longe, and Palingen his name
It was. Whereby he got him selfe an everlasting fame
Of them that learned^be. But of the meane and ruder sorte
He lines vnknowne and laches flierby his iuste and rieht reporte.
Il'herfore my sute is to you all graunte me this wyght a while,
That standeth heare that he may turtle my Poetes stately style.
To Vulgar speche in natiue tounge : that all may vndet stande.
To this they all agreed and sayed, take thou that worcke in hartde.
A mased then I answered thus good tallies al (quoth I )
fame, for ever -flies and name can never dye
Ret time your sentence late pronounced call back your wordes agaynf.
And let not me take that in liaude that I can not attnyne.
In Englande here a hundred headdes more able nmve therebe,
Thys same to doe : then chose the teste and let the worst e go free.
o then that my verse receaue immortall shame.
When I shall fare the price ofpaynes with hasarde of my name.
'i this they all begin: ' """' whoty with on\e\ voice.
Take thou this same in ha tide thei < rie, thou hast n <ne other choysr.
And fast away from me thei fling, as halfe in angry moode
Thei lefte me thus ii: as awhile I stoode,
night do, at last my pen I tooke
Cotuti OUnded thus to English heare, this famous Poets I
I have thus bcgvnne, you (learned) 1 reqiiyre:
With your dispraise or great dysdaiue qvenche not this ky tidied fyre I
But feuc me rather cause to ende , this worke so l.i:
So shall I think* and well bestowde my paynes when all is done.
C Of bookt to the rcntirr.
Wllo sckes to shun ye sha tiring sails of mighty Momus mast,
i. of attempt ye SUgred seas, whet,
r Momus there doth rj mefutl toi hi:
Wi: • -racks of wrathfull words he keeps the p,
That none without where muses nanie ..
■: them with ireful mode the scornj dies.
8 Notes of the Like and Writings of B. Googe.
Since none may sea fie, I am not he, that can my self assure:
igh surging seas oj dete disdaine my ,'■ usage to procure.
hi content for to recetue refrocke at Momus hand:
Syth none there is, that may the nose of ' Rhynocere withstand.
i wyttes I hen re requyre with rigour not to iudge
The common sort 1 noughte esteme vnskilful though t/tey grudge.
Nor few of them can hold theyr peace but finde them seines a doe,
l>: vewing workes as he that sought, to mende Appelles shoe.
series I wish if that they -would contented to remaine.
And beare the weaknes of my ivit and not therat disdaine.
1561. In this year there appeared the second edition of Googe's
translation of the ZodiaCUS I'itir, containing the first six
/. 90. and also the following poem, which Mr. Col-
lier states is not in the first edition.
II 1 haucer nowe shoulde Hue, whose eloquence deuine,
Hath paste ye poets al that came ofauncieut Unit us lyne,
IfHomtre here might dwell, whose praise the Grekes resounde
might his yeares renewe, ifOuide myght be fouude :
A II these myght well be sure theyr matches here tofynde.
So much clothe England florishe tio-w with men of Muses kynde.
might 'Jitui their mates, what shame shall this my ryme
aue, that thus I publis/ie here in such a perlous tytnet
A Poet ones there lyued, and Chcrill was hys name:
II 'ho thought of Alexanders actes to make immortal fame.
:',■ -p in Pegase house, ofPoetes aunciente blonde:
A thousande verses yll he made, and none but seucn good.
Sythe Homer, Virgile, and the rest marc here theyr matches see :
Lett Cherill not thereat disdayne, he sJuill be matched with me.
For eche good verse he dyd receyue a peece of golde (I trowe)
For ei he yll verse thehyngedidbydde his eare shoulde fele a blowe.
Though I presume with him as mate coequall to remaine :
lie I not herein to be copartener of his gayne.
FINIS.
1 above three poems are omitted in all subsequent editions.
The Epitaph on Phaer was probably written before Googe went abroad.
1561-2. ' Win rER. It is apparent from the allusions on /. 29, that Googe
went towards Spain about this time, leaving these Eglogs, &*c.
— in the hands of his friend Blundeston.
1562. Pentb ost [May 17 &e.J Blundeston writes his poetical preface.
,"/>. -'8-30.
May 27. He writes his prose preface at //. 26, 27, and leaves all
with the printer.
1562-3? Winter. Googe reaches home fr im Spain, while Blundeston is away
I /. 25 ; on whose return, he is astonished to
learn that his poems are in the printer's hands, and the 1
for the impres at length to his friend's persuasion
he suffers them to appear: finishing Cupidds conquered as hestates.it/.
1563. Mar. 15. -_•- I he printing is therefore finished on 15 March 1563,
' ited on the Title at /. 19, and Colophon at /. 128.
Ai'K. 28. \ 1 Neville's tr.m~l.aion of Seneca s </■'., lipus, is
finished by I'. Colwell, who also printed these Eglogs, 6fc.
ue to the e's love, u urtship and mar-
//*. 87, 99 of an earlier and unre<|nit
\ . previous to his voj 1 1 to Spain, but it is his
winning of Mary I tarrell with whii h we have now to do. Some preliminary
1 t touched up in.
w ha r, we are unable to ly, Only 0111 hori poem to
|i in. ll| occurs in this collection i.e. before March 1 63)! and
ilness : bul the sti unge stru
oft!. itish families with Cecil and A | Parkei i ime about
Notes of the Life and Writings of B. Googe. 9
in this way. John Lennard, Esq. [h. 1509 — d. 12. Mar. 1590. act. 81] of
Chevening, (N. E. of Tunbridge Wells), was a rich prosperous man of 54
years of age, Prothonotary of the Common Pleas, and possessed of many lands
and manors in four other counties besides Kent. [Hasted's Kent. i. 359-360. Ed.
1778] The elder of his two sons, Sampson Lennard [6. 1545-d. 20 Sept.
I aged 18, was head over ears in love with Mary Darrell. Now the 1 'arrell
family, originally from Yorkshire, lived at Scotney. a manor house in Lamber-
hurst parish, which is the southernmost parish of that county and adjoins
ex They were of lesser note ami wealth than the Lennards. Th
Darrell had married twice. By his first wife, he had a daughter: by his
second, Mary koydon, daughter of Roydon Esq™ of Ea Si P n, he
had one son, Henry : and four daughters, Mary, ' .veetheart; Eleanor
Frances; ami Margaret. [Hasted's AY///, ii. ^So. Ed. 1782]
Googe had been a long time a visitor at Scotney, certainly before the
publication of this work, as the poem above referred to witnesses : but he
does not seem to have betrothed himself till the summer of this year. The
curious correspondence on this subject opens first with the two foil
letters from Sir William Cecil, the drafts of which corrected by him, are in
the State Paper Office.
1563- Oct. i, Mem. of 'my Master's letters to Mr Lennard for Bar. Googe.
Mr Lennard I haue ben certifyed by Googe who being my ser-
vant is also my kinsman that whereas there hath of late passed
an agreement between him and the daughter of Mr Thomas Darrell in Kent as
concerning marriage having her friends consent herein as I understand by her
fathers letters written vnto him which I have read and being thoroughly at a
poynt for all things between them He hath of late by your means been hindered
to his great grief as also against all due order of well using whereby he hath
declared vnto me that minding to do vnto him so great an iniury your opinion is
that he is vtterly destitute of friends and that I make no other account of him
but as of one of my men. Whereas 1 esteeme him as my near kinsman and
so he shalbe sure to find me in any reasonable case Wherefore I pray you
herrin to vse him no otherwise than one whom I well esteem. I haue seen
iters that haue passed between her father and him as also her own
letters whereby the matter is made clear vnto me that she hath fully assured
herself vnto him,"
Knowing what we do of Sir William Cecil's soundness of judgment: the
circumstances must have been very strong in favour of Googe before he could
' ins written : and as also in the following letter to Mr I >arrell.
'• After my very hearty commendations. Where as I understand that
Googe my servant hath been a sutor to your daughter moved chiefly as I take
it by the virtuous report of her and the friendly entertainment that he found
at your hands, as both by his information and certain your letters written to
him I understand since he hath so far provided that there hath assurance
fl between them evidently t" be proved by his allegation and her own
etter I shall be to require you not to go t I nd so
perfectly knit between them, whereof you have been so long a favorer.
idering that you knew a-- well his estate fur living at thi I any-
time since and allthough
that he lacketh friends and wellwish fj ing both my kinsman and my
servant. Thus I require you to show him such friendship have
done before as you would require any frendship at my hands. I haue thought
to haue written to my L01 rbury to nave nd of the matter
but I trust my lei 11 in this case shall I t "
Mr Leonard's own reply to the v of Mate's request, is now
Lansdowne MS. 7 /. 7 ,-83.
1563 M nto your honor. Y
me l :!i alter the
cause not yours but mas: G I
for lacke of h; ;er: The matter not worth my sending savii
io Notes of the Life and Writings of B. Googe.
satisfie you The effect of your lettre is that master Googe hath enformed
you that he is hindred hy my meanes concerning his manage with master
Darrell his daughter and that my opinion is that he is destitute of frendes
and that you accompte not of him but as of one of your men. Ye write
further that the matter is made plaine to you by the maides lettres and her
fathers which you haue sene and redde that she hath assured her selfe to
master Googe: and in asmuche as it hath pleased you so to put the one side,
it occasioneth me to offer to you th[e]other to that ende which els 1 woulde
not for the tedyousnes thereof, which may not be shortened.
I praie you doubte not that I haue good will to pleasure any man of yours
muche more your honest kyndesinan. There is cause why I shoulde, you
being my go id Ma ti r. Bui lor this marrage I myght and must haue done
with honesty as I did. with reuerence I speake it, though it had touched your
Sonne or the best subiecte in thisRealme.
I knowe not master Googe who as he hath sclaundered me to you for your
accompting of him being hidden to me, so vntruely and scornefully he as
one th it seemeth to haue a whootc hedde and a sicke braine wrote to me this
somer past that by the extreme highte of my promysed mountaines master
Darrell had altered his mynde from him and for riches sake ment to matche
his (1 lughter with my sonne and that frendes of the best which shoulde be
able to beare strooke with the best of his aduersaries shoulde do and write
in the cause. He hath allso mysused me in an other lettre the copy is here
inclosed. They that knowe him and my sonne thyncke aswell or better of
my sonne as of him to all respectes. And there were not cause why I would
wyshe my son buryed. Mountaynes he lyke I promysed none, for master
Darrell will confesse that he and his wyfc before master Googes sute, were
earnest suters to me and that their daughter was as forwarde in desire as
woman hedde would gene leue to matche with my sonne : and that I never
commended hut still disabled my sonne to them all thre and they all thre a\
fast habiled and commended my Sonne.
Master Darrell telleth me that vppon your lettre sent to him for masl r
Googe he wrote to you that his promyse his wifes and daughters were past
them t" me for my sonne before master Googes sute and that the talke
which he had with master Googe thereof happened by his mystaking of a
lettre of myne. He wrote truely to you therein which clereth me.
I had divers talkes with the maide for my sonne in his absence and yet no
mo then she was glad of and then delyvered me by her parents. And hereto
I call god to witnesse that not withstandyng my obieccions (as of purpose to
trye her I moued many to longe to be recyted here that myght haue stayed
her from matching with my sonne) so farre was she from a nay that she
ncuer off red any delay to be my sonnes wifbut was must desirous ol it in
worde and gesture: so that at our last talke, hearynge her mylde ami I. wing
answers will full consent to haue my sonne who 1 know loved her entierly
and therefore I hauing good lyking in me that he shoulde he her husband,
nature wrought in me for her to lav my ryght hande on her hrest at
i effecte then I see that with gods helpe the frute that shall
come of this body shall possessc all that I haue, am/ therevpon I will hyss
you. Andso in dede I kyssedher. I gaueher after this, silke for agowne(she
ncuer wore none so good), and she in token of her good will cave my sonne
a handkercher and in affirmance of this her father wrote a letter to me by
her i : h and thai he redde the lettre to her, the copy is here
eth her full consent to be my sonnes wife
I i irrell dwelleth from me nere xx myles a way that I ne\
but for this pur] then in somer and at my comyne thither at Bar-
I i the patents and maid'- that 1 herd say she
tide haue a husband whereat 1 inerveil.,| considering the talke that had
i'i I tweene > . They all thre answered me ami others for me verj
th il ii» ind that ma hut a suter To prove that to
[rents Sent me afterward a copy hi the maides
lettre sent t asti I . . f late wherein she termeth him to he hut a
»uter and prayclh him to leue Ins sute ami the parents still say lhat he hath
Notes of the Life and Writings of B. Googe. ii
no holde of her except that by secrete intysement ageinst their wills he hath
it some worde of her, a thynge odyous to god and not to be favoured
by man.
Now if the talke that she had with me had beene to my sonne it had ben
a full contracte but my sonne being absent it is not soo. Yet is it suche
matter as therevpon he myght the rather be a suter as master Googe is for
it is no rare thynge for one woman to haue dyvers Miters at ones.
Thus haue 1 made you a true discourse of all my doings, which I trust you
in whose judgement I durst put all my lande, lyving, and lyfe can not iudge
i y due order uf well vsing thoughe by master Googcs false
informaccion ye write in your lettre to me to be ageinst all due order of
well *■
I shouldebe no geyner by this my sonnes matching but should haue forgone
a M mai>.-. with matching in as good a stocke in the o lUntrey where 1 dwell,
and sithens suche encumbrance is wrought as I perceyue there ys on the
m aiiles part who as I here wavereth in this case I and my sonne may with
honestie geue vp our sute therein for I were to madde to matche my eldest
where any entangling is and no stedfastnes at all I pray yen thyncke
not that I woulde so do as surely I wolde not for any treasure in this worlde
nytte vpp that thoughe she woulde my sonne saieth he will not
haue her and I say that he shall not haue her.
Master Googe by fyrst talke with me vppon good cause showed might
sonnes sute soner then by sawsy lettres some sent by ruffians.
*> i 1 sought to'marry a bcggcrs daughter I wolde therein offer her father no
despite. Master Darrell sayeth that master Googe vseth him so evell seking
aide at his cnnemyes hande in the countrey about him and hath faced him
that he wolde tell the Qucne of him and that a seriaunt at armes shoulde
fetche his daughter from him and that you shoulde fetche her within a month
with a number of other straunge dealings which haue troubled the gentle-
man muche.
And so I leave to trouble you Wishinge you increase of honor At Cheve-
aing the xth of November 1563.
Your seruaunt assuredly to command I. lcnnard.
Endorsed.— To the right honourable ami his verygood 'Master Sir Wil-
liam Cecil knyght cliefe Secretary to tlie Queues maiestie.
The three enclosures of Mr. Lennard's letter are as follows : —
Enclosure A. Tlie effect 0/ one of master darells letters sent to n
Lennard, which as master Darrell yet sayethe he wrote by his daugh-
ters consent. And tint read yt to her and so sent xt to master lennard
After my ryght harty commendations etc. presumynge of yourc u 1 wyll
and goodnes towardes my daughter mary: althoughe thai yat I
moued ye manage, betwene \ one and her I knewe ryghi well yal it
my daughters good wy 11 and <lesire to haue it to come to passe : and so
moued it by her 1 voure godl
don in yure letter, I haue agaync fully trauayled with hi 1 I
fynde her moste wyllyng and desirouse to matche with youre sonne. i
is truly master . Iialbc sure to banc of her a lot
and obedient wife, and you and mastres Lennarde an obedient daughter.
And although nature myghte moue my tonge and pen and write
muche in fauour of my daughter, yet as god shall iudge me in this case, if 1
knewe any spotte in her 1 would expresse it t-. you : she is truly gods ser
uaunt, and I trust yat he wyll so prcserue her. &c. i
1 louynge frend T. Darrell.
I . i>oksf.d.— A Copye of ye effect 0/ one 0/ master Darrelles letters, tent
to master Lennard.
Enclosure B.— A Copye of Marye Darelles letter sent to master Ce
After my hnrtycommendations gentle master Googe where you haue binne
and yet do continue a Sutortome iii ye way e of mary age whereuntom thei pn
scntlye 1 haue nor 1 am •. II haue, ye good wyll or consent
of father nor mother to whomc I am both by J ind nature I
i2 Notes of the Life and Writings of B. Googe.
to geue honoure and obedyence, and in no wise wyllyngly to greue or
: them. And do well i onsider jrat my chefe obedience and dutye to.
wardes them, is to be bestowed in maryage by there consentes, and to there
good contentation Assurynge my sclfe in meditation and thinkynge hereof
hereof yat beynge tl iicnt chylde and to them most bounden in
disobayenge them therein, I shall not only be depriued from yat blessinge,
which god hath promised to suchc as truly honor there parentes, but allso
shalbe assured to fynde and haue ye like disobedience of my chyldren : yf
euer god shall geue me any : which by godes grace I wyll cschue. Where-
fore I hartely beseche you ientle master Googe, if euer any true loue or
goodwyll you haue borne towarde me, cease and leave of from all further sute
or meanes to me in this matter, lettynge you to wete yat knowynge my
parentes myndes to ye contrarye hereof, I wyll in no wyse match with you
in any case. And thus wisshinge to you, in other place to inatche accord-
ynge to your own hartes desire, and to youre farre greter aduauncemente, I
bid you farewell. From my fathers house at Scotney this thursday the. xxth
ofoctobre. Maryc Darell.
I horsed. — A Cnfyr oj marye Darrelh but sent to master Goge, veryt
late lye.
Enclosure C.
Ryght worshipful] and my louynge frindes I haue receaued youre letters
wherein you write yat you perfectly understand ye hole state of ye case
yat hath passed betwene master lennard and youre cosinne mary before my
acquayntaunce with her, even so have I binne certyficd of a pretye laffynge
toye as touchynge a precontracte declaryn^c at full ye sharp inuencyon of
master lennardes graue hedd, whereat if old Democritus were now alyue, I
would thynke yat he should haue iuster cause to laflfe then at his contrymens
folly. Ye scame to wyll a meatynge to be had betwene vs, whereunto I
with all my hart consent, althoughe a number consyderyng my case would
»e, consyderynge the mat tiall furniture yat hath bennc prepared ageypst
me, and ye Italyon inuentyons yat haue binne menaced towardes me, which
when ye counsell shal vndcrstandc, I trust they will not altogether commend.
I n all this, takyng you to be my verye fryndes, I reioyse to mcatt
her if my aduersaryes should be in commission, would I feare to see
them. Of one thyng I must crane pardonne, for not beynge able to meate
you on sundaye because I haue sent my manne to ye courte, who wyll
retorne on munday as 1 trust, but whether he do or not, I wyll with godes
leaue wayte vppon you at yat daye in hast from Dongeon [or Dane gone, a
manor house close to Canterbury, at this time the residence of his grand-
mother Margaret, now a widow of her third husband, Sir James Hales, who
died in 1558], the with ofoctobre. Youre louynge frynd Barnabe Goge,
Endorsed. — A cofiye of a scornefilll letter written ly master Goge, to
master George Darrell ami master Edward Darrell.
From all this it is clear that the Darrell parents were basely striving their
very utmost to make their daughter Mary give up her true love and to mat( h
for money. Here was the girl in grief and dismay withstanding the alter-
nate solicitations and threats of her own parents and the attempted hold on
her of John Lennard. The matter did not, however, stop with his C01
fiondence. It went before Archbishop Parker, who refers to it in the fol-
owing biter to Cecil, dated ' thys Saturdaye at night beyng the xxih of
N' tuembre. 1
15G3. Nov. 19. "Yt may please your honor to vnderstand that I bane
grete cause most humblye to gyuc th Maiesty
thankes, for the ftlUOT snowed toward my request for the
preferment of my chaplcn and so likewise I hartely thanke your in-
ye therein as by your letters I vnderstand. Wherein yc Wryght for
VOUI COSyn and seruaunt I'.at naby Goge to haue his matter heard ai
in.: 1 • I .are and equytie/ which matter as yesterdaye 1 haue exai
. having not only the yong Gentlewoman before mi stond
of her sell the state ot the cause, who remayneth fyrme and table to
Notes of the Lifk and Writings of B. Googe. 13
stond to that contract which she hath made, as also her father and mother
whom I find, the most emest parents against the bargain as I ever awe.
In fyne I haue sequestered her out of both their handes into the custodye
of one Mr. Tufton a right honest gentleman, vntyl, the precontract, which i;>
by hir parents alleged for one Leonards son, a protonotary be induced
But this maye giue occasion to bryng it in to the Arches to spend moncye
how be yt I meant to dull that expectation and to go plane et svmmai
worke, to spare expences, which Sir Leonard and the wilful parents wuld
fayne incur to wery the yong Gentleman, paraventure not superfluously
moayed so to sayle the seas with them." Lands. MS. 6. /. 190.
It is thoroughly satisfactory to find that the parental combination broke
down, and that at last, in 1564 or 1565, though at what date we cannot say,
two such constant lovers became man and wife.
1565. Apr. 28. Goose's final and complete translation of Manzolli's poem ap-
peared. From the Epistle Dedicatorie to Sir W. Cecil,
we extract the following: —
"The fauorable accepting of my simple trauayles lately dedicated vnl •
your honor, hath so much boldened and thorowelye encouraged me, tint
mawgre the despite of most reprochfull tongs, I haue not feared to finish the
course of my long pretended race: with no lesse profile as 1 trust, vnto a
number, than paynefull trauavle vnto my selfe. Wherein if I had knowen ..t
the firste, as much as since I haue perfectly vnderstode, neyther had I as
then taken vpon me so great an enterprise, nor since so rudely finished, the
translation of so eloquent a Poet. For when 1 fyi ti l to 1 nploy some
part of my leysure aboute it, making dilligente inquirie, 1 could learne of no
man that euer had attempted to english the same. So that perceyuing my
labour to be no hindraunce to any other mans prayse, and lamenting to sec
so Christian a writer to lie hyd and vnknowen to the ignoraunt sort) I
thought I should not do amisse, if al that in me lay I bestowed, in the albeit
simple and slender, yet faythfull and true translation, of so vcrtuous a worke.
But since I haue certaynely vnderstoode, that when I firste began to till
in hand wythall, three bookes thereof were both eloquentely and excellently
englished, by Master Smith, dark vnto the most honorable of the Queenes
Maiesties counsell. Whose doings, as in other matters I haue wyth admira-
tion behelde, so in thys I am well assured I should with an amased minde
haueseene: I would that eyther I had latelier begonne it, or else that he
had fallen in hand sooner with it, whereby my grosse and homely style might
haue bene no hindrance to the fruites of so pure a pennc. But since it was
my fortune, so blindely to venture vpon it, I truste my trauayle shall neuer
the more be cnuied. I could not (when I had long debated ye matter with
myselfe) finde out a Poet more meete for the ten hing of a Christian lit
te in these oure dayes most miserably decayed than this no lesse learned
than famous Italion : Marcellus Pallingenius, a man of such excellent learn-
ing and Godly life, that neither ye vnquietnesse of his time (Italie in ;
dayes raging wyth most cruell and bloudy warres) ne yet the furious ty-
ranny of the Antichristian Prelate (vnder whose ambicious an I Tirannicall
goucrnauncc he continually lined) coulde once amase the Muse, or hinder the
nd vertuous spirit of so Christian a Souldiour. I haue m
mucli mused wyth my selfe, howe (lining in so daungexous a place) he durst
- him so boldely to controll the corrupte and vn< hrislian lines of the
whole Colledge of contemptuous Cardinals, the vngracious 0UCI
bloudthyrsty Bishops, the Panchplying of pelting Pi:
man;! esse of inischeuous '■'■ nryth the filthy faternitie of flat-
tering Friers. Which surely he durst neuer haue done, but onely that he
was heartened wyth a happy and heaucnly spirite. Which notable
citic of his was wonderfully rcucnged by the 111.il: is felt
themselues fretted with his spiritual corsey. For when they had no p
to execute their tyrannic Vpon his innocent body in time of his life, theii
iieuous malice was no whit ashamed to consume with fyre the hi. un-
bone- : 1011s .1 man : yea and that .1 great while after his death
sides the 1 t' the leud lines of the Clergie, he boldly inueyi
14 Notes of the Life and Writings of B. Googe.
the gracelesse gouernance of proud pompous Princes, ye licencious liuing
of the riottous nobilitie, couetous catchings of greedy Lawyers, the vn-
godly gaynes of foolish Physitians, and the corrupted consciences of deceyt-
tul Artificers : affirming playnly, that if they did not better beautify their
christian names with a more christian life, of so many thousands as haue in
vaine recciued that most holy sacrament of sacred Baptisme, there should
scarce three aspire vnto the euheritance of Heaurnly ioyes. What doth
your honor suppose this man wi mid haue written ? Vnto how great a volume
doe you thinke his works would haue amounted, if SO that (KID had ap-
pointed him to florish at this present time in England, wheras pitifully
raigneth such monstrous and horrible pride, such cancred and spiteful malice,
such false and fayned friendships, such lack of loue an 1 charity, such pro-
fessing of God in words, and denying him in works, as doubtlesse is not to
be found among the faythlesse Turks, miscreant Sarazens, or superstitious
I ewes? . . .
I would therfore wish that we should not to much presume of the securitie
obtayned by a Christian name, but that we should wyth our endeuour
apply our selues to shew such fruits as duetie requireth in the followers
ofChriste. Whereby we shoulde not onely preuayle apaynst our enemies,
and stoppe the mouths of our slaunderous aduersaries, but also enjoy
a blessed and happy tranquility in this worlde, and be assured to ob-
tayne the promised pleasures in the worlde to come. For the teachinge
whereof, I know no man that hath so much trauayled and perfectly profyted,
as hath this Poet, which here present vnto your honor.
1570. Googe's translation of Kirchmeyer's poem appears dedi-
1574-1575. cated to Queen Elizabeth, under the title of The Popish
Kingdotne or reigue of Antichrist.
1572. Oct. i8. Dame Hales, Googe's maternal mother dies.
There are no less than twenty autograph letters of Googe between these
years in the State Paper Office calendered under S. P. Domestic. Ireland.
Googe — who held the patent of Provost Marshal to the Court of Connaught
—was sent over by Lord liurleigh to watch Irish affairs. Must of these
letters will be found in the life of Googe contributed by Mr Pinkerton to
tes and Queries. 3rd S. iii.
1576. He published a revised text of his translation of the Zodiacus
vita.
1577. He published a translation from the Latin of the Four Botes
of llusbandrie of Conrad Heresbachius. The preface is dated
Kingston [upon Hull?] January 1577.
1578. A second edition of this book appeared.
1579. He supplied a prose address to B. Rich's Allarme to
England.
1579. I fe published a translation from the Spanish of The Proverbs
of Inez Lopez de Mendoza, Marquis of Santillana.
1586. A third edition of his revision of Heresbachius app
1688. A second edition of his revised text of his translation of
Palingcnius appeared.
T. Walton, Hist of P. P. states on authority of the Coxeter MSS. that
Goo m lated Aristotle's Categories:.
1 •"" indebted to Mr. C. Bridger, Hon. Member of the Soc. of Ant. of
Newcastle, for the following information respectir I e' di ith
1594. fir. Barnabei Goche ol Uvingham, co. Lincoln. Esq, Inq,
post, incut taken at Lowth 6 Oct I Mi- died circa 7 Feb.
I liz : Matthew Goche his on and heir then 38 years old.
Feb. 16. Barnabas Goche of Alvingham, co Lincoln, Administration
granted to Mary Goche his relict. Perog. Ct. 0/ Cant.
INTRODUCTION.
He continuity of the Art of Poefy in this coun-
try has been unbroken from the time of
Chaucer to our own day. Not that great or
even confiderable Poets have overlapped one another
in a continuous fucceffion : but there have never
wanted thofe who, according to the gift that was in
them, have perpetually reprefented by their Song,
beauty of expreffion, refinement of ideas, ethereality
of fancy, vigour of fatire, or the paffion and merriment
of human life. During no portion of this time has
I ngland been wholly deflitute of true Poetry, or
barren of real ' makers.'
2. In comparifon with the literary fplendour and
glory that crowned the lad days of Elizabeth, the
early years of her reign might feem poor and Runted
in mind. But it is only with fuck a comparifon ; one
which alfo dwarfs not only earlier but later ages. Actually,
the firfl two decades of this reign are a general advance
in this branch of literature on the two previous reigns,
and more efpecially exhibit a fharp rebound from the
oppreffivenefs of the government of Philip and Mary.
Therefore, jufl as we delight to fearch out the foun-
tain head, and to trace the early ftreamlets of a mighty
river which, in its full ftrength, may carry on its bofom
world of wealth for the ufe and pleafure of man ; fo it
behoves us clofely to fcan thefe linl buddings of a free
literature in the genial fpring-tide ol the new Queen's
reign j now that the furious ftorms of religious and
intellectual oppreffion had pahed away : and fo to trace
out the works of that race of writers who were the
heralds, the forerunners, the teachers of Spenfer,
1 6 Introduction.
Shakefpeare, and Johnfon, and their glorious phalanx
of contemporary poets.
We have faid 'general' advance, becaufe Tottel's
Mifcettany of 1557 is, in its varied excellence, the
iubftantive beginning of modern Englifh verfe. Yet
that collection reprefents the poetical gleanings of
three entire reigns, and is exceptional from the general
literature of the time in which it was printed. But
with the new Queen poefy came into fafhion, and
almoft all the young gentlemen of the Inns of Court
tried their prentice hands at it.
3. As in fpring-tide we gather flowers rather than
fruits, fo in this earlier literature we mull look for im-
perfect Affays rather than finiflied Mafterpieces. Moft
modern literatures have commenced with tranflations,
imitations, and the like. At this time there was quite
a rage for tranflating. The riches of old claffical
thought and flyle ; the charms of Italian and Spanifh
fiction ; hiftory, morals, tragedies, romances both in
profe and verfe ; with tranilated poems, conflituted the
llaple of Englifh polite literature at this time. With
this there was the conflant accretion of The Mirrour
for Magijlrates, and alfo, though not to any large ex-
tent, original lighter verfe, as in the prefent work and
alfo George Turberville's Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs,
and Sonets, of which there are believed to have been
three editions by 1570; of the earliefl of which no
copy is at prefent known.
4. Alfociating with many of thefe tranflators, him-
felf diilinguished for his Englifh verfion ot Manzolli's
ZodiaCus Vitce, Barnabe Googe, a young gentleman of
20 to -:.} years <>i age, frelh from college, wrote for his
private delectation moll of the contents ot this Reprint.
1 low his friend Blundeflon lent what he had written
to the ' poor punter,' with two prefaces of his own, about
Introduction. 1 7
Whitfuntide 1562, and how Googe in 1563 came at
length to acquiefce in their completion and publica-
tion, is fufficiently told by themfelves in the prefaces,
and need not be here repeated.
5. It is noteworthy that there was a general habit
about this time of cutting the long twelve or fourteen
fyllable line into two, fo that the rhyme only occurs on
the fecond and fourth lines. This is noticeable in the
early tranflations of Seneca between 1 500-1560, by
Jafper Heywood, Alexander Neville (a contributor
alfo to this volume), John Studley, Thomas Nuce,
and Thomas Xewton, as alfo in the poetical works of
Geonre Turberville and others. The fole reafon for
this would feem to have been to print on a fraall page
of paper ; for in some of thefe works poems do occafion-
ally occur in fmaller type with fuch lines at full length.
6. In the flory of Englifh literature this most rare
volume occupies an important place from its epitaphs
of Phacr and Grimaold, both of them tranflators ; and
its Sonnets to Dean Nowell, Bifhop Bale, and Richard
Edwards 'of the Chappel.' Some of thefe have been
printed by Mr. Collier in his Bibliographical Catalogue;
but the work, as a whole, has never been printed fince
15th March 1563. Cordial thanks are due and
tendered to Mr. Huth for the loan of his copy for this
edition.
7. This Iin ill Collection is alfo interefling as being to
a large extent native verle, though on the Italian model.
It was undoubtedly in much fuperinduced by Tottel's
Mifcellany, to which it is in nature and quality the
next in time; being itfelf fucceeded by Turberville's
Epitaph • /. • rams, cW., and that by a fucceffion ol
fimilar works, until the appearance of Francis 1 >avifon's
/' eiical Rhapfody of i6oj.
1 8 Bibliography.
8. One very noticeable feature of Googe's compofi-
tions in this volume is his earneft Proteftantifm.
He had known fome good Shepheards Daphnes or
Alexis, that had flamed in the fire of the Maryan
perfecution. Almoft all his publications are ftrongly
anti-Romanift. Taught by the Reformers of Ed-
ward VI. 's time, horrified at the cruelties of Mary's
reign ; Googe reprefents both the intellectual and
moral hatred of the young educated Englilhmen of
that time of the entire Papal fyftem.
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JTicctftrctc a ittlc a=
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ntficlatcfljop
Of C11O11U10
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C Alexander Neuyll.
He Mountaines hie the blufliyng winds
The fluds : ye Rocks withftand
The Cities ftrong, the Cannons (hot,
and threatning Cheiftains hand.
i The Caftels houge by longe befeyge,
and dredfull battrye brooke, [thumps
Bothe fyre, and flames, and thundrynge
and euery deadly ftroke,
With feruent broylyng furious rage,
doth beate, and dryue to groun
The long defenced wals by force,
and throughly them confound.
Ryght fo thy Mufe (O worthy Googe.)
thy pleafaunt framed ftyle
Difcouerd lyes to momifh Mouthes
Reprochfull tongs and vyle
J >iriaming minds. Regard them not.
preas thou for hygher prayfe.
Submit thy felfe to perfons graue,
whofe Iudgement ryght alwayes
By Reafon rulde doth ryghtly iudge,
whom Fancies none can charme,
Which in the moll Inconllant brains,
arc chyefly wont to fwarme.
Whom no defyre of fylthy gayne,
whom lucre none can mo
I rom truth to ftray. Such men e fleam,
h fuch embrace and lone.
fuch men flay thy tender years,
fuch Patrons leek ife.
Which taught by Tyme, and practifde Proofe
vprightefl iudgem
But as for thofe Crabfnowted belles
thofe ragyng feends of Hell.
Whofe vile, malicious, hateful! mind
with boylyng Rancour fwelL
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Which pufe with Pryde, enflamd with fpight,
and drownd in deape difdain :
Lyke Motnus monflrous broode outright
euen of a ielows Brayn
With curious, canckard, carping mouthes,
moR famous dedes diffame,
Defacing thofe whofe labours great,
Deferue immortall name.
Such crabfaced, cankerd, carlifh chuffs
within whofe hatefull breftes,
Suche Malice bydes, fuche Rancour broyles,
fuch endles Enuy refts
EReame thou not. No preiudice
to thee : nor yet opreft,
Thy famous wrytynges are by them.
Thou lyueR and euer flialt.
Not all the flaundryng tonges aliue,
may purchafe blame or fault
Vnto to thy name (O worthy Googe.)
No tyme, no fyrye flame
Not all the furies frettyng Force,
Thy doynges may dyffanie.
Let them in broyle of burning fpight,
continuall Toyle fuRayne
Let them fele fcourging Flags of mind
Let euer duryng payne,
Spied through their poifoned vaines.
with payfe of dedly waight: Let Care
Oppreffe theyr vyle infected Harts,
with flynging Malyce fraight.
T.et them defiroy them felvs in Time.
In Rancour let them boyle.
Let mortall hate, let pynching gryefej
let flam) ng torments bro) le,
Within theyr greuous vexed brefts,
for euermore to dwell
Let them fele Enuies curfed force,
(confirm) ng Feend oi 1 fell.)
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Defye them all. iua-5.v0pt.o-oi
and fquynteyd Monflers iyght
They are. In fyne leue Sow to fwi!t
and Chuff to canckerd Spyght.
But thou procede in vertuous dedes,
and as thou hafle begon,
Go forward 11} 11 to aduaunce thy fame
L] fes Race halfe ryghtly ron
Farre eafyer tis for to obtain,
the Type of true Renowne.
Like Labours liaue been recompenfl
with an immortall Crowne.
By this doth famous Chaucer lyue,
by this a thoufande moore
Of later yeares. By tins alone
the olde renowmed Stoore
Of Auncient Poets lyue. By this
theyr Praife, aloft doth mownt
Vnto the Skyes: and equall is
with Stars aboue. Accownt
Thy felfe then worthy of the lyke,
yf that thou dofte proceade
By famous deds thy Lame to enhaunce
and name abroade to fpreade.
With Courage flout than through the thikfl
thou needfl not fi .re.
No he 1 lat fayth, but he that doth,
Gl ves G irlande weare.
Thus fhalt you flyll augment thy nai ■,
and wyn the hyghe Renowne,
t Prayfe, in prefent Lyfe,
ami after Death a Crowne
( )i" I lonour, that for euer I
immortall Fame in fyne.
To whofe reward, thy faithful)
th wholly the refygne.
f[ Finis.
\0\\ the ii c rB.irnabc Gooje.]
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To the ryght worfhip*
full M. William Louelace
Efquier, Reader of Grayes
Inne: ( Barnabe Googe )
wyffheth health.
'Owe lolhe I haue ben, beyng of long
tyme earneftlye requyred, to fuffer thefe
tryfles of mine to come to light: It is
not vnknowen to a greate nombre of my
famyliar acquaintaunce. Whoboth dayly
and hourely moued me therunto, and
lytell of long tyme preuayledtherin. Fori
both confydered and waved with my felfe,
thegrofenes'of my Style: whichethus com-
mytted to the gafynge fhewe of euery eye ihnld forth with
difclofeyemanifeftfolyoftheWriter,andalfoIfearedand
miftrufted the difdaynfull myndes of a nombre both
fcomefull and carpynge Correctours,whofe Heades are
i :uer bufyed in tauntyng Iudgementes. Leaft they fhuld
otherwyfe interprete my do\ n-s than in deade i meant
them. Thefe two fo great mifchiefes vtterly difwaded
me from the folowynge of my frendes perfwafions, and
wylled me rather to condem them to continuall darke-
nes, wherby no Inconuenience conld happen: than to
daunger my felfe in gyuynge them to lyght, to the
difdaynmll doome of any offended mynde. Notwith-
ftand) Dge all the dylygence that I could vfe in the
Suppreffion therof coulde not fuffife lor 1 my felfe
beyng at that tyme oute of the Realme, lytell fear-
Mige any fuche thynge to happen. Avery Frende
of myne, bearynge as it femed better wyll to my
doyi in in refpectyng die hazarde of my name.
commytted them all togyther vnpolyfhed to the
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handes of the Prynter. In whofe handes durynge his
abfence from the Cytie, tyll his returnc of late they
remayned. At whiche tyme, he declared the matter
wholly vnto me : fhewynge me, that beynge fo farre
pall, and Paper prouyded for the Imprcffion therof: It
coulde not withoute great hynderaunce of the poore
Printer be nowe reuoked. His fodayne tale made me
at ye fyrft, vtterly amazed, and doubting a great while,
what was bed to be done : at the lengthe agreyng
both with Neceffytie and his Counfell, I fayde with
Martiatt. iatn fed poteras tutior effe domi. And calling
to mynde to whom I mvght chieflye commyt the
fruytes of my fmiling mufe: fodaynly was call before
my eyes the perk-< :t vewe of your frendly mynd (gentle
Maifler Louelace | Vnto whom for the nombred heapes
of fundrve Frendfhyps, accountynge my felfe as bounde,
r haue thought bell to gyue them, (not doubtyng) but
that they fhalbe as well taken, as I do prefently
lin-ane them.
Defyrvnge you herein, as all fuche as (hall reade
them efpeciallye to beare with the vnpleafaunt forme
of my to haflely fynyfhed Dreame, the greater part
wherof with lytle aduyfe I lately ended, becaufe the
beginnyng of it, as a fenfeles head feparatcd from the
body was gyuen with the reft to be prynted. And
thus defyxynge but for recompence the frendly re-
ceyuyng of my (lender Gyfte, 1 ende : wyfhynge vnto
you good Mayfter Louelace in this life the happye
enioyeng of profperous ye tnd hereafter the
bleffed eftate of neuer a : Ioye.
fl yours affuredly
/.' irnabe Googe.
Hereaftei ''.lows on the next page the original 1 » dcut
of Daptnttt anu A mint
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C L. Blundeflon to the Reader.
O creepe into thy fauoure (good Reader)
with a longe paynted Preamble in prayfe
of this Auctor, 1 account it as vain.
The Sonne Eeames gyues light diffident.
To moue thy Affection with forcpro-
myf< il pleafure in reading the volume, I
think it as Booteles. Gold is of felf force
and vertue to draw the dcfire. But with
flowers of Rethoriquefyrfl to delyght the,
or with Pythy Reafons to wynne thy good wyll
and frendlye Reporte for this my attempte : yffuche
tropes and fignes were flowing in me to perfwade
wel thy fauour or fo muche Difcrefcion wantynge in
die to necglecte my good meanyng, I would eyther
enforce my felf to vfea better kynde of perfwafion or
els withdrawe my good wyll from the Sentence of
fp carpynge and (lender a Iudgement : but as I haue
felte no fluddes of the one, fo likewyfe I fee no Ebbes
of the other, thai if I weare no more barraygne of
the fyrfte, then fearefull of the lafle: 1 woulde be
then no more fparynge to horde vp my Treafure from
the: then I trufl to fynd the vnthankfull now in
takyng this Prefent from me, which not onely to
we my good wyll, (as my Preface difcourfeth more
ely) by preferuynge the worthy Fame, and
\1 of my deare frende M. Googe in his al>-
fence 1 haue prefumed more bould ely to hazard ye
pry, heareof, though this maye fuffyce to excufe
well my enterpryfe, but alio to ftyrre vp thy Pleafure
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and further thy proffit by readyng thefe li is workes,
whiche liere I haue Puplyfhert [? Publyfhed] : openly
vnto thee. And fo (beyng vnftored my felffe) I
feake to fateffie thy learned or willyng defyre with
other mens trauaeiles. But wheare the power fayleth
the will may fuffice, the gyuer, not the gyft is to be
regarded : preferre Colonus Radylhe roote before the
Courtiers barbed horfe.
Accept my goodwyll and way not the valew, fo
fhalt thou bynd me if power (as it is vnlikely, maye
aunfwere hearaftermy meanynge, to gratefie thee with
the whole fruits of myne owne indeuour and fo fhalt
thou encourage others to make the partaker of the
like or farre greater Iewels who yet doubtyng thy
vnthankefull receyte nigardly keape them to their
own vfe and priuat commoditie, whear as beynge
affured of the contrarye by thy frendly report of other
mens trauayles, they coulde parhappes be eafely
entreated more frcly to lend them abroad to thy
greater auayle and furtheraunce. Thus therfore to
thy good or euill taking I put foorth this paterne for
others to follow in weightyer matters or els to beware
by other mens harms, in keaping their names vnre-
proucd by fylence.
^ From my Chambre,
the. xxvii. of Maye.
1562.
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C The Preface of L. Blundefton.
&
HE Sences dull of my appalled mufe
Foreweryed withthetrauayleof my brayne
In fcannyng of die argued Bookes diffufe,
And darke for me the glimeryng fyght
to gayne,
Debated long what exerfyce to vfe,
To fyle the edgeles partes of Wit agayne
To elenfe the Heade from fleapy humours
flyme.
To roufe the Hart from drowfye Dreames
in time.
The mind defyres to brek from thoughtful denne
And time requyres the painted felds to vewe.
The Eye procures to pleafe the Fancie then
With fieldifh lights of diners colours newe.
The fmelling likes the fauour fwete of them.
The Eare agrees the pleafaunt lave anewe
Of Byrds to here. Thus thefe do all contryue,
With this difporte the Spirits to reuyue.
But Fancie then, by ferche of felfe deuyfe,
Renouncyng thus to fpende the pleafaunt Maye
So vainly out with fport of fruteles Pryce
Found out at length, this practyfe for my playe,
To penne in Yerfe, the toyes of her deuife,
To pas this tyme of Pentecofte awaye
Whole ydle dayes, fhe wyld me thus to fpende.
And pnblifli forth her doings in the ende.
Quod Reafon no, (and brake her tale begon,
Wilt thou pre fume, lyke Bayarde blynd to prefTe,
[nto the throng of all the ! - on
Whofe vewyng eyes, will wey thy wifdom leffe.
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To fe the threde of all thy workes yll fpon_
Drawen out at length, vnto the comon g< He,
Then if thou fhuldft keepe to thy felfe thy clewe
Where none thy works befydes thy felf may vew
With this rofe vp, from oute her Seate behynde,
Dame Memorye, and Reafon thus befought.
Since Lady chiefe of vs thou art affygnde
To rule and temper all my fecrete thought
And to reftrane affections Fancie blynde,
I t me entreate if I may perce the ought,
For to prefent a Solace very fytte
Our Sences dull with chaunged Mufe to whet,
Lo here the Eve a Paper buntche doth fe
I >1 fyled worke of Googes flowing Heade,
I fte here behynde, when hence he pafl from me
In all the ftormes that Winter blades befpreade
Through fwellyng Seas and loftye mountains hye
( )f Pyrenei the pathes vnknowen to treade.
Whole great good wyll I kepe, and in his place
His Ye'rles craue to reprefent his face.
Vnfolde the truffe therfore and yf the Mufe
Be fotted fo with this graue Study pad
In lo lhort fpace, or if we feke to chufe
prynt our actes in fafetie at the laft
Ceafe of a whyle this Labor and perufe
Thefe Papers left of fuche delyghting tafle
it in prynt thefe workes of worthy Skyll
So fhall we fhowe the fruytes of our good wyll.
This Fancie lykte, imagyi yng aryght
i if her owne [oye in hearyng of his Verfe
And pleafaunt Style, moll pythyly endyght
whofe Fame forth blowen, Ins deds could wel rcherle
But r to paynt my name in open G
with i Stuffe, this wold fhe fayi
And thinl I ihould in others Plumes fo ihow
My felfe, to be a feconde Efops Crowe.
3=
But after when the Eye had vewed eche Lyne.
That Googe had pend and left behynde with me,
when Memorye could all the effect refygne,
To Reafons Skyll, to weye them as they lye.
with long reherfe of tryed Fayth by tyme
Then Fancie foone her Pryde, began to plye
And all receyued muche pleafure to the Mynde
More profytte farre then Fancye had affygnde.
And Fancie thus her felfe with blufhyng face,
Condemned by Dame Reafons dome deuyne
To fe th[e]alluryng Style the cumly grace,
The fappye Sence of this his paflyng Ryme,
So farre furmountynge her Inuention bafe,
And hearyng of his frendlynes in fyne
whiche Memorye her Storehoufe held full fafle
Allowed well theyr Iudgements at the lafte.
Since euerye Sence did wonted ftrength renue,
The Blud congeld, recourfed to his place
The wyts benomd brought to their proper quue
The Hart oppreft with old delighting grace,
Vnburdend nowe and puft with pleafure newe
By takyng of this Booke the vewyng gafe.
They all at ons Good wyll nowe calde vpon,
To wreft her felfe to quyght thefe works anon.
Thus pufhte I forth ftrayghte to the Printers hande
Thefe Eglogs, Sonets, Epytaphes of men
Vnto the Readers Eyes for to be fkande,
with Prayfes fuche as is due vnto them
who abfent nowe theyr Mailer may commende,
And feade his Fame what foeuer fayleth him,
Gyue Googe therfore his owne deferued Fame,
Giue Blundeflon leaue to wyih wel to his name :
C Finis.
Egloga prima.
Daprjnes. gtmintajL
Yth Phebus now begins to flame,
O frende A mint as deare:
And placed hath his gorgeous globe
in midfle of all the Spheare
Am! from ye place doth caft his Beames,
where (they that ftarres defyne)
Lyes poynt (doo faye) that termed is,
ryght Equinoctial lyne.
wheras the Ram doth caufe to fpring,
eche herbe and floure in fyelde
And forceth ground (yat fpoyld of grene
Did lye,) newe grene to yelde.
Lee fhepherds vs yelde alfu talcs,
as bed becommes the tyme:
Such talcs as Winter ftormes haue flayde
in countrey Poets Ryme.
) n to fynge Amintas thou,
for why? thy wyt is bed:
And many a faged (awe lies hyd
within thine aged brcft.
Ofte haue I heard, of Shephards old,
thy tame reported true,
No Herdman lines: but knowes the praife,
to olde Amintas due:
n therfore, and I gyue eare,
r talke doth me delyght,
Go Boye: go dryue the Beafles to fede
whyle he his mynde refyght.
32 Egloga
^.min. Thy prayfes Daphnes are to great,
and more for me than meete :
Nor euer I, fuche faged fawes,
could fynge in Verfes fweete.
And now, to talke of fpring time tales
my heares to hoare, do growe,
Suche tales as thefe, I tolde in tyme,
when youthfull yeares dyd flowe.
But fynce, I can not the denye,
thy Fathers loue doth bynde :
In fymple Songe I wyll adreffe
my felfe, to fhowe my rninde.
Longe haft thou Daphnes me requyred
the ftate of Loue to tell,
For in my youth, I knewe the force,
and pafiions all, full well.
Nowe Loue therfore I wyll define,
and what it is declare,
which way poore fouls it doth entrap
and howe it them doth fnare.
My Boie, remoue my beafts from hens
and dryue them farther downe,
Vpon the Hylles, let them go feade,
that ioyne to yender towne,
Cupyde kynge of fyerye Loue,
ayde thou my fyngynge Verfe,
And teache me heare the caufe and cafe,
Of Louers to reherfe.
Direct my tong, in trothe to treade,
with Furye fyll my brayne,
That I may able be to tell,
the caufe of Louers payne.
Opinions diners coulde i' fhowe,
but chiefeft of them all,
1 wyll declare: and for the reft,
with filence leaue I Ihall.
A feruent Humour, (fome do iudge)
within the Head doth lye,
prima. $ 3
Whi< h yffuyng forth with poyfoncd beames
doth ron from eye to eye :
And taking place abrode in heads,
a whyle doth fyrmely red :
Till Phrenfie framde in Fancie fond,
difcends from hed, to brefl.
Plato. And poifon flrong, from eies outdrawn
doth perce the wretched harte,
And all infectes the bloud aboute,
and boyles in euery parte:
Thus: when the beanies, infected hath,
the wofull Loners blud:
Then Sences al, do fl.ra.yght decaye,
oppreft with Furyes rlud.
Then I.ybertie withdrawes her felf,
and Bondage beares the fwaye,
ction blynd then leades the hart,
and Wyt, is wownde awave.
O Daphnes then, the paines appeare,
and tonnentes all of hell.
Then fekes, the felye wounded foule,
the (lames for to expell.
But all to late, alas he ftryues,
for Fancie beares the flroke
And he, muft toyle (no helpe there is)
in flauyfihe feruyle yo
His bind corrupted all within,
ith boyle in euery vayi
Than fckt-s he howe to fewe for falue
that maye redreffe his payne.
And when the beholde
by whiche he (hulde haue a)
And fees no helpe. then lookes lie long,
and tr< mbleth all afrayde.
And mud tli at the framed (hape,
I hath his [yfe in I
Nowe fad he flie te the flames,
nowe (lyll amafed (landi
c
34 Egloga
Yet Hope relieues, his hurtful Heate
and Wyll doth Payne make lyght,
And al the griefes, that then he feeles
doth Prefence ftyll requyght.
But when the Lyght abfented is,
and Beames in hart remayne,
Then flames the Fyre frefli agayne,
and newe begyns his Payne.
Then longe he lookes, his loffe to fe,
then fobbes, and fyghes abounde,
Then mourneth he, to mys the marke
that erft to foone he found e.
Then fhadefull places oute he lookes,
and all alone he lyues,
Exylynge Ioye, and myrth from him,
hymfelfe to waylynge gyues,
And ftyll his minde theron doth mufe
and ftyll, therof he prates,
O Daphnes here I fwere to the,
no griefe to Louers ftate.
Yf he but ones beholde the place,
where he was wont to mete,
The pleafaunt forme yat hym enflamd,
and ioyfull Countnaunce fwete.
The place (a wonderous thing I tell)
his gryefe augmenteth newe,
Yet ftyll he fekes the place to fe,
that mofte he fliulde efchewe.
Yf but the name rehearfed be
(a thynge more ftraunge to heare)
Then Colour commes and goes in haft
then quaketh he for feare,
The verye name, hath fuch a force,
that it can dafe the mynde,
And make the man amafde to ftande,
what force hath Loue to bynde?
Affection none to this is lyke,
it doth furmownt them all,
prima. 35
Of greiffes, the greateft greif no doubt
is to be Venus thrall,
And therfore, Daphnes nowe beware,
for thou art yonge, and fre,
Take heade of vewynge faces longe.
for loffe of Lybertye,
I fliall not nede (1 thynke) to byd
the, to deteil the Cryme,
ivpiter Of wycked loue, that loue did xic.
In Ganimedes tvme,
For rather wolde I (thoo it be muche)
that thou fhuldeft feake the fyre,
Of lawfull Loue, that I haue tolde,
than burne wyth fuche defyre,
And thus an end. I weryed am,
my wynde is olde, and faynt,
Suche matters I, do leaue to fuche,
as finer farre can paint,
Fetche in the Gote . that goes aftraye,
and dryue hym to the folde,
My yeares be great I wyl be gone,
for fpryngtyme nyghts be colde.
Oaulpu.s. ( Ireat thankes to the^ for this thy tale,
intas here I gyue :
But neuer can t make amendes
to the whillle I do lyi
Yet for thy paynes (no recompence)
a fmall rewarde h re.
A whittle frame I longe a«o,
whenvith my father di 1
His ioyfull beads, was wont to kepe
No P or I fo fwete
M 'i : ' ph rde euer yet poi
(a thyn r the full mete.}
Finis i prima.
Egloga fecunda.
pamctajs.
Y beads, go fede vpon ye plaine,
and let your herdman lye,
Thou feefl her mind, and fearfl you nowe,
Damctas for to dye ?
'Why flayed you thus? why dod you day
thy lyfc to longe doth lade :
Accounte this flud, thy fatall graue,
fyth time of hope is pafle.
What meand thou thus to linger on?
thy life wolde fayne departe,
Alas: the wounde doth feder dyll,
of curfed Cupids darte.
No falue but this, can helpe thy fore,
no thynge can moue her minde
She hath decreed, that thou fhalt dye,
no helpe there is to finde.
Nowe fyth there is, no other helpe,
nor ought but this to trye,
Thou feed her mind : why fearde thou than?
Damctas for to dye.
Long had thou ferued, and ferued true,
but all alas, in vayne,
For fhe thy feruycc, nought edemes,
but deales the griefe for gayne.
For thy good wyll, (a gaye rewarde)
Difdayne, for Loue flie gyues,
Thou loued her while thy life doth lad,
(he hates the, w[h]ile (he hues.
Thou llamde, when as you feed her face
with Heate of hyc defyre,
She flames agayne, but how? (alas)
witli depe difdaynfull Ire
The greatefl pleafure is to the,
to fe her voyde of Payne,
Eglogi i ft r u n da. 37
The greatefl gryefe to her agayne,
to fe thy Health remayne.
Thou couetfte euer her to fynde,
flie fekes from the to flye,
Thou feeft her mynd, why fearft thou than ?
D imetas for to d\ ?
Dofle thou accounte it befl to kepe,
thy lyfe in forrowes flyll ?
Or thynkfle thou befl it now to lyue,
Contrarye to her wyll ?
Thynkfle thou thy lyfe for to retaine?
when flie is not content,
Canfle thou addicte : thy felfe to lyue ?
and flie to murder bent.
Dofle thou entende agayne, to fewe
for rnercye at her handes ?
As foone thou mayfl go plow ye rocks,
and reape vpon the Sandes.
Draw nere O mighty Herd of beads
fyth no man els is bye,
Your Herdman longe that hathe you kept,
Dametas now mull dye.
Refolue your Brutiffhe eies to teares
and all togyther < rye,
ifull ende of Loue,
Damefas none mull dye.
M) pleafaunt Songs, nowe fhall you here
no more on Mountaines hye,
1 I 'i all, ! muft be gone.
/' imetas nowe mult dye :
'I / 'irus I you reiyne,
in Paflure good to lye,
I irus fhall kepe you thoughe,
Dam fas ni iwe mufl dye.
' ' irfed ( laufe, that hath meflaync.
My trothc alas to trye,
O Shephardes all, be \Vytnefles,
Dametas here doth dj
Finis /. 'oga/eatn
Egloga tertia.
ittcnalca-s.
Coriiiort.
(Tor.
Pleafaunt wether Coridon,
and fytte to kepe the fyelde,
This moonehath brought, hearftvou the birds
what ioyfull tunes they yeld ?
Loe: how the luftie lambes do courfe.
whom fpring time heate doth pricke
Beholde againe, the aged Yewes,
with bouncinge leapes do kicke,
Amon[g]fl them all, what ayles thy ramme,
to halte fo muche behynde,
Some fore mifchaunce, hath him befaln
or els fome griefe of minde,
For wonte he was, of flomacke ftoute
and courage hye to be,
And looked proude, amongfl ye flocke,
and none fo llout as he.
A great mifhap, and griefe of mynde,
is him befalne of late,
Which caufeth him, againft his wyll,
to lofe his olde eft;
A luflie flocke hath Titirus,
that him Dametas gaue,
Dametas he, that Martir di :d,
whofe foulc the heaue[n]s haue,
V.nd in this flocke, full many Yewes
of pleafaunte forme do goe,
with them a mighty Ramme doth ronne,
that workes all VVoers woe.
M\ Ramme, when he the pleafaunt dames,
had vewed rounde aboute,
Egloga tcrtia. 39
Chofc grounde of battayle, with his foe
and thought to fyght it oute.
But all to weake, (alas) he was,
althoughe his harte was good,
For when his enemye him efpied,
he ranne with cruell moode.
And with his croked weapon fmote,
hym fore vpon the fyde,
A blowe of force, that fiayde not there
but to the legges dyd glyde.
And almofte laamd the woer quyte.
(fuche happes in lone there be :)
This is the caufe, of all his griefe
and waylynge that you fe.
fftcn. Well Coridon let hym go halte,
anil let \ s both go lye,
In yonder buflhe of luni]
the Beads fliall fede hereby.
A pleafaunt place here is to talke:
good Coridon begyn,
And let vs knowe the Townes eftate,
that thou remayneft in.
Cor. The Townes eftate? Menalcas oh
thou makfte my harte to grone,
For Vice hath euery place poffefle,
and Vertue thence is flow
Pryde beares her felfe, as Goddeffe chiefe
and boaftes aboue ye SI.-,
And Lowlynes an abie< te I)
with ( ientlenes her 1>.
Wyt is not ioynde with Symplenes,
as fhe was wont to b
But fekes the ayde of Arrogance,
and ( raft) e I '< »ly<
Nobylitie beg) ns I
and Carters vp do fprynj .
Then whiche, i ter plague can hap,
nor more p rni ous thyn
4° Egloga
Menalcas I haue knowen my felfe,
within this thyrtye yeare,
Of Lordes and Auncient Gentelmen
a hundreth dwellynge theare,
Of whom we Shephardes had reliefe
fuche Gentlencs of mynde,
Was placed in theyr noble Hartes,
as none is nowe to fynde.
But Hawtynes and proude Difdayne
hath nowe the chiefe Eflate,
For fyr Iohn Straw, and fyr Iohn Cur
u \ 11 not degenerate.
And yet, they dare account them felues
to be of Noble bludde.
But FiffTu bred vp, in durtye Pooles,
wyll euer flynke of mudde.
I promyfe the Menalcas here,
I wolde not them enuye.
Yf any fpot of Gentlenes
in them I myght efpye.
For yf thej r Natures gentell be,
thoughe byrth be neuer lb bafe,
Of Gentelmen (for mete it is)
tin \ ought haue name and place:
But when by byrth, they bafe are bred,
and churliflhe harte retaine,
Though place of gentlemen thei haue
churles they do remayne.
A prouerbe old . hath ofte ben harde
and now lull true is trj ed:
An Ape, \\\ II euer be an Ape,
thoughe pui pie garments hyde.
For f< Idom, wyll the maftye courfe,
the 1 [are or els the Deare:
But flyll, accordynge to his kynde.
wyll holde, the hogge by th[e]eare.
Vnfitte arc dunghill knights to ferue
the ton in.-, with Speare in fielde:
tcrtia. 4i
Nor ftrange it femes, (a sudain Chop)
to leape from whyp, to fliielde.
The chiefeft man, in all our towne,
that beares the greateft fwaye,
Is Coridon no kynne to me,
a Neteherd th[e]other daye.
This Coridon come from the Carte,
In honour chiefe doth fytte,
And gouernes vs: becaufe he hath
a Crabbed, Clownifh wytte.
Nowe fe the Churlyfh Crueltye,
that in hys harte remayns.
The felye Sheape yat Shephards good,
haue foflerd vp wyth Paynes,
And browght awaye, from Stynkyng dales
on pleafant 1 [ylles to feade:
O Cruell Clownifli Coridon
O curfed Carlifli Seade:
The Gmple Shepe, conflrayned he,
theyr Failure fwete to leaue,
And to theyr old corrupted Graffe,
enforceth them to cleaue.
Such Shepe, as would not them obaye
but in theyr Paflure byde,
with (cruell flames,) they did confume
and vex on euery fyde.
And with the fhepe, ye She] >hardes good,
1 hate full Hounds of Hell,)
They did torment, and dryue them out,
in 1 1 farre to dwell.
Th dyed Daphnes for his Shepe,
the chiefeft of them all.
And fayre Alexis flamde in Fyre.
who neuer peryffhe fhall.
O Shephards wayle, for Daphnes deth,
. Uexis hap lament,
And curs the for< e of cruell harl
that them to death haue fent.
4 2 Egloga tei'tia.
I, fynce I fawe fuche fynfull fyghts,
dyd neuer lyke the Towne,
But thought it bed to take my fheepe,
and dwell vpon the downe.
Wheras I lyue, a pleafaunt lyfe,
and free from cruell handes,
I wolde not leaue, the pleafaunt fyelde
for all the Townyfli Landes.
For fyth that Pryde, is placed thus,
and Vice fet vp fo hye:
And Crueltie doth rage fo fore,
and men lyue all awrye:
Thynkfte you? yat God, will long forbere,
his fcourge, and plague to fende?
To fuche as hym do ftyll defpyfe,
and neuer feke to mende?
Let them be fure he wyll reuenge,
when they thynke leafte vpon.
But looke a ftormy fhowre doth ryfe,
whiche wyll fall heare anone,
Menalcas bed we nowe departe,
my Cottage vs fhall keepe,
For there is rowme for the, and me,
and eke for all our fheepe:
Som Chcftnuts haue I there in ftore
with Cheefe and pleafaunt whaye.
God fends me Vittayles for my nede,
and I fynge Care awaye.
C Finis Egloga teriia>.
Rgloga quarta.
JReliben*. p.ilcmon.
God, that guyds ye golden Globe,
wher fhinyng fhapes do dwel
f O thou yat throweft the thunder thumps
, « from Heauens hye, to Hell,
what wonders workes thy worthynes
what meruayles dofte thou frame?
What fecrete fyghts be Subiect fene
vnto thy holy name?
A fymple Shepharde flayne of late,
by foolyfhe force of Loue,
That had not Grace fuch fancies fond
and Flames for to remoue,
Appeared late, before myne eies,
(Alas 1 feare to fpeake,)
Not as he here was wont to lyue,
whyle Gryefe hym none did breake.
But all in I , he clothed came
an vgly fyght to fe:
As they that for theyr due Defartes,
with Paynes tormented be,
M) fhepe for feare amafed ran,
and fled from llyll to Dale,
And 1 alone remayned there,
with countenaunce wan and pale.
O Lorde (quoth 1) what meanes this thyng
is this Alexis fpryght?
Or is it Daphnes foule that fhowes?
to me this dredfull i\
Or comes fome Feend oi Hi 11 abrode?
with feare m< i rment?
Me, era this? or Tifiplwnl
Or is Alecto fent f
44 Eelopa
^>" i i>
what foeuer thou art, yat thou doft com?
Ghooft, Hagge, or Fende of Hell :
I the commaunde by hym that lyues,
thy name and cafe to tell.
With this, a stynkyng fmoke I fawe,
from out his mouth to flye,
And with that fame, his voyce did found,
None of them all am I.
But ons thy frende (O Mclibci)
Dametas was my name,
Dametas I, that flewe my felfe,
by force of foolyffhe name.
Dametas I, that dotynge dyed,
In fyre of vnkynde Loue:
Dametas I, whom Deiopey
dyd caufe fuche ende to proue,
The fame Dametas here 1 com,
by lycens vnto the:
For to declare the wofull flate,
that happens now to me.
(O Melibei) take hede of Loue,
of me Example take,
That flewe my felfe, and line in He!3 :
for Deiopeias fake.
I thought that Deth fhuld me releafe
from payncs and dolefull woe,
But nowe (alas) the trothe is tryed,
I fynde it nothynge foe,
For looke what Payne and gryefe I felt
when 1 lyued heare afore:
With thofe I nowe tormented am,
and with ten thoufand more.
I meane not that I burne in loue,
fuche foolyfll toyes begon,
But Gryefes in nombre haue I lyke
and man) e more vpon.
O curfed I. one, (what fhulde I (aye,)
that brought me fyrfte to Payne,
quarta. 45
Well, myght I ones defpyfe thy lore,
but nowe (alas) in vayne.
With fond Affection, I dyd flame,
whiche nowe I mofte repent,
But all to late (alas) I wayle,
fyth hope of Grace is fpent.
The fickle fadynge forme, and face,
that ones fo muche I fowght,
Hath made me lofe the Skyes aboue,
and me to Hell hath browght.
Why had I Reafon delt to me?
and coulde not Reafon vfe.
Why gaue I Urydle to my wyll?
when I myght well refufe.
A wycked Wyll, in dede it was,
that blynded fo my fyght,
That made me on fuch fadyng Dufle,
to fet my whole Delyght,
A fonde Affection lead me then,
When I for God dyd pla< .
A Creature, caufe of all my Care,
a fleflhye fletynge face.
A woman Waue of Wretchednes,
a Paterne pylde ofPryde,
A Mate of Myfchiefe and Diflreffe,
for whom (a Foole) I dyed.
Thus whyle he fpake, I fawe me thought
of Hell an vglye Fende,
With Iothfome Clawes, hym for to clofe
and forced him there to ende.
And with this fame, (C) Melibey,)
farewell, farewell, (quoth he)
Efchewe the Blafe of lenient flames,
Example take of me.
My Harte with this began to rent,
and all amafde I ftoode.
O lord (quoth 1) what flames be thefe
what Rage, what Furyes woode?
46 Egloga quarta.
Doth Loue procure, to wretched men
what Bondage doth it brynge ?
Paine here : and Payne in life to come.
(O dolefull, dredefull thynge.)
[Ifolcmon] I quake to heare, this Storye tolde,
and Mclibci I fainte,
For fure I thought Damctas had,
been placed lyke a Saynte.
I thought that cruel CJiarons Poate,
had myfte of hym her fravght.
And through his deth, he mounted had
to flarres and Heauens flrayght.
Howe valiantly dyd he defpyfe,
his lyfe in Bondage ledde?
And fekyng Deth with courage hye,
from Loue and Ladye fledde.
And is he thus rewarded nowe?
The ground be curfed than,
That fofterde vp, fo fayre a face
that lofte fo good a Man.
% Fitiis EgiogcB quarta
Rgloga qiiu i la,
/ttopsujs. (Cgon.
Om doleful thing there is at hand
^ thy countenaunce doth declare,
Thy face good Egon voide of blud
thine eies amaied ftare :
I fe thy teares, howe they do flill,
difclofe thy fecrete mynde,
Hath Fortune frowned late on the?
Hath Cupide ben vnkinde.
A pyteous thinge to be bewalyde
a defperate Acte of Loue,
(O Deftenies) fuche cruell broyles
How haue you power to moue?
Here lyued a Ladye fayre of late,
that Claudia men dyd call:
Of goodly forme, yea fuche a one,
as farre furmounted all.
The (lately Dames, yat in this Courte,
to fhowe them felues do lye,
There was not one in all the Crewe :
that could come Claudia nye.
A worthy Knyght dyd loue her longe,
and for her lake did feale,
The panges of Loue, that happen flyl
by frownyng Fortunes wheale,
He had a Page, Valerius named,
whom fo muche he dyd trufte,
That all die fecrets of his Hart,
to hym declare he mufte.
And made hym all the onely meanes,
to in-- for liis redreffe,
And to entreate for grai e to her,
that caufed his diflreffe.
43 Egloga
She whan as fyrft fhe faw his page
was flrayght with hym in Loue,
That nothynge could Valerius face,
from Claudius mynde remoue.
By hym was Faujhis often harde,
by hym his futes toke place,
By hym he often dyd afpyre,
to fe his Lad yes face.
This paffed well, tyll at the length,
Valerius fore dyd fewe,
With many teares befechynge he]-,
his Mayfters gryefe to rewe.
And tolde her that yf fhe wolde not
releafe, his Mayfters payne,
He neuer wolde attempte her more,
nor fe her ones agayne.
She then with mafed countnaunce there
and teares yat gufhing fell,
Aftonyed anfwerde thus, loe nowe,
alas I fe to well.
Howe longe I haue deceyued ben,
by the Valerius heare,
I neuer yet beleued before,
nor tyll this tyme dyd feare,
That thou dydfle for thy Mayfter fr.e
but onely for my fake.
And for my fyght, I euer thought,
thou dydfle thy trauayle take.
But nowe I fe the contrarye,
thou nothynge carfte tor me,
Synce fyrft thou knewfie, the fyerye flames
that I haue felte by the.
Lorde howe yll, thou dofte requyte
that I for the haue done,
1 curie the time, that frendlhyp fyrft,
to fliowe, I haue begon.
O Iorde I the befeche let me,
in tyme reuenged be :
quinta. 49
And let hym knowe that he hate fynd,
in this mifufynge me,
I can not thynke, but Fortune once,
fhall the rewarde for all,
And vengeaunce due for thy deferts,
in tyme fliall on the fall.
And tell thy maifter FauJJus nowe,
yf he •wide haue me lyue :
That neuer more he fewe to me,
this aunfwere lafte I gyue :
And thou o Traytour vyle,
and enmye to my lyfe,
Abfent thy felfe from out my fyght,
procure not greater ftryfe,
Synce yat thefe teares, had neuer force
to mono thy ftoneye harte,
Let neuer thefe my weryed eyes,
fe the no more. Departe.
This fayde, in hafte fhe hieth in,
and there doth vengeaunce call,
And ftrake her felf, with cruel knyfe,
and bluddye downe doth fall.
This dolfull chaunce, whan FauJJus heard
lamentynge lowde he cryes,
And teares his heare and doth accufe,
the vniuft and cruell Ski( ,
And in this ragynge moode awaye,
he ftealeth oute alone,
And gone he is : no man knowes where
eche man doth for hym mone.
Valerius whan he doth perceyue,
his Ma viler to he gone :
He v.' pes and wailes, in piteous plight
and forth he ronnes anoi
No Man knowes where, he is becom,
fome faye the wooddes he tooke,
5° Egloga quintet,.
Intendynge there to ende his lyfe,
on no Man more to looke :
The Courte lamentes, the Princeffe eke
her felfe doth weepe for woe,
Loe, Fauflus fled, and Claudia deade.
Valerius vanyffhed too.
f[ Finis Fglogce quintcB.
Rgloga fexta.
r fclir. Jfitnstu.s.
Jfclii. /^'^vf Fauftus, whom aboue the red,
of Shephardes here that kepe,
1 \']ion thefe holts, ye nombri
of \\ -1 lhepe:
I euerhaueeftemde: and counted eke,
the chiefeft Frende of all,
What great mifhap, what fcourge of
minde
or griefe hath the befall ?
That haththebrought in fuch a plight
farre from thy wonted guyfe ?
What meanes this countenaunce all befprent
with teres? thefe wretched ei
This mournynge looke, this Vefture fad
this wrethe of Wyllow tr
(Ynhappy man) why dolle thou wepe
what chaunce hath altered the?
'I 11 tell, me foone, I am thy frende,
. efe,
Be not at: for 1
leyr Frendes rely< !
/attjStttjS. 'I all caufe of all my hurt
/ c loi oe,
I knewft lull well : 1 nede not now
by w to i iuble woe,
ill hope is pall
tvi i id I am o
And f) n< e the 1 <adye of my
iy faute) 1 hau tie,
What vvoldft you haue me do (oh fiend?)
in loye? in fuch dyfli
52 Egtoga
Naye pleafures quyte I banifh here,
and yelde to Heuynes,
Let gryefes torment me euermore,
let neuer Cares awaye.
Let neuer Fortune turne her wheale
to gyue me blyffull daye.
Louc hath me fcourged: I am content
lament not thou my ftate,
Let fpyght on me take vengeaunce nowe
let me be tome with hate.
Let her enioye, her happye lyfe,
a Flowre of golden hewe,
A Mary-. That clofeth when the Son doth fet,
goide. anc ] fpreads with Phebus newe.
Syth from my Garlande now is falne,
this famoufe Flowre fwete :
Let Wyllows wynde aboute my hed,
(a Wrethe for W retches mete)
fdix. Fye Fan/Ins, let not Fancie fonde,
in the beare fuche a fwaye,
Expell Affections from thy mynde,
and dryue them quyght awaye.
Embrace thine Auncient Lybertie,
let Bondage vyle be fled :
Let Reafon rule, thy crafed Brayne,
place Wyt, in Folies fteade.
Synce flie is gone, what remedye?
why fhuldeft thou fo lament?
Wilt thou deftroy thy felf with tears
and flie to pleafures bent?
Gyue eare to me, and I wyll fhowe
the remedies for Loue
That I haue learned longe agoe:
and in my youth dyd proue.
Such remedies as foone mail quenche
the flames of Cupids Kyre,
Suche remedies as thill del aye,
the Rage of fonde 1 >efyre.
icxta. 53
For Faujhis yf thou folow ftyll,
the blynded God to pleafe,
And wylt not feke, by Reafons Rule,
to purchafe thyne owne eafe,
Long canfl thou not thy frends enioy
but byd them all farewell.
And leaue thy lyfe, and giue thy foule
to depeft fluds of Hell.
i ie of therfore, betymes and let
Affection beare no fwaye,
And now at fyrft the Fyre quench
before it further ftraye,
Eche thyng is eafely made to obaye,
whyle it is yong and grene,
The tender twyg, that now doth bend
at length refufeth cleane.
The feruent Fyre, that flamyng fyrft,
may lytell water dreni
When as it hath obtayned tyme,
whole Ryuers can not quen< lie:
Forfake the Town, (my Faufius deare)
and dwell, vpon this playne,
And tyme fhall heale, thy feftryng wound
and Abfence banyfli Payne.
Aboue all thyngesfly Edlenes,
For this doth dowble ftrength,
To Louers flams, and makes them rage,
tyl all be loll at length,
Here in tlies folds, are pleafaunt things
to occupye thy brayn,
hold: how fpryng reuyues agayn,
that winter late had flayne,
the plefaunl 1 [ylles adournd,
with dyuers coloui
1 re to Scillas lufty fonges,
rei'' in the
What pi ii i aft thou more defyre,
I hen here i
54 Egloga
Thy lufly yewes, with many a lam,
Lo: whear they wayt on the,
Thynke not vpon that curled lace,
that makes the thus her flaue
But well regard the pleafaunt lyfe,
that here thou feefl me haue,
Whan I long tyme a go, did feale,
the flames of Cupids fyre,
Thefe meanes Lo thou I practifed,
to cure my fond defyre.
I fyrft wayed with my felfe,
How fond a thyng it feamd,
To let my heart lye there in chaynes,
where I was nought efteamd.
And how Avith flames I burnt for her,
that paffed nought for me,
And how, thefe eyes encreaft my harmes
that fyrft her face did fe,
With penfyfe heart full fraight with thoughts,
I fled from thence away,
And though that Loue bad tourne my fleppes,
yet wold I neuer (lay,
But from that foule infectyue ayer,
wher hill I looke my fore,
I hyed in haft, and fhund the place,
to fe for euer more.
Eache letter that I had receyued
from her, I caft away,
And tokens all, I threw them down,
to my no fmall dyfmay.
Then bufyed I my felfe in thyngs
that myght me mode delyght,
And fought the chiefll means 1 could,
to helpe ni\ w ei j ed fpryght.
Somt) me 1 wold behold the fyeld .
and 1 1\ lies that thou dofte fe,
Somtime J wold betraye the Byrds,
thai lyghl on l\ med tree.
Efpecially in Shepllare tyme,
w hen tliii ke in il ickes they flye,
fexta.
One wold I take, and to her Leg,
a lymed Lyne wold tye,
And where ye flock flew thickefl, there
I wold her call awaye,
She flrayght vnto the reft wold hye,
amongll her Mates to playe.
And preafyng in the mydfte of them,
with Lyne and Lyme, and all,
With cleuyng wyngs, entangled faft.
they downe togyther fall.
Somtyme I wold the lytel Fyfh :
with bayted Hooke beguyle :
Somtyme the craftye Foxe 1 wold,
deceyue for all his wyle:
Somtyme the Wolfe, I wold purfue,
fomtyme the fomyng Boore :
And whan with labour all the daye,
my weryed Lyrns were foore.
Than reft and llepe 1 ftraightway fought
no Dreames dyd me afraye :
Tormented nought with care, I pad
the lyngryng nyght awaye.
And thus I cleane forgot : in tyme,
the dotyng Dayes 1 lawe,
And freed my ielf, to my great Ioye,
from Yoke of Loners Lawe.
More of this fame, I wyll the tell,
the next tyme here we mel
And ftronger Medycines wyll 1 gyue,
to purge that Venym fwete.
B holde the I >aye is flypt awaye,
and Starres do fail appeare.
Loe where Calijlo Virgin o
doth fhyne in Skies fo «
Loe where olde Cepheus wall about,
with twynj ng Serpent b
■\W wyll no lenger heare abyd
But In n< e wyll homwarde hye.
Finis E
55
Egloga septima.
^iluantt*. Jnrcimg. <§cluagta
Jrenus fhephard good and thou,
that haft yll lucke in loue,
The caufe of al my hurt by whom
my futes could neuer proue.
God neuer let that I fhuld feeke,
to be reuenged of the,
For whan I might haue ben wrti eafe,
yet wold not fuffer me
The Loue that I, Diana bare,
on the to fhowe my Spyte :
On the in whom my Ladye fayre,
had once her whole delyght,
If thy myfhaps do not me greue,
My mifchieefs neuer ende.
Thynke not Jirenus that bycaufe,
Diana was thy frend,
I beare the vrorfer wyl affure thy felf
fo bafe my loue neuer femde
That onely I fhuld fauour her.
but all that flie eflemde.
£tttlt Thou eyther art siluanus borne,
Example fur to gyue,
To vs that know not how,
whan Fortune frownes to lyue,
Or els hath Nature placed in the
fo ftrong and Route a mynde.
Sufryfynge not, thyne yls alone
to beare, but meanes to fynde,
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I ■■ii'inal impression down to, she kyld a fdythfullfrtnd* <m the
omitted : beingrepre been
supplied by the kindm i W. A. Wright, Esq., M.A., from the copy in
the library of Trinity College, Cambi
Egloga feptima.
57
That may the Griefes of others help,
I fe thou art fo bent,
That Fortune can the not amafe,
For all her myfciefes ment,
I promys they// 'nanus lieare,
tyme playne in the doth (how,
How dayly fhe difcouers things,
that erft dyd men not know.
I can not beare the Gryefes I feale,
my force is all to faynt,
I neuer could as thou canft ftynt,
the teares of my complaynt.
Diana hath procured the paynes,
that I fhall neuer ende,
When fyrfl fhe falft her troth to me,
fhe kyld a faythfull frende.
Jsiluan. I meruayle how flic could fo foone,
put the out of her mind,
I well remembre fynce thou wentfte
alone I dyd her fynd.
In place that forow fcmde to fhape,
where no man Rood her nye,
But onely (I vnhappy wretche,)
that herd her wofull crye,
And this with teares alowde flie fayd,
O wretche in yll tyme borne.
What chaunce hail thou? thai thus thou hall
Strains fwete forlome.
Gyue ouer pleafurcs now,
Let neuer loye the |
Seke all the cruel! mi ines thou canft
that may thy hart dyfeal
Whan thou dofte hym forget 1 wyfh,
all mifchifes on ti.
And after death, the 1 elides of Hell,
torment thy lyuyng fpryght.
What man wold here beleu
that fhe tli could fpeake,
( 5urcn.
5 8 Egloga
In fo fhorte tyme as I haue bene
awaye, wolde promys breake.
O fledfaflnes and Condancy,
how feldome are you founde :
In womens harts to haue your feats,
Or long abydyng ground ?
Who looke how much more earned they,
at fyrfl theyr hearts do fet,
So much more fooner euer more,
where late they loued, forget :
Full well could euer I beleue,
all women gylty of this :
Saue her alone, in whom I nidge,
neuer nature wrought amis :
But fins her maryage how fhe fpeeds
Siluan I pray the tell ?
j?ilitan. Some fay fhe lykes it veiy ill,
and I beleue it well :
For Dtiius he that hath her now,
although he welthy be,
Is but a lout and hath in hym,
no hanfome qualytie :
For as for all, fuche thynges wherin,
we Sh 'ilcs haue delyght,
As in Quaiting, Leaping, Singing or
to found a Bagpype ryght :
In all thefe thinges he is but an Alic,
and nothyn ; do he can.
They five tys quallities but tufli,
1 1 ryches makes a man :
£tren. What woman is that vat commeth here,
Siluan canft thou tell?
Stluail. Its one hath fped as well in Loue,
as we, I knowe her well :
She is one of fayre Dianas frendes,
who keeps her beads below,
\.>t far from hence hi her thou maid
Dianas State u el know.
-
feptima. 59
She loued hear a Shephearde cald,
Alaniits longe a go :
Who fauers on&yfmenia now,
the caufe of al her wo :
jBiluag. No place fo fyt for the as this,
Lo heare Siluanus ftai
Who hath receaued lyke luck to thine
at cruel Fortunes hands.
This company befemes the well,
r Shepheards both good deane,
j&Utt&tt To the Seluagia eke of Hope,
Whom Loue hath fpoyled cleane:
A thoufande better dayes 1 wyfh,
than thou hall had before,
^cluag. At length may better Fortune fall,
I r worfe can not be more.
To trufte the fayned words of men.
Loe, thus poore women fpeeds.
J&ilttan. And men do fmarte not through your words
but your vnconftant deeds.
For you when earnefllyeft you loue,
no thyng can chaunce fo lyght.
but yf a toye com in your Brayne,
your mynde is altered quyght.
If we but ones, abfent our felues,
the fhorteft tyme we maye,
So muche vnconftant is your minde
Loue foreth (Irayght awaye,
Example take Sirenus here
whom once J)iaria lovd,
As all we know, and looke how foone
her mynd is now removd:
No, no, there is not one of you,
that conilant can : ne :
J&ilttfiJ. You nalicious hart,
d O? a [aloufe brayne.
All thyngs you do your felues e(lem< .
and men mull beare no blai
6° Egloga
Of your diffemblyng noughty deeds,
we women beare the fhame.
^trert. Fayre Damefell yf you can perceyue
Siluanus true doth faye
There is not one amongft you all,
but doth from reafon ftraye.
"What is the caufe that women thus?
in theyr vnconftancye,
Do caft a man from hyeft hap,
to deepeft myferye ?
Its nothyng els, I you affure,
but that you know not well,
What thing is loue, and what you haue,
in hand you can not tell.
Your fymple wyts are all to weake,
Vnfayned loue to know,
And therof doth forgetfulnes,
in you fo fhortly grow.
jlcluag. Sirenus iudge not fo ofvs,
our wyts be not fo bafe,
But that we know as well as you,
whats what in euery cafe.
And women eke, there are ynow
that could yf they were brought
Teache men to lyue, and more to loue,
yf loue myght well be tought,
And for all this, yet do I thynke,
No thyng can worfer be.
Than womens (late, it is the word,
I thynke of eche degree.
For yf they fhow but gentle words
you thynke for loue they dye.
And yf they fpeake not when you lift,
than (Irayght you fay, they are hye.
And that they ai\ difdainfull Dames.
and if they chaunce to talke.
Than cownt you them for chatring Ties
whofe tongs muft alwayes walke.
feptima. 6l
And yf perhaps they do forbeare.
and Sylence chaunce to keepe,
Than tufh, (he is not for company,
(he is but a fymple (heepe.
And yf they beare good wyll to one,
then ftrayght they are iudged nought.
And yf yll name to fhun they leaue,
Vnconftant they are thought.
Who nowe can pleafe thefe Ialoufe heads,
the faute is all in you,
For women neuer wold chaunge their minds
yf men wold ftyll be true,
inrcrt. To this, I well could anfwere you,
but tyme doth bvd me ftaye,
And women mufl the laft worde haue
no man may fay them naye.
Paffe oucr this, and let vs here,
what lucke you haue had in loue,
And fhowe yf euer loue of man,
your conftaunt hart could moue.
No fytter place can be than this,
here maye you fafely reft,
Thus (ytting here, declare at luge,
the iecretes of your brefl.
£iltmrj. Naye : lenger here we maye notbyde,
but home we mvft aw
Loe how the Son denies his Beames
depriuyng vs of daye.
I' in is Egloga feptinua.
Egloga octana.
Corioon.
Comix.
Comix.
0\v ragethe Titan fyerce aboue
his Beames on earth do beate.
Whofe hote reflection maks vs feale
an ouer feruent heate :
jWyth fyery Dog, he forward flames
hote Agues vp he dryues :
And fends them downe, with boylyng blud
to fhorten Myfers lyues.
Loe, how the beads, lyes vnder trees
how all thyng feekes the fhade,
O bleffed God, that fome defence,
for euery hurte haft made,
Beholde this pleafaunte Brodeleaued Beech
and fpringing fountain cleare,
Heare ftiade ynough, here water cold
com Cor nix rell we here,
And let vs fongs begyn to fyng,
our purs and harts be lyght
We fere not we, the tomblyng world
we breake no fleaps by nyght.
Both place and tvme my Coridon
exhorteth me to fynge,
Not of the wretched Louers lyues,
but of the immortall kynge.
Who gyues vs pafture for our beads
and bleffeth our encreafe :
By whom, while other cark and toyle
we lyue at home with eafe.
keepes vs down, from climyng hye
wher honour breeds debate,
Egloga octet it a. 63
And here hath graunted vs to lyue
in Ample Shephards flate,
A lyfe that fure doth fare exceade,
eche other kynd of lyfe :
O happy Rate, that doth content,
How farre be we from ftryfe ?
Of hym therfore, me lyfl to fynge,
and of no wanton toyes,
For hym to loue, and hym to prayfe,
furmounts all other Ioyes.
O Shephards leaue Cupidoes Camp,
the ende wherof is vyle,
Remoue Dame Venus from your eies
and harken here a whyle.
A God there is, that guyds the Globe,
and framde the fyckle Spheare,
And placed hath, the Starres aboue,
that we do gafe on here,
By whom we lyue, (vnthankful beads)
by whom we haue our health,
Ey whom we gayne our happy ftates
by whom we get our wealth.
A God : that fends vs that we nede,
a God : that vs defends.
A God : from whom the Angels hye,
mortal] men attends.
A God : of fuche a Clemencie,
that who fo hym doth loue
Shall here be fure to reft a whyle,
and alwayes reft aboue.
But we, for hym do lytell <
His He ils we nought eftem .
But hunt for thyngs that he doth hate
mofl pleafaunt thofe do feme,
(Vnthankfull myfers) what do we?
what meane we thus to flraye?
From fuche a God, fo mercyfull,
to walke a worfer waye?
64 Egloga
May e nought his benefyts procure ?
maye nought his mercyes moue?
Maye nothynge bynde, but nedes we mud?
gyue hate to hym for loue ?
happy (ten tymes) is the man,
(a Byrde full rare to fynde)
That loueth God with all his hart,
and kepes his lawes in mynde.
He fhalbe blefl in all his works,
and fafe in euery tyme,
He fhall fwete quietnes enioye,
whyle other fmarte for Cryme.
The threatnyng chaunces of the world
fhall neuer hym annoye.
"When Fortune frowns on foolifh men
he fhalbe fure to ioye.
For why ? the Aungels of the Lorde,
fhall hym defende alwayes,
And fet hym free, at euery harmes,
and hurts at all affayes.
, 9 n j["" tL n Euen he that kept the Prophet fafe,
from mouthes of Lyons wylde,
Moses. And lie that once preferued in Flags,
the fely fuckyng Chylde,
EUas. The God that fed, by Rauens Byll,
the Teacher of his worde,
Shall hym (no doubt) in fafetie keepe,
from Famyn, Fyre, aud Sworde.
Not he, whom Poets old hauc faynd,
to lyue in Heauen hye,
lufiitr. Embracyng Boyes : (O fylthy thyng)
in beaftly I .echerye.
iuno. Nor Juno lhc : (that wrinkled lade,)
that Quene of Skyes is calde,
Satum. Nor foleyu Saturn Churlyfli Chuffe,
with Scalpe of Cancre bald.
Man. Nor fumyng Foole, with fury face,
that moues the fyghters mynd.
octaua.
65
Venus
Cupid.
Homerus.
Nor Venus (he : (that wanton wench)
that guyds the Shoter blynd.
Can the defende : as God wyll do,
for they were fynfull fool
Whom fyrft ye blynd hye witted Greke
brought in to wyfe mens Scooles.
No none of thefe, but God alone,
ought worfhyp for to haue,
For they for all theyr Honour ones,
reft yet in ftynkyng Graue.
Heare haft thou heard, the happy Hate
of them that lyue in feare,
Of God : and loue hym bed : now lyft,
his foes reward to heare,
And fyrft know thou that euery man,
that from this God doe goe,
And folows luft, hym he acountes,
to be his deadly foe,
This myghty Kyng of whom we talk,
as he is mercyfull,
And fufters long, reuengyng (low,
So when we be thus dull,
That we wyl not perceaue in tyme,
the goodnes of his grace,
His fauour ftraight, he doth withdraw
and tournes a way his fa<
And to him felfe then doth he fay,
How long (hall I permit
Thefe ftubburne beafles, for to
and (hall I loue them \
That hate me thus? or haue I nede
theyr louynge mynds to crane?
I afke no more but onely loue,
ami that 1 1 an not haue.
Well, wel 1 wil i e for them,
that thus do me dyfp) fi .
Let them go lyue, 1 they lyft,
I turne awaye myne t
1;
66 Egloga,
When God hath thus fayd to him felf
Then doth the braynleffe foole,
Cafl Brydle of, and out he runnes,
neglectynge vertues Scoole,
Then doth the Deuyl geue him lyne,
and let him rune at large,
And Pleafure makes his Mariner,
to row in vyces Barge,
Then vp the Sayles of wilfulnes.
he hoyfes hie in haft,
And fond Affection blowes hym forth,
a wynd that Pluto plaft,
Then cuttes he fwyft, the feas of fin,
and through the Chanell deape,
With Ioyful mynd, he fleets a pace,
whom Pleafure bryngs a fleape,
Then who fo happy thinks hym felfe?
who dreames of ioy but he ?
Tufh, tufli, fayeth he : to thynk of God,
In age fufnfeth me.
Now wil I paffe my pleafaunt youth,
Such toyes becomes this age,
And God fhall followe me fayth he,
I wyll not be his page,
I wyll be prowd, and looke a loft,
I wyll my bodye decke,
With coftly clothes, a boue my flate
who then dare gyue me checke ?
Cotillon. Garments fom time, fo gard a knaue,
that he dare mate a Knyght,
Yet haue I fene a Nee in hemp,
For Checking often lyght.
(Tornir. The Peacocks plume flial not me pas
that nature finely framde
For coulord fylkes flial fet me fourth,
that nature flialbe (hamde,
My Sworde flial gel me valiant fame,
I wyll be Mars out ryght,
act ana. 67
And Mars you know, mud Venus haue,
to recreate his fpryght
I wyll oppreffe the fymple knaue,
fliall Slaues be fawfy now?
Nay : I wyll teache the nedy Dogges,
with Cappe to crowche, and bow.
Thus fareth he, and thus he lyues,
No whyt eftymyng God,
In health, in ioy, and luftynes,
free from the fmartyng Rod,
But in the midft of all his myrth,
whyle he fufpecteth leaft,
His happy chaunce, begyns to chaunge
and eke his fleetynge feafl,
For death (that old deuouryng Wolf)
whom goodmen nothyng feare,
Corns faylyng faft, in Galley blacke,
and whan he fpyes hym neare,
Doth boorde hym flrayght, and grapels fart.
And than begyns the fyght,
In not leapes, as Captayne chiefe,
and from the M ay n mail ryght,
He downward corns, and furfet than
affayleth by and by,
Then vyle defeafes forward fhoues,
with paynes and gryefe therby,
L) r fc (lands aloft, and fyghteth hard,
but pleafure all agafte.
Doth leaue his ore, and out he flyes,
then death approcheth faft.
And giues the ( harge fo fore, yat needs
mull lyfe begyn to flye,
Then farewell all. The wretched man
with Caryen ( !orfe doth lye,
Whom Deth hymfelf flyngs ouer bord,
amyd the Seas of fyn,
The place wherlate, he fwetly fwam,
now lyes he drowned in.
68 Eglom octaua
Contynuall torment hym awaytes,
(a Monfter vyle to tell)
That was begot of Due Defert,
and raygneth now in Hell,
With gredy mouth he alwayes feeds
vpon the Syndrownd foule,
Whofe gredy Pawes, do neuer ceas,
in fynfull fluds to prowle.
Loe. This the ende, of euery fuche
as here lyues luftylye
Neglectyng God thou feed, in vyce.
do lyue. in fyn do dye.
What fhuld I fpeke of al theyr harms
that happens them in lyfe ?
Theyr Confcience prickt, theyr barren blud
theyr toyle, their grief, theyr flryfe,
With mifchiefes heaped many a one,
which they do neuer trye.
That Loue and Feare the myghty God,
that rules and raynes on hye,
To long it weare, to make difcourfe,
and Fhebus downe defcends,
And in the Clowdes his beams doth hyde
which tempefl fure portends,
Looke how the beaftes begin to fling,
and cafl theys heades ort hye,
The Hearonfhew mountes aboue the clouds
ye Crowes cch wher do cry
All this fhowes rayn, tyme byds vs go
com Coridon awaye,
Take vp thy Staffe, fetch in thy beafls
let vs go whyle we maye.
Iforiuon. Comix agreed, go thou before,
yon curfed Bull of myne
I mull go dryue : he neuer bydes,
among my Fathers Kyne.
Finis Eglogcs octaua.
E P Y T A P II E S.
C An Epytaphc of the Lorde
Sheffeldes death.
I In Brutyfti broyle, and rage of war
in Clownyfh harts began
When Tigres Route, in Tanners bonde
vnmufled all they ran,
The Noble Sheffeyld Lord by byrth
and of a courage good,
By clubbifh hands, of crabbed Clowns
there fpent his Noble blud.
His noble byrth auayled not,
his honor all was vayne,
Amyd the preafe, of Maflye Carres,
the valyant Lorde was Qayne.
And after fuche a forte (O ruth.)
that who can teares fuppreffe.
To thynke yat Dunghyll Dogs fliuld dawnt
the Floure of worthynes.
VVhyle as the rauenyng Wolues he pr
his gylteles lyfe to faue.
A ludd) liutcher byg and blunt,
a vyle vnweldy knaue
With beaflly Mow of boyflerous byll
at hvm (( ) Lorde) let dryue,
And clefte his head, and fayd therwith
(halt thou be lefte alyue?
O Lorde that I had prefent ben,
d Hectors for e withall,
B fore that from his Carlyfh hands,
the cruell Byll dyd fall.
Then fhulde that peafaunt vyle haue felt
the < lap vpon his Crowne,
Then fhuld haue dazed hi d hart
from dryuyng Lordes adowne.
7o Epytaphes.
Then flnild my hands haue faued th y lyfe
good Lord whom deare I loucd
Then fhuld my hart in doutfull cafe,
full well to the ben proued,
But all in vayne thy death I wayle,
thy Corps in earth doth lye.
Thy kyng and Countrey for to feme
thou dydfle not feare to dye.
Farewel good Lord, thy deth bewayle
all fuche as well the knewe,
And euerye man laments thy cafe :
and Googe thy death doth rewe.
C An Epytaphe of M. Shelley
Jlayne at Maffelbroitghe.
Van Mars had moued mortall hate
and forced fumyfh heate
And hye Bellona had decreed,
to fyt with Sworde in Seate,
The Scottes vntrue with fyghtynge hande,
theyr promys to denye,
Affembled faft, and England thought,
the trothe with them to trye.
Chofe Mufclebroughe theyr fyghtynge place
amyd thofe barrayne fyelds
Theyr breche of fayth, there not to try
with trothe, but trotheles Shyeldes
In battayle braue, and Armye flrong
Encamped fure they laye,
Ten Scottes to one (a dredeful thyng
a dolfull fyghtyng daye.)
That Englyfh men were all agaile,
with quakyng ftaues in hande.
To fe theyr enemyes lye fo neare,
and death with them to tlande.
Epytaphes. 7 J
No other remedye there was,
but fyght it out or rlye.
And who Ihuld fyrft the Onfet gyue,
was fure therin to dye.
Thus al difmayde, and wrapt in feare
with doutfull mynde they ftande,
If heft it be, with flyght of foote,
to ftryue or fyght of hande.
Tyll at the length, a Captayn ftoute.
with hawtye mynde gan fpeake.
Cowards all, and maydly men
of Courage faynt and weake,
Vnworthye com of Brutus race,
to this your manhode gon,
And is there none you Daftardes all.
that dare them fet vpon.
Then Shelly all inflamed with heate
with heate of valyaunt mynde,
No Cowardes we, nor maydly men,
ne yet of Daftards kynde,
1 wold you wyfte dyd euer com,
but dare be bolde to trye,
Our manhode heare, thoughe nought appeare
but deth to all mens -
And with thefe wordes (() noble hart)
no longer there he ftayde,
But forth before them all he fprang
as one no whyt difmayed
With charged flaffe on fomyng horfe
his Spurres with heeles he ftrykes,
And forewarde ronnes with fwiftye race,
among the mortal! Pykes
And in this race with famous ende,
to do his Countrey good,
Gaue ( >nfet fyrft vpon hi I
and loft 1 I blud.
C" Finis.
72 Epy tap lies.
C An Epy tap he of Maijler
Thomas Phayre.
eJ? He hawtye verfe, yat Maro wrote
^ made Rome to wonder muche
And meruayle none for why the Style
and waightynes was fuche,
That all men iudged Parnaffus Mownt
had clefte her felfe in twayne.
And brought forth one, that feemd to drop
from out Mineruaes brayne.
But wonder more, maye Bryttayne great
wher Phayre dyd floryfh late,
And barreyne tong with fwete accord
reduced to fuche eftate :
That Virgils verfe hath greater grace
in forrayne foote obtaynde,
Than in his own, who whilll he lyued
eche other Poets ftaynde.
The Noble H. HawarJe once,
that raught eternall fame,
With mighty Style, did bryng a pece
Of Virgils worke in frame,
And Grimaold gaue the lyke attempt,
and Douglas wan the Ball,
whofe famoufe wyt in Scottyfh ryme
had made an ende of all.
But all thefe fame did Phayre excell,
I dare prefume to wryte,
As muche as doth Appolloes Beames.
the dymmeft Starre in lyght.
The enuyous fates (O pytie great,
had great difdayne to fe,
That vs amongfl there fhuld remayn
fo fyne a wyt as he,
Epytaphes. 73
And in the mydft oi all his toyle,
dyd force hym hence to wende,
And leaue a Worke vnperfyt fo,
that neuer man fhall ende.
C An Epytaphe of the Death
of Nicolas Grimaold.
* Eholde this fles
tvng world how al tilings fade
Howe euery thyng
doth paffe and wen re awaye,
Eche Rate of hi' .
by comon courfe and trade,
Abydes no tyme,
but hath a paffyng daye.
For looke as lyfe,
that pleafaunt Dame hath brought,
The pleafaunt yeares,
and dayes of luflynes,
So Death our Foe,
confumeth all to nought,
Enuyeng th
with 1 )arte doth vs oppreffe,
And that whiche is,
the greateft gryfe of all,
The gredye < rrype,
doth no eflate refpect,
But wher he comes,
he makes them down to fall,
\ • flayes he at,
the hie fharpe wytted feet.
For if that wytt,
or worthy Eloquens,
Or learnyng deape,
couldc moue hym to forbcare,
74 Epytaphes.
O Grimaold then,
thou hadfle not yet gon hence
But heare hadeft fene,
full many an aged yeare.
Ne had the Mu=
fes lofte fo fyne a Floure,
Nor had Mi?ieri
zta wept to leaue the fo,
If wyfdome myght
haue fled the fatall howre.
Thou hadfle not yet
ben fu fired for to go,
A thoufande doltyfh
Geefe we myght haue fparde,
A thoufande wytles
heads, death might haue found
And taken them,
for whom no man had carde,
And layde them lowe,
in deepe obliuious grounde,
But Fortune fa=
ours Fooles as old men faye
And lets them hue,
and take the wyfe awaye.
C Finis.
SONETTES.
C To Mavfler Alexander No well.
He Mufes ioye,
'and well they may to fe,
'So well theyr la=
Iboure com to good fucceffe,
[That they fuflay-
ned long agoe in the,
Miner ua fmyles,
Phebus can do no leffe,
But ouer all,
they chyefly do reioyfe,
That leauyng thyngs,
which are but fond and vayne,
•| iu dyddeft chufe,
good and happy choyfe)
In l';u red Scoles,
thy luckye yeares to trayne,
B) whi< he thou haft
ynde (0 happy thyng)
To leame to lyue,
whyle Other wander wyde,
And by thy lyfe,
to pleafe the immortal] k
Then whiche fo good,
nothyng can be appl
l . twe gyues the gaj n ,
and Phyfycke fyls the Purfe,
PromoUons hye,
gyues Artes to many one,
But 1 is it,
by whiche we (cape the Curie,
7 6 Sonet tes.
And haue the blys
of God, when we be gone.
Is this but one=
ly Scriptures for to reade ?
No, no. Not talke,
but lyfe gyues this in deade.
€1 To Doctor Bale.
/lOod aged -#«/<?.•
*£7,that with thy hoary heares
Dofte yet perfyfte,
to turne the paynefull Booke,
O happye man,
that haft obtaynde fuche yeares,
And leavft not yet,
on Papers pale to looke,
Gyue ouer now
to beate thy weryed brayne,
And reft thy Pen
that long hath laboured foore
For aged men
vnfyt fure is fuche paine,
And the befeems
to laboure now no more,
But thou I thynke
Don Platoes part will playe
"W Lth Booke in hand,
to haue thy dyeng daye.
C Finis,
Sonet 'tes. 7 7
C To M. Edwarde Cobham.
YVLde Socrates,
<-! whole wyfdome dyd excell,
And pall the reache,
of wyfeft in his tyme,
Surmounted all,
that on the earth dyd dwell,
That Craggye Hyls,
of vertue hye dyd clyme,
That Socrates,
my Cobham dyde allowe,
Eche man in youth,
hvm felfe in Glaffe to vew,
And wyld them oft,
to vfe the fame, but how ?
Not to delyght,
in forme of fadyng hew.
Nor to be proude
therof, as many be,
But for to ftryue,
by beautie of the mynde,
For to adournc,
the beautie he doth fe.
If warlyke forme,
Dame Nature hym affygnde,
1 !y vcrtuous lyfe,
than countenaunce for to get,
That fhall i
the fayrefl oi them all,
Suche Beautie
no age nor wyll fret :
That Byes with fame,
whan fy< kle forme doth fayle,
Thus muche I fa)
that here to the prefent,
7* Sonettes.
My wordes a Glaffe
for the to looke vpon.
To the whom God,
in tender yeares hath lent,
A towardenes,
that maye be mufed vpon,
Suche towardenes,
as in more grauer yeares,
Doth fure a hope,
of greater thyngs pretende,
Thy noble mynde,
that to thy frendes appeare,
Doth fhowe the blud,
wherof thou dofte defcende,
The gentlenes,
thou vfeft vnto all fuche,
As fmallye haue
deferued good wyll of the,
Doth fhowe the grace,
thou haft that fure is muchc,
As euer yet,
in any I dyd fe,
That wyt as rype,
as Nature well can gyue,
Declares a grea-
ter hope than all the reft,
That mall remayne,
to the whilll thou dofte lyue,
In defperate yls,
i Medycyne euer preft.
Thy good behauyour,
of thy felfe in place
Wherfoeuer that
thou chaunceft for to lyght,
So much both beautie,
mynde and wyt doth grace
As well can be
requyred of any wyght.
Sonettes. 79
What refleth now ?
but onely God to prayfe,
Of whom thou haft
receaued thefe Gyftes of thyne,
So fhalt thou long,
lyue heare with happye dayes,
And after Death,
the ftarrye Skyes fhall clyme,
Let noughtye men,
faye what they lyfl to the,
Trade thou thy felfe,
in feruyng hym aboue,
No fweter fer^
uyce can deuyfed be,
"\Vhom yf thou fearft,
and faythfully dofte loue,
Be fure no thyng,
on earth fhall the annoye,
Be fure he wyll,
the from eche harme defende,
Be fure thou fhalt,
long tyme thy lyfe enioye,
And after ma»
ny yeares to haue a bleffed ende.
C Finis.
C (9/"Edwarclcs of tlic Chappcll.
§Euyne Camenes
that with your facred food,
Haue fed and fo=
flerde vp from tender yeares,
A happye man,
that in your fauour ftoode
Edwards in Courte
that can not fynde his fcares
80 Sonettes.
Your names be bled,
that in this prefent age
So fyne a head,
by Arte haue framed out
Whom fome hereaf=
ter helpt by Poets rage,
Perchaunce maye matche,
but none fhall paffe (no doubt)
O Plautus yf
thou wert alyue agayne,
That Comedies
fo fynely dydfte endyte.
Or Terence thou
that with thy plefaunt brayne,
The hearers mynde
on ftage dydft much delyght
What wold you fay
fyrs if you fhould beholde,
As I haue done
the doyngs of this man?
No word at all
to fweare I durfl be bolde,
But burne with teares,
that which with myrth began,
I meane your bookes,
by which you gate your name,
To be forgot,
you wolde commit to flame.
Alas I wolde
Edwards more tell thy prayfe,
But at thy name
my mufe amafed ftayes.
To L. Blundefton.
0(fOme men be couns
|tyd wyfe that well can talke :
And fome becaufe
Soncttes. 8 1
they can eche man begyle.
Some forbecaufe
they know well chefe from chalke,
And can be fure,
weepe who fo lvft to fmyle.
But (Blundfton) hym
I cali the w\ -fell wyght,
Whom God gyues grace
to rule affections ryght.
The Aunfwere of L. Elundcfton
to I he fame.
^ A l Ffections feekes
fj\ hygh honours frayle eflate,
H»2 AJBFei tions doth
the golden meane reproue.
AflFections tourns
the frendly hart to hate,
ctions breedes
without difcrelion Loue,
Both wyfe and
happye (Googe) he maye be hyght,
Whom Go
to rule affections ryght.
C To Alexander Xeucll.
Q
pHe lytell Fyfh,
that in th<
With 1 i ilret-
( hed Fyns for his difp
When as he fp)
the Fyflhes bayte fo fwete,
In hafte he hyes,
fearynge to com to fliorte,
F
S2 Sonet tes.
But all to foone
(alas) his gredy mynde,
By rafh attempt,
doth bryng hym to his bane,
for where he thought
a great relyefe to fynde,
By hydden hooke,
the fymple fole is tane.
So fareth man,
that wanders here and theare,
Thynkyng no hurt
to happen hym therbye,
He ronnes amayne,
to gafe on Beauties cheare,
Takes all for golde
that glyfters in the eye,
And neuer leaues
to feade by lookyng long,
( >n Beauties Bayte,
where Bondage lyes enwrapt,
Bi >ndage that makes
hym to fynge an other fong,
And makes hym curfe
the bayte that hym entrapte.
Neuell to the,
that loueft their wanton lookes,
1 ide on the bayte,
but yet beware the Hookes.
Alexander Neuells An/were to the fame.
i '
T is not curfed Cupids Dart :
Nor Venus can( red Spyght,
It is not vengeaunce of the Gods
That wretched harts doth fmyght,
Witl of ( irefull Loue.
No, No, thy Force alone
Sonettes. 83
Affection fond, cloth ftyr thefe flames.
Thou caufeft vs to mone
And waile, and curs our wretched flats.
Our thryfe vnhappy plights,
Our fighes, and powdred fobs with tears,
Our greuous gronyng Sprights,
Thy hateful Malice doth procure:
< ) Fan ye im) ug Feend
( >f I [el. For thou in outwarde fhape,
And colour of a fren
Doll, by thy Snares and flymed Hooks
entrap the wounded Harts:
From whence thefe Hellike torments fpryng,
and euer greauynL, r Smarts.
Whence Gripe of minde, with chaunged chere
Whence face befmeard with tear*
Whence thoufand mifchiefs more, wherwith
fuche Myfers hues outweares.
Our gafyng eyes on Bewties bayt
do worke our endles bane.
Our eyes I fay doo worke our woo,
( )ur eyes procure our paine.
,e are the Traps to vexed mynds
Here Gyns and Snares do lye.
lb u; fyre and flames by Fancie framde,
In brefl doo broyle and fiye.
< i ! I »yed is.
vewd their wanton lookes.
Wheron to ieedc, and yet to lhun,
The priuy lnrkyng hookes.
Their pain, Their toile, Their labour is
There There lyes endles ftrife.
1 I ipy than that .Man account,
Whole well directed I.vle
• hi tly thofe yls, which dirs,
\nd lyue from Bondage free.
A » ryght on yearth (nodoubte)
A Byrde lull rare to 1
«4 Sonettes.
C To M. Henrye Cobham, of the
mo/1 blcffed ftate of Lyfe.
fHe happyefl lyfe
that here we haue,
v^-My Cobham yf
I fhall defyne,
The goodly eft (late,
twyxte byrth and graue,
Mod gracious
dayes and fweteft tyme,
The fayreft face,
of fadynge Lyfe,
Race ryghtlyeft ronne
in ruthfull wayes,
The fafeft meanes
to fhun all ftryfe :
The fureft Staffe,
in fyckle Dayes :
I take not I
as fome do take,
To gape and gawne,
for Honours hye,
But Court and
Cayfer to forfake,
And lyue at home,
full quyctlye,
Remembreft thou?
what he once fayde,
Who bad, Courte not
in any cafe,
I or Vertue is,
in Courtes decayed,
And Vyce with States,
hath chyefeft pla<
Sonetf.es. S5
Not Courte but Countreye
I do iudge,
Is it wheare lyes,
the happyefl lyfe,
In Countreye growes,
no gratynge grudge,
In Countreye flandes
not flurdye fliyfe,
In Countreye,
Bacchus hath no place,
In Countreye
Venus hath defecte,
In Countreye
Thrafo hath no grace,
In Countreye
fewe of Gnatoes Secte.
But thefe iame foure
and many more,
In Courte,
thou (halt be fure to fynde,
For they haue vowed,
not thence to goe,
Bycaufe in Courte,
dwels ydle mynde.
In Countr*
mayfle thou fafelye reft,
And live all th
yf that' thou lyfle,
The Countrey therfore,
iudge I befl,
Wh dly lyfe,
doth \\ ■( e refyfle,
Where vertuous
exercyfe with ioye,
Doth fpende the yeares
to run,
Where V) 1 es fewe,
This lyfe is befl
whan all is don.-.
86 Sonettes.
C To Alexander Neuell of the
bleffed Slate of him that
feeles not the force of
C?tp ids flames.
fS ofte as I
remembre with my felf,
The Fancies fonde,
that flame by foolyfli Loue,
And marke the Furyes
, the blynded elfe
And Venus the
that raynes fo fore aboue,
As ofte as I
do tc the wofull ftate,
I m Louers all,
and cake their myferye,
The ones defy=
ryng invade the others hate,
Trothe with the one,
with the other Trecherye,
So ofte fay I,
that bleffed in the wyght,
Yea M//r//b\cb,
and double bleft agayne,
That can by rea-
fon rule hys mynde a ryght,
And take fuche foo-
lyfh fadynge toyes for vayne.
C Alexander Neuells Awnfwere
to I he fame.
'He plunged mind in finds of griefs
The Sences drowned quyght,
The Hart oppreft. The Befh confumed
The chaunged flate outright.
Sonettes. 8 7
The Body drved by broylyng blafe,
Of preuy fchorchyng Flame.
doulfull Face. The countnaunce fad
The drowping Courage tame.
The Scaldyng fyghes. The greeuous groones
The burning rage of fyre
The ernefl fute. The fruitlcs Toyle.
The deepe and hot Defyre,
The Braynes quight brufd and crufht with Cares.
The euer duryng foore.
The very paynes of Hell it felf,
with thoufande mifchyefes moore.
Which wounded Harts enflamed with Loue
with Gryefe do ouerflow,
And works theyr endles plage and fpight
Tyll Death from thence do growe.
All thefe conclude him bled (my Googe)
And trible bled agayne,
That taught bi tract of Time can take
Such fadyng Toyes for vayne.
C To Mayftrejfe A.
P Ynce I fo long haue lyved in pain
$S and burnt for loue of the,
V(0 ( ruel hart) i ou no more
efteame the J. one of n
rdft thou not, the health of hym ?
that the, aboue the refl
Oi I ill, and next to Cod
hath deareft in his brefl.
I pytie placed from the fo farre
.vide ?
i I : d in the I
.it \\ ..lues or Lyons w) Id
I i (l thou 1 ten nn force,
the lefle 1 merua\ le I,
ch as the Damme, fuche is thi
experyence trewe doth trye.
88 Soneltes.
Syth thou art of fo fyerce a mynde,
why dyd not God then place
In the, with fuche a Tygers Harte,
a fowle yll fauerde face ?
Sure for no other ende but that,
he lykes no Louers trade,
And the therfore a ragynge Fende,
an Angels face hath made/
Suche one as thou, was Gorgon ones
as auncient Poets tell,
Who with her Beautie mazed men,
and nowe doth raygne in Hell,
But mercye yet, of the I craue,
yf ought in the remayne,
And let me not fo long the force,
of flamyng fyre fuftayne,
Let pytie ioynde with beautie be,
fo fhall I not dyfdayne,
My blud, my hart, my lyfe to fpende
with toyle, with ftryfe, and payne,
To do the good, my breath to loofe,
yf nede (hall fo requyre,
But for my feruyce and my paynes,
thou gyuefl me hate for hyre^
Well now take this for ende of alL
I loue and thou dofle hate,
Thou lyueft in pleafures happely.
and I in wretched Rate.
Paynes can not laft for euermore,
but tyme and ende wyll trye,
And tyme fliall tell me in my age,
How youth led me awrye.
Thy face that me tormented, fo,
in tyme fliall fare decay e,
And all that I do lyke or loue,
fliall vanyfli quyte awaye,
Thy face in tyme fliall wrynckled be,
at whiche I fliall be glad,
Sonettes. So
To fee thy forme transformed thus,
that made me once fo fad,
Than fhall I blame my foly moch
and thanke the mightyeft kyng
That hath me faued tyll fuch a daye,
to fe fo fonde a thyng.
And tyll that tyme 1 wyll keepe clofe
my flames and let them blafe,
All fecretly within my breft,
no man on me fliall gafe.
I wyll not trefpaffe fynfully,
for God fhall geue me grace
To fe he tyme wherin 1 fhall
neglecte thy folyfh face,
And tyll that tyme adieu to thee,
God keepe thee far from me,
And fende thee in that place to dwell,
that I fliall neuer fee.
C To George Holmeden of a
) -( ' n u\ >nge I I cade.
fHe greateft vyce
that happens vnto men,
r ' And yet a vyce,
that many comon haue,
As auncient Wryl
waye with fobre Pen,
Who gaue theyr doome,
by force of wyfdi mi graue,
The forefl mayme,
the greateft euyll fure,
The vylell plague
that Students can fuftayne,
And that whiche mofle
doth ygnoraunce procure.
My Holmeden is
to haue a ronnyngc Urayne.
9° Sonettes.
For who is he
that leades more reflles lyfe }
Or who can euer
lyue more yll beftead ?
In fyne who lyues,
in greater Care and flryfe,
Then he that hath,
fuche an vnftedfafl hedde :
But what is this ?
me thynkes I heare the fa}',
Phyfition take,
thine owne difeafe away.
C To the Tr (inflation of Pallingen
■$f? He labour fwete,
?1>i that I fuflaynde in the,
<^(0 Pallingen)
when I tooke Pen in hande,
Doth greue me now,
as ofte as I the fe,
But halfe hewd out
before myne eyes to ftande,
For I muft needes
(no helpe) a whyle go toyle,
In Studyes, that
no kynde of mufe delyght
And put my Plow,
in groffe vntylled foyle,
And labour thus,
with oner weryed Spryght,
But yf that God,
do graunt me greater yeares.
And take me not
from hern e, before my tyme,
The Mules nyne,
the pleal mnl u nging feares
Somites. 9 1
Shall fo enflame
my mynde with lull to nine,
That Palingen
1 wyll not leaue the fo,
But fynyih the
accordyng to my mynd.
And yf it be
my chaunce away to go,
Let fome the ende,
that heare remayne behynde.
The J [arte abfeut
-QWete mufe tell me,
^wher is my halt becom,
•~ For well I feele,
it is from hence a way,
My Sences all,
th forrow fo benumme:
That abfent thus,
I can not lyue a Day.
I know for troth,
there is a fpecyall Place,
Wher as it moil,
defyreth for to bee:
For Oft it leai
me thus in Dolfull i
And hether comn
at length a gayne to me?
Woldeft thou fo fayi
be tolde where is thy II. .
Sir Foole in pla< e,
wher as it lluild not be:
Tyed vp fo fail,
that it i an neuer ftarte?
Tyll Wyfdo
agayne thy Lybertye:
In pla< e wher thou,
9 2 Soiicttes.
as fafe maitt dwel fwet daw?
As may the harte,
ly by the Lyons paw :
And wher for thee,
as much be fure they paffe:
As dyd i he matter
ons for Ejops Affe.
C To Alexander Neuell.
'My thou cantt banifh Idle nes,
tjh Cupidoes Bo we is broke, ouid.
w And well thou maytt dyfpyfe his brands
cleane void of flame and fmoke
What moued the Kynge Agi/Ius ons,
to Loue with vyle exceffe :
The caufe at hand doth ttreight apeare
he lyued in Idlenes.
Pints.
C The Ann/were of A. Neuell to the fame.
fHe lack of labour mayms ye mind,
And wyt and Reafon quyght exiles.
t^-And Reafon fled. Flames Fancy blind.
And Fancy fhe forthwith beguyles
The Seniles wight : that fwiftly fails
Through deepett fluds of vyle exces.
Thus vice abounds. Thus vertu quails
By meanes of drowfy Idlenes.
C To Mayfireffe D.
fOt from the hye Cytherion Hyll
nor from that Ladies throne
-From whens flies forth ye winged boy
Sonettes. 93
yat makes fome fore to grone.
But nearer hence this token corns,
from out the Dongeon deepe,
Where neuer Plutto yet dyd raygne
nor Proferpyne dyd fleepe.
Wheras thy faithful Seruaunt Hues.
whom duetie moues aryght,
To wayle that he fo long doth lacke,
his owne deare Mayilres fyght
C Oil I of an olde Poet.
™Ye Fye, I lothe
F
\ I ke wylt thou my luft,
' I 'ompell me nowe,
to doo fo foule an acte.
Nay rather God
with Flame confume to duft.
My carry on vyle,
then I perfourme this facte
Let rather thoughtes,
that long, haue weryed me :
Or fycknes fuche
as Fancye fonde hath brought,
() gapyng Hell,
dryne me now downe to the,
Let boylyi! ies,
confume me all to nought
mufynge as I fat,
and Candle burnynge bye,
^When all were hufhl I n hi difcem
a fymple felj I lye.
{[ That flewe before myne e)
with free reioyfyn I ' Lit,
And here and there, with wings did ;
as voyde of payne and fmart,
74 Sonettes.
{[ Somtyme by me fhe fat,
when fhe had playde her fyll,
And euer when fhe refled had
aboute fhe flyttered flyll.
ff_ When I perceyued her well,
reioyfyng in her place,
O happye Flye quoth I, and eake,
worme in happy cafe.
U Whiche two of vs is befl ?
1 that haue reafon ? no :
But thou that reafon art without
and therwith voyde of woe.
{[ I lyue and fo dofte thou,
but I lyue all in payne,
And Subiect am to her alas,
that makes my Gryefe her gayne.
[The following lines are added to this Poem, in the Faidtes escaped, &>c
at the end of the original Edition.]
f[ Thou lyueft, but feelfl no gryefe,
no Loue doth the torment,
A happye thynge for me it were,
If (iod were fo content.
That thou with Pen, wert placed here
and I fat in thy place,
Then I fhuld loye as thou doft nowe
and thau fhuldft wayle thy cafe.
-TITHen I do heare thy name,
(VY alas m y nart t ^ ot ' 1 r y^" e :
<jL3-> And feekes fourthwith to fe the falue
that mod contentes myne eys.
But when I fe thy Face,
that hath procured my payne,
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Then boyles my blud in euery part.
and beates in euery vayne ?
Thy voice when I do heare,
then collour comes and goes,
Some tynie as pale as Earth I looke,
fome tyme as red as Rofe.
If thy fweete Face do fmyle,
then who fo well as I ?
If thou but caft a fcornefull looke,
then out alas I dye.
But ftyll I lyue in payne,
my fortune wylleth fo,
That I fhuld burne and thou yet know,
no whytt of all my wo.
J Xhappye tonge
: why dydfte thou not confent
' ■" When fyrft myne eyes
dyd vewe that Princely face,
To fhow good wyll,
that hart opprefl than ment.
And whylft tyme v.
to fewe for prefent grace.
I l lyntyng Hart,
why dydft thou then conceale?
Th) in- inwarde
that il imde in euery vayne,
Whan pytie ami
'.■re bent to lieale.
Why dydft thou not,
de< lare thy payne D
AYhen well thou mightft
1 her gentle mynde,
Why dydfte thou than,
kepe backe thy wofull playn?
96 Son dies.
Thou knewfte full we'll,
redres is hard tc fynde,
AVhan in thy owne
affayres, thy corage faynts.
But fynce fhe is
gon, bewaile thy grief no moore
Synce thou thy felfe,
wart Caufer of the Soore.
C Oculi cmgcnt dolorem.
Out of fyght, out of mynd.
P He oftener fene, the more I luft,
The more I luft, the more I fmart
;i -The more I fmart, the more I trufl,
The more I truft, the heauyer hart,
The heuy hart, breedes myne vnreft,
Thy abfence therfore, lyke I beft.
The rarer fene, the leffe in mynde,
The leffe in mynde, the leffer paync,
The leffer payne, leffe gryefe I fynd,
The leffer gryefe, the greater gayne,
The greater gayne, the meryer I,
Therfore I wyfh thy fyght to flye.
The further of, the more I ioye.
The more I ioye, the happyer lyfe,
The happyer lyfe, leffe hurts annoye
The leffer hurts, pleafure mofl ryfe,
Suche pleafures ryic, (hall I obtayne
When Diftaunce doth depart vs twaine.
C Finis.
Sonet tes. 9 /
A .Ccufe not God, yf fancie fond,
f\_ do moue thy foolyfh brayne,
To wayle for loue, for thou thy fclfe,
art caufe of all thy payne.
C Finis.
?Wo Lynes (hall tell the Gryefe
that I by Loue fuftayne.
I burne, I flame, I faynt, I fryfe,
of Hell I feele the payne.
C Of the vnfortunate cJioyfe
of his Valcnlyne.
fHe Paynes that all the Furyes fell
can caft from Lymbo la]
^Eche Torment of thofe Helliih brains
wher crawleth mani a fnake,
Eche mifchiefe that therin doth lye
eche fmart that may be founde,
Flye from thofe feendifh clawes a whyle
with flames breake vp the groum
Lyght here vpon this curfed hand,
make here your dwellyng pi
And plague the part, yat durfl prefume
his Mayfter to difgrace.
Which thrull amonge a nombre of:
fo many princely names,
And wher thy Maiftres had her place
amongfl the chiefefl I 'an
Durftc thus prefume to leue her tl
and drawe a flraunger \\\
Ami l»y thyne o i ihappy draught
Dent my pauled Spryght.
G
9 8 Soncttes.
C The vncertayntie of Lyje.
. ' ) vayner thing ther can be found
1 \ amyd this vale of llryfe,
CJ ^As Auncient men reporte haue made
then trufte vncertayne lyfe.
This tr[e]we we dayly fynde,
by proofes of many yeares,
And many tymes the trothe is tryed,
by loffe of frendly fears,
Hope who fo lyft in lyfe
hath but vncertayne ftay.
As tayle of Ele that harder held,
doth fooner flyde away.
When leaft we thynk therof,
moft neare approcheth it.
And fodaynly poffes the place,
wher lyfe before did fytt :
How many haue byn feen,
in Helth to go to reft,
And yet eare mornyng tyde haue ben,
with Cruell Death oppreft,
I low many in their meales,
Haue Ioyfully ben fett,
That fodayrily in all their Feafte,
hath yealded Earth theyr dett.
Syth thus the lyfe is nought,
that in this world we truft,
And that for all the pompe and Tryde,
the ] Jodie tournes to duft :
Hope fur the lyfe a boue,
whiche far furmounteth all.
With vertuous mind await the time
Wh ii God, for vs doth call.
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C A Refufall
^ y
fYth Fortune fauoures not
I al thypges backward go,
And f) r mynd, hath fo decreed,
to make an end of woe.
Syth now is no redreffe,
but hence I mufl a way,
Farwele I waft no vayner wordes,
I Hope for better day.
C Of Maijlres D S.
IT Hy fyled won! .
vat from thy mouth did flow
e Thy modeft looke
with gefture of Diane.
Thy curteous mynde,
and althynges framed fo.
A i anfwered well,
vnto thy vertuous fame,
The gentlenes
i at thy handes I founde
In flraungers hou[f]e,
all vnai II,
Good S. hath
. Harl to the fo bounde,
That from t
it not be fori ed to flye,
In pledge wherof,
my feruyce here I gyue
\ i thou fo wylte
to feme the whylft 1 lyue.
100 Sonettcs.
C Of Money
/©^>
>/TYue Money me, take
XjFrendfhyp who fo lyf;,
vi^-For Frends are gon
come once Aduerfytie,
When Money yet
remayneth fafe in Chefl,
That quickely can the
biyng from myferye,
Fayre face fliowe frendes,
whan ryches do haboundc,
Come tyme of proofe,
farewell they mud awaye,
Beleue me well,
they are not to be founde.
If God but fende
the once a lowrynge daye,
Golde neuer ftarts
afyde, but in dyftres,
Fyndes wayes enoughe,
to eafe thyne heuynes.
C Goyng towardes Spayne
Arewell thou fertyll foyle,
that Brutus fyrft out founde,
When he poore foule, was driuen clean
from out his Countrey ground.
That Northward layft thy lulty fides
amyd the ragyng Seas'
Whofe welthy Land doth foder vpp,
th) people all in eai
While others fcrape and carke abroad,
t-'u-yr fymple foode to gelt.
v>
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And felye Soules toke all for good,
that commeth to the Net.
Which they with painfull paynes do py[n]ch.
in barrain burning Realmes :
While we haue all with out reftreint
a mong thy welthy flreames.
O bleft of God thou Pleafaunt He,
where welth her felf doth dwell:
Wherin my tender yeares 1 paft
I byd thee now farewell.
For Fancy dryues me forth abrode,
and byds me take delyght,
In leuyng thee and raungyng far,
to fee fome flraunger fyght.
And fayth I was not framed heare
to lyue at home with eas:
But paffynge forth for knowledge fake
to cut the fomyng feas.
C At Bony nail in Frannce
i T\ Fond aftectyon
\^) wounder of my Hart.
"*$?. When wylt thou Ceale.
to breed my reflles payne,
"When comes the end,
of this my Cruel 1 fmart:
When (hall my force,
beat thy tun e agayne.
When fhall I i
this reflles I myne :
By Reafon ruld,
is banyfht quyght a \\
And 1 ef< a]
thefe cruell bondes of thyne:
imynge feend,
that feakeft my decaye.
]02 Sonet tes.
Safe thynkyng I,
Charibdis Rage to flye,
On Scylla Rocke, ,
in Bonyuall I dye.
C Commynge home warde out of Spaym.
,Ragyng Seas,
J. and myghty Neptunes iayne,
'in monftrous Hylles,
that throweft thy felfe fo hye,
That wyth thy fiudes,
doeft beate the fhores of Spayne :
And breake the Clyues,
.nat dare thy force enuie.
Ceafe now thy rage,
and laye thyne Ire a fyde,
And thou that haft,
the gouernaunce of all,
O myghty God,
grant Wether Wynd and lyric
Tyll on my Coun-
treye Coaft, our Anker fall.
C7# L. Blundefton of Ingratitude.
aP He lytell Byrde,
)X, the tender Marlyon,
^•That vfeth ofte
vpon the Larke to praye,
With great rcproche,
doth ftayne themynde of man
1 1 ill be true,
that Wryters of her faye.
I or (lie a ( Ireature,
maymde of Reafons parte,
And framde to lyue
accordynge to her ky.ide,
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Doth feme to fofler
Reafon in her Hart
And to afpyre
vnto 1 )euyner mynde.
when Hungers rage
fhe hath exyled quyte,
And fupped well
as falleth for her ftate.
The felye Larke,
doth take by force of flyght,
And hyes to tree.
where as fhe lodged late,
And on the trem-
blyng Byrde all nyght Hie Rondes,
To keepe her feete,
from force of nyppynge colde,
The amazed Wretche,
within her ennemyes handes,
And clofed fail,
within the clafpyng holde.
Awayti th I '■ a„h,
with drowfye drowpyng 1 1 rt,
And all the nyght
with feare drawes on her lyfe,
title Byrde,
whan dart oth departe
I loth not d
the felye foule of lyfe,
N,,r fylles with her
her hungred egre breft
But ig well,
feruyce fhi hath none.
il the Blud,
her Nature doth detefl,
: eat
a Cryme, her felfe doth fhun.
ts her
and more with ftedfaft eyes.
B :holds whiche w
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fhe takes with mazed flight,
And in thofe partes
that Daye fhe neuer flyeb
Lead on that Byrde
agayne the chaunce to lyght.
Loe, Blundjlon heare
how kyndenes doth habounde,
In felye Soules
where Reafon is exylde,
This Byrde alone
fuffyfeth to confounde,
The Brutyfli myndes
of men that are defyled,
With that great Vice,
that vyle and haynous Cryrne
Ingratitude
(whiche fome vnkyndenes call.)
That Poyfon ftrong
that fpryngeth ftyll with tyme,
Tyll at the length,
it hath infected all.
C The Aunfwere of "L. Bl uncle ("ton
to the fame.
fHis Mirrour left
of this thy Byrde I fynde,
wlhith not fuche force,
to enter in the Hert,
To roote away
Vnthankefulnes of minde,
As others haue,
the Wit ues to peruert,
(fo prone we are to Vice :)
The Tenche by kynd
hath Salue lor euery Soore,
\i'l heales the may-
med Pike in his dvllreffe,
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The Churlyfb Pike
for gentlenes therfore,
In his rewarde,
doth cruellye expretle.
His murdring mynde.
his fylthy fpotted fayth,
When hungre prickes
to fyll his gredye Iawes,
1 1 e grypes his poore
( Ihyrurgion vnto death.
Who late to hym
of lyfe was onely caufe.
Thy Medians haue
fewe Ayryes in our ground
But Pikes haue Spawnes
good floore in euery Pound.
C To the Ttcue of Appclles
fHe rufhyng Ryuers that do run
The valeys fweet adourned new
•That leans their fides againft ye Sun
with Flours frefli of fundry hew.
Both Afhe and Kline, and Oke fo hye,
Do all lament my wofull crye.
while winter blak, with hydious flormes
I toth fpoil ye ground of Sommers grene,
while fpringtime fweet ye leaf returns
That late on tree could not be lene,
while fomer burns while harueft rains
Stil ftyl do rage my reflles paynes.
No ende I find in all my fmart,
But endles torment I
Synce fyrft alas, my wofull 1 tart
By fight of the was forft to playn .
Synce that 1 loft my Lybi rtie,
Synce that thou madfte a Slaue of me
j 06 Soncttcs.
My Hart that once abroade was free
Thy Beautie hath in durance brought
Ons reafon rulde and guyded me,
And how is wyt confumde with thought
Ons I reioyfed aboue the Skye,
And now for the I alas I dye.
Ons I reioyfed in Companye,
And now my chief and whole delyght
Is from my frendes awaye to flye
And keepe alone my weryed fpryght
Thy face deuyne and my defyre,
From flefli hath me tranfformed to fyre.
O Nature thou that fyrft dyd frame,
My Ladyes heare of pureft Golde
Her face of Cryftall to the fame.
Her lippes of precious Rubyes molde
Her necke of Alablafter whyte
Surmountyng far eche other Wight
Why dydft thou not that tyme deuifc
Why dydft thou not forefe before ?
The mifchyefe that therof doth ryfe,
And grief on grief doth heap with ftor
To make her Hart of Wax alone,
And not of Flynt and Marble Stone.
O Lady fhowe thy fauour yet,
Let not thy Seruaunt dye for the
Where Rygour rulde, let Mercy fyt
Let Pytie Conquere Crueltie
Let not Difdain, a Feend of Hell,
Poffes the place, wher Grace fhould dwelL
C CUPIDO CONQUERE
t a
"<\ 1 1 e fweeteft time of al the yeare
, it was when as the Sonne,
Had newly entred Gemini,
and warmynge heate begun :
[Whan euery tre was < lothed greene,
and flowers fayre dyd (how,
And when the whyt and blowmynge
on Hawthorns thicke did grow,
Whan fore I longd to feeke a broade.-.
to fe fome Pleafaunt fyght,
A mid my woes and heauye happes,
that myght my Mynde delyght,
Care wold not let me byde within
but forft me foorth to go :
And bad me feeke fume prefent help?,
for to relyue my wo.
Than forward went I foorth in hafte,
to vew the garnyfht trees?
What tyme the Son was mounted vp,
twixt nyne and ten d
From Flowers flew fweete ayers abroad,
delighting much my brayn,
With fyght and fmels gan forow fade,
and Ioy retun yne.
So that in mynde 1 much reioy
to feele my felf fo lyght:
For gorgyous fyghtes and odours fv.
had new reuyued my fprj
Befyde the pleafaunt Harmoi
that fyngyng Byrdes did make:
Dad me pul vpp my I [art agayne,
and forrow fone forfake.
For though (quoth Reafori.) fhe be gon
on whom tin I i lepi od< ,
io8
Cupido
Yet fond it is to carke and care
where there is none amendes.
Thus foorth I went, and in the groouea
I raunged heare and theare,
Wheras I hard fuche pleafaunt tunes
as Heauen had ben neare.
I thynke that if Amphion hadde,
ben prefent ther to playe,
Or if Sir Orpheus myght haue held,
his Harp, that prefent day.
Or if Apollo with his Lute,
had flryuen to excell,
None of them all, by Mufycke fholde,
haue borne away the Bell.
I rather iudge the thracian wold,
his Harpe wherwith he played,
Haue cafl a way as one whom Ire,
had vtterly difmayed.
Such paflyng tunes of iundry Byrds,
I neuer herd before,
The further I went in the Woods.
the noyfe refounded more.
O happy Byrdes quoth I what lyfe,
is this that you do leade,
How far from Care and myiery,
how far from Feare and dread:
With what reioyfynge melodie,
paffe you this fadyng Lyfe,
While Man vnhappieft creatur liues
In wretched toyle and ftryfe.
Styll foorth I went and wonderd at,.
this plefaunt Harmony.
And gafed at thefe lytle Fooles,
^ that made fuche Melody :
T3 11 at the length I gan to fpye,
a (lately Lawrell tree,
Soplaft and fett in huh a guyie,
I hat as it learned to me,
conquered. xo 9
Dame Nature flroue to fhew her felf
in plantyng fuch a thyng,
For Euen out befyde the rocke,
a fountayne 1 1 ane did fpryng,
Where in the water I beheld,
refembled wonderous trew,
The Whyte and Greene of al the trees,
adourned late of new.
And how in order eake they ftood,
a goodly fyght to fe,
And there I might difcerne the Byrds
that fonge in euery tree.
To moue the Byll and fhake the wings
in vteryng Muficke fweete
And heare and thear, to flye to feade,
and eftefones theare to meete.
Great pleafure had T there to byde,
and flare vpon the Spryng,
For why me thought it dyd furmount,
eache other kynde of thyng.
Now was the Son got vp aloft,
andraught the mydle Lyne,
And in the Well, the Golden Gloobe,
with flamyng Beames dyd fhyne,
Wherof the Bryghtnes was fo -
that I might not endure,
Lenger to looke within the Spryng,
whole water.-, were In pure.
Vnwyllyng went I thence aw
and vnderneth the tri
I laid me down whofe braum rode
dyd k< i »m me.
Thynk; il me th( re a whyle,
tyll fall
Syr Phebus fhuld haue hyd hym felf,
bi h) ride the fhadow) ng I
And then for to haue vewd the Spri
and marked euery pi
no
C 11 pi do
And feene yf there I could haue fpied
the weepyng Biblis face.
For fure I thynke, it was the place,
wherein Narciffus dyed,
Or els the Well, to which was tumd
poore Biblis whyle the cryed.
But whether it was werynes,
with labour that 1 tooke,
Or Fume yat from the Spryng dyd ryfe,
wherin I late dyd looke.
Or yf it were the fweete accorde
that fyngyng Byrdes dyd keepe,
Or what it was, I knowe no whit
but I fell faft a fleepe.
I thynke the woddy Nimphes agreed
that I fhuld haue tins chaunce,
And that it was theyr pleafure fo,
to fliowe me thyngs in traunce.
Whittle I lay thus in llumbre deepe,
I myght perceyue to ftande,
A Perfon clothed all in whyte,
that held a Rod in hande.
Whichc was me thought of Maffey Golde.
I knew it very weale,
For that was it, made Argos fleepe,
whyle he dyd To fteale.
When I perceaued by his attyre,
that it was Mercuri.
My 1 1 art at fyrft began to faynt,
yet at the length quoth I
Thou Goddeffe Son, why ftandfle you there
what bufines now with thee,
What meaneft you in thy Hying weed,
I 'or to appeare to i
And therwithall my thought I flaied,
and could do farther fpeake,
For Feare did for* e my fpeech to fayle,
and Courage waxed weake.
conquered.
"Which whan the fone of Maia fawe,
he tooke me by the hand.
Looke vp quoth he be not affrayed:
but boldly by me Hand.
The Mufes all of J
haue fent me now to thee:
Whom thou doeft ferue and whofe you fekft
r euer more to be.
And thankes to the by me the) fende,
Bycaufe tliou tookcfl payne,
In theyi Affaires (a thankeles thyng)
to occupie thy Brayne.
Defyring thee not for to flaye,
for Mounts ill report,
But endyng that thou haft begun,
to fpyte the Canckred forte.
And thynk not thou, that thou art he,
that canft efcape Difdayne,
The day fhall come when thankfull men,
fliall well accept thy Paine,
But rather lay before thyne eyes,
the hie attemptes of thofe,
Whofe flatly ftyle with painfull proofe,
theyi worthy wytes difch
Marke him that thundred out ye deeds
I If olde Anchifes fun,
Whi I i [h verl gyues Maroes grai ,
In all that he hath done,
Whofe death the Mufes (orrow much,
that lacke of aged daj
Anion., m Brytons old,
fhould hynder Virgils pn
Mark him yat hath wel framde a G]
for ftates to looke vpon,
Whofe labour fhews the endsoi them
that lyued Ion »ne.
Marke hym tl
ie owne famylyar Frende,
1 1 ;
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C ^npido
By whom ye Spaniards hawty Style
in Englyfh Verfe is pende.
Marke thefe fame three, and other moe,
whofe doyngs well are knowne,
Whofe fayre attempts in cuery place
The flying lame hath blowne,
Haft thou not harde, thyfelf in place
full ofte and many a tyme,
Lo here the Auctor lofeth grace,
Loe here a doltyfh Ryme,
Now fyth that they haue this reward
who paffe the euen as farre,
As in the nyght Diana doth,
Excell the dimmeft Starre.
Take thou no fcorne at euyll tongs,
what neadft thou to difdayne ?
Syth they whom none can well amend
haue lyke fruyte of theyr payne.
Moreouer yet the Ladyes nyne,
haue all commaunded me,
Bycaufe they know, the blynded God
hath fome thyng pearced the.
To leade the foorth, a thyng to fee,
yf all thyngs happen ryght,
Whiche fliall gyue the occafion good,
with ioyfull mynde to wiyght.
To this, I wold haue anfwered fayne
and theare began to fpeake,
But as my words were commyng forth
my purpofe he dyd breake.
Come on (quoth he) none Aunfwere now
we maye no lenger ftaye.
But frame thy felfe, to live abroade,
for hence we mufl awaye.
And here withall, on both my fydes,
two wyngs me thought dyd growe,
Of mighty breadth, away went he,
and after hym I flowe.
conquered.
And euer as we mounted vp,
I lookte vpon my wyngs,
And prowde I was, me thought to fee
fuche vnacquaynted thyngs.
Tyll foorth we flewe, my Guyde and I,
with mowntyng flyght apace,
Beholdyng Ryuers, woods, and Hylles
and many a goodly place.
Till at the length methought T might
a Gorgyous Caftell fpye,
Thear downe began my guyd to fall,
and downward eake fell I,
Lo heare the place where you mud light
Gan Mercury to faye,
Farwell and note what thou dooil fe,
for I mud hence away.
And with this fame a way flewe he,
and lefte me there alone,
Wher as with Feare a mafde I dood,
and thus began to mone.
A lis where am I now becom
what Curfed Chaunce hath blo\
Me from the place where I was bred,
to Countreis heare vnknown,
What ment that fell vnhappy Feend,
that Maia brought to lyght,
To bring me from my 1 1
to fee thys dolefull fyght.
Vnhappy Wretche, 1 wolde [ haddc,
his Perfon heare in hand,
Then fhuld 1 wreak mine Ire of him.
th; to this 1 and.
But all to late alas I wyfh,
for words auayle not nowe,
Tis bed to learne, what place it is,
and yet I knowe not howe.
Alas that here were Ptholome,
with Compaffe Globe in ham
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"4 Cupido
"Whofe Arte fhvtld fhowe me true the place,
and Clymate where I flande,
Well yet what foeuer chaunce theron
what foeuer Realme it be,
Yon Cafteli wyll I vyfyte fure,
hap what hap wyll to me.
Thus much me thought alone I fpoke
and then I forewarde went,
And curfed eke an hundred folde,
them that me thyther lent.
Thus to the Cafteli, ftrayght I came,
whiche when I vewde aboute,
And fawe the workmanfhyp therof
full gorgeouflye fet oute.
I entred in, with fearefull Harte,
muche doutyng howe to fpeede,
But euer hope of happye chaunce,
my heauye Hart dyd feede.
Wyde was the Courte and large within
the walles were rayfed hye,
And all engraued with Storyes fayre
of coftlye Imagrye.
There myght I fe, with wondrous Arte,
the Picture portunle playne,
Of olde Orion Hunter good,
whom Scorpions vyle had flayne.
And by hym floode his Uorfpeare and
his other Inftruments,
His Net, his Darte, his Courfar, and
His Hunters reftyng Tents.
And vnder hym was wrytten fayre.
in Letters all of Golde,
Here lies lie flain, with Scorpions fling,
\ nhappy wretche that wolde,
Haue furred the Ladye of this forte
with flayne of Royaltie.
To i onfented to his wyll,
in fylthye Lecherye.
conquered. 115
Wherfore beware that enters here,
what foeuer man thou art?
Accounte thy felfe but loll, yf that
thou bearfle a lecherous 1 [art.
When I had vewd thefe wrytten lines
and markde the Storye well,
I ioyed muche, for why I kn
Diana there dyd dwell.
Diana flie that Goddefle is,
of Virgyns facred mynde,
By whom Orion Hunter wylde,
his Fatall ende dyd fynde.
Next vnto hym, I myght beholde,
. icteon wofull wyght,
In what a manner, all to torne.
his cruell Dogs hym dyght.
There might be feene, theyr gredye mouths
with Maillers blud embru
And all his owne vnhappye men,
that fall theyr horde purfued.
And many Storyes mure there war
engraued : to long to tell
What fearefull haps to many men,
r lull vncleane befell.
as 1 (loode with mufyng mind
beholdyng all thyi
In rulheth at the Gate behynde
a Pod with heauy
Into the Hall with hade he h]
and aft wed 1.
To here what kynd > he bro ^
or what he ment therby.
He paffyng through the i I 11 in hade,
at enti d,
But blowyng faft foi t of br<
Approcht in Pi fyght
of
1 1 6 Citpido
That all encompafte rounde aboute
with Virgyns in that place,
In loftye Chayre of hye eftate
ilvd fyt, all clothde in whyte,
Of Syluer hewe, that fhynyng gaue,
me thought, a gorgeous fyght.
There dyd I fe, fayre Dido Queene
and fayre Hifiphile,
And next to them Lucretia fat,
and chafle Penelope.
But thefe fame foure, no Bowes dyd beare
for Virgyns facred ftate,
They had forfaken long ago,
and ioynde with faythfull Mate.
On the other fyde, fat all the forte
of fayre Dianaes trayne,
Whofe trade with toyle amongft the woods
was euer bent to payne.
Whofe lac red minds, were ner defyld
with any wanton luft,
Whiche neuer could the fyckle flate,
of Louers fancye trufle.
The chyefe of them was Ifmenis^
Whom beft Diana loued,
And next in place fat Ifyale,
whom neuer Fancye moued.
Next vnto them fat Nipha fayre,
a Gemme of Chaftyte,
And next to her fat J'/na/e,
not bafeft in degree,
Behynde them all, of pafiyng forme,
fayre Rhanis held her place,
And nye to her I myght difcerne
Dame Plecas (hynyng face,
Thefe Pryncely Nymphes accompanyed
Diana in her Bayn
Whyle as in fhape of Stagge poore wretche
- /(.' on had his paynes,
conquered. J J 7
Aboue them all I myght beholde,
as placed before the reft,
Hipolitus whom Phedraes fpyte?
moil Cruelly had dretl.
fus the vnfpotted Pearle :
of pure Virginitie,
Whofe noble Hart culd not agre,
to ftepdames vyllany.
Next vnto hym fat Continence,
and next was Labour placed ?
Of bodie bygge and flrong he was,
and fomwhat Crabtre faced.
Next hym was placed Abflinence,
a leane vnwyldy wyght,
Whofe Diet thyn had banifht cleane,
all fond and vayne delyght.
A Thoufand more me thought ther war
whofe names I dyd not know,
And yf I did to longe it were,
in Verfes them to fhow.
Down of his knees the meffenger
before them al doth fall,
And vnto chad Diana thear,
for fuccour thus doth call.
Goddeffe chie i aftitie,
and Sacred Virgins mynd:
1 I 1'itie from your noble Hi
redreffe for Mifers fynd.
Let not our a fuflaine,
fuche wrongfull Tyran
ly now the fyrie flames
of open Iniurye.
This fayd for Feare he flaied awhyle,
and than 1 n yne,
A mighty Pryn< e (quoth he) is i
with great vnruly trayne.
All euery poynt.
(a dredefull fyght to f< :
n8 Cupido
And euery man in featcs of amies,
ryght fkylfull all they be.
The Captaine chyfe in Charyot ryde
with pompe and (lately Pryde :
With J5ow in hand of glittering gold.
and Quyuer by his fyde.
Wher many a (haft full (harp doth ly:
and many a mortall Uarte,
That hath with poyfoned force deftroiu,
Full many a yealdyng Harte.
He entred hath within your Realme,
and taken many a Forte,
Hath fakte them all, and fpoylde them quyte
and (layne a wondrous forte.
In (Iraunged guyfe, for where he (hoots
the wounde doth fefter fly 11
And all the Surgians that we haue
can not remoue the yll,
In lytell tyme the gryefe fo fore,
doth growe in euery parte,
Deflraynyng through the venomed vaines
doth fo torment the Hart.
That fome to ryd them felues therof
in iluds full deepe they leape,
\inl drown them felues fom downward fall
from Houfes hye by heape,
Some Anker cafl on croffed Beames
to ryd them felues from ftryfe,
And hang them felues mil thycke on trees
to ende a wretched lyfe.
And they whofe fearefull mynds dare not
tlms make an ende of wo,
With greuous flames, confumynge long
theyr lyfe at length forgo.
Loe here the Somme of all I haue,
this Tygre vs anoyes,
And < a i ah fpoyled vs,
of all our wonted ioye.>.
conquered. Ir 9
Whom yf your Grace do not repuls.
and fynde fome prefent fiaye,
Vndoubtedly he wyll wyn this Readme,
and take vs all awaye.
At this, the Ladyes all amazde
for feare dyd l'ooke full pale,
And all beheld with mazed eyes,
the Wretche that tolde the tale.
Tyll at the length Hipolitus
of Hart and courage hye,
Nothyng abafhde, with fodain newes
began thus to replye.
I (le fere away, faire Dames (quoth he)
difmaye your felues no more,
I know by whom this mifchief fpryngs
and know a helpe therfore.
It is not fuche a dredefull Wyght,
as lie doth here reporte,
That entred is within thefe partes,
and plagues the fymple forte.
Nor is his force fo great to feare,
I know it I full well :
It is thf fcornfull blyni
that neare to vs (loth dwell.
Whom Mars long tyme
of that Lafciuious dan
That Linckt in Chaines for Lechery,
aued an open fhame.
Ad I blynde
that duril prefume to tun
His dartes agaynft his mother ons,
and caufd her fore to burne.
An aum ient foo : to all this Court,
Of Ion he hath
And mpted i
by this : Renowne to wyn.
His cntell Hart, of Pitie voy d,
doth (pare do kynd of a.
1 20
Cupido
But tender youth and dotyng age,
he flrykes in furyous rage.
And laughes to fcorne the fely foules
that he hath wounded fo,
No Fine appoynted of theyr ils,
no end of al theyr wo.
But fyns he hath prefumed thus,
to entre heare in Place,
And heare to threten Conquefts thus,
agaynft Diana.es Grace,
Let him be fure his loftie Mynde,
this deade fhall foone repent,
If that your grace do here agre,
with Fre and full concent.
To make me Cheftain of this Charge
and whom I lyft to chofe,
If Prifoner heare I bryng hym not,
Let me myne Honour lofe.
And there he ceafde with ioyfull looks
the Ladyes fmyled all,
And thorough his wordes they hoaped foone
to fe Cupidoes fall.
With heauenly voice Diana thear,
as chyefe aboue the reft :
This wife her words began to frame,
From out her facred brefl.
My good Hipolitus quoth flie,
whole tine and faythfull mynd :
In uoubtfull daunger often I,
do alwayes redy fynd.
For to reuenge the cankred rage,
of all my fpytfull foes,
Thou he from whofe vnfpotted hart,
the fluddes of vertue flowes.
whofe feruife long hath ben aproued,
within this court of myne,
Reftrayne this boyes vnruly rage,
b) \ alyant means of thyne,
conquered.
I geue the leaue and thee appoint,
my cheyf Lieutenant here.
Chufe whom you wilt take whom you lyfl,
thou nedefl no whit to leave.
With this he rofe from out his place,
and lokynge round a bout :
Chofe Abjlinence and Continence,
with Labour Captayne flout.
And with thefe thre lie tooke his leaue
of all the Ladyes there,
Who doubtyng of his fafe returne,
let fall full many a teare.
He lefte them theare in heauynes,
and made no more delaye,
But outward went and toward ye Campe,
he tooke the nearefi way.
With this the Queenes commyffion ilraight
was lent abroad in halle.
To rayfe vp fouldiars round about,
and with theyr Captayne plafle.
To bring them foorth and marching on,
Hipolitus to meet.
Than founded Trumpetes al a br<
and Drumes in euery ftreat.
And fouldiears good lyke fwarmes of Beei
theyr Captains pr< tut
All armed braue in Corfletes white,
they march with courage flout.
And forwarde fhoue, till at the length
where as theyr marfhall 1)
They fynd the place the ioifull founds,
I >o mount aboue the il.\ .
//. lued them all,
with woordes of plefaunt cheare,
And pla< ith them in i;ood aray,
by< aufe the camp was neare.
Thn B itl ail bi: of them he trams,
and of the Rereward [PVanguard] fin i
121
122
Cupido
Hath Labour charge who fteppeth foorth,
before the flatlye thronge :
And Captayn of the reare ward next,
was placed abftinens,
And Ioind to him for Policie,
was Captayne Continence :
The Battayle mayne Hipolitus,
him felfe did chufe to guyd.
And in the formed front therof,
on Courfer fayre doth ryde :
The Trumpets found march on apace,
and Dromes the fame do ftryke.
Then forward moues ye Army great,
In order Martiall lyke.
I cam behynde (me thought) and beft,
it feamed then to me :
To vew the dynt of dreedfull fword,
and feyghter none to be.
Thie Spies were fent abroad to vew,
the place where Cupide lay :
A longeft a Ryuer fayre and broad,
they fpye a pleafaunt way,
Which waye they tooke and paffynge foorth,
at length apeares a plaine:
Both large and vaft wher lyes ye rowt,
of Cruell Cupides trayne.
Thus told the fpyes we onward hye,
and ftrayght in fyght we haue,
The ferfull (how of all our Foes,
and dredfull army braue,
The firfl yat marched from Cupides Camp
was drowfy Idlenes.
The chyefefl frend that loue had then,
the next was vyle A'\
A Lubbour great, mifhapen moft.
of all that thear I faw
As mm h I thynk in quanti
as horfes fyxe can draw.
conquered. I2 3
A myghty face both broad and flat,
and all with Rubies fet :
iche nofed lyke a Turky Cocke,
with teth as blacke as Get.
A Belye byg, full trull with guts,
and Peflels two, lyke Poftes,
A knaue full fquare in euery poynt,
A l'rynce of dronken Oolles.
Vpon a Camell couched hye,
r Horfe couldc none hym beare,
A mighty StafFe in hande he had,
his Foes a farre to feare.
i ymde them all, the blynded G
doth com in Charyot fayre,
With ragyng flames flong rouhde about
he peftres all the ayi
And after hym, for tryumphe leades
a thoufande wounded 1 1
That gufh abrode hot dreams of blud
new perfed with his Danes,
The army redy for to meete
and all at poynt to fyght,
Hipolitus with lufly < h
and with a noble Spry-lit.
His Souldiers to enc< Thus
his wordes begyns to
My valyaunl frends and Subiects all
of Chall Dianaes <
whole- nobl II rts were netier flaind
with fpot of Daflards mynd,
I; ir enemyes lure at hande,
behold yon coward blynd.
( )f [ytl< uparde with you,
howe iii ;
They (Iragle out no ordre d<
obferued in theyr waye.
Behold whit l 11) < kiyds they I
to goueme them with
I2 4 Cupido
That neuer knew what fighting ment
but lyue to Venus thrall.
Marke hym that guyds the rerewarde there
that vyle deformed Churle,
"Whofe foggy Mates, with paunches fyde
do thycke aboute him whurle.
And he that formofl hether corns
loe what a handfome Squyre,
Sure full vnapt to kepe the felde,
more fyt to fyt by the fyre.
In fyne lo Victorye at hande
with hye tryumphant Crowne,
Bent for to fpoyle our Foes of Fame,
and caft theyr Glorye downe.
Fyght therfore now courageouflye,
and ryd your frendes of feare,
Declare your Manhod valyauntly,
and let your Harts appeare.
With this the founde begyns to mount
and noyfe hye to ryfe,
And warlyke tunes begyn to dam,
them felues agaynft the Skyes.
The Canons Cracke, begins to roore
and Darts full thycke they flye
And couerd thycke, the armyes both,
and framde a Counter Skye.
And now the Battayls both be ioynde
with ftroke of Hande to trye.
The quarrel 1 iuft and for to fynde,
where Victorye doth lye,
The Souldyers all of Idlenes
where Labour coins, do fall.
And wounded fore, by force of hym,
all bathde in blud, they fprall.
Hym felfe alone with Idlenes
nowe hande to hande doth fyght
Ami alter many a mortal] wounde,
dellroyes the felye wyght.
conquered * 2 5
Then ioynes with him Syr Abjlinence
with ayde and fuccours new .
And both vpon the grefye Hoafle,
of Glottonye they flewe
I Captayn doth aduaunce hymfelf
with Abjlinence to mei
The vnweldy Creature fmitten there
is tombled vnder feete.
Then Fancie flyes Incontinence
and all Cupidoes frendes,
Beholdynge Fortune thus to frowne,
by flyght them felfe defendes.
Cupido whan he lees hymfeli .
thus fpoylde of all his ayde,
The chyef Supporters of his Courte,
fo fodaynly decayde.
Bad tume his Charyottes than with hafle
and fall away lie ll\
Amongfl the < hafle Hipolitus
on fwyftye Courier hyi
Than all with love they after run,
vne thycke the enemyes fall,
The blinded boy, for fuccour flraight
to Venus hye doth call,
But all his cryes auayleth not,
his Foes hym tail purfew ,
Tin- dryuer of his Charyot foone,
Hipolitus there flewe.
And down from llorle. the wret( he doth fall.
The horfes fpo guyde,
A Souldier floute of Reafons bande,
is wylled there to ryde.
\\ o turfn |\ 1' nes another v.
rellrayns hym of his flyght,
His 1 [onoui i lofl and I iken thus,
Cupide in dolfull plyght.
Thefe wordes with tremblyng vo; an
fyth Fortune thus quoth he,
i26 Cupido
Hath giuen her doome from doubtfull brefl
and tumd her Grace from me.
Syth that the moft miffortune nowe,
that euer I could fynd,
Hath chaunced to me and Myfer I,
by Deflenyes affygnde.
Am Captyue heare, confydre yet,
what Fortune myght haue wrought
And made a Conquerer of me,
and you in Bondage brought.
Confydre yet the wofull plyght,
wherin you had remaynd,
If that the Gods my happy flate,
had not fo fore difdaynd,
And by your Gryef, than mefure mine
fhowe mercye in this cafe,
That Conquerour commended is,
who gyues to pytie place.
The cruell mynd difprayfed is,
In euery kynd of Rate,
No man fo hauty lyues on earth,
but ons may fynd his mate.
Thefe wordes Hipolitus I fpeake,
to bread no farther ftryfe,
I fpeake not this of malyce heare,
my fute is for my lyfe,
Syth Fortune thus hath fauord you,
graunt this my fmall requeft,
And let me lyue yf mercy dwell,
within your Noble breft,
B) this tyme Morpheus had difperfl
the drowfy Clowd of fleape,
And from my braynes the quyet trail nee,
began full fall to Creape.
And dounward fell. I waked therwitb
and Iokyng round a bout,
Long tyme I mufed where I was,
my mynd was llyl in doubt.
conquered. 127
Till at the length I vewde the tree,
and place where as I fat,
And well beheld the pleafaunt Spryng
* that late I wondred at.
I fawe befyde the ('.olden Globe,
of Phebus fhynyng bryght,
That Weflwarde halfe, dyd hyde his face
approchyng faft the nyght.
Byrde began to fhrowd hymfelf
in tree to take his reft
I ceafle the pleafaunt tunes yat late
proceaded from theyr Breafte.
I homewarde went, and left them all,
and reftles all that nyght,
I mufynge lave, tormented thus,
with fond lamentyng fpryght.
When riiebus rofe to paffe the tyme,
and paffe my gryefe awaye
1 toke my Pen and pend the Dreame
that made my Mufes flaye.
C F I X I S.
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al th le next. J
128
* iJmprgntrtr at Hcmtron
tip Thomas Colwell, for
Raufe Nevvbery.
3nD are to fce folD at fits tfjop
in jTIeeteftrete, a iptle
aboue ttie Contmit.
•1563.
15. Die Menjis March.
C Faultes efcapecl in the Pryntynge.
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— that ever reached India overland, via Aleppo and the Persian
Gulf, in 1583-1589. They met with Linschoten there; and
also T. Stevens, the Jesuit, see vol. i. p. 130.
English Life and Progress.
5. J. CAIUS, M.D. Of English Dogs. 1536. Translated from
the Latin by A. FLEMING in 1576.
6. Britain's Buss. A Computation of the Cost and Profit of a
Herring Buss or Ship. 1615.
English Literature, Literary History, and
Biography.
7. T. Eluvood. Relations with J. MlLTON. This young
Quaker rendered many services to the Poet; amongst which was
the suggestion of Parodist Regained.
8. J. Dryden. Of Dramatic Poesy. An Essay. Tins ..harm-
piece of English Prose was written in 1665 and published in
1668. With it 1 given the entire Controvi Dryden
and Sir R. HOWARD on thi
English Poetry.
9. S. Daniel. Delia. [Sonivt 1594.
10. T. Campion, M.D. Songs and Poems. 1601 1613.
11. Lyrics, Llegies, etc., by oil
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English Political, Naval, and Military History,
etc., etc.
i. E. Underhill, " the Hot Gospeller," Imprisonment in 1553,
with Anecdotes of Queen Mary's Coronation Procession, Wyatt's
Rebellion, the Marriage of Philip and Mary, etc.
2. J. Fox. The Imprisonment of the Princess Elizabeth.
1554-1555.
3. Texts relating to the Winning of Calais and Guisnes by the
French in January, 1556.
4. The Coronation Procession of Queen Elizabeth. January,
J 559-
5. Sir Thomas Overbury. Observations of Holland, Flanders,
and France, in 1609. A most sagacious Political Study.
6. James I. The Book of Sports. 1618
7. Abp. G. Abbott. Narrative of his Sequestration from Office
in 1627 by Charles I., at the instigation of Buckingham and
Laud.
8. Major-General Sir T. Morgan. Progress [i.e. March] in
France and Flanders, with the 6,000 " Red Coats" at the taking of
Dunkirk, etc., in 1657-8.
English Voyages, Travels, Commerce, etc., etc.
9. The first Britons who ever reached the city of Mexico : T.
Blake, a Scotchman, before 1536 ; and J. Field and R. Tomson,
10. The wonderful recovery of the Exchange from forty-five
Turkish pirates of Algiers by J. Rawlins and tsventy-four other
slaves. February, 1622.
English Life and Progress.
11. T. Gentleman. England's Way to Win Wealth. [Fish-
eries.] The Dutch obtained more wealth from their Herring
Fishery along the English shores than the Spaniards did from their
American gold mines.
English Poetry.
12. ? T. Occleve. The Letter of Cupid. 1402.
13. L. Sheppard. John Bon and Mast[er] Parson. [A Satire
on the Mass.] T551.
14. Rev. T. Brick. A Register of the Tormented and Cruelly
Burned within England. 1555-1558. These verses give the names
of most of the Marian Martyrs.
15. J. C. Alcilia ; Philoparthen's loving folly ! [Love
Poems.] 1595.
16. G. Wither. Fair Virtue, the Mistress of Phil'arete.
1622. This is WlTHER'S masterpiece. Over 6,000 lines of verse
in many metrical forms.
17. The Songs that John Dowland, the famous Lutenist, set
to music.
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Large Crown Sro, cloth, $s. net.
English Political, Naval, and Military History,
etc., etc.
1. J. S A VILE, King James's entertainment at Theobalds, and
his Welcome to London. 1603.
2. G. Dcgdale. The Time Triumphant. King James's Coro-
nation at Westminster, 25 July, 1603 ; and Coronation Procession
[delayed by the Plague], 15 "March, 1604.
English Voyages, Travels, Commerce,
etc., etc.
3. The Voyages to Brazil of William Hawkins, Governor of
Plymouth and father of Sir John, about 1530.
4. Sir J. Hawkins. First Voyage to the West Indies, 1562-
1563. This was the beginning of the English Slave Trade.
5. R. Bodenham. A Trip to Mexico. 1564-1565.
6. Sir J. Hawkins. Second Voyage to the West Indies. 1564-
1565.
7. Sir J. Hawkins. Third and disastrous Voyage to the West
Indies, 1567-1569: with the base treachery of the Spaniards at San
Juan de Ulna, near Vera Cruz ; and the extraordinary adventures
of Threeof the Survivors. This was Drake's 2nd Voyage to the West
Indies ; and the first in which he commanded a ship, the Judith.
8. Sir F. Drake's 3rd (1570), 4th (1571), and 5th (1572-73),
Voyages to the West Indies. Especially the 5th, known as The
Voyage to Nombre de Dios : in which, on n February, 1573, he
first saw the Pacific Ocean ; and then besought GOD to give him
life to sail once in an English ship on that sea. [See opposite page.]
English Life and Progress.
9. B. FRANKLIN. 'Poor Richard' improved. Proverbs of
Thrift and to discourage useless expense. Philadelphia, 1757.
English Poetry.
10. B. Barnes. Parthenophil and Parthenophe. Sonnets,
Madrigals, Elegies and Odes. 1593. \ perfect Storehouse of
Versification, including the only treble Sestinc in the language.]
11. ZEPHERIA, [^Canzons.] 1
12. Sir J. Davies. Orchestra OI .1 I'ocni on Dancing. 1596.
13. B. GRIFFIN. FiDESSA, more chaste than kind. [Sonnets. J
1596.
14. Sir J. Davies. Nosee teipsum l in two (1) Of
Human Know 2) Of the Soul of Man and the Immortality
thereof. 1599.
15. Sir J. Davies. Hymns of ASTRSA [i.e. Queen ELIZABETH],
In acrostic verse. 1599.
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English Political, Naval, and Military
History, etc., etc.
i. The Examination, at Saltwood Castle, Kent, of William of
Thorpe, by Abp. T. Arundell, 7 August, 1407. Edited by W.
Tyndale, 1530. This is the best account of Lollardism from the
inside, given by one who was the leader of the second generation of
Lollards.
English Voyages, Travels, Commerce,
etc., etc.
2. J. Chilton. Travels in Mexico. 1568-1575.
3. J. BlON. An Account of the Torments, etc. 1708.
English Life and Progress.
4. The most dangerous Adventure of R. Ferris, A. Hill, and
W. Thomas ; who went in a boat by sea from London to Bristol.
1590.
5. Leather. A Discourse to Parliament. 1629.
6. H. Peacham. The Worth of a Penny, or a Caution to keep
Money. 1641. With all the variations of the later Editions.
7. Sir W. Petty. Political Arithmetic. [Written in 1677.]
1690. One of the earliest and best books on the Science of Wealth.
English Literature, Literary History, and
Biography.
8. ISAAC BiCKERSTAiF, Esq. [Dean J. Swift.] Predictions for
the year 1708. [One of these was the death of J. Partridge, the
Almanack Maker, on 29 March, 1708.] Other tracts of this
laughable controversy follow.
9. [I. Gay.] The Present State of Wit. 3 May, 1711. [A
Survey of our Periodical Literature at this date ; including the
Review, Tatler, and Spectator.']
10. [Dr. J. ARBUTHNOT.] Law [i.e. War] is a Bottomless Pit,
exemplified in the Case of the Lord Strutt [t/ie Kings of Spain .
John Bull [England] the Clothier, Nicholas Frog \Holland]
the Linendraper, and Lewis Baboon [Louis XIV. of Bourbon =
France]. In four parts. 1712.
This famous Political Satire on the War of the Spanish Succes-
sion was designed to prepare the English public for the Peace of
Utrecht, signed on 11 April, 1713. In part I., on 28 February,
1712, first appeared in our Literature, the character of John Bull,
for an Englishman.
ii. T. Tickell. The life of Addison. 1721.
12. Sir K. Stickle. Epistle to W. Congreve [in reply]. 1722.
English Poetry.
13. The first printed Robin Hood Ballad. Printed about 1510.
14. W. PERCY. COELIA. [Sonnets.] 1594.
15. G. WlTHSR. FIDELIA, [This is Wither's second master-
An English Garner. 7
piece. The I-ament of a Woman thinking that she is forsaken in
love.] 1 615.
16. M. Drayton. Idea. [Sonnets.] 1619.
17. The Interpreter. [A Political Satire interpreting the mean-
ing of the Protestant, The" Puritan, The Papist.] 1622.
VOL. VII.
Large Crown 8;'.', cloth, $s. net.
English Political, Naval, and Military
History, etc., etc.
1. Sir F. VERE, General of' the English troops in the Dutch ser-
vice. Commentaries of his Services : at (i) the Storming of Cadiz
in 1506, (2) the Action at Turnhout in 1597, (3) The Battle of Nieu-
port in 1600; but especially siege oi Ostend, of which place
he was Governor from 11 June, 1601, to 7 June, 1602.
2. The retaking of The Friends' Adventure from the French by
K. Lyde and a boy. 1693.
English Voyages, Travels, Commerce,
etc., etc.
3. H. Pitman. Relation, etc. For doing noble Red Cross
work at the Battle of Sedgemoor this surgeon was sent as a White
Slave to Barbadoes, etc. 1689.
English Life and Progress.
4. W. Kemp's [.Shakespeare's fellow Actor] Nine Da
\\ onder ; performed in a Morris Uance from London to Norwich.
1, 1600.
5. A series of Texts on the indignities offered to the Established
Clergy, and especially the Private Chaplains, in the Restoration Age,
by the Royalist laity ; inclm
Dr. J. EACHARD'S witty Grounds of the Contempt of the
Clergy and Religion.' 1670.
English Literature, Literary History and
Biography.
6. Another Series of Tracts, in prose and verse, illustrating the
t Public Services rendered b> D. DEFOE, up to the death of
Queen Anne ; including :
I). Defoe. An Appeal to Honour and Justice, etc. 1715.
I). Defoe. The Tt Born Englishman. 1701.
D. Defoe. The History of Kentish Petition. 1701.
1 1 DEF( iE. Ll Went <rial. 1701.
I), in poe. Hi'- - Way with the Dissenters, etc. 1702.
D.Defoe. A Hymn to the Pillory. 1703.
D.Defoe, P to the Review. 1704-1710.
I nglish Poetry.
7 . T. Deloney. Three Ballads on the Armada fight. August,
1588.
8. R. I.. (1) Diella [Sonnets] ; (2) The Love of Dom Dn 1
and Gym ik \. 1596. •
8 An English Garner.
g. An. Sc. Daiphhantus, or the Passions of Love. 1604.
See also above.
D. Defoe. The True Born Englishman. 1701.
D. DEFOE. A Hymn to the Pillory. 1703.
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This Index Volume will, If possible, contain the following :—
English Political, Naval, and Military
History, etc., etc.
1. J. Proctor. The History of Wyatt's Rebellion. 1554.
2. The burning of Paul's Church, London. 1568.
3. G. Gascoigne the Poet. The Spanish Fury at Antwerp.
1577-
4. J. Lingham. English Captains in the Low Countries.
1584-
5. The Burial of Mary Queen of Scots at Peterborough Cathe-
dral. 1 August, 1587.
6. T. M. The Entertainment of James I. from Edinburgh to
London. 1603.
7. Bp. W. Barlow. The Hampton Court Conference. 1604.
8. The speeches in the Star Chamber at the Censure of Bast-
wick, Barton, and Prynne. 1637.
9. N. N. The Expedition of the Prince of Orange. 1688.
English Voyages, Travels, Commerce,
etc., etc.
10. The strange things that happened to R. Hasleton in his ten
years' Travels. 1585-1595.
11. E. PELLHAM. The miraculous Deliverance of eight English-
men left in Greenland, anno 1630, nine months and twelve days.
English Life and Progress.
12. J. May. The Estate of Clothing [the manufacture of woollen
Cloths] now in England. 1613.
English Poetry.
13. A translation [? by Sir E. Dyer] of Six of the Idyllia of
'1 iikocritus. 1588.
14. Verses penned by D. Gwix, eleven years a slave in the
Spanish galleys, and presented by him to Queen Elizabeth on 18
August, 1588.
15. W. Smith. Cheores. [Sonnets.] 1596.
16. T. Storer. The Life and Death of Cardinal Woesev.
1599-
[7. E. W. Tharaeseidos. In 3 Cantos. 1600.
18. Some Collections of Posies. 1624-1679.
Chronological List of Works included in
the Series.
Index.
English "Reprints.
No.
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Milton Areopagitica . . • 1644 1
Latimer The Ploughers . . . 1 549 1
Gosson The School of Abuse . . 1579 1
Sidney An Apology for Poetry . ? 15S0 1
E. Webbe Traveh . . . . 1590 1
Selden Table Talk .... 1634-54 1
Aseham Tbxophilus. . . . 1544 1
Addison Criticism on Paradise Lost . 1711-12 1
Lyly Euphues . . . 1579-8° 4
Villiers The Rehearsal . . . 1671 1
GaSCOig-ne The Steel Glass, etc. . . 1576 1
Earle Micro-cosmographie . . 162S 1
LatimeP 7 Sermons before EDWARD VI. 1549 1 6
More Utopia .... 1516-57 1
Puttenham The Art of English Poesy . 15S9 2 6
Howell Instructions for Foreign Travel 1642 1
Udall Roister Doister . . . 1553-66 1
Mk. Of Eves. The Revelation, etc. . I1S6-1410I
James I. A Counterblast to Tobacco, etc. 1604 1
Naunton Fragmenta Regalia . . 1653 1
Watson Poems .... 1582-93 1 6
Habington Castara .... 1640 1
Aseham The Schoolmaster . . 1570 1
Tottel'S Miscellany [Songs and Sonnets] 1557 2 6
Lever Sermons .... 1 550 1
W. Webbe A Discourse of English Poetry 15S6 1
Lord Bacon A Harmony of the Essays 1597-1626 5
Roy, etc. Read me, and be not wroth I 15JS 1 6
Raleigh, etc. Last Fight of the l Revenge 1 1591 1
Googe Eglogues, Epitaphs, and Sonneti 1563 1
41 6
(For full titles, etc., see pp. 10-19.)
io English Reprints.
i. JOHN MILTON.
Areopagitica. 1644.
(a) Areopagitica : A Speech of Mr. John Milton For the
Liberty of Unlicencd Printing, To the Parliament of England.
(ft) A Decree of Starre-Chamber, concerning Printing, made the eleuenth
of July last past, 1637.
(c) An Order of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the
Regulating of Printing, &c. 1643.
Lord Macau lay. He attacked the licensing system in that sublime
treatise which every statesman should wear as a sign upon his hand, and as
frontlets between his eyes. — Edinburgh Review, p. 344, August, 1825.
H. Hai.lam. Many passages in this famous tract are admirably elo-
quent : an intense love of liberty and truth flows through it ; the majestic
soul of Milton breathes such high thoughts as had not been uttered before.
— Introduction to the Literature 0/ Europe, iii. 660. Ed. 1839.
W. H. Pkkscott. The most splendid argument perhaps the world had
then witnessed on behalf of intellectual liberty. — History of FERDIXAXD
ant Isabella, iii. 391. Ed. 1845.
2. HUGH LATIMER.
Ex- Bishop of U 'orcester.
The Pioughers. 1549.
A notable Sermon of ye reuerende Fat Iter Master HUGHE
Latimer, whiehe he preached in ye Shrouds at paules chnrche
in London on the xviii daye of Januarye.
Sir R. MoriSON. Did there ever any one (I say not in England only,
but among other nations) flourish since the time of the Apostles, who
preached the gospel more sincerely, purely, and honestly, than HUGH
LATIMER, Bishop of Worcester"! — Apomaxts Caluinniarum . . qvibus
JOANNES COCLEVS &C, f. 78. Ed. 1537.
It was in this Sermon, that Latimrr (himself an ex-Bishop) astonished
lux generation by saying that the Devil was the most diligent Prelate and
Preacher in all England. " Ye shal neuer fynde him idle I warraunte
you."
3. STEPHEN GOSSON.
Stud. Oxon.
The School of Abuse. 1579.
(a) The Schoole of Abuse. Contenting a pleasaunt inuective
against Poets, Pipers, Platers, Jesters, and such like Caterpillers
ot a Commonwealth; Setting up the Flagge of Defiance to their
mischieuous exercise and ouerthrcradug their Bulwarkes, by Pro-
phaur Writers, Natural! reason and common experience. 1 579.
(b) An Apologie of the Schoole of Abuse, against Poets, Pipers,
/'layers, and their Excusers. [Dec] 1 579.
'.' This attack is thought to have occasioned Sir Philip Sidney's writ-
ing of the following Apologie for Pocsie.
Gp was, in succession, Poet, Actor, Dramatist, Satirist, and a
Puritan Clergyman.
English Reprints. i I
4. Sir PHILIP SIDNEY.
An Apology for Poetry. [? 1580.]
An Apologie for Poetrie. Written by the right noble, vertuous,
and learned Sir Philip Sidney, Knight. 1595.
H \V. Longfellow. The defence of Poetry is a work of rare merit. It
is 1 golden little volume, which the scholar may lay beneath his pillow, as
ChKYSOSTOM did the works of ARISTOPHANES. — North American Review,
p. 57. January, 1832.
The Wurk thus divides itself:—
The Etymology of Poetry.
Tlie Anatomy of the Effects oj Poetry.
The Anatomy 0/ the Parts of Poetry.
Objections to Poetry answered.
Criticism of the existing English Poetry.
5. EDWARD WEBBE,
A Chief Master Gunner.
Travels. 1590.
The rare and most wonderful thinges which Edward Weisbe
an Englishman borne, hath seine and passed in his troublesome
trauailes, in the Citties of Ierusalem, Damasko, Bethelem and
Galely : and in all the landes of fewrie, Egift, Grecia, Russia,
and in the Land of Prester John.
Who tin is set foorth his extreame slauerie sustained many
yeres togither, in the Gallies and wars of the great Turk against
the dan la of Persia, Tartana, Spaine, and Porlugall, with the
manner of his releaseinent and coining to England. [1590.]
6. JOHN SELDEN.
Table Talk. [1634-1654.]
Table Talk: being the Discourses of John Ski. den, Es,/. ; ap-
his Sence of various Matters of weight and high consequence,
relatm . / tally to Religion and State. 1689.
S. T. Coleridge. There is ni"re weighty bullion sense in this book th.i .
I ever found in th'_- same number of pages of any uninspired writer. . . .
O ! to have been with SELDEN over his k'is- <>' wine, making every accident
an outlet and a vehicle of wisdom. — Literary Remains, 111. 3C1-;;. Eit.
1836.
H. Hai.i.am. 1 his very short and small volume gives, perhaps, a mor.-
exalted notion of Seldi n's natural talents than any "( his learned writings.
— Introduction to the Literature oj I ■'■ i". Ed. 1S36.
Above alt things, Liberty.
12 English Reprints.
7. ROGER ASCHAM.
Toxophilus. 1544.
Toxophilns, the Schole of Shoot inge, conteyned in two bookes.
T<> all Gentlemen and yotnen of Englande, pleasaunte for theyr
pastime to rale, and profitable for theyr use to follow both in war
and peace.
In a dialogue between TOXOPHILUS and PHILOI.OGVS, Ascham not
only gives us one of the very best books on Archery in our language : but
as he tells King Henry VIII., in his Dedication, "this litle treatise was
purposed, begon, and ended of me, onelie for this intent, that Labour,
Honest pastime, and Vertu might recouer againe that place and right, that
Idlenesse, Unthriftie Gaming, and Vice hath put them fro."
8. JOSEPH ADDISON.
Criticism on Paradise Lost. 1711-1712.
From the Spectator, being its Saturday issues between 31 December, 171T,
and 3 May, 1712. In these papers, which constitute a Primer to Paradise
Lost. Addison first made known, and interpreted to the general English
public, the great Epic poem, which had then been published nearly half a
century.
Afier a general discussion of the Fable, the Characters, the Sentiments,
the Language, and the llf/ects of M iLTOn's Great Poem ; the Critic devotes
a Paper to the consideration of the Beauties of each of its Twelve Books.
9. JOHN LYLY,
Novelist, Wit, Poet, and Dramatist.
Euphues. 1579-1580.
EuPHVES, the Anatomy af Wit. Very pleasant for all
Gentlemen to reade, and most necessary to remember.
Wherein are conleined the delights that Wit followeth in his
youth, by the pleasant nesse of lone, and the liappi nesse he reapeth
in age by the perfect nesse of Wisedome. 1579.
ElTPHUES and his England. Containing his voyage and
adtientnres, myxed with sundry prctie discourses of honest Lour,
(be description of the countrev, the Court, and the manners of
that Isle. 1580.
Of great importance in our Literary History.
English Reprints. 13
10. GEORGE VILLIERS,
Second Duke oj BUCKINGHAM.
The Rehearsal. 1671.
The Rehearsal, as it was Acted at the Theatre Royal.
Many of the passages of anterior plays th.it were parodied in this famous
Dramatic Satire on Dryden in the character of BAYES, are placed on
opposite pages to the text. Brian Fairfax's remarkable life of this Duke
of Buckingham is also prefixed to the play.
The Heroic Plays, first introduced by Sir W. D'Avenant, and afterwards
greatly developed by Dkvues, are the object of this laughable attack. Lacy,
who acted the part of Ba YES, imitated the dress and gesticulation of Dry-
den.
The Poet repaid this compliment to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, in i63t,
by introducing him in the character of Zl.VKA in his ABSOLOM and
ACHITOPHBL.
11. GEORGE GASCOIGNE,
Soldier and Poet,
The Steel Glass, &c. 1576.
(a) A Remembrance of the wl impkyed life, and godly end, of
GEORGE GaSKOIGNE, Esquire, who deceasscd at Stalmford in
Lincoln shire, the 7 of October, 1577. The reporte of Geor.
WhetsTONS, Gent. 1577.
There is only one copy of this metrical Life. It is in the Bodleian Library.
(b) Certayne notes of instruction concerning the making of
verse or ryme in English. 1 575-
This is our First printed piece of Poetical Criticism.
(r) The Steele Glas.
Written in blank verse.
Probably the fourth printed English Satire : those by Barclay, Roy, and
Sir T. Wv.viT being the three e.irhcr ones.
(d) The complaynt (/I'm LOM EN E. An Elegit: 1 576.
12. JOHN EARLE,
Afterwards Bishop of . RY.
Microcosmographie. u>zs.
Mhro-cosmographie, or a I 'ecu- of the World discovered; in
Essays and Characters.
This celebrated book of Characters is graphically descriptive of the 1
lUh social life ..f the time, as it presented itsell to a How of M
College, Oxf.ir.l i including -I She frecne Hypocrite, A Sceptic in Religion,
A food old man, etc.
This Work is a notable -J"'' ''"''" "'* ' "nsi,ler:iblc class ofbookl in our
Literature, full <<( interest : and win. h help Posterity much better to under-
st. uul the Tinies in which they were written,
14 English Reprints.
13. HUGH LATIMER,
Ex-Bishop 0/ Worcester.
Seven Sermons before Edward VI. 1549.
The fyrste [—senenth] Sermon of Mayster Hughe LATIMER,
whiche he preached before the Kynges Maiestie wytkin his graces
palayee at Westminster on each Friday in Lent. 1549.
Sir James Mackintosh. Latimer, . . . brave, sincere, honest, in-
flexible, not distinguished as a writer or a scholar, but exercising his power
over men's minds by a fervid eloquence flowing from the deep conviction
which animated his plain, pithy, and free-spoken Sermons. — History oj
England, ii. 291. Ed. 1831.
14. Sir THOMAS MORE.
Translation ^/"Utopia. 1516-1557.
A frittefnll ami pleasaunt worke of the best state of a pnblique
weale, and of the new yle called Utopia : Written in Latine by
Sir Thomas More, Knyght, and translated into Englyshe by
Ralph Robvnson.
Lord Campbell. Since the time of Plato there had been no composi-
tion given to the world which, for imagination, for philosophical discrimina-
tion, for a familiarity with the principles of government, for a knowledge of
the springs of human action, for a keen observation of men and manners, and
for felicity of expression, could lie compared to the Utopia. — Lives of the
Lord Chancellors (Life 0/ Sir. T. More), i. 583. Ed. 1S45.
In the imaginary country of Utopia. More endeavours to sketch out
a State based upon two principles— (1) community of goods, no private
property ; and consequently (2) no use for money.
15. GEORGE PUTTENHAM,
A Gentleman Pensioner to Queen ELIZABETH.
The Art of English Poesy. 15S9.
The Arte of English Poesie.
Contriued into three Bookes : The ii< / of PORTS and POESIE,
the second of Proportion, the third of Ornament.
W. Oldys. It contains many pretty observations, examples, characters,
and fragments of poetry for those times, now nowhere else to be met with. —
.!>"/> WALTER Raleigh, liv. Ed. 1736.
O. Gilchrist. On many accounts i mi of the most curious and entertain-
tnd intrinsically one of the most valuable hooks of the age of Oi i:i-.n
Elizabeth. The copious intermixture ol 1 ontemporary anecdote, tradition,
manners, opinions, and the numerous of coeval poetry nowhere else
'■ 1 ontribute to form .1 volume of infinite amusement, curiosity, and
value. Centura Literaria, i. 339. Ed. 1805.
'Itus is still also an important book on Rhetoric and the Figures of Speech.
English Reprints. 15
16. JAMES HOWELL,
Clerk of the Council to Cn.iRi.r.s I. ; afterwards Historiographer to
Charles //.
Instructions for Foreign Travel. 1642.
Instructions forforreine travel U. Shewing by what cours, and
in what compasse of time, one may take an exact Surrey of the
Kin-domes and States of Christendome, and arrive to the practical
knowledge of the Languages, to good purpose.
The MURRAY, BAsDEJCBK, *nd Practical Guide to the Grand Tour
of Europe, which, at that time, was considered the finishing touch to the
complete education of an English Gentleman.
The route sketched out by this delightfully quaint Writer, IS • ranee,
Spain Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Holland. 1 he
time allowed is 3 years and 4 months : the months to be spent 111 travelling,
the years in residence at the different cities.
17. NICHOLAS UDALL,
Master, first of Eton College, then of Westminster Scliool.
Roister Doister. [1553-1566. ]
This is believed to be the first true English Comedy that ever came to the
,m the unique copy, which wants a title-page, now at Eton College ;
and which is thought to have been printed in ls.66.
Dramatis J'crsona.
Ralph Roister Doistek.
Mat I HEW MeRRYGREBK.
Gawin GOODLUCK, affianced to Dame ClJSTANCB.
Tristram Trusty, his friend.
D inet D< '.hty, " boy" to Roister Doister.
■| on I I.' 1 1 1 ••NY, servant to Davie Cistance.
Sim SURESBY, servant to Goodluck.
Scrivener.
Harpax.
Dame Christian Custai low.
Margery Mumblecrust, her nurse.
Tii.ki Talkapace) her maidens.
A', nut Alypacb .)
[8. A Monk of Evesham,
The Revelation, &c. nS6[-i4io]. 148s.
H Here begynnyth a marvellous reuelacion that was sch
of almighty god by sent Nycholas to a monkt of Euyshamnu ytt
the days of Kvnge Richard thefyrst. And the yere of oivrc lord,
Af.C.Lxxxi ,. ...
One of the rarest of English books printed by one of the earli N jlisn
printers, William d« Maci.ima ; who printed tins text al>oui 1485, m the
lifetime of C'\ . , ,
The essence of the story is as .,1,1 as it professes to be : but Conla n
additions, the orthography utMto. It is very dewouUy wntleo,
and contains a curious Vision of Purgatory.
The writer is a prototype of BuNYAN;and his description ol the Oate in
the Crystal Wall of Heaven, and of the - id marvellously
• the Bells of Heaven thai came to him through it, is very
beautiful.
1 6 English Reprints.
19. JAMES I.
A Counterblast to Tobacco. 1604.
(a) The Essays of a Prcnlise, in the Diuine Art of Poesie.
Printed while James VI. of Scotland, at Edinburgh in 15S5 ; and includes
Ane Short treatise, conteining some Reulis and Cautelis to be obseruit and
escheivit in Scottis Poesie, which is another very early piece of printed
Poetical Criticism.
(b) A Counterblast e to Tobacco. 1604.
To this text has been added a full account of the Introduction and Early
use 0/ Tobacco in England. The herb first came into use in Europe as a
medicinal leaf for poultices: smoking it was afterwards learnt from the
American Indians.
Our Royal Author thus sums up his opinion : —
"A custome Iothsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmefull to the
braine, dangerous to the lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof,
nearest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomless."
20. Sir ROBERT NAUNTON,
Master 0/ the Court 0/ Wards.
Fragmenta Regalia. 1653.
Fragmenta Regalia : or Observations on the late Queen
Elizabeth, her Times and Favourites. [1630.]
Naunton writes : —
"And thus I have delivered up this my poor Essay ; a little Draught of
this great Princess, and her Times, with the Servants of her State and
favour."
21. THOMAS WATSON,
Londoner, Student-at-Law.
Poems. 1582-1593.
(a) The 'EKaro/j-iradia or Passionate Centurie of Lone.
Dhidcd into two parts : whereof the first expresseth the
Author's sufferance in Louc : the latter, his long farwell to Loue
and all his tyrannic. 1582.
(b) Mei.iikeus, Sive Ecioga in obitnm Honoratissimi Viri
Domini FKANCTSCI WaLSINGHAMI. 1590.
(<■) The same translated into English, by the Author. 1590.
(//) The Tears of Fancie, or Loue disdained. 1593.
I 1 .m the unique copy, wanting Sonnets 9-16, in the possession of S.
< inn i 1 if. Mili.kk, Ksq., of BritweD.
English Reprints. 17
22. WILLIAM HABINGTON,
Castara. 1640.
Casta r a. The third Edition. Corrected and augmented.
CASTARA was Lady Lucy Herbert, the youngest child of the first
Lord Powis : and these Poems were chiefly marks of affection during a pure
courtship followed by a happy marriage. With these, are also Songs of
Friendship, especially those referring to the Hon. Geokc;e Taluot.
In addition to these Poems, there are four prose Characters ; on A
Mistress, A li'i/e, A Friend, and The Holy Man.
23. ROGER ASCHAM,
The Schoolmaster. 1570.
The Scholemaster, or plane and perfite tvay of teachyng
children to understand, write, and speake, in Latin tong, but
specially purposed for the priuate brynging up of youth in dentle-
man and Nolde mens houses, Gr'c.
This celebrated Work contains the story of Lady Jane Gkev's delight
in reading PLATO, an attack on the Italianatcd Englishman of the time,
and much other information not specified in the above title.
In it, A si 11 \-i ^i\ .-, us very fully his plan of studying Languages, which
may be described as the double translation of a model book.
24. HENRY HOWARD,
Earl 0/ SURRh >'.
Sir THOMAS WYATT.
NICHOLAS GRIMALD.
Lord VAUX.
Tottel's Miscellany. 5 June, 1557.
Songes and Sonette , written by the right honourable P.orde
HENRY 1 1 • > W ARD late Earle of S 1 • R K k v , and other.
With 39 additional Poems from the second edition by the same printer,
Ku H MID To till, of 31 July. I
This celebrated Collection is the first of our Poetical Miscellanies, and
also the firsi appearance in print of any considerable number of English
Sonnets.
I 1 1 1 1 in his . UJress to the Reader, says : —
"That to haue wel written in vet d in small parcelles, deserueth
(jreat praise, the workes of diuers Latines, Italians, and other, doe proue
sufficiently. Thai "ur tong is a Me in that kynde to do as pi tiseworthely as
t, the honorable Mile of I arlc of Surrey, and the weightim
of the depewitted Sir Thorn >s Wyat the i ie. with seueraU ^r.ices in
■Ondry I Jishc writers, doe show abundantly."
18 English Reprints.
25. Rev. THOMAS LEVER,
Fellow and Preacher of St. John's College, Cambridge.
Sermons. 1550.
(a) A fntitfull Sermon in Panks church at London in the
Shroudes.
(b) A Sermon preached the fourth Sunday in Lent before the
Kynges Maiestie, and his honourable Counsel/.
(c) A Sermon preached at Pauls Crosse. 1550.
These Sermons are reprinted from the original editions, which are of
extreme rarity. They throw much light on the communistic theories of the
Norfolk rebels ; and the one at Paul's Cross contains a curious account
of Cambridge University life in the reign of Edward VI.
26. WILLIAM WEBBE,
Graduate.
A Discourse of English Poetry. 1586.
A Discourse of English Poetrie. Together with the Authors
iudgemeut, touching the reformation of our English Verse.
Another of the early pieces of Poetical Criticism, written in the year in
which SHAKESPEARE is supposed to have left Stratford for London.
Only two copies of this Work are known, one of these was sold for .£64.
This Work should be read with StaNVHORSt's Translation of .Kneid,
I.— IV., 1582, see p. 64. Webbe was an advocate of English Hexameters ;
and here translates Virgil's first two Eglogues into them. He also trans-
lates into Sapphics Co LIN 's Song in the Fourth Eglogue of Spenser's
Shepherd's Calendar.
27. FRANCIS BACON.
afterguards Lord VERULAM Viscount ST. Al.BA.XS.
A Harmony of the Essays, &c. 1 597-1626.
And after my manner, I alter ever, when I a<id. So that nothing is
finished, till all be finished. — Sir Francis Bacon, 27 Feb., i6io-[n).
(a) Essays, Religious Meditations, and LVaces of pernvasion
and disswasion. 1 597.
(b) The Writings of Sir Francis Bacon Knight the A'iuges
Sollicitor General in Moralitie, Policie, Historic.
(<-) The Essaies of Sir FRANCIS Bacon A'n/ght, the Agings
Sollicilcr General/.
(d) The Essayes or Counsel/s, Civill and Moral! of FRANCIS
Lord Verui.am, Viscount St. Alijan. 1625.
English Reprints. 19
28. WILLIAM ROY. JEROME BARLOW.
Franciscan Friars.
Read me, and be not wroth I [1528.]
(a) Rede me and be nott wrothe,
For I taye no tkynge but trothe.
1 will ascende tnakynge my state so Aye,
That my pompous honourt shall nez'tr dye.
O Caytyft when thou thynkest least of all,
II 'ith confusion thou sha.lt have a fall.
This is the famous satire on Cardinal Wolsey, and is the First English
Protestant book over printed, not being a portion of Holy Scripture. See
p. 11 for the Fifth such book.
The next two pieces form one book, printed by Hans Luft, at Marburg,
in 1530.
(b) A proper dyaloge, betwene a Gentillman and a husband-
man, eche eomplaynynge to other their miserable catamite, through
the amine ton of the clergye.
(c) A compendious old treatyse, shewyuge, how that -we ought
to have the scripture in E)iglysshe.
29. Sir WALTER RALEIGH. GERVASE
MARKIIAM. J. H. van LINSCHOTEN.
The Last Fight of the " Revenge." 1591.
(a) A Report 0/ the truth of the fight about the lies of Acores,
this last la Sommer. Betwixt the REUENGE, one of her
Mai,' -ties Shippes, and an ARMADA of the King of Spaine.
[By Sir W. Raleigh.]
(/') The most honorable Tra^cdie of Sir RICHARD GRINUILE,
Knight. 1595.
[By Gervase Markham.]
(e) [The Fight and Cyclone at the Azores.
[By Jav Huyghen van Linschoten.]
Several accounts are here given of one of the most extraordinary Sea
fights in our Naval History.
30. BARNABE GOOGE.
Eglogues, Epitaphs, and Sonnets. 1563.
Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonettes Newly written by BARNABE
1
Three copies only known. Reprinted from the Huth
In the prefatory Xotcs of the Life and U'ritines of II. GOOGB, will be
found an account of the trouble he had in winning Mary DarELL for his
wife,
A new Literature generally begins with imitations am! translations.
When this Ij<- >k first appeared, Translations were all the rage among the
1 .ii.l " of the day. This Collection of original Occasional
Verse it therefore the more noticeable. The Inn fives a gli
of ihi inn'-. su< h .is it" \ the Mir,
Magittratt , t! I ranclators nf Si
such names .>- Baldwin, Bavak b, Bi > b, North,
, Sackvillk, and Yi 1 vkr
20 Works in the Old Spelling.
The English Scholar's Library.
16 Parts are now published, in Cloth Boards, £2 Is.
Any part may be obtained separately.
The general character of this Series will be gathered
from the following pages : — 21-26.
s. J.
1. William Caxton. Reynard the Fox. 1 6
2. John Knox. The First Blast of the
Trumpet 16
3. Clement Robinson and others. A
handful of Pleasant Delights 1 6
4. [Simon Fish.] A Supplication for
the Beggars 16
5. [Rev. John Udall.] Diotrephes. . 1 6
6. [ ? ] The Return from Parnassus . 1 6
7. Thomas Decker. The Seven Deadly
Sins of London . .16
8. Edward Arber. An Introductory
Sketch to the "Martin Marpre-
late" Controversy, 1588-1590 . 3
y. [Rev. John Udall.] A Demonstra-
tion of Discipline . .16
10. Richard Stanihurst. " ./Eneid L-
IV." in English hexameters.
11. "The Epistle"
12. Robert Green. Menaphon
13. George Joy. An Apology to William
Tyndale
14. Rk hard Barnfield. Poems
15. Bp. Thomas Cooper. An Admonition
to the People of England .30
16. Captain JOHN Smith. Works. 1120
pages, six Facsimile Maps. 2 Vols . 12 6
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1. William Caxton,
ourjirst Printer.
Translation of REYNARD THE FOX. 14S1.
[COLOPHON.] / hatte not added ne mynusshed but haue
folo-ived as nyghe as 1 can my copye which was in dutche / and by
me William CAXTON translated in to this rude and symple
englyssh in t/i[e] abbey oj westmestrc.
Interesting fur it - - own sake ; but especially as being translated as well as
printed by CAXTON, who finished the printing on 6 June, 1481.
The Story is the History of the Three fraudulent Escapes of the Fox
from punishment, the record of the Defeat of Justice by flattering lips and
dishonourable deeds. It also shows the struggle between the power "f
Is and tile power of Blows, a conflict between Mind and Matter. It
was necessary fur the physically weak 10 have Eloquence : the blame of
Revnakd is in the frightful misuse he makes of it.
The author says, "There is in the world much seed left of the Fox,
which now over all groweth and cometh sore up, though they have no red
beards."
2. John Knox,
the Scotch Reformer.
The First Blast of the Trumpet, &c.
(a) The First Blast of a Trumpet against the monstrous
Regiment of Women.
The Propositions to be entreated in the Second BLAST.
This work was wning out of the heart of John KNOX, while, at Dieppe,
he heard of the martyr fires of England, and was anguished thereby. At
that moment the liberties of Great Britain, and therein the hopes of the
whole World, lay in the laps of four women — Maky of Loraine, tlie Regent
of Scotland : her daughter Maky (the ljueen of Scuts); Queen Maky
>B : and the Princess BLIZABETH.
The Volume was printed at Geneva.
(e) Knox's apologetical Defence of his First Blast, cVc, to
i .n Elizabei h. 1559.
3. Clement Robinson,
and divers others.
A Handful of Pleasant Delights.
15S4.
A Han tut deities, Containing sundrie new Sonets
ant delectable Histories, in diners kindes of A/ceter. A'
deuised to the newest tuna that are now in vse, to be sung:
orderly pointed to his proper 'Tunc. With
'ions of certain Songs, to vote late deuised Not ,
commonly kttowen, nor vsed heretofore.
OPHELIA quotes from A NottguU,&c*,\a.thii Poetical Miscellany
which only one copy is now known.
It . 'is the earliest text extant of the Lottie Creemleeues, which
•1 r -. t . . ir years previously.
Thi I inlcd Poetical Miscellany in our language.
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4. [Simon Fish,
of 'Cray's Inn.]
A Supplication for the Beggars.
[? 1529-]
A Supplicacyon for the Beggars.
Stated by J. Fox to have been distributed in the streets of London on
Candlemas Day [2 Feb., 1529].
This is the Fifth Protestaui book (not being a portion of Holy Scripture
that was printed in the English Language.
The authorship of this anonymous tract, is fixed by a passage in Sir T.
Moke's Apology, of 1533, quoted in the Introduction.
5. [Rev. John Udall,
Minister at Kingston on Thamcs.\
DlOTREPHES. [1588.]
The state of the Church of Englande, laid open in a conference
behveene Diotrephes a Byshopp, TERTULLUS a Papiste, De-
metrius an vsurer, Fan doc H us an Innekeeper, and Paule a
preacher of the word of God.
This is the forerunning tract of the MARTIN MARPRELATE Contro-
versy. For the production of it, Robert Waldegrave, the printer, was
ruined ; and so became available for the printing of the Martinist invectives.
The scene of the Dialogue is in PANDOGHUSS Inn, which is in a posting-
town on the high road from London to Edinburgh.
6. [ ? ]
The Return from Parnassus.
[Acted 1602.] 1606.
The Retume from Pernassus : or The Scourge of Simony.
/'/{/'//i/ttc/y acted by the Students in Saint Johns Colledge in
Cambridge.
This play, written by a University man in December, 1601, brings
WILLIAM Kemp and Richard BuRBAGB on to the Stage, and makes them
speak thus :
"Kemp. Few of the vniuersity pen plaies well, they smell too much of
that writer Ouid and that writer Metamorphosis, and talke too much of
/'roserpina and luppitcr. Why herecs our fellow Shakespeare puts them
all downe, I [Ay] and lien Ionson too. O that Ben lonson is a pestilent
fellow, he brought vp Horace giuing the Poets a pill, but our fellow Shake-
speare hath given him a purge that made him heray his credit :
" BURBAGB. It's a shrewd fellow indeed : "
What this controversy between Siiaki'.si'EAUR and JONSON was, has not
yet been cleared up. It was evidently recent, when (in Dec, 1601) this
play was written.
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7. Thomas Decker,
The Dramatist.
The Seven Deadly Sins of
London, &c. i6 ° 6 -
The seuen deadly Shines of London : drawn in seuen scucrall
Coaches, through the seuen seuerall Gates of the Citie, bringing
the Plague with them.
A prole Allegorical Satire, giving a most vivid picture of London life, in
October, 1606.
The seven sins are—
Fkai/dulent Bankruptcy.
Lying.
Candlelight (Deeds of Darkness).
Sloth.
Apishness (Changes of Fashion).
Shaving {.Cheating), and Cruelty.
Their chariots, drivers, pages, attendants, and followers, are all allegon-
cally described.
8. The Editor.
An Introductory Sketch to the
Martin Marprelate Controversy.
158S-1590.
(a) The general Episcopal Administration, Censorship, &c
(b) The Origin of the Controversy.
(c) Depositions and Examinations.
(d) State Documents.
(e) The Brief held by Sir JOHN PUCKERING, against the
Martinists. . .. „
The Kfv J. UDALL(who was, however, not a Martinist) ; Mrs. Crane,
Molesey, Rev. J. Penky, Sir R. Knightley, of Fawsley, near North-
ampton • Humphrey Newman, the London cobbler ; John Hales, Lsq., ot
ntry; Mr and Mrs. Weekston, of Wolston : Job 1 hrockmokton,
! . HENRY Sharps, bookbinder of Northampton, and the four printers.
if) Miscellaneous Information.
| Who were the Writers who wrote under the name of Mar-
tin MAKl'RKI.AT k?
9. [Rev. John Udall,
Minister at Kingston on Thames.}
A Demonstration of Discipline, i&f-
A Demonstration of the trueth of that discipline which
CHRISTE Iiath pre rcrioed in his wordefor the gouernement of his
Clinch, in all times and places, vniil the endc of the worlde.
Printed with the secret Martinist press, ai I isl M ilesey, near Hampton
Court, in July, 1588; and secretly disiributcd with the Bpitonu 111 the
rig November.
1 r this Work, Udall lingered to death in orison.
It is perhaps the 1 , lete argument, in our language, for 1 restry-
ieri.111 Puritanism, as it was then understood. Its author asserted Tor it, the
infallibility <>f a Divine Logic . bul two generations had not passed away.
ire (under the teachings or Kxpcricncc) much of this Church 1 ohty had.
been discarded.
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10. Richard Stanyhurst,
the Irish Historian.
Translation o/yENEID I. -IV. 1582.
Thee first fovre Bookes of Virgil his /Eneis translated intoo
English heroical [i.e., hexameter] verse by RICHARD STANY-
HURST, wyth oother Poetical diuises theretoo annexed.
Imprinted at Leiden in Holland by Iohn Pates, Anno
M.D.LXXXII.
This is one of the oddest and most grotesque books in the English
language ; and having been printed in Flanders, the original Edition is of
extreme rarity.
The present text is, by the kindness of Lord Ashisurnham and S.
Christie-Miller, Esq., reprinted from the only two copies known, neither
of which is quite perfect.
Gabriel Harvey desired to be epitaphed, The Inventor 0/ the English
Hexameter; and Stanyhurst, in imitating him, went further than any
one else in maltreating English words to suit the exigencies of Classical feet.
1 1 . Martin Marpr elate.
The Epistle. 1588.
Oh read oner D. John Bridges, for it is a worthy worke :
Or an epitome of the fyrste Booke of that right worskipfull vol-
ume, written against the Puritanes, in the defence of the noble
eleaigie, by as worskipfull a prieste, John Bridges, Presbyter,
Priest or Elder, doctor of Diuillitie, and Deane of Sarum.
The Epitome [p. 26] is not yet published, but it shall be, 'when
the By shops are at convenient leysure to view the same. In the
meant time, let them be content with this learned Epistle.
Printed oversea, in Europe, within two furlongs of a Bonn -
sing Priest, at the cost and charges of M. Marprelate, gentle-
man.
12. Robert Greene, m.a.
Menaphon. '5 8 9-
Menaphon. Camillas alarum to slumbering Euphues,
in his mclancholie Cell at Silexcdra. Wherein are deciphered
the variable effects of Fortune, the wonders of Lone, the triumphes
of inconstant Time. Displaying in sundrie conceipted passions
(figured in a continuatc Historic) the Trophecs that Vcrtue
carricth triumphant, viaugre the wrath of Enuie, or the resolu-
tion of Fortune.
One of Greene's novels with Tom Nash's Preface, so important in refer-
ence to the earlier H AMI. IT. before Shakespeare's traecdy.
Greene's "love pamphlets" were the most popular Works of Fiction in
England, up to the appearance of Sir P. Sidney's Arcadia in 1590.
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13. George Joy,
an early Protestant Reformer.
An Apology to Tindale. 1535-
An Apologye made by GEORGE Joye to salisfye (if it may be)
W. Tindale : to pourgt and defende himself agrinst so many
stlaunderouse lyes fay tied vpon him in TlNDAl/s vncharitabU
and unsober Pystle so well worthye to be prefixed (or the Reader to
induce him into the understanding of hys new Testament dili-
gently corrected and printed in the yeare of our Lorde, 1534, in
Nouember [Antwerp, 27 Feb., 1535.
This aim k is our only authority in respect to the surreptitious
editions of the English New Testament, which were printed for the English
market with \cry many errors, by Antwerp printers who knew not English,
in the interval between Tindale's first editions in 1526, and his revised Text
(above referred to) in 1534.
14, Richard Barnfield.
0/ Darlaston, Staffordshire.
Poems. 1594-1598.
The affectionate Shepherd. Containing the Complaint of
Daphnis/^ the Lone of Ganymede.
In the following Work, BARNFIELD states that this is " an imitation of
Virgill, in the second Eglogue of Alexis."
CYNTHIA. With Certaine Sonnets, and the Legend of Cas-
sandra. 1595-
The Author thus concludes his Preface: " Thus, hoping you will beare
with my rude conceit of Cynthia (if for no other cause, yet, for that it is the
First Imitation of the verse of that excellent Poet, Maister Spencer, in his
I-ayrie Queene), I leaue you to the reading of that, which I so much desire
may breed your delight.'
The Encomion of Lady 1'k< .tnia : or, The Praise of Money.
1598.
Two of the Poems in this Text have been wrongly attributed to Shake-
speare. The disproof is given in the Introduction.
1 5. T[homas] Qooper].
[Bishop 0/ Hi:. //. - . . I
Admonition to the People of
England.
An admonition to the people of England' Wherein are an-
swered, not on ley the slaunderous vntruethes, reprochfully vtlered
by Maki IN the Libeller, but also many other Crinu by some of
his broode, objected generally against all Bishop,, and the chit
the Cleargie, purposely to deface and discredit the present state of
the Church, [fan. 1589].
ThUUtl I reply on the part hy, to UfART/N MAR-
PRSLATBs Epistle of [Nov.] 1508: eeNo 11. on/ 14.
Ii wa published between the appearance of the Epi m and that ortne
Epitome.
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1 6. Captain John Smith,
President of Virginia, and Admiral of New England,
WORKS.— 160S-1631. 2-jols. 12s. 6d.
A complete edition, with six facsimile plates.
Occasion was taken, in the preparation of this Edition, dispas-
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The following are the chief Texts in this Volume : —
(1.) A true Relation of Occurrences in Virginia. 1608.
(2.) A Map of Virginia. 1612.
(3.) A Description of New England. 1616.
(4. ) New England's Trials. 1620 and 1622.
(5.) The History of Virginia, New England, and Bermuda.
1624.
(6.) An Accidence for young Seamen. 1626.
(7.) His true Travels, Adventures, and Observations. 1630.
(8.) Advertisements for Planters in New England, or any-
where. 1631.
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America. [? 15 n]- 1555.
This work is a perfect Encyclopedia respecting the earliest
Spanish and English Voyages to America.
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Richard Eden from Sebastian Miknster's Cosmography:
and printed in 1553. The Second English Hook on America.
(3.) The Decades of the New World, etc., by Pietro Martire
[Petrus Martyr], translated by Richard Eden, and printed in
1555. Tin- Third English Booh on Atnetica, Shakespeare
obtained the character of Caliban from this Work.
A List of 837 London Publishers,
i553" l6 40.
This Master Key to English Bibliography for the period also
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];v \Y. TINDALE and W. ROY.
Sixty photo-lithographed pages ; preceded by a critical PREFACE.
Briefly told, the story of this profoundly interesting work is as
follows : —
In 1524 TlNDALE went from London to Hamburgh ; where
remaining for about a year, he journeyed on to Cologne ; and
there, assisted by William Roy, subsequently the author of the
satire on Wolsey, Rede me and be nott wrotht Tsee/. 19], he began
this first edition in 410, with glosses, of the English New Testament.
A virulent enemy of the Reformation, CochL/EUS, at that time an
exile in Cologne, learnt, through giving wine to the printer's men,
that P. QUENTAL the printer had in hand a secret edition of three
thousand copies of the English New Testament. In great alarm, he
informed HERMAN RlNCK, a Senator of the city, who moved the
Senate to stop the printing ; but Cochl>eus could neither obtain a
sight of the Translators, nor a sheet of the impression.
Tindale and Roy fled with the printed sheets up the Rhine to
Worms ; and there completing this edition, produced also another
in 8vo, without glosses. Both editions were probably in England by
March, 1526.
Of the six thousand copies of which they together were com-
posed, there remain but this fragment of the First commenced
edition, in 4to ; and of the Second Edition, in 8vo, one complete
copy in the Library of the Baptist College at Bristol, and an
imperfect one in that of St Paul's Cathedral, London.
In the Preface, the original documents are given intact, in
connection with
Evidence connected with the first Two Editions of the English
Ne-tu Testament, viz., in Quarto and Octavo —
I. William TlNDALE'S antecedent career.
II. The Printing at Cologne.
III. The Printing at Worms.
IV. William Roy's connection with these Editions.
V. The landing and distribution in England.
VI. The persecution in England.
Typographical and Literary Evidence connected with the present
Fragment —
I. It was printed for Tin dale by Peter QuBNtAL at
Cologne, before 1526.
II. It is not .1 portion of the separate Gospel of Matthcio printed
previous to that year.
III. It is therefore certainly a fragment of the Quarto.
Is the Quarto a translation of LUTHER'S Gi rman 1 5 > (ion f
Text. The prologge. Inner Marginal References. Outer
Marginal Glosses.
"." For a continuation of this Story seeG.Jc-Y'S . 1/ . .it /. 25.
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