University of Califbrnia Berkeley 
 
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VERTUES DUE. 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 TO 
 
 POWELL'S VERTUES DUE 
 
 [HE prefent Trad is printed from an unique and hitherto 
 unknown one. The author was probably the fame Thomas 
 Powell who has verfes before Foorde's (or Ford's) " Fame's 
 Memoriall, or the Earl of Devonmire deceafed ; with his honourable 
 Life, peacefull End, and folemne Funerall." 4to. Lond. i 606 ; and who 
 wrote alfo the following works : 
 
 Love's Leprofie, 1598. 
 
 The Paffionate Poet : with a Defcription of the Thracian Ifmarus, 
 1601. 
 
 A Welch Bayte to fpare Provender, 1603. 
 
 Direction for Search of Records, 1622. 
 
 The Myfterie of Lending and Borrowing, 1623. 
 
 The Attourneys Academy, 1623. 
 
 The Attornies Almanacke, 1627. 
 
 The Repertorie of Records, 1 63 1 . 
 
 Tom of all Trades, or the Plaine Path- Way to Preferment, 1631. 
 
 Mr. F. J. Furnivall, in reprinting the laft tract among the Publica- 
 tions of the New Shakfpere Society, 1 876, thus fpeaks of the author. " Our 
 third tract is by a reverencer of Bacon in his diftrefs, a rollicking attorney 
 and Welmman, Thomas Powell, who feems to have begun writing very 
 
ii Introduction to Powell's Vertues Due. 
 
 bad ferious poetry in 1598 and 1601, and then turnd to chaffing profe, 
 ftill interfperft with fcraps of bad verfe, and divefrs profeflional hand- 
 books, till he ended his career of authorfhip in 1631 with his Tom of all 
 Trades^ here reprinted. There may have been two Thomas Powells. 
 But as the one of 1603 1631 had both a ferious and humorous ftyle in 
 his profe, and in his verfe in his profe-books, I fee no fufficient reafon for 
 fuppofing that he is not the ferious-ftyle verfe-writer of 1598 1601." 
 
 Our tract, Vertues Due, fully bears out the above character given of 
 fome of his other works by Mr. Furnivall ; for, like his firft productions 
 which appeared in 1598 and 1601, this is not only "very bad ferious 
 poetry", but it has a greater fault, that of being in fome places unintelli- 
 gible. Attempting to foar, obfcurity immediately envelopes him, and to 
 make matters worfe, not content with ufing the hardeft words for the 
 fimpleft fubjects, he preffes into his fervice other words and expreflions not 
 elfewhere to be met with in any work, ancient or modern. 
 
 His peculiar temperament feems to render him incapable of telling a 
 plain ftory in a natural manner ; and, while ftriving to elevate the verieft 
 common-places into poetical dignity, he makes doubtful what he mould 
 explain, and by his awkward verbiage and circumlocution fucceeds, not in 
 impreffing his readers with a refpect for his poetical powers, but, with the 
 grave complacency of a Malvolio, in making himfelf a laughing-flock by 
 his affectations and abfurdities. 
 
 Yet fufficient reafons we think may be mown for the prefent reprint, 
 independent of its rarity; inafmuch as it not only deals with a courtly 
 perfonage, whofe memory has for nearly three centuries been furrounded 
 by a fort, of fentimental halo, but as it is the hitherto unknown production 
 of a man whofe other labours with the pen have earned for him a certain 
 degree of notoriety while, more than all, its remarkable phrafeology 
 entitles it to rank among the minor " Curiofities of Literature." 
 
 The Lady herein commemorated was the daughter of Henry Gary, 
 Lord Hunfdon, and firft wife of Charles fecond Baron Howard of 
 Effingham, created Earl of Nottingham, 22 Oct. 1596. He was the 
 
Introduction to Powell's Vertues Due. iii 
 
 celebrated Lord High Admiral, who aflifted in defeating the Spanifh 
 Armada in 1588, and who died 14 Dec. 1624. His wife predeceafed 
 him many years, dying at Arundel Houfe, in London, 25 Feb. 1602-3, 
 only a month before Queen Elizabeth, whofe laft days me is faid (but on 
 very doubtful authority) to have embittered by her treacherous conduct 
 m not tranfmitting to her fovereign the Earl of Effex's ring, the delivery 
 of which might have been the means of preferving the life of that ram 
 but ftill-loved favourite. She furvived Eflex exactly two years to a day, 
 he having been executed 25 Feb. 1600-1. 
 
 She left five children, the third of whom the eldeft daughter married 
 Sir Robert Southwell, of Woodrifing, Norfolk, who ferved under his 
 father-in-law againft the Spaniards. The portraits of both thefe naval 
 worthies, it may be mentioned, are given in Pine's engravings from the 
 old tapeftry which was preferved in the Houfe of Lords till its deftruction 
 by the great fire in 1835. -^ er own portrait and that of her hufband 
 appear in the large painting by Mark Garrard (the property of G. Digby 
 Wingfield Digby, Esq.) in which Queen Elizabeth is reprefented as 
 carried in ftate to Hunfdon Houfe, 18 Sept. 1571. And another full- 
 length portrait of the Earl of Nottingham, painted by Zucchero, is in the 
 Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hofpital. 
 
Vertues due 
 
 Or 
 
 A true model! of the life 
 
 of the right: Honourable Ka- 
 
 tharine Ho ward,Iare Counttffe 
 
 of Nottingham, dc* 
 
 ceafed. 
 7". ?. Gentleman, 
 
 Printed at London by Simon Stafford, 
 
 dwelling in Hofier hne,neere 
 Smith-fold. 
 
the right Honorable^ 
 
 Chdrlcs Howard, Earlc of Nottin%~ 
 
 ham , Baroa of Effihgham,Lord high 
 
 jidmirAfl 6/Enghnd^ offer Mtucjltes 
 
 molt Honorable prime Cbonfayle, and 
 
 tfthe Koble Order of the 
 
 C 'arter y &c. 
 
 Igbt Noble L0rd> my refifac tods 
 tetuifeAjo make immot&tit vpon 
 the nice ft circumftanccs ofyourprc* 
 fent hAUiourjn plentiful and kono^ 
 orrorv^whofe antmutt motion might bee 
 to the violence hereof : Thts gAut 
 It due to the greater obferuance which wee o we to 
 the deceA^ed^thdt is}in protection andcontefta- 
 lion : Be/ides that warrant of the antentique & 
 CenfortAli rites \ rvhofe example I hauehere quo- 
 ted for moft Honor Able Heraldrie, in dijpoftng 
 her funtr All' torch by due reference^ into your 
 ii neither infeebling the cottrtept 
 Uj <f 
 
The Epiftfc Dedicatory 
 'tf the fining* or promt fing mine own 
 
 iber U 4ffiute,'K rcfricare molcftists, bat in 
 mne owns aft* ft Mitt fo be confarmedmth that 
 StomAvt filemnitj of dtdicAtion, 
 
 vWJasfhfjvas, I write fir frepdenf^ 
 Lftt oretf fucctf$ion,tbAngricp argumtnt* 
 
 Your Honours, 
 
 in all thencrucs 
 of my ability, 
 
 Thomas 'Powell. 
 
To the Reader, 
 
 prepare ye to what is wnr c 
 
 1 know,my (mooch eft compo* 
 fure would be coo boyftcrcus, 
 vpon the rigall uakcdnefleof 
 yourtmpatience* A long pro 
 race were a ficke fcthcr vpon 
 yourwinged ^fercitry. And 
 
 yet, to cxpofe me to vninftrufte<fcenfure,who{e 
 proofeistoomuchinfcucnty, I Oiould releafe 
 the bond of our reccaliation ) & feeme tofufpe^ 
 appro bstion, to be more of fortunes almcs,diaa 
 ourownc deferuingj imply to your freer (pirit$, 
 all curt omary requifitcs, and to iny felfe referuo 
 this onely obiter of opinion : Thaci write rn ore 
 of duty to the dead, than reputation of liuicg 
 Pocfie. In both which, I am wilfully coafid 
 to be confidently willing* 
 
 T. 
 
Refumptfo. 
 
 i* Cum tonat Ocyus Ifcx, 
 &u/pbvrc difcutiturfacro 
 
 T.P. 
 
Vcrtues due. 
 
 He Sunnc but now 
 began to gachcr fire, 
 
 And lay a fharpcr edge 
 vpon his bcames, 
 
 Abated to the faint (Tc 
 of the yeere, 
 
 As fretted with the (alt 
 
 of Neptnnes fteames, 
 When blacke foleaioity cnuide anew, 
 And foyld his face with amorc prcoous dcwc: 
 
 Dew'd with the mod religion of affeflion, 
 Madefoftinnaturo,andin Heraldry : 
 The one accufing fate for his elcftion : 
 The other, weeping his feucricy 
 
 Both from their Cyprus altars offring tcarc5, 
 Ynowc to make him aged in yong yearcs. 
 
 B 
 
 Jc 
 
due. 
 
 It was not for the gods e/^r&u&i* theft, 
 When he drew dry their vdcfcrs milch-cxcefie, 
 Nor for his mother P/&MS, whca (he Wept 
 His rage, that earth malign* d his murrincfle* 
 But,loc, aficftions lav? of like for Tike : 
 It is our natures frccdome to requite, 
 
 For he had luftrc on his infant ray es, 
 Toblandiflioutthe glory of his Spring, 
 Reft From cBe falling Load-ftarre ofourdayes, 
 Whofe motion was the mufike which I fingj 
 The meafuceof confcnt to all her fphere : 
 Indeed Hie was the bcH in Cyntbias quiere. 
 
 She 
 
f^crfucs 
 
 She was, (and fo are loofers (lill in lecfing, 
 When they recount the worth of. what is loft) 
 A nd ii noc. Cold remembrance euer tVcc^mg 
 Whenic(halireadethe (lory of what's paft. 
 Yet as (he was, repeate for prefidrnc 
 More of fucccliion, then griefs argument* 
 
 Was of her trayrte* Eternities decreeing 
 Did dedicate her in her parentage, 
 Whofencerc alliance askt as necre abeeingj 
 And gently (cal'd it on her virgin waxc : 
 
 And fo, for nature and elelbon, 
 
 Would Cyntbta's f<?lt endecrc her as her own* 
 
 B 2 She 
 
due. 
 
 She gaue her ranke, rcfpc<ft,and full acceflc, 
 Agnizing her affinity and merit 
 .With fauours, graces after gracioufneflcj 
 Wherein Hie feem'd asiiflhc did inherit 
 Thetruft and dignitiesj which long before 
 Her Honourable Anccftors did ftoe. 
 
 Her parents honours did (he extraduce 
 
 Into her very difpofition ; 
 
 'As if the general! Carey were infufde 
 
 And had no other formes of his diuifion, 
 Their ancient vn attainted loyalty 
 Broad biow'ne,andfluihvpon her infancy* 
 
 Yet 
 
f^crtucs Ac, 
 
 Yetbeauty was not oncly of her blood : 
 Her birth-day Solftice height vnto perfection* 
 The Cantharis enuies a verdant bud, 
 And birth does only counfailc co protection. 
 So learnd fhe with the chage of cucry Spring, 
 To fane her blood with hccdfull dyctmg. 
 
 Her youth preferu'd it chafte with continence? 
 A virgin diet for the hotc intention, 
 Which ought vngloflchi* colour : addc expece, 
 Both of the length Scbrcdth of their dimefion t 
 But the example of her mariage bed, 
 Were Oratory to perfwadc to wed. 
 
 B 5 
 
 For 
 
due. 
 
 For after (he had blcft To many raooncs, 
 As Had v*flr** 9 when fnc was cransfixi; 
 With more auftcnty, than that which crownes 
 The Roma ncchafticy, did (he commixe 
 Her bit tli, her blood, Nobility and name, 
 Io flowc more lofty in asnchveyne: 
 
 a Family 
 
 Ot* eminence, deryu'd without difteor, 
 ^Fromthefirlt Hiieldof all their Aunceftry, 
 .To this of Ckdrkt) the latdl Eminent (pirc ,. 
 Whpfefayth and fortune* may they nc'reex- 
 But in a niching firmament of fire* 
 
 She 
 
Pcrtttes dut. 
 
 She Wedded, yet flic was a Votary, 
 To miniftcr in confecratcd flame, 
 Andweare Dianaes bo w/vpon her thigh, 
 Till on a day of fanftified name, (bid?. 
 
 To ftore echc Nymph wich lhatt$,the goddcflc 
 To fill her quiuers all with Popl 
 
 Thatgrcwrponaleuin, which the Tea 
 Had fcafon'd thriftily within the fhorcs 
 There Hepttnt tell in loUe withftfom'ff*, 
 That till this day neVe fawe the Nymph before, 
 Ne're had his bred; improou'd or foftened, 
 But like the temper of his Corall bed : 
 
 B 4 From 
 
due* 
 
 From which he lately rifle to lay her in, 
 And plac'd his A ggot wreath vpon her hrowcs, 
 Whole potent charmcs Dion* pardon'd him, 
 And gauc her back the freedoms of her vowcsj 
 So flic might ftill be of her fayne crayne, 
 He war with Saturnct fonnes vpon the may oe. 
 
 And now, //^4, with herwedlockc fate, 
 
 Did wed her to a higher dignity. 
 
 She kept the chayre that did fuborne tier (late, 
 
 Andgrac'd it like the bluc-cyde Cafstope: 
 She ne'rc furcharg'd ability with grace, 
 But ftill her oxvne dioienfions fild the place : 
 
 Wherein, 
 
due. 
 
 Wherein this noble Lady Katberfoe feemd 
 T'anticipatc her Miiiris bounteous hand, 
 .As if her offices were but redecmd 
 From vndcr meriting^and (he did (land 
 
 Aloncyind vnencountred in her worth; 
 
 One whom inheritance had called forth; 
 
 Or rathcrprouidcnce: for what (he was,' 
 She was to others,chrough her fclfc intended t 
 l/ike to forac interiec^ed leafe of gia(Te 9 (dec?,- 
 That brcaks,yct hcats,whcn ncercrraycsoffcn* 
 She was all Organs, euen to the mind 9 
 Whereby God did insinuate with mankind. 
 
 Her 
 
Her whole mortality had this extern. 1 
 Shehadatfe&ionsof immortall fsnfc : 
 For /he would pity much, and much relent : 
 But the affc& of grcatclt prcfidence 
 
 Ouer her naturc,hcld no finnc to this; 
 
 To leaue apt good yndone,or doot amiflfc. 
 
 Themorethey mKTc of her that are imbayd, 
 And fortune fixt for want of Tea and (cope, 
 Their burden with their faylc being ouerlaydi 
 .Vnleficthcy Anchor all their after-hope, 
 They raiflc : alas, 1 write of chat too foone, 
 And lend her liumg word) for gnefe co cotnci 
 
 Yet 
 
 V 
 
f^crtucs (fee* 
 
 Yet liu'd fherootstliue that old report, 
 Which now againe our new worlds fo?m ap- 
 *Tliat, there is no rettremet in the court, (prcsie* 
 Where there is much variety to moue, 
 And ftealc3wayO,thcre'6 no I if- like isers, 
 That liu'd to bury her cxccuras. 
 
 For fofeaeflc ouer feyz'd her appetite* 
 A bloodlcfic lyuor liuss noc on his beat: 
 Her refolution was Vropmtickf right, 
 AnUfbrward ftem'd againft the Moooes retreat 
 No changc,no liberty ,no rul-eydepieafore 
 Could bdag deuocions mufike eat of nsst-' 
 
 (five. 
 
f^ertues due* 
 
 Ic was for her,the million of her face, 
 And callmgjdoe be fide approue their kind; 
 Whofe ftory often read, as oft begets 
 Opinion, that the fexeis foinciin'd, 
 And calling, fo difpofcd vnco good, 
 As well in Courtfliip,as in woman-hood. 
 
 She was* woman^yet,oot one of thofc 
 Whofe erogated heate concerts to hate. 
 It was her honour to rbrgiue her foes, 
 Euen in their cbbe^nd full dtftcnc of date. 
 Alas, (he would not take aduantage than, 
 Left ihcfhould trip the fraylty of lus man, 
 
 She 
 
due. 
 
 She would not glory bis humility, 
 
 Nor aftuace Ksr old cggreeuaticcs 
 
 O're wctkc clift 
 
 Suchconqucftl 
 
 For wlicn I doc butfccond Fortunes ilrcke, 
 1 wound a heart (has isatoeadybroke, 
 
 Shewasa CourtiertCHy; bifeas a Starre 
 Vnfixc, and like Grots maftrcame; 
 As free asfeathcrd Faulcons iathe ayre 
 Mooii'd on no other line, but C?t*tbi#5 beamc 5 
 Her freer fpiric ne're was putao frame, 
 Though {he put on her fclfaCouraeis Jiante* 
 
 For 
 
ts due. 
 
 For (he did hofpitable bouncy too, 
 A nd eucr kept her influence at home; 
 Which eucry Courtier vfes not to doe, 
 Why, (he was nothing Courtier, nor her owns: 
 Her light was made a Sca-markc to diftrefle, 
 Where Fortunes wracks arryu'd their needines. 
 
 in Court, DO ftudy that would apprehend,' 
 
 Or aike Religion of her duty more, 
 
 Than, what /f{ gaue might fliU commend 
 
 Her rnoft magnificence, and fouatayac ftorc$ 
 
 She was not like a Conduit-pipe raft by, 
 
 To turns the ftrcame, & Isaac the channel dry. 
 
 How 
 
How many feruantsof cbatRoyall (rape 
 Could the rrefh image of her loue excite, 
 Jo witnefle, (he preferd Eli^aa fame 
 A boue her priuace reputations height ! 
 S he hated to be hyr'de to doe them good, 
 Or begd to buy their mcrits,though fbe cou*d, 
 
 And yet did her contentment ftretch it felfe 
 More amply: Greatnefle was aboue her feare; 
 A faith beyond the curfe that followes wealth, 
 Who cucrmore fufpefts eruptions neerc, 
 Whole chage docs chage the ftate of their fub- 1 
 And giues this duty to th e next cledio (ie^o 9 
 
 Great 
 
T/trtues due.. 
 
 Great &fccurc! Me thinks,tiswo<lrous ftrange: 
 But gracious not enuyde ! Impofsiblc ; 
 For difcoctcn t makes worth his fret of change, 
 And no$fcruiUty it fclfe fpeakes well 
 Of Honourable birth or betterment: 
 
 im is fcarcj& feare,concempt, 
 
 I know not howrcfpe& cameoucr all; 
 
 But the mod bumble did admke her moih 
 
 A branch of raoke loue turndto prodigall; 
 
 Such lone is ftill cxhauft, or ouerHowes. 
 Jlclcarncyc howfhe did diuert their bate: 
 Shi made her felfe as bumble as their ftatc* 
 
 The 
 
due* 
 
 of alilier veccnes had a 
 Of greater reucecoe^t-lisn had the reft* 
 Religion* Tis a fdsaoas to arraigae, 
 
 our ndioas to the teft* 
 
 was 
 
 She laad no other prindpks(Gcd wot) 
 Wlicrcby to Icoell and conforms hex life s 
 All was na honeft that was 6frly got s 
 She would EO by imaftiee compare right $ 
 No? vfdc to fay ? TJ5 C*yiy aafweres aJlj 
 $ 6 thou rferue i; o ilaad a may kingdom^s fall* 
 
Kcrltfc wasbutamodcll imitation* , 
 Dravncwith thefrefliciUolours inftance Bad 
 In holy writ* which gaue it approbation 5 
 They wereijerefTence (thcrfore could not fade) 
 Like colon? lay d in wine: her Lenten blacks 
 Die fii| like Kfjjit* (biit vpon her backc* 
 
 Uon andmfttiinty, 
 She flood in natures frayle adoption heere, 
 Whenheauen ww&vouchfafchesr fir it to be 
 ^ roothe^and her vertucs to appeare 
 In propagated .nfele(Ie of a fonne, 
 That laydhisrooteas tax as fbc begunoc. 
 
 That 
 
That firftf L. Wtlltim was of Effinglotm, 
 A Barony, that &ld and Knighthood oamd 
 With fweating fours, when heraldry defaign^ 
 His hardirocnt.O,'ewere a fighitolearoe. 
 And put ambitious fire.in any Sway nc, 
 TO fee Nobility To dearely gaynd. 
 
 Heauen was delighted in Jm warktnanfnipy 
 And now became more boficiousof his bfcatfc, 
 Whkh fweld her womb to be niorc fruitful y et> 
 0cnu'd afecond labors where fhc left, 
 
 AlexDfidblefsihg, and a Cbtrfa betid*; 
 
 for Beoouss lofty bed did open widd f 
 
 A third 
 
A thicd, Inuention, giue mebacke^myfelfc 
 Peuided* All my numbers keeps co&fcnt, 
 And with my Coulc my ftiles ambition melt. 
 Ecfec finrw of our duty be attentj 
 ForgetckefaaeraHihce&^d maidly, 
 And pro&icucion wholly furasnon roc. 
 
 OH her by any epithicc cxprcft 
 In vertaes Inuentory j nay difcourfc 
 Her mothers life : ice with what UuciinefTc 
 She does infert it, freely, and vnforc'd. 
 Be flic the noble Coumcflc of Kildare, 
 Or CobhAtiu Baroneffe^ihcc's wondrous faire* 
 

 J^crtucs 
 
 A next. The Lady Soutfofl* Hers I 
 Confound my method ewidb a plcfltiotis vayri 
 Of great deuotioivmd of wydaowhood : 
 But my more freeprcpafemenis are 
 To fiiew the Ioft,thcir lift fina&cue, 
 To which the Lady L*fin much accrete 
 
 Here^happincfle did floate at all the Sync: 
 This day accounted for the greaeeft debt, 
 T hat grace and goodeft Scars could her afsigac: 
 Andtfilthisdayhcr circle neucr metj 
 
 Now was her happinellc fo facisSde, (fidf ft 
 She knew noc what her wifh might addc be- 
 
 C ? Content- 
 
f^crtucs due. 
 
 Contentment crownd her ftreight beyond the 
 And roughed oppositions in her birth; (mayne, 
 The Weeping Crocodtlefhi Syrens itrayne, 
 A&d all the Definitions that inuert 
 
 Our>Fye,whatift that we can call our owne? 
 
 She paft the fcas,& fhipvvrackt here at home 
 
 Within the hausn. Now,it^ras difpofd 
 Withhcauenly wifdoinc,tothcbcftof vfes 
 So, we arc wife, to purchafc from oar foes, 
 T'cnrichthe fca with that which land abufes. 
 
 We doe iccurc vs in their fccbled ftore. 
 
 Securcncffc hurts Ieaft,whcn itis moltpoore* 
 
 The 
 
The goodncfTc of the Higheft left her not r 
 For to/fw, conquering w*r/ vnarriu*d, 
 Mult disimbark thcgoldenfleeceine brought* 
 In her owne hauen to be ftcllifyde., 
 
 And feemaboue her weeping Marble fpfeere,. 
 
 7o rmmme as free in heauen, as he did heere* 
 
 'Twasoncly in herwiflies HOW to dye, 
 When as her fulacfle fear'd to be' o're-ioydj 
 Like thofe that futfet of faciety 9 ' 
 And y ec their furquedry is euer voyd * 
 Tliefe hatie their fulneffc fo intemperate, 
 Nothing refreihesjtill icfuffocate. 
 
 c + 
 
 She 
 
l/^crtues due. 
 
 She would not haue her S timer beames to light 
 ,Vp0n the rancke, and thrifty fly me beneath, 
 Where honours hcatbegets the parafite, 
 And other monflrous (hapes, that vvil bequeath 
 Vnto their Ccjar^Ioufs ownchcricance, 
 1 And fvtrcll his greatncfie mto arrogance. 
 
 She fear'd that fuch flnild know her to be great. 
 
 Shekncw her greatnefle was fuperlaciue. 
 
 Natyrcjand grace, andlfors their rcll had fcr, 
 
 A nd cu cry oppofition left to ftriue, 
 She wanted nothing of felicity, 
 But free commifsion to defift and dyc 
 
 She 
 
 SM?.i 
 
 4 C 
 
Vtrtms due. 
 
 She pray d k,and preuentf d conftant fate, 
 That would not her delight fliuld fee her fvmt 
 Out of conucrfc familiar, and innate, 
 I oy ,longer then tis frefh,is not complcat 2 
 But like co Times owntunes^thatrauifhuoc,, 
 Becaufe they iygdit, when we were begot* 
 
 This burthen would be 
 When fhchad re ckon*dco maturity , 
 -Appealing from the Moonc that fcllowct?, 
 The cyghc, which mortals call an enemy 
 Vnto conception. Fate and fhc complydei 
 And in a feuen-fbld happmeltc the dyde* 
 
The 0/ering. 
 
 Hou that ow'ftthis brcathles beau- 
 Miftris or" the dayes deuotion, (cy, 
 And her blackeft rices of duty, 
 Guyd'ft hertimclcijjunclcs motion 
 O ! I would not leaue thec y ct, 
 Till I fee thy Scaremencs fit. 
 
 Thou, that art complocron carclcffe, 
 Let affe^ions anncs vnfold, 
 After laft imbracings dureIc(Tc, 
 Andvpon the hallo wedft mold, 
 Left for tnonumentall vfc, 
 By thy iuft extcnfurc ehufc. 
 
 Jf 
 
If the earth deny thee red, 
 Like the fqulc that lycsfo foft 
 In her groning,grieucd brcft, 
 Shale chou there be buried oft. 
 
 Earth affords no freer Toornbe; 
 
 None fo wide as (brrowcs wombe* 
 
 There in ftcad of balmde confeion, 
 Righteous tcarcs^and fcafon'd fighing 
 Sprinkle o're thy ceaft complexion, 
 Till they fcalc thy fearements plighting* 
 Gratefull odqurs be about thee : 
 Truce wuhin,aadtcarCJ without thee. 
 
 Next, 
 
f^crtucs due. 
 
 Nexc 8 for Scuchion* o'rc thy hcrfe. 
 
 I that truly would difplay dice, 
 
 Offer vp this facred rcrfc, 
 
 With the grcaccft zcalc that may be t 
 Though thy Herald,lcngththey Iteke, 
 Yetour Scuchionftauesareblacke* 
 
 Lcafcbylcafc,bc open wide; 
 Spcake to all that paflc this way, 
 That tliey part not from thy fide. 
 Till they read, and readrog pray. 
 May this (lory neuer fade, 
 Tiii chyibulc be quicks conuayd. 
 
The offering. 
 
 Angels with their mufikecharracs 
 
 All vnknownc malignity; 
 
 Drowne the midnights hye aikrrae, 
 
 When the facring fumniom be j 
 Let not her rnhallowedbrteh. 
 Enter in thy houfc of 4cath 
 
 Spirits fan&i&Ie fccurc theer 
 All corruption quite be fpcnt. 
 Let thy natures workcs aflurc thec 
 Confunmttion imminent. 
 
 Though thou lefVft them all behind chce> 
 iCf there refine thec 
 
The offering. 
 
 Workes andfayththy foule conuay, 
 On a hcaucn-dcuiding wing. 
 Let dcuotion rcadc and pray* 
 Saints and miniftnng Angclsfing. 
 All, with natures latcft debt, 
 Wy pea way thy Marble* fwcat. 
 
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