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THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUOH AND QUEENSBERRY, K.G. PRESIDENT.
MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN. FRANCIS HENRY DICKINSON, ESQ. MARQUIS OP BATH. GEORGE BRISCOE EYRE, ESQ. EARL OF CRAWFORD. THOMAS GAISFORD, ESQ. EARL OF CARNARVON. HENRY BUCKS GIBBS, ESQ. Tnamrer. EARL OF POWIS, V.P. ALBAN GEORGE HENRV GIBBS, ESQ. EARL BEAUCHAMP. RALPH NEVILLE GRENVILLE, ESQ. EARL OF CAWDOR. ROBERT STAYNER HOLFORD. ESQ. LORD ZOUCHE. JOHN MALCOLM, ESQ. LORD HOUGHTON. JOHN COLE NICHOLL, ESQ. LORD COLERIDGE. EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ. BARON HEATH. EDWARD JAMES STANLEY, ESQ. RIGHT HON. ALEX. JAMES BERESFORD HOPE. SIMON WATSON TAYLOR, ESQ. SIR WILLIAM REYNELL ANSON, BART. REV. WILLIAM HEPWORTH THOMPSON, D.D. SIR EDWARD HULSE, BART. GEORGE TOMLINE, ESQ. ARTHUR JAMES BALFoUR, ESQ REV. EDWARD TINDAL TURNER. HENRY BRADSHAW, ESQ. VICTOR WILLIAM BATES VAN DE WEYER, ESQ. HENRY ARTHUR BRIGHT, ESQ. W. ALOIS WRIGHT, ESQ. REV. WILLIAM EDWARD BUCKLEY.
1812. PRESIDENT.
1. GEORGE JOHN, EARL SPENCER.
1812. 2. WILLIAM SPENCER, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. 1812. 3 GEORGE SPENCER CHURCHILL, MARQUIS OF BLANDFORD. 1817. DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. 1812. 4. GEORGE GRANVILLE LEVESON GOWER, EARL GOWER. 1833. MARQUIS OF STAFFORD. 1833. DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. 1812. 5. GEORGE HOWARD, VISCOUNT MORPETH. 1825. EARL OF CARLISLE. 1812. 6. JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, VISCOUNT ALTHORP. 1834. EARL SPENCER.
1812. 7. SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, BART. 1812. 8. SIR SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES, BART. 1812. 9. WILLIAM BENTHAM, ESQ. 1812. 10. WILLIAM BOLLAND, ESQ. 1829. SIR WILLIAM BOLLAND. KNT. 1812. 11. JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. 1812. 12. REV. WILLIAM HOLWELL CARR. 1812. 13. JOHN DENT. ESQ. 1812. 14 REV. THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN. 1812. 15. REV. HENRY DRURY. 1812. 16. FRANCIS KKEEL1NG, ESQ. 1828. SIR FRANCIS FREKLING, BART. 1812. 17. GEORGE HENRY FREELING, ESQ. 1836. SIR GEORGE HENRY FREELING, liART. 1812. 18. JOSEPH HASLEWOOD, ESQ. 1812. 19. RICHARD HEBER, ESQ. 1812. 20. REV. THOMAS CUTHBERT HEBEK. 1812. 21. GEORGE ISTED, ESQ. 1812. 22. ROBERT LANG, ESQ. 1812. 23. JOSEPH LITTLEDALE, ESQ. 1824. SIR JOSEPH LITTLEDALE, KNT. 1812. 24. JAMES HEYWOOD MARKLAND, ESQ. 1812. 25. JOHN DELAFIELD PHELPS, ESQ. 1812. '26. THOMAS PONTON, ESQ. 1812. 27. PEREGRINE TOWNELEY, ESQ. 1812. 28. EDWARD VERNON UTTERSON, ESQ. 1812. 2'J. ROGER \VILBRAHAM, ESQ. 1812. 30. REV. JAMES WILLIAM DODD. 1812. 31. EDWARD LITTLEUALE, ESQ.
1816. 32. GEORGE HIBBERT, ESQ. 1819. 33. SIR ALEXANDER BOSWELL, BART. 1822. 34. GEORGE WATSON TAYLOR, ESQ. 1822. 35. JOHN ARTHUR LLOYD, ESQ. 1822. 36. VENERABLE ARCHDEACON WRANGHAM. 1823. 37. THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY. 1827. SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. 1827. 38. HON. AND REV. GEORGE NEVILLE GRENVILLE. 1846. DEAN OF WINDSOR. 1828. 39. EDWARD HERBERT, VISCOUNT CLIVE. 1839. EARL OF POWIS. 1830. 40. JOHN FREDERICK, EARL OF CAWDOR. 1831. 41. REV. EDWARD CRAVEN HAWTREY, D.D. 1834. 42. SIR STEPHEN RICHARD GLYNNE, BART. 1834. 43. BENJAMIN BARNARD, ESQ. 1834. 44. VENERABLE ARCHDEACON BUTLER, D.D. 1836. SAMUEL, LORD BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. 1835. PRESIDENT.
EUVVAKO HERBERT, VISCOUNT CLIVK.
1839. EARL OF POWI8.
1835. 45. WALTER FRANCIS, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY. 1836. 46. RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FRANCIS EGERTON. 1846. EAKL OF ELLESMERE. 1836. 47. ARCHIBALD ACHESON, VISCOUNT ACHESON. 1849. EARL OF GOSFORD. 1836. 48. BERIAH BOTFIELD, ESQ. 1836. 49. HENRY HALLAM, ESQ. 1837. 50. PHILIP HENRY STANHOPE, VISCOUNT MAHON. 1855. EARL STANHOPE. 1838. 51. GEOKGE JOHN, LORD VERNON. 1838. 52. REV. PHILIP BLISS, D.C.L. 1839. 53. RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES PARKE, KNT. 1550. LORD WENSLEYDALE. 1839. 54. REV. BULKELEY BANDINEL, D.D. 1839. 55. WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, ESQ. 1839. 56. EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ. 1840. 57. EDWARD JAMES HERBERT, VISCOUNT OLIVE. 1848. EARL OF POWIS. 1841. 58. DAVID DUNDAS, ESQ. 1847. SIR DAVID DUNDAS, KNT. 1842. 59. JOHN EARL BROWNLOW. 1842. 60. HONOURABLE HUGH CHOLMONDELEY. 1855. LORD DELAMERE. 1844. 61. SIR ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, BART. 1844. 62. ALEXANDER JAMES BERESFORD HOPE, ESQ. 1844. 63. REV. HENRY WELLESLEY. 1845. 64. ANDREW RUTHERFURD, ESQ. 1851. LORD RUTHERFURD. 1846. 65. HON. ROBERT CURZON, JUN. 1846. 66. GEORGE TOMLINE, ESQ. ]846. 67. WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQ. 1866. SIR WILLIAM STIRLING MAXWELL, BART. 1847. 68. FRANCIS HENRY DICKINSON, ESQ. 1848 PRESIDENT. WALTERFRANCIS, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCHAND QUEENSBERRY, K.G.
1848. 69. NATHANIEL BLAND, ESQ. 1848. 70. REV. WILLIAM EDWARD BUCKLEY. 1849 71. REV. JOHN STUART HIPPISLEY HORNER. 1849. 72. HIS EXCELLENCY MONSIEUR VAN DE WEYER. 1849. 73. MELVILLE PORTAL, ESQ. 1851. 74. ROBERT STAYNER HOLFORD, ESQ. 75. PAUL BUTLER, ESQ. 76. EDWARD HULSE, ESQ. 1855. SIR EDWARD HULSE, BART. 1853. 77. CHARLES TOWNELEY, ESQ. 1854. 78. WILLIAM ALEX. ANTH. ARCH. DUKE OF HAMILTON AND BRANDON. 79. HENRY HOWARD MOLYNEUX, EARL OF CARNARVON. 1855. 80. SIR JOHN BENX WALSH, BART. 1868. LORD ORMATHWAITE. 81. ADRIAN JOHN HOPE, ESQ. 82. RALPH NEVILLE GRENVILLE, ESQ. 1856. 83. SIR JOHN SIMEON, BART. 84. SIR JAMES SHAW WILLES, KNT. 1857. 85. GEORGE GRANVILLE FRANCIS, EARL OF ELLESMERE. 86. WILLIAM SCHOMBERG ROBERT, MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN. 87. FREDERICK TEMPLE, LORD DUFFERIN. 1872. EARL OF DUFFERIN. 1858. 88. SIMON WATSON TAYLOR,°ESQ. 89. THOMAS GAISFORD, ESQ. 1861. 90. JOHN FREDERICK VAUGHAN, EARL CAWDOR. 1863. 91. GRANVILLE LEVESON GOWER, ESQ. 92. HENRY HUCKS GIBBS, ESQ. 1864. 93. RICHARD MONCKTON, LORD HOUGHTON. 94. CHRISTOPHER SYKES, ESQ. 95. REV. HENRY OCTAVIUS COXE. 96. REV. WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK. 97. REV. CHARLES HENRY HARTSHORNE. 98. JOHN COLE NICHOLL, ESQ. 99. GEORGE BRISCOE EYRE, ESQ. 100. JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, ESQ. 1866. 101. HENRY HUTH, ES . 102. HENRY BRADSHAW, ESQ. 1867. 103. FREDERICK, EARL BEAUCHAMP. 104. KIRKMAN DANIEL HODGSON, ESQ. 1868. 105. CHARLES WYNNE FINCH, ESQ. 1870. 106. HENRY SALUSBURY MILMAN, ESQ. 107. EDWARD JAMES STANLEY, ESQ 1871. 103. REV. EDWARD TINDAL TURNER. 1872. 109. SCHOMBERGHENRY, MARQUISOF LOTHIAN. 1875. 110. JOHN ALEXANDER, MARQUISOF BATH. 111. JOHN DUKE, LORD COLERIDGE. 112. VICTOR WILLIAM BATES VAN DE WEYER, ESQ. 113. HENRY ARTHUR BRIGHT, ESQ. 114. ALBAN GEORGE HENRY GIBBS, ESQ. 1876. 115. REV. WILLIAM HEPWORTH THOMPSON, D.D. 1877. 116. JOHN LUDOVIC LINDSAY, LORD LINDSAY. 1880. EARL OF CRAWFORD. 1379. 117. ROBERT NATHANIEL CECIL GEORGE, LORD ZOUCHE 118. ROBERT AMADEUS HEATH, BARON HEATH. 119. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, ESQ. 120. JOHN MALCOLM, ESQ. 121. WILLIAM ALOIS WRIGHT, ESQ. 122. SIR WILLIAM REYNELL ANSON, BART. 1880. 123. FREDERIC OUVRY, ESQ.
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Certaine Bokes of VIRGILESAenaeis, turned into English Meter. By the Right Honorable Lorde, HENRY EARLEOF SURREY. WLLLIAH BOLLAND, ESQ. 1814. Caltha Poetarum ; or, The Bumble Bee. By T. CUTWODE,ESQ. RICHARD HEBER, ESQ. 1815. The Three First Books of OVID de Tristibus, Translated into English. By THOMASCHTJRCHYARDE. EARL SPENCER,PRESIDENT. 1816. Poems. By RICHARDBARNFIELD. JAMES BOSWELL,ESQ. 1816. DOLARNEY'SPrimerose or the First part of the PassionateHermit. SIR FRANCIS FREELING, BART. 1816. La Contenance de la Table. GEORGEHENRY FREELING, ESQ. -1816. Newes from Scotland, declaring the Damnable Life of Doctor Fian, a notable Sorcerer, who was burned at Edenbrough in lanuarie last 1591. GEORGEHENRY FREELING, ESQ. 1816. A proper new Interlude of the World and the Child, otherwise called Mundus et Infans.
^ VISCOUNT ALTHORP. 1817. HAGTHORPERevived; or Select Specimensof a Forgotten Poet, SIR SAMUEL EGERTONBRIDGES, BART. 1817. 4
Istoria novellatnente ritrovata di due nobili Atnanti, &c. da LUIGI PORTO. REV. WILLIAM HOLWELL CARE. 1817. The Funeralles of King Edward the Sixt. REV. JAMES WILLIAM DODD. 1817. A Roxburghe Garland, 12mo. JAMESBOSWELL, ESQ. 1817. Cock Lorell's Boat, a Fragment from the original in the British Museum. REV. HENRY DRURY. 1817. Le Livre du Faucon. ROBERT LANG, ESQ. 1817. The Glutton's Feaver. By THOMASBANCROFT. JOHN DELAFIELD PHELPS, ESQ. 1817- The Chorle and the Birde. SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, BART. 1818. Daiphantus, or the Passionsof Love. By ANTONYSCOLOKER. ROGERWILBRAHAM, ESQ. 1818. The Complaint of a Lover's Life. Controversy between a Lover and a Jay. REV. THO3IAS FROGNALL DIBDIN, VICE PRESIDENT. 1818. Balades and other Poems. By JOHN GOWER. Printed from the original Manuscript in the Library of the Marquis of Stafford, at Trentham. EARL GOWER. 1818. Diana; or the excellent conceitful Sonnetsof H. C., supposedto have been printed either in 1592 or 1594. EDWARDLITTLEDALE, ESQ. 1818. Chester Mysteries. De Deluvio Noe. De OccisioneInnocentium. JAMES HEYWOODMARKLAND, ESQ. 1818. 5 /
Ceremonial at the Marriage of Mary Queen of Scotts with the Dauphin of France. WILLIAM BENTHAM, ESQ. 1818. The Solempnities and Triumphes doon and made at the Spousells and Marriage of the King's Daughter the Ladye Marye to the Prynce of Castile, Archduke of Austrige. JOHN DENT, ESQ. 1818. The Life of St. Ursula. Guiscard and Sigismund. DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. 1818. Le Morte Arthur. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Du Lake. THOMAS PONTON, ESQ. 1819. Six Bookes of Metamorphoseosin whyche ben conteyned the Fables of OVYDE. Translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by WILLIAM CAXTON. Printed from a Manuscript in the Library of Mr, Secretary Pepys, in the College of St. Mary Magdalen, in the University of Cambridge. GEORGEHIBBERT, ESQ. 1819. Ciieuelere Assigne. EDWARD VERNON UTTERSON,ESQ. 1820. Two Interludes : Jack Jugler and Thersytes. JOSEPHHASLEWOOD, ESQ. 1820. The New Notborune Mayd. The Boke of Mayd Emlyn. GEORGEISTED, ESQ. 1820. The Book of Life ; a Bibliographical Melody. Dedicated to the lloxburghe Club by RICHARDTHOMSON. Svo. 1820. Magnyfycence: an Interlude. By JOHNSKELTON, Poet Laureat to Henry VIII. JOSEPHLITTLEDALE, ESQ. 1821. Judicium, a Pageant. Extractedfrom the TowneleyManuscript of Ancient Mysteries. PEREGRINEEDWARD TOWNELEY, ESQ. 1822. An Elegiacal Poem,on the Deathof ThomasLord Grey, of Wilton. By EGBERTMARSTON. From a Manuscript in the Library of The Right Honourable Thomas Grenville. VISCOUNT MORPETH. 1822. Selections from the TVorks of THOMAS RAVENSCROFT; a Musical Composerof the time of King James the First. DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. 1822. L^ELII PEREGRINI Oratio in Obitum Torquati Tassi. Editio secunda. SIR SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES, BART. 1822. The Hors, the Shepe,and the Ghoos. SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, BART. 1822. The Metrical Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough. REV. HENRY DRURY. 1824. Informacon for Pylgrymes unto the Holy Londe. From a rare Tract in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates,Edinburgh. GEORGEHENRY FREELING, ESQ. 1824. The Cuck-Queanes and Cuckolds Errants or the Bearing Down the Inne, a Comeedie. The Faery Pastorall or Forrest of Elues. By TV- - P , Esq. JOHN ARTHUR LLOYD, ESQ. 1824. The Garden Plot, an Allegorical Poem, inscribed to Queen Eliza- beth. By HENRYGOLDINGHAM. From an unpublished Manu- script of the Harleian Collection in the British Museum. To which are addedsome account of the Author; also a reprint of his Masques performed before the Queen at Norwich on Thursday, August 21,1578. VENERABLEARCHDEACON WRANGHAM. 1825. La B/otta de Francciosi a Terroana uovamente facta. La B/otta de Scocesi. EARL SPENCER,PRESIDENT. 1825. Nouvelle Edition d'un Pocme sur la Journee de Guinegate. Presented by the MARQUISDE FORTIA. 1825. Zuleima, par C. PICHLER. 12mo. Presented by H. DE CHATEAUGIRON. 1825. Poems,written in English, by CHARLESDUKE OFORLEANS, during his Captivity in England after the Battle of Aziucourt. GEORGE WATSON TAYLOR, ESQ. 1827. Proceedings in the Court Martial held upon John, Master of Sinclair, Captain-Lieutenant in Preston's Regiment, for the Murder of Ensign Schaw of the same Regiment, and Captain Schaw, of the Royals, 17 October, 1708; with Correspondence respecting that Transaction. SIR WALTER SCOTT,BART. 1828. The Ancient English Romance of Havelok the Dane ; accompanied by the French Text: with an Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary. By FREDERICMADDEN, ESQ. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1828.
GAUFRIDI ARTHURII MONEMUTHENSISArchidiaconi, postea vero Episcopi Asaphensis, de Vita et Vaticiniis Merlini Calidonii, Carmen Heroicum. HON. and REV. G. NEVILLE GRENVILLE. 1830. The Ancient English Romance of William and the Werwolf; edited from an unique copy in King's College Library, Cambridge; with an Introduction and Glossary. By FREDERICMADDEN Esq. EARL CAWDOR. 1832. The Private Diary of WILLIAM,first EARLCOWPER, Lord Chan- cellor of England. REV. EDWARD CRAVEN HAWTREY. 1833.
The Lyvys of Seyntes; translatedinto Euglys be a Doctour of Dyuynite clepyd OSBERNBOKENAM, frer Austyn of the Convent oi' Stocklare. VISCOUNTCLIVE, PRESIDENT. 1835.
A Little Boke of Ballads. Dedicated to the Club by E. V. UTTERSON,ESQ. 1836.
The Love of Wales to their Soueraigne Prince, expressed in a true Relation of the Solemnity held at Ludlow, in the Countie of Salop, upon the fourth of November last past, Anno Domini 1616, being the day of the Creation of the high and mighty Charles, Prince of Wales, and Earle of Chester, in his Maiesties Palace of White-Hall. Presented by the HONOURABLER. H. CLIVE. 1837. Sidneiana,being a collection of Fragments relative to Sir Philip Sidney, Knight, and his immediate Connexions. BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. 1837. The Owl and the Nightingale, a Poem of the Twelfth Century. Now first printed from Manuscriptsin the Cottonian Library, and at Jesus' College, Oxford; with an Introduction and Glossary. Edited by JOSEPHUSSTEVENSON, ESQ. SIR STEPHENRICHARD GLYNNE, BART. 1838. The Old English Version of the Gesta Romanorum : edited for the first time from Manuscripts in the British Museum and Uni- versityLibrary, Cambridge, with an Introductionand Notes, by SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. PRINTED FORTHE CLUB. 1838. 9
Illustrations of Ancient State and Chivalry, from MSS. preserved in the Ashmolean Museum, with an Appendix. BENJAMIN BARNARD, ESQ. 3840.
Manners and Household Expensesof England in the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, illustrated by original Records. I. House- hold R,oll of Eleanor Countess of Leicester, A.D. 1265. II. Accounts of the Executors of Eleanor Queen Consort of Edward I. A.D. 1291. III. Accounts and Memoranda of Sir John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, A.D. 1462 to A.D. 1471. BERIAH BOTFIELD, ESQ. 1841.
The Black Prince, an Historical Poem, written in French, by CHANDOSHERALD ; with a Translation and Notes by the Rev. HENRY OCTAVIUS COXE, M.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1842.
The Decline of the last Stuarts. Extracts from the Despatches of British Envoys to the Secretary of State. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1843.
Vox Populi Vox Dei, a Complaynt of the Comons against Taxes.
Presented according D to the Direction% of the late RIGHT HON. SIR JOSEPHLITTLEDALE, KNT. 1843.
Household Books of John Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Earl of Surrey; temp. 1481-1490. From the original Manuscripts in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries, London. Edited by J. PAYNECOLLIER, ESQ., F.S.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1844.
Three Collections of English Poetry of the latter part of the Six- teenth Century. Presented by the DUKE OFNORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. 1845. 10
Historical Papers,Part I. CastraRegia. a Treatiseon the Suc- cessionto the Crownof England,addressed to QueenElizabeth by ROGEREDWARDS, ESQ., in 1568. NovissiraaStvaffordii, Someaccount of the Proceedingsagainst, and Demeanorof, ThomasWentworth, Earl of Strafford,both beforeand during his Trial, as well as at his Execution; written in Latin by ABRAHAMWRIGHT, Vicar of Okeham, in Rutlandshire. The same(endeauord) in English by JAMESWRIGHT, Barrister at Law. KKY. PHILIP BLISS, D.C.L., and REV. BULKELEY BANDINEL. 1846.
Correspondenceof SIR HENRY UNTON, KNT., Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV. King of Prance, in the years MDXCI. and MDXCII. From the originals and authentic copies in the State Paper Office, the British Museum, and the Bodleian Library. Edited by the REV. JOSEPHSTEVENSON, M.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1847.
La Vraie Cronicque d'Escoce. Pretensions des Anglois a la Couronue de Prance. Diplome de Jacques VI. Roi de la Grande Bretagne. Drawn from the Burgundian Library by Major Robert Anstruther. PRINTED TOB.THE CLUB. 1847.
Tiie Sherley Brotliers, an Historical Memoir of the Lives of Sir ThomasSherley, Sir Anthony Sherley,and Sir Robert Sherley, Knights,by oneof the sameHouse. Editedand Presented by EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ. 1848 The AlliterativeRomance of Alexander. Prom the uniqueManu- script in the AshmoleanMuseum. Edited by the REV. JOSEPHSTEVENSON, M.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1849. 11
Letters and Dispatches from SIR HENRY WOTTONto James the First and his Ministers, in the years MDCXVII-XX. Printed from the originals in the Library of Eton College. GEORGE TOMLINE, ESQ. 1850. Poema quod dicitur Vox Clamantis, uecnon Chronica Tripartita, auctore JOHANNEGOWER, nunc priinum edidit H. O. COXE, M.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1850.
Five Old Plays. Edited from Copies, either iinique or of great rarity, by J. PAYNECOLLIER, ESQ., F.S.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1851.
The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras his Sone who conqueredePtome. THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, PRESIDENT. 1854.
The Ayenbite of Inwyt. From the Autograph MS. in the British Museum. Edited by the REV. JOSEPHSTEVENSON, M.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1855, John de Garlande, de Triumphis Ecclesiee Libri Octo. A Lutin Poem of the Thirteenth Century. Edited, from the unique Manuscript in the British Museum, by THOMASWRIGHT, ESQ., M.A., F.S.A., Hon. M.R.S.L., &c. &c. EARL OF Powis. 1856. Poems by MICHAEL DRAYTON. From the earliest and rarest Edi- tions, or from Copies entirely unique. Edited, with Notes and Illustrations, and a new Memoir of the Author, by J. PAYNE COLLIER, ESQ., F.S.A. PRINTED FORTHE CLUB. 1856. Literary Remains of KING EDWARD THE SIXTH. In. Two Volumes. Edited from his Autograph Manuscripts, with Historical Notes and a Biographical Memoir, by JOHNGOUGH NICHOLS, F.S.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1857. 12
The Itineraries of WILLIAM WEY, Fellow of Eton College, to Jeru- salem,A.D. 1458and A.D. 1462; and to Saint Jamesof Com- postella,A.D. 1456. From the Original MS. in the Bodleian Library. PRINTEDFOR THE CLUB. 1857- The Boke of Noblesse;Addressed to King Edwardthe Fourth on his Invasion of France in 1475. With an Introduction by JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, F.S.A. LORD DELAMERE. 1860. Songsand Ballads,with other Short Poems,chiefly of the Reign of Philip and Mary. Edited, from a Manuscript in the Ashmo- lean Museum, by THOMASWRIGHT, ESQ., M.A., F.S A., &c. &c. ROBERT S. HOLFORD, ESQ. 1860. l>r Regimine Priucipum, a Poem by THOMASOCCLEVE, written in the Reign of Henry IV. Edited for the first time by THOMAS WRIGHT, ESQ., M.A., F.S.A., &c. &c. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. I860.
The History of the Holy Graal; partly in English Verse by Henry Lonelich, Skynner, and wholly in French Prose by Sires R.obiers dc Borron. In two volumes. Edited, from MSS. in the Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and the British Museum, by FREDERICK J. FURNIVALL, ESQ., M.A., Trinity Hall, Cambridge. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1861 AND 1863. Uoberd of Brunue's Handlyng Synne, written A.D. 1203; with the French Treatise on which it is founded, Le Manuel des Pechie}by William of Waddington. From MSS. in the British Museum and Bodleian Libraries. Edited by FREDERICKJ. FURMVALL, ESQ., M.A. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1862. 13
The Old English Version of Partouope of Blois. Edited for the first time from MSS. in University College Library and the Bodleian at Oxford, by the REV. W. E. BUCKLEY,M.A., Rector of Middleton Cheney, and formerly Fellow of Brasenose College. PRINTEDFOR THE CLUB. 1862. Philosophaster, Comcedia; Poemata, auetore Roberto Burtono, S. Th. B., Democrito Junioi'e, Ex Mde Christi Oxon. REV. WILLIAM ED\VARD BUCKLEY. 1862. La Queste del Saint Graal. In the Trench Prose of Maistres Gautiers Map, or Walter Map, Edited by FREDERICKJ. FURNIVALL,Esq., M.A., Trinity Hall, Cambridge. PRINTED FOR THE CLUH. 1864. A Royal Historic of the excellent Knight Generides. HENRY HUCKS GIBBS, ESQ. 1865. The Copy-Book of Sir Amias Poulet's Letters, written during his Embassy in France, A.D. 1577. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1866. The Bokes of Nurture and Kervynge. HON. ROBERT CURZON. 1867. A Map of the Holy Land, illustrating Wey's Itineraries. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1867. Historia Quatuor Regum Angliae, authore Johanue Herdo. SIMON WATSON TAYLOR, ESQ. 1868. Letters of Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford, 1615-1662. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH,PRESIDENT. 1868. The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode, from the French of Guillaume de Deguileville. PRINTEDFOR THE CLUB. 1860. Correspondenceof ColonelN. Hooke, 1703-1707. Vol. I. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1870-1. 14
Liber Rogalis;seu ordo Consecrandt Regem et Reginam. EARL BEAUCHAMP. 1870.
Le Mysore de Saint Louis, Roi de France. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1871. Correspondenceof Colonel N. Hooke,1703-1707. Vol. II. PRINTED FOR THE CLUB. 1871. The History of the Most Noble Knight Plasidas,and other Pieces; from the Pepysian Library. PRINTEDFOR THE CLUB. 1873. Florian and Florete, a Metrical Romance.
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The Editor thinksit neceflaryto ftatethat had he beenpreparing the prefentvolume according to hisoriginal intention for a widercircle of readershe mould havedeemed the additionof a largebody of ex- planatorynotes abfolutely indifpenfable. Owing,however, to the reprint havingbeen undertaken by the RoxburgheClub, he hasconfined his remarkswithin asnarrow limits as poffible. The mieldsof the Countefiesof Hertford and Nottingham,and that of Lord ChancellorHatton, are placedbefore the titles of the poems dedicatedto their refpective memories; but the perfon intended under the name of " Emaricdulfe" being unknown, that work is neceffarily deprived of a fimilar embellimment. The tracl on Lord Chancellor Hatton, it will be obferved, is, with the exception of the title-page,not executedin facfimilelike the others; a differencewhich was caufedby the adoption of facfimilereproduction having beendetermined on after that trad had beenalready printed. The mields and title-page were engravedby Mr. J. A. Burt; by whom alfo the latter wasdefigned.
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MDCCCLXXXI.
EMARICDULFE.
INTRODUCTION.
TO
EMARICDULFE
|HE prefentcollection of Sonnetsis printed from an uniqueand hitherto unknown work, which is bound up with three other Poetical Tracts of great rarity and value, namely, Barnfielde's Cynthia,1595; Griffin's Fidefsa,1596; andTofte's Laura, 1597. Its claims to the honour of a reprint are not merely on accountof its rarity. In fome parts the Sonnetsmow great excellence,both in thought and expreflion; but in mufical rhythm they are perhaps-with fome exceptionswhere the lines, though they each scan, readmore like profe than poetry-of better quality than they are in fonnet-fenfe. One peculiarityis, ascompared with Shakespeare'spoetry of the famedate, the frequentufe of an extra syllable,as is apparentin SonnetVII. This is noticeable,becaufe it mows that the ufe of this extra fyllable,and Shake- fpeare's increasedufe of it as his years went on, wasnot evena femi- originality. Another fource of intereft is the obfcurity which involves both the writer and the object of his adoration,for the whole work is devotedto the expreflion of love for a lady who is concealedunder the remarkable pfeudonymof Emaricdulfe,by her admirer,who is equallysuccefTful in concealinghimself under the initials E.G. Yet this obfcurity ariies perhapsonly from lapfeof time, for whena difcardedlover commitshis forrowsto the prefs,and this with the tacit confentof the lady-when initials (no doubt true ones) and a pfeudonym(perhaps in deferenceto the fame)are affixed to the title-page-andwhen friends with well-known ii Introductionto JLmaricdulfe. namesare appealedto-it is hardly conceivablethat the namesof the lovers and the circumftancesof their connexioncould long efcapethe knowledgeof their contemporaries;efpecially as both belonged-asis demonftrable from the tone of the dedication and the names mentioned therein-to the upper clariesof fociety. Much refearchhas beenmade by the Editor and others to folve the myfteryof thefefaid initials of ' E. C.' andof the evidentlycompofite name of Emaricdulfe-or, as it is ofteneft fpelt, Emaricdulf-but without fuccefs. As to the initials; it is to be obferved that a writer ufing the fame has verfes "In prayfe of GafcoignesPofies," before the latter's poems; but it muft be confefied that they more probably belong to an older man than the E. C. now in queftion. Yet it is quite poflible that other explorersinto literary myfteriesmay be more fortunate,and that the identity of the parties may at a future time be eftablimed when least expected. With this object in view, therefore, the Editor ventures to print, in extenfo,the following verfes(on the reverfeof the leaf containing which are the namesof the fpeakersin the play), whichare fubfcribedwith the fameinitials 'E. C.', asit is not abfolutelyimportable that they emanated from the author of our tract. They were previoufly communicatedto Notesand Queries,Sen in. vol. 8. (9 Sept. 1865) by Mr. W. Carew Hazlitt, who introduces them thus:- " In examiningfome old booksand MSS. for a differentpurpofe, I cameacrofs a copy of ' The Tragedyof Mariam, the Fair Queenof Jewry/ 1613,by Lady E. Carew,with a Dedication,which I never met with beforein copiesof this drama,as follows :-
TO DIANAES EARTHLIE DEPVTESSE, and my worthy Sister,Mistris ELIZABETH CARYE.
When cheerful!Phcebus his full courfehath run, His filters fainter beamsour harts doth cheere: Soyour faireBrother is to meethe Sunne, And you his Sifteras my Moone appeere. Introductionto Rmaricdulfe. i"
You aremy next belou'd,my fecondFriend, For when my Phoebusabfence makes it Night, Whilfl to th' Antipodeshis beamesdo bend, From you, my Phoebe,fhines my fecondLight.
Hee like to SOL, cleare-fighted,conftant, free, You, ZLWy^-like, vnfpotted, chaft, diuine: Hee fhone on Sicily, you deftin'd bee, T'illumine the now obfcurde Pale/fine. My firft wasconfecrated to Apollo, My fecondto DIANA now ftiall follow. E. C.
The alluvionsin the aboveverfes to " heefhone on Sicily" may be either to fome Works or fome Travels of her brother, in the fame fenfe as the reference to the "now obfcurde Paleftine" indicates her own tragedy of " Mariam." In the Catalogueof the Harleian MSS. in the Britifh Mufeum (No. 6917) is mention of "Sir GeorgeCarew's Poems"; but this is an error, for they prove to be not by him but tranfcripts of thofe by Thomas Carew. There being feveralfamilies bearing the names Carewand Carey (which were ufed indifcriminatelyby all of them), it is not impoflible that theBeddington Carews may havefurnimed the authorefs of " Mariam." Sir FrancisCarew fucceeded his fatherSir Nicholasin 1539, and died in extremeold age(8 i) in May 1611,having had no i/Tue. (See Nichols's ProgrefTesof JamesI. vol. i. p. 164). His heir washis fitter's fon, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, who then aflumed the furnameof Carew. This Sir Nicholas (who was brother-in-lawto Sir Walter Ralegh) had a daughter, Elizabeth,who might havebeen the authorefs of "Mariam"; and fhe had likewife brothers,namely Francis (who died in 1649,and whofe fon, Sir Nicholas,married Sufan,daughter to Sir Juftinian Ifham, Bart.), Nicholas,George, and Edmund. This latter may have been the writer of the "Dedication." After this digreffion,we will return to the Sonnets- which,according to the author's Dedication, were " begun, at the commandand fervice iv Introduction to Emaricdulfe. of a faireDame," and which refer to onefubject-the glorification of his lady-love. That his addreflesweie at onetime favourablyreceived may be gatheredfrom feveralof the Sonnets,and that the coupleflood on intimateterms towardseach other may be inferred from SonnetVII., in whichhe is compelled to exprefscontrition for hisoverbold prefumption on one occafionby which he incurredher difpleafure. That he had, moreover,fome grounds for anticipatinga favourableiflue for his fuit is hinted at in SonnetXIII., in which he expatiateson their mutual love,of whichher prefentsto himwere an evidence. And thisftate of things is reiteratedin SonnetXXVII. But afterwardshe feemsto have abandonedall hopeof obtainingher, and the remaining Sonnets mow that he was certainof ultimaterejection. Yet, notwithstandingthis downfall of his hopes,it is fufficiently clear from pafTagesin the later Sonnets, and in the Dedication-which was naturally the laft portion written- that the couple retained kindly feelings for eachother; ftrengthened perhapsby the fact that her choice of a hufbandwas not a happy one. But, be the latter conjecturetrue or not, it is certainthat the Dedication points to fome domefticembroilment or fcandalwhich has advifedly been left unintelligibleexcept to the partiesconcerned. At the clofeof the laft Sonnetare clearallufions to the poets Daniel and Spenfer,and to Queen Elizabeth. Thefe, however,throw no light on the dateof the compofitionof the bodyof Sonnets,which were pub- limed in 1595. The former's collection of Sonnets,entitled "Delia," firft appearedin print in 1592 ; and the firft part of Spenfer's "Faerie Queene,"which is no doubt the work alluded to, in i 590. As to the choiceof the name" Emaricdulf " (more rarely " Emaric- dulfe ") ; it is doubtlefs a pfeudonym,like the " Laura " of Tofte, the " Fidefla" of Griffin, the " Cynthia " of Barnfielde,the « Delia " of Daniel, etc. Unlike them,however, it is a pfeudonymcompofed, in all pro- bability, of the lettersof the realname of the lady commemorated.But it feemsimpoflible to difcover in the Sonnetsany clue to this name. They are full to overflowing of praife of her " more than heavenly parts "; her wifdom, chaftity, beauty,{kill in mufic, etc. but filent with Introduction to Emaricdulfe. referenceto her lineageor anyother circumftancefrom which bio- graphicalor genealogicalfacts might be inferred. That the author intended the word to be pronounced"E-marric- dulf" is clearfrom the rhythm,and from his fpelling it, throughoutthe fixteen fonnetsin which it forms part of the verfe (with afingle exception in Sonnet IV), without the final e. On the title-page,and in the firlt headingalfo, it has this final vowel. Why this variationmould havebeen made it is difficult to fee, unlefs it were the whim of the printer. "Emaric" occursin SonnetXII.; but this nameapplies to anotherperfon than "Emaricdulf' -in fact to "a young Emaricdulf" -a boy, who is fpoken of alfo in SonnetXI. Edward Fitton-one of the gentlemento whom the work is dedicated -was probably the fon of Sir John Fitton, of Gawfworth, Chemire,and the one who fubfequently (2 Oct. 1617) was createda Baronet. The other friend-John Zouch-was apparently one of the Zouchesof Haryngworth. Full particularsof thefefamilies will be found in Betham's Baronetageof England. 5 Vols. 4to. 1801-5.
A.j.
Emaricdulfe. SONNETS WRITTEN BY
quondam,plena f*it»riserantt
LONDON, Printed for JMatthelt L TO MY VERY GOOD friends,lohn Zouch, arid Ed- ' Otbtauixffriends, farafmiteb as by rtafi* ef ait Ofus, IvaJUtforeed to ^kftpernj chamber,*nj to atxotdo* tdlfnttfltooketnbaatlf mjfe* tofi- ni/t>an idle worltf I had begun, at the command ondftrtticeofafttre 7) . E.C. EMARICDVLFE. SONNET. I. n^rHcnfirft the rageofloue«flail'd myhan, Andtowards my thoughts his fiery forces bent: Eftfooncsto (hieldme from nis wounding dart, Arm'd with difdaine,! hdd him in contempt. Curld headedlouewhen from mount Erccine Hefa w thisgeere,fo ill thereofhe brookes, Thatthence he fpeedes vn willing to be feene, Till hehad tane his ft and in thyfaire lookes. Thereall inne*dhis golden bow he bent, Andnockt his arrow like a pretie elfe: Which whenI fi w, t humblyto himwent, Andcn'd hold,hold,and 1will yeeldmy fclfe. ThusCY<^ conqucr'd me,and made me fvveaie Homageto him^tnddune to my deare. A 4 Homage SOMNET. IL LJOrr.ageto Ioue, K/jYforlocne mu/e thaneuer erode the path That leadesto top of hiePierion mount, Nor neucr wa/ht within the Luefome bath Of learningsfpringjbright Aganippe fount: Minea ales pen that neuer yet was dipc In facredneSar of fweetCaftalic, Myloueficke heart that euer hath I dipt, EmartcJutfedicQueenc of cha/bae: Shallnow learne skUl my Ladies fame to raife, Shallnow take paincs her venues to record, And honorher with moreimmortall praife, Theneuer heretofore they could affbori Bothheart,aad pcn,and mufe (hall thinke it dune, Withfighcfwolnc words to blaze her hcaucly bcurje. Nature SONNET. V. KJAture { EmtrieJulf) didgreatly fauouv, Whenfirft her pourtrait flic began to penc'dl, And rob'd the heauensof her chiefeft honour:' Thereiacredbcautie all herparts doth tinciiL Heauens Hyratkie is in herbright eyes fpheercd: TheGraces fport in herchcckcs dimpled pus: Trophiesof maicftie in herface be reared, Andin herlookes ftacely Sarumia Acs. ModcftDianiin herthoughts doth glorie, Louc-lacking Vefta in her heartin throned: The quiredMufes on her lips doe ftoric Theirhcauen fweet notes, as if thatplace they ow. Butaye is me,C*//i/andfenus faire (ned. Haueno dcgrec,faue in her golden haire. Within SONNET. VI. T/rl thinher haire row andCvpsJfoon then: Sometimethey rwift it Amberlikein gold, Towhich the whiffling windes doe ortrdbit them, Asif theyftrooe to bauc the knots ynrold: Sometimethey let theirgolden trrfles dangle, Andtherewith nets and amorous gins they make, Wherewiththe hearts of louers to intangle * Whichonce inthral'd.no ranfotne they will take. Butas to tyrantsfitting in theirthrones, Lookson their flauc s with tyrannizing eyes: Sothey no whit regarding louers mones, Doom* worldsof hearts to endlesflaucries, VnldTetheyfubicft-like fivearc to adore, AndIcruc Em*rKiLJffai euermore. SONKET. tWill petfeue»euer for to loue thee, O ceafedhrineft fweemesto difciainemee: Albeitmy loues true types can neaer raoue thee, Yetfrom affc&on let notpride detaine thee. Althoughmy heart once porchaft thy difpleafurc Withouerbold prcfiuinption onthy fanour; Yetnow lie facrificemy ncheft treafnre Ynnxhy nameand much admired honoor Tcaresare the treafure of my gride-gal'd harr, Whichon (thy loue) my altac 1 haue dropped Tothee,dutaiythoughts templ«goddeflcait, Hopingthy anger would thereby &e flopped. If thcleto get thy gracemay not fuffice, Myheart is flaine,accept thatfacnficc. SONNET, rtn. "CMjriedulf&ou graceto euerygrace, Thouperftd life of myvnperfe& liuing: My thoughtsfole heauc.my harts facer rcfhng place Caufeofmy woe and comfort ofmy grieiung. O giueme leauc and I will tellthee how "Jhehaplesplace and the vnhappie time, Whereinand when my felfe 1 did auow To honourthce,and gmc my heart ci»thine. Wearicwich labour ,labour that did bkeme, I gauemy bodie to a fweet repofc : A goldenflumber fiiddenJy id rtrikeme, Thatin deathscabbm eucry fcnfc did clofe; And either in aheaucnly trance or vifion, I thenbehdd this plca/ifig apparidon. SONNET. IX. ,/ightwascIadmoftFofter-likeir_ Withloyal home and hunting pole in hand: Whofcchanting houds were heard in vroods& feene The dcerc amafde before the rider ftand: Thekeeper bids goe choofe the beft in heard: Thehundman (ayd^ny choife is notto change: Anddrawing ncere the dccre was lore tffcard, Intothe woods the rider fpurd to range: Theredid he view a tain: you ng barren doc Withinthe hey faft by the purlcy fide, And woodman-Lkedid take me windethenlbe, Wherebydie decre might better him abide. Aclength he (hot,and hit thevery fame Whsrche beft Lkce and lou'd of all thegame. SONNET. X. tWt flayconccic where he befl Iikt to IOHC, Yeabetter he »f better bcft mightbee: The Rjderthought the beflof betterprouc, Till fortunefign'd his fortune for to fee. Now wcariehe betookchimfclfe to reft, Dcuifcctwhere he might good harbour finde: Emaricdttlf(quothhe,) lamhergucft, And thither went: flic grce ted him moft Hndc: Welcomefayd fhc,chrcc welcomes more fhe gaue: HJShand ftie rookc,and talking with him then, Whatwine or beere to dnnkc wji pleafeyou haue, Sixcwelcomes more,and (ofhc made them ten. He drankchis ri]l,andfedto hisdefirc, Kcrrcfhthimfclfc}and then didhoinc retire. Forth- SONNET. XL cOrthwithIfaWjSndwirh the fight was Weft, A bcauuousiflue of a beauciousmother, A youngEmancJulf. whofc fight incrcaft Millionsof ioycseach one exceeding other: Faircfpringingbranch fprong of ahopefull ftocke, On thec more beautiesnature had beftowdc, Thenin herheanenly ftorehoufe ll>e Jothlockc, Or maybe fcencdifperft on earthabrodc. Thrift hadthe Sunne the world cncompaffed, Beforethisbloflbme wich deathswinter nipt: O cruel!death that thus haftwithered Sofaire a branchbefore it halfewas riptc! Halfcglad with ioyes,and halfe appal'd withfeares, 1wak't.and found my cheekes bedcw'd with teares. B My SONNET. XII. \AY checksbcdcw'd,myeies cue diown'd with tearcs Ofcaffullftormctharcaufdelogreat afliowfe Gncfccy'd my tonguc/orrow did flop my earcs, Bccaufeearth loft herfweccertparamoure. O cruellhcaucns and regardlcfle fates! !f the worldsbcautic Iiad compafsion'd you, Youtnightbypovrrehauc (Imt deaths ebongatcs, Andbecnremorfefull ather hcaucnly view. O fooli/hnature why didft thoucieate Athingfofaire,if fairenesbcne^lcc^edf But fan-efttlungi befubic THatI didloue and once was lou'dofthce, Witnefle the fauours that I hauc re ceiued -. Thatgolden ring^pledgeofthy conftancie: Thac,bracelct,thatmy libertiebereaaed: Thofcglouc3,that ooce adom'd thy lillie hands: That handkercher,who(emazeinthral'd me fb: 7 hofethoufand gi&s,that like a thouiatxibands Boundboth my heartand Joule to wealeand woe. All whichLweare,and wearingihcmiigh ionh Youinfancies of her trueloyal tic: I doenot Vccpeyou for ydurfouetaigcev/onh, Bui for herfake that fent youvnto me: Tis ilie,not you,thatdothcompcll my eyes, Mylifesfolc light,myhcatts fole parndice. 3 ^ One SONNET. XI III. (~)Ncday^o ten times happic was that day, . f-mnrudalf'was in her gardenwalking, Wherefltrat impsioy'd withher feetc to play, And1 to feethem thitherward ran ftalkmg, Behindthe hedge(not daring to be fecne^ I fawthe fweetfent Rofcsblufh for Ihamc, The Violetsftain'd,and pale the Lilhesbecnc: Whereatto fmilcmy Ladic had good game. Sometimesfhe pleafdeto fportvpon the grafle, Thatchang'd his hewto leeher hcauenly prefence: Butwhen fhc wasimaskcd,thcn (alas) Theyas my felfe wail'd for her beautiesabfcnce: Theymourn'd for that their truftns went away, for endof fucha bleflcdday. What SONNET. XT.. /Hat meancourMerchantsfb withegerminds To ploughthe Teas tofindcnch luels forth? Sithirt Bmartcdttlfa thoufandkinds Areheap'd, exceeding wealthie Indus worth: ThenIndia doch her haire affoord more gold, Andchoufands (iluer mines her forhead (howes, MoreDiamonds then th'Egyptian furgcs folde, Within hereyes rich treafunenature ftowes: Herhony breath,but more then hony Iwccte, Exceeds the odours of Arabia : Thofcprctious rankcs continually tliat meetc, Arc pcarlcsmore worth thenall Arncnci. Herother parts (proud Cw^/^countcrmate) Exceedthe worldfor wotth}thehcauens for ftate. B Looke SONNET. T Ookewhen dame Ttlliu cladin. P^r^rpridt, HerCbmmeivailewitlifaireimbroderie, Andfragrant he arbs fweet bloflom'd hauing dide, Andfpred abrode her fpanglcd tjpiftrie : Then (halt tliou fee a thoufand of her flower* (TFortheirfaJre hew and life deliehting fanours) Gathered to deck and beautirie the bowers Of Ladiesfairc,grac'd with theirloneri fauours. Butwhen rough winter nips them with hisrage, They arcdifdain'd and not at all refpeQed: Thenloue( fm^ifJulf )in thy yongage, Left beingold,hkc flowers thou be reteded : Naturemade nothing chat dorheuerfiounCh, Andcue n as beau tie fades/o lout dothpenft-,. I SONNET, xrn. TAminchamedwith thy (how-white hands, Thatmafc me with their quaint dexrcritic, Andwith iheir touch,tycin a thoufandbands Myveelding heart euer to honoutthee: Thoughtof thy daintic fingers long and fmall, For prerieaction that exceedcompare, Sufficientts to bleflernc,and withall To freemy chained thought? from (orrowes (hare, But:hat which crownes my foule wkhheauenJyblis, And giuesmy heart fruition ofalJioyes. Their daindeconcord and fwcet muGctc is, Thatpoyfons griefe and cureth all annoyed Thofeeyes that fee,thofe cares are Weft that heare Thcfcheauenly gifts of nature in my dearc. B 4 , xrnr. Mtrieduif,if thouthis riddle reade, Thenfor thy wifedomes wdJ deferring rnecde, In louespure dune thou Quit ay commandmee. A Turtlethat had chofe his louing mate, Satefeemly perch: vpon ared rofebrecre: Yetfaw abira(ayres paragon for ftate) Thatfarre (urpaft his late efpoufeddecre: Rechaog'd himiclfc into that luftfull bird That /«n«Ioues^indtohislouercfoned: Andthought with amorous fpeechcs tohaue firde Her conftant bean: but her in vain e be courted. Whenboodes be had woo' d herto hispaine, He cookehiskaue andoim'dhisihapeagaine. The SONNET. XIX. THe Hcaucnsand Nature whe my Louc wasborne, Strouewhich of bothfhuld mod adome Si grace The facredhcaucns in wcalthienatures fcorne (her: With wiiedonicspure in fufiondid titibracebcr: Naturelent wings ro wifcdome for bcr flight, Anddeckc my Ladle with (itch he auenfy features, Asncrc before appear'd in humanelight, Nc cucr fkhence in terrcflnall creatures. (QuothVVifedoineJI will guide her conflant hart Acall afTaicswith polioc to rcliauoher: (QuothNature)! will cafl thofc gifts apart, Withoutward graces that I racanctogiue her. Yetwere they rcconcil'd, and fwore withall To makeher more then halfe cclcfliall. That SO M NET. XX. "THatthou art faire exceeding all compare, Witnesthy eyes that eazc vpon thy beauae, Witnesthe hearts thou daily doft infnare, And draw to honour thee with louers dutie Tbit thou an wifewitnes the worldsreport, Wunesthe thoughts that do (b much admire thee, Witnesthe heaoen-borneMufcs that refcrt, And for their miftns Meeklydo defire thee: Thatthou art bothexceeding fore andwife, Witnesthe angui(h of myfillie hsrt: Thyheauonly flupe hath caught me by my eyes, Thy(ccret wtfcdocne. that giues an to arc, Sodrcumuenrs me and procures my paine, That I muft dyc,vnleschou true temaine. All SONNET. XXf. A L thofethat wricc of heaueaandhcauenry ioyes» Defcribcthe way with narrow crooked bedings, Befetwith griefe, painc,horror and annoyes, 1hat uJlall end haue ncucr petfeEt endings. Theheaucn wherein my thoughts are refidcoz, Thepaiadice wherein my heart is fainted, Througbfttf et-hke ftraight hie-waies I did attempt, Norwith tough care nor rigorous crofle atuifliciJ. I Mudconfefle fakh was the only meane, For that withjbme for wantthereof did milk, 'Onlythereby atlength I did obraine, 6ndbythat fiutham now mftaTd in bMe: Thereittcpe my thoughu^my hearcthere fcrdsy rdr, Boihheart & thoughtsthinketliat her beaucn is beft. SONNET. XXII. Y& fubie&sofhcr partial! painted praife, Pen,paper,inke,youfeebleinftrumcnts: Vntoa higher ftraine I nowmuft rajfc Your miftrisbcautious faire abiliovents. Thou authorof our hieMconian verfe, Thatchecks the proudCaftalians eloquence: With humblefpint if I nowreherfe Her fcuerallgraces natures excellence: Smileon thefe rough-hewd line s,thefe ragged words Thatneuer (hl'd from the Caftalian fpnng: Nor that onetrue Apoloeicaffbords, Norneuer learn'd with pleafant tune to fing: So(hall they liue,and liuing flu! perfeuer To dctfie her (acred name for cuer. Ye SONNET. XX'III. VE modcmeLaureats ofchis later age. Thatliue the worldsadmirement for yourwrity And fermeinftifed with a dminerage, Tofhcwtheheauenlyquinreflcnceofwit: Youon whofc weltun'd verle fits princely besuue, Deckt and adorn'd with heauensetcmitie, SeeI prcfumcto cote(an d all isduetic) Hergraces with my learningsfcarfitic. But)f mypenfAf4rc/ QFtbaueI hcatahony-tong'dLadiesfycake, Scriuiogtheir amerous courtiers i oincnanr, And frotntheir ne£UiIty :>fuch fweti wordsbreake, As neitheran norhcaUenJy skjll did want. Batwhen EmaricJulfQDs todifcourie, Herwords are more then wcl-nm'd harmonic, Andeuery fentcncc of a greater force ThenMermaids lbng,ori»yrem fortcri«' And if to hearcher (pcskc^Ljtrfej herrc Thewife Vitpu Lu'd vs now amon^, Fromher fweet words he could not ftop his care, As fromthe Syrens aod the Mermaids fong: Andhad (he in theSvrcns place bui flood, Herheaucnty voyce had drown'd himin ihc flood. Let SONNET. | Etgorgeous Tjr r Wiir/rJulfrcailchcre,but reading madce Asma mirror raytrue conftancie : Thegolden Sunnefball Hiftbcturn'd todarke, And darkncsclajme the Sunnes briplic dignitie : Tl;c ftarrcsthat fpanglchcaucn with gliftringlight, In number more then rcn times numbctlcilc, Shallfoonci Icaue to bcauciticthe nighr, And therebymake rhe world leemc comrbrtlcfler Tirft fhall the Seabecome the continent, And red-gildDolphins dance vpon the more: Firftwcanc yf il*t fromhis painc exempt, ShallIcaue the henuensto trembleeuermfirc, Before1 change my thoughts and Icaue to loucthee, Andplead with words and direful fighs to mouc thee. Sweet SONNET. XXYIJ, <*Wcecarc the thoughts of plcafurcswe haue vfde, Svvectcarc the thoughts that thinke of that fame Whofefwecmcs is too fweccto bercfuIHe, (fwcct, That vertuouslouc-taft for myfaith wasmeec The taftewhereof is (wcetet vnto me, Then fwtfctcftfwcct that euer nature made- No odoursfweetncs may compared be To this true Jiveetnes that will neuer fade. ThisSonnet fweet with checrciull voyces fing, . And tunetht fame,fo plea/Ingto minecare, That £*»jr/r tF euertongue withhcaucn inocing cries, * If cuer wordsblovuDe from a rcntedharr, If euerccares fhcd from a Louerseyes, If euerfighesuTueofgriefcandfmart, If cuertrembling pen with more then skill, " If euerpaper, witncs,of true loue, If euerinke,chccfe harbcriger of will, If euerlentence made with art to moue, If all of chefecombinde by Cuf/dipower, My long borneliking to anatomife: Hadbut the art,withart for todifcoucr Whatloue in medothBy bis art comprifc. Thenmight the heauens,the earth,water andayre, Bewitncs that I thihkcchcc onely fayre. SONNET. XXIX. \A Y hartis like a (hip on tfeptunetbacke, Thybeautic is thefca where my fhip faylcth, Thyfrowncs the furges are that threat my wracke Thy (milesthe windcs that on my failes foft gailcch Longcoft betwixt fake hope and foulc dcfpaire, My fcaftckhart.arriued on thy more: Thyioue [ mcane.begges thathe may repaire Hisbroken rcffcll witli thybounteous (lore, DiJarelicu'd AEMMID diflreflc, And lent himloue,and gauc to himher heart» If halfcfuch bounde thou to me cxprcfle, Fromthy faire(hore I neuerwill depart; Butthanke kindc fortune that my courfedid forte, Tofiifici dip wrack on fo fweetc apone. SONNET. /-~vNTellui bofbme fpring two fragrant flowers, W ThemilkwhitcLilly,andthcblu(hingRo[e, Whkh daintfc flora for to deckeher bowers Aboueall other colours chiefly chofc. Theffin my miftris checkes both empire holding In emulation of each othershew, Continuallymay be discerned folding Beauticin lookes,and maieftie in view. Sometimethey meet,and ina skarlet field Warrcwith rebellious hearts neglecting dude, Andneuct ceafe,vnol 1they farce to yeeld Themcoward capdues conquered bybe audc. didftthou play the foe, And I the rtbell,andwas conquei'd fo. In SONNET. XXXI. "JN tediousvolumes I doe not intend Towrite my wocs^ny woes by loue procured', Norby myinfant mufe implore the end Of louestrueliffijthisfJoue) I haueabiured: Onlymy face (fattc deare)(hal) be the boobe Whereinray daily care flialJ be rehearfed: Wherebythou foak perceiue when thou docft looke, How by thy beautiesdart? my heartwas pier fed. Myeyes (hall wttnes with diftilling teares, Andheart with deepe feccht fighes frail manifeft My painfull cocmcncscaufde by griefesand feares> Andhourely labours mhc with deepe vnrefb Bothhearr, and eye$,and face (hall all expreJQe, Thatonly thouart caufe of my diftrefie. C3 Thy SONNET. XXXII. "rfty imageis plaine porrurdc in my thought, Thy cooftantrajnde is written in myheart, Thy feemelygrace and pleafing fpeech haue wrought To vowme thine,till death a (under pare Thy fauoursforft mefubieft vnto tbee, Thyonely care extended tomy good, Tylouefyloofccs, commaunded allin me Forthy dearefaketofpend mydeareft blood; Myioy confifts inkeeping ofthy loue, Mybalcdothbrcedeiflinioyknot: Myferuke true,from thee none can remouc, Vnlcflcboth life and loue I (hallforgot. Thoughlife and loue in dme muft haue an end, Vettuer I hauevowdc to be thy frend. , XXX III, myOrphan mules mother, ' Puremap of verttic,Honorsoncfy daughter Brightgemme of bewticjfayreaboue all other, Truebadge of faith,feule ignominies (laughter, EnfTgncofloue/ourc cnemie to Juft, Thegraces gracc/aire Ereeincs diigrace : Wrongschecfc reprouer,caufc 6f what is iuft, Aduicespatron,counccUic(Uogplace: Wifdomcschiefe fon,wits oncly pure refiner, Graueof dcceite,tho life of policic, Fatesbeft bcloued,naturcstrue diuiner, Nurceof inuendon.houldof conftancic, Poyfon of paine,Phi/uion of anoy es, J^wm/piide,an(Ipandice ofioy es. ¬4 S.OJVNET. XXXIIII. r MjrieJutf,\oueKaholy n"rc, Tbarburneswifeenejandyernot burning/cent:" Freeo¬hunfclfe,yccchain'd with ftrongddire t Con<^ucrdbychee.yet triumph&in thy einc: An eye-bewitching vjfion thce in teeming, Thatfhadow-bke flyesfcoroa Iou«rs eyes: An heaucnafpirmg fpmtvoyd of feeing; A gentlegod,ye-loues16 tyrannic: Bona-flaue-tohonour,bunh«nofconceit, Theonly godof thine eyesHyrarkiCj. Decayof friendflup^randlke ofdeceit, Morethcrtagofl.vct wants a nionarkie: Eaftard of nature,that tohcauen did clime, To kernethe misbegotten hcire of time. SONNET. /-\FaithjthoufacredPhoenix of this age, , Into anocherworld from hence,exiled Diuorc'dtiom honorby vnhccdfull rage, Purevemiesncft by hatefuli vice defiled: Thoufaith that cal'ft thyfimame Conftaricic, Chriftnfd aboucthe nine-fold glpnous fphcre, Andfrom the heaucnsdenucs tbypedegrcc, Plantuig,thej-cX)teofthy fairc linage there; Let thisthy glonc-be aboue the reft, Thatbaniflweanh where thou didft once remaine, Thou yet maiflharbour in mymiftrii breft, Soaj>ure xirrHcnI bchouldheaucns allbchoulding ftatret, I doccompare them to mywoes and ("nan, Caufdeby themany wounds and mighac fcarres Thatlouc hath trenched in mybleeding hare i And whenI thmkcvpon the Ocean finds, Me thinkesthey number but myladicibewties, Andreprcfcnt the infinites of bandcs Whereinmy heart is boundto endlcsdudes: And whenI fee naturesfaire children thntic, Nurftmthcbofomc of the fruitcrull earth, Frommy chift vowesthey their increafcdcnue; Andas they fpnng.lohitlc my vowes their birch: And asthe ftarresand fands hauc en dies date, Sois my louclubicft to naughtbut fate. SONNET. XXX VI I, r\ Luftof facredloue the foule corrupter, Vfurperof herheauenly digrutie, Follte*firftcruldcjgood councch mierruptct Fofteicdby floth,firft fttp toinfarme, Thouhel-torue monftcrthat affrights the wde, Loue-chokingluft, venues difdajnefullfbc: Wifdomcsconcemncr fpurner of adxufe, Swiftto fbi-|wearc,tofa»thfullprornife How, Bethou as far froiri her chad- chough ted bread, Hof true louekindled heart,her vettuou j muufc, Aiisat-feeing7jr<«nfronuhcweft, When from aurorai armci be doth vntwinde. Naturedid makeher of a heaucnlyrrtoujd, Onclytrue heaucnly venues toinfould. SONNET. XXXVIII. XdYthoughts afcending the hie houfeoffame, Found in recordsof venuous monuments A mapofhonours in anoble frame, Shiningin fpightof death soft banifhrnenrs; A thoufand coloursLoue (acefitted in, GuardedWith honour and immortal] time, toft led withenuie/earejand deadly fin, Oppofdeagainft faire L cues out-lhiing line. Tme Conftanac knteld at the feet of Loue, Andbcgg'd for (eruice,butcould not procure it: V/hichfeenejmy heart ftcpt forth & thoughtto mooc Kind Louefor fauour^xic did not allure it: Yetwhen my bean fwotc Conftancie was true, 1 onewelcon'd tt,3 nd gaucthem both their due. Image SONNET, TMage of honour,Vcrtuesfirft bornechdde, Naturesfairc paintedfta ge^a me s brigh teft face, Syrenthat neuer with thy tongue beguild, Sibillmore wile then Curoas Sibifl was, Whenlearnings fun with more refplendcnt glcames, Shallwith immortall flowres of poefic, Bredby the venue of Brambigningbeames Deckmy inucntion for thydignitic With heauenlyhymnes thy morethe heauenly pans lie dcifie,thyname commands fu eh dude, Thoughmany beads of poifeftpoets arts . Arc infufficientto expreflethy beautie, Thyname,thy honour,and loues pun DC, With Stanzas,Layc$and Hymnes lie fteliifie. Some SONNET. cOfflebewtk* nuke a god of flatterie, And fiwne EUzj»mie ternoU types, NathevIabhorre fuch faithlc J prophetic, Leaft I bebeaten with thy venuesftripes, Wilt tbou furuie another world to fee ? O?ii*jfwectc Prophet (hall thepraifcsfingc Of bewtiesworth exemplified intnee, A ndthy nameshonour in hisfweete tunes ring: Thy venuesC»Un (hall immortalize, Cv/6ochad venues organ fwccdl cfteem'd, Whenfor £^c«/name be didcompriie Such matter as inucntions wonder fcem'i Thy venueshee,thv bewties (hall the other; Chnfiertanew^whiies 1fit by and wonder. t& [a»fer. CELESTIALL ELEGIES. INTRODUCTION TO ROGERS'S CELESTIALL ELEGIES. jjHIS poeticalTrad, like the othersin thevolume, is printed from an unique exemplar. Not only is no other copy known, but apparently no mention has been made of it by any Biblio- grapher or Biographer. It is marked by more ability and intereft than the one which follows. The author was poflibly the fame Thomas Rogers, a native of Glouceftermire(being born in or near to Tewkefbury), who lived moftly, in his latter days,in the parifh of St. Gilesin the Fields, London, and who published,in 161a, a funeral tribute to the memory of Prince Henry under the quaint (perhaps intended as a punning) title of " GlouceftersMyte." Dr. Blifs,who, in his editionof Wood's" AthenaeOxonienfes," gives the concludingftanza of it, mentionsa copyas beingin the BodleianLibrary, but it is not known to exift elfewhere. Someinterefting allufions will be foundfcattered through the work. Among them maybe noticedthe following:-In Quatorzain8, Bajazeth andTamberlaine. [Marlowe'splay on this fubjectwas printed in 1590.] In Quatorzain 12, "Seas of troubles;" and "acting a part upon this worldly ftage". [The firft allufionhere is curious,for Shakefpeare'splay ii Introductionto Rogers'sCelestiall Elegies. of " Hamlet",in whichit occurs,is fuppofednot to havebeen written before 1602-3]. I" Quatorzainij, a poorattempt at a pun. In Quatorzain 14, fome far-fetchedSimiles. In Quatorzain14, allufionsto "Thetis ftreames", and " the rockesby Netleys mores", etc. The " Ladie Fraunces,Countefle of Hertford," herecommemorated, wasthe third daughterof Lord William Howard,firft Lord Howardof Effingham(created Lord Admiral by QueenMary), by his fecondwife, Margaret,fecond daughter of Sir ThomasGamage, and fitter of Charles, fecondLord Howardof Effingham,who wascreated Earl of Nottingham in 1596. The latter wasthe chivalrousLord High Admiral of England who did fuch good fervice againft the SpanifhArmada in 1588, as well as on other occafions. His firft wife was the Lady Katharine Cary, daughterof Henry Cary, Lord Hunfdon, and the fubjectof the following poeticaltribute by Thomas Powell: confequentlythe two ladies were fifters-in-law. The Countefsof Hertford died without iflue 14 May, 1598, aged 44, and was buried in the Chapelof St. Benedict,Weftminfter Abbey; againftthe eaft wall of which Chapelis a magnificentmonument, twenty- eight feet high, with a fuitable infcription to her memory. " This monument occupiesthe placeof the original altar, and was probably erectedwithin two yearsafter the CountefT'sdemife, when the two ftepsto the altar were madeto ferve as basementsto it. This ftately tomb is enriched with columns and pyramids of various kinds of marble, decoratedwith the enfigns and devicesof the noble familiesof Somerfet and Effingham. The Countefsis reprefentedin her robes,in a recum- bent pofture,with her head refting on an embroideredcufhion, and her feeton a lion'sback." Abridgedfrom AckermanrisHiftory of Weftminfter Abbeyy vol. 2. p. 109. Traces of the gold on the embroideryof the cufhion and of the crimfon colour on the robesmay ftill be observed. This lady'seldeft fifter wasnamed Douglas, and her career was an extraordinaryone. She was married, firft, to John Lord Sheffield; Introductionto Rogers'sCelestiall Elegies. iii fecondlyto RobertDudley, Earl of Leicefter;and thirdly, to Sir Edward Stafford. An accountof her intrigueswith Leicefter(during her firft hufband'slife), will be foundin GervafeHolles's curious Memoirs of the Holies family. Her marriage with Lord Leicefter,however, was denied by him ; and in confequence,her fon, the celebratedSir Robert Dudley, was declared illegitimate. The principal events in the life of the Earl of Hertford are too eafily acceflibleto require a lengthenednotice here. Suffice it to fay, that, though the malice of the enemiesof his father, the Protector Somerfet,deprived him, after the fall of that great nobleman,of his hereditary dignities and eftates, the favour of Queen Elizabeth, im- mediately on her acceflion, in November, 1558, reftored them to him. But his firft marriage,very early in life, with Lady Catherine Grey (the fifter of Lady Jane Grey), who had certain claims to the Succefllon, provoked the ire of his fovereign to fuch an extent, that he was not only fined by the Star Chamber in the fum of £15,000, but was,with his unfortunatewife, committed to the Tower. After a captivity of four years me was releafed,but never faw her hufbandagain. Shedied 26 January, 1567-8. The Earl was not releafedtill he had fuffered nine years'imprifonment. The fate of their grandfon,Sir William Seymour, wasfornewhat fimilar, for having married the Lady Arabella Stuart, her nearnefsto the throne excited the jealoufy and apprehenfionsof the reigning fovereign,and led to her imprifonment,lunacy, and early death. The Earl'sfecond wife wasthe Lady FrancesHoward-the fubject of the following poeticaltribute-who died in i 598, and by whom he had no iflue. His third wife, whomhe married when hewas upwardsof fixty yearsold, wasalfo of nobledefcent, and her charactermay be given in the words of Granger (Biographical Hiftory of England}. "She was Frances,daughter to Thomas, Lord Howard of Bindon, fon to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. She was firft married to one Prannel, a vintner's fon iv Introductionto Rogers'sCelestial! Elegies. in London,who was poflerTedof a good eftate. This matchfeems to havebeen the effect of youthfulpaffion. Upon the deceafeof Prannel, wholived but a fhort timeafter his marriage[he died in December,1599], fhe was courtedby Sir GeorgeRodney, a weft-countrygentleman, to whofe addreflesfhe feemedto liften ; but foon defertedhim, and was marriedto Edward,Earl of Hertford [about 27 May, 1601]. Upon his marriage,Sir Georgewrote her a tender copy of verfes in his own blood,and prefently after ran himfelfupon his fword. Her third hufband wasLodowick, Duke of Richmondand Lenox,who left her [in February 1623-4], a very amiablewidow. The aimsof great beauties,like thofe of conquerors,are boundlefs. Upon the death of the Duke, me afpired to the King, but diedin her ftate of widowhood[8th October, 1639, age A curiousaccount of this beautiful,attractive, and eccentriclady will be foundin Arthur Wilfon'sLife and Reignof K. JamesI. publishedin 1653,folio. Lodge,however, in his" Portraitsof IlluftriousPerfonages of GreatBritain," hasinferted a lefs prejudicedlife of the Duchefs,to accompanyher portrait, which is there engravedafter a full-length picture by Vandyck, dated 1633,in the poffeffionof the Marquisof Bath. Another engravedportrait of her by William Pas,dated 1623, after a painting by Van Somer,formerly poflefled by HoraceWalpole at Strawberry Hill, is prefixed to fome prefentationcopies of Captain John Smith'sHiftory of Virginia, folio, 1624, a work dedicated to the Duchefs. A full length portrait of the Duke of Richmond,painted by Van Somer,dated 1623, aged 59, is in the pofleffionof Her Majefty at Hampton Court. The Earl of Hertford makes no figure in the politics of his time, but towards the end of the reign of Elizabeth he muft have regained fome portion of her favour, as we find that in September1591 fhe vifited him at his feat of Elvetham in Hampshire,where very elaborateenter- tainments,which occupied four days in reprefentation and elicited her warm approval, were given in her honour. The account of thefe festivities is reprinted in Nichols's Progrefles of Q. Elizabeth vol. iii. He wasalfo one of the patronsof the Stage,for in 1592, accordingto the Privy CouncilRegifters, he had among his fervantsa body of players; who have, however, left few materials for the hiftorian of the drama ; differing, in this refpect,from the comediansunder the protection of his brother-in-law, the Lord Admiral, who had connectedwith them in their managementand concernsPhilip Henflowe and Edward Alleyn. By JamesI. he was felected (in 1605) as one of the AmbafTadorsto the Archduke, an officewhich he acceptedafter much importunity, but which, in fplendour at leaft, did not fuffer at his hands,for Sir Dudley Carleton, writing to Mr. Winwood, fays," Our great AmbafTadorsdraw near their vi Introductionto Rogerss CelestiallElegies. time,and you may think all will be in the beft manner,when the little Lord Hartford makesa rateof expenceof £10,000,befides the King's allowance." The Earl of Hertford died in April 1621,at the advancedage of 83, and is buriedwith his unfortunatefirft wife in Salifbury Cathedral,in the fouthchoir-aifle, under a (lately thoughtaftelefs monument. " It is worth while " ("faysHallam, in his ConftitutionalHiftory, in which he difcuffesthe claimsof the Countefsto the throne) "to read the epitaph on his monument; an affectingteftimony to the purity and faithfulnefsof an attachment rendered ftill more facred by misfortune and time. Quo defiderio veteres revocavit amores." Of Matthew Ewens, with whom the author of the prefent tract claims relationship,the following account is given in Fofs's Judges of England. "He was called upon to take the degreeof ferjeantby writ dated 29 November, 1593, the return of which was probably in the following Hilary term. During that term, on i February, 1594, he was raifed to the benchof the Exchequer; and his judgmentsin that and the following yearsare reportedby Savileand Coke. Beyondthis no account appearsof him; but his death or refignation foon after occurred,as his fucceflbr,John Savile,was appointed in July 1598." CELESTIALL ELEGIES of theGoddefTes and the Mufes,de- dtpforiigthrdeathoftheright ban ourakleAnd-vertMsm LadieihcLadie FRAVNCBS Countelfe of Hertford. latewife vnto the right honorableE o v? ABO Vicoum' Bcaachunp and title ol' HcnJ»i J. WHEREVNTOARE ANNEXED fomefuneralj v cries touching the deathol MATHEVV EVVENS E^jwie, latcona, «i (be baruniof her Maicidci Courc at ti. jVnio who oo i PropcrdusEleg. $.. Ub. 3. J \'df>lfvrtabit efts Aihmntu ad ad inftmat Ji*ltt vtl'tre Hor, Lib. I f p. Mors vltima flnea recura eft. By ThornM RogtrsEfqui.c. .tmptlntcdat Londonby R'ehurdBrtdockf, fbj 1. B, andare to bcfoldai her (hop tt P«tl«t Church-jrardat theCg'ieofche Bible- » J #8, To theRight Honouiablehis fingulcrgood Lordj the LordEdward Seymor "wro/Mf BeauchampeHaricot Heitford. Ehold( T{ight Honourable ) in thisTheater ofmortaftt/e a Tra- Aoedie-vptth ' a j (olemnej funerall ,t~ atvohwb the Goddejjes arechiefe mourners^ andthe. Jttufis attendants> wherem death platesthe Tyrannical/ Kino or the £/«£//£ Tyrant,your dears Ladie and wife thefib- letlofhis furiey which in a duwle jhoye Is heerepresented byme: whereof I kfire your tA 2 Lord lordfhippeto be tfpeffator and A Jf I hauewittilte plaide the fooies part in contrimngthematter ( / thmkeI haueplatd thewifefi part .-)And then I hope 2/hall. haueyour Lordfljtpsapplaufe. eAndthat is all 1expeft. YourLordfhips euer at commaund. T. K. CeleftiallEligies for thelate death of jbe right Honottrabltfthc£<«<6>- Couoteflc of Hertfordc. A T O R Z A I N. rBerecynthi4. ?^T^Y£ tt^ Q^VATORZAIN. a. tunt. I" thatambothfoueshftci and his wife, 7'heQiJeeneoffreanen>vvhomGods &mcn adore Heatingthe fameof this braue Ladies life, 7nmournfull habit DOW her death deplore: Shehath puttof all earthlyornaments Andcloth'dherfoulcin glories fpotleflerobej Shehlthexchang'dthefe mixed EUments, Forthat pure QuimefTence, the heauenlic globe Loc howherfpright infranchifcd from thrall^ Of finfullfle/}),afccnds theCbrillalJskyc, Scornbgtodwelllongin this earthly vale, Where all men rife tofall,andliuero die: Thereforeftie foardaboaeahumane pitchr And withher vertues doth my Realmcinrich, Th Of theGddejjes. Q^ATOR ZA1N. Pilbt. "nTHepompeofthisvaine world flic did defpifc, *" Weighingthe flippcricftate of earthly things, ThercfoteabouetheSphearesof heauen (he (lies, To fiogand toy before the King of Kings: Her vertuesthat did miUtateonearth, Againftthe fleftvhedeuyyifltteand hell, Now triumphein theheaucnjj«nd conquet death Andin fanesholy raonarchiedoe dwclk J rue the loflc of true Nobilitie Whilome inueftedin her noble brcaft, Wifedotne with honour link't in amtir, Were bothin her,and fiiein deathfupprcd.- How can/chulebut wailcfor hrerdcceafc, Sichby herdeath my kingdom doch deer-cafe. A 4 Celcjtiati.tlegiet QJ/ ATORZA1N. 4 US ^r ail / \f^a AY me; myveftall flame isnowexrinft, My flowreof Cha/iitifdoth fade away In Letbntlouds true noblrnes doth fmke, My Empyrerunnesto ruinous decay; Pittie,Aimes-dcedsand chaiitie isfled, fidehtiebeyondthe lejsisgone1, Truefricndfhip now andfaithrullloueisdead, AndPriapm vfurpeth Cupids throne : Shethat did leeke my kingdonje to maintaine^ By fandtitiejreligion, faith, and z.eale, Throughcnuie of theDeftenies is flaine, Pcathrobs th'Efchequer ofrny commonweale, For all thofe riteswhich I was wont tohaue. Arc fledto heaucoor buried in hergrauc. OftlfGoddeflfs* IFAnd thatfall lama from Heaum.vponflane,llcloofe themy earth light, to Becaufeherlifesfaireday isturnde" tonight, My ioyeCQ grtcfe, my louctohatc (Tiali turne. If thatI am aGoddcfleasmcnfay} Whom loucrstearmcCcleftiallatiddeuine, With humaineteares He wafh my ioyes away, Andon the earth nomore by day-timefhinc: IflbebeautiesSoueiaignc,andloues Queene, Heput a niaifccof cloudsbefore my face, Hatingtoloue , louingtoUuevnfeenej I will obfcuremy felfc in fomedarkc place.' Andif I be aPlanct.while I raigne, Hefrown on th'carth where my delight ij flaine* From i*kJC**S^l^ ATORZAIN.tf. Thetif. FRomth'vnknownekingdomeofth'And from thcfartheft bondsof th'Oceanmaine, AntipodcJ, Attendedwith rroopesof Nercideiy Andcharming Syrens^ thac fupporce my trai'ne.- Mou'dwith thegentlemurmurcof the fire ame;, Thatfccmetnf humanemifcricstowcepej 3thatdockrfle the Sunacs tranfplendent beatnejj Whenhe in Atyf*wr/bofomefallsafleepe$ Cometo thisfamous land in wauesof woe, Like to a Queenemmourning wecdcs araid^ Crowned\\ith cares^ccaufcmansmortallfoe^ ThcTyrantdeathjhistragickparthatbplaide; Seamorelamentestnan all theworldebefidf, " Hisirucloucsloficthat late in England dyde. My Ofthe GoAdefftt ATORZAIN. 7 JL?" «"* Ceres. A/lY wealthdecaies for wantof Somcrsheat, * -KSomfrs heatfades bccaufe the Sunncis flcdj TheSunne isfled, bccaufe his griefc is great, Hisgricfe is great, bccaufe his ioye is dead , Hisioyeis deaid, fioce his desre ladie dydc, "Andfince his lady didehccucrrnournde3 Heeucr moutnde,for lofle ofNatures pride, ForNatures pridc,is now to 2Hiesturndc, To alliesturnde that wasa Pbosnixrare3 A Phoenixrare, of whomno other brcd^ No otherbred, thatbrecdes the moretny carc? ThcmorernycarCjiithallinhctisdead: O Heauesjwhydoyou bringthisiand fuch dearth. As for to cake a Phoenixfrom the earth. CelcftidlElegltr I Thethatblindelightdo rurnethe Goddeflerowling whceleofvnconftancic, of chauncc, Thar fometime did the RomainePeers aduancea To/waythe worlds impcriall Monarchic: /that doekings enthrone, annoynt,and cro wnc. And oftedepofethemfrom the Royalifcate, I thaton mightie BatAz,tth did frownej And madethe bafcborneTtmberUintlo great: Lamentthat death hath got the viftorie, While/ amfaine to flieaway forfcarc. Forwhere de ath raices3 there ends my foueraiotic, Hccaflsdowne Trophees which I didvpreare, . ThisLadie whome I raifde to highdegrces Dyde not bychauncebutfataJldcftenic, Kcd Of theGoddtfle'i. (XV A T O R Z A I N. 9 Nemejit, T) Edho.te with rage whofe heart wich griefcdotrr J comcfroralout fell Atroposto chide,fblecde, Thatcut too (bonethis Counteflc vitall thrcedc, Whcrewich her foulc and bodic were fatt tide: Whilewicked men long Hue in loy and 5heliu'd long time in fickneflcand in pame, Who (till accountedvertue hcrchiefc treafure, And lofleof worldly wealthheaucns riched gainc: Whereforefhe fledto heaucn/romwhence I came,' Andwith reuenge to fcourgemensinfolence, And tholefame riuhlefle dcfteniesto tame> . Thatby tfiis Ladies death loues wrath iocence, Wholet ihewicked long time hue in pride, WhilcAc thatbelt deferued/ooneftdide. Though Cttejlt*!Etfgies area* Q,VA TOR Z A IN, 10. BettoHA. fir-? THoughlamThar hatetoliueldiyfeareWlGoddeflreofdrcadwirre, at home irvpeace, With humanecries allured 1 come from farre, In (treames of bloude to rue this damesdeccafe* ThisLady was a Howard,and dtdipringe, Otrtof theanticnt Duke oiNorfolkfi race, Whofcofspnng didfubdue the Scots Hout ktng» And fromthe fieldrebellious foes did chafify Her brotherft ill rcftesloyal totheCrowflCf >^ndScepter whichfaire Cjntht* now d Sea to ralTe, EtcrBalltriumphesto the Howards prajfe. Crowned Of theGoddejfti. A T O R Z A 1 N. II Flor*, CRownedWbofefem\vithwrcathesofperfumes the Empire Odoriferousof theflowrs",-4yre> ^niongtherettoftheimmorcall powers, Vnto thehnd of AlbtanI repaire. WhereI withgarlands will herToombe adome, And makedeath proud with ceremoniousrices. Thattor chisLadiesfake I doenot fcorne/dtltgh«; To d<-:keherGraue, with th'earthsbirc flowers for (iththe world was fwectned by her breath, 7nacbreath'dTarevertuesforth1asr.henaliue, lie beautifiehciSepulchetjfincedeath Ofherfweetefbvvle her body diddepriue? For thisbraue dame was a fweet fpringine flower, Bcdewdewith heaucnly grace till herialthowrc. From CeltfliaSElf gift CLVATORZ A IN. 12. Jj 'Profcrpina. THRomthe black kingdomeofinfeTnall X^Ucircumfcrib'dwith Characters ofwoe j Andfrom the dungen of thedarke abyfle, Wfaercinthe Ocean Seas oftroubles flowe^ I doeafcendvponthis worldly Rage, In thisfadTrtgedic to acla part, Sithflic thatwas a light to thatlaft age, Is nowconfounded by deathsfatal! darte; ThecrueUdeftinies were much to blame, To cuther threedeof life ere throughly fpunne^ Herlifcbutndouclikctoa7"^>-/flaiii.e, Andthus theho wrglaflc of myioyes is runrrc : Whereforethe Fatillfi(tersfhallrepent Her bodiesdcath,andfairc foulesbanifhment. ft* I Orbid&i«/ AcfyrdeImbroideredinblack withfpangled ftatres within filcntflamesnignt offier, , WhilePhabiH doth the lower world infpire, withhis bright beamcs & cofoft breathing Bright, I comein clowds of griefewith penfiuefoule, Sendingforth vapoursof blackedifcontentj To fill theconcaue Circle ofthe Pole, And with myteares bedeawe each continent: Becaufethat flic that made my night fceme dayffj Byher pure Venues euer fhininglamps^ Nowmakes my night more blacke by herclecay> Wandringwith GholJs in theE/ifon Camps: WhereforeI (Hll.will werea mourn ing vailc. For (he is dead and humane flefh is fraile. Ad ewe oftk*G*L!tjrii. ADcwcWelcomefaircpale Venw horror Ladicgriefe ofdelight, and difcomcntj Comelet vs wander to thevaile of night. And forthis Ladies death fighe and lament, Ourhopes late deadeingender lining feares. Ourgricfes awake doc btinge our ioyes aflecpe, Now v(fcfrom Thetisftrcames will borow teares, Andteachthe rockes by Netleyrfliores to Ourfaire complexion is withforrow chang'd, Wehauc bin fellowe Mates with beauties But fromout felueswenow atefocftrang'd, We arebut (hadowesof whatwe hauebeene, j^ndthnsmvaine we dailydoe deplore, For lofle of life which we cannot re ftore» CeltfttallElegies Q_V A T O R Z A I N, 17. tr/E thatate caldeTymfSgoIde winged Howres: Andare the Portersof HeauensChrifiaJIg«e> Comefrom the PalLacepfCelefliallpower$> ThisCounteflcdeath wkhpompe tocelcbrW, By fhuttingvpHeauensgate wcfcnd downe rayoe; Daikingthctriple rfgion ofthcAirc, Andwjien we lift opening"the doorc agaiflfj Drythe inoyft clowdcsSt make the weather fairc^ WecpenovyOclowdcsvpponthc graflic-catth, With oftendrops fret throughthe hardefi ffonesj Whilewe in forrowcfor thisLadies deach. Flic backagainc to the CeJefiiallthroncsr Andlocking faft the great Porte of the Ski?, Senddownc more fliqwrcs for herrnortalitie. A T O R Z A I N, 18 Pandora. I Mingledbringaboxwith wherein teares diflildall woes from are facred clbfde, eyes, Andnot fo muchaj hopefor me repofde Jsleft behindcbuc quite away ic flics- Thegraces where whh all thcGods indue me, Are gonefrom me andto louesthrone re/brr, Thebleflingswhich vntill this day purfudc me, Forfake me now and [ ftartdall'amort. Like Ntobethat eueirill deathRill monm'de, For herdeare childrcns lofle whomPbubm fluea And to a fcncelefTeflone atlall wasturndf, That in hcrltfedidraoftextreamelyrue: And thas transfbrmde I will become a Toombe. T*cnc/ofehcrvcrtuesin rny dying woombe. B? If Cele(li*ll£(egiet Q^VATORZ AIM- 18. Deapaftorum. IF kingdomesuvaile (lull nottheCottage weepe ? If theCourt grceue ftiall not theCountry grone ? If theydoe morne that doe ftrong Lions keepe? Shallnor I, thatkeepe tender. flieepe,bemone.2 If faire£///* monarchof thislle, ThisLadies loffc doth gratioufly.lamentj ]t ill becomesacountry fwayne to fmyle, Or methat snn the Shepheardsprefidente: O thourare^ucene that makcft the femal gender, Bymuch,morewortliie then the Mafcuiine, Tothec all praifcandglorie \ Surrender, Whom! efleeme asfacrcd anddeume: Hadnot thy life ginenfhcpheards fwect releefe, 3(hould hauc well nighpenfhed with greefc. Euen Of theGoddeflet. Q^VATORZAI N, Feroni*. EVenWithin Silxanthis fadNimphet and melancholywhich on me moodcjdaily tends ^Matedwith forrowe come 1 from the woode, 'Andto faire Cynthia* kingdome now I wende, Wherethe immortall GoddefTesarriu'd, At7 roynouanr,bywhich TAuwf/waues do glide, Wherelate a Ladieof greathonour liu'd, Butgreatcrvertuejthatvntimelydyde: Thithergoc I amongthe reft to mourne, y?ndoflFervpmy tcarcs vpon her fhrine, My loftic treesI will cut downeand bnme, In wicrieflcof herdeath for whichI pyne.- Andas my trees confumc away with flame Sodoth my heart with griefepnd ' ioy with fhame. 64 In Ce/efrtalTZfegies INIJe fpeakedreary heraccents piaife ofathough dolefullvcife, lhaue loogbin In fableweedes Ue decke her cRfwali hearfr, Andfacrificetnytears vpponhertoombcj. Wiihgolden Statues fhall ner toombe be gilttj LikeKing Mnnfoltu ftateiy cnonument, Whkhhisdeare wif«the^uecneofCrfn '-aliaRbt* CyttleOpt fl»3 Ttlfa, &c. as Hefioatu-fi&b thedaughterof Cedumand 7Wr<* the wifeof Srffarw^comrnonlycalled the motberoftti*god&& goddefles of the anAreptefJn h«hatid> fteis alfo re- puwdthe founder ot Cititsartd Towres foe defence* /MHOcalled PTV»H^Aand of fome Incitut the daughterof s*t*rneand Op/^Wife^rid filter of -/*p« '"'j^ueeneof htaueujand gtfddefle of rtches^m- poiledwiebibe cdefliaJf diademe,drawne in hef chariotby PeitockeSjflifc ti aciroUrrted toptcdotHi' Batemam£«s, and the birth &fchildren. P*ff^othcrwifecalled (JMinema as Hejiodus af- firmcthis the daughter of Neptuneand Tnton, poc- jJHnotAticHivpoa tically aKofaynedtobeengendred of thebraineof /upitcrj Sheis cheGoddeflc of wifedome,learning IbdthehbaalJfaenc-eJ, Sheis the fitter of M*rs andisfaid to be the Goddcflc of warresandmartial! s, andfor chatit often called Cynthiacalled alfo TJittna and Phalc fhr daughter of iuftter andLatona the fiftcr of Pbabmfl»c is the Goddeffeof huntingand fifhmg, who addi Ventutermed alfo Cjt herta poetically fained to be bred of theTroth of the Sea, excelled all other GoddefTf sin beaut ic , fhcistheGoddefle of Jouc, piealures and lafciuiousdelightes/heridcth in acha- riotdiawne by doues,lhcisthe mother of Cuptdand oneof «hcfcuen planets * Tbttu Thetiscalled alfo dmphitritcthe wife of Ptletu Xing of T^jT^i daughterof Nertitsand mother of Acbtllesvw efteemcd Goddcfle of rhe Sea: of Ncretuall the Nympbes were called Cert}the daughterof SaiuntrMdOpi fifterof Af- pit.er& Plutoyisthe Goddeflc ofCornc driwen i« he; chariccby dragons,crowndewithfheaucs of wheat (hewandred about the world to findeher daughter PrGfsrpwwhompttfioRokaway, fbeiuft taught thevie of theplough and toxill :heland. j/iurarathe mowing, thedaughter of andT"/'//* in the mdgcmenr of He(iotfwtor asothers fayof 7* Nox the nigjit, bred of Chaosas Poets faine whomthey cal the mull aunrienrmother of all crea- tures,becaufe there was no light but darkenes be- fore thcSunneand the hcaucns were made.Andfhe pofleflcdall places before the birth of thegods, (he iscloac'icdinWackcraymenc. with afablcvaylevp.' onherheadjtranfpottedbyblaekehorfes in her c- benchariot, fhe camefrom Etelw and the infer- nalsobfcuringihisHcmyfpheie v.'heii ibc goneto the alfo Cblon'ithe wife of Zephiriui$ deemedthegoddcfleo/ Fiowr«.- arrecalled i\(o'Palfat whicbto cxprefTeboth the valour and the wifedonor of the honorable race of the Havardes} haue twife exptelTedm feuerall fonnets,vvhomf»r^i7 nan\cth theprefident ofwartc. af the GotUefftS. Arntifotembelli frtfts Tritani4PaiLu asfpmc fuppofc was die daughter oCOct- ««»«,albeit Hejiodut writing of theorigin all birch iof theGpd*,makes no mentionof her } yetafl>cis vainelyreckoned among thenumbcr of theGods at luMiAl witnefleth. ttn A&eftfifit prudentia^fed tl NosfaimtuFortitaadntm , Sheistbc Codde/Te of rhance-and t fhc isfaidc to be blindcand to be roulcd aboutvp« on a whfaUas T»£w/7/>< ir>i. Llegijtria». fcrfaur Itttii otltc rout. cailed alfo Perffphane andof fometfe- cateis the daughterof fupiterand C""^»ttc wife of TV*/*Queencof Hell, the bath ibitfraigne power of dead bodies. NemtKs Ntitiefijthe daughter ofOfMztto and Nax may be calledchcGoddefleo/*euenge,who was feot from Iitpittr to«/uppreflfr*hepride and infolence of luchas arecorouchpuftvpwkh arroganciefor the fruilio of worldlyfelicitierand therfore Anftetle LiJe mttn* dtyaffirrheth Ncmtfir to bethe deuinepower and iuftkeof Godto punifl/malefaftorsfortheit Jiay- nouscrimes, and todiflributeco eucry one accor[. dingto bis demerits. Libtttn* is the Goddeflcof Funeralls. The Qrac« called GtAt'uor Ckaritet thcGraees daughtersof Input?and Euryngme vvhofc names are! 4gtMtEnpl)rofynewiAThali* ,they were facautifull andthe companionsof Ver.tu. tfor* thehowrrtj^aDghters of fttpiterand The- **f,areby Wouwraiidother Poets faide tokecpc the galcfof hcauen,and by openingof them romakp faireweaiijer^andbyfliutrjng them to makefoulc weather thf Goddeflet. theyftuour learning and alfoclatc andthe Graces: ces:Theyare Imagined to hauefoft feet andtobe moli flow of all the Goddcflcs,and HiJl to workcforac new matter, they moderateand dc- Tacceflioaoftimes.' * Ladieimbeiiiftlcd with all fayrcorna- mentsofbodie andmindeonw^omctuery one of theGedsbcftowcda (eucrallgift of grace, Wisfent by/oueio'fremttheut wich all coils iuclofed,fjrt in a boxor littlecofer , whichgift beingrefuted by./ro- vtethewwas by herbrought to Epimetheuiywho o- pcningthecoueroftfiebox,perceiuinga!l thofc c- uilstoHicout luddenly fhuc the fame, referulngoBly hopein the bottomc thereof repofed which he kcpc i«(l ; whichhopcyoa muft imaginenow that ¥**- ilor^hath1off in thecariigc byicafocofthismoft nobleCounteflc death, Nit* ffobethe daughter tfTanialut wasdocin&lent beyondroeafurcfbr the beautie and goodly propoN tionofherchildrenjiafbrouchthat flie comparedor ratterpreferred her felfe in opinionof glory before Z,o;av , Feront*the Goddefle of woodsor groues"Whofe temple (asStratawriteth)was famousin the Cirie SoracitJt*nd(hcwith great dcuotion was there wor^ "ffiippeOjOtwhome chefeis no mentionmade touch- ingher birth or education,notwithftafldingflic isrec konedfoueraigne of the woods as Virgil writeth, EtviridiffAudens Ftronia iuco. Great CtleJ!i*BElegies of the Afnfet. A T O R Z I A N. i Clio. fjficat princesacfcs I vfe to royalize, Andfrom theScigian ftouds their fameco faue,, And IT tncOifta!! mirror of the skies, With witsdire Diamond IrheirpraiFc'iilgraue* By me ^/f«<<»w<«ronncis-niadcdcuinf, And faireCahfto rurned to a Bcare Nowinthc Starriefirmament doth fiiine, Andwith her light adornesthis Hemyfphere, And-I will raifetohcaucn this nobledame, Abotiethe pureft Element of fire, And loin Srarreschara<3crize hirfamf$ Thattifne fhallnot her glories date expire, Afld yet mvheart in pittictakesremorfc^ For her dcarcfoule and bodies late diuorfe. C Knowing CLVATORZIAN. a Afe/ptmene, KMowingOr mubngherof life herwhat death fhallfall I infound afounded herpraifcf Shalllrecordeberfamein my fwcete laies? Ocby tny forrow make her death tenowndc? I know not whatto doe ,1am amazdc, I wanderin a Laborinihof woes, HcrptaifcalreadiethrougB theworld is Wazdj, Andnow her death with greefc/muft difclofc; WhereforeIrcgifict her deatbwith f cares* Whichdoe turne blacke with forrowein the fiiD, Wringingmy handcs renting ray golden hearts, Andwith tbcfcreliqucs grace her funendlj £xclamingthus with euedafting cries, Vertuegrows(icke^hame Imcs^true honor diei. I T That in PrincesPaUaces was bred, "*And did delight in eucriccomickc fport, Whofedaintie fectcon carpcti vfde to trcadc^ Anddance the meafures ftatly in thecourt, Will turnemy mirthfulllongs to doleful!cries^' Andfill with rcarcsthcHeliconian brooke, Mylouely cheekes befineard withwceping eyes^ JLskcflcfhlcfie dcathesAnatomic I lookc, ForIhe that brought ucwreuels out of Fr**eft Wheofhereturned to hernatiuefoyle, Wholbtightmy glory chiefly to aduance, liath neWbydeathreceiued afatall foile, Thusbyhetloflc I amcocnpeldtorue Thai fihc to foonehath bid the world adewe? C 2 Come Celtft4*QEltgitt ATORZAIR 4 fittersIctvs fingGu} roundelaiesj Andftrew green Cypres boughs vpo hirTombc Crowningher image with imtnortallbayes. Oh facrcdofspriagof Latent wornbc, Playon thy feauen.flnuige harpe andfa/Jly warble, Thev/a ifcfulJ murmur of celeftiallij>hcar«8j Andwhile thou docft cngraue her fame in marble, Ikdiggcber grauewithjLnowresof facred ceares; My pipe(hall make tht ftonesto wccpcfor piece, As great Amfhionj Lyre did makethem dance, TO build againetheruynesof thatCitie> Whichdid rnaintaine the Grecian puifancc, Andyet not T/b/^/but Treyn&jmt (hall mourac Forherv/nofc flefbto Elementsdid turnq. Whaz tftte M*ftj, "17WHatdolefull VXtptfonfliall I make, Whatmoumtull fongs of fonowfhall I {ing What comfort in fwecte Mufickc can I take, Sithdeath hath broke this Ladiesvitall (fring: My facredLyre that did refound of yorej Celeftiallharmony, like P£or£«i/Lute, Suchioyfull accents now Iriail foundno more^ Forinward forrow makesour confort mute; Sitndeath hath broke that ftriag that did rnkc In mutual!loae her bodie aod her foule» My dulcimersfliall makeno more delight Aod I will Huein euerlaftingdole For howcanMufickc folace humaine earey, Whcfilings are broke & hartsare drown d in tears ¬3 Ye Q.V A T O R Z,A I N. 6 Srate, VE thatlike ImltwCifarfeekctomcafure, Thefpacious cly mates of thecentred round, To fifli forktngdomcs and to purchafetreafuic, Oppofeyour liucs to euerie fatall wound« Beholdeuen in tne mapof my fadface, AtrucCofmographieofhumane woes5 For Hpcefoulc death his Tropheesheare diJ place, Jnquiet reft I ncuc/touldrepofe, Vnr,oth'Antarticke Pole whaineed ye failct At homein fafetiebetter may yee fleepe, Coniidcrby herdeath your flcfli is fraile. Sitdownebymevpponchefcrockes andweepe, Fof Albionnow more forrowes doth centime, Thenthere is wealth in allthe Qccanmayne. Were QJ/ ATORZAIN. 7 tesggjir^/cp^r^v-^, \7\7Erc it norchat EUz* did reuiue, Mydroopingfpiritsthatareliketoperifli, "If that worldsmyrrouronely ftiealme, Did norwithbountie ftili myPoems cherifh, I Chouidgoe languifh in femeobfcurc caue^ Or with rudeSatyrec>& wood-nymphs (fcould dwel Learningftiould lie inba fe Oblations graue, Andflow nomore from Ag*»*y$ewell: But finccthis LadiesfouJeis vaojfhed, Out of thisworld (hcrcorps to deatheathrald^ Sheto a ftarrcismecamorphofed Andwith th? golden Twinns in hcauenen (laid Or likethe Pleiadet cnthron'd on hif-h Shemay be tcrm'd a Phoenixin theskic. C4 CeltJtMl Llegtes QJTAT-O RZ A1N. 8. Pratt*, T Sawenofearefullcomet'iotheSkye, -*-NorfiricMcteorslately did I viewe, Wfiofedread afpe<5rrhrcatensmortaHcie, And lofleof foinegreat Princes to infue: Nor by Aflrologiedid I deume, Thardeath To foonc this Paragon fhould flay, Thacfhewho did ingrace andverruefhine5 Aboueher Pcercs before them fhould decay, Ithinke whileallcheGodsincounlellfate, To canonizefome Saint,that late did die, Not beingmindful! of thisLadies flare, Whofcfatall howrc did then approach fonighj Deathfiole vppon her with his Eb«n darte And vnwarcs dadfttikchet to the hcarc. .ffthe A T O R Z A I N .p. SIcblamMypen fhallrearm'dtheMufesOratrii, wright the Iliade s of mygreeFc, My tearefiflleyes vppon her beare ilefixe, My tongue(hall tell awofull talc in brecfe; My handsfhall aft thepa/lions ofmy minde, My ruthfulllookcs bewray my penfiuethooghc, I will trompfainethe Fatesare toovnkinde, Frobad to worfcthe world (i)llgrowcs to nought? Wherefore1thinltethat Pitta's wondrous yearc, (Whenas the Orbs of Hcauenfhalbe reuolu'd, To theirfirft courfe)approcheth very ncarc The bandsofth' Elementsfhalbcdiflblu'd: And till thofedaies of confummation come, Ores makemepaffionatc&forrowcs dombe, Now The AuthorsConclttfion. NOwIn thisfadTragedietoGoAdtffes andAfufesaftc giuemelcaue, apart, 1 hauemore caufc for her deceafeto greeue, Thoughyou more wic to flicw yourforrows finart: Ycc for affectiondoe extoll her praife, Andfor merepittie doe her death lament, / both forlouc and ducticftriue to raifc Her fame aboue the ftarric firmament: Anu deathfor enuiedid abridge her daiej T'enritch his kingdomewith tbisvertuousdamo ButI forgriefcthat death the Tyrant plaies, Jjnpouerifnrhaue my witt' enrichher fame WhileI pcrformethcferites which are moft fie, Deathvmeth rich in fpoyle,! fpoild ofwitec. An- Annotationsvpcn the Celefliallc!e£i:t of (he * I*'^>>vy^LCjxiVscucv/^j(>c^Ci ^y vr^-c THEcts and nine firft Mufer authors whichof Poetry are thepresidentsMuficke & ofPo- other {ciences,arcthedaughters offitpitet & mnemofyne sitAS memoriawhofc names are Clio, tJMtlyominey Tkulut,EHtepre,Terpficbore,Er4to3fittIioC{tVr THatI inname my heart whichdoe Mojcs wor/bipaad on bis foreheadadore, bare, That namewhich lewesto namedid feJdomedaie, May/ prefumefor mcrcieto implore? That namewhichSa/omonvpponhisbreaft, ThhisdiuincPencaculmndid wcarc, With greatlekotiAh Chara&ersimpreft, That name I loue I rcucicncc and fearc.- Thatname which A ran worerpon his head, Crau'din his hofy Miter madeo fGoIde, Thatname which Angels laude and furies djeade^ Whofepraifeno fonguecan worthily rnfolde, Thatname which flefh is to impureto name. My fmfullfoulcwuhfacredzealeinflamc.j Of theScatre which the Magi did worChipat ChrtftesNatiHttir^ridofbte detilh. I Butblazethe thattrue ftarre,figure whichof eremail was nolife, blazing ftarre, 1 heprince of peacewas borne then cc a fed warre^ His birthcsbeginning ended rnortall ftrifo, Thisglorious ftarrc did lead the aged wife To worfliipth '/nfant s Godhead in the Eall, Which camewith gladfocnchrart &ioyfnlleye$j To feethat Babe that made all /fmeflblftt: O lightof Hcauentrtfmwaft extinft on earth, Yet to ourfeufes Ccleftiall life doth gtue Thy deathout life, thy rifingournew birth Thouthree dales dead didft make vs euer liue^ Yet at thy deathobfcur'd wasth'tarthandlkie, Bccaufcbe that wasGod, as man did die. Foun- FOuntaineWaterof life ofgracc to faucfromour whom foules fromdoth death, only runne, O fauiourof the world,purevirgins lonne, That in red earth infuPdfirflvitallbrcaih. Oh thouwhofe name was calde Emmnnntf, I oyningthy Godhead with humanitic, Thouthat for ourfakes didft difcendtohcll, Andouerdeath did'ft get the vicloric." Ohwomans fcedc that didft from God proceedVj ByProphets faid to breakethe Serf errtrhead, Thcu that in graceand TCTTUC docft eicccde, Contentto diethat thou mightett quicken dcadc. Thouthai didfltayfe the dead men fro the tombe. Earthskingdoms paflr,oh let thykingdomc come. Amicnt Soneti, ANtifOh Godnc ofoneauhc, daic*,and Ohyet manftill younginyet moft yeareipdeutnc^ Poorein thisworld,yet chicfc of heauenly Pcercs, Whcfcglorieintb'inkrnallpitdid (hine, Bornefincc old ^r^/xzw^daicsyct long before, ('ForAbraham reioyc'd tofee thy dales) Hefawby faith.whom now all powers adore. TheCerubtm doc daily fing thypraifc5 D<7odoftymes, and yet in timea man, Beforeall times thy time of being was, Andyet in timethy humaine birth bcgannc, Leaftwcfhouldfadevntimely like the grsfle, Obthou that doeft all timesbeginneand ende, Grauntall ourwoikes may to thy glofytende. Of projferilit. \7l7Hete litlcs the manthat neuetfelt a crofler* * Who Fortuneswheel did neucrtumble down Where liues thcman that ncucr furTredlofle / On whomc theftarresof.hcaaen did ncuer frowne ? Whereliues the man that isinall polntes bleil? Wife valiant,rr>ightie,weaithy,fayre andfirong^ ]f fuoha one vpon trie-earthdoth reft Hisdate oflifc Heauendoth abridge ere long Suchwas King Eda>*rd in hisyouthfuU prime Who mightby Phae&w Oracle be deemd Oncofchewifert Princes of histime Forwit and learning excellent efteemde But cruclldeath maligning his great, pwifc Thatin fewe ycares Tohighly did afpyre Withyrondartinfring'dhis golden daies Whom natronsfarre away did then admyre Weedslong time growe, the fayreft flowres do fade Theripeft wits grow rotten at the lart AHtheie-fairc tfiings which God and Nature made Offfit fnftaklitit of Fortune Jothis buge C/Wr,{hali at length lye w'afte Whereis ling Satotmtn.thewifeft .wight OSmorullmen thathffd vpon the groi/rlde Doth-henotwarcdetinthelnadesoTnight, Wholewifdome through the world was forenoond? Whacdifferenccbccwixctherich and poorc Irm withCr«(tu boldly may compare" Botheqiull arewhendeath flandes at the doors Thatmaketh proudcj} kings like beggars bare, Thenlet the wealthy men refpeft their end Not countingthemfelties happy vntylf dcath^ Sirhheanentothem thiswealth doth onlylende? Wbich.theymuft pay with lofleof vltallbreath ThismadethatkingofL/^Mtocrye Whenhe was by kingC)ri« ouercomc: O Solonnow thy fayingtrue I trie No manishappie till hisday of dome. ThatMonarch now is deadthat did pofTefTf, Thegolden fands ofbright Pa&oltuwaucs, And Taix&trtavtewhom Fortune fo did bieflV5 D That Oftht i Thathc aShcpheard made great kings his fiaues, Deadis that mighticking oftJHactdoMy Thatwept wKe of moreworlds he hard fcrae talkc, .Sithhtsvitfloriousfword aschennadwonne, Scarcethis one world,v*here we Me pilgrims walk Who beingwounded fell vpon one koee, lighting againftanhoaft ofba/barousfocs> .$iui I-amonortaJ] by thefewounds I fee, For no(ucb bloode from powers Ccleftiall flowcs^ JnbeauticAbfrlon did farrc excell^ Mofipart of mcrfthacfprung of hitmaiaefecde, .Butwhenagainfthisjrirehcdidrebel^ ( head; Thenhcauendid power downevengeance on his Thefacredfctipture trucly doth exprefle, ThatSantftfan didfurpaflc all menin fircogth> Buthe that did thowfands in fight difirelTe, Wasby a womanswiles fubdu'd at length^ Btauociflike afairebut fading llowcr, Riches arclike abubble in a(Ircame. Houourislikc avainebutpleafingdreame, Weefee the fayrcfi f'Lowers foone fade away; Bubblesdoe quickly vanifhlike the winde, StrongTowers arc rent,anddoeintyme Anddieames arc but iliufions of thetninde, Let nonepuft vp with irrfofcnccderide. My Fortunes^utumne intny prime of y Sithmanydifmall chances do betide", To royallprinces aad 5tatc-ruling pe J amconcent wjth my difafrercliat]ce3 Tofollowfatefithprinceslead Lvdtt tn FJitma»udiutna potr mi* rebm. Et certtmpr FVNERALL LAMENTACIONS VPON THE DEATH OF hismoft worthy andreuercnd vnckle MaiHcr MATHEWBWENS Efquire one of her MaieflicsBarons of herHigh- titt jCoittt of EftheejHtr. LONDON, PrinredbyRi CHARDBRADOCK* for I B. x j 9 8 . Funeralllamentations vpon thedeath M- MATHEVV EWBNS Licurgwend let famousSp*rta waile, LELetT AthensNumas wecpedeath beon (till Arifttdejdeplordc toombe, inRome, Forthere religion!awes and luftice fail* But lei faire^/»/6/W/7V07Me»4»flament^ TliisBarons death whofc flcfh returnes to duff, Whofefouleisfled ahouethefirmament^ Who liu'don earth religious,true,a.nd iuft. Now'i oyeO hcauent'entey th' earthsor-namenfj Whofeheaucnly part to thethird hcauen is fled Hisearthly part to earthdoth now relent Both hcauen andearch louc him alias and His f lefh to Elementsrefolu'-d dothiiye, His foulc aboue the Elementdoth f ly c, D4 Fnnarall Lamentations. TLl QVATORZAIN, a. f&f*' ^^^ I HislouingKnownotwhether!fhouldfoulc doth triumph icyorweepein the ikie. Buthis dead corps in dull awh ile dothflecpe, Till heauenfhalt ny f thatdid fccke the poorc mcns wrongs Co right He thatraaintain'dhis natiuecountrieslawes, He thatin tructh and luflice did delight Isnowcondim'dby deathsdeuouringiawes, Washby Jieauens high court of Parliament, Decreedthat his Jifesdatcfofbone fhould cnde, OJjthrn let vs vponthe earth lament That wehaueJoftinhimapublfquetnend Theioy of manyinhisgrauenow liethj And he in heaueaenioyesimraortall blifle, His careis vaiiifht andin him nowdicth, And liucsin ethers that his life doc mifle Thusdeath ftrooke many with this fatnll Hrokc Andkeeping natures lawcs^our lawes He-broke. Lee Q^VATOR Z AIN.4. Et not theworld thinke I doeparti alizc, In thatI doeextoll my fnclcslamc, Andftriue his glorie to imrnartalize ByihefcfadactentsAvhichrriyniufe doth frame, Butlet menknow that he defcmes more praifc, Thenmy poore mufeis able BO bettow, Thoughfhedoth crown his death with glorious baies Andthrough the world the breath ofFame doth blow Whichbreath by multiplying the fweetc ayre Maymaunt the facred Throne of heauenlyporters,* Andcaufethe winged Cberubins rrpayre, *Jotnournehis death from theiccdeftiall bowrcs, His^vercucsmeritHomerigoldenpctt Toprinthis praife vxithrtcarcs of Godsandnjen. Let FtffteraR lamentAtions, Et all meniudgc how iuft aJudge he ^ 3 hatJarc wasiudgcdbyheauenlacred doome, Toiuflfcrdcath,ihat whcnthishfc fhould paflc He mightobcaioeinheauen aglorious roomc3 For he amongthe Weflcd faints mult dwell Wlwre PattiarchesandtAc Apoftlesfit, Which(hall iudgcrhe twelueTribes of Ifraei Accordingas to their dcfcrtsisfit A.shere on earth chis Judge was tnagnifide Abouethe vulgar fore in highdegree, In hcsuenhe (ha{be much more gloofidc? And(hall enioy thefull/elicitie, Andall fuchludges as here iudge aright, Shallhaue their place in heauewith Angels bright Trie A T O R Z A I N, 6 facredword doth fay thou flia!t notkill YetDeatb thou here doelt kill amagjftrate j Doftthounotthen infringe Gods holy wifl Nor ye*the Javccs of iJlTofesviolated Andwherasm;ghtie ktngj cHsbliO? liw« Thoubythine ownclawc mighty Kings docftflay> And cakingthus away th'efficient caiile^ Th'cfFec;},which isihe L»wr mufi needsde«ayt Thusrnowthoutakeftaway apubliqueguide, Thatdidmainttineall rquitieand right. VVhereforcheaucn fhall corredl thec for thy pride And fhallfubdue thy all-flefa-killing mighc, Andihou thatdo(tall criaturcsouercomjj Shalrbeatlali dcftroyedby heauensiuft O.V AT ORZ AIM. 7 ""V) "^c^a^ "~vc ^^M^^XK^t^tJ 1F thatchc foule ( asfomcfuppofed} Qntofone bodicro an othersbred, Wouldihacmcekefpint\\hicii fromhim did flow^ /n cucryLawyers heart were now imprcft Hislifesintegritic andzralc.was fuch He morecfleeuxiOl"hone/HethjOH gpld Whichn anynow a HaiesdoeIouet0am»cf» Foiloucisofrwith moneyboughcaitdioldj Thisrightlymay betcrmdca goldenagc, Wit/igofd.isfr.nic and reputation bought Yet S TT{tftiaSir cumMeffommeperpftMo Uchrywartfmiun3:u amsre fium'inadsLr^ funde, iHfpattrpatri&pollenspittatft Pjtronm 'Ftuptru, & Ficbisyper mutJtfAtA peril, Spun!tu afcmflttfylsndentis culmen Olymyi, DimtiA!c&li. ejHM CMptc bat, babet. "Nonraputrfifcsu, quod nun v.tlt Chrifttuhabere. NonplutcjUAm licmt Conct/iAWttpes. Hie mthtPacruus charmjatn&c^patrieL , uufdefletfunera rncfta. »rpos. it«era[3faci/is natttra, mentc henigHtu, Afirtbiuhumantu^deni^ mart f pint' LegeSolon , grauttaifCztOjffti Tulliusire, Ncflorrow///j//,& picturePlato* Jtfem&filtt^ir Tumulus, v twt poji fitters fattxt famavigtf THM-iclo, [furli m aftracalit. Et I/lent*mxrffbttflt/fapHlelara dabo His/l<tmexfcjtiysgrauntre fnn%ar flu Aiurna.mdenisACCMimv.UTevehm. Non i expeftot amen, nee frroemU euro, yVo«homtnttm lands t : bocpiettci>opnt. Cogitamor patrtjc patent Ixgere parent cm Defitvft»m,J rambdtbitst* vrirtt& honos.' O decvj,O patruc nuptr fax, att^cjluitit* ' Natattfa foligloria r.mgna valf. 0 lonpumi>?»tr«ir!dci>alet'i>&le . tnquii Eucnc Qui tutueft femper fidw nm&nfaucNepo s, Sicvittjm & moit.tr[emycrtibtcerttuAmicWy Mufaquecum fat 13ejlmontur.% tuts IuttfconfultiM\Hat are inrcperempcm . vtttor koBUBCfAiatnoiudicet off, lutiex ijiuu Ittdtcu almtu ertt. Inruitlo vittir, F 1 N VERTUES DUE. INTRODUCTION TO POWELL'S VERTUES DUE jHE prefent Tract 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 Devonshire deceafed; with his honourable Life, peaceful!End, and folemne Funerall." 4to. Lond. 1606; and who wrote alfo the following works : - Love's Leprofie, 1598. The PaflionatePoet: with a Defcriptionof the Thracian Ifmarus, 1601. A Welch Bayteto fpareProvender, 1603. Direction for Search of Records, 1622. The Myfterie of Lending and Borrowing, 1623. The Attourneys Academy, 1623. The Attormes Almanacke, 1627. The Repertorieof Records,1631. Tom of all Trades,or the PlainePath-Way to Preferment,1631, Mr. F. J. Furnivall,in reprinting the laft trad amongthe Publica- tions of theNew ShakfpereSociety, 1876, thus fpeaksof the author. " Our third tract is by a reverencerof Baconin his diftrefs,a rollickingattorney andWelmman, Thomas Powell, who feemsto havebegun writing very ii Introduction to Powell's Vertues Due. badferious poetry in 1598and 1601,and then turnd to chaffingprofe,- (till interfperftwith fcrapsof badverfe,-and divers profeffionalhand- books,till he endedhis careerof authorfhip in i 63 i with his Tomof all Trades,here reprinted. There may have been two Thomas Powells. But as the oneof 1603-1631 had both a feriousand humorousftyle in his profe,and in his verfein his profe-books,I feeno fufficientreafon for fuppofmgthat he is not the ferious-ftyleverfe-writer of 1598-1601." Our tract, VertuesDue, fully bearsout the above charactergiven of fome of his other works by Mr. Furnivall; for, like his firft productions which appearedin 1598 and 1601, this is not only "very bad ferious poetry", but it hasa greaterfault, that of being in fome placesunintelli- gible. Attempting to foar, obfcurity immediatelyenvelopes him, and to make matters worfe, not content with ufmg the hardeft words for the fimpleft fubjects,he preflesinto his ferviceother wordsand expreffionsnot elfewhereto be met with in any work, ancient or modern. His peculiartemperament feems to renderhim incapableof telling a plain ftory in a natural manner; and, while ftriving to elevate the verieft common-placesinto poetical dignity, he makes doubtful what he mould explain, and by his awkward verbiage and circumlocution fucceeds,not in impremng his readerswith a refpeft for his poeticalpowers, but, with the gravecomplacency of a Malvolio,in makinghimfelf a laughing-ftockby his affectations and abfurdities. Yet fufficientreafons we think may be mownfor theprefent reprint, independentof its rarity; inalmuchas it not only dealswith a courtly perfonage,whofe memory has for nearly three centuries been furrounded by a fort of fentimentalhalo, but as it is the hithertounknown production of a man whofeother labourswith the pen have earnedfor him a certain degreeof notoriety-while,more than all, its remarkablephrafeology entitles it to rank among the minor " Curiofities of Literature." The Ladyherein commemorated was the daughter of Henry Gary, Lord Hunfdon, and firft wife of Charles fecond Baron Howard of Effingham,created Earl of Nottingham,22 Oft. 1596. He was the Introduction to Powell's Vertues Due. iii celebratedLord High Admiral, who aflifted in defeatingthe Spanim Armadain 1588,and who died 14 Dec. 1624 His wife predeceafed him manyyears, dying at Arundel Houfe,in London,25 Feb. 1602-3, only a month before(^ueen Elizabeth, whofe laft days me is faid (but on very doubtful authority) to have embitteredby her treacherousconducl in not tranfmitting to her fbvereignthe Earl of EfTex'sring, the delivery of which might havebeen the meansof prefervingthe life of that rafh but frill-loved favourite. Shefurvived Eflex exactlytwo yearsto a day, he having been executed 25 Feb. 1600-1. Sheleft five children,the third of whom-the eldeftdaughter-married Sir Robert Southwell, of Woodrifmg, 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'sengravings from the old tapeftry which waspreferved in the Houfe of Lords till its deftruction by the great fire in 1835. Her own portrait and that of her hufband appearin 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 anotherfull- length portrait of the Earl of Nottingham,painted by Zucchero,is in the Naval Galleryof GreenwichHofpital. Vcrtucs due: Of, A true modell of the life ofthe right Honourable Ka- tharineHo ward,laceCountefle of Nottingham,dc* ceafed. ByT. P. Gentleman, Printedat Londonby SimonStafford, dwellingin Hofierlane,nccrc Smith-feM, theright Honorable, C7>driesHoward, Earlc of' Nottin%» ham, Baronof ESngham,Lordhigh AdmrrAttefEngL&d^ cf btr M4tefltes mottHonorable pnsue CoQnfayle, and leOr tier of the Carterj IglstNoble Lord) rrj refolat&&$ sduife^tom&ke immor&tim vpon theHtcf/f circumftances of jour prc* fenthA leforrorv^ivbofe Anim&li moiion might bet admsudto theviolence hereof : Thisgmt l(4ueto the greater obferuance which wee owe to thedectA^ed^tljAt ii]w protection andcontefta- tion: Btfide* thit itvrMt ofthe Mtattiquc & Cenferi*[trites, wbofe example I hAM here quo- tedfor moft HonorableHerddrie^ in dtjpofing herfuner All' torch bj cinereference^ intoyaer furntting hand; neither infeebling the cwrtefc TheEpiftle Dedicatory. eftfa lt»ifig.KOT prtmi/ittg mineownc aJuan* tAvevpvrnoar Noble AndinnaieAgoodntfajiei- tber ii 4tfajte,8£ refdcire molcftias, but in imntonneAftetttfia*fobeconfarmcdmththat Homtnefclemmti of dtdtcAlton, s,Iwritefor Your Honours, in all thencrucs of myability, Thomas Powefc To the Reader. O prepareye to whatis wnfs I know,myimoothcttcompo* lure would be too boyRercuJj, vponthe rigall mkcdneflcor' yourimpatience.A lougpre« racewere a fickefcther vpon yourwingedt^fer(nry» And yet,tocxpofc me to voinftrufted>cenfure,whofe proofsis toomuchin Icucricy, I fliould releafe the bondof ourrecoaliationj& feeme tofufpeft approba no n, cobctnoreof fortunesalmes,tljao ourownedeferuing.I imply to your freer fpifirs, ailcufiomaryrequiutis, andto uoyfelfc referue thisoncly ohtier of opinion: Thacl writemore of duty to the dead,than reputation ' of liuiug Poefie. In both which,I am to beconfidently willing, T. />. Relumptio. »- C«m tonat Ocyus Sulphursdi/cutiturfcLcro quanttuqut T.P. 1)crtues due. He Sunne but noiv beganto gatherfire, And laya fharperedge vponhis beamcs, Abated to the fulne/Tt of the yeere, As fretted witluhe (jit ofNepinnesfteames, When blackefolcmnitycnuide anew, And foyldhis face withamore precious dewc: Dew'dwith themod religion Madcfoftmnaturc,andin Heraldry: The one accufingfate for his election: The other,weeping his feuerity Bothfrom their Cyprus altars ofifring tearc5, Ynoweto makehim agedin yongycares. B due. It wasnot forthe godstsfraub** theft, When hedrew dry their vddenraileh-cxceflc, Norfor his mother P/A/4/, whcaihewept His ragcjtbarcartJi malign* d hismumneflc, But,loe, affeltionslav? of like forTike : It is ournatures rrccdornc to requite. For hehad luftre on hisinfant rayes, To blandifliout the glory of hisSpring, ReftFrom the fallingLoad-ftarrc of our daycs, Whofc motionwasthe niufike which I fingj Themeafureof confent to all herfphere ; Indeed(he wasthe bcft in Cynthiasquiere, She l^crtucs Shewas, (tod Toare loofers ftill m Icefing, When theyrecount the worth of. whatis loft) Andit not. Coldremembrance euer r>ec?mg Whenicfhalircadcthe (lory of whac'spail. Yetas (he wai, rcpeate for prefident Moreof fucccCucai,then griefs argument, Wasof hertray no. Eternities decreeing Did dedicateher in her parentage, Whofeneercallianceasktasnecreabccing, Andgently (eal'd it onher virgin waxe: And fo,for natureand elelbon, Would Cynthtt'sfelt endeercher as her own* She due. Shegaue her ranke, refpcft,and full accede, Agnizingher affinity and merit :With fauours,graces after gracioufncflcj Wherein flic feem'd aj if fhedid inherit Thctruft anddignities, which long before Her HonourableAnccftors did fto»e. Her parentshonours did /lie extraduce Into her verydifpoficion ; 'As if the generallCarey were infufdc And had oo ocherformes of his diuifion. Their ancientvnattainted JoyaJty Broadblow'nc,and fluih vpon her infancy* Yet due. Yetbeautywas not enelyof her blood: Herbirth-day Solflice height vnto perfection* The Cantharis enuiesa verdant bud, Andbirth doesonly counfaileto protection. So learndflic withthe chage of eucryfpring, To fadeher blood with hecdfulldyctmg. Her youthpreferu'd it chaftewith continence^ A virgin dietfor die hereintention, Which mightvngloffc his colour: adde cxpece, Botli of the length & bredthof their dimefion» Butthe example of her mariage bed, Were Oratoryto perfwadeto wed. 3 For ip^crtucs due. For afterflic badblcft fomany rnoones, As had^tftr In liavardsample veynej; a Family Of eminence,dery u'd without difteor, .Fromthe firit ftlieldof alltheir Aunceftry, To thisof Chnrkitthe latell Eminent " (pirrr Whofcfaychand fortunes may they ne're esc- But in aniclting firmamcnc of fire. She. due. Shewedded, yetfhewasa Votary, To miniftcf in confecratedflame, AndweareDianats bo w.vpon her thigh, Tillonadayoffanftifiedname. (bicf», To (loreechc Nymph with fliafts, t/ie goddcflie To fill herquiuers all with Poplartwigs, "ThatgrewvponaIcuin, whichthefca Had fcafon'dthriftily withinthe fhorc J There N*pf*«*fell in loUcwith M*»»«»f, Thattill tinsday ne*rc fawe the Nymphbefore, Ne'rehad his b reft improou'd or foftened, Butlike the temper of hisCocall bed: B 4 From l^crtucs due. Fromwhich he lately rifle tolay her in, Andplac'd his A ggotwreath vpon her browes, Whofcpotent charmes Di*n4 pardon'dhim, And gaueher back thefreedomc of hervovves; So(he might itill beof herfayne traynr, He warwich Saturnet Tonnes vpon tlie mayne. Andnow, Eli\a, withher wediockc fate, Did wedher to a Higherdignity. Shekepcthe chayrcthat did fuborne her flare, Andgrac'dit likethebloe-cyde Cafctope: Shenc'rc furcharg'd ability with grace, Futrtillhcrownednncnfionsfildchepljce: Wherein, due. Whereintins noble Lady K.atberiti« fjccnd T'anctcipateher Millris bounteoushand, As if her offices were but redecmd Fromvndcr mcncing^and (he did (land Alonc^andvnencountrcd in herworth j One whominheritance had called forth; Or Tathcrprouidcnce!for what (hewas, Shewas to others,throughher felfe intended t l,iketo fornc intenefted Icafe of glafle,(dc-(J^ That brcaks,ycthcats,whcn nccrer raycs offffo* Shewas all Organs,euen to themind, WherebyGod did mfinuacewich mankind. Her due. Her wholemortality had this ShehadafFeftionsof unmortall fenfe : Forflic wouldpity raucb,ancJmuch releat : But the affeft of greateitprefidence Ouer hernaturc,held no Goneto this; To Icaueapt good vndone,or doot arri/!«r. Themore they mitieof her that areimbayd, Andfortune fixt forwant of Teaand (cope, Their burdenwith their faylc being ouerlaydi .VnleflctlicyAnclior all their after-hope, They roiil'c: alas*1 write of chattoo (bone, And lendher liuiog word) for griereco cotne* Yc« dtte. Yet liu'drtiefo outiiue that old report, Wizich now againe our new worlds rorcte; 4p- *That,there if noretrreraeun thecourt, (prose? Wherethere is muchvariety to tnour, And ftealeaway.O,thcre'6noli-f- That liu'd to bury her exceuten. Forfo6cne(Te oeuer fcyz'd her appetite* A bioodleflelyuorhue* not on iusheat: Her rcfolutionwas fropontickf right. Andforward ftcaa'd agaioAthe Moonssrecrca£* No change,nohb«ty,no fiil-eydepieafore Could bhc» dcuotio&a mufike cue of HKS- (fure. fcrtucs due. It wasfor her,themillion of her face, Andcallmgjdoe bcfide approue their kind; Whole ftory oftenread,as oft begecs Opinion,that the fexc is fo i nclin'd, And calling,fo difpofedvnco good, As wellin Courtfh:p,asin woman-hood. Shewasawoman jyet,not one of thofe Whofe erogaccdhcate conuerts to hate. It washer honour :o forgiueher foes, Eaenin their ebbe^ndfull diftencof Hate. Alas,(he would not take advantage than, Leftihcfhould trip the frayIty of Jusman. She due. Shewould nocglocy his humility, Hora ftuate Her old aggreeusncc* O'rcwcakcdiftr«fle,andpfcfcntmifcry " Suchconqueft ! Q>tts bafe andJionourlefjir, Forwl»« r. 1 doc but fcccnd Fortiuies i?roke, I wounda hearttha! is already broke, ShewasaCourtier tooryixfca* a Staire Vnfixt, and like Orito in a(lr«ame; Asfree asfeacherdFaulcoos i&the ayrc, Moou'don no ocher line, but Cy*tbi*5beame S Herfreer Ipirit ne'rcwas putin frame, Thoughfhe put on bet felf aCounaersname, For due. For (hedid hofpitable bouncy too, And cuerkept her influence at home; Which eucry Courtiervfe$ not to doe, Why, (bewas nothing Courtier , nor herowne: Hrr ligkt wasmade a Sea-markcto diftrefle, WhereFortunes wracks arryu'd their needines. fn Court,noftudy that would apprehend, Or alkeReligion of herduty more, Than,what Eli\a gaue» might fliU copmend Her rnofl magnificence,and fountayae(tore* Shewas not lie aConduit-pipefaft by, To turnethe Ilrcame, & leaocthe channel dry. How fcrtues due. Howmany feruants of thatRoyal! erayne Couldthefteih image of herloue excite, To witncfic,fhc prcferd Elines fame Aboucher priuatc reputations height! Shehated to bchyr'dcto doecbem goody Or begdto buytheirmcncs,though fhc cco*d. Andyet didher contentmentftretch it felfe Moreamply* Greatncflc was abouc her fearej A faith beyondthe cutfethat followes wealth, Who cucrmorefufpefts eruptions ncere, Whole chagedoes chage the ftatc of theirfob* And giucsthis duty tothc nextcledho. Great Gr eat& fecure!M echinks^is wodrous ftrange: Butgracious noc cnuydc ! Jmpofsiblc; Fordifccntcnt makes worth his fret ofchange, And no*fertilityic felfc fpcakes well Of Honourable birth or betterment: JlefpeftjwichJuin is fearcj£ feare,contempc. 3 knownot Iiovvrelpcft Mmcoucr aJ]; But the mofthumhlc did adraireher mofh A branchof rankcloue turndto prodigal!; Suchloue is ftill cxhauft,or ouerHowcs. Jlelcarneyehofc/hediddiuerttheir bate: Sh&made her felfe as humble as their (late* The l^ertucs due. TheIy ft of allher vcccacs had a name Of greaterreuerence,than had die reft . KeligiCD.Tisafcfstonstoarraigne, Detected hangour a&ionsto the teft, And wherechat hit wasflack,renutie,& loofe, Sl>ctud noother principt«s( God wot) Wherebyto leoelland cooforme her life: Allvrasoot honeftthat was l*Wy got: Shewould not by iniufticecoropaflc right} Nor vfde to fay,Tu Ci/ir aniwerciahj 3othou refer IK t o ftacd,may kirjgdomes fall* C Her Hetfife wasbutaraodcll imitation, , Dratfnewnh thefreHieilcoloursinftance had In holywrit» which gaue it approbationj Theywere Jiercflcnee (iherfore couldnocfadc) Like colourlay d in wiae:her Lenten blacke Did &»like Ht£iftflutt vpoaher backe, At thisperficc^on and maturity,' SheHood in naturesfrayl« adoption heere, Whenheauen wouWvoudifafehcf fir It to be A roothcr,aadher vertues to appeare In propagated-neblcffe of d tonne, Thatlaydhisrooteas raras fbc begonnc. That That 6rft,L. IVillumwas of Efpn£l)*m, A Baronyt thattfeld andKnighthood oarnd W ithfweacing fours, when heraldry deraignd HIShardiracnuCVtwcre a fight 10 learot, And putarnbitious fire in anySwaync, TOfee Nobility Todcarely gaynd. " Heaueowas delighted inhis workmanfhip, Andnow became more boQtiousof his breath, Whkh fweldher womb to bemore fruitful y ct% Dcnu'aa fccondlabors where fheleff, AiecDndblefsihg,and a ChtrfabeHcte; for Honoutslotry beddid open wnJo.' A third t^ertucs due. A third. Inucntion,giae mebacke,myfelfc Deuided.Ail my numberskeepe confcnc, Andwith my fou!e myftilcs ambition mclc. £cn« Gnewof our duty be accent; Forgetthe font rail ftacc tad maieily, Ana profttucionwholly furamonmc. her by any epithiceexpred la vetoesInuentory; nay difcourfr Her mothers life : fee wichwhaeUuclineffc Shedoes infert it, freely,and vntbrc'd. Be fhethenoble Counteffcof KilJare, bt>4nuBaronefle^ihcc's wondrous faire. due. A next.The Lady Sontfa>»I: here I fhovfd Confoundray methodevvitbaplennousvayne Of greatdcuotion.and ofwyddowhood : Butmy more free propofcmenrs are reftraynd, To fliew theloft,thcir laft fimiliiude, To whichthe Lady Luff* much accrode. Hcrc,happineflcdidfloate at all thelyrte: Thisday accounted for the grcateft debt, T batgrace and goodeft Stars could her afsignc: AndBll this day her circleneuer metj Nowwas her happincflc fofatisfidf, (fide. Sheknew noc what her wifh mjght adde be- C 2 Content- Contfiicmemaownd herflreight beyond the Androugheftoppositions inher birth; (may no, Theweeping Crocodile fht SyrensItray nc, And aJUhc Dchmtions that inuere Our,Fye,whatiftthat we can call our oivne? Shepaft the fcas,&ftiipvvrackt here at home Within thehauen. Now,it vras difpofd Withhcaucnlywifdoine,tothcbc(lof vffs. So,we are wife, to purchafefrom oar foes, T'cnrich the Teawith that which land abufes. We doc lecurc vs in their fceblcd ft ore. SecurencfTchurtsIeaftjwhcnitijrnoftpoore« The due. Thegoodneflc of theHigheft left her not -" ForNtptKte, conquering *4rr* rnarriu*d, Mutt disimbarkthe golden Fleece flic brought, In herownehaucn to be ftellifydc, Andfcccn abouc her weeping Marble fpbere,, To fWimmcas free m hcauen,as the did hccrc. 'Twasonclyin herwiflies now to dye, When ashcrfulncflcfcar'dco be o'rc-ioyd; L>kethofe that furfetof faciety,' Andy tc theirfurqucdry iseu« voy d: Thcfc luuc theirfulneffc fo intemperate, Nothingrefrcihc5,tiil itfufTocate. She due. Shewould not haue her Sumer beaities to light ,Vpon therancke, and thrifty flymebeneath, Where honoursheat begers the parafirc, And othermonftrous fhapes, that wiI bequeath Vnto their Ce/4r,lotut owneheritance, And fwcll his grcacnefiemco arrogance. Sherear'd that fuch /huld know her ro be great. SJieknewher »reatneflewas fuperlatiuc. N^t,ure,andgrace, andtfars their reft had fcr, Andcucryoppoficionlcfttollriuc, Shewanted nothing of felicity, Butfree cotnmifsJon to defift and dye. She due. Shepray d h,and prcucnted conftant fate. Thacwould nother delightfhuld fee her fvmt Oucof conuerfcfamiliar, and mnacc, I oy,longerthen ti$ fre(h,i$ not compleat t Butlike to Timcsowncunesjthatrauiftinot, Bccaufethey tygd it, whenwe were begot* This burthen would be When {hehad rcckon'dtotmturtty, Appealingfrom the Mooncthai feUowcif, The eyght,which mortals call an enemy Vmo conception.Fate and (he complydc Andin afeuen-foldh»ppinefTc fticdydc. The0/ering. fjHouthat o'.v'ft this brcathlcs beau- jMiftris of thedayes deuotion, (ty, ]And her blackeft rites of duty, |Guyd'fthertimcles^unclcs inotior O! I wouldnot leauc chcc yer, T»UI feethy Searemcncsfit. Thou,thatart complexion carelefle, Let affe^ionsarmes vnfold, After laftimbracings durelclTe, Andvpontbe hallowedftmold, Left rbr monumental! vfe, By thy mQextenCurc chufe* due. If theearth deny thec reft, Likethe foule that lyes fo Toft In hergroning,grieucd breft, Shalt thou there be buried oft. Earthaffords no freer Toornbe; None fo wide asiorrowcs wombe* Therein fteadof balmdeconfeltion, Righteouscearcsjsnd fcafoa'd fighing Sprinkleo're thy ceaftcomplexion, Till theyfeale thy fearementsplighung. Gratcfull odqursbe aboutthee". Trucewuhin,andceares without thee. Next, P'crtucs due. Next,for Scuchion*o're thy herfc. 1 chactruly would difplayrhce, Offervp this(acred vcrfc, V Vith chegrcacctt zcalc that may be : Tho ughthy H crald, I c n^th chey 1»ckc, Yccour ScuchioniUuesare blacke. " Leafeby ltafe,be open wide " Spcaketo all thacpaiTc this way, Thacchey part not fromthy fide, Till cheyread, and reading pray. May this(lory ncucrfade, Till chyioulcbeqiuckc coauayd. Angek Theoffering. Angelswith their mufikccharmcv All vnknowncmalignity; Drownetbemidnights bye allsnue, When the facringfummoni be i Let not her unhallowedbrteh. Enccrintbyhoufc of death* Spiritsfarrftifide fecurc theer All corruptionquite be fpcnc. Let thy naturesworkcs affure thec Confummation imminent. Thoughthou lefc'ftthem ail behind tfice, Yet tbeir merici thererefine thee* Workes Theoffering. Workcsandfayduhyfoule conuay, On a heaucn-dcuidmgwing. Let dcuotionreadc and pray. Saintsand mtniftnng Angels (Ing. AM, with natureslatcft debt, Wypeaway thy Marblci fwcat. TIKIS. ^3V mT, LIFE AND DEATH OF SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON, INTRODUCTION. TO PHILLIPS'S COMMEMORATION ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SIR C. HATTON jIKE thethree preceding tracts, the prefent is areprintof a hitherto unrecordedwork, and of which no other copy is known. The author, from bearingthe famenames, and from poffefT- ing the fame talent for commemoratinggreat people,feems to be the fame John Phillips who wrote " Epitaphs" upon the following. I. On " the Death of the Ladie Maiorefle,late wyfe to the Lorde AlexanderAuenet [more properly Avenon], Lord Maior of London," 1570. II. On " the Death of Sir William Garrat, chiefe Alderman of the Citie of London," 1571. III. On "the Death of the Lady Margaret Duglafis good grace, Countifle of Linnox," 1578. IV. On "the Death of Lord Henry Wrifley [Wriothefley], Earle of Southampton," 1581. V. "The Life and Death of Sir Phillip Sidney," 1587. All of thefe works are exceflively rare. Truftworthy evidenceon this point is given by the late S. Leigh Sotheby, the eminent book- auctioneer,who fays,in Jolley's Catalogue,part IV. p. 10, " that he had no knowledgeof the works of a poet namedPhillips." So much has been written about Sir Chriftopher Hatton, and the romanceof his elevation,that it is unneceflaryto fay much concerninghim here. The accountof his Life by Sir Harris Nicolascollects almoft all that is known of his public career,but the prefent tract containsfome par- ticularswhich were beneaththe dignity of a profefled biographerto record, ii Introductionto Phillipss Commemorationon the evenif he wereacquainted with them. The amufingallufions to him and his dancingpowers in Gray's" Long Story"and Sheridan's"Critic," will alwayskeep his memorygreen, when it is forgottenthat he was madeby his admiring Sovereign,to the aflonifhmentof the court, a Lord Chancellorwithout any knowledgeof law. But an error as to the date of his deathis worth noticingfor the purpofeof correction. The truedate is 20Nov., 1591. Moft biographersprint it as 20 Sept.,1591 ; but amongthe Burghley" StatePapers " is a letter from him to the Earl of Eflex, " Lord Generallof her Majefty'sForces in Normandy,"dated 5th Oct. in that year. Eulogiumsin rhyme-it is impoffibleto dignify them by the name of poetry-of courfe appearedas foon as the needy and expectantverfifiers-by-profeftion could produce them. The above was,no doubt, the firft one published. But anotherwas written by the notedRobert Greene,entitled " A Maidens Dreame. Upon the Death of the right Honorable Sir Chriftopher Hatton, Knight, late Lord Chancelorof England"; which wasentered in the Stationers'Regifters, 6th Dec., 1591. Of this tract only two copiesare known to exift-one of which is at Lambeth. Although Hatton owed his rife entirely to the favour of Elizabeth, who mowedfor him an almoft romanticaffection, which lafled many years,and which he reciprocated,at leaft in words, for nothing can exceed the ardourof expreffionin his lettersto her (thofe of the Queento him, unfortunately,have never beendifcovered), yet he was,throughout his career,one of the moft painftakingof her public fervants. He had naturalfhrewdnefs and mother-wit, and confiderableaptitude for bufinefs, whichflood him in greaterftead than book-learning.He wasreturned to Parliamentfor Higham-Ferrers,and afterwards having become member for the countyof Northampton,he wasthe organof Governmentin the LowerHoufe. His activitywas exhibited in partingthrough it the Bill underwhich Mary Queenof Scotswas to be tried, and he fat on the bench as a Commiflionerat the preliminarytrials of Babingtonand the other confpirators.He was,alfo, one of the Judgesfor thetrial of Mary; and it wasby his artful perfuafionthat fhe was induced to withdraw her Life and Death of Sir C. Ha ft on. iii refufal to recognifethe authority of the tribunal. It wasnow that he was createdLord Chancellor; the occupationof which difficult poft, it was thought by his aftute rivals, would effectuallyprevent him from interfering with their own felfifh plans. How creditably-owing to good manage- ment-he filled the office, is well known. He was not deftined, however, to die a happyor a wealthy man. The Queen,a fhort time before his deceafe,peremptorily infifted- as was her wont in fuch cafes-on his repaying her large fums of money which me had provided for the purpofeof his advancementyears before. This he wasunable fuddenly to do. But her changedconduct, amounting to cruelty, fo affectedhim that he took to his bed. Shethen vifited him, and endeavoured to comfort him; but his heart was broken, and he departedthis life at the comparativelyearly ageof fifty-two. The following eulogyof Hatton may not inappropriatelyclofe this notice. It is extractedfrom a fcarcework printed in Cambridge,1595, (which alfo containsone of the earlieftnotices of Shakefpeare,as well as referencesto other contemporarypoets), entitled " Polimanteia,or the Meaneslawfull and vnlawfull, to judge of the Fall of a Common-wealth, againftthe friuolousand foolimconiectures of this Age. Whereuntois is added a letter from England to her three Daughters, Cambridge, Oxford, Innes of Court, and to all the reft of her Inhabitants. By W. C." Thefe initials are affigned in the Bodleian Catalogue,1843, to Wm. Clarke. " Then name but Hatton, the Mufes fauorite: the Churches mufick : Learnings Patron, my once poore Handsornament: the Courtiers grace, the Schollarscountenance, and the GuardesCaptaine. ThamesI dare auouch wil becometeares: the fweeteft perfumesof the Court will bee fad figh.es: euerie action {hall accent griefe ; honor and eternitie mail ftriue to makehis tombe,and after curiousfkill and infinite coft, ingraue this with goldenletters, Minus merito:the faintingHind vntimelychafde [his Creft] mail trip towardsheauen, and tandemft mall be vertuesmot." Spenfer'sSonnet to Hatton, prefixed to the 'Faerie Queene,'is too well known to require quotation. A Commemoration onthe life anddeath of theright Ho* nourable,Sir ChriftopherHatton>. KtigbtJate Lord Ckauucellor of England. Wherintriumphant Trueth reuitieth his me- monefromtkegrauc: exhorting Nobilitie, Gen- rrie,andductifull Subie£ts,tocontinue their obedience to God and her Maicftie.and ropreuentby pollicicthe peril- low praftilesofeuery cmd andforrain enemy. Publishedbylohn Phillips. Fidentifpcratacedunt. LONDON PrintcdforEdward White. 1591. TO THE RIGHT WORSH1PFVL SirWilliam Hatton Knight, Sonne adopted andHare to theright honourable SirChriftopher //<*r/«7,latcLord Chaunceller of England, lehnPhillips wi/heth the feare of God,cotinuanceofhelth, with increafe of woiv vcrcuc. T hath beene in all times (right wormipfull) a princi- ciple obferued,that publick and apparantvertues in per- fons deceafed, haue neuer been buried in obliuion, but haue alwaies been recorded and left to posterities: the end only this, that they who ftill Hue,by apt imitation,might be pra<£ti- fersof like vertues. Which in my felfe conside- red,I concluded,that great vnkindnesto God, and iniurie to remayning Subieclsmould be offered, if the vertuouslife anddeath of this right hono- rable deceafed Lord, mould not be emblazoned. To God vnkind,if he, as the author, mould not be acknowledged,the caufeefficient of all theferich graces,wherewith he was inuefted:& iniurie to furuiuing fubiedts,if there mould not be comme- A 2 moration TheEpiftle Dedicatorv. moration of his (more then natural! vertues)as by recordationwhereof, they might walke & tread the fameway andpath. My felfe I confeffe,am the leaft of others, andmoll vnable to perfourme what I wilh, yetwil I not be the laft thatmall vfe endeuourto efFeclwhat I may. (With hoping that youwould accept)I prefumedto thruft forth this fmall Pinnace,fraught with fimple marchan- dize, into the harbor of your worshipsprotecti- on : alluring my felfe,that as the pureft Emerauld fhineth brighteft when it hath no oile, fo Trueth will delight you,though bafelyapparrelled. The fhorteft and moft clowdie day, is a day as well as the longeft and brighteft, when the fun is in the height of his Horizon. Pardonthen I beefeech you,wherein I haueprefumed,and accept (I moft humbliecraue) what hereI haueprefeted: which if your worihip vouchfafe,Trueth concludes,her felfe fufficientlygraced, and my felfemoft happy which hauebeene her pen-man.Of this refting my felfe allured,I mall continualliepray for the increafeof your worihip, that both in this life you may haueyour hartsdelire, and in, the end, fruition of thofe ioyes that are endlefle. Tour ivorfhipsmoft duetifull to cmmaund I. Phillips. A COMMEMORATION OF THE life anddeath of Sir ChrijlopherHatton, knight, Lord Chancellorof England. YOuI nobleneed notpeeres, mew my to natiueyou my Countrimen, bloud nor birth: As duft I was, I turne to duft agen, I go before,but you muft to the earth. Yet when, or how, to you it is vnknowne: For be you fure the earth doth claimeher owne. It is not gold, nor treafuresthat are vaine, can you preferuewhen that the time is come: Your houfes gay wherin you do remaine, can you not mield from Godsdecreed doome. As I am dead, fo likewife you mall die: But learn by deathwith me to liue on hie. Though gapinggraue inclofe my Corps in clay, and filent I reft couered clofe in mould: Yet from my fhrine Trueth ftriues both night and day, to you my mind (good Lords) for to vnfould. Whereto if cafeyou vouch to yeeldregard: Your felueswith right, I truft, wil me reward. Which of you could with Hattonfinde a claufe, or fay that he vniuft or faithlefTewas? Did he not liue accordingto the lawes? and on the earth his daies in duetie pafle? Was not his care fet on his God for aye? And did not he his foueraigneQueen obay ? Was not his hart bent for his Countries weale? did he not ftil euenfrom his tender youth With rich and poore vpright and iuftly deale, and cloath himfelfe in robes of tried truethr If this be true, as no man can denie: " Famefaith he Hues,although our Hattondie. A 3 Where Wherehe might help he would be helping ftill, wherehe might hurt he neuerwould do harme: His chiefeftcare was to doe good for ill, thus God with gracedid gentleHatton arme. No trecherousthought could harbor in his breft: The fruites of faith in him wereaye expreft. The worlde knowes wel Trueth tels a tale moft true, the heauens aboue of this do witnes beare: Though Momusmates, and Zoilus do purfue fcandalswith fcorneagainft the iuft to reare. But fuch doe weaue themfelues a web of woe: For Trueth triumphs,who works their ouerthrow. In luftie youth he lou'd the barbedfteede, and // At turney he and barriers did excell, fome peeresin arms haueborne his battring blowes In court and towne he was beloued well, a fcourgehe wasvnto his Soueraignesfoes. Faith was the mield that worthy Hatton bare: Whofe like fcarce liues, his vertues were fo rare. Should Trueth then dread to fpread his vertues out, that for his deedeshath wonnedeferued praife? Her chearefulvoice, with couragebold and ftout, throughoutthe world his lafting laud mail raife. And moue thereby the minds of noble men To high attempts,to win them honor then. Where might the fick, the fore, the halt and blind, reapemore reliefe then happy Hatton gaue? To fuiters poorehe euerwas moft kind, hefought difpatch that they with Princemight haue Then Then Lordings learn his fteddy ftepsto trace: With God and Prince you thus fhal purchafegrace. Thus for his loue, his faith and tried trueth, he of the Guard, by our moft grationsQueene Was chieftaine made, who firmly held his oath, from Hat tons hart faiths fruites to flow were feene. A chieftaine kind he to the Guard was found: Whofe want, with grief their tenderharts doth wound He fought all meanesto wifh and work their weale, to doe them good he took no fmall delight: In their caufehe with our good Queendid deale, t'augmenttheir wagehe did all that he might. From fixteen pence,to twenty pence a day: Whil'ft world doth lafl he did reduce their pay. And by the day three moneths in the yeare, two millings he for them obtaind indeed: Suchferuent loue in him did ftill appeare, that they him found a fort in time of need. Their wrongs he fought by fkil for to redrefle: His loue Avithteares Trueth mows they can exprefle. In wifdoms bower he did obtayn his feat, whofe lore to learn he did his time imploy: And God from heauenwith his gracesmoft great, in merciesmilde fought to augmenthis ioy. For vertues vfe wherein he took delight: Our gratiousQueen did dub our Hattonknight. Difcreet he was, and wary in his wayes, rafhly to fpeakat no time he thought fit: In faith and fearehe fpent his Pilgrims dayes, for commonweale he did imploy his wit. Where Synofought his treafonsto inure: His cenfuresgraue conuinced the impure. And as from Trueth at no time he did erre, but but truelyfought the Trueth for to vphold: He had a carehis feruantsto preferre, thegood found grace, the wickedhe controld. The pooreoppreft he wifelydid defend: And on the poorea portionhe did fpend. Belou'd of all he was for vertues vfe, thegrafts of gracein Hattonsbreft did grow: By wifdomslore he brideledall abufe, and did himfelf a loyall Subied (how. Thus he with God did graceand fauour find: Whofe facredtrueth he plantedin his mind. And with our Queen that princely Phenix rare, whofe like on earth hath fildome times bin feen, He wasefleemd and fet by for his care, as noble Peeresthat aie haue trufty been. Vizcechamberlainher Highnefle Hatton made: Whofe tried trueth could neuer faile ne fade. The curfed curres of Catalin vnkind, that did confpire againft her Royall Grace: And to fubuert the Statedid beare in mind, with might and mainehe fought for to difplace. Thofe wily Wolues vntrufty to the Crown: By luftice he threw topfie turuie down. Our princelyQueen whome God from dangerfaue, of Counfaile hirs, did Hatton fure elect: Who Solon-likedid vfe his cenfuresgraue, the good to /hield, the wicked to corred. And as he wasadornd with gracesgreat: So fate he fafe in honors blisfull feate. Lord Chancelerthen her Gracedid him ordaine, Whichcharge with carehe wifely did difcharge, For fuccourfweet none came to him in vaine, goodconfcience had her fcojje to goeat large. The right of might neednot to ftand in awe: Ne wouldhe truethmould be defaft by lawe. Affection could in Hattonbeare no fway, No giftes nor gold might oncecorrupt his minde: Fraude to fubuert, he ftudied night and day, To equittehis heart wasaye enclinde. Where confciencewas corrupt and found vncleane, to vanquishhe, by wifedomefought the meane. Opprefledmen from daungerhe did mielde, Their wofull wrongeshe wifely did redrefle; In deepedifpaire fweete comfort heedid yeelde, To eafetheir griefe that languifht in diftrefle. And whereas Trueth durft fcarcelyfhewe her face, Fraudewas fubdude, and foyled with difgrace. The Laweshe fought, with confciencefor to vfe, Triumphant Trueth, he featedin her throne: To hearethe poorehe neuerdid refufe, Right glad he wasto helpethem to their owne. Wrongs went to wracke,Craft could no harbour finde, To maintain trueth our Hatton was enclinde. Thus Lordings all his life you may beholde, That liuing hearehath wonnedeferued fame: And though his corpslye coueredclofe in molde, In Court and towne mail liue his fpotlefle name. Death dies in him, his vertues death hath flaine, And hee by deatheternall life dooth gaine. Yet from his graue,Trueth dooth you all exhort, To lincke your heartsand mindesin loyall loue: Let faith in you builde fuch a famousfort, That nothing may from trueth your mindesremooue. Though Popeand Spaine,againft your peacedoe iarre, Withftand their rage,prepare your your feluesto warre. Clap Cornetson, your ftanderdstake in hande, Your barbed fteedesbeftride with courage ftoute: Brandifh your fwordes,fight for your natiuelande, By Seasand moresbefet your foes about. Nowe is the time wherehonour may be founde. B Thinke Thinke on the ac^s,your Aunceftours haue doone. Hafte to your fhippes,hoyfe failesin nameof God, Man you your coaft,march after warlike Drumme: Your Enfignesbraue, eachwhere difplay abroade, Downe with your foes,that for your fpoylesdoe come. Take Lyons hearts,feare not your hatefull foes; But let them feele,your manly battering blowes. They come to facke, your Citties, Fortes, and Towres, Your Wiues and maides they purpofe to deflowre: Standeto it then, and cracke thofe crakers crownes, That thinke to win your wealth, within an howre. Be bolde in God, and neuer turne your backes, But beardthofe braues,that mind to worke your wracks. You are, and haue beene feared ouer all, England'san He,of ftoute and hardiemen: Be ftronge in faith, your foes downeright mall fall, For one of you, in armesmall vanquim ten. You fight for God, and God your guide mall be, And from the handesof enemiesfet you free. Richard the firft, of England famousKing, Good Lordings vouch,to call vnto your minde: Whofe Martiall acls, throughoutthe World dooth ring. The Heathenrout, of Pagansmoft vnkinde His force hauefelt; whofemanly conqueringhand, No Paganproud wasable to withftand. And then mall Spayne,a fincke of deadlyfinne, Or raging Rome, a cageof Birdes vncleane: Be baneof you and yours, as they beginne? Or from your heads, the creft of glorie gleane. As yerft of yore, plucke vp thofe rotten weedes; Let heauenand earth,record thofe conqueringdeedes. Edward the third, your King of rich renowne, Againftthe Frenchdid vfe his conqueringfworde: Maugertheir beardes,he did pofferTetheir Crowne, The The Frenchwere faine, to femehim astheir Lord. Takecourage then, maintaine your Countries right, GainftRabftca, in Godsname enter fight. Henrythe fift, I wifh you not forget, At AgentCourt, thinke what a fieldhe fought: Whenall the powreof Frauncehim roundbefet, Ten thoufand men, them to fubieclion brought. Thoughnight before,they Bonfiresgreat did make, And madetheir boaftes,what prifonersthey would take. But they that braggeof conqueftand renowne, Beforethe fieldebe fought, or truft their ftrength: We fee the Lord in moment can caft downe, And giue the weak'ft the vidtorie at length. Though EnglandsKing, and his,they bought and folde, The Frenchwere flaine,though they to brag were bold. Then though to Spaine,the Popehaue giuen your land, And your good Queenedepofed from her Crowne : A conqueftwin, your weaponstake in hand, The pelting pope,and Spaniardsproude beatedowne. As earft to fore, you Conquerershaue beene Through world, now let, your coqueringdeedes be feene. What Nation yet, that menac'ft you with warre, But you haue met, and giuen the vtter foile : Snafflethofe Coultes,that at your peacedoe iarre, And beardthofe brauesthat labour for your fpoile. Fight for your felues,your wiuesand Children now, To ftraungersYoakes, your neckesdoe neuerbow. Thus Trueth her charge,to rich and poorehath tolde, From this good Lord, whofe life to you is knowne: And Trueth to you fuch tydings will vnfolde, As may enforceboth yongeand olde to moane. Marke Hattonsende, whom deathfrom vs hath reft, Yet he good nameto conquerdeath hath left. Thus asin health,in truethhe Goddid praife, B 2 In 8 In fickeneshis, he did extoll his name, His hopewas heauen, by faith on Chrift he ftaies, And battailedooth gainft finneand hell proclaime. Rebellingflem he manly did fubdue, And in fweete Chrift his health he did renue. Moft like a Lambe amidft his greeuouspaine, He bearesthe Croffe that God vpon him laide: With patiencehee his anguifhesfuftaines, In extreamftgriefe moft faithfully he praide. Chrift was the rocke, whereon he fought to builde, All other meanes this Chriftian Lord exilde. Thus in Gods trueth his heart and minde was ftaide, He ftudied ftill to exercife his Lawe : By-pathesto treadehe euer was affraide, Of iudgementhe did alwaiesftande in awe. His Lord and God, right glad hee wasto ferue, He from his heafts,of purpofewould not fwerue. Thus fpent this Lord his time in his diftrefle, On Godsfweete will he alwaiesdid depende: To handfaftChrift by faith he foorth did preafe, And he through grace,did fweetereleife him fende. Though bodie his, were feeble,faint, and weake; His foule wasftrong, Chrift kept the famefrom wreake. When phificke fought, his health for to recure, He held Godsword the phifi eke for the Spirite: From thencehe drankefuch preciouswater pure, As in the heauensaugmented his delight. Yet phificke fhew'd on him her wonted skill, But all in vaine, for God muft haue his will. Our gratiousQueene, of curtefiethe flowre, Faire EnglandsGem: of lafting blifle and ioye: WhomGod long filicide with arrneof mightand powre, From all herfoes that wouldworke her annoye. From Rich mountcame, this Lord for to releeue; WhofePrincely fight greatcomfort did him giue. All All meanesme foughtto workeher Hattonseafe, Moft louing wordesfhe gauethe ficke and weake: Her Highnesvoice his griefesdid muchappeafe, His heat reuiu'deto heareher Highnefle fpeake. Phifitions then, had chargeto fhewetheir skill Vpon this Lord, as they would win good will. And they with care,(as fubiectsto her Grace) Obedient were, to waite vpon their cure: On whom they wrought, God knowesa certainefpace, Deuifing howe, their healthhe might procure. Fiue daies our Queene remain'd with the deftreft, Who thought himfelfethrough her for to be bleft. She tooke her leaue and bad this Lord farewell, And he to heauen with handes outftretched hie: Calles vnto him, that in the heauensdooth dwell, With gracefrom heauenher Highaes to fupplie. Long liue faidehe, moft gratious Queenein peace, God make theeftronge, the rageof foesto ceafe. Thus praide our Queeneto God to fendehim health, And he to heauenfor her fafegarddooth call: That long fhe might liue in the commonwealth, To fhield the good and bring the bad to thrall. He tooke his leaueof his moft gratiousQueene, And praifed God fhe had his comfort beene. Phifitions then did on this Lord attend, And grauediuines were euer at his hand: But that which God dooth mindeto bring to end, Its vainefor man to gain fay or withftand. His hope washeauen, his truft wasin Godsfonne; Smallwas the eafe,that he by phifickewonne. Time pafTethon, andcalles this Lord away, The Sextenwaights to ring his dolefull Knell: But he prepareshimfelfe to watchand pray, He leauesthe world, and hopeswith Chrift to dwell. And asby Chrift in trueth this Lord wastaught, B 3 With IO With th'oyle of faith his Lampe wasfully fraught. Securelyhe, to fleepethought it not meete, The fleepeof finne, he did abandonquite: He look't for Chrift, His Lord and Sauiour fweete, His hope and truft in his deeredeath was pight. His weddingRoabes with ioy he did prouide, In hope to feaft with Chrift and his fweeteBride. What were the words he to the world did leaue? He by his will all things in order fet: He fought no manof duetieto deceiue; His hopewas Chrift, from him he comfort fet. And as he had beeneeuerie poore mans friend, So he in mindethe poore had to his end. The Schoolesof {kill, where fciencedooth abound, He thought vppon: and dayly had in minde Poore Captiuesthat in clogs of care are bound, To eafetheir griefehe fome releifeaflignde. His feruants all, whofe loue to him was tender, For feruicedoone, he duely did remember. But waxing faint, and drawingto his ende, He leaueshis Queenevnto the Lord of might: Defiring him, from griefe her to defende; And all her foes to foile and put to flight, From treafonsvilde, and Traytors, Lord her faue, And let thy Trueth, through world her paflagehaue. Farewellmy Peeres,the Lord God be your guide, Her Counfellgraunt, with thy graceto direct: That they a faluemay day by day prouide, To fhielde the good, and cut off the infect. Her Highnes weale,God make them ftill to minde, And to roote vp rebelliousplants vnkinde. You manly Knights and Gentlemenadue, Beftronge in Trueth, andconftant to your Queene: Farewellto you good Subiectsiuft and true, Nowe 11 Nowefrom your heartsJet loyaltie be feene. Vpholdethe ftate,be Fillers found of truft: Falfenot yourfayth, to Godand Prince be iuft. Be not feduc'ft,by any popifh meane; Abhorre and hate their dodlrine moft vnpure: Thofe rafkall Priefts, as Traitors holde vncleane, That would you from obeyfancedue allure. Cleaueyou to Chrift, let Pope and blind guidesgoe, They fpeakeof peace,but minde your ouerthrowe. Thus time in Trueth runne ouer faft away, And fickenesfharpe gauemore and more increafe: And deathdooth waite, to clofe his corpesin clay, But he for grace,to call dooth neuerceafe. SweeteChrift I fue, for mercie vnto thee; Bowe downethine eare,from hell my foule fet free. His fonne adopt,Sir William Hatton Knight, He dooth exhort obedientlyto Hue: In God and Trueth he wils him to delight, And to his Prince her honour due to giue. Thus malt thou win deferuedpraife and fame, And fpotlefle keepefor euer Hattonsname. And thankesto you my Seruantsfor your paine, Hencefoorthfor meeyou may take eafeand reft: I fee with you I fhall not long remaine, For deathto fackemy life is prefentpreft. But pray my faith in Chrift may neuerfaile, Life is no lofle, death workes for mine auaile. And now fweete death moft welcome vnto mee, Thy ftroakesne can, ne fhall me oncedifmay: No griefebut ioy, I fhall obtaineby thee, Although thou cometo take my life away. Yet Chrift to me a Crowneof life will giue, Death dies in his, and his with him fhall liue. I call to thee, O Chrift my Sauiour come, My 12 My filly foule into thy bofometake: And in the great and dreadful!day of doome, A member of thy kingdome Lord me make. I come to thee; thy Seruaunt Lord receiue, My corps to clay, my foule to thee I leaue. O happieLord that madefo good an end, Thy Queenethy want,with noblePeeres dooth waile: Thy fonneadopt, laments his deereftfriend, Drie dumpesof dole, conftraineshis ioy to faile. Poore Sutersweepe, thy feruantspenfiue are; The neediepoore with teares,their woesdeclare. Thus Trueth the trueth hath fet beforeyour eyes, His life and death moft truely is fet downe: And let the trueth both rich and poorefuffice, Who fpreadeshis praife, in euery Port and Towne. A godly life he ledde vpon the earth, And in Gods feare did render vp his breath. Then Lordings yeeldein weedesof wailefull woe, To bring his corpsvnto the gaping graue: Hee's gone before,the way he dooth you mowe, And you your feluesof life no charter haue. Then thinke on death,which way fo ere you wend, He followesyou, your pilgrimageto ende. Thus though this Lord vnto the world be dead, His faith in Chrift the ioyes of heauenhath wonne: Sinne,Hell, and Death,he vnder feetedooth treade, And Huesin blifle,with Chrift; Godsonely fonne. Then Lordingschaunge your griefesto ioyeagaine, For Hatton Hues and death in him is flaine. FINIS.