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THE 
COMPLETE     WORKS 


SAMUEL     R  O  W  LAN  D:^S 


i;lasgo\v  : 
printed   bv   kobert   axdeusox, 
22   ann   strkrt. 


THE 


COMPLETE    WORKS 


OF 


SAMUEL  ROWLANDS 


1598-1628 


ATOW  FIRST  COLLECTED 


VOLUME  THIRD 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  HUNTERIAN  CLUB 

MDCCCLXXX 


CONTENTS     (3  F     VOL.     III. 


HEAVENS  GLORY,  SEEKE  IT,  &c.,   1628,      . 

THE    FAMOUS    HISTORY     OF    GVY     EARLE     OF 

WARWICKE,   1682,    .... 
MISCELLANEOUS  POEMS, 
NOTES,  by  Sidney  J.  H.  Herrtage, 
GLOSSARY,  by  Sidney  J.   H.   Herrtage, 


141  leaves. 

44  do. 

1 2  do. 

42  do. 

18  do. 


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London.  £rmteA  for  yiuhacll  SvarKc  ■  A°.  j  b  i  8 


To  the  Reader. 


HE  prefent  carelejfe 
fecurity  of  all  men  in 
generall,  is  like  vnto 
ourfirji  Parents  neg- 
le6l  of  Gods  facred  commande- 
mejit  in  Paradiee,  zvhen  the  f edu- 
cing Serpent  no  foojier  perfzuaded 
euill,  hit  it  was  infant ly  ptU  in 
praBife :  YoufJiall  dye  (faid  God) 
was  heard,  but  youfltall  not  dye 
{faid  the  Ditiell)  was  beleeued. 
Our  cares  are  daily  acqtiainted 
with  the  threatnings  of  Gods  de- 
A  3  nounced 


To  the  Reader. 


nojmced  againji  /inner s,  mid  yet 
that  Ji7ine,  that  broad  ivay-patJi 
and  highway  to  hell,  is  attempted 
with  a  delegation  a7id pleafure,  fo 
C7^aftie  and  fubtill  are  the  baits 
and  hires  of  the  deceiuer,  and  fo 
void  of  fpirituall  wifedome  is  the 
\foule-murdering  finner.  But  if 
due  confideration  were  had  of  the 
wages  offimie,  and  the  reward  of 
vnrighteoufiejfe,  and  to  what 
bitterneffe  it  will  turne  in  the 
end,  it  zvould  make  vs  leffe  bold 
to  finne,  and  more  fearefdl  to  of 
fe7id^  if  zve  would  take  into  our 
company  for  a  daily  co7ifort,  the 
pale  memory  of  death,  and  where- 
to hefummo7ieth  vs  after  this  life. 
Death  it  felfe  is  very  fea^'efull, 
but  7nuch  7nore  terrible,  in  regard 
of  the  iudgeme^it  it  zvarneth  vs 

vnto 


To  the  Reader. 


viito.  Imagine  to  fee  a  /inner 
lye  on  his  departing  bed,  burde- 
ned and  tyred  with  the  grieuous 
and  Jieauie  load  of  all  his  former 
trefpafes,  goared  zuith  the  fling 
and  pricke  of  a  festered  confci- 
ence,  feeling  the  crampe  of  death 
wresting  at  his  heart  Jlrings, 
ready  to  make  the  ruthftll  di- 
tiorce  betzueene  foule  and  body, 
pantiiig  for  breath,  a7id  fzuim- 
ming  in  a  cold  and  fatall  fweat, 
zvearied  with  flimgling  against 
the  deadly  pangs :  Oh  how  much 
zuould  he  gitie  for  an  houre  of  re- 
pentance !  at  zuhat  rate  zvould  he 
value  a  dales  contrition !  Then 
zuorlds  zvould  be  worthlej/e,  in 
refpeFl  of  a  little  refpite,  a  flt07''t 
trtice  zvould  feeme  more  precious 
than  the  t^'eafures  of  Empires, 
A  4  nothing 


To  the  Reader. 


not/dng  would  be  fo  much  estee- 
med as  a  mome?it  of  time,  which 
now  by  moneths  and  yeeres  is  la- 
uiJJily  /pent. 

How  incou/oiable  zvere  his 
cafe,  his  friends  being  fled,  his 
fences  frighted,  his  thoughts  a- 
niazed,  his  memorie  decaied,  his 
zvhole  minde  agafl,  and  no  part 
able  to  performe  that  it  fJiould, 
but  onely  his  guiltie  corfcience 
pestered  with  finne,  continually 
vpbraiding  him  with  bitter 
acctfations?  zvhat  would  hee 
thinke  then  (flripped  out  of  this 
mortall  weed,  and  tttrned  both 
out  of  the  feruice  and  houfe 
roome  of  this  world)  hee  must 
paffe  before  a  mofl  feuere  Judge, 
carrying  iji  his  owne  confcience 
his   enditement   written,    and    a 

perfe^ 


To  the  Reader. 


perfeH:  register  of  all  his  mif- 
deeds:  when  hee  Jlwuld  fee  the 
fudge  prepared  to  paffe  the  fen- 
tence  againfl  him,  and  the  fame 
to  be  his  V^npire,  whom,  by  fo 
many  offences  he  hath  made  his 
enemie:  When  not  onely  the  de- 
nils,  but  euen  the  Angels,  fiould 
plead  against  him,  and  himfelfe 
maugre  his  will,  bee  his  owne 
JJtarpest  appeacher:  What  were 
to  be  done  in  thefe  dreadftill  exi- 
gents ? 

When  hee  faw  that  gastly 
dtcngeon  and  huge  gulfe  of  hell, 
breaking  otit  zuith  fearefull 
flames,  the  zveeping,  houling, 
and  gnafliing  of  teeth,  the  rage 
of  all  thofe  hellifli  monsters,  the 
horro7i,r  of  the  place,  the  rigour 
of  the  paine,  the  t  err  our  of  the 
A  5  company, 


To  the  Reader. 


company^  and  the  eternitic  of 
all  thqfe  puniJJwients.  Would 
you  thinke  the7n  zvife  that  zuould 
daily  in  fo  weighty  matters,  and 
idlely  play  away  the  time  allot- 
ted them  to  preuejit  thefe  in- 
tollerable  calamities  ?  Would 
you  then  account  it  fecure,  to 
nurfe  hi  your  bofomc  fo  many 
vgly  Serpents  as  finnes  are,  or 
to  foster  in  your  fo7(le  fo  many 
m^alicious  accifers,  as  mortall 
faults  are? 

Wotild  you  not  then  thinke 
one  life  too  little  to  repent  forfo 
many  iniquities,  euerie  one 
whereof,  were  enough  to  cafl 
you  into  thofe  etierlasting  and 
vnspeakeable  torments  ?  Why 
then  doe  we  not  (at  the  leaft) 
deuote    that  fmall  remnant    of 

thefe 


To  the  Reader. 


thefe  02ir  latter  dayes,  to  the  ma- 
king an  attonement  with  God,  that 
otir  confciences  may  be  free  from 
this  eternall  danger  ?  Who  would 
relie  the  eiierlasting  affaires  of 
the  life  to  come,  vpon  the  gliding, 
flipperineffc ;  and  running flreame 
of  onr  vncertaine  life? 

It  is  a  preposterous  pollicie  (in 
any  wife  conceit)  to  fight  againft 
God  till  our  weapons  be  blunted, 
our  forces  confttm^ed,  our  li mines 
impotent,  and  our  breath  fpent; 
and  then  when  we  fall  for  faint- 
neffe,  and  haue  fotight  our  felues 
almofi  dead,  to  prefitme  on  his 
mercy.  It  ivere  afirange peece  of 
Art,  and  a  very  exorbitant  cotirfe, 
luhile  the  Ship  is  found,  the  Pylot 
well,  the  Marrijiers  firong,  the 
^ale  fauourable,and the  Sea  calme, 

to 


To  the  Reader. 


to  lye  idle  at  rode:  a7id  zvheii  the 
Ship  leakes,  the  Pylot  tvere  ftcke, 
the  Marriners  faint,  the  Jlo7'mcs 
boyjlerous,  and  the  Sea  turmoyled 
with /urges,  to  launch  forth  for  a 
voyage  into  a  farre  Country :  yet 
ftuh  is  the  skill  of  our  eue^iing  re- 
pente7's,  who  though  in  the  found- 
neffe  of  health,  and  in  the  perfefl 
vfe  of  reafon,  they  cannot  refolue 
to  weigh  the  ankers  that  zvithhold 
them  from  God,  neuertheleffe, 
feed  themfelues  with  aflrong  per- 
fwafi07i,  that  when  their  fences  are 
aflonied,  their  wits  distra^ed, 
their  vnderstanding  dusked,  and 
both  body  and  minde  racked  and 
tormented  with  the  throbs  and 
gripes  of  a  mortall  fickneffe,  then 
will  they  thnke  of  the  weightiefl 
matters,  and  become  Saints,  when 

they 


To  the  Reader. 


they  are  fcarfe  able  to  behaue 
themfelues  like  reasonable  crea- 
tures? being  the7i  prefimied  to 
be  lejfe  then  men :  for  hoiv  can  he 
that  is  ajjanlted  zvith  an  vnfetled 
confcie7icc,  distrained  luith  the 
ivringing  Jits  of  his  dying  flefi, 
maimed  in  all  his  abilities,  and 
circled  in  with  fo  many  encom- 
brances,  be  thought  of  due  difcre- 
tion  to  difpofc  of  his  chiefe/t  iezuell, 
which  is  his  foule?  No,  no,  they  that 
will  loyter  in  feed  time,  and  begin 
then  to  fozuc  zvhen  other's  begin  to 
reape:  they  that  zvill  riot  out  their 
health,  and  cafl  their  accounts 
whe7i  they  can  fcarfely  fpeake: 
they  that  luill flumber  out  the  day, 
and  enter  their  iourney  when  the 
light  doth  faile  them,  let  them 
blame  their  owne  folly,  if  they  dye 

in 


To  the  Reader. 


in  debt,  and  et email  beggerie,  and 
fall  hcadlo7ig  into  the  lapfe  of  end- 
leffe  perdition. 

Great  catcfe  haue  zuee  then  to 
haue  ail  honrely  luatchftdl  care 
ouer  our  foule,  being fo  dangero2is 
af/atdted  and  ejiuiroTied:  mofl  in- 
stantly entreating  the  ditdne  Ma- 
iefiy  to  be  ottr  ajfiu^ed  defence,  and 
let  vs  paffe  the  day  in  motirning, 
the  7ught  in  watching  and  wee- 
ping, and  our  whole  thne  in  plain- 
full  lamenting,  falling  downe  vp- 
on  the  ground  humbled  in  fack- 
cloath  and  afJies,  hauing  lofl  the 
garment  of  Chrifl,  that  hee  may 
recci^ie  what  the  perfecuting  ene- 
my zvouldhauefpoylcd,  eueryf/iort 
figh  zvill  not  be  ftLfficient  faiisfa- 
Slion,  7tor  euery  knocke  a  warrant 
to  get  in.    Many  fJiall  cry  Lord, 

Lord, 


To  the  Reader. 


Lord,  and  JJiall  not  be  accepted', 
the  fooliJJi  Virgiiis  did  knockc,  btit 
were   not  admitted:     ludas   had 
fome  fori'-ow,  and  yet  died  defpe- 
ratc.    Forcjlozv  not  (faith  the  holy 
Ghojl)  to  be  comierted  vnto  God, 
and  make  not  a  daily  lingering  of 
thy  repaire  vnto  him:  for  thou 
fJialt  finde  the  fuddenneffc  of  his 
wrath  and  renenge  not  flacke  to 
destroy finners.     For  zvhich  caufe, 
let  no  manfoiourne  long  infuifull 
fecu7^itie,  or  pofl  ouer  his  repen- 
tance vntill feare  enforce  him  to 
it,  but  let  vs  frame  ottr  premifes 
as  we  zvould  findc  our  conchfion, 
endeatwu^ring  to  Hue  as  we  are  de- 
firous  to  dye :  let  vs  not  offer  the 
mainc  crop  to  the  Diuell,  and  fet 
God  to  gleanc  the  rcproofc  of  his 
harucfi :  let  vs  not  goi^ge  the  Di- 
uell 


To  the  Reader. 


tiell  zvith  our  faireji  fruits,  and\ 
turne  God  to  the  filthy  f craps  of 
his  leanings:  but  let  vs  truely  de- 
dicate both  foule  and  body  to  his 
fertiice,  whofe  ^Hght  they  are,  and 
whofe feruice  they  owe;  that  fo  in 
the  etiening  of  02Lr  life  zue  may  re- 
tire to  a  Christian  refi,  clofing  vp 
the  day  of  our  life  zuith  a  cleare 
funnefet,  that  leaning  all  dark- 
neffe  behinde  vs,  zue  may  carry  in 
our  confciences  the  light  of  grace: 
andfo  efcaping  the  horrozir  of  an 
eternall  night,  pa ffe  from  a  mor- 
tallday,  to  an  euerlasting  morrozv, 


Thine  in  Chrift  lefus, 


Samuell  Rozjuland. 


STrike  faile,  poor e  Joule, 
infms  tempejliwus  tide, 
That  rimjl  to  mine 

and  eternall  wracke : 
Thy  cottrfc  from  hcauen 

is  exceeding  luide, 
H els  gulf e  thou  entrefi, 

if  grace  guide  not  backe: 
Sathan  is  Pilot 

in  this  7iauigation, 
The  Ocean,  Vanity, 

The  Rocke,  damnation. 

Warre  with  the  Dragon, 

and  his  whole  alliance. 
Renounce  his  league 

intends  thy  vttcr  loffe; 

Take 


Take  in  Ji7ines  Jlag  of  truce, 

fet  out  defiance, 
Difplay  Chrsts  cnfigne 

with  the  bloudy  crojfe: 
Against  a  Faith  proof e 

armed  Christian  Knight, 
The  hellifii  cozuard 

dares  not  niannage  fight. 

Refifi  him  then, 

if  thoti  wilt  viSior  be, 
For  fo  he  fiies, 

and  is  dif animate ; 
His  fiery  darts  can  haue 

no  force  at  thee, 
Thefitield  of  faith  doth  all 

their  points  7'ebate: 
He  conquers  none  to 

his  infer  nail  den, 
But  yeelding  fiaues, 

that  zvage  not  fight  like  men. 

Thofe 


H 


Thofe  in  the  dungeon 

of  etemall  darke, 
He  hath  enthralled 

euerlasting  date, 
Branded  zvith  Reprobations 

cole-blacke  niarke, 
Within  the  neuer- 

opening  ramd  vp  gate : 
Where  Diues  rates  one 

drop  of  water  more 
Than  any  crowne 

that  eiier  Monarch  wore. 

Where  furies  haunt  the  hart- 
tome  wretch,  defpaire, 
Where  clamotirs  ceafe  not, 
teeth  are  etier  gnafJiing, 
Where  wrath  and  vengeance 

fit  in  horrors  chaire. 
Where  quenchleffe  flames 
of fulphur  fire  be  fiafiiing, 

Where 


IS 


Where  da^nned foules 

blafphemc  God  in  defpigJU, 
Where  vtter  darhieffe 
Jlands  remou'd  from  light. 

Where  plagues  imiiron, 

torments  compaj/e  round, 
Whei^e  anguiJJi  rores 

in  neuer  Jiinted forrow, 
Where  woe,  woe,  woe, 

is  euery  voices  found. 
Where  night  et email 

neuer  ycelds  to  morrow: 
Where  damned  tortures 

dreadfullfiallperfcuer. 
So  long  as  God  is  God, 
fo  long  is  euer. 


Who 


i6 


Heauens  Glory. 


WHo  loncs  this  life, 
from  loiic  his  loue  doth 
A  lid  c'hufing  droj/e,  ( crre, 

rich  treafure  doth  denic, 
Leaning  the  pearle, 

Chrifis  connfels  to  preferre, 
With  felling  all  we  hatie, 

the  fame  to  buy: 
O  happy  fottle, 

that  doth  disbtirfe  afumme, 
To  gaine  a  kingdome 

iji  the  life  to  come. 

Such  trajficke  may  be 
termed  heatienly  thrift, 

Such 


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Heauens  Glory. 

Such  venter  hath  no 

hazard  to  dijpiuadc 
Immortal  I  pitrchafe, 

zvith  a  mortall  gift, 
The  greateji  gaiiie 

that  etier  Merchant  made: 
To  get  a  croimie 

ivhere  Saints  and  Angels  Jing, 
For  laying  out 

a  bafe  and  earthly  thing. 

To  taste  the  ioyes 

no  humane  knowledge  kfiowes, 
To  hcare  the  times 

of  the  ccelestiall  quires, 
T'attaine  heatinsfweet 

and  mildefl  calme  repofe, 
To  fee  Gods  face 

thefnmme  of  good  defires  : 
WJiich  by  his  glorious  Saints 

is  howerly  eyde, 

Yet 


i8 


Heauens  Glory. 

Yet  fight  with  feeing, 

neiter  fatisfide. 

1 

God  as  he  is, 

fight  beyond  estimate. 

Which  Angel,  tongues 

are  vntaught  to  difcozier, 

VVhofe  fple7idor  doth 

The  heartens  illustrate, 

Viito  zvhich  fight 

each  fight  becomes  a  louer: 

Whom  all  the  glo^nous 

cotirt  of  heauen  laud, 

With  praifes  of 

eternities  applaud. 

There  where  no  teares  arc 

to  interpret  grief es, 

Nor  any  fighcs,  J  tear t 

dolo2irs  to  expound. 

There 

19 


Heauens  Glory. 

The7''e  where  no  treafure 

is  furpris  d  by  theeues, 
Nor  any  voice  that  fpeakes 

zvith  forrowes  found. 
No  vfe  of  pa/sions, 

no  difieinpcred  thought, 
Nofpot  offinne, 

no  deed  of  error  lorought. 

The  natiue  home 

of  pilgrimc  fotUes  abode, 
RefVs  habitatio7i, 

ioyes  true  refidence, 
lerufalem  s  new  Citie 

built  by  God, 
Formd  by  the  hands 

of  his  oivne  excellence; 
With  gold-patCdflreets, 

the  wals  of  precio7isflone, 
Where  all  found  praife 

to  him  fits  on  the  throne. 

Heauens 


HEAVENS 

Glory ^  Earths  Va-- 

nitie,  and  Hels 

Torments. 


Of  the  Glory  of  the  blef- 
fed  Saints  hi  Heaiten. 

O  the  end  there  mieht 
want  nothing  to  ftirre 
vp  our  mindes  to  ver- 
tue,  after  the  paines  which  Al- 
mighty God  threateneth  to  the 
B  wicked, 


Heauefis  Glory 


wicked,  he  doth  alfo  fet  before 
vs  the  reward  of  the  good: 
which  is,  that  glory  and  euerla- 
fting  Hfe  which  the  bleffed 
Saints  doe  enjoy  in  heauen, 
whereby  hee  doth  very  mighti- 
ly allure  vs  to  the  loue  of  the 
fame.  But  what  manner  of 
thing  this  reward,  and  what  this 
life  is,  there  is  no  tongue,  nei- 
ther of  Angels  nor  of  nen,  that 
is  fufficient  to  expreffe  it.  How- 
beit,  that  wee  may  haue  fome 
kinde  of  fauour  and  knowledge 
thereof,  I  intend  here  to  re- 
hearfe  euen  word  for  word, 
what  S.  Augti/iine  faith  in  one 
of  his  meditations,  fpeaking  of 
the  life  euerlafting  (enfuing  this 
tranfltorie  time)  and  of  the 
joyes    of  the   bleffed  Saints    in 

hea- 


Heatiens  Glory. 

heauen.  O  life  (faith  he)  prepa- 
red by  Ahiiighty  God  for  his 
friends,  a  bleffed  hfe,  a  fecure 
life,  a  quiet  life,  a  beautifull  life, 
a  cleane  life,  a  chaft  life,  a  holy 
life;  a  life  that  knoweth  on 
death,  a  life  without  fadneffe, 
without  labour,  without  griefe, 
without  trouble,  without  cor- 
ruption, without  feare,  without 
variety,  without  alteration;  a 
life  replenifhed  with  all  beautie 
and  dignity;  where  there  is  nei- 
ther enemy  that  can  offend,  nor 
delight  that  can  annoy,  where 
loue  is  perfedl,  and  no  feare  at 
all,  where  the  day  is  euerlafting, 
and  the  fpirit  of  all  is  one; 
where  Almighty  God  is  feene 
face  to  face,  who  is  the  onely 
meate  whereupon  they  feed 
B  2  with 


23 


Heauens  Gloiy. 


without  loathfomeneffe :  it  de- 
lighteth  mee  to  confider  tliy 
brightneffe,  and  thy  treafures 
doe  reioyce  my  longing  heart. 
The  more  I  confider  thee,  the 
more  I  am  ftriken  in  loue  with 
thee.  The  great  defire  I  haue  of 
thee,  doth  wonderfully  delight 
me,  and  no  leffe  pleafure  is  it  to 
me,  to  keepe  thee  in  my  remem- 
brance. O  life  moft  happy,  O 
kingdome  truely  bleffed,  wher- 
in  there  is  no  death  nor  end, 
neither  yet  fucceffion  of  time, 
where  the  day  continuing  euer- 
more  without  night,  knoweth 
not  any  mutation;  where  the 
vi6lorious  conqueror  beeing 
ioyned  with  thofe  euerlafting 
quires  of  Angels;  and  hauing 
his  head  crowned  with  a  gar- 
land 


24 


Heauens  Glory. 


land  of  glory,  fingeth  vnto  Al 
mighty  God  one  of  the  fongs 
of  Syon.  Oh  happy,  yea,  and 
moft  happy  fliould  my  foiile  be, 
if  when  the  race  of  this  my  pil- 
grimage is  ended,  I  might  bee 
worthy  to  fee  thy  glory,  thy 
bleffedneffe,  thy  beautie,  the 
wals  and  gates  of  thy  Citie,  thy 
flreets,  thy  lodgings,  thy  noble 
Citizens,  and  thine  omnipotent 
King  in  his  moft  glorious  Ma- 
ieftie.  The  ftones  of  thy  wals 
are  precious,  thy  gates  are  ador- 
ned with  bright  pearles,  thy 
ftreets  are  of  very  fine  excel- 
lent gold,  in  which  there  ne- 
uer  faile  perpetual!  praifes;  thy 
houfes  are  paved  with  rich 
ftones,  wrought  throughout 
with  Zaphirs,  and  couered 
B  3  about 


25 


Heauens  Glory. 


aboue  with  maffie  gold,  where 
no  vncleane  thing  may  enter, 
neither  doth  any  abide  there 
that  is  defiled,  Faire  and  beauti- 
ful! in  thy  delights  art  thou  O 
leritfalem  our  mother,  none  of 
thofe  things  are  fuffered  in  thee, 
that  are  fuffered  here.  There  is 
great  diuerfitie  betweene  thy 
things  and  the  things  that  wee 
doe  continually  fee  in  this  life. 
In  thee  is  neuer  feene  neither 
darkeneffe  nor  night,  neither 
yet  any  change  of  time.  The 
light  that  fliineth  in  thee,  com- 
meth  neither  of  lampes,  nor  of 
Sunne  or  Moone,  nor  yet  of 
bright  glittering  Starres,  but 
God  that  proceedeth  of  God, 
and  the  light  that  commeth  of 
light,  is  he  that  giueth  clearenes 

vn- 


26 


Heauens  Glory. 


vnto  thee.  Euen  the  very  King 
of  Kings  himfelfe  keepeth  con- 
tinuall  refidence  in  the  middeft 
of  thee,  compaffed  about  with 
his  officers  and  feriiants.  There 
doe  the  Angels  in  their  orders 
and  quires  fing  a  mod  fweete 
&  melodious  harmonic.  There 
is  celebrated  a  perpetuall  folem- 
nitie  and  feaft  with  every  one  of 
them  that  cometh  thither,  after 
his  departure  out  of  this  pilgri- 
maofe.  There  be  the  orders  of 
Prophets;  there  is  the  famous 
company  of  the  Apoftles;  there 
is  the  inuincible  army  of  Mar- 
tyrs; there  is  the  moft  reuerent 
affembly  of  confeffors;  there 
are  the  true  and  perfe61:  religi- 
ous perfons;  there  are  the  holy 
Virgines,  which  haue  ouer- 
B  4  come 


27 


Heauens  Glory. 


come  both  the  pleafures  of  the 
world,  and  the  frailtie  of  their 
owne  nature;  there  are  the 
young  men  and  young  women, 
more  ancient  in  vertue  than  in 
yeares;  there  are  the  fheepe  and 
httle  lambes  that  haue  efcaped 
from  the  wolues,  and  from  the 
deceitfull  fnares  of  this  life,  and 
therefore  doe  now  keepe  a  per- 
petuall  feaft,  each  one  in  his 
place,  all  alike  in  ioy,  though 
different  in  degree.  There  Cha- 
ritie  raigneth  in  her  full  per- 
fe6lion,  for  vnto  them  God  is 
all  in  all,  whom  they  behold 
without  end,  in  whofe  loue  they 
be  all  continually  inflamed, 
whom  they  doe  alwayes  loue, 
and  in  louing  doe  praife,  and 
in    praifmg,    doe   loue,    and    all 

their 


28 


Heauens  Glory.  ^ 


their  exercifes  confift  in  praifes, 
without  wearineffe,  and  with- 
out trauell.  O  happie  were  I, 
yea,  and  very  happy  indeed,  if 
at  what  time  I  fhall  bee  loofed 
out  of  the  prifon  of  this  wret- 
ched body,  I  might  be  thought 
worthy  to  heare  thofe  fongs  of 
that  heauenly  melodie,  fung  in 
the  praife  of  the  euerlafting 
King,  by  all  the  Citizens  of 
that  fo  noble  Citie.  Happie 
were  I,  and  very  happie,  if  I 
might  obtaine  a  roome  among 
the  Chaplaines  of  that  Chap- 
pell,  and  wait  for  my  turne 
alfo  to  fmg  my  H alleluia. 
If  I  might  bee  neare  to  my 
King,  my  God,  my  Lord, 
and  fee  him  in  his  glory,  euen 
as  hee  hath  promifed  mee, 
B  5  when 


29 


lo  Heauens  Glory, 


when  he  faid:  O  Father,  this  is 
my  laft  determinate  will,  that 
all  thofe  that  thou  haft  giuen 
vnto  me,  may  me  with  me,  and 
fee  the  glory  which  I  had  with 
thee  before  the  world  was  cre- 
ated. Hetherto  are  the  words  of 
S.  Augtiftine.  Now  tell  mee 
(Chriftian  brother)  what  a  day 
of  glorious  fhine  ftiall  that  bee 
vnto  thee  (if  thou  lead  thy  life  in 
Gods  feare)  when  after  the 
courfe  of  this  pilgrimage,  thou 
fhalt  paffe  from  death  to  im- 
mortallity;  and  in  that  paffage, 
when  others  fhall  beginne  to 
feare,  thou  flialt  beginne  to  re- 
ioyce,  and  lift  vp  thy  head,  be- 
caufe  the  day  of  thy  deliuerance 
is  at  hand.  Come  forth  a  little 
f^faith   S.  lerome  vnto  the   Vir- 

gine 


30 


Heatiens  Glory.  1 1 


gine  Eujlochia)  out  of  the  prifon 
of  this  body;  and  when  thou 
art  before  the  gate  of  this  Ta- 
bernacle, fet  before  thy  eyes  the 
reward  that  thou  hopeft  to 
haue  for  thy  prefent  labours. 
Tell  me,  what  a  day  fliall  that 
bee,  when  our  Lord  himfelfe 
with  all  his  Saints,  fhall  come 
and  meete  thee  in  the  way,  fay- 
ing vnto  thee:  Arifc  and  make 
hajl  O  my  deloued,  my  delight,  and 
m^y  Turtle  done,  for  nozu  the  Win- 
ter is  paji,  and  the  tempcjluous 
waters  are  ceafed,  the  flowers  doe 
beginnc  to  appeaix  in  our  land. 
Cant.  2.  How  great  ioy  fhall  thy 
foule  then  receiue,  when  it  fliall 
be  at  that  time  prefented  before 
the  Throne  of  the  moft  bleffed 
Trinity,  by  the  hands  of  the  ho- 

ly 


3» 


12  Heauens  Glory. 


ly  Angels,  and  when  fhall  bee 
declared  thy  good  workes,  and 
what  croffes,  tribulations,  and 
iniuries  thou  haft  fuffered  for 
Gods  fake.  Afts  g.  S.  Ltike  wri- 
teth,  That  when  holy  Tabitha, 
the  great  almes  giuer,  was  dead, 
all  the  widdowes  and  poore 
folke  came  about  the  Apoftle 
S.  Peter,  fhewing  vnto  him  the 
garments  which  fhee  had  giuen 
them:  wherewith  the  Apoftle 
being  moued,  made  his  prayer 
vnto  Almighty  God  for  that 
fo  mercifull  a  woman,  and  by 
his  prayers  he  raifed  her  againe 
to  life.  Now  what  a  gladneffe 
will  it  be  to  thy  foule,  when  in 
the  middeft  of  thofe  bleffed  fpi- 
rits  thou  fhalt  be  placed,  with 
remembrance     of     thy     almes 

deeds, 


32 


Heauens  Glory. 


deeds,  thy  prayers  and  faftings, 
the  innocency  of  thy  Hfe,  thy 
fuffering  of  wrongs  and  iniu- 
ries,  thy  patience  in  affliclions, 
thy  temperance  in  diet,  with  all 
other  vertiies  and  orood  workes 
that  thou  haft  done  in  all  thy 
life.  O  how  great  ioy  fhalt 
thou  receiue  at  that  time  for  all 
the  good  deeds  that  thou  haft 
wrought;  how  clearely  then 
fhalt  thou  vnderftand  the  value 
and  the  excellencie  of  vertue. 
There  the  obedient  man  fhall 
talke  of  vi6lories;  there  vertue 
fhall  receiue  her  reward,  and 
the  good  honoured  according 
to  their  merite.  Moreouer, 
what  a  pleafure  will  it  bee 
vnto  thee,  when  thou  fhalt 
fee    thy    felfe    to    bee    in    that 

fure 


14  Heauens  Glory. 


fure  hauen,  and  fhalt  looke  back 
vpon  the  courfe  of  thy  nauiga- 
tion  which  thou  haft  failed  here 
in  this  life:  when  thou  fhalt  re- 
member the  tempefts  wherein 
thou  haft  been  toffed,  the  ftraits 
through  which  thou  haft  paffed, 
and  the  dangers  of  theeues  and 
pyrats,  from  whom  thou  haft 
efcaped.  There  is  the  place 
where  they  fhall  fmg  the  fong 
of  the  Prophet,  which  faith, 
Had  it  not  beene  that  our  Lord 
had  beene  mine  helper,  it  could  not 
be  btU  my  foule  had  gone  into  helL 
Efpecially,  when  from  thence 
thou  ftialt  behold  fo  many  fms 
as  are  committed  every  houre 
in  the  world,  fo  many  foules 
as  doe  defcend  euery  da}^  into 
hell,  and  how  it  hath  plea- 
fed 


34 


Heauens  Glory.  15 


fed  Almighty  God,  that  among 
fuch  a  multitude  of  damned 
perfons,  thou  fliouldft  be  of  the 
number  of  his  ele(fl;,  and  one  of 
thofe  to  whom  he  would  ei'ant 
fuch  exceeding  great  felicity 
and  glory.  Befides  all  this,  what 
a  goodly  fight  will  it  bee  to  fee 
thofe  feats  filled  vp,  and  the  Ci- 
tie  builded,  and  the  wals  of  that 
noble  Ieriifale7}i  repaired  again? 
With  what  chearefull  embra- 
cings  fhall  the  whole  court  of 
heauen  entertaine  them,  behol- 
ding them  when  the  come  loa- 
den  with  the  fpoiles  of  their 
vanquifhed  enemies  ?  There 
fhall  thofe  valiant  men  and  wo- 
men enter  with  triumph,  which 
haue  together  with  the  world 
conquered    the    weakeneffe    of 

their 


35 


1 6  Heauens  Glory. 


their  owne  fraile  nature.  There 
fhall  they  enter  which  haue  fuf- 
fered  martyrdom e  for  Chrifts 
fake,  with  double  triumph  ouer 
the  fl  fh  and  the  world,  ador- 
ned with  all  ccelefliall  glory. 
There  fhall  alfo  daily  enter  ma- 
ny young  men  and  children, 
which  haue  vanquifhed  the  ten- 
derneffe  of  their  young  yeares 
with  difcretion  and  vertue.  Oh, 
how  fweet  and  fauorie  fhall  the 
fruit  of  vertue  then  be,  although 
for  a  time  before  her  roots  fee- 
med  very  bitter:  fweete  is  the 
cold  euening  after  the  hote 
funnie  day;  fweete  is  the  foun- 
taine  to  the  weary  thirftie  tra- 
uailer;  fweet  is  reft  and  fleepe 
to  the  tired  feruant:  but  much 
more  fweet  is  it  to  the  Saints  in 

hea- 


36 


Heaiiens  Glory.  17 


heauen  to  enioy  peace  after 
warre,  fecurity  after  perill,  eter- 
nall  reft  after  their  paines,  and 
trauels:  for  then  are  the  warres 
at  an  end,  then  need  they  no 
more  to  goe  all  armed,  both  on 
the  right  fide  and  on  the  left. 
The  children  of  Ifrael  went 
forth  armed  towards  the  land 
of  Promife,  but  after  that  the 
land  was  conquered,  they  laid 
downe  their  fpeares,  and  caft  a- 
way  their  armour,  and  forget- 
ting all  feare  and  turmoile  of 
warre,  each  one  vnder  the  fhad- 
dow  of  his  pavillion  &  harbour 
enioyed  the  fruit  of  their  fweet 
peace.  Now  may  the  watching 
Prophet  come  downe  from  his 
ftanding,  that  did  watch  and  fix 
his  feete  vpon  the  place  of  the 

Sen- 


37 


i8 


Heauens  Glory. 


Sentinell:  There  is  no  more 
feare  of  inuafion  by  the  terrible 
armies  of  the  bloody  enemies: 
there  is  no  place  for  the  fubtill 
crafts  of  the  lurking  viper  •.  there 
cannot  ariue  the  deadly  fight  of 
the  venomous  Bafeliske,  nor 
yet  fhall  the  hiffmg  of  the  anci- 
ent Serpent  be  heard  there;  but 
onely  the  foft  breathing  ayre  of 
the  holy  Ghoft,  wherein  is  be- 
holden the  glory  of  Almighty 
God.  This  is  the  region  of  all 
peace,  the  place  of  fecurity,  fitu- 
ated  aboue  all  the  Elements, 
whether  the  cloudes  and  ftor- 
mie  winds  of  the  darke  ayre 
cannot  come.  O  what  glorious 
things  haue  beene  fpoken  of 
thee,  O  Citie  of  God.  Bleffed 
are  they  (faith  holy  Tobias)  that 

loue 


38 


Heauens  Glory. 


19 


lone  thee,  and  enioy  thy  peace. 
O  my  foulc  praife  our  Lord,  for 
he  hath  deliuered  lerufalem  his 
Citie  from  all  her  troubles. 
Happy  fhall  I  be,  if  the  remnant 
of  my  poflerity  might  come  to 
fee  the  cleareneffe  of  lerufale^n : 
her  gates  fhall  be  wrought  with 
Zaphirs  and  Emeraulds,  and  all 
the  circuit  of  her  wals  fhall  bee 
built  with  precious  ftones,  her 
ftreets  fhall  bee  paued  with 
white  and  polifhed  marble,  and 
in  all  parts  of  her  territories  fhal 
bee  fung  Halleluia.  O  ioyfull 
countrey!  O  fweete  glory!  O 
bleffed  companie!  who  fhall 
be  thofe  fo  fortunate  and  happy 
that  are  elected  for  thee  ?  It  fee- 
meth  a  prefumption  to  defire 
thee,    and    yet    I    will    not   Hue 

with- 


39 


20 


Heaue7is  Glory. 


without  the  defire  of  thee.  O 
ye  fonnes  of  Adam,  a  race  of 
men,  miferably  Winded  and  de- 
ceiued.  O  ye  fcattered  fheepe, 
wandring  out  of  your  right 
way,  if  this  be  your  fheep-coat, 
whether  goe  you  backeward? 
What  meane  you?  Why  fuf- 
fer  you  fuch  an  excellent  bene- 
fit to  be  wilfully  loft  for  not  ta- 
king fo  little  paines?  What 
wife  man  would  not  defire,  that 
all  labour  &  paine  of  the  world 
were  impofed  vnto  him?  that 
all  forrowes,  affliftions,  and  di- 
feafes  were  euen  poured  vpon 
him  as  thicke  as  haile;  that 
perfecutions,  tribulations,  and 
griefes,  with  one  to  molefl:  him, 
another  to  difquiet  him,  yea, 
that  all  creatures  in  the  world 

did 


40 


Heauens  Glory. 


21 


did  confpire  againft  him,  being 
fcorned  and  made  a  laughing 
ftocke  of  all  men;  and  that  his 
whole  life  were  conuerted  into 
weepings  and  lamentations;  fo 
that  in  the  next  life  hee  misfht 
finde  repofe  in  the  heauenly 
harbor  of  eternall  confolation, 
and  bee  thought  meet  to  haue  a 
place  among  that  bleffed  peo- 
ple, which  are  adorned  and 
beautified  with  fuch  ineftima- 
ble  glory.  And  thou,  O  foo- 
lifh  louer  of  this  miferable 
world,  go  thy  way,  feek  as  long 
as  thou  wilt  for  honors  &  pro- 
motions, build  fumptuons  hou- 
fes  &  pallaces,  purchafe  lands  & 
poffeffions,  inlarge  thy  territo- 
ries &  dominions,  yea,  comand 
if  thou    wilt    the    whole   world, 

yet 


41 


2  2  Heauens  Glory. 


yet  fhalt  thou  neuer  bee  fo  great 
as  the  leaft  of  all  the  feruants  of 
Almighty  God,  who  fhall  re- 
ceiue  that  treafure  which  this 
world  cannot  giue,  and  fhall  en- 
ioy  that  felicity,  which  fhall 
endure  for  euermore,  when 
thou  with  thy  pompe  and  ri- 
ches, fhall  beare  the  rich  glut- 
ton company,  whofe  buriall  is 
in  the  deepe  vault  of  hell:  but 
the  deuout  fpirituall  man  fhall 
bee  carried  by  the  holy  Angels 
with  poore  Lazarus  into  Abra- 
hams bofome,  a  place  of  perpe- 
tuall  reft,  ioy,  follace,  and  eter- 
nall  happineffe. 


Of 


42 


Heauens  Glory. 


n 


Of  the    benefits   which 

our   Lord  promifeth    to 

giue  in  this  prefent  life, 

tofiich  as  line  a  inji 

and  godly  life. 

Erad venture  thou  wilt 
now  fay,  that  all  thefe 
things  before  rehear- 
fed,  be  rewards  &  punifhments 
onely  for  the  life  to  come:  and 
that  thou  defireft  to  fee  fome- 
thing  in  this  prefent  life,  becaufe 
our  minds  are  wont  to  be  mo- 
ued  very  much  Avith  the  fight 
of  things   prefent.       To  fatisfie 

thee 


43 


24  Heauens  Glory. 


thee  herein,  I  will  alfo  explaine 
vnto  thee  what  may  anfwere 
thy  defire.  For  although  our 
Lord  do  referue  the  beft  wine, 
and  the  delicate  difhes  of  molt 
delight,  vntill  the  end  of  the 
banket,  yet  he  fuffereth  not  his 
friends  to  bee  vtterly  deftitute 
of  meate  and  drinke  in  this  tedi- 
ous voyage :  for  hee  knoweth 
very  well,  that  they  could  not 
otherwife  hold  out  in  their 
iourne}'.  And  therefore  when 
he  faid  vnto  Abraham,  Feare 
not  Abimham,  for  I  am  thy  de- 
fender, and  thy  reward  fhall  be 
exceeding  great :  By  thefe 
words  he  promifed  two  things, 
the  one  for  the  time  prefent.  • 
that  was,  to  bee  his  fafegard  and ' 
defence    in    all    fuch    thinsfs   as 

may 


44 


Heattens  Glory.  25 

may  happen  in  this  Hfe;  and  the 
other  for  the  time  to  come,  and 
that  is,  the  reward  of  glory 
which  is  referued  for  the  next 
Hfe.  But  how  great  the  firft  pro- 
mife  is,  and  how  many  kinds  of 
benefits  and  fauours  are  there- 
in inckided,  no  man  is  able  to 
vnderftand,  but  onely  he,  that 
hath  with  great  diligence  read 
the  holy  Scriptures,  wherein  no 
one  thing  is  more  often  repea- 
ted and  fet  forth,  than  the  great- 
neffe  of  the  fauours,  benefits, 
and  priuiledges,  which  Almigh- 
ty God  promifeth  vnto  his 
friends  in  this  Hfe.  Hearken 
what  Salomon  faith  in  the  third 
chapter  of  his  Prouerbs,  as 
touching  this  matter.  Blejfed  is 
that  man  that  findeth  ivifdome^ 
C  for 


45 


26  Heatiens  Glory. 


for  it  is  better  to  hmtc  it,  than  all 

the  treajtircs  of  Siluer  and  Gold, 

be  they  neuer  fo  excellent  and p7^c- 

cious:  and  it  is  more  zvorth  than 

all  the  riches  of  the  ivorld,  and 

whatfoeuer  mans  heart  is  able  to 

defire,  is  not  comparable  vnto  it. 

The  length  of  dales  a7'e  at  her 

right  hand,  and  riches  and  glo- 

rie  at  her  left.    Her  ivaies  be plea- 

fanf,  and  all  her paffages  be  quiet; 

flie  is  a  tree  of  life  to  all  thofe  that 

haue  obtained  her:  and  hce  that 

fJiall  haue  her  in  continnall  pof 

fefsion,  fliall  be   blefjed.      Keepc 

thei'efore  (O  my  fonne)  the  lawes 

of  Almightic  God,  and  his  coun- 

fell,  for  they  fJiall  be  as  life  to  thy 

fonle,  and  fweetncffe  to  thy  tafie. 

Then  flialt  thou  lualke  fafely  in 

thy  zuaies,  and  thy  feet  Jhall  not 

finde 


46 


Heauens  Glory.  27 

finde  any  Jlumb ling  blockes.  If 
thoujleep^  tJiouJJialt  fiatie  no  caufe 
to  feare :  and  if  thotL  take  thy  refi, 
thy  fleepe  fJiall  be  qitict.  This  is 
the  fweetneffe  and  quietneffe 
of  the  way  of  the  godly,  but 
the  wayes  of  the  wicked  are 
farre  different,  as  the  holy  Scrip- 
ture doth  declare  vnto  vs.  The 
paths  and  wayes  of  the  wicked 
(faith  Ecclefiafiic7is)  are  full  of 
brambles,  and  at  the  end  of 
their  iourney  are  prepared  for 
them,  hell,  darkneffe,  and  pains. 
Doeft  thou  thinke  it  then  a 
good  exchange,  to  forfake  the 
wayes  of  Almighty  God,  for 
the  waies  of  the  world,  fith  there 
is  fo  great  difference  betweene 
the  one  and  the  other,  not  one- 
ly  in  the  end  of  the  way,  but  alfo 
C  2  in 


47 


28 


Heauens  Glory. 


in  all  the  fteps  of  the  fame? 
What  madneffe  can  be  greater, 
than  to  choofe  one  torment,  to 
gaine  another  by;  rather  than 
with  one  reft  to  gaine  another 
reft?  And  that  thou  maift  more 
clearely  perceiue  the  excellen- 
cy of  this  reft,  and  what  a  num- 
ber of  benefits  are  prefently  in- 
cident thereunto,  I  befeech  thee 
harken  attentiuely  euen  what 
Almighty  God  himfelfe  hath 
promifed  by  his  Prophet  Efay, 
to  the  obferuers  of  his  law,  in  a 
manner  with  thefe  words,  as 
diuers  interpreters  doe  ex- 
pound them.  When  thou  fhalt 
doe  (faith  hee)  fuch  and  fuch 
things,  which  I  haue  comman- 
ded thee  to  doe,  there  fhall 
forthwith     appeare     vnto     thee 

the 


48 


Heauens  Glory.  29 


the  dawning  of  the  cleare  day 
(that  is,  the  fonne  of  iuftice) 
which  (hall  driue  away  all  the 
darkeneffe  of  th)-  errours  and 
miferies,  and  then  flialt  thou 
begin  to  enioy  true  and  perfit 
faluation.  Now  thefe  are  the 
benefits  which  Almighty  God 
hath  promifed  to  his  feruants. 
And  albeit  fome  of  them  be 
for  the  time  to  come,  yet  are 
fome  of  them  to  be  prefently 
receiued  in  this  life :  as,  that  new 
light  and  fhining  from  heauen; 
that  fafety  and  abundance  of 
all  good  things;  that  affured 
confidence  and  truft  in  the  al- 
mighty God;  that  diuine  affi- 
ftance  in  all  our  Prayers  and  Pe- 
titions made  vnto  him;  that 
peace  and  tranquility  of  confci- 
C  3  ence; 


49 


30  Heauens  Glory. 


ence;  that  prote6lion  and  pro- 
uidence  of  Almighty  God.  All 
thefe  are  the  gracious  gifts  and 
fauours  which  Almighty  God 
hath  promifed  to  his  feruants  in 
this  life.  They  are  all  the  works 
of  his  mercy,  effects  of  his  grace, 
teftimonies  of  his  loue,  and 
bleffmgs,  which  he  of  his  father- 
ly prouidence  extendeth. 

To  be  (hort,  all  thefe  benefits 
doe  the  godly  inioy  both  in  this 
prefent  life,  and  in  the  life  to 
come:  and  of  all  thefe  are  the 
vngodly  depriued,  both  in  the 
one  life,  and  in  the  other. 
Whereby  thou  maift  eafily  per- 
ceiue,  what  difference  there 
is  betweene  the  one  fort  and 
the  other,  feeing  the  one  is  fo 
rich  in  graces,  and  the  other  fo 

poore 


50 


Heauens  Glory.  31 


poore  and  needy:  For  if  thou 
ponder  well  Gods  promifed 
bleffings,  and  confider  the  ftate 
and  condition  of  the  good  and 
the  wicked,  thou  flialt  find,  that 
the  one  fort  is  liighly  in  the  fa- 
uour  of  Almighty  God,  and 
the  other  deepely  in  his  dif- 
pleafure :  the  one  be  his  friends, 
and  the  other  his  enemies: 
the  one  be  in  light,  and  the 
other  in  darkeneffe :  the  one 
doe  enioy  the  company  of  An- 
gels, and  the  other  the  fil- 
thy pleafures  and  delights  of 
Swine  :  the  one  are  truely 
free,  and  Lords  ouer  them- 
felues,  and  the  other  are  be- 
come bondflaues  vnto  Sathan, 
and  vnto  their  owne  lufts  and 
appetites.  The  one  are  ioy- 
C  4  full 


SI 


32  Heauens  Glory. 


full  with  the  witneffe  of  a  good 
confcience,  and  the  other  (^ex- 
cept they  bee  vtterly  blinded) 
are  continually  bitten  with  the 
worme  of  confcience,  euer- 
more  gnawing  on  them :  the 
one  in  tribulation,  fhand  fted- 
faflly  in  their  proper  place;  and 
the  other,  like  light  chaffe,  are 
carried  vp  and  downe  with  e- 
uery  blaft  of  winde:  the  one 
fhand  fecure  and  firme  with  the 
anker  of  hope,  and  the  other 
are  vnftable,  &  evermore  yeel- 
ding  vnto  the  affaults  of  for- 
tune: the  prayers  of  the  one  are 
acceptable  &  liking  vnto  God, 
and  the  praiers  of  the  other  are 
abhorred  and  accurfed:  the 
death  of  the  one  is  quiet,  peace- 
able, and  precious  in   the  fight 

of 


52 


Heauens  Glory.  33 


of  God,  and  the  death  of  the  o- 
ther,  is  vnquiet,  painefull,  and 
troubled  with  a  thoufand 
frights  and  terrours;  To  con- 
clude, the  one  Hue  like  children 
vnder  the  prote6lion  and  de- 
fence of  Almighty  God,  and 
fleepe  fweetly  vnder  the  fhad- 
dow  of  his  paflorall  proui- 
dence;  and  the  other  being  ex- 
cluded from  this  kinde  of  pro- 
uidence,  wander  abroad  as  ftrai- 
ed  fheepe,  without  their  fheep- 
heard  and  Mafter,  lying  wide 
open  to  all  the  perils,  dangers, 
and  affaults  of  the  world.  See- 
ing then,  that  a  vertuous  life  is 
accompanied  with  all  thefe 
benefits,  what  is  the  caufe 
that  fhould  withdraw  thee, 
and  perfwade  thee  not  to 
C  5  em- 


53 


34  Heaue7is  Glory. 


embrace  fuch  a  precious  trea- 
fiire?  what  art  thou  able  to  al- 
ledge  for  excufe  of  thy  great 
neghgence  ?  To  fay  that  this  is 
not  true,  it  cannot  be  admitted, 
for  fo  much  as  Gods  word  doth 
auouch  the  certaintie  hereof. 
To  fay  that  thefe  are  but  fmall 
benefits,  thou  canft  not,  for  fo 
much  as  they  doe  exceede  all 
that  mans  heart  can  defire.  To 
fay  that  thou  art  an  enemy  vn- 
to  thy  felfe^  and  that  thou  doeft 
not  defire  thefe  benefits,  can- 
not be,  confidering  that  a  man 
is  euen  naturally  a  friend  to 
himfelfe,  &  the  will  of  man  hath 
euer  an  eye  to  his  owne  benefit, 
which  is  the  very  obie6l  or  mark 
that  his  defire  fhooteth  at.  To 
fay  that  thou  haft  no  vnderftan- 

ding, 


54 


Heauens  Glory.  35 


ding,  nor  tafte  of  thefe  benefits, 
it  wil  not  feme  to  difcharofe 
thine  offence,  forfomuch  as  thou 
haft  the  faith  and  beleefe  there- 
of, though  thou  haft  not  the 
tafte,  for  the  tafte  is  loft  through 
finne,  but  not  the  faith :  and  the 
faith  is  a  witneffe  more  certaine, 
morefecure,  and  better  to  be  tru- 
fted,  than  all  other  experiences 
and  witneffes  in  the  world. 
Why  doeft  thou  not  then  dif- 
credit  all  other  witneffes  with 
this  one  affured  teftimony? 
Why  doeft  thou  not  rather 
giue  credit  vnto  faith,  than 
to  thine  owne  opinion  and 
iudgement?  O  that  thou  woul- 
deft  make  a  refolute  determi- 
nation, to  fubmit  thy  felfe  into 
the    hands    of    Almighty    God, 

and 


55 


36  Heauens  Glory. 


and  to  put  thy  whole  truft  affii- 
redly  in  him.  How  foone 
fhouldeft  thou  then  fee  all  thefe 
Prophefies  fulfilled  in  thee: 
then  fhouldeft  thou  fee  the  ex- 
cellency of  thefe  diuine  trea- 
fures:  then  fhouldeft  thou  fee 
how  ftarke  blinde  the  louers  of 
this  world  are,  that  feeke  not 
after  this  high  treafure:  then 
fhouldeft  thou  fee  vpon  what 
o;ood  ""round  our  Sauiour  inui- 
teth  vs  to  this  kinde  of  life,  fay- 
ing; Co7ne  vnto  me  all  yec  that 
tranell,  anda7'e  loadeii,  and  I  ivill 
refreJJi  you ;  take  my  yoake  vpon 
you,  and  you  JJiall  finde  rejl  for 
yotirfoules:  for  my  yoake  isfiveet, 
and  my  burden  is  light.  Almigh- 
tie  God  is  no  deceiuer,  nor  falfe 
promifer,    neither    yet    is   he   a 

great 


56 


Heauens  Glory.  t^^j 


great  boafter  of  fuch  things  as 
he  promifeth.  Why  doft  thou 
then  fhrinke  backe?  Avhy  doft 
thou  refufe  peace  and  true  qui- 
etneffe?  why  doft  thou  refufe 
the  gentle  offers  and  fweet  cal- 
lings of  thy  Paftor?  how  dareft 
thou  defpife  and  banifli  away 
vertue  from  thee,  which  hath 
fuch  prerogatiues  and  priui- 
ledges  as  thefe  be :  and  withall, 
confirmed  and  figned  euen  with 
the  hand  of  Almighty  God  ?  The 
Queene  of  Saba  heard  far  leffe 
things  than  thefe  of  Salomon, 
and  yet  Ihe  trauelled  from  the 
vttermoft  parts  of  the  world,  to 
try  the  truth  of  thofe  things 
that  fhe  had  heard.  And  why 
doeft  not  thou  then  (hearing 
fuch    notable,   yea,  and    fo    cer- 

taine 


57 


38  Heauens  Glory. 


taine  news  of  vertue)  aduentiire 
to  take  a  little  paines  to  try  the 
truth  and  fequell  thereof?  O 
deare  Chnftian  brother,  put 
thy  truft  in  Almighty  God  and 
in  his  word,  and  commit  thy 
felfe  moft  boldly  without  all 
feare  into  his  armes,  and  vnloofe 
from  thy  hands  thofe  trifling 
knots  that  haue  hitherto  decei- 
ued  thee,  and  thou  fhalt  finde, 
that  the  merits  of  vertue  doe 
farre  excell  her  fame:  and  that 
all  which  is  fpoken  in  praife  of 
her,  is  nothing  in  comparifon 
of  that  which  flie  is  indeede. 


That 


58 


Heauens  Glory. 


39 


That  a  man  ought  not  to 
defer  re  his  Repentance  and  Con- 
uerjion  vnto  God,  from  day  to  day; 
conjideringhehathfo  many  debts 
to  di/charge,  by  j-ea/on  of  the 
offences  co^nmitted  in 
Jiisfnfull  life  al- 
ready p  aft. 

Ow  then,  if  on  the  one 
fide  there  be  fo  many 
and  fo  great  refpe6ls, 
that  doe  binde  vs  to  change  our 
fmfull  Hfe ;  and  on  the  other  fide, 
we  haue  not  any  fufficient  ex- 
cufe  why  we  fliould  not  make 
this  exchange.     How  long  wih 

thou 


59 


40  Heauens  Glory. 


thou  tarry,  vntill  thou  fully  re- 
folue  to  doe  it?  Turne  thine 
eyes  a  little,  and  looke  backe  vp- 
on  thy  life  pafl,  and  confider, 
that  at  this  prefent  (oi  what  age 
foeuer  thou  be^)  it  is  high  time, 
or  rather,  the  time  well  nigh 
paft  to  begin  to  difcharge  fome 
part  of  thy  old  debts,  Confider, 
that  thou  which  art  a  Chriftian 
regenerated  in  the  water  of  ho- 
ly Baptifme,  which  doefl  ac- 
knowledge Almighty  God  for 
thy  father,  and  the  Catholike 
Church  for  thy  mother,  whom 
fhe  hath  nourifhed  with  the 
milke  of  the  Gofpel,  to  wit,  with 
the  do6lrine  of  the  Apoftles 
and  Euangelifts:  confider  (I 
fay)  that  all  this  notwithftan- 
ding,   thou    haft    lined   euen    as 

loofely 


60 


Heatiens  Glory.  41 


loofely  &  diffolutely,  as  if  thou 
hadft  beene  a  meere  Infidell, 
that  had  neuer  any  knowledge 
of  Almighty  God.  And  if  thou 
doe  denie  this,  then  tell  mee 
what  kinde  of  fin  is  there  which 
thou  haft  not  committed? 
What  tree  is  there  forbidden 
that  thou  haft  not  beholden 
with  thine  eyes?  What  greene 
meddow  is  there,  in  which  thou 
haft  not  (at  the  leaft  in  defire) 
feafted  thy  letcherous  luft? 
what  thing  hath  beene  fet  be- 
fore thine  eyes,  that  thou  haft 
not  wantonly  defired?  What 
appetite  haft  thou  left  vnexecu- 
ted,  notwithftanding  that  thou 
didft  beleeue  in  Almighty  God, 
and  that  thou  wert  a  Chriftian? 
what  wouldeft  thou   haue  done 

more. 


61 


42  Heauens  Glory. 


more,  if  thou  hadft  not  had  any 
faith  at  all?  If  thou  hadft  not 
looked  for  any  other  lifeP  If 
thou  hadft  not  feared  the 
dreadfull  day  of  iudgement? 
What  hath  all  thy  former  life 
beene,  but  a  web  of  fmnes,  a 
fmke  of  vices,  a  way  full  of 
brambles  and  thornes,  and  a  fro- 
ward  difobedience  of  God  ?  with 
whom  haft  thou  hitherto  lined, 
but  onely  with  thine  appetite, 
with  thy  flefti,  with  thy  pride, 
and  with  the  goods  and  riches 
of  this  tranfitory  world  ?  Thefe 
haue  beene  thy  gods,  thefe  haue 
beene  thine  idols,  whom  thou 
haft  ferued,  and  whofe  lawes 
thou  haft  diligently  obeyed. 
Make  thine  account  with  the 
Almighty  God,  with  his  lawes, 

and 


62 


Heauens  Glory. 


43 


and  with  his  obedience,  and 
peraduenture  thou  fliah  finde, 
that  thou  haft  efteemed  him  no 
more,  than  if  he  had  beene  a 
god  of  wood,  or  flone.  For  it  is 
certaine^  that  there  be  many 
Chriftians,  which  beleeuing 
that  there  is  a  God,  are  induced 
to  finne  with  fuch  facilitie,  as 
though  they  beleeued,  that 
there  were  no  God  at  all:  and 
doe  offend  no  whit  the  leffe, 
though  they  beleeue  that  there 
is  a  God,  then  they  would  doe, 
if  they  beleeued  there  were 
none  at  all.  What  greater  iniu- 
rie,  what  greater  defpight  can 
bee  done,  than  fo  to  con- 
temne  his  diuine  maieftie? 
Finally,  thou  beleeuing  all 
fuch    things   as   Chrifts    Church 

doth 


63 


44  Heauens  Glory. 


doth  beleeue,  haft  notwithftan- 
ding  fo  led  thy  life,  as  if  thou 
wert  perAvaded,  that  the  be- 
leefe  of  Chriftians  were  the 
greateft  fables  or  lies  in  the 
world.  And  if  the  multitude  of 
thy  finnes  paft,  and  the  faculty 
thou  haft  vfed  in  committing  of 
them,  doe  not  make  thee  afraid, 
why  doeft  thou  not  feare  at  the 
leaft  the  Majefty  and  omnipo- 
tencie  of  him^  againft  whom 
thou  haft  fmned  ?  Lift  vp  thine 
eyes,  and  confider  the  infinit 
greatneffe  and  omnipotencie  of 
the  Lord,  whom  the  powers  of 
heauen  no  adore,  before  whofe 
Maiefty  the  whole  compaffe 
of  the  wide  world  lyeth  pro- 
ftrate;  in  whofe  prefence,  all 
things     created,    are    no    more 

than 


64 


Heauens  Glory.  45 


than  chaffe  carried  awa}^  with 
the  winde.  Confider  alfo  with 
thy  felfe  how  vnfeemely  it  is, 
that  fuch  a  vile  worme  as  thou 
art,  fhould  haue  audacity  fo  ma- 
ny times  to  offend  and  prouoke 
the  wrath  of  fo  great  a  maiefty. 
Confider  the  wonderfull  and 
moft  terrible  feuerity  of  his  iu- 
flice,  and  what  horrible  punifli- 
ments  he  hath  vfed  from  time 
to  time  in  the  world  asfainfl 
fmne;  and  that  not  onely  vpon 
particular  perfons,  but  alfo  vp- 
on Cities,  Nations,  Kingdomes 
and  Prouinces,  yea,  vpon  the  v- 
niuerfall  World:  And  not  one- 
ly in  earth,  but  alfo  in  heauen; 
and  not  onel}^  vpon  ftrangers 
fmners,  but  euen  vpon  his 
owne  moft   innocent  fonne,  our 

fweet 


65 


46  Heaziens  Glory. 


fweet  Sauioiir  lefiis  Chrift, 
when  he  tooke  vpon  him  to  fa- 
tisfie  for  the  debt  that  we  owed. 
And  if  this  feuerity  was  vfed 
vpon  greene  and  innocent 
wood,  and  that  for  the  finnes  of 
others;  what  then  will  he  doe 
vpon  dry  and  withered  wood, 
and  againft  thofe  that  are  loden 
with  their  owne  finnes?  Now, 
what  thing  can  bee  thought 
more  vnreafonable,  then  that 
fuch  a  fraile  wretch  as  thou  art, 
fhould  be  fo  faucie  and  mala- 
pert, as  to  mocke  with  fo  migh- 
tie  a  Lord,  whofe  hand  is  fo 
heauie,  that  in  cafe  hee  fhould 
ftrike  but  one  flroke  vpon  thee, 
hee  would  at  one  blow  driue 
thee  downe  headlong  into  the 
deepe  bottomeleffe   pit   of  hell, 

with- 


66 


Heauens  Glory.  47 


without  remedy.  Confider  like- 
wife  the  great  patience  of  this 
our  mercifull  Lord,  who  hath 
expe6led  thy  repentance  fo 
long,  euen  from  the  time  that 
thou  didfh  firft  offend  him :  and 
thinke,  that  if  after  fo  long  pa- 
tience and  tarrying  for  thee, 
thou  fhalt  ftill  continue  thy 
leaud  and  fmfull  life,  abufmg 
thus  his  mercy,  and  prouoking 
him  to  further  indignation  and 
wrath,  hee  will  then  bend  his 
bowe,  and  fhake  his  fword,  and 
raine  downe  vpon  thee  euen 
fharpe  arrowes  of  euerlafting 
wrath  and  death.  Confider  alfo 
the  profoundneffe  of  his  deepe 
iudgments,  wherof  we  read,  and 
fee  daily  fo  great  wonders.  We 
fee  how  Salomon  himfelfe,  after 

his 


67 


48  Heauens  Glory. 


his  fo  great  wifdome,  and  after 
thofe  three  thoufand  parables 
and  moft  profound  myfteries 
vttered  by  him,  was  forfaken  by 
Almighty  God,  and  fuffered  to 
fall  down  and  adore  Idols.  We 
fee  how  one  of  thofe  feuen  firfl 
Deacons  of  the  Primitiue 
Church,  which  were  full  of  the 
holy  Ghoft,  became  not  onely 
an  hereticke,  but  alfo  an  arch 
hereticke  and  a  father  of  here- 
fies.  We  fee  daily  many  ftarres 
fall  downe  from  heauen  vnto 
earth,  with  miferable  fals,  and 
to  wallow  themfelues  in  the 
durt,  and  to  eat  the  meat  of 
fwine,  which  fate  before  at 
Gods  owne  table,  and  were  fed 
with  the  very  bread  of  Angels. 
If  then  the  iuft  and   righteous 

for 


68 


Heauens  Glory. 


49 


for  fome  fecret  pride  or  negli- 
gence, or  elfe  for  fome  ingrati- 
tude of  theirs)  be  thus  iuflly  for- 
faken  of  Ahnighty  God,  after 
they  haue  beftowed  fo  many 
yeares  in  his  feruice.  What 
maieft  thou  looke  for,  that  haft 
done  in  a  manner  nothing  elfe 
in  all  thy  life  time,  but  onely 
heaped  fmnes  vpon  fmnes,  and 
haft  thereby  offended  almigh- 
ty God  moft  grieuoufly? 

Now,  if  thou  haft  liued  after 
this  fort,  were  it  not  reafon  that 
thou  fhouldft  now  at  the  length 
giue  ouer,  and  ceafe  heaping 
fmne  vpon  fnine,  and  debt  vp- 
on debt,  and  begin  to  pacifie 
the  wrath  of  Almighty  God, 
and  to  disburden  thy  fmfuU 
foule?  Were  it  not  meet,  that 
D  that 


69 


50  Heaiiens  Gloiy. 

I  that  time  which  thou  haft  hi- 
jtherto  giuen  to  the  world,  to 
I  thy  flefh,  and  to  the  Diuell, 
Ifhould  fuffice?  and  that  thou 
fliouldeft  beftow  fome  Httle 
time  of  that  which  remaineth, 
to  ferue  him,  who  hath  giuen 
thee  all  that  thou  haft  ?  Were  it 
not  a  point  of  wifedome,  after 
fo  long  time,  and  fo  many  great 
iniuries,  to  feare  the  moft  ter- 
rible iuftice  of  Almighty  God, 
who  the  more  patiently  he  fuf- 
fereth  fuiners,  the  more  hee 
doth  afterwards  punifti  them 
with  feueritie  &  iuftice?  Were 
it  not  meet  for  thee  to  feare  thy 
long  continuance  fo  many 
yeares  in  fmne,  and  in  the  dif- 
pleafure  of  Almighty  God,  pro- 
curing thereby  againft  thee  fuch 

a 


70 


Heauens  Glory.  51 


a  mighty  aduerfary  as  he  is,  and 
proLioking-  him  of  a  mercifull 
lolling  father  to  become  thy  fe- 
uere  terrible  iudge  and  enemy? 
Were  ir  not  meet  to  feare,  leaft 
that  the  force  of  euill  cuflome 
may  in  continuance  of  time  be 
turned  into  nature;  and  that  thy 
long  vicious  vfuall  manner  of 
committing  finne,  may  make  of 
a  vice,  a  neceffity,  or  little  leffe? 
Why  art  thou  not  afraid,  leaft 
by  little  and  little  thou  maieft 
caft  thy  felfe  downe  head  long 
into  the  deep  pit  of  a  reprobate 
fence,  whereinto  after  that  a 
man  is  once  falne,  hee  neuer 
niaketh  account  of  any  fmne,  be 
it  neuer  fo  great. 

The  Patriarke  Jacob  faid  vnto 

Laban  his  father  in  law:  Thefe 

D  2  foure- 


71 


52  Heaueiis  Glory. 


foureteene  yeares  haue  I  ferued 
thee,  and  looking  to  thine  af- 
faires, now  it  is  time  that  I 
fhould  looke  to  mine  owne, 
and  begin  to  attend  vnto  the  af- 
faires of  mine  owne  houfhold. 
Wherefore  if  thou  haft  Hkewife 
beftowed  fo  many  yeares  in  the 
feruice  of  this  world,  and  of  this 
fraile  tranfitory  life,  were  it  not 
good  reafon,  that  thou  fhoul- 
deft  now  begin  to  make  fome 
prouifion  for  the  faluation  of 
thy  foule,  and  for  the  euerla- 
ftine  life  to  come?  There  is 
nothing  more  fhort,  nor  more 
tranfitory  then  the  life  of  man ; 
and  therefore  prouiding  fo 
carefully  as  thou  doeft  for  all 
fuch  thino^s  as  be  neceffarie  for 
this  life,  which  is  fo  fhort,  why 

doeft 


72 


Heauens  Glory.  53 


doeft    thou    not    prouide    like- 
wife  fomewhat  for  the  life  that 
is  to  come  ?  which  life 
fhall  endure  for 
euer  and 
euer. 


D  3         Earths 


54  Earths  Vanity. 


A  Sigh. 

H£nce  laziejleepe, 
thoufonne  offullen  night, 
That  zvithfoft-breathing  Spels 

keeps  forrowes  vnder 
Thy  cJiarmes ;  cheares  vp 

thefph'its  zvith  delight, 
And  laps  the  Scnces 

in  Letho3anJlimiber\ 
Packe  and  be  gone: 

for  my  fad  foule  knowes  well, 
Care  befl  accordeth 

luith  a  g-loomie  Cell. 


<5>' 


And  what  more  darke 

then  my  fin-clouded  Soule? 

Where 


74 


Earths  Vanity. 

Where  yet  the  Siimie 

of  Sapience  iieticrJJione\ 
Butjlill  in  Errors 

vgly  cane  did  rotde, 
Where  nought  kcepes  concord 

but  difcordant  7nonc: 
Leaue  7ne  I  fay, 

and  giue  me  leaue  to  tell, 
That  to  my  Soule, 

my  felfc  has  not  done  zvell. 

Good  man  \  {if  good 

there  Hues  one)    Thou  that  art 
So  far  re  thrifl 

from  the  zvorlds  imperious  eyes  ; 
Helpe  me  to  aft 

this  penitentia II part : 
I  meane,  No  coyner 

of  new  Niceties, 
Nor  wodden  WorfJiipper : 

Giue  me  him  than 

D  4  Thais 


55 


75 


56  Earths  Vanity. 

That^s  a  God-loumg, 
and  good-lming  man^ 

To  be  my  partner 

in  this  Tragedie; 
IV/io/e  fcenes  run  bleeding 

through  the  zuounded  A^s, 
Heart-Jlrucke  by  Sinne 

and  Satans  fallacie, 
And poy/ond  by 

my  felfe-coimnittedfafts : 
Send  me  thy  prayers^ 

if  not  thy  prefence  found, 
To  flop  the  Ore  face 

of  this  Jlr earning  wotcnd. 

Steere  me  (fzveet  Satciour) 
while  Ifafe  haue  pqfl 

Thefiormie  Euroclydons 
of  Defpaire, 


Till 


76 


Earths  Vanity.  5  7 

Till  happily  I  haue 

arriud  at  la/l, 
To  touch  at  Thee,  my  Sotiles 

fole-fauing Jlayre : 
Toiv  vp  my  fin-froiight  Sottle, 

fimke  downe  beloiv, 
And  long  lien  iveltring 

midjl  the  wattes  ofzuo. 


New  rig  me  vp, 

left  zvallozving  I  orewhelme ; 
Thy  Mercy  be  my  Main-mast; 

And  for  Sayles 
My  Sighs;  thy  Truth,  my  tackling; 

Faith,  my  Helme: 
My  ballast,  Loue; 

Hope,  Anchor  that  ne'refailes; 
Then  in  Heatins  hauen 

calnie  Peace  me  arriue, 
Where  once  enharbor  d, 

I JJiall  richly  thritie. 

D  5  Woes 


77 


58  Earths  Vanity. 

IVoes  me !  /low  long  has 

Pride  befotted  me  ? 
Propofmg  to  dim,  Reafon 

my  good  parts, 
My  7timble  Wit, 

my  quicke  procliuitie 
To  Apprchenfion ; 

and  in  high  dejarts 
Hoiv  manyjlood  beneath  me: 

I  (vaine  foole) 
Thus  fob' d  by  Satans  JI eights, 

ore-Jlipt  my  Soule : 


Who  in  darkc  Error 

downe  embodied  lies, 
Blacke  as  the  Star-leJ/e  Night; 

and  hidco7ifly 
Impuritie  ivith  ritstie  wings 

cr off c  flies 
Betivixt  the  Sunne  of 

Righteoufneffe  and  mc\ 

Whilft 


78 


Earths  Vanity.  59 

WhiVJl  (Bat-like)  beats  my  Soule 

her  leather  fayles 
Gainjl  the  f oft  Ayre; 

and  rijing,  fals  and  failes. 


Mnjl  I  for  each 

vnfyllahled  clofe  Thought 
Render  account  ? 

O  ivit  fi'lde  Confe7^ence\ 
Card  in  is  thy  protection  then, 

deare  bought : 
Hoiv  was  my  brow 

drehatcht  with  Impudence? 
To  let  whole  worlds  of  words 

tny  cheekes  vpfzvell, 
The  leafi  of  ivhom 

would  ding  me  downe  to  Hell. 

O  ivretched  Impes 

then  of  mans  impious  race ! 

Whdl 


79 


58  Earths  Vanity. 

Who  I  breath  out  Blafphemies 

to  make  a  le/i] 
And  call  zvit  flaJJiing 

the  f ale  pun6luall  grace 
Of  genuine  knozuledge  : 

But  among fl  the  rejl, 
Judge  in  what  cafe 

are  thofe  wit-huckfiers  in, 
That  hourely  pra6life 

this  foule  finking  finne  ? 

O  may  my  tongue 

be  eue7'-  riuetted 
Fafl  to  my  roofe, 

but  zvhen  itfpeakcs  Gods  praife : 
May  not  one  vocall  found 

by  breath  be  fed, 
But  when  it  carols  out 

celefiiall  Layes ; 
Let  not  one  tone 

through  my  tongues  hatches flye, 

But 


80 


Earths  Vanity.  6 1 

Btit  what  beares  witlit 
heaiCns  glories  hannonie. 

Helpe  (Lord  of  power )  my 

feeble-ioynted  praiers 
To  clamber  tJi azure  Mountaines 

tkroimie  aboue  me\ 
And  keepe  a  feat  for  inc  there 

mongfi  thofe  haires, 
Apportion  d  out  to  fuch 

as  truely  loii^e  thee : 
Admit  them  in  thine  cares 

a  resting  roome, 
Vntill  to  thee  and  them, 

my  foule  Jliall  come. 

Meane  while,  moyjl  eyd 

Repentance  he7^e  below 
Shall,  Inmate  wife  be 

Tenant  to  my  minde : 

For 


8i 


62 


Earths  Vanity. 


For  Prayers,  without  true 

Penitence,  doeJJioiu, 
"  Like  meats  vn/ea/ond, 

or  like  Bits  vnjignd; 
"  Or  come  on  tops  of 

Cottages  that  growes, 
"  Which  (vfelejfe)  no  inan 

either  reapes  or  /owes, 

0  how  my  Sotile  s  furpriz  d 
zuith  JJiallow  f cares  ? 

When,  thinking  to  Icane  on 
Lifes  broken Jiaffe\ 

And  counting  to  mine  age 
large  fummes  of  year es, 

1  heare  thefiueet 

and f acred  Pfalmograph, 
Compare  Life  to  a  Flowre, 

a  Ptiffe,  a  Span; 
Whds  Monarch  now, 

next  minutes  not  a  Man. 


Mufl 


82 


Earths  Vanity. 

Muji  I  needs  dye? 

why  furfet  1 07t  Pleaficjr  ? 
MuJl  I  needs  dye? 

luhy/wmi  I  in  Delight  ? 
Mttft  I  needs  dye? 

zvhy /quint  I  after  Treajure  ? 
Mifji  I  needs  dye? 

why  Hue  I  not  aright  ? 
MuJl  I  needs  dye  ? 

why  Hue  I  then  in  fin? 
Thrice  better  for  nie 

I  had  neuer  bin. 

Fountaine  of  breathing  Difl? 

fuch  grace  me  giuc, 
That  I  in  life, 

prepare  in  dufl  to  lyc\ 
Let  me  be  dying flill 

whiles  I  doe  litie; 
That  I  may  blisfull  Hue, 

when  Ifhall  dye : 

For 


63 


83 


64  Earths  Vanity. 

For  in  Christs  Schoole 

this  Paradox  learne  /; 
Who  dies  before  he  dies, 
JItall  neuer  die. 


If  I  nttifi  die, 

then  after  muft  begin 
The  life  of  loy  or 

Torment,  without  end; 
The  life  of  Torment 

purchased  is  by  finne; 
The  life  of  loy,  by  life 

that  learnes  t' amend: 
Why  fliould  I  then  prophane, 

fweare,  ciirfe,  lufl,  lie, 
If  I  but  thinke  on  this; 

That  I  mti/l  die  ? 

Why  fJiotUd  I  quafe 
to  more  then  Nature  can? 


Sith 


Earths  Vanity. 


65 


Sith  more  drinke  I  gaine 


more  lojje  is  mine : 
For  7?tay  I  not  be  tearmd 

a  bestiall  man, 
To  drowne  my  Reafon 

in  a  cup  of  wine  ? 
Yea  tenfold  worfe : 

Thus  monfter  made  at  leqfl: 
God  made  me  Man, 

I  make  my  felfe  a  Beafi. 

How  f welt  I  zvitk  hard  trauell 

through  the  Dale 
That  leads  to  Prophanations 

irkefome  cell? 
But  freeze^  by  foftly 

pacing  vp  the  skale, 
Where  burning  zeale, 

and  her  bright  fifiers  dzvell: 
Th^ls  fweat  I  in  thefJiadow, 
fJiake  t  thfJiine, 

And 


8s 


66  Earths  Vanity. 

And  by  free  choice, 
from  good  to  ill  decline. 


Sweet  Sauiour  cleanfe 

my  leprous  loathfome  foule 
In  that  depurpled  Fount, 

which  forth  thy  fide 
Gurgling,  did  twixt  two 

Lilly -7nountaincs  route, 
To  ri7ife  Mans  tainted  Race, 

Sin-foylifide  : 
WafJi  it  more  white 

the7i  the  triumphant  Swan, 
That  rides  d  thfiluer  bref 

of  Eridan. 

Stiff er  my  prayers 

harmony  to  rife 
Into  thine  eares, 

while  til  Angels  beare  a  part: 

Accept 


86 


Earths  Vanity.  67 

Accept  my  Sighs, 

as  fmcllmg  Sacrifice, 
Sent  from  the  Altar 

of  my  bleeding  heart  \ 
Vp  to  thy  nostrils,  fweet 

as  til   Oyle  of  Aaron, 
Or  tJi  odoriferous  Rofe 

of  flowrie  Sharon. 

The  Hart  nerc  longd  more 

for  the  purling  brookes; 
Nor  did  the  hflfull  Goate 

zvith  more  ptirfuit. 
After  the  bloffonid 

Tritifolic  lookc. 
Then  dds  my  panting  Soule, 

f  eitioy  the  fruit 
Of  thy  Life-zvater; 

which  if  I  attaine 
To  taste  of  once, 

I  nerefiiall  thirfi  againe, 

Etten 


87 


68  Earths  Vanity. 

Euen  as  the  chapped  grotmd 

in  Sttmmers  heat, 
Cals  to  the  clouds, 

and  gapes  at  euery  JJiowre : 
Whofe  thirjlie  Ca/inds 

greedily  intreat, 
As  tho  they  would 

tJi  whole  houfe  ofheatin  deuour; 
So  dds  my  ritien  Soule, 

beparcht  withfm, 
Yawne  wide,  to  let 

moy/i  drops  of  Mercie  in. 


Earths 


Earths  Vanity 


71 


Earths  vanitie. 

Anitic  of  vanities,  and 
all  is  bill  vanitie,  faith 
the  wifeft  Preacher 
that  euer  wrote  :  One  gcneratioji 
pajfeth,  and  another  commeth,  and 
all  is  but  vexation  of  fpirit. 
Which  diuine  theorem,  that 
we  may  the  better  perceiiie,  let 
vs  fet  our  fekies  to  the  ferious 
meditation  of  it:  for  the  more 
we  fearch,  the  more  we  fhall  fee 
all  things  to  be  vanity,  nothing 
conftant,  nothing   for  our  eter- 

nall 


89 


( 


70  Earths  Vanity. 


nail  good,  but  our  foules  falua- 
tion.  Mans  life  on  earth  doth 
no  fooner  begin,  but  his  end  ap- 
proacheth,  his  death  hafteneth. 
Some  come  vpon  the  ftage  of 
this  world  but  to  haue  a  brea- 
thing, and  are  prefently  gone; 
others  flay  a  while  longer,  it 
may  be  a  day,  perhaps  a  weeke, 
perhaps  a  month,  peraduenture 
a  yeare,  or  it  may  be  fome 
few  yeares:  but  alas!  the  lon- 
ger they  ftay,  the  greater  their 
griefe,  care,  feare,  and  anxietie 
of  minde.  Euen  in  the  infancie 
of  age  man  is  oft  times  left  as 
Mofes  fometime  was,  in  the 
flouds  of  mifery;  but  as  age  in- 
creafeth,  forrow  increafeth,  be- 
caufe  hnne  increafeth:  when 
youth  runnes  moft  at  randome, 

and 


90 


Earths  Vanity.  71 


and  thinketh  it  felfe  moft  fafe,  it 
is  then  hemm'd  in  with  grea- 
teft  dangers;  then  the  rafh- 
foole-hardy  minde  of  man  hur- 
rieth  him  headlong  to  hell,  ex- 
cept the  irrefiftible  power  of 
Gods  preuenting  grace  doth 
fpeedily  ftay  him ;  then  his  wits 
are  euen  intoxicated  with  a 
frenzie  of  iniquity,  and  wholly 
bent  vpon  riotoufneffe,  rafh- 
neffe,  luxury,  iollitie,  fuperflui- 
ty  and  exceffe  in  carnall  plea- 
fures.  Hee  then  deuoteth  his 
time,  and  addi6leth  himfelfe  to 
all  manner  of  euill,  drinking, 
dancing,  reuelling.  fwaggering, 
fwearing,  whoring,  gaming, 
quarelling,  fighting;  and  in  the 
meane  while  neuer  thinkes  on 
heauen,  nor  feareth  hell.       His 

head 


91 


74  Earths  Vanity. 


head    is   frought   with    vanities, 
his  heart  with   fallacies,  where- 
by his  foule  is    brought    into  a 
labyrinth    of   inextricable    mife- 
ries.     So  great  is  the  temerity  of 
his    vnaduifed    minde,    that    no  1 
confideration     of    Gods    iudge-l 
ments,    either   paft,   or    prefent, 
or  to  come,  can  fet  a  ftop  to  his ! 
wickedneffe.        His       youthful- j 
neffe  damps  at  no  bogges,  quag- ! 
mires,  hils,  or  mountaines;   but: 
wingeth    him    ouer    all    impedi- 
ments, mounts  him  ouer  all  mo- ' 
tiues    that    might    way-lay   his! 
fmnes.      He  flicks  not  to  offend' 
his  maker,  to   recrucifie  his  re- 1 
deemer,  to  refift  ( fhall  I  fay  his  ( 
fan6lifier,    no,    but)    the    Spirit} 
whom  God  hath  giuen  to  be  his  j 
fanftifier:  and    if  hee   fo   carry  j 

him- 


92 


Earths  Vmtity. 


himfelfe  toward  thefe,  no  mer- 
uaile  that  he  derideth  his  Tutor, 
fcornes  the  Minifter  (Hke  the 
Httle  children  that  mock'd  Eli- 
JJid)  oppreffeth  his  poore  bro- 
ther (as  Pharaoh  did  the  Ifrae- 
lites:)  fpareth  not  Infants  (no 
more  then  Herod  did )  regardeth 
not  parents  (no  more  then  Ho- 
phiiidiVidi  Phinius  did.)  Let  the 
mother  dire6l  him,  the  father 
correal  him,  his  ancients  in- 
ftru6l  him,  alas!  all  is  in  vaine: 
youth  makes  men  head-ftrong, 
felfe-conceited,  and  proud,  fo 
that  they  fwell  with  an  ouer- 
weening  opinion  of  their  owne 
worth;  they  thinke  themfelues 
the  onely  wits  of  the  time,  the 
onely  men  of  the  world,  more 
fit  to  teach  others  then  to  learn 
E  them 


93 


74  Earths  Vanity. 


Pf:i.2.2,3. 


Neqiiitics 
vitte  noil 
finit  effe 
feneTii. 


themfelues,  more  able  to  giue 
then  to  take  aduice.  If  they  goe 
on  a  while  in  their  lewd  cour- 
fes  without  the  reflraining  and 
renewing  Grace  of  God,  they 
get  a  habit  of  euill,  are  hardned 
through  the  cuftome  of  finne, 
none  may  refift  them,  none 
compare  with  them,  no  law  of 
God  or  man  can  reftraine  them  ; 
They  take  coiinfel  together  agaiii/i 
the  Lord,  and  againjl  his  an?ioin- 
ted,  faying,  Let  vs  breake  their 
bands  af under.,  and  caft  away  tJieir 
cords  from  vs.  Whereupon  of- 
tentimes (the  ripeneffe  of  fmne 
being  haftened  by  outragiouf- 
neffe  of  finning)  God  fuddenly 
cuts  them  off,  in  their  intempe- 
rancy,  luxury,  quarrels,  and  dif- 
orders;     which      fhewes      their 

vainneffe 


94 


Earths  Vanity.  75 


vainneffe  to  be  meere  vanity. 
Suppofe  they  grow  as  great  as 
Tamderlaine,  yet  a  Gunne,  Pike 
Arrow;  nay,  a  Fly,  Flea,  or  Gnat; 
a  dram,  nay,  a  drop  of  poyfon, 
proues  them  to  be  vaine  men: 
one  of  thefe  filly  creatures  may 
fend  him  prefently  to  his  crea- 
tour  to  receiue  his  final  doome. 
Yet  alas!  what  doe  thefe  moft 
minde?  The  bum-bafhed  filken 
Gallants  of  our  time,  that  come 
forth  like  a  May  morning,  deck- 
ed with  all  the  glory  of  Art;  the 
Epicurean  Cormerants,  the  guf- 
ling  and  tipling  toffe-pots,  the 
dainty  painting  Dames,  the  de- 
licate mincing  Ladies,  the 
fweet-finging  Syrens,  the  dan- 
cing Damfels,  the  finicall 
youths,  the  couzening  Shop- 
E  2  keeper, 


fS 


76  Earths  Vanity. 


keeper,  the  crafty  Crafts-man: 
I  fay,  what  doe  all  thefe,  but  fet 
their  minds  vpon  vanitie  ?  vp- 
on  glory,  honour,  pride,  droffe, 
and  fuch  like  trafh,  which 
weighed  in  the  ballance  of  the 
San6luary  proue  lighter  then 
vanity?  Doe  we  not  fometime 
fee  more  fpent  vpon  one  fuite  in 
Law  then  would  keepe  a  poore 
Country  towne  with  the  inha- 
bitants for  a  whole  yeare  ?  See 
wee  not  more  fpent  vpon  one 
fuite  of  apparell,  for  one  proud 
carkaffe,  then  would  build  a 
Free-fchoole  ?  So  that  the 
cloathes  on  many  a  Gallants 
backe  exceeds  his  Rent-day. 
See  we  not  more  fpent  vpon  a 
Feaft  to  fatisfie  the  curiofity  of 
a   few,  then  would   fatisfie   the 

neceffity 


96 


Earths  Vanity.  77 


neceffity  of  a  hundred  poore 
wretches  almoft  famifhed  to 
death?  See  wee  not  more 
drunke  in  a  Tauerne  at  one  fit- 
ting by  a  fmall  company,  then 
would  feme  a  troope  of  fiurdy 
Souldiers  in  the  field?  Many 
goe  daily  to  the  Tauern,  where 
they  fticke  not  to  fpend  their 
twelue  pence,  who  would 
grudge  to  giue  one  penny,  nay, 
one  farthing  to  a  hungry  beg- 
ger,  Againe,  is  there  not  now 
more  fpent  vpon  a  Ladies  fea- 
ther, then  would  pay  a  meane 
mans  tythes?  Is  there  not  more 
fpent  vpon  one  paire  of  fleeues 
then  would  cloath  fixe  bodies? 
and  more  fpent  at  a  Whitfun- 
ale,  then  would  keepe  the  poore 
of  the  Parifh  for  a  yeare  ?  Haue 
E  3  we 


97 


78  Earths  Vanity. 


wee  not  amongft  our  Gentry, 
fome  of  the  female  fexe,  who 
will  fpend  more  vpon  a  Glaffe 
and  a  pot  of  complexion,  then 
they  will  giue  a  whole  yeare  at 
their  gateP  they  muft  be  men- 
ders of  that  which  God  makes, 
makers  of  that  which  God 
marres,  turning  themfelues  (like 
the  Camelion)  into  all  fhapes, 
though  neuer  fo  grifly  and  vg- 
ly;  and  being  neuer  well  till 
they  be  moft  ill,  neuer  (as  they 
conceit)  in  fafhion,  till  indeede 
they  be  out  of  all  fafhion.  If  this 
be  not  a  vanity  of  vanities,  who 
can  tell  what  is  vanity?  Euery 
man  is  an  eye-witneffe  of  this 
vanity^  the  more  is  the  pittie 
that  it  fhould  be  fo  common: 
your  Lady,  the  Merchants  wife, 

the 


98 


Earths  Vanity.  79 


the  trades  mans  wife,  nay,  all 
of  all  forts  are  a  degree  aboue 
their  eftate.  Your  Gallant  is 
no  man,  vnleffe  his  haire  be  of 
the  womans  fafhion,  dangling 
and  wauing  ouer  his  flioulders; 
your  woman  no  body,  except 
(contrary  to  the  modefty  of  her 
fexe)  fhee  be  halfe  (at  leaft)  of 
the  mans  fafhion:  fhee  jets, 
fhe  cuts,  file  rides,  fhee  fweares, 
fhe  games,  fhee  fmoakes,  lliee 
drinkes,  and  what  not  that  is  e- 
uill?  She  is  in  the  vniuerfall 
portraiture  of  her  behauiour,  as 
well  as  in  her  accoutrements, 
more  then  halfe  a  man ;  the  man 
on  the  other  fide,  no  leffe  wo- 
manifh.  Wee  may  well  admire 
and  exclaime  with  the  Poet,  O 
temporal  O  mores  I  O  the  times/ 
E  4  O 


99 


8o  Earths  Vanity. 


O  the  manners  of  thefe  times! 
O  quarituni  eft  in  rebus  mane  I  O 
how  great  a  nothing  is  there  in 
all  things !  What  a  vanity  of  va- 
nity hath  ouerfpread  the  age  we 
Hue  in?  Were  our  forefathers 
now  aliue  to  be  fpe6lators  of 
this  vanity,  it  would  ftrike  them 
into  amazement.  In  their  dayes 
the  Pike,  the  Speare,  the  Sword, 
the  Bowe,  the  Arrow,  Musket 
and  Calieuer,  with  the  warlike 
Horfe,  were  the  obie6l  of  exer- 
cife  and  recreation:  Now  the 
Pot,  the  Pipe,  Dice  and  Cards, 
and  fuch  like  vanities,  indeede 
worfe  then  the  quintefcence  of 
the  extreameft  vanity.  We  are 
now  all  for  eafe,  wee  muft  lye 
foft,  fare  delicioufly,  goe  fump- 
tuoufly,  drinke  Wine  in  bowles, 

carowfe 


Earths  Va7iity. 


8i 


carowfe  healths,  till  health  be 
quite  drunke  away;  nay,  wee 
rnuft  kneele  to  our  drinke,  when 
we  will  not  kneele  to  him  that 
gaue  vs  our  drinke;  we  doe  ho- 
mage to  that  which  takes  away 
the  vfe  of  our  legges,  nay,  of 
our  braines,  our  hearts,  wits, 
fence^  reafon,  when  we  refufe 
homage  to  him  that  gaue  vs  all 
thefe.  O  vaine  man  that  doft 
thus  forget  thy  God,  and  abufe 
thy  felfe!  why  doft  thou  thus 
fuffer  thy  felfe  to  be  fwallowed 
vp  in  the  gulfe  of  vanity,  which 
hath  no  bottome  but  mifery? 
Why  fuffereft  thou  the  Diuell 
thus  to  take  thee  on  the  hip,  that 
he  may  cafi;  thee  downe  into 
the  Abiffe  of  hell?  Art  thou  fo 
bewitched  with  that  which  will 
E  5  haue 


82  Earths  Vanity 


haue  an  end,  a  fudden  end,  a 
wretched  end?  Thy  hony  will 
proue  Gall  in  the  end,  and  thy 
Wine  Vinegar.  In  thefe  faire 
rofes  of  vanity  the  Diuell  hides 
his  pins,  that  Ihall  pricke  thee, 
when  thou  lookeft  to  be  re- 
frefhed  with  their  fweet  fmels. 
Thefe  vanities  wee  purchafe  at 
no  eafie  rate;  it  is  with  the  pro- 
curement of  punifhment,  anrd 
loffe  of  happineffe:  As  the  bi  d 
that  accepts  of  the  Fowlers 
meat  buyes  it  full  dearely,  with 
the  loffe  of  her  owne  life:  fo 
when  we  accept  thefe  vanities 
from  the  Diuell,  it  is  with  the 
loffe  of  better  things,  in  price  a- 
boue  the  whole  world.  In  tiiefe 
contracts  with  Satan,  we  make 
Efaus   penniworth,  fell   heauen 

for 


Earths  Vanity.  83 


for  a  meffe  of  pottage;  Clmiciis 
exchange,  Gold  for  Copper. 
Now  thou  art  pompering  thy 
corruptible  flefh;  but  let  pale 
death  ftep  in,  and  clap  thee  on 
the  flioulder,  wher  s  thy  mirth, 
wher's  thy  felicity?  thy  volup- 
tuous vanity  doth  prefently  ex- 
pire. There  is  a  banquet  fet  be- 
fore thee,  in  which  are  all  varie- 
ties of  delicacies,  but  alas!  eue- 
ry  one  poyfoned:  dareft  thou 
touch  or  tafte  any  one  of  them? 
by  fni  thou  poyfoneft  all  thofe 
outward  bleffmgs  of  God,  which 
in  themfelues  are  wholefome 
and  good:  and  wilt  thou  ingur- 
gitate that  which  is  poyfon  to 
thy  foule?  Tell  me  when  all  is 
done,  two  or  three  hundred 
yeares  hence,  what  thou  wilt  be 

the 


103 


84  Earths  Vanity. 


the  better  for  all  thy  dainties, 
more  then  the  poore  man  that 
neiier  tailed  them?  Nay,  how 
much  better  in  the  day  of  triall, 
and  at  the  houre  of  death  ?  Then 
all  thy  pride,  pompe,  and  plea- 
fure  fhall  be  turned  into  Equa- 
led deformity,  &  irrecouerable 
calamity;  then  vanity  fhewes  it 
felfe  in  the  proper  colours,  then 
death,  and  knell,  and  hell  doe  all 
confpire  to  aggrauate  thy  for- 
row;  yea,  then  hell  begins  to 
come  to  thee  before  thou  come 
to  it;  thy  eyes  fleepe  not,  thy 
fenfes  reft  not,  thy  perplexed 
heart  burnes  within  thee,  thy 
wounded  confcience  bleeds 
within  thee;  thou  feeft  nothing 
but  terror,  thou  feeleft  nothing 
but   horror;    thou    thinkeft   thy 

felfe 


104 


Earths  Vanity.  85 

felf  to  be  haunted  with  fprights, 
ghofts,  and  helHfh  furies,  fling- 
ing thee  with  Adders,  purfuing 
thee  with  Torches  and  fire- 
brand. That  faying  of  the  Hea- 
then man  is  then,  if  not  before, 
verified :  Suce  quevique  exagitant 
fur  ice;  euery  man  is  tormented 
with  his  owne  fury,  wdiich  is  his 
confcience.  Befides  thy  wife, 
children,  or  other  friends  (to 
the  exafperating  of  thy  griefe) 
doe  ftand  about  thee  weeping, 
as  loath  to  part  from  thee: 
w^hereas  thy  finnes  follow  thee, 
and  will  follow  thee,  doe  what 
thou  canft;  hell  gapes  before 
thee  with  a  wide  mouth  as  rea- 
ry  to  deuoure  thee,  defi;ru6lion 
on  both  fides  attends  thee: 
backe  thou  canft  not  goe,  for  a 

dead 


los 


86  Earths  Vanity. 


dead  corps  followes  thee  fo 
neere  that  thou  canft  not  part 
from  it,  it  is  tied  vnto  thee  with 
an  indiffolueable  knot;  befides, 
confcience  followes  thee,  and 
cries  out  againft  thee,  and  will 
not  leaue  thee;  continually  it 
prefents  thee  with  the  dreadfull 
fpe6lacle  of  thy  doleful  and  wo- 
full  finnes.  If  this  were  now 
feriouOy  confidered,  how  would 
it  make  thy  heart  to  ake  with 
grieuing,  thy  eyes  to  fwell  with 
weeping,  thy  hands  to  be  al- 
wayes  lifted  vp,  thy  knees  euer 
bended?  How  wouldeft  thou 
ftriue  to  fubdue  thy  flefli  to  the 
fpirit,  fenfuality  to  reafon,  reafon 
to  faith,  and  faith  to  the  feruice 
of  God  ?  But  thou  doft  not  now 
confider  this,  that  thy  fmne  is  fo 

faft 


io6 


Earths  Vanity.  %*] 


faft  Unkt  to  thy  confcience,  that 
at  the  laft  (albeit  not  before)  it 
will  pull  and  hale  thee,  and  rack 
and  prick  thy  confcience,  which 
will  accufe,  conui61;,  &  condemn 
thee:  all  thy  vanities,  all  thy 
iniquities,  will  then  purfue  thee 
like  fo  man)^  furious  ghofts. 
Then  ex  ore  tuo,  out  of  thy  own 
mouth  fhalt  thou  be  iudged, 
thou  euill  feruant:  thy  owne 
mouth  fliall  confeffe  that  thou 
haft  followed  nothino-  but  va- 
nity :  What  a  vanity  was  it  for 
me  to  make  earth  my  heauen, 
and  fo  to  admire  &  euen  adore 
this  earth,  that  it  is  a  hell  to  for- 
fake  it?  What  a  AvofuU  bargain 
haue  I  made  to  fell  my  foule  for 
vanity?  I  was  borne  in  vanity, 
I  haue  liued  in  vanity,  and  it  is 

my 


107 


Earths  Vanity. 


my  feare  that  I  fhall  dye  in  va- 
nity. Oh  how  griefe  followeth 
griefe  ?  my  heart  is  terrified,  my 
thoughts  hurried,  my  confci- 
ence  tortured,  I  fry  in  anguifli, 
I  freeze  in  paine,  I  ftand  agafl 
and  know  not  which  way  to 
turne  me:  my  friends  muft  for- 
fake  me,  my  foes  will  deride  me, 
my  earthly  ioyes  and  comforts 
(I  fhould  call  them  vanities) 
haue  betraid  me.  Indeede  my 
friends  may  goe  with  me  to  the 
graue,  but  there  they  muft  leaue 
me;  my  riches,  pleafures,  and 
fuch  like  vanities  vanifh  before; 
but  my  fmnes  and  confcience 
will  neuer  leaue  me;  the  diuell 
will  ftill  purfue  me:  hee  that 
tempts  me  now  to  fmne,  will 
then    torment    me    for    fmning 

vntill 


1 08 


Earths  Vanity.  89 


vntill  I  cry  out  with  Cam,  My 
pMniJJiment  is  greater  then  I  can 
beare.  A  horfe  is  but  a  vaine\ 
thing  to  fane  a  man,  faid  the  fweet  j 
finger  of  Ifrael:  fo  fay  I,  allj 
earthly  things  are  too  vaine  to 
faue  a  man,  to  make  him  bleffed, 
I  appeale  to  the  confcience  of 
euery  man,  if  thou  haft  tried  the 
pleafures  of  vanity  (and  who 
hath  not?)  whether  thou  maift 
not  take  vp  the  words  of  Saint 
Paul,  What  fruit  haue  I  of  thofe 
things,  whereof  I  am  now  afJia- 
med}  Shame,  and  griefe,  and 
guilt,  and  punifhment  are  the 
fruit  of  vanity :  enough  I  thinke 
to  rend  our  hearts  from  affe6l- 
ing  of  it.  Thinke  vpon  this  thou 
that  art  in  the  trace  of  vanity, 
that  thou  maift  make  a  retreat; 

loofe 


109 


Rom.  6. 


90  Earths  Vanity. 


loofe  no  more  time  herein  (for 
thou  haft  already  loft  too 
much)  redeeme  the  time,  becaufe 
the  dayes  are  euill\  and  why  are 
they  euill,  but  becaufe  they  are 
vaine?  Whatfoeuer  is  without 
the  circumference  of  euill,  is 
aboue  the  fphere  of  vanity.  Re- 
folue  therefore  with  th)'  felfe 
that  all  things  earthl)',  worldly, 
carnall,  fmfull,  are  vaine:  the 
faJJiion  of  this  ivorld  paffeth  away, 
faith  the  Apoftle,  /  Cor.  y.  j. 
The  fajliion,  to  o-x^/xa,  a  word 
very  emphaticall:  it  fignifies 
firft  an  accidentall  and  externall 
figure  without  fubftance;  fe- 
condly,  the  habit,  vefture  or 
cloathing  of  a  thing.  Saint  Paul 
vfeth  this  word  to  debafe  the 
world,    by   intimating    vnto    vs, 

that 


Earths  Vanity.  91 

that  the  world  is  cloathed  with 
a  vesture,  that  is,  wearing  and 
wafting,  the  faJJtion  of  it  lafteth 
but  for  a  time,  it  is  ready  euery 
hoLire  to  put  on  a  uciv  faJJtion: 
againe,  by  intimating  vnto  vs, 
that  the  world  is  ivithout  any 
fubstantiall  forme,  like  vnto 
JJieives  and  JJiadozves,  that  vanifh 
in  the  reprefentation.  Saint  Ltike 
cals  all  Agrippds  pompe  but  a 
fancie:  D aui d  C2i\s  the  yeares  of 
a  man  but  a  tale,  P/al.  go.  g.  We 
fpend  our  yeares  as  a  tale  that  is 
told.  As  a  tale,  nay,  as  a  thought 
(for  fo  much  the  original!  word 
doth  import)  and  how  many 
thoughts  may  a  man  haue  in  an 
houre?  Nothing  is  more  chang- 
able  then  a  vejlure,  nothing 
more    fugitiue    then    a  JJtadow, 

nothing 


92  Earths  Vanity 


nothing  more  fickle  then  2i  f an- 
cle, nothing  more  fwift  then 
thought.  What  a  difproportion 
therefore  is  it  for  the  immortall 
foule  of  a  man  to  be  faftened 
vnto  things  which  are  of  fuch  a 
variable  nature?  What  a  folly 
for  vs  to  preferre  thofe  which 
are  but  momentary  (for  fo  I  may 
more  truely  cal  them  then  tem- 
porall)  vnto  thofe  things  which 
are  indeede  eternall  ?  Glaffes  are 
in  great  vfe  amongft  vs,  yet  be- 
caufe  of  their  brittleneffe  who 
efteemes  them  precious?  We 
fmell  to  flowers,  becaufe  they 
are  fweet;  but  becaufe  they  are 
fading,  we  regard  them  there- 
after. It  were  well  if  we  would 
deale  thus  with  all  other  vani- 
ties,  viz.   regard   them   as  they 

are 


Earths  Vanity.  93 


are:  vfe  the  creatures  we  may, 
but  not  abufe  them;  ferue  our 
felues  of  them,  but  not  ferue 
them;  inioy  them,  but  not  ouer- 
ioy  in  them. 

Now  becaufe  examples  are 
are  very  effe(5luall,  whether  we 
vfe  them  by  way  of  dehortation, 
or  whether  by  way  of  exhorta- 
tion, let  me  propound  one  or 
two  in  this  matter  whereof  I 
am  treating,  that  by  them  thou 
maift  be  beaten  off  from  the  va- 
nities and  iniquities  of  this  pre- 
fent  euill  world.  When  Alex- 
ander in  the  height  of  his  glory 
kept*  a  Parliament  of  the  whole 
world,  himfelfe  was  fummoned 
by  death  to  appeare  in  another 
world.  It  was  a  wonderfull 
prefident  of  the  vanity  and  va- 
riety 


Conuen- 
turn  ter- 
rariim 
07-bis. 


"3 


94  Earths  Vanity. 


In/tin  I. . 


Dan.  5. 


Dan.  4. 


riety  of  humane  condition  (faith 
the  Hiftorian)  to  fee  mighty 
Zerxes  flote  and  flye  away  in  a 
fmall  veffel,  who  before  wanted 
Sea-roome  for  his  Ships.  When 
Bcljliazzar  was  laughing  and 
quaffing  with  his  Princes  and 
Concubines,  carowfmg  healths 
in  the  facred  Veffels;  deaths  fe- 
cretary,  the  hand-writing  on  the 
wall,  told  him  he  was  weighed 
in  the  ballance,  and  his  King- 
dome  was  finifhed.  And  before 
him  his  father  Nebuchadnezzar 
(at  that  time  the  greateft  Mo- 
narch in  the  world)  as  he  was 
ftrouting  in  his  Galleries,  and 
boafting  of  his  owne  power  and 
honour,  a  voyce  from  heauen 
told  him  that  his  Kingdome 
was  departed  from  him,  that  he 

fhould 


114 


Kin. 


Earths  Vanity.  95 

fhould  be  clriuen  from  amongft 
men,  that  he  fliould  haue  his 
dwelling  with  the  Beafts  of  the 
field,  &c.  And  the  fentence  was 
fulfilled  on  him  the  fame  houre. 
So  Zcdekiah  was  a  liuely  fpeCl:a- 
cle  of  this  worlds  vanity  and 
mifery,  who  of  a  potent  King 
became  a  miferable  captiue,  faw 
his  children  flaine  before  his 
face,  after  that  had  his  eyes  put 
out,  and  died  miferably  in  pri- 
fon.  I  had  almoft  forgotten  Sa- 
lomon, the  wifeft  King  that  euer 
was,  hauing  giuen  himfelfe  to 
take  pleafure  in  pleafant  things, 
hauing  made  great  workes,  built 
goodly  Houfes,  planted  Vine- 
yards, Gardens,  and  Orchards, 
and  planted  in  them  trees  of  all 
fruit,  &   hauing  gathered  filuer 

and 


lis 


Eccl. 


96  Earths  Vanity. 


Eccl. 


and  gold,  and  the  chiefe  trea- 
fures  of  Kings  and  Prouinces, 
being  now  full  of  wifedome, 
and  fchooled  with  experience, 
he  is  licenfed  to  giue  his  fen- 
tence  of  the  whole  world,  and 
euery  man  knowes  what  his 
cenfure  was:  Vanity  of  vani- 
ties, vanity  of  vanities,  all  is  va- 
nity. This  wife  King  trauelled 
all  the  world  ouer,  and  the  fur- 
ther he  went  the  more  vanity 
he  did  fee,  and  the  neerer  he 
looked,  the  greater  it  feemed, 
till  at  laft  he  could  fee  nothing 
but  vanity.  Wouldft  thou  know 
what  is  to  be  feene,  or  heard,  or 
had  in  this  vaft  Vniuerfe  ?  Vani- 
ty faith  Salomon,  yea  vanity  of 
vanities',  and  what  elfe  ?  Vani- 
ty of  vanities.     And  what  elfe  ? 

All 


116 


Earths  Vanity.  97 

All  is  vanity.  Nothing  beneath  | 
the  Moone  that  hath  not  a  tinc- 
ture of  vanity.  Nay,  the  Moone 
it  felf,  the  Sunne,  all  the  Planets, 
all  the  Starres,  the  whole  body 
of  the  Heauens,  is  become  fub- 
ie6l  to  Vanitie.  The  creature  is 
fubie6l  vnto  Vanity,  faith  the 
Apoflle,  Rotn.  8.  20.  that  is,  the 
whole  frame  of  the  world,  con- 
fifting  of  the  coeleftiall  and  ele- 
mentary region,  the  vifible  hea- 
uens with  all  their  goodly  fur- 
niture of  Starres  and  of  coelefti- 
all bodies,  and  the  earth  with 
her  ornaments,  and  the  other 
elements.  The  heauens  JJiall  pe- 
riJJi,  and  they  //mil  waxe  old  as 
doth  a  garment,  and  the  LordJJiall 
change  them  as  a  vesture,  and  they 
JJtall  be  changed.  As  a  garment 
F  the 


117 


Pfal. 
26. 


98  Ea7^ths  Vanity. 


the  older  it  waxeth,  the  leffe 
comely  it  is,  the  leffe  able  to 
warme  him  that  weares  it:  fo 
the  materiall  heauens  by  conti- 
nuance of  yeares  decreafe  in 
beauty  and  vertue.  The  neerer 
the  Sunne  drawes  to  the  end  of 
his  daily  courfe,  the  leffe  is  his 
ftrength;  in  the  euening  we 
feele  the  Sunne  to  decay  in  his 
heat;  and  he  waxeth  alway  the 
weaker.  Now  if  thofe  fuperi- 
our  bodies,  then  much  more 
things  inferiour  and  fublunary, 
are  included  within  the  com- 
paffe  of  vanity. 

But  it  was  my  purpofe, 
when  I  firft  fet  vpon  this  fubie6l, 
fo  ample  and  large,  to  be  fo 
much  the  more  lliort:  euery 
vnderftanding    can    of    it    felfe 

difcourfe, 


118 


Earths  Vanity.  99 


difcourfe,  where  fuch  plenty  of 
matter  is  offered,  I  haue  there- 
fore (^according-  to  the  modell 
of  that  gift  which  God  hath 
giuen  me)  contriued  a  great  pi- 
cture in  a  little  ring,  fet  forth  the 
great  vanity  of  this  world  in  a 
little  Map. 

Let  vs  now  learne  the  leffon 
of  Saint  lolin,  the  beloued  Dif- 
ciple  of  Chrift,  who  wrote  fo 
much  of  loue,  doth  yet  dehort 
vs  from  lolling  the  world,  i  loh. 
2.  15.  Loue  not  the  wortd,  neither 
the  thino[s  that  are  in  the  zvorld 
Why  not  the  world?  for  three 
reafons :  i.  If  any  man  loue  the 
zvorld,  the  lone  of  the  father  is  not 
in  him.  2.  All  that  is  in  the  worlds 
the  lufl  of  the  flefli,  the  luft  of  the 
eyes,  and  the  pride  of  life,  is  not 
F  2  of 


ift9 


lOO  Earths  Vanity 


of  the  father,  but  is  of  the  ivorld. 
3.  The  World  pafj'eth  away,  and 
the  lufl  thereof:  that  is,  it  is  vaine 
and  vanifhing,  yea  in  the  ab- 
ftra6l  Vanity.  For  thefe  reafons 
we  muft  not  fuffer  our  hearts  to 
cleaue  to  the  beft  things  in  the 
world,  as  if  happineffe  were  to 
be  found  in  them.  Follow  the 
counfell  of  the  holy  Ghoft, 
I  Cor.  7.31.  Vfe  this  world  as 
though  thou  vfed  it  not;  for  the 
fafhion  of  this  world  goeth  a- 
way.  Vfe  the  things  of  this 
world  as  helpes  to  thee  in  thy 
trauell  to  heauen-ward,  but  let 
them  not  fheale  away  thy  heart 
from  better  things,  from  God, 
and  Chrift,  and  heauen,  and 
peace  of  confcience,  and  ioy  in 
the  holy  Ghoft:  thefe  muft  de- 
light 


Earths  Vanity.  loi 


light  the  heart  of  a  Chriftian, 
who  was  redeemed,  not  with  cor- 
rtiptible  things,  as  fihier  and  gold, 
but  with  the  precious  bloud  of  le- 
fus  Chrift,  in  comparifon  of 
whom  all  the  things  of  the 
world  muft  feeme  loffe  and 
droffe,  and  dung,  and  whatfoe- 
uer  is  mofl  defpitable  in  the 
eyes  of  man.  If  riches  increaje, 
fet  not  thy  heart  vpon  the7n:  no 
treafure,  no  pleafure,  no  honor, 
nor  gold,  nor  plate,  nor  iewels, 
nor  houfe,  nor  land,  nor  appa- 
rell,  nor  friends,  muft  fteale  a- 
way  thy  heart.  We  muft  be 
affefted  to  thefe  things,  as  The- 
odoricke  the  orood  Kino-  of  A- 
qiiitaine  was  with  his  play;*  In 
good  cajis  he  ivasfilent,  in  ill  mer- 
ry, in  neither  angry,  in  both  a 
F  3  Philo/opher, 


I  Pel.  I- 
ig. 


Pf.  62. 10. 


In  bonis 
iactibiis 
tacef,  ill 
jnalis  ri- 
det,  ill  1'- 
tri/quc 
Philo/o- 
phaUcr. 


I02  Em^ths  Vanity. 


Philofopher,  or  a  v/ife  man.  We 
muft  not  make  tliefe  a  riuall  vn- 
to  God,  we  muft  not  leane  vpon 
thefe  by  our  confidence:  for 
they  are  a  reed  that  fhall  quick- 
ly breake,  and  the  fhiuers  will 
run  into  our  hand. 

Death  is  the  moft  terrible  of 
all  things  that  are  terrible,  faid 
the  Philofopher  Aristotle:  it  is 
terrible  both  to  man  and  beaft, 
but  moft  terrible  to  a  wicked 
man  that  is  worfe  then  a  beaft, 
when  he  remembers  his  fmfull 
life  paft,  the  complexion  of  his 
flefh,  the  paleneffe  of  his  face, 
the  diffolution  of  his  members, 
the  rottenneffe  of  his  bones,  the 
obfcureneffe  of  his  graue,  the 
folitarineffe  of  his  fepulcher,  the 
gnawing    of    wormes,    and    the 

like 


Earths  Vanity.  103 


like.  But  alas  (albeit  thefe  are 
terrible,  yet)  thefe  are  nothing 
without  the  confideration  of 
fin,  which  is  the  fting  of  death, 
the  ftrength,  and  vi6lory  of  the 
graue.  Thinke  vpon  thy  finnes, 
whereof  thou  art  guilty,  and  for 
which  thou  muft  dye,  as  the 
condemned  malefactor  that  af- 
ter fentence  pronounced,  is  hur- 
ried to  the  fatall  place  of  execu- 
tion, to  fufifer  deferued  punifh- 
ment.  Remember,  yea  againe 
and  againe.  I  fay,  remember, 
how  miferably,  how  violently, 
how  fodainly,  others  haue  fuf- 
fered  death,  that  were  guilty  of 
thofe  fms  which  are  more  pre- 
dominant in  thee  then  they 
were  in  them.  Art  thou  a  thiefe  ? 
which  thou  maifl;  be,  though 
F  4  thou 


123 


104  Earths  Vanity. 


I  Sam.  3. 


Num.  25. 


thou  wert  neuer  attached  for 
theft  by  the  lawes  of  men;  for 
couetoiifneffe  is  a  PIck-purfe 
before  God:  read  and  remem- 
ber how  Achan  dyed,  IqfJi.  7.  Art 
thou  a  whoremafter  ?  which 
thou  maift  be  as  well  in  thy 
minde  as  in  thy  body:  then 
read  and  remember  how  Hophni 
and  PJiineas  dyed,  how  Zimri 
and  Cosbi  were  flain  in  the  very 
a(51  of  their  vncleanneffe.  And 
lezabel  an  impudent  ftrumpet 
dyed  a  fodaine  and  fhamefull 
death.  Art  thou  a  blafphemous 
fwearer  that  doft  rend  &  grinde 
the  facred  name  of  God  be- 
tweene  thy  teeth?  Remember 
him  vnder  the  Law  that  was 
floned  to  death  for  his  blafphe- 
my.      Art    thou    an    Idolatrous 

impe 


124 


Earths  Vanity.  105 


impe  of  the  Popifh  Church,  that 
dofl  leaue  our  Lord  to  wor(hip 
our  Lady,  and  giue  that  honour 
to  Saints,  nay,  to  ftockes  and 
(tones,  which  is  proper  to  God 
alone?  call  to  minde  how  Sen- 
nacharib  was  flaine  in  the  midft 
of  his  Idolatry.  Art  thou  an 
intemperate  drunkard,  that  dofl 
facrifice  thy  time  and  fhate,  nay, 
foule  and  body  vnto  Bacchus, 
rifmg  early  to  drinke  flrong 
drinke,  and  fitting  vp  late  till 
Wine  inflame  thee?  thinke 
vpon  BclJJiazzar  that  was  flaine 
in  the  midft  of  his  cups,  whilft 
he  was  drinking  in  that  Wine, 
which  the  fwords  of  his  inful- 
ting  enemies  drew  out  of  him 
together  with  his  latelt;  blood. 
Art  thou  a  couetous  Vfurer, 
F  5  that 


125 


ir37.  vit- 


Dan.  5. 

vlt. 


io6  Earths  Vanity, 


Luk.  12. 


that  doft  let  out  thy  mony  to 
men,  thy  time  to  Mamon,  and 
thy  foule  to  Satan,  that  like  a 
common  Hackne}''  jade  wilt  not 
beare  thy  debtors  one  houre 
paft  thy  day?  or  art  thou  a  gri- 
ping oppreffor,  that  doft  racke 
thy  poore  tenants,  and  exa6l 
vpon  thy  neighbour,  to  gaine  a 
little  tranfitory  trafli?  Remem- 
ber Nabal,  and  remember  that 
Mifer  in  the  Gofpell,  who  being 
aileep  in  fecurity,  and  dreaming 
of  enlarged  barns  and  plentifull 
haruefts,  was  fodainly  bereft 
of  all,  and  being  awaked  vpon 
the  hearing  of  his  Soule-knell 
perceiued  himfelf  to  be  for  euer 
wretched.  Confider  whether 
thefe  and  the  like  fnmers,  that 
haue  made  their  fouls  the  flaues 

of 


126 


Earths  Vanity. 


107 


of  vanity,  haue  not  in  the  end 
made  themfelues  the  flaues  of 
mifery.  Haue  they  profpered, 
or  haue  they  periflied?  if  they 
haue  profpered,  then  follow 
them;  if  periflied  (as  indeede 
they  haue )  then  in  the  feare  of 
God  retire  out  of  their  paths, 
left  thou  be  fpeedily  cut  off, 
hauino-  no  information  of  the 
danger,  till  thy  owne  eyes  ama- 
zed with  the  fodainnes  behold 
it  in  the  fliape  of  ineuitable 
damnation.  Be  thou  warned 
by  their  examples;  for  God 
hath  puniflied  fmne  in  them,  to 
preuent  fmne  in  thee:  Vt  cx- 
enipla  fiiit  omnium,  tormenta 
paticoi^um;  that  the  torments  of 
fome  few  may  be  terrours  vnto 
all:     like    as    thunderbolts    fall 

(Pati- 


Cyprian 
fer.s.d,' 
Lap/. 


127 


io8  Earths  Vanity. 

(Pancoruni  pericttlo,  fed  oiimium 
nietti)  to  the  hurt  but  of  few, 
though  not  without  the  horror 
of  all.  That  fhip  which  fees 
another  fhip  finke  before  her, 
lookes  about  her,  puis  downe 
her  faile,  turneth  her  courfe, 
and  efcapes  the  fands,  which 
elfe  would  fwallow  her  vp  as 
they  done  the  other.  When 
the  earth  fwallowed  vp  Corah 
and  his  confederates,  all  Ifrael 
that  were  round  about  them, 
fled  at  the  cry  of  them,  for  they 
faid.  Lest  the  earth  /wallow  vs 
vp  alfo,  Num.  i6.  34.  The  Bird 
will  not  light  on  the  lime-bufh, 
nor  into  the  net,  if  flie  fee  ano- 
ther infnared  before  her;  the 
Horfe  will  not  follow  another, 
whom  he  fees  to  flicke  faft   in 

the 


128 


Earths  Vanity.  109 


the  mire:  oh  be  not  leffe  wife 
then  bird  or  beaft,  nor  more 
brutifh  then  Horfe  and  Mule 
that  hath  no  vnderftandincr.  If 
thou  feefl  another  fall  into  the 
fire,  thou  wilt  not  willingly  fol- 
low him;  then  follow  not  fmners 
to  the  fire  of  hell,  left  thou  be 
conftrained  at  laft,  when  it  fliall 
be  too  late,  to  bewaile  thy  fol- 
ly: to  cry  out  with  thofe  that 
haue  mifpent  their  time  in  va- 
nity, Oh  that  now  I  might  dye 
the  death  of  the  righteous !  oh 
that  I  might  not  dye  at  all!  oh 
that  I  might  feele  in  my  confci- 
ence  the  leaft  hope  of  pardon, 
which  is  as  vnpoffible  as  to  vn- 
lade  all  the  water  in  the  vafl 
Ocean  with  a  fpoone!  Oh  that 
God  would  giue  mee  the  leafl 

dram 


129 


TliusF>vj«- 
cis  Spiera 
cried  out, 
after  he 
had  renoO- 
ced  the 
profefsion 
o  true 
pietie,  for 
the  polTef- 
fion  of 
earths  va- 
nity. 


no  Earths  Vanity. 


Reu.  22. 


dram  of  grace,  which  is  as  im- 
poffible  as  for  the  lead  graine  of 
Muftardfeed  to  fill  the  whole 
earth !  preuent  this  betimes, 
which  thou  maift  doe,  by  aban- 
doning the  vanity  of  the  world; 
and  fo  Hue,  that  wherefoeuer  or 
howfoeuer  thou  dyeft,  whether 
abroad  or  at  home,  by  day  or 
by  night,  fleeping  or  waking, 
whether  a  fodain  death  or  a  deli- 
berate death,  thou  maift  willing- 
ly commend  thy  fpirit  vnto  the 
hands  of  God  as  vnto  the  hands 
of  a  faithful!  creator;  and  maift 
fay  with  the  Bride,  Come  Lord 
lefti,  euenfo,  come  Lord  le/u,  come 
quickly:  my  heart  is  prepared 
to  enter  into  thy  reft,  receiue 
me  into  the  armes  of  thy  mer- 
cy,    entertaine    mee    into    thy 

owne 


130 


Earths  Vanity.  1 1 1 


owne  kinfjdome,  that  leauinsf 
the  vanity  of  this  world,  I  may 
with  thy  glorified  Angels  and 
bleffed  Saints,  enio}^  that  e- 
uerlafting  felicity  of  a  better 
world,  which  neuer  fhall  haue 
an  end. 

Adew  therefore  vain  world, 
with  all  worldly  delights  what- 
foeuer;  and  now  folitary  foule 
begin  to  take  thy  folace  in  bet- 
ter things.  And  to  prone  the 
world  vaine,  and  confequently 
thy  felfe  vaine,  behold  thefe 
fhapes,  read  thefe  Verfes,  and  in 
order  open  the  leaues  that  are 
folded  vp,  Herein,  as  in  a  mir- 
rour,  behold  thy  owne  eftate, 
read,  and  confider  what  thou 
readeft,  that  thou  maift  know 
and      fee      thy     ov/ne     vanity. 

Here 


131 


112  Earths  Vanity. 


Here  thou  fhalt  fee  what  thou 
wert,  what  thou  art,  and  what 
thou  Ihalt  be.  Duft  thou  wert, 
duft  thou  art,  and  vnto  duft  thou 
ftialt  returne;  duft  in  thy  crea- 
tion, duft  in  thy  conftitution, 
duft  in  thy  diffolution. 


Though 


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Earths  Vanity.  113 


I. 

I  ^HoiLgh  long  it  werefmce  Adam  luas^ 
-*-    Yetfeemes  lie  here  to  be ; 
A  blejfed  creature  once  he  was, 
Noiv  naked  as  you  fee: 
Whofe  wife  tvas  caufe  of  all  my  care, 
To  fay  I  may  be  bold: 
Turne  backethe  leaues,  and  then  yoti  may 
My  picture  there  behold. 

II. 

To  thinke  vpon  the  workes  of  God, 
All  worldly  men  may  wonder: 
But  thinkhig  on  thy  finnes  O  man, 
Thy  hea7't  may  burfl  afunder: 
Thefinnerfts  andfweetlyfings, 
Andfo  his  heart  beguiles, 

Till 


1 14  Earths  Vanity. 


Till  I  come  tvith  iny  bitter  Jlings, 
A7id  turne  to  grief e  his  /miles. 

III. 

Mttfe  not  to  gaze  vpon  tny  Jhape, 
Whofe  nakednej/e  you  fee  ; 
By  flattering  and  deceit/nil  words, 
The  Diuell  deceiued  me: 
Let  me  example  be  to  all, 
That  ojicefrom  God  doe  range: 
Tttrne^  backe  the  leaues,  and  then  behold 
Another flght  asflrange. 

IV. 

Had  Adam  and  Eue  nezter  beene 

As  there  yon  fazu  their  fliape, 

I  neuer  had  deceined  them, 

Nor  they  ere  made  debate: 

But  turne,  beJiold  whej'e  both  doeftand 

And  lay  thefatilt  on  me: 

Turne  backe  the  vpper  and  nether  crests, 

There  each  of  them  you  fee. 

Here 


134 


Earths  Vanity.  115 

I.  III. 

Here  tve  doejiand  in  perfe^Jlate, 

All  formed  as  zve  were ; 

BtU  zvhat  the  Serpent  did  by  hate, 

Shall  fodainely  appeare : 

Then  here  behold  how  both  doejiand, 

And  where  the  fault  did  lye  : 

Tli  almighty  pozuer  didfo  command, 

That  once  we  all  7nust  dye. 

II.  IV. 

See  what  comes  of  zvicked  deed, 
As  all  men  zvell  doe  know  ; 
And.  for  the  fame  God  hath  decreed 
That  wefiould  Hue  in  woe  : 
The  dtfi  it  was  my  daily  food, 
Vnto  it  we  mifl  titrne  ; 
And  darhieffe  is  my  chief e  abode, 
In  forrow  fo  we  mourne. 

Of 


13s 


ii6 


Hels  Torments. 


Of  the    punifliments 

which  the  Lord  threat- 

netk  vnto  fiich  as  Hue 

ajinfiill  life. 

Ne  of  the  principall 
meanes  that  our  Lord 
hath  vfed  oftentimes 
to  bridle  the  hearts  of  men,  and 
to  draw  them  vnto  the  obedi- 
ence of  his  commandements, 
hath  beene,  to  fet  before  their 
eyes  the  horrible  plagues  and 
punlfhments  that   are  prepared 

for 


136 


Hcls  Torments.  1 1 7 


for  fuch  perfons  as  be  rebels 
and  tranfgreffours  of  his  Law. 
For  although  the  hope  of  the 
rewards  that  are  promifed  vnto 
the  good  in  the  life  to  come, 
may  moue  vs  very  much  here- 
unto :  yet  are  we  commonly 
more  moued  with  things  that 
be  irkefome  vnto  vs,  than  with 
fuch  as  be  pleafant;  euen  as  we 
fee  by  daily  experience,  that  we 
are  vexed  more  with  an  iniury 
done  vnto  vs,  than  delighted 
with  any  honour;  and  we  are 
more  troubled  with  fickneffe, 
than  comforted  with  health: 
and  fo  by  the  difcommodity  of 
fickneffe,  we  come  to  vnderftand 
the  commodity  of  health,  as 
by  a  thing  fo  much  the  bet- 
ter   perceiued,    by    how    much 

more 


137 


ii8  Hels  Torments. 


more  it  is  fenfibly  felt.  Now  for 
this  caufe  did  our  Lord  in  times 
paft  vfe  this  meane  more  than 
any  other,  as  it  appeareth  moft 
clearely  by  the  writings  of  tlie 
Prophets,  wliich  are  euery 
where  full  of  dreadfull  fayings 
and  threatnings,  wherewith 
our  Lord  pretendeth  to  put  a 
terrour  into  the  hearts  of  men, 
and  fo  to  bridle  and  fubdue 
them  vnder  the  obedience  of  his 
Law.  And  for  this  end  he  com- 
manded the  Prophet  lere^mie, 
That  he  fliould  take  a  white 
booke,  and  write  in  the  fame  all 
the  threatnings  and  calamities 
which  hee  had  reuealed  vnto 
him,  euen  from  the  firft  day  he 
began  to  talke  with  him^  vntill 
that  prefent  houre,  and  that  he 

fhould 


138 


Hels  Torments.  119 


fhould  read  the  fame  in  the  pre- 
fence  of  all  the  people,  to  fee  if 
peraduenture  they  would  be 
moued  therewith  vnto  repen- 
tance, and  to  change  their  for- 
mer life,  to  the  end,  that  he 
might  alfo  change  the  determi- 
nation of  his  wrath,  which  he 
had  purpofed  to  execute  vpon 
them.  And  the  holy  Scripture 
faith,  That  when  the  Prophet 
had  done  according  as  he  was 
commanded  by  almighty  God, 
and  had  read  all  thofe  threat- 
nings  in  the  prefence  of  the 
people,  and  of  the  Rulers ;  there 
arofe  fuch  a  feare  and  terrour 
amongft  them,  that  they  were 
all  aftonifhed,  and  as  it  were 
beftraughtecl  of  their  wits,  look- 
ing one  in  anothers  face,  for  the 

exceeding 


139 


1 20  Hels  Torments. 


exceeding  great  fear  which  they 
had  conceiued  of  thofe  words. 
This  was  one  of  the  principall 
means  which  almighty  God  v- 
fed  with  men  in  the  time  of  the 
Law  written,  and  fo  he  chd  alfo 
in  the  time  of  the  Law  of  grace : 
in  which,  the  holy  Apoftle 
faith.  That  as  there  is  reuealed  a 
iufhice,  whereby  God  maketh 
men  iuft,  fo  is  there  alfo  reuea- 
led an  indignation  and  wrath, 
whereby  he  pimiflieth  the  vn- 
iuft:  for  which  caufe,  S.  lohn 
Baptifi  (the  glorious  forerunner 
of  our  Sauiour  ChriftJ  was  fent 
with  this  commiffion  and  em- 
baffage,  to  preach  vnto  the 
world,  That  the  axe  was  now 
put  to  the  root  of  the  tree,  and  that 
euery  tree  that  brotight  not  forth 

good 


140 


Hels  Torments.  121 


good  fruit,  Jhould  be  ait  downe 
and  cast  into  the  fire.  Hee  faid 
moreouer,  That  there  was  ano- 
ther come  into  the  zvorld,  7nore 
mighty  than  hee,  that  carried  in 
his  hand  a  fanne,  to  ivinnow  and 
cleanfe  thereivith  his  floor e,  and 
that  he  would  pnt  vp  the  come 
into  his  garner,  but  the  chaffe  he 
willbtirne  in  a  fire  thatfiwiUd  ne- 
ater be  quenched.  This  was  the 
preaching  and  embaffage  which 
the  holy  fore-runner  of  our 
Sauiour  iefus  Chrift  brought 
into  the  world.  And  fo  great 
was  the  thunder  of  thefe  words, 
and  the  terrour  which  entered 
into  mens  hearts,  fo  dreadfull, 
that  there  ran  vnto  him  of  all 
efcates  and  conditions  of  men, 
euen  of  the  very  Pharifees  and 
G  Publicans, 


141 


122  Hels  Torments. 


Publicans,  yea,  and  Souldiours 
alfo  (which  of  all  others  are 
wont  to  be  moft  diffolute,  and 
to  haue  the  leaft  care  of  their 
confciences)  and  each  of  them 
demanded  for  himfelfe  particu- 
larly of  that  holy  man,  what  he 
fhould  doe  to  attaine  vnto  fal- 
uation,  and  to  efcape  thofe  ter- 
rible threatnino^s  which  he  had 
denounced  vnto  them,  fo  great 
was  the  feare  the)'  had  concei- 
ued  of  them. 

And  this  is  that  (deare  Chri- 
ftian  brother)  which  I  doe  at 
this  prefent  (in  the  behalfe  of 
Almighty  God)  deliuer  vnto 
thee,  although  not  with  fuch 
feruency  of  fpirit  and  like  holi- 
neffe  of  life,  yet  that  which  im- 
porteth  more  in  this  cafe,  with 

the 


142 


Hels  Torments.  123 


the  fame  truth  and  certainty; 
for  fo  much  as  the  faith  and 
Gofpell  which  Saint  lohn  Bap- 
tist then  preached,  is  euen  the 
fame  now  taught. 

Now,  if  thou  be  defirous  to 
vnderftand  in  few  words,  how 
great  the  punifhment  is,  that  al- 
mighty God  hath  threatned  in 
his  holy  Scriptures  to  the  wick- 
ed, that  which  may  moft  briefly 
and  moft  to  the  purpofe  be  fpo- 
ken  in  this  matter,  is  this :  That 
like  as  the  reward  of  the  good  is 
an  vniuerfall  good  thing,  euen 
fo  the  punifliment  of  the  wick- 
ed is  an  vniuerfall  euill,  which 
comprehendeth  in  it  al  the  euiis 
that  are.  For  the  better  vnder- 
ftanding  whereof,  it  is  to  be  no- 
ted, That  all  the  euils  of  this  life 
G  2  are 


143 


124  Hels  Torments. 


are  particular  euils,  and  there- 
fore doe  not  torment  all  our 
fences  generally,  but  onely  one, 
or  fome  of  them.  As  taking  an 
example  of  the  difeafes  of  our 
body;  we  fee,  that  one  hath  a 
difeafe  in  his  eyes,  another  in 
his  eares:  one  is  ficke  in  the 
heart,  another  in  the  fhomacke, 
fome  other  in  his  head.  And  fo 
diuers  men  are  difeafed  in  diuers 
parts  of  the  body,  howbeit,  in 
fuch  wife,  that  none  of  all  thefe 
difeafes  be  generally  through- 
out all  the  members  of  the  bo- 
dy, but  particular  to  fome  one 
of  them.  And  yet  for  all  this, 
we  fee  what  griefe  onely  one  of 
thefe  difeafes  may  put  vs  vnto, 
and  how  painefull  a  night  the 
ficke   man  hath  in   any  one  of 

thefe 


144 


He  Is  Torments.  125 


thefe  infirmities,  yea,  although 
it  be  nothinor  elfe  but  a  little  ach 
in  one  tooth.  Now  let  vs  put 
the  cafe,  that  there  were  fome 
one  man  ficke  of  fuch  an  vni- 
uerfall  difeafe,  that  he  had  no 
part  of  his  body,  neither  any 
one  joynt  or  fence  free  from  his 
proper  paine,  but  that  at  one 
time  and  inftant  hee  fuffered 
moft  exceeding  fharpe  torment 
in  his  head,  in  his  eyes,  and 
eares,  in  his  teeth,  and  ftomack, 
in  his  liuer  and  heart:  and  to  be 
fliort,  in  all  the  reft  of  his  mem- 
bers and  joints  of  his  body,  and 
that  he  lay  after  this  fort  ftret- 
ching  himfelfe  in  his  bed,  being 
pained  with  thefe  greefes  and 
torments,  euery  member  of  his 
body  hauing  his  particular  tor- 
G  3  ment 


145 


126  Hels  Torments. 


ment  and  griefe:  Hee  (I  fay) 
that  fhould  lye  thus  pained  and 
affli6led,  how  great  torment 
and  griefe  of  minde  and  body 
(thinke  ye)  iTiould  he  fuftaine? 
Oh,  what  thing  could  any  man 
imagine  more  miferable,  and 
more  worthy  of  compaffion? 
Surely,  if  thou  fhouldeft  fee  but 
a  dogge  to  be  fo  tormented  and 
grieued  in  the  ftreet,  his  very 
paines  would  moue  thy  heart 
to  take  pitty  vpon  him.  Now 
this  is  that  (my  deare  Chriftian 
brother,  if  any  comparifon  may 
be  made  betweene  them)  which 
is  fuffered  in  that  moft  curfed 
and  horrible  place  of  hell,  and 
not  onely  during  for  the  fpace 
of  one  night,  but  euerlaftingly, 
for  euer  and  euer.     For  like  as 

the 


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the  wicked  men  haue  offended 
Almighty  God  with  all  their 
members  and  fences,  and  haue 
made  armour  of  them  all  to 
ferue  fmne,  euen  fo  will  he  or- 
daine,  that  they  fliall  be  there 
tormented  euery  one  of  them 
with  his  proper  torment. 

There  fhall  the  wanton  vn- 
chafte  eyes  be  tormented  with 
the  terrible  fight  of  Diuels:  the 
eares  with  the  confufion  of  fuch 
horrible  cries  and  lamentations 
which  fliall  there  be  heard:  the 
nofe  ^vith  the  intolerable  ftinke 
of  that  vgly,  filthy,  and  loath- 
fome  place :  the  tafte,  with  a 
moft  rauenous  hunger  and 
thirft:  the  touching,  and  all  the 
members  of  the  body  with  ex- 
treame  burning  fire.  The  ima- 
G  4  ginations 


t47 


126  Hels  Torments. 


gination  fhall  be  tormented  by 
the  conceiuing  of  griefes  pre- 
fent:  the  memory,  by  calling  to 
minde  the  pleafures  paft:  the 
vnderflanding,  by  confidering 
what  benefits  are  loft,  and  what 
endleffe  miferies  are  to  come. 

This  multitude  of  punifh 
ments  the  holy  Scripture  figni- 
fieth  vnto  vs,  when  it  faith, 
Mat.  15.  P/al.  10.  That  in  hell 
there  JJiall  be  hunger,  thir/l,  wee- 
ping, wailing,  gnaJJung  of  teeth, 
/words  double  edged,  fpir its  crea 
ted  for  reuengeme7it,  ferpents, 
zuormes,  fcorpions,  hainmers, 
wormezvood,  zvater  of  gall,  thefpi- 
rit  of  tempefl,  and  other  things 
of  like  fort.  Whereby  are  fig- 
nified  vnto  vs  (as  in  a  figure)  the 
multitude  and  dreadfull  terrour 

of 


148 


Hels  Torments.  127 


of  the  moft  horrible  torments 
and  paines  that  be  in  that  curfed 
place.  There  fhall  be  likewife 
darkneffe  Inward  and  outward, 
both  of  body  and  foule,  farre 
more  obfcure  than  the  darke- 
neffe  of  y^gypt,  which  was  to 
be  felt  eiien  with  hands,  Exod. 
20.  There  Ihall  be  fire  alfo,  not 
as  this  fire  here,  that  tormenteth 
a  little,  and  fhortly  endeth,  but 
fuch  a  fire  as  that  place  requi- 
reth,  which  tormenteth  excee- 
dingly, and  fhall  neuer  make  an 
end  of  that  tormenting.  This 
being  true,  what  greater  won- 
der can  there  be,  than  that  they 
which  beleeue  and  confeffe  this 
for  truth,  fliould  Hue  with  fuch 
moft  ftrange  negligence  and 
carelefneffe  as  they  doe  ?  What 
G  5  trauell 


149 


130  Hels  Torments. 


trauell  and  paines  would  not  a 
man  willingly  take  to  efcape 
euen  one  onely  day,  yea,  one 
houre,  the  very  leafl  of  thefe 
torments?  and  wherefore  doe 
they  not  then,  to  efcape  the 
euerlaflingneffe  of  fo  great 
paines  and  horrible  torments, 
endure  fo  little  a  trauell,  as  to 
follow  the  exercife  of  vertue. 
Surely,  the  confideration  of  this 
matter  were  able  to  make  any 
ilnfull  foule  to  feare  and  trem- 
ble, in  cafe  it  were  deepely  re- 
garded. 

And  if  amongft  fo  great  num- 
ber of  paines,  there  were  any 
manner  hope  of  end  or  releafe, 
it  would  be  fome  kinde  of  com- 
fort :  but  alas  it  is  not  fo,  for  there 
the  gates  are  faft  fliut  vp  from 

all 


150 


Hels  Torments.  131 


all  expedlation  of  any  manner 
of  eafe  or  hope.  In  all  kinde  of 
paines  and  calamities  that  be  in 
this  world,  there  is  alvvayes 
fome  gap  lying-  open,  whereby 
the  patient  may  receiue  fome 
kind  of  comfort:  fometimes 
reafon,  fometimes  the  weather, 
fometimes  his  friends,  fome- 
times the  hearing  that  others 
are  troubled  with  the  very  fame 
difeafe,  and  fometimes  (at  the 
leaft)  the  hope  of  an  end  may 
cheare  him :  onely  in  thefe  moft 
horrible  paines  and  miferies 
that  be  in  hell,  all  the  wayes  are 
fliut  vp  in  fuch  fort,  and  all  the 
hauens  of  comfort  fo  embarred, 
that  the  miferable  fniner  cannot 
hope  for  remedy  on  any  fide, 
neither  of  heauen,  nor  of  earth, 

neither 


151 


130  Hels  Torments. 


neither  of  the  time  paft,  or  pre- 
fent,  or  of  the  time  to  come,  or 
of  any  other  meanes.  The  dam- 
ned foules  thinke,  that  all  men 
are  fhooting  darts  at  them,  and 
that  all  creatures  haue  confpired 
againft  them,  &  that  euen  they 
themfelues  are  cruell  againfl 
themfelues.  This  is  that  diftreffe 
whereof  the  fmners  doe  lament 
by  the  Prophet,  faying:  The 
forrowes  of  hell  haue  compajfedine 
round  abotit,  and  the  fnares  of 
death  haue  befieged  ine:  For  on 
which  fide  foeuer  they  looke  or 
turne  their  eyes,  they  doe  con- 
tinually behold  occafions  of 
forrow  and  griefe,  and  none  at 
all  of  any  eafe  or  comfort.  The 
wife  Virgins  (faith  the  Euange- 
lift)  that  stood  ready  prepared  at 

the 


152 


Hels  Torments.  i  ?,  i 


the  gate  of  the  Bi^idegrome,  entred 
m,  and  the  gate  was  forthwith 
locked  fast.  O  locking  euerla- 
fting,  O  enclofure  immortal,  O 
gate  of  all  goodneffe,  which  fhal 
neuer  any  more  be  opened  a- 
gaine.  As  if  he  had  faid  more 
plainly,  the  gate  oi  pardon,  of 
mercy,  of  comfort,  of  grace,  of 
interceffion,  of  hope,  and  of  all 
other  goodneffe,  is  fhut  vp  for 
euer  and  euer.  Six  dayes  and 
no  more  was  Manna  to  be  ga- 
thered, but  the  feuenth  day, 
which  was  the  Sabbath  day 
was  there  none  to  be  found: 
and  therefore  fliall  he  faft  for 
euer,  that  hath  not  in  due  time 
made  his  prouifion  aforehand. 
The  fluggard  (faith  the  wife 
man)  will  not  till  his  ground  for 

feare 


153 


134  Hels  Torments. 


feare  of  cold,  and  therefore  fhall 
he  beg  his  bread  In  fummer,  and 
no  man  fhall  giue  him  to  eat. 
And  in  another  place  he  faith : 
He  that  gathereth  in  fummer,  is 
a  wife  fonne,  but  he  that  gitieth 
himfelfe  to  Jleeping  at  that  fea/on, 
is  the  fonne  of  confnfion.  For  what 
confufion  can  be  greater  then 
that  which  that  miferable  coue- 
tous  rich  man  fuffereth,  who 
with  a  few  crums  of  bread  that 
fell  from  his  table,  might  haue 
purchafed  to  himfelfe  abun- 
dance of  euerlafting  felicitie, 
and  glory  in  the  kingdome  of 
heauen  ?  But  becaufe  he  would 
not  giue  fo  fmall  a  thing,  he 
came  to  fuch  an  extreame  ne- 
ceffity  that  he  begged  (^yea,  and 
fhall  for  euer  beg  in  vaine)  one- 

ly 


154 


Hels  Torments.  135 


ly  one  drop  of  water,  and  fhall 
neuer  obtaine  it.  Who  is  not 
njoued  with  that  reqiieft  of  that 
vnfortunate  damned  perfon, 
who  cried,  O  father  Abraham 
haue  covipajjion  on  me,  and  fend 
downe  Lazarus  vnto  me,  that  he 
may  dip  the  tip  of  his  finger  in  zua- 
ter,  and  touch  my  tongue,  for 
thefe  horrible  flames  doe  torment 
tne  exceedi7igly .  What  fmaller 
requeft  could  there  be  defired 
than  this?  He  durft  not  requeft 
fo  much  as  one  cup  of  water, 
neither  that  Lazarus  fhould  put 
his  whole  hand  into  the  water, 
nor  yet  (^  which  is  more  to  be 
wondered  at  j  did  he  requeft  fo 
much  as  the  whole  finoer,  but 
onely  the  tip  of  it,  that  it  might 
but   touch   his  tongue;    and  yet 

euen 


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134  Hels  Torments. 


euen  this  alone  would  not  be 
granted  vnto  him.  Whereby 
thou  maielL  perceiue,  how  faft 
the  gate  of  all  confolation  is 
fhut  vp,  and  how  vniuerfall 
that  interdict  and  excommuni- 
cation is,  that  is  there  laid  vpon 
the  damned,  fith  this  rich  Glut- 
ton could  not  obtaine  fo  much 
as  this  fmall  requeft.  So  that 
wherefoeuer  the  damned  per- 
fons  doe  turne  their  eyes,  and 
on  which  fide  foeuer  they 
ftretch  their  hands,  they  fhall 
not  finde  any  manner  of  com- 
fort, be  it  neuer  fo  fmall.  And 
as  he  that  is  in  the  Sea  choaked, 
and  almofl  drowned  vnder  the 
water,  not  finding  any  ftay 
whereupon  to  fet  his  foot, 
ftretcheth  forth  his  hands  often- 
times 


156 


Hels  Torments.  135 


times  on  euery  fide  in  vain  f^be- 
caufe  all  that  he  grafpeth  after, 
is  thin  and  liquid  water,  which 
deceiues  him^  euen  fo  fliall  it 
fare  with  the  damned  perfons, 
when  they  fhall  be  drowned  in 
that  deepe  Sea  of  fo  many  mi- 
feries,  where  they  fhall  ftriue 
and  flruggle  alwaies  with  death, 
without  finding  any  fuccour  or 
place  of  ftay,  whereupon  they 
may  reft  themfelues.  Now  this 
is  one  of  the  greateft  paines 
wherewith  they  be  tormented 
in  that  curfed  place:  for  if  thefe 
torments  fliould  haue  their  con- 
tinuance limited  but  for  a  cer- 
taine  time,  though  it  were  for 
a  thoufand,  yea,  a  hundred  thou- 
fand  millions  of  yeares,  yet  euen 
this  would  be  fome  little  com- 
fort 


157 


138  Hels  Torments. 


fort  vnto  them,  for  nothing  is 
perfectly  great,  in  cafe  it  haue 
an  end:  But  alas,  they  haue  not 
fo  much  as  this  poore  and  mife- 
rable  comfort:  but  contrariwife, 
their  paines  are  equall  in  conti- 
nuance with  the  eternity  of  al- 
mighty God,  and  the  lafting  of 
their  mifery  with  the  eternity 
of  Gods  glory.  As  long  as  al- 
mighty God  fhall  Hue,  fo  long 
fhall  they  dye:  and  when  al- 
mighty God  fhall  ceafe  to  be 
God,  then  fhall  they  alfo  ceafe 
to  be  as  they  are.  O  deadly  life, 
O  immortall  death!  I  know  not 
whether  I  may  truely  tearme 
thee,  either  life  or  death:  for  if 
thou  be  life,  why  dofl  thou  kil  ? 
And  if  thou  be  death,  why  doeft 
thou      endure  ?  Wherefore 

I 


•iS8 


Hels  Torments.  139 


I  will  call  thee  neither  the  one, 
nor  the  other,  for  fo  much  as  in 
both  of  them  there  is  contained 
fomething  that  is  good:  as  in 
life  there  is  reft,  and  in  death 
there  is  an  end  (which  is  a  great 
comfort  to  the  affli6led)  but 
thou  haft  neither  reft  nor  end. 
What  art  thou  then?  Marry, 
thou  art  the  worft  of  life,  and 
the  worft  of  death;  for  of  death 
thou  haft  the  torment,  without 
any  end,  and  of  life  thou  haft 
the  continuance  without  any 
reft,  O  bitter  compofition,  O 
vnfauory  purgation  of  our  Lords 
cup!  of  the  which,  all  the  fm- 
ners  of  the  earth  fhall  drinke 
their  part. 

Now    in    this   continuance   in 
this  eternity,  I  would  wifli  that 

thou 


159 


138  Hels  Torments. 


thou  (my  deare  Chriftian  bro- 
ther) wouldft  fixe  the  eyes  of 
thy  confi deration  a  little  while: 
and  that  as  the  cleane  beaft 
cheweth  the  cud,  euen  fo  thou 
wouldeft  weigh  this  point 
within  thy  felfe  with  great  deli- 
beration. And  to  the  intent 
thou  maieft  doe  it  the  better, 
confider  a  little  the  paines  that 
a  ficke  man  abideth  in  one  euill 
night,  efpecially  if  he  be  vexed 
with  any  vehement  griefe,  or 
fharpe  difeafe.  Marke  hov/  oft 
he  tumbleth  and  toffeth  in  his 
bed,  what  difquietneffe  he  hath, 
how  long  &  tedious  one  night 
feemeth  vnto  him,  how  duely 
he  counteth  all  the  houres  of 
the  clocke,  and  how  long  he 
deemeth  each  houre  of  them  to 

be, 


160 


Hels  Torments. 


139 


be,  how  he  paffeth  the  time  in 
wifhing  for  the  dawning  of  the 
day;  which  notwithftanding,  is 
Hke  to  helpe  him  Httle  towards 
the  curing  of  his  difeafe.  If  this 
then  be  accounted  fo  great  a 
torment,  what  torment  fhall 
that  be  (thinke  you)  in  that  e- 
uerlafting  night  in  hell,  which 
hath  no  morning,  nor  fo  much 
as  any  hope  of  any  dawning  of 
the  day:  O  darkneffe  mofl  ob- 
fcure!  O  night  euerlafting!  O 
night  accurfed  euen  by  the 
mouth  of  almighty  God  and 
all  his  Saints!  That  one  fhall 
wifh  for  light,  and  fhall  neuer 
fee  it,  neither  fhall  the  bright- 
neffe  of  the  morning  arife  any 
more.  Confider  then  what  a 
kinde  of  torment  fhall  that  be, 

to 


161 


142  Hels  Torments. 


to  Hue  euerlaftingly  in  fuch  a 
night  as  this  is,  lying  not  in  a 
foft  bed  (as  the  ficke  man  doth) 
but  in  a  hot  burning  furnace,  fo- 
ming  out  fuch  terrible  raging 
flames.  What  fhoulders  fhall  be 
able  to  abide  thofe  horrible 
heats.  If  it  feeme  to  vs  as  a  thing 
intollerable  to  haue  onely  fome 
part  of  our  feet  ftanding  vpon  a 
pan  of  burning  coales,  for  the 
fpace  of  repeating  the  Lords 
prayer,  What  fliall  it  be  (thinke 
you)  to  fland  body  and  foule 
burning  in  the  midft  of  thofe  e- 
uerlafting  hot  raging  fires  in 
hell,  in  comparifon  of  which, 
the  fires  of  this  world  are  but 
painted  fires.  Is  there  any  wit 
or  iudgement  in  this  world? 
Haue   men    their  right   fences? 

doe 


162 


Hcls  To7'ments.  143 


doe  they  vnderftand  what  thefe 
words  import?  or  are  they  per- 
aduentiire  perfwaded,  that  thefe 
are  onely  the  fables  of  Poets? 
or  doe  they  thinke,  that  this  ap- 
pertaineth  not  to  them,  or  elfe 
that  it  was  onely  ment  for  o- 
thers?  None  of  all  this  can 
they  fay,  for  fo  much  as  our 
faith  affureth  vs  moft  certainly 
herein.  And  our  Sauiour  Chriffc 
himfelfe,  who  is  euerlafting 
truth,  crieth  out  in  his  Gofpell, 
faying-,  Hcauen  and  cai't/i  Jliall 
faile,  but  my  ivord Jhall  7iot  faile. 
Of  this  mifery  there  follow- 
eth  another  as  great  as  it,  which 
is,  that  the  paines  are  alwayes 
continuing  in  one  like  degree, 
without  any  manner  of  inter- 
miffion,  or  decreafing.  All  man- 
ner 


163 


142  Hels  Torments. 


ner  of  things  that  are  vnder  the 
cope  of  heauen,  doe  moue  and 
turn  round  about  with  the  fame 
heauen,  and  doe  neuer  ftand  ftil 
at  one  ftate  or  being,  but  are 
continually  either  afcending  or 
defcending.  The  fea  and  the 
riuers  haue  their  ebbing  and 
flowing,  the  times,  the  ages,  and 
the  mutable  fortune  of  men,  and 
of  kingdomes,  are  euermore  in 
continuall  motion.  There  is  no 
feauer  fo  feruent,  that  doth  not 
decline,  neither  griefe  fo  fharp, 
but  that  after  it  is  much  aug- 
mented, it  doth  forthwith  de- 
creafe.  To  be  fhort,  all  the  ^tri- 
bulations and  miferies  are  by 
little  and  little  worne  away 
with  time,  and  as  the  common 
faying  is,  Nothing  is  fooner  dried 

vp 


Hels  Torments,  [45 


vp  than  teares.  Onely  that  paine 
in  hell  is  alwayes  greene,  onely 
that  feauer  neuer  decreafeth, 
onely  that  extremity  of  heat 
knoweth  not  what  is  either  eue- 
ning  or  morning.  In  the  time 
of  Noahs  flood,  almighty  God 
rained  forty  dayes  and  forty 
nights,  continually  without 
ceafing  vpon  the  earth,  and  this 
fufficed  to  drowne  the  whole 
world.  But  in  that  place  of 
torment  in  hell,  there  fhall  raine 
euerlafling  vengeance,  and  darts 
of  furie  vpon  that  curfed  land, 
without  euer  ceafmg  fo  much  as 
one  onely  minute  or  moment. 
Now  what  torment  can  be 
greater  and  more  to  be  abhor- 
red, than  continually  to  fuffer 
after  one  like  manner,  without 
H  any 


165 


146  Hels  Torments. 


any  kinde  of  alteration  or 
change?  Though  a  meat  be 
neuer  fo  deHcate,  yet  in  cafe  we 
feed  continuall}-  thereupon,  it 
will  in  very  fhort  time  be  very 
loathfome  vnto  vs :  for  no  meat 
can  be  more  precious  and  deli 
cate  than  that  Manna  was, 
which  almighty  God  fent  down 
vnto  the  children  of  Ifrael  in 
the  Defart,  and  yet  becaufe  they 
did  eat  continually  thereof,  it 
made  them  to  loath  it,  yea,  and 
prouoked  them  to  vomit  it  vp 
againe.  The  way  that  is  all 
plaine  (they  fay)  wearieth  more 
than  any  other,  becaufe  alwayes 
the  variety  (yea,  euen  in  punilh- 
ment)  is  a  kinde  of  comfort. 
Tell  me  then,  if  things  that  be 
pleafant  and  fauory,  when  they 

be 


166 


Hels  Torments.  147 

be  alwayes  after  one  manner, 
are  an  occafion  of  loathfome- 
neffe  and  paine:  what  kinde  of 
loathfomeneffe  will  that  be 
which  Ihall  be  caufed  by  thofe 
moft  horrible  paines  and  tor- 
ments in  hell,  which  doe  con- 
tinue euerlailingly  after  one 
like  fort?  What  will  the  dam- 
ned and  curfed  creatures  think, 
when  they  fhall  there  fee  them- 
felues  fo  vtterly  abhorred  and 
forfaken  of  almighty  God,  that 
he  will  not  fo  much  as  with  the 
remiffion  of  any  one  finne,  mi- 
tigate fomwhat  their  torments. 
And  fo  great  fhall  the  fury  and 
rage  be  which  they  fhall  there 
conceiue  againft  him,  that  they 
fhall  neuer  ceafe  continually  to 
curfe  and  blafpheme  his  holy 
H  2  name. 


167 


148  Hels  Torments. 


name.  Vnto  all  thefe  paines, 
there  is  alfo  added  the  paine  of 
that  euerlafting  confumer,  to 
wit,  the  worme  of  confcience, 
whereof  the  holy  Scripture 
maketh  fo  oftentimes  mention, 
faying,  Their  worme  Jliall  neuer 
dye,  and  their  fire  fiiall  neuer  be 
quenched.  This  worme  is  a  fu- 
rious raging  defpight  and  bitter 
repentance,  without  any  fruit, 
which  the  wicked  fhall  alwayes 
haue  in  hell,  by  calling  to  their 
remembrance  the  opportunity 
and  time  they  had  whiles  they 
were  in  this  world,  to  efcape 
thofe  moft  grieuous  and  horri- 
ble torments,  and  how  they 
would  not  vfe  the  benefit  there- 
of. And  therefore  when  the 
miferable   fmner   feeth    himfelfe 

thus 


Hels  Torments.  149 


thus  to  be  tormented  and  vex- 
ed on  euery  fide,  and  doth  call 
to  minde  how  many  dayes  and 
yeeres  he  hath  fpent  idly  in  va- 
nities, paftimes,  and  pleafures; 
and  how  oftentimes  he  was  ad- 
uertifed  of  this  perill,  and  how 
little  regard  he  tooke  thereof: 
What  fhall  he  thinke?  What 
anguifh  and  forrow  fhall  there 
be  in  his  heart?  Haft  thou  not 
read  in  the  Gofpell,  that  there 
fhall  be  weeping  and  wailing,  ajid 
gnaJJiing  of  teeth?  The  famine 
of  -^gypt  endurd  onely  feuen 
yeares,  but  that  in  hell  fhall  en- 
dure euerlaftingly.  In  yEgypt 
they  found  a  remedy,  though 
with  great  difficulty  &  charge; 
but  for  this,  there  fliall  neuer  a- 
ny  remedy  be  found.  Theirs 
H  3  was 


169 


150  Hels  Torments. 


was  redeemed  with  money  and 
cattell,  but  this  can  neuer  be  re- 
deemed with  any  manner  of  ex- 
change. This  punifliment  can- 
not be  pardoned,  this  paine 
cannot  be  exchanged,  this  fen- 
tence  cannot  be  reuoked.  Oh, 
if  thou  kneweft  and  wouldeft 
confider,  how  euery  one  con- 
demned to  hell,  fliall  there  re- 
maine  tormenting  and  renting 
himfelfe,  weeping  and  wailing, 
and  faying;  O  miferable  and 
vnfortunate  wretch  that  I  am, 
what  times  and  opportunities 
haue  I  fuffered  to  paffe  invaineP 
A  time  there  was,  when  with 
one  cup  of  cold  water  I  might 
haue  purchafed  to  my  felfe  a 
crowne  of  glory,  and  when  alfo 
with    fuch    neceffary   workes  of 

mercy 


170 


Hels  Torments.  151 


mercy  in  relieuing  the  poore,  I 
might  haiie  gained  life  euerla- 
ftinsf-  Wherefore  did  I  not 
looke  before  me?  How  was  I 
bhnded  with  things  prefent? 
How  did  I  let  paffe  the  fruitfull 
yeares  of  abundance,  and  did 
not  enrich  my  felfe?  If  I  had 
beene  brought  vp  amongfh  In- 
fidels and  Pagans,  and  had  be- 
leeued  that  there  had  beene  no- 
thing elfe  but  onely  to  be  born, 
and  to  dye,  then  might  I  haue 
had  fome  kinde  of  excufe,  and 
might  haue  faid,  I  knew  not 
what  was  commanded  or  pro- 
hibited me:  but  for  fo  much  as 
I  haue  lined  amongft  Chriftians, 
and  was  my  felfe  one  of  them 
profeffed,  and  held  it  for  an  ar- 
ticle of  my  beleefe,  that  the 
H  4  houre 


.171 


152 


Hels  Torments. 


houre  fhould  come  when  I 
Ihould  giue  vp  an  account  after 
what  order  I  had  fpent  my  life: 
forfomuch  alfo  as  it  was  daily- 
cried  out  vnto  me  by  the  conti- 
nuall  preaching  and  teaching  of 
Gods  Embaffadours  (whofe 
aduertifements  many  follow- 
ing, made  preparation  in  time, 
and  laboured  earneftly  for  the 
prouifion  of  good  workes:) 
forafmuch  I  fay  as  I  made  light 
of  all  thefe  examples,  and  per- 
fwaded  my  felfe  very  fondly, 
that  heauen  was  prepared  for 
me,  though  I  tooke  no  paines 
for  it  at  all :  what  deferue  I  that 
haue  thus  led  my  life  ?  O  ye  in- 
fernall  furies,  come  and  rent  me 
in  peeces,  aud  deuoure  thefe  my 
bowels,  for  fo  haue  I  iuftly  de- 

ferued 


172 


Hels  Torments.  153 


ferued,  I  haue  deferued  eternall 
famifhment,  feeing  I  would  not 
prouide  for  my  felfe  while  I 
had  time.  I  deferue  not  to  reap, 
becaufe  I  haue  not  fowne;  I  am 
worthy  to  be  deflitute,  becaufe 
I  haue  not  laid  vp  in  ftore;  I 
deferue  that  my  requeft  fhould 
now  be  denied  me,  fith  when 
the  poore  made  requeft  vnto 
me,  I  refufed  to  releeue  them: 
I  haue  deferued  to  figh  and  la- 
ment fo  long  as  God  fhall  be 
God;  I  haue  deferued,  that  this 
worme  of  confcience  fhal  gnaw 
mine  entrails  for  euer  and  euer, 
by  reprefenting  vnto  mee  the 
little  pleafure  that  1  haue  en- 
ioyed,  and  the  great  felicitie 
which  I  haue  loft,  and  how  far 
greater  that  was  which  I  might 
H  5  haue 


173 


154  Hels  Tor^nents. 


haue  gained,  by  forgoing  that 
little  which  I  would  not  forgoe. 
This  is  that  immortall  worme 
that  fhall  neuer  dye,  but  fhal  lye 
there  euerlaftingly  gnawing  at 
the  entrailes  of  the  wicked, 
which  is  one  of  the  moft  terri- 
ble paines  that  can  poffibly  be 
imagined. 

Peraduenture  thou  art  now 
perfwaded  (good  Reader)  that 
there  can  be  added  no  more  vn- 
to  this,  than  hath  beene  faid. 
But  furely  the  mighty  arme  of 
God  wanteth  not  force  to  cha- 
ftice  his  enemies  more  &  more : 
for  all  thefe  paines  that  are  hi- 
therto rehearfed,  are  fuch  as  doe 
appertaine  generally  to  all  the 
damned :  but  befides  thefe  ge- 
nerall    paines,     there    are    alfo 

other 


174 


Hels  Torments.  155 


other  particular  paines,  which 
each  one  of  the  damned  fhall 
there  fiiffer  in  diuers  forts,  ac- 
cording to  the  qiiahty  of  his 
finne.  And  fo  according  to  this 
proportion,  the  hauty  and 
proud  fhall  there  be  abafed  and 
broug-ht  low  to  their  oreat  con- 
fufion.  The  couetous  fhall  be 
driuen  to  great  neceffity:  the 
glutton  fhall  rage  with  conti- 
nuall  hunQ^er  and  thirft.  The 
lecherous  fhall  burne  in  the  ve- 
ry fame  flames  which  they 
themfelues  haue  enkindled. 
And  thofe  that  haue  al  their  life 
time  hunted  after  their  pleafures 
and  paftimes,  fliall  Hue  there  in 
continuall  lamentation  and  for- 
row.  But  becaufe  examples  are 
of  very  great  force  to  moue  our 

hearts. 


175 


156 


Hels  Torments. 


hearts^  I  will  bring  onely  one 
for  this  purpofe,  wherby  fome- 
what  of  this  matter  may  the 
better  be  perceiued.  It  is  writ- 
ten of  a  certaine  holy  man,  that 
he  faw  the  paines  (in  fpirit)  of  a 
licentious  and  worldly  man  in 
this  fort.  Firfl  he  faw  how  the 
diuels  that  were  prefent  at  the 
houre  of  his  death,  when  hee 
yeelded  vp  his  ghofl,  fnatched 
away  his  foule  with  great  reioy- 
cing,  and  made  a  prefent  there- 
of to  the  prince  of  darkeneffe, 
who  was  then  fitting  in  a  chaire 
of  fire,  expe6ling  the  comming 
of  this  prefent.  Immediately  af- 
ter that  it  was  prefented  before 
him,  he  arofe  vp  out  of  his  feat, 
and  faid  vnto  the  damned  foule, 
that  he  would  giue  him  the  pre- 

heminence 


176 


Hels  Torments.  157 


heminence  of  that  honourable 
feat,  becaufe  he  had  beene  a  man 
of  honour,  ann  was  alwayes  ve- 
ry much  affe6led  to  the  fame. 
Incontinently  after  that  he  was 
placed  therein,  crying  and  la- 
menting in  that  honourable  tor- 
ment, there  appeared  before 
him  two  other  moft  ougly  di- 
uels;  and  offered  him  a  cup 
full  of  moft  bitter  and  ftinking 
liquor,  and  made  him  to  drinke 
and  caroufe  it  vp  all,  perforce; 
faying.  It  is  meet,  fi thence  thou 
haft  beene  a  louer  of  precious 
wines  and  bankets,  that  thou 
fhouldeft  likewife  proue  of  this 
€>ur  wine,  whereof  all  we  doe 
vfe  to  drinke  in  thefe  parts. 

Immediately  after   this  there 
came  other  two,  with  two  fiery 

um- 


177 


158  Hels  Torments. 


trumpets,  and  fetting  them  at 
his  eares,  began  to  blow  into 
them  flames  of  fire,  faying, 
This  melody  haue  we  referued 
for  thee,  vnderftanding  that  in 
the  world  thou  waft  very  much 
delighted  with  minftrelcie  and 
wanton  fongs:  and  fodainly  he 
efpied  other  diuels,  loaden  with 
vipers  and  ferpents,  the  which 
they  threw  vpon  the  breaft  and 
bellies  of  that  miferable  fmner, 
faying  vnto  him,  that  forfomuch 
as  he  had  beene  greatly  delight- 
ed with  the  wanton  embracingfs 
and  lecherous  lufhs  of  women, 
he  fliould  now  follace  himfelfe 
with  thefe  refrefhings,  inftead 
of  thofe  licentious  delights  and 
pleafures,  which  he  had  enioy- 
ed  in  the  world.     After  this  fort 

(as 


178 


Hels  Torments.  159 


(as  the  Prophet  Efay  faith  in  the 
47.  chapter)  when  the  finner  is 
punifhed,  there  is  giuen  meafure 
for  meafure,  to  the  end,  that  in 
fuch  a  great  variety  and  propor- 
tion of  punifhments,  the  order 
and  wifedome  of  Gods  iuftice, 
might  the  more  manifeftly  ap- 
peare. 

This  vifion  hath  ahiiighty 
God  fhewed  in  fpirit  to  this  ho- 
ly man  for  aduertifement  and 
inftru6tion,  not  that  in  hel  thefe 
things  are  ahogether  fo  mate- 
rially done,  but  that  by  them  we 
might  vnderfland  in  fome  man- 
ner the  varietie  and  multitude 
of  the  paines  which  be  there 
appointed  for  the  damned. 
Whereof,  I  know  not  how 
fome  of  the  Pagans  haue  had  a 

certaine 


179 


i6o  Hels  Torments. 


certaine  knowledge:  for  a  Poet 
fpeaking  of  this  multitude  of 
paines,  affirmed,  That  although 
he  had  a  hundred  mouthes,  and 
as  many  tongues,  with  a  voyce 
as  ftrong  as  ^Ton,  yet  were  they 
not  able  onely  to  expreffe  the 
names  of  them.  A  Poet  he  was 
that  fpake  this,  but  truely  therin 
he  fpake  more  like  a  Prophet  or 
an  Euangelift  than  a  Poet.  Now 
then,  if  all  this  euill  fliall  moft 
affuredly  come  to  paffe,  what 
man  is  he,  that  feeing  all  this  fo 
certainly  with  the  eyes  of  his 
faith,  will  not  turne  ouer  the 
leafe,  and  begin  to  prouide  for 
him.felfe  againft  that  time? 
Where  is  the  iudg^ment  of  men 
now  become?  Where  is  their 
wits?  yea,  where  is  at  leaft  their 

felfe- 


i8o 


Hels  Torments.  i6i 


felfe-loue,  which  feeketh  euer- 
more  for  his  owne  profit,  and  is 
much  affraid  of  any  loffe  ?  May- 
it  be  thought  that  men  are  be- 
come beafts,  that  prouide  onely 
for  the  time  prefent?  Or  haue 
they  peraduenture  fo  dimmed 
their  eye-fight,  that  they  cannot 
looke  before  them?  Hearken 
(faith  Efay)  O  yee  deafe  and  ye 
blinde,  open  your  eyes  that  you 
may  fee ;  Who  is  bhnde  but  my 
feruant?  And  who  is  deafe  but 
yee,  vnto  whom  I  haue  fent  my 
meffengers?  And  who  is  bUnd, 
but  he  that  fuffereth  himfelfe  to 
be  fold  for  a  flaue?  Thou  that 
feeft  fo  many  things,  wilt  thou 
not  fuffer  thy  felfe  to  fee  this? 
Thou  that  haft  thine  ears  open, 
wilt  thou  not  giue  eare  hereun- 
to? 


1 62  Hels  Torments. 


to?  If  thou  beleeue  not  this, 
how  art  thou  then  a  Chriftlan? 
If  thou  beleeue  it,  and  doefl  not 
prouide  for  it,  how  canft  thou 
be  thought  a  reafonable  man? 
Aristotle  faith,  That  this  is  the 
difference  betweene  opinion 
and  imagination,  that  an  imagi- 
nation alone  is  not  fufficient  to 
caufe  a  feare,  but  an  opinion  is: 
for  if  I  doe  imagine  that  a  houfe 
may  fall  vpon  mee,  it  is  not 
enough  to  make  me  afraid,  vn- 
leffe  I  beleeue  or  haue  an  opi- 
nion it  will  be  fo  indeede:  for 
then  it  is  fufticient  to  make  me 
afraid.  And  hereof  commeth 
the  feare  that  murderers  al- 
wayes  haue,  by  reafon  of  the 
fufpition  they  conceiue,  that 
their   enemies    doe   lye  in   wait 

for 


182 


Hels  Torments. 


163 


for  them.  If  then  the  opinion 
and  onely  fufpition  of  danger  is 
able  to  caufe  the  greateft  cou- 
rage to  feare,  how  is  it  that  the 
certainty  and  beleefe  of  fo  ma- 
ny and  fo  great  terrible  miferies 
(which  are  farre  more  fure  than 
any  opinion)  doth  not  make 
thee  to  feare.  If  thou  perceiueft 
that  for  thefe  many  yeares  paft 
thou  haft  led  a  licentious  and 
fmfull  life,  and  that  at  the  laft, 
according  to  prefent  iuftice, 
thou  art  condemned  to  thefe 
horrible  torments  in  hell:  if  al- 
fo  there  appeare  by  probable 
conie6lure^  that  there  is  no 
more  likelihood  of  thy  amend- 
ment for  enfuing  years  to  come, 
than  there  was  in  thofe  already 
paft,  how  happeneth  it,  that  run- 
ning 


164  Hels  Torments. 


nino^  headlonor  into  fo  manifeft 
a  danger,  thou  art  not  at  all  a- 
fraid  ?  Efpecially,  confidering 
the  finfull  ftate  wherein  thou 
liueft,  and  the  horrible  paines 
and  torments  which  doe  attend 
for  thee,  and  the  time  which 
thou  haft  loft,  and  the  endlefte 
repentance  which  thou  ftialt 
haue  therefore  in  the  moft  hor- 
rible torments  of  hell.  Affured- 
ly,  it  goes  beyond  the  compaffe 
of  all  common  fence  &  conceit 
of  humane  reafon,  to  confider, 
That  there  fhould  be  fuch  nesf- 
ligent,  wilfull,  groffe,  &  careleffe 
blindneffe,  able  to  enter  and  take 
fuch  deepe  rooting  in  the  foule 
of  man. 

The 


184 


i65 


The  Conclufion 
all  the  Preinifes. 


of 


F  now  all  this  be  fo, 
I  befeech  thee  euen 
for  the  bitter  paffi- 
on  of  our  fweet  Sa- 
uiour  lefus  Chrift, 
to  remember  thy  felfe,  and  con- 
fider  that  thou  art  a  Chriflian, 
and  that  thou  beleeueft  affu- 
redly  for  a  moft  vndoubted 
truth,  whatfoeuer  the  true  faith 
inftru6leth    thee.        This    faith 

telleth 


185 


1 66  The  Conclujion. 


telleth  thee,  that  thou  haft  a 
iudge  aboue  that  feeth  all  the 
fteps  and  motions  of  thy  life: 
and  that  certainly  there  fhall  a 
day  come,  when  he  will  require 
an  account  of  thee,  euen  for 
euery  idle  word.  This  faith 
teacheth  thee,  That  a  man  is  not 
altogether  at  an  end  when  he 
dieth,  but  that  after  this  tempo- 
rail  life,  there  remaineth  ano- 
ther euerlafhing  life;  and  that 
the  foules  dye  not  with  the 
bodies,  but  that  whiles  the 
body  remaineth  in  the  graue, 
vntill  the  generall  day  of  iudge- 
ment,  the  foule  fhall  enter  into 
another  new  country,  and  into 
a  new  world,  where  it  fliall  haue 
fuch  habitation  and  company, 
as  the    faith   and   workes   were 

which 


i86 


The  Conclujion.  167 


which  it  had  in  this  Hfe.  This 
faith  telleth  thee  alfo,  that  both 
the  reward  of  vertue,  and  the 
punifhment  of  vice,  is  a  thing 
fo  wonderful!,  that  although 
the  whole  world  were  full  of 
bookes,  and  all  creatures  were 
writers,  yet  fhould  they  all  be 
wearied,  and  the  world  come  to 
an  end,  before  they  ihould  end 
their  defcription,  and  make  a 
perfe(5l  declaration  what  is 
comprehended  in  each  one  of 
thefe  points.  This  faith  infor- 
meth  thee  alfo,  that  the  debts 
and  duties  which  we  owe  to  al- 
mighty God,  are  fo  great,  that 
albeit  a  man  had  fo  many  Hues 
as  there  be  fands  in  the  Sea,  yet 
would  they  not  fuffice,  if  they 
were  al  employed  in  his  feruice. 

And 


187 


1 68  The  Conclujion. 


And  this  faith  likewife  telleth 
thee,  that  vertue  is  fuch  an  ex- 
cellent treafure,  that  all  the  trea- 
fures  of  the  world,  and  all  that 
mans  heart  can  defire,  are  in  no 
fort  comparable  vnto  it. 

Wherefore,  if  there  be  fo 
many  and  fo  great  refpe6ts  that 
doe  inuite  vs  vnto  vertue,  how 
commeth  it  to  paffe,  that  there 
be  fo  few  louers  and  followers 
of  the  fame?  If  men  be  moued 
with  gaine  &  commodity,  what 
greater  comodity  can  there  be 
than  to  attain  life  euerlafting?  If 
they  be  moued  with  feare  of  pu- 
nifhment,  what  greater  punifh- 
ment  can  be  found,  than  the  mofl 
horrible  euerlafting  dreadfull 
torments  in  the  lake  of  fire  and 
brimftone,     to      continue     euer 

world 


i88 


The  Conclufion. 


169 


world  without  end?  If  that 
bonds  of  debts  and  benefits; 
what  debts  are  greater  than 
thofe  which  we  owe  vnto  al- 
mighty God,  as  well  for  that  he 
is  which  he  is,  as  alfo  for  that 
which  we  haue  receiued  of  him? 
If  the  feare  of  perils  doe  moue 
vs,  what  greater  perill  can  there 
be  than  death,  the  houre  there- 
of being  fo  vncertaine,  and  the 
account  fo  ftrait?  If  thou  be 
moued  with  peace,  liberty,  qui- 
etneffe  of  minde,  and  with  a 
pleafant  life,  (which  are  things 
that  all  the  world  defires)  it  is 
certaine,  that  all  thefe  are  found 
much  better  in  the  life  that  is 
gouerned  by  vertue  and  reafon, 
than  in  that  life  which  is  ruled 
by  the  affe6lions  and  paffions  of 
I  the 


1S9 


I/O 


The  Conchijioii. 


the  minde,  forfomuch  as  man 
is  a  reafonable  creature,  and  no 
beaft.  Howbeit,  in  cafe  thou 
account  all  this  as  not  fufficient 
to  moue  thee  thereunto,  yet  let 
it  fuffice  thee  to  confider  fur- 
ther, that  euen  almighty  God  fo 
abafed  himfelfe  for  thy  fake, 
that  he  defcended  from  heauen 
vnto  the  earth,  and  became 
man,  and  whereas  hee  created 
the  whole  world  in  fixe  dayes, 
he  beftowed  three  and  thirty 
yeares  about  thy  redemption; 
yea,  and  was  alfo  contented  for 
the  fame  to  loofe  his  life.  Al- 
mighty God  dyed,  that  finne 
fhould  dye;  and  yet  for  all  this 
doe  we  endeauour,  that  hnne 
might  hue  in  our  hearts,  not- 
that  our  Lord 
pur- 


withftanding 


190 


The  Conchijion. 


171 


purpofed  to  take  away  the  life 
of  finne  with  his  owne  death. 
If  this  matter  were  to  be  difcuf- 
fed  with  reafon,  fureiy  this  al 
ready  fpoken  might  fuffice  to 
preuaile  with  any  reafonable 
creature:  for  not  onely  in  be- 
holding almighty  God  vpon  the 
croffe,  but  whetherfoeuer  we 
doe  turne  our  eyes,  we  fhall 
finde,  that  euery  thing  crieth 
out  to  vs,  and  calleth  vpon  vs  to 
receiue  this  fo  excellent  a  bene- 
fit: for  there  is  not  a  thing  crea- 
ted in  the  world  (if  wee  duely 
confider  it)  but  doth  inuite  vs 
to  the  loue  and  feruice  of  our 
Sauiour  lefus  Chrift,  infomuch, 
that  looke  how  many  creatures 
there  be  in  the  world,  fo  many 
preachers  there  are,  fo  many 
I  2  books, 


191 


172  The  Conclufion. 


bookes,  fo  many  voices,  and  fo 
many  reafons,  which  doe  all  call 
vs  vnto  almighty  God, 

And  how  is  it  poffible  then, 
that  fo  many  callings  as  thefe 
are,  fo  many  promifes,  fo  ma- 
ny threatnings,  and  fo  many 
prouocationS;  fhould  not  fuffice 
to  bring  vs  vnto  him?  What 
might  almighty  God  haue  done 
more  than  he  hath  done,  or  pro- 
mifed  more  orreater  bleffmg-s 
than  hee  hath  promifed,  or 
threatned  more  grieuous  and 
horrible  torments  than  he  hath 
threatned,  to  draw  vs  vnto  him, 
and  to  plucke  vs  away  from 
fmne?  And  yet  all  this  not- 
withftanding,  how  commeth 
it  to  paffe,  that  there  is  fo  great 
(\  will   not  fay  arrogancy,  but) 

bewitch 


192 


The  Conclu/ion.  173 


bewitching  of  men,  that  doe  be- 
leeue  thefe  things  to  be  certain- 
ly true,  and  yet  be  not  afraid  to 
continue  all  the  da3^es  of  their 
life  in  the  committing  of  deadly 
fmnes?  yea,  to  goe  to  bed  in 
deadly  fmne,  and  to  rife  vp  a- 
gaine  in  deadly  fmne,  and  to 
embrue  themfelues  in  euery 
kinde  of  loathfome,  deteftable, 
and  odious  fm,  euen  as  though 
all  their  whole  endeauours  in- 
tended by  the  pra6life  of  fmne, 
to  refift  all  grace  and  fauour  in 
the  fio;ht  of  God?  And  this  is 
done  in  fuch  fort,  fo  without 
feare,  fo  without  fcruple  of 
minde,  fo  without  breaking  of 
one  houres  fleepe,  and  without 
the  refraining  of  an}'  one  deli- 
cate morfell  of  meat  for  the 
I  3  fame, 


193 


174  J^f^^  CoficltLjion. 


fame,  as  if  all  that  they  belee- 
ued  were  dreames,  and  old 
wiues  tales,  and  as  if  all  that  the 
holy  Euang-elifts  haue  written, 
were  meere  ii61;ion  and  fables. 
But  tell  me  thou  that  art  fuch  a 
defperate  wilfull  rebell  againft 
thy  Creator  and  Redeemer, 
which  by  thy  deteftable  life  and 
diffolute  conuerfation,  doeft 
euidence  thy  felfe  to  be  a  fire- 
brand prepared  to  burne  in 
thofe  euerlafting  and  reuenging 
horrible  fires  of  hell.  What 
wouldeft  thou  haue  done  more 
than  thou  haft  done,  in  cafe 
thou  haddeft  beene  perfwaded, 
that  all  were  meere  lyes  which 
thou  haft  beleeued?  For  al- 
though that  for  feare  of  incur- 
ring the  danger  of  the  princes 

lawes. 


194 


The  Conclujion. 


175 


lawes,  and  the  execution  of 
their  force  vpon  thee,  thou  haft 
fomewhat  bricleled  thine  appe- 
tites; yet  doth  it  not  appeare, 
that  for  any  fearc  of  Almighty 
God,  thou  hafl  refrained  thy 
will  in  any  one  thing,  neither 
from  carnall  pleafures,  not  from 
backbiting  and  Handering  thy 
neighbours,  nor  yet  from  ful- 
filling thine  inordinate  lufts 
and  defires,  in  cafe  thine  ability 
ferued  thee  thereunto.  Oh,  what 
doth  the  worme  of  thy  confci- 
ence  fay  vnto  thee,  whiles  thou 
art  in  fuch  a  fond  fecuritie  and 
confidence,  continuing  in  fuch 
a  diffolute  and  wicked  life  as 
thou  doeft?  Where  is  now  be- 
come the  vnderftanding,  iudge- 
ment,  and  reafon,  which  thou 
I  4  haft 


195 


176 


The  Conclujzon. 


haft  of  a  man?  Why  art  thou 
not  afraid  of  fo  horrible,  fo  cer- 
taine,  and  fo  affured  perils  and 
dangers?  If  there  were  a  difh 
of  meat  fet  before  thee,  &  fome 
man  (albeit  he  were  a  Iyer) 
fhould  fay  vnto  thee,  refraine  to 
touch  and  eat  thereof,  for  it  is 
poyfoned;  durft  thou  once  ad- 
uenture  to  ftretch  out  thy  hand, 
to  take  a  tafte  thereof,  though 
the  meat  were  neuer  fo  fauorie 
and  delicate,  and  he  neuer  fo 
great  a  Iyer  that  fhould  beare 
thee  thus  in  hand?  If  then  the 
Prophets,  if  the  Apoflles,  if  the 
Euangelifls,  yea,  if  Almighty 
God  himfelfe  doe  cry  out  vnto 
thee,  and  fay.  Take  heede  thou 
miferable  man,  for  death  is  in 
that   kind   of  meat,    and   death 

doth 


196 


J 


The  Conclttjion.  \  7  7 


doth  lye  lurking  in  that  glutto- 
nous morfell,  which  the  diuell 
hath  fet  before  thee?  How  da- 
reft  thou  reach  for  euerlafting 
death  with  tliine  owne  hands, 
and  drinke  thine  owne  damna- 
tion. Where  is  the  applying  of 
thy  wits,  thy  iudgement,  and  the 
difcourfe  and  reafon  which 
thou  haft  of  a  fpirituall  man? 
Where  is  their  light,  where  is 
their  force?  Sith  that  none  of 
them  doe  bridle  thee  any  whit 
from  thy  common  vfuall  vices. 
Oh  thou  wretched  and  care- 
leffe  creature,  bewitched  by  the 
common  enemy  Satan,  adiudg- 
ed  to  euerlafting  darkneffe,  both 
inward  and  outward,  and  fo 
doeft  goe  from  one  darkneffe 
to  the  other.  Thou  art  blinde 
I  5  to 


197 


1/8  The  Conclufio7i. 


to  fee  thine  owne  mifery,  iii- 
fenfible  to  vnderftand  thine 
owne  perdition,  and  harder 
than  any  Adamant,  to  feele  the 
hammer  of  Gods  word.  Oh,  a 
thoufand  times  moft  miferable 
thou  art,  worthy  to  be  lamen- 
ted with  none  other  tea  res,  than 
with  thofe  wherwith  thy  dam- 
nation was  lamented,  when  it 
was  faid,  Ljikc  19.  Oh,  that  thou 
knewejl  this  day  the  peace,  qiiiet- 
nejje,  and  trcafiircs,  which  At 
mighty  God  hath  offered  vnto 
thee,  that  doe  noiv  lye  hidden  from 
thine  eyes.  Oh  miferable  is  the 
da}-  of  thy  natiuitie,  and  much 
more  miferable  the  day  of  thy 
death:  forfomuch,  as  that  fhall 
be  the  beginning  of  thine  euer- 
lafting    damnation.       Oh,    how 

much 


ffS 


The  Conclufion.  i  79 

much  better  had  it  beene  for 
thee,  neiier  to  haue  beene  born, 
if  thou  fhalt  be  damned  in  the 
horrible  pit  of  hell  for  euer, 
where  the  torments  are  perpe- 
tually durable.  How  much 
better  had  it  beene  for  thee  ne- 
uer  to  haue  beene  baptifed,  not 
yet  to  haue  receiued  the  Chri- 
ftian  faith,  if  through  the  abu- 
fmg  thereof  by  thy  wicked  life, 
thy  damnation  fhall  thereby  be 
the  orreater?  For  if  the  ligfht  of 
reafon  onely  fufficeth  to  make 
the  Heathen  Phylofophers  in- 
excufeable,  becaufe  they  know- 
ing God  in  fome  degree,  did 
not  oflorifie  him  nor  ferue  him 
(as  the  Apoftle  faith  in  the  firft 
to  the  Rofnaiis)  how  much  leffe 
fhall  hee  be  excufed,  that  hath 

receiued 


199 


i8o  TIic  Conclufion. 


receiued  the  light  of  faith,  and 
the  water  of  Baptifme,  yea,  and 
the  holy  Sacrament  of  the  body 
and  blond  of  our  Lord  and  Sa- 
uiour  lefus  Chrift,  hearing  daily 
the  doctrine  of  the  Gofpell,  if 
hee  doe  nothing  more  than 
thofe  Pagan  Phylofophers  haue 
done. 

Now,  what  other  thing  may 
we  inferre  of  the  premiffes,  but 
briefly  to  conclude,  That  there 
is  none  other  vnderftanding, 
none  other  wifedome,  none  o- 
ther  counfell  in  the  world,  but 
that  fetting  afide  all  the  impedi- 
ments and  comberfome  -dan- 
gerous wayes  of  this  life,  wee 
follow  that  onely  true  and  cer- 
taine  way,  whereby  true  peace 
and  euerlafting  life  is  obtained. 

Here 


The  Conclujion.  1 8 1 


Hereunto  are  we  called  by  rea- 
fon,  by  wifedome,  by  law,  by 
heauen,  by  earth,  by  hell,  and  by 
the  life,  death,  iuftice,  and  mercy 
of  Almighty  God.  Hereunto 
are  we  alfo  very  "notably  inui- 
ted  by  the  holy  Ghofl,  fpeaking 
by  the  mouth  of  Ecclefiastiais 
in  the  fixt  chapter,  in  this  wife: 
My  fonne  harken  to  inftruction 
euen  from  the  firft  yeares  of  thy 
youth,  and  in  thy  latter  dayes 
thou  fhalt  enioy  the  fweet  fruit 
of  wifedome:  Approach  vnto 
it,  as  one  that  ploweth  and 
foweth,  and  with  patience  ex- 
pe61  the  fruitful  encreafe  which 
it  fhall  yeeld  vnto  thee.  The 
paines  that  thou  fhalt  take,  Ihall 
be  but  little,  and  the  benefits 
that  thou    fhalt   fpeedily   enioy, 

fhall 


1 82  The  Conchtjion. 


fhall  be  great.  My  fonne  hearken 
to  my  words,  and  negle6l  not 
this  my  counfell  which  I  Ihall 
giue  thee,  put  thy  feet  wilHngly 
into  her  fetters,  and  thy  necke 
into  her  chaines:  bow  downe 
thy  fhoulders,  and  carry  her 
vpon  thee,  and  be  not  difpleafed 
with  her  bonds:  approach 
neere  vnto  her  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  follow  her  wayes 
with  all  thy  ftrength,  feeke  for 
her  with  all  thy  diligence,  and 
fhe  will  make  her  felfe  knowne 
vnto  thee,  and  after  that  thou 
haft  found  her,  neuer  forfake 
her;  for  by  her  fhalt  thou  finde 
reft  in  thy  latter  dayes,  and  that 
which  before  did  feeme  fo  pain- 
full vnto  thee,  will  afterwards 
become  very  pleafant.  Her  fet- 
ters 


The  Conclujion.  183 


ters  fliall  be  a  defence  of  thy 
ftrength,  and  a  foundation  of 
vertue,  and  her  chaine  fliall  be  a 
robe  of  glory:  for  in  her  is  the 
beauty  of  life,  and  her  bonds 
are  the  bonds  of  health.  Hether- 
to  Ecclejiastiais.  Whereby  thou 
maieft  vnderftand  in  fome  de- 
gree, how  great  the  beauty,  the 
delights,  the  liberty,  and  riches 
of  true  wifdome  are,  which  is 
vertue  it  felfe,  and  the  know- 
ledge of  Almight}'  God,  wher- 
of  we  doe  intreat.  But  if  all 
this  be  infufhcient  to  mollifie 
our  ftony  hearts,  lift  vp  thine 
eyes,  and  fix  thy  thoughts  con- 
ftantly  to  behold  our  omnipo- 
tent God  in  his  mercy  and  loue 
towards  fmners  vpon  his  dying 
croffe,   where  he   made   full  fa- 

tisfaclion 


184  The  Conchtjion. 


tisfa6lion  for  thy  finnes.  There 
fhalt  thou  behold  him  in  this 
forme:  his  feet  nailed  faft,  look- 
ing for  thee;  his  armes  fpread 
abroad  to  receiue  thee,  and  his 
head  bowing  downe,  to  giue 
thee,  as  to  another  prodigall 
fonne,  new  kiffes  of  peace  and 
attonement,  From  thence  hee 
calleth  thee  (if  thou  wouldeft 
hearej  with  fo  many  callings 
and  cries  as  there  be  wounds  in 
his  whole  body.  Hearken  thou 
therefore  vnto  thefe  voyces,  and 
confider  well  with  thy  felfe, 
that  if  his  prayer  be  not  heard 
that  hearkeneth  not  vnto  the 
cries  of  the  poore,  how  much 
leffe  fhall  he  be  heard,  that  ma- 
keth  himfelfe  deafe  to  fuch  cries 
as  thefe,  being  the  moft  merci- 

full 


204 


The  Conchtjion.  185 


full  cryings  of  our  louing  faui- 
our,  and  intended  for  our  foules 
faluation.  Who  is  he  that  hath 
not  caufe  to  refokie  himfelfe 
wholly  into  teares  to  weepe 
and  bewaile  his  manifold  offen- 
ces ?  Who  is  he  that  can  lament, 
and  will  not  lament  at  this? 
vnleffe  he  be  fuch  a  one  as  feeth 
not,  nor  careth  not  what  "freat 
fhipwracke,  wafte,  and  hauocke 
he  maketh  of  all  the  riches  and 
treafures  of  his  foule. 


FINIS. 


205 


GODLY 

PRAYERS 

NECESSARY 

AND     V  S  E  F  V  L  L 

for  Chriftian  Families 

vpou  feiterall  oc- 

caftons. 


Therefore  I  fay  vntoyou,  What 
things  foeuer  yee  defire  zuhen  ycc 
pray,  beleeue  that  ye  receme  them, 
andyejhalt  hane  thcni. 


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M.S.    1628. 


Godly  Chrifti- 

an    Prayers. 


A  houJJtold  Prayer  for  pri- 
uate  Fa7nilies  in  the 


Morning. 


Oft  mighty  and  glori- 
ous God,  the  onely 
Craator  and  Gouer- 
nour  of  heauen  and 
earth,  and  all  things  therein 
contained,  we  miferable  finners 

here 


189 


209 


190  Morning  Prayer 


here  met  together  by  thy  grace, 
doe  in  thy  feare  proftrate  our 
felues  before  thy  throne  of  Ma- 
iefty  and  glory,  defiring  in  fome 
meafure  to  fhew  our  vnfained 
thankfuhieffe,  for  thy  innume- 
rable mercies  multiplied  vpon 
vs  from  the  firft  houre  of  our 
birth,  yea  before  our  birth,  and 
before  time  was.  Before  the 
foundations  of  the  world  were 
laid,  thou  out  of  thy  free  loue 
and  meere  mercy,  didft  ele6l  vs 
to  eternall  life,  when  thou  didfl 
reieft  others.  Thou  didft  cre- 
ate vs  after  thine  owne  image, 
engrauing  vpon  vs  the  chara- 
6lers  of  fpirituall  wifedome, 
righteoufneffe,  and  true  holi- 
neffe;  when  it  was  in  thy  power 
to  haue  made  vs  like  vnto  the 

beafls 


for  a  Familie.  1 9 1 

beafts  that  perifli;  yea,  to  haue 
equalled  vs  to  the  bafefl  of  thy 
creatures.  And  when  through 
our  owne  default  we  loft  that 
dignity,  thou  didft  fo  pittie  vs  as 
to  fend  from  thine  owne  bo- 
fome  thine  onely  begotten  Son 
to  recouer  it  for  vs,  and  to  re- 
ftore  it  to  vs,  and  that  with  no 
leffe  price  then  his  owne  heart- 
bloud.  Befides,  it  hath  pleafed 
thee  continually  to  fpread  the 
wings  of  thy  gracious  protecti- 
on ouer  vs,  to  ward  and  guard 
vs  by  thy  prouidence,  to  open 
thy  hand  and  to  replenifli  vs 
with  good  things,  to  continue 
our  life,  health,  ftrength,  food, 
raiment,  peace,  and  liberty,  to 
this  very  houre.  Thou  haft  e- 
uen  loaded  vs  with  thy  benefits, 

if 


192  Morning  Prayer 


if  we  had  hearts  rightly  to  con- 
fider  it;  thou  reneweft  thy  mer- 
cy toward  vs  eiiery  morning; 
and  the  night  paft  haft  giuen  vs 
a  teftimony  of  thy  loue:  For 
whereas,  for  the  fmnes  com- 
mitted the  day  before,  thou 
mighteft  euen  in  the  dead  of 
fleepe  haue  giuen  vs  a  fodaine 
call  out  of  this  world,  and  fo 
prefently  haue  brought  vs  to 
that  great  account  which  wee 
muft  make  before  thee,  thou 
vouchfafeft  yet  to  fpare  vs,  yea 
(which  is  more)  to  refrefh  vs 
with  comfortable  reft,  to  pre- 
ferue  vs  from  all  dangers  that 
might  haue  befallen  our  foules 
or  bodies,  and  to  bring  vs  in 
fafety  to  the  beginning  of  this 
day.       Heauenly    father,    grant 

that 


for  a  Familie.  193 

that  we  may  not  be  vnmindfull 
of  thy  manifold  mercies,  but 
that  wee  may  often  thinke  of 
them,  and  fpeake  of  tliem  to  thy 
glory;  and  that  the  conhdera- 
tion  thereof  may  ftirre  vs  vp  to 
denote  all  the  powers  of  our 
foules,  and  members  of  our 
bodies  to  thy  feruice.  Forgiue 
vs  our  former  vnthankfulneffe 
for  thy  mercies,  and  our  feueral 
abufes  of  them,  yea  pardon  all 
our  fmnes  pafl,  we  moft  hum- 
bly befeech  thee,  for  thy  owne 
mercies  fake,  and  for  thy  fonnes 
merits.  Our  fmnes  are  great 
and  grieuous,  for  in  fmne  we 
were  borne,  and  euer  fmce  haue 
we  gone  on  in  a  courfe  of  fmne 
and  rebellion  againft  thee,  we 
doe  daily  breake  thy  holy  pre- 
K  cepts, 


1 94  Morning  Prayer 


cepts,  and  that  againfl;  the  light 
of  our  owne  knowledge,  albeit 
we  know  that  thou  art  our  Cre- 
atour,  who  haft  made  vs;  our 
Redeemer,  who  haft  bought  vs 
with  the  precious  bloud  of  thy 
onely  begotten  Sonne;  and  our 
Comforter,  who  beftoweft 
vpon  vs  all  things  needfull  for 
our  beino-  and  well-beinsf,  for 
this  life  and  for  a  better  life. 
Yea  euen  thee,  thee  (O  Lord) 
haue  we  prefumed  to  offend, 
that  haft  beene  thus  abundantly 
mercifull  vnto  vs.  For  this  our 
vnthankefulneffe  and  wicked- 
neffe,  enter  not  into  iudgement 
with  vs,  wee  moft  humbly  be- 
feech  thee  from  the  bottome 
of  our  hearts;  but  haue  mercy 
vpon  vs,  haue   mercy  vpon  vs, 

moft 


>I4 


fo7^  a  Fafyiilie.  195 

moft  mercifull  Father,  and  in 
mercy  wafh  away  all  our  finnes 
with  the  bloud  of  lefus  Chrift, 
that  fo  they  may  neiier  be  laid 
to  our  charge,  nor  haue  power 
to  rife  vp  in  iudgement  againft 
vs.  Pierce  our  hearts  with  a 
feeling  of  our  finnes,  that  wee 
may  mourne  for  them,  as  wee 
ought  to  doe;  make  vs  to  loath 
and  abhorre  them,  that  we  may 
leaue  and  auoid  them,  that  we 
may  be  watchfull  againft  all 
occafions  of  fmne,  and  circum- 
fpe6l  ouer  our  owne  wayes. 
Poure  thy  fpirit  and  put  thy 
grace  into  our  hearts,  that  there- 
by we  may  be  inabled  for  thy 
feruice,  and  both  in  body  and 
foule  may  glorifie  thee  heere, 
that  wee  Tnay  be  glorified  of 
K  2  thee 


215 


196 


Morning  Prayer 


and   with    thee    hereafter, 
as   a   fpeciall    meanes    to 


thee 
And 

keepe  vs  in  fubie6lion  before 
thee,  worke  in  vs,  holy  Father, 
a  continuall  and  effe6luall  re- 
membrance of  this  earths  vani- 
ty, of  our  owne  mortahty,  of 
that  great  and  terrible  iudge 
ment  to  come;  of  the  paines  of 
hell,  and  ioyes  of  heauen  which 
follow  after;  O  let  the  remem- 
brance of  thefe  things  be  a  fpur 
to  prouoke  vs  vnto  vertue,  and 
a  bridle  to  hold  vs  in  from  gal- 
lopping  after  vice  and  wicked- 
neffe.  We  know  not  how  foone 
thou  wilt  fet  a  period  to  our 
Hues,  and  call  for  our  foules  to 
appeare  before  thee,  whether 
this  day  or  not  before  the  eue- 
ning;    O    prepare   vs    therefore 

for 


216 


for  a  Familie,  197 

for  the  houre  of  death,  that  we 
may  then  neither  feare  nor 
faint,  but  may  with  ioy  yeeld  vp 
our  foules  into  thy  mercifull 
hands,  and  doe  thou,  O  Father 
of  mercy,  receiue  them.  Let  thy 
mercifull  eye  looke  vpon  vs  this 
day,  fliield  vs  from  the  tempta- 
tions of  the  diuell,  and  grant  vs 
the  cuftody  of  thy  holy  Angels, 
to  defend  vs  in  all  our  wayes: 
enable  vs  with  diligence  and 
confcience  to  difcharge  the  du- 
ties of  our  callings,  and  crowne 
all  our  endeauours  with  thy 
bleffmg:  without  thy  bleffmg 
all  mans  labour  is  but  vaine, 
doe  thou  therefore  bleffe  vs  in 
our  feuerall  places;  oh  profper 
thou  our  handy-worke  Prouide 
for  vs  all  things  which  thou 
K  3  knoweft 


217 


198  Morning  Prayer 


knoweft  to  be  needful  for  euery 
one  of  vs  this  day.  Giue  vs  a 
fan6Hlied  vfe  of  thy  creatures, 
a  godly  iealoufie  ouer  ourfelues, 
a  continual  remembrance  of  thy 
omnifcience,  and  omniprefence, 
that  we  may  labour  to  approue 
our  very  thoughts  vnto  thee; 
weane  vs  from  the  loue  of  this 
world,  and  rauifh  our  foules 
with  the  loue  of  our  home  and 
thine  euerlafting  Kingdome. 
Defend  the  vniuerfall  Church, 
the  Churches  of  this  Land  ef- 
pecially,  our  gracious  King 
CharleSy  our  illuftrious  Queene 
Mary,  together  with  Prince  Pa- 
latine Ele6lour,  the  Princeffe 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  their 
Princely  iffue;  crowne  them 
with  thy  graces  here,  and  with 

thy 


2X8 


for  a  Familic. 

thy  glory  hereafter.  Be  with 
the  Magiftracie  and  Minifterie 
of  the  Reahiie,  make  thy  Gof- 
pell  to  flourifli  amongfl  vs  by 
the  labors  of  thofe  whom  thou 
haft  appointed  to  this  great  fer- 
uice.  Comfort  thine  affli6ted 
feruants,  in  what  place  or  cafe 
foeuer  they  be;  giue  vs  a  fel- 
low feeling  of  their  miferies, 
and  wifedome  to  prepare  our 
felues  againft  the  euill  day. 
Heare  vs  in  thefe  things,  and 
grant  what  elfe  thou  knoweft 
needfull  for  vs,  not  for  our  wor- 
thineffe,  but  for  thy  Sons  fake, 
our  alone  Sauiour,  in  whofe 
name  and  words,  we  conclude 
our  imperfe6l  prayers,  faying: 
Otir  Father y  &c. 

K4  A 


199 


219 


200 


0R« 


I@BI!IiX^I!M^B!IIIira9I 


A  houJJiold  Prayer  for  pri- 

nate  Families  ifi  the 
Eiteiting. 

Glorious  God,  in 
lefus  Chrift  our  orra- 
cious  Father,  wee 
wretched  creatures 
by  nature,  but  by  thy  grace  thy 
feruants  and  children,  doe  here 
make  bold  to  appeare  before 
thee  in  the  humility  of  our 
foules,  to  performe  fome  part 
of  that  dutie  which  wee  owe 
vnto  thee.  And  firft  we  offer 
vnto   thy    diuine     Maieftie    the 

calues 


220 


for  a  Familie.  20 1 

calues  of  our  lips,  the  facrifice 
of  praife  and  thankfgiuing  for 
thine  infinite  mercies  which 
thou  haft  becne  pleafed  to  con- 
ferre  vpon  vs  out  of  thy  bound- 
leffe  and  endleffe  goodneffe. 
What  thou  haft  done  for  vs  this 
day,  is  beyond  all  that  we  are 
able  to  expreffe  or  conceiue: 
thou  haft  preferued  vs  from  all 
perils  and  dangers,  fo  that  none 
of  thofe  iudgements  (which  our 
finnes  haue  deferued)  haue  bin 
infli6led  vpon  vs;  thou  haft 
inlarged  our  time  and  opportu- 
nitie  to  repent;  thou  haft  pro- 
uided  for  our  foules  and  bodies; 
thou  haft  bin  no  way  wanting 
vnto  vs,  if  we  had  hearts  to  ac- 
knowledge it.  Forgiue  vs  that 
wee  cannot  acknowledge  thy 
K  5  goodneffe 


202  Eueiiing  Prayej' 


goodneffe  as  we  ought  to  doe, 
and  more  and  more  quicken  vs 
in  this  dutie,  that  we  may  with 
heart  and  voyce  acknowledge 
thee  to  be  that  Father  of  Hghts, 
from  whom  we  doe  receiue 
euery  good  and  perfecl  gift: 
afcribino;  vnto  thee  the  whole 
glory  of  all  that  we  enioy,  both 
now  and  euermore.  And  grant 
we  pray  thee,  that  our  thank- 
fulneffe  may  not  be  onely  ver- 
ball,  but  reall,  we  labouring  in 
deede  and  in  truth  to  be  dutifuU 
vnto  thee  that  haft  bin  fo  boun- 
tifull  vnto  vs.  Pardon  vs  for  the 
fmnes  of  this  day,  wherein  we 
haue  offended  thee,  whether 
open  or  fecret,  of  ignorance  or 
of  knowledge,  of  inlirmity  or 
prefumption,      of     omifiion     or 

com- 


for  a  Familie.  20;; 

commiffion,  in  thought,  word 
or  deed.  The  finnes  of  this  day 
are  enough  to  plunge  vs,  foule 
and  body,  into  the  bottomeleffe 
gulfe  of  perdition.  If  thou 
fhouldefl  ftraightly  mark  them, 
what  anfwer  fhall  we  be  able  to 
make  thee,  how  fhall  we  dare 
to  appeare  in  thy  prefence,  be- 
fore whom  all  thy  creatures 
feare  and  tremble?  But  thy 
mercy  is  aboue  all  thy  workes; 
much  more  aboue  all  our  works  I 
of  fmne.  In  the  confidence  of 
thy  mercy  we  come  vnto  thee, 
befeeching  thee  in  thy  fonne 
Chrift  to  be  reconciled  with  vs, 
and  to  affure  vs  hereof  by  the 
certificate  of  thine  owne  bleffed 
fpirit.  Breake  the  ftrength  of 
fnine  that  would  fubdue  vs  more 

and 


223 


204  Euening  Prayer 


and  more ;  and  reare  in  vs  cleane 
hearts,  and  renew  a  right  fpirit 
within  vs.  Increafe  our  faith  in 
the  fweet  promifes  of  the  Gof- 
pell,  and  our  repentance  from 
dead  workes,  our  hope  of  eter- 
nall  hfe,  our  feare  of  thy  name, 
our  zeale  for  thy  glory,  our  ha- 
tred of  fmne,  our  loue  of  righ- 
teoufneffe,  our  contentment  in 
all  eftates,  our  patience  in  ad- 
uerfitie,  our  prudence  in  profpe- 
rity:  that  fo  being  furnifhecl 
with  the  endowments  of  grace 
here,  we  may  be  fitted  for  the 
enioyment  of  glory  hereafter. 
And  becaufe  the  night  is  now 
vpon  vs,  and  our  bodies  defirous 
of  quiet  reft,  wee  pray  thee  to 
take  vs  into  thy  bleffed  tuition, 
and  to  refrefh  our  wearied  bo- 
dies 


224 


for  a  Familie.  205 

dies  with  comfortable  fleepe. 
Prote6l  vs  and  all  that  doe  be- 
long vnto  vs  vnder  the  fhadow 
of  thy  wings,  defend  vs  from  all 
euill,  both  of  fmne  and  punlfli- 
ment:  keepe  vs  from  fecurity 
and  carelefneffe,  from  dulneffe 
and  drowfmeffe  of  fpirit,  from 
fire  and  robbery,  from  the  ma- 
lice of  Satan  and  all  his  adhe- 
rents, from  all  perils  into  which 
for  our  fmnes  we  might  iuftly 
fall.  Let  the  fight  of  the  bed 
mind  vs  of  that  laft  bed,  the 
graue,  wherein  we  are  fhortly 
to  take  vp  our  lodging,  we  know 
not  how  foone.  None  of  vs 
here  prefent  can  certainly  tell, 
whether  thefe  eyes  of  ours  once 
clofed  vp,  fhall  euer  any  more 
open     againe     in     this     world: 

therefore 


225 


2o6  Etiening  Prayer 


therfore  receiue  vs,  good  Lord, 
receiue  vs  into  the  armes  of 
thy  mercy,  vnto  thine  almighty 
prote6lion  wee  bequeath  our 
fekies,  foules  and  bodies,  and  all 
that  we  haue:  vpon  thy  mercy 
alone  we  caft  our  felues  both 
this  prefent  night  and  for  euer 
more.  Be  mercifull  to  thy 
whole  Church,  continue  the 
flourifhing  ftate  of  the  King- 
domes,  wherin  we  Hue.  Decreafe 
in  it  the  number  of  fuperftitious 
Papifts  and  prophane  Atheifts, 
and  increafe  in  it  the  number  of 
fuch  as  vnfainedly  feare  thee. 
Preferue  from  all  dano-ers  and 
confpiracies  our  religious  King 
Charles,  our  oracious  Oueene 
Mary,  the  Prince  Palatine  of 
Rhene,  with  that  excellent  Lady 

Elizabeth 


Z26 


for  a  Familic.  207 

Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  their 
children.  Giue  them  all  fuch  a 
meafiire  of  thy  fpirit  and  grace, 
that  they  may  feekc  to  aduance 
thy  kingdome  on  earth,  and  at 
laft  be  aduanced  to  thine  eiier- 
lafting  Kingdome  in  heauen. 
Endow  the  right  Honorable  of 
our  Priuie  Counfcll  with  all 
fuch  graces  as  may  make  them 
fit  for  fo  high  a  place.  Stirre  vp 
Magiftrates  and  men  in  autho- 
rity, to  endeauour  after  the  fur- 
thering of  thine  honour,  and  the 
benefiting  of  thy  people.  Make 
the  Miniflers  able  and  willing 
to  difcharge  the  duties  of  their 
weighty  calling  with  diligence 
and  confcience;  water  their  in- 
deauours  with  the  dew  of  hea- 
uen,  that   daily   fuch   as  belong 

vnto 


227 


2o8  Eueniiig  Prayer 


vnto  life  eternall  may  be  added 
vnto  the  Church.  Comfort, 
O  comfort  thine  affli6ted  fer- 
uants,  wherefoeuer  or  howfoe- 
uer  troubled:  fweeten  their  af- 
fli6lions  and  feafon  their  for- 
rowes  with  the  comforts  of  thy 
fpirit.  Giue  them  all  needfull 
affiftance,  and  in  thy  owne  time 
a  ioyfull  deliuerance.  And  make 
vs  ready  for  affli6lions,  that 
they  may  not  come  vpon  vs  as 
a  fnare,  but  that  we  may  in  good 
meafure,  like  wife  Virgins  be 
prepared  for  the  comming  of 
Chrift  lefus,  the  fv/eet  Bride- 
groome  of  our  foules.  Finally, 
we  pray  thee  beare  with  the 
weakeneffe,  and  coldneffe,  and 
imperfe6lion  of  our  prayers, 
&  to  grant  our  requefts,  not  for 

our 


228 


Euening  Praye7\  209 


our  merits,  but  for  thine  owne 
mercies,  and  for  the  fake  of  thy 
dearely  beloued  Sonne  lefus 
Chrifl,  who  died  to  make  fatif- 
fadlion  for  vs,  &  liueth  to  make 
interceffion  for  vs,  in  whofe 
words  we  fhut  vp  our  imperfe6l 
prayers,  faying,  as  himfelfe  hath 
taught  vs.     Otn^  Father,  <2fc. 

O    Lord  bleffe    and  faue  vs, 

make  thy  face  to  fhine  vpon  vs, 

thy    word    to    inftru6l    vs,    thy 

grace  to   dire6l  vs,  thy  Angels 

to  prote6l  vs,  thy  fpirit  to 

comfort  and  fup^^ort  vs, 

vnto  the  end,  and  in 

the  end.  Amen, 

Amen. 


A 


229 


A  Prayer  in  time 
of  Mui7^rc. 

H  Lord  God  of  hoafts, 
in  power  inuincible,  in 
v/ifedome  vnfearcha- 
ble,  in  mercy  incomprehenfible ; 
that  giueft  deliuerance  in  the 
time  of  trouble,  and  affiftance  in 
the  day  of  battel!;  wee  mofl 
humbly  and  heartily  befeech 
thee  to  faue  vs  from  all  thofe 
extremities,  and  in  fpeciall  from 
our  enemies,  which  our  fmnes 
doe  threaten   to  bring  vpon  vs. 

Hitherto 


A  Prayer  in  time  of  War  re.      2  1 1 

Hitherto  thou  haft  pleafed  to 
make  our  Nation  a  fpe6lacle  of 
thy  ineffable  jroodneffe,  but  we 
deferue  to  be  made  a  fpeftacle 
of  thy  vnfupportable  wrath. 
Our  contempt  of  thy  threat- 
nings,  our  abufe  of  thy  mercies, 
our  negle6l  of  thy  iudgements, 
with  infinite  other  inormities, 
doe  menace  the  taking  away  of 
thy  old  mercies,  and  the  bring- 
ing in  of  fome  iudgement.  We 
haue  iufl;  caufe  to  feare,  O  Lord, 
that  our  loud  and  crying  fmnes 
doe  call  in  our  enemies  vpon 
vs,  and  arme  them  againft  vs; 
yea,  that  they  are  already  preft 
and  prepared  to  execute  thy 
vengeance.  Then  open  our 
eyes,  we  pray  thee,  that  we  may 
fee  thy  Enfigne  fet  vp,  thy  Ban- 
ner 


231 


212  A  Prayer. 

ner  difplayed,  and  the  euidence 
of  thy  approaching-  fword :  open 
our  eares  that  wee  may  heare 
thee  blowing  of  thy  trumpet, 
and  giuing  the  alarum  to  warre : 
open  our  hearts  that  we  may 
not  be  fecure  in  fo  great  danger, 
but  may  quake  and  tremble  to 
fee  thy  hand  of  vengeance  be- 
fore vs.  And  howfoeuer  by  our 
fmnes  we  are  fet  in  the  middeft 
of  this  danger,  yet  let  the  hand 
of  thy  mercy  (^which  is  as  om- 
nipotent as  that  of  thy  iuftice) 
refcue  vs;  let  thy  out-ftretched 
arme  deliuer  vs.  Put  vp  thy 
fword  into  the  fcabbard;  oh 
bid  it  reft  and  be  flill.  Be  fauou- 
rable  and  gracious  vnto  this  thy 
Syon,  crowne  her  with  plenty, 
profperity,  and  vi6lory.     Let  not 

her 


232 


A  Pi^ayer. 

her  enemies  reioyce  in  her  fub- 
uerfion,  nor  triumph  in  her 
deflrLi6lion.  Hide  not  thy  face 
from  her  in  the  day  of  trouble; 
ftoppe  not  thine  eares  at  our 
prayers.  Be  vnto  vs  all  a  home 
of  faluation,  a  rocke  of  fafetie, 
a  wall  of  braffe,  a  flrong  tower 
and  fortreffe  againft  the  face 
and  force  of  our  enemies: 
diuert  their  defignes,  fruftrate 
their  enuie,  abate  their  fury, 
affwage  their  pride,  reftraine 
their  power:  and  in  thy  name 
let  vs  tread  them  vnder,  that 
malicioufly  and  mifchieuoufly 
rife  vp  againft  vs.  Suffer  not  the 
light  of  thy  Gofpel  to  be  eclip- 
fed,  nor  the  fplender  of  thy 
glory  to  be  obfcured;  let  not 
thy  name    be  diflionoured,   nor 

thy 


21 


233 


214  ^  Prayer. 

thy  Sanctuary  defiled,  nor  thy 
truth    ilandered:    but   now   and 
euer  defend  and  deliuer  (as  thou 
haft  formerly  done)  this  Church 
and   State,    from    plague,    Pefli- 
lence,  and  aboue  all,  that  moft 
terrible    vengeance,    the   detioti- 
ringJwo7'd:  and  that  for  his  fake 
who  hath  led  captiuity  captiue, 
and    like   a  vi6lorious   Conque- 
ror hath  triumphed  ouer  all  his 
enemies,   euen    lefus   Chrifl,   to 
whom  with  the  Father  and 
holy  Ghoft,  be  all  ho- 
nour and  glory. 
Amen. 


A 


234 


215 


A  Prayer  for  them  that 
ai'c  abojit  the  Sickc. 

Eare  vs,  Almighty  and 
moft  mercifull  God 
and  Sauiour,  extend 
thine  accuftomed  goodneffe  to 
this  thy  feruant,  which  is  grie- 
ued  with  fickneffe;  vifite  him 
(O  Lord)  as  thou  didfl  Peters 
wiues  mother,  and  the  Captains 
feruant,  reftore  vnto  this  ficke 
body  his  former  health  (if  it  be 
thy  will)  or  elfe  giue  him  grace 
to  take  this  thy  vifitation  pati- 
ently, 


235 


214  A  Prayer. 

ently,  that  after  this  painfull  life 
ended  he  may  dwell  with  thee 
in  euerlafting  life:  O  Lord,  be- 
hold we  bend  our  knees,  yea 
the  knees  of  our  hearts  with 
vnfained  prayers,  &  lift  vp  our 
eyes  to  the  throne  of  thy  mer- 
cies feat,  to  hearken  to  thefe  our 
petitions,  according  to  thy 
promifes,  therefore,  O  Lord 
grant  our  requefls,  we  are  ga- 
thered here  together  in  thy 
name,  in  the  behalfe  of  this  thy 
feruant;  deliuer  him  we  hum- 
bly befeech  thee,  from  thefe  his 
languifhing  paines  and  miferies 
of  fickneffe,  and  as  it  hath  plea- 
fed  thee  to  lay  thine  hand  vpon 
him;  fo,  O  Lord,  reftore  him 
to  his  former  health;  keepe  him, 
O     Lord,    from    fearefull     and 

terrible 


236 


A  Prayer.  215 

terrible  affaults,  and  defpightful 
temptations  of  the  diuell,  finne, 
and  hell:  deliuer  him,  O  Lord, 
as  thou  deliueredft  Noah  from 
the  raging  wanes  of  the  flouds; 
Lot  from  the  deftru(5lion  of  So- 
doine\  Abraham  from  the  feare 
of  the  Caldeans;  the  children  of 
Ifrael  from  the  tyranny  of  Pha- 
raoh ;  Datiid  from  the  hands  of 
Goltah;  the  three  men  from  the 
violence  of  the  fiery  furnace  in 
Babylon ;  Daniel  from  the  mouth 
of  the  Lyons;  Jonas  from  the 
belly  of  the  Whale,  and  Peter 
from  the  prifon  of  Herod:  Euen 
fo,  O  gracious  Lord,  deliuer  the 
foule  of  this  perfon,  both  now, 
and  whenfoeuer  he  fhall  depart 
hence  from  all  perill  and  dan- 
ger, open  vnto  him  at  the  houre 
L  of 


237 


2i6  A  Pray 67'. 

of  death  the  doore  of  Paradice, 
the  gates  of  heauen,  and  the  en- 
try of  euerlafting  life,  O    Lord 
lefus  Chrift  forgiue  him  all  his 
finnes^  and   lead    him   with   ioy 
into  the  kingdome  of  thy  hea- 
uenly  Father,  euen  vnto  the  bo- 
fome  of  Abi'aham,  and  appoint 
him  his  euerl  fting  reft  that  he 
may  reioyce  with  thee,  and  all 
the   ele6l    children   of  God,    to 
whom  be  all  honour,  glory, 
power,  and  domi- 
nion, Amen. 


The 


238 


Theficke  perfons 

Prayer. 


Ord     hearken     to 
prayer,   and    giue 


my 
eare 
to  my  humble  requeft, 
Lord  be  mercifull  vnto 
me,  and  giue  me  grace  patiently 
to  beare  the  croffe,  and  in  the 
midft  of  this  my  fickneffe  al- 
wayes  to  fay;  thy  will,  O  hea- 
uenly  Father,  be  done,  and  not 
mine;  forgiue  and  forget,  mofi; 
gracious  Father,  all  mine  iniqui- 
ties, blot  them  out  of  thy  re- 
membrance and  cafl  them  from 
L  2  thy 


217 


239 


2  [  8  A  Prayer. 

thy  fight,  O  Lord,  as  farre  as 
the  Eafh  is  from  the  Weft,  the 
North  from  the  South:  they 
are  many  and  innumerable,  let 
them  not  rife  vp  in  iudgement 
againft  me:  neither  enter  thou 
into  thy  narrow  iudgement 
with  thy  feruant,  O  Lord,  for 
no  flefli  is  righteous  before  thee, 
handle  me  not  according  to  my 
deferts,  deale  not  with  me  after 
my  wickedneffe,  neither  reward 
me  after  mine  iniquities ;  O  Lord 
my  God  looke  not  into  my  en- 
ormious  nor  inceftious  life :  I  am 
afhamed  of  my  fmnes,  and  aske 
pardon  for  my  faults,  euen  with 
a  repenting  heart  and  forrow- 
full  minde,  a  bleeding  foule, 
with  hidden  teares  of  a  true  and 
vnfained     repentance     for     my 

mifdeeds; 


240 


A  Prayer.  219 

mifdeeds;  yea,  my  wounded 
breaft  furcharged  with  oppref- 
fing  greefes,  doth  figh,  groane, 
and  lament  vnder  the  burthen 
of  my  heinous  crimes:  where- 
fore, O  Lord,  wafli  them  away 
with  thy  bloud  which  thou  haft 
Hied  for  my  fmnes,  and  I  fhall 
be  clean  and  pure  without  fpot; 
purge  me,  O  Lord,  with  thofe 
precious  drops  that  diflilled 
from  thy  tormented  heart,  and 
I  fhall  be  whiter  then  the  fnow, 
burie  mine  offences  in  the  fe- 
pulcher  of  thy  death,  and  cloath 
me  with  the  garment  of  righte- 
oufneffe,  O  Lord,  for  thine  in- 
finite goodneffe  and  mercy  fake 
receiue  me  into  thy  tuition  and 
fauour;  pardon,  O  Lord,  and 
remit  my  fins,  as  thou  forgaueft 
L  3  Dauid 


241 


220  A  Prayer. 

Dauid  his  murther  and  adultery 
with  Berjheba;  Saul  his  perfecu- 
tions  of  thy  people;  Peter  his 
deniall ;  Mary  Magdalen  her  laf- 
ciuious  life,  and  the  Ptiblican  in 
the  Temple  with  ftriking  his 
breafl  craued  th)-  gracious  par- 
don: faying,  Lord  hatie  mercy 
vp07i  me  a  Jinner,  and  although 
my  finnes  and  offences  are  farre 
greater,  and  more  grieuous  then 
thefe;  yet,  O  Lord,  thy  mercies 
exceede  and  are  far  more  com- 
paffionate  then  our  fmnes  ma- 
nifold; I  iuftifie  not  my  felfe,  O 
my  God,  by  the  offences  of 
thefe,  but  declare  thy  righteouf- 
neffe  and  mercifull  clemencies 
in  forgetting  and  forgiuing  our 
abhominable  trefpaffes  and 
tranfgreffions  of  thy  wil,  which 

though 


242 


A  Prayer. 

though  wee  are  froward,  yet 
thou  art  gentle,  though  we  are 
ftubborne,  yet  thou  art  meeke, 
and  though  we  run  headlong  to 
the  pits  brinke,  and  to  the  gates 
of  hell;  yet  thou  of  thy  good- 
neffe  calleft  vs  backe,  and  re- 
mitteft  all  that  wee  haue  done 
amiffe;  O  Lord,  I  haue  acknow- 
ledged my  faults  that  they  are 
beft  knowne  vnto  thee:  where- 
fore, O  Lord,  I  aske  forgiuenes 
for  the  fame,  fend  me  the  com- 
fort of  thy  holy  fpirit,  that  if 
thou  giue  me  my  former  health 
and  ftrength  of  body,  I  may 
amend  my  life  according  to  thy 
facred  will,  and  walke  worthi- 
ly in  thy  Lawes  and  Comman- 
dements:  if  it  be  thy  pleafure 
to  take  mee  hence  out  of  this 
L  4  tranfitory 


221 


243 


2  22  A  Prayer. 

tranfitory  life,  O  Lord,  grant 
that  I  may  reft  and  Hue  with 
thee  for  euer,  world  without 
end.  O  Lord,  heaken  vnto  thefe 
my  petitions  for  lefus  Chift  his 
fake,  I  aske  them  and  all  other 
things  which  thou  fhalt  thinke 
meet  both  for  our  foules  and 
bodies  in  the  fame  forme  of 
prayer  as  hee  himfelfe  hath 
taught  vs,  faying:   Our  Father, 


A 


244 


223 


A  Prayer  at  the  hoiire 

of  death. 


lefus      Chrift, 
art    the    onely 


Lord 

which 

health  of  all  men  liu- 
ing,  and  the  euerla- 
fting  life  of  them  which  dye  in 
thy  faith ;  I  wretched  fmner  giue 
and  fubmit  my  felfe  wholly  to 
thy  moft  bleffed  will,  being  fure 
that  the  thing  cannot  perifh 
which  is  committed  vnto  thy 
mercy,  I  moft  humbly  befeech 
thee,  O  Lord,  to  giue  me  grace 
L  5  that 


245 


22  4  A  Prayer. 

that  I  may  now  willingly  leaue 
this  fraile  and  wicked  flefh  in 
hope  of  the  refurreclion,  which 
in  better  manner  fhall  reflore  it 
to  me  againe,  grant  me,  O  Lord 
God  that  thou  wilt  by  thy  grace 
make  ftrong  my  foule  againft  all 
temptations,  and  that  thou  wilt 
couer  and  defend  me  with  the 
buckler  of  thy  mercy  againft 
the  affaults  of  Satan ;  I  acknow- 
ledge, that  there  is  in  my  felfe 
no  hope  of  faluation ;  but  all  my 
hope  and  truft  is  in  thy  moft 
mercifull  goodneffe,  I  haue  no 
no  merits  nor  good  workes, 
which  I  may  alleadge  before 
thee;  of  hnnes  and  euill  works, 
alas!  I  fee  a  great  heape,  but 
through  thy  mercy  I  truft  to  be 
of  the  number  of  the  to  whom 

thou 


246 


A  Prayer.  225 

thou  wilt  not  impute  their  fins, 
but  take  and  impute  mee  for 
righteous  and  iuft,  and  to  be  the 
inheritor  of  euerlafting  glory. 
Thou,  O  moil  mercifull  Lord, 
wert  borne  for  my  fake,  thou 
didft  fuffer  both  hunger  and 
thirfl,  thou  didfl  preach,  teach, 
pray,  and  faft  for  my  fake,  thou 
didft  all  good  workes,  and  fuffe- 
redft  mofl  grieuous  pangs  and 
torments  for  my  fake:  and  fi- 
nally, thov  gaueft  thy  moft  pre- 
cious body  to  dye,  and  thy  blef- 
fed  bloud  to  be  fhed  on  the 
croffe  for  my  fake:  wherefore 
moft  mercifull  Sauiour,  let  all 
thefe  things  profit  me,  which 
thou  haft  freely  giuen  mee, 
which  haft  giuen  thy  felfe  for 
me,   let  thy  bloud    cleanfe   and 

wafh 


247 


226  A  Prayei\ 

wafh  away  the  fpots  and  foule- 
neffe  of  my  finnes,  let  thy  righ- 
teoufneffe  hide  and  couer  my 
vnrighteoufneffe,  let  the  merits 
of  thy  bitter  fufferlngs  be  a  fuf- 
ficient  and  propitiatory  facri- 
fice,  and  fatisfa6lion  for  my 
fmnes:  giue  me,  O  Lord,  thy 
grace,  that  my  faith  and  beleefe 
of  thy  true  and  grieuous  death 
wauer  not  in  me,  but  euer  be 
firme  and  conftant,  that  the 
hope  of  thy  mercy  &  life  euer- 
lafting  neuer  decay  in  me,  that 
charitie  waxe  not  cold  in  me: 
and  finally,  that  the  weakneffe 
of  my  flefh  be  not  ouercome 
with  the  feare  of  death;  grant 
me  alfo,  O  mofl  mercifull  Saui- 
our,  that  when  death  hath  fhut 
vp  the  eyes  of  my  body,  yet  the 

eyes 


248 


A  Prayer.                       227 

eyes  of  my  foule  may  flill  be- 

hold and  looke  vpon  thee,  and 

that  when  death  hath  taken  a- 

way     the    vfe    of     my    tongue 

and  fpeech;  yet  my  heart  may 

cry,  and  fay  vnto  thee,  O  Lord, 

into  thy  hands  I  giue  and  com- 

mit my  foule.  Lord  lefus 

receiue  my  fpirit,  and 

take  mee  to  thy 

mercies,  A- 

me7i. 

A 

249 


228 


A  Prayer  for  a  IVommt  in 

time  of  her  trauaile. 

Ighteous  &  holy  Lord 
God,  I  doe  now  finde 
by  experience  the  fruit 
of  my  finne,  that  I  muft  trauaile 
in  forrow,  and  bring  forth  in 
paine:  and  I  vnfainedly  adore 
the  truth  of  thy  facred  Word, 
as  certifying  vnto  me,  that  for- 
row muft  be  in  the  Euening:  fo 
comforting  me  alfo  againft  the 
Morning,  that  a  Childe  fhall  be 
borne.     Willingly  I  doe  defire  to 

fubmit 


250 


A  Prayer.  229 

fubmit  my  felfe  in  hope  into 
this  thy  chaftifement;  and  to 
learne  the  defert  of  my  finne, 
horrible  in  themfehies,  that 
thefe  temporall  paines,  are  fore- 
runners of  eternall:  and  yet  by 
thy  mercy  may  be  fo  fan6lified 
vnto  me,  as  not  onely  to  pre- 
uent  eternal  vengeance,  but  alfo 
prepare  for  eternall  comforts, 
euen  to  be  Saued  by  bearing  of 
Children. 

Grant  me  therefore  (gracious 
Father^  true  repentance  and 
pardon  for  my  fmnes  paft,  that 
they  may  not  ftand  at  this  time 
in  this  my  neede  betweene  mee 
and  thy  mercy.  Giue  mee  a 
comfortable  feeling  of  thy  loue 
in  Chrift,  which  may  fweeten 
all    other   pangs,    though    neuer 

fo 


251 


230  A  Prayer. 

fo  violent  or  extreame:  make 
me  ftill  to  lift  vp  my  foule  vnto 
thee,  in  my  greateft  agonies, 
knowing  that  thou  alone  muft 
giue  a  bleffmg  to  the  ordinary 
meanes  for  my  fafe  deliuerance. 
Lay  no  more  vpon  me  then  I 
am  able  to  endure ;  &  fhrengthen 
my  weake  body  to  the  bearing 
of  what  forrowfoeuer,  by  which 
it  fhall  feeme  good  vnto  thee  to 
make  triall  of  me. 

Grant  me  to  confider  that 
howfoeuer  it  be  with  me,  yet  I 
am  alwaies  as  thine  hand,  whofe 
mercies  faile  not,  who  will  be 
found  in  the  Mount  and  greateft 
extremitie,  and  to  whom  be- 
long the  iffues  of  death :  fo  pre- 
pare me  therefore  to  death,  that 
I   may  be  fit   for  life,   euen  to 

yeeld 


252 


A  Prayer.  231 

yeeld  fruit  aliue  vnto  the  world, 
and  to  be  renewed  and  enabled 
to  nourifh  the  fame.     And  when 
thou  haft  fafely  giuen  mee  the 
expelled    fruit   of   my   wombe, 
make  me  with  a  thankfull  heart 
to    confecrate   both    it   and    my 
felfe   wholly   to   thy  feruice  all 
the   dayes   of  my  life,  through 
lefus  Chrift  mine  onely  Sa- 
uiour  and  Redee- 
mer, Amen. 


A 


253 


2^2 


A  Thajikfgming  after 
fafe  deliuerance. 

Bleffed  for  euer  be  thy 

great       and       glorious 

Name  (moft  deere  and 

Father)    for    thy    great 

to   me   moft  weake  and 

fmfull  woman. 

Wonderfull  art  thou  in  all 
thy  workes  (O  Lord)  the  riches 
of  thy  mercies  are  paft  finding 
out :  thou  haft  plunged  me  with 
great  affli6lions,  and  yet  thou 
haft  returned  and  refrefhed  me 

againe : 


louing 
mercy 


254 


A  Prayer.  233 

againe:  thou  haft  brought  me 
to  the  feare  of  the  graue,  and 
yet  thou  haft  raifed  me  vp  again 
to  life,  O  how  haft  thou  ftiew- 
ed  thy  power  in  my  weakneffe? 
How  hath  thy  louing  kindnefte 
preuailed  againft  my  vnworthi- 
nefte?  Thou  mighteft  for  my 
fmnes  haue  left  me  to  perifti  in 
mine  extremities,  but  thou  haft 
compaffed  me  about  with  ioy- 
full  dehuerance:  thou  migfhteft 
haue  made  my  wombe  a  graue 
to  burie  the  dead:  or  in  aftbor- 
ding  Hfe  to  another,  thou  migh- 
teft haue  procured  my  death, 
but  yet  thou  haft  not  onely 
made  my  wombe  a  wel-fpring 
of  life,  but  reftored  life  vnto 
me  alfo,  for  the  cheriftiine 
thereof.     Marueilous   (O   LordJ 

are 


255 


234  ^  Prayer. 

are  thy  workes,  infinite  are  thy 
mercies,  my  foule  by  prefent 
experience  knoweth  it  well.  O 
my  foule  praife  thou  the  Lord, 
and  all  that  is  within  me  praife 
his  holy  name.  My  foule  praife 
thou  the  Lord,  and  forget  not 
all  his  benefits.  Thou  haft  heard 
my  prayers,  and  looked  vpon 
my  forrow,  thou  haft  redeemed 
my  life  from  death,  and  healed 
mine  infirmities,  and  crowned 
me  with  thine  euerlafting  com- 
paffions. 

O  giue  me,  I  humbly  pray 
thee,  a  thankfull  heart,  not  onely 
now  while  the  memory  &  fenfe 
of  thy  fauour  is  frefli  before 
me,  but  continually  euen  fo 
long  as  I  haue  any  being. 

Grant  that  I   may  learne  by 

this 


256 


A  Prayer.  235 

this  liuely  euidence  of  thy  pow- 
er and  mercy,  for  euer  hereafter 
to  depend  onely  on  thee.  Quic- 
ken me  alfo  to  all  holy  duties, 
that  my  thankfulneffe  may  ap- 
peare  In  my  pure  and  Chriftian 
carriage. 

Make  me  a  kind  and  carefull 
mother,  willing  to  vndergoe  the 
paine  and  trouble  of  education. 
Let  no  niceneffe  or  curiofitie 
hinder  mee  from  thofe  feruices, 
to  whom  both  nature  and  reli- 
gion hath  appointed  me :  let  me 
alfo  be  carefull  when  time  re- 
quireth,  to  feafon  the  fruit  thou 
haft  giuen  me,  with  the  fauing 
knowledge  of  thee,  &  thy  deere 
Son,  that  my  defire  may  mani- 
feftly  appeare  to  be  fet  for  the 
encreafe     of     thy      Kingdome. 

Vouchfafe 


257 


236  A  Prayer. 

Vouchfafe  fo  to  order  my  affe- 
6lions  &  to  bring  them  in  obe- 
dience vnto  thee,  that  if  it  fhold 
be  thy  pleafure  either  now  or 
hereafter  to  take  this  Infant  fro 
me,  I  may  as  willingly  part  with 
it,  as  thou  freely  gaue  it  me. 

And  now  (O  God)  perfe6l  in 
mee  that  ftrength  which  thou 
haft  begun,  make  me  to  grow  in 
care  to  ferue  thee  faithfully, 
both  in  the  duties  of  pietie,  and 
in  other  bufmeffe  of  my  place 
and  calling,  that  I  may  be  a 
comfort  to  my  husband,  and 
example  to  my  neighbours,  a 
grace  to  my  profeffion,  and  a 
meanes  of  glorie  to  thy  Name, 
through  lefus  Chrift  my  Lord 
and  Sauiour,  Amen. 


FINIS. 


258 


THE 

Common   Cals, 

Cryes  and  Souuds 
of  the  Bell-man. 

OR 

Diuers  Verfes  to  put 

vs  in  minde  of  our 
mortalitie. 

Which  may  fcruc  as  warnings 

to  be  prepared  at  all  times 

for  the  day  of  our 

death. 


Printed  at  Loudon  for 
M.S.     1628. 


For  Chriftmas  day. 

T3  Emember  all  that  on  this  morne, 
•^  ^Our  blejjed  Satiior  Chriji  zuas  borne  \ 
Who  ijffued front  a  Virghi  ptire, 
Our foules  from  Sathan  to  fecure, 
And patronife  our  feeble  fpirit, 
That  we  through  him  may  heauen  inherit. 


For  Saint  Stephens  night. 

"^"^His  blefsed  time  beare  in  your  miiide, 

^  How  that  blefl  Martyr  Stephen  dy- 

In  whom  was  all  that  good  confinde,  (ed, 

That  might  withfiefJi  and  bloud  abide: 

M  In 


261 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


In  do^rine  and  example  he 
Taught  what  to  doe,  and  what  to  flee: 
Full  of  thefpirit  he  would  preach, 
Againfl  opinions  falfe  and  naught, 
Confute  them  too,  and  boldly  teach 
What  Chrifi  himfelfe  to  him  had  taught ; 
For  which  at  lafl  he  lost  his  breath, 
Stond  by  theflony  hearts  to  death:   (end, 
Let  vs  then  learn  by  this  blest  Martyrs 
To  fee  our  follies,  and  our  Hues  amend. 


For  Saint  yohns  day. 

^  I  ^His  man  the  word  did  boldly  teach, 
"*-  Saw    Christ   transformed,  and  did 
The  glory  in  that  Mount  hcfaw;  (preach, 
And  by  that  glory  flroue  to  draw, 
The  fonle  of  man  to  flnne  cc  thrall. 
To  heaueit,  to  which  God  fend  vs  all. 

For 


262 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


For  Innocents  day. 

"  I  "" He  fivords  of  W^troA's,  fcruants  tooke 
-*-  Sitchfweet yo7ig  things,  as  with  a  look 
Might  make  a  heart  of  Marble  melt, 
But  they  nor  grace,  nor  pittie  felt; 
Some  from  the  cradle,  fome  awake. 
Some  fweetly  fleeping,  fome  they  take 
Dandled  vpon  their  mothers  lap, 
Sotnefrom  their  armes,  fome  from  the  pap. 


For  New-yeares  day. 

A  LL  you  that  doe  the  Bell-7nan  heare, 
^^-^The  firfl  day  of  this  hopefull  yeare; 
I  doe  in  loue  admonifli  you, 
To  bid  your  old  fins  all  adue, 

M  2  And 


U 


263 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


And  walke  as  Gods  hi/l  Law  requires, 
III  holy  deeds  and  good  dejires, 
Which  if  to  doe  youle  doe  your  de/i, 
God  will  in  Chrijl  forgitie  the  7'eji. 


For  Saint  Daiiids  day. 

J  Am  no  Welchman,  but  yet  to  JJiow 
•^  The  loue  I  to  the  Countrey  owe, 
I  call  this  morning,  and  befeeke 
Each  man  prepare  him  for  his  Leeke; 
For  as  I  heare  fomc  men  fay, 
The  firfl  of  March  is  Saint  Dauids  day. 
That  worthy  Britaine,  valia^it,  wife, 
Withstood  his  Countries  enemies. 
And  caufed  his  Souldiei's  there  to  choofe 
Leekes  for  to  know  them  from  his  foes; 
Who  brattely  fought,  and  conquest  zvon, 
Andfo  the  ctistome  first  begtm. 

Then 


264 


The  Bel  mans  Sounds. 


Then  zueare yo2U^  Leeks,  and  doe  notJJiame 
To  memorise yo7cr  zuorthies  name: 
So  noble  Britaines  all  adew, 
Lotiejlill  King  Charles, /"^r  /le  louesyoii. 


For  the  5.  of  Nouemb. 

A   Wake  Vix\X2AW<^'s>  fubic^ls 
-^  -^       zuith  one  accord, 
Extoll  and  p7'aife, 

and  ma.gnijie  the  Lord, 
Htimble  yonr  hearts, 

and  zvitk  deuotionfing 
Praifes  of  thanks  to  God 

for  onr  moft gracious  King; 
This  zjuas  the  night 

zvhen  in  a  darkfoine  Cell, 
Treafon  zvas  found  in  earth 

it  hatcht  in  hell', 

M  %  And 


265 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


And  had  it  tooke  cffeft, 

zvhat  would  miail'd  our  forrozu, 
The  iraine  being  laid 

to  haue  blozune  vs  vp  dtlUmorroiu? 
Yet  God  07ir  guide 

rcueafd  the  damned  plot, 
And  they  themfelues  dejlroyd, 

and  we  zvere  not. 
Then  let  vs  not  forget 

him  thankes  to  render, 
That  hath  pre/enid  and  kept 

our  faiths  defender. 


For  Good  Fry  day. 


\  LL  you  that  nozu  in  bed  doe  lye, 
'^^~^Know,  lefts  Chrifl  this  night  did  dye. 


Otirfoules  mofl  finftll  for  to  fane, 
That  zvc  eternal  I  life  might  haue\ 


His 


266 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 

His  whips, his gronesjiis  crowit  ofthoi^nes, 
Would  make  vs  zueepc,  lament,  and  mourn. 


For  Sunda)\ 

T    Et  labour  pajffe,  let  prayer  be 
■*— '  This  day  the  chiefejl  worke  for  thee, 
Thy  felfe  andferuants  more  and  lejfe, 
This  day  mujl  let  all  labour  pajjfe. 


All  hale  to  yon  thatjleepe  and  rest\ 
Repent,  awake,  yourjlnnes  detest, 
Call  to  yottr  minde  the  day  of  doome, 
For  then  our  Sauiour  Christ  will  come, 
Acconipt  to  hmie  he  hath  decreed, 
Ofeuery  thought,  word,  zvorke,  anddeede: 
And  as  lue  haue  our  thnes  here pci/l, 
So  fliall  our  htdgements  be  at  last. 

A  4  As 


267 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


A  S  darkeforne  night 
■^^^^^     vnto  thy  thoughts  prefent, 
What  'tis  to  want 

the  dayes  bright  Element, 
So  let  thy/onle  defcend 

throzigh  contemplation, 
Where  vtter  darkncjfe  keepes 

her  habitatio7i, 
Whe7'-e  endlejffe,  eafelejfe 

pines  remedilejfe 
Attend  to  tortm^e /innes 

curji  wilfulnejjfe : 
O  the7i  remember 

whiljl  thou  yet  haft  time 
To  call  for  mercy  for 

each  forepast  crime; 
And  zuith  good  Dauid 

zuafti  thy  bed  with  teares, 

That 


268 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


Thatfo  repentance  may 

fnbduc  hels  f cares : 
Then  JJiall  thy  foule 

more  pw^er  then  the  Sunnc, 
loy  as  a  Gyant 

her  bcjl  race  to  runne, 
And  in  vnf potted  robes 

her /elf e  addrej/e 
To  meet  her  Lord 

that  Sonne  of  rightcoiifneffe, 
To  whom  with  God  the  Father 

and  the  Spirit 
Be  all  due  praife, 

where  all  trne  ioyes  inherit. 


'  I  "He  Belman  like  the  wakefttll 

■*-         morning  Cocke, 
Doth  w ante  yon  to  be  vigilant 
and  wife: 

M  5  Looke 


269 


The  Bel-mans  Sound- 


Looke  to  yoit-r  fire,  your  candle 

and yozir  lockc, 
Preuent  zvhat  may  tlirotigh 

negligence  ari/e; 
So  may  yottfieepe  with  peace 

and  zvakc  with  icy, 
And  no  mifihaiices  fiiall 

yourfiatc  annoy. 


^SJ^Our  beds  compare  vnto  the  graue, 

-*-    Then  thinke  what  fepzilcher you  kane. 
For  though  you  lay  you  dozune  tofieepe, 
The  Belman  zvakes  your  peace  to  keepe, 
And  nightly  zualkes  the  round  al>ont, 
To  fee  if  fire  and  light  be  out; 
Butwhe7i  the  morne  {dayes  light)  appear es 
Be  you  as  ready  for  yotir  pt'-ayers: 
So  fiiall your  labours  thi^iue  each  day. 
That  you  the  Belman  zvell  may  pay. 

Like 


270 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


T    ike  to  ike  Searnaii  is  our  life, 
-*"^  Tojl  by  the  zuaues  offinfulljirife, 
Finding  no  grotmd  zvhereon  tojland, 
Vncertaine  death  isjiill  at  ha7id'. 
If  that  our  lines  fa  vainlefse  be, 
Then  all  the  world  is  vanitie. 


'^Y^Hofe  that  Hue  in  wrath  and  ire, 
-■-  And goe  to  rest  in  anyfimte, 
They  are  worfe  vnto  their  houfe  the  fire, 
Or  violent  theeues  that  zvould  breake  in. 
Thenfeeke  tofliun  with  all  your  might, 
That  Hidras  head,  that  moii/lrous  fifi; 
That  God  may  blcffe  your  goods  abroad. 
And  eke  alfo  yottr  felucs  within. 

Sleepe 


271 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


Q^Leepe  on  in  peace,  yet  zvaking  be, 
"^  And  dread  his  powerfull  Mates  tie, 
Who  can  tranjlate  the  irkefome  night, 
From  darknejfe  to  that  gloi'ious  light, 
Whofe  radient  beames  zvhen  once  they  rife. 
With  zvinged fpeed  the  darkneffeflyes. 


"  I  ^Hoii  God  that  art  our  helpe  at  hand, 
-*-  Preferjie  and  keepe  ottr  King  &  land 
Freni  for7^aigne  and  domesticke  foes, 
Siich  as  the  word  and  truth  depofe; 
And  e7ier  pro/per  thofe  of  pit  tie, 
That  lone  the  peace  of  this  02ir  Citie. 


A 


Wake  from  fleepe,  awake  from  fin, 
W^ith  voycc  and  heart  to  call  on  him, 

Who 


272 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


Who  from  aboue  pleaf  d  to  dcfccnd, 
From  Sathaiis  malice  to  defend 
Our  forfeit  foulcs,  to  that  rich  grace 
Whe7^c  zve  mayflill  behold  his  face. 


T    Et  vs  repare  and  God  implore, 
-"-^  That  henceforth  ive  tranfgrcs  7w  more 
And  that  our  ioy  be  at  this  tide, 
That  we  in  him  be  fatisfidc, 
ThenfJiall  we  all  for  his  deare  fake, 
Be  blefi  afleepe,  be  blefl  awake. 


Ith  neither  men  nor  Angels  know, 
When  as  the  dreadful  trump fJial  blozu, 
Nor  when  our  Sauiour  Chrifl  fJiall  come 
To  giue  the  zuorld  a  wofull  doome ; 
Thinke  then  but  what  a  cafe  you're  in, 
That  fleepe  in  vnrepented fi^me : 

O 


211 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


O  2vake,  O  wake,  O  watch  and  pray. 
And  thiiike  vpon  this  dreadfull  day. 


(^Leepe  7tot  fo  found,  rest  not  fecure, 
'^  Marke  well  my  words,  of  this  beftire 
The  waking  Virgins  pafl  the  gate, 
When  thofe  that  flept  came  all  to  late: 
Wherefore  be  ivatchfidl  in  your  center. 
That  yon  may  luith  the  Bridegrome  enter. 


T  F  wicked  impes  zuake  day  and  night, 
-^  And  keepe  their  candle  alwayes  light, 
And  all  their  skill  and pra^ife  bend, 
To  bring  their  da^nned plots  to  end', 
Let  vs  not  fleepe,  but  laud  his  skill, 
That  frustrates  all  their  proie^s  flill. 


The 


274 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


^  I  ^He  night  zuellfpent, 

-*-         the  day  drazues  nigh, 
A  wake  from  Jleepe 
andfinne  defie, 
All JluggiJJi  Jloath  expcll  azaay, 
Haue  still  in  mijide  the  iitdgement  day, 
When  dcadjliall  rife  at  trumpets  call, 
The  grajies  JJiall  open  wide  with  all. 


A,  Rife  from  finne, 
■'^^-       awake  from  fleepe, 
The  earth  doth  mournc, 
The  heatiens  weepc\ 
The  zvinds  and  Seas  diflcmpered  bin, 

And  all  by  reafon  of  ma7is  fn : 
Wherefore  arife,  lay  fleepe  afidc, 

And  call  on  God  to  be  your  gtddc, 

From 


275 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


From  raging  fzuord  and  arroiues  flight, 
And  from  the  terroiirs  of  t  lie  night; 
From  fl res  flame,  from  flit  and  for  row, 
God  blefle  you  all,  andfo  good  morrow. 


S^LL  yon  ivhich  in  your  beds  doe  lye, 
"^^  Vnto  the  Lord  ye  ought  to  cry, 
That  he  would pai'don  all yotirflnnes; 
And  thus  the  Belmans prayer  begins; 
Lordgiue  vs  grace  ourflnful  life  to  mend, 
And  at  the  lafl  to  fend  a  ioyfull  end: 
Hatting  put  out  your  flre  and  your  light. 
For  to  conchide,  I  bid  you  all  good  night 


'\llAns  life  is  like  a  warfare 
■^^ ^    071  the  earth, 
Whofe  time  is  fpent  with 
troubles,  toyles  and  cares, 

SubieH: 


>■](> 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 

Stcbiefl  to  all  temptations 

from  /lis  birth : 
///  woe  he  Hues  and  dyes 

at  vnawares, 
The  fiirejl  fignc  trite 

fort  it  tide  tofhoiu, 
Is  in  his  life  all 

vice  to  ouerthrow. 


f~\Harkc,  O  harke  my  Maflers  all, 
^^  To  your  poore  feruants  cry  and  call : 
And  know  all  you  that  lye  at  eafe, 
That  our  great  God  may  if  hepleafe, 
Depriue  you  of  your  vitall  breath : 
Thc7ifleeping,  thinke  yourfleep  is  death. 


y    jEt  true  repentance  cleanfe  your  fin, 

hin 
That 


I     " 

■*-^And  then  your  foules  comend  to  him, 


277 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


That  by  his  death  hath  raifd  and  ctird 
The  dead,  the  blinde,  and  the7)i  aJJ'u7'ed 
To  giue  to  thefn  eternall  rcjl, 
To  Hue  in  heaue^i  among  the  blejl. 


Confejje  thy  finnes  to  God  on  hie, 
Who  pardons  Jinners  when  they  cry; 
Bewray  thy  faults  to  hii7i  in  time, 
Who  zvill  in  Christ  forgitie  thy  crime. 


T  T  E  that  on  the  croffe  hath  dyed, 
^  ^  And  for  our  finnes  was  crucified, 
Be  you  euer  blefi  ui  him. 
And  clcanc  remitted  from  yottr  finne : 
Be  it  granted  as  I  hauc  praid, 
Andfo  the  Belman  I'esteth paid. 


All 


278 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


\  LL  yoiL  that  in  bed  doe  lye, 
■^^^Harken  zvell  to  zoliat  I  cry, 
Lcaue  of  your  Jiiines,  repentance  crazte, 
It  is  the  onely  way  your  foitles  tofaue. 


"O  Epcnt  ill  time  ivhile  ye  haue  br^eath, 
^  ^Rcpentace  commeth  not  after  death : 
He  therefore  that  zvill  litie  for  aye, 
Mufi  leaue  hisfinnes,  and  to  God  pray. 


(~\  Gracious  God  and  bleffed, 
^-^  Prefer ue  all  ye  that  be  in  bed, 
So  that  your  quiet  refl  7nay  take, 
Vntill  the  morning  that  yee  wake: 
Then  may  ye  all  with  praifes  fing, 
To  thee  O  God  our  heauenly  King. 

Remem- 


=79 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


T3  Emember  man  thoii  art  but  dust, 
-*■  *"  There  is  none  alitce  but  dye  he  vznji, 
To  day  a  ma?i,  to  niorroiu  no7ie, 
Sofoone  our  life  is  past  and  gone. 
Mans  life  is  like  a  withered Jloiver, 
A  Hue  and  dead  all  in  an  houre, 
Lea7ie  of  thy  fins  therefoi'e  in  time, 
And  Chrifl  will  rid  thee  from  thy  erime. 


f~\Mortall  mem  that  is  made  of  duf, 
^^  In  ivorldly  riches  put  not  thy  t^'tf. 
Remember  hozv  thy  time  doth  pafse, 
Euen  like  thefand  that  from  the  GlaJ/e, 
Hath  fpent  the  time  and  there  remaines, 
Neuer  canst  thou  call  that  time  ao-aine. 

Sicke 


280 


The  Bel-mans  Sounds. 


0/<r/{'(?  men  complaine  they  eannot  Jleepe, 
*^  The  Bel-man  fuch  a  noife  doth  keepe\ 
Others  that  doe  luin  at  play\ 
Sales  he  too  footie  proclalmes  the  day. 
Yet  to  the  ficke  that  draiues  JJioid '  breathy 
It  puts  them  in  the  minde  of  death ; 
And f ales  the  gamster  makes  good Jlake, 
If  he  for  heaiicnfo  long  would  wake; 
And  all  this  ivhilc  like  filly  zvorme, 
He  doth  his  office  but  per  forme: 
Then  if  his  dztety  breed  difeafe, 
Heele  go  to  bed  and  none  difpleafc. 

FINIS. 


281 


The  Famous  Hiftory 

of  GvY  Earle  of  Warwicke. 


By  S  A  M  V  E  L  Rowlands, 


LONDON, 

Printed  for  Edioard  Breivjier  at  the  Sign  of  the  Crane  in  St.  Pauls 

Churchyard.     1682. 


TO  THE 

RIGHT     HONOURABLE 

Philip  Earl  of  Mount goniery,  Lord 

Herbert  of  Skerland,  and  of  the  moft 

Noble  Order  of  the  Garter,  Knight. 

Right  worthily  Enobled  and 
truly  Honourable  LORD! 
vouchfafe  of  your  generous  courtefie, 
(to  which  all  men  yield  a  general  ap- 
plaud) to  accept  this  flight  and  weak 
Poem,  derived  from  a  ftrong  and 
mighty  fubje(?t  (to  wit)  Great  GVY 
of  Warwick  (our  famous  Country 
man)  whofe  valor  hath  bin  the  wor- 
lds wonder  and  his  admirable  a6ls  of 
Chivalry,  terrors  and  daunting  fears 
of  all  the  oppofites  of  himfelf  and 
this      Kingdome:       the      negledl- 

A  2  ing 


The  Epiftle  Dedicatory. 
ing  of  whofe  worthy  Memory,  hath 
induced  my  more  willing  than  able 
Mufe,  to  revive  the  deeds  of  this  duft- 
confumed  Champion;  upon  whofe 
honourable  Combat,  King  Athelftone 
ventur'd  the  whole  Realm  oi England. 
Difdain  not  therefore  (moft  worthful 
and  precious  fpirit)  in  the  true  affa- 
bility of  your  efteemed  Virtues,  to 
vouchfafe  the  view  of  thefe  Artlefs 
Lines,  which  in  the  filence  of  greater 
fufficiences,  ferve  only  to  keep  Va- 
lour from  Oblivious  deftru6lion. 

Moji  humbly  devoted 
to  yottr  Honor's  virtues, 
Samuel  Rowlands. 

TO 


To  the  Noble  Engli/li  Nation, 

REnowned  Englifli !  ivhoin  our  Lines  invite, 
To  vieiv  the  A^s  (?/ Warwick  's  zvorthy  Knight; 

I'Vhofe  deeds  of  old,  zvrit  ivitJi  an  ancient  Pen, 
Have  now  ont  ivorn  the  memories  of  men, 
Mojlfirange  in  this  fame  Poet-plenty -age : 

When  Epigrams  and  Satyrs  biting,  rage : 

Where  Paper  is  employed  every  day. 

To  carry  Verfe  abont  the  Toivn  for  pay, 
That  Stories  flwuld  intomUd  with  Worthies  lie, 
And  Fame,  through  Age  extinct,  obfcurely  die, 
Deign  to  accept  zvhat  recreation  hours 
Have  fpen.t  upon  this  Countrey-7nan  of  07irs: 
Itfeems  too  far  tmkind,  that  in  thefe  days, 

We  toylfo  mucJi  in  other  Nations  praife, 
That  ivc  negle£l  the  famoufing  of  our  ozvn. 

Which  ovcT'-matchful  mito  them  were  known. 
England  hatJi  bredfuch  men  of  Valour  try'd, 
Could  match  all  Kingdoms  in  the  world  befide. 

Take  here  a  veizv  of  knighthoods  ancient  face, 
His  bruifed  Armour,  and  his  bloody  Cafe: 
His  broke?!,  Launce,  gapt  Faidchion,  batter' d  Shield, 
His  valiant  Combates  tvith  his  Foes  in  Field. 
,  The  zvounds  and f can's  infcidpt  upon  his  flefJi, 
His  mortal  fights  renewed  each  day  afrefJi, 
His  reafons  that  did  animate  to  A  rms, 
His  freeing  tender  Ladies  from  theis  harms; 
His  hacked  Target,  and  his  fplinter'd  spear 
His  killing  Serpents,  favage  Bore,  and  bear. 

A3 

Then 


The  Epiftle 


Then  look  on  fome,  in  Ages  fince  be?iighted, 
Who  never  zuere  luitJi  martial  deeds  delighted: 
That  are  no  kin  to  them  which  went  of  old 
In  Iron  Armour,  tJiefe  are  Knights  in  Gold: 
[And yon  Jliall fee  that  one  doth  wear  the  name, 
When  th'  others  a5liotis  merits  for  the  fame. 
The  fame  for  merit  zvas  renowned  GUY, 
A  Champion  that  his  fame  ivith  blood  did  biiy\ 
And  never  held  his  life  in  Cozuard  fear, 
Bnt  ventured  it  at  point  of  Szvord  and  Spear: 
He  was  a  Prodigal  of  life  and  limb, 
And  bad  all  zvelcome,  came  to  fight  ivith  him : 
Were  it  a  man,  like  to  Gogmagog ; 
Or  Cerberus,  that  triple  headed  Dog, 
Or  he  that  often  did  Olympus  climb. 
And  zvas  the  only  Clnb  man  of  his  time. 
Great  Hercules  if  he  had  breath' d  on  gro7ind, 
When  EngHfli  Guy  of  Warwick  liv'd  roiozvn'd, 
There  zvould  have  been  a  Combat  'tzvixt  them  two, 
To  try  what  proud  Alcibes/^;r^  conld  do; 
Or  He6lor,  whofe  applaud  the  world  doth  knozv, 
Or  fierce  AchWlQs  fearful  to  his  Foe. 
Had  all  thefe  livd  iogetJier  in  an  Age, 
They  had  been  Combatants,  the  Earth  their  Stage. 
Kind  Englifh,  yield  unto  your  Countrey-man 
As  gentle  entertainment  as  you  can. 
Though  lie  lye  quiet  now  transformed  to  diifi 
Sleeping  in  death  as  other  mortals  mufi: 
With  your  life-giving  breath,  revive  his  Fame, 
That  hath  deferv'd  a?i  Jionourable  Name. 
And  having  viezv'd  Jus  Actions,  zvifJi  zvith  me. 
That  all  the  Knights  we  have,  zverefuch  as  he. 

S.   R. 


To  the  Honourable  Ladies  of 
England. 


LAdies  in  elder  times  your  fex  did  need 
Knight-hoods  true  valour  to  defend  your 
Of  admirable  a6lions  we  do  read,  (rights, 

Have  been  atchiev'd  in  cruell  bloody  fights. 
Fell  ugly  Serpents  were  deftroy'd  and  flaine, 
Strange  Monfters  mangled,  Giants  hew'd  in  twaine. 

But  who  deferv'd  more  in  fuch  enterprize, 
Then  worthy  Englifh,  bred  where  we  are  borne? 
Such  as  did  eafe  and  idleneffe  defpife: 
For  Armour  more  than  filke  by  them  was  worne. 
Thefe  were  the  Champions  that  for  Ladies  good, 
Would  bleed,  as  long  as  they  had  drops  of  blood. 

Such  was  Sir  Guy,  whofe  Story  here  we  tell. 
Valours  renowned  honourable  man: 
He  lov'd  your  kinde  in  heart  exceeding  well. 
How  can  you  chufe  but  love  his  Legend  then.-' 
Beftow  the  reading  of  it,  if  you  pleafe, 
'Gainft  melancholly,  the  fame  dull  difeafe. 

SAM.  ROWLANDS. 


Th( 


The  Argument. 


UY  oi  Warwick  (Son  to  Earle  Rohands 
Steward)  in  blooming  youth  of  Natures 
fpring,  fell  in  love  with  the  Earles  faire 
Daughter  Phelice,  whofe  difdaining  of  him, 
in  that  he  was  but  a  meane  Gentleman,  and 
not  by  birth  anfwerable  to  her  honourable  eftate,  did  affli6l 
his  tormented  minde  with  much  diftreffed  paffions,  till  in 
a  vifion  Qipid  prefents  her  with  the  pi6lure  of  Mars,  en- 
joyning  her  to  love  Giiy,  as  the  admired  Champion  of 
Chriftendom :  Vpon  this  fhe  yeeldeth  afFe6lion,  on  condi- 
tion of  Adventures,  which  to  atchieve,  he  departs  into 
France,  and  fhortly  returnes  with  Trophees  of  vi6lory, 
and  prizes  of  honour:  But  Phelice  not  fatisfied  there- 
with, he  leaves  England  again,  performing  in  forraigne 
Countries  wonderfuU  a6ls:  then  returning,  marries  his 
Love,  whom  after  forty  dayes  be  leaves,  departing  on  Pil- 
grimage to  the  holy  Land,  effe6ling  in  that  journey  many 
ftrange  things :  Then  fuppofed  to  be  dead ;  comes  back 
difguifed  and  out-worne  to  memory,  and  fights  a  Combate 
for  King  AtJielJlone,  killed  Colbrond  the  Gyant  of  Den- 
markc,  freeing  thereby  the  Kingdome  from  invafions. 
After  that,  lives  obfcurely  in  a  Cave,  and  comes  for  Almes 
to  his  own  Caftle,  not  revealing  himfelf  till  the  houre  of 
his  death,  and  then  he  fent  his  Lady  a  ring,  by  which  to- 
ken file  knew  her  husband,  and  came  moft  wofully  to  clofe 
up  his  eyes,  dying  her  felf  fhortly  after  him,  for  very  grief 
and  extreme  forrow. 


The] 


THE 

FAMOUS    HISTORY 

OF 

Guy  Earl  o/W^rWick. 

^  eg) 

-J—    In  Natures  green  nnmellowed years     ^ 

-^        Cupid  tormenteth  Guy;  ^ 

^    Inthrals  his  heart  to  Phselice  love,       ^ 

^        /^j/  ^(^*^<^  ^  ///^  eye.  ^ 

CANTO     I. 

WHen  dreadful  Mars  in  Armor  every  day 
Lov'd  ftately  jfujio  and  Bellonia  beft, 
Before  he  knew  the  Court  where  Vemis  lay, 
For  then  he  took  himfelf  to  eafe  and  reft; 
When  all  his  Thoughts  unto  the  proof  were  fteel'd, 
And  all  his  A6lions  manag'd  in  the  field. 
A  Knight  of  his  (a  worthy  EngliJJi  man) 
That  went  like  him,  clad  in  an  Iron  Coat, 
In  Warivick,  with  the  worlds  applaud  began 
To  be  a  man  of  admirable  note : 
Such  was  the  Valour  he  afcended  by. 
That  Pagans  trembled  at  the  name  of  G7iy. 
This  man  compos'd  of  courage,  full  of  fprite. 
Of  hard  adventures,  and  of  great  defigns. 
To  fight  with  Giants  took  a  chief  delight, 
Or  fearch  fome  Cave  that  Monfter  undermines ; 

B  Meet 


The  Famous  Hijiory 


Meet  with  a  Boar  to  make  a  bloody  fray, 
Or  combat  with  a  Dragon  by  the  way. 
Yet  ere  he  entertain'd  his  Love  to  Arms, 
He  grew  devoted  to  the  Queen  of  Love, 
Attempting  Beauties  Fort  with  fierce  Alarms, 
The  vi6lory  of  fuch  a  prize  to  prove, 
As  elder  times  before  could  ne're  injoy; 
A  fweeter  face  than  loft  old  Priam  Troy. 
Fair  Phcelicc,  equal  match  to  Cupid's  Mother : 
A  curious  creature,  and  the  Kingdoms  pride: 
All  fpacious  Britain  had  not  fuch  another, 
For  glorious  beauty,  and  good  parts  befide : 
'Twixt  her  and  Vidcaji's  wife  no  odds  were  known, 
But  Venus  had  a  Mole,  and  fhe  had  none. 
For  moft  dire6lly  flie  had  Venus  hair, 
The  fame  high  fore-head,  and  attractive  eye: 
,^jcJ'         Her  cheeks  of  Rofes  mixt  with  Lillies  fair; 
If  The  very  lips  of  perfe6t  Coral-dye: 

Ivory  teeth,  a  dainty  rifing  chin, 
A  foft  touch,  pleafmg,  fmooth,  and  filken  skin. 
'^With  all  perfections  made  a  peerlefs  Creature 
From  head  to  foot,  flie  had  them  every  one : 
Mirrour  fhe  was  of  Comelinefs  and  feature 
An  EngliJJi  Phsenix,  fupreme  fair  alone : 
Whom  gazing  peoples  cenfures  thus  would  grace, 
Beauty  lives  no  where  but  in  Phcclice  face: 
In  Phcelice  face  (this  obje6t  of  Guy's  fight) 
Where  looks  of  love,  and  glances  of  difdain, 
From  thence  fometimes  his  eyes  attra6l  delight, 
From  thence  anon  his  heart  depriveth  pain. 
One  while  fweet  fmiles  do  give  encouragement. 
Another  time  ftern  looks  Avork  difcontent. 
Thus  on  Love's  Seas,  toft  by  the  ftorms  of  terrour, 
'Twixt  prefent  calm,  and  fudden  furious  blaft ; 
Refolving  love,  yet  finding  love  in  error, 
In  freedom  chain'd,  in  liberty  bound  faft; 
He  fighs  that  fortune  doth  fo  ftrangely  deal, 
To  give  a  wound  that  Beauty  will  not  heal ; 

That 


of  Guy  Rarl  of  Warwick. 

That  Beauty  will  not  heal  (quoth  he)  fond  man. 

Thou  wrong'ft  thy  fclf,  and  thy  fair  Goddefs  too; 

By  looks  to  know  a  womans  heart  who  can? 

And  look  on  her  is  only  all  I  do : 

rie  take  another  courfe  more  rcfolute, 

To  fpeak,  to  write  my  honeft  meaning  fuit. 

But  if  I  Ihould  be  fo,  what  hope  have  I 

That  fhe  will  hear  my  words,  or  read  my  lines 

She  is  Earl  Roband's  heir,  and  born  too  high  ^.      , , 

To  condefcend  unto  my  poor  defigns: 

Though  I  a  Gentleman  by  birth  am  known, 

Earldoms  I  want,  and  Lordfhips  I  have  none : 

0  !  women  are  ambitious  out  of  meafure. 
They  mount  aloft  upon  the  wings  of  pride; 
And  often  match  more  for  this  worldly  Treafure, 
Than  any  loving  caufe  on  earth  befide ; 

Which  makes  fome  wifli  rather  there  were  no  gold, 
Than  love  for  it  fliould  bafe  be  bought  and  fold. 
If  fuch  fhe  be  (as  not  be  fuch  is  rare) 
What  will  my  words,  or  fighs,  or  tears  prevail  ? 

1  enter  then  a  Labyrinth  of  care, 

And  ftrive  againft  both  wind  and  tide  to  fail : 

A  reftlefs  ftone  with  SifypJms  I  roul, 

And  heap  continual  torments  on  my  foul. 

Then  I  attempt  to  fly  with  waxen  wings, 

Where  Phcebiis  Chariot  burns  in  brighteft  flame; 

And  fhall  be  cenfur'd,  that  in  childifh  things, 

As  Love,  I  have  begot  eternal  fliame : 

Reje6led  and  defpis'd,  in  bafe  efteem 

To  th' envious  world,  I  fhall  no  better  feem. 

But  ceafe,  Loves  coward,  banifli  thoughts  of  fear, 

Be  refolute,  and  good  fuccefs  attend  thee ; 

PhcBlice  of  force  a  loving  heart  muft  bear ; 

If  he  that  flioots  love-darts  of  gold  befriend  thee, 

And  by  no  reafon  he  can  be  thy  foe, 

Becaufe  thou  lov'ft  his  mothers  pi6lurc  fo. 

I  am  refolv'd :  Go  on  to  PImlice  Bower, 

And  from  as  true  a  heart  as  flefli  can  yield, 

B  2  Intreat 


The  Famous  Hijlory 


Intreae  her  hear  me  in  a  bleffed  hour; 

And  with  kind  pity  all  my  forrows  fhield; 

To  look  upon  me  with  remorfe  of  mind, 

That  holds  my  lift  as  her  love  is  inclind. 

This  faid,  to  Warwick  Caftle  he  repairs, 

Where  the  rich  Jewel  of  his  heart  remain'd ; 

Earl  Robaind  bids  him  welcome,  and  prepaers 

With  hunting-fports  to  have  him  entertain'd : 

But  thereunto  unwilling  ear  he  lends. 

And  fudden  ficknefs  for  excufe  pretends. 

The  Earl  much  grieved  at  this  alteration, 

Sent  his  phyfician  for  to  do  him  good ; 

Who  told  Guy,  that  his  only  prefervation, 

Confifted  in  the  prefent  letting  blood : 

And  that  his  body  in  diftemperature, 

Was  difficult  and  very  hard  to  cure. 

Do6lor  (quoth  GiLyi)  'tis  true  I  know  as  much, 

I  find  my  felf  to  be  exceeding  ill; 

But  there's  a  flower,  which  if  I  might  but  touch, 

Would  heal  me  better  than  thy  phyficks  fkill : 

'Tis  called  by  a  pretty  pleafmg  name, 

And  Phcslix  foundeth  fomewhat  near  the  fame. 

Quoth  the  Phyfician,  Sir,  I  know  it  not, 

Nor  in  the  Herbal  read  of  fuch  a  flower: 

Yet  in  this  Caftle  it  is  to  be  got; 

Said  Guy,  it  grows  not  far  from  yonder  Tower. 

I'le  find  it  out  my  felf,  Do6lor  refrain, 

Galen  ne're  had  the  Art  to  cure  my  pain. 

Left  in  this  paffion  to  converfe  with  moan, 

As  in  a  window  he  did  fighing  lye. 

In  a  delightful  Garden  all  alone, 

The  Emp'refs  of  his  thoughts  he  did  efpy; 

Which  to  his  foul  did  much  rejoycing  bring, 

Fear  was  depos'd,  and  Hope  was  Crowned  King. 

Now  is  the  time  (quoth  he)  fair  Fortunes  Sun 

Shines  favourable  on  my  gloomy  cares : 

Now  may  I  end  the  grief  that  love  begun, 

And  boldly  ask  good  hap,  how  well  fhe  fares : 


Now 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Now  will  I  enter  into  yonder  fhade, 

To  court  the  worlds  admired  Beauteous  Maid. 

Phcelice  I  come,  affift  me  {Cttpid)  now, 

Prepare  an  Arrow  ready  for  thy  bow: 

I  never  went  a  wooing:  Teach  me  how 

Good  a6lion  (with  good  fpeech)  I  may  bcftow ; 

But  above  all  things,  gentle  Cupid  move  her, 

That  flie  believe  me,  when  I  fwear  I  love  her. 

With  fpeed  unto  the  Garden  then  he  goes, 

Where  one  oi Phcslice  Damfels  let  him  in; 

And  in  a  curious  Arbour  of  repofe, 

Finds  Cytherea  with  her  fdver  skin : 

Whom  he  falutes  with  Grace  and  Majefty. 

Beholding  her  Avith  Love's  inchanting  eye. 

Faireft  (quoth  he)  of  all,  the  works  in  Nature, 

Whofe  Equal  never  breath'd  this  common  air, 

More  wonderful  than  Earth  can  yield  a  creature, 

For  every  part  belonging  unto  fair; 

Immortal  Creature  of  Coeleftial  frame. 

Eternal  honour  ftill  attend  thy  Name 

I  come  to  thee  about  the  like  poor  fuit, 

That  once  Leander  came  to  Hero  with. 

Hoping  thereby  to  reap  more  lovely  fruit 

Than  Mars  attain'd  Avhen  he  deceiv'd  the  fmith. 

'Tis  only  Love  that  I  with  heart  prefent; 

'Tis  only  Love  muft  give  my  foul  content. 

Incline  (fweet  Lady)  to  my  humble  motion; 

Compaffionte  the  grief  that  I  endure. 

Regard  my  life  that  refts  at  thy  devotion, 

With  pity  take  my  dying  heart  in  cure : 

O  let  it  not  in  groaning  torment  fwell! 

And  break  in  twain,  becaufe  it  loves  thee  well. 

Great  Princes  love  thee,  this  I  knew  before. 

And  deeds  of  honour  for  thy  Name  have  done; 

But  neither  King  nor  Prince  can  love  thee  more 

Than  doth  poor  Guy,  thy  Fathers  Stewards  Son ; 

His  love  to  thee  is  fo  ineftimable, 

To  countervail  it  all,  they  are  not  able. 

PJi(zlice 


The  Famotis  Hijlory 

PhcBlice  thus  interrupts  his  Proteftation : 
No  more  of  Love,  ceafe  gentle  Youth  (quoth  flie) 
I  have  a  mind  fram'd  of  another  fafliion, 
Virginity  fliall  Hve  and  die  with  me: 
Love  is  compos'd  of  idlenefs  and  play, 
And  leadeth  unto  vain  delights  that  flray: 
Befides  it  ill  befeems  thee,  be  fo  bold, 
Inferiour  and  unfit  for  my  degree; 
And  if  unto  my  Father  this  was  told, 
I  know  it  would  procure  reproof  to  thee: 
That  proverb  in  this  point  might  make  thee  wife. 
That  Princely  Eagles  /com  the  Catching  Flies: 
And  with  this  anfwer  fhe  departed  thence, 
Leaving  poor  Giiy  more  vexed  than  before: 
For  now  in  deep  defpair  of  rccompence. 
He  never  doth  expeft  Loves  comfort  more ; 
But  unto  forrow,  fighs  and  tears  doth  give, 
Wiflii  ng  each  day  the  laft  he  had  to  Hve. 

uy  in  Jirange paffions  for  his 
<rreat  torments  doth  endure 


^      Till  Phselice/^^J  a  Vifion,  and  ^ 

^         Doth  yield  her  Patient  cure.  -^ 

CANTO     II. 
Ith  tired  thoughts  remains  this  woful  wight, 
Diftra6led  in  his  melancholy  mind, 
Partaking  nothing  that  contains  delight. 
All  things  are  harfh,  diftaftful,  out  of  kind : 
Phcelice  denies  him  Love ;  whofe  found  of  breath, 
Is  like  the  Judge  that  dooms  a  man  to  death: 
Like  to  Orejles  in  his  frantick  fits, 
He  tare  the  golden  treffes  from  his  head; 
Or  mad  Orla7ulo  quite  deprived  of  wits, 
From  whom  the  ufe  of  fenfe  and  reafon  fled; 


bo 


o/Gxxy  Zi^r/ ^  Warwick. 

So  fares  it  with  this  Love-tormented  man, 

Whofe  raging  thoughts  into  diforders  ran. 

Society  he  fliuns,  and  keeps  alone, 

Accufing  Defliny,  and  curfnig  Beauty; 

He  hates  himfelf,  and  is  a  friend  to  none. 

Beyond  the  limits  of  all  love  and  duty. 

Venus  (quoth  he)  how  are  thy  Laws  forgot, 

Thus  to  affli6l  him  that  offends  thee  not.'* 

What  is  the  caufe  I  am  reje6led  thus.-* 

Who  interrupts  my  love  to  Beauties  mirror.'' 

I'le  drag  him  hence  to  roaring  Erebus, 

There  to  be  plunged  in  eternal  terror. 

rie  to  Joves  Court,  and  there  with  fliouts  and  cries; 

Make  fuch  a  clamour  as  fliall  rent  the  skies. 

Shall  I  be  cozen'd  as  OrpJieiis  was.'* 

Affifl  me  Thefeiis  to  revenge  this  wrong. 

Where's  Radainaniy  that  Justice  cannot  pafs; 

Euridice  is  fold  even  for  a  fong: 

Fiends,  Furies,  Goblins,  Llidra's,  for  a  fall, 

I  am  prepar'd  to  manage  with  you  all. 

rie  mount  upon  the  back  of  Pegaftis, 

And  in  bright  Phoebus  flames  my  felf  will  wrap : 

Then  will  I  tumble  windy  Eolus 

To  fleep  in  TJietis  watery  cryftal  lap: 

From  thence  I'le  poft  unto  the  Torrid  Zone, 

To  find  which  way  fair  PJicelice  Love  is  gone : 

Jafon  had  luck  to  win  the  golden  fleece; 

I  like  the  skin,  but  for  the  horns  I  care  not; 

Fair  Hellen  was  a  waggifli  wench  of  Greece: 

Bold  Mars  will  venture,  bafliful  Vejius  cares  not. 

Truft  a  fair  face!  Not  I,  let  him  that  lift; 

What  Hercules  without  a  Club  in's  fiffc.? 

Thus  for  a  time  his  Senfes  were  deprived, 

Being  left  by  love  as  blind  as  Cupid's  eyes ; 

Till  Reafon  to  perfe6lions  ftate  revived, 

And  extream  paffions  ceafe  to  Tyrannize: 

For  in  a  Vifion  Phcslice  did  defcry 

The  power  of  Love,  and  yields  her  heart  to  Guy : 

Fair 


The  Famous  Hiftory 


Fair  Phaelice  in  a  Vijion 
Eiitertains  the  love  of  (j.My\ 
Injoyning  him  adventures  Jlrange, 
His  manly  foce  to  try 

By  Morphoeus  poffeft  of  quiet  fleep, 
In  dead  of  night,  when  Vifions  do  appear, 
The  heart-tormentor,  he  that  pierceh  deep, 
And  maketh  Lovers  buy  their  bargain  dear, 


Sends 


14 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Sends  from  his  bow  a  fliaft  with  golden  head, 

And  wounded  Phcelice  in  her  Maiden-bed. 

Before  her  he  prefents  a  Martial  wight, 

Clad  all  in  Armour  for  Encounters  fit; 

And  fays,  Szueet  Virgin,  love  this  man  of  might, 

Give  him  the  heart,  for  he  doth  merit  it; 

For  valour,  courage,  comely  fJiape  and  limb, 

The  world  hath  not  a  Champion  like  to  him. 

Great  honour  (Lady)  thou  fhalt  gain  thereby, 

T'  adorn  thy  noble  and  renowned  birth ; 

He  fhall  afpire  unto  fuch  Majefty. 

His  Name  fliall  be  a  terror  on  the  Earth. 

He  fhall  become  a  Champion  unto  Kings, 

And  by  the  Sword  perform  admired  things. 

Be  not  ambitious  that  thou  art  high-born ; 

Be  not  difdainful  of  a  mean  Eflate ; 

Be  not  defiled  with  the  brand  of  fcorn ; 

Be  not  too  proud  that  thou  art  Beauties  mate : 

For  t'is  in  vain  to  ftrive  againft  my  boAv; 

If  I  fay,  Love,  it  muft  and  fhall  be  fo. 

Fix  not  thy  thoughts  vainly  on  worldly  wealth, 

(Coyn  fhould  not  be  foundation  unto  Love) 

Corrupted  hearts  it  draws  away  by  flealth ; 

Thefe  Money-matches  cannot  happy  prove: 

For  as  the  goods  of  Fortune  do  decay, 

So  love,  which  they  beget,  confumes  away. 

I  know  how  Pluto's  golden  Treafure  fways, 

By  devillifli  and  accurfed  falfe  illufion : 

I  know  how  Womens  humours  now  a-days. 

Run  after  Riches  to  their  own  confufion ; 

I  fee  the  pleafant  with  moft  abje6l  life. 

With  Gold  enough  can  buy  a  dainty  Wife. 

But  PJicslice,  if  thou  knew' ft  as  much  as  I, 

How  bafe  the  Gods  efteem  of  fuch  abufes, 

When  Beauty  fells,  and  Riches  comes  to  buy, 

Which  are  not  made  for  one  another's  ufes; 

Thou  wouldefl  fcorn  that  Maidens  fhould  be  fold 

As  Cattel  are,  for  Silver  and  for  Gold. 

C  Love 


15 


The  Famotts  Hiftory 

Love  muft  be  fimple,  harmlefs,  pure  and  plain, 
And  take  original  from  true  affection ; 
Tt  muft  reciprocal  return  again, 
Or  elfe  it  doth  difcover  imperfeftion ; 
Love's  inward  thoughts  concur  in  outward  deeds. 
Such  as  from  loyalty  and  truth  proceeds; 
Thy  Lover  comes  not  for  advancement  to  thee ; 
In  that  thy  Father  is  a  worthy  Earl; 
It  is  not  Dowry  that  can  caufe  him  woo  thee ; 
Hadft  thou  the  Arabian  Gold,  or  Indian  Pearl. 
But  as  great  Jupiter  to  Leda  came 
For  a  fweet  Face,  his  purpofe  is  the  fame. 
Therefore  fweet  Virgin  ufe  him  kindly  well, 
j  Make  much  of  Guy,  embrace  him  for  thine  own ; 
';  Afford  him  Love  room  in  thy  heart  to  dwell; 
Let  him  no  longer  live  in  penfive  moan : 
But  the  next  time  thou  dofl  behold  his  face, 
Give  him  encouragement,  with  kind  embrace : 
And  with  that  word  {imbrace)  he  fliot,  and  hit 
The  very  Center  of  her  tender  heart; 
Feeling  the  wound,  fhe  ftarts,  awak'd  with  it, 
Being  taught  thereby  to  pity  Lovers  fmart, 
For  Cupid  drew  his  Arrov/  to  the  head, 
Becaufe  he  would  be  fure  fhe  fliould  be  fped. 
With  that  fhe  fetch'd  a  figh,  a  grievous  one, 
And  from  her  eyes  a  fhow'r  of  Tears  did  fall. 
Where  is  (quoth  flie)  the  gentle  Love-God  gone, 
Whofe  power  I  find  is  powerful  over  all.-* 
Oh!  call  him  back,  my  fault  I  do  confefs, 
I  have  in  Love  been  too  too  pitilefs. 
Sweet  Boy,  follicite  for  me  to  thy  Mother, 
And  at  her  Altars  I  will  facrifice. 
From  this  day  forth  I  will  adore  no  other, 
No  Goddefs  fhall  be  gracious  in  mine  eyes, 
But  flie  that  hath  imperious  rule  and  might, 
To  lead  obdurate  hearts  to  kind  delight, 
CompafTion  now  hath  worthy  Conquefh  made 
Of  that  ftrong  Fort  that  did  refiftance  make. 


i6 


One 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

One  iliaft  had  been  fufficicnt  to  pcrfwadc 

A  League  for  life,  a  Truce  till  death  doth  take, 

Guy  more  than  Life,  doth  PJuclice  love  prefer, 

PJucUce  afte6l.s  Guy  dear,  as  he  doth  her. 

But  unto  him  her  love  is  yet  unknown, 

Though  his  be  made  apparent  long  before. 

He  underftands  not  that  flie  is  his  own. 

He  feels  no  falve  appli'd  unto  his  fore, 

Till  forc'd  by  paffions,  and  conftrain'd  laments, 

A  fecond  Suit  he  boldly  thus  prefents. 

Phclicc,  T  was  arraigned  long  ago, 
And  now  I  look  for  Judgement  at  th)-  hand: 
I  have  been  Prifoner  in  a  Jayl  of  wo 
So  long,  that  fpeedy  fentence  I  demand : 
Oh  fpeak  unto  me  either  life  or  death ! 
For  I  am  tired  with  my  vital  breath. 
If  kindnefs  dwell  in  that  fair  fliape  of  thine, 
Exprefs  it  with  {I  love);  if  none  there  be, 
Then  fay,  I  cannot  unto  love  incline; 
And  fo  thou  mak'ft  a  quick  difpatch  with  me : 
Cenfure  me  fudden,  either  fmile  or  frown, 
I  will  not  live  thus  for  this  Kingdom's  Crown, 
Phcdice  reply'd,  Tis  not  at  my  difpofe, 
To  fafhion  Love,  without  my  Friends  confent, 
What,  would  you  wifli  me  to  be  one  of  thofe 
That  are  to  Parents  difobedient? 
Shall  fond  afre6lions  over-rule  the  will, 
And  do  you  good,  to  be  accounted  ill.? 
You  know  my  P'ather's  greatnefs  in  the  Land, 
And  if  he  fliould  (as  there's  no  other  hke) 
The  love  of  one  too  mean  for  me,  withftand. 
How  could  we  bear  the  ftroke  difgrace  would^flrike.' 
Nothing  but  death  would  make  my  forrow  fweet, 
And  fliame  would  wrap  me  in  a  Winding-flieet. 
Doubt  not  of  Father  in  this  cafe  (quoth  he) 
For  War-ci'iclcs  Earl  (the  Honourable  man) 
Shall  fee  fuch  deeds  of  valour  done  by  me, 
To  have  diflike  he  neither  will  nor  can. 

C  2  Injoyn 


17 


The  Famoiis  Hiftory 

Injoyn  me  what  adventures  thou  think'ft  good, 

That  wounds  and  fears  may  let  my  body  blood. 

Why  then  (quoth  fhe)  Guy  make  thy  Valour  fhine 

Throughout  the  world,  as  glorious  as  the  Sun ; 

My  heart,  my  foul,  my  life,  my  love  is  thine : 

What  deeds  of  honour  by  thy  hands  are  done : 

Make  thy  felf  famous  by  a  Martial  life, 

And  then  take  PJicelice  for  thy  lawful  wife. 

I  ask  no  more  (faid  he)  to  gain  thy  love, 

I  fliall  efteem  it  bought  at  eafie  rate : 

O  that  I  were  at  work,  my  task  to  prove, 

With  Hercules,  or  fome  fuch  churlifli  Mate. 

PJicdice  farewell,  this  kifs  thou  gaveft  me. 

Shall  make  a  number  kifs  the  ground  for  thee. 

-*—  From  England  Guy  to  France  doth  go,  S. 

^        WJiere  deeds  of  Arms  are  done;  ^ 

^.   A  nd  thence  returns  triumphantly,  ^ 

"^        With  all  his  Prizes  zvon.  rij- 

CANTO     III. 

INlarg'd  from  forrow's  thraldom  by  hope's  bail, 
Guy  arms  his  thoughts  with  Honours  enterprize, 
Imbarks  himfelf,  and  into  France  doth  fail 
Leaving  fair  England,  where  his  comfort  lies, 
He  feeks  for  Enemies,  he  longs  for  Foes, 
And  now  defires  to  be  a  dealing  blows. 
In  Normandy  arriv'd,  he  underftands 
That  there  was  Warlike  bufmefs  to  be  done, 
For  valiant  Knights  of  divers  Chriftian  Lands, 
The  race  of  Valour  did  intend  to  run : 
A  great  advantage  was  propounded  there, 
Which  news  was  mufick  to  his  greedy  ear. 


The 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

The  prize  that  drew  them  all  unto  this  Place, 

Was  Daughter  to  the  Alinain  Emperor, 

For  Blanch,  with  fuch  a  wondrous  heavenly  face. 

It  had  attra6live  beauty  full  of  power: 

In  her  fuch  Graces  did  unite  together, 

The  Worthies  of  the  world  came  pofting  thither. 

Who  won  the  Damfel  (it  was  thus  decreed) 

By  manly  courage,  and  vi6lorious  might, 

Should  have  her  mounted  on  a  milk-white  Steed, 

Two  Greyhounds  and  a  Faulcon,  all  in  white: 

This  was  his  lot  that  could  attain  the  day, 

To  bear  the  Honour,  and  the  Maid  away. 

Our  EngliJJi  Knight  prepares  him  for  the  Field 

Where  Kings  were  prefent,  Princes  did  repair; 

Where  Dukes  and  Earls  a  great  Affembly  held 

About  the  face  that  was  fo  Avondrous  fair: 

Though  only  one  muft  fpeed,  and  hundreds  mifs. 

Yet  each  man  there  imagines  BlancJi  is  his. 

The  fpacious  field  where  they  affembled  were, 

Hardly  affordeth  room  for  Armed  Crouds : 

The  golden  glittering  Armour  that  was  there. 

Did  dart  the  Sun-beams  back  into  the  Clouds: 

The  pamper'd  horfes  proudly  flamp  the  ground. 

To  hear  the  clamour  of  the  Trumpets  found. 

A  German  Prince  of  an  undaunted  fprite, 

A  firft  and  very  fierce  Encounter  gave 

Unto  an  Earl,  whofe  valour  did  requite 

With  blow  for  blow,  as  refolutely  brave; 

Till  by  a  ftroke  the  Earl  received  on's  head, 

He  was  unhors'd,  falling  to  ground  for  dead. 

Then  Guy  came  forth  with  courage  to  the  Prince, 

And  deals  with  him  as  Hcrades  would  do; 

Like  force  he  never  felt  before  nor  fince. 

Such  hard  extreams  he  ne're  was  put  unto: 

Juft  where  himfelf  had  laid  the  Earl  in  fwound, 

There  down  comes  he,  both  horfe  and  man  to  ground. 

Duke  Otton  feeing  this,  was  in  a  rage. 

And  defp'rate  humour  did  incenfe  him  fo, 

He 


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The  Famotts  Hilary 

He  vow'd  by  Heaven  nothing  fliould  affwagc 

His  fury,  but  the  death  of  that  proud  Foe. 

Prepare  thee,  fight,  to  breathe  thy  laft  (quoth  he) 

Monfter,  or  Devil,  or  what  e're  thou  be. 

They  joyn  together  with  a  dreadful  fight, 

The  fplinters  fly,  and  clatteing  Armour  founds ; 

The  dufl:  afcended  up,  and  blinds  their  fight ; 

The  blood  allays  it,  flreaming  forth  their  wounds. 

Both  their  fwords  break,  they  light,  and  on  his  back 

Guy  threw  the  Duke,  that  ev'n  his  bones  did  crack. 

Duke  Raincv  would  revenge  his  Coufin  then, 

And  for  Encounter  he  prepareth  next. 

Ouoth  Guy,  I  find  y'are  wretches  and  no  men, 

That  with  a  blow  or  fall  fo  foon  be  vext: 

But  come,  and  welcome,  I  am  for  you  all; 

We  fay  in  Ihigland,  The  wcakejl  niujl  to  tJH  luall. 

They  rufli  together,  that  the  ground  did  fliake, 

Whilft  animating  Trumpets  found  alarm ; 

In  Rainers  flioulder  Guy  a  wound  did  make, 

Whereby  he  loft  the  ufe  of  his  right  arm ; 

Yielding  himfelf  as  others  did  before. 

Unable  once  to  wield  his  weapon  more. 

Then  for  a  while  all  flood  amaz'd  at  Guy, 

And  not  a  man  was  forward  to  proceed; 

Till  Lovaine's  Duke  his  Fortunes  went  to  try. 

Having  good  hope  that  he  fliould  better  fpeed: 

Well  mounted,  and  well  arm'd,  he  fair  did  fit 

On  a  proud  Steed,  that  ill  indur'd  the  bit. 

I  think  (quoth  he)  thou  fome  Inchanter  art, 

That  hath  the  force  of  Magick  in  thine  arm, 

rie  teach  thee  to  believe  e're  we  depart, 

Quoth  Guy,  for  thou  fhalt  feel  that  I  can  charm: 

ric  conjure  thee  even  with  an  Iron  Spell, 

My  fword  fhall  fend  thee  unto  Heaven  or  Hell. 

With  that  he  lent  him  fuch  a  cruel  ftroke, 

That  the  other  did  return  a  weak  reply; 

With  fecond  and  with  third  his  Helmet  broke; 

Hold,  hold  (quoth  he)  Tie  rather  yield  than  die; 

Fight 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Fi\^ht  for  a  Woman  he  that  hft  for  nic, 

I  tliink  the  Devil  cannot  deal  with  thee. 

Then  not  a  man  that  would  encounter  more, 

They  all  were  terrifi'd  and  ftood  in  fear; 

And  in  a  rage  among  themfelves  they  fwore, 

What  fliall  a  ftranger  all  the  honour  bear 

Of  this  great  day?     What  curfed  fortune's  this, 

That  all  the  glory  of  the  field  is  his! 

Amongfl  themfelves  his  happinefs  they  curll, 

In  envy's  heat,  not  knowing  what  to  do; 

They  could  have  kill'd  him,  but  that  no  man  durfl 

Put  his  own  life  \\\  hazard  thereunto. 

If  wiflies  might  have  done  it,  he  had  dy'd, 

But  fight  with  him  not  any  could  abide. 

The  Emperor,  for  Guy,  a  Knight  did  fend, 

Asking  his  Name  and  Birthright,  which  he  told; 

Then  faid  His  Majefly,  I  much  commend 

Thy  haughty  Courage  refolutely  bold : 

Brave  EngliJJi  man,  thou  art  thy  countreys  pride, 

In  Europe  lives  not  fuch  a  man  befide. 

I  do  admire  thy  worth,  thy  Valour's  great ; 

To  fpeak  thy  praife  my  tongue  cannot  fuffice; 

Afcend  to  Honour's  juft  deferved  feat, 

That  art  a  fecond  Heclor  in  mine  eyes. 

This  day  thy  worthy  hand  hath  shew'd  me  more 

Than  in  my  life  I  ever  faw  before. 

Come  and  receive  thy  due  defert  of  me. 

My  Daughter's  love  is  free  at  thy  difpofe, 

The  Greyhounds,  Steed  and  Faulcon,  take  to  thee; 

Thy  worthinefs  doth  merit  more  than  thofe: 

Hold,  here's  a  Jewel,  wear  it  for  my  fake, 

Which  I  a  witnefs  of  my  love  do  make. 

Guy  thank'd  his  Highness  for  his  gracious  favour. 

And  vow'd  him  fervice  whilft  his  life  did  laft. 

Then  to  the  Princefs  with  a  mild  behaviour, 

A  reverent,  humble,  modeffc  look  he  caft, 

Saying,  Fair  Lady,  Fortune  is  my  Friend, 

That  doth  fuch  beauty  to  my  lot  extend. 


Madam, 


The  Famous  ITi/iory 

Madam,  accept  your  loyal  EngliJJi  Knight, 

To  do  true  fervice  when  you  pleafe  command  it: 

Who,  while  he  hath  a  drop  of  blood,  will  fight 

In  your  behalf,  againft  who  dare  withftand  it: 

To  be  your  Husband  is  degree  too  high; 

"Tis  Grace  fufficient,  call  me  Serv^ant  Guy: 

In  England  doth  my  Marriage  Love  remain, 

To  whom  I  muft  and  will  be  true  for  ever; 

About  whofe  face  Nature  hath  took  fuch  pain, 

I  durfl  have  fworn  flefli  cou'd  have  matcht  it  never; 

But  now  I  find  (that  curioufly  have  ey'd  her) 

There  is  a  PJicenix  in  the  world  befide  her, 

And  that's  your  felf ;  I  dare  the  world  deny  it ; 

But  which  is  faireft,  eye  cannot  decide. 

No  humane  judgement  in  the  world  can  try  it, 

Who  hath  moft  Beauty,  BlancJi,  or  my  fair  Bride, 

I  dare  be  bold  to  call  your  Beauties  Twins, 

And  Venus  Blackamoor  to  both  your  skins. 

Oh  PJicelice\  here's  thy  Pi6lure  in  this  Princefs, 

Methinks  th' art  prefent  in  her  lovely  look: 

Thou  that  of  my  fouls  faculties  art  Miflrefs, 

Recorded  in  Time's  brazen  leaved  Book; 

To  thee  if  I  prove  falfe,  or  be  mifled, 

jfoves  fearful  v^engeance  light  upon  my  head. 

Quoth  BlancJi,  Thy  conftancy  (and  fighed  deep) 

Is  highly  to  be  praifed;  thou  doft  well: 

He  that  Love's-promife  will  no    faithful  keep. 

In  horrors  and  in  torments  let  him  dwell. 

But  I  fuppofe  thy  vows  are  yet  to  make, 

And  fo  what  thy  fword  won,  thy  heart  ma}'  take. 

What  I  avouch  is  true,  the  Heaven  knows, 

My  proteftations  are  above  the  skies; 

Madam,  the  Sun  declines,  day  ancient  grows, 

rie  take  my  leave  of  you  in  humble-wife, 

My  Body  is  unto  repofe  inclin'd, 

Although  no  reft  be  in  my  troubled  mind. 

My  troubled  mind's  in  IVarzaick-CsLftlQ  no\\', 

Although  my  body  be  in  Normandy. 

Here 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick, 

Here  I  make  others  bend,  there  1  do  bow, 

And  lowly  as  the  humble  ground  do  lye, 

Even  at  Love's  feet  I  cafl  my  felf  to  ground. 

Though  Vi6lory  my  Temples  here  have  crown'd. 

I  cannot  ftay,  I  muft  to  England  back, 

My  mind  mifgivcs  me,  PJicelice  is  not  well: 

Like  my  fad  thoughts,  my  Armour  fliall  be  black! 

rie  fuit  me  in  a  mournful  Iron-Hiell : 

For  where  the  mind  meets  with  fufpicious  cares, 

Diftruffc  is  ever  dealing  doubtful  fliares. 

Yet  I  have  much  good  fortune  on  my  fide, 


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The  Famous  Hiftory 

That  know  the  means  how  to  attain  my  blifs; 
For  PJiceliccs  Love  is  to  Conditions  ty'd, 
And  I  do  trull  flie  is  my  own  for  this: 
By  this  flie  ma}- :  but  if  flie  more  require, 
There's  nothing  in  the  world  I  will  deny'r. 
With  haft}-  journey  he  is  homeward  bound. 
Leaving  the  vulgar  to  the  nine  days  wonder : 
Arriving  fafely  on  the  EngliJJi  ground, 
Porting  to  her,  fuppos'd  too  long  afunder : 
Whom  with  more  joy  his  chearful  looks  behold, 
Than  can  by  pen,  or  lines  of  ink  be  told, 

///  France  all  Kuig/its  of  Chrijlendoin, 
To  win  a  Priucefs,  vteei: 
Guy  conquers  all,  and  zvius  ike  prise, 
Then  doth  his  Goddess  greet. 

j^  With  the  reiuards  of  Vtclorj  -+ 

-^  Guy  doth  his  Love  prefent,  ^ 

!^  But  Pha,^lice  is  not  fatisfid:  ^ 

-^  Him  fort Ji  again  fhe  f cut.  ^ 

CANTO     1 V. 

IN  the  fuppofcd  Heaven  of  repofe, 
Hope  cafleth  Anchor  for  his  Barque  to  ride : 
With  kind  falute  unto  his  Love  he  goes; 
Who  gives  embracement,  and  all  things  befide 
Befit  Aftcclion;  all  iuch  Complements 
As  Love  can  look  for,  gracious  fhe  prefents. 
Fair  Foe  (quoth  Guy),  I  come  to  challenge  thee, 
For  there's  no  man  that  I  can  meet  will  fight; 
I  have  been  where  a  Crew  of  Cowards  be, 
Not  one  that  dares  maintain  a  Ladies  right: 


Good 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Good  proper  fellows  of  their  tongues,  and  tall, 

That  let  me  win  a  Princefs  from  them  all. 

PJicclice,  this  fword  hath  won  an  EDip'rors  Daughter, 

As  fweet  a  Wench  as  lives  in  Europe  s  fpace : 

At  price  of  blows,  and  bloody  wounds  I  bought  her, 

Well  worth  my  bargain ;  but  thy  better  face 

Hath  made  me  leave  her  to  fome  others  Lot; 

For,  I  proteft  by  Heaven,  I  love  her  not. 

This  ftately  Steed,  this  Faulcon  and  thefe  Hounds, 

I  took,  as  in  full  payment  of  the  reft : 

For  I  will  keep  my  love  within  the  bounds 

That  do  inclofe  the  compafs  of  my  breft : 

My  conftancy  to  thee  is  all  my  care^ 

Leaving  all  other  Women  as  they  are. 

But  Sweet-heart,  tell  me,  fliall  I  have  thee  now, 

Wilt  thou  confent  the  Prieft  fhall  do  his  part .-' 

Art  thou  refolved  ftill  to  keep  thy  Vov/.^ 

Is  none  but  I  half  with  thee  in  thy  heart.^ 

Canft  thou  forfake  the  world,  change  Maiden-life, 

And  help  thy  faithful  Lover  to  a  Wife.'' 

Quoth  Phalice,  Worthy  Knight,  my  joys  are  great. 

To  underftand  thy  honourable  deeds: 

It  feems  fome  were  in  fuch  a  bloody  fweat, 

Their  Valour,  Fame  and  Reputation  bleeds : 

I  give  thee  humble  thanks,  that  for  my  fake 

Such  hard  Adventures  didfh  vouchfafe  to  take. 

To  win  a  Princefs  was  a  precious  prize; 

But  fure,  methinks,  if  I  had  been  Sir  Guy, 

She  fhould  have  found  more  favour  in  mine  eyes, 

Than  take  a  Horfe,  and  turn  a  Lady  by. 

What,  is  a  Horfe,  a  Faulcon,  and  a  Hound, 

More  worthy  than  a  Lady  fo  renown'd.^ 

Perhaps  you'l  fay,  'tis  done  for  love  of  me; 

I  do  imagine,  nay,  believe  it  fo. 

And  though  I  jeft,  I  will  do  more  for  thee, 

Than  thou,  or  any  but  my  felf  doth  know. 

rie  never  marry  while  life's  glass  doth  run, 

But  only  thee,  or  I  will  die  a  Nun. 

D  2  But 


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The  Famous  Hijlory 

But  give  me  leave  to  fpeak  my  mind  (kind  Love) 

Let  me  lock  up  my  fecrets  in  thy  breft. 

I  had  a  Vifion  did  affe6lion  move, 

Cupid  came  to  me  in  my  quiet  reft, 

And  did  command  me,  in  his  Mothers  name. 

To  love  thee.     Thus  perfwading  to  the  fame, 

An  armed  man  (juft  as  I  fee  thee  now) 

He  fet  before  me,  fpeaking  to  me  thus. 

Phcelice,  be  gentle-hearted,  yielding,  bow, 

Do  not  oppofe  againft  the  power  of  us ; 

But  all  thy  love,  thy  loyalty  and  truth, 

Beftow  it  freely  on  this  matchlefs  youth. 

Throughout  the  world  his  Fame  fhall  be  admired. 

And  mighty  men  fhall  tremble  at  his  wrath. 

To  end  Kings  quarrels,  he  fliall  be  required. 

His  worthinefs  fhall  tread  no  common  path. 

But  aftions  to  be  fear'd,  he  fliall  ei(&di. 

Matters  of  moment,  things  of  great  refpe6l. 

This  (in  efifefl)  he  did  to  me  relate. 

And  I  have  been  obedient  to  his  will. 

Now  if  I  would,  I  know  not  how  to  hate; 

Of  perfe6l  kindnefs  I  am  taught  the  skill. 

Believe  me,  Guy,  for  if  it  were  not  fo, 

This  fecret  of  my  heart  thou  fliouldft  not  know. 

But  now,  my  Love,  before  thou  doft  poffefs 

Thy  conftant  Phcsiice  in  her  Marriage-bed, 

Thou  muft  do  deeds  of  greater  worthynefs. 

Than  winning  of  a  Lady  with  her  Steed, 

rie  ever  love  thee,  though  I  ne're  do  more. 

But  will  not  grant  thee  ufe  of  love  before. 

Not  grant  me  ufe  of  love  (quoth  he)  fair  Friend! 

Why  then  of  force  I  muft  abroad  again. 

I  will  content  thee,  or  I'le  make  an  end 

One  way  or  other,  flay  or  elfe  be  flain. 

Ere  I  return  again  into  this  Realm, 

Thou  fhalt  confefs  I  have  fulfill'd  thy  Dream, 

Affift  me  Heavens,  as  I  mean  upright; 

For  I  proteft  by  all  the  powers  Divine, 

No 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

No  unjuft  quarrel  fliall  procure  me  fight, 

To  wrong  the  wronged  I  will  ne're  incline; 

But  ftand  for  thofc  that  by  oppreffion  fall, 

In  Honor's  venture;  be  it  life  and  all. 

Come  my  Bellona,  do  thou  gird  my  fword, 

Embrace  my  Armour  in  thy  Ivory  Arms, 

And  fuch  kind  kiffes  as  thou  canft  afford, 

Beftow  vpon  me  in  the  ftead  of  Charms. 

I  think  upon  Vlyffes  loving  Wife, 

How  thou  art  now  to  imitate  her  life. 

Farewel,  my  Phoslice,  health  and  happinefs 

Attend  thee  ever,  to  thy  hearts  defire. 

And  I  befeech  God  grant  me  like  fuccefs, 

As  I  refolve  my  love  to  thee  intirc, 

At  my  return,  when  Mats  his  bus'nefs  ends, 

My  comfort  is,  Hymen  will  make  amends. 

And  fo  unto  Earl  Roband  he  repairs. 

And  tells  him,  he  is  come  to  take  his  leave; 

He  muft  feek  out  where  Honour  dealeth  fliares, 

To  purchafe  that  which  worthy  men  receive. 

At  home  (faith  he)  my  honourable  Lord, 

I  find  that  Valour  nothing  can  afford ; 

Therefore  I'le  fearch  abroad  what's  to  be  done, 

From  Countrey  unto  Kingdom  I'le  refort, 

By  Nature's  courfe  my  Glafs  hath  much  to  run; 

I  well  may  fpare  fome  years  for  fighting  fport ; 

Of  idlenefs  there's  nothing  comes  but  evil, 

I  hate  a  Coward  as  I  hate  the  Devil. 

Guy  (quoth  the  Earl)  thou  mak'ft  me  grieve  at  this, 

The  news  is  more  than  I  can  well  indure, 

Thy  wifhed  company  fo  foon  to  mifs, 

When  I  did  make  account  I  had  been  fure 

Poffeft  of  thee,  at  thy  late  travels  end; 

And  dofl  thou  now  Journeys  anew  intend.? 

Remain  with  me,  truft  not  to  fortunes  pow'r; 

Though  now  flie  hath  fo  well  and  kindly  dealt, 

She  may  allot  thee  an  unlucky  hour. 

That  inftantly  her  Favours  fo  have  felt. 

Her 


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The  Faviotis  Hiftory 

Her  coutefies  are  mofh  unconftant  things, 

Believe  her  not,  flie  dealeth  falfe  with  Kings. 

Triumphant  on  her  wheel  now  thou  doft  fit. 

And  with  Fame's  Triumph  thy  glory  doth  remain, 

Oh !  do  not  over-raflily  hazard  it ; 

Loft  honour  is  not  eas'ly  got  again. 

May  not  one  curfed  and  unhappy  blow 

Betray  thy  felf  to  thy  infulting  Foe.'' 

May  not  a  Monfter,  or  a  favage  beaft, 

At  unawares  deprive  thee  of  thy  breath  1 

May  not  a  Tyrant  when  thou  thinkefb  leaft. 

Cut  off  thy  courfe  by  an  untimely  death.'' 

May  not  a  thoufand  dangers  on  thee  light, 

Where  but  thy  felf,  thy  wronged  felf  muft  right.? 

(Quoth  Gity)  My  Lord,  danger  he  may  hot  fear, 

That  to  Adventures  doth  himfelf  difpofe; 

He  muft  a  mind  of  refolution  bear, 

And  think  himfelf  too  good  for  all  his  foes ; 

I'le  never  dread  I  fliall  be  over  man'd 

While  I  have  hands  to  fight,  or  legs  to  ftand. 

Therefore  in  humble  fort  I  leave  your  honour, 

Wifiiing  all  health  unto  your  happy  ftate. 

If  Fortune  take  a  frowning  mood  upon  her, 

Why,  flie  fliall  fee  I  will  difdain  her  hate, 

What  ftar  foever  fway'd  when  I  was  born, 

I  have  a  mind  will  laugh  mif  hap  to  fcorn. 


Guy  to  the  Duke  of  Lovain  goes, 
Andjoyiis  ivitJi  him  in  Jlrcngtli 

Againji  the  Emperor  Reyner, 
TJicn  makes  his  peace  at  length. 


N 


CANTO     V 

Ow  Guy  expc6ls  a  favourable  gail, 
Which  to  his  hearts  defire  he  doth  attain ; 

And 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

And  with  a  fpeedy  paffagc  he  doth  fail, 

To  feek  Adventures  out  in  in  France  again; 

Where  finding  none,  from  thence  away  he  hies 

To  Lovahi,  where  in  fiege  the  Emp'ror  hes. 

For  Segwiu  Duke  of  Lovaiiis  hap  was  fuch, 

At  Turnament  a  Noble-man  to  kill, 

The  Emperor's  coufin,  whom  he  loved  much. 

And  took  the  death  of  him  exceeding  ill ; 

So  that  a  quarrel  thereupon  arofe, 

And  Wars  enfu'd  betwixt  two  mighty  foes. 

Thither  goes  Guy  to  lend  the  Duke  his  aid, 

But  in  the  way  an  accident  befel ; 

For  by  Duke  Otton  he  was  falfe  betray 'd, 

And's  life  in  queftion,  which  he  freed  well, 

Otton  in  France  before  difgrac'd  by  GHy, 

Had  vow'd  where  e're  he  met  him  he  fhould  die. 

And  to  that  end,  fixteen  appointed  were 

To  lye  in  ambufh,  and  furprize  him  fo; 

All  men  of  refolution,  void  of  fear, 

That  in  a  Foreft  did  themfelves  beftow, 

And  fet  on  Guy,  only  with  three  Knights  more. 

The  like  diftrefs  he  ne're  was  in  before. 

Now  Gentlemen,  and  loving  Friends  (quoth  he), 

Shew  your  felves  EngliJJi  hearted,  rightly  bred. 

Here  is  fome  odds,  fixteen  unto  you  three; 

But  I  the  fourth  will  ftand  you  in  fome  ftead ; 

You  three  fhall  combat  fix,  that's  two  for  one ; 

And  with  the  other  ten  let  me  alone. 

Wherewith  he  drew  his  fword,  and  laid  about. 

That  ratling  Armour  eccho'd  in  the  skye ; 

Dealing  fo  refolute  amongft  the  rout, 

That  down  they  drop  on  every  fide,  and  die. 

Here  lyeth  one  that  hath  no  legs  to  ftand. 

And  there  another  wanting  head  and  hand, 

Giiy  quickly  made  difpatch  of  his  half  fcore, 

He  was  not  long  in  ridding  them  away: 

But  then  remained  half  a  dozen  more. 

Which  two  of  his  moft  w^orthy  Knights  did  f\y 


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When 


The  Famoits  Hiftory 

When  he  perceiv'd  them  fall,  he  ftampt  the  ground, 

And  utter'd  forth  this  fearful  angry  found : 

Ah  villains !  how  my  foul  abhors  this  fight : 

For  thefe  how  my  revenging  paffion  fbrives: 

This  bloody  deed  vv'ith  blood  I  will  requite. 

You  die  for  it,  had  each  a  thoufand  lives. 

Two  flain  out-right,  and  Heraud  wounded  too, 

Is  the  laffc  curfed  A61  that  you  fliall  do. 

With  force  (as  'twere  exceeding  humane  ftrength) 

He  lays  upon  them  blows  to  fbagger  under, 

And  brought  them  breathlefs  to  the  ground,  at  length 

\Cut  all  in  piece-meal  for  the  Crows  afunder: 

"There  lye  (quoth  he)  and  feaft  Fowls  of  the  Air, 

Or  feed  thofe  favage  beafts  that  will  repair. 

But  thefe  fweet  Gentlemen  that  have  refign'd 

Their  deareft  Lives  for  the  defence  of  me, 

And  came  from.  England,  as  their  Love  inclin'd, 

Companions  in  my  hardeft  haps  to  be ; 

I  will  inter  in  honourable  wife, 

With  beft  folemnity  I  can  devife, 

From  thence  unto  a  Hermit,  dwelling  nigh. 

He  rode,  and  did  commit  that  charge  with  care, 

Who  did  perform  that  office  carefully, 

And  Hei'aud  home  unto  his  Cell  he  bare; 

Who  was  not  dead,  though  Gtty  fuppos'd  him  flain, 

But  by  the  Hermet  was  reftor'd  again. 

Now  forth  goes  G"?//,  penfive,  perplexed,  fad, 

Grieving  that  Deftiny  fo  cruel  dealt; 

For  left  alone,  no  company  he  had, 

To  eafe  the  torments  that  in  heart  he  felt : 

Till  travelling  along,  at  laft  he  found 

A  place  for  honour  very  much  renown'd. 

There  did  he  meet  with  Tilt  and  Turnament, 

And  entertain  both  glory  and  delight ; 

There  fortune  yielded  him  her  full  confent 

To  win  the  beft  of  every  valiant  Knight: 

Of  all  the  worthy  men  that  did  refort, 

Not  one  could  match  him  in  Duke  Reyners  Court. 

Then 


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of  Guy  Earl  o/V\f2i\'W\Qk. 

Then  to  the  Duke  of  Millain  he  repairs, 

Where  for  his  worth  he  is  admir'd  of  all: 

And  underflanding  that  fome  great  affairs 

'Twixt  Segwiii  Duke  of  Lovain  did  befall, 

And  th'  Emperor;  Millain  he  did  forfake. 

And  towards  Lovain  did  his  journey  take, 

As  he  did  pafs  upon  the  way,  he  meets 

A  Pilgrim,  that  with  travel  feemed  faint: 

Whom  in  all  human  courtefies  he  greets, 

And  with  fome  news  entreats  him  to  acquaint 

His  longing  ear;  he  with  a  figh  or  two 

Said,  Sir,  with  news  I  little  have  to  do. 

One  thing  in  all  this  world  is  all  my  care, 

And  only  that,  and  nothing  elfe  I  mind ; 

I  feek  a  man,  and  feek  him  in  defpair; 

Becaufe  I  long  have  fought,  and  cannot  find 

A  man  more  dearly  to  my  fouls  love  ty'd. 

Than  all  the  men  are  in  the  world  befide. 

Why,  what  art  thou,  quoth  Guy,  or  who  is  he  ? 

Of  kindnefs  be  fo  kind,  as  tell  in  brief, 

I  am  an  EiigliJJi  man  of  Knights  degree, 

(Quoth  Her  and)  and  the  fubjedl  of  my  grief,    .  ■ 

Is  lofs  of  one  Sir  Gicy,  my  Countrey-man, 

Gtiy  with  joys  tears  lights  to  embrace  him  then. 

And  art  thou  living,  Heraiid,  my  dear  freind 

(Quoth  he).-*  and  kindly  took  him  in  his  arms: 

Then  cheerfully  let  forrows  all  take  end. 

And  let  me  know  who  cur'd  thee  of  thy  harms  ? 

The  good  old  Hermit  by  his  skill  did  fave  me, 

With  wholsome  Medicines  and  Salves  he  gave  me. 

G2iy  did  reioyce;  and  Heraud's]oys  abound 

At  this  fo  good  and  happy  accident; 

No  angry  Star  in  oppofition  frown'd. 

But  each  was  owner  of  his  own  content : 

So  porting  with  good  fortune  on  their  fide, 

Unto  the  Duke  of  Lovain  they  do  ride. 

The  City  in  diftrefs  befieg'd  they  find. 

And  very  fmall  refiftance  could  be  made; 

E  But 


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The  Famoits  Hilary 

But  Segivin  Avas  right  joyful  in  his  mind, 

That  worthy  Guy  was  come  unto  his  aid. 

For  now  (quoth  he)  boldly  prefume  I  can, 

We  have  an  honourable  valiant  man. 

Advife  me,  warlike  Knight,  what's  to  be  done, 

To  free  the  prefent  danger  we  are  in.'' 

My  Lord  (quoth  Guy),  there's  freedom  to  be  won ; 

Ev'n  by  a  courfe  my  felf  will  firft  begin : 

Let's  iffue  forth  upon  them  prefently; 

Our  Courages  will  make  the  Cowards  fly. 

rie  give  cbnfent  to  any  thing  thou  wilt. 

Thy  proje6l  willingly  I  do  approve: 

Let  limb  be  loft,  let  life  and  blood  be  fpilt. 

All  follow  thee,  that  comes  to  me  in  love, 

Open  the  Gates,  let's  beat  them  from  our  Walls : 

He  lies  no  lower  than  the  gro?ind,  that  falls. 

Then  fuddenly  the  City  they  forfake, 

And  on  the  Aluiains  refolutely  fet, 

Where  fuch  a  bloody  flaughter  they  did  make. 

That  many  thoufand  liv^es  paid  Death  his  debt. 

Of  thirty  thoufand  that  in  Siege  there  lay. 

Scarce  thirty  hundred  that  efcap'd  away. 

The  Emperor  at  this  was  much  agrieved, 

And  with  new  forces  gave  a  new  affault. 

Knowing  the  City  could  not  be  relieved. 

And  then  their  ftrength  would  weaken  by  default. 

So  comes  upon  them  with  a  frefli  fupply. 

Thinking  at  length  to  famifli  them  thereby. 

Guy  and  the  Duke  upon  the  Walls  appear. 

And  tell  him  he  fhall  never  win  the  Town : 

For  they  can  fpare  their  Soldiers  much  good  cheer, 

Throwing  them  Victuals  in  abundance  down: 

Intreating  them,  if  they  want  more  than  that, 

To  fpeak,  they  fliall  have  ftore  to  make  them  fat. 

But  now,  quoth  Guy,  your  Bodies  are  well  fed, 

How  do  you  feel  your  Stomachs  to  go  fight  .^ 

I  am  afraid  you  are  not  rightly  bred. 

But  Dunghils,  that  will  fooner  crow  than  bite; 


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For 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

For  rtill  when  Cowards  do  begin  a  fray, 

Look  e'rc  it  ends,  to  fee  them  run  away; 

And  fo  your  felves  have  lately  done  we  fee. 

Your  toungcs  we  heard,  but  hands  there's  no  man  feels : 

Moft  hot  to  brabble  and  contend  you  be, 

But  wondrous  quick  and  nimble  at  }'our  heels. 

We  did  fufpc6l  when  you  came  here  to  forage, 

We  fliould  have  been  incumbred  with  your  courage. 

But  it's  not  fo,  alas  you're  not  the  men, 

Unlefs  perhaps  afleep  you  fhould  us  catch; 

For  waking  we'l  encounter  one  for  ten, 

And  never  wifli  to  have  a  better  match: 

Have  at  you  once  again,  fit  faft,  we  come, 

March  on  my  hearts,  found  trumpet,  ftrike  up  drum : 

Upon  the  fudden  with  the  Foe  they  be. 

Fighting  like  men  that  laught  pale  death  to  fcorn, 

Refolved  now  they  would  their  City  free, 

Or  never  live  to  fee  the  next  day  morn. 

Much  blood  was  flied,  great  ftore  of  lives  it  coft, 

And  on  the  Abnaiiis  fide  the  day  was  loft. 

The  Duke,  with  Giiy,  purfuc  their  foes  in  chafe; 

Who  like  fo  many  Hares  away  do  fly; 

Wifliing  that  they  had  wings  to  mend  their  pace; 

So  fweet  is  life  to  them  that  fear  to  die. 

But  Fortune  in  an  angry  doom  decreed. 

Their  glory,  honour,  fame  and  life  fliould  bleed: 

The  Viftors  to  the  City  then  retired. 

With  trophies  of  triumphant  glory  won ; 

And  all  that  heard  the  A6lion  much  admired 

The  great  exploit  fo  refolutely  done: 

But  unto  Guy  the  Duke  all  thanks  did  yield; 

For  thou  (quoth  he)  art  Ccefar  of  our  field 

My  Lord  (quoth  Gjiy),  I  joy  not  half  fo  much. 

That  w'Q  have  wrought  a  freedom  by  the  fword, 

As  I  fhould  glory,  if  my  hap  were  fuch, 

'Twixt  you  and  th'  Emperor  to  make  accord : 

Give  me  but  leave,  I  will  endeavour  it ; 

And  put  good  will  to  a  blunt  Soldiers  Wit. 

E  2  The 


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The  Famous  Hi^ory 

The  Duke  confents  with  thanks,  and  doth  intreat 

Him  take  a  guard  of  Soldiers  forth  the  Town; 

Danger  that  feems  but  Httle,  may  prove  great, 

I  would  not  have  thee  wrong'd  for  Reyncrs  Crown. 

Go  honourable  man,  what  thou  fhalt  do, 

I'lc  fet  my  hand,  my  heart,  my  life  thereto. 

GtLy  goes  unto  the  Emperor,  fpeaks  thus: 

High  Majefty,  all  health  unto  thy  Grace, 

And  peace  to  thee,  if  thou  fay  peace  to  us ; 

And  love  to  thee,  if  thou  wilt  love  embrace: 

As  we  are  Chriftians,  let  us  War  no  more, 

But  fight  'gainft  fuch  as  will  not  God  adore, 

We  fue  to  thee  not  in  a  fervile  manner. 

As  dreading  any  power  or  force  thou  haft ; 

For  Victory  doth  now  difplay  his  banner, 

And  War  yields  us  a  Aveet  and  pleafant  taft; 

No  caufe  doth  move  it,  but  a  Confcience  caufe. 

To  bring  the  Heathens  to  Religious  Laws. 

Speak  Reyner,  and  refolve,  what  wilt  thou  do.' 

With  Soldiers  brevity  my  Meffage  ends; 

Give  me  an  Anfwer,  ev'n  as  brief  hereto: 

Shall  we  be  Chriftians  Foes,  or  Chriftian  Friends  .!* 

Shall  we  among  our  felves  the  Name  divide.-* 

Or  challenge  them  that  have  the  fame  deni'd.'' 

.Brave  Englijh  man!  hadft  thou  fpoke  thus  before, 

Thoufands,  quoth  he,  had  liv'd  which  now  are  (lain ; 

Earth  fliould  have  wanted  of  that  flaughter'd  ftore 

Which  doth  in  her  vaft  bowels  now  remain: 

Thou  haft  prvail'd  with  me,  hot  War  fliall  ceafe. 

And  I  embrace  thee  as  a  friend  in  piece. 

Thy  motion  tends  to  Honour,  Honour's  Knight, 

And  thou  flialt  live  in  Frame's  immortal  praife. 

When  thou  art  buried  in  eternal  night, 

Thy  name  flialt  laft  the  longeft  length  of  days. 

Thou  doft  the  Worthies  of  the  world  exceed, 

Bleft  be  the  Countrey  did  thy  perfon  breed. 

Come,  go  my  Liege  (quoth  Guy)  unto  the  Town, 

And  to  Duke  Segcvi?i  there  a  League  renew: 

Our 


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of  Guy  Earl  o/Wci\'\w\ck. 

Our  end  fliall  be  to  pull  the  Pagans  down, 

That  unto  Chrifl's  Religion  are  untrue. 

My  grcateft  joy  will  be  to  hear  it  faid, 

This  is  the  beft  days  work  that  e'rc  Guy  made. 


Guy  7i.'ith  a  tJioufand  cJioJeii  vien, 

againJI  the  Pagans  goes, 
And  makes  them  cur/e  that  ere  they  felt 

the  forec  of  Chriflian  blows. 


CANTO     VI. 

THE  powder  of  peace  hath  vanquiflit  ftubborn  War, 
And  mighty  Princes  worthily  conclude, 
The  fword  fhall  ruft  in  fheath  before  it  jar, 
To  be  v.-ith  blood  of  Innocents  imbrew'd : 
Chriftians  in  Name  and  A6lions  to  unite, 
'Gainft  unbelieving  Infidels  to  fight. 
Guy  with  a  thoufand  men  doth  take  his  leave, 
To  hearken  further  after  Martial  news, 
And  doth  a  true  intelligence  receive, 
That  barb'rous  Pagans,  Sarasens  and  Jezvs, 
Turks,  and  the  like,  of  Mahomet's  blind  Crew, 
In  moft  confufed  War  each  others  flew. 
To  them  he  goes,  partial  on  neither  part, 
His  fword  did  favour  every  fide  alike, 
They  all  were  odious  to  him  in  his  heart; 
Which  arm'd  his  hand  with  vigour  for  to  ftrike. 
And  work  amazement  unto  their  contending. 
Coming  fo  roughly  to  their  quarrels  ending. 
Quoth  they  amongft  themfelves,  What  fellow's  this, 
That  lays  about  him  like  a  mad  man  thus.? 
Of  certainty,  more  than  a  man  he  is ; 
For  human  force  w^ould  fear  to  fight  with  us : 

But 


The  Fafnous  Hijlory 

But  if  he  be,  as  feemeth  by  his  fhape, 

Had  he  ten  thoufand  Hves  he  fliould  not  fcape. 

Then  did  a  haughty  Pagan  ftep  to  Guy, 

And  faid  to  him,  if  Valour  in  thee  reft, 

Let's  have  a  httle  fport  'twixt  thee  and  I, 

Only  to  fee  which  of  our  Swords  cuts  beft: 

Thou  haft  a  weapon  there  Hkc  to  a  Reed: 

Methinks  it  is  too  bhint  to  make  one  bleed. 

Too  blunt  (quoth  Gny)\  and  in  his  anger  groans: 

Pagan,  I  like  thy  humour  paffing  well. 

rie  whet  it,  e're  we  part,  upon  thy  bones, 

And  then  another  tale  thou  wilt  me  tell ; 

If  it  fliould  fail  me  now,  it  were  a  wonder, 

Such  Lubbers  it  hath  often  hew'd  in  funder. 

But  come,  art  ready.''     Bid  thy  friends  adieu. 

And  fay  thy  Prayers  unto  thy  Pagan  Gods; 

For  I  do  mean  to  ufe  thee  like  a  Jew, 

Becaufe  with  Chriftians  thou  doft  ftand  at  odds ; 

Look  that  thy  head  be  fet  on  fure  and  faft, 

Or,  mortal  man.  Tie  prove  thee  but  a  blaft. 

Then  did  they  lend  each  other  lufty  knocks, 

That  fparks  of  fire  did  from  their  Helmets  fly: 

The  Martial  multitude  about  them  flocks, 

Expe6ling  all  the  end  and  death  of  Gtcy: 

For  Colbro7id,  \vhom  he  fought  withal,  was  ftrong, 

And  had  been  Champion  to  the  Pagans  long. 

At  length  Gtiy  lent  him  fuch  a  fpeedy  blow, 

That  down  comes  Colbrond  and  his  ftrength  to  ground. 

Pagan  (quoth  he),  is  my  fword  fliarp  or  no, 

With  which  even  now  fuch  a  blunt  fault  you  found.' 

Rife  quick,  for  if  thy  legs  thou  canft  not  feel, 

Off  goes  thy  head  as  fure  as  this  is  fteel. 

Forthwith  he  made  him  fliorter  by  the  head, 

And  that  unto  the  Emperor  he  fent. 

The  Infidels  grew  all  aftoniflicd, 

For  they  in  Colbrond  were  fo  confident. 

They  durft  have  ventured  goods,  and  life,  and  limb, 

On  any  Combat  that  was  fought  by  him. 

Then 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Tlien  Heraud  (to  give  Guy  fomc  breathing  fpace) 
Challeng'd  a  Pagan,  called  Eluiadaut\ 
And  dar'd  him,  and  defi'd  him  to  his  face; 
(For  valiant  Heraud  did  no  courage  want) 
t  The  Pagan  fomewhat  hot  with  fur}'  fill'd, 
Did  combat,  being  quickly  cool'd  and  kill'd, 
Prcfently  Gtey  unto  another  comes, 
Call'd  Moi'gadoiir,  and  foundly  witli  his  blade 
Lays  on  him,  and  his  fenfes  fo  benums, 
He  tumbles  head-long  like  a  tired  Jade. 
The  Pagans  feeing  their  Champions  thus  go  down, 
Forfook  the  Field,  retiring  to  the  Town. 
Where  a  moft  bloody  Tyrant  bare  the  fway, 
Who  hearing  Avhat  had  hapned,  full  of  ire. 
Went  armed  to  the  Tent  whereas  Guy  lay, 
And  did  a  Combat  at  his  hands  require. 
Villain  (quoth  he)  whom  like  a  Dog  1  fcorn, 
rie  make  thee  curfe  the  time  that  thou  waft  born. 
Now  Runnagate,  I  come  to  fetch  thy  head. 
For  to  a  Lad}^  I  have  promis'd  it; 
My  curs  fhall  with  thy  Englijlt  flelh  be  fed, 
They  muft  devour  thy  body  every  bit: 
Come,  I  have  vow'd  by  Mahouiet  thou  di'ft. 
Thou  canft  not  fcapc  by  trufting  in  thy  Chrift. 
And  haft  thou  giv'n  away  my  head  (quoth  he) 
Unto  a  Lady.''  'tis  a  brave  intent; 
An  honeft  man  will  his  Words-Mafter  be. 
And  never  promife  more  than  he  hath  meant: 
Come  on  thy  ways,  and  take  it  quickly  off. 
Or  elfe  the  Lady  will  fuppofe  you  feoff 
With  proud  difdain  together  then  they  rufli, 
Laying  it  on  as  faft  as  they  could  drive; 
But  Eskeldart  Guy's  fword  did  fo  becrufli, 
That  for  his  head  no  longer  durft  he  ftrive; 
But  on  the  fudden  for  to  fave  his  own, 
Put  fpurs  to  horfe,  and  in  all  port  is  gone. 
Gtty  then  returns  to  Heraud,  and  declares 
What  a  bold  fellow  came  to  fetch  his  head : 

Who 


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The  Famous  Hijlory 

Who  fmiling  at  it,  merrily  prepares 

To  tell  of  his  adventures,  how  he  fped 

With  a  falfc  Coward  called  Addellart, 

That  wounded  him  with  an  envenom'd  Dart, 

And  being  hurt  moft  dangeroufly  fo. 

Was  intercepted  e're  he  could  retire 

By  EJlellard,  a  proud  infulting  Foe, 

Compos'd  of  cruelty,  of  devilifh  ire. 

But  (quoth  Sir  Heraud)  e're  our  fray  was  done, 

I  made  them  wifli  it  never  had  begun. 

For  Addellart  I  wounded  in  the  fide, 

And  EJlcUard  I  cur-tail'd  by  the  knees : 

Then  left  them  lying,  Death  to  be  their  guide 

Unto  the  Jayl  where  worms  do  claim  their  fees. 

So  when  thefe  two  were  feen  to  fall  down  dead, 

All  t'  other  Pagans  with  amazement  fled. 

Why  then  (quoth  Guy)  all's  quiet  I  perceive; 

The  Mifcreants  like  unto  Foxes  lye; 

But  gentle  Heraud,  e'rc  -we  take  our  leave, 

One  Combat  more  I  am  rcfolv'd  to  try: 

The  General  of  this  accurfed  Rout, 

Shall  be  the  man  I  mean  to  fmgle  out. 

They  term  him  mighty  SoIdan\  Friend,  I  long 

To  make  a  proof,  if  he  deferve  the  name; 

I  am  in  doubt  they  do  him  mighty  wrong. 

If  might  be  wanting  to  avouch  the  fame : 

Titles  of  worth  become  bafe  Cowards  ill, 

rie  try  what's  in  him,  hap  whatever  will. 

Nay  Heraud,  leave  me,  prithee  do  forbear. 

I  will  be  fpeedy,  tarry  in  this  Wood : 

Go  to  your  graffy  bank,  repofe  thee  there, 

And  with  this  balfom  ftay  thofe  drops  of  blood. 

Ere  Phahus  in  the  Occident  decline. 

Death  fliall  conclude  the  Soldans  life  or  mine. 

Said  Heraud;  Since  thou  wilt  not  let  me  go. 

But  durft  appoint  this  bed  of  Earth  to  bear  me; 

Till  thou  return,  I  will  converfe  with  wo. 

And  will  not  fuffer  any  Bird  fmg  near  me. 

With 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

With  longing  eyes,  and  careful  lilining  cars, 
ric  fpcnd  thy  abfent  time  in  prayers  and  tears, 
Guy  pofts  with  fpeed,  and  doth  the  Sonldan  find, 
And  thus  he  fpeaks,  Art  thou  the  man  of  Might, 
Sirnamed  fo  by  tongues,  and  peoples  wind? 
Mere  is  a  Chriftian  comes  to  dare  thee  fight: 
Both  Mahomet  and  thee  I  do  dcfie. 
And  here's  a  fword  I  will  maintain  it  by! 
The  Souldaii  with  a  ftaring  look  replies, 
Thou  Chriftian  flave,  I'le  chaflife  thee  with  fteel, 
Thou  art  an  odious  creature  in  mine  eyes. 
And  thy  prefumption  fliall  my  fury  feel. 
With  that  at  Guy  he  ran  with  all  his  force, 
Their  Launces  brake,  and  each  forfook  his  Horfe. 
Then  by  the  Sword  the  Vi6lor  muft  prevail, 
Which  manly  force  makes  deadly  wounds  withal, 
Cutting  through  Armour,  mangling  fliirts  of  Mail, 
That  at  the  laft  down  did  the  Sonldan  fall, 
Sending  blafphemous  curfes  to  the  skye, 
And  cafting  handfuls  of  his  blood  at  GtLy. 
Who  prefently  took  horfe,  and  then  retir'd 
To  Heraud,  whom  he  found  in  flumber  laid ; 
Rife  Friend  (quoth  he),  the  time  is  now  expir'd, 
An  end  with  mighty  Sonldan  I  have  made. 
With  that  he  rofe  with  joy  and  Loves  embrace. 
And  forth  they  travel  to  another  place. 

-f—      Guy  takes  a  Princely  Lyon's  part         S. 


^ 


and  doth  a  Dragon  kill; 
Then  frees  fair  0^\\c  fro jn  mifliaps, 
that  elfe  had  fared  ill. 


CANTO     VII. 

PAffmg  the  Defart  now,  where  fhady  trees 
Embrac'd  each  other  in  their  green-leave  arms; 

F  Where 


39 


The  Famotts  Hijiory 


Where  Lad}'  Eccho's  dwelling  befl  agrees, 
And  little  birds  fing  fearlcfs  of  their  harms, 
They  chanc'd  to  find  a  filver  ftreaming  fpring, 
Which  water  to  them  was  a  plcafant  thing. 


His  Lady  fends  Jiim  foi'tJi  again, 
WJiofe  ivill  Jie  doth  obey, 
And  manfully  a  Dragon  kills. 
To  pari  a  cruel  fray. 


There 


40 


of  Guy  Earl  of  W^rWick. 

There  with  the  cryftal  ftreams  they  cool  their  heat, 

And  flake  their  thirft  they  had  endured  long; 

There  did  they  make  the  herbs  and  roots  their  meat, 

To  fatisfie  for  Nature's  hungry  wrong: 

But  on  a  fudden  at  a  noife  they  wonder, 

A  Lyon  roar'd  as  if  great  Jove  did  thunder. 

Herand  (quoth  G?cj/),  to  horfe  let's  be  prepar'd, 

And  leave  our  dinner  till  another  day; 

Here  is  a  found,  I  never  was  fo  fcar'd, 

rie  feek  it  out,  it  comes  from  yonder- way: 

Some  Monfter,  or  fome  Devil  makes  a  noife. 

For  on  my  life  it  is  no  human  voice, 

So  forth  he  rides,  and  underneath  a  hill, 

He  finds  a  Dragon  with  a  Lyon  met: 

Brave  fport  (faid  he)  I  pray  fight  on  your  fill, 

And  then  upon  the  ftrongeft  I  will  fet : 

Which  of  the  twain  that  firft  afide  doth  ftart, 

I  am  a  friend  that  will  maintain  his  part. 

The  Dragon  winds  his  crooked  knotted  tail 

About  the  Lyon's  legs,  to  caft  him  fo; 

The  Lyon  faftens  on  his  rugged  fcale, 

And  nimbly  doth  avoid  that  overthrow: 

Then  tooth  and  nail,  they  cruelly  tear  and  bite, 

Maintaining  long  a  fierce  and  bloody  fight. 

At  laft  the  Lyon  faintly  turns  a  fide: 

And  looks  about,  as  if  he  would  be  gone : 

Nay  then  (quoth  G?iy)  Dragon  have  at  your  hide^ 

Defend  thy  Devils  face,  Lie  lay  it  on. 

With  that  couragioufly  to  work  he  goes. 

And  deals  the  Dragon  very  manly  blows. 

The  ugly  beaft,  with  flaggy  wings  difplay'd. 

Comes  at  him  manly,  with  mofl:  dreadful  paws, 

Whofe  very  looks  might  make  a  man  afraid. 

So  terrible  feem'd  his  devouring  jaws: 

Wide  gaping,  grifly,  like  the  mouth  of  hell. 

More  horrible  than  pen  or  tongue  can  tell. 

His  blazing  eyes  did  burn  like  living  fire. 

And  forth  his  fmoaking  gorge  came  fulphur  fmoke. 

F2  A 


41.'- 


The  Fa7nous  Hiftory 

Aloft  his  fpeckled  breafb  he  hfted  higher 

Than  Guy  could  reach  at  length  of  weapons  ftroke; 

Thus  in  moft  ireful  mood  himfelf  he  bore, 

And  gave  a  cry  as  Seas  are  wont  to  rore. 

With  that  his  mortal  fting  he  ftretched  out, 

Exceeding  far  the  fliarpeft  point  of  fteel ; 

Then  turns  and  winds  his  fcaly  tail  about 

The  Horfes  legs,  more  nimble  than  an  Eel: 

With  that  Gity  hews  upon  him  with  his  blade. 

And  three  mens  ffcrength  to  every  ftroke  he  laid. 

One  fatal  blow  he  gave  him  in  the  fide, 

From  thence  did  iffue  ftreams  of  fwarthy  blood ; 

The  fword  had  made  the  paffage  broad  and  wide, 

That  deep  into  the  Monfter's  gore  Guy  ftood : 

Then  with  a  fecond  blow  he  overtook  him, 

Which  made  the  Dragon  turn  to  have  forfook  him. 

Nay  then,  quoth  he,  thou  haft  not  long  to  live, 

I  fee  thou  fainteft  at  the  Point  to  fall ; 

Then  fuch  a  flroke  of  death  he  did  him  give, 

That  down  came  Dragon,  crying  out  withall 

So  horrible,  the  found  did  more  affright 

The  Conqueror,  than  all  the  dreadful  fight. 

Away  he  rides,  and  lets  that  Hell-hound  He; 

But  looking  back,  efpies  behind  his  Horfe 

The  Lyon  coming  after  very  nigh. 

Which  makes  him  light  to  follow  manly  force; 

But  when  the  Beaft  beheld  his  weapon  drawn. 

He  came  to  him,  and  like  a  dog  did  fawn. 

Like  to  that  grateful  Lyon  which  did  free 

Androdus  life,  for  pulling  out  a  thorn, 

When  by  offence  he  fhould  by  Laws  decree. 

Within  a  Theater  by  beafts  be  torn ; 

The  Lyon  came,  and  lick'd  him  very  kind. 

Bearing  (as  feem'd)  an  old  good  turn  in  mind. 

Ev'n  fo  this  gentle  creature  deals  with  him, 

For  that  fame  benefit  which  he  hath  done; 

Although  by  Nature  cruel,  fierce  and  grim, 

Yet  like  a  Spaniel  by  his  horfe  did  run; 


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Con 


of  Guy  Rarl  of  Warwick. 

Continuing  many  days  with  great  defire, 

Till  extream  hunger  forc'd  him  to  retire. 

Now  towards  the  Sea  Guy  doth  his  journey  take, 

Imbarques  for  France,  but  by  contrary  wind 

Arrives  in  Alinain,  where  the  Nobles  make 

Great  triumph  for  him,  and  with  joyful  mind ; 

The  Emperor  rejoyccs  that  he's  come. 

And  bids  him  welcome  into  Chriflendom. 

There  is  he  entertain'd  with  Turnament, 

With  Kingly  banquets,  Princely  Revelling: 

And  multitudes  to  give  their  eyes  content, 

Attend  him  with  their  throng,  ftill  wondering 

At  all  his  worthy  A6ls  report  had  fpread, 

Where  with  their  ears  mofl  ftrangely  had  been  kd. 

From  thence  he  travels  towards  his  loving  friend 

The  Duke  oi  Lovain,  whom  he  long'd  to  fee; 

But  e're  he  came  unto  his  journeys  end, 

A  wronged  Lady  he  did  worth'Iy  free; 

Which  violently  was  from  her  love  bereft, 

And  he  at  point  of  death  fore  wounded  left. 

Thus  it  befel,  Terry  a  valiant  Earl 

With  his  dear  Love,  firnam'd  Ofile  the  Fair, 

(His  precious  Jem,  ineftimable  Pearl) 

Into  a  Foreft  went  to  take  the  air; 

Whereas  a  plot  was  laid  to  take  his  life, 

And  make  his  beauteous  Love  anothers  wife. 

Upon  the  fudden  fixteen  Villains  came 

Unto  the  Earl,  and  did  him  grievous  wound. 

Sirrah  (quoth  one)  thou  haft  a  wench  we  claim, 

She  muft  with  us,  lye  thou  there  on  the  ground, 

And  the  next  paffenger  that  thou  dofl  fee, 

Intreat  him  make  a  grave  to  bury  thee. 

Guy  finding  Terry  thus,  hearing  his  plaint, 

Doth  comfort  him  in  kindeft  fort  he  can : 

Who  with  the  lofs  of  blood  doth  weakly  faint, 

With  force  of  deadly  choler  pale  and  wan: 

Courage  (quoth  he)  Tie  fetch  thy  Love  again, 

Or  fay  that  Guy  is  but  a  Coward  Swain. 

When 


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The  Famous  Hilary 

When  Terry  heard  that  name,  he  did  revive, 

For  unto  Guy  his  worthy  deeds  were  known : 

And  lifting  up  himfelf  from  ground,  did  flrive 

For  to  embrace  him  in  deep  paffions  groan. 

Thanks  gracious  Heavens  (quoth  he)  with  foul  and  heart, 

For  fending  thee  to  take  my  wronged  part. 

Which  is  the  way  (quoth  he)  thofe  villians  went.-* 

That  path,  faid  woful  Terry  by  yon  Oak : 

Have  after  them,  this  deed  they  fhall  repent, 

As  I'm  a  Chriflian  Knight,  and  as  he  fpoke, 

He  heard  a  fhriek,  Which  was  the  Ladies  cry. 

So  by  that  found  he  did  them  foon  difcry : 

Coming  unto  them.  Wretched  flaves  (quoth  he) 

What  do  you  purpofe  with  this  Lady  here.-* 

Inlarge  her  prefently,  and  fet  her  free. 

You  have  done  wrongs  that  will  be  rated  dear; 

Her  Husband  wounded,  fhe  us'd  violent 

Will  coft  your  lives  a  price  incontinent. 

With  that  they  laugh'd  and  faid,  what  fool's  this  fame, 

Or  rather  mad-man  in  his  defperate  mind, 

That  means  by  wilful  death  to  get  a  name, 

And  have  the  world  report  he  hath  been  kind.'* 

The  fellow  fure  is  in  fome  frantick  fit. 

And  means  to  fight,  without  both  fear  and  wit. 

Like  fo  (quoth  he)  the  fit  that's  on  me  now. 

You  fliall  all  find  to  be  a  raging  one. 

With  that  he  Ihews  them  Mars  his  angry  brow , 

And  bids  the  Lady  ceafe  her  penfive  moan : 

Saying,  Good  Madam,  unto  joy  incline. 

For  fuddenly  the  Rafcals  will  be  mine. 

Then  with  a  courage  admirable  bold. 

At  every  blow  fome  one  or  other  dies : 

Which  when  the  gentle  Lady  did  behold, 

Oh  pity !  worthy  Knight,  fhe  crys ; 

Thefe  mortal  wounds  I  can  no  longer  fee; 

Be  not  fo  bloody  in  revenging  me. 

Upon  my  knees  I  do  intreat  thee  ftay. 

This  is  to  me  a  terrifying  fight : 

Oh! 


44 


of  Guy  Rarl  of  Warwick. 

Oh!  with  their  lives  thou  takefl:  mine  away; 

If  one  die  more,  I  faintly  yield  my  fp'rite. 

Thou  worthily  mine  honour  haft  defended, 

Let  the  revenging  of  my  wrongs  be  ended. 

Lady  (quoth  he)  I  ceafe  at  your  requefl, 

Depart  bafc  Rafcals,  all  but  two,  be  gone: 

But  Villians,  you  did  bind  her  for  the  reft, 

And  ftruck  them  with  his  fword  (the  fcabbard  on) 

That  down  to  ground  they  fell,  making  this  'fcufe, 

My  Lord  we  only  kept  her  for  thy  ufe. 

Then  on  his  Steed  he  lets  the  Lady  ride. 

To  feek  her  Lord,  whom  Ihe  had  left  diftrefl : 

And  Guy  unto  that  place  became  her  guide, 

Where  coming,  they  did  find  him  careful  dreft: 

For  in  their  abfence  came  a  Hermit  by. 

Which  to  his  bleeding  wounds  did  falve  apply. 

Tervy  and  Ofile,  in  their  joys  abound, 

And  gratefully  to  Guy  all  things  do  give : 

Be  thou  (faid  they)  in  life  and  death  renown'd. 

Whom  we  will  honour,  while  we  breathing  live ; 

Hold,  here's  my  hand  (quoth  Terry')  worthy  Gtiy, 

In  fight  for  thee,  I  will  be  proud  to  die. 

V;S  Guy  takes  Earl  Terries  Fathers  part,  S^ 

^  and  kills  the  ditke  Jiis  foe.  ^ 

^  WitJi  Sxvord  dejlroys  a  cruel  Boar.  c^ 

/^  prevailing  danger  fo.  f?\ 

CANTO     VIII. 

NOw  Titans  Horfes  with  his  fiery  Carr, 
Had  brought  the  day  to  darknefs  in  the  Weft, 
And  Ve/per,  the  filver  fhining  Starr, 
Which  doth  adorn  the  Skies  at  evening  beft 

Ap. 


45 


The  Famous  Hijiory 

Appear'd  as  bright  as  Cynthia  in  her  Sphere, 

To  welcome  fable-nights  approaching  near. 

When  Tcny,  Guy  and  0/ile  wanting  guide. 

Did  ftay  about  the  unfrequenting  Wood, 

Hearing  the  Savage  noife  on  every  fide, 

Of  Beafls  that  thirfted  after  human  blood, 

As  Boars,  and  Bears,  and  Lyons,  and  the  like, 

Which  to  their  hearts  did  fome  amazement  ftrike. 

On  every  fide  they  caft  a  heedful  eye, 

Still  doubting  on  a  fudden,  fome  furprifc ; 

At  length  two  armed  men  they  did  efpy. 

That  alfo  liften  to  thofe  fearful  cries. 

Each  had  his  fword  in  hand,  being  ready  drawn. 

Knowing  that  place  did  yield  no  dogs  would  fawn, 

Coming  more  near,  Sir  Heraud  was  the  one, 

The  other  e\'en  as  dearly  Terry's  friend, 

Who  with  embracements  made  their  gladnefs  known, 

And  then  the  Earl  demanded  to  what  end 

His  loving  Coufin  pafs'd  the  defart  fo? 

My  Lord  (quoth  he)  to  bring  the  news  of  wo. 

Thy  noble  Father  is  befieged  now 

In  his  ftrong  Caftle,  by  Duke  Ottens  Power; 

Who  hath  Protefted  by  a  folemn  vow, 

About  his  ears  he  will  pull  down  the  Tower, 

In  a  revenge  that  thou  his  Love  haft  got, 

He  fwears  th}-  Father's  life  efcapeth  not. 

His  Love  (quoth  Terr))  prithee  Ofile  fpeak. 

Acquaint  this  worthy  man  with  thy  fouls  thought 

Have  I  procur'd  thee  any  faith  to  break  .^ 

Or  been  the  inftigator  unto  ought 

That  is  unjuft  in  righteous  Heavens  fight? 

Ever,  (quoth  Ofile)  thou  haft  been  upright. 

That  wretch  would  force  my  love  from  thee  away, 

In  claiming  that  I  ne're  intend  to  give; 

I  will  be  thine  until  my  dying  day, 

Thou  flialt  enjoy  me  all  the  hours  I  live: 

A  nd  when  I  alter  this  determination. 

Let  God  and  man  hold  me  in  deflation. 

Well 


46 


of  Guy  Rarl  of  Warwick. 

Well  fpoke  (faid  Guy)  Lady  be  conftant  ever, 

And  honour's  blemifli  then  thou  needft  not  doubt; 

Keep  Love's  foundation  firm,  alter  it  never, 

It  is  for  Love  I  range  the  World  about : 

And  do  expofe  my  life  to  mortal  danger 

\x\  this  exiled  fbate,  an  unknown  ftranger. 

But  Terry,  wherefore  arc  they  looks  fo  fad? 

Thou  haft  thy  Love  in  pcrfon  to  embrace; 

As  far  as  England  mine  is  to  be  had, 

And  many  years  I  have  not  feen  her  face : 

It  were  enough  to  bring  my  hopes  to  end, 

But  that  my  patience  is  a  trufly  friend. 

My  Lord  (faid  Terry)  know  you  not  my  grief, 

And  heard  this  meffenger  relate  the  caufe? 

Oh  my  diftreffed  Father  wants  relief! 

I  were  a  Rebel  unto  Nature's  Laws, 

Not  to  condole  with  him  in  his  extream, 

Making  his  trouble  my  true  forrows  Theam. 

If  that  he  be  all  (quoth  he)  thou  art  to  blame, 

There  is  no  caufe  to  fpend  a  figh  thereon: 

rie  terrific  Duke  Otten  with  my  name, 

Let  him  but  hear  I  come,  and  he'l  be  gone. 

Something  between  us  may  not  be  forgot, 

He  felt  my  fword  in  France,  but  lik'd  it  not. 

Since  that,  againlt  my  life  a  plot  he  laid, 

By  Villains  that  furpriz'd  me  in  a  wood. 

But  treachery  with  vengeance  Avas  repaid ; 

Who  ever  knew  a  Traitor's  end  prove  good ; 

Accurfed  haps  attend  them  evermore: 

In  Brazen  Bull  Pcrillns  did  firft  roar. 

I  will  go  with  thee  to  defend  thy  Father, 

(For  the  oppreffed  I  have  vow'd  to  right) 

And  reafon  moveth  it,  fo  much  the  rather 

Mine  own  abufes  therewith  to  requite: 

This  opportunity  we'l  not  omit, 

In  that  occafion  falleth  out  fo  fit. 

Let's  haften  on  with  fpeed  unto  the  place, 
\   Preventing  mifcheif  e're  too  far  it  run, 
^  G  Take 


47 


The  Famoits  Hiftory 


.Take  hold  on  Time  before  he  turns  his  face, 
(Good  proveth  beft,  when  it  is  fooneft  done; 
Go  Hke  Eneas  with  a  fiHal  joy, 
To  fetch  thine  old  AncJiiJes  out  of  Troy. 
Couragious  Knight  (quoth  Terjy)  thy  bold  heart 
Connot  be  daunted,  I  perceive,  with  fear; 
Compos'd  with  Mars  his  Element  thou  art, 
Of  powerful  limbs,  to  manage  fword  and  fpear; 
My  Melancholy  thou  haft  banifh'd  hence, 
And  with  ftrong  hope  arm'd  me  in  recompence. 
Now  all  in  poft  they  fpeed  themfelves  away. 
And  in  fliort  time  unto  the  Caftle  come, 
VVheereas  Duke  Otten  and  his  forces  lay. 
Relying  on  his  Souldiers  ample  fumme ; 
But  when  the  Captains  of  G?iys  coming  knew, 
They  fled  by  night,  and  never  bad  adieu. 
This  was  difcouragement  to  all  the  reft, 
To  fee  their  Leaders  thus  give  ground  and  flie. 
Yet  the  Duke  moft  refolute  proteft, 
If  each  man  in  the  Caftle  were  a  Gjij, 
He  would  not  leave  it  bafely  and  retire; 
Though  life  be  dear,  yet  honours  place  is  higher. 
Terry  (quoth  Giiy)  we  muft  not  tedious  be; 
Experience  often  hath  my  Tutor  been, 
And  taught,  that  when  advantage  I  do  fee, 
To  faften  on  occafion  and  begin ; 
^  The  enemy  by  fear  himfelf  fubdues, 
\  Add  force  to  that,  and  vi6lory  enfues. 
We  will  not  make  our  prifon  in  this  place. 
As  long  as  there  is  field-room  to  be  got; 
'Tis  my  defire  to  meet  the  Duke's  good  Grace, 
And  combat  him,  becaufe  he  loves  me  not, 
If  that  you  will  not  leave  this  houfe  of  ftone, 
I'le  leave  you  all,  and  go  my  felf  alone. 
And  with  thefe  words  Herand  and  he  depart, 
Which  when  the  Caftle-foldiers  did  perceive^ 
They  gave  a  ftiout.  Our  General  thou  art, 
ir  Thy  honourable  fteps  we  will  not  leave; 


48 


We 


of  dwy  £<2:r/ ^  Warwick. 

Wc  arc  refolved  to  attend  thee  ftill, 

Let  Fortune  ufe  us,  e'en  as  fortune  will. 

And  thus  moft  valiant  they  do  march  along, 

Giving  the  onfet,  fearlefs  to  their  foe; 

Making  thofe  multitudes  that  feem  fo  ftrong, 

Retire  themfelves  with  flaughtered  overthrow; 

But  when  the  Duke  perceiv'd  his  Soldiers  flye, 

Pcrifli  (quoth  he)  bafe  Villians,  here  I'le  dye. 

Where  is  this  Englijli  man  that  haunts  my  Ghoft, 

And  thus  purfueth  me  from  place  to  place.-' 

I  challenge  him  to  come  and  leave  the  Hoft, 

And  meet  with  refolution  face  to  face: 

Let  equal  envy  make  his  equal  match, 

All  controverfies  we  will  foon  difpatch. 

Agreed  (quoth  Gti)^  proud  Foe,  I  yield  confent: 

Repent  thy  wrongs,  and  make  thy  confcience  clear; 

I  For  thou  haft  liv'd  to  fee  thy  honour  fpent. 

Which  worthy  men  of  all  things  hold  moft  dear: 

The  noble-minded  cenfure  him  with  fliame 

That  lives  to  fee  the  death  of  his  good  name. 

Then  toward  each  other  they  did  manly  make, 

And  break  their  Launces  very  violent; 

Which  being  done,  their  fwords  in  hand  they  take,. 
Fighting  untill  great  ftore  of  blood  was  fpent : 
For  envy  did  the  Duke's  keen  weapon  whet ; 
And  on  Guy's  fword  revenge  an  edge  did  fet; 
At  length  through  lofs  of  blood  the  Duke  fell  down 
And  faid,  Now  fond  felicity  farewel; 
I  am  betray'd  by  Fortune's  angry  frown, 
And  this  experience  to  the  world  doth  tell, 
There's  nothing  conftant  that  the  Earth  contains. 
Death  deals  with  Monarchs,  as  with  fimple  Swains. 
Bewitching  vanities,  feducing  blind  us, 
Greatnefs  hath  great  accounts  thereon  depending. 
As  Death  doth  leave  us,  fo  fliall  Judgment  find  us, 
There  is  no  peace  unto  a  happy  ending: 
My  dying  hour  yields  more  repenting  grace, 
Than  in  my  life  I  ever  could  embrace. 

G  2  Th'  im- 


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The  Famo2ts  Hi/lory 


Th'  immortal  foul  doth  with  thefe  words  depart, 
And  leaves  the  breathlefs  body  did  contain  it : 
While  woful  paffions  do  affli6l  Gicfs  heart, 
Now  wifliing  to  himfelf  he  had  not  flain  it: 
\  For  trne  Jimnility  coinpajfwn  JJtoivs, 
To  fee  affliSlion  overburden  woes. 
Guy  fheath'd  his  fword,  and  faid,  remain  thou  there 
Until  I  do  arrive  on  Englands  fhore ; 
No  further  quarrel  to  the  world  I  bear, 
For  love  oi  PJieElice  I  will  bleed  no  more; 
From  her  I  have  been  too  too  long  away, 
And  will  return  to  challenge  Soldiers  pay. 
So  thence  he  rode  to  find  Sir  Heraud  out, 
Making  his  journey  through  a  defart  place, 
Which  was  obfcure,  environ'd  round  about 
With  fhady  trees  that  hid  bright  Phoehns  face, 
Where  fuddenly  he  met  the  hugeft  Boar, 
That  ever  mortal  eyes  beheld  before. 
The  Beaft  came  at  him  moft  exceeding  fell, 
Which  he  perceiving,  ftands  upon  his  guard, 
And  doth  avoid  thofe  dreadful  Tusks  right  well. 
Laying  upon  his  fwinifli  head  fo  hard, 
That  dead  he  left  him,  who  had  many  flain, 
For  forth  that  Wood  no  man  came  back  again. 
When  this  was  done,  Heraud  he  overtakes, 
And  tells  him  what  a  Chriftmas  Brawn  he  flew. 
Then  with  his  purpofe  him  acquainted  makes, 
Which  was  to  bid  all  foreign  parts  adieu, 
And  fee  the  heavenly  objeft  of  his  heart; 
Heraud  confents,  and  they  forthwith  depart. 


To 


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(7/Guy  ^«r/^  Warwick. 

p^  T'^;  England  comes  victorious  Guy  ^ 

^  «;/^/  rt?t^//^  /rt/r  Ph?cHcc  zved\  ^ 

§  yl  <f  York  prefeuting  Athelftone  S? 

-t;r  a  dreadful  Drasron's  head.  —^ 

wimm^wmminmnmnmim 

CANTO     IX. 

ASfifted  now  by  nimble  winged  Time, 
Gi/j/  fhapes  his  courfe  for  England,  and  doth  leave 
The  bold  adventures  of  each  foreign  Clime, 
Love's  juft  reward  from  Phi^lice  to  receive: 
As  Hercules  twelve  labours  being  pafl, 
Found  time  for  Dianert's  love  at  laft. 
Heraud  and  Guy  no  fooncr  do  arrive, 
But  news  thereof  unto  the  King  was  brought. 
Who  heard  of  all  before  they  did  atchieve ; 
Which  made  him  much  defirous  in  his  thought 
To  fee  fuch  fubje6i:s,  matchlefs  men  alone, 
In  honouring  England,  and  King  AtJielJione. 
To  York  they  go,  for  there  the  King  was  then, 
To  whom  they  did  moft  humble  duty  fliow ; 
Welcome  (quoth  he)  renowned  Martial  men; 
My  Princely  love  upon  you  I  beftow; 
Your  fortunate  fuccefs  contentment  breeds. 
Fame  came  before  and  brought  us  home  your  deeds. 
Gny,  thou  haft  laid  a  heavy  hand  we  hear 
Upon  the  necks  of  Pagans,  Infidels, 
|And  fent  them  home  by  fatal  Sword  and  Spear, 
To  horrors  vault,  where  unbelievers  dwell; 
Devouring  Beafts  thou  likewife  haft  deftroy'd. 
That  human  Creatures  fearful  have  annoy'd. 
Yet  worthy  man,  I  think  thou  ne'r  did  flay, 
Of  all  thofe  Monfters  terrible  and  wild, 

A  crea- 


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The  Famotis  Hijlory 

A  creature  more  cruel,  than  at  this  day 

Deftroys  what  e're  he  meets,  man,  woman,  child, 

Cattle  angl  all,  which  no  man  may  withfland, 

A  dreadful  Dragon  in  Northuinberland. 

I  fpeak  not  this  to  animate  thee  on. 

And  hazard  life  at  fetting  foot  on  fhore; 

For  divers  to  deftroy  this  beaft  have  gone. 

But  to  their  Friends  never  returned  more: 

No,  I  exprefs  how  happy  thou  hafc  been, 

To  free  like  fears  that  other  men  were  in. 

Dread  Lord  (quoth  he)  as  I  am  EngliJIt  Knight, 

And  faithful  unto  God,  true  to  my  King. 

I  will  go  fee  if  that  fame  beafl  dare  bite, 

For  to  your  Grace  his  head  I  mean  to  bring: 

I  found  his  fellow  with  a  Lyon  fighting, 

And  made  him  leave  both  fcratching  and  his  biting. 

And  as  I  dealt  with  him,  I'le  deal  with  this: 

Only  I  do  befeech  your  Roynl  Grace, 

Command  me  fome  dire6lion  where  he  is, 

And  to  your  Court  I'le  bring  his  ugly  face. 

Or  your  mild  favour  let  me  never  fee; 

Dragon  or  Devil  whatfoe're  he  be. 

So  taking  humble  leave,  away  he  rides 

Unto  NortliUDiherland,  to  find  the  beaft. 

Having  a  dozen  Knights  which  were  his  guides. 

And  brought  him  where  the  Dragon  held  his  feaft 

Like  Caiiibal,  that  feeds  on  flefli  of  men : 

Behold  (quoth  they  to  Gii)')  yon  Cave's  his  Den. 

It  is  enough,  faid  he,  do  you  remain, 

And  leave  me  to  go  find  out  Hidra's  head. 

That  never  fhall  devour  a  man  again, 

Who  with  fo  many  bodies  have  been  fed : 

Here  Gentlemen  if  you  will  pleafe  to  ftay, 

Sit  on  your  Horfes,  and  behold  our  fray. 

Coming  unto  the  Cave,  the  Dragon  fpies  him. 

And  forth  he  ftalks  with  lofty  fpeckled  brefl 

Of  dreadful  form :  as  foon  as  ere  Gity  eyes  him, 

His  Launce  he  fpeedy  fet  unto  his  wrefl; 

Then 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Then  fpurs  to  Horfe,  and  then  at  Dragon  makes, 

That  beanng  ground  at  the  encounter  fliakcs. 

Then  very  h"ghtly  Guy  returns  his  Horfe, 

And  comes  up  on  him  with  redoubled  might: 

The  Dragon  meets  him  with  refifting  force, 

And  like  a  Reed,  his  Launcc  in  two  did  bite: 

Nay  then  (quoth  Gicy)  if  to  fuch  bites  you  fall, 

I  have  a  tool  to  pick  your  teeth  withal. 

Then  drew  his  Sword  (a  keen  and  maffie  blade) 

And  fiercely  flruck  with  furious  blows  fo  fell. 

That  many  wide  and  bloody  wounds  he  made. 

Which  caus'd  the  Dragon  yawn,  like  mouth  of  hell ; 

Roaring  aloud  with  a  moft  hideous  found, 

And  with  his  claws,  all  rent  and  tore  the  ground. 

Impatient  of  the  fmart  he  did  fuftain. 

He  thought  with  wings  to  raife  himfelf  aloft, 

But  with  a  ftroke  Guy  brought  him  down  again. 

And  ply'd  him  with  the  edge  of  fteel  fo  oft. 

That  down  he  fell  in  dirty  blood  bewray'd  ; 

And  forth  his  wide  devouring  Oven  bewray'd : 

A  flake  of  fire  feemed  to  iffue  thence. 

While  Guy  was  hewing  off  his  ugly  head. 

Now  fiend  (quoth  he)  thou  haft  thy  recompence 

For  all  the  human  blood  thy  jaws  have  flied ; 

Upon  a  part  of  this  fame  broken  fpear, 

Thy  filthy  face  unto  the  King  I'lc  bear. 

The  Knights  (with  joy  exceeding)  take  a  view 

Of  that  fame  fearful  creature,  ftrange  of  fhapc: 

Admiring  at  his  ugly  form  of  hiew, 

With  wonderment,  that  mortal  could  efcape 

Thofe  teeth  and  claws,  fo  dreadful,  fliarp  and  long, 

Compos'd  by  nature  in  a  Beaft  fo  ftrong. 

When  they  had  fix'd  the  head  upon  a  fpear. 

And  meafur'd  out  the  bodies  length  direft: 

Unto  the  King  at  Lincoln,  they  it  bear, 

Who  Giiys  return  with  longing  did  expect. 

God  fliield  (quoth  he)  and  fave  me  from  all  evil, 

Here  is  a  face  may  well  out-face  the  Devil : 

What 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

What  ftaring  Eyes  of  burning-glafs  be  thofe 
That  might  (alive)  two  flaming  beacons  feem? 
What  fcales  of  Harnefs  arm  that  crooked  nofe 
And  teeth?  none  fuch  had  Cerberus  I  deem. 
What  yawning  mouth,  and  forked  tongue  is  there 
That  being  dead,  may  make  the  living  fear? 
Mclorious  Knight,  thy  aftions  we  admire, 
And  place  thee  highly  in  our  Kingly  love; 
Throughout  the  fpacious  Orb  thy  Fame  afpire, 
More  lofty  than  the  Supream  Sphere  doth  move: 
i  To  the  fucceeding  ages  of  thy  Land, 
I  will  remember  thy  victorious  Hand. 
Which  fliall  be  thus,  the  Monfter's  pi6lure  wrought 
On  cloth  of  Arras  artificial  well; 
And  unto  VVarivick  we  will  have  it  brought, 
There  to  remain,  and  after-ages  tell. 
That  worthy  Guy,  a  man  of  matchlefs  ftrength, 
Deftroy'd  a  Dragon  thirty  foot  in  length. 
And  place  his  head  here  on  the  Caftle  wall, 
For  memory,  till  years  do  ruin  it : 
And  Nobles  make  triumphant  Feftival, 
Aftbrd  our  Knight  all  honour  doth  befit; 
Troys  He6lors  dead,  and  can  no  more  atcheive, 
But  England's  Hector  ftill  remains  alive. 
By  this  report  (the  only  Linguift  living) 
Hath  been  with  Phcelice,  for  to  make  her  glad, 
Such  Fame  and  Glory  to  her  Lover  giving. 
As  never  greater  any  Worthy  had; 
Tells  all  the  deeds  of  wonder  he  hath  done, 
From  the  firft  action  that  his  hand  begun. 
PJicelice  impatient  of  his  wiflied  fight, 
Speeds  towards  Lincoln,  like  light  Salniacis, 
Where  joyfully  flie  entertains  her  Knight 
With  Jiinds  kind  embrace,  and  Veniis  kifs  : 
Gny  with  requital  makes  his  gladnefs  known, 
And  in  his  arms  he  now  enjoys  his  own. 
Forgetful  Love,  and  too  to  flow  (quoth  flie) 
I  fear'd  thou  didft  not  mind  thy  deareft  friend ; 

What 


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of  Guy  £ar/  0/ Warwick. 

What,  feek  a  Dragon,  ere  thou  look  for  inc; 

And  hazard  life,  before  thou  come  or  fend 

To  know  if  I  remain  in  happy  ftate? 

Some  jealous  woman  would  fuppofe  'twere  hate. 

But  fure  I  do  not,  though  I  fpeak  my  heart. 

And  wifli  I  had  been  firft  thou  faw'ft  on  fliore : 

Gnj> !  Welcome  to  thy  PJicelice  now  thou  art : 

Thou  never  flialt  go  forth  a  fighting  more: 

No,  thou  haft  fought  too  much,  thy  looks  bewray: 

Stern  countenance  hath  ftoln  thy  fmiles  away. 

But  love  will  learn  thee  (Love)  to  change  thy  face; 

And  frame  it  as  at  firft  when  I  did  chufe  it, 

'Thou  haft  almoft  forgotten  to  embrace; 

I  like  that  well,  it  feems  thou  didft  not  ufe  it 

In  Foreign  parts  abroad,  where  thou  haft  been; 

But  that  loft  leffon  thou  muft  new  begin. 

I  will  (quoth  he)  dear  Love,  and  ply  my  book, 

And  kifs  my  Leffon  on  thy  Coral  lip : 

Tell  me  but  only  when  I  am  miftook, 

In  reading  raflily,  if  I  over-skip. 

Or  be  too  negligent  in  taking  pain, 

Why  turn  me  back  to  conn  my  gear  again. 

But  Lady,  one  exception  I  will  make. 

What  line  foever  you  do  put  me  to. 

The  Horn-book  of  all  other  I'le  forfake: 

For  willingly  I  would  not  have  to  do 

With  that  Crofs-row,  crofs  upon  many,  when 

Women  doth  teach  it  unto  married  men. 

Kind  Sir  (quoth  fhe)  confent,  I'le  never  chufe  it. 

It  fits  two  forts,  a  Courtezan,  a  Child ; 

Once  as  the  latter  fimply  I  did  ufe  it, 

But  for  the  other,  rather  be  beguil'd, 

Than  to  deceive,  the  fecond  Horn-book's  naught 

Teach  it  not  me,  and  it  fiiall  ne're  be  taught: 

G2iy  fmil'd  and  faid,  then  let  us  Warzvick  fee, 

Of  all  the  world  the  place  that  I  love  beft, 

Becaufe  it  had  the  bringing  up  of  thee; 

And  there  firft  with  thy  beauty  I  was  bleft. 

H  I  love 


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The  Fmnoits  Hiilory 

I  lov^e  the  Caftle,  and  the  Caftle-Ground. 
Where  firft  thy  Vemis-id.z&  alone  I  found. 
Let's  haften  on  to  hear  this  facred  voice, 
/  Guy  take  Phiclice  to  my  ivedded  Wife; 
And  thou  repeat,  /  likeivife  am  thy  choice, 
Till  death  depart  ns,  evnfo  long  as  life: 
And  then  the  next  will  be,  God  give  us  joy, 
And  fend  my  Father  s  Heir  a  gallant  Boy. 

-15  The  Marriage  is  foleumiz'd,                  ^ 

-^  But  aftter  fonr  days,                          ^ 

^  Guy  Penance  vows,  and  Pilgrim  like  ^ 

-^  From  England  goes  his  ivays.           ^ 

mm\m\m\m\m\h\mm\m 

CANTO     IX. 

THe  happy  day  (that  Lovers  long  cxpecl) 
Is  now  obtain'd,  to  give  defire  reft: 
And  all  the  honours  Hymen  can  efifecl, 
He  frank  beftows  to  grace  the  Wedding  feaft. 
For  Athelflone  and  his  renowned  Queen, 
At  this  great  Nuptial  in  their  pomp  were  feen : 
The  Nobles  rich  and  coftly  attire, 
With  worthy  Knights  and  Gentlemen  befide, 
Ladies  of  Honour  (as  their  lives  require) 
Attend  upon  the  beauteous  fair-fac'd  Bride. 
There  wanted  nothing  (wit  of  man  could  find) 
To  pleafe  the  eye,  or  to  content  the  mind. 
Mafques,  mid-night  Revels,  Tilt  and  Turnament, 
A6ling  of  ancient  Stories,  ftately  Shows, 
Banquets  might  give  great  Jnpiter  content; 
Where  Cups  of  Neclar  plenty  overflows. 
Abundant  all  things,  with  a  plenty  hand. 
As  if  a  King  himfelf  fliould  feaft  the  Land. 


Soon 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Soon  after  all  thefe  things  were  confummate, 

Earl  Roband  {PJicelice  worthy  Father)  dies; 

And  to  his  Son  bequeaths  tlie  whole  Eftate 

Of  Earldom,  Lordfliip,  all  his  Land  is  Gu/s; 

Who  is  created  Earl  of  Warwick  then, 

In  Honour's  rank,  with  England's  Noble  men, 

But  in  the  Glory  of  his  high  applaud, 

Enjoying  all  that  did  partake  delight; 

When  every  tongue  his  Fame  and  Fortune's  laud, 

Himfelf  converts  the  Sun-fhine  days  to  night; 

Bethinking  what  the  world  may  judge  be  thought, 

And  deeming  all  but  vain  that  he  had  sought. 

Oft  would  he  fit  and  meditate  alone. 

In  looking  back  what  fteps  his  youth  had  trod : 

Then  to  himfelf  wirh  fighs  and  grievious  grone, 

Cry  Pardon  me,  thou  jufh  incenfed  God; 

I  have  done  nothing  for  to  purchafe  Grace, 

But  fpent  my  time  about  a  womans  face. 

For  Beauty  bloody  through  the  world  I  ran. 

In  pride  of  heart  preferring  PJicelice  Feature: 

For  beauty  I  have  ended  many  a  man, 

Hating  all  other  for  one  mortal  creature: 

For  Beauty  I  have  pawn'd  my  utmoft  power; 

But  for  my  fms  not  fpent  one  weeping  hour. 

My  Nunquani  /era  I  will  now  begin, 

And  vow  to  fpend  the  remnant  of  my  days 

In  contrite  penance  for  my  former  fm, 

That  God  may  pardon  all  the  erring  ways 

Which  flefli  and  body  were  deceived  by; 

Unto  the  world  I  will  go  learn  to  dye. 

Let  me  be  cenfur'd  even  as  mortals  pleafc, 

I'le  pleafe  my  God  in  all  things  may  be  done; 

Ambitious  pride  hath  been  my  youths  difeafe ; 

I'le  teach  Age  meeknefs  e're  my  Glafs  be  run: 

And  change  my  voice,  wealth,  beauty,  world,  farewel, 

To  purchafe  Heaven  I  will  go  pafs  through  Hell. 

PJicelice  perceives  his  melancholly  flate, 

And  coming  to  him,  doth  moft  mildly  woo ; 

H2  My 


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The  Famoiis  Hijlory 

My  Lord  (quoth  fhe)  why  are  you  chang'd  of  late? 

As  I  fliare  joy,  let  me  bear  forrow  too: 

If  I  in  ought  have  mov'd  you  to  offence, 

I  will  with  tears  perform  due  recompence. 

No,  my  dear  Love  (quoth  Guy)  no  caufe  in  thee, 

'Tis  with  my  felf  I  difcontented  ftrive : 

By  light  of  Grace  my  Nature's  faults  I  fee, 

That  am  as  dead,  although  I  feem  alive : 

PJiczlice,  my  fms,  my  countlefs  fms  appear. 

Crying  Repent,  thy  guilty  confciencc  clem'. 

I  muft  deal  with  thee  as  Bavarus  dealt 

(A  Prince  oi  Rome)  with  Sygitnda  his  wife, 

Who  (from  a  deep  impreffion  he  felt) 

Vow'd  Chaftity  perpetual  all  his  life. 

Intreating  thee  (even  as  thou  lov'ft  my  foul) 

To  pardon  me,  not  urging  by  controul. 

Haft  thou  not  heard  what  Ethclfrida  did, 

A  Chriftian  woman  fometimes  Englands  Queen; 

Is  Edelthrudis  a6l  of  chaft  life  hid, 

A  Princefs  likewife,  and  matchlefs  doth  feem ; 

The  firfb  with  child,  no  more  of  lufb  would  taft. 

The  fecond  caus'd  two  husbands  both  live  chaft. 

And  canft  not  thou  (the  Phoenix  of  a  Realm) 

By  imitation  v/in  immortal  praife; 

Leaving  thy  Vertues  and  admired  Theam, 

To  the  fucceeding  Age  of  Iron-days.-' 

I  know  thou  canft,  thy  greater  part's  Divine, 

Where  moft  is  carnal,  'twill  to  flefh  incline. 

Thou  didft  procure  (although  I  do  excufe  it) 

My  pride  by  Conquefts  to  attain  thy  love : 

God  gave  me  valour,  I  did  vain  abufe  it ; 

My  heart  and  thoughts  afpired  far  above 

The  Crowns  and  Scepters  of  moft  potent  Kings, 

I  held  their  Diadems  inferior  things. 

But  now  I  gather  in  a  total  fum, 

Such  follies,  and  condemn  them  all  to  die: 

A  man  of  other  fafliion  I'le  become; 

Some  better  travels  for  my  foul  to  try, 

Not 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Not  as  before,  in  armour  on  my  Steed, 

But  in  a  Gown  of  gra}',  a  Palmers  Weed. 

Obfcure  my  journey,  for  Fie  take  no  leave, 

But  only  leave  my  cndlefs  love  to  thee : 

Here  is  my  ring,  this  memory  receive. 

And  fwear  the  fame,  to  make  thee  think  on  me, 

Let  me  have  thine  which  for  thy  fake  I'le  keep, 

Till  death  clofe  up  thefe  eyes  with  his  dead  fleep, 

When  this  was  fpoke,  how  flie  did  wring  her  hand.- 

With  fighs  and  tears,  may  be  well  deemed  much; 

Yet  wondrous  meekly,  nothing  countermands; 

For  the  devotion  of  that  age  was  fuch. 

To  hold  them  bleffed,  could  themfelvs  retire 

To  folitude,  and  leave  the  worlds  defire. 

Now  is  his  Princely  Clothing  laid  away, 

Wherein  he  glitter'd  like  the  glorious  fun; 

And  his  beft  habit,  homely  Countery-gray, 

Such  as  the  poor  plain  people  term  home-fpun, 

A  Staff,  a  Scrip,  a  Scollop-fliell  in's  hat, 

Not  to  be  known,  nor  once  admired  at. 

And  thus  with  penfive  heart,  and  doleful  tears. 

He  leaves  the  faireft  Creature  England  hdid; 

Who  in  her  Face  a  Map  of  forrow  wears, 

A  countenance  compos'd  all  mournful,  fad ; 

Like  unto  one  had  banifli'd  all  delight, 

Wifliing  for  flumbers  of  eternal  night. 

G7iy  journeys,  towards  the  fan6lified  Ground, 

Whereas  fometimes  the  jfezvs  fair  City  flood: 

In  which  our  Saviour's  Sacred  Head  was  crown'd, 

And  where  for  fniful  men  he  fhed  his  blood : 

To  fee  the  Sepulcher  was  his  intent, 

The  Tomb  that  Jofeph  unto  Jcfus  lent. 

With  tedious  miles  he  tir'd  his  weary  feet. 

And  paffed  defart  places  full  of  danger; 

At  laft  with  a  moft  woful  Wight  did  meet, 

A  man  that  unto  forrow  was  no  ftranger. 

For  he  had  fifteen  Sons  made  captive  all 

To  flavifh  bondage  in  extreemeft  Thrall. 


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Who 


The  Famous  Hi^ory 

"Who  in  a  caftle,  which  he  held  and  chain'd  them, 

Guy  queftion'd  where;  and  underftands  at  lengrh. 

The  place  not  far;  lend  me  thy  fword  (quoth  he) 

rie  lend  my  man-hood  all  thy  Sons  to  free. 

With  that  he  goes,  and  lays  upon  the  door, 

Like  him  that  fays,  I  muft  and  will  come  in: 

The  Giant  never  was  fo  rouz'd  before, 

For  no  fuch  knocking  at  his  gate  had  been ; 

So  takes  his  Club  and  Keys,  and  cometh  out. 

Staring  with  ireful  Countenance  about. 

Sirrah  (quoth  he)  what  bufmefs  haffc  thou  here? 

Art  come  to  feaft  the  Crows  about  thefe  Walls.-* 

Didft  never  hear,  no  ranfom  could  him  clear, 

That  in  the  compafs  of  my  fury  falls.-' 

For  making  me  to  take  a  Porters  pains, 

With  this  fame  Club  I  will  dafli  out  thy  brains. 

Sirrah  (quoth  Giiyi)  y'are  quarrelfome  I  fee, 

Choler  and  you  feem  very  near  of  kin : 

Dangerous  at  the  Club  be-like  you  be, 

I  have  been  better  arm'd,  though  now  go  thin: 

But  fliew  thy  utmoft  hate,  enlarge  thy  fprite, 

Here  is  a  weapon  that  muft  do  me  right. 

So  draws  his  fword,  falutes  him  with  the  fame 

About  the  head,  the  flioulders,  and  the  fide. 

While  his  ere6led  Club  did  death  proclaim, 

Standing  with  huge  Coloffiis  fpacious  ftride: 

Putting  forth  vigour  to  his  knotty  beam, 

That  like  a  furnace  he  did  fmoak  extream : 

But  on  the  ground  he  fpent  his  flrokes  in  vain, 

For  Guy  was  nimble  to  avoid  them  flill : 

And  ever  c'rc  he  heav'd  his  Club  again. 

Did  brulh  his  plated  Coat  againft  his  will: 

At  fuch  advantage  he  would  never  fail 

To  bang  him  foundly  in  his  fliirt  of  Mail. 

At  length  through  thirfl  Amarant  feeble  grew, 

And  faid  to  Guy,  As  th'  art  of  humane  race, 

Shew  it  in  this,  Give  Nature's  wants  their  due; 

Let  me  but  go  and  drink  in  yonder  place: 


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Thou 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Thou  canft  not  yield  unto  a  fmallcr  thing, 
Than  to  grant  life  that's  given  by  the  fpring. 
I  grant  thee  leave  (Quoth  Guy)  go  drink  thy  laft 
To  pledge  the  Dragon,  and  the  Savage  Boar: 
Succeed  the  Tragedies  which  they  have  paft, 
But  never  think  to  drink  cold  water  more, 


A  Giant  called  Amarant, 

Guy  valiantly  dejlroyes; 

Whereby  zvrong'd  Ladies,  captive  Knights, 

Their  liberty  enjoys. 


Drink 


The  Famous  Hijlory 

Drink  deep  to  death,  and  after  that  Caroufe, 

Bid  him  receive  thee  in  his  earthen  houfe. 

So  to  the  fpring  he  goes,  and  flakes  his  thirft, 

Taking  the  water  in  extreamly,  Hke 

A  wrecked  Ship,  that  on  fome  Rock  is  burfl, 

When  forced  bulk  againft  the  Stones  doth  flrike ; 

Scooping  it  in  fo  faft  Avith  both  his  hands 

That  Guy  admiring  to  behold  it  ftands. 

Come  on  (qnoth  he)  let  us  to  work  again, 

Thou  art  about  thy  Liquor  over  long, 

The  Fifli  that  in  the  River  do  remain, 

Will  want  thereby,  thy  drinking  doth  them  wrong; 

But  I  would  fee  their  fatisfa6lion  made, 

With  Giants  blood  they  muft  and  fliall  be  paid. 

Villian  (quoth  Aviarant)  I'le  crufli  thee  ftraight, 

Thy  Life  fliall  pay  thy  daring  tongues  offence; 

This  Club  (which  is  about  an  hundred  weight) 

Is  Death's  Commiffion  to  difpatch  thee  hence, 

Drefs  thee  for  Ravens  diet  I  muft  needs, 

And  break  thy  bones  as  they  were  made  of  reeds. 

Incenfed  much  by  thefe  bold  Pagans  boafts, 

Which  worthy  Guy  could  ill  indure  to  hear: 

He  hews  upon  thofe  big  fupporting  pofts, 

That  like  two  pillars  did  the  body  bear; 

Aniarant  (for  them  wounds)  in  choler  grows, 

And  defperately  at  Gtcy  his  Club  he  throws. 

Which  did  dire6tly  on  his  body  light ; 

So  violent,  and  weighty  therewithall, 

That  down  to  ground  on  fudden  came  the  Knight, 

And  e're  he  could  recover  from  the  fall. 

The  Giant  got  a  Club  again  in's  fift. 

And  ftruck  a  ftroke  that  wonderfully  mift. 

Tray  tor  (quoth  Guy)  thy  falfehood  I'le  repay. 

This  Coward-a6l,  to  intercept  my  blood; 

Says  Auiarant,  I'le  murther  any  way. 

With  enemies  all  vantages  are  good ; 

Oh!  Could  I  poyfon  in  thy  noftrils  blow. 

Thou  fliould'dft  be  fure  I  would  difpatch  thee  fo. 

Tis 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

'Tis  well  (faid  Gii}')  thy  honefb  thoughts  appear, 

Within  that  beaflly  bulk  do  Devils  dwell, 

Which  are  thy  Tenants  while  thou  liveft  here, 

But  will  be  Land-lords  when  thou  com'ft  in  Hell: 

Vile  mifcreant,  prepare  thee  for  their  Den ; 

Inhuman  Monftcr,  hateful  unto  men. 

But  breathe  thy  felf  a  time,  v/hile  I  go  drink, 

For  flaming  P/icebus  with  his  fiery  eye 

Torments  me  fo  with  burning  heat,  I  think 

My  thirft  would  ferve  to  drink  an  Ocean  dry: 

Forbear  a  little,  as  I  dealt  with  thee. 

Quoth  A  niarauf,  thou  haft  no  fool  of  me ; 

No  filly  Wretch,  my  Father  taught  more  wit. 

How  I  fliould  ufc  fuch  enemies  as  thou : 

By  all  my  gods  I  do  rejoyce  at  it, 

To  undeftand  that  thirft  conftrains  thee  now: 

For  all  the  treafure  that  the  world  contains, 

One  drop  of  water  fliall  not  cool  thy  veins. 

Relieve  my  Foe!  it  were  a  mad  mans  part, 

Refrefli  an  adverfary  to  my  wrong! 

If  thou  imagine  this,  a  child  thou  art: 

No  fellow,  I  have  known  the  world  too  long 

To  be  fo  fimple;  now  I  know  thy  want, 

A  minutes  fpace  of  breathing  I'le  not  grant. 

And  with  thefe  words  heaving  aloft  his  Club, 

Into  the  air  he  fwings  the  fame  about; 

Then  fliakes  his  locks,  and  doth  his  temples  rub, 

And  like  the  Cyclops  in  his  pride  did  ftrut. 

Sirrah  (faid  he)  I  have  you  at  a  lift. 

You  are  now  come  unto  your  lateft  fliift. 

Periili  for  ever,  with  this  ftroke  I  fend  thee, 

(A  medicine  will  do  thy  thirft  much  good) 

Take  thou  no  care  for  drink  before  I  end  thee. 

And  then  we'l  have  caroufes  of  thy  blood; 

Here's  at  thee  with  a  Butcher's  down-right  blow, 

To  pleafe  my  fury  with  thine  ovethrow. 

Infernal,  falfe,  obdurate  Fiend  {Guy  faid) 

That  feem'ft  an  Imp  of  cruelty  from  Hell; 

I  In- 


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The  Fa7}i02'Ls  Hi^ory 

Ingrateful  Monfter,  fincc  thou  haft  dcny'd, 
The  things  to  mc  wherein  I  us'd  thee  well: 
With  more  revenge  than  e're  my  fword  did  make. 
On  thy  accurfed  head  revenge  Tie  take. 
Thy  Giants  longitude  fliall  fliorter  flirink, 
Except  thy  Sun  fcorcht  skin  be  weapon-proof; 
Farewel  my  thirft,  I  do  difdain  to  drink; 
Streams  keep  your  water  to  your  own  behoof: 
Or  let  wild  beafls  be  welcome  thereunto, 
With  thofe  pearl  drops  I  will  not  have  to  do. 
Hold  Tyrant,  take  a  tafte  of  my  good  will, 
For  thus  I  do  begin  my  bloody  bout; 
You  cannot  chufe  but  like  the  greeting  ill. 
It  is  not  that  fame  Club  will  bear  you  out; 
And  take  this  pa}-ment  on  thy  fliagged  crown; 
A  blow  that  brought  him  with  a  veng'ance  down. 
Then  Guy  fct  foot  upon  the  Monfters  breft. 
And  from  his  flioulders  did  his  head  divide; 
Which  with  a  yawning  mouth  did  gape,  unbleft. 
No  Dragons  jaws  were  ever  feen  more  wide 
To  open  and  to  fhut,  till  life  was  fpcnt; 
So  Gity  took's  keys,  and  to  the  Caftlc  Avent. 
Where  many  woful  captives  he  did  find, 
That  had  been  tryed  Avith  extremities. 
Whom  he  in  friendly  manner  did  unbind, 
And  reafon  with  them  of  their  miferies: 
Each  told  a  tale  with  tears  and  fighs,  and  cryes. 
All  weeping  to  him  with  complaining  eyes: 
There  tender  Ladies  in  dark  Dungeon  lay. 
That  Avere  furprifed  in  the  defert  Wood ; 
And  had  no  other  diet  every  day, 
Than  flefli  of  humane  creatures  for  their  food : 
Some  Avith  their  Lovers  bodies  had  been  fed. 
And  in  their  Wombs,  their  Husbands  buried. 
NoAv  he  bethinks  him  of  his  coming  there, 
T' enlarge  the  Avronged  brethren  from  their  Avoes; 
And  as  he  fearched,  both  great  clamours  hear, 
By  Avhich  fad  founds  direction,  on  he  goes, 

Uutil 


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of  Guy  Earl  o/V^^LvWiok. 

Untill  he  finds  a  darkfome  obfcure  Gate, 
Arm'd  ftrongly  over  all  with  iron-plate: 
That  he  unlocks,  and  enters,  where  appears 
The  ftrangeft  obje6t  that  he  ever  faw. 
Men,  that  with  famifliment  of  many  years. 
Were  like  deaths  pi6lure  which  the  Painters  draw- 
Divers  of  them  were  hanged  by  each  thumb, 
Others  head  downward,  by  the  middle  fome. 
With  diligence  he  takes  them  from  the  walls, 
With  Liberty  their  Thraldom  to  acquaint : 
Then  the  perplexed  Knight,  their  Father  calls. 
And  fays,  Receive  thy  fons,  though  poor  and  faint, 
I  promis'd  you  their  lives,  accept  of  that. 
But  did  not  warrant  you  they  fliould  be  fat. 
The  Caftle  I  do  give  thee,  here's  the  keys, 
Where  Tyranny  for  many  years  did  dwell : 
Procure  the  gentle  tender  Ladies  eafe. 
For  pity  fake  ufe  wronged  women  well. 
Men  eas'ly  may  revenge  the  deeds  men  do. 
But  poor  weak  women  have  no  ftrength  thereto. 
The  good  old  man,  even  overjoy'd  with  this. 
Fell  on  the  ground,  and  would  have  kift  G7iyt  feet. 
Father  (quoth  he)  refrain  fo  bafe  a  kifs, 
For  age  to  honour  youth  I  hold  unmeet : 
Ambitious  pride  hath  hurt  me  all  it  can, 
I  eo  to  mortifie  a  finful  man. 


1 2  Guy 


6; 


The  Famous  Hijlory 

^.  Guy  on  his  journey  dotJipi'ocecd,  SI 

-^      with  painful  Pilgrims  life,  ^ 

^  F  F/z/A-'Warwicks  Countefs  lives  in  tears  ^ 
^      a  chafl  and  loyal  Wife.  ^ 

CANTO     XI. 

Ehold  the  man  that  fought  contentions  out, 
'Whofe  recreation  was  in  angry  arms, 
And  for  his  Venus  rang'd  the  world  about, 
To  find  out  dreadful  combats,  fierce  alarms : 
From  former  difpofition  alienate, 
Shuns  all  occafion  may  procure  debate. 
In  his  own  wrongs  by  vow  he  will  not  ftrike, 
Let  injury  impofe  what  ffcrife  can  do, 
Abufes  fliall  not  force  him  to  diflike. 
For  he  hath  now  fram'd  Nature  therunto : 
And  taken  patience  by  the  hand  for's  guide, 
To  lead  his  thoughts  where  meeknefs  doth  abide. 
No  worldly  joy  can  give  his  mind  content; 
Delights  are  gone,  as  they  had  never  been : 
His  only  care  is,  how  he  may  repent 
His  fpending  youth  about  the  ferving  fm; 
And  fafhion  Age  to  look  like  contrite  forrow, 
That  little  time  to  come,  which  life  doth  borrow, 
His  looks  were  fad,  complexion  pale  and  wan, 
His  diet  of  the  meaneft,  hard  and  fpare: 
His  life  he  led  like  a  Religious  man. 
His  habit  poor  and  homely,  thin  and  bare; 
His  dignities  and  honour  were  forgot. 
His  Warivicks  Earldom  he  regarded  not. 
Sometimes  he  would  fo  fearch  into  a  grave. 
And  there  he  finds  a  rotten  dead  mans  skull; 


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And 


of  Guy  Ear  I  of  Warwick. 

And  with  the  fame  a  conference  would  have, 

Examining  each  vanity  at  full, 

And  then  himfelf  would  anfwer  for  the  head, 

His  own  objection  in  the  dead  mans  ftead. 

If  thou  haft  been  fome  Monarch,  where's  thy  crown, 

Or  who  in  fear  of  thy  ftern  looks  do  (land? 

Death  haft  made  Conquefl  of  my  great  renown, 

My  golden  Scepter,  in  a  fleflily  hand, 

Is  taken  from  me  by  another  King, 

And  I  in  duft  am  made  a  rotten  thing. 

Haft  thou  been  fome  great  Counfellor  of  State, 

Whofe  potent  wit  did  rule  a  mighty  Realm? 

Where  is  the  policy  thou  hadft  of  late? 

Confum'd  and  gone,  even  like  an  idle  dream. 

I  have  not  fo  much  wit  as  will  fufifice, 

To  kill  the  worms  that  in  my  Coffin  lies : 

Perhaps  thou  waft  fome  beauteous  Ladies  face, 

For  whom  right  ftrange  adventures  have  been  wrought, 

Even  fuch,  as  (when  it  was  my  loving  cafe) 

For  my  dear  kindeft  Phcclcc  I  have  fought. 

Perhaps  about  this  skull  there  was  a  skin 

Fairer  than  Hellens  was  inclofed  in. 

And  on  this  fcalp  fo  w^ormy  eaten  bare, 

(Where  nothing  now  but  bone  we  may  behold) 

Where  Natures  ornaments,  fuch  locks  of  hair. 

As  might  induce  the  eye  to  deem  them  gold ; 

And  chryftal  Eyes  in  thofe  two  hollow  caves ; 

And  here  fuch  lips,  as  love,  for  kiffmg  craves. 

But  where's  the  fubftance  of  this  beauty  fent, 

So  loving,  precious  in  the  fight  of  men  ? 

With  powerful  death  unto  the  duft  it  went; 

Grew  loathfome,  filthy,  came  to  nothing  then. 

And  what  a  pi6ture  of  it  doth  remain, 

To  tell  the  wife,  All  beauty  is  but  vain. 

Such  memories  he  often  would  prefer, 

Of  mortal  frailty  and  the  force  of  death ; 

To  teach  the  flefli  how  apt  it  is  to  err, 

And  poft  repentance  off  till  lateft  breath : 

Thus 


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The  Famous  Hi^ory 

Thus  would  he  in  the  worlds  contempt  reprove 

All  that  feduce  the  foul  from  heavenly  love. 

Now  for  a  while  reverfe  your  vows  of  wo, 

For  one  fad  fubje6l  to  behold  another, 

To  fee  new  forrow  back  to  England  go. 

And  to  long  abfent  years  commit  the  other: 

Leave  doleful  Guy  to  aged  grief  and  cares. 

And  look  on  Phcelice,  how  his  Lady  fares 

Like  to  a  widow,  all  in  black  attire, 

She  doth  exprefs  her  inward  doleful  mind: 

A  Chamber-prifon  is  her  chief  defire, 

Where  fhe  to  paffion  wholly  is  enclin'd. 

She  that  of  late  was  pride  of  Englijli  Court, 

With  Majefty  no  longer  will  confort. 

But  lives  a  life  like  one  defpis'd  life's  being ; 

And  every  day  unto  the  world  did  die. 

With  judgment's  eyes  far  into  folly  feeing, 

And  noting  well,  how  faft  falfe  pleafures  flie; 

Leaving  for  every  tafte  of  vain  delight, 

A  greater  heap  of  cares  than  pen  can  write. 

Her  thoughts  run  after  her  departed  Lord, 

And  travel'd  in  conceit  more  fafi:  than  he: 

What  place  (quoth  flie)  can  reft  to  thee  afford. 

That  pilgrim  like  hath  thus  forfaken  me; 

Oh  fad  laments!  my  foul  your  burthen  bears, 

To  think  poor  Guy  remembers  me  in  tears. 

Methinks  he  fits  now  by  a  River  fide. 

And  fwells  the  water  with  his  weeping  eyes : 

Methinks  that,  Phmlice,  Phcelice,  loud  he  cry'd, 

And  charged  Eccho  bear  it  through  the  skies; 

Then  rifmg  up  he  runs  with  might  and  main. 

Saying,  fweet  Eccho  bring  my  love  again. 

Then  comes  he  to  a  Cyprefs  Tree,  and  fays, 

Sylvanus,  this  was  once  the  lovely  Boy, 

Whom  thou  for  feature  to  the  Clouds  didft  praife, 

But  here's  thy  fenflefs  and  transformed  joy; 

'Tis  nothing  now  but  boughs  and  leaves,  and  tree, 

And  made  to  wither,  as  all  beauties  be. 

And 


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of  Gu}^  Earl  of  Warwick. 

And  then  methinks  he  fits  him  fadly  down, 

And  on  his  bending  knees  his  elbow  ftays, 

With  head  in  hand,  faying,  Farewel  renown, 

Vanifli  vain  pleafures  of  my  youthful  days; 

My  true  repentance  do  you  all  difplace; 

A  happy  end  brings  finful  fouls  to  grace. 

Ah  worthy  man  that  thus  canft  mortifie 

The  Rebel  flcfh,  to  conquer  Adams  nature, 

And  for  the  gaining  of  Eternity, 

Doft  live  on  earth,  as  if  an  earthly  creature; 

Dead  and  alive,  old  and  new-born  again, 

True  Valiant  Guy,  that  hath  the  Devil  flain. 

As  thy  advice  was  when  thou  didft  depart, 

That  I  fliould  live  a  Veftal  Virgins  life ; 

Although  when  I  was  Maid,  by  Lovers  art 

Thou  didft  perfwade  me  to  become  a  Wife : 

I  vow  by  Heaven's,  and  all  the  Pow'rs  Divine, 

To  keep  my  thoughts  as  conftant,  chaft  as  thine. 

My  beauty  I  will  blemifli  all  I  may. 

With  tears,  and  fighs,  and  doleful  lamentation ; 

By  abftinance  I  will  attain  the  way 

To  overcome  the  force  of  fins  temptation : 

This  fentence  have  I  often  read  and  feen, 

A  ivomans  chajiity  is  Virtues  Queen. 

Cerus  and  Bacchus  I  will  careful  fhun, 

Foes  to  Diana,  Friends  to  Venus  ever; 

Unto  licentious  life  they  teach  us  run, 

And  with  fobriety  affociate  never. 

Spare  Diet  fliall  become  my  daily  fare, 

The  foul  thrives  beft  to  keep  the  body  bare. 

The  Courtly  ornament  I  wore  of  late. 

In  honour  of  King  Atheljione's  fair  Queen,  '  ; 

Ev'n  all  thofe  Jewels  and  thofe  Robes  of  State, 

Wherein  fo  often  I  was  glorious  feen. 

Shall  with  their  price  and  value  now  fupply 

Thofe  naked  poor  that  in  the  ftreets  do  lie. 

The  Gold  and  Silver  that  I  do  poffefs. 

About  good  works  fliall  all  imployed  be ; 

The 


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The  Famous  Hi/lory 

The  purchafe  of  eternal  happinefs 

Is  of  all  wealth  moft  precious  unto  me ; 

All  that  in  want  to  VVarzvick  Caftle  come, 

And  crave  relief,  I  will  afford  them  fome. 

For  halt,  and  lame,  and  blind,  I  will  pro\'ide 

Some  Hofpital,  with  Land  to  be  maintain'd; 

For  widows,  and  poor  fatherlefs  befide, 

That  their  neceffities  may  be  fuftain'd ; 

For  young  Beginners  their  Eftates  to  raife; 

And  for  repairing  of  decay'd  High-ways. 

This  I  account  to  be  the  Heavenly  thrift, 

Lay  up  your  Treafure  where  it  cannot  ruft. 

And  give  the  riches  we  receive  by  gift, 

As  each  good  Steward  is  enjoyn'd  he  muft: 

That  after  this  fliort  ftinted  life's  deca}-. 

We  may  have  life  an  everlafting  da}'. 

Reje6led  World,  thus  do  I  take  my  leave 

With  thee,  and  all  things  thou  do' ft  moft  efteem : 

Th}-  fliews  are  fnares,  and  all  thy  hopes  deceive, 

Thy  goodnefs  is  but  only  good  to  fecm : 

Of  thy  falfe  pleafures  I  as  much  have  feen, 

As  flie  that  bears  the  Title  of  a  Queen. 

Oh  that  I  were  in  fuch  unknown  difguife, 

(Attending  on  my  Guy  where-ere  he  be) 

As  once  the  King  SiUpitia  did  devife. 

His  Lentulus  in  banifliment  to  fee! 

Or  Hypficrata  like,  in  mans  attire 

Following  her  exil'd  King,  through  Loves  defire. 

'Twould  fomething  eafe  my  forrow  wounded  heart, 

So  to  divide  the  burthen  of  unreft; 

For  where  affli6lion  take  afflictions  part, 

In  hard  extreams  fome  comfort  is  expreft. 

Mifery  is  more  eafie  to  abide, 

When  friends  with  friends  their  croffes  do  divide. 

But  all  in  vain  I  wifh'd,  would  God  I  were ; 

Or  thus,  or  thus,  it  nought  avails  my  woe : 

Though  ftaiving  thoughts  do  wander  here  and  there, 

My  poor  weak  body  knows  not  where  to  go: 

Unto 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Unto  the  Holy  Land  1  heard  him  fay 

God  fend  me  thither  at  my  dying  day. 

I  will  about  my  vows,  and  fee  them  paid, 

To  do  the  goood  that  Charity  requires: 

When  grace  to  works  of  virtue  does  perfwade, 

'Tis  bleffednefs  to  further  fuch  defires. 

And  while  on  earth  I  do  a  fmner  dwell, 

rie  ftrive  to  pleafe  my  God  with  living  well. 

In  this  refolve,  that  life  flie  entertains, 

Performing  all  the  courfe  fhe  had  propounded, 

And  fuch  feverity  therein  explains, 

Her  fex  with  wonder  refts  amaz'd,  confounded, 

To  fee  fo  rare  a  beauty,  rich,  high-born. 

Hold  all  worlds  pleafures  in  contempt  and  fcorn. 

For  no  perfwading  friend  that  fhe  would  hear. 

Which  motion'd  company  or  recreation ; 

Unto  their  fpecch  Hie  would  not  lend  an  ear, 

That  fought  to  alter  her  determination: 

But  fuch  as  came,  and  of  compaffion  fpake. 

She  did  relieve  for  bleffed  Jefus  fake. 

Her  wandring  Lord  from  Land  to  Land  repairs, 

To  feek  out  places  Pilgrims  do  frequent: 

By  careful  years  turn'd  into  fih^er  hairs ; 

Exceeding  chang'd  with  grief  and  languifliment. 

(For  forrow  gives  a  man  more  ancient  look 

Than  elder  time,  which  leffer  cares  have  took). 

His  old  acquaintance  in  thofe  foreign  parts. 

That  had  before  moft  worthy  a6lions  feen, 

Right  bold  adventures  of  his  long  deferts, 

Had  loft  Sir  Guy,  as  he  had  never  been. 

Thofe  that  in  Armour  knew^  his  Martial  face, 

Did  not  expe6l  him  in  a  Friars  cafe. 

Among  the  reft  to  whom  he  had  been  known, 

He  met  Earl  Terry  banifli'd  to  exile: 

Each  unto  other  being  ftrangers  grown. 

Through  forrow,  which  the  fenfes  do  beguile; 

They  had  forgot  that  ere  they  faw  each  other. 

Yet  Guy  was  Terry's,  Terry  Guy's  fworn  brother. 

K  Having 


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The  Famous  Hiftory 

Having  related  how  their  Travels  grew, 

One's  voluntary,  t'other's  by  conftraint; 

In  taking  leave  with  courtefies  adieu, 

Oh  Englifli  man  (faith  Terry,  fighing  faint) 

I  had  a  friend,  a  Countrey-man  of  thine, 

Was  Juflice  Champion  to  great  wrongs  of  mine. 

Tyranny  to  the  face  he  durft  defie. 

And  ftamp  his  foot  upon  oppreflion's  neck: 

Tell  me,  dear  friend,  haft  thou  not  heard  of  Guy, 

That  had  a  hand  to  help,  a  fword  to  check? 

I  have  (quoth  he)  and  knew  him  many  years; 

Guy  VVarivicJis  Earl,  is  one  of  England  Peers. 

What  is  thy  name,  Terry  (quoth  he)  I  hight, 

Greater  by  birth  than  fortune  makes  me  feem. 

Terry  (faid  he)  I  vow  to  do  thee  right 

To  what  I  may,  my  poor  good  will  efteem : 

To  human  thought  my  nature  doth  agree. 

Thou  lov'ft  my  friend,  I  muft  of  force  love  thee. 

Dire£l  me  to  the  man  exil'd  thee  thus, 

I'le  take  thy  part  as  far  as  fcrength  extends : 

If  Guy  himfelf  were  here  to  joyn  with  us. 

He  could  but  fay,  fie  venture  life  and  friends. 

And  be  affured,  though  I  fimple  be, 

I  oft  have  had  as  good  fuccefs  as  he. 

Terry  with  loving  thanks  his  love  requites, 

And  brings  him  to  his  Foe,  whom  he  defies, 

And  valiant  with  his  adverfe  Champion  fights, 

Till  mortal  wounded  at  his  feet  he  dies; 

Yet  'twas  a  man  fuppos'd  of  matchlefs  worth. 

That  for  that  Combat  they  had  fingled  forth. 

When  this  was  done,  the  Earl  demands  his  name : 

Pardon,  (quoth  he)  that  were  againft  a  vow; 

To  no  man  living  I'le  reveal  the  fame, 

For  I  have  changed  name  and  nature  now: 

Nature's  corruption  I  do  ftrive  to  leave, 

A  new  regeneration  to  receive. 

Farewel  my  friend,  ev'n  as  my  foul  would  fare, 

If  we  ne're  meet  on  earth,  Heav'n  be  the  place; 


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For 


of  Guy  i5<^r/<9/ Warwick. 

For  idle  hours  I  have  none  to  fpare, 

My  hairs  look  gray,  they  turn  to  white  apace; 

I  have  great  lofs  in  fliort  time  to  redeem ; 

A  minute's  forrow  is  of  much  efteem 

So  he  departs  towards  Jtideds  ground, 

Samaria  and  Galilee  to  fee, 

Thofe  parts  where  Chriftian  Pilgrims  fo  rcnown'd 

Becaufe  their  Saviour's  choice  was  there  to  be, 

Where  he  did  fuffer  to  redeem  our  lofs; 

Ev'n  from  the  Cratch  unto  the  bloody  Crofs. 

Much  time  he  fpends  and  many  years  beftows, 

From  place  to  place  about  this  holy-Land, 

That  all  his  friends  in  England  do  fuppofe. 

Now  death  of  him  hath  got  the  upper-hand : 

For  no  report  came  that  could  ere  relate 

His  life,  his  being,  or  his  prefent  ftate. 

This  put  the  world  to  filence,  men  were  mute. 

Concerning  Gny  they  knew  not  what  to  fay. 

The  dreadful  Champion  in  the  armed  fuit. 

Was  never  known  nor  fear'd  in  fimple  gray. 

But  did  endeavour  all  that  ere  he  might, 

Never  to  be  reveal'd  to  any  Wight. 

For  unto  none  he  w^ould  his  name  difclofe, 

Nor  tell  direct  what  Countrey-man  he  was; 

Nor  of  his  noble  mind  make  any  fliows. 

But  flrive  in  all  things  mofh  obfcure  to  pafs,     ' 

Until  by  native  love  his  mind  was  led, 

To  come  and  lay  his  bones  where  he  was  bred. 


K  2  Guy 


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The  Famous  Hilary 

ir  Guy  after  many  years  comes  home,       — t- 

^  To  England  for  his  grave,                ^ 

^  Kills  Colbrond  the  great  Giant,  and  ^ 

-^  Dies  poorly  in  a  Cave.                        ^ 

CANTO     XII. 

EV'n  as  the  brighteft  glorious  fhining-day 
Will  have  a  night  of  dari<nefs  to  fucceed ; 
Which  takes  the  pride  of  Phcebtis  quite  away, 
And  makes  the  Earth  to  mourn  in  fable  weed : 
Prefenting  us  with  drowfie  heavy  fleep, 
Death's  memory  in  careful  thoughts  to  keep: 
So  youth  the  day  of  Nature's  flrength  and  beauty, 
Which  had  a  fplendor  like  fair  Heaven's  eye, 
Muft  yield  to  age  by  a  fubmiffive  duty, 
And  grow  fo  dark,  that  life  of  force  muft  dye, 
When  length  of  years  bring  ancient  evening  on, 
Irrevocable  time  is  pofting  gone. 
This  cogitation  in  Guys  breaft  appears, 
By  his  returning  from  the  Holy  Land ; 
He  finds  himfelf  to  be  a  man  in  years, 
And  that  his  Glafs  had  but  a  little  fand 
To  run,  before  his  date  of  life  expire, 
Therefore  to  England  he  doth  back  retire, 
There  to  be  buried  where  he  had  been  born. 
Was  all  the  caufe  that  did  induce  him  back: 
To  end  his  evening  where  he  had  his  morn. 
In  doleful  colours  of  a  dead  man's  black : 
And  let  that  body  reft  in  Englifli  ground, 
Which  through  the  world  no  refting  place  had  found. 
When  he  arrived  on  his  native  fhore, 
He  found  his  Countrey  in  extream  diftrefs; 

For 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warw  Ick. 

For  through  the  Kingdom  armed  troops  great  ftore, 

Againft  the  Foe  was  all  in  readinefs, 

The  King  of  Denmark,  whofe  deftroying  hand, 

A  mighty  Army  did  fecurely  land ; 

And  marched  from  the  Coaft  with  devafbation, 

Deftroying  Towns,  Villages  fet  on  fire; 

Working  fuch  terror  unto  all  the  Nation, 

King  AtJielJione  was  forced  to  retire 

To  VVincheJler.     Which  when  the  Danes  once  knew, 

Towards  the  City  all  their  ftrength  they  drew, 

Which  was  too  ftrong  for  Spear  Bnd  Shield  to  win, 

(Invincible  their  walls  of  flone  were  then) 

They  wanted  Cannon-keys  to  let  them  in. 

Hell's  picklock  powder  was  unknown  to  men: 

The  Devil  had  not  taught  fuch  murthering  fmoak; 

A  Soldier's  honour  was  in  manly  ftroke: 

Beholding  now  how  they  repulfed  were, 

That  VVincJieJier  by  no  means  could  be  won: 

They  do  conclude  to  fummon  parly  there, 

And  with  a  Challenge  have  all  quarrels  done; 

An  EngliJJi  man  to  combat  with  a  Dane, 

And  that  King  lofe,  that  had  his  Champion  flain. 

Wherewith  a  huge  great  Giant  doth  appear, 

Demanding  where  the  Foxes  all  were  crept; 

Saying,  if  one  dare  come  and  meet  me  here. 

That  hath  true  valour  for  his  Countrey  kept, 

Let  him  come  forth,  his  manhood  to  difclofe, 

Or  elfe  the  Englijh  are  but  cowards  foes. 

Why,  very  Cravens  on  their  Dunghils  dare 

Both  crow  and  ftrike,  before  they  run  and  cry ; 

Is  Englijli  Courage  now  become  fo  rare, 

That  none  will  fight,  becaufe  they  fear  to  dye.^ 

That  I  pronounce  you  all  faint-hearted  fools, 

Afraid  to  look  on  manly  martial  tools  ? 

What  flanders  I  have  heard  in  foreign  lands. 

Of  thofe  poor  men  for  deeds  which  they  have  done? 

Moft  falfe  they  are  belied  of  their  hands; 

But  he  fays  true,  who  fays  their  feet  can  run ; 

They 


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The  Famous  Hijlory 

t  s  They  have  a  Proverb  to  inftru6l  them  in, 
That '  tis  good  Jleeping  in  a  found  whole  skin. 
Thus  did  he  vaunt  in  terms  of  proud  difdain, 
And  threw  his  Gauntlet  down,  fay'ng.  There's  my  glove: 
At  length  great  Giiy  no  longer  could  refrain, 

,,.  Seeing  all  ftrain  courtTies  to  exprefs  their  love: 


Guy  fights  to  free  all  England's /"^^r. 
With  Colbrond  Giant  Dane: 
And  in  Hide-Mead  at  Winchefter, 
Was  thai  Goliah  flain. 


But 


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of  Guy  £^r/ ^  Warwick. 

But  comes  unto  the  King,  and  fays,  Dread  Lord! 
This  combate  to  thy  unknown  Knight  afiford. 
Although  in  fimple  habit  I  am  hid, 
Yeilding  no  fhew  of  that  I  undertake, 
I  ne're  attempted  ought  but  what  I  did; 
An  end  of  Colbroiid,  on  my  foul,  I'le  make. 
Palmer  (quoth  Atheljlone)  I  like  thy  fprite, 
God  fend  thee  thither,  and  He  aid  thee  right. 
His  Powerful  Hand  lend  vigour  to  thy  blows, 
iAnd  grant  thy  foot  upon  thy  Foe  may  tread; 
Amen,  quoth  Guy,  and  with  great  courage  goes 
Forth  VVincJicJier's  North  gate  unto  Hide- Mead 
Where  that  fame  Monfter  of  a  man  he  found. 
Treading  at  every  ftep  two  yards  of  ground. 
Art  thou  the  man  (quoth  Colbrond)  art  thou  he 
On  whom  the  King  will  venture  Etigland's  Crown  ? 
Can  he  not  find  a  fitter  match  for  me, 
Than  this  poor  Rafcal  in  a  thred-bare  Gown.'' 
Where's  all  his  Knights  and  worthy  Champions  now.' 
I  do  difdain  fo  bafe  a  Slave  as  thou. 
Giant,  faid  Guy,  Manhood  fhould  never  rail, 
To  breathe  the  air  with  blaft  of  idle  wind ; 
A  Soldier's  weapon  beft  can  tell  his  tale, 
Thy  deftiny  upon  my  Sword  I  find ; 
'Twill  let  thee  blood,  while  thou  haft  drops  to  bleed,  - 
And  fpell  thy  death  for  all  the  Danes  to  read. 
Thus  I  begin ;  and  on  his  armour  laid. 
That  Colbrond'' s  Coat  was  never  cudgel'd  fo, 
Who  with  his  Club  did  watch  to  meet  his  blade. 
Intending  to  have  brok'n  it  with  a  blow; 
But  Gity  was  fure  his  fword  would  hold  out  play, 
It  had  been  trufbed  many  a  cruel  fray. 
And  therefore  boldly  he  prefumes  thereon, 
Laying  about  as  faft  as  he  could  ftrive, 
Until  the  Lubbers  breath  was  almoft  gone, 
(For  with  a  weighty  Club  did  Colbrond  ftrive) 
Which  lighting  on  the  ground,  made  earth  give  way, 
As  if  fome  Devil  did  about  him  lay. 

So 


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So  long  they  held  this  ftern  and  ireful  fight, 

' .^  That  the  beholders  knew  not  what  to  deem, 
Yet  ftill  fome  wounds  to  Colbrond's  fhare  did  light, 
Which  to  the  Englifh  did  great  comfort  feem. 
Befides,  their  Champion  gave  encouragement, 
By  a6tive  carriage,  danger  to  prevent. 
^  t->  Quoth  Colbrondy  Englijh  man,  wilt  thou  forbear, 
And  fue  for  mercy,  let  the  fight  alone? 
Villain,  (quoth  Gtiy)  I  fcorn  thy  Coward  fear, 
I'le  have  thy  life,  or  it  fhall  coft  mine  own : 
We'l  never  part  till  one  be  foundly  fped, 

1  T^-^The  King  hath  ventur'd  England  on  my  head. 
For  twenty  Denmarks  (if  they  might  be  found) 
And  all  the  wealth  that  on  the  Ocean  fwims, 
I  will  not  yield  an  inch  of  EngliJJi  ground ; 
Thou  flialt  find  metal  in  thefe  aged  limbs : 

fi'^Although  thy  bodie's  height  be  more  than  mine, 
I  have  a  heart  bigger  by  odds  than  thine. 
Think  on  thy  ancient  Grandfire,  Gogmagog, 
^Whom  Corinens  dealt  withall  at  Dover; 
How  that  fame  Lubber,  like  a  Timber  log, 

'^^  Was  by  the  worthy  Britain  tumbled  over; 
For  his  bold  challenge,  he  had  fuch  a  check, 
There  was  no  Surgeon  could  amend  his  neck. 
Thou  art  deceiv'd  in  me,  poor  filly  Sot, 
^.I  am  untaught  to  bend  fubmiffion's  knees: 

I'^^Hold  me  no  Chriftian,  if  I  fail  a  jot, 

(And  for  the  world  that  title  I'le  not  leefe) 
Betake  thee  to  thy  Tools,  honour  thy  king, 
Upon  thy  manhood  lies  a  mighty  thing. 
And  thus  I  do  encounter  thee  afrefli : 

i'i  With  that  he  lent  him  fuch  a  powerful  ftroke 
It  made  wide  ruptures  in  the  Giant's  flefh. 
And  did  his  furious  choler  much  provoke; 
Laying  about  him  in  moft  cruel  rage, 
..  Till  the  next  wound  did  all  his  heat  affwage, 

i-^It  was  fo  mortal  that  it  brought  him  down. 
To  lie  and  groan  upon  the  bloody  ground: 


Forth 


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of  Guy  Earl  o/\\f3.Y\w\c](i. 

Forthwith  a  fliout  was  heard  from  out  the  Town, 

That  all  the  skic  did  eccho  to  the  found; 

Great  joy  was  made  by  ev'ry  Englijh  heart, 

And  all  the  Danes  with  extream  grief  depart. 

King  AtJielfto)ie  fent  for  his  Champion  then, 

To  do  him  honour  for  his  famous  deed : 

Who  was  received  by  the  Clergy-men 

With  all  folemnity,  for  fuch  high  meed : 

Embraced  by  the  Nobles,  and  renown'd, 

With  Martial  Mufick,  Drum,  and  Trumpets  found: 

But  little  pleafure  Guy  conceives  herein, 

Refufmg  Jewels,  coflly  ornaments,  • 

Saying,  with  thefe  he  out  of  love  had  been 

For  many  years  by  true  experiments : 

Only  thanks  God,  that  blefl  him  with  an  hour, 

To  free  his  Countrey  from  invading  pow'r. 

And  fo  intreats  that  he  may  pafs  unknown, 

To  live  where  poverty  regards  not  wealth. 

And  be  beholding  to  the  help  of  none. 

Seeing  the  world  but  now  and  then  by  ftealth. 

For  true  content  doth  fuch  a  Treafuve  bring, 

It  makes  the  begger  richer  than  a  King. 

With  true  content  (faid  he)  I  v/ill  abide. 

In  homely  Cottage,  free  from  all  refort; 

But  I  have  found,  content  cannot  be  fpy'd, 

To  make  abode  within  a  Monarchs  Court: 

No  there's  ambition,  pride,  and  envy  feen, 

And  fawning  flatt'ring  ftepping  ftill  between. 

Yet  gentle  Palmer  ( faid  the  King)  agree, 

Where-ever  thou  refolveft  to  remain : 

Acquaint  thy  name  in  private  unto  me, 

And  this  is  all  thy  Soveraign  will  obtain : 

Tell  me  but  who  thou  art,  I  will  conceal  it. 

As  I  am  England's  King,  I'le  not  reveal  it. 

Why  then  (quoth  he)  your  Grace  fliall  underftand 

I  am  your  Subjedl,  Guy  of  VVarivick  named; 

That  have  thefe  many  years  not  feen  your  Land, 

But  been  where  youth  by  ancient  age  is  tamed: 

Yet  there  experience  taught  me  wit,  dread  Prince, 

The  world  of  many  follies  to  convince. 

L  And 

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And  now  am  come  to  bring  my  bones  to  grave, 

Within  the  Kingdom  where  I  firft  took  life; 

Yet  fliall  no  creature  elfe  the  notice  have 

Of  my  arrival,  not  my  deareft  Wife.. 

Till  ficknefs  come,  and  doth  my  death  foretell. 

Then  I'le  acquaint  her  with  my  laft  farewell. 

The  King  with  joy  imbrac'd  him  in  his  arms, 

And  with  great  admiration  anfwers  thus ; 

Moft  worthy  Earl,  freer  of  Engkmd's  harms, 

It  grieves  my  foul  thou  wilt  not  live  with  us : 

Oh  were  thy  refolutions  thoughts,  but  now. 

That  my  perfwafions  might  prevent  thy  vow. 

But,  'tis  too  late,  they  are  grown  ripe,  I  fee 

Thou  art  too  fetled  in  determination ; 

Well,  Honoured  man,  yet  this  joys  me. 

Thou  bring'ft  thy  bones  unto  thy  deareft  Nation ; 

Where  Monuments  of  thy  great  deeds  fhall  laft, 

Till  after-ages  of  the  world  be  paft. 

In  Warwick  Caftle  ftiall  thy  Sword  be  kept. 

To  witnefs  to  the  world  what  thou  haft  been, 

And  leaft  forgetful  time  fhould  intercept, 

A  Prefident,  I  prefent  will  begin ; 

The  Caftle-keeper  fliall  receive  a  Fee, 

To  keep  thy  fword  in  memory  of  thee. 

Thy  Armour  likeA,vife,  and  thy  Martial  Spear, 

That  did  thee  fervice  in  thy  high  defigns. 

Shall  be  preferved  very  careful  there. 

That  all  fuch  men  as  have  diftruftful  minds, 

May  think  (if  from  a  truth  it  did  not  grow) 

A  King  would  fcorn  to  cozen  people  fo. 

And  in  thy  Chappel  (diftant  thence  a  mile) 

A  bone  ftiall  hang  of  that  fame  cruel  beaft, 

Which  near  to  Coventry  remain'd  long  while, 

Whofe  rib  by  meafure  is  fix  foot  at  leaft; 

Deftroying  many  that  did  pafs  that  way, 

Until  thy  manhood  did  the  Savage  flay. 

That  by  tradition,  men  may  fpeak  and  tell. 

This  was  Guy's  Armour,  this  his  Maffie  blade; 

Thefe  bones  of  murthering  beafts  which  men  did  quel, 

And  this  the  Tomb  wherein  his  Corps  where  laid. 

This 

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of  Guy  i5^r/^  Warwick. 

This  the  true  Pi6lurc  of  his  fliapc  at  length. 

And  this  the  Spear  did  oft  exprefs  his  ftrength. 

For  furc  I  hold  it  an  ungrateful  thing, 

(When  thou  by  Natures  courfe  in  dufl  fliall  lie) 

No  memory  fliall  caufe  fome  Mufe  to  fmg 

The  worthinefs  of  matchlefs  Englifli  Guy: 

Thy  Country-men  would  prove  too  far  unkind, 

When  out  of  fight,  they  leave  thee  out  of  mind. 

This  faid,  in  humble  duty  (wondrous  meek) 

Gtty  reverenceth  the  King,  and  fo  departs, 

Some  folitary  Den,  or  Cave  to  fcek, 

Which  he  unto  his  Manfion-houfe  converts : 

And  fo  lives  poorly  in  the  hollow  ground, 

Making  his  meat  of  herbs  and  roots  he  found. 

Sometimes  he  would  to  VVarivick  Caftle  go. 

And  crave  an  alms  at  his  dear  Ladies  hand, 

Who  unto  Pilgrims  did  more  bounty  fhow, 

Than  any  Noble-woman  in  the  Land; 

And  flie  would  ask  all  Palmers  that  came  there, 

If  at  the  Holy  Land  they  never  were.-' 

Or  in  their  travels,  if  they  had  not  feen 

An  Englifh  man  was  Lord  of  that  fame  Tower } 

Who  many  years  away  from  hence  had  been, 

A  Knight  ne're  conquer'd  yet  by  human  Power. 

But  there's  a  Tyrant  whom  I  only  fear. 

They  call  him  Death,  that  murthers  every  where; 

If  he  have  met  him  (O  my  deareft  Lord) 

I  never  fliall  behold  thy  face  again. 

Till  that  fame  Monfter  do  as  much  afford 

Unto  my  heart,  and  fo  releafe  all  pain. 

Which  gracious  Heaven  grant,  if  Guy  be  dead, 

Upon  the  earth  let  me  no  longer  tread. 

Thus  did  he  often  hear  his  Wife  enquire. 

With  deep  complaints  from  extream  paffions  flowing; 

Yet  by  no  means  would  grant  her  kind  defire 

The  comfort  of  a  hopeful  word  beftowing; 

But  look  upon  her  as  his  heart  would  break, 

Then  turn  away  for  fear  his  tongue  fliould  fpeak; 

And  fo  departs  with  weeping  to  his  Cell, 

Setting  a  dead  man's  head  before  his  eyes ; 

L2 

8i 


The  Famotts  Hijlory 

Saying,  with  thee  I  fhortly  come  to  dwell, 

This  finful  flefh  I  conftantly  defpife, 

My  foul  is  weary  of  fo  bad  a  gueft, 

And  doth  defire  to  be  at  home  in  reft. 

My  feeble  limbs  weaknefs  doth  fore  poffefs, 

And  ficknefs  gripes  do  touch  about  my  heart ; 

I  feel  I  am  not  far  from  happinefs, 

But  am  in  hope  my  foe  and  I  fhall  part ; 

This  adverfary  which  I  long  have  fed, 

By  whom  my  foul  hath  been  fo  much  mifled. 

To  my  dear  PJiceUcc  I  will  fend  my  Rring, 

Which  I  did  promife  for  her  fake  to  keep : 

I  may  no  longer  time  defer  the  thing, 

For  fear  that  death  prevent  me  with  his  fleep; 

I  feel  his  meffenger  approach  apace, 

And  poor  weak  nature  muft  of  force  give  place : 

So  call'd  a  Herds-man  as  he  paffed  by. 

And  faid,  Good  friend,  do  me  a  fpecial  favour, 

Even  in  a  matter  that  concerns  me  high, 

(My  hope  relies  upon  thy  kind  behaviour) 

To  Warwick  Caftle  fpeedily  repair. 

And  for  the  Countefs  ask,  with  trufty  care 

Deliver  thou  this  Ring  to  her  own  hand. 

And  fay,  the  ancient  Pilgrim  fent  the  fame 

That  lately  at  her  Gate  with  Scrip  did  ftand, 

To  beg  an  alms  in  bleffed  Jefus  Name. 

And  if  fhe  ask  thee  where  I  do  remain, 

Dire6l  her  hither,  fhe'l  requite  thy  pain. 

Sir  (quoth  the  Herds-man)  I  fhall  be  afham'd, 

That  ne're  durft  fpeak  to  Lady  in  my  life : 

Nay  more,  and't  pleafe  you,  I  may  much  be  blam'd, 

To  carry  Rings  to  fuch  a  great  man's  Wife. 

Befides,  if  I  fhould  lofe  it  by  the  way. 

Why  what  would  you  and  Madam  Phcelice  fay.-* 

Prethee  (faid  Guy)  frame  not  fuch  idle  doubt. 

No  prejudice  can  light  on  thee  at  all; 

The  a6l  is  honeft  which  thou  go'ft  about, 

And  for  it  none  can  thee  in  queftion  call : 

A  courteous  ear  the  Lady  will  thee  lend. 

Upon  my  warrant,  fear  you  nothing  friend. 


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of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

With  that  he  goes,  and  mannerly  betakes 

The  token,  to  the  Countefs;  which  flie  feeing, 

Moft  admirable  wonder  at  it  makes, 

Ah  friend  (quoth  flie)  where  is  my  Husband's  being? 

Husband  (faid  he)  that  news  I  do  not  bring, 

From  an  old  Begger  I  receiv'd  the  Ring. 

His  houfe  was  made  of  neither  wood  nor  ftone, 

But  under  ground  into  a  hole  he  went: 

And  in  my  confcience  there  he  dwells  alone. 

And  never  pays  his  Landlord  quarters  rent. 

Ah  'tis  my  Guy,  fhe  faid,  fliew  me  his  Cell, 

And  for  thy  pains  I  will  reward  thee  well. 

So  he  dire6ls  VVarivick's  fair  Countefs  thither, 

Who  entring  in  that  melancholy  place. 
Her  Lord  and  flie  imbracing,  weep  together, 
Unable  to  pronounce  a  word  long  fpace, 
Long  time  them  two  had  not  a  word  to  fpeak, 
Till  Guy's  difcretion  Sorrows  door  did  break: 
Phcelice,  quoth  he,  now  take  thy  leave  of  Guy, 
That  fent  to  fee  thee  e're  his  fight  decay : 
Within  thy  arms  I  do  intreat  to  die. 
And  breathe  my  fpirit  from  thy  fweat  foul  away. 
Thou  gav'fl  me  alms  at  Warwick  Caftle  late: 
'Tt's  bleffednefs  to  pity  poor  mens  Jlate. 
Look  not  fo  ftrange,  bewail  not  fo  my  Dear; 
Ah!  weep  not  Love,  I  do  not  w^ant  thy  tears: 
I  have  filed  plenty  fince  my  coming  here; 
Of  true  Remorfe,  my  confcience  witnefs  bears, 
Thou  weep'ft  not  now,  becaufe  I  wept  no  more, 
But  to  behold  me  friendlefs,  haplefs,  poor. 
Wife,  I  have  fought  the  place  that  I  defire, 
Though  few  endeavour  for  eternal  reft; 
The  foul  which  to  that  Heaven  doth  afpire, 
Muft  leave  the  world,  and  worldly  things  deteft ; 
'Tis  full  of  Devils  that  on  Souls  do  wait. 
And  full  of  mates,  in  every  place  fome  bait.  ^ 

Ah  PhcElice,  I  have  fpent  (and  then  he  wept) 
Youth  (natures  day)  upon  the  love  of  thee; 
And  for  my  God,  old  rotten  age  have  kept. 
The  night  of  nature,  CJiriJl  forgive  it  ine\ 

Sorrow 

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The  Famous  History 


Sorrow  lies  heavy  on  my  foul  for  this, 
Sweet  Saviour  Chrift,  pardon  thou  my  amifs. 
In  that  I  had  deftroy'd  fo  many  men, 
Even  for  one  Woman  to  enjoy  thy  love; 
Therefore  in  this  folitary  Den, 
I  fought  my  peace  with  that  great  God  above, 
'Gainft  whom  by  fm  I  have  been  more  mif-led 
Than  there  be  hairs  upon  my  hoary-head. 


Guy  in  repenta7ice  poorly  lives, 
Obfcurely  in  a  Cave; 
Reveal' d  to  Phselice  by  a  Ring, 
Wheti  death  had  digg'd  his  Grave. 


of  Guy  Earl  of  Warwick. 

The  other  day,  feeing  my  Body  ill, 

And  all  the  parts  thereof  oppreft  with  pain, 

I  did  compofe  a  Teftament  and  Will, 

To  be  the  laft  that  ever  I  ordain. 

Lo  here  it  is,  Tie  read  it  if  I  can, 

Before  I  ceafe  to  be  a  living  man. 

HIS    WILL. 

EVeu  ill  the  name  of  him  whofe  mighty  Poiver 
Created  all  in  Heaven  and  EartJi  contained, 
As  one  to  dye  this  very  injlant  hour, 
I  leave  the  zvorld,  and  all  therein,  unfeigned 
My  Soul  I  give  to  him  that  gave  it  me; 
Receive  it  Jcfus,  as  I  trufl  in  thee. 
I  ozve  a  debt  of  Life  is  due  to  Death, 
And  zvhen  its  paid  him,  he  can  ask  no  more; 
A  very  vapour  of  a  little  breath ; 
Would  he  had  had  it  many  years  before ; 
But  here's  my  comfort,  if  he  come  or  flay, 
'Tis  ready  for  him  {if  he  zvill)  to  day. 
I  owe  the  zvorld  a  flock  of  zvealth  is  lent, 
When  I  did  enter  traffique  zviih  the  fame: 
Lefs  zvoidd  have  given  Nature  more  content, 
'  Tis  happijiefs  to  zvant  a  rich  man's  name, 
World,  leave  me  naked,  as  I  did  begin; 
I  ask  but  one  poor  flieet  to  zvrap  me  in 
I  do  bequeath  more  fms  than  I  can  number, 
My  deadly  evils  in  a  countlefs  ftim; 
Even  from  my  cradle  unto  deaths  deadflumber, 
Thefepafl,  thefe  prefent,  all  that  are  to  come, 
To  him  that  made  them  loads  to  burthen  me, 
Satan,  Receive  them,  for  they  came  from  thee, 
I  give  good  thojights,  and  every  vertuous  deed; 
That  every  grace  hath  guided  me  unto, 
To  him  from  zvhom  all  goodnefs  doth  proceed, 
For  only  evil,  Nature  taught  me  do: 
I  zvas  conceived,  bred  and  born  infm, 
And  all  my  life  mofl  vile  and  vain  hath  been. 
I  give  toforrozv  all  my  fighs  and  cryes. 


^ 


The  Famous  Hijlory 

Fetcht  from  the  bottom  of  a  bleeding  heart, 
I  give  repentance,  tears,  and  watry  eyes, 
Thefign  unfeigned  of  a  true  Cofwert, 
Earth  yield  a  grave,  or  Sea  become  a  tomb, 
Jefus  unto  my  Sonl  graiit  Heaven  room. 
Phaelice,  I  faint,  farewel  true  loyal  wife, 
A£l/l  me  zvith  thy  Prayers,  thy  Husband  dies, 
I  trufl  to  meet  thee  in  a  better  life. 
Where  tears  Jhall  iviped  be  from  weeping  eyes. 
Come  blejjfed  fpirit,  come  in  Jefus  Name, 
Receive  my  Soul,  to  him  convey  the  fame. 

And  with  thefe  words  his  quiet  Spirit  departs, 
While  mournful  Phcelice  well  nigh  dead  with  woe, 
Her  Senfes  all  to  forrows  ufe  converts, 
And  too  abundant  doth  her  tears  bellow, 
Beating  her  breaft,  till  breaft  and  heart  be  fore. 
Wringing  her  hands  till  fhe  could  ftrive  no  more. 
Then  fighing,  faid,  Ah  Death!  my  forrows  caufe, 
Thou  haft  depriv'd  me  of  my  deareft  Lord ! 
Since  loathfom  air  my  vital  fpirits  draws, 
This  favour  for  thy  Tyranny  afford. 
Do  me  a  good  to  recompence  thy  ill. 
And  ftrike  the  ftroke  that  all  my  cares  can  kill, 
Let  me  not  live  to  fee  to  morrows  light. 
But  make  me  cold,  bloodlefs,  pale  and  wan. 
As  this  dead  Carkafs  doth  appear  in  fight, 
This  true  defcription  of  a  mortal  man : 
Whofe  deeds  of  wonder  paft  and  gone  before. 
Hath  left  him  now  at  Deaths  dark  prifon-door 
Kiffmg  his  face,  with  a  farewel  of  tears. 
She  leaves  the  body  for  the  grave  to  claim ; 
And  from  that  place  as  fad  a  Soul  fhe  bears, 
As  ever  woman  that  the  world  can  name; 
Living  but  fifteen  days  after  his  death. 
And  then  through  extream  forrow  yieldeth  breath. 

FINIS. 


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MISCELLANEOUS    POEMS 


MISCELLANEOUS    POEMS 


[As  accefs  could  not  be  had  to  the  fecond 
edition  of  Rowlands'  ''  Betraying  of  Chrift," 
which  contains  the  two  following  poems,  they 
are  confequently  reprinted  from  "  Sele6l  Poetry 
Chiefly  Devotional  of  the  Reign  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth. Collected  and  Edited  for  the  Parker 
Society,  by  Edward  Farr,  Efq,"  2  vols.,  i2mo, 
Cambridge,  1845.] 


THE  HIGH  WAY  TO  MOUNT  CALUARIE. 

REPAIRE  to  Pilat's  hall, 
Which  place  when  thou  haft  found, 
There  flialt  thou  fee  a  pillar  ftand, 
To  which  thy  Lord  was  bound. 

'Tis  eafie  to  be  knowne 

To  anie  Chriftian  eye; 

The  bloudie  whips  doe  point  it  out 

From  all  that  ftand  thereby. 

By  it  there  lies  a  robe 

Of  purple,  and  a  reed. 

Which  Pilat's  feruants  vf  d  t'  abufe, 

In  finne's  deriding  deed : 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

When  they  pronounced  "All  haile! 
God  faue  thee!"  with  a  breath, 
And  by  the  fame  cride  prefently, 
"  Let  Chrift  be  done  to  death." 

His  perfon  had  in  fcorne, 

His  do61:rine  made  a  ieft, 

Their  mockeries  were  a  martirdome; 

No  wrongs  but  him  oppreft. 

What  courage  leffe  then  his 

Would  haue  indur'd  like  fhame, 

But  would  with  greefs  of  fuch  contempt 

Haue  dide  t'  indure  the  fame.-* 

A  little  from  that  place, 
Vpon  the  left-hand  fide, 
There  is  a  curious  portlie  dore, 
Right  beautifull  and  wide. 

Leaue  that  in  anie  wife, 
Forbid  thy  foot  goe  thether ; 
For  out  thereat  did  ludas  goe, 
Defpaire  and  he  together. 

But  to  the  right  hande  turne, 
Where  is  a  narrow  gate, 
Forth  which  St  Peter  went  to  weepe 
His  poore  diftreft  eftate. 

Doe  immitate  the  like, 
Goe  out  at  Sorrowe's  dore; 
Weepe  bitterly  as  he  did  weepe, 
That  wept  to  fmne  no  more. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

Keepe  wide  of  Cayphas'  houfe, 
Though  couetous  thoughts  infence: 
There  bribery  haunts,  defpair  was  hatcht ; 
Falfe  ludas  came  from  thence. 

But  goe  on  forward  ftill, 

Where  Pilat's  pallace  ftands ; 

There  where  he  firft  did  falfe  condemne, 

Then  wafli  his  guiltie  hands : 

Confeff'd  he  found  no  caufe, 
And  yet  condemn'd  to  die, 
Fearing  an  earthly  Caefar  more 
Then  God  that  rules  on  hie. 

By  this  dire6lion  then 

The  way  is  vnderftood; 

No  porch,  no  dore,  nor  hal  to  paffe, 

Vnfprinckled  with  Chrifl's  blood. 

So  fhall  no  errour  put 
Mifguiding  fteppes  betweene; 
For  euery  drop  fweet  lefus  flied 
Is  frefhly  to  be  feene. 

A  crowne  of  piercing  thornes 
There  lies  imbru'd  in  gore; 
The  garland  that  thy  Sauiour's  head 
For  thy  offences  wore. 

Which  when  thou  fhalt  behold, 
Thinke  what  his  loue  hath  binne, 
Whofe  head  was  loaden  with  thofe  briers 
T'  vnlade  thee  of  thy  fmne : 


Miscellaneous  Poems, 

Whofe  facred  flefh  was  torne; 
Whofe  holie  fkinne  was  rent; 
Whofe  tortures  and  extreameft  paines 
Thy  paines  in  hell  preuent. 

As  God  from  Babilon 
Did  turne,  when  they  paft  cure 
Refufed  helpe;  whom  he  would  heale, 
Denying  health  t'  indure : 

So  from  Hierufalem 

The  foule's  phifition  goes, 

When  they  forfook  his  fauing  health, 

And  vow'd  themfelues  his  foes. 

Goe  with  him,  happie  foule, 
From  that  forfaken  towne; 
Vpon  whofe  wals  lies  not  a  flone. 
But  ruine  muffc  throw  downe. 

Follow  his  feet  that  goes 

For  to  redeeme  thy  loffe, 

And  carries  all  our  fmnes  with  him 

To  canfel  on  his  croffe. 

Behold  what  multitudes 
Doe  guard  thy  God  about. 
Who  bleeding  beares  his  dying  tree 
Amidft  the  lewifh  rout. 

Looke  on  with  liquid  eies. 
And  figh  from  forrowing  mind, 
To  fee  the  death's-man  goe  before, 
The  murdering  troupes  behind : 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

Centurion  hard  at  hand, 

The  thceiics  vpon  the  fide, 

The  exclamations,  fhouts,  and  cries, 

The  fliame  he  doth  abide. 

Then  preffe  amongft  the  throng, 
Thyfelfe  with  forrowes  weed; 
Get  very  neere  to  Chrift,  and  fee 
What  teares  the  women  fhed : 

Teares  that  did  turne  him  backe, — 
They  were  of  fuch  a  force — 
Teares  that  did  purchafe  daughters'  names 
Of  father's  kind  remorfe. 

To  whom  hee  faid,  Weepe  not: 
For  me  drop  not  a  teare; 
Bewaile  your  offspring  and  yourfelues, 
Greefe's  caufe  vnfeene  is  neare. 

Follow  their  fteps  in  teares, 
And  with  thofe  women  mourne, 
But  not  for  Chrift;  weepe  for  thyfelfe, 
And  Chrift  will  grace  returne. 

To  Pilat's  bold  demands 

He  yeelded  no  replie; 

Although  the  iudge  importun'd  much, 

Yet  filence  did  denie. 

Vnto  his  manie  words 
No  anfwere  Chrift  would  make; 
Yet  to  thofe  women  did  he  fpeake, 
For  teares'  and  weeping'  fake. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

Thinke  on  their  force  by  teares — 
Teares  that  obtained  loue — 
Where  words  too  weak  could  not  perfuade, 
How  teares  had  power  to  moue. 

Then  looke  toward  lefus'  load. 
More  then  he  could  indure, 
And  how  for  helpe  to  beare  the  fame 
A  hireling  they  procure. 

loine  thou  vnto  the  croffe; 
Beare  it  of  loue's  defire; 
Doe  not  as  Cyranaeus  did, 
That  took  it  vp  for  hire. 

It  is  a  gratefull  deed, 

If  willing  vnderta'ne ; 

But  if  compulfion  fet  aworke, 

The  labour's  done  in  vaine. 

The  voluntarie  death, 
That  Chrift  did  die  for  thee, 
Giues  life  to  none  but  fuch  as  ioy 
Croffe-bearing  friends  to  be. 

Vp  to  Mount  Caluerie 

If  thou  defire  to  goe, 

Then  take  thy  croffe,  and  follow  Chrift; 

Thou  canft  not  miffe  it  fo. 

When  there  thou  art  arriu'd 
His  glorious  wounds  to  fee. 
Say,  but  as  faithfuU  as  the  theefe, 
O  Lord,  remember  me. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

Affure  thyfelfe  to  haue 

A  gift,  all  gifts  excelling, 

Once  fold  by  finne,  once  bought  by  Chrift, 

For  faints'  eternall  dwelling. 

By  Adam  Paradife 

Was  finne's  polluted  fhade: 

By  Chrift  the  dunghill  Golgotha 

A  Paradife  was  made. 


CHRIST    TO    THE    WOMEN    OF 
HIERUSALEM. 

WEEPE  not,  but  weepe;  ftint  tears,  fliower  eies; 
Ceafe  forrowes,  yet  begin  lament: 
Weepe  for  your  children  and  alies; 
Weepe  not  for  me,  'tis  tears  mifpent : 
Bewaile  the  offspring  of  your  wombe, 
Sentenc'd  fucceeding  vengeance  doome. 

No  caufe  you  fliould  my  cafe  bemone; 
My  death's  the  death  of  Death  and  Hell : 
Great  caufe  you  haue  to  weepe  your  owne, 
And  rue  the  cittie  where  they  dwell : 
Know  how  to  weepe  when  greefes  complaine, 
Or  teares  and  fighs  are  meerly  vaine. 

If  this  be  done  vnto  the  tree, 
Green  in  perfection's  perfe6l  prime, 
In  what  ftate  fliall  the  barren  bee 
That's  iuiceleffe,  drie,  and  fpent  by  time.^ 
When  thus  they  fell  downe  fruitfull  greene, 
Where  fhall  the  fruitleffe  ftock  bee  feene.^ 

B 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

This  was  reply  without  demand 

To  tongues,  eies,  hearts,  mute,  wet,  and  weake, 

Vnleffe  by  teares  we  vnderftand 

That  waterie  eies  haue  power  to  fpeake : 

Their  weeping  fpake  to  lefus'  eares; 

He  turn'd  about,  and  anfwer'd  teares. 

Where  fmne-ftain'd  Adam  firft  was  plaft, 
Three  kind  of  trees  were  growing  there : 
The  firft  was  for  deHcious  taft, 
Fruitful,  ordained  food  to  beare : 
Life's  arbour  next,  which  grace  did  fill ; 
And  knowledge-tree  of  good  and  ill. 

Where,  finne's  hie  ranfome,  lefus  di'de, 
Three  trees  vpon  that  dunghill  stood : 
One  greene  with  grace;  the  other  dri'de 
Bearing  two  theeues,  the  bad  and  good : 
In  midft,  the  tree  of  life,  the  croffe, 
Bare  Adam's  guilt,  reftored  his  loffe. 

Great  negligence,  great  loue  and  paines, 
Firft  gardner  had,  laft  did  fupplie : 
His  tree  was  watred  from  his  veines; 
In  Paradife  they  careleffe  die : 
His  blood  for  his  hath  moifture  bin; 
His  thornes  a  hedsfc  to  s^uard  it  in. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

[From  "The  Letting  of  Hvmors  Blood  in  the 
Head-Vaine,  with  a  new  Moriffco,  daunced  by 
feauen  Satyi^es,  vpon  the  bottome  of  Diogines 
Tubbe.  At  London:  Printed  by  W.  White 
for  W.  F.  1600,"  in  Cryne's  Colle6lion  in  the 
Bodleian  Library.] 

TO  HIS  VERY  GOOD 

FRIEND    M.    HVGH 
LEE  ESQUIRE. 

MY  right  hand,  ivitJi  affe6lion  doth  prefent 
Theje  Humours  to  thee,  of  a  kinde  intent: 
That  in  a  paper  Merrour  yon  may  fee, 
What  inadd  fantastiqiies  in  the  wo  ride  there  bee: 
Whofe  giddie  heads,  and  apifli  idle  braynes, 
Are  enery  hoiver  in  neiv printed  vaines: 
The  ftvagg' ring  Gnll,  an  empty  Dmme  is  found, 
Nothing  within,  yet  makes  the  greatefi  fonnd. 
The  Foppe,  the  Pnncke,  the  Pander,  and  the  Knaue 
Signienr  Shift-maker,  that  mofi  odious  flaue, 
Are  all prefented  to  hiditiall  vieiv. 
With  other  Rafcals  of  the  Damned  crew: 
Behold  them  all,  how  each  doth  acle  his  parte ; 
Deleft  their  Humours,  ivith  thine  honeft  hart. 

Yours  euer  in  true  affe6lion, 

Samvell  Rowlands. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

[From  "  The  Vnmafking  of  a  feminine 
Machiauell.  By  Thomas  Andrewe,  Gent. 
London:  Printed  by  Swton  Stafford,  and  are 
to  be  fold  by  George  Loftes,  at  the  golden  Ball 
in  Popes-head  Alley.      1604."] 

To  his  refpe6led  and  kind  affe61:ed 

Friend,  M^:  Thomas  An- 
drewe, Gent, 

No  Jmngry  vaine  of  profit  or  of praife 
Inuites  thy  Mufefalute  the  Printers  Preffe: 
Thotidoe/idfdainethofeHackneyesofourdaies, 
Thatpawne  their  Poetrie  of  nicer e  difij^effe: 
Thy  pen  is  but  a  quill  of  recreation, 
Which  ferues  not  thee  inflead  of  occtipation. 

But  with  deare  bought  experience  tutor fi  time. 

By  true  vnmq/king  an  incarnate  Deuill, 
No  fiSlion  is  theftbie^l  of  thy  Rime, 

Biit  a  dam7td  morifler  of  deformed  euill; 

Whofe  portreicl  fo  to  life  thy  pen  doth  touch: 
I  knozv  no  Penfill  can  perfonne  fo  m^ich. 

Samuel  Rowlands. 

Veritas  non  qucsrit  latebras. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

[From  "The  Curtaine- Drawer  of  the  World:  or, 
The  Chamberlaine  of  that  great  Inne  of  Iniquity. 
By  W.  Parkes  Gentleman,  and  fometimes  Student 
in  Barnards  Inne.  London,  Printed  for  Leonard 
Beckety  and  are  to  be  fold  at  the  Temple,  neere  to 
the  Church.      1612."] 


In  Viilpojiem. 

THe  Fox  is  earthed  now  in  ground, 
Who  liuing,  fear'd  not  home  nor  hound, 

That  kept  the  Huntfmen  at  a  bay, 

Before  their  faces  ceaz'd  his  prey. 

Of  whofe  fucceffe-full  thriuing  wit, 

Bookes  haue  beene  made,  and  playes  beene  writ. 

That  prey'd  on  Mallard,  Plover,  Ducke, 

And  euer  fcap'd  by  craft  or  lucke : 

Yet  now  hee's  gone:  what  though.^  behinde. 

Are  Cubbes  too  many  of  his  kinde. 

Who  whilft  by  death  hee's  kept  away, 

Will  make  a  purchafe  of  his  prey. 

And  when  the  old  he  left  is  gone,  « 

Will  finde  out  more  to  worke  vpon. 

In  Skinners  fhops,  though  fome  appeare, 
Tis  long  before  the  laft  comes  there. 

S.R. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 


[From  the  Colledion  of  Broadfides  in  the  Library 
of  Society  of  Antiquaries,  London,  No.  142.] 


Sir  Thomas  Overbvry, 

OR 

The  Poyfoned  Knights  Complaint. 

[A  large  woodcut,  acrofs  the  fheet,  of  a  fkeleton  on  a 
tomb,  a  tree  bearing  a  fliield  grows  out  of  the  flceleton; 
ftanding  one  at  either  end  of  the  tomb  are  figures  of  Time, 
with  a  fcroll  round  his  fcythe,  "  Time  revealeth  Trvth,"  and 
Jujiice,  with  a  fcroll  round  her  fword,  "  Ivftice  wil  right  al 
wrongs."  Over  the  Ikeleton's  head  is  the  word  "  Poyfoned;" 
and  over  Juftice's  outftretched  arm  the  word  "  Revenge." 

Within  the  entablature  of  the  tomb  are  the  following 
lines : — ] 

Within  this  houfe  of  Death,  A  dead  man  lies, 
Whofe  blood  like  Abels  vp  for  vengeance  cryes : 
Time  hath  reuealed  what  to  trueth  belongs, 
And  luftice  fword  is  drawne  to  right  my  wrongs: 
You  poyfoned  mindes  did  me  with  poyfon  Kill, 
Let  true  Repentance  purge  you  from  that  ill. 

[The  whole  cut  is  about  15  inches  wide  by  10  deep.  The 
following  poem  is  in  two  parallel  columns  immediately 
under  the  cut,  furrounded  by  printer's  borders.] 


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Miscellaneous  Poems. 

GRcat  powerfull  God,  whom  all  are  bound  to  loue, 
How  graccleffe  bad,  doth  Man  (thy  Creature)  proue? 
Thy  Supreame  Creature  ouer  all  the  reft, 
(In  number  numberleffe  to  bee  expreft,) 
To  whom  thou  gaueft  grace  to  bee  his  guide, 
Reafon  with  Vnderftanding,  and  befide, 
Thy  Law  to  be  dire6lion  for  his  wayes, 
Which  vnto  Sinners  view,  thy  Judgements  layes, 
Thofe  fcarefull  plagues  pronounc'd  for  vgly  Sinne, 
Which  with  the  firft  created,  did  beginne, 
Who  by  the  Law  of  Nature  vnderftood, 
To  make  a  difference  of  bad  deedes  and  good. 
By  which  enlightening,  that  is  given  vs. 
No  Nation  Heathenifh,  and  Barbarous, 
(  Fartheft  remote  from  true  religions  light ) 
But  can  diftinguifh  betwixt  wrong  and  right, 
Thofe  that  to  Clirijl  did  neuer  yet  belong, 
Can  tell  they  do  amiffe,  when  they  do  wrong. 
And  that  there  is  a  luftice  to  be  done, 
And  fliamefull  a6lions,  which  they  are  to  fhun, 
Yet  neuer  age,  fmce  Nature  firft  began, 
Wherein  man  was  not  Deuill  vnto  man, 
In  pra6lifmg  moft  oppofite  to  kinde. 
Inhumane  a6lions  out  of  bloody  minde. 
Behold  the  firft  that  in  the  World  was  borne, 
With  his  reie6led  Sacrifice  of  Corne, 
Becaufe  his  Brothers  gifts  more  grace  did  yeeld. 
Lift  vp  his  hand  againft  him  in  the  field, 
And  with  a  cruell  hart  obdurate  ill, 
Did  innocent  pure-thoughted  AbellVxW.. 
When  loab  fent  for  A  bner  (as  a  friend) 
Hee  came  to  Hebron,  for  a  peaceful!  end, 
Where,  as  in  armes  hee  lent  a  cheerefull  fmile. 
He  gaue  his  heart  a  mortall  ftab  the  while. 
Gods  holy  Hiftory  hath  many  more 
Humane  records.  Innumerable  ftore, 


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Miscellaneous  Poems. 

What  intercepting  hath  there  bin  of  Hues, 
By  Piftolls,  Stabbing,  Powder,  Daggers,  Kniues: 
Drowning  and  Hanging,  and  ftrange  murthering? 
As  fecond  Edzuard,  fometimes  Englands  King, 
Whom  an  incarnate  Diuell  did  torment. 
With  red  hot  Spit  into  his  fundament. 
Some  in  their  beds  haue  a6led  tragick  Scenes, 
As  thofe  two  Princes,  which  by  Glojiers  meanes, 
(Their  cruell  Vncle,  Fathers  vnkind  Brother) 
Villaines  betweene  the  flieetes  to  death  did  fmother. 
Some  in  vnwonted  manner  done  to  death, 
As  George  the  Duke  of  Clarence  loft  his  breath. 
When  with  heeles  vpwards  he  was  ftrangely  put, 
To  fuffer  drowning  in  a  Malmefey  But. 
Yet  befides  all  thefe  damned  plots  to  kill. 
And  thoufands  more  from  Hell  tranfported  ftill, 
The  Diuell  hath  a  poyfon  working  Art, 
In  which  of  late  I  fhar'd  a  mortall  part. 
A  Rapier  drawne,  and  at  thy  heart  aim'd  iuft, 
May  be  put  by  and  made  a  broken  thruft: 
A  Dagger  offer'd  for  anothers  paine, 
Hath  bin  return'd  into  the  ftabbers  braine : 
A  Pifholl  fhot  with  an  intent  to  kill. 
Hath  mift  the  marke,  and  party  lining  ftill : 
But  this  life-killing  poyfon,  cureles  foe, 
The  bodies  hopeles,  helples  ouerthrowe: 
Brings  with  it  nothing  but  pale  deaths  command, 
Depriuing  life  with  a  remorfeles  hand. 
Oh  facred  Injiicc\  euermore  renound 
In  thy  vprightnes  of  reuenge  late  found: 
Proceede  with  vengeance  as  thou  didft  begin, 
To  punifli  Caijics  moft  bloody  crying  fmne: 
Let  not  a  murtherer  remaine  conceal'd, 
Nor  breath  aliue  when  being  once  reueal'd: 
This  is  the  fuite  Avrong'd  Innocents  doe  craue. 
This  is  the  luftice  that  the  Heauens  will  haue. 
Sanmel  Rowlands. 

Imprinted  at  London  for  lohn  White. 


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Miscellaneous  Poems. 

[From  "  The  Teares  of  Love :  or,  Cupids  Pro- 
greffe.  Compofed  by  Thomas  Collins.  London, 
Printed  by  George  Pur/lowe  for  Henry  Bell,  and 
are  to  be  fold  at   his   fhoppe   without   Bifhopfgate. 

1615."] 

To  his  affe61:ed  friend  M after 

Thomas    Collins, 

THy  zvell  zorit  Poem,  Sweet  compofed  lines, 
DeligJufuU  fiibiecl,  and  right  modejl pen. 
With  itijl  applanfe,  eiien  defertfnll  Jliines 
hi  cleere-eyd  ceiifnre  of  befi  iiidging  men. 
Like  to  thy  Shepheards  flockes,  as  white  as  cleane, 
Partaking  nothing,  fordid  or  obfceane. 

Thy  Louers-Teares,  77^<?zty  Loners  dolefull  fafJiion, 

(As  fable  Jiabit  futes  a  mournef nil  heart,) 

A  fprightly  line  hath  poiver  to  mone  compaffion, 

Andfich  a  ly miner  to  the  life  tJioic  art. 

Let  Momus  breath,  vanifli  like  pipe  of  fmoke, 

All  wifemen  knoiv,  Detra6lions  credits  broke. 

Samuell  Rowlands. 


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Well  met  Gofsip: 

OR, 

Tis  merrie  when 

Gofsips  meete 

NEWLY  ENLARGED   WITH 

diuers  merrie  Songs. 


LONDON, 

{Printed  by  /.  W.  for  loJiii  Deane  and  are  to  be  fold  at  hisj 

Shop  iuft  vnder  Temple-bavre   1619. 


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Miscellaneous  Poems. 

[The  Songs  which  follow  were  firft  printed  in  the 
edition  of  "  Tis  Merrie  when  Goffips  Meete,"  1619 
(Sig.  C  i.).  As  the  title  to  this  edition  contains 
a  very  curious  woodcut,  it  is  given  in  facfimile  on 
the  oppofite  page,] 


Mujitians  comes  in. 

Couffen,  heer's  Fidlers,  lets  heare  a  Song.-  Widdow. 

But  looke  my  friends,  it  be  a  pleafing  thing. 
I  am  afraid  then  we  fhall  flay  too  long.  Mayde. 

No,  no,  I  warrant;  come  on,  quickly  fmg.  Widdow. 

Let  it  touch  men  I  pray  in  any  cafe:  Wife. 

This  Youth  (mee  thinkes)  will  doe  it  with  a  grace. 

The  Songe. 

W  Hat's  a  womans  chiefe  delight.' 
To  giue  man  his  hearts  content : 
How  doth  hee  the  fame  requite.-' 
Loue  her  till  the  fport  be  fpent.- 
You  that  doubt  it,  doe  but  try, 
Men  will  flatter,  cogge,  and  lye. 

With  bewitching  words  they  fue. 
Vowing  conflant  faith  and  loue; 
Women  thinke  their  oathes  be  true, 
Till  (poore  foules)  they  trie  and  prooue, 

Then  they  finde,  when  helpe  is  paft, 

For  a  night  their  loue  doth  laft. 

Their  owne  Stories  tell  their  Hues, 
How  vnconftant  they  haue  dealt; 


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Miscellaneous  Poems. 

Honeft  Widdoioes,  Maydes,  and  Wines, 

Haue  their  double  dealing  felt: 

All  will  fay  that  are  not  blinde, 
Men  are  falfe,  and  Women  kinde. 

When  they  vow,  truft  not  their  fwearing, 
When  they  fmile,  thinke  they  will  frow[n]e, 
Giue  their  flattering  but  the  hearing, 
If  they  can,  thei'le  put  you  downe : 
Since  they  feeke  your  ouerthrow, 
Keepe  them  from  the  thing  you  know. 

For  to  be  in  great  requeft, 
Make  your  loue  exceeding  ftrange, 
Trie  good  earneft  out  in  ieft : 
Deale  wath  flatterers  by  change: 

As  they  come,  fo  let  them  paffe; 

Turne  diffemblers  out  to  graffe. 

FINIS. 


NOw  God-amercy  Boy,  this  Song  is  true,  Widdow. 

I  prethee  drinke,  tis  good  to  mend  thy  voice.     Wife. 
Haft  thou  not  fuch  another  that  is  new.-* 
Yes,  I  haue  one  is  call'd,  The  Maydes  had  cJioyce:  Boy. 
Pen'd  by  a  Mayde  her  felfe,  whofe  conftant  truth 
Was  lately  wronged  by  a  Merchants  Youth. 

Widdozv.  Sing  it  prethee. 

The  Song. 

YOu  London  Maides,  giue  eare  to  me, 
That  am  in  Loue  your  owne. 
And  borne  within  the  Citie  walles, 
Well  friended,  and  well  knowne. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

My  felfe  I  will  not  fcemc  to  praife, 

It  were  a  note  of  pride : 
What  beautie  there  is  in  my  face, 

Or  comely  limbes  befide. 

My  ready  witte,  and  quicke  conceit 

To  breake  a  nimble  ieft; 
And  all  good  parts  and  qualities, 

I  meane  to  let  them  reft. 

The  Art  I  haue  in  Needle-worke, 

Imbrod'ry  rich  in  Gold: 
With  Lace  and  Stich,  and  euery  thing, 

That  may  or  can  be  told. 

For  Dauncing,  and  my  skill  in  Song, 

I  muft,  and  will  be  mute: 
My  playing  on  the  Virginals, 

And  tickling  of  the  Lute. 

He  burie  all  mine  owne  good  parts, 

And  of  a  Youth  will  fpeake; 
Whofe  moft  vnkinde  bad  qualities. 

Doth  make  my  heart  to  breake. 

How  hee  is  calde,  I  will  conceale. 

And  not  reueale  the  fame; 
Becaufe  He  leaue  him  like  a  leiv, 

Without  a  Chriftian  name. 

Hee  plide  mee  long,  as  Suters  doe, 

(I  meane  thefe  fubtill  men) 
And  wee  had  often  meeting  too, 

It  skils  not  where,  and  when. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

Hee  vow'd  hee  lou'd  mee  conftantly. 

Farre  dearer  then  his  life; 
And  would  himfelf,  deftroy  himfelfe, 

Except  I  were  his  wife. 

I  being  (as  poore  wenches  bee) 
Moft  kinde,  where  loue  doth  fting : 

Confented  too,  (I  fhame  to  tell:) 
And  let  him  doe  the  thing. 

This  done,  which  cannot  be  vndone, 
(Tis  now  fixe  months  too  late;) 

I  am  turn'd  off,  my  Youth  hath  got 
Another  louing  mate. 

One  that  hath  neither  witte  nor  wealth, 

Beautie,  nor  comely  grace: 
One  that  is  Kitchin-ftuffe  to  mee, 

Her  flocke  is  knowen  fo  bafe. 

Fie,  who  would  truft  this  wicked  world.? 

Maidens  take  heed,  be  wife: 
I  am  not  Widdow,  Wife,  nor  Mayde, 

But  of  another  fize. 

FINIS. 


I  Like  this  Song  exceeding  wel  indeed:  Mayde. 

Heer's  fixe  pence  toward  the  Mufickwith  my  heart. 
Beffe,  tis  good  warning  wench  for  you ;  take  heed.         Wife. 
He  fee  him  hang'd,  would  play  me  fuch  a  part :  Mayde. 

Hee  that  fhould  come  and  offer  but  to  feele, 
I  would  en'e  fcorne  that  fellow  with  my  heele. 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

[The  following  additional  verfes  are  given  in  the 
edition  of  1619,  and  fliould  be  read  between  the  laft 
and  fecond  laft  verfes  in  the  edition  of  1602.] 

Now  Gentlewomen,  I  intreate  you  fpeakc,  Vintner. 

And  name  the  wine,  a  pinte  I  will  goe  fill. 

No  William,  no ;  there's  many  Vintners  breake,      Wife. 

Let  it  alone,  prethec,  kinde  hearted  Will, 
It  is  enough,  if  you  one  rule  doe  keepe. 
And  that  is  this;  Nicke  not  your  Pots  too  deepe. 

There  is  much  knauery  in  your  trade  for  that, 
Which  will  not  thriue,  who  euer  vfe  the  fame : 
Draw  briske  to  Londoners,  let  Clownes  drinke  flat. 
That  take  in  wine  but  onely  for  the  name ; 

Out-face  the  Fooles,  but  with  a  cogging  tale, 
For  all  their  iudgement's  in  a  pot  of  Ale. 

You  can  perfwade  them  that  their  tafte  is  bad, 
And  boaft  your  wine,  that  there's  no  better  drawne, 
The  like  in  London  is  not  to  be  had; 
When  all  is  falfe,  and  but  an  outward  fawne. 

Couffen,  wee  know  Vintners  can  doe  amiffe,      Widdoiv. 

ButwemighthauedrunkeH^?7//rt;wi'pintebythis. 

Troth  you  fhall  haue  it  inftantly,  I  runne.  Vintner. 

Why  this  is  your  fault  Couffen,  you'Ie  not  leaue.      Wife. 

Tut,  hang  him  knaue:  this  pinte,  and  we  haue  done,  Widdoiv. 

So  much  in  meafure,  hee  did  vs  deceiue; 

Did  you  not  marke  how  e'ry  Pot  lackt  filling, 
Wee'le  take  it  kindly,  caufe  hee  giues  it  willing. 

Heere  Gentlewomen,  and  I  thanke  you  all.  Vintner. 

This  is  a  cuppe  of  Clarret  doth  excell.  Wife. 


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Miscellaneous  Poems. 

At  any  time,  when  you  doe  pleafe  to  call,  Vintner. 

Vpon  my  honeftie  He  vfe  you  well, 

While  with  my  Mafter  I  remaine  a  dweller, 
You  fhall  command  the  beft  that's  in  the  Seller. 


[From  the  folio  edition  of  John  Taylor  the  Water- 
Poet's  Works,  1630,  Sig.  Bbb  3.] 

To  my  louing  Friend  lohn  Taylor. 

FErris  gaue  caufe  of  vulgar  wonderment. 
When  vnto  Brijiow  in  a  boat  he  went; 
Another  with  his  Sculler  ventured  more, 
That  row'd  to  FluJJmig  from  our  Englifli  flioare. 
Another  did  deuife  a  woodden  Whale, 
Which  vnto  Callice  did  from  Doner  faile, 
Another  with  his  Oares  and  flender  Wherry, 
From  London  vnto  Antwerpe  o're  did  Ferry. 
Another  maugre  fickle  fortunes  teeth. 
Rowed  hence  to  Scotland  and  arriu'd  at  Leeth, 
But  thou  haft  made  all  thefe  but  triuiall  things, 
That  from  the  Tower  thy  watry  Sculler  brings 
To  Hellico7i:  moft  facred  in  account. 
And  fo  arriued  at  Per7iaffus  Mount : 
And  backe  return'd  Laden  with  Poets  wit, 
With  all  the  Mufes  hands  to  witneffe  it; 
Who  on  their  Sculler  doth  this  praife  beftow. 
Not  fuch  another  on  the  Thames  doth  row. 

Thy  louing  Friend,  Sam:  Rowlands. 


24 


NOTES    TO    THE    WORKS 


SAMUEL    ROWLANDS 


NOTE  S 


I.— THE  BETRAYING  OF  CHRIST,  1598. 

PAGE        LINE 

3       lafl.     '•  wherof    .     .     .     floates  with,"  &c.,  i.e.,  wherof  par- 
taking, it  floats. 

5  8  ''  Cinthia"  Diana,  the  moon,  fo  called  from  her  birth- 
place, Cytithus,  in  the  Ifland  of  Delos. — Cf 
Spenfer,  Faery  Queene,  I.  i.  39. 
10  "  were  come  to  latefl  fine,"  i.e.,  had  finally  ceafed  to 
exifl. 
13,  14  Thefe  lines  mean,  all  winged  creatures  having  cleared 
up  their  account  with  day,  i.e.,  having  duly  fung 
their  daily  fong,  had  gone  to  reft. 

63"  Difpenfing,"  i.e.,  excepting,  making  an  exception  in 
favour  of. 

7  22       See  Numbers  xvi.  32,  33. 

23       "Seandale"  read  "fcandale,"  i.e.,  infult,  offence. 

8  I        I  Kings  xiii.  4. 
8       Adls  ix.  1-9. 

9  I  r       "  He  muft  needs  go  whom  the  devil  drives." — Hazlitt's 

Proverbs,  &c. 

10  6       "  This  greene  had  ferpents,  "  &c.     This  is  apparently 

the  proverbial  faying,  "  latet  anguis  in  herba,"  there 
is  a  fnake  in  the  grafs. — Cf.  Spenfer,  Faery  Qtieene, 
I.  ix.  28  — 

"As  fnake  in  hidden  weedes.'' 
7       2  Samuel  iii.  27. 

11  II       2  Samuel  xii.  13. 

12  8       Matthew  xxvi.  53. 

17       "  falfe,"  i.e.,  falfely.     The  ufe  of  the  adjedlive  for  the 
adverb  is  common. 


Notes. 


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7 

^5 

23 

i6 

15 

17 

4 

18 

18 

19 

14         I       The  meaning  is:  "Thou,  Gehazi,  canft  no  longer  lay 

exclufive  claim  to  the  fm  of  covetoufnefs,  for  my 

fhare  in  that  fm  exceeds  thine. " 
Luke  X.  42. 
"Sound  confcience  well,"  &c.,  i.e.,  a  found  confcience 

when  well  or  clear  is  faid  to  be  like,  &c. ,     .     .     . 

and  when  corrupted,  is  fitly  compared,  &c. 
Matthew  xxv.  32,  41. 
Matthew  xxii.  11- 14. 
"  corre6l  it,"  i.e.,  corre6t  him  for  it. 
John  xii.  3-4.     "turn'd  thy  fweet,"  i.e..,  turned  to  thy 

advantage. 

19  1,2       "  guiltleffe  waft,  controld,"  &c.,  i.e.,  with  what  falfenefs 

did  I  wifh  thy  innocent  wafte  flopped,  and  the 
ointment  faved. 
7  "  Like  Sampfon  till,"  &c. 
15  The  word  "purchafe"  had  at  this  time  not  only  the 
modern  meaning  of  anything  obtained  in  exchange 
for  money  or  other  valuable  confideration,  but 
was  alfo  applied  to  anything  difhoneftly  or  dif- 
gracefuUy  come  by. — See  Gloffary.  Shakfpere, 
Henry  V.,  iii.  2,  fhows  the  tranfition  when  he 
writes — 

"They  will  Ileal  anything,  and  call  it — pi/rcAace.^' 

In  Spenfer,  J^aery  Queene,  I.  iii.  16,  we  find — 

"  On  his  backe  a  heavy  load  he  bare 
Of  nightly  ftelths,  and  pillage  feverall, 
Which  he  had  got  abroad  hy  purchas  crimhiall." 

It  is    from  the   Fr.  pourchajfer,   to    hunt    after; 

thence,  to  catch,  feize,  rob;  thence,  to  buy. 
18       "  that  I  lou'd,"  i.e.,  that  7vhich  I  loved.     The  omiffion 

of  the  relative  is  very  common  in  Shakfpere  and 

writers  of  that  period. 
20       "  their  intreft,"  i.e.,  my  fhare  in,  or  claim  to,  them. 

20  15       Matthew  xxvi.  22,  25. 


Notes. 

PAGE        LINE 

21         3       "  putchas'd/' read  "  purchas'd." 

8       ''I  fliould  ben  mangled,"  i.e,,  I  ought  to  have  been 
mangled. 

23  23       "  They  would  retire,"  &c.,  i.e.,  they  would  draw  back 

(Fr.  retirer,  Lat.  retrahere)  themfelvcs  from  the 
fearful  courfe  of  the  world  to  perdition,  fo  as  to 
avoid,  &c. — Compare  p.  36,  1.  19. 

24  II       The  accent  is  on  the  fecond  fyllable  in  ''enuying,"  as 

in  Shakfpere,  Richard  II.,  i. — 

"  Until  the  heavens,  envying  earth's  good  hap ;" 
And  Taming  of  the  Shrew,  ii.  i ,  18: — 
"  Is  it  for  him  you  do  envy  me  fo?" 

The  fame  ufe  is  followed  by  Spenfer. 
1 3       Greedy  of  gain  on  earth,  even  though  obtained  by  or 

involving  the  lofs  of  heaven. 
24       "  The  wages  of  fm  is  death."  "  Pale  death,"  the  pallida 

mors  of  the  claffics. 

25  4       "Xpian," />,,  "Chriftian,"  from  the  facred  monogram 

^^^,  the  Chi,  Rho,  the  two  firfl  letters  of  the 
word  Chrift.  The  meaning  is:  A  follower  of 
Chrifl  outwardly,  but  not  at  all  in  heart. 

21  ''Conuerfe  remaine  of  Time,"  &c.,  i.e.,  for  the  reft  of 
Time  be  affociated  with  all  impiety.  The  word 
converfe  is  ufed  in  its  original  Latin  fenfe,  con- 
verfari,  to  dwell,  pafs  one's  time  away. 

24  ''Wrap  me,"  &c.,  i.e.,  "Hide  me  from  the  eyes  of  all, 
oh  dark  night !"     Infert  a  comma  after  eies. 

26  I       "  Sauls  frightfull  gueft,"  i.e.,  madnefs. — See  i  Samuel 

xxvi.  14-23. 
13       "Not  to  difmount,"  &c.,  i.e.,  not  to  throw  myfelf  from 
fome  lofty  precipice,  nor  inflidl  on  myfelf  a  hideous 
ftab  with  a  dagger,  nor  to  drown  myfelf 

17  See  2  Samuel  xviii.  9,  and  Efther  vii.  10. 

18  2  Samuel  xvii.  23. 

27  6       A<5ls  i.  18. 


Notes, 

PAGE       LINE 

28         I       "The  watchful!  bird,"  i.e.,  the  cock. 

II       "a  rocke,"  in  allufion  to  his  name  Peter,  which,  in  the 
Greek,  is  a  flone  or  rock. — Cf.  Matthew  xvi.  18. 

30  12       "he  fwaied  moll,"  &c.,  i.e.,  he  carried  moll  fway,  or 

had  moll  influence,  who  could  deride  moft. 

31  I       I  Samuel  xxxi.  4. 

17       In  proportion  as  his  offence  was  leall,  his  griefs  and 
pains  were  greater. 

32  3       2  Kings  ii.  23. 

7       Such  wrongs,  as  compared  with  thofe  fuffered  by  our 
Lord,  are  not  worthy  to  be  called  wrongs. 

33  8       ''Farre  extending  humane  fence,"  i.e.,  far  exceeding 

man's  underllanding.      The   fpelling  htmiane   is 
conflantly  ufed  by  Shakfpere. 

35  12       "  Preuenting him,"  &c.,  i.e.,  anticipating  and  difappoint- 

ing  the  Devil  who  had  long  hoped  for  it. 

36  3       Samuel,  the  fon  of  Hannah. — See  i  Samuel  ii.  21. 
4       Judges  xi.  34-40. 

37  I       Rowlands  feems  to  underftand  the  word-Sc?//  in  "Woman 

behold  thy  fon,"  as  meaning  our  Lord,  but  the^ 
paffage,  John  xix.  25-27,  points  to  St.  John  as  the 
perfon  meant,  our  Lord's  words  fignifying  appa- 
rently that  the  Virgin  and  St.  John  were  to  be  as 
Mother  and  Son,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  lafl  verfe — 
"from  that  hour  that  difciple  took  her  to  his  own 
home." 
39  2  "My  God,  who  am,"  «Scc.,  i.e.,  the  God  of  me,  who 
myfelf  am  true  God,  &c.     A  claffical  ufage. 

"  to  thofe  denide,"  &c.,  i.e.,  to  thofe  who  denied,  &c. 

John  iv.  5-26. 

Compare  note  to  Hell's  Broke  Loofe,  p.  38, 1.  18. 

"  publicke,"  i.e.,  publicly. — See  note  on  p.  12,  1.  17. 

Judges  iv.  19. 

'•'■  Efay,"  i.e.,  Ifaiah. 

Genefis  iii.  15. 

I  Kings  ii.  5. 


40 

6 

4T 

7 

II 

^3 

42 

15 

43 

13 

16 

45 

7 

Notes. 

PAGE        i-INE 

45  II  To  cut  fhort  the  natural  duration  of  his  life. — Cf. 
Letting  of  Humours  Blood  in  the  Head-  Value,  &c., 
p.  8i,  1.  3. 

47  16       "  No  fuite  of  clay,"  i.e.,  no  prayers  of  men. 

48  5       John  XV.  13. 

20  "What  moment,"  &c.,  i.e.,  at  what  moment  was  he 

free  from,  or  without,  pain  and  grief? 

21  "  addes,"  ufed  intranfitively  =  is  added. 

24  What  people  is  there  Avhom  his  death  did  not  affe6t 
in  the  highefl  degree? 

50  16  In  the  Aurea  Legenda,  cdi^.  xlvii.,  we  are  told  that: 
"  Longinus  fuit  quidam  centurio,  qui  cum  aliis 
militibus  cruci  domini  adflaos  iuffu  Pylati  latus 
domini  lancea  perforauit,  ct  uidens  figna  quae 
fiebant,  folem  fcilicet  obfcuratum,  et  terrse  motum, 
in  Chriflum  credidit.  Maxime  ut  eo,  ut  quidam 
dicunt,  quod  cum  ex  infirmitate  uel  fenedlute 
oculi  eius  caligaffent,  de  fanguine  Chrifli  per 
lanceam  decurrente  fortuito  oculos  fuos  tetigit,  et 
protinus  clare  uidit."  The  day  of  S.  Longinus  is 
March  15. — See  Chambers's  Book  of  Days.  Allu- 
fions  to  the  legend  are  common  in  early  Englifh 
writers. — See,  for  inflance,  Legends  of  the  Holy 
Rood,  ed.  Morris  (Early  Englifli  Text  Society), 
pp.  xix.  100;  Old  EnglifJi  Homilies,  ed.  Morris, 
i.  282;  The  Towneley  Myfleries,  p.  231;  Piers 
Plowman,  ed.  Skeat,  xxi.  82;  &c. 

59       22       Allow  this  lafl  fervice  to  be  ended. 

II.— THE  LETTING  OF  HVMOVRS  BLOOD  IN  THE 
HEAD-VAINE,   1600. 

35"  Richard  the  ufurper."  Is  this  a  reference  to  Shak- 
fpere's  Richard  TIL.,  publiflied  1597? 

4  10  "a  Lordfliip  on  his  backe,"  i.e.,  the  value  of  a  Lordfhip 
fpent  in  drefs. 


Notes. 

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71"  Monfieur  Domingo  is  a  fkilfull  man."  This  word  is 
the  chorus  of  a  drinking  fong  quoted  by  Mailer 
Silence  in  his  exuberant  fit  of  revelry  at  Juflice 
Shallow's  manfion. 

' '  Do  me  right,  and  dub  me  knight, 

Samingo." 

In  the  Variorum  edition,  the  firll  verfe  of  the  fong 
is  given  with  the  burthen  corrected  to  Domingo. 
— Sir  Walter  Scott. 
6  "  fingle  penny  lyn'd,"  i.e.,  filled  with  the  cheapefl  beer. 
Penny  ale  is  common  thin  ale,  and  is  mentioned 
in  P.  Plowman,  ed.  Skeat,  B.  Text,  xv.  310,  as 
fit  only  for  flridl -living  friars.  It  was  fold  at  a 
penny  a  gallon,  while  the  befl  ale  was  4d. — See 
Liber  Albus,  pp.  274,  311;  Strutt,  Manners  and 
Ciijloms,  ii.  81;  Babies  Book,  ed.  Furnivall,  p.  208. 
Compare  Tis  Merriewhefi  Gojfips  meete,  p.  3, 1.  17. 
8  3  "lie  paunch  the  villian  with  my  Rapiers  poynt."  This 
is  a  phrafe  ufed  by  Caliban  in  his  propofal  for 
murdering  Profpero  \TempeJl,  iii.  2,  88]: 
" with  a  log 


Batter  his  fcull,  or  paunch  him  with  a  flake. " 

— Sir  Walter  Scott. 

7  '*  patch,"  a  word  of  frequent  occurrence  in  Shakfpere. 
— ^te  Midfummer  Night's  Dream, m.  2,9;  Macbeth, 
v.  3,  15,  &c.  Florio  gives  '■'■  Pazzo,  a  foole,  a 
patch,  a  madman,"  and  this  is  probably  the  cor- 
re6l  derivation  5f  the  word,  though  fome  refer  it 
to  the  motley  or  patched  coat  of  a  jeller.  Tuffer, 
ed.  Herrtage,  p.  115,  ft.  32,  ufes  it  in  the  fenfe  of 
a  country  clown,  farm  labourer — 

"  From  Maie  to  mid  Auguft,  an  hower  or  two, 
Let  patch  fleepe  a  fnatch,  how  foeuer  ye  do." 

15       "  Then  for  to  drinke  a  pipe  of  Trinedado."     To  drink 
tobacco  was  one  of  the  affe6led  phrafes  of  the 


TAGK        l.INl: 


Notes. 

gallants  of  that  age.  In  the  Roaring  Girl  of 
Middleton  and  Dekkar,  Saxton,  one  of  the 
humorifls  of  the  piece,  after  commending  "  a 
pipe  of  rich  fmoke,"  has  a  parcel  of  the  fame 
tobacco  made  up  for  him,  obferving,  "  this  will 
ferve  to  drink  at  my  chamber."  And  in  an 
interlude  entitled,  Wine,  Beer,  Ale,  and  Tobacco 
contending  for  fuperiority,  Tobacco  is  made 
to  fay, 

" \Vhat,  do  yc  fland  at  gaze? 


Tobacco  is  a  drink  too. 

Beer.     A  drink? 

Tobacco.     Wine,  you  and  I  come  botli  out  of  a  pipe." 

Many  other  authorities  for  this  conceited  ex- 
preffion  might  be  quoted. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

'•  His  Hofe  to  Brokers  layle  committed  are. 
His  fmguler,  and  onely,  Veluet  payre." 

A  calamity  fmiilar  to  that  which  occafioned  this 
gallant's  indifpofition,  impofed  filence  upon  one  of 
the  bravefl  warriors  of  the  1 5  th  century.  After  the 
field  of  Shrewfbury,  in  which 

"The  Percy  and  the  Douglas  both  together 
Were  confident  againft  the  world  in  anns," 

the  latter  champion,  it  is  well  known,  was  wounded 
and  made  prifoner.  Having  received  his  hurt  in 
a  part  of  the  body  too  ignoble  to  be  mentioned, 
Godfcroft  affures  us  that  when,  "  after  the  battell 
every  man  was  reckoning  his  wounds,  and  com- 
plaining, the  earl  faid  at  lafl,  when  he  had  heard 
them  all,  'They  fit  full  flill  that  have  a  riven  breike.' 
The  fpeech  continueth  flill  in  Scotland,  and  is  pafl 
into  a  proverb,  which  is  ufed  to  defign  fuch  as  have 
fome  hidden  and  fecret  caufe  to  complain  and  fay 
but  little." — Hijlory  of  tJie  Houfe  of  Douglas  and 
Angus,  ed,  1644,  p.  120. —Sir  Walter  Scott. 


Notes. 


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21  6  "  many  graines  too  light,"  &c.  There  is  a  play  here  on 
the  word  "angel,"  which  was  alfo  a  coin,  varying 
in  value  from  6s.  8d.  to  ids.  In  the  next  line 
the  play  is  kept  up  on  the  word  "Hone,"  one  of  the 
meanings  of  which  is  the  telling  flone  for  gold. 

25        13       "  difchargeth,"  pays  for. 

28  I       " Signeur  Sacke  and  Suger, 

When  calling  for  a  quart  of  Charnico." 

This  phrafe  brings  us  home  to  Falflaff,  from 
whofe  dramatic  hiflory  it  was  probably  borrowed. 
"  What  fays  Sir  John  Sack  and  Sugar?"  Charnico 
is  a  wine  mentioned  in  the  2d  part  of  Henry  VI., 
A61  ii.  fc.  3.  "  And,  neighbour,  here's  a  cup  of 
Charnico."  The  critics  conceive  it  derived  its 
name  from  having  the  flavour  of  turpentine, 
Charneco  in  Spanifh  fignifying  a  turpentine-tree. 
If  this  interpretation  be  corredl,  we  need  not 
regret  the  difufe  of  Charneco  in  our  modern 
times. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

29  10       "To  drinke  amongfl  you." — See  note  to  p.  8,  1.  15, 

above,  and  compare  p.  77,  1.  22-3. 

32  7  For  the  "  Lord  of  Mifrule,"  fee  Brand's  Popular  An- 
tiquities, i.  272;  Strutt,  Maimers  and  Cujloms, 
ii.  200,  &c, 

2il         I       "  Afke  Humors  why  a  Feather  he  doth  weare? 
It  is  his  humor  (by  the  Lord)  heele  fweare." 

The  whole  of  this  epigram  defcribes  one  of  thofe 
diffolute  coxcombs  mentioned  by  Jonfon  in  a 
paffage  quoted  in  the  preface,  who  termed  each 
conceited  peculiarity  of  drefs  and  manner,  his 
humour,  and  vindicated  his  Angularity  as  a  quality 
befitting  a  fine  gentleman.  The  worthy  Corporal 
Nym  hath  this  apology  ufually  at  his  finger-ends, 
and  Shylock  himfelf  condefcends  to  excufe  his 
extravagant  cruelty  as  a  humour,  or  irrefiflible 
propenfity  of  the  mind.     I  do  not  obferve  that 


Notes, 

I'ACK        LINK 

the  commentators  have  noticed  that,  in  the  Jew's 
celebrated  anfwer  to  the  duke,  the  expreffion, 
"  But  fay  it  is  my  /tumour — Is  it  anfwered?" 

the  word  humour  is  not  ufed  in  its  modern 
lignification,  but  in  that  which  it  bears  through 
thefe  fatires,  a  pecuHar  quality,  namely,  which 
fways  and  mailers  the  individual  through  all  his 
a6lions.  Accordingly  Shylock  proceeds  to  illus- 
trate his  innate  antipathy  to  Anthonio  by  fmiilar 
natural  loathings. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

33  14       Why  he  is  fo  perfecuted  by  bailififs. 
17       •'  Obiedl,"  i.e.,  if  you  afk. 

34  I       "cros-leffe   curffe,"  i.e.,  the  misfortune    or    curfe  of 

being  pennilefs. — See  Gloffary,  croffe. 

35  9  " to  worke  he  went: 

Makeing  the  Dog  flie  held,  a  grim  Cattes  face." 

This  lady's  diflike  to  being  reprefented  in  fuch 
company,  was  not  univerfal  in  the  feventeenth 
century.  The  celebrated  Countefs  of  Pembroke 
and  Montgomery,  among  the  numerous  portraits 
preferved  of  her,  at  Appleby  Caflle,  is  in  one  re- 
prefented with  a  very  large  black  cat  fitting  befide 
her  foot. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

36  7       "In  euery  llreete  where  any  Gallant  goes, 

The  fwagg'ring  Sloppe  is  Tarltons  clownifh  hofe." 
The  breeches  in  James  I.'s  time  fwelled  to  a  moft 
uncouth  and  prepoflerous  fize,  and  were  fluffed 
out  with  bags  and  other  bomball,  and  fometimes 
with  bran.  Thefe  were  called  trunk-hofe.  Bulwer, 
in  the  Artificial  Cha^igeling  tells  of  a  gallant  in 
whofe  immenfe  gally-gafkins  a  fmall  hole  was  torn 
by  a  nail  of  the  chair  he  fat  upon,  fo  that,  as  he 
turned  and  wriggled  to  pay  his  court  to  the  ladies, 
the  bran  poured  forth  as  from  a  mill  that  was 
grinding,  without  his  perceiving  it,  till  half  the 
cargo  was  unladed  on  the  floor.     It  would  feem 


n 


Notes. 


PAGE        LINE 


in  Queen  Elizabeth's  time  fuch  large  breeches  were 
part  of  the  clown's  drefs,  in  which  charadler  Tar- 
leton  was  very  famous. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 
38  5  On  the  chara6ler  of  the  Dutch  for  drinking,  fee 
Andrew  Boorde's  Liirodu^ion  to  Knoxdedge,  ed. 
Furnivall,  pp.  147,  149,  337,  &c. ;  the  "Libel  of 
Englifli  Polecie,"  printed  in  Wright's  Political 
Songs,  ii.  169-171;  and  Shakfpere,  Merc/iant  of 
Venice,  i.  2,  76,  and  Othello,  ii.  3,  80. 

38  10       "  How  rare  his  fpurres  doth  ring  the  moris-daunce."'     It 

was  the  fafhion  of  the  time  to  wear  gilded  fpurs, 
with  rowels  of  a  prodigious  fize  and  fantaflic  fhape, 
which  clanked  and  rung  as  the  gallants  walked, 
like  the  bells  which  morrice  dancers  faflened 
to  their  ancles.  Spurs  of  their  fafliion  are  Hill 
preferved  by  the  curious,  and  may  alfo  be  feen  in 
old  paintings.  "  I  had  fpurs  of  mine  own  before," 
fays  Fungofo,  in  Every  Man  out  of  his  Humour, 
"  but  they  were  not  ginglers." — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

39  12       In  Sloane  MS.,  1585,  leaf  152,  will  be  found  a  recipe 

for  the  "  lafke,"  the  components  of  which  are  the 
yolk  of  a  new-laid  egg,  honey,  and  fine  fait. 

24       " fome   pippin   Squier."     A  pippin,  or   apple 

fquire,  whatever  be  its  original  derivation,  is,  in 
old  plays  and  poems,  ufed  as  fynonimous  to  a  pan- 
dar.  Cavalero  Shift,  his  trade  being  allied  to  that 
of  Sir  Pandarus  of  Troy,  was,  among  other  appel- 
lations "  as  a  poor  efquire  about  the  town,"  called 
occafionally  Mr.  Apple-John.  It  is  in  this  capacity 
that  his  bills  fet  him  forth  as  one  '•'  who  can  ferve 
in  the  nature  of  a  gentleman  ufher,  and  hath  little 
legs  of  purpofe,  and  a  black  fattin  fute  of  his  own 
to  go  before  her  in  .  .  .  and  can  hide  her 
face  with  her  fan  if  need  require,  or  fit  in  the  cold 
at  the  flair  foot  for  her,  as  well  as  another  gentle- 
man."    Such  a  property  was  the  fubjedl  of  the 


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thirty-fourtli  [thirty-third]  epigram  become  to  his 
imperious  confort. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

41  I  "  Seuerus  is  extreame  in  eloquence."  The  whole  of 
this  thirty-fixth  [thirty-fifth]  epigram  is  in  the 
vein  of  Don  Arniado,  in  Lovers  Labour's  Lq/i, 
who  addreffes  his  page  Moth  very  much  in  the 
bombaflic  flyle  of  Severus's  converfation  with  his 
boy. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

44         3       Compare  Shakfpere,  Macbci/i,  iii.  4,  1 1 9 — 

"  stand  not  iiJ}on  the  order  of  your  going, 
But  go  at  once." 

46         I       '^  Bot  wote  you  now,  whither  the  buzard  walkes? 
I,  into  Paules  forfooth." 

St.  Paul's  was  the  rendezvous  of  all  the  idle  and 
diffipated  perfons  of  the  period,  as  well  as  of  thofe 
whom  ferious  bufmefs,  or  a  defire  to  learn  the 
news  of  the  day,  led  to  frequent  a  place  of  public 
refort.  Being  a  place  privileged  from  arrells,  it 
afforded  confiderable  convenience  to  the  firft  of 
thefe  defcriptions.  One  whole  fcene  of  Every 
Man  out  of  his  Humour  is  laid  among  the  loiterers 
who  frequented  the  weflern  and  middle  aiile  of 
Paul's,  which  Sir  Faflidious  Brifl-:  affectedly  terms 
Mediterraneo.  It  cannot  be  forgotten  that  there 
Falflaff  picked  up  his  trufly  follower  Bardolph. 
Ofbourne  alfo  informs  us,  that  it  was  the  fafliion, 
from  the  time  of  James  I.,  down  to  that  of  the 
Commonwealth,  "  for  the  principal  gentry,  lords, 
courtiers,  and  men  of  all  profeffions,  not  merely 
mechanics,  to  meet  in  St.  Paul's  church  by  eleven, 
and  walk  in  middle  aifle  till  twelve,  and  after 
dinner  from  three  to  fix,"  and  that  by  attending 
to  the  news  which  were  there  daily  current,  he 
himfelf  picked  up  a  reafonable  modicum  of 
political  information. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 


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47  1 8       "  runs  byas  on  affaires,"  runs  headlong,  unceafmgly. 

"  Biace,  a  flope,  a  bias." — Hollyband. 

48  13       "  Men  without  heades,"  &c. — See  Sir  John  Maunde- 

vile's  Travels,  ed.  HalUwell,  p.  203 :  "  And  in 
another  Yle,  towarde  the  Southe,  duellen  folk  of 
foule  Stature  and  of  curfed  kynde,  that  han  no 
Hedes:  and  here  Eyne  ben  inhere  Scholdres." 
Again,  in  Holland's  Pli7i}\  v.  8 :  "  The  Blommyi, 
by  report,  have  no  heads,  but  mouth  and  eies  both 
in  their  breast." — See  alfo  ibid.,  vii,  2;  and  Gejla 
Ronianoriim,  Early  Englifli  Tra6l  Society,  1879, 
ed.  Herrtage,  Tale  175,  p.  529. 
16  "penthoufe." — Compare  Decker,  GtdVs  Horn-Book, 
p.  79:  "The  two  eyes  are  the  glaffe  windowes  at 
which  light  difperfes  itfelf  into  every  roome,  having 
good\y  penf/iotifes  of  haire  to  overfhaddow  them." 

52  6       "Long-lane"  was  "A  Place  alfo  of  Note  for  the  fale 

of  Apparel,  Linnen,  and  Upholflers'  goods,  both 
Second-hand  and  New,  but  chiefly  for  Old,  for 
which  it  is  of  Note." — Stow's  Survey  of  London, 
ed.  Strype,  I.,  Bk.  iii.  p.  112,  col.  2. 

"As  many  Fox-fkins  as  wille  fvirre  his  Long-Lane  gowne.'" 
Tom  of  all  Trades,  ed,  Furnivall,  p.  165,  1.  12. 

53  21       "His  Jacket  faced  with  motheaten  Budge."     Budge 

was  probably  fome  paltry  imitation  of  velvet. 
The  word  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  time  was  ufed  to 
fignify  the  allowance  of  liquor  iffued  to  thofe 
who  attended  upon  her  progreffes. — Sir  Walter 
Scott. — [See  Strutt,  ii.  102,  and  Fairholt's 
Pageants,  i.  66.] 

54  7       "chardges,"  expenfe.— So  Tuffer,  p.  173,  ch.  84,  2— 

"  Som  drieth  with  ftrawe,  &  fome  drieth  with  wood 
Wood  aflceth  more  charge,  and  nothing  fo  good.'' 

55  I       " Kinde-heart,  in  drawing  out  a  tooth."     Kind- 

heart  is  fometimes  mentioned  by  authors  of  the 


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period  as  a  fort  of  quack-do6lor.  Henry  Chettle, 
an  obfcure  dramatic  author,  wrote  a  pamphlet 
called  Kind-hcarf  s  Dream. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

58  10       "giue  him  fixe  at  feuen;"  as  we  fliould  fay,  give  him  a 

flart  of  fix  in  feuen. 
14       "iuggling  Kings,"  &c.,  cheating  tricks  at  cards. 

59  2       "But  come  to  Dice;  why  that's  his  onely  trade, 

Michell  Mum-chaunce,  his  owne  Inuention  made." 
Alluding  probably  to  a  pamphlet  entitled,  Mihil 
Mum-chaunce  his  Difcovcry  of  the  Art  of  cheating 
in  Falfe  Dyce  Play,  without  a  date.  It  is  afcribed 
by  Mr.  Reid  to  Robert  Greene,  but,  as  appears  to 
Mr.  Haflewood,  on  doubtfuU  authority.  See 
Cenfura  Literaria,  vol.  viii.  p.  390.  The  FuUams, 
Bardquater-tray,  High  and  Low  men,  &c.,  men- 
tioned in  the  fubfequent  lines,  were  various  kinds 
of  loaded  or  falfe  dice.  Some  of  the  terms  are  yet 
ufed  among  fharpers.  Hence  the  confolation  of 
Piftol  when  difmiffed  by  Falflaff,  that 

" Gourd  zwdfiillafu  holds, 

And  high  and  low  beguile  the  rich  and  poor." 
Merry  Wives  of  Windfor,  K<Si  i.  fc.  3. 

— Sir  Walter  Scott. 
[Cotgrave  has  "  Chance:  The  game  at  dice  called 
Mumchance,  or  fuch  another."  Silence  appears  to 
have  been  effential  to  its  proper  playing,  whence 
the  name.] 
5  ' '  FuUams,"  &c.  —See  Gloffary. 
14  "Well  feene  in  Magicke  and  Aflrologie."  The  chara(Sler 
of  the  gamefler,  fwindler,  and  bully,  of  the  reign  of 
James  1.  had  features  unknown  to  thofe  of  our  age. 
He  was  often  a  conjuror,  an  aftrologer,  and  an 
alchemiil.  The  practice  of  legerdemain  probably 
fitted  him  for  all  the  branches  of  his  profeffion, 
and,  befides  dealing  in  the  fophiflicated  wares  of 
predi(5lion,  philtres,  and  alchemy,  thefe  impoflors 


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Notes. 

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often  mingled  darker  pradices  with  their  myflical 
frauds.  The  name  of  Dr.  Forman,  a  celebrated 
aflrologer  and  magician,  is  deeply  implicated  in 
the  amours  of  Somerfet  and  Lady  Effex,  and 
Villiers  Duke  of  Buckingham  was  much  cenfured 
for  his  attachment  to  impoflors  of  this  defcrijDtion. 
Dr.  Lamb,  one  of  his  dependent  necromancers, 
had  his  brains  beat  out  by  the  mob  in  the  flreets 
of  London  in  1628;  and  Butler,  another  of  the 
fame  defcription,  is  faid  to  have  been  miferably 
murdered  by  the  jefuits  abroad,  in  one  of  their 
religious  houfes.  See  Wilfon's  Hijiory  of  /aj?ies 
VI.  in  Rennet's  CoUedlion,  vol.  ii.  p.  490. — Sir 
Walter  Scott. — [Compare  Shakfpere,  Taming 
of  the  Shreiv,  i.  2 — 

"  It's  a  fchoolmafter  well  feen  in  mufic." 
And  Tuffer,  ch.  95,  fl.  i — 

"  To  haue  your  cliilde  in  Mufick  fomething  feene." 
Compare  the  ufe  of  the  \jzX\x\  fj[)eilatiis.'\ 
59  19  "His  Booke  of  Charadlers,"  i.e.,  His  Book  of  Magic 
Figures  and  Charms. — See  the  chapter  on 
"Chara6ls''  in  Brand's  Popular  A?itiqi/ities  (ed. 
Ellis,  iii.  319),  fliowing  that  Gower  ufes  CareH  in 
the  fenfe  of  a  charm :  "  With  his  CareH:  would  him 
enchaunt,"  Confeffio  Amantis,  Bk.  i.  In  old 
French  CaraHe  meant  a  mark,  fign,  alfo  a  written 
charm,  rendering  the  wearer  of  it  invulnerable;  alfo 
a  magic  rite. — See  Viede  Seint  Auban,  ed.  Atkin- 
fon,  1.  1006,  and  note  at  p.  104.  The  following 
paffage  from  Afhmole's  Theatrum  Chemicum,  p. 
463,  well  illuflrates  that  writer's  belief  in  charms, 
in  the  year  1652:  ''What  I  have  further  to  fay, 
fhall  onely  be  to  fliew  what  Naturall  powers  Sigills, 
&c.,  graved  or  imprefl  with  proper  CharaHers  and 
figures,  and  made  under  certaine  peculiar  conllel- 
lations,    may    have.      Albumazar,    Zahel,    Haly, 


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Albategnus,  and  divers  other  Arabians,  give  us 
feverall  examples  of  fuch  as  have  been  cured  of 
the  biting  of  ferpents,  fcorpions,  mad  dogs,  &c., 
by  Talismanicall  Figures,"  &c. — See  alfo  Halli- 
well's  Di6lionary,  f.v.  CaraHes. 
60  12  "by  chalke,  and  poafl,"  i.e.,  by  the  fcore  chalked  up 
on  the  door-pofl. 

63         9       " What  meanes  Singer  then? 

And  Pope  the  Clowne,  to  fpeake  fo  Boorifli,  when 
They  counterfaite  the  Clownes  vpon  the  Stage?" 
Gabriel  Singer  is  mentioned  at  the  end  of  Epigram 
2d  [loth],  and  is  quoted  in  the  GuWs  Ilor?i-Book, 
with  Tarleton  and  Kempe,  as  a  performer  of  the 
clown's  part.      The  pamphlet  was  publiflied  in 
1609,  and  it  would  feem  that  Singer  was  then  dead. 
— See  Prolegomena  to  Shakefpeare,  vol.  iii.  p.  243, 
Variorum  edit.   1803.     Thomas  Pope  alfo  a6ted 
the  clown's  part.     He  died  in  February,  1603-4, 
and   the   induflry   of  Shakefpeare's   editors  has 
recovered  his  will,  which  is  curious.     Pope  a6ted 
along  with  Shakefpeare. — Ibid.  pp.  244  and  521. 
[See  Mr.  Collier's  Memoirs  of  the  Principal  AHors 
in  the  Plays  of  Shakefpeare,  p.  120,  Shakefpeare 
Society,  1846.] — Sir  Walter  Scott. 
63         9       *'  That  Cloth  will  now  compare  with  Veluet  breech 
Let  him  difcourfe,  euen  where,  and  when  he  dare, 
Talke  nere  fo  ynk  hornre  learnedly  and  rare, 
Sweare  Cloth  breech  is  a  peffant  (by  the  Lord) 
Threaten  to  drawe  his  wrath- venger,  his  fworde: 
Tufli,  Cloth-breech  doth  deride  him  with  a  laugh, 
And  lets  him  fee  Bone-bafler;  thats  his  flaffe." 
This  is  an  epitome  of  Robert  Green[e]'s  pamphlet, 
entitled  A    Quip  for  an   npflart  Courtier,  or  a 
Difpute  between  Velvet  and  Cloth  Breeches,  which 
may  be  found  in  Mr.  Parke's  new  edition  of  the 
Harleian  Mifcellany,  vol.  v.  p.  393.     The  original 
C 


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tra6l  was  publifhed  in  1592.  See  Mr.  Hafle- 
wood's  curious  lift  of  Green[e]'s  produ6lions  in 
the  Cenfura  Literaria,  vol.  viii.  380. — Sir  Walter 
Scott. 
64  12  "ftooleballe."  This  game  is  mentioned  in  the  Ttvo 
Noble  Kinftnen,  v.  2,  73. — See  Strutt,  Sports  and 
Fq/iimes,  p.  97.  Strutt,  p.  98,  quotes  from 
D'Urfey's  Don  Quixote — 

"  Down  in  a  vale  on  a  fummer's  day, 
All  the  lads  and  laffes  met  to  be  merry; 
A  match  for  kiffes  atjiool-ball  to  play, 
And  for  cakes,  and  ale,  and  fider,  and  peri7. 
Chorus.  Come  all,  great  and  fmall. 

Short,  tall,  away  lo Jlool-ball." 

20  "  barly-breake."  This  game  is  thus  defcribed  by 
Gifford,  chiefly  from  a  paffage  in  Sidney's 
Arcadia: — "  It  was  played  by  6  people  (3  of 
each  fex),  who  were  coupled  by  lot.  A  piece 
of  ground  was  then  chofen,  and  divided  into 
three  compartments,  of  which  the  middle  one 
was  called  hell.  It  was  the  obje6l  of  the  couple 
condemned  to  this  divifion  to  catch  the  others, 
who  advanced  from  the  two  extremities ;  in  which 
cafe  a  change  of  fituation  took  place,  and  hell 
was  filled  by  the  couple  who  were  excluded  by 
.i  preoccupation   from   the   other   places;    in    this 

'  catching,'  however,  there  was  fome  difficulty,  as 
by  the  rules  of  the  game,  the  middle  couple  were 
not  to  feparate  before  they  had  fucceeded,  while 
the  others  might  break  hands  whenever  they 
found  themfelves  hard-preffed,  when  all  had  been 
taken  in  turn,  the  laft  couple  were  faid  to  be 
in  hell,  and  the  game  ended."  On  the  Scottifli 
way  of  playing  it,  fee  Jamiefon,  f.v.  Barla-Breikis. 
Allufions  to  it  are  common. — See  Maffmger,  Virgin 
Martyr^  v.  i,  and  Farliament  of  Love,  iv.  5;  Ben 


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LINE 

66 

3 

69 

6 

70 

13 

71 

14 

Notes. 

Jonfon,  Sad  Shepherd,  i.  11,  &c.    See  alfo  a  good 
note  on  the  word  in  Nares. 
•'  diminifli,"  for  adminifler. 
"in  efleeming,"  in  the  eflimation  of  others. 
"eates,"  read  eares. 

"  deales  croffe  blowes,"&c.,  adls  improperly  behind  her 
hufband's  back. 
22       ''ietting." — Compare  Knave  of  Harts,  p.  26,  1.  5, 
"Along  the  flreetes,  as  he  doth  ietting  T^sSie.''' 
See  Gloffary. 
72        10       "tall  trencher  man."    This  ufe  of  the  word /«// in  the 
fenfe  of  great,  notable,  is  common  in  early  plays, 
and  is  even  not  yet  quite  obfolete,  efpecially  in 
America. 

13  He  walks  with  his  coat  unbuttoned  to  Ihow  off  his 

fhirt,  when  he  has  one. 

14  "  He  takes  a  common  courfe  to  goe  vntrufl, 

Except  his  Shirt's  a-wafliing;  then  he  muft 

Goe  wooUward  for  the  time " 

Our  anceflors'  drefs  confifled  of  three  principal 
parts,  cloak,  doublet,  and  hofe.  The  former  was 
often  laid  afide,  when  the  gallant  was  faid  to  be  in 
aierpo.  The  hofe,  like  the  prefent  pantaloons, 
comprehended  breeches  and  llockings  in  one 
piece.  They  were  fixed  to  the  doublet  by  a  vafl 
number  of  firings  called  points,  by  tying  or  un- 
loofing  of  which  the  perfon  was  ^'r//^2'^or  ?^;//r«^r/. 
A  flovenly  carelefs  rufifian,  like  him  defcribed  in 
the  fatire,  went  about  without  being  truffed,  unlefs 
when  his  only  fhirt  was  a-wafhing,  when  the  hiatus 
between  the  hofe  and  doublet  would  have  expofed 
the  deficiency  of  linen.  Then,  like  Don  Armado, 
he  went  wool-ward  for  penance. — Sir  Walter 
Scott. 

15  ''  woollward."    This  word  is  thus  explained  by  Palfgrave, 

"  Wolwarde,  without  any  lynnen  nexte  one's  body, 


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Sans  Chemyfe.''  It  is  difcuffed  and  explained  by 
Nares,  who  fays :  "  Dreffed  in  wool  only,  without 
linen,  often  enjoined  in  times  of  fuperflition,  by 
way  of  penance." — See  Loves  Labour's  Lq/I,  v.  2, 
717;  and  five  other  examples  which  Nares  cites. 
^  To  thefe  we  may  add  Hampole,  Pricke  of  Con- 

fcience,  ed.  Morris,  1.  3512,  and  Pierce  the  Plough- 
mans  Crede,  ed.  Skeat,  1.  788.  The  word  was 
alfo  difcuffed  in  JVotes  and  Queries,  4th  Sen,  i.  65, 
181,  254,  351,  and  425. 
72  15  "hee  fcornes  it  hee,"  compare  the  ufe  of  the 
repeated  I  in  fuch  fentences  as,  "I  know  it,  I." 
—See  Gloffary  f.v.  I. 
75       II       "  Heele  looke  vnto  your  water  well  enough, 

And  hath  an  eye  that  no  man  leaues  a  fnuffe. 
A  pox  of  peecemeale  drinking  (William  fayes) 
Play  it  away,  weele  haue  no  floppes  and  flayes." 
A  fnufif  is,  in  the  language  of  modern  compotators, 
called  a  heel-top.     The  paffage  affords  an  inter- 
pretation to  one  in  Shakefpeare  more  clearly  than 
the  commentators  have  affigned  to  it.     Among 
the  cant  phrafes  acquired  by  Hal  in  the  cellar  of 
the  Boar's  Head  tavern  at  Eafl  Cheap,  he  tells  us, 
"  When  you  breathe  in  your  watering  they  cry  hem ! 

and  bid  you  play  it  off" which  is  precifely  the 

encouragement  given  by  the  hero  of  the  fatire  to  the 
faint-hearted  pot  companion  who  ftops  for  breath 
in  the  midfl  of  his  draught. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 
78       21       "  The  firfl  of  them  in  many  a  Tauerne  tride. 
At  lail  fubdued  by  Aquauitce  dide. 
His  fecond  Worthies  date  was  brought  to  fine, 
Feafling  with  Oyflers  and  braue  Rennifh  wine. 
The  third,  whom  diuers  Dutchmen  held  full  deere, 
Was  flabb'd  by  pickeld  Hearinges  &  llrong  Beere." 
The  author  had  probably  in  his  recollection  the 
miferable  fate  of  Robert  Green [e],  who  died  of  a 


Notes. 

i'AtJE        1.1  NK 

furfeit  in  1592,  after  a  debauch  upon  pickled  her- 
rings and  Rhenifli  wine. — Sir  Walter  Scott. 

81  2       '•Troynouant,"  ?>,,  London,  the  city  of  the  Triiwbantes. 

— See  Spenfer,  Faery  Queene,  II.,  x.  46.  There  is 
of  courfe  no  ground  for  the  old  derivation  from 
Ti'oia  nova,  which  is  due  to  Alexander  Neckham, 
who  in  his  book  De  Laudibus  Divhuc  Sapientut 
(Rolls'  Series,  ed.  Wright),  p.  458,  fpcaks  of  Lon- 
don as  Trinovantum  and  Troja  Nova,  adding  in  a 
note,  "Troja  nova  Londinum  feu  Londonia 
dicitur."  The  legend  was  that  it  was  named  New 
Troy  by  its  founder,  Brutus,  who  called  it  thus  after 
the  city  of  his  anceflors. 

83  2  "  The  days  arc  pafl  when  '  Brother '  was  the  ufual 
form  of  addrefs ;  now  'Coufm'  is  the  word." 
There  is,  of  courfe,  here  a  play  on  the  word 
"  cofen,"  in  its  fecondary  meaning  of  "  to  cheat, 
fwindle." 


III.— TIS  MERRIE  WHEN  GOSSIPS  MEETE,  1602. 

3       17       See  note  to  Letting  of  Humours  Blood,  &c.,  p.  7, 1.  6, 
5       15       "Conny-catching."     Publiflied  in  three  parts,  1 591-2. 
Greene  alfo  wrote  "A  Difputation  betweene  a 
Hee  Connycatcher  and  a   Shee   Connycatcher, 
whether  a  Theafe  or  a  Whore  is  mofl  hurtfuU  in 
Coufenage  to  the  Common-wealth,"  1592. — See 
Hazlitt's  Handbook,  p.  241. 
17       "  Pafquill."     "  The  FirR  parte  of  Pafquil's  Apologie," 
printed  in    1590:    Hazlitt,  Collefiions  and  Notes, 
p.  302. — ^^^ Bibliographical Lidex,^.  14.    Pafquil 
was  originally  the  name  of  a  pillar  at  Rome,  on 
which  libels  and  defamatory  verfes  ufed  to  be 
pofled. 
8         7       "  i'ft,"  read  if't. 


PAGE 

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9 

14 

lO 

12 

II 

5 

15 

I 

Notes. 

■'•'  Ti's,"  read  'Tis;  fo,  again,  p.  17, 1.  7,  and  p.  21, 1.  14. 
"  croffe-confumers,"    i.e.,    waflers    or    confumers    of 

money. — See  Gloflary,  f.v.  Crolfe. 
"  much  good  de'e,"  much  good  may  it  do  you. 
"  Good  dea'ne." —  Cf.  ''God-gi  god-den/'  Romeo  and 

Juliet,  i.  2,  59. 
2       "  Dagger   Pye,"   probably   a   pie   at    the   celebrated 

ordinary   in   Holborn,   known    as    the   Dagger. 

Dagger-ale  is  frequently  ufed  in  this  fenfe  in  the 

early  plays. 

1 1  Some  unforefeen  caufe  of  delay  may  have  arifen. 

18         I       "  skinker." — See  Gloffary,  and  ift  Henry  IV.,  A61  ii., 
fc.  4. 

23  16       See  Mr.  Furnivall's  remarks  on  this  line  in  Notes  and 

Queries,  5th  Ser.,  v.  178. 

24  3       "  Taurus  fo  rules,"  &c.    A  cuckold  was  commonly  faid 

to  have  horns  growing  from  his  forehead  (allufions 
to  this  are  very  frequent  in  our  Author,  and  writers 
of  the  period),  and  are  thus  faid  to  be  under  the 
influence  of  Taurus,  the  Bull. 
18       '•  t'is-,"  read 'tis. 

25  4       '' h'as,"  read  has. 

12  "Connie,"  fo.  Tuffer,  Five  Hundred  Points,  ch.   15, 

fl.  20— 

"Drive  hive,  good  Conie. " 

13  "fa'y,"  read  fay. 

26  8       "  hunered,"  read  hundred. 

1 3  Compare  the  following  from  the  Ballad  of  '•'■  The  Wefl- 
Country  Counfellor,"  printed  in  the  Bagford 
Ballads  (Ballad  Society,  ed.  Ebfworth),  iii.  495 — 

' '  Nay  I  further  declare,  you  may  know  by  their  Hair, 
If  it  be  Red  or  Yellow,  then  then  you  may  fwear 
They  will  never  prove  true,  but  will  love  more  than  you; 
And  the  fandy  Complexions  are  Flatterers  too  : 
Have  a  care  of  fuch  men,  for  there's  fcarce  One  in  Ten 
But  are  Falfe  and  Deceitful;  Be  careful,  O  then. 


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Notes. 

Of  a  two-colour'd  Beard,  you  had  need  be  afraid;  [Pafeard] 
Now  if  by  fuch  a  one  you  by  chance  are  enfnar'd, 
You'll  have  Sorrow  and  Woe,  they'll  be  lealous  I  know. 
And  will  watch,  peep,  and  haunt  you  where-ever  you  go: 
Have  a  care  of  fuch  men,  &c. 

But  the  Black  and  the  Brown,  both  in  City  and  Town, 
Are  delightful  and  pleafant,  they  feldom  can  frown ; 
By  the  Powers  above,  they  are  all  over  Love, 
And  as  Loyal  they  are  as  the  dear  tender  Dove : 
Laffes  thefe  are  the  men  that  will  honour  you  then, 
There's  not  one  of  them  falfe  in  full  Fourfcore  and  Ten." 

[Date  probably  about  1684-5.] 

27  7  '-Abourne." — See  Gloffary.  Compare  Two  Noble 
Kinfmen,  iv.  2,  125 — 

"  He's  white-haired. 
Not  wanton  white,  but  fuch  a  manly  colour 
Next  to  an  abortie." 

29  4  This  proverb  occurs  in  Gafcoigne's  Fofies,  1575,  and  in 
Tuffer,  ch.  85,  11.  16,  we  have:  "Enough  is  a 
plentie,"  on  which  fee  my  note. 

31  15  '-'that  did  the  Angell  bow,"  &c.,  i.e.,  who  bent  an 
Angel  ( a  gold  coin  of  the  value  of  6s.  8d.)  and 
fent  it  as  a  love-token.  The  belief  in  good-luck 
arifmg  from  the  poffeffion  of  a  crooked  coin  flill 
furvives  in  fome  parts. 

36  5       "ake."     Baret,  in  his  Alvearie,  1580,  points  out  the 

proper  diflin(5lion  in  the  fpelling  of  this  word, 
according  as  it  is  ufed  as  a  verb  or  noun. 
'■^  Ake  is  the  verb  of  this  fubflantive  Ache,  ch 
being  turned  into  k." 

37  10       "  Marry  and  gip."     This  curious  expreffion  is  derived 

from  St.  Mary  ^■^gyptiaca.  Skelton  ufes  her 
name  to  fwear  by  in  his   Garlande  of  Laiirell, 

1455— 

' '  By  Mary  Gipcy 
Quod  fcripfi,  fcripfi." 


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Notes. 


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On  which  Dyce  remarks  that  this  was  Ihortened 
in  later  writers  to  marry  gip,  marry  gcp,  marry 
guep,  or  marry  gup.  Nares,  f.v.  Marry  quotes 
Marry  gip  in  Ben  Jonfon,  (Bartholomew  Fair, 
Act  i.)  and  Marry  Guep  in  Hudibras,  i.  3,  202. 
Hence  came  Marry  go  up,  and  Marry  come  up. 
Cotgrave  has  '■^  Magna  gna:  Marry  gip,  fir;  true 
Roger." — See  P.  Ploivman,  ed.  Skeat,  c.  xviii.  23. 

39  14       A  fyllable  is  wanting  in  this  Hne:  read,  "to  drinke 

more  Sacke  withall;"  or,  "to  drinke  the  Sacke 
withall." 

15  "remaine  my  detter,"  by  not  returning  the  pledge. 

40  15       "  mend  your  draft,"  /.^.,  drink  more. 

43  12       "which  falles  out  more,"  i.e.,  which  turns  out  to  be 

more. 

16  "and  you  were,"  i.e.,  though  you  were. 

44  I       "  heer's  neither  Ciffe  nor  Kate,^'  i.e.,  we  are  not  to  be 

addreffed  or  treated  as  common  women. 


IV.— GREENES  GHOST,  &c.,  1602. 

7  3       See  note  to  Tis  Merrie,  &c.,  p.  5,  1.  15. 

8  26       The  ufiial  punifliment  of  perjurers  and  falfe  witneffes. 

— See  alfo  Looketo  it,  for  lie  Jlabbe  ye,  p.  22,  I.  6. 

9  19       Compare  the  following  from  Wyclif:  "  Alfo  Somenors, 

baiUes  and  Seriauntes,  and  othere  men  of  lawe, 
kitten  {cut)  pereloufly  mennus  purfes;  for  thei 
fomenen  and  areflen  men  wrongfully  to  gete  the 
money  out  of  his  purfe  and  fumtyme  fuffren  hem 
to  meynteyne  hem  in  wrongis  for  money,  to  robbe 
othere  men  bi  falfe  mefures  and  weightis." — 
Works,  ed.  Arnold,  iii.  320. 
32  "  hamme  and  hauke,"  hem  and  haw. 
[2  2  "betake  yourfelfe  to  prouant,"  &c.,  i.e.,  to  enUft.  A 
provant-mafler  was  a  perfon  who  provided  apparel 


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for  foldiers.  In  Webflcr's  Works,  ii.  152,  we  have 
alfo  provaiit-apparel,  foldiers'  uniforms. 

12  2)1       "  fwallow  the  Gudgin,"  i.e.,  fwallow  the  bait,  be  de- 

ceived. 

13  16       Old  St.  Paul's  was  in  former  times  a  favourite  refort  for 

purpofes  of  bufmefs,  amufement,  lounging  or  affig- 
nations,  bills  were  fixed  up  there,  fervants  hired, 
and  a  variety  of  matters  performed  wholly  incon- 
fiflent  with  the  facred  nature  of  the  edifice.  The 
pa/ris  or  portico  of  St.  Paul's  was  the  place  where 
London  Lawyers  met  for  confultation  with  their 
clients.  Thus  Chaucer  defcribes  his  Sergeant-at- 
Law  as  one  "  that  often  hadde  ben  atte  parvys." 
— Canterbury  Tales,  Prologue,  1.  310.  See 
further  in  Sir  Walter  Scott's  Note  to  T/ie  Letting::: 
of  Hicmom-s  Blood,  &c.,  p.  46,  1.  i. 

14  6       '•  flatute  Merchant." — See  Gloffary. 
12       "at  one  clap,"  fo  Tuffer — 

"  Twentie  lode  buflies  cut  downe  at  a  clap, 
Such  heede  may  be  taken,  (laall  flop  but  a  gap." 

Five  Hundred  Points,  ed.  Herrtage,  p.  21,  ft.  22. 

15  17       See  a  fimilar  tale  in  A  paire  of  Spy-knaves,  p.  20. 

17  I  "  fliadowed  him,"  &c.,  followed  him  like  a  fliadow,  and 
fpoilt  his  game.  Compare  the  ufe  of  the  Latin 
umbra,  for  a  conflant  follower,  one  always  at  your 
heels. 
28  "  Stourbridge  or  Sturbich,  the  name  of  a  common  field 
extending  between  Cheflerton  and  Cambridge, 
near  the  little  brook  Sture,  for  about  half  a  mile 
fquare,  is  noted  for  its  fair,  which  is  kept  annually 
on  September  19th,  and  continues  a  fortnight.  It 
is  furpaffed  by  few  fairs  in  Great  Britain,  or  even 
in  Europe,  for  traffic,  though  of  late  it  is  much 
leffened.  The  booths  are  placed  in  rows  like 
flreets,  by  the  name[s]  of  which  they  are  called,  as 
Cheapfide,  etc.,  and  are  filled  with  all  forts  of 
D 


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trades.  The  Duddery,  an  area  of  80  or  100  yards 
fquare,  refembles  Blackwell  Hall.  Large  com- 
miffions  are  negotiated  here  for  all  parts  of 
England  in  cheefe,  woollen  goods,  wool,  leather, 
hops,  upholflerers'  and  ironmongers'  ware,  etc.,  etc. 
Sometimes  50  hackney  coaches  from  London, 
ply  morning  and  night,  to  and  from  Cambridge,  as 
well  as  all  the  towns  around,  and  the  very  barns 
and  flables  are  turned  into  inns  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  poorer  people.  After  the  wholefale 
bufmefs  is  over,  the  country  gentry  flock  in,  laying 
out  their  money  in  llage-plays,  taverns,  mufic- 
houfes,  toys,  puppet-fhows,  etc.,  and  the  whole 
concludes  with  a  day  for  the  fale  of  horfes.  This 
fair  is  under  the  jurifdidlion  of  the  Univerfity  of 
Cambridge." — Walker's  Gazetteer,  ed.  1801.  See 
alfo  index  to  Brand's  Antigtiities.  "Sturbridge  fair 
was  formerly  proclaimed  by  both  the  Corporation 
and  the  Univerfity  authorities.  Originally  lafling 
fix  weeks,  in  1785  it  lafled  only  three  weeks,  and 
now  it  lalls  but  one  week.  A  very  amufing  account 
of  its  proclamation  by  the  Vice-Chancellor  will  be 
found  in  Gunning's  Rcminifcenccs  of  Cambridge." — 
8.  N.  in  Notes  and  Queries,  Aug.  25,  1877. 

'  ■'  When  til'  fair  is  done,  I  to  the  Colledg  come, 
Or  elfe  I  drinke  with  them  at  Trompington, 
Craving  their  more  acquaintance  with  my  heart, 
Till  our  next  Sturbridg  Fair;  and  fo  wee  part. " 

Brathwaite's  HoJieJl  G/ioJt,  1658,  p.  189. 

See  Mr.  Furnivall's  edition  of  Harman,  p.  100. 
20       29       This  form  of  fwindle  is  Hill  commonly  pra6lifed  in 

London,  a  ring  or  pin  being  ufually  fubflituted  for 

the  gilt  fpoon. 
23      lafl.      "  London  Lyckpenny  "  is  the  title  of  one  of  Lydgate's 

poems,  in  which  he  inveighs  againfl  the  greed  for 

money  and  fwindling  in  London.     It  has  been 


26 


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LINK 

24 

4 

25 

T7 

Notes. 

reprinted  in  Specimens  of  EngliJJi  Literature,  cd. 
Skeat,  p.  33. 
••'  Italian  bone-ache." — Cf.  Troiltcs  and  Creffida,  ii.  13. 
Harrifon,  in  his  Defcriptio7i  of  EfiglaJid,  ed.  Furnivall, 
i.  160,  ufes  the  term  "  Aleknights"  for  tipplers, 
conflant  frequenters  of  taverns ;  and  Baret,  in  his 
Alvearie,  1 580,  gives :  "  A  common  haunter  of  ale- 
houfes,  or  vittayling  houfes ;  an  aleknight,  a  tipler, 
a  tofpot,  a  quaffer,  a  noifepicker,  a  blowbottell. 
Ebriofus,  bibttliis,  bibax,'^  &c. 

26  lafl.  "That  fliould  be  lodged,"  i.e.,  that  was  fuppofed  or 
expedted  to  lodge  there. 

28  For  a  full  defcription  of  thefe  "  Hookers  "  or  Anglers, 

fee  Harman,  ed.  Furnivall,  pp.  35-6. 
14       "crome,"  z'.(f.,  flick  with  bent  handle.     This  word  is 
flill  in  common  ufe  in  Suffolk. 

32  22  "  wilie  beguily."  This  is  a  proverbial  faying  of  great 
antiquity.  We  firfl  find  it  under  the  form  "  fallite 
fallentes,"  in  Ovid,  De  Arte  Amatoria,  i.  645. 
Dionyfius  Cato  in  his  Difliches,  i.  26,  has — 

"  Qui  fimulat  uerbis,  nee  corde  eft  fidus  amicus, 
Tu  quoque  fac  fimile;  fic  ars  deluditur  arte." 

Gower,  in  his  Cotifeffio  Amantis,  comes  more 
clofely  to  the  prefent  form.     He  fays — 

"  Often  he  that  wol  begile, 
Is  gulled  with  the  fame  guile, 
And  thus  the  guiler  is  beguiled. " 

Bk.  vi.,  ed.  Chalmers,  p.  194,  col.  2.  Chaucer 
fays:  "Begiled  is  the  giler  thanne,"  Romaunt  of 
theRofe,  5762;  and  "  A  gilour  flial  himfelf  begiled 
be,"  Reeve's  Tale,  4321.  -'To  play  wily 
beguile"  occurs  in  Bradlay's  Works,  i.  375,  and 
ii.  49,  34c  (Parker  Society).  There  is  an  old 
play  entitled  "  Wily  Beguiled." — Compare  Pfalms 
vii.  16,  and  ix.  15. 


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rA(;E        LINE 


33  5       "■  faue  the  odde  three  pence,"  prefumably  the  waiter's 

fee. 

34  8       ''  De  pv/uudts"  the  beginning  of  Pfahn  130,  ufed  in 

the  Roman  Cathohc  burial  service. 
39       17       "the  Sheppards  Calender." — See  the  Globe  edition 
of  Spenfer,  p.  474.     Hazlitt  gives  feveral  proverbs 
finiilar  to  this,  fuch  as,  "  Like  priefl,  like  people: 
Like  mafter,  like  man,"  &c.    Tuffer,  p.  103,  has — 

"  Such  Miftris,  fuch  Nan, 
Such  Maifter,  fuch  man." 

The  French  form  is,  "  Tel  maitre,  tel  valet." 
laft.  This  proverb  of  the  Pitcher  going  long  to  the  water, 
but  being  broken  at  lafl,  is  in  Dan  Michel's 
Ayenbite  of  Imvyt,  a.d,  1340:  "Zuo  longe  geth 
thet  pot  to  the  wetere,  thet  hit  comth  to-broke 
hom,"  p.  165,  1.  7  from  foot,  ed.  Stevenfon,  for 
Roxburghe  Club. 

Spenfer's  Shepheards  Calender  for  Maye,  1.  39. 

Ibid,  for  September,  1.  36. 

Ibid,  1.  82. 

"  Pitch-barrels,"  alluding  to  the  proverb,  "  You  can't 
touch  pitch  without  being  defiled." 

Read  "  Felix  quern  faciiint  aliena  pericula  cautum," 
Le.,  happy  he  who  learns  caution  from  the  ex- 
perience of  others.  A  finiilar  proverb  occurs  in 
Dionyfius  Cato,  Dijliches,  iii.  14 — 

"  Multorum  difce  exemplo,  quit  facia  fequaris, 
Qucc  fugias :  uita  eft  nobis  aliena  magiflra." 

Compare 

"  For  Caton  feith,  thes  gode  techere, 
Other  monis  lif  is  owre  fchewere." 

King  Alexatidre,  ed.  Weber,  1.  17. 

See   alfo   Barbour's   Bruce,  ed.   Skeat,   p.    612; 
and  Tuffer,  ed.  Herrtage,  p.  23,  fl.  36. 
The  Shepheards  Calender,  September,  1.  131. 


28 


40 

20 

29 

41 

2 

43 

2 

PACK 

LINE 

43 

21 

27 

44 

t7 

Not  lis. 

The  Shepheards  Calender  for  Februarie,  1.  1 1. 

Ibid.,  Maye,  1.  165. 

"  dudgeon  haft."  Gcrarde,  in  his  Herball,  ed.  1 597, }). 
1225,  fpcaking  of  the  root  of  the  box  tree,  fays: 
"  Turners  and  cutlers,  if  I  miftake  not  the  matter, 
do  call  this  woode  dndgeo?i,  whence  they  make 
dudgeon-hafted  daggers"  In  Arnold's  Chronicle, 
p.  245,  ed,  181 1,  is  quoted  the  Will  of  John 
Amell,  dated  1473,  in  which  he  bequeaths  "  al 
my  fluf  beying  in  my  flioppe,  that  is  to  faye, 
yuery,  dogeon,  horn,  mapyll,  and  the  toel  y*^  be- 
longeth  to  my  crafte,  as  faues,  anfeldis,  hameres, 
ra[s]pis,  filis,  and  other  to  werke  wythal."  Cotgrave 
gives,  "  Dague  a  roelles:  a  Scottifh  dagger,  or 
dudgeon  haft  dagger." — Compare  Macbeth,  ii. 
I,  46. 

v.— LOOKE  TO  IT,  &c.,  1604 

3         4       Next  to  the  wall  was  the  place  of  refpedl  in  walking. 

— See  Romeo  and  Juliet,  i.  i. 
9         7       '•'  Curious,"  i.e.,  bufy  bodies,  particular.     The  Catholicon 
Anglicum  gives  "  Curius,  operofus.'' 

10  4  "Pierce  Penileffe  his  fupplication  to  the  Divell,  de- 
fcribing  the  overfpreading  of  Vice,  and  the  fup- 
preffion  of  Vertue.  Pleafantly  interlaced  with 
variable  delights,  and  pathetically  intermixt  with 
conceipted  reproofs,"  London,  1592.  This  was 
the  title  of  a  book  written  by  Thomas  Nafh,  in 
which  he  laments  over  his  broken  fortunes. 

15  7  Cotgrave  gives  "  Charlatan,  a  mountebanke,  a  cou- 
fening  drug-feller,  a  pratling  quackfalver." 
10  According  to  the  Aflrologers,  everything  had  its  proper 
and  bell  feafon  according  to  the  figns  of  the  Zodiac. 
Rowlands  here,  of  courfe,  pufhes  the  theory  to 
extremes. — See  Knave  of  Clubbes,  p.  18. 


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17  3  So  in  Lodge's  IVt'/s  Miferic,  p.  4,  "  He  telleth  them  of 
wonders  done  in  Spaine  by  his  ancellors :  where 
if  the  matter  were  well  examined,  his  father  was 
but  Szuabkr  in  the  fhip  where  Ciuill  oranges  was 
the  befl  merchandize;"  and  in  Tom  of  all  Trades 
(New  Shakfpere  Society,  ed.  Furnivall),  p.  166, 
"  He  may  rife  from  a  Squabler  to  a  Mailer." — See 
alfo  Tenipejl,  ii.  2,  44. 
12  "Ancients,"  the  flags  or  enfigns  of  regiments  or  (hips. 
— See  Percy's  Reliques,  pp.  73,  144. 

19  3  "  obdurate,"  the  accent  being  on  the  penultimate,  as  in 
Shakfpere.  So,  again,  in  Guy  of  Warwick,  p.  16, 
1.  2  from  bottom. 

21  9       See  note  to  Letting  of  Htwiours  Blood,  p.  38,  1.  5. 

22  6       See  note  to  Greenes  Ghofi,  p.  8,  1.  26. 
12       "  Knight  of  the  Poll."— See  Gloffary. 

24         6       Read  "deere  pen-worths." 

11  '■  carefull  nights,"  anxious,  fleeplefs  nights.     Compare 

Sir  Fermnbras  (Early  Englifh  Text  Society),  ed. 
Heritage,  1.  1115:  "God  kepe  the  prifouns 
[prifoners]  out  of  forwe,  for  catfiil  they  were  that 
day." — See  alfo  P.  Plowfiian,  ed.  Skeat,  c.  xiii.  103. 

26  12       "  To  Gentleman  your  fonnes," /.<?.,  to  make  gentlemen 

of  your  fons. 

27  2       "  befliagg'd,"  fo  Jf«^(?<?//^,  iv.  2,  82 — 

"Thou  lieft,  ih.o\\JIiag-hai7'ed\i\\s.\i\.^' 

See  alfo  2  Hefiry  VI.,  iii.  i,  367. 

1 2  A  hangman's  fee  was  thirteen  pence  halfpenny  and  the 

clothes  of  the  convi6l.  "  There  was  a  curfl:  page 
that  his  mafler  whipt  naked,  and  when  he  had 
been  whipt,  would  not  put  on  his  cloaths,  and 
when  his  mafler  bad  him,  '  take  them  you,  for  they 
are  the  hangman's  fees.' " — Bacon's  Apophthegms, 
No.  69.  See  alfo  Tom  Tell-Troth,  ed.  Furnivall, 
p.  36,  1.  II. 


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I'AGE       LINE 

28  2       There  is  a  play  here  on  the  word  ''  Fafliions,"  which, 

befides  the  ufual  meaning,  alfo  fignifies  the  fajrv 
in  horfes. 

29  9      See  note  to  p.  3,  1.  4. 

30  5       Sinon  was  a  Greek,  and  nephew  of  Ulyfles,  who,  liaving 

pretended  to  defert  to  the  Trojans,  induced  them 
to  admit  the  wooden  horfe  within  the  city,  by 
means  of  which  Troy  was  taken  and  deftroyed. 

31  5       "Table,"  i.e.,  Table-book   or   memorandum    tablets. 

— Compare  Hamlet,  i.  5,  T07,  and  2  Heury  TV., 
iv.  I,  201. 

32  6       See  I  Samuel  xxv.  3. 

34  6       Compare  the  defcription  given  by  the  fourth  goffip  of 

his  wife. — A  loJwle  Crew,  &c.,  p.  29. 

35  3       "  blood  and  woundes,"  i.e.,  with  curfes  and  oaths,  fuch 

as  zounds  (by  God's  wounds),  'sblood  (by  God's 
blood),  &c. — See  note  to  A  Paire  of  Spy  Knaves, 
p.  15,  1.  22. 
4  Read  "And,  come  in,  whores,"  &c.,  i.e.,  and  with 
invitations  to  whores,  &c.,  to  enter  the  alehoufe. 
12  There  were  two  Compters  or  Prifons  for  debtors  in 
London,  each  being  under  the  fuperintendence 
of  one  of  the  Sheriffs.  The  Poultry  Compter 
flood  a  few  doors  from  St.  Mildred's  Church  until 
1817,  when  it  was  taken  down.  Stow  wrote  of 
it,  "This  hath  been  there  kept  and  continued 
time  out  of  mind,  for  I  have  not  read  of  the 
original  thereof."  Wood  Street  Compter  flood  on 
the  eafl  fide  of  the  flreet  of  that  name  in  Cheap- 
fide,  and  was  firfl  eftablifhed  there  in  1555,  when 
the  prifoners  were  removed  there  from  the  old 
Compter  in  Bread  Street.  It  was  burnt  in  the 
great  fire,  but  rebuilt.  T.  Middleton  introduces 
a  reference  to  the  two  Compters  in  his  Phoenix: 
"  As  in  that  notable  city  called  London  fland  two 
moil  famous  Univerfities,  Poultry  and  Wood  Street, 


^Ji 


Notes. 

where  fome  are  of  twenty  years'  Handing,  and 
have  took  all  their  degrees." — Works,  ed.  Dyce, 
i.  392.  Thomas  Nafh  praifes  in  a  fmiilar  drain 
the  Compters  in  his  Strange  News,  1592,  and  in 
Tom  Tel- Troth  (p.  129)  we  read— 

' '  If  with  their  debtors  they  doe  chaunce  to  meete, 
They  pen  them  vp  within  the  Potiltrics  coope ; 
And  if  for  gold  lent,  men  would  counters  pay, 
In  Woodejlrects  Counter  there  them  faft  they  lay." 

"  Fac'd  like  the  North-windes-pidlure  in  a  Map,"  that 
is,  with  fat,  diflended  cheeks,  fuch  as  Boreas  was 
reprefented  with  on  maps,  to  fignify  his  blowing, 
blullering  blafls  of  wind. 

"  Wolner,"  fee  More  Knaves  Yet,  p.  35. 

"  ceaze,"  i.e.,  feize. 

'•'w'on  tm-ne  more,''  read  won(  — one.) 

Have  the  bill  chalked  up  againfl  you  on  the  poll. 

That  is,  fpend  all  your  wealth  in  drink  and  excefs. 

"Oppreffms,"  read  Oppreffion's. 

"for  (lirring  handes  or  feete,"  i.e.,  fo  as  to  prevent 
your  moving  hand  or  foot. — See  note  to  A  Terrible 
Bat  tell,  &c.,  p.  24,  1.  10. 

Luke  xii.  19. 

So.  Horace,  Epijl.  i.  i,  65 — 

' '  Rem  facias,  rem, 
Si  poffis,  recle;  fi  non  quocunque  modo,  rem." 

45  5  Compare  i  Peter  ii.  16. 

46  8  "  myferable," /.f.,  niggardly,  miferly. 
17  "  dlind,"  read  blind. 

47  6  Pfalm  xxxix.  5. 


VI.— HELL'S  BROKE  LOOSE,  1605. 

3  17       See  A6ts  v.  36,  37. 

4  10       A6ls  xiii.  7-12. 


10 

38 

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39 

12 

40 

9 

43 

17 

44 

5 

7 

12 

Notes. 

TAGli        LI  NIC 

4  21       Manes  was  a  Perfian,  who  tried  to  combine  the  Oriental 

philofophy  with  Chriflianity,  and  maintained  that 
there  are  two  fupreme  principles ;  the  one,  Lights 
the  fource  of  all  good;  the  other,  Darknefs^  the 
fource  of  all  evil. 

5  8       Montanus,  a  Phrygian  Biflioji  of  the  fecond  centur)-, 

claimed  to  be  infi)ired  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 
7         6       See  note  to  A  Fooles  Bolt,  &c.,  p.  t6,  1.  ii. 
9         3       According  to  Stowe,  Survey,  ed.  Thorns,  p.  8i,  Jack 
Straw  was  not  killed  by  Walworth,  but  duly  tried 
and  executed.     The  weapon  which  was,  according 
to  the  tradition,  ufed  by  Walworth  on  the  occafion 
is  fl-ill  preferved  by  the  Fiflimongers'  Companj-, 
of  which  he  was  a  member,  and  to  which  he  pre- 
fented  it. 
5       "  Prulogue,"  read  Prologue. 
8       Hollinflied's  Chronicles,  publilhed  in  1587. 
II         I       Compare  the  opening  of  Euripides'  Hecuba. 

2       ''  forth  the  lake  of  Hell,"  i.e.,  proceeding  from. — See 
Gloffary. 

13  2       "  Cinthia." — See  note  to  Betraying  of  Chrijl,  p.  5,  1.  8. 
10       "Dice  of  poore  mens  bones  to  make."      The  fame 

expreffion  occurs  in  ^iuhht^'  Anatomie  of  Abufes, 
New  Shakfpere  Society,  ed.  Furnivall,  p.  127: 
"  I  will  make  dice  of  his  bones."' 
12  "I  am  not  Ccefar,  him,"  this  ufe  of  the  perfonal  pro- 
noun is  not  uncommon,  and  is  equivalent  to  "  that 
Caefar  "  (ille  Ccefar).  Compare  the  Hmilar  ufe 
of  the  firfl  perfonal  pronoun. — See  Gloffarj',  f  v.  I. 

14  15       So  in  ihi:.  Ronmfice  of  Sir  Perceval  {Ca.md.&r\  Society, 

ed.  Halliwell),  1.  1640,  "the  childe  was  oi pith." 

15  2       That  is,  the  text  ufed  by  Parfon  Ball,  that  traitor  in 

England.  The  arrangement  is  peculiar,  but  not 
uncommon. — Compare  Chaucer,  Squire's  Tale, 
209,  "the  Grekes  horfe  Sinon,"  i.e.,  the  horfe  of 
Sinon  the  Greek;  again,  Boke  of  the  Duchcffe,  282, 
E 


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PAGE        LINE 

"  the  Kinges  metinge  Pharao,"  i.e.,  the  dream  of 
King  Pharaoh;  Sir  Ferumbras,  ed.  Herrtage, 
1.  1270,  "we  buth  CharHs  men  the  Emperere," 
/.<?.,  the  men  of  Charles  the  Emperour;  and 
P.  PIoivma7i,  c.  xvi.  131,  '-Piers  loue  the  plouh" 
man,"  /.<?.,  the  love  of  Piers  the  Plowman.  See 
Mr.  Skeat's  note  on  this  lafl  line. 

15  5       The  original  of  this  proverbial  expreffion  feems  to  be 

the  following  Latin  couplet  of  the  fourteenth 
century — 

' '  Cum  vanga  quadam  tellurem  foderit  Adam, 
Et  Eva  nens  fuerat,  quis  generofus  erat?" 

MS.  Hail..  3362,  leafy. 

In  MS.  Sloane,  2593,  printed  in  Wright's  Songs 
and  Carols  (Percy  Society,  1856),  we  find  a  flightly 
altered  form — 

"Nov,-  bething  (bethink)  the,  gentilman, 
How  Adam  dalf  and  Eve  fpan." 

See  alfo  Hazlitt's  Proverbs,  &c.,  p.  455. 

16  II        "  franckly," />.,  freely,  gratis. 

19  3       "  out  of  fubiecl  yeeres,"  i.e.,  out  of  years  of  fubmiffion, 

pafl  the  time  of  fubmiffion. 

20  14       That  is,  lives  on  truft  or  credit,  owing  always  his  fliare 

of  the  cofl.' — See  Gloffary,  Beholditig  a.Y\.^  Scot,  and 
note  to  Knave  of  Clubbes,  p.  24,  1.  17. 
23         5       "  vnflayed  mindes,"  unfleady,^unfettled  minds. — Com- 
pare Ifaiah  xxvi.  3. 

26  5       '•  Harmon,"  read  Harman,  as  in  line  2. 

27  7       "  defper'at,"  read  defp'rate. 

34         2       '•  Put   downe   with   State,"  i.e.,  furpafs  in  flate  and 

magnificence. 
38       18       "  fland  on  tearmes,"  argue,  bandy  words,  wafle  time  in 

quibbles. — See  The  Betraying  of  Chrijl,  p.  41, 1. 1 1. 
44         8       And  rufh  upon  thofe  rafcals  [who]  keep  us  in. — See 

note  to  The  Betraying  of  Chrifl,  p.  19,  1.  18. 

46  17       "  Anotamies,"  read  Anatomies. 

47  5       Read  "  Are  e'en  reflored,"  &c. 


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Notes. 


VII.-A  THEATRE  OF  DELIGHTFUL  RECREATION, 

1605. 

Not  now  known  to  exift. — ^o,^  Bibliographical  Index,  ^.  19. 


VIII.— A  TERRIBLE  BATTELL,  &c.  [1606?] 

r.^GH        LINE 

2         8       "  to  fcratch  acquaintance,"  we  now  fay,  to  f crape  an 
acquaintance. 

6  II       In  the  Apocryphal  Go/pel  of  Nicodemus,  the  name  of 

the  penitent  thief  is  given  as  Difmas  or  Dimas, 
and  that  of  the  other  thief  Gejlas. — See  Cowper's 
Apocryphal  Go/pels,  pp.  246,  346,  426.  Other 
names  for  them  are  Titus  and  Dumachus. 
The  meaning  of  thefe  two  Hnes  is,  "  God  gave  grace  to 
one  finner  to  repent  when  on  the  verge  of  death, 
fo  that  none  fliould  defpair  of  obtaining  mercy 
even  at  the  lafl;  but  to  only  one,  left  any  fhould, 
by  over-confidence,  and  prefuming  on  the  mercy 
of  God,  leave  repentance  till  too  late." 

7  5       '-good-cheap," /.(?.,  in  plenty,  extremely  cheap.     "In 

Douce's  Colle6lion  is  a  fragment  of  an  early  book 
printed  by  Caxton,  who  promifes  to  fell  it  '  good 
chepe.'" — Halliwell.  '■'■Bon  marche,  good  cheap, 
dog  cheap,  a  low  rate,  a  reafonable  price." — Cot- 
grave.  See  alfo  More  Knaves  yet,  &c.,  p.  12, 1.  20. 
81"  tother,"  for  the  other.  It  occurs  feveral  times  in 
Tuffer,  who  ufes  "  ton  .  .  .  tother,"  for  "  the 
one  .  .  .  the  other." 
18  "your  day  is  broke." — See  Gloffary.  Compare  p.  13, 
1.  6. 

13       15       Compare  Letting  of  Humours  Blood,  &c.,  p.  19,  1.  i. 

19       14       Compare  Milton's  Paradife  Lofc,  x.  235-6. 


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i'AGE        LINE 

21  13       Phyficians  were  accuflomed  to  make  their  diagnofis  of 

a  difeafe  by  an  infpection  of  the  patient's  urine. — 
See  Gejla  Romanomm,  pp.  67,  191,  &c. 

22  13       This  is  an  apparent  reference  to  the  plague  which 

raged  in  London,  1602-3. 

23  4       Pfahns  cii.  iijciii.  15;  Ifaiah  xl.  6;  James  i.  10. 

24  9       Wormwood  was  commonlyufed  as  a  preventative  againfl 

the  plague.  For  a  full  account  of  its  virtues,  fee 
Lyte's  Dodoens,  pp.  6-7. 

10  "for  comming,"  for  fear  of,  or  to  prevent  its  coming. 

This  is  a  very  common  ufe  of  the  word  in  Tuffer; 
thus  he  tells  us,  ch.  9,  ft.  18 — 

■'  To  hate  reuengement  lioftilie 
For  loofmg  loue  and  aimitie," 

/.(?.,  for  fear  of  lofmg  love,  &c.  So  in  P.  Plowman, 
bk.  vi.  62,  we  have  'T^^colde,"  i.e.,  as  a  prote6lion 
againfL  cold,  and  in  Chaucer,  Ri)iie  of  Sir  TJiopas, 
^'for  perdnge  of  his  herte,"  Canterbury  Tales, 
B.  2052.     Compare  Looke  to  It,  &c.,  p.  44,  1.  5. 

1 1  Lyte,  in  his  edition  of  Dodoens,  p.  297,  fays,  ''  The  late 

writers  fay,  that  the  rootes  oi  Angelica  are  contrarie 
to  all  poyfon,  the  Peflilence,  and  all  naughtie  cor- 
ruption of  euill  or  infedled  ayre.  If  any  body  be 
infected  with  the  Peflilence  or  Plague,  or  els  is 
poyfoned,  they  giue  him  flraightwayes  a  Dram  of 
the  powder  of  this  roote  with  wine  in  the  winter, 
and  in  fommer  with  the  diflilled  water  of  Scabiofa, 
Cardials,  BenediSlus  or  Rofewater,  then  they  bring 
him  to  bedde,  and  couer  him  well  untill  he  haue 
fwet  well.  The  fame  roote  being  taken  fading  in 
the  morning,  or  but  only  kept  or  holden  in  the 
mouth,  dothe  keepe  and  preferue  the  body  from 
the  infe6lion  of  the  Peflilence,  and  from  all  euill 
ayre  and  poyfon." 

12  "  Hearbe-grace,"  i.e.  Rue.      Shakfpere,  Hamlet,  iv.  5, 

181:  "There's  rue  for  you;  and  here's  fome  for 


Notes. 


HAGli        LINE 


me:  we  may  call  it  herb-grace  o'  Sundays."  And 
Winter's  Tak,  iv.  4,  74 — 

' '  For  j'ou  there's  rofemary  and  rue ;  tliefe  keep 
Seeming  and  favour  all  the  winter  long : 
Grace  and  remembrance  be  to  you  both." 

Some  fiippofe  it  to  have  been  called  "herb  of 
grace  "  on  account  of  the  many  excellent  properties 
it  was  held  to  poffefs,  being  a  fpecific  againfl 
poifon,  the  bites  of  venomous  creatures,  etc. ;  but 
probably  it  was  fo  called  becaufe  "  rue "  means 
"  repent."  Cf  alfo  Richard  II.,  iii.  4,  105 — 
"  Here  in  this  place 
I'll  fet  a  bank  oiriie,  four  herb  of  grace." 

See  alfo  I^yte's  Dodoens,  p.  261. 

24  15       The  Bezoar  Rone  was  a  calculous  concretion  found  in 

the  flomach  of  certain  ruminant  animals,  formerly 
regarded  as  an  unfailing  antidote  to  poifon,  and 
a  certaine  remedy  for  eruptive,  peftilential,  or 
putrid  difeafes.  Cotgrave  gives;  ^^  Bezoard,  m. 
a  beazar-flone  (breeds  in  the  maw  of  the  goat 
called  a  Beazar)." 

25  13       Samfon.     Afah  is  Gaza. — See  Judges  xvi.  3. 

26  I       Abfolom.       Compare  with  thefe  lines  the  verfes   of 

St.  Bernard,  tranflated  by  Tuffer,  and  printed  in 

the  Englifh  Diale6l  Society's  edition,  p.  203 — 

"Die  ubi  Salomon,  olim  tarn  nobilis? 

Vel  ubi  Samfon  eft,  dux  invincibilis? 

Vel  dulcis  Jonathas,  multum  amabilis? 

Vel  pulcher  Abfolon,  vultu  mirabilis?  " 

thus  rendered  by  Tuffer — 

"Tell  where  is  Salomon^  that  once  fo  noble  was? 
Or  where  now  Sam/on  is,  in  flrength  whome  none  could  pafs? 
Or  worthie  lonathas,  that  prince  fo  louely  bold? 
Or  faier  Ahfolon,  fo  goodlie  to  behold?" 

St.  Bernard's  verfes  appear  to  have  been  very 
popular,  as  we  have  feveral  tranflations  of  them 
made  at  the  end  of  the  fixteenth  centurj^ 


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28 

13 

29 

5 

Notes. 

Compare  Vetms  and  Adonis^  149:  "Love  is  a  fpirit  all 
^^;;//^/7  of  fire. " 

Compare  A  Fooles  Bolt,  &c.,  p.  12,  1.  17. 

"Thou  hafl  an  ore,"  &c.,  a  proverb  mentioned  by 
Heyvvood,  and  occurring  in  Harvey's  Trimming  of 
Thomas  NaJJie,  Genfle?nan,  1597,  "It  is  not  good 
to  have  an  oar  in  every  man's  boat." 

30  7       "Wounds,  hart,  and  blood,"  i.e.,  him  who  fwears  by 

God's  wounds  (zounds),  blood  ('fblood),  &c. 

31  16       Compare  Shakfpere,  Merchaiit  of  Ve?iice,  i.   i,  and  As 

You  Like  If,  ii.  7. 

34  18  "  Als  one,  to  hew,"  &c.,  i.e.,  it  is  all  the  fame  as  trying 
to  hew  a  pillar  made  of  braffe. 

37  14  Hence  the  proverb,  "  Take  time  by  the  forelock,"  Time 
being  always  reprefented  with  a  long  lock  of  hair 
in  front,  and  bald  behind.  Dionyfius  Cato,  in  his 
Dijliches,  No.  17,  gives  "Fronte  capillata  efl  pofl 
occafiocalva,"  and  Cooper,  in  his  Thefaurus,  1584, 
has  "  Pofl  hec  occafio  calva;  take  occafion  when 
it  commeth,  for  he  that  will  not  when  he  may, 
when  he  wyll  he  Ihall  have  nay."  Phsedrus  alfo 
defcribes  this  deity  as  follows — 

"  Curfu  ille  volucri  pendens  in  novacula, 
Calvus,  comofa  fronte,  nudo  corpore, 
Quem  fi  occuparis,  teneas;  elapfum  femel 
Nee  ipfe  poffit  Jupiter  reprendere : 
Occafionem  rerum  fignificat  brevem." 

So  Spenfer,^^^r^,'  Qneene,  ii.  4, 4,  fpeaks  of  Occafion 
(Opportunity)  as — 

' '  In  ragged  robes  and  filthy  difaray, 
Her  other  leg  was  lame,  that  the  no'te  walke, 
But  on  a  ftaffe  her  feeble  fleps  did  flay ; 
Her  lockes,  that  loathly  were  and  hoarie  gray, 
Grew  all  afore,  and  loofly  hong  unrold, 
But  all  behinde  was  bald,  and  worne  away, 
That  none  thereof  could  ever  taken  hold, 
And  Ihe  her  face  ill  favour'd,  full  of  wrinckles  old." 


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I'AGE        LINE 

39       12       "the  paffmg-bel,"  the  bell  tolled  to  announce  a  death. 
The  phrafe  is  flill  in  ufe. 


IX.— SIX  LONDON  GOSSIPS,   T607. 
Not  now  known  to  exifl. — Sec  Bibliographical  Index,  p.  20. 

X.— DIOGINES  LANTHORNE,  1607. 

20  On  Iceland  and  its  Stockfifh,  fee  the  Libel  of  E7igliJJi 
Policie,  1483,  printed  in  Wright's  Political  Songs, 
Rolls  Series,  ii.  191,  and  Andrew  Boorde's 
Breviary,  Szc,  Early  Englifli  Text  Society,  ed. 
Furnivall,  p.  141. 
23  "his  fleppes  take  the  longitude  and  the  latitude," &c., 
that  is,  he  reels  from  one  fide  of  the  road  to  the 
other.  There  is  a  cant  phrafe  flill  in  ufe  fimilar  to 
this :  a  drunken  man  is  faid  to  meafure  the  breadth 
as  well  as  the  length  of  the  road. 
28       If  you  tell  him  anything  he  will  fay:  "  tut  don't  tell  me, 

I  know  more,"  &c. 
35       "  gutter,"  Lat.  giitttir,  the  throat,  "  Lattice."— See  More 

Knaves  Yet,  p.  29,  1.  10. 
15       An  Oflrich   was  popularly   fuppofed   able  to    digeft 
anything. 
"a  flares,"  i.e.,  he  flares. 
"  Lazie,"  ?>.,  lazinefs. 
See  alfo  Knave  of  Harts,  p.  43,  1.  13. 
"  Padners,"  read  Panders. 
"  Butheer's,"  read  But  heer's. 

This  is  the  well-known  fable  of  the  Mice  and  the  Cat. 
See  the  verfion  in  P.  Plow?nan,  Prologue,  167,  and 
Prof  Skeat's  Note. 
26       26       "doubt   the   worfl,"  i.e.,  fear,  prepare  for  the  worft. 
See  "Doubt"  in  Gloffary. 


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27 

33 

5 

Notes. 

"cenfure  wrong,"  either,  give  wrong  judgments,  or 
judge  a  thing  to  be  wrong. 

"peopled  welt,"  read  people  dwelt. 

Perhaps,  "  of  honefl  men  who  a6t  juflly." 

"  At  daggers  drawing."  This  form  of  the  pafl  participle 
is  not  infrequent  in  Rowlands :  thus  he  ufes,  "  I 
am  beholding.'^ — See  A  whole  Creiv  of  kind  GoJJlps, 

P-  i3>  1-  15- 

35  28       ^'Wee   ought   complaine,"  &c.     Query  read,    we  off 

complain. 

29  "  At  our  diflike  eflate,"  i.e.,  at  our  condition  or  fortune, 

which  is  unequal  or  unlike  to  that  of  others.     Cf 
'*■  all  eflatcs  of  men." 

30  "  ourfelues  not  pleaf'd,"  i.e.,  if  our  own  wiflies  are  not 

fatisfied. 

36  12       "  Contended,"  read  contented. 
13       '' Th' Aftronomer,"  i.e.,  Thales. 

26       "  Saturne  and  all  the  Seauen,"  i.e.,  all  the  feven  planets. 
— Compare  Milton,  Paradife  Lofl,  iii.  481;  and 
P.  Plo2i.'7nan,  B.  text,  xv.  354. 
41       II       Compare  Shakfpere — 

"  Uneafy  lies  the  head  that  wears  a  crown." 
and  Richard  II.,  Act  iii.  fc.  2. 


XI.~HUMORS  LOOKING  GLASS,  1608. 

"  Duke  Humphries  tombe."  A  part  of  the  public  walks 
in  old  St.  Paul's  was  called  Duke  Humphrey's 
Walk,  and  here  thofe  who  had  not  the  means  of 
defraying  the  expenfe  of  a  dinner  at  a  tavern,  were 
accuflomed  to  walk  in  the  hope  of  being  invited 
by  fome  friend.  Hence,  to  walk  about  Duke 
Humphrey's  tomb  is  equivalent  to  the  old  faying, 
"to  dine  with  Duke  Humphrey,"  i.e.,  go  without 
a  dinner.     Although  Duke  Humphrey  was  popu- 


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larly  fuppofed  to  be  buried  in  old  St.  Paul'.s,  he 
was  in  reality  buried  at  St.  Albans. — See  Hazlitt's 
EtiglifJi  Proverbs,  &c.,  p.  415;  and  Stow's  Survey 
of  Lo?idofi,  ed.  Thorns,  p.  125. 

67"  Frier  Bacon's  Head." — See  the  MelancJiolie  Knight, 
p.  44,  1.  I. 

7        13       "  Wenf-worth,"  Wandfworth. 

9  8  In  the  Metrical  Romance  of  Robert  the  Devil  we  find 
this  proverb  as,  "Nede  hath  no  cure;"  and  in 
Skelton's  Colyn  Clout,  1520,  "Nedehathnolawe." 

11  10       On  the  extravagance  of  the  ladies'  drefs  at  this  time, 

fee  Stubbes'  Anatomic  of  Abufes,  ed.  Furnivall, 
pp.  78-9,  and  note  at  p.  270. 

12  I       The  Greeks  had  a  proverb,  Trept  6vov  o-klos  dywvt^'ecr^at 

"  to  fight  for  the  fliadow  of  an  afs,"  which  occurs  in 
Ariflophanes,  Wafps,  191,  the  origin  of  which  is 
faid  to  have  been  a  fpeech  by  Demoflhenes, 
who,  when  he  found  on  one  occafion  the  jury 
indifpofed  to  pay  much  attention  to  his  pleading, 
told  them  the  tale  as  here  given,  and  thus  attracted 
their  attention;  having  done  which  he  proceeded 
with  his  fpeech.  The  proverb  means,  of  courfe, 
to  fight  for  trifles. 

13  6       "  the  wandring  Prince  of  Troy" — -^neas.     The  mean- 

ing is :  to  become  a  greater  traveller  than  ^neas. 
18  A  proverbial  expreffion.  Effex  was  celebrated  for  its 
calves,  in  reference  to  which  we  have  a  proverb : 
"  As  wife  as  Waltham's  calf,  that  ran  nine  miles  to 
fuck  a  bull."  An  Effex  calf  is  equivalent  to  a 
filly  country  clown. — Compare  •'  Veati,  a  calfe  or 
veale:  alfo,  a  lofell,  noyden,  dunce,  jobbernoll, 
dodipole,"  Cotgrave. 

16       12       "flillified,"  as  though  diflilled  from  the  pipe  through 
the  mouthpiece  into  the  receiver  (the  mouth). 

19         2       "  Alcides,"  Hercules.     He  threw  down  the  pillars  fet 
up  by  Hercules  at  the  Straits  of  Gibraltar. 
F 


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I'AGE 

LINE 

19 

7 

21 

12 

25 

I 

Notes. 

"  Plutoes  Regiment,"  Pluto's  kingdom,  hell. 

"  intot'h,"  read  into  th', 

Hazlitt  quotes  a  proverb :  "  As  queer  as  Dick's  hat- 
band, made  of  peailraw,  that  went  nine  times 
round,  and  would  not  meet  at  lafl." 
29  13  The  Bear-garden,  on  the  banks  of  the  Thames  at 
Southwark,  was  a  favorite  place  of  amufement  in 
the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  is  frequently 
alluded  to  by  writers  of  the  period. — See  vStow's 
Survey,  ed.  Thorns,  pp.  36  and  151;  and  note  to 
T/ie  Night  Raven,  p.  131. 
31  5  "Vliffes  treafure,"  that  is,  a  faithful  wife  fuch  as 
Penelope,  the  wife  of  Ulyffes,  who  was  celebrated 
for  her  chaflity  and  affeftion  for  her  hufband. 


XII.— DOCTOR  MERRIE-MAN,   1609. 

5  2       Twenty  low  fellows  did  I  call  gentleman. 

6  12       "fold  at.  Who  giues  more?"  i.e.,  if  fold  at  an  au6lion. 

7  to       "had  excufed  thine,"  z>.,  by  taking  his  place. 
II       II       "getleman,"  read  gentleman. 

13  16       "In  few,"  i.e.,  in  a  few  words,  in  fhort. — Compare 

Shakfpere,  Tempejl,  i.  2,  144;  and  Hamlet,  i.  3, 126. 

14  8       "Phificke  of  almes  vpon  you  lie  beflow,"  I  will  give 

you  phyfic  gratis,  as  in  charity. 
27       "Moouing  a  fecret  match,"  &c.,  i.e.,  trying  to  induce 
her  to  agree  to  a  fecret  agreement.     This  is  the 
"Shipman's  Tale"  of  Chaucer's  Canterbury  Tales. 
16         4       "friens,"  read  friends.     The  rhythm   of  the  line  is 
imperfe6l. 
26       "Give  a  dog  an  ill  name,  you  may  as  well  hang  him." 
29       Hazlitt  gives  the  proverb,  "  One  man  may  better  fleal 
a  horfe,  than  another  look  over  the  hedge."     It 
occurs  in  Lyly's  Endimion,  1591. 
18         3       "we  lacke,"  i.e.,  are  wanted,  are  miffed. 


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LINE 

i8 

29 

21 

13 

Notes. 

"  Expedling,"  i.e.,  looking  or  hoping  for. 

Compare  Stubbes'  Anatoinie  of  Abiifes,  pp.  89-90,  and 
the  following: — "  What,  do  you  figh?  this  it  is  to 
kifs  the  hand  of  a  countefs,  to  have  her  coach  fent 
for  you,  to  hang  poniards  in  ladies^  garters,  to 
wear  bracelets  of  their  hair,  and  for  every  one  of 
thefe  great  favours,  to  give  fome  flight  feivel  of  five 
hundred  crowns  or  fo:  why,  'tis  nothing!  Now, 
monfieur,  you  fee  the  plague  that  treads  on  the 
heels  o'  your  foppery :  well,  go  your  ways  in,  re- 
move yourfelf  to  the  t^vo-penny  ward  quickly  to 
fave  charges."  1599. — Ben  Jonfon,  Every  Man 
out  of  his  Hwnour,  V.  vii. ;  Works,  i.,  p.  138, 
col.  2. 

23  2       For  an  account  of  the  Compter  in  Wood  Street,  fee 

Stow's  Survey,  ed.  Thoms,  p.   iii,  and  note  to 
Looke  to  it,  &c.,  p.  35,  1.  12. 
4       Houndfditch  was  then,  as  now,  the  noted  refort  for 
Jews  and  fecond-hand  clothes  dealers, 

24  13       A  friend  who  comes  to  me  every  day  mufl  pay  as  much 

as  any  llranger  who  only  comes  up  to  town  while 
the  Courts  are  fitting. 


XIII.— A  WHOLE  CREW,  &c.,  1609. 

10       "  much  difcretion  lackes,"  i.e.,  is  fadly  wanting. — Com- 
pare note  to  Doflor  Merrieman,  p.  18, 1.  3,  above. 

15  "refraine,"  i.e.,  refrain  from. — Cf.  p.  16,  1.  7. 
3       "  Propper,"  read  proper. 

9       "to  be  intreated  for  her  drinke,"  i.e.,  to  need  preffmg 
to  drink. 

12  So  Tuffer:  "Play  thou  the  good  fellow,"  ch.  30,  fl..  3. 

13  "  with  any  die,"  with  any  woman. 

16  '"Too  too  free.''     Ray,  in  Colle^ion  of  North  Country 

Words,  1691  (Englifli  Diale6l  Society,  ed.  Skeat, 


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p.  70)  fays :  "Too-too,  adv.,  ufed  abfolutely  for  very 
well  or  [very]  good,"  and  in  Thorefby's  Letter  to 
Ray  {Ibid.,  p.  108)  we  find:  "Toota  well,  adv., 
very  well,  too  too  well;  Tuta,  adv.  too  too,  '  thou'rt 
tuta  earnefl,'  clamorous,  covetous,  importunate, 
unfatiffyable."  Too  too  is  conflantly  ufed  by 
Harrifon  in  his  Defcription  of  England  (New 
Shakfpere  Society,  ed.  Furnivall).  — Compare 
Hamlet,  i.  2,  "Oh!  that  this  too  too  foUd  flefh 
would  melt." 
4  24  Hazlitt  gives  the  proverb,  "  I  know  befl  where  the  fhoe 
wringeth  me."  Chaucer,  in  the  " Merchant's  Tale," 
fays 

"  Bot  I  wot  befl  wher  wryngeth  me  my  fcho." 

7  I  "  It  is  better  to  be  a  flirew  than  a  fheep."  "  It  is  better 
to  marry  a  fhrew  than  a  flaeep." — Hazlitt's 
Proverbs,  &c.  "  A  flirew  is  better  than  a  fheep  " 
occurs  in  Taylor's  Pajloral,  1624,  and  Tuffer,  p. 

1575  ft-  23,  has 

' '  As  good  a  fhiew  is  as  a  fheepe 
For  you  to  take  to  wiue." 

13  15       "beholding." — See  HeWs  Broke Loofe,  p.  20, 1.  14,  and 

Diogenes  Lanthorne,  p.  33,  1.  5. 

14  23       I  fuppofe  this  to  mean :  leaves  his  wife  to  get  on  as  befl 

fhe  may. — See  Halliwell,  f.v.     Set. 
16         7       Compare  p.  2,  1.  15, 

18  29       "A  Vintners  bufh,"  or  fign. — See  Knave  of  Harts,  p. 

20,  1.  12. 

1 9  7       For  the  following  note  I  am  indebted  to  the  kindnefs 

of  Mr.  F.   J.   Furnivall.      Mr.    Ebfworth   kindly 
identifies  thefe  fongs  :— 

(2)         "My  man  Thomas 
Bid  me  promife 
He  would  vifit  me  this  night. 
Thomas.  ]    '  I  am  here,  love ; 

Tell  me,  dear  love ; 
How  I  may  obtain  thy  fight.' 


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Notes. 

Maid.'\    Come  up  to  my  window,  love; 
Come,  come,  come ! 

Come  to  my  window,  my  dear; 
The  wind  nor  the  rain 
Shall  trouble  thee  again, 

But  thou  flialt  be  lodged  here." 

Two  Other  verfes  are  elfewhere  fung  by  Old 
Merrythought — 

"  Go  from  my  window,  love,  go; 
Go  from  my  window,  my  dear ; 
The  wind  and  the  rain 
Will  drive  you  back  again, 
You  cannot  be  lodged  here. 

Begone,  begone,  my  juggy,  my  puggy, 
Begone,  my  love,  my  dear  ! 
The  weather  is  warm 
'Twill  do  thee  no  harm ; 
Thou  can'ft  not  be  lodged  here." 

(3)  "■  A  pinnace  rigg'd  with  filken  faile  "  is  extant 
in  an  early  MS.  (time  noted,  before  1609),  be- 
longing to  a  friend  of  mine.  I  will  print  it  foon 
in  The  Amanda  Group  of  Bag  ford  Poems,  for  the 
Ballad  Society. 

"  A  pinnace  rigg'd  with  fdken  faile. 
What  is  more  lovely  then  to  fee  ? 
But  flill  to  fee  is  fmall  availe : 
I  muft  aboord,  as  thinketh  mee. 
To  fee  is  well, 
But  more  to  tell 
Lackes  more  then  fight,  you  will  agree. " 
(etc.  four  other  verfes. ) 

(6)  I  have  the  Catch  "  I'le  tye  my  Mare  in  thy 
ground."  There  is  alfo  another,  "  Tye  the  Mare, 
Tom,  boy!"  of  early  date,  (i)  I  have  (certainly 
of  1601)  "  Miflrefs,  fmce  you  fo  much  defire;" 
probably    refembling    "  Miflrefs   will   you   do?" 

(7)  I  beheve  that  "  Beffs  for  abufes!"  I  alfo  have 
a  clue  to;  and  I  know  of  one,  "  Pretty  Nightin- 
gale," of  date  1575, 


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' '  Litle  pretty  nightingale, 

Among  the  braunches  greene, 
Geue  us  of  your  Chriflmaffe  ale, 
In  the  honour  of  Saint  Steven." 

But  this  is  a  ''  Mock "  to  the  original,  which  I 
poffefs  from  an  early  MS.,  beginning  thus — 

"  The  lytyll  prety  nyghtyngale, 
Among  the  levys  grene, 
I  wolde  I  were  with  hur  all  nyght, 
But  yet  ye  wot  not  whome  I  mene," 
etc.,  etc. 

(4)  I  have  alfo  one  fong  beginning  "Ye  pretty 
birds  that  chirp  and  fing;"  but  its  date  is  much 
later  in  the  feventeenth  century ;  the  author  was 
not  fcrupulous  in  availing  himfelf  of  elder  fug- 
geflions,  and  occafionally  would  "  convey,  the 
wife  it  call!"— J.  W.  Ebfworth.  On  2,  3,  6  of 
thefe  Mr.  Wm.  Chappell  fays :  "  See  my  Popular 
MtiJiCy  p.  738,  for  '  My  Man  Thomas,'  'A  Pinnace 
riggd,'  and  '  I'll  tie  my  Mare:' 

'  A  pinnace  rigg'd  with  filken  fail, 
What  is  more  lovely  than  to  fee  ? 
But  ftill  to  fee  is  fmall  avail; 
I  muft  aboord,  as  thinketh  me. ' 

It  is  full  of  double  meanings."  In  Popular  Mufic, 
738,  are  fix  lines  and  the  mufic  of  My  7nan 
Thomas,  of  which  twelve  lines  were  fung  in 
Fletcher's  Monfieur  Thomas,  A61  III.  fc.  iii. 
(B.  &  F.'s  Works,  1839,  i.  481,  col.  i).  See  too 
the  note  for  p.  185.  Compare  the  following 
cancelled  entry  in  the  "  Stationers'  Regifters," 
Arber's  Tranfcript,  ii.  576: 

"  7,  niarcij  [i  590-1] 

Thomas  Goffon     Entred  for  his  copie  a  ballad  of  a  yonge  man  that  went  a 

Cancelled    out   of  '^°°y^'>^S^  &c.     Abell  Jefifes  to  be  his  printer  hereof  Pro- 

the  book,  for  the   vyded  alwayes,  that   before   the   publifliinge  hereof  the 
vndecentnes   of  U  ,  ^         ,  ^  _  .... 

in  Diuerfe  verfes.    vndecentnes  be  reiormed  vj" 


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PAGE        LINE 

19       23       "fpare  to  fpend  it  vpon  me,"  i.e.^  may  avoid  or  fave 
fpending  it  on  me. 

22  19       Compare  Tuffer,  "of wiuing and  thriuing,"fl.  T 6 — 

"  It  is  not  idle  going  about, 
Nor  all  day  pricking  on  a  clout, 
Can  make  a  man  to  thrive." 

23  26       " 'tis' an  argument," />., 'tis  a  clear  proof. 

25  8       In  a  MS.  of  the  fifteenth  century,  printed  for  the  Percy 

Society  by  Mr,  T.  Wright,  is  a  fong,  the  heading 
of  which  is — 

"  Nova,  Nova,  fawe  you  ever  fuch, 
The  mofle  mayfter  of  the  Hows  weryth  no  brych." 

and  the  burden  is — 

"  Left  the  mofl  mayfter  wer  no  brych." 

26  8       Equivalent  to  faying  he  would  give  £,^00  if  his  wife 

fhould  die  the  next  day. 

32  3       "  In  a  doore,"  i.e.,  indoors,  at  home. 

8       This  appears  to  be  a  fort  of  proverbial  phrafe,  meaning 

"intoxicated." 
10       "tume  vpthe  Keele,"  a  metaphor  taken  from  a  veffel 
capfifmg,  here  equivalent  to  rolling  about,  falling 
down  from  drink. 

33  18       Shakfpere's  7Jr7/'«>/^£?///2^  6'//r<f2£/ was  written,  according 

to  Mr.  Furnivall,  in  1596-7. — See  Bibliographical 
Index,  p.  25. 
35  9  Compare  Taming  of  the  Shrrcv,  iv.  3,  35;  "  Marry  if  I 
ever  faid  loofe-bodied  gowne,  fow  me  in  the  fkirts 
of  it,"  and  Tom  Tell-Troth's  New  Yeares  Gift, 
ed.  Furnivall,  p.  144,  1.  6. 

XIV.— THE  KNAVE  OF  CLUBBES,  1609. 

31"  Fvllis"  is  Latin  for  a  club. 

46"  Bedlem-bowling  alley,"  read  Bedlem  bowling-alley. 

— See  Kind-Harfs  Dreme,  reprinted  for  the  Percy 

Society,  p.  35. 


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The  Egyptians  confidered  fome  animals  as  facred  to 
their  various  deities,  and  decked  them  out  and 
honoured  them  accordingly. 

"  More-fieldes."  The  pleafant  walkes  of  Moore- 
fields  formed  a  general  promenade  during  fummer. 
The  ground  was  left  to  the  city  by  Mary  and 
Catherine,  daughters  of  Sir  W.  Feries,  a  Knight 
of  Rhodes,  Ump:  Edward  the  Confeffor.  R. 
Johnfon,  a  poetafler  of  the  fixteenth  century, 
publifhed  in  1607,  "  The  Pleafant  Walkes  of 
Moore  fieldes,  Being  the  guift  of  two  Sifters,  now 
beautified  to  the  continuing  fame  of  this  worthy 
Citty."  Printed  at  London  for  Henry  Goffon, 
and  are  to  be  fold  at  the  Signe  of  the  Sun  in 
Pater  nofler  Row.  4to,  black  letter,  12  leaves. 
In  the  Bodleian  Library. 

"  do  and  twoot,"  t'.e.,  do  and  thou  wilt;  if  you  pleafe. 

I  will  clear  the  debt  off  the  poft. 

"  Sour  fauce,"  made  of  forrel  or  verjuice,  was  eaten 
with  goofe. — See  Wynkyn  de  Worde's  Boke  of 
Keriiynge,  printed  in  the  Babees  Book,  ed.  Fur- 
nivall,  p.  184, 1.  2.  Harman,  ed.  Furnivall,  p.  72, 
gives  a  proverb,  "  Swete  meate  wille  have  fowre 
fauce." 
15  Burftow-Cawfee,  Brifi.ol.— See  Tom  Tell  Troth,  ed. 
Furnivall,  p.  173,  1.  5.  Gads-hill  in  Kent. — See 
Knave  of  Clubbes,  p.  42,  1.  17.  Coome  Parke, 
Combe  Wood  in  Surrey;  all  noted  localities  for 
highwaymen. — See  alfo  p.  42,  1.  16.  In  1558  a 
ballad  was  publiflied  with  the  title,  "  The  Robbery 
at  Gadfhill."— See  Dekker  and  Webfter's  Wefl- 
ward Hoe,  1606,  ed.  1873,  p.  308:  "the  way  lies 
ouer  GadfJiill,  very  dangerous." 
16       19       "  ro  be  fpent,"  read  to  be  fpent. 

19         6       "  Character  and  vocables." — See  note  to  Letting  of 
Humour's  Blood,  Szc,  p.  59,  1.  19. 


II 

14 

13 

9 

15 

4 

Notes. 


I'AGK        LINK 


19  22  "  Ball."  In  the  Prompt.  Pan>.  this  name  is  applied  to 
a  flieep;  in  Tuffer,  oh.  92,  fl.  2,  to  a  horfe;  and 
in  The  Privy  Expenfes  of  Hefiry  VIII. ,  p.  43,  to 
a  dog,  as  here. 

21  II  See  a  fimilar  tale  in  The  Plea/ant  Conceites  of  old 
Hobfoji,  the  merry  Londoner,  1607.  Reprinted 
for  the  Percy  Society  by  Mr.  Halliweli,  1843. 

23  A  fimilar  tale  is  told  in   The  Groimdworke  of  Coufiy- 

catching,  1592,  leaf  7,  which  is  reprinted  by  Mr. 
Furnivall,  in  his  edition  of  Harman,  p.  102. 

24  6       See  Looke  to  it,  &c.,  p.  36,  1.  5,  and  Knave  of  Spades, 

p.  35.  Taylor,  in  "  The  Great  Eater  of  Kent,  or 
Part  of  the  Admirable  Teeth  and  Stomachs 
Exploits  of  Nicholas  Wood  of  Harrifom  (Harriet- 
Iham)  in  the  County  of  Kent,  &c.,"  1630,  fays,  p. 
1 45  :  "  Milo  the  Crotian  could  hardly  be  his  equall ; 
and  Woolner  of  Windfor  was  not  worthy  to  be  his 
footman. "  Woolner's  Hiflory  is  told  by  Dr.  Moffet 
in  his  Treatife  Health's  Improver,  &c. — See  alfo 
the  Oiales  Alma?iacke,  161 8,  p.  53;  and  the  Life  of 
Long  Meg  of  Weflminfler,  1582,  ch.  7. 
17  "To  make  the  (hot,"  i.e.,  to  make  up  the  bill,  to  pay  the 
balance.  "  Shot,"  more  properly  "  fcot,"'  is  a  com- 
mon mode  of  expreffion  to  denote  a  reckoning, 
&c.,  ixoxafcottum,  a  tax  or  contribution.  Cotgrave 
gives  '■'■  ef cotter,  euery  one  to  pay  his  fhot,  or  to 
contribute  fomewhat  towards  it." 

26  12  "we  fland  vppon  the  fcore,"  i.e.,  we  are  not  yet  free 
from  it. 

29  10  This  was  Edward  AUeyn  the  Aclor.  The  play  is  Mar- 
lowe's Magicall  Hiflory  of  Dr.  Faiiflus,  publiflied 
in  1604. 

31  2       "  Rago,  Crago,"  unmeaning  words,  ufed  in  incantations, 

&c.,  by  the  aflrologers  and  fortune  tellers. 

32  16       A<5leon  was  turned  into  a  flag  for  prefuming  to  look  at 

Diana  while  bathing;  his  brow  thus  fwelled  with 
G 


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Notes. 


I'AGE        LINE 


the  horns  growing  there.  Of  courfe,  there  is  here 
the  fecondary  and  coarfe  meaning  of  "  make  him 
a  cuckold." 

32  16  A  fimilar  tale  to  this  is  given  in  Mr.  Wright's  Introduc- 
tion to  the  Seven  Sages  (Percy  Society,  1846),  p.  xi. 
The  lady  in  this  verfion  hides  the  firfl  lover,  a  Have, 
while  the  fecond  ruflies  out  with  fword  drawn. 
The  hufband  in  alarm  enquires  the  meaning  of  the 
diflurbance,  and  the  wife  declares  the  fecond  lover 
to  have  been  an  officer  in  purfuit  of  his  flave,  whom 
file,  to  fave  his  life,  had  hidden  in  the  inner  room. 
The  flory  alfo  is  found  in  the  Decajiieroii,  and  fre- 
quently in  the  collections  of  the  middle  ages. 

42       17       See  Note  to  p.  15,  I.  15. 

47  3  "  though  long  before,"  i.e.,  though  it  was  a  long  time 
before  the  wound  was  cured,  and  feemed  likely  to 
have  coft  her  her  life. 


XV.— MARTIN  MARK-ALL,   1610. 

5  13       So  in  Canting  Songs,  1725 — 

"This  doxy  dell  can  cut  ben  whids, 
And  -vap  well  for  a  7vtn, 
And  prig  and  cloy  fo  benfhiply ; 
Each  deufeavile  within." 

Sharp's  MS.  WanvickJJiire  Gloffary  gives,  "  Brum- 
magen-w«^//j-,  Birmingham-w^/^)?^',  a  term  for  bafe 
and  counterfeit  copper  money  in  circulation  before 
the  great  recoinage." 

6  17       'S>tt  Bibliograp/iieal  Index,  "p.  29. 

7  17       "Licke  of  the  Clocke-houfe,"  an  expreffion  ufed  by 

Dekker  for  a  fharper. — See  Halliwell,  f.v.  Jack. 
This  meeting  and  the  calling  of  the  Jury,  (Src,  is  a  Ikit 
on  Dekker's  account  of  the  feafl  of  the  vagabonds. 
Dekker  was  led  by  "  an  old  nimble-tong'd  bel- 


50 


Notes. 


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dam,''  to  a  loft  "  where,  vnfeene,  I  might,  througli 
a  wooden  Latice  that  had  profpedl  of  the  dining 
roome,  both  fee  and  heare  all  that  was  to  be  done 
or  fpoken.  .  .  .  The  whole  affembly  being 
thus  gathered  together,  one,  amongd  the  reft, 
who  tooke  vpon  him  a  feniority  ouer  the  reft, 
charged  euery  man  to  anfwer  to  his  name,  to  fee 
if  the  Jury  were  full: — the  Bell  by  which  hee 
meant  to  call  them  being  a  double  Jug  of  ale 
(that  had  the  fpirit  of  Aqiiavitce  in  it,  it  fmelt  fo 
ftrong),  and  that  hee  held  in  his  hand.  Another, 
ftanding  by,  with  a  toaft,  nutmeg,  and  ginger, 
ready  to  cry  Voiis  avez  as  they  were  cald,  and  all 
that  were  in  the  roome  hauing  fingle  pots  by  the 
eares,  which,  like  Piftols,  were  charged  to  goe  off 
fo  foone  as  euer  they  heard  their  names.  This 
ceremony  beeing  fet  abroade,  an  Oyes  was  made. 
But  he  that  was  Re6lory  Chory  [leader  of  the 
Choir  or  Company]  (the  Captain  of  the  Tatter- 
demallions)  fpying  one  to  march  vnder  his  colours, 
that  had  never  before  ferued  in  thefe  lowfie  warres, 
paufed  awhile  (after  hee  had  taken  his  firft  draught, 
to  taft  the  dexterity  of  the  liquor),  and  then  began, 
Juftice-like,  to  examine  the  yonger  brother  vpon 
interrogatories."  After  this  young  brother  has  been 
"  Railed  to  the  wyne,"  the  feaft  follows,  and  one 
of  the  company  then  makes  a  fpeech  "  in  praife 
of  Beggery  and  of  thofe  that  profeffe  the  trade." — 
Beluian  of  London,  1 608.  See  Mr.  Furnivall's 
Introdu6lion  to  Harman,  p.  xv. 
31  "An  Vpright  man  is  one  that  goeth  wyth  the  truncheon 
of  a  ftaffe,  which  ftafife  they  cal  a  Filtchraan. 
This  man  is  of  fo  much  authority,  that  meeting 
with  any  of  his  profeffion,  he  may  call  them  to 
accompt  &  commaund  a  fhare  or  fnap  vnto  him- 
felfe  of  al  that  they  haue  gained  by  their  trade  in 


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one  raoneth.  And  if  he  doo  them  wrong,  they 
haue  no  remedy  agaynfl  hym,  no  though  he  beate 
them,  as  he  vfeth  commonly  to  do.  He  may  alfo 
commaund  any  of  their  women,  which  they  cal 
Doxies,  to  feme  his  turne.  He  hath  ye  chiefell 
place  at  any  market  walke,  &  other  affemblies,  &  is 
not  of  any  to  be  controled." — Awdeley,  Fraternity 
of  Vagabonds,  ed.  Furnivall,  p.  4. 

7  31       "A  Tinkard  leaueth  his  bag  a  fvveating  at  the  Ale- 

houfe,  which  they  terme  their  Bowfmg  In,  and  in 
the  meane  feafon  goeth  abrode  a  begging." — 
Ibid.,  p.  5.  See  alfo  Harman,  ed.  Furnivall, 
pp.  31-59,  and  A  Lijl  of  Vpright  Men,  pp.  78-82. 
34  "Autem."  Harman,  p.  67,  fays:  "Thefe  Autem 
Mortes  be  marled  women,  as  there  be  but  a  fewe. 
For  Autem  in  their  Language  is  a  Churchej  fo 
fhe  is  a  wyfe  maried  at  the  Church,  and  they  be 
as  chafle  as  a  Cowe  I  haue,  that  goeth  to  Bull 
every  moone,  with  what  Bull  Ihe  careth  not. 
Thefe  walke  mofl  times  from  their  hufbands' 
companye  a  moneth  and  more  to  gether,  being 
affociate  with  another  as  honefl  as  her  felfe. 
Thefe  wyll  pylfar  clothes  of  hedges:  fome  of 
them  go  with  children  of  ten  or  xii.  yeares  of  age : 
yf  tyme  and  place  ferue  for  their  purpofe  they 
wyll  fend  them  into  fome  houfe  at  the  window, 
to  fleale  and  robbe,  which  they  call  in  their 
language,  Milling  of  the  Ken:  and  wil  go  with 
wallets  on  their  fhoulders,  and  flates  at  their 
backes." 

8  4       See  Greenes  Ghofi,  p.  28. 

9  4       "  Briflow."     "  A  Scotch  taylour  to  make  her  flioulders 

of  the  breadth  oi  Briflo7v  cowfway." — Tom  of  all 
Trades,  ed.  Furnivall,  173,  5. 
8       "  Dorfer-maker:"  a  maker  of  hangings,  tapeflry,  v.o. 
Fr.  dorfal. 


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9  t6  a  "  cockle  "  in  Kent  is  "  a  flove  for  drying  hops  ;"  but 
here  it  probably  means  the  weed  gatherer,  the 
cockle,  properly  the  cornflower,  being  ufed  for 
any  weed. 
13  34  Nalh  in  his  Pierce  Pennileffe,  1592,  has  this  word: 
"  And  with  a  trice  truffe  up  thy  life  in  the  firing 
of  t\\y  fancebell.''' 

15  8       I  know  of  no  other  inflance  of  this  variation  from  the 

common  phrafe:  "  to  fay  boh  to  a  goofe." 
29       "  faidis,"  read  faid  is. 
T,^       The  fame  expreffion  is  ufed  by  Harrifon,  Defcription 

of  Englafid,   1587,  folio  115:  "  we  will  fland  to 

our  tackling." 
lafl  line.  "  vilde."     This  form  of  the  word  is  not  uncommon  in 

our  early  writers. — See  Nares,  f.v. 

16  5       Compare  Harman,   ed.  Furnivall,  p.  82,  ''lowtering 

lufhes,  and  lazy  loffels." 
9  The  bafilifk  was  fuppofed  to  have  the  power  of  killing 
people  by  a  mere  glance  of  its  eye,  fo  full  was  it 
of  venom.  In  my  edition  of  Gejia  Romanoruni 
(Early  Englilh  Text  Society),  ch.  57,  is  an 
account  how,  when  Alexander  was  befieging  a 
town,  numbers  of  his  men  perifhed  through  the 
influence  of  a  bafiliflc  on  the  wall. 

17  14       "Filchman." — See  note  to  p.  7,  1.  31. 

22       The  fame  form  is  ufed  by   Ttiffer  (Englifh   Diale6l 
Society),  ed.  Herrtage,  ch.  87,  ft,.  5 — 

"Where  pullen  vfe  nightly  to  pearch  in  the  yard." 

20  23       "as  the  beggar  knowes  his  diflie:"  this  proverb  occurs 

in  Harmmi^  P-  32- 
25       "you  will  vngratioufly  confider,"  &c.,  /.<?.,  you   will 
confider  our  hardfhips  as  improper  andundeferved. 

21  10       "  Knaues-borough  plaine,  ....  neuer  heard  of  vntill 

of  late  daies."     Harman  (the  M  [after]  _^/;  H.  of  the 
margin)  mentions  in  his  Treatife  on    Vagabonds, 


Notes. 

PAGE        LINE 

p,  77,  Knapfberry  Infi,  near  London,  as  one  of 
the  chief  reforts  of  thieves,  &c. 
26         7       "Ireland."     Probably  Rowlands' knowledge  of  Ireland 
was  derived  from  Spenfer's    Vieici  of  the  Fre/ent 
State  of  Ireland,  1598. 

29  12       "  When  the  blacke  Oxe,"  &c.     A  proverbial  phrafe  fig- 

nifying,  to  meet  with  adverfity  or  trouble. — See 
Hazlitt's  Proverbs,  Szc,  p.  359.  In  Bernard's 
tranllation  of  Terence,  we  find:  '•  Profperitie  hangs 
on  his  fleeue;  the  black  oxe  cannot  tread  on  his 
foot." — See  alfo  my  edition  oiTvSiQxf  Five  Hu?tdred 
Fohits),  ch.  67,  11.  6,  and  the  note. 
15  "weeping  croffe,"  feveral  of  thefe  fo-called  croffes 
exifled  in  England.  Thus,  in  Notes  and  Queries, 
5th  feries,  ix.,  246,  one  is  mentioned;  and  again 
5th  feries,  ix.,  459,  it  is  Hated  that  there  was  one 
between  Banbury  and  Adderbury,  removed  in 
1803;  another  near  Stafford,  and  a  third  near 
Shrewfbury.  Their  origin  is  difcuffed  in  Gentle- 
maiis  Magazine  for  Auguft,  1841.  "To  go,  or 
come,  home  by  weeping  crofs,"  is  equivalent  to 
"to  return  home  in  grief."  In  Wallington's 
Hijloric  Notices  w'Q.  read:  "At  Stone,  is  faid  that 
the  Cavaliers  have  taken  their  cattle,  and  drave 
them  to  their  quarters,  but  do  fell  cheap  penny- 
worths of  other  men's  goods.  A  butcher  went  to 
make  a  purchafe  amongft  them,  took  a  fum  of 
money,  and  bought  cattle  at  an  eafy  rate,  making 
account  of  a  very  great  gain;  but  as  he  returned, 
another  troop  met  him,  and  took  his  bargain  out 
of  his  hand,  and  fefit  liim  home  by  weeping  croffe" 
vol.  ii.,  p.  112.     See  alfo  Nares,  fv. 

30  9       Saturn  was  brother  (not  fon)  to  Celus,  and  fon  of  Uranus 

and  Terra. 

31  7       "Lycaon,  a  King  of  Arcadie,  and  fonne  of  Pelafgus, 

of  w^hom  Ouide  writeth  thus:  Jupiter,  after  he  had 


54 


Notes. 

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heard  great  complainte  of  the  wickedncs  of  man- 
kinde,  came  downe  into  the  worldc  to  vnderflande 
whether  it  were  true  or  no.  When  he  came  to 
Arcadie  to  King  Lycaon's  palayce,  and  there  had 
geuen  by  myracle  fome  token  of  his  godhead,  the 
people  came  in  to  worfliip  him,  and  to  do  facrifice 
vnto  him.  But  Lycaon  derided  their  curiofitee 
and  faid,  that  the  fame  night  he  would  vnderfland, 
whether  he  enterteyned  a  god  or  a  man.  Where- 
fore priuily  in  the  night  he  came  into  the  chamber, 
and  woulde  haue  murdered  him.  But  when  he 
fawe  his  wicked  attempte  took  no  place,  he  affaied 
an  other  way.  The  nexte  day  he  kylled  yonge 
gentlemen  of  the  MoUoffians,  that  there  were  with 
him  as  pledges,  and  ferued  the  flefli  of  one  of  them 
to  Jupiter  fyttyng  at  the  table,  to  trye  whether  he 
vveare  a  god  or  no.  He  therefore  deteflinge  that 
horrible  and  wicked  a6le,  with  lightnynge  fyred  the 
tyrannespalaiceandtournedhimfelfeintoawoulfe." 
Cooper's  Thefaurus,  1584. 

32  27  "  Hearbe  Rue." — See  note  to  A  Terrible  Battell,  &c., 
p.  24,  1.  12. 

36  fide  note.  "  goode  cheape." — See   note   to  A   Terrible  Battell^ 

p.  7,  1-  5. 
2 1       Dekker,  in  an  addrefs  "  To  my  owne  Nation,''  in  his 
Lanthorne  and  Cafidle-light,  publifhed  in   1609, 
refers  to  Rowlands,  and  calls  him  "  a  Ufurper." 

41       10       "  Foxe  Hall,"  now  Vauxhail. 

46  28  This  is  a  fanciful  derivation  of  the  name  Roberts- 
men.  The  term  was  In  ufe  long  before  Henry  VI. 's 
reign.  Thus  in  P.  Plowman,  B.  Prol.,  45,  we 
read,  "  rifen  with  ribaudye,  tho  roberdes  knaues" 
and  again, 

"  And  ryght  as  Robertes-meii  raken  (zvamicr)  aboute, 
At  feires  &  at  full  ales  &  fylleii  the  cuppe. " 

Pierce  the  PloughniaiCs  Creed,  1.  72. 


Notes. 


PAGE        LINE 


Warton,  Hijlory  of  EfigliJJi  Poetry.  1840,  ii.,  95, 
fays — "  Robartes-incii  or  Robertfmen  were  a  fet  of 
lawlefs  vagabonds,  notorious  for  their  outrages 
when  Piers  Plounnan  was  written."     The  flatute 
of  Edward  III.  (ami:  reg:  5,  cap.  xiv.)  fpecifies 
"  divers   manflaughters,   felonies,  and   robberies 
done   by   people    that    be    called    Roberdfmen, 
wallours  and  drawlacches."     And  the  flatute  of 
Richard  II.  (ann:  reg:  7,  cap.  v.)  ordains  "that 
the  flatute  of  Edward  concerning   Roberdeff}ie7i 
and  drawlacches  (hould  be  rigoroufly  obferved." 
Sir  Edward  Coke  {Injlitiites,  iii.    197)  fuppofes 
them  "  to  have  been  originally  the  followers  of 
Robin  Hood,  in  the  reign  of  Richard  I." — See 
Blackilone's  Commentaries,  iv.,  ch.  17.     William 
of   Naffmgton    fays   they   tried    the    latches   of 
people's  doors,  contrived  to  get  into  houfes,  and 
then  extorted  money  either  by  telling  fome  lying 
tale,  or  by  playing  the  bully. — See  alfo  the  Con- 
feffion  of  ^' Roberd  the  robber"  in  P.   Ploiijman, 
B.  v.  469. 
54       31       A  rail\M3.s  a  garment  of  fine  linen  formerly  worn  by 
women  round  the  neck.     Palfgrave  gives ;  "  Rayle 
for  a  woman's  necke,  crevechiefen  qnarttre  doubles;' 
and  Florio,  p.  216,  has  "anything  worne  about 
the  throate  or  necke,  as  a  neck-kercher,  a  partlet, 
a  raile."  "A  raile  or  kexc\i&x,mammillare"  Withals. 
Railed,  in  the  prefent  inflance,  thus  means :  with 
ropes  for  rails  (or  neckties)  round  their  necks. 
57         9       See  ''The  xxv  orders  of  Knaues,  otherwife  called  a 
quarterne  of  Knaues,  confirmed  for  euer  by  Cocke 
Lorell." — Introdu6tion  to  Mr.  Furnivall's  volume 
oi  Axijdeley  and  Harman  on  Vagabonds,'^.  12. 
17       "  Egiptians." — See  Harman,  p.  23. 


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Notes. 


XVI.— THE  KNAVE  OF  HARTS,   1612. 


PAGIi        LINE 


39"  damn'd :"  the  metre  requires  damned. 

4  14       "  Tyburnc-tiffany,"  the  halter.    More  ufually  "  Tyburn- 

tippet."'  Latimer  in  his  Sermo?is  fays — "The 
bifhop  of  Rome  fent  him  a  cardinalles  hatte. 
He  fliould  have  had  a  Tiburne  tippd^  a  halfepenny 
halter,  and  all  fuch  proud  prelates." 

5  I       Alluding  to  The  Knave  of  Chthbes  having  paffed  through 

two   editions;    but    fee    Bibliographical    Index, 
pp.  30-1. 
lafl  line.  "  flrickefl,"  probably  we  fhould  read  flri6lefl. 
85"  Ralcals,"  read  "  rafcals." 

10  I       "  Confort."     The  accent,  as  ufual  in  Rowlands,  is  on 

the  laft  fyllable. 
14       "  Ideot-like,"  i.e.,  parti-coloured,  like  the  dreffes  of 
jefters. 
9       12       We  fhould  now  fay — "  Who  are  the  worfl,"  &c. 

11  4       "  flat-Caps,"  the  ufual  fign  of  a  city  'prentice. — See 

Gloffary. 
14       "  fide-guarded,"  i.e..,  trimmed  at  the  fides,  fringed. 
20       "  A-non,  A-non,"  i.e.,  to  waiters  at  a  tavern. — Cf.  'Tis 

Merrie  when  Gofftps  Meete,  p.  28,  1.  17. 

12  3       On  the  extravagance  in  hats,  ruffs,  &c.,  fee  Stubbes' 

Anaiomie  of  Abufes,  p.  50. 
6       And  thofe  they  declare  are  all  indented,  and  filled 

only  with  froth. 
14       "  The  Knaues  he'll  fingle  out,"  &c.,  a  common  pradlice 
in  introducing  a  card  trick. 

14  17       "we  that  had  gone  naked," ?>.,  that  Ihould  have  gone 

naked. 

15  19       "fingring  monie,"  t&c,  i.e.,  taking  a  bribe  to  recom- 

mend or  affifl  another  in  obtaining  an  appoint- 
ment. 

H 


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1 6  14       So  Tuffer,  Five  Hundred  Points,  ch.  10,  ft.  24 — 

"  With  fome  vpon  Sundaies,  their  tables  doe  reeke, 
And  halfe  the  weeke  after,  their  dinners  io/eeke," 

i.e.,  have  to  be  fought  for,  are  lacking. 

17  18       'Twill  put  him  to  the  expenfe  of  a  wig. 

19  14,  15    He  is  more  afraid  of  meeting  a  clergyman  than  of 

being  taken  in  adultery. 

20  2       "  plaid  the  lacke,"  i.e.,  played  the  knave,  been  artful, 

cheated;  compare  Shakfpere,  Tempejl,\y.,  i,  197: 
'•'  Monfter,  your  fairy  ....  has  done 
little  better  than  played  the  Jack  with  us." — See 
alfo  Much  Ado  About  Nothing,  \.,  i,  186. 
20  4  '■'■Pee  and  Keiu,"  ^pod.  and  perfedl  in  every  refpedl. 
Compare  our  expreffion :  "  mind  your  f%  and  ^'s." 
T  2  The  fign  of  a  tavern  in  former  times  was  generally  an 
ii>y-buJJt,  whence  our  proverb :  "  good  wine  needs 
no  bulh." — As  Vou  Zike  It,  Epilogue.  Cotgrave 
gives,  f.  V.  Bon:  "good  wine  draws  cuftomers 
without  any  help  of  an  ivy-bufh."  In  many  places 
to  this  day  a  bufh  is  the  fign  of  an  inn. — Compare 
Chaucer's  defcription  of  the  Sompnour  (Canter- 
bury Tales,  Prologue,  667) — 

' '  A  gerlond  hadde  he  fette  vpon  his  hede, 
As  gret  as  it  were  for  an  aleftake." 

22         9       "Caftle  dolorets,"  Caftle  (dolorous  or)  of  forrows. 

26         5       "  As  he  doth  jetting  paffe."    So  Tuffer,  ch.  113,  ft.  38 — 

"  To  ride  with  pompe  and  pride, 
Or  for  to  id  in  other's  det. " 

29  Compare  the  defcription  oUnvidia  (Envy)  in  P.  Plow- 
man, B.  text,  V.  76,  and  Tuffer's  Account  of  an 
Envious  Neighbour,  ch.  64,  p.  146. 
31  21  Peter  Lambert  was  executed  at  Tyburn,  for  the  murder 
of  T.  Hamden,  in  1 610.  In  the  fame  year  a  fmall 
quarto  tra6l  was  publifhed,  with  the  title:  "The 
fucefs  of  fwaggering,  fwearing,  dicing,  drunkenefs, 


58 


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and  whoring;  defcribed  in  the  Life  and  Downfall 
of  Peter  Lambert,  who  for  the  killing  of  Maifler 
T.  Hamden,  was  executed  at  Tiburne." 

33         5       "  Phlegeton,"  a  burning  river  in  the  infernal  regions. 
6       "  Acheron,"  alfo  a  river  of  hell.    Spenfer's  Faery  Queene, 
1.  V.  33,  fpeaks  of  "  Acheron  ....  wailing  woe- 
fully," and  ''the  fiery  flood  of  Phlegeton." 

35       19       "  race,"  i.e.,  erafe. 

42  I       Sharker  =^ fharper :  Qxqx.  fchurke,  O.  Fr.  efcroc,  a  rogue; 

originally  to /crape. 

43  9       That  is :  I  mufl  feel  in  my  hand  the  amount  of  a  French 

Crown. 
19       For  this  tale  fee  alfo  Diogenes  Lanthorne,  p.  16,  1.  17. 

46  I       This  and  the  following  Epigram  refer  to  an  event  then 

frefli  in  the  minds  of  all.  A  tra6t,  "  The  Arraign- 
ment of  John  Selman,  who  was  executed  neere 
Charing  Croffe,  the  feventh  of  January,  161 2;  for 
a  Felloney  by  him  committed,  in  the  King's 
Chappell  at  White  Hall,  upon  Chriflmas  Day  lafl, 
in  prefence  of  the  King  and  divers  of  the  Nobility : 
London,  printed  by  W.  H.,  for  T.  Archer,  and 
are  to  be  fold  at  his  fliop  in  Pope's-head  Pallace," 
was  publilhed  in  161 2.  On  the  title-page  is  a 
portrait  of  Selman. 
19  "  Bladud,"the  founder  of  the  Cityof  Bath. — See  Robert 
de  Brunne's  Chronicle  (Rolls  Series,  ed.  Furnivall), 
p.  81,  and  Spenfer,  Faery  Queene,  ii,,  10,  25. 

47  18       Hunckes  and  Stone  were  the  names  of  two  celebrated 

bears,  kept  at  the  bear-gardens. 


XVII.— MORE  KNAVES  YET?  [161 3?] 

6  "  affourdt,"  read  affourd;  and  in  the  next  line  for 
"  knigh,"  read  knight,  the  /  having  been  tran- 
fpofed. 


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II  "I  will  not  fawne,"  &c.,  I  will  not  flatter  any  perfon 
by  dedicating  this  book  to  him,  and  calling  him 
matchlefs,  &c. 

4  2       One  who  would  put  to  fhame  Juno,  &c. 

5  12       Compare  Knave  of  Harts,  pp.    12-13,   and  Stubbes' 

Anatomte  of  Abufes,  p.  50. 

5  1 6  This  refers  to  the  woodcut  on  the  title-page,  where  the 
Knave  of  Spades  has  large  rofes  at  his  knees  and 
fhoes,  and  the  Knave  of  Diamonds  has  boots 
with  fpurs  with  large  rowels,  and  embroidered 
feams  to  his  galligafkins. 

77"  Caeneus,"  a  Theffalian  woman,  originally  named 
Cants,  who  obtained  from  Neptune  the  power  of 
changing  her  fex,  and  becoming  invulnerable. 
She  obtained  great  celebrity  in  the  wars  of  the 
Lapithse  and  Centaurs;  but,  having  offended 
Jupiter,  was  overwhelmed  with  a  huge  pile  of 
wood,  and  changed  into  a  bird.  Virgil  fpeaks  of 
her  as  in  the  lower  world. 

8  I       This  refers  to  the  two  notorious  pirates,  Ward  and 

Danfikar. 
10       Pfalm  xiv.  i :  "  The  fool  hath  faid  in  his  heart,  There 

is  no  God." 
1 7       Alluding  to  the  popular  fuperftition  that  a  fwan  fang 

on  the  approach  of  death. 

9  12       "  be'ing,"  read  being. 

12  20       See  note  to  A   Terrible  Battel/,  &c.,  p.   7,  1.  5;  and 

Hazlitt's   Proverbs,    &c.,   under    "Light   cheap, 
lither  yield." 

13  lafl  line.  "  theis,"  read  their;  "  theenes,"  read  theeues. 

14  I       This  proverb  occurs  in  Gafcoigne's  Steele  Glaffe,  1576 

(Arber's  reprint),  p.  57 ;  and  in  Tuffer,  ch.  36, 11. 32, 
"  All's  fifh  they  get 
That  comraeth  to  net." 

22       "  In  watch,"'  i.e.,  when  on  duty  makes  no  diflin61:ion 
between  friend  and  flranger. 


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LINE 

15 

18 

16 

10 

Notes. 

See  note  to  The  Betraying  of  Chrijl,  &c.,  p.  19,  1,  15. 

We'll  have  a  legal  agreement  written  out  next  time. 
20         3       "  heaue'ns  [read  heauen's]  12  houfes."     A  technical 
term  in  aflrology.     We  find  it  alfo  under  the  form 
"  manfions  "  in  Chaucer  and  Lydgate.    The  whole 
celellial  fphere  was  divided  into  twelve  equal  por- 
tions, called  /loufes,  by  fix  great  circles  pafling 
through  the  north  and  fouth  points  of  the  horizon, 
two  of  thefe  circles  being  the  meridian  and  the 
horizon. — See  Prof.  Skeat's  edition  of  Chaucer's 
AJlroIabe,  Introdu6lion,  p.  liii.,  and  his  note  to  Man 
of  Lawis  Tale  (Clarendon  Prefs  Series),  1.  302. 
22       17       This  word  occurs  in  As  You  Like  It,  i.,  2,  270,  "  from 
the  fmoke  into  the  fmoiher"  equivalent  to  our 
"  out  of  the  frying-pan  into  the  fire." 
25       10       "Achan." — See  Jofhua  vii.  16-26. 

"  Corah's  crew." — See  Numbers  xvi. 

"  humaine,"  mofl  probably  a  mifprint  for  htimane. — 
See  note  to  The  Betraying  of  Chri/l,  p.  33,  1,  8. 

"A  friend  in  Hell,"  i.e.,  Dives. — See  Luke  xvi.  22,. 

"hifc  romes,"  read  his  cromes,  i.e.,  his  crumbs. 

"  Hket,"  read  liked. 

"  In  old  times  the  ale-houfe  windows  were  generally 
open,  fo  that  the  company  within  might  enjoy  the 
frefh  air,  and  fee  all  that  was  going  on  in  the  flreet; 
but  as  the  fcenes  within  were  not  always  fit  to  be 
feen  by  the  'profanum  vulgus'  that  paffed  by,  a 
trellis  was  put  up  in  the  open  windows.  This  trellis, 
or  lattice,  was  generally  painted  red." — Hiflory 
of  Signboards,  1S66,  p.  375.  The  term  became 
equivalent  to  ale-houfe  or  inn.  Thus,  Marllon: 
"  As  well  known  by  my  wit  as  an  ale-houfe  by  a 
red  lattice.''' — Antonio  and  Mcllida,  1633.  "A 
whole  flreet  is  in  fome  places  but  a  continuous 
alehoufe,  not  a  fliop  to  be  feen  between  red-lattice 
and  red-lattice.''' — Dekker,  EngliJIi  Villanies,  &c., 


,61 


13 

26 

6 

17 

27 

9 

29 

9 

10 

PAGE 

LINE 

32 

16 

33 

16 

36 

2 

38 

II 

Notes, 

1638.     There  was  a  Green-Lattice  in  Brownlow 

Street,  Holborn,  corrupted  into  "  Green-Lettuce." 
See  note  to  Looke  to  It,  &c.,  p.  27,  1.  12. 
"  with-thefe,"  read  "  with  thefe."     For  a  long  account 

of  this  fwindle,   fee  Dekker's  EtigliJJi    Villanies, 

1632,  fign.  H. 
See  note  to  Knave  of  Harts,  p.  20,  1,  12. 
Note  the  accent  on  the  fecond  fyllable  of  "Lucifer's." 
lafl  line.  "  Morbus  Gallicus,"  the  venereal  difeafe, 

40  9       "Robin." — See  Halliwell,  f.  v.     There  was  a  ballad 

entitled,  "The  merrie  prankes  of  Robin  Good- 
fellow,"  printed  in  Percy's  Reliques. 

41  6       "Rohin,"  read  "Robin." 

42  I       In  the  Ancren  Riwle  (Camden  Society,  ed.  Morton), 

pp.  198,  204,  each  of  the  deadly  fins  is  reprefented 
by  an  animal:  thus  we  have  (i)  the  lion  of  Pride, 
(2)  the  hedder  (adder)  of  Envy,  (3)  the  unicorn 
of  Wrath,  (4)  the  fcorpion  of  Lechery,  (5)  the  fox 
of  Avarice,  (6)  the  fow  of  Gluttony,  and  (7)  the 
bear  of  Sloth. — See  alfo  Prof.  Skeat's  note  to 
P.  Plowman^  C.  text,  vii.  i. 

XVIIL— SIR  THOMAS  OVERBURY  [1614]. 

The  only  copy  known  is  in  the  CoUedlion  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries,  London,  and  will  be  found  printed  with  the  Mifcel- 
laneous  Poems. 

XIX.— A  FOOLES  BOLT  IS  SOONE  SHOTT,  16 14.* 

3         4       In  the  Proverbs  of  Hendyng,  we  find — 

"  Sottes  bolt  is  fone  fliote,  quoth  Hendyng." 

See  Hazlitt's  Proverbs,  &c.,  p.  n,  and  Shakfpere, 

*  Thefe  Notes  are  from  the  pen  of  Profeffor  Skeat,  of  Cambridge,  who 
kindly  fuperintended  the  Club's  reprint  of  "  A  Fooles  Bolt "  as  it  paffed 
through  the  prefs.  A  few  have  been  fupplied  by  Mr.  Herrtage,  but  thefe  are 
diflinguiflied  by  having  the  letter  H.  attached  to  them. 


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As  you  Like  It,  A<51  v.,  fc.  4, 1.  60;  and  Henry  V., 
A61  iii.,  fc.  7,  132. — H. 

4  2       ''Whofe  Hues  according   to   their   Do6lrinc  fliines." 

The  falfe  concord  here  is  common  in  all  Eliza- 
bethan authors,  Shakfpere  included.  The  fimple, 
yet  true,  explanation  of  it  has  been  com- 
pletely overlooked  by  almofl  every  writer,  ex- 
cepting only  Mr.  Aldis  Wright,  whofe  comments 
upon  it,  in  his  edition  of  Bacon's  Advance??ient  of 
Learning,  p.  293,  fhould  be  confulted.  The 
"  concord  "  is,  in  fa(5t,  one  which  appeals  to  the 
ear,  not  to  the  reafon;  the  verb  agrees  with  the 
nearejl  fubftantive,  which  in  this  cafe  is  the  word 
DoSlrine. 
5  "lip-labour."  This  word  occurs  alfo  in  Gafcoigne's 
Steel  Glas,  1.  857— 

*'  My  priefls  haue  learnt  to  pray  vnto  the  Lord, 
And  yet  they  truft  not  in  their  lyplabotir." 

5  9       See  Book  of  Eflher. — H. 

1 1  The  word  "  a  "  has  evidently  been  dropped  at  prefs ;  we 

fhould  read — 

"  Or  cittie  Diues,  in  a  Purple  Roabe.'' 

15       The  paufe  after  "  bafe  "  feems  to  fupply  the  place  of  a 
fyllable.     The  line  is  fomewhat  too  fhort. 

6  18       The  rime  requires  "  mich  "  rather  than  "  much." 

7  9       Hebrews  xiii.  14. — H. 

8  6       The  old  copy  has  "  gald,"  as  printed.     It  clearly  is  a 

mifprint  for  "glad." 

12  "In  a  lufly  cafe,"  i.e.,  in  a  flate  of  perfe6l  health 

and  flrength. — H. 

9  3       Original,  "inftrn6l;"  it  fhould  be  "inllrua." 

5       "  Raymond,"    i.e.,    Raymond    Lully,    the    "  Do6lor 

Illuminatus,"  born  1234,  died  1315. 
II       See  "The  Hiftory  of  Friar  Bacon,"  in  Thoms's  Old 
EngliJJi  Romances. 
See  alfo  The  Melaficholie  Knight,  p.  44. — H. 


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9  13  Edward  Kelly,  an  apothecary  of  Worcefler,  the 
affociate  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  John  Dee. — See 
"  The  Life  of  Dee "  in  the  EngliJJi  Encyclo- 
pcedia. 
20  "All  is  mifl,"  i.e.,  all  is  loft;  a  fort  of  pun  upon 
Alchemifl. 

10  3       "Vayth/'  i.e.,  "in  faith,  I'll  go  up  to  London,  and 

feek  fome  honefl  man;  I  will  find  her  out," 
&c. 
"  Chill,"  for  "  Ich  will  (I  will),  is  a  Southern  EngUfh 
form. — See  Shakfpere's  ufe  of  it  in  King  Lear, 
A(5l  iv.,  fc.  6. 
5  "A  figure,"  i.e.,  a  horofcope.  The  conjundlion  of 
Saturn  and  Mars,  both  malign  planets,  would 
betoken  great  misfortune,  according  to  the  aflro- 
logers.  The  countryman  takes  them  to  be  names 
of  human  beings  and  thieves. 

8  "  Taurus,"  in  the  double  fenfe;  either  as  the  name  of 

a  zodiacal  fign,  or  as  fimply  a  bull. 

9  "Staryde,"fo  in  original.     Clearly  a  mifprint  for  flrayde. 

11  8       "  Morroow,"  fo  in  original. 

19       "  All  his  care,"  i.e.,  the  thing  he  mofl  cared  for. 

12  3       "Chriilide  Spring,"  ?'.(?.,  fp ring  at  Chrifl-tide  or  Ealler- 

tide,  as  at  p.  38. 
4       Original,  "wandrous,"  read  wondrous. 

13  Original,  "rian'd,"  probably  a  mere  mifprint  for  rain'd 

rather  than  an  attempt  at  reprefenting  a  peculiar 
pronunciation. 

14  "  By,"  i.e.,  with  refpedl  to,  as  regards. 

17  No  flop  is  wanted  after  "wretches;"  " quoyle,"  is  for 
coil;  To  "keep  a  coil,"  is  to  keep  making  com- 
plaints, to  make  trouble. 

13  9       The  line  is  awkwardly  expreffed,  but   the   meaning 

feems  clear:  "grown  artful  in  giving  thee  gifts, 
becaufe,"  &c. — H. 

14  14       "  more  then  needes,"  more  than  is  neceffary. 


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15  4       "  beholding,"  z>.,  beholden.     It  is  intentional,  not  a 

mifprint.  The  two  forms  were  confufed  in  our 
old  fpeech. 
II  "Engine,"  a  machine,  an  inflmment.  It  alludes  to 
the  old  form  of  the  gallows  or  "triple  tree,"  fhaped 
like  a  horizontal  equilateral  triangle  fupported 
upon  pods  at  each  angle.  The  "  Arrow "  is  a 
pleafant  name  for  the  rope,  the  engine  or  gallows 
being  the  bow;  obferve  alfo  the  allufion  to  hanging 
'*in  fufpence.'"'  The  allufion  to  Taurus  is  only 
to  be  explained  by  remembering  that,  in  the  old 
aflrology,  the  prefence  of  the  fun  in  any  fpecified 
fign  affe(?ted  a  correfponding  part  of  the  body. 
Thus  the  fun  in  Aries  affe6led  the  head,  but  in 
Taurus  it  affecled  the  neck.  "  Aries  hath  thin 
heued,  and  Taurus  thy  nekke  and  thy  throte," 
fays  Chaucer. — See  his  Treatife  on  ihe  AJlrolabe, 
ed.  Skeat  (Early  Englifh  Text  Society),  p.  13. 
Shakfpere  intentionally  makes  Sir  Toby  and 
Sir  Andrew  blunder  about  it  when  he  writes — 

"  Tauius?  that's  fides  and  heart.     No,  fir,  it's  legs 
and  thighs."—  Tivelfth  Night,  A61  i.,  fc.  3. 

16  I       "  fprit,"  pronounced  fprite,  and  meaning  fpirit. 

7  "  defert,"  pronounced  defart, 

8  Original,  "Wert  but  it;"  a  mifprint  for  Were  it  but. 

The   hne   means:    Were   it    but    in    Cheapfide 
market,  and  he  preached  from  a  peafe-cart. 
10       "  Hacket,"  i.e.,  not  John  Racket,  bifhop  of  Lichfield, 
who  was  not  born  till  1592,  but  William  Hacket, 
a  fanatic,  who  died  in  that  fame  year. 

15  "  Organs."     The   old  word   for   organ   is   invariably 

either  organs  or  a  pair  of  organs. 

16  I  Samuel  xvi.  23. — H. 

20       ■'  Bitle-browed,''  beetle-browed,  having  beetling  or  far 
proje6ling  eyebrows.     The  word  occurs  in  Piers 
the  Plowman,  B.  v.  190. 
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17  5       "  Chaue,"  for  "  ich  haue,"  a  Southern-Englifh  form  of 

"I  have."— See  note  above,  to  p.  10,  1.  4,  So 
alfo,  three  lines  lower,  we  have  "cham"  for  "ich 
am." 

11  A  fyllable  is  miffing.     Read :  "  And  /  durfl  ene,"  &c. 

12  "Planakle."     It  is  not  clear  that  this  is  meant  for  a 

real  v/ord.  The  worthy  man  probably  means  that 
his  dog  was  "planet-flruck." 

18  1^       Read:  "as  fharp  as  needle  witted,"  followed  by  a 

mark  of  parenthefis,  which,  however,  is  not  in  the 
original. 

21  Read:  "We  fliall,  l^c  fure,  ^>y  little,"  ie.,  we  fhall  be 

fure  to  take  enough,  as  regards  little  men,  or  big 
men,  or  tall  men. 
26       z>.,  "  I  have  learnt  my  trade  already,  pray  free  me  from 
my  apprenticefhip." 

19  I       The  Spanifli  Armada. — H. 

13  Original,  "where,"  an  obvious  error  for  "were." 

14  Read:  "  out-ragious,  foming  deep."     The  original  has 

the  hyphen  mifplaced,  as  printed. 
19       "From  Mendoza,"  /.<?.,  inflead  of  Mendoza. 

20  3       Will  Somers,  jefler  to  King  Henry  VIII. — See  the  ac- 

count of  him,  with  portrait,  in  Chambers's  Book 
of  Days. 
6       "Yea,  even  though  it  were  King  Henry,  he  cared  juft 

as  little." 
17       "  Nitty,"  is  a  fynonym  for  "  loufy.''    "  Nitigram  "  feems 
an  invented  word,  inllead  of  anagram  or  epigram. 

22  i.e.,  "  till  the  nibs  of  the  pen  flride  apart,  like  a  pair  of 

compaffes." 

2 1  lafl  line.  "  clyming,"  i.e.,  climbing  up  the  ladder  to  the  gallows. 

24  II       "Plunged"  is  a  diffyllable;  "through"  is,  I  fufpedl,  a 

mifprint  for  thorough. 

25  II       "  thurftj"  fo  in  original;  read  thruft. 

28       20       i.e.,  And  taught  them  to  know  faints'  pi6lures  in  the 
church-windows. 


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29  headline."  T'aws;"  fo  in  original;  read  'Twas. 

1  Original,  "aflary;"  read  aflray. 

7       Original,  "  ouerthow ;"  read  ouerthrow. 

30  16       Original,  "  compotent;"  read  competent. 
17       Original,  ''konvvne;"  read  knowne. 

31  1       A  fimilar  tale  is  told  in  the  Gejla  Romanorum^  ch.  53, 

of  an  old  woman,  who,  when  all  the  people  of  Syra- 
cufe  prayed  for  the  death  of  Dionyfius,  the  tyrant, 
every  morning  entreated  the  gods  to  continue  his 
life  beyond  hers;  her  reafon  for  fo  doing  being  the 
fame  as  in  the  prefent  text.  The  tale  is  narrated 
in  Valerius  Maximus,  the  Hiflorian,  lib.  vi.,  cap.  2. 
It  alfo  occurs  amongft  fomc  tranflated  Dutch 
fables,  by  De  Witt,  under  the  title  of  A  Woma?i 
praying  fo}'  the  long  life  of  Dionyfius  the  Tyrant. 
The  fentiment  is  the  fame  as  Shakfpere's — 

' '  And  makes  us  rather  1)ear  thofe  ills  we  have, 
Than  fly  to  others  that  we  know  not  of." 

Hamlet^  AcTt  iii.,  fc.  i. 

Mr.  Douce,  in  his  Illuflrations  of  Shakfpere,  ii.  541, 
quotes  a  verfion  of  this  tale  from  an  MS.  of  the 
reign  of  Henry  III. —  H, 

2  Original,  "Lndlords;"  read  Landlords. 

II       Original,  "cra'ud;"  read  crau'd,  i.e.,  craved. 
17       Original,  "t's;"  read  'tis. 
33       17       Original,  '' heats  with  ioye  receiue."     Doubly  wrong; 
read  hearts  with  ioye  reuiue. 

35  laflline.  It  means:  There  was  no  more  grace  (or  pardon)  for 

him  than  there  Avas  for  thofe  vv^ho  are  in  the 
fituation  of  devils. 

36  17       Original, '"^abrod;"'  read  abroad. 

37  laflline.  A  word  (perhaps  wench)  feems  wanted  after  common. 

The  dafh  flands  for  pox. 

38  24       ''  loue  deafe,"  i.e.,  deaf  to  love. 

39  7       "  Mony,"  i.e.,  fill  with  money. 


Notes. 

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39       i6       '-'Preuent  her  with  the  fame,"  i.e.,  anticipate  her  by 
giving  it  to  her,  before  flie  afks  for  it. — H. 
lo      The  word  "if"  ought  to  come  in  before  '•  fhe." 
2  1       Original,  '-'wife;"  but  read  Avife,  ?'.e.,  wise. 


XX.— THE  MELANCHOLIE  KNIGHT,   1615. 

7  I       Timon  of  Athens. 

8  6       "iudious,"  read  iuditious. — Compare  p.  35,  1.  3. 

12  The  titles  of  Early  Englifh  Romances.  Sir  Lancelot  of 
the Laik,\i2^'s,  been  edited  for  the  Early  Englifh  Text 
Society,  by  Prof.  Skeat;  Sir  Triamour,  edited  by 
Sir  W.  Scott,  and  alfo  Mr.  Halliwell  for  the  Percy 
Society;  Sir  Bciiis  of  Southamf>ton,  now  being 
edited  for  the  Early  Englifli  Text  Society ;  Sir  Guy 
of  V/anvick,  edited  for  the  Early  Englifh  Text 
Society  by  Prof.  Zupitza. — For  the  lafl  fee  alfo 
Rowlands'  verfion.  Thefe  Romances  ufed  to  be 
recited  by  Minfirels  at  feafls  and  feflivals.  Thus, 
William  of  Naffmgton,  in  the  prologue  to  his 
Mirrour  of  Life,  fays: — 

"  I  wille  make  na  vaine  karpinge 
Of  dedes  of  armys  ne  of  amours, 
As  dus  mynflrelles  s.nAJef2ows, 
That  makys  carpinge  in  many  a  place 
Of  Oclaviane  and  Ifemlrafe, 
And  of  many  other  jefles, 

And  namely  [efpecially]  whan  they  come  to  fefles; 
Ne  of  the  life  of  Bczys  of  Hamtouu, 
That  was  a  knight  of  gret  renoun, 
Ne  oiSir  Gye  of  Warwyke  &c." 

From  Mr.  Cofens'  MS. 

9  10       See  note  to  Humour's  Looking-glaffe,  p,  6,  1.  2. 

18       ''  Preflcr  Johii^'  the  name  of  a  fabulous  king  of  India. 
See  Matmdevilk's  Travels,  ed.  Halliwell. 


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lo  i6  Compare  Z^tw  Labour's  Lq/l,  A6t  i.,  fc.  2,  114;  "Is 
their  not  a  ballad,  boy,  of  the  King  and  the 
Beggar?"  and  Richard II.,  K€t  v.,  fc.  3,  80 — 

"Our  fccne  is  altered  from  a  ferious  thing, 
And  now  changed  to  'The  Beggar  and  the  King.'  " 

The  ballad  alluded  to  is  that  of  King  Cophetua, 
printed  in  Percy's  Reliques,  from  Richard  Johnfon's 
Crown  Garlmid  of  Goidden  Rofes,  161 2,  where  it 
is  entitled  "A  Song  of  a  Beggar  and  a  King.'" 
Ti  10  "Before  I  croffe  his  booke,"  i.e.,  before  1  pay  money 
for  any  debt. 
15  "  Hungariafis,"  a  cant  term,  originally  a  hungry  perfon, 
generally  a  rafcal,  villain. 

"  Angellical,"  of  Angels,  i.e.,  coins,  money. 

"  Littleton^'  the  editor  of  "  Coke." 

Compare  More  Knaves  Yet,  p.  3,  1.  11. 

''a  charge  of  poore,"  i.e.,  the  expenfe  of  keeping  the 
poore. 
16  3  "3.  table,"  a  tablet  with  infcribed  A'erfes. — See  alfo 
Tuffer,  who  gives,  p.  190,  "Hufbandly  Pofies, 
[poetical  infcriptions]  for  the  hall." 
19  5  So  Tuffer :  '^  To  buy  at  thejlub,  is  the  befl  for  the  buier," 
ch.  ■^<^,  fl.  9.  The  meaning  appears  to  be:  '•'  that 
pays  ready  money  on  the  fpot  or  at  the  time." 

"  Kninghts,"  read  Knights. 

"to  finde  at  large,"  i.e.,  to  receive  back  with  interefl. 

"  for  being  ouer  proud,"  for  fear  of  their  becoming,  or 
to  prevent  their  becoming,  over  proud. — See  note 
to  A  Terrible  Battell,  p.  24,  I.  10. 

The  legend,  as  narrated  by  Robert  de  Brunne  in  his 
Chronicle,  is,  that,  by  the  advice  of  Merlin,  the 
flones  which  are  now  at  Stonehenge  were  fetched 
from  Ireland  by  King  Arthur,  and  fet  up  in  their 
prefent  pofition. — See  his  Chronicle,  ed.  Furnivall, 
(Rolls  feries),  p.  312.  On  Alerlin's  Birth,  &c., 
fee  ibid.,  p.  283, 


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3 

33 

9 

Notes. 

He  kept  me  fupplied  with  new. 

Sir  Eglamour  has  been  edited  for  the  Camden  Society, 
by  Mr.  Hallivvell,  from  the  Thornton  MS.  The 
account  of  his  fight  with  the  boar,  is  given  at 
flanza  xxxiv. 
id  5  "pearle,"  a  pet  name  for  a  dog. — See  Letting  of  Hum- 
our s  Blood,  p.  39. 
41  17  "being  yet  vnbegotten,"  z>.,  being  a  thing  which  is 
not  yet  in  exiflence. 

43  5       "  lyes  by,"  /.<?.,  which  is  laid  by. 

17  '^ Bias  Brienceus,  one  of  the  feuen  wife  men  of  Greece, 
beholdyng  his  countrey  taken  by  enemies,  fled; 
other  men  cariyng  with  them  fuche  gooddes  as 
they  mought  beare,  he  was  demaunded  why  he 
tooke  nothyng  with  him;  whereto  he  anfwered, 
'  Truely  I  carie  all  my  gooddes  with  me :'  meanyng 
vertue  and  dodlryne,  reputing  the  gooddes  of  for- 
tune none  of  his." — Cooper's  Thefaurus,  1584. 

44  1       "The  Fryer,"  &c.,  Friar  Bacon.— See  A  Fooles  Bolt, 

&c.,  p.  9,  1.   II,  and  Humours  Looking  Glaffe, 
p.  6,  1.  7. 

XXL— THE  BRIDE  [1617?]. 
Not  now  known  to  exill. — See  Bibliographical  Lndex,  p.  36. 

XXII.— A  SACRED  MEMORIE,  &c.,  1618. 

9       25       "  Contracts.''     Notice  the  accent  on  the  lafl  fyllable. 
10       18       Galatians  i.  9. 

15  6       "  Cloud  checking,"  fo  high  as  to  reach  into  the  clouds, 

and  fo  Hop  their  courfe. 

16  12       The  accent  is  always  in  this  poem  on  the  third  fyllable 

of  Capernaum. 
21       "  thy  onely  breath," /.<?.,  a  fimple  breath,  or  word  of 
thine. 


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28 

Notes. 

"  fuing  for  his  abfence,"  i.e.,  requefting  him  to  depart. 
This  is  a  curious  ufe  of  the  word  "to  containe;" 
perhaps  the  hne  means,  "  Of  broken  meat  fo 
great  as  to  require  twelve  baflcets  to  contain  it." 

28  25  "  denominate."  It  is  evident  from  the  hiflory  of 
Englifh  verbs  m-ate  that  the  participle  preceded 
the  verb  in  adoption  into  the  language.  The 
introduction  of  the  final  d  into  the  Englifh  par- 
ticiples of  thefe  verbs  came  after  the  formation 
of  the  Engliflr  verb.  Thus  in  Shakfpere  we  find 
"fruflrate,"  Tempejl,  A61  iii.,  fc.  3;  "  exafperate,'"' 
Macbeth,  A61  iii.,  fc.  6,  38;  "  confecrate,"  "  dedi- 
cate," &c.  See  alfo  Good  Newes  and  Bad  Newes, 
p.  7,  1.  9. 

37  4  "  their  latefl  tooken  paine,"  i.e.,  whofe  taking  from 
them  was  their  latefl  grief. 

42  15  "  yeflerday  at  feuen."  The  original  is,  "  Yellerday 
at  Xhefevefith  hottr,''  which  is  one  o'clock  p.m. 

44         6       "  he  wanteth  fight,"  is  deprived  of,  or  is  v/ithout  fight. 

49  2  "  thofe  glorious  Lampes  [which]  adorne  the  fkie." 
The  omiffion  of  the  relative  has  already  been 
pointed  out  as  common  in  Shakfpere  and  the 
other  Elizabethan  writers. 


XXIIL— THE  NIGHT  RAVEN,  1620. 

4         4       Compare  Tuffer,  ch.  49,  ft.  9 — 

"  If  gentils  be  fcrauling  call  Magget  the  py.'' 

And  Shakfpere,  Macbeth  A6t  iii.,  fc.  4,  125 — 

"  By  Maggot p Us  and  choughs  and  rooks.'" 

8  13       In  1588  EUzabeth  held  a  review  of  her  troops,  pre- 

pared to  refill  the  invafion  of  the  Spaniards  in 
the  Armada,  at  Tilbury  Fort  in  Effex. 

9  20       Thus  defcribed  by  Blount:  "The  round  hem  or  the 

feveral  divifions  fet  together  about  the  flcirt  of  a 


Notes. 


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garment  or  other  thing;  alfo,  a  kind  of  fliif  collar 
made  in  fafliion  of  a  band.  That  famous  ordinary 
near  St.  James'  called  Pickadilly  took  denomi- 
nation from,  this  that  one  Higgins,  a  taylor,  who 
built  it,  got  mofl  of  his  ellate  by  piccadilles,  which 
in  the  lafl  age  were  much  in  fafliion." — Glojfa- 
graphia,  i68t,  p.  495.  Minflieu  defcribes  it  as 
"  a  peece  faftened  about  the  top  of  the  coUer  of 
a  doublet;"  and  Cotgrave  as  "  the  feverall  divifions 
or  peeces  faflened  together  about  the  brimme  of 
the  collar  of  a  doublet."  The  "piccadel"  or 
"  pickadilly  "  was  made  fo  as  to  be  taken  off  at 
the  will  of  the  wearer. 
9  18  -'When  I  fhould  had,"  &c., /.<?.,  when  I  fliould  have 
been  able  to  have  fliown  it  at  Court  vi  INIay. 
22  "with,  nothing  foi'  the  making^'  i.e.,  by  paying  no- 
thing, &c. 
10         I       A  '-roaring-boy"  was  a  proflitute's  bully. 

13  I       "Paris  Garden  is  the  place  on  the  Thames  bank-fide 

at  London  where  the  bears  are  kept  and  baited; 
and  was  anciently  fo  called  from  Robert  de  Paris, 
who  had  a  houfe  and  garden  there  in  Richard 
the  Second's  time :  who  by  proclamation  ordained 
that  the  butchers  of  London  fhould  buy  that 
garden  for  receipt  of  their  garbage  and  entrails  of 
beafls;  to  the  end  the  city  might  not  be  annoyed 
thereby." — Blount's  Gloffographia,  1681,  p.  473; 
fee  Halliwell,  f.v. 
16  "Arion,  a  famous  harper,  whom  y'' mariners  would 
have  cafl  into  the  fea  to  have  his  money :  but  he 
defiring  them  to  lette  hym  playe  a  fonge  on  his 
harpe  er  he  died,  after  warde  leapte  into  the 
water,  and  a  Dolphyne  receiving  him  on  his 
back,  brought  hym  to  lande  alyve." — Cooper's 
Thefaurus,  1584. 

14  I       Compare  Tuffer's  After  Supper  Matters,  p.  179. 


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27 

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Notes. 

A  fyllable  is  wanting;  read  ''  feeme  to  heare." 
"Weaners,"  read  weauers. 

This  proverb  occurs  in  the  Gejla  Romanorum,  1440, 
ed.  Herrtage,  Tale  No.  4,  as  "  of  two  evelis  the 
leffe  evill  is  to  be  chofyn;"  and  again,  "if  too 
ivelis  wer  comaundid,  the  leffe  were  to  be 
chofyne."  In  the  original  Latin  it  is,  "  De  duobis 
malis  majiis  malum  eft  zitandum.'^ 
18  ^'■Hamlet  Reuenge.'"  In  Henflowe's  Diary,  under 
the  date  9  June,  1594,  is  mentioned  the  per- 
formance of  a  play  "  Hamlet  "  at  the  Newington 
Theatre.  Lodge,  in  his  Wits  Miferie  and  the 
World's  Madiieffc,  printed  in  1596,  thus  defcribcs 
the  fiend  Hate-Virtue :  "  He  walks  for  the  mofl 
part  in  black  vnder  colour  of  grauity,  and  looks 
as  pale  as  the  Vifard  of  y"  ghoft  which  cried  fo 
miferably  at  y""  Theator  like  an  oifler  wife  'Hamlet, 
reuenge.'"  In  the  Regillers  of  the  Stationers' 
Company  is  an  entry,  under  the  date  of  26 
July,  1602,  made  by  James  Roberts,  the  printer, 
of  "A  booke.  The  Revenge  of  Hamlett,  prince 
of  Denmarke,  as  y'  latelie  was  adled  by  the  Lord 
Chamberlayn  his  fervantes."  Shakfpere's  play 
appeared  in  the  following  year. 

28  17  ^'' Piramus  and  Thi/by." — See  Chaucer's  Legend  of 
Good  Women.  The  flory  is  told  in  Ovid's 
Metamorphofis,  iv.  55-166.  See  Shakfpere's 
Mercha7it  of  Venice^  v.  i,  7. 

32         I       This  is  the  Miller's  Tale  of  Chaucer. 

2)2,  16  "From  (Day's  Broke)  \im\  who  claims  them  becaufe 
the  day  has  been  broken,"  i.e.,  money  has  not 
been  paid  on  the  appointed  day. 

XXIV.— A  PAIRE  OF  SPY-KNAVES  [1620?] 

2       10       "  put  vp,"  i.e.,  put  up  with,  fubmit  to. 

K 


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6 

2 

7 

20 

Notes. 

"  Beuis,"  Sir  Bevis  of  Hampton. — See  777(?  Melancholic 

Knight,  p.  8,  1.  12. 
See  as  above. 

''Samen,"  probably  examine. 
Compare  Chaucer's  J/ffr^/^rt'/^/f '5  Tijr/f,  in  which  an  oldman 

caHHi-^di  January  marries  a  young  wife  named  May. 
26       See  Reliquioi AniiqucR, i.  207.    The  French  fay :  "le  coeur 

ne  veut  douloir  ce  que  I'oeil  ne  peut  veoir." 

8  On  how  the  young  men  of  the  time  paffed  their  days, 

compare  Letting  of  Httmour^s  Blood,  p.  13;  and 
Stubbes'  Anatomie  of  Abufes,  p.  62;  and  Mr. 
Furnivall's  note  at  p.  252. 

9  I       Another  form  of  the  Proverb  is :  "  As  wife  as  a  man 

of  Gotham." — See  Yiz-iXxVC^  Proverbs,  &c.,  p.  75, 
and   compare  the   nurfery  rhyme,   "Three  wife 
men  of  Gotham,"  &c. 
12         9       Compare  Shakfpere,  Pericles,  i.  3,  42 — 

' '  None  that  beheld  him,  but,  like  leffer  lights, 
Did  vail  their  crowns  to  his  fupremacy." 

15  4  Cotgrave  has  f.v.  Bon,  '■^Bon  guet  chaffe  malaventure." 
Proverbs:  "good  watch  preuentsmiffortune;  faft 
bind,  fafl  find,  fay  we."  The  fame  proverb  is 
given  in  Florio's  Second Fr ides,  1591,  p.  15. — Com- 
pare Merchant  of  Venice,  ii.  5,  53 — 
"  Faft  bind,  faft  find, 
A  proverb  never  ftale  in  thrifty  mind." 

15  22  Compare  with  this,  Chaucer,  Perfones  Tale,  De  Ira: 
"  For  Crifles  fake  fwere  not  fo  fmnefully,  in  dif 
membring  of  Crifl,  by  foule,  herte,  bones,  and 
body;  for  certes  it  femeth,  that  ye  thinken  that 
the  curfed  Jewes  difmembred  him  not  ynough,  but 
ye  difmembre  him  more."  And  again  in  the  Par- 
doner's Tale,  1.  472,  he  fays — 

* '  Her  othes  ben  fo  grete  and  fo  dampnable, 
That  it  is  grifly  for  to  here  hem  fwere, 
Our  blijfed  lordes  body  they  to  tar; 
Hem  thoughte  Jewes  rente  him  nought  ynough." 


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PAGE        J.INK 

See  alfo  Ibid.,  11.  650-654.  Profeffor  Skeat  in 
his  note  adds: — "In  the  Vifion  of  William 
Staunton,  1409,  printed  in  Wright's  St.  Patrick's 
Purgatory ,  p.  146,  we  read:  'And  than  Saint 
Johan  feid — Thefe  [who  are  thus  tormented  in 
hell]  ben  thei  that  fweren  bi  Goddes  membris,  as 
bi  his  nayles  and  other  his  membris,  and  thei  thus 
difmetnbrid  God  in  horrible  fwerynge  bi  his 
limmes.'  In  the  Plowmaiis  Tale,  we  have — 
'  And  Crjjlcs  membres  al  to  ten 
On  roode  as  he  were  newe  of  rente. ' 

Barclay,  in  his  Ship  of  Fools,  ed.  Jamiefon,  i.  96, 
fays — 

'  Some  fvvereth  armys  nayles  herte  and  body. 
Terynge  our  lord  vfoxk,  than  the  Joweshym  arayed.' 

See  alfo  Ibid.,  ii.  130.  Todd,  in  his  IlluJlratio?is 
of  Chancer,  p.  264,  quotes  (from  an  old  MS.)  the 
fecond  Commandment  as  follows — 

II.      '  Thi  goddes  name  and  beautte 

Thou  (lialt  not  take  for  wel  nor  wo  : 
Difmembre  hym  not  that  on  rode-tre 
For  the  was  boyth  blak  and  bio.'  " 

See  alfo  the  Gejla  Roniajiorum,  Tale  No.  Ixxxviii., 

p.  410,  1.  23,  and  my  note. 
16         5       "  If  the  to  life,"  read  if  to  the  life. 
19       27       I  will  give  no  longer  credit. 

XXV.— GOOD  NEWES  AND  BAD  NEWES,  1622. 

4         I       Will.  Somers,  the  celebrated  Court  Jefler  of  Henry  VIII. 

6  16       ''  Father  of  lies^^  lQ\iXi.y\\\.  A,^. 

7  9       ''  confummate." — See  note  on  A  Sacred  Mcmorie,  &c., 

p.  28,  1.  25. 
9       12       "ten  i'  th'  Hundred,"  a  cant  term  for  ufury,  fuch 
being  formerly  the  ufual  rate  of  interell. 
10         2       And  thou  fhalt  have  wine,  and  interefl  to  boot. 


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I'AGE        I.INE 


11  6       The  meaning  is :   "  Oh !  that  I  had  a  number  fuch 

farms  to  difpofe  of  in  the  fame  manner." 

12  2o       "  Edmund  Plowden  was  an  eminent  common  lawyer 

in  EUzabeth's  reign,  born  at  Plowden,  in  Shrop- 
(hire,  of  whom  Camden  (in  his  Elizabeth,  ann: 
1584)  gives  this  charadler:  Vitse  integritate  inter 
homines  fuos  profeffionis  nuUi  fecundus.  And  Sir 
Ed.  Coke  calls  him  the  Oracle  of  the  Common 
Law.  .  .  .  Plowden  being  a  Roman  Catholic, 
fome  neighbours  of  his  who  bore  him  no  good 
will,  intending  to  entrap  him,  and  bring  him  under 
the  lafh  of  the  law,  had  taken  care  to  drefs  up  an 
altar  in  a  certain  place,  and  provided  a  layman  in 
a  priell's  habit,  who  fhould  fay  mafs  at  fuch  a 
time.  And  withal,  notice  thereof  was  given  pri- 
vately to  Mr.  Plowden,  who  thereupon  went  and 
was  prefent  at  the  mafs.  For  this  he  was  prefently 
accufed  and  indidled.  He  at  firR  flands  upon  his 
defence,  and  would  not  acknowledge  the  thing. 
Witneffes  are  produced,  and,  among  the  reft,  one 
who  depofed  that  he  himfelf  performed  the  mafs, 
and  faw  Mr.  Plowden  there.  Saith  Plowden  to 
him,  Art  thou  a  prieft,  then?  The  fellow  replied, 
No.  Why  then,  gentlemen  (quoth  he),  the  cafe 
is  altered;  no  prieft,  no  mafs;  which  came  to  be 
a  proverb,  and  continues  ftill  in  Shropftiire,  with 
this  addition:  The  cafe  is  altered  (quoth  Plow- 
den), no  prieft,  no  mafs." — From  Ray's  Proverbs. 

13  20       "  God blejfe yoii MaJIer"  &c.,  i.e.,  begging  and  addreff- 

ing  perfons  with  God  blefs  you,  majler,  will  bring 

in  more  to-morrow. 
15       15       "  Buyes  pen-worths,"  &c.,  buys  fraall  quantities,  better 

than  any  that  had  been  feen  for  the  laft  feven  years. 
18       12       "But  [after]  two  weekes  [had]  paft,  &c. 
26    10,11    Alludingtothe"Counters"or  debtors' prifons  in  Wood 

Street  and  the  Poultry. — See  alfo  p.  40, 11.  17,  18. 


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PAGE        LINE 

28         16  "Whan  theeues  fall  out,  true  men  come  to  their  goode. 

Whiche  is  not  alwaie  true.     For  in  all  that  bretche, 
I  care  no  ferthing  of  my  good  the  more  fetche. " 

Heyvvood, 

The  mediaeval  Latin  line  feems  to  be  equivalent — 
"  Fures  in  lite  pandunt  abfcondita  vitrc." 

A  trafl  of  Robert  Greene's,  publifhed,  according 
to  Mr,  Hazlitt,  before  1592,  had  as  its  title — 
"Thieves  falling  out,  true  men  come  to  their  goods." 

40       18       See  p.  26,  1.  13,  and  Gloffary. 

43  20       "  the  foxe  under  your  arme;"  to^;c,  was  to  make  tipfy, 

and  to  he  foxed,  meant  to  be  drunk;  hence,  the 
meaning  feems  to  be:  "I  only  flioot  at  the  drink 
or  drunkard  under  your  arm." 

44  10       "■  Paris  Garden." — See  note  to  the  Night  Raven,  p.  13, 

1.  I. 


XXVI.— HEAVEN'S  GLORY,  &c.,  1628. 

2  17  "  The  pale  memory  of  death,"  i.e.,  the  memory  of  pale 
death. — See  note  to  The  Betraying  of  Chrifl,  &c., 
p.  24,  1.  23. 

8  20       "  thnke,"  read  "  thinke." 

9  10       "be  thought  of  due  difcretion,"  i.e.,  have  in  his  mind 

due  care. 
10         6       "being  fo  dangerous  affaulted,"  &c.,  it  being  fo  dan- 
geroufly,  &c. 

13  15       "Renounce  his  league,  intends  thy  vtter  loffe,"  i.e., 

friendfhip  with  him  who  plots  thy  utter  lofs. 

14  4       Againfl  a  Chrillian  Knight  armed  with  Faith,  which  is 

proof  againfl  all  affaults. 
12       "  difanimate,"   difcouraged,    difheartened. — See    note 
to  A  Sacred  Memorie,  &c.,  p.  28,  1.  25. 

15  14      The  heart-torn  wretch,  who  is  defpair  itfelf. 


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Notes. 

PAGE       LINE 

16  14  Notice  the  accent  on  the  fecond  fyllable  of  "  perfeuer," 
as  in  J^ing  Lear,  iii.  5,  18;  As  You  Like  It,  v.  2, 
3;  and  King  John  ii.  i,  421. 

Revelation  vii.  17  and  xxi,  4, 

Matthew  vi.  20. 

Revelation  xxi. 

"■  that  knoweth  on  death,"  read  no  death. 

Revelation  xxii.  5. 

Compare  the  verfes  in  the  Te  Deum. 

Ifaiah  xxxv.  7,  9. 

"  fumptuons,"  read  fumptuous. 

The  proper  form  of  this  word  {burial)  is  burials, 
from  the  Anglo-Saxon  byrgels,  a  tomb.  Wyclif 
fuppofed  this  to  be  a  plural  form,  and  invented 
the  incorre6l  buriel,  which  he  ufes  in  Mark  vi.  29, 
and  biriel  in  Matthew  xxvii.  60. — See  examples 
in  Stratmann's  Old  EngliJJi  Di6lionary.  In 
P.  Plowman,  B.  xix.  142,  the  Jews  are  faid  to 
have  watched  the  tomb  of  our  Lord,  becaufe  it 
had  been  foretold  that — 

"  That  bleffed  body  of  burieles  fliulde  rife." 

In  the  Man  of  Lawes  Tale,  186,  we  find,  "  Seintes 

buriels,"  i.e.,  burial  places  of  the  faints. 
68         7       "  Nicolas  of  Antioch." — See  A6ls  vi.  5,  and  Revelation 

ii.  6,  15. 
For  every  thought,  though  not  expreffed  in  words. 
Pfalm  cxxxvii.  6. 
*'  Inmate  wife,"  as  an  inmate. 
"Who  dies  before  he  dies,"  &c.,  i.e.,  he  who  dies  to 

the  world,  &c,,  before  he  departs  this  life  Ihall 

neuer  die. 
18       "to  more  than  nature  can,"  i.e.,  to  an  extent  beyond 

the  powers  of  nature. 

86  14       "  Eridan,"  Eridanus,  the  Po. 

87  9       Pfalm  xlii.  i. 


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80 

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97  19  "Whitfun  Ale,"  a  feftival  held  at  Whitfuntide,  ftill 
kept  up  in  fome  parts  of  the  countrj'. — See  the 
lift  of  "Ales"  in  Harrifon's  Defcriptim  of  England^ 
ed.  Furnivall,  i.  32. 

266       7       And  they  were  themfelves  deflroyed,  &c. 

XXVII.— GUY,  EARL  OF  WARWICK,  1682. 

13  The  wandering  excited  flate  of  Guy's  mind  is  here  well 

expreffed  by  the  flrange  manner  in  which  the 
names  of  fo  many  mythological  perfons  are  mixed 
up. 
15       As  this  line  is  printed,  we  fhould  have  to  accent  Orpheus 
on  the  penultimate,  making  it  a  trifyllable. 

"foce,"  read  foes. 

"Morphasus,"  Morpheus,  god  of  fleep. 

''pierceh,"  read  pierceth. 

•'Cenfure  me  fudden,"  give  fpeedy  judgment  in  my 
cafe. 

''Almain,"  German. 

"  Lent  him  fuch  a  flroke."  The  ufual  term  in  the  old 
Romances,  from  Anglo-Saxon  Icenan^  to  lend,  give. 
See  alfo  p.  36, 1.  21. 
24  7  "the  nine  days  wonder."  A  traft  was  publifhed  by 
Kemp  in  1600,  with  this  title. — See  Hazhtt's 
Handbook  ofEngliJJi  Liierature.  It  has  been  re- 
printed for  the  Camden  Society. 

27  5       ''  Bellona,"  the  Goddefs  of  War. 

28  15       "hot  fear,"  read  notie^x. 

29  14       "  And's  life  in  queflion,"  i.e.,  and  his  hfe  was  in  danger. 

30  12       The  adverbial  termination  "  meal "  is  from  the  Anglo- 

Saxon  mcelnm,  the  dative  of  mcel,  a  part,  ufed  ad- 
verbially, both  alone  and  in  compofition.  Thus, 
we  find  '^\m\h-7neal"  in  Shakfpere,  Cymbeh'ne,  ii. 
4,  147— 

"  O  that  I  had  her  here,  to  tear  her  limb-meal !" 


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4 

5 

7 

17 

21 

19 

2 

20 

35 

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and  in  the  Tevipejl,  ii.  2,  3,  we  have:  ''by  inch- 
meal." In  the  Wydiffite  verfion  of  Wifdoin^  xviii. 
25,  occurs  "  ripyll-melum,"  />.,  in  heaps. 

31         I       ''Millain,"  Milan. 

39       19       The  accent  is  on  the  fecond  fyllable  of  blafphemous, 
in  accordance  with  its  derivation. 

42  26  "makes  him  light,"  &c.,  caufes  him  to  difmount  in 
order  to  prote(5t  himfelf. 
30  "Androdus,"read  "Androclus."  Thefloryof  Androclus 
is  told  by  Aulus  Gelleus,  Nobles  Atticce,  lib.  5, 
cap.  xiv.,  on  the  authority  of  a  Greek  writer,  one 
Appion,  called  Pliflonices,  who  pretends  to  have 
been  an  eye-witnefs  of  the  extraordinary  occur- 
rence. Compare  alfo  the  verfion  in  my  edition 
of  the  Gejia  Romanoricm,  Early  Englifli  Text 
Society,  1879,  p.  327. 

46  lafl  line.  •'■'  deflation,"  read  deteftation,  as  required  by  the  metre. 

47  30       Perillus   was   a   celebrated   manufa6lurer    of   brazen 

images,  and  conflrudled  for  Phalaris,  tyrant  of 
Agrigentum,  a  brazen  bull,  in  which  thofe  fen- 
tenced  to  death  (hould  be  roafled  alive,  the  idea 
being  that  their  cries  fhould  reprefent  the  roaring 
of  a  bull.  Phalaris  highly  applauded  the  in- 
vention, and  immediately  proceeded  to  try  its 
efifedls  on  its  inventor — 

' '  Neque  enim  lex  aequior  uUa 
Quam  necis  artifices  arte  perire  fuu." 

Ovid,  De  Arte  Ainandi,  i.  11.  655-6. 
36       "  In  that  occafion,"  &c.,  fmce  the  opportunity,  &c. 

51  10       "  Dianert,"  Deianira. 

52  19       "Command  me  fome  dire6lion,"  i.e.^  order  that  I  re- 

ceive fome  information  as  to  where  he  is  to  be 
found;    or,  order  fome  guides  to  direct  me  to 
where  he  is. 
54       25       "  the  only  Linguift  living,"  the  only  means  of  fpreading 
information  at  that  time. 


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57       25       '' Nunquam  fera,"  read  fero. 

59  2       Sir  W.  Scott,  in  his  note  to  Marmion,  i.  23,  27,  thus 

diflinguiflies  between  a  Pilgrim  and  a  Palmer: 
"  A  Palmer^  as  oppofed  to  a  Pilgrim,  was  one 
who  made  it  his  fole  bufinefs  to  vifit  different 
holy  flirines :  travelUng  inceffantly,  and  fubfifting 
wholly  by  charity :  whereas  the  Pilgrim  retired  to 
his  ufual  home  and  occupations  when  he  had  paid 
his  devotions  at  the  particular  fpot  which  was  the 
obje6l  of  his  pilgrimage."'"  Mr.  Cutts,  in  his 
Scenes  and  CharaHers  of  the  Middle  Ages,  p.  167, 
fays:  ""When  the  Pilgrim  reached  the  Holy  Land, 
and  had  vifited  the  ufual  round  of  the  holy  places, 
he  became  entitled  to  wear  the  palm  in  token  of 
his  accomplilliment  of  that  great  pilgrimage;  and 
from  that  badge  he  derived  the  name  oi  palmer  J' 
Camden  (Remains)  fays:  "As  Palmer,  that  is, 
Pilgrime,  for  that  they  carried  palme  when  they 
came  from  Jerufalem."  The  "Palmer's  weed" 
is  a  common  expreffion  in  the  old  romances. 
King  Horn,  when  difguifed  in  "  palmer's  weeds," 
carried  a  burdon  (flaff)  and  ^.fcrippe. — See  King 
Horn,  ed.  Lumby,  1.  106 1.  On  the  Signs  of 
Pilgrims  and  Palmers,  fee  Chambers's  Book  of 
Days,  i.  338,  and  Cutts'  Scenes  and  CharaSlers, 
p.  167.  The  fcallop  fliell  was  the  fign  of  having 
performed  a  pilgrimage  to  Compoflella,  the  fhrine 
of  St.  James,  and  was  worn  in  the  hat.  Thus,  in 
the  Prologue  to  The  Tale  of  Beryn,  ed.  Furnivall, 
we  are  told  of  the  Canterbury  Pilgrims,  that 
"they  fet  their  fignys  upon  their  hedes,  and  fome 
oppon  their  cappe." — See  P.  Plowman,  C.  viii. 
165,  and  Prof.  Skeat's  exhauftive  note  on  it. 

60  32       We  flill  ufe  the  phrafe  "  a  dulled  coat"  for  a  thrafhing. 
62         6       "forced  bulk,"  perhaps,  laden  (farced,  Huffed)  bulk. 

36       All's  fair  in  war. 

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64       15       See  note  to  Looke  to  it  for  Ilejlabbe  yc,  p.   27,  1.  2. 
26       "reafon  with  them,"  i.e.,  converfe,  talk  with  them, 
lafl  line.   "  By  which  fad  founds  dire6lion,"  i.e.,  dire6led  or  guided 
by  which  fad  founds. 

66  lafl  line.  This  certainly  appears  to  be  an  allufion  to  Hamlet,  v.  i. 

67  20       '' Phiselce,"  read  Phselice. 

68  30       "charged  eccho,"  the  echo  loaded  or  freighted  with 

the  name. 

69  25       ''  Ceres  and  BaccMis^^  i.e.,  food  and  drink. 
26       "Diana,"  fports,  amufements,  of  the  country. 

70  27       "  Hypficrata,"  the  wife  of  Mithridates,  who  followed 

him  about  in  all  his  wars,  being  dreffed  as  a  knight. 

71  32       "  A  Friars  cafe,"  in  a  friars  drefs. 

78  19  "Gogmagog,"  for  an  account  of  this  duel  fee  Robert 
de  Brunne's  Chronicle,  Rolls  feries,  ed.  Furnivall, 
pp.  65,  66. 

80  22  "A  Prefident,"  £^.,  a  precedent.  The  fame  fpelling 
occurs  in  Shakfpere,  Tempejl,  ii.  i,  and  frequently 
in  the  writers  of  the  time. 
This  Romance  of  Sir  Guy  of  Warwick,  is  found 
in  Latin  in  the  Gefla  Romanorum,  ch.  172,  differ- 
ing but  little  from  the  above.  Ellis,  in  his  Metrical 
Romances,  ii.  5,  has  analyfed  the  Old  Englifh 
Romance. — See  alfo  Warton,  Hiftory  of  Englijh 
Poetry,  and  Percy's  Reliques  of  Ancient  Poetry, 


XXVIIL— MISCELLANEOUS  POEMS. 

"  abufe,"  mifufe,  put  to  an  improper  ufe:  the  original 
meaning  of  the  word. 

"  prefently."  The  change  in  meaning  of  this  word  is 
mofl  remarkable.  Originally  equivalent  to  "  at 
prefent,  at  the  time,"  as  in  Sir  P.  Sidney,  "  the 
towns  you  prefently  haue,"  it  now  conveys  an  idea 
oi futurity,  and  is  equivalent  to  "dire6lly,  fhortly." 


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4  15  "portlie,"  i.e.^  of  a  noble  appearance  or  fafhion,  as  in 
Udal,  St.  Luke  xix.  41,  "  viewing  and  beholding 
the  fame  citcc  [Jerufalem]  porfdy,  and  gorgious 
of  buildingcs,"  &c. 

23  "Forth  which,"  &c.,  i.e.,  forth  from,  out  of  which. — 

Compare   Shakfpere,   King  John,   iv.    2,    "  from 
forth  the  llreets  of  Pomfret." 
52"  infence,"  probably  we  fliould  read  infence,  i.e.,  impel, 
urge  you. 

8  I       "  force,"  power,  effe6l. 

8,  12  "hireling,  .  .  .  that  took  it  vp  for  hire."  I  do 
not  know  why  Rowlands  fliould  make  this  flate- 
ment,  which  is  dire611y  oppofed  to  the  words 
of  St.  Matthew,  St.  Mark,  and  St.  Luke,  where 
we  are  told  that  the  Jews  compelled  Simon  of 
Cyrene  to  bear  the  crofs. 

9  16       "  Sentenc'd  fucceeding  vengeance  doome,'' fentenced 

to  the  doom  of  future  vengeance. 

24  Luke  xxiii.  31. 
10         8       Genefis  ii.  9. 

15       22       Withal's  Dinionary  for   Children  gives  the  proverb, 
'^  Homo  homini  vel  Deus,  vel  Lupus :    Man  to 
man  is  either  a  Saint   or  a  Diuell."      See  alfo 
Hazlitt,  Frover-bs,  &c. 
"  obdurate." — See  note  to  Look  to  It,  &c.,  p.  19,  I.  3. 
"vnkind,"  probably  ufed  in  its  original  meaning  of 

"unnatural." 
"Virginals,"  a  fpinnet. 

"  Nicke  not  your  Pots  to  deepe,"  i.e.,  do  not  make  too 
deep  indentations  in  them,  fo  as  to  defraud  your 
cuflomers. — See  Halliwell,  f.v.  Nick. 
24  8  Richard  Ferris  in  1590,  with  two  friends,  Andrew  Hill 
and  William  Thomas,  undertook  and  fuccefsfully 
accomplifhed  a  voyage  in  a  fmall  open  boat  from 
London  to  Briflol.  He  publilhed  an  account  of 
this  voyage  in  a  fmall  tra6l,  entitled :  "  The  mofl 


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16 

9 

21 

15 

23 

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dangerous  and  memorable  aduenture  of  Richard 
Ferris,"  and  dedicated  to  Sir  J.  Heneage,  one  of 
Elizabeth's  Frivy  Council  and  Vice-Chamberlain. 
Ferris  himfelf  was  "  one  of  the  flue  ordinarie  Meff- 
engersofherMaiellies  Chamber."  The  adventurers 
flarted  on  their  voyage  on  June  24,  but  did  not 
reach  Briflol  till  Auguft  3rd.  The  tradl  has  been 
reprinted  by  Mr.  Collier  in  \i\'s>IUuJlrations  of  Early 
EngliJJi,  Popular  Literature.  In  Arber's  Tranfcript 
of  the  Staimiers'  Regiflers,  ii.,  pp.  557-8,  are  the 
following  entries  :— 

"7  Augufti[i59o] 
"Edward  white  /  Entied  for  his  copie  vnder  mafter  Hartwell  and  Mailer 
Cawoodes  handes  a  ballad  of  Richard  Fferrj's  cominge  to  Briftowe  on 
the  Third  of  Augufle  1590.  vj^" 

"  10  Augulli  [1590] 
"  Henrye  Carre.  /  Entred  for  his  copie  vnder  Handes  of  mafter  Judfon  and 
bothe  the  wardens  a  ballad  of  the  ioyfull  entertainement  of  the  wherry 
and  iij  wherrymen,  viz.  Richard  Fferrys^  Andrewe  Hilles,  and  William 
Thomas,  by  the  maiour  aldermen  and  Citizens  of  Brifloll,  4'°  Augulli 
1590.  vj''" 

Taylor,  the  Water  Poet,  himfelf  with  a  companion, 
Roger  Bird,  undertook  a  voyage  from  London  to 
Queenborough,  in  a  boat  made  of  brown  paper 
fupported  by  air  bladders.  He  gives  a  full  and 
graphic  defcription  of  their  adventures  in  his 
"Praife  of  Hempfeed,  with  the  Voyage  of  Mr. 
Roger  Bird  and  the  Writer  hereof,  in  a  Boat  of 
browne-paper,  from  London  to  Quinborough  in 
Kent.  1620." 


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GLOSSARY. 


GLOSSARY. 


The  references  in  the  Gloffary  to  the  various  feparate 
Works  are  indicated  by  Roman  numerals  and  figures. 
The  Works  are  numbered  in  the  order  of  their  dates,  as 
follows : — 


1.  Betraying  of  Christ. 
II.  Letting  of  Hvmovrs  Blood 

IN   THE   HeAD-VAINE. 

III.  Tis  Merrie  when  Gossips 

Meete. 

IV.  Greenes  Ghost  Havnting 

Conie-catchers. 
V.  LooKE    to    it:     For    Ile 

Stabbe  Ye. 
VI.  Hell's  Broke  Loose. 
VII.  A  Theatre  of  Delightful 
Recreation. 
VIII.  A    Terrible    Battell    be- 
tweene  Time  and  Death. 
IX.  Six  London  Gossips. 
X.  Diogines  Lanthorne. 
XI.  Hvmors  Looking  Glasse. 
XII.  Doctor    Merrie-man  :     or 
Nothing  but  Mirth. 

XIII.  A  Whole   Crew  of  Kind 

Gossips. 

XIV.  The  Knave  of  Clubbes. 


XV.  Martin  Mark-All. 
XVI.  The  Knave  of  Harts. 
XVII.  More  Knaues  Yet? 
XVIII.  Sir  Thomas  Overbury. 
XIX.  A  Fooles  Bolt  is  Soone 

Shott. 
XX.  The    Melancholie 

Knight. 
XXI.  The  Bride. 
XXII.  A  Sacred  Memorie  of 
the      Miracles      of 
Christ. 

XXIII.  The  Night-Raven. 

XXIV.  A  Payre  of  Spy-Knaves. 
XXV.  Good   Newes  and   Bad 

Newes. 
XXVI.  Heavens  Glory:  Seeke 

It,  &c. 
XXVII.  The  Famous  History  of 
Guy    Earl    of    War- 
wick. 
XXVIII.  Miscellaneous  Poems. 


A,  X,  8,/r.,  he.  lAbroch,  iv,  4,  to  fet  abroach  is 

Abourne,  in,   27,    adj.,    ^' quq/l\     to  tap.    " Brochyn,  or  fettyn  a 

alburn,  a  colour  approaching       veffelle     broche      (a-broche). 

to    whitenefs." — Nares;    fair,       Attamino,  clipfidro.'' — Projnpt. 

light-haired.  !      Pan. 


Glossary. 


Abfolute,  V,  14,  adv.,  certainly, 
affuredly.  pofitively. 

Abufe,  XXIV,  7,  vb.^  deceive. 

Account,  XVII,  13,  sb,,  made  ac- 
count to  dye,  reckoned, 
counted  on  death. 

Acquaints,  i, 38, vb.pr.t,  becomes 
acquainted  with. 

Admire,  xiv,  46, 7'*^. />?-./.,  wonder, 
areafloniflied;  Lat,  admirari. 

Advertifement,  xxvi,  179,  sb., 
warning. 

Affe6led,  i,  36,  /./.,  loved,  re- 
garded with  affedion,  pleafmg 
to. 

i\.fife6ling,  vi,  6,  pr.p.,  being  in- 
clined to,  being  pleafed  with. 

Afte6tion,  v,  10,  sb.,  fancy,  liking. 

Agreeuances,  xx,  8,  sb.  pi,  grie- 
vances, wrongs. 

Aidfull,  I,  53,  adj.,  aflifling. 

Allow'd,  HI,  2"],  p.p.,  praifed,  re- 
commended; alovvd,  I,  7,  p.p., 
approved  of;  Fr.  alouer,  from 
Lat.  laudarc. 

Almains,  XXVII,  32,  sb.  pL,  Ger- 
mans. 

Alow,  XIX,  13,  vb,,  pafs  over,  for- 
give. 

Als  one,  viii,  34,  all  is  one,  it  is 
all  one. 

A'my,  III,  30,  on  my,  by  my. 

Ankers,  xxvi,  8,  sb.pl.,  anchors. 

Anan,  iii,  28,  an  ejaculation  ufed 
for  the  purpofe  either  of  calling 
attention,  or  to  fliow  that  the 


fpeaker  has  not  underflood,  or 

wiflies  to  have  repeated,  any 

fentence. 
AngeUica,  viii,  24,  sb.,  a  fpecies 

of  majler-tvort. — See  Gerard e, 

p.  999. 
Apparitors,    iv,   9,  sb.   pi,  fum- 

moners  or  ofificers  of  the  Court 

of  Arches. 
Appeacher,    xxvi,    5,    sb.,    im- 

peacher,  accufer. 
Apple-fquire,  xv,  53,  sb.,  a  kept 

gallant,    or   one    who   waited 

upon  and   prote6led   women 

of  bad  chara6ler,  a  bully. 
Apprehend,  viii,  8,  e'/'./r./.,  under- 

fland,  take  in. 
Approou'd,  XIV,  43,/-/.,  proved. 

Cf— 

"  What  damned  error,  but  fome  fober 
brow 
Will  blefs    it    and   approve   with   a 
text." 
Mcnhant  of  Venice,  III.  ii.,  79. 

See  alfo  Richard II.,  I.  iii.,  1 1 2. 

Apt,  V,  23,  adj.,  fit,  ready;  Lat., 
aptum. 

Arant,  11,  23,  adj.,  a  word  ex- 
preffive  of  excefs,  as  an  arrant 
rogue. 

Arches,  11,  84,  sb.,  the  Court  of 
Arches,  for  the  trial  of  eccle- 
fiaflical  and  divorce  fuits. 

Argofie,  XVI,  48,  sb.,  an  argofy,  a 
fhip  of  great  burden  either  for 
the  merchant  fervice  or  for 
Avar. — See  Merchant  of  Venice, 


Glossary. 


I.  i.     Perhaps  from  the  mythi- 
cal Argos. 

Arrerages,  xvi,  32,  sb.  pi.,  arrears, 
debts,  "y^  r tier  age,  an  arrerage : 
the  refl  or  the  remainder  of  a 
paiment:  that  which  was  un- 
paid or  behind." — Cotgravc. 

Arriue,  xxvi,  77,  vb.,  bring,  place. 

Arfiuarfie,  xix,  12,  adv.,  con- 
trary. "Arfmerfic,  backwarde, 
overthwartly,  contrary  to  all 
good  order;  prcepojlere,  per- 
verfeP — Baret's  Alvearie,  1580. 

Affure,  xiii,  16,  vb.  imper.,  be 
fure,  believe. 

Allary,  xix,  29,  /r^^aflray. 

Aflonied,  xxii,  5,  /./.,  amazed, 
flupified. 

Athifl,  V,  23,  sb.,  atheifl. 

Auouch,  II,  47,  vb.,  declare — 
"  I'll  avouch  it  to  his  head." 
Shakfpere,  Alid.  A^ighfs  Dream,  I.  i. 

Autem,  XV,  7,  sb.,  miflrefs. 
Ayer,  11,  23,  sb.,  air. 

Bable,  XI,  II,  sb.,  bauble,  glafs 

or  metal  ornaments. 
Back'd,  X,  40,  p.p.,  Back't,  xvii, 

35,  baked. 
Baile,  i,  16,  sb.,  releafe. 
Baitleffe,    11,    47,   adj.,   without 

food;  O.  Icel.,  beita. 
Baletted,  viii,  36,  p.p.,  fung  in 

ballads. 
Ballace,  xi,  1 8,  vb. ,  ballall,  freight. 
Bankrout,  xv,  55,  sb.,  bankrupt. 


Band,  iv,  13,  sb.,  bond. 

Bard  quarter-trayes,  11,  59,  sb., 
a  kind  of  dice  fo  made  that 
the  3  or  4  fliould  very  feldom 
turn  up,  loaded  dice. 

Barly-breake,  11,  64,  sb.,  a  game. 
See  note,  and  Brand's  Popular 
Aiitiquities,  ElHs,  II.,  236. 

Bafes,  XII,  3,  sb.  pi.  According 
to  Nares,  "  A  kind  of  em- 
broidered mantle,  which  hung 
down  from  the  middle  to  about 
the  knees,  or  longer,  worn  by 
knights  on  horfeback."  It 
feems  to  be  alfo  ufed  for  an 
apron,  as  in  H^idibras,  I.  ii., 
769. — See  Nares'  exhauftive 
note  on  the  word. 

Bead-rowle,  xvi,  28,  sb.,  cata- 
logue, lift. 

Beazer  flone,  viii,  24,  sb.,  the 
Bezoar  flone. — See  note. 

Bee't,  XIX,  5,  be  it,  though  it  be. 

Beetle-head,  xx,  28,  sb.,  flupid, 
thick-headed  fellow — 

"  A  wliorefon,  beetle-headed,  flap- 
ear'd  knave." 
Taviing  of  the  ShrCiV.  IV.  i. 

Begarded,  x,  6,  p.p.,  adorned. 
So  Shakfpere,  Merchant  of 
Venice,  II.  ii.,  143,  has  guarded 
in  the  fenfe  of  trimmed, 
braided;  fee  alfo Zr^//ry  VI f I., 
Prologue,  16,  and  Much  Ado 
About  Nothing,  I.  i.,  187;  cf. 
garded,  below. 


Glossary. 


Beholding,  XXVII,  79,/^.,  under 
obligations.  This  form  is  fre- 
quently ufed  by  Shakfpere  for 
beholden. — See  Merchant  of 
Venice,  I.  iii,,  93,  &c. 

Belike,  xiii,  31,  adv.,  perhaps, 
forfooth. 

Ben,  I,  2\,p.p.,  have  been. 

Benums,  xxvii,  37,  vb.  pr.t., 
benumbs,  flupifies, 

Bepinke,  xx,  11,  vb.,  flab,  cut 
through. 

Befeeming,  vi,  2,  pr.p.,  ap- 
pearing, fhowing  himfelf 

Befhagg'd,  v,  27,  /./.,  rough, 
Ihaggy.  We  have  ^''JJiag- 
haired  "  in  Macbeth,  IV.  ii.,  82, 
and   2nd  Henry   VI.,  III.   i., 

367- 
Befhake,    xvii,    28,    vb..,    Ihake 

heartily. 
Beflraughted,    xxvi,    139,  p.p., 

mad,  diflra6led. 
Betoyl'd,  xxv,  36,/./.,  labouring 

hard. 
Bewray,   xxvi,    278,   vb.   impr., 

confefs,  difclofe. 
Bewray'd,    xxvii,    53,  p.p.,  de- 
filed, polluted. 
Billes,  IV,  26,  sb.,  pikes  or  hal- 

berts,   the   ufual   weapons   of 

watchmen,  hence  ufed  for  the 

watchmen  themfelves. 
Birding  peece,  xxv,   43,  sb.,  a 

fowling  piece,  fporting  gun. 
Birlady,  iv,  21,  by  our  Lady. 


Blabbe,  xxv,  30,  sb.,  tell-tale, 

"  Backbiting  talk  that  flattering  blabs 
know  wily  how  to  blenge." 
Tuffer, ch.  100, ft.  3,  ed.  Heritage,  1878. 

Black-amores,  xiii,  15,  sb.  pi., 
blackamoors,  negroes. 

Block  e,  XV,  27,  sb.,  fhape, 
fafhion.  We  flill  fpeak  of 
having  a  hat  blocked. 

Blowne,  11,  75,  p.p.,  blown, 
flale;  perhaps  blown  upon, 
i.e.,  fometime  drawn,  or  the 
leavings  of  other  drinkers. 

Bob,  xxv,  21,  vb.,  cheat,  get 
rid  of 

Bone-ache,  iv,  2^,sb., lues  venerea, 
fometimes  called  bone-ague. 

Bone-bafler,  11,  64,  sb.,  a  name 
for  a  cudgel.  To  bafle  is  a 
provincial  term  for  to  beat: 
a  bafling  is  a  thrafliing. 

Boone-fier,  vi,  35,  vb.  imper., 
light  bonfires  in. 

Bootleffe,  i,  59,  adj.,  ufelefs,  un- 
availing; A.S.  bote,  advantage. 

Boulder,  xvi,  19,  adj.,  bolder. 

Boulder,  11,  83,  .f(5.,  a  lady's  bullle. 

Boulting  hutch,  iv,  32,  sb.,  a 
wooden  receptacle  into  which 
meal  is  boulted  or  fifted; 
A.S.,JIwcecca{?)  O.  Fr.,  houche. 

Bowed,  IV,  15,  adj.,  crooked, 
bent. 

Bowfmg,  XV,  49,  sb.,  bowzing,  iv, 
17,  pr.p.,  drinking. 

Bowfie,  XV,  9,  adj.,  drunken. 


Glossary. 


Boyle,  IV,  i8,  vh.^  to  betray;  a 

cant  term. 
Brabbles,  xv,  30,  sb.pl.,  quarrels, 

diffenfions. 
Braces,  viii,    10,  sb.  pL,  pairs, 

doubles. 
Braue,  iv,  24,  adj.,  grand,  fine. 
Brauery,  \iu,22,,sb.,  (how,  finery. 
Brauing,  i,  23,  adj.,  fliowy. 
Brawn,     xxvii,    50,    sb.,    boar; 

O.  Fr.,  braon, 

"  Brok-brefled  as  a  brawne.^' 

Morte  Arthure,  1095. 

Brewes,  iv,  23,  sb...  broth. 
Broiiwys  is  mentioned  in 
Richard  Cxur  de  Lion,  1.  3077. 
See  Halliwell,  f.v.  Brewet 

Briefes,  xxv,  10,  j^. //.,  letters, 
petitions. 

Britain,  xxvii,  78,  sb.,  Briton. 

Brownift-s,  xv,  31,  sb.  pi.,  a  fe6l 
founded  by  Robert  Brown  of 
Rutland,  in  the  reign  of  Eliza- 
beth, violently  oppofed  to  the 
Church  of  England;  Inde- 
pendents. 

Budge,  II,  53,  sb.,  lambfkin,  with 
the  wool  dreffed  outwards. 

Budge,  XVII,  29,  vb.  pr.t.,  fi.ir, 
move,  leave. 

Bugs,  XVI r,  40,  sb.  pi.,  bugbears, 
goblins.  '■'■  Lemur i\  Theghofts 
or  fpirits  of  fuche  as  dye  before 
their  time,  or  hobgoblings, 
black  bugs,  or  night-walking 
fpirits. " — Florio. 


Bugell,  VIII,  24,  sb.,  buglofs. 

Bulkes,  XV,  20,  sb.  pi,  the  flails 
of  fliops,  benches. 

Bum  card,  11,  58,  sb.,  a  card  ufed 
by  diflioncfl  gamblers. 

Buriall,  xxvi,  42,  sb.,  burial- 
place,  tomb;  A.S.,  birgels. 

Bufh,  XVII,  36,  sb.,  the  fign  of 
an  inn. — See  Tauerne  Bufli, 
and  note  to  Knave  of  Harts, 
p.  20,  1.  12. 

Bufli-breeders,  xx,  4,  sb.  pi,  (?) 

Bufli-creeping,  i,  26,  adj.,  hiding 
under  bufhes. 

Buflce,  II,  83,  sb.,  a  piece  of 
whalebone,  or  wood,  worn 
down  the  front  of  the  llays  to 
keep  them  flraight. 

Bufk-poynt,  xii,  22,  sb.,  the 
lace,  wdth  its  tag,  which 
fecured  the  end  of  the  bufk. 
— Nares.  The  meaning  here 
feems  rather  to  be  the 
point  or  lower  end  of  the 
bun<. 

Buflard,  v,  15,  sb.,  flupidfool. 

Buffard,  v,  28,  sb.,  fome  kind  of 
ornament  or  head-drefs. 

Buzard,  11,  45,  sb.,  coward,  fool. 

Caes,  XXII,  28,  read  cdSe. 
Callis,  XXV,  41,  sb.,  Calais. 
Cannapie,  i,  5,  sb.,  canopy. 
Canfeld,   i,  44,  /./.,  cancelled, 

burfl. 
Cant,  XV,  17,  vb.  pr.t.,  beg. 


Glossary. 


Careful!,  i,  38,  adj.,  full  of  care. 
Cf.  Shakfpere,  Richard  III., 
I.  iii.,  83— 

"By  Him  that  raifed  me  to  this 
ca7-efiil  height." 

And  Richard  II.,  II.  ii.,  75. 
Carr'age,   in,  25,  s.,  behaviour, 

manners. 
Carrowle,  11,  78,  nb.,  carol,  fing 

merrily. 
Caflieer'd,  iii,  10,  p.p.,  difmiffed. 
Caffeere,  xxv,    11,   sb.,   cafhier, 

banker. 
Call,  I,  IT, p.p.,  cafl-off. 
Catchpoles,    xxv,    26,    sb.  pi., 

officers,  bailiffs. 
Caueate,  iv,   22,  caution;    Lat., 

caveat,  let  him  beware. 
Ceaze,  xvi,3  i,z'^./r./.,feize,  catch. 
Cenfure,  11,  16,  vb.,  judge,  de- 
cide ;  Lat.,  cenfere. 
Cent,  III,  22,  s.,  fmell,  fcent. 
Centinels,  i,  22>,vb. pr.t,  watches. 
Cefe,    XXIII,    20,   vb.,  make   to 

ceafe,  flop. 
Ceflernes,  i,  42,  sb.pl.,  fountains, 

pools. 
Chalk-ccredite,   x,  8,  sb.,  credit 

given  by  chalking  up  the  fcore. 
Challenging,     xiii,     27,    pr.p., 

claiming,  demanding.    "  Chal- 

lengyn,  or  cleyrnym,  vendico." 

Prompt.  Parv. 
Cham,   XIX,   17,  vb.  pr.t.,  Wefl 

Country    dialeilal     form     of 

ich  am,  I  am. 


Changling,  xix,   5,  sb.,  a  child 

left  by  the  fairies  in  exchange 

for  the  parents'  own  child. 
Charnico,  11,  28,  sb.,  a  kind  of 

fweet  wine,  made  near  Lifbon. 
Chafes,  vi,   31,    sb.  pL,    woods, 

forefls. 
Chat,  II,  48,  sb.,  chatter,  goffip. 
Chaue,    xix,    17,   vb.  pr.t.,    for 

ich  haue,  I  have,  as  cham  for 

ich  at) I. 
Chaw-bone,  i,  42,  sb.,  jawbone. 
Chearely,  vi,  33,  adv.,  cheerily, 

merrily. 
Check-cloud,  i,  26,  adj.,  fo  high 

as  to  reach  into  the  clouds, 

and   thus   check    or    impede 

their  courfe. 
Chill,    xix,    10,   Wefl   Country 

diale6lal  form  for  I  will. 
Chirurgion,  iv,  25,  sb.,  furgeon. 
Chops,  IV,  20,  vb.pr.i.,  places  in 

exchange;  A.S.,  ceapian. 
Chriflide,  xix,   12,  adj.,  Chrill- 

maflide. 
Chufifes,     II,     47,    sb.    pi,    old 

mifers. 
Churched,  v,  zSi  P-P->  pi'efent  in 

church. 
Cyuit,  v,  16,  sb.,  civet  fur. 
Clapperdugeons,  xv,   16,  sb.  pi, 

common  beggars  or  rogues. 
Clarks,  XII,   18,  sb.  pi,  learned 

men,  fcholars  (unordained). 
Clatteing,      xxvii,      20,      read 

clattering. 


Glossary. 


Cloid,  IV,  25,  /./>.,  burdened, 
encumbered. 

Clout,  V,  43,  sl>.,  rag. 

Clouts,  xu,4,sd.p/.,  rags,  patches. 
"  Clowte  of  a  fchoo,  PiBa- 
fmm.'" — Pro7npt.  Parv. 

Cloy,  II,  9,  vb.^  fluff,  clog. 

Cloyers,  iv,  16,  sb.  pL,  a  cant 
term  for  perfons  who  claimed 
a  fliare  of  the  profits  of  fharpers. 

Clutter,  X,  II,  sb.,  diflurbance, 
tumult. 

Clyd,  XV,  8,  p.p.,  ftolen. 

Cobweb  Lawne,  xii,  22,  thin, 
tranfparent  lawn. 

Cockletaker,  xv,  9,  sb.,  weed- 
gatherer. — See  note. 

Codpiece,  11,  53,  sb.,  an  artificial 
protuberance  in  the  breeches, 
explained  by  its  name. 

Cog,  XXV,  24,  vb.,  cheat,  fwindle; 
cog  a  die,  to  load,  or  play 
with  loaded,  dice. 

Coile,  VIII,  28,  sb.,  buflle,  diflur- 
bance.— See  alfo  Quoyle ;  and 
cf  Timon,  I.  ii.,and  Much  Ado, 
III.  iii. 

Collop,  IV,  9,  sb.,  literally,  a  flice 
or  rafher  of  bacon;  hence, 
generally,  a  portion,  part. 

Combuflious,  xvii,  29,  adj., 
boiflerous,  rough. 

Compa6l,  iv,  2Z,  p.p.,  in  agree- 
ment with,  in  league  with. 

CompacSled,  viii,  27,/./.,  com- 
pofedjframed ;  Lat. ,  compaHum. 


Compaffmg,  iv,  7,  vb.,  catching, 
obtaining. 

Complexion,  xiv,  23,  sb.,  con- 
dition. 

Complexion,  xxvi,  98,  sb..  pre- 
paration for  the  face. 

Complotted,  i,  19,  vb.pt.t,  con- 
fpired,  plotted.  "  Coniploter, 
to  complot,  confpire,  combine 
or  packe  together." — Cotgrave. 

Compotent,  xix,  30,  adj.,  quietly, 
contentedly. 

Conceit,  11,  46,  sb.,  thought, 
fancy.    A  common  ufe. 

Congees,  xvii,  29,  sb.  pi.,  bows 
of  falutation ;  Fr.,  cojige. 

Connie,  iii,  2^,  sb.,  cony,  here  a 
term  of  endearment. 

Connycatch,  11,  13,  vb.,  cheat; 
literally,  to  catch  a  cony  or 
rabbit. 

Confen,  in,  15,  ;r^^/coufen. 

Conforts,  vi,  17,  sb.  pL,  confede- 
rates, companions;  Lat.,  con- 
fortes. 

Confter,  viii,  37,  vb.,  under- 
fland. 

Containe,  xxii,  24,  vb.,  fill. — See 
note. 

Contentation,  xv,  23,  sb.,  con- 
tentment. 

Controule,  i,  14,  vb.,  furpafs, 
overcome. 

Conuerfe,  x,  44,  vb.  imper.,  be 
familiar,  mix;  i,  25,  abide, 
dwell;  Lat.,  converfari. 


B 


9. 


Glossary. 


Coofen,  II,  83,  sb.,  a  coufm,  alfo 
a  cheat. 

Coofnage,  11,  83,  sb.,  coufinfliip, 
cheating. 

Copefmates,  iv,  g,  sb.  pL,  com- 
panions, mates.  The  word 
occurs  in  Tom  Tell-Trothes 
New-Yeares  Gift,  ed.  Fur- 
nivall,  p.  17,  1.  21 — 

'•  Their  husbandes  with  other  of  their 
copef>?iates." 

Corporal!,  i,  42,  adj.,  bodily, 
corporeal.  Shakfpere  always 
ufes  the  form  corporal,  as 
in  Macbeth,  I.  iii.,  81,  and 
I.  vii.,  80;  Milton  has  both 
forms,  as  in  Paradife  Lojl, 
iv.  585,  and  Satnfon  AgoJiiftes, 
616. 

Corpes,  I,  55,  sb.,  body. 

Corfe,  VI,  13,  sb.,  corpfe. 

Cofonage,  iv,  20,  sb.,  cheating. 

Cofoning,  iv,  4,  adj.,  fwindling, 
cheating. 

Counter,  xii,  6,  sb.,  place  of  im- 
prifonment  for  debt. 

Coufen,  Couffe,  iii,  15,  Cuffe,  in, 
18,  sb.,  coufni. 

Coxcombe,  xxiv,  5,  sb.,  fool's 
head. 

Cracker,  xix,  24,  sb.,  crepitus 
ventris. 

Crake,  xi,  27,  vb.  pt.t.,  creaked, 
groaned. 

Cratch,  i,  48,  sb.,  cradle. — Cf 
Nares. 


Crell-fall,  xiv,  44,  sb.,  a  diforder 
of  the  ere  ft  or  rifmg  part  of  a 
horfe's  neck. 

Croanes,  11,  20,  sb.  pL,  literally, 
old  Iheep,  thence  applied  in 
an  opprobrious  fenfe  to  old 
women. 

Crome,  iv,  28,  sb.,  a  flafif  with  a 
hook  at  the  end. — Cf  Tuffer, 
ed.  Herrtage,  ch.  17,  ft.  19. 

Crofbit,  IV,  26,  vb.  pt.t.,  Croff- 
bitten,  iv,  28,  /./.,  fwindled, 
cheated. 

Crof-leffe,  11,  34,  adj.,  pennilefs, 
moneylefs.  From  the  early 
Englifh  coins  having  on  the 
one  fide  a  crofs:  the  other  fide 
was  termed  the  pile,  hence  the 
game  of  crofs-and-pile,  equiva- 
lent to  our  heads-and-tails. 

Croffe,  III,  10,  adj.,  unlucky,  bad. 

Croffe-and-pile,  11,  64,  a  game. — 
See  Crof-leffe. 

Croffe-bard,  x,  6,  adj. ,  with  crofs 
flripes. 

Croffe-biting,  iv,  3,  vb.,  cheating, 
fwindling. 

Croffe-confumers,  in,  10,  vb.  pi., 
money  fpenders. — See  Croffe. 

Crofs-row,  xxvii,  55,  sb.,  the 
alphabet.  "  A  is  the  name  of 
the  firfl  letter  in  the  Crofs- 
rowe. " — Baret's  Alvearie,  1580. 

Crowches,  xv,  3  5 ,  j*^.  pL ,  crutches. 

Crowne-fcab,  xiv,  44,  sb.,  fcab  on 
the  head  of  a  horfe. 


Glossary. 


Crue,  III,  3,  sb.,  crew,  company. 
Cunning- man,    xvii,    20,    sb.^    a 

fortune-teller.      The  term    is 

not  yet  quite  obfolete. 
Curbar,  iv,  28,  sb.^  a  thief  who 

hooked  and  flole   things  out 

of  a  window. 
Curde,  xii,  x^^p-p.,  cured. 
Currant,  xxiii,  32,  adj.,  current 

coin,  the  real  article,  genuine, 
Curfary,  xv,  24,  adj.,  moveable. 
Curtailes,  xv,  51,  sb.  pL,  Curtall- 

iade,     xvi,     44,     dock-tailed 

horfes. — Cf.  Nares. 
Cuflomed,    iv,    23,    p.p.,    filled 

with  cuflomers. 

Daily,  xxvi,  6,  read  dally. 
Daining,  i,  4,  vb.,  deigning,  con- 

defcending. 
Dainty,    in,    34,    adj.,    valued, 

pleafant. 
Day  is  broke,  viii,   8,  to  break 

day  is  to  fail  to  make  payment 

on  the  appointed  day. 
Deane,  11,  19,  good  deane,  good 

evening,  or  good  night,  a  falu- 

tation  ufed  at  any  hour  after 

noon. 
Deaths-man,    i,    31,    sb.,  flayer, 

one  who  inflids  a  death-flroke. 
Debate,  xxvi,  134,  sb.,  quarrel, 

difpute. 
De'e,  III,  II,  may  it  do  you,  in, 

15,  do  you. 
Deferre,  x,  43, 7'b.  iviper.^  put  off. 


Defie,  II,  54,  vb.,  rejecSt,  refufe. 

"  To      dcfye :       defpicere.^'' — 

Cat  hoi.  Angliaim. 
Denai'd,  i,  27,/./.,  denied. 
Defcent,  XI,  26,  adj.,  becoming; 

Lat.,  decentein. 
Defcry,   xv,    13,    vb.,    defcribe; 

O.  Fr.,  defer  ire;  Fr.,  deer  ire. 
Deflation,    xxvii,    46,  sb.,  read 

deteflation,  as  required  by  the 

metre. 
Detter,  iii,  39,  sb.,  debtor  (by 

not  returning  the  pledge   in 

wine). 
Dide,  I,  46,  vb.  pt.t,  died. 
Dietie,  i,  52,  sb.,  Deity. 
Ding,     xxvi,     79,     vb.,    ilrike, 

knock,  A.S. 
Dire6lion,  xxvii,  52,  sb.,  one  to 

point  out  the  road,  to  fhow  the 

dire6lion,  a  guide. 
Difcouered,    xv,    53,    p.p.,    in- 
formed    on,     difclofed. — Cf 

Merry  Wives  of  Windfor,  II. 

ii.,   190 — 

"  I  fliall  difcover  a  thing  to  you." 
Difcry,  xxvii,  44,  vb.,  difcover, 

defcry. 
Difgefl,  XIV,  25,  Difiefl,  11,  75, 

vb.,  digefl. 
Difgrafl,  i,  \Z,p.p.,  brought  into 

difgrace,    or    made   of    little 

value. 
Difpend,   xiv,    15,    vb.,    fpend. 

"To  difpende  ?i;/^/to  expende." 

—  CatJiol.  Amliciim. 


Glossary. 


Difpofe,  XIV,  15,  sl>.,  fort,  clafs, 

nature,  difpofition. 
Difpoffed,    XXII,    18,    read   dif- 

poffeffed,  as  required  by  the 

metre. 
Difpute,  ir,  82,  vd.,  argue,  prove. 
Diflafle,  xxiv,  24,  sl^.,  offence. 
Dolours,  I,  27,  sl>.,  griefs. 
Donne,  i,  38, /./>.,  done,  put. 
Doot,  xvii,  38,  vl'.,  do  it,  fuffice 

for  it. 
Doubt,  x,  26,  vlf.,  fear;  the  ufual 

meaning  of  the  word  in  Old 

Englifh. 
Doxie,  XV,  7,  s^.,  a  miflrefs,   a 

proflitute. 
Drabbe,  v,   31,  sIk,   woman   of 

loofe  charadler. 
Dranke,   11,   9,  vl>.  //./.,  tailed. 

This  verb  is  always  ufed  by 

Rowlands  and  Ben  Jonfon  in 

conne6lion  with  tobacco,  with 

the  meaning  oifmoke. 
Drawer,  iii,   12,  sb,^  waiter,  at- 
tendant. 
Drome,  vi,  19,  sb.,  drum. 
Dry-fat,   11,   66,    sb.,   receptacle, 

flore.     "  Enfonfer  de  la  mar- 

chandife  en  de  tomieaiix.     To 

packe  vp  wares  into  Dryfats,  or 

Tunnes. " — Cotgrave. 
Dry-weepe,  11,  81,  vb.,  dry,  wipe 

dry. 
Dub,  XX,  19,  (?) 
Dublets,  XIII,  13,  ^<^.,  a  game  re- 

fembling   back-gammon,    but 


fimpler.  "  Renette:  A  game 
at  Tables  of  fome  refemblance 
with  our  Doublets,  or  Queenes 
Game." — Cotgrave. 

Dudgeon,  iv,44,.r^., the  root  of  the 
box,  from  which  the  handles  of 
daggers  were  frequently  made. 
— Cf  Macbeth,  II.  i. 

Dukcats,  X,  6,  sb.  pi.,  ducats. 

Dyet,  XVI,  17,  sb.,  take  the  dyet, 
be  put  under  regimen. 

Earnest,    iv,    14,    sb.,    money 

given   to   bind   a   bargain,    a 

depofit. 
Earfl,    VI,    34,    adv.,    firfl,    for- 
merly. 
E'faith,  III,  15,  efayth,  iii,  39,  in 

faith,  faith. 
Eke,  I,  5,  adv.,  alfo;  A.S.,  eac. 
Embrued,    viii,     13,    /./.,    fet, 

emboffed. 
Encounter,    xii,    4,    vb.,    meet; 

Fr.,  encontre. 
Enditement,  xxvi,  4,  sb.,  indi6l- 

ment,  accufation. 
Enlarge,  vi,  4,  vb.,  free,  fet  at 

liberty. 
Enfew'd, vi,  1 1,  vb.  //.A, followed, 

enfued. 
Enllaulement,   xv,    49,   sb.,    in- 

flallation,  admiffion. 
Entermedle,  xvi,  24,  vb.,  meddle, 

interfere. 
Erie,  11,   t,2„  Ery,  viii,  21,  adj., 

every. 


Glossary. 


Efpoufeth,  XV,  55,  vh.  pr.t.,  gives 
in  marriage. 

Eflredge,  xi,  t  i,  Eflrige,  x,  9,  sb., 
oflrich. 

Euidence,  i,  52,  7>b.,  give  witnefs 
of,  prove. 

Exigents,  xxvi,  5,  sb.  pL,  exi- 
gencies, cafes. 

Expe6led,  xxvi,  67,/./.,  waited 
for,  looked  for. 

Extafies,  xv,  22,  sb.  pi.,  agitation 
of  mind.  The  word  is  ufed 
by  Shakfpere  to  exprefs  any- 
mental  emotion  or  diflurbance. 
— Cf.  Macbeth,  III.  ii.,  22;  and 
Tempeji,  III.  iii.,  108. 

Extirpe,  xv,  10,  vb.,  extirpate, 
root  out. 

Eyde,  xxvi,  1^,  p.p.,  eyed,  feen. 

Fact,  i,  46,  sb.,  deed;  Latin, 
faHmn. 

Facultie,  vi,  14,  sb.,  profeffion, 
trade.  We  Hill  fpeak  of  the 
faculty  of  medicine,  &c. 

Fained,  xxv,  6,  p.p.,  feigned. 

Faitors,  iv.,  40,  sb,  pi.,  lazy  vaga- 
bonds. 

Falchon,  11,  8,  sb.,  a  dagger, 
rapier.  ^'Fauchon:  Afauchion, 
curtleax,  or  hangar." — Cot- 
grave. 

Falling-band,  v,  28,  sb.,  neck- 
bands, worn  fo  as  to  fall  on 
the  fhoulder;  very  common 
in  the  feventeenth  century. 


Falne,  xxvi,  ^\,p.p.,  fallen. 

Famoufmg,  xxvii,  5,  vb.,  the 
making  famous,  celebrating. 

Fantafie,  iv,  31,  sb.,  mind,  fancy. 

Fardefl,  11,  83,  adj.,  furthefl, 
latefl. 

Fart,  II,  39,  sb.,  crepitus  ventris. 

Farthingal,  xv,  25,  Farthing- 
gale,  III,  10,  sb.,  a  hoop  petti- 
coat. 

Fafhions,  v,  28,  sb.  pi.,  (i)  the 
falhions  in  drefs;  (2)  the  farcy 
in  horfes. — See  note. 

Fatchon,  11,  8,  read  Falchon,  q.v. 

Fawne,  xx,  14,  sb.,  fawning, 
flattery. 

Fayre,  iii,  13,  sb.,  fare,  food. 

Feare,  VIII,  3 5, 7;^.  z>//^<?r. , frighten, 
terrify.     Compare  Merchant  of 

-     Vefiice,  II.  i.,  9 — 

' '  This  afpecft  of  mine 
Hath,  feared  the  valiant." 

Feately,  xi,    20,   adv.,   fl<ilfully, 

cunningly,  neatly.       "  Featly, 
fcite,    concinfte.''^ — Baret's    Al- 

vearie,  1580. 
Feather,  xxiii,  3,  sb.,  feathered 

creatures,  birds. 
Fell,  I,  13,  adj.,  fierce,  cruel. 
Fellow,  III,  41,  sb.,  equal. 
Felly,   xxii,   2>Zi   "dv.,    cruelly, 

fearfully. 
Fift,  I,   16,  mini,  adj.,  the  fifth; 

K.^.,fifta. 
Filchman,  xv,  17,  sb.,  a  beggar's 

flaff   or    truncheon,   formerly 


(jrLOSSARY. 


carried  by  the  upright  man. — 
Cf.     Harman,    ed.    Furnivall, 

p.  4- 

Fine,  i,  5,  sb.^  end;  Yx.,fi?i,  from 
'L2X.,finem. 

Flaggy,  XXVII,  41,  adj.,  flapping, 
waving. 

Fiat-caps,  xvi,  11,  sb.  pL,  a  par- 
ticular form  of  cap  worn  by 
the  citizens  of  London,  and 
hence  a  nickname,  which  be- 
came a  general  term  of  de- 
rifion. 

Fleering,  xvii,  28,  adj.,  grinning, 
fneering. 

Flout,  III,  42,  vb.,  infult,  mock — 

*'  Why  will  you  fuffer  her  \q  flout  me 

thus." 
Midfummer Nighfs  Dream,  III.  ii., 
327- 

Fob'd,  XXVI,   78,  /./.,  cheated, 

deceived. 
Foe-harted,  i,  6,  adj.,  with  enmity 

in  his  heart. 
Foifls,  IV,  16,  sb.pl.,  fliarpers. 
Foole-cafe,  11,  37,  adj.,  enclofmg 

or  cafmg  in  a  fool. 
Foredone,  i,   45,  p.p.,  undone, 

exhaufled,  ruined. 
Foreflow,  xxvi,  11,  vb.,  to  delay, 

be  flow — 

^'  Foreflozo  no  longer,  make  we  hence 
amain." 

yd  Henry  VI.,  II.  iii.,  56. 

Forfaits,  i,  19,  sb.,  penalty. 
Forraine,,  11,  46,  adj.,  foreign. 


Forth,  VI,  II,  prep.,  forth  from, 
proceeding  from. 

Fough,  XIII,  1 6,  inter.,  an  ejacu- 
lation of  difguft;  here,  a  fmell. 

Fox-furd,  XV,  14,  adj.,  in  robes 
lined  with  fur. 

Foyling,  11,  15,  vb.,  fencing,  or 
perhaps  defiUng  himfelf  with. 

Fraught,  xvi,  36,  p.p.,  loaded, 
furniflied. 

Fraughts,  xxv,  15,  vb.  pr.t., 
freights,  loads. 

Freife-gowne,  11,  8,  adj.,  coarfely 
clad. 

Fretted,  11,  S,p.p.,  a  term  applied 
to  flringed  inflruments. 

Fround,  x,  3,  vb.  pt.t.,  frowned. 

Frumps,  iv,  37,  sb.  pi,  lies, 
fl,ories. 

Fubbing,  iv,  8,  vb.,  deceiving, 
putting  off. — See  Fob'd. 

Fullams,  11,  59,  sb.  pi,  loaded 
dice;  there  were  fullams  high 
and  low,  meaning  thofe  in- 
tended to  fhow  the  high  or 
low  numbers — 

"  Gourd  zwAfullam  holds." 
Merry  Wives  of  IViiidfor,  I.  iii.,  94. 

Fyle,  V,  30,  vb.,  foil,  defile. 

Gage,  ii,  76,  vb.  pr.t.,  meafure, 
gauge. 

Gaggling,  xxv,  30,  adj.  Halli- 
well  fays — "Cackling,  laughing 
immoderately;"  but  rather 
meaning  gofllpping,  talkative. 


14 


Glossary. 


Gaile,  i,  44,  sb.,  gaol,  prifon. 
Gainecope,  iv,  26,  vb.,  meet  with, 

join. 
Galliardes,  iii,  19,  s.pL,  a  quick 

and  lively  dance,  introduced 

about  1541. 
Galligafcoigne,  xv,  27,  sb.,  wide 

loofe  breeches. — Cf.  Nares. 
Garded,    xxiv,    12,  p.p.,  faced, 

trimmed.— See  Begarded. 

"  I  garde  a  garni ente,  I  fette  one 
garde  upon  \vyra,je  bende." 

Palfgrave. 

' '  A  fellow  in  a  long  motley  coat 
guarded \i\\h.  yellow." 
Henry  VIII.,  Prologue,  1.  16. 

Garniflit,  i,  5,  /./.,  adorned, 
deckt  with  liars. 

Gaule,  I,  49,  sb.,  gall. 

Geffe,  III,  16,  Gheffe,  xx,  32, 
vb.  imper.,  guefs,  fuggell. 

Gefl,  XIX,  iS,  p.p.,  gueffed. 

Geils,  I,  27,  sb.pl.,  guefls. 

Gill,  XI,  21,  sb.,  a  lazy  vagabond. 
Cf.    Tom   Tell-Troth,  ed.  Fur- 
nivall,  p.  127,  1.  494 — 
"  It  brings  into  my  fight  a  l^ziQgill.''^ 

Ginglers,  v,  27,  sb.pL,  ornaments 
worn  on  fpurs  to  increafe  the 
rattle  or  gingle. 

Gird,  IV,  38,  sb.,  farcafm,  fneer. 

Gleeke,  iv,  1 7,  sb.,h.z.d  the  gleeke, 
had  been  fwindled ;  gleek  was 
a  game  of  cards,  and  to  gleek 
was  a  term  expreffave  of  gaining 
an  advantage;  to  be gleeked \Na.s 
the  reverfe. 


Gloze,  XI,  15,  vb.,  pretend,  make 
up. — Cf  Shakfpere,  Richard 
II.,  II.  i.,  10. 

Gor-belled  {read  Gorbellied),  11, 
84,  adj.,  fat-bellied.  '■^Aquali- 
culus,  a  paunch,  a  gorbellie 
guts." — 'S>d.x€(!'s,Alvearie,  1580. 

' '  Gorbellied  knaves. ' ' 
Shakfpere,  \Jl  Henry  IV.,  ii.  2. 

Gorge,  XXVI I,  41,  sb.,  throat. 

Greene,  i,  10,  sb.,  grafs. 

Greeues,  xxiii,  27,  sb.  pi.,  griefs, 
troubles. 

Grew,  xxiii,  6,  vb.  pl.t.,  arofe, 
were  occafioned. 

Gripple,  xiv,  38,  adj.,  greedy, 
rapacious,  grafping;  one  who 
gripes  or  grafps  at  things. 

Groutnols,  xxv,  22,  sb.,  thick- 
head. 

Gudgin,  IV,  12,  sb.,  gudgeon, 
hence  bait. 

Guerdon,  i,  17,  sb.,  reward,  re- 
turn; Fr.,  guerdon. 

Gugaw,  IV,  21,  sb.,  gew-gaw, 
plaything. 

Guift,  II,  23,  .y^.,  gift. 

Gufling,  XXVI,  95,  adj.,  guzzling, 
drinking,  drunken. 

Hackning,  XIII,  18,  vb.,  letting 
out  for  hire,  as  hackney  horfes. 

Had,  VIII,  12,  have  had. 

Haggard,  iv,  7,  sb.,  a  wild  hawk; 
Fr.,  hagard. 

Haires,  xxvi,  81,  sb.  pL,  heirs. 


15 


Glossary. 


Hammes,  xx,  20,  sb.  pL,  legs. 

Hand-fmooth,  xi,  19,  adv.,  with- 
out difficulty  or  trouble. 

Hants,  XVI,  22,  vb.  pr.t.,  haunts, 
dogs. 

Hart-launcing,  i,  50,  adj.,  heart- 
piercing. 

Hatches,  xxvi,  80,  sb.  pL, 
openings,  gates. 

Haw,  XIV,  44,  sb.,  an  excrefcence 
in  the  eye.  Halliwell  quotes 
from  the  Thornton  MS.,  1. 285 : 
"The  haw  in  the  eghe." 

Haynous,  xiii,  3,  adj.,  dreadful, 

heinous.    '■^ Haineux:  Hateful, 

deteflable,     mofl    odious." — 

Cotgrave. 
Hearbe-grace,  viii,  24,  sb.,  rue. 
Heard,  xxii,  18,  sb.,  herd. 
Heare,  v,  28,  sb.,  hair. 
Hearinges,  11,  79,  i',^.//.,,  herrings. 
Heartiefl,   i,    37,    adj.,   feverefl, 

mofl  heartrending. 
Heate,   vi,    14,   sb.,  to  Jlrike  a 

heat  is  a  technical  phrafe,  and 

equivalent  to  doing  any  fmith's 

work. 
Heather,   xiv,   36,   adv.,  hither, 

here. 
Hight,  xxii,   25,   vb.   pt.t,  was 

called,  named ;  A.S.,  /lafan,  to 

call. 
Hob-nailes,  xx,  25,  sb. pi, clowns, 

country  folk. 
Holfome,  vi,   25,  adj.,  healthy, 

found. 


Home,  XIII,  14,  adv.,  to  the  point, 
ftraight.  We  flill  ufe  the  phrafe 
"  to  flrike  horned 

Hooker,  iv,  28,  sb.,  a  fhoplifter. 
Called  in  Yidsniovi^Defcription 
of  Engla?id,  ed.  Furnivall,  i. 
283,  "hookers,  or  anglers." — 
See  Curbar. 

Horn-book,  xxvii,  55,  sb.,  a  fingle 
fheet,  prote6led  with  horn, 
from  which  children  learnt 
their  alphabet. — See  note. 

Horfe-courfers,    xv,    3,    sb.  pi., 

horfe-dealers — 

"  He  can  horfe  you  as  well  as  all  the 
corfers  in  the  towne. " — Palfgrave. 

Horfecourfmg,  iv,  14,  vb.,  horfe- 
dealing. 

Hofpitall,  IV,  26,  sb.,  houfe;  Lat, 
hofpithmi. 

Hofles,  XXIII,  16,  sb.,  hoflefs. 

Hot-cockles,  11,  64,  sb.,  a  game 
in  which  one  perfon  is  blind- 
folded, and  lies  down  on  his 
face;  and  being  ftruck  by  the 
other  players,  mufl  guefs  who 
is  the  flriker.  Cotgrave  gives 
"  ^A  boucho7i:  Groueling,  lying 
with  his  teeth  downe-ward;  or, 
couched  vpon  his  face;  as  hee 
is  that  lyes  downe  at  the  play 
called  Hot-cocle." 

Hower,  i,  7,  sb.,  hour,  moment. 

Howerly,  11,  5,  adv.,  hourly. 

Hoyes,  xv,  34,  sb.  //., fmall  veffels 
or  barks,  floop-rigged. 


16 


Glossary, 


Hoyfe,   X,   7,   bobbing    up    and 

down. 
Huffes,  II,  47,  sb.  pi,  fwaggers. 
Hugh  and  eric,  xv,  46,  liue  and 

cry. 
Humane,    i,    12,    adj.,    human, 

eartlily.      This    is    tlic   ufual 


Impart    Avith,    iv,    41,   vb.,  tell, 

communicate. 
Impes,  XXVI,  79,  sb.pl.,  literally 

a  flioot,  or  branch  of  a  tree; 

hence    young    children,    not 

neceffarily  in  the  modern  fenfe. 
Imploiment,    i,   3,  sb.,   employ- 


fpelling     in    Shakfpere     and       ment,  ufe. 


writers  of  that  time. 
Hufbands,      viii,      7, 
hufbandmen. 


sb.    pi. 


^,pctffi>n,  interj.,  ay. 

I,  IV,  4,  pers.  pr.  This  pronoun 
is  frequently  repeated,  as  here, 
"  I  know  not  I ;"  and  again, 
p.  6,  "  I  tell  not  I." 

lacobus,  XXIII,  19,  sb.,  a  gold 
coin  of  the  value  of  twenty-five 
fliillings,  ilTued  in  the  reign  of 
James  I. 

lakes-farmer,  iv,  28,  sb..,  a  privy- 
cleaner. 

lampaffe,  xiv,  44,  sb.,  a  difeafe 
of  horfes. 

lar,  xxiii,  20,  sb.,  quarrel,  con- 
tention. 

larre,  xii,  12,  z'l^. /r./.,  chatter, 
jangle. 

larring,  xxv,  28,  vb.,  quarrelling. 

leate,  11,  78,  sb.,  jet. 

letting,  II,  71,  adj.,  flalking, 
ftrutting. 

"  To  jet  in  others  det." 

Tuffer,  Five  Hundred  Points,  ed. 
Herrtage,  113,  38. 


Impof'd,  xvii,  25,  /./.,  com- 
pofed. 

In  a  doore,  xiii,  32,  indoors. 

Inable,  11,  78,  vb.,  enable. 

Incontinent,  xxii,  42,  adv., 
at  once,  immediately. 

In-countring,  xxv,  26,  adj.,  a  pun 
on  the  word,  a  conntet'  being 
a  debtor's  prifon. 

Indifferent,  xiii,  21,  adj.,  im- 
partial. Thus  in  the  prayer 
for  Magiflrates,  &c.,  in  the 
Litany,  we  find,  "  that  they 
may  truly  and  indifferently 
adminifl.er  juflice,"  &c. 

Ingrate,  xvi,  27,  adj.,  ungrateful; 
Lat,  ingmtum.  So  Shakfpere 
ufes  '•  infortunate,  incertain, 
indigefled,"  &c. 

Inlarging,  i,  44,  pr.p.,  freely 
fetting  at  liberty. 

Inlarg'd,  xxvii,  18,  /./.,  freed, 
releafed. 

Ins,  II,  53,  in  his. 

Infconfe,  ii,  41,  vb.,  fhelter. 

Infence,  i,  10,  xxii,  49,  vb.,  give 
the  meaning,  infpire,  incite, 
urge. 


Glossary. 


Inilant,  xxii,  39,  adv.^  inftantly, 
at  once. 

Inflaulment,  xv,  49. — Cf.  En- 
fiaulement. 

Interprete,  x,  20,  vh..  inter- 
fere. 

Intrateth,  xii,  18,  Vb.  pr.t.,  begs, 
intreats. 

Intrefl,  i,  19,  sb.,  ufe,  fhare 
in. 

Jordan,  iv,  28,  sb.,  a  chamber 
pot.  It  occurs  in  the  Prompt. 
Pari'.,  p.  267. 

lourney,  xxv,  12,  sb.,  a  day  or 
whole  day,  a  day's  work  or 
labour,  a  day's  travel  or 
journey. 

lourny-man,  xxiii,  9,  sb.,  work- 
man, journeyman,  one  who 
works  by  the  day;  Yx.,journee: 
Lat.,  diurniis. 

lowle,  XVII,  19,  sb.,  cheek  bone. 
"  Chaule-bone :  mandibjila." — 
Prompt  Parv. 

lowlt,  XVI,  30,  vb.,  jolt,  fliake. 

loyes,  XVI,  26,  vb.  pr.t.,  delights, 
finds  pleafure. 

Irifh,  II,  64,  sb.,  an  old  game 
refembling  backgammon,  but 
more  complicated. 

Ifland,  X,  6,  sb.,  Iceland. 

Ifles,  II,  46,  sb.pl.,  allies. 

Ittire,  X,  15,  read  attire,  drefs. 

ludious,  XX,  8,  (?)  judicious. 

lullell,  X,  14,  vb.,  joflle. 

lybe,  XI,  20,  vb.,  jeft,  joke. 


Keepe,  XXIII,  3,  XVI,  6,  vb.  pr.t., 
keep  up,  follow,  obferve,  ufe. 

Kembing,  11,  72,  vb.,  combing. 

Kidnes,  xxiii,  25,  sb.  pi,  kid- 
neys. 

Kin,  xxiii,  15,  sb.,  relation- 
fliip. 

Kerfie,  xii,  6,  adj.,  a  woollen  cloth, 
originally  made  at  Kerfey,  in 
Surrey. 

Kindly,  i,  3,  adj.,  natural,  native. 
Cf.  ''the  kindly  fruits  of  the 
earth,"  i.e.,  the  natural  fruits; 
A.S.,  cyrw. 

Kind-ment,  i,  14,  adj.,  offered  or 
meant  in  kindnefs  or  love. 

Kirtle,  vi,  14,  sb.,  a  term  applied 
at  different  periods  to  different 
garments,  male  or  female, 
petticoat,  jacket,  gown. 

Knight  of  the  Pofl,  v,  22,  sb., 
properly,  a  man  who  gained  his 
living  by  giving  falfe  evidence 
on  trials,  or  falfe  bail;  in  a 
fecondary  fenfe,  a  (harper  in 
general. 

Lacke,  II,  76,  vb.  imper.,  be  poor, 

be  in  need. 
La  ekes,    xiii,    2,    vb.  pr.t.,    is 

lacking,  wanting. 
Langrets,    11,    59,   sb.  pi,   dice- 
loaded,  fo  as  to  come  up  4  or 
3  more  often  than  any  other 
j      number;  the  oppofite  to  Bard- 
I      quarter  trayes. 


18 


Glossary. 


Lant-horne,  ii,  12,  ^^.,alanthorn. 

Laps,  XXVI,  74,  vb.pr.t,  involves, 
rolls  up.  "  To  lap :  involvereP 
— Cathol.  Angliaun. 

Lafke,  11,  39,  sb.,  a  flux,  diarrhoea. 

Laze,  XV,  17,  vb.  pr.t,  loiter, 
are  lazy.  "  Endormlr:  To 
laze  it  when  he  hath  moll 
need  to  lookc  about  him." — 
Cotgrave. 

Leawd,  vi,  23,  adj.,  lewd,  foolifli, 
ignorant;  A.S.,  l(zwed. 

Leefe,  iir,  17,  vb.,  lofe,  be  with- 
out. 

Legge,  XIX,  28,  sb.,  bow — 

"Make  a  curtefie  inflead  of  a  legge." 
Lilly,  cd.  1632,  fign.  P.  xi. 

Leman,    iv,    29,    sb.,    miflrefs. 

"  Lemman :  conciibina,  ainafia. '' 

— Pro7npt.Parv.  See  Mr.  Way's 

note,  p.  295. 
Let,  XV,  3,  vb.,  prevent,  hinder. 
Leuell,  XIX,  3,  sb.,  aim. 
Lickpenie,   iv,   23,  sb.,   money- 

fwallower,   one  that  licks  up 

the     pence,     an     epithet    of 

London. 
Lift,  IV,  16,  sb.,  thief;  the  term 

Hill  furvives  in  the  expreffion 

"fhop-lifter." 
Light,  xxvii,  42,  vb.,  alight,  dif- 

mount. 
Liker,  xiii,  8,  adj.,  more  like, 

more  refembling. 
Liket,     XVII,     29,    p.p.,    liked, 

agreeable. 


Lim,  IV,  14,  sb.,  limb. 

Lime-bufli,  xxvi,  128,  sb.,  a 
branch  fmeared  with  bird- 
lime. 

Linckt,  I,  ^,  p-p.,  Hnked,  joined. 

Lift,  xxvii,  63,  sb.,  inclination, 
will;  at  a  lift,  at  my  will. 

Lob,  XIII,  24,  sb.,  lubber,  clown. 

Loggets,  II,  64,  sb.,  a  game  in 
which,  a  ftake  being  fixed  in 
the  ground,  the  players  throw 
loggats  (or  fmall  pieces  of 
wood)  at  it,  and  he  that  throws 
neareft  is  the  winner.  The 
game  was  prohibited  in  Henry 
VIIL's  time. 

Lofed,  T,  23,/./.,  loofed,  fet  free. 

Loure,  xiii,  5,  vb.  pt.t.,  looked 
difcontented,  fcowled. 

Lute-pins,  xvi,  10,  sb.  pi., 
wooden  pins  for  tightening 
the  ftrings  of  lutes. 

Lyn'd,  11,  7,  /./.,  lined;  here, 
having  only  a  penny  in  his  purfe. 

Mach't,  xiii,  2'], p.p.,  matched, 
mated. 

Maggot-pye,  xxiii,  4,  sb.,  the 
magpie.  ^' Ft'e,  meggatapye." 
— Cotgrave.  Prov.  EngUfh, 
from  mag,  7naggot,  Meg,  Maggie, 
Margery,  Margaret,  and  pie; 
Lat.,  pica. 

Make,  xv,  5,  sb.,  halfpenny. 

Make-bate,  xix,  34,  j'l^.ja  quarrei- 
fome  perfon.     •'  A  make-bate, 


19 


Glossary. 


a  bufie-bodie,  a  pick-thanke,  a 
feeke-trouble." — Florio,  New 
Worlde  of  IVordes,  89. 

Malapert,  xxvi,  66,  ac(/.,  infolent. 

Male-contented,  xiii,  31,  adj., 
difcontented,  malcontent. 

INIalignant,  xxiii,  9,  ad?'.,  badly, 
ill. 

Mallice,  v,  43,  z'l>.,  wiper.,  feel 
or  a6l  malicioufly  towards, 
fpite. 

Maltmans,xvii,34,^(^.,  maltfler's. 

Mand,  xxiii,  16,/./.,  attended, 
fupported. 

Mandilions,  xvi,  13,  sb.  pL,  loofe 
garments  generally  with  out,  but 
fometimeswith,  lleeveshanging 
at  the  back.  They  are  men- 
tioned by  Harrifon  in  his 
Defcription  of  England,  ed. 
Furnivall,  i.  168. 

Mar'd,  in,  20, p.p.,  fpoilt,  ruined. 

Marry  and  gip,  m,  37. — See  note. 

Maflies,  xv,  52,  sh.  pi,  mafliffs. 

Mates,  XXVI I,  83,  sh.  pi,  checks, 
difappointments. 

Maugre,  xxvi,  5,  adv.,  in  fpite  of. 

MauU,  XI,  2  2,  .Ti^.,  hammer,  mallet. 

Mault-mans  Hall,  11,  77,  liquor. 

Maunders,  xv,  7,  sh.pl,  beggars. 

Maw,  II,  64,  sh.,  an  old  game, 
played  with  a  piquet  pack  of 
36  cards,  and  any  number  of 
players  from  two  to  fix. 

Mayne,  xi,  18,  sh.,  mainland, 
land. 


Meane,    xxii,     15,   sh.,    means, 

fource. 
Meature,  iii,  13,  sh.,  meteor. 
Memorize,    xi,    20,  vb.,  render 

memorable,  record,  hand  down 

to  memory. 
Merit e,  i,  49,  vh.,  merit  reward. 
Meffe,    XIII,    17,  sh.,  party.     A 

party  of  four  dining  together 

were  called  a  mefs,  a  term  flill 

retained  in  the  army. 
Middell,     iv,     15,     sh.,    midfl, 

middle. 
Moiling,  VIII,  44,  pr.p.,  toiling, 

labouring;  Lat.,  nioliri. 
Mome,  XIII,  28,  sb.,  idiot,  fool; 

Lat.,  viomus. 
Moncky-wafl,  v,  28,  sh.,  (?) 
Monefull,  i,  49,  adj.,  mournful, 

grievous. 
Moneth,    iv,     25,    sh.,    month; 

A.S.,  vionath,  month. 
Mony-bag,  viii,  30,  sh.,  mifer. 
Mod  an  end,  xv,  41,  generally, 

ufually. 
Moyling,  xvi,  23,  sh.,  hard  work. 
INIumbling,  xv,  1 1,  pr.p.,  chewing. 
Mumming,  iv,  13,  vh.,  cheating, 

fwindHng. 
Mur,  XVII,  19,  sh.,  a  fevere  cold, 

with  hoarfenefs. 
Mufe,  III,  15,  vh.  pr.t.,  wonder. 
Muflde-gentle,     viii,     13,     sb., 

fcented  dandy. 
Myery,   xxiv,   5,   adj.,   covered 

with  mud  or  mire;  A.S,,  vitr. 


Glossary. 


Myferable,  v,  46,  adj.,  miferly, 
niggardly. 

Naught,    ii,     30,     adj.^     bad, 

naughty. 
Nauill-gall,  xiv,  44,  sb..,  a  difeafe 

of  the  navel  in  horfes. 
Neather,  viii,  35,  conj.,  neither. 
Neereneffe,  xxiii,  30,  sb.,  near 

relationfhip,  intimacy. 
Neefe,  xx,  13,  z'^. /r./.,  fneeze — 

"  As  a  horfe  doth  hartie  itee/cs." 
Tom  Tell  Troth's  A^eiu  Yeares  Gift, 
ed.  Furnivall,  p.  77,  1.  2. 

Nere,  vi,  30,  adv.,  never,  not. 

Nere-like,  xxii,  51,  adj.,  fuch  as 
had  never  been  before,  unpre- 
cedented. 

New-cut,  XIV,  48,  sb.,  a  game  at 
cards — 

' '  Nciu-ait  at  cardes  brings  feme  to 
beggai'ie." 

Tom  Tell  Troth's  Meffagc,  ed.  Fur- 
nivall, p.  119,  1.  249. 

Newlie,  111,  24,  adv.,  jull  now, 

lately. 
Nice,  III,  22,  adv.,  daintily,  with 

affe(5lation. 
Niceneffe,  xxvi,  257,  sb.,  dainti- 

nefs,  faflidioufnefs. 
Nick,  XVI,   12,  sb.,  an  indented 

bottom  in  an  ale-can,  by  which 

the  confumer  was  cheated  out 

of  a  certain    amount   of  the 

liquor. 
Nickpots,  IV,  22,  sb.  pi.,  dealers 

of  pots  from  ale-houfes. 


Nic'kt,  XXV,  d^o,  p.p.,  with  dents 

in  the  fides,  fo  as  to  give  un- 

jufl.  meafure. 
Nie,   I,   20,  adj.,  nigh,  near  at 

hand. 
Night  Rauens,  xxiii,  7,  sb.  pi., 

night   birds;  a  cant  term  for 

proflitutes. 
Nip,  II,   13,  vb.,  fleal,  fnatch,  a 

cant  term;  "  to  nyp  a  boung," 

to  fleal  a  purfe. — Harman,  ed. 

Furnivall,  p.  84. 
Nips,  IV,  16,  X(^.//.,  pickpockets. 
Nitmongers,  iv,  44,  sb.  pi.,  (?) 
Nittie,  II,  18,  Nitty,  11,  72,  adj., 

full  of  nits  or  eggs  of  lice,  nafly. 
Noddie,  11,  64,  sb..  Noddy,  xiii, 

13,  sb.,  a  game  at  cards,  by 

fome  fuppofed  to  be  the  fame 

ascribbage. — See  TheComplete 

Gamejler,  1682,  p.   76,  and  a 

defcription  of  it  in  Halliwell. 
Noddy,  xiii,  10,  sb.,  fimpleton. 
Nominicates,    11,    63,    vb.  pr.t., 

calls,  denominates. 
Notes,  XXIV,   I,  sb.  pi.,  marks, 

figns. 
Nought,    XIV,    8,   adj.,   wicked, 

naughty  (?  read  iiaugJit). 
Novum,  XIII,  13,  sb.,  a  game  at 

dice,    played    by   five    or   fix 

perfons. 

Oast,  xxiv,  21,  sb.,  hofl. 
Obie6l,  XIV,  5,  adj.,  mean,  mifer- 
able  (?  read  abjeH). 


Glossary. 


Obiedled,  i,  iS^p.p.,  urged  as  a 
plea,  pleaded. 

Obuiated,  xiv,  37,  vb.  Jfi.t.,  met. 

O'rehatcht,  xxvi,  79,/./. ,  covered, 
marked  all  over. 

On's,  XVII,  19,  ones,  people. 

Ore,  XX,  T,prep.,  over. 

Ore-face,  xxvi,  76,  sb.,  opening, 
gafli,  orifice. 

Ore-macht,  xiii,  22,  p.p.,  over- 
matched. 

Ore-flipt,  XXVI,  78,  sb.  pt.t.,  let 
flip,  paffed  over. 

Orethrone,  xvii,  29,  /,/.,  over- 
thrown. 

Otherwhiles,  xxii,  34,  adv.,  at 
other  times,  fometimes. 

Ought,  I,  35,  vb.  pt.t,  aught, 
owned,  had  the  right  to. 

Ought,  xiii,  35,  vb.  pt.t.,  owed. 

Ougly,  XXVI,  177,  adj.,  ugly. 

Out-face,  xxvii,  53,  vb.,  furpafs. 

Out  worn,  xxvii,  5,/./.,  outlived, 
outlafted. 

Ouergrafl,  iv,  43,  adj.,  over- 
grown with  grafs. 

Ouer-hard,  xv,  i  g,p.p.,  overheard. 

Ouer-looke,  xxiii,  23,  vb.,  ex- 
amine into,  invefligate. 

Ouer-match,  xvii,  4,  sb.,  fuperior. 

Ouer-nice,  xii,  15,  adj.,  too  par- 
ticular, too  dainty. 

Ouerweepe,  i,  29,  vb.  imp.,  weep 
ouer  and  ouer. 

Over-matchful,  xxvii,  5,  adj., 
more  than  a  match,  fuperior. 


Padder,  XV,  7,  sb.,  a  foot-pad. 

Padners,  x,  18,  sb.  pi.,  read 
Panders. 

Pain'd,  xxii,  16,  p.p.,  troubled, 
afaiaed. 

Paines,  xxii,  16,  sb.,  trouble. 

Paintments,  xxv,  15,  sb.  pi., 
colours. 

Pantofles,  iv,  35,  sb.pl.,  flippers, 
pattens.  "  Se  tenir  fur  le 
haul  bout,  to  ftand  vpon  his 
pantofles,  or  on  high  tearmes." 
— Cotgrave,  f.v..  Bout. 

Paringfhouell,  xxiv,  5,  sb.,  a 
breaft-plough. 

Paris-garden,  xxiii,  13. — See 
note. 

Parled,  xv,  11,  /./.,  parleyed, 
talked;  Fr.,  -parler. 

Parrafit,  xi,  24,  sb.,  a  paraflte. 

Part,  xxii,  18,  vb.  pr.t.,  depart 

from,    leave. — So    Shakfpere, 

Richard  II.,  A61  iii.,  fc.  3 — 

"  Prefently  your  fouls  niufl/ar/your 
bodies." 

Paffage,  viii,  39,  sb.,  an  old  game 

played  with  three  dice. — See 

Halliwell,  f  v. 
Paffe,     XX,     21,    vb.,    fupport, 

endorfe,  difcount. 
Paffe,   XXIV,    7,  vb.  pr.t.,  care. 

So  Shakfpere,  2  Henry    VI, 

Act  iv.,  fc.  2 — 

"As  for  thefe  filken- coated  Haves  I 
pajje  not." 

Pafl,  viii,  6,  p.p.,  paffed. 


^ 


Glossary, 


Patch,  II,  8,  sb.,  fool.  "Ital.,! 
pazzo;  foolifli,  fond,  mad,  rafh, 
doting,  raving  or  fimple;  alfo, 
a  foole,  a  gull,  an  idiot,  a  mad 
man,  a  naturall." — Florio, 
Neiv  Worlde  of  Words. 

Patner,  iv,  44,  sh.,  read  Partner. 

Paunch,  11,  8,  vb.,  literally,  to 
wound  in  the  paunch  or 
flomach;  hence  generally,  to 
wound,  flab. 

Pawne,  xiii,  20,  sb.,  fecurity, 
depofit. 

Payre,  xvii,  6,  sb.,  pack  of  cards. 

Peaze,  iv,  ^iZ-)  ^^■■>  P^^?  the  proper 
form  of  the  fmgular  noun; 
Lat.,  f  if  urn. 

Peecemeale,  11,  75,  Peece-meale, 
VI,  13,  adv..,  by  little  pieces, 
by  fmall  quantities,  piece  by 
piece. 

Penthoufe,  11,  48,  sb..,  literally, 
that  part  of  a  roof  which  pro- 
je6ls  fufificiently  to  afford 
fhelter  to  any  walking  under; 
hence,  generally,  flielter.  A 
corruption  of  the  French 
appentts,  an  appendage  to  a 
houfe,  an  out-houfe. 

Perfeuer,  xxvi,  i6,vb.,  continue. 
The  ufual  fpelling  of  the  time. 
The  only  inflance  in  which 
it  is  fpelt  perfevere  in  Shak- 
fpere  is  in  Lear,  iii.  5,  23, 
where  the  quartos  have  it  thus 
fpelt. 


Peflerd,  11,  47,  p.p.,  crowded, 
overloaded.  "  Empejlrer,  to 
pefler,  intricate,  intangle, 
trouble,  incomber."  —  Cot- 
grave.  So  Tuffer,  ch.  48, 
fl.  14— 

"  Some /^6'r  the  common  with  Jades 
and  with  fheep." 

Petit    larciney,    xv,    14,    petty 

larceny,  a  fmall  theft. 
Pickadilly,   xxiii,    9,    sb. — See 

note. 
Pickt-halch,  xvii,  32,  sb.,  a  no- 
torious haunt  of  proflitutes  in 

Clerkenwell. 
Pilled,    XV,    22,  p.p.,    pillaged, 

plundered. 
Pilling,  XV,  44,  /;-./.,  pillaging, 

plundering. 
Pinchcruft,   iv,  9,  sb.,  a  miferly 

fellow. 
Pinching,  i.  50,  adj.,  niggardly, 

mean. 
Pingling,  iii,  17,  sb.,  drinking  by 

drops  or  with  reluctance. 
Pippin  fquier,  11,  39,  equivalent 

to  an  Apple-fquire,  q.v. 
Fitch-fac'd,  i,  28,  adj.,  dark  as 

pitch,  black. 
Pitcht,  XI,   19,  vb.  ptJ.,  fet  up, 

fixed.       We     Hill    fpeak    of 

pitching  a  tent;  A. 8.,  pihtan. 
Pith,  VI,  14,  sb.,  flrength,  might. 

"Pyththy,  of  great  fubflance, 

fubjiancieux ;  pyththy,  flronge, 

puijfa7if. " — Palfgrave. 


Glossary. 


Places,  XXIV,  13,  sb.  pL,  paffages, 

texts. 
Planakle,  xix,  17,  sb'.,  planet. 
Poaring,  iv,  ^<),  pr.p.,  fearching, 

hunting,  peering,  poring  over. 
Poafl,    viii,    4,    sb.,    meffenger, 

courier.     So  Shakfpere,  Corio- 

laniis,  v.  6,  50 — 
"  Your  native  town  you  enter'd  like  a 

Poafl,  XI v,  i2i->  ^^-i  reckoning: 
originally  the  door-pofl  on 
which  the  fcore  was  written. 

Point,  XIII,  20,  vb.,  appoint,  fix. 

Poking  yron,  viii,  12,  sb.,  an  in- 
Ilrument  for  putting  the  plaits 
of  a  ruff  in  the  proper  form : 
originally  made  of  wood  or 
bone,  afterwards  of  fleel,  fo  as 
to  be  ufed  hot. 

Pollecie,  11,  43,  sb.,  craft,  artifice, 
flratagem. 

PoU-euill,  XIV,  44,  sb.,  a  difeafe  of 
the  head  in  horfes. 

Polony  fhoe  with  a  bel,  xv,  23,  (?) 

Pompion,  X[V,  27,  sb.,  pumpkin. 

Port-cullice,  11,  25,  sb.,  a  coin 
(halfpenny)  iffued  in  Eliza- 
beth's reign,  having  a  port- 
cullis flamped  on  the  reverfe, 
as  a  mint-mark.  Bacon  refers 
to  them  in  the  Dedication  to 
his  Effays,  ill  ed.,  1597. 

Pofe,  XI,  19,  vb.  pr.t.,  puzzle,  a 
fhortened  form  of  appofe;  we 
flill  ufe  the  term  a  pofer  for 


an  unanfwerable  problem,  and 
the  examiners  at  the  Univer- 
fities  ufed  to  be  called  pofer s. 
See  Harrifon's  Defcription  of 
England,  ed.  Furnivall,  I.,  35- 
"  Examyn  or  appofyn,  or  a- 
fayyn  (pofyn,  pofen)  examine.'' 
— Prompt.  Parv. 

Pofl  ouer,  XXVI,  Ti,z'Z'.,poflpone, 
defer. 

Pottle,  XIII,  6,  vb.,  a  meafure  of 
two  quarts,  half-a-gallon. 

Poulder,  11,  60,  sb.,  powder. 

Poynado,  xi,  17,  sb.,  dagger, 
poniard. 

Poynt,  XVI,  38,  sb.,  at  poynt  to, 
on  the  point  of. 

Prancke,  xiii,  27,  sb.,  prank, 
trick. 

Prefident,  xi,  16,  sb.,  precedent, 
example.  The  fame  fpelling 
occurs  in  the  folio  editions  of 
Shakfpere,  Tempefl,  ii.  i,  284. 

Preuent,  xxii,  43,  vB.,  anticipate, 
come  before;  hat,  prevem'r. 

Pricke,  xiii,  22,  z'b.,  do  fancy 
needlework  on,  decorate. 

Pricklowfe,  xxiii,  9,  sb.,  prick- 
loufe,  a  nickname  for  a  tailor. 

Print,  II,  52,  ad/.,  new  print, 
literally,  newly  flamped,  newly 
iffued;  hence  generally,  new. 

Prifed,  i,  21,  7>b.  pt.t.,  valued, 
priced. 

Procured,  i,  9,  vb.pt.t.,  managed, 
fecured. 


24 


Glossary, 


Proper,   in,  32,    Propper,    xiii, 

17,  fl!^'.,  handfomc.     Compare 

Midfiwimer   Night's    Drea?fi, 

i.  288— 

"Pyramus  is  a  fweet-faced  man;  a 
proper  man,  as  one  fhall  fee  in  a 
funimer's  day." 

Cf.  alfo  Hebrews  xi.  23. 

Prouant,  iv,  12,  i-^^.— See  note. 

Prouoked,  xv,  54,  /./.,  incited, 
infligated. 

Pudding-houfe,  xvi,  41,  sb., 
flomach. 

Pullen,  XV,  17,  si?.,  poultry. 

Puncke,  11,  16,  sb.,  a  proflitute. 

Punie,  IV,  26,  sb.,  a  fmall  creature, 
fludent.  Frefhmen  at  Oxford 
were  called  pimies  of  the  firjl 
year;  Yx.,  puifnc. 

Purchafe,  i,  19,  vb.  and  sb.,  to 
purchafe,  or  a  purchafe,  was 
applied  not  only  to  anything 
acquired  in  exchange  for  fome 
valuable  confideration,  but 
alfo  to  things  obtained  in  any 
way,  whether  honeflly  or  dif- 
honeflly. 

Put  by,  XXII,  43,  /./.,  pufhed 
afide. 

Puts  off,  XII,  12,  vb.  pr.t.,  tsikes 
off  his  hat,  uncovers. 

QuACKSALUER,  v,  1 5,  sb.,  quack. 
Qualified,    i,  44,  p.p.,  foftened, 

mitigated,  tempered. 
Queane,  11,   19,  sb.,  properly  a 

woman,  but  generally  applied 


to    one    of    loofc    charadter; 

A.S.,  ave/L 
Queafie,  xix,  38,  adj.,  delicate, 

dainty. 
Queller,  xv,    16,  sb.,  deftroyer; 

A.S.,  cwella?i. 
Querrifler,  i,  25,  sb.,  chorifler. 
Quite,  XVI,  43,  vb.,  requite,  repay. 
Quitter-bone,  xiv,  44,  j<^.,  a  rotten, 

difeafed  bone  in  a  horfe,  from 

which  matter  runs. 
Quires,  i,  25,  sb.,  choirs. 
Quoile,  X,    14,  quoyle,  in,  25, 

sb.,  diflurbance,  tumult.     The 

fame  as  Coile.     Cf  Fr.  cuellee, 

a  tumult. 
Quoine,  xiv,  4,  quoyne,  xx,  20, 

sb.,  coin,  money. 

Railed,  xv,  54,  /./.,  having  a 
neck-tie  or  cravat. — See  note. 

Raine,  iv,  40,  vb.  imper.,  rein  in, 
curb. 

Rakehels,  xv,  45,  sb.  pL,  rakes, 
revellers. 

Ramd  vp,  xxvi,  x^,  p.p.,  tightly 
faflened. 

Rampalion,  iv,  29,  sb.,  a  term  of 
reproach,  like  our  i-apfcallion, 
a  violent  fellow. 

Rancke,  xxv,  35,  adj.,  great, 
noble. 

Randauow,  xv,  48,  sb.,  rendez- 
vous, meeting  place. 

Rarely,  xix,  9,  adv.,  extraordi- 
narily. 


D 


Glossary. 


Rayfd-veluet,  xii,  3,  adj.,  flriped 

velvet.      "  Cloth    of    rayes," 

ftriped  cloth,  is  mentioned  in 

P.  Plowman,  vii.  217. 
Re-edifie,  xv,  26,  vb.,  rebuild; 

Lat.,  re-cedificare. 
Refledling,  i,  51,  pr.p.,  turning 

back. 
Refrained,  i,  39,/./., difregarded, 

kept  away  from. 
Relie,  xxvi,  7,  vb.,  trull,  allow  to 

depend. 
Religious,  xxvii,   66,  adj.,  one 

vowed  to  religion,  a  member 

of  one  of  the  religious  orders, 

a  monk. 
Refolue,  iii,  31,  vb.  imper.,  fettle, 

decide,  fatisfy. 
Retchlefly,    iv,   46,    adv.,  care- 

leffly;  A.S.,  receleas. 
Retyr'd,  i,  36,/./.,  drawn  back; 

Fr.,  retirer,  from  Lat.,  retra- 

here. — Cf.       Tempejl,     v.      i, 

310. 
Reuell-rout,  xv,  50,  riot. 
Reuoake,  xi,   17,  sb.,  recall,  re- 
cover; Lat.,  revocare. 
Reynaldo,  v,  21,  sb.,  fomefpecies 

of  wine. 
Rifle,  XXIII,  19,  vb.,  to  raffle. 
Rifeling.  xxiii,  19,  sb.,  raffle. 
Ritch,  XIX,  6,  adj.,  rich. 
Roaring-boy,   xxiii,    10,   sb.,    a 

bully. — See  Nares. 
Rooke,  X,  18,  vb,  pr.t.,  cheat, 

fwindle. 


Rowle,  XIX,  II,  XX,  19,  sb.,  roll 
of  tobacco  (Hill  in  ufe). 

Rowt,  VI 1 1,  5,  sb.,  crew,  company. 
"  Route,/.,  a  rutt,  rowt,  troope, 
companie,  multitude." — Cot- 
grave. 

Roy  fling,  11,  4,  adj.,  riotous, 
bluHering — 

"  They  ruffle  and  roijl  it  out." 

Harrifon's  DcJ'cription  of  England, 
New  Shakfpere  Society,  ed.  Fur- 
nivall,  i.  77. 

Ruffe,  II,  64,  sb.,  a  game  at  cards. 

Ruffe,  II,  83,  sb.,  a  ruff,  frill, 

Ruffler,  XV,  7,  sb.,  a  robber  of 
wayfaring  men  and  market 
women. — Awdelay  on  Vaga- 
bonds, p.  3.  See  alfo  Harman, 
ed.  Furnivall,  p.  30. 

Runnagate,  xxvii,  37,  sb.,  run- 
away, coward. 

Ruffet,  V,  1 1,  adj.,  made  of  coarfe 
cloth  of  a  dingy  brown  colour. 
Hence,  "one  clothed  in  ruffet" 
was  equivalent  to  a  country- 
man, ruflic. 

Ruth,  I,  28,  sb.,  grief. 

Ryfell,  VI,  ■^-^,  vb.  imper.,  rifle, 
plunder. 

Sack-posset,  xxiii,  17,  sb.,  a 
drink  of  wine  or  treacle  boiled 
with  milk.  Kpojfet  was  ufually 
taken  before  retiring  to  refl. — 
See  Merry  Wives  of  Wind/or, 
V.  5- 


26 


Glossary. 


Sadneffe,  iii,  29,  sb.,  ferioufnefs. 
"  Sad  or  fobyr  wythe  owte  law- 
hynge :  Agela/ler" — Prompt. 
Parv. 

Sallets,  XX,  17,  sb.  pi..,  falads. 
In  the  prefent  inilance  it  ap- 
pears to  be  equivalent  to  food 
not  animal. 

Salt,  XXVII,  17,  adj.,  witty. 
"  Salt,  a  pleafant  and  merrie 
word  that  maketh  folks  to 
laugh,  and  fometime  pricketh." 
— Baret's  Alvearie,  1580.  It 
is  a  literal  tranflation  of  the 
Latin  falfus,  which  was  ufed 
in  exadlly  the  fame  fenfe. 

Salt,  IV,  36,  sb.,  a  falt-cellar. 

Saluing,  i,  16,  adj.,  faving. 

Samen,xxiv,  6,vb. pr.t.,e.x2tXQ\nQ, 
queflion. 

Saunfbell,  xv,  13,  sb.,  the 
San(5lus-bell,  faint's-bell,  or 
fmall  bell  of  a  church,  which 
called  to  prayer  and  other 
offices. — See  Halliwell,  f.v., 
fainC  s-bell. 

Sauegard,  iv,  19,  sb.,  a  riding- 
fkirt,  a  large  outer  petticoat 
worn  by  females  when  riding 
to  prote6l  them  from  the  dirt. 
—Halliwell. 

Say,  xxvii,  29,  vb.,  attack,  try, 
effay;  but  here  moll  probably 
a  mifprint  for  flay. 

Scabbe,xxv,3o,i'^.,breedafcabbe, 
caufe  a  quarrel  or  diffenfion. 


Scalde  pates,  xv,  36,  adj.,  fcabby 

heads,  fcald-heads. 
Scand,  i,  16, p.p.,  fcanned,  clofely 

examined  into. 
Scant,  VI,  39,  adv.,  fcarcely.     So 

Bacon,  Table  of  Cottiers,  i — 

"The  Epicure  that  \\\\\ /cant  indure 
the  Stoic  to  be  in  fight  of  him." 

Cf  alfo  Romeo  and  Juliet,  i.  2. 

Scarffing,  i,  2 8, /r./.,  concealing, 
covering. 

Scath,  III,  42,  vb.,  injure,  damage, 
hurt;  A.'S).,fceatha. 

Sconce,  x,  15,  sb.,  overall,, 
covering.  The  original  mean- 
ing of  fconce  was  a  fort  or 
fortification,  a  meaning  which, 
taken  figuratively,  applies  here. 

Scrappage,  xv,  58,  sb. — See 
fnappage. 

Scufe,  VI,  27.  vb.,  excufe. 

Seame-rent,  vi,  39,  adj.,  with 
clothes  torn  or  ragged  at  the 
feams. 

Seandale,  i,  7,  sb.,  read  fcandale, 
offence. 

Secure,  i,  48,  adj.,  free  from  care; 
Lat.,  fecurus,  from  fe=fme, 
without,  and  cura,  care. 

Seedes-men,  v,  9,  sb.  pi.,  fowers. 

Seeke,  xvi,  16,  vb.,  may  be  to 
feeke,  may  be  wanting.  Com- 
pare Tuffer's  Five  Hundred 
Points  of  Good  Hufbandry,  ed. 
Herrtage,  x.  24 — 

"  Their  dinners  be  to  feeke. ''^ 


27 


Glossary. 


Seeley,  xvii,  17,  adj., HWy,  foolifli; 
A.S.,  fe/ig. 

Sence,  i,  23,  7'1?.,  perceive;  Lat., 
fentio. 

Sent,  XV,  13,  vb.  prJ.,  fuppofe, 
perceive. — See  the  preceding 
word. 

Sering,  iv,  8,  sb.,  a  fyringe. 

Seruing-mand,  xiv,  ?>,p.p.,  turned 
into  a  ferving-man. 

Set,  VIII,  12,  sb.,  fafliion,  con- 
dition, form. 

Shadowed,  iv,  17,  vb.  pt.t., 
followed  like  a  fhadow.  Com- 
pare the  life  of  the  Latin 
umbra  for  a  conftant  follower, 
one  who  never  left  you, 
who  haunted  you  like  your 
fhadow. 

Shag,    XVII,    32,    adj.,    fliaggy, 

rough,     "  Vein,    hairie,    fhag, 

nappie. " — Cotgrave. 

"  I  will  not  write  of  fweatie,  long, 
Jliag\\zi\x." 

Tom  Tell  Trot  he,  ed.  Furnivall,  p.  120. 

Sharde,  xxii,  37,  vb.pt.t.,  fhared, 
enjoyed. 

Sharke,  xvi,  3,  vb.,  fwindle,  de- 
fraud. 

Sheep-coat,  xxvi,  40,  sb.,  fheep- 
fold.  "Schepecote,  Caiila." — 
Prompt.  Parv.;  A.S.,  cot. 

Shine,  i,  20,  sb.,  brightnefs,  glory. 

Shiuers,  xxvi,  122,  vb.  pi, 
fplinters,  pieces. 

Shot,  xvi,  42,  sb.,  fcore,  bill. 


Shoue-groate,  11,  64,  sb.,  now 
called  fhove-halfpenny.  It 
confifls  in  driving  with  a  flroke 
of  the  palm  of  the  hand  a  coin 
along  a  table,  fo  as  to  flop 
between  certain  lines. 

Shriking,  i,  6,  adj.,  fhrieking. 

Shroe,  xiii,  7,  flirow,  xi,  28,  sb., 
fhrevv. 

Sieth,  XII,  12,  fith,  viii,  34,  sb., 
fcythe. 

Sike,  IV,  39,  adj.,  fuch.  The 
northern  form  of  the  word. 

Sin-frought,  xxvi,  77,  p.p.,  fm- 
freighted,  fin-laden. 

Singuler,  11,  11,  adj.,  fmgle,  only; 
\.^X..,  ftngidaris. 

Sin-foylifide,  xxvi,  86,  p.p., 
polluted  with  fin. 

Sir-reuerence,  xiii,  16,  human 
ordure. — See  HaUiwell,  f  v. 

Sife,  III,  12,  sb.,  kind,  defcription. 

Sith,  XXVI,  156,  conj.,  fince. 

Sixe   and  feauen,  xiii,   14,  the 

cafl  of  a  die,  chance.     So  in 

Tuffer,  ch.  x.,  fl.  60,  we  have 

"  Setteth   his   foule   upon  fix    or    on 
feauen.'' 

Sixt,  XVI,  39,  7iiijn.  adj.,  fixth. 
Skil,  VIII,  43,  Skils,  xiii,  35,  vb., 

to  matter,  be  of  confequence; 

it  fkils  not  =  it  matters  not. 
Skinker,    in,     18,    sb.,    tapller, 

drawer.      Aquarius  is    called 

a    Jkinker    in     Du    Bartas, 

P-  33- 


28 


Glossary, 


Skriching,  xv,  t,2,  sb.,  fcreeching, 
hooting. 

Slaues,  XXIV,  3,  vb.  prt,  makes 
himfelf  a  flaue. 

Slopp,  II,  18,  sb.,  at  different 
times  a  jacket  or  caffock,  a 
fhoe,  a  pair  of  breeches.  Still 
retained  in  the  vulgar  "y?^/- 
JJiop,"  a  fliop  for  the  fale  of 
old  clothes  dXi^  flops,  or  cheap 
clothes. 

Smoother,  xxv,  14,  fniother,xvii, 
22,  sb.,  thick,  flifling  fmoke, 
properly  of  a  fmouldcring  fire. 
Bacon  iifes  "topafsinfmother" 
for  "to  be  flifled,"  in  Effay 
xxvii;  and  "  to  keep  in 
fmother"  for  "to  flifle,"  in 
Effay  xxxi.  W.  Mapes  fpeaks 
of  "  fmoke  and  fmother,"  ed. 
Wright,  p.  339. 

Smug  the  Smith,  xiv,  44. — 
Compare  ijl  Henry  IV.,  iii.  i, 
102. 

Snap-haunce,  xii,  6,  sb.,  a  fpring- 
lock  or  clafp. 

Snappage,  fnapping,  iv,  16,  sb., 
alhare  in  the  profits  of  faarping. 

Snarled,    iv,    36,  /./.,    fnared, 

entangled.    Cf.  Spenfer,  Faery 

Queefie,  III.,  xii.  17 — 

' '  And  from  her  head  ofte  rente  her 
fnarled  heare. " 

Snuffe,  III,   13,  vb.,  fneer,  turn 

up  its  nofe. 
Snye,  xiv,  39,  vb.,  cut. 


Sod,    II,    9,  p.p.,  boiled;    A.S., 

feodan. 
Some,  XIX,  11,  sb.,  fum,  amount. 
Sound,    xxiii,   34,    vb.,    fwoon, 

faint. 
Sowce,   XX,    13,   sb.,  the  head. 

feet,  and  ears  of  fwine  boiled 

and  pickled. 
Sowing,  XIV,  35,  pr.p.,  fewing,  at 

needlework. 
Spawle,  XX,  13, 7.'b.  iinper.,  to  fpit 

out  with  force. 
Speed,  XXV,  5,  vb.,  fucceed. 
Spent,  VI,  23,/./.,  worn  out,  ex- 

haufled. 
Spight,  XIII,   35,  sb.,  a  fpite,  a 

grudge. 
Spittle,  XX,  37,  sb.,  an  hofpital, 

lazar-houfe.  "  Spyttylle  howfe, 

leproforlum. " — Prompt.  Parv. 
Sprite,  I,  24,  sb.,  fpirit. 
Spurned,  iv,  21,  vb.  pt.t.,  kicked, 

flumbled  againfl. 
Square,     iv,    8,    sb.,    agreeing, 

'*  breakes  no  fquare,"  makes 

no   difference.     Cf    "  out   of 

fquare." — Ttvo    Noble    Ki?if- 

men,  iv.  3,  83. 
Squirils,  v,  31,  sb.pl.,  proftitutes. 
Staid,  XXIII,  16,  vb.pt.t,  fleadied, 

propped  up,  fupported. 
Stale,  XV,  53,  sb.,   decoy,  con- 
federate. 
Stander,  xv,   53,  sb.,  one  who 

flands  fentinel  for  the  Padder 

while  he  robs. 


29 


Glossary. 


Starueling,  xiv,  23,  sb.,  a  poor, 
flarved  creature. 

Stancht,  xvii,  29,  vb.  pt.i., 
flaunched,  flopped. 

Stare,  xxiii,  4,  sb.,  llarling.  Still 
in  common  ufe, 

Staruing,  iv,  27, /r./,,  perifliing 
with  cold.  The  proper  mean- 
ing of  the  K.^.  Jieorfan. 

Statute  merchant,  iv,  14.  Defined 
in  the  old  law  didlionaries, 
"  A  bond  acknowledged  before 
one  of  the  Clerks  of  the 
flatutes  merchant,  and  mayor 
of  the  llaple,  or  chief  warden 
of  the  City  of  London,  or  two 
merchants  of  the  faid  city  for 
that  purpofe  affigned,  or  be- 
fore the  chief  warden  or  mayor 
of  other  cities  or  good  towns, 
or  other  fufficient  men  for  that 
purpofe  appointed." 

Stauled,  xv,  49,  p.p.,  inflalled, 
admitted. 

Stayleffe,  i,  20,  adj.,  vanifliing, 
pafling. 

Stayes,  11,  59,  vb.  pr.t.,  is  flayed, 
is  fupported,  depends. 

Steake,  xiv,  39,  vb.,  flick,  flab. 

Steere,  xi,  15,  sb.,  an  ox  in  its 
third  year. 

Stewes,  XI,  24,  sb.  pi.,  brothels. 

Stew-pottes,  vi,  7,  sb.  pi., 
flews. 

Stillified,  XI,  16,  adj.,  diflilled. — 
See  note. 


Stint,  XXII,  37,  vb.  itnper.,  ceafe, 
flop;  K.^.,Jlynta?i. 

Stinted,  i,  14,  adj.,  to  which  a 
Hmit  has  been  appointed, 
fixed. 

Stintleffe,  i,  48,  adj.,  ceafelefs,  un- 
ending; 1, 53,a^z.'.,unceafingly. 

S.  Martin  obferuants,  xv,  2  5 ,  sb.pl. , 
makers  of  rings,  who  ufed  to 
have  their  flails  within  the 
Collegiate  Church  of  St.  Mar- 
tin's-le-Grand. 

Stock-fifh,  VI,  8,  sb.,  dried  fifh. 

Stooe,  X,  185  vb.,  to  flow. 

Stool eballe,  11,  64,  sb.,  a  game  at 
ball,  in  which,  according  to 
Dr.  Johnfon,  the  ball  was 
driven  from  flool  to  flool. — 
See  Strutt's  Games,  p.  97. 

Stopt,  II,  59,  p.p..,  loaded;  a  hole 
being  drilled  into  dice,  and 
afterwards  flopped  with  quick- 
filver  or  lead. 

Stoter,  XII,  14,  i(^.,  flater,  a  Greek 
coin. 

Stox,  XXIII,  3,  sb.  pi.,  the  flocks. 

StranguUon,  xiv,  44,  sb.,  a  difeafe 
in  horfes,  flrangury. 

Strap,  IV,  7,  sb.,  a  cant  term  for 
wine. 

Strap,  XXIII,  10,  sb.  (?) — See 
Greene's  Ghojl,  p.  7,  1.  23. 

Strickefl,  xvi,  5,  adj.,  flridlefl, 
fever  efl. 

Strout,  X,  8,  vb.  imper.,  flrut. 

Stub,  XX,  19,  sb.,  flump. 


30 


Glossary. 


Suddes,  XXV,  12,  sb.,  to  be  in 
the  fuddes  =  to  be  fullen,  or  in 
a  fulky  temper. 

Sumners,  iv,  9,  sb.  pi. — See  Ap- 
paritors. 

Supply,  VIII,  25,  vb.  pr.t.,  fill 
the  places  of. 

Suppofe,  XV,  23,  vb.pr.t.,  believe, 
vnderfland. 

Surceafed,  i,  28,  vb.  pt.t,  ceafed. 
Not  etymologically  conne6led 
with  ceafe,  which  is  from  ceffer, 
but  ixoraftirfis,  and  that  from 
furfeotr.  Surceafe  is  a  legal 
term,  meaning  the  arrell  or 
floppage  of  a  fuit. — See  Shak- 
fpere,  Macbeth^  i.  7. 

Sufpe6l,  X,  26,  sb.^  caufe  of  fuf- 
picion. 

Sutable,  11,  54,  adj..,  in  fuit,  cor- 
refponding. 

Suted,  I,  5  !,/./>.,  dreffed,  arrayed. 

Swabber,  v.  17,  sb..,  one  who 
fivabs  or  cleans  the  decks  of 
a  fhip. 

Swaied,  i,  30,  vb.pt.t.,  had  power 
or  influence. 

Swarm e,  i,  9,  sb.,  crowd. 

Swarteft,  i,  5,  adj.,  darkefl;  A.S., 
fweart. 

Swaruing,  i,  21,  pr.p.,  turning 
afide,  fwerving;  K.'$>.,f'weorfan. 

Sweet,  I,  18,  sb..)  here,  gain,  ad- 
vantage. 

Swones,  11,  8,  sb.,  an  oath;  cor- 
rupted   from    God^s   tvoimds; 


after  flill  further  corrupted  into 
zounds. 
Swound,   XXVII,   19,  sb.,  fwoon, 
faint. — Compare  Sound, 

Table,  hi,  14,  vb.,  dine. 

Table-bookes,  iii,  41,  sb.  pL, 
memorandum  books,  books 
with  leaves  of  wood,  flate,  or 
vellum,  ufed  for  keeping  notes 
or  memoranda. 

Tables,  11,43,  i-^.//.,  backgammon. 

Tackling,  xv,  1 5 ,  s-*!;. ,  tackle ;  fland 
to  my  tackling,  fland  to  my 
guns,  hold  my  place. 

Taffaty,  xii,  6,  sb.,  taffeta,  a  kind 
of  thin  filk,  but  here,  Mutton- 
taffaty,  meaning  fheepfkin. 

Talkt,  XXV,  21,  /./.,  talked  to, 
fettled  with. 

Target,  xxvii,  5,  sb.,  fhield. 

Tafke,  i,  27,  vb.  imper.,  impofe 
as  a  talk  upon. 

Tauerne-bufli,  xvi,  20,  sb.,  fign. 
Cotgrave  has  ^^  Bouchon,  vu, 
a  ftopple;  alfo,  a  wifpe  of 
flrawe,  &c. ;  alfo,  the  bufh  of  a 
tauerne,  or  alehoufe.'" 

Tearmer,  iv.  28,  sb..,  a  perfon 
who  vifited  London  during 
term,  which  was  the  fafhion- 
able  feafon. 

Tearmes,  i,  41,  sb.pl.,  words,  ar- 
guments. 

Tendring,  i,  33,  pr.p.,  offering, 
tendering. 


31 


Glossary, 


Tellers,  iv,  33,  sb.  pL,  fixpences. 
See  Harrifon,  Defcriptmi  of 
England,  ed.  Furnivall,  i.  362. 

'I'heame,  iv,  8,  j-^^.,  theme,  fubje6l. 

Theare,  xiv,  4,  adv.,  there. 

Theather,  xvii,  39,  adv.,  thither. 

Theeues  aUie,  iv,  36,  turned 
down  Theeues  alhe,  he  ran 
away. 

Thilke,  iv,  40, /r.,  thefe,  thofe. 
From  that  ilke,  that  fame. 

Thirfl-flaunch,  i,  42,  adj.,  thirfl- 
quenching. 

Thother,  xxii,  23,  a  contra6lion 
for  The  other. 

Thrall,  xxvi,  262,  sb.,  flave. 

Thwack't,  iii,  13,  p.p.,  filled  to 
overflowing,  furfeited. 

Ticktacke,  11,  64,  sb.,  a  kind  of 
backgammon,  played  with  both 
men  and  pegs,  but  more  com- 
plicated than  the  modern  game. 

Tire,  xvi,  43,  sb,,  drefs,  attire. 

To  beate,  xix,  23,  vb.  pt.i.,  all 
to  beate  =  hit,  thraflied.  This 
ufe  of  the  prefix  to  is  very 
common  in  early  Englifli 
writers. 

Tofore,  xvi,  41,  adv.,  before, 
heretofore. 

Too  too,  XIII,  4,  adv.,  the  repe- 
tition is  emphatic.  It  was 
common  enough  to  be  regarded 
as  a  compound,  and  the  accent 
is  on  the  firfl  too. — See  Mer- 
chant of  Ve?nce,  ii.  6,  42. 


Toffe-pots,  XXVI,  95,  sb.  pi., 
drunkards.  "  An  aleknight, 
a  tipler,  a  tofpot,  a  quaffer,  a 
rinfepicker;  ebriofiis,  bibnlns, 
bibax" —  Ba.vet's  A  Ivearle,  1580. 

Tothor,  X,  14,  the  other. — See 
Thother. 

Totterd,  vi,  13,  p.p.,  torn, 
tattered.  From  the  old  En- 
glifli to-teared,  i.e.,  torn  to 
pieces,  in  rags,  the  prefix  to  be- 
ing intenfitive. — See  To  beate. 

Toyle-fome,  x,  30,  adj.,  toilfome, 
weary. 

Tranie,  xv,  5,  vb.,  trane,  a  cant 
word  to  hang. 

Trapt,  X,  6,  /./.,  deckt  out;  we 
flill  fpeak  of  horfes'  trappings. 

Tray,  xii,  12,  sb.,  a  mafon's  hod 
for  mortar. 

Trayning  Cheates,  xv,  5,  sb.  pL, 
the  gallows. 

Tritifolie,  xxvi,  87,  sb.,  clover, 
trefoil. 

Trod,  I,  56,  sb.,  path,  way,  walk. 

Trudging  houfe,  xv,  53,  sb.,  a 
bawdy-houfe.  "  The  whore- 
houfe,  which  is  called  a 
trugging-place. " — Dekker's  Bel- 
man  of  London,  1608. 

Trugge,  XV,  14,  sb.,  a  proflitute. 

TruUes,  iv,  17,  sb.  pi,  loofe 
women. 

Trunk  flop,  iv,  32,  sb.,  wide  or 
puffed  out  breeches. — See 
Slopp. 


32 


Glossary. 


Trufl,  II,  85,/./.,  involved,  rolled 
up  in,  truffed  in. 

Tuition,  xxvi,  224,  sb.,  keeping, 
prote6lion;  Lat,  tuen,\.o  pro- 
ted;. 

Turned  the  cocke,  xv,  5,  opened 
his  heart,  confeffed  all. 

Turtles,  xxiii,  7,  sb.  pi.,  turtle- 
doves. 

Tut,  and  Tufli,  11,  48,  ejaculations 
of  contempt. 

Tutch,  II,  61,  sb.,  touch.  "  To 
keep  touch"  is  a  proverbial 
expreffion  for  "  to  keep  faith, 
fulfil  a  promife  " — 

"  Touch  kept  is  commended,  yet  credit 
to  keepe, 
Is  paie  and  difpatch  him,  er  euer  ye 
fleepe." 
Tuffer,  Five  Hu7idred  Points,  ed. 
Heritage,  57.  43. 

Twoot,  XIV,   II,  vb.,  thou  wilt, 

thou  wifhefl. 
Tyburne-tiffany,    xvi,    4,   sb.,    a 

halter. 
Tyrd,  viii,  14,  vb.  pt.t.,  wearied, 

wore  out. 
Tyrewomen,    xv,     25,    sb.    pi, 

tirewomen,     milliners,     thofe 

who    arranged    ladies'    head- 

dreffes. 

Vmpire,  I,  32,  vb.,  mediate, 
arbitrate. 

Vnfrequent,  xxii,  24,  adj.,  un- 
frequented, deferted. 

Vnh'ear'd,  11,  22,  adj.,  void  of 
hair,  beardlefs. 


Vnrefpe6lleffe,  xix,  38,  adj., 
carelefs,  thoughtlefs. 

Vnftayed,  vi,  23,  p.p.,  unfettled, 
unfleady. 

Vnthoughted,  i,  9,  p.p.,  unin- 
tended, unthought  of,  unex- 
pe6led. 

Vntruffe,  xii,  12,  vb.,  untie  the 
tagged  laces  which  faflened 
the  breeches  to  the  doublet, 
hence  to  eafe  onefelf 

Vntrufl,  II,  72,  p.p.,  with  coat 
or  cloak  unfaflened  or  open. 

Vpright  man,  xv,  7,  sb. — See 
note. 

Vp-fe  freefe,  11,  75,  sb.,  a  heavy 
kind  of  beer  imported  from 
Friefland;  a  fimilar  kind  from 
Holland  was  called  Vpfe-dutch. 
Cf  "  A  frolic  vp-fe-freeze." — 
Nafh's  Summer's Lajl  Wili,&LC. 

Vrchins,  xvii,  40,  sb.  pi,  fairies. 

Vfe,  VIII,  14,  sb.,  pra6lice. 

Vfe,  XXII,  39,  z'^.,was  accuflomed 
to,  was  wont  to. 

Vtter,  XXV,  11,  vb.,  difpofe  of, 
fell.  Hill  ufed  in  the  phrafe 
"  to  utter  counterfeit  coin." 

Vtterance,  xx,  19,  sb.,  trade,  fale. 

Vaine,  11,  33,  sb.,  idle  fancy, 
whim. 

Vaulting-howfe,  11,  84,  sb.,  a 
brothel. 

Vaut,  I,  16,  sb.,  vault,  tomb. 

Vayl'd,  XXIV,  12,  vb.pt.t,  faluted, 
took  off  his  hat. 


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Vayth,  XIX,  lo,  in  faith.  The  Wefl 

of  England  diale(5lic  form. 
Venery,  xv,  49,  sb.,  diffipation 

amongfl  women. 
Vented,  xxv,   5,  p.p.,  fold,   ex- 

pofed  for  fale. 
Venter,    i,    14,    vb.  pr.i.,    rifk, 

venture  on, 
Venter-poynt,  11,  64,  j*^.,  a  game 

played  by  children, 
Verfer,  xv,  53,  sb.,  a  flang  term. 

— See  Greene's  Ghojl,  p,  8, 
Villaind,   xiii,   35,  /,/.,  abufed 

like  a  villain. 
Virginals,   xxv,    8,    sb.   pL,   an 

oblong  fpinnet. — See  Tuffer's 

Will   in   the   Introdu6lion   to 

the  Five  Hundred  Points,  &c., 

ed.  Herrtage,  p.  xxx. 
Vocables,  xiv,  1 9,  sb.  pi. ,  firings 

of  words,  founding  terms. 

Wagmoires,  IV,  43,  sb.  pi.,  quag- 
mires, bogs,  quickfands;  A.S., 
cwacian,  to  fhake,  mir,  dirt. 

Waighting,  i,  $\,pr.p.,  waiting. 

Waighting-mayde,  iii,  23,  sb., 
waiting  maid,  attendant. 

Want,  XIV,  41,  vb.pr.t.,  are  Ihort 
of,  fail  in. 

Wanteth,  xxii,  44,  vb.  pr.t,  is 
without. 

Wants,  xxiii,  19,  vb.  pr.t.,  is 
wanting,  is  lacking. 

Wapp,  XV,  5 ,  vb.  ,fiiti(o.  ' '  Will  you 
wapp  for  a  wyn,  or  tranie  for 


a  make,"  i.e.,  will  you  lie  for  a 
penny,  or  hang  for  a  halfpenny. 

Wafted,  XXIV,  16,  /./,,  waifted, 
i.e.,  having  a  waift. 

Weaneling,  xix,  28,  sb.,  child 
juft  weaned. 

Weaners,  xxiii,  26,  sb.  pi., 
read  weauers. 

Wearied,  iv,  zi,p.p.,  worried, 

Weart,  xix,  20,  vb.  pt.t.,  were  it, 
even  though  it  were. 

Weathers,  i,  36,  sb.  pi,  (heep, 
rams;  A.S.,  weder. 

Weed,  I,  51,  sb.,  drefs.  Still 
kept  up  in  the  expreflion, 
"  widow's-w<?(?^.r. 

Weene,  xxii,  22,  vb.pr.t.,  believe, 
think,  are  fure. 

Welting,  II,  54,  vb.pr.p.,  fringing, 
hemming,  bordering. 

Weltring,  xxvi,  77,  vb.  pr.p., 
weltering,  being  rolled,  toffed, 
tumbled. 

Wens-worth,  xi,  7,  Wandfworth. 

Wheer's,  11,  18,  for,  where  his. 

Whereas,  xxii,  21,  adv.,  where. 

Whift,  XVII,  21,  vb.  pt.t.,  fent  out 
puffs  of  fmoke. 

Whip-iacke,  xv,  \^,  sb.  "A 
Whypiackeisonethat  bycoulor 
of  a  counterfaite  Lifence, 
(which  they  call  a  Gybe,  and 
the  feales  they  call  larckes) 
doth  vfe  to  beg  lyke  a  Maryner, 
But  hys  chiefeft  trade  is  to  rob 
Bowthes  in  a  Faire,  or  to  pilfer 


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ware  from  flaules,  which  they 
cal  heauing  of  the  Bowth." 
— Awdeley  on  Vagabonds, 
p.  4. 

AVhiffell,  XXIII, 4,  z'i?.J>rJ.,\\hiii\e. 

Whole,  VIII,  lo,  adt'.,  wholly, 
entirely. 

Whooted,  XV,  35,  ?'/;. //./., hooted, 
fliouted. 

Whord,  XV,  53,  vl>.,  hoard. 

Wild,  VIII,  21,/,/.,  willed,  deter- 
mined. 

Wilie  beguily,  iv,  29,  the  biter 
bitten. — See  note. 

Wincke,  11,  5,  7'1>.  imper.,  wink, 
pafs  over. 

Witcraft,  iv,  24,  sb..,  the  art  of 
wit,  logic,  ufe  of  one's  brains. 

Withers  greife,  xiv,  44,  sb.^  in- 
flammation of  the  withers  or 
fpace  between  the  flaoulder- 
bones  and  the  bottom  of  the 
neck  of  a  horfe. 

Witneffe,  i,  23, z'*^., bear  witnefs  to. 

WittoU,  XIII,  31,  sb.,  a  contented 
cuckold — 

' '  This  honed  man  was  dubbed  amongft 
them  a  tvittall.''^ 

Tom  Tell  Trothe,  ed.  Furnivall,  p.  13, 
1.  17. 

Won,  HI,   15,  Won,  v,  38,  adj., 

one. 
Wonted,  i,  5,  vb.  pl.t.,  was  wont 

to;  A.S.,  ivimian. 
Woodcocks,  XII,  2  2,  ^(^.,  woodcock 

is  proverbial  for  a  foolifh  bird, 

hence  a  fimpleton. 


WooUward,  11,  72,  adj.,  without 
any  linen  next  the  body.  The 
term  occurs  in  P.  Ploioman, 
ed.  Skeat,  B.  Text,  Paffas, 
xviii.  I. 

Woot,  XIV,  12,  vb.  pr.t. — See 
Twoot. 

Worfer-fort,  vi,  7,  sb.^  rabble, 
dregs. 

Wracke,  i,  4,  sb.^  wreck. 

Wrefl,  XXVII,  52,  sb.,  rcfl.  for  fpear 
or  lance. 

Wright,  XIV,  5,  vb.,  write. 

Wrong,  I,  17,/./.,  wrung. 

Wyn,  XV,  5,  sb.,  a  penny. 

Yawle,  XV,  8,  vb.,  howl,  yelp. 

Yearth,  i,  44,  sb.,  the  earth. 

Yellowes,  xiv,  44,  sb.,  a  diforder 
in  horfes. 

Ynckehorne,  11,  21,  sb.,  an  ink- 
fland.  To  ink-horn  is  to 
ufe  fine  words  or  fludied  ex- 
preffions;  thus  Cotgrave  gives 
^''  Efcorcher  le  Latin:  To  ink- 
hornize  it,  or  vfe  inkhorn 
tearmes."     See  alfo  11,  63. 

Youle,  XXVI,  264,  you  will. 

Ytche,  X,  12,  sb.,  itch. 

Xpians,  I,  25,  sb.,  a  Chriftian, 
from  the  facred  monogram 
^^1^  =  Chr :  the  initial  letters 
of  Chrift. 

ZowNES,  II,  72,  an  oath.  See 
Swones. 


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