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MINOR POEMS 
OF 
MICHAEL DRAYTON 

CItOSEN AND EDITED BY 
CYRIL BRETT 

OXFORD 
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 
.9o7 



Henry Frowde, M.A. 
Publlsher to *he University of Oxford 
London, Edinburgh, New York 
and Toronto 



CONTENTS 

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 
INTRODUCTION 
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THEMUS ELIZIUM 
SONGS FROM THE SHEPHERD'S GARLAND 
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF DRAYTON'S 
LIFE AND WORKS 

)3 Drayton born at Hartshill, Warwickshire. 
1z ? Drayton a page in the bouse of Sir Henry Goodere» at Polesworth. 
c. 14- Anne Goodere born ? 
Fcb. syg Drap'ton in London. Harm¢n, f . 
59 las ir. atil. Lucy Harrington becomes Countess of Bedford. 
595 ir Henry Gooder¢ the elder dies. Enion and Pl».e» dcdicatcd to 
Lucy Bedrd. 
x$$oE Arme Goode married to Sir Hen Rainsford. 
$98 Drayton already at work on the 
$99 E[istl«t and ld«a sonnets, new edition. {Date of Portrait of Draton in 
National Portrait Galle.) 
16oo Sir  
6ox ew edkion of Epla& and 
6 3 Drayton ruade an Esquire of the Bath, to Sir Walter Aston. 
16o 4 e O&.  Pean Trluml. Mes in a M  hh Mire'les. 
6o$ First collectoe ition of Pa,. Anocher edition of ! and 
1607 Ld  Gr« 
6o8 R¢rint ofCollectoe Poems. 
6o9 Anothcr dition of 

16o Reprint ofCollected Poems. 
t613 Reprint oflollected Poems. First Part of 
t618 Two E/OE/s in FitzGeoffre's Sauts and Erames. 
69 Collectoe Fdio oeition of Poems. 
6zo Second oekion of Elgi«s, and reprint of x69 Poems. 
16xx Foolbion complete. 
63o Muets Eliium. o»'« H«. os«s Is Birt and ir«l«. Davld and 
Goli. 
63 Second edition of 6x 7 folio. Drayton dies towards the end of the 
year. 
636 Posthums pocm appeared in nnNia 
67 Po«mt. 



INTRODUCTION 

MICHAEL DRArTON was bot'n in x $6tat Hartshill near Atherstone 
in Warwicksh/re» where a cottage, said to have been h/s, is still 
shown. He early became a page to Sir Henry Goodere, at Poles- 
worth Hall : his own words give che best picture of his early years 
here. s His education would seem to bave been good, but ordinary ; 
and itis very doubtful if he ever went to a university, a Besides 
che authors mentioned in che Epistle to Henry Reynolds, he was 
certainly familiar with Ovid and Horace, and possibly with Catull-s: 
whlle there seems no reason to doubt chat he read Greek, though 
it is quite crue chat his rehrences to Greek authors do hot prove 
any first-hand acquaintance. He understood French, and read 
Rabelais and che French sonneteers, and he seems to have been 
acquainted with Italian. s His knowledge of English literature was 
wide» and his judgement good : but his chief bent lay towards che 
history, legendary and otherwise, of his native country, and his vast 
stores oflearuing on this subject bore fruit in che Polyolbion. 
While still at Polesworth, Drayton fell in love with his patron's 
younger daughter Anne; * and, though she married, in Iç96 , 
.Sir Henry Rainsford of Clifford» Drayton continued his devotion to 
ber for many years» and also became an intimate friend of ber 
husband's, writing a sincere elegy on his death.  About February, 

* ci:. Elegy viii, ]o Hener Renotds, Esquire» F" *08. 
a Sir .ston Cokayne» in 6'8, says chat he went to Oxford, while Fleay 
asserts, without auchority, chat his universky was Frobably Cambridge. 
s cf. che motto of ldeas FIirroar» che allusions co Ari»sto in che l)mpbldla, 
p. zg; and al:ove ail, che kler»iral Epistles; Dedic. of Ep. of D. of 8«ffolto 
..l¢[agaret: 'Sweec is che Frencb Tongue, more sweec che/ta//an, but most sweet 
are they both, if spoken by yOUr admired self.' Cf. Surro to GerMdine» I1. y sqq., 
wich Draycon's noce. 
 cf. Sonnet xii (ed. c6oz), p. 4 z, ' 'Tis nine years now rince firsc I Iosc my 
xvic.' (This sonnet may, of course, oc,.x*r in che supposed 163 ed., which would 
fix an earlier date for Draycon's beginning of love.) 
 Elegy ix, p. * c . 



i Introdt«ction 
 çg*, Drayton paid a visit to I.ondon, and published his tiret work 
the Ha»,non,? of */oe Crar«/% a series of paraphrases from the Oid 
Testament, in fourteen-syllabled verse of no particular vigour or 
grace. T.his book was imlnediately suppressed by order of Arch- 
bishop Whitgifh possibly because it was supposed to savour of 
Puritanism. 1 The author, however, published another edition in 
 6  o ; indeed, he seems to bave had a fondness for this style ofvork 
for in * 6o 4 he published a duli poem, 2ars«« in a 2*tp oflis 
rc-issued in 6jo as ,soses Iis Birtb and 2*tiracl«s. Accompanying 
this piece» in 163o, were rwo other « Divine poems ': Noab's Floud 
and Daicl and Goliatt. Noab's Floud is, in part one of Dra)'ton's 
happiest attempts at the catalogue style of bestiary i and Mr. 
Ehon finds in it some foreshadowing of the manner of Paradise Lo,. 
But, as a whole, Drayton's attempts in this direction deserve the 
oblivlon into which they in coinmon with the similar productions 
other authors bave failen. In the dedication and preface to the 
l-¢a;',nony of le bu.rÆl are some of the few traces of Euphuism shown 
in Dra)ton's work i passages in the 14eroicallrpistles also occur to the 
mind. z He was alwa)'s averse to affectation, literary or otherwise, 
and in Eiegy viii deliberatel)' condemns Lyly's fantastc style. 
Probably belote Drayton went up to London Sir Henry Goodere 
saw that he wouid stand in need of a patron more powerful than the 
masrer of Polesworth aLd inrroduced him to the Eari and Countess 
of Bedford. Those who believe n Dra)'ton to bave been a Pope in 
Iretty slrite , identify the ' Idea' of his earlier poems with Lucy» 
Countess of Bedford ; though they are forced fo acknowledge as 
self-evident that the * Idea' of his later work is Ann% Lady 
Rain sford. They then proceed to sa)" that Dra)"ton, afier consistently 
honouring the Countess in his verse for tweive years» abrupti)" 
 cf. Morley's ed. of Ba0n«" Ve'arc, &c. {,887) » p. 6. 
 Cf. E. H. Ep, * Mat. to K. j., ,oo sqq., &c. 
s Professor 12ourthope and others. 'l"here was sorne excuse for b]unders belote 
the publication of Professor Elron's book  and they have been ruade casier by an 
unfortunate misprlnt. £rofessor Courthope twice misprints the ri*st line of the 
Love-£arting Sonnet» as • $ince there's no help, corne let us fise and part', and» 
so printed, the line supports better the tlaeo*y that the poern tefers to a patroness 
ad noc to a mistress. Cf. CourthoFe , Hier. Er, g. Poar,*, iii. PF" 4-0 and 



Introduction vii 
transferred his ailegiance, hOt forgetting to heap foul abuse on 
former patroness» out of pique at some temporary withdrawai of 
favour. Not oniï i this dire«tiï «omrarï to ail we know and 
cn infer of Drayton' ehacer» but Mr. Ein bas dedfiveiï 
diproved it bï a ummarï of bibliographffai and other evidenc. 
Imo the question it i here unne«esary to enter and it bas been 
menfion oniï be«ause it aione of the manï Draytn-«ontversie» 
bas «ast anï slur on the poet's reputafion. 
In 9, Drayton published Idea te [ep]crd Garland in nine 
Eciogues ; in 6o6 he added a tenth» the best of ali, to the new 
edition, and rearranged the order, so that the new ecioe 
became the ninth. In these Pastorais, while followlng the 
Sbepb« Cale'af in many ways, he already dispiays something of the 
smrdy indendence which characterized him through lire. He 
abandons Spenser's quasi-stic dialect and while keeping to most 
ofthe pasral conventions» such as the singing-match and threny 
he contrives to introduce something of a more naturai and homely 
stmin. He keeps the poiiticai allusions notably in the Eciogue 
containg the song in praise of Beta, who is» of course, een 
Eiibeth. But an over-bold remark in the iast line of that song 
was stck out in 6o6; and the new eciogue bas no politicai 
reference. He is hot ashamed to ailude directly to Spenser ; and 
indeed his direct debts are limited to a few scattered phrases» as in 
the Bald of Dowtab«l. Almost to the end of his literary caree G 
DraFton mentions Spenser with reverence and praise? 
It is in the songs intempersed in the Eclogues that Drayton's best 
work at this time is to be round : already his metricai vematility is 
disceible i for though he doubtless remembered the many vafieties 
of mette empioyed by Spenser in the Calendar, his verses already 
bear a stamp oftheir own. The long but impetuous lines» such as 
* Trim up ber golden tresses wàh Apoilo's sacred tree '» afford a 
string contrast to the archaic romance-metre derived from Sir 
Tbopa* and ifs feiiows» which appears  Dowtabel and it ag to the 
melancholy» murmuring cadences of the lament for EIp. It 
i CE E. d Phone» b fin.  b. Sir. 6-8  Ep. . qn. 79 sqq. 



viii Iltrodttctio 
musr, however, be confessed that certain of the songs in the 
edition were full of recondite conceits and laboured antit[aeses» and 
were rightl}, struck ou h tobe replaced b}, lovelier Poems, in the 
edition of 6o6. The song to Beta was printed in Englands 
6oo ; [acre, for t[ae first titne, appeared the song of Dead Lo've» 
and for the onl}, rime» wland« ,Oladrigal. In these songs» Dra},ton 
offends leastin grammar» always a weak point with him ; in the bod}, 
of the Eclogues, in the earlier Sonnets» in the Odes, occur the most 
extraordinary and perplexing inversions. QEite the most striking 
feature ot the Eclogues» especiall}, in their later form is their bold 
attempt at greater realism» ata breaking-awa}, from the conventional 
images and scener},. 
Having paid his trib,tte to one [,oetic fashion» Drayton in I ç94 fell 
in with the prevailing craze for sonneteering, and published 
#tirrour» a series of fifty-one ¢ amours ' or sonnets» wit[a two prefatory 
poems» one b}, Drayton and one b}, an unknown» signing himselfGorbo 
illqdde. T[ae title of t[aese poems Dra},ton Possibly borrowed from 
the French sonneteer» de PontotL, C : in their st},le mac[a recollection of 
Sidne},, Constabl% and Daniel is traceable. The}, are ostensibl}, 
addressed to his mistress» and soJne of them are genuine in feeli,g 
but man}' are merely imitative exercises in conceit i some apparentl},» 
trials in metre. These amours were again prlnted» with the title of 
Csonnets', in t599, t 6oo» 2602, I6Oj» 1605» 1608» 1610» 16Ij» 
269» and 6 » during the poet's lifetime. ]t is needless here to 
discuss wh ether Drayton were the « rival poet" to Shakespear% whether 
these sonnets were really addressed to a man» or merci}, to the 
ideal Platonic beauty ; or those who are interested in t[aese points 
I subjoin references to the sonnets whic[a touch upon them.  From 
the prentice-work evident in man}' of the 2¢raours» it would seem 
that certain of them are among Drayton's car|lest poems i but ot[aers 
s[aow a craftsman hot meanly advanced in his art. Nevertheless» 
with few exceptions, this first c bundle ofsonnets' consists rather of 
trials of skill» bubbles of the mind i most of his sonnets which 
t Those reFrlnts which were reall¥ new edlrlom are in italics. 
s )'94 ed.» Pref. Son. and nos. tz» 8, zS 99 ed.» nos. 3» 
ed., z, :7, 3 t ; and t6o" ed.» 67- 



Introduction ix 
strike the reader as touched or penetrated with genuine passion 
belong to the editions from *ç99 onwards implying that his love 
for Arme Goodere» ifat ail represented in these poems» grew with his 
years, for the «love-parting" is Erst found in the edition of 6 9. 
But for us the question should hot be, are these sonnets genuine 
representations ofthe personal feeling of the poet . but rather» how fat" 
do theï arouse or echo in us as individuals thé- universal passion? There 
are at least some of Drayton's sonnets which possess a direct, instant» 
and universal appeal» by reason of their simple force and straightfor- 
ward ring  and not in virtue ofany subde chat'm ofsound an,_{ rhythm» 
or overmastering splendour ofdiction or thought. Ornament vanishes» 
and soberness and simplicity increase» as *ce proceed in the editions of 
t.he sonnets. Drayton's chier attempt in the jewelled or ornamental 
style appeared in , ç 9 ç,with the title of Endimion and P]oebeandwas}in a 
sense, an imitation ofMarlowe's Hero and Leander. Hero and Leander 
as Swinburne says, a shfine of Pafian marble» ilhmined fiom within 
by a clear flame ofpassion; while Endimion and Phoebe is rather a 
curiously wrought tapestry» such as that in Mortimer's Tower, woven 
in splendid and harmonlous colours, wherein» however» the f/gures 
attain no cleamess or subtlety of outline» and more in semi- 
conventional scenery. Itis» none the less» graceful and impressiv% 
and of a like musical fluency with other poems of its class such 
as F'enus and ldonis» or Salmacis and Hermaplrodiu«. Pas ofit were 
re-set and spoilt in a , 606 publication of Drayton's, called The 
in tle 2loone. 
In 95 and ç94 Drayton also published his earliest pieces on 
the mediaeval theme of the * Falls of the Illustrious'; they were 
P«irs Gaeston and ltlatild, z t]e faire and clTaste dauglTter of tl»e Lord 
Pbert Fitg.water. Here Drayton followed in the track of Boccaccio» 
Lydgate, and the lttirrour for Alagistrates, walking in the way which 
Chaucer had derided in his 2*lonçes Tale: and with only too great 
fldelity does Drayton adapt himself to the dullnesses of his model 
fine rhetoric is not altogether wanting, and there is of course, 
the consciousness that these subjects deal with the history of his 
beloved country, but neither these, nor Pbert» Du of Normand 
(*96), nor G,««t Ororawe«l, Ead of E«c (*607 and ,609) , nor 



 trductin 
the llli,cries o[/l.rrg-rer (! 6z7) can escape the charge oftediousn¢ss, t 
England's lrcroical E]istl«s were first published in Iç97 » and other 
editions» of Iç98 » Iç99 » and 16oz» romain new epistles. These 
are Drayton's first attempt to strike out a new and original rein of 
English poetry: they are a series of letters» modelled on Ovid's 
ll«roide»  addressed by various pairs of loyers» famous in English 
hisrory, to each other» and arranged in chronological order» fim 
Henry II and Rosamond to Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guilford 
Dudley. They are» in a sense» the most important of Drayton's 
writings» and they bave certainly been the most popular, up to the 
early nineteenth century. In these poems Drayton foœeeshadowed» 
and probably inspired, the smo0th style of Fairfax» Waller» and 
Dryden. The mette» the grammar» and the thought» are all perfectly 
easy to follow» even though he employs many of the Ovidian • turns" 
and c clenches'. A certain attempt at realization of the different 
characters is observable but the poems are fine rhetorical exerdses 
rather than realizafions of the dramatic and passionate possibilities of 
their themes. In Iç96 » Drayton» as we bave seen» published the 
/fortimeridi,, a kind of epic, with Mortimer as its hero, of the wars 
berween King Edward II and the Barons. s It was written in the seven- 
line stanza ofChaucer's Troilus and Cressida and Spensefs ir.ymns. On 
its republication in 6o3» with the title ofthe arons' /d/ arc» the mette 
was changed to ottaa rima and Drayton showed in an excellent 
preface» that he fully appreciated the prlnciples and the subtleties of 
the metrical art. While possessing many fine passages» the 
 Meres though otherwise. Cf. Pallazh'« Tarai (t)'98), .As .Accius, ICI. tilius, 
and blilithus were called Tredirli, because they writ tragedies : so ma), wee 
trul¥ terme Michael Drayton Traa¢dioEra?ha« for his passionate penning the 
downfais of valiam Robert of 1'ormandy, chast blatilda, and great Gaueston.' 
Cf. Barnefied, l'ra: i diuer Imo« (ed. rber, p. 1), 'nd Drayton» whose 
wel-written Tragedies» I nd weete Epistles» soare thy faine to skies. I Thy 
learned narne is equall with the test» I Whose stately 1'umbers are so well 
addrest.' 
 Cf. Meres, Palladi Ta,ia (t)-98), « Michael Drayton doth irnitate Ouid in his 
Eao¢land' Hemlcal Ei«tle. » 
 Cf. id., ibid., 'As Lucan hath mournefully depainted the ciuil wars of 
Pornpey and :zsar: so hath Daniel the ciuill wars of Yorke and Lancaster, 
and Drayton che civill wars of Edward the second and the Barons.' 



Introduction xi 
Warr is somewhat dull» lacking much ofthe poetry of the older 
version i and does hOt escape flore Drayton' own cfiticim of 
Daniel' Chronicle Poem :  toe much hitofian in vere» . .. Hi 
rhymes were moeth» hi metres well did cloe But yet hi manner 
beoeer fitted proe'. The decfiptlon of MooEimer' Tower in the 
ixth boek recall the ornate tyle of dimio ad P««» while 
the fifih boek» decribing the eries of Ring Edward» i the mot 
moving and dramatic. But there i a general lifflene and lack 
of movement for which thee pule paage barely atone. The 
cause ofthe pructn ofo ny chnicle em aut thi rime 
ha been uped  tobe the de,ire of howing the horror of civil 
wa Gat a rime hn th ueen a growing oid» and no ucceor 
had» a it eemed» been accepted. AI they were a kind of 
parallel to the Chronicle Play and Drayton» in any cae 
even  we gnt him to bave been influenced by the examle of 
Daniel» never needed much incentive to treat a natiol thene. 
About thi tire% we find Drayton writing for the tage. It eem 
unnecea here to dicu whether the writing ofplay i evidence 
of Dyton' verty» or hi veratility   but the fact remain that 
he had a hand in the production of about twenty. Of thee» the only 
one which cenly survives is ]»e first part of rbe truc and ]onorable 
listorie of the lire of Sir yo Oldctle, te good Lord Cbbam» &c. It 
is practically imssible to distinguish Drayton's share in this cufious 
play» and it does not» therefore» matelly assist the eluci8ation 
of the question whether he had any dramatic feeling or skill. 
It tan be safely armed that the dramatic instinct was not upper- 
most in his nd  he was a Seneca rather than a Euripides : but 
to deny him ail dramatic idea, as does Dr. Whitake G is toe severe. 
There is decMed, if slender dramatic skill and feeling in cemain of 
the NympIml:. Drayton's peinons are usually» it must b said 
rather figures in a tableau, or series of tableaux  but in the second 
and seventh N/mpl»al:» and occasiolly in the tenth» there is real 
 f. Elegy viii. 
2 CE Morley's ed., Barons' gars, &c., *887, pp. 6-7. 
 Cf. giron, pp. 8-9» and whiaker, M. Dra2ton as a Drati«t (Public. Mod- 
Lang. Assoc. of America, vol. xviij. ). 



dramatic moement. Closely conne«ed with this question is the 
coideration of humour» wlch is wnly deed to r)rayton. 
Humour is observable first» perhaps, in the ow/ (1604)  then in the 
Ode to Ii« Ial 0 619 )  and iater in the ,Xr]ralol, idia » Sb«Iolxards Sir«na, 
and lus llyura. The second Nyraplal shows us the quiet laughter» 
the humorous twinkle, with which Drayton writes at rimes. The 
subject is an 17d,, or contest between two shepherds for the 
affections of a nymph cailed Lirope: Lalus is a vale-bred swain» 
of reflned and elegant manners» skilled, nevertheless in ail manly 
sports and exercises  Cieon» no less a toaster in physical p,x)wess» 
was nurtured by a hind in the mountains ; the contrast between 
their manners is admirably sustained: Cleon is rough, inclined 
to be rude and scoffing, totaily without tact»even where his mistress 
is concerned. Lalus remembers her upbringing and her tastes  
he makes no unnecessary or ostentatious display of weaith  his 
gffts are simple and charming while Cieon's are so grotesquely 
unsuited to a swain that it is tempting to suppose that Drayton 
was quietly satirizing Marlowe's Passionate Sl»elerd. Lirope listens 
gravely to the swains in turn» and makes demure but provoking 
answers raising each to the height of hope, and then casting them 
both down into the depths of despair ; finaily she refuses both, yet 
without altogether kiiling hope. Her first answer is a good specimen 
of ber banter and of Drayton's humour. 1 
On the accession of James I» Drayton hastened to greet the 
King with a somewhat laboured song To tl»« laiti¢ of l(jng ïaraes i 
but this poem was apparently considered to be premature : he cried 
liat l(fx' without having said, lortua est ¢]Teu Pgina» and accordingly 
he suffered the penalty of his «forward pen'  and was severely 
neglected by King and Court. Throughout James's reign a darker 
and more satirical mood possesses Drayton» intruding at times even into 
his strenuous recreadon-ground» the Polyolbion and manifesting itseif 
more directly in his satires, the owl,(t6o4) , the oon-Calfe (16z7), 
the #lanh rb« #toon« (t6o6), and his verse-letters and elegies; 
while his disappointment with the times» the country» and the King 
 cf. tel. ij. az 7 sqq., p. tTZ. 
: cf. Elegy ij. z. 



Introduction xiii 
flashes out occasionally even in the Odes» and is heard in lais last 
publication» the tum Eli%ium (163o). To counterbalance the 
disappointment in his hopes fi'om the King, Drayton round a new 
and lire-long fi'iend in Walter Aston» of Tixali, in Staffordshire i 
this gentleman was created Knight ofthe Bath by James, and ruade 
Drayton ose of his esquires. By Aston's c continual bounty' the 
poet was able to devte himself almost entirely to more congenial 
literary work i for, *virile Meres speaks of the Polyolbion in z98» t 
and we may easily see that Drayton had the idea of that work 
as least as early as t94,  ),et he cannot bave been able to giv 
much si*ne to it dli now. Nevertheless, the Cdeclining and corrupt 
rimes' worked on Dra),ton's mind and grieved and darkened his 
soul» for we must remember that he was perfectly prosperous then 
and *vas sot therefore indted to satire by bodily want or distress. 
In t6o4 he published the orale, a mild satire, under the form 
of a moral fable ofgovemn-.ent» reminding the reader a little of the 
parlement of" Fou/et. Tige Alan in tle Aloone (16o6) is parti), a 
recension of Endiraion and Ploe[e but is a heterogeneous mass of 
weakl), satire, of no particular merit. The Aloon-Calf« (6z7) is 
Dra),ton's most savage and misanthropic excursion into the region 
of Satire  in which, though occasionally nobl), ironie, he is more 
usually coarse and blustering, in the st),ie of Marston.  In 6oS 
Dra),ton brought out hJs first c collected poems' fi'omwhich the Eclogue« 
and the Owle are omitted i and in I6o6 he published his Poerae Z.yricl 
and Patorall» Ode, Eglog, Tle «llan in t]e 2Ioone. Of these the Eglog 
are a recension ofthe Sheph«rd' Garland of t593 : we bave already 
spoken of Tle 2lan in tge 211oone. The Odo are by far the most 
important and striking featu,'e ofthe book. In the preface, Drayton 
professes to be following Pindar, Anacreon, and Horace, though as 
he modestly implies, as a g,'eat distance. Under the title of Od«s he 
 Cf. palladi Tamla : « Michael Drayton is now in penning, in English verse, 
a Poem called Pdy-olblon, Geographicall & Hydrographicall of all the forests» 
woods, mountaines, roumaines, riuers lakes, flouds, bathes» & springs that be 
in England.' 
 Cf..draert (I594.), xx and xxiv. 
s Cf. Sonnet vj (t6,9 edition); which is a dignified summary of much tha¢ 
he says more coarsely in the l¢loone-Calfe. 



i  Introduction 
includes a ariety of subjects» and a variety of metres i ranging ffom 
an Ode to Ii, Harp or to t)is Citic» to a Ballad of gincourt» or a em 
on the Rose compared with his Mistress. In the edition of 1619 
appeared seeral more Odes including some of the bestl wle 
many of the others undeent careful reision notably the Ballad. 
* Sing wee the RoseÇ perhaps because of its untelligibility» and the 
Ode to his fi'iend John Saage perhaps because too closely itated 
ftom Horace» were omltt. Drayton was hot the tiret to use the 
terre Ode for a lyrical poem, in English : Soothern in t ç 84 and Daniel 
in *çgz had preceded himl but he was the tiret to gie the name 
popularity  England, and to lift the kind as Ronsard had lffted it in 
France  and till the time of wper no other English et showed 
mastery of the short» staccato measure of the Anacreontic as 
distct flore the Pindaric e. In the Ode, Draymn shows to the 
fullest extent his metrical ersatity : he touches the Skeltonic metre» 
the long ten-syllabled ne of the Sacrifice to poRo ; and ascends 
from the smooth and melious rhythms of the New ar through 
the inspiring hartones of the lirginian oyag« to the clangour and 
swing of the Bllad of giout. His gramr is ssibly more 
distorted here than anywhere» but» as Mr. Elton says» « these are the 
obstacles of any et who uses measures of ur or s syllables.' 
His tone throughout is *ther that of the harp» as played perhaps» 
in Poleswomh Hall» than that ofany other inst,ment  but in i6i 9 
Drayton bas taken to m the lute of Carew and s compeers. In 
16 9 the style is ghter» the fancy gayel'» more exquisit% more 
recondite. Most of his few metaphysical conceits are to be und 
in these later es» as in the H«art the l'alentine» and the 
In the comparison of the two editions the noble G if more strained» 
tone of the earer is obviom i it is still Elizabethan in its nobity 
ofideal and purpose» in its enthusiasm»  its belief and confidence 
in England and ber men ; and ts even though we catch a gmpse 
ofthe Jacobean woe  the Ode to ïdm Savag: the I6I 9 Odes are 
of a fferent world their spifit is ghter» more insouciant in 
appearanc% though perhaps studiedly sol the rhythms are more 
finmsti G with less of strength and finess» though with more of 
grace and superficial beauty  even the very textual alterations» while 



Introduction x  
usually increasing the grace and the music of the lines, remind the 
reader that something of the old spontaneity and freshness is gone. 
In I6O7 and , 609, Drayton published two editions of the last and 
weakest of his mediaeval poems--the I.eg«nd of Great Cromw«ll; and 
for the next few years he produced nothing new, only attending to 
the publication of certain reprints and new editions. During this 
rime, however, he was working steadily at the Polyolbion, helped by 
the patronage of Aston and of Prince Henry. In 16I z-i j, D,yton 
burst upon an indifferent world with the lqrst part ofthe great poem, 
containing eighteen songs i the title-page will give the best idea of 
the contents and plan of the book: ' Poly-Olbion or a Choro- 
graphicall Description of the Tract b Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, 
and other Parts of this renowned Isle of Great Britain% With 
intermixture of the most Remarquable Stories, Antiquities, Wonders, 
Rarityes» Pleasures, and Commodities of the saine: Digested in a 
Poem by Michael Drayton, Esq. With a Table added, for direction 
to those occurrences of Story and Antiquities, whereunto the Course 
of the Volume easily leades hot.' &c. On this work Drayton had 
been engaged for nearly the whole of his poetical career. The 
learlfing and research displayed in the poem are extraordinary, 
almost equalling the e,adition of Selden in his Annotations to each 
Song. The lqrst part *vas, for various reasons, a dmg in the marke h 
and Drayton round great difficulty in securing a publisher for the 
second part. But during the years flore ,6, 3 to ,6zz, he 
became acquainted with Drummond of Hawthornden through a 
common friend, Sir William Alexander of Menstry, afierwards Earl 
of Stirling. In t 6t 8, Drayton starts a correspondence ; and towards 
the end of the year mentions that he is corresFonding also with 
Andro Hart» bookseller, of Edinburgh. The subject of his letter was 
probably the publication of the Second Part; which Drayton 
alludes to in a letter of t6t 9 thus: ci bave done twelve books 
more» that is from the eighteenth book, which was Kent, if you 
note itl all the East part and North to the river Tweed; but ir 
lies by mel for the booksellers and I are in terres; they are a 
company of base knaves, whom I both scorn and kick at." Final/y, 
in t6zz» Drayton got Marriot b Grisrnand and Dewe» of London» to 



,,i Introduction 
take the work, and it was published with a dedication to Prince 
Charles, who, afier his brothefs death» had given Drayton patronage. 
Drayton's preface to the Second Part is well worth quoting : 
« To a. t]»t *vill r«ad i. Wen I first undertoek tis Poem» 
as mme vey skilful in t ki ave pleased to terre i h ts 
Hetculean labour» I was by mme virtuous friends persuaded» that 
should receive muc comfot and encouragement terein; and for 
these reasomi Fiat» that it w a new» clear» way never before 
gone by any i then» that it contahed ail te Delicacies, Delight b 
and Ratities of ts renowned Isle» intemoven with te Histories of 
the Briton h Saxons» otmans» and te latet Engs : And furter 
that there is scarcely any ofte Nobity or Genn T ofts land» but 
that he is in oeme way or other by s Blood interested therein. 
But it ath fallen t oterwise ; for instead of tat comforb wich 
my noble friends (fmm the fi'eedom of teir spirks) proposed as 
due» I bave met with barbatous ignotanc% and base dettaction 
such a doud hat the Devil dtawn over te wotld's judgment» wose 
opinion is in few years fallen so far below ail ballat» tat 
icthargy is incurable: nay some of te Stationers tat had the 
selling of te Fitst Part of this Poem, because it went not so fast 
away in te sal% as some of teir beastly and abominable tras, 
(a same bot to out language and nation) bave eiter despitefully 
iefi out, or at ieast carelessly neglected the Epistles to the Readers 
and so bave cozened te buyers wit unperfected boeks ; wic 
these that ave undertaken te Second Part, ave been forced to 
amend in the First, for te small number that are yet ,'emaing 
in teir ands. d me of out outlandis, unntural» Englis 
(I know not ow othe:ise to express tem) stick not to y tat 
there is notHng in tis Ishnd wo* studying r, and take a great 
pride to be ignorant in any ting thereof; r tese, shce they 
delight in teir folly» I wish it may be heredita from them to 
teir posterity, tat teir children may be begg'd r foels to the 
fifih generafion» until it may be beyond the memo* T of man to 
know that there was ever oter of teir faes : neither tan this 
deter me from going on with Scotland, ff mes and rime do hot 
inder me, to perform as much as I bave pmised in my First Song : 



hztrodzt«tion xvii 
"l-iii through the sleepy main» to 7-1»d_ I bave gone» 
And seen the Frozen lsles» the cold 
Amongst whose iron Rocls» grim $aturn ),et remains 
Bound in those gloom), caves-wlth adamantine chains. 
And as for those cattle whereof I spale before, Odl 
« ar««Ç» of whJch I accourir them, be the), nevr so great» and so 
leave them. To m)' friends, and the loyers of m)' labours» I 'ish 
ail happiness. ticbad 
The Poalbin as a whole is cas), and pleasant to read i and 
though in some parts it savours too much ofa mere catalogue» 
bas man)' things truly poetical. The best books are perhaps 
the xii} xiv, and xv» where he is on his own ground, and there- 
fore naturall)' at his best. It is interesting to notice how much 
attention and space he devtes to Wales. He describes hot 
onl)' the Ç wonders' but also the fauna and flora of each district 
and of the two it would seem that the flowers interested him more. 
Though he was a Ieen observer of countr), sights and sounds (a 
fact sucientl)' attested b), the IVmpbidia and the IVrnpbals), it 
is evident that his interest in most things except flowers was rather 
momentat T or conventional than continuous and heart-felt i but of 
the flower he loves to talk» whether he weaves us a garland for the 
"l-hame's wedding, or gives us the contents of a maund of simples ; 
and his love, if somewhat homel), and unimaginative, is apparent 
enough. But the main inspiration, as it is the main theme, of the 
Pololbion is the glory and might and weahh, past, present, and 
future, of England» ber possessions and ber folk. Through ail this 
giotT» however we catch the tone of Elizabethan sortow over the 
«Ruines of "l-ime' i grief that ail these might), men and their 
worls wili perish and be forgotten, unless the poet males them lire 
for ever on the lips of men. Drayton's own voluminousness bas 
defeated his purpose, and sunk his poem by its own bulk. "l-hough 
it is dicult to go so far as/lr. Bullen, and say that the onl), thing 
better than a stroll in the Pololbion is one in a Sussex lane, it is still 
barder to agree with Canon Beeching that « there are few beauties on 
the road " the beauties are many though of a quietl)' t-ural type, and 
the road if long and winding» is of good surface while ts cranls 



xviii Introdm'tion 
constitute much of its charm. It is doubtless, ri'oto the outsid% an 
appalling Foem in these days of eFitomes and monog,-aFhs , but it 
certainly deserves tobe rescued from obllvlon and read. 
In ,6J8 Drayton contributed two El«gle# to Henry FirzGeoffrey's 
Sas and Epigram«*. These were on the Lady Penelope Clifion» 
and on « the death of the three sonnes of the Lord Sheeld» drowned 
neere where Trent falleth into Humber'. Neither is remarkable 
save r fa*fetched conceits ; they were reFrinted in *6zo» and 
again» with many otherh in the volume of ,6z7. In ,6 9 Drayton 
issued a folio collected edition of his works» and reprimed it in *6zo. 
In ,6z7 followed a folio of wholly fi'esh marre G including the 
Battaile of incourt i t/ae lis¢ries of e«ne lararite, 
e*t of Onthia, Sbepleards 5irena loone-Cae» and Elegies 
occasions. The Battaile of gncourt is a somewhat otime expansion» 
wàh urple atches, of the BalIad; it is nevetxheless, Drayton's best 
lengthy piece on a historical theme. Of the li«eriet 
41a»gar#e and of the loone-CaI] we bave already sken. The most 
notable piece in the book is the Nimphidia. This Foem of the 
utx of Fairy bas «invention» gra¢% and humour' as mon 
Beeching bas sald. It would be interesting to know exactly when 
it was composed and ¢ommitted to aper, for it is thought that the 
three fairy poems in Heni&'s H«s¢rJ&t were wdtten about 6z6. 
In an)' case» Drayton goem touches very little» and chiefly in the 
beginning on the subect ofany one of Herriçk's three pieces. The 
tyl% execution, and impression lefi on the reader are quite different 
cven as the are totally unlike those of the 3tidsummer 
Herri&'s pieces are extraordinary combinations of the idea of ' Ring 
of Shadows '» with a reality fantastically sober : the ers are steeped 
i« moonlight. In Drayton all is clear day» or the most unromamic 
of nighs i though everything is charming, there is no attempt at 
idealization, little of the higher faculty of imagination  but great 
realism» and much play of fancy. Henck's verses were written by 
Cobweb and Moth together» Drayton's b Puck. Granting, however, 
the initial deficiency in subtlety of charm, the whole m is inimit- 
ably graceful and piquant. The gay hamour» the demure horror of 
the vitchcrafi the terrible seriousness of the battl% -onderfully 



Intmdttction 
realize the mock-heroic gigantesque ; and while there is not the 
minute accuracy of Gulliver in Lilliput, Drayton did not 
write for a sceptical or too-prying audience ; quite half his readers 
believed more or less in faifies. In the mette of the poem Drayton 
again echoes that of the older romances» as he did in Dow, ab«l. In 
the f«st of C,'intl»i» while ostensibly we corne to the real world 
of mortals» we are really in a non-existent land of pastoral con- 
vention» in the most pseudo-Arcadian atmosphe*e in which Drayton 
ever wo*'ked. ïhe metre and the language are» howeve G charm- 
ingly managed. Th« SIJep]eards Sirvna is a poem» apparent]y, « where 
more is meant than meets the ea*;" as so ofien in pastoral poetry * ; 
itis diflicult to sec exactly what is meant ; but the Jacobean strain 
of doubt and fear is there» and the poem would seem to bave been 
written some time earlier than 16z7. "l"he E/«giet comprise a 
great variety of styles and themes i some are really threnodies» 
some verse-letters, some laments over the e¢il times» and one a 
summary of Drayton's Iiterary opinions. He empIoys the couplet in 
his Elegic« with a masterly hand» often with a deliberately rugged 
e/Tec b as in his broader Marstonic sarire addressed fo William 
Browne ; while the line of greater smoothness but equal strength is 
to be seen in the letters to Sandys and Je/T*'eys. He is fantastic and 
conceited in most of the threnodies  but, as is natural, that on his 
old fi'iend» Sir Henry Rainsford» is least artiicial and fullest of te 
feeling. The epistle to Henrry P)nold«. Of Poet and Poe«ie shows 
Drayton as a sane and sagacious criti G ready to see the good» but 
keen to discern the weakness also  perhaps the clearest evidence of 
his critical skill is the way in which nearly ail of his judgements on 
his contemporaries coincide with the received modern opinions. 
In his later years Drayton enjoyed the pat*onage of the third 
Earl and Countess of Dorset; and in 63o he published his last 
volume» the /tlu«s Elium, ofwhich he dedicated the pastoral part 
to the Earl and the three divine poems at the end to the COUl,tess. 
The «*racer Eliam proper consists of Ten Pastorals or Nymphals, 
prefaced by a Description of Elium. The three digne poems 
 cf. Morle,'s ed. larons" ths, &c.. F" 8. 



 [ntroduction 
have been mentioned belote, and were No«l»'« F/od» /foses hic Brt 
and liracl¢«» and Did and Goliak The Nympbah are che cwn 
and summa of much of che best in Drayton's work. Here he 
depamed from che conventional type of FaStOl, even more chan in 
che Sb«pb«rd'« Garland; but to say chat he sang of English stic lire 
would hardly be crue : che sixth Nympb«g allowing for a few pardon- 
able exaggerations by che competitolS, is »lmost ail English, if we 
except che names ; sois che tenth with che saine exception ; che 
and foumh might cake place anywhere, but are not likely in any 
count* T ; che second is more conventional i che fifih is almost, but 
hot quit% English ; che third, seventh, and ninth are avowedly class- 
ical in theme ; while che eighth is a more delicate and subtle fai,T 
poem chan che Nympbidia. The foumh and tenth Nympbals are also 
touched with che sadder» almost satiric rein ; che former inveighing 
against che English imitation of foreigners aM love of extravagance 
in dress ; hile the tenth complains of che impvident a wastel 
felling of trees in che English forests. This last OEmpbal» though 
designedly an epilogue, is pbably tacher a warning chan a despai* 
ing lainent, even though we conceive che old satyr tobe Drayton 
himself. As a whole che Nympal, show Drayton at his happiest 
and ghtest in style and mette ; at his moments of greatest serety 
and even gaiety ; an atmosphere of sunshlne seems to envelope them 
ail, though che sun sink behind a cloud in che last. s music now 
is chat of a fippng stream, whereas in h earlier days he spoke 
weightier and more sonoas OlS, with a mouth of gold. a 
To estimate che poetical facuhy of Drayton is a somewhat 
e,lexing task ; fo G wh/le *arely subtle, or rishg to empyrean 
heights, he wte in such varied styles, on such rations themes, chat 
che task, at first, seems chat of criticizing many poets, hot one. 
But throagh ail his work ns che saine eminently English spirit, che 

a Charles FiçzGeoffre¥, Dra (L¢96), 'golden-mouthed Drayton musical." 
çuilpin, SaletJ;ei (,j98), 'Drayton's condemned of some for imitation, 
others say, "ris che best poet's fashion ... Dra¥on "s justl¥ surnam'd golden- 
mou*h'd." l¢leres, Palladiz Tam;a (t'98)» * In Charles Fkz-Jefferies .Dr Dra¥on 
is *ermed «goklen-mouth'd" for *he purit¥ and pretiousnesse of his sciée and 
phrase.' 



[trottttctio 
ame honesty and charness of idea» the saine stolidiï of purpose, and 
hot infrequemly of exception also i the saine enthusiasm characterize 
ail his earlieq and much of his luter work i the enthuiasm especially 
characteristic of Elizabethan England» and shown by Drayton in hi 
passion for Eng[and and the Eng[ish» in hi tfiumphant oy in their 
splendid pas, and his cerainty of their future glory. As a poe» he 
lacked imagination and fine fury i he supplied their place by the 
airiest and clearest of fancies by the strenuous labour of a great 
brain illumined by the steady flame of love/or his country/nd for 
his lady. Mr. Courthopehas said that he laked lofiiness and resolution 
o artistic propose i without these we ask» how could a man» hot 
lavishly dowered with poetl/ in his soul» bave achieved so much 
of it . It was his ver5' fixity and loftiness of purpose» his English 
stubbornness and doggedness of resohtion that enabled him to 
surmount so many obstacles of style and mette» of subject and 
thought. His two purposes» of glorifïing his mistress and his friends, 
and ofsounding England's glories past and future, while insisting on 
the dangers ofa present decadence, never flagged or failed. Ail his 
poetry up to 6z7 bas this object directly or secondafily  and much 
afier this date. Of the more abstract and universal aspects of 
art he had hot much conception; but he caught eagerly at the 
fashionable belief in the eternizing power of poetrï  and had it 
hOt been that» where his patfiotism was uppermost he was 
deficient in humour and sense of proportion, he would bave succeeded 
better: as it is» his more directly patriotic pieces are usually the 
dullest or Ion,gest of his works. He requires» like ail other poets» 
the impulse of an absolutely personal and individual feeling» a 
moment of more intimate sympathy, to rouse him to his heights 
of song. Thus the Ballad o] .qgincourt is on the very theme of 
ail patriotic themes that most attracted him ; Virginian and other 
Voyages lay very close to his heart  and in certain sonnets to 
his lady lies his only imperishable work. Of sheer melody 
and power ofsong he had little, apart from his themes : he could 
hOt have sat down and written a few lark's or nightingale's notes about 
nothing as soin: ofhis contemporaries were able to do : he required 
the stimulus of a subject, and if he were really moved thereby 



xxii Introdnction 
he beat the music out. Only in one or two of the later Odes, and 
in the volumes of t6z7 and 163o , does lais music ever seem to flow 
from him naturally. kin to this q.uality cf broad and extensive 
workmanship» to this facuhy of taking a subiect and then wridng» 
wih ail thought concentraed on it, rather than on the method of 
*riting about it, is his stange lack of what are usually called 
« quotations '. For this is hot only due *o the fact that he is little 
known ; there are, besides, so few detached remarks or aphorisms that 
are separately quotable  so few examples of that «urioa fdi«itas of 
diction : liras like these, 
Thy Bowe, halle broke, is peec'd wlth old desire  
Her Bowe is beauty wùh ten housand strings .... 
are rare enough. Drayton, in lac b cornes as near controverting 
the statement Pocta na*dtur no fit, a any one in English literarure: 
by diligent toil and earnest desire he won a place for hlmself in the 
second tank ofEnglish poets: through love he once set foot in the 
circle ofthe mighdest. Sincere he vas always, simple often, sensuous 
rarely. His great industry, his carefil study and his great receptivity 
are shown in the unusual spectacle of a man who bas sung well in 
the language of bas youth suddenly learnMg, in bAs age æ the tongue 
spoken by the younger generarion, and reproducing it with individu- 
ality and suteness of touch. It is in rhetoric, splendid or rugged» 
in argument, in plain statement or description, in the outline 
sketch of a picture, that Drayton excels i magie of atmosphere and 
colouring are rarely present. Stolidày is» perhaps, bas besetting 
sin i yet it is the sign of a slo% hOt a dull, intellect i an intellect, 
like bas heart, wbach never let slip what it had once taken to itself. 
As a man Drayton 'ould seem to bave been an excellent type o| 
the sturdy, clear-headed, but yet romantic and enthusiastic English- 
man i gi/ted with nmch natural ability, sedulously increased by study; 
quietly hulnorous, self-restrained; and if temporarily soured by 
disappointment and the disjointed rimes, yet emerging at last into a 
greater serenity, a more unadulterated gaiety than had ever before 
characterized him. It is possible» but from bas clear and sane 
balance of mlnd improbable, that many of his light later poems are 



Introdt«tionxxiii 
due to dellberate self-bliadlng and self-decet, tion, a walking in 
enchanted lands ofthe mind. 
Of Drayton's three known Portraits the earliest shows him at the 
age of thirty-si,c, and is now in the National Portrait Gallery. A look 
ofqulet» speculative melancholy seems to pervade it ; there is, as ),et, 
no r.oroseness, no evidenc" of severe conflict with the world, no 
shadow of stress or of doubt. The second and best-known portrait 
shows us Drayton at the age of tïfiy» and was engraved b}, Hole as 
a frontispiece to the poems ofl6 9. Here a notable change bas corne 
over the face i the mouth is hardened» and depressed at the corners 
through disappolntment and disillusionment ; the e}'es are fidl of 
a pathos increased by the puzzled and perturbed uplifi of the brows. 
Yet a stubbornness and tenacity of purpose invests the features and 
reminds us that Drayton is of the old and soand Elizabethan stock» 
Con evil days though fallen.' Let it be remembered, that he was in 
1613» v:hen the portrait ,'as taken, in more or less posperous circum- 
stances ; it was the sad degeneracy, the meanness and feebleness of 
the genetation around h/m, that chiefly depressed and embittered 
him. The final portraih nowin the Dulwich Gallet},, represents the 
Poet as a man ofsixt},-tïve ; and is quite in keeping wlth the sunnier 
and calmer tone of his later poetry. It is the face of one who bas 
not emerged unscathed ri'oto the wotld's conflict» but bas attained 
to a certain ca/m» a measure of tranquillity» a portion of content, 
who bas learnt the Irsson that there is a soul of goodness in things 
evil. The Hole portrait shows him with long halr» small Cgoatee" 
beard, and aquiline nose drawn up at the nostfils : while the National 
portrait shows a t}'pe of nose and beard intermediate between the 
Hole and the Dulwich pictures : the general contour of the face, 
though the forehead is broad enough, is long and oral. Dra},ton 
seems fo bave been rail and thin and to have beea very susceptible 
of cold, and therefore to bave hated Wintet and the North? He 
is said to have shared in the supper v:hich caused Shakespeare's 
death  but his ovin verses  breathe the spifit of 1lilton's sonnet 
to Cytiack Skinner, rather than that of a devotee of Bacchus. 
 cf. E./-/. E, pp. 9, 99 (ed. 717)i Elcgv i; and Oderiten in tle Pea' 
"- Elegy viij, ad ini¢. 



; I,trodt«tion 
He died in x6jx, possibly on December z;, alld was buried 
under the North wall of Westminster Abbey. Meres's* opilfion of his 
character during his early life is as follows : ¢ As Aulus Persius Flaccus 
is reported among al writers tobe of an honest life and vpright 
conuetation : so Michael Drayton, çuem totics onorls et amoris caus.* 
nomino, among schollers, soeldiom, Poets» and ail soin of pple is 
helde for a man of uetuoes dkpositio honest convetation, and 
well uemed cariage i which is almost miracubm among goed wits 
in these declinMg and cormpt timeh when thet* is nothing but 
mget in villanous man, and when cheating and ctafiines is coented 
the cleanest wit, and undest wisedome. '* Fuller also, in a silar 
strMn says» CHe was a pious poe h his conscience having the 
command of his fancy, verï temperate in his lffe, slow of speech» and 
inoffensive in company." 
In conclusion I have to thank Mr. H. M. Sanders» of Pembroke 
llege, Oxford, for help and advice, and Professor Raleigh and 
Mr. R. W. Chapman r help and criticism while the volume was 
in the press. Above all I am at evet turn indebted to Professor 
Elton's invaluable #lica«l Drayton»  without which the work of any 
student of Drayton would be rendered» if hot impoesible» at least 
infiMtely barder. 
CYRIL BREII. 
LTON STAFFORDHI RE. 
 CE Rauefrom Parna«*u*» i. • {6oo), ed. rb. p. . 
 Mirll Draton.  Crài« St. Oliver Elton, bl.k. London : . çstable 
& ço., 9oy. 



SONNETS 

[from the Edition of , )'gnt] 

To the deere Chyld of the Muses, and 
his euer kind Mecœenas, lIa. Anthony 
Cooke» Esquire 

OVCHSAFE to grace these rude vnpolish'd rymes 
Which long (dear friend) haue slept in sable night, 
And» corne abroad now in these glorious tymes, 
Can hardi)' brook the purenes of the liglt. 
But still )'ou see their desten), is such» 
That in the world the),r tortune the), must try» 
Perhaps the), better shall abide the tuch 
W¢aring your name, the),r gracious liuer),. 
Yet these mine owne : I wrong not other men 
Nor trafique further then th),s happ), Clyme» 
Nor filch from Portes nor from Petrarchs pen 
A fault too common in this latter rime. 
Diuine Syr Phillip I auouch thy writ o 
I ara no Pickpurse of anothers wit. 
Yours deuoted» 
M. DRAYTONo 



. Sonnels z594 

Amour i 
EADE hccrc (swcet Ma)d) thc stor) of m) 
Thc drcr), abstracts of m), cndlcs carcs 
Witk my liucs sorow cntcrlyncd so ; 
Smok'd with m) sighcs, andblottcd with my tcarcs : 
Thc sad mcmorials of m) miscrics 
Pend in thc gricfc of mync aictcd ghost i 
liucs complaint in dolcful Elcgics» 
h so pure louc as tymc could ncuer boast. 
lcccauc thc inccnsc which I otr hccrc» 
By my strong fayth ascending to thy fa.me 
My zeale, my hope, my vowes, my prase, my prayer 
M)' mules oblation to thy sacred name : 
Which name my Muse to highest heauen shal raise 
By chast desire» true lou% and verrues praise. 

Amour z 
Y fayre, if thou wilt registcr my loue, 
More then worlds volumes shall thereof arise  
Preserue my teares, and thou thy selle shalt proue 
A second tood downe rayning from mine eyes. 
Note but my sighes, and thine eyes shal behold 
The Sun-beames smothered with immortall smoke ; 
And if by thee, my prayers may he enrold, 
They heauen and earth to pitty shall prouoke. 
Looke thou into my breast, and thou shalt see 
Chaste holy vowes for my soules sacrifice : 
That soule (sweet Maide) which so hath honoured thee, 
Erecting Trophies to thy sacred eyes ; 
Those eyes to my heart shining euer bright» 
When darknes bath obscutad each other light. 



Ideas Mirrour  

Amour 3 
Y thoughts bred vp with Eagle-birds of loue, 
And, for their verrues I desiered to know, 
Vpon the nest I set them forth, to proue 
If they were of the Eagles kinde or no : 
But they no sooner saw my Sunne appeare, 
But on her rayes with gazing eyes they stood ; 
Which proou'd my birds delighted in the ayre, 
And that they came of this rare kinglie brood. 
But now their plumes» full sumd with sweet desire» 
To shew their kinde began to clime the skies : 
Doe what I could my Eaglets would aspire, 
Straight mounting vp to thy celestiall eyes. 
And thus (my faire) my thoughts away Ix: flowne, 
And from my breast into thine eyes be gone. 

Amour 4 
M Y faire, had I not erst ad6rned my Lute 
With those sweet strings stolne from thy golden hayre, 
Vnto the world had ail my ioyes been mute, 
IX/or had I learn'd to descant on my faire. 
Had hOt mine eye seene thy Celestiall eye, 
IX/or my hart knowne the power of thy naine, 
My souk had ne'er felt thy Diuinitie, 
IX/or m l, Muse been the trumpet of thy lame. 
But thy diuine perfections» by their skill, 
This miracle on my poore Muse haue tried, 
And, by inspiring, glorifide my quill» 
And in my verse thy selfe art deitied : 
Thus from thy sdfe the cause is thus deriued, 
That by thy faine all faine shall be suruiued. 



-1- çoet s -'Y94 

Amour - 
1NCE holy Vcstall lawcs hauc bccn ncglcctcà, 
Thc Gods pure tire bath bccn cxtinguisht quitc ; 
o Virgin once attcnding on that light» 
Nor )'et thosc hcaucnly secrets once rcspectcd ; 
Till thou alonc» to pay thc hcaucns thcir dutlc 
Within thc Temple of thy sacrcd naine» 
V¢ith thinc cycs kindling that Cclcstill flamc» 
By thosc rcflccting Sun-bcamcs of thy bcautic. 
Hcrc Chastity that Vcstll most diuinc 
Attends that Lampc with c),c which ncucr slccpcth ; 
Thc volumes of Religions lawcs shcc kccpctl 
Making thy brcast that scrcd rcliqucs shrnc» 
Whcrc blcsscd Angcls» singing da), and night 
Praisc him which mdc tht tire» which lcnds that light. 

Amour a 
T  ono holo word  , ono h«n, ou., 
A 
Phoenix tho% this Phoenix then alone : 
By thy rare plume thy kind is easly knowne, 
With heauenly colours dide, with natures wonder cround. 
Heape thine own verrues, seasoned, by their sunne, 
On heauenly top of thy diutne desire ; 
Then with thy beautie set the saine on fire 
So by th), death thy life shall be begunne. 
Thy selle, thus burned in this sacred flame, 
With thine owne sweetnes al the heauens perfuming, 
And stil increasing as thou art consuming, 
Shalt spring againe froln th" ashes of thy faine  
And mounting vp shalt to the heauens ascend : 
So maist thou liue, past world, past faine, past end. 



Ideas Mirrour  

Amour 7 
' TAY» stay, sweet Time ; behold» or ere thou passe 
IFrom world to world» thou long hast sought to see» 
That wonder now wherein ail wonders 
Where heauen beholds ber in a mortall glasse. 
Nay» looke thee Time, in this Celesteall glasse» 
And thy youth past in this faire mirror see: 
Behold worlds Beautie in her infancie» 
What shee was then and thou or ere shee was. 
/ow passe on Time : to after-worlds tel] this 
Tell truelle» Time» what in thy time hath beene» 
That they ma), tel more worlds what Time hath seene» 
And heauen may ioy to think on past worlds blis.e. 
Heere make a Period» Time» and sale for mce 
She was the like that n¢uer was» nor neuer more shalbe. 

Amour 8 
NTO the World» to Learning, and to Heauen» 
Threc nines there are to euerie one a nine  
One number of the earth» the other both diuine» 
One wonder woman now makes three od numbers euen. 
Ninc orders» first of Angels be in heauen ; 
Nine Muses doe with learning still frcquent : 
These with the Gods are euer resident. 
Nine worthy men vnto the world were giuen. 
My Worthie one to these nine Worthies addeth» 
And my faire Muse one Muse vnto the ninc ; 
And mit good Angell in my soule diuine, 
With one more order these nine orders gladdeth. 
Mit Muse» my Worthy and my Angell» then» 
Makes ¢uery one of these three nines a ten. 



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Amour 9 
B EAVTY sometime, in aH her glory crowned 
Passing by that cleere fountain of thine eye, 
lier sun-shine face there chatmsing to espy, 
Forgot herselfe, and thought she had been drowned. 
And thus, whilst Beautie on her beautï gazed, 
Who then, yet liuing, deemd she had been dying, 
And ïet in death som¢ hope of lire espying, 
At ber own¢ rare perfections so arnazed ; 
Twixt ioï and griefe, yet with a smïling frowning, 
The glorious sun-beames of her eïes bright shining 
And shee, in her owne destiny diuining, 
Threw in herselfe, to saue herselfe bï drowning ; 
The Well of Nectar, pau'd with pearle and gold, 
Where she¢ remaines for ail eïes to behold. 

Amour i o 
FT taking pen in hand with words to cast my woes, 
Beginning to account the sure of all my cares 
I well perceiue my griefe innurnerable growes, 
And still in reckonings rise more mimions of dispayres. 
And thus, deuiding of my fatal] howres, 
The payments of my loue I read, and reading crosse, 
And in substracting set my sweets vnto my sowres ; 
Th' average of my ioyes directs me to my losse. 
And thus mine eyes, a debtor to thine eye, 
Who by extortàon gaineth all theyr lookes 
lkly hart hath payd such grieuous vsury, 
That ail her wealth lyes in thy Beauties bookes; 
And ail is thine which hath been due to mec, 
And I a Banckrupt quite vndone by thee. 



laeas Mirrour 7 

Amour 1 i 
HINE eyes taught mec the Alphabet of loue, 
To con my Cros-rowe ere I learn'd to spell ; 
For I was apt, a scholler like to proue, 
Gaue mee sweet lookes when as I learned wdl. 
Vowes were my vowels, when I then begun 
At my first Lesson in thy sacred name : 
My consonants the next when I had done, 
Words consonant, and sounding to thy faine. 
My liquids then were liquid christall teares 
My cares my mutes, so mute to craue reliefe ; 
My dolefull Dypthongs were my liues dispaires, 
Redoubling sighes the accents of my griefe : 
ly loues Schoole-mistris now hath taught me s% 
bat I can read a story of my woe. 

Amour i z 
OME Atheist or vile Infidell in loue, 
When I doe speake of thy diuinitie, 
Ma), blaspheme thus and say I flatter thee, 
And onel), write m), skiil in verse to proue. 
See myracles, ye vnbeleeuing ! see 
A dumbe-bom Muse ruade to expresse the mind, 
A cripple hand to write, yet lame by kind, 
One by thy naine, the other touching thee. 
Blind were mine eyes, tiil they were seene ofthine, 
And mine eares deafe by thy faine healed be ; 
My vices cur'd by verrues sprung from thee, 
My hopes reuiu'd, which long in graue had lyne : 
Ail vncleane thoughts, foule spirits, cast out in mee 
By thy great power, and by strong fayth in thee. 



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Amour t 3 
C LEERE Inkor» on who.e siluer-sanded shore 
My soule-»hrinde Saint» my faire Idea» lyes i 
O blessed Brooke! whose milk-white Swans adore 
The christall streame refined by ber eyes : 
Where sweet Myrh-breathing Zephyre in the spring 
Gently distils his Nectar-dropping showers i 
Where Nightingales in Mrd«n sit and sing 
Amongst those dainqr dew-empearled flowers. 
Sa), thus, fayre Brooke, when thou shalt see th}, Qeene : 
Loe ! heere thy Shepheard spent his wandring yeeres 
And in these shades (deer Nimphe) he oft bath been 
And heere to thee he sacrifiz'd lais teares. 
Fayre lrden, thou my Tempe art alone, 
And thou» swcet lnkor» art my Helicon. 

Amour 4 
OOKING into the glasse of my youths miseries» 
I see the vgly face of my deformed cares, 
Wxth withered browes, ail wrinckled with dispaires» 
That for my mis-spent ïouth the tears fel from my eyes. 
Then, in these teares» the mirror ofthese eyes» 
Thy fayrest youth and Beautie doe I see 
Imprinted in my teares by looking still on thee : 
Thus midst a thousand woes ten thousand ioyes arise. 
Yet in those ioyes, the shadowes of my good» 
In this fayre limned ground as white as sno% 
Paynted the blackest Image of my woe, 
With murthering hands imbru'd in mine own blood : 
And in this Image his darke clowdy eyes 
My lire» my youth» my loue» I heere Anotamize. 



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Amour i r 
'OW» Loue» ifthou wilt proue a Conquero 
Subdue thys Tyrant euer rnartl'ring mec; 
And but appoint me for her Torrnentor, 
Then for a Monarch will I honour thee. 
M l, hart shall be the prison for ml' lai're ; 
Ile ferrer ber in chaines of purest loue» 
iVII¢ sighs shall stop the passage of the al're : 
This punishrnent the pittilesse mal' moue. 
With teares out of the Channels of mine eyes 
She'st quench ber thiçst as dull' as they rail : 
Kinde words vnkindest meate I can deuis% 
My sweet, ml' faire» ml' good» rny best of ail. 
lle binde ber tben with ml' torne-tressed haire» 
And racke ber with a thousand holl' wishes ; 
Then» on a place prepared for ber there, 
Ile execute her with a thousand kisses. 
Thus will I crucifie» ml' cruell shee ; 
Thus Ile plague ber which bath so plagued rnee. 
Amour i  
V ERTVES Idea in virginitie, 
Bi' inspiration» came conceau'd with thought 
The tirne is corne deliuered she rnust b% 
Where first ml' loue into the world was brought. 
Vnhappy borne, of ail vnhappy dal'! 
So luckles was ml' Babes nativitl', 
Saturne chiefe Lord of the Ascendant lai', 
The wandring Moone in earths triplicitie. 
Now, or bi' chaunce or heauens bi  prouidence, 
His Mother died, and bi' her Legacie 
{Fearing the stars presaging influence). 
Bequeath'd his wardship to ml' soueralgnes eye ; 
Where hunger-staruen, wanting lookes to liue, 
Still ernptl' gorg'd, with cares consumption pynde, 
Sait luke-warm teares shee for his drink did giue, 
And euer-rnore with sighes he supt and dl'nde : 
And thus (poore Orphan) lying in distres-e 
Cri'es in his pangs» God helpe the motherlesse. 

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Airlour 17 
F euer wonder could report a wonder» 
.Or tongue ofwonder worth ¢ould tell a wonder thought, 
Or euer ioï expresse what perfect io), hath taught» 
Then wonder» tongue» then ioï, might wel report a wonder. 
Could all conceite ¢on¢lude» which past ¢onceit admireth» 
Or could mine e),e but. a),me ber obiects past perfection» 
Mï words might imitate taï deerest thoughts direction» 
And m), soule then obtaine which so m)' soule desireth. 
Were hot Inuention stauld» treading Inuentions maz% 
Or m), swift-winged Muse tïred b), too laie fl)'ing i 
Did hot perfection sti]l on her perfection gaze 
WhiI.st Loue (m), Phoenix bird) in ber owne flame is d),ing» 
Inuention and m)' Muse, perfection and ber loue» 
Should teach the world to know th¢ wonder that I proue. 

Amour 18 
OME, when in rime they of their- Loues doe tell, 
' With flarnes and lightning their exordiums paynt : 
ome inuocate the Gods, ome spirits of Hell» 
And heauen, and earth doe with their woes acquaint. 
Elizia is too hie a seate for mee : 
I wyll hOt corne in Stixe or Phlegiton ; 
The Muses nice» the Furies cruell be, 
I lyke hot Ir.imbo» nor blacke Acheron» 
Spightful Erinnis frights mee with her Iookes» 
My manhood dates hot with foule Ate mell : 
I quake to looke on Hecats charming bookes, 
I styll feare bugbeares in lollos cell. 
I passe hot for lfflnerua nor 2ffttraea. 
But euer cal/vpon diuine Idea. 



Ideas Mirrour  

Amour 19 
'F those ten Regions» registred b), Fam% 
.8y theyr ten Sibils haue the world controld 
Who prophecied of Christ or ere he cam% 
And of his blessed birh before fore-old ; 
That man-god now ofwhom he), did diuine, 
This earth of OEose swee Prophets hath bereR, 
And since the world to iudgemen doth declyn% 
Insead often» one Sibil o vs lef. 
Thys pure Id«a verrues right Idea, 
Shee of whom l'lin long yme did fore-tell» 
Excelling her of .Delpho or Tumoea» 
Whose lyfe doth saue a thousand soules from hell : 
That life (I meane) which doth Religion teach 
And by example true repentance preach. 

Amour zo 
EADING somet)m% my sorrowes to beguil% 
I find old Poets h)dls and floods admire.- 
One he doth wonder monster-breeding Igyle» 
Another meruailes Sulphure letnas tire. 
Now broad-brymd Indus then of Iindu height» 
Pelion and Oa frosty Caucase old 
The Delian Cynthus then Olymsu weighfo 
Slow qrrer franticke Gallu çydnus cold. 
Some Ganges, Ister» and of Tagu tell 
Some whir-poole Po» and slyding Hpai ; 
Some old Iernasu where the Muses dwell» 
Some l-Ielycon and some faire $imoi : 
A fooles ! thinke I o had )ou Idea seene 
Poore Brookes and Banks had no such wonders beene. 



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Amour 2  
L ETTERS and lynes, we sec, are soone defaced» 
Mettles doe waste and fret with cankers rust ; 
The Diamond shall once consume to dust, 
And freshest colours with fouie staines disgraced. 
Paper and yncke can paynt but naked words 
To write with blood of force offends the sight» 
And if with teares I find them ail too light ; 
And sighes and signes a silly hope affoords. 
O, sweetest shadow ! how thou seru'st my turne, 
Which still shalt be as long as there is Sunne» 
Nor whilst the world is neuer shall be done 
Whilst Moone shall shyne by night, or any tire shall burne : 
That euery thing whence shadow doth pro¢eed% 
May in his shadow my Loues story reade. 

kllOUr 2 2 
M Y har h imprisoned in a hopeless II% 
• Peopled with Armies of pale iealous eyes, 
The shores beset with thousand secret spyes» 
Must passe by ayre» or else dye in exile. 
He framd him wings with feathers ofhis thought» 
Wh/ch by theyr nature learn'd to mount the skye ; 
And with the saine he practised to flye» 
Till he himself thys Eagles art had taught. 
Thus soring still» hot looking once below 
$o neere thyne eyes celesteall sunne aspyred, 
That with the rayes his wafting pyneons fired : 
Thus was the wanton cause of lais owne woe. 
Downe fell he» in thy Beauties Ocean drenched» 
Yet there he bumes in tire thats neuer quenched. 



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Amour z 3 
ONDER of Heauen» glasse ofdiuinitie, 
Rare beautie, Ngtures ioy, peffections Mother, 
The worke of that vnited Trinitie, 
Wherein each fayrest pgrt excelleth other ! 
Loues Mithridate, the purest of perfection» 
CelestiaJl Image, Logd-stone of desire, 
The soules delight, the sences true direction, 
Sunne of the world, thou hart reuyuing tire ! 
Why should'st thou place thy Trophies in those eyes, 
Which scorne the honor that is dope to the% 
Or make my pen her naine immortalize» 
Who in her pride sdaynes once to look on me ? 
It is thy heauen within her face to dwell, 
And in thy heauen, there onely, is m] hell. 

Amour 2 4 
VR floods-QEcene , Tbames, for shyps and Swans is 
crowned, 
And stately Seuerne for her shores is praised, 
The christall Treng for Foords and fishe renowned, 
And luons f-ame to 11byons Cliues is raysed. 
Carlegon chester vaunts ber holy Dee, 
orke many wonders of ber Ouse can tell, 
The Peake her Doue, whose bancks so fertill bee, 
And Kent wfll say ber JVledvay doth excel/. 
Cotswoold commends ber Isis and ber Tarae, 
Our ]qorthern borders boast of Tveeds faire flood ; 
Our Westerne parts extoll theyr Wilys faine, 
And old Legea brags of Danisb blood : 
lrdens sweet lnkor, let thy glory be 
That fayre ldea shee doth liue by thee. 



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Amour af 
i-IE glorious sunne went blushing fo his bed, 
When m}, soules sunne, from ber fa},re Cabynet 
lier golden beames bad now discouered 
Ligbtning the world, e¢lipsed by his set. 
Some muz'd to see the earth enu}, the ayre» 
Whicb from ber l},ps e "hald refined sweet, 
A world fo se% },et how he io},d to heare 
The dainty grasse make musicke witb ber feete. 
But my most meruaile was wben from the sk},es» 
So Comet-lik% ea«b starre aduan«'d ber lygbt» 
As though the heauen had now twak'd ber eyes 
And summond Angels fo tbis blcssed sight. 
No clowde was seen% but christalline the a},re, 
Laughing for ioy vpon m}' loueIl/fayre. 

Amour a6 
C VPID» dumbe-ldoll4 peeuish Saint of loue» 
No more shalt thou nor Saint nor Idoll be ; 
1No God art thou a Goddesse shee doth proue» 
Ofall thine hoour shee bath robbed thee. 
Thy Bowe» halfe broke is peec'd with old desire 
lier Bowe is beauty with ten thousand strings 
Ofpurest gold tempred with vertues 
The least able to kyll an hoste of Kings. 
Thy shafts be spent, and shee (to warre appointed) 
Hydes in those christall quiuers of ber 
More Arrowes with hait-piercing mettel poynted» 
Then there be starres at midnight in the skye. 
With these she steales mens harts for ber relief% 
Yet happ}, he thats robd of such a thiefe ! 



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AlllOUr 27 
Y Loue makes bote the tire whose heat is spent» 
The water moisture from m), teares deriueth 
A nd my strong sighes the ayres weake force reuiueth : 
Thus loue» tears z sighes» maintaine each one his element. 
The tire» vnto my louez compare a painted tire» 
The water» to my teares as drops to Oceans be 
The ayre» vnto my sighes as Eagle to the fiiez 
The passions of dispaire but ioyes to my desire. 
Onely my loue is in the tire ingraued» 
Onely my teares by Oceans may be gessed» 
Onel my sighes are by the ayre expressed ; 
Yet lare, water, ayre, of nature hOt depriued. 
Whilst tire» water» ayre» twixt heauen and earth shal 
My loue» my teares» my sighes» extinguisht cannot be. 

Amour 2 8 
OME wits there be which lyke my method weIl» 
And say my verse runnes in a lofty vaye 
Some say z I haue a passing pleasing strain% 
Some say that in my humour I excell. 
Some who reach hOt the height of my conceite, 
They say» (as Poets doe) I vse to fayne» 
And in bare words paynt out my passions payne : 
Thus sundry men their sundry minds repeate. 
I passe hOt I how men affected 
Nor who commend» or discommend my verse 
It pleaseth me if I my plaints rehearsez 
And in my lynes if shee tuf loue may see. 
I proue my verse autentique still in 
Who writes my Mistres praise can neuer write amisse. 



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Amour 29 
o EYES ! behold your happy Hesperus, 
That luckie Load-starre of eternall light, 
Left as that sunne alone to comfort vs, 
When out worlds sunne i$ vanisht out ofsight. 
O starre ofstarres! fayre Planet mildly moouing, 
O Lampe of verrue! sun-bright, euer shyning, 
O mine eyes Cornet! so admyr'd by louin.g, 
O cleerest day-starre ! neuer more declynmg. 
O our worlds wonder ! crowne of heauen aboue, 
Thr!ce happy be those eyes which may behold thee ! 
Lou d more then life, yet onely art his loue 
Whose glorious hand immortal hath enrold thee ! 
0 blessed fayre ! now vaile those heauenly eyes, 
That I may blesse mee at thy sweet aride. 

Amour 3 o 
HREE sorts of scrpcnts doc rcscmblc hcc ; 
That daungcrous cyc-killing Cockatricc» 
Tn' inchaunting Syrcn, which doth so cnicc, 
Thc wccping Crocodile ; thcsc vile pcrnicious thrcc. 
Thc Basiliskc his nature takcs fTom thcc 
Who for my life in secret wait do'st lye, 
And to my heart send'st pot, son from thine eye : 
Thus do I feele the paine the cause yet cannot see. 
Faire-mayd no more, but Mayr-maid be th naine» 
XVho with thy sweet aluring harmony Y 
Iqast playd the thiefe, and stolne my hart from me, 
And, likc a Tyrant, mak'st my griefe thy gaine. 
The Crocodile, who, when thou hast me slainc» 
Lainent'st my death with teares of thy disdaine. 



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Amour 3 I 
ITTING alone, loue bids me goe and write ; 
Reason plucks backe» commaunding me to stay, 
Boasting that shee doth -till direct the wa}}, 
Els senceles loue could neuer once indite. 
Loue, growing angry, vexed at the spleene 
And scorning Reasons maymed Argument, 
Straight taxeth Reason, wanting to invent 
Where shee with Loue conuersing bath hot beene. 
Reason, reproched with this coy disdaine, 
Dispighteth Loue, and laugheth at her foll¥, 
And Loue, contemning Reasons reason whol}}, 
Thought ber in weight too light b}} man}} a graine. 
Reason, put back, doth out of sight remoue, 
And Loue alone finds reason in mit loue. 

Amour 3 z 
HOSE tcares which quench m}} hopc, still kindle mit 
desire, 
Those sighes, which coole mit hart, are coles vnto mit loue, 
Disda}}ne, Ice to m}} lire, is to m}} soule a tire : 
With teares, sighes, and disdaine, this contrary I proue. 
Quenchles desire makes hope burne, dryes mit teares, 
Loue heats m' hart, my hart-heat m}} sighes warmeth ; 
With m}} soules tire my lire disdaine out-weares» 
Desire, my loue, m}} soule, m¥ hope, hart, and life charmeth. 
M¥ hope becomes a ffiend to mit desire, 
Mit hart imbraceth Loue, Loue doth imbrace m}} hart ; 
My lire a Phoenix is in m, soules tire, 
From thence (the, vow) they neuer will depart. 
Desire, rn, loue, mit mule, my hope» my hart» my life, 
With teares, sighes, and disdaine, shall haue immortal 
strife. 



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Amour 33 
HILST thu$ mine e/es doe surfet with delight» 
My wofull hart» imprisond in m}' breast» 
V¢ishing to be trans-formd into m}' sight» 
To looke on her b}' whom mine e/es are blest ; 
But whilst mine e/es thus greedil}' doe gaze» 
Behold ! their obiects ouer-soone depart 
And treading in this neuer-ending maz% 
Wish now to be trans-formd into m}' hart : 
M}' hart» surcharg'd with thoughts» $ighes in abundance raise» 
M}' e/es» ruade dim with looke$» poure down a £ood of tears  
And whilst m}' hart and e/e enu}' each others praise» 
b,|}' d}'ing lookes and thoughts are peiz'd in equal! feares : 
And thus» whilst sighes and teares together doe contend% 
Each one of these doth a}'de vnto the other lende. 

Amour 34 
Y fa}'re» looke from those turrets of thine e/es» 
Into the Ocean of a troubled minde» 
Where m}' poor soul% the Barke ofsorrow» lyes» 
Left to the mercy of the waues and winde. 
See where she flotes» laden with purest loue» 
Which those Fayre Ilands of th}' lookes affoord» 
Desiring },et a thousand deaths to proue» 
Then so to cast her Ballase ouerboard. 
See how her sa}les be rent» her tacklings worn% 
Her Cable broke» her surest Anchor lost : 
Her Marryners doe leaue her ail forlorne» 
](et how shee bends towards that blessed Coast! 
Loe ! where she drownes in storme$ of th}' displeasure» 
Whose worthy prize should haue enricht th}' treasure. 



Ideas _Mi'rour 19 

Amour 3 " 
EE, chaste Diana» where my harmles hart, 
Rouz'd from m), breast, his sure and safest ]aïre» 
Nor chaste b), hound, nor forc'd by Hunters arte, 
Yet see how right he cornes vnto my faïre. 
See how m), Deere cornes to thy Beauties stand» 
And there stands gazing on those darting eyes» 
Whilst from the)r rates» by Cupids skilfull hand» 
Into his hart the piercing Arrow flyes. 
See how he lookes vpon his bleeding wound, 
Whilst thus he panteth for his latest breath 
And» looking on the% falls vpon the ground» 
Smyling, as though he gloried in his death. 
And wallowing in his blood, some lyfe yet laft ; 
His stone-cold laps doth kisse the blessêd shaft. 

Amour 3 6 
S WEETE, sleepe so arm'd with Bcauties arrowes darting, 
Sleepe in thy Beautl? » Bcauty in sleepe appeareth ; 
Sleepe lightning Beautï» Beauty sleepes» darknes cleereth» 
Sleepes wonder Beauty» wonders to worlds imparting. 
Sleep watching Beauty, Beautï waking, sleepe guarding 
Beauty in sleepe, sleepe in Beauty charmed, 
Sleepes aged coldnes with Beauties tire warmed» 
Sleepe with delight» Beaut¢ with loue rewarding. 
Sleepe and Beauty» with equall forces stryuing» 
Beauty her strength vnto sleepes wcaknes lending, 
Sleepe with Beauty Beauty wtth sle¢pe contending» 
"let others force the others force reuiuing, 
And other foe the others foe imbrace. 
blïne eyes beheld thys conflict in thy face. 

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Amour 3 7 
I EVER loue where nouer hope appcares, 
Yct hopc draw¢s on my neucr-hoping carc, 
And my liucs hopc would dic but for dyspairc ; 
My nouer certaine ioy brccds tuer-certaine fcarcs. 
Vnccrtainc drcad gucs wings vnto my hop% 
Yct my hopes wings arc lodcn so with fcar% 
As thc cannot asccnd to m), hopcs sphcarc, 
Yct fcare g),ues thcm more thon a heaucnly scope. 
Yct this large roomc is boundcd with dyspairc, 
So my loue is still fcttcrcd with vaine hopc, 
And lybcrty dcpriucs him of hys scope, 
And thus am I imprisond in thc ayrc : 
Thon, swcct Dispairc» awhilc hold via thy hcad» 
Or all my hopc for sorrow will be dcad. 

Amour 3 8 
-F chaste and pure deuotion of my youth, 
.Or glorie of my Aprill-springing yeeres, 
Vnfained loue in naked simple truth, 
A thousand vowes, a thousand $ighes and teare$ 
Or if a world of faithful seruice done, 
Words thought% and deeds dcuoted to her honor» 
Or eyes that haue beheld her as theyr sunne, 
With admiration euer looking on her : 
A lyre that neuer iod but in her loue» 
A soule that euer hath ador'd ber name, 
A fayth that time nor fortune could not moue, 
A Muse that vnto heauen hath raised her fame. 
Though these, nor these deserue to be imbraced, 
Yet, faire vnkinde too good to be disgraced. 



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Amour 39 
IE» die» my soule» and neuer taste ofioy, 
If sighes, nor teares, mot vowes, nor prayers can moue 
h t:ayth and zeale be but esteemd a toy, 
And kindnes be vnkindnes in my loue. 
Then, with vnkindnes, Loue, reuenge thy wrong : 
O sweet'st reuenge that ere the heauens gaue ! 
And with the swan record thy dying song» 
And praise her still to thy vntimely graue. 
So in loues death shall loues perfection proue 
That loue diuine which I haue borne to you» 
By doome concealed to the heauens aboue, 
Tha_t )et the world vnworthy neuer knew ; 
Whose pure Idea neuer tongue exprest : 
1 feele, you know, the heauens tan tell the test. 

Amour 40 
O THOV4 vnkindest fayre! most fayrest shee, 
, In thine eFes tryumph murthering my poore hart, 
Now doe I sweare b F heauens, before we part, 
My halfe-slaine hart shall take reuenge on thee. 
Thy mother dFd her lyfe to death resigne, 
And thou an Angell art, and from aboue ; 
Thy father was a man, that will I proue, 
Yet thou a Goddesse art, and so diuine. 
And thus, if thou be hot of humaine kinde, 
A Bastard on both sides needes must thou be; 
Our Lawes allow no land to basterdy : 
By natures Lawes we thee a bastard finde. 
Then hence to heauen, vnkind, for th F childs part : 
Goe bastard goe, for sure of thence thou art. 



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Amour 41 
A?E of-spring of taï thoughts, my dearest Loue, 
'got by fancy on sweet hope exhortiue, 
In wlaom ail purenes with perfection stroue, 
Hurt in the Embryon makes my ioyes abhortiue. 
And you, my sighes, Symtomas of my woe, 
The dolefull Anthems of my endelesse care, 
Lyke idle Ecchoes euer answering ; so, 
The mournfull accents of my loues dispayre. 
And thou, Conceite, the shadow of my blisse, 
Declyning with the setting of my sunne, 
Springing with that, and fading straight with this, 
Now hast thou end, and now thou wast begun : 
Now was thy pryme, and loe ! is now thy waine; 
Now wast thou borne, now in thy cradle slayne. 

Amour 4 2 
, LAC'D in the forlorne hope of all dispaïre 
Against the Forte where Beauties Army lies, 
Assayld with death, ),et armed with gastlï feare» 
Loe ] thus my loue, my lïfe, mï fortune tryes. 
Wounded with Arrowes from thy lightning eïes, 
My tongue in payne my harts counsels bewraying, 
Mï rebell thought for me in Ambushe lyes» 
To my limes foe ber Chieftaine still betraying. 
Record my loue in Ocean waues (vnkind) 
Cast my desarts into the open ayre, 
Commit my words vnto the fleeting wind, 
Cancell my naine, and blot it with dispayre ; 
So shall I bee as I had neuer beene, 
l'4or my disgraces to the world be seene. 



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Amour 43 
HY doe I speake of io, or write of fou% 
When m}, hart is the very Den of horror» 
And in m}, soule the pa},nes of hell I proue» 
With ail his torments and infernall terror ? 
M,ne eyes want teares thus to bewa,le m, wo% 
Mï bra,ne is dry with weeping ail too long ; 
M, sighes be spent with griefe and sighing s% 
And I want words for to expresse m, wrong. 
But stiil distracted in loues lunac}b 
And Bedlam like thus rauing in m, grief% 
lqow raïle vpon her haïr% now on her 
lqow call her Goddess% then I call her thiefe ; 
Now I den}, her» then I doe confesse her, 
Now I doe curse her then againe I blesse her. 

Amour 44 
M Y hart the Anuile where m, thoughts doe beate, 
.Mï words the hammers fashioning m, desire, 
/1}, breast the forge» including ail the heat% 
Loue is the fuell which maintaines the tire : 
Mï sighes the bellowes which the flame increaseth» 
Filling mine eares with noise and nightl, groning» 
To},ling with pairie m}, labour neuer ceaseth» 
In greeuous passions m, woes stïll bemoning. 
Mïne eïes with teares against the tire stryuing 
With scorching gleed taï hart to cynders turneth ; 
But with those drops the coles againe rewuing , 
Still more and more vnto m, torment burneth. 
With Sisipbus thus doe I role the ston% 
And turne the wheele with damned lxion. 



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Amour 4" 
B LACKE pytchy Night, companyoa of my woe» 
The Isme of care» the Nurse of drery sorrow, 
Why lengthnest thou thy darkest howres 
Still to prolong my long tlrme lookt-for morrow ? 
Tbou Sable shadow, Image of dispayre» 
Portraite of bel/, the ayres black mourning weed» 
Recorder of reuenge» remembrancer ofcare, 
The shadow and the vaile of euery sinfull deed. 
DoEth like to thee, so lyue tbou still in death» 
The graue of ioy, prison of dayes delight. 
Let heauens withdraw their sweet Ambrozian breath» 
Nor Moone nor stars lend thee their shining light 
For thou alone renew'st that olde desire» 
Which still torments me in daye$ burning tire. 

Amour 46 
WEETE secrecie» what tongue can tel/thy worth ? 
What mortall pen suflïciently can prayse thee ? 
What curious Pensill semes to lira thee forth ? 
What Muse bath power aboue thy height to raise thee ? 
Strong locke of kindnesse» Closet of loues store» 
Harts Methridate, the soules preseruatiue  
O verrue! which al/verrues doe adore, 
Cheefe good, from whom ail good things wee deriue. 
O rare effect ! true bond of friendships measure» 
Conceite of Angels, which all wisdom teachcst i 
O, richest Casket of ail heauenl] treasure» 
In secret silence which such wonder$ preachest. 
O purest mirror! wherein men ma} -ee 
The liuely Image of Diuinitie. 



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Amour 47 
horned Rare doth in his course awake, 
And of iust length our night and day doth make, 
Flinging the Fishes backward with Iris heeles : 
Then to the Tropicke takes his full Careere 
Trotting his sun-steeds till the Palfrays sweat 
Bayting the L),on in his furious heat» 
Till Virgins sm),les doe sound his sweet reteere. 
But m), faire Planet who directs me still» 
Vnkindly such distemperature doth bring» 
Makes Summer Winter, Autumne in the Spring, 
Crossing sweet nature by vnruly wiil. 
Such is the sunne who guides my youthfull season, 
Whose thwarting course depriues the world of reason. 

Amour 48 
HO list to praise the da),es delicious lyght» 
Let him compare it to her heauenly e),e, 
The sun-beames to the lustre of ber sight ; 
So ma), the learned like the similie. 
The mornings Crimson to ber l),ps alik% 
The sweet of Ede» to ber breathes perfume, 
The fa),re Elizia to her fa),rer cheeke, 
Vnto her ve),nes the onel), Phcenix plume. 
The Angels tresses to ber tressed ha),re, 
The Galixia to ber more then white. 
Praysine the favrest. , compare it to m ), faire, 
Still naming her in naming ail delight. 
So may he grace ail these in her alone, 
Superlatiue in ail comparison. 



Amour 49 
D EFINE my loue, and tell the ioyes of heauen, 
Expresse my woes, and shew the paynes of hell 
Declare what rate vnlucky starres haue giuen, 
And aske a world vpon my life to dwelL 
Make knowne that fayth vnkindnes ¢ould not moue 
Compare my worth with others base desert : 
Let verrue be the tuch-stone of my loue, 
So may the heauens reade wonders in my hart. 
Behold the Clowdes which haue eclips'd my sunn% 
And view the crosses which my course doth let ; 
Tell mee, if euer since the world begunne, 
So faire a Morning had so foule a set ? 
And» by ail meanes, let black vnkindnes proue 
The patience of so rare, diuine a loue. 

Amour o 
HEN I first ended, then I first began ; 
The more I trauell, further from my rest; 
Where most I lost, there most of ail I wan ; 
Pyned with hunger, rysing from a feast. 
Mee thinks I flee, yet want I legs to goe, 
Wise in conceite, in acte a very sot ; 
Rauisht with ioy amidst a hell of woe, 
What most I seeme, that surest I am not. 
I build my hopes a world aboue the skye, 
Yet with a Mole I creepe into the earth : 
In plenty am I staru'd with penury, 
And yet I serrer in the greatest dearth. 
I haue, I want, dispayre, and yet desire, 
Burn'd in a Sea of Ice, and drown'd amidst a tire. 



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Amour r i 
G OE you, my lynes, Embassadours of loue, 
. With my harts tribute to her conquering eyes, 
From whence, if }'ou one tear of pitty moue 
For al/my woes, that onel}' shall suse. 
When }'ou Vlinerua in the sunne behold, 
At her perfections stand you then and gaze, 
Where in the compasse of a Margold, 
.leridlan it$ within a maze. 
And let Inuention of her beaut}' vaunt 
When D0ru sings his sweet Pamelas loue, 
And tell the Gods,/V/ars is predominant, 
Seated with Sol, and weares Mineruas gloue : 
And tell the world» that in the world there is 
A heauen on earth, on earth no heauen but this. 

FINISo 



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[from the Edition of IY99] 
Sonet x 
HE worlds faire Rose» and I-Ienries frosty tire, 
lohns tyrannie ; and chast d$latilda's wrong» 
Th'inraged Q_eene» and furious lortimer» 
The scourge of Fraunce» and his chast loue I song ; 
Deposed Richard» Isaell exil'd» 
The gallant Tudor, and fayre Kather;ne» 
Duke Humfrey» and old Cohams haplesse child» 
Couragious Pole» and that braue spiritfuil QEeene ; 
ld, ward» and that delicious London Dame» 
Brandon» and that rich dowager of Fraunce» 
8urrey» with his fayre paragon of lame» 
i)udleys mishap» and vertuous Grays mischance ; 
Their seuerall loues since I before haue shown% 
Now giue me leaue at last to sing mine owne. 

Sonet 2 
To the lader of his Poems 
NTO these loues who but for passion lookes» 
At tlfis first sight» here let hirn lay them 
And seeke elsewhere in turning other bookes» 
Which better may his labour satisfie. 
No far-fetch'd sigh shall euer wound my brest» 
Loue from mine eye» a teare shall neuer wring» 
Nor in ah-mees my whyning Sonets drest» 
vÎ Libertine) fantasticklie I sing 
y verse is the true image of my minc 
Euer in motion» still desiring change» 
To choyce of ail varietie inclin'd» 
And in ail humors sportiuely I range 
My actiue Muse is of the worlds right straine» 
That cannot long one fashion entertaine. 



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Sonet 
M ANY there be excelling in this kind, 
Whose weil trick'd rimes with all inuention swell» 
Let each commend as best shail like Iris mind% 
Some $idney» Constale, some Daniell. 
That thus theyr names familiarly I sing 
Let none tb2nk them disparaged to 
Poore men with reuerence may speake of a King, 
And so may these be spoken of by mee ; 
My wanton verse nere keepes one certaine stay» 
But now, at hand; then, seekes inuention far, 
And with each little motion rutmes astray 
Wilde, madding focond and irreguler 
Like me that lust, my honest merry rimes, 
Nor care for Critick% nor regard the times. 

Sonet )- 
M y har was slain% and none but you and I, 
Who should I thinke the murder should commit ? 

Since but your selle, there was no creature by 
But onely I, gui/tlesse of murth'ring it. 
It slew it selfe; the verdict on the view 
Doe quit the dead and me hot accessarie; 
Well» well I feare it will be prou'd by you» 
The euidence so great a proofe dotla carry. 
But 0 r se% se% we need enquire no furthe G 
Vpon your lips the scarlet drops are found 
And in your eye the boy that did the murther, 
Your cheekes yet pale since first they gane the wound. 
By this» I see how euer things be past 
S'et heauen will still haue murther out at last. 



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Sonet 8 
OTH1NG but no and I, and I and 
How falls it out so strangely you reply ? 
1 tell yee (Faire)/Je hot be aunswered 
With this affirming no» denying 
I say I loue» you slightly aunswer 1 ? 
I say you loue, you pule me out a no; 
I say I die, you eccho me with 
Saue me I crT you sigh me out a no : 
Must woe and I, haue naught but no and I ? 
No, I am I, If I no more can haue 
Aunswer no more, with silence make reply 
And let me take my selle what I doe craue 
Let no and I, with I and you be 
Then aunswer n% and I and I and no. 

Sonet 9 
OVE once would daunce within my Mistres 
And wanting musique fitting for the place 
Swore that I should the Instrument supply 
And sodainly presents me with ber face : 
Straightwayes my puise playes liuely in my vaines» 
My panting breath doth keepe a meaner time» 
My quau'ring artiers be the Tenours straynes, 
My trembling sinewes serue the Counterchime» 
vly hollow sighs the deepest base doe beare 
True diapazon in distincted sound : 
Mg panting hart the treble makes the ayre» 
And descants finely on the musiques ground 
Thus like a Lute or Violl did I lye, 
Whilst the proud slaue daunc'd gaIliards in her eye. 



Idea I 

Sonet I O 
OVE in an humor played the prodigall» 
And bid- my sences to a solemne feast» 
Yct more to grace the company withall» 
Inuites my heart to be the chiefest guest ; 
No other drinke would serue this gluttons turne, 
But preciou- teares distilling from mine eyne» 
Which with my sighs this Epicure doth burne» 
Q_affing carouses in this costly wine» 
Where, in his cups or'corne with fouie excesse» 
Begins to play a swaggering Ruffins part» 
And at the banquet, in his drunkennes, 
$1ew my deare friend» his kind and truest hart ; 
A gentle warning» friends, thus may you see 
What 'tis to keepe a drunkard company. 

Sonet I I 
To the 3loone 
p H]EBE looke downe, and here behold in mee, 
The elements within thï sphere inclosed 
How kindly Nature plac'd them vnder thee 
And in my world» see how they are disposed ; 
My hope is earth, the lowest, cold and dry, 
The grosser mother of deepe melancholie, 
Water my teares, coold with humidity, 
Wan, flegmatick, inclind by nature wholie ; 
My sighs, the ayre, hote, moyst» ascending hier, 
Subtile of sanguine, dy'de in my harts dolo G 
My thoughts, they be the element of tire, 
Hote, dry» and piercing» still inclind to chol/er, 
Thine eye the Orbe vnto all these, from whence, 
Proceeds th' effects of powerfull influence. 



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Sonct 12 
T O nothing titrer can I thee compare, 
Then to the sonne of some rich penyfather, 
Wbo hauing now brought on his end with care, 
Leaues to his son ail he had heap'd together; 
This newe rich nouice, lauish of his chest, 
To one man giues and on another spends, 
Then here he rïots» yet amongst the rest» 
I-laps to lend some to one true honest friend. 
Thy gifts thou in obscuritie doost wast, 
False friends thy kindnes» borne but to deceiue thee» 
Thy loue, that is on the vnworthy plac'd, 
Time hath thy beauty, which with age will leaue thee ; 
Onely that little which to me was lent, 
I giue thee back» when all the rest is spent. 

Sonet 13 
ov hot alone, when you are still alone» 
0 God from you that I could priuate b% 
Since you one were, I neuer since was one» 
Since you in me, my selle since out of me 
Transported from my selle into your beeing 
Though either distant, present yet to eyther» 
Senceles with too much ioy» each other eeing, 
And onely absent when we are together. 
Giue me my selfe» and take your selfe againe, 
Deuise some means but how I ma)' forsake )'ou» 
So much is mine that doth with you remaine» 
That taking what is mine, with me I takeyou 
You doe bewitch me» O that I could " 
me 
From my selfe you, or from your owne selle I. 



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Sonet  4 
To the Soule 
T HAT leamed Father which so firmly proues 
The soule of man immortall and diuine, 
And doth the seuerall offices define, 
lnima. Giues her that naine as shee the body moues 
lmor. Then is she loue imbracing Charitie» 
Anlmus. Mouing a will in vs, itis the mind, 
Mens. Retayning knowledge, still the saine in kind ; 
lemorla. As intelectuall it is the memorie, 
Ratio. In iudging, Reason onely is ber naine, 
$ensus. In speedy apprehension it is sence, 
Consdentia. In right or wrong» they call ber conscience. 
Sp;rltus. The spbit, when it to Godward doth inflamc. 
These of the soule the seuerall functions bee, 
Which my hart lightned b}, thy loue doth see. 

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ov cannot loue m l, prett}' hart, and wh}'? 
There was a time, you told me that you would, 
But now againe }'ou will the saine deny, 
]fit might please you» would to God you could; 
What will },ou hate ? ha}'» that you will hOt neither, 
Nor loue, nor bat% how then ? what will you do 
What will you keepe a meane then betwixt eyther ? 
Or will ),ou loue me and yet hate me to ? 
Yet serues hOt this what next, what other shift ? 
You will and will hot, what a coyle is heere, 
I see your craft, now I perceauc your drfft, 
And ail this while» I was mistaken there. 
Your loue and hate is this» I now doe proue you, 
You loue in hate by hate to make me loue you. 



Sonet 2 2 

N euill spirit your beauty haunts me still, 
Where-with (alas) I haue been long possest, 
Which ceaseth not to tempt me vnto ill, 
l'qor giues me once but one pore minutes test. 
In me it speakes, whether I sleepe or wake, 
And when by meanes to driue it out I try, 
With greater torments then it me doth take, 
And tortures me in most extreamity. 
Before my face, it layes ail my dispaires, 
And hasts me on vnto a suddaine death; 
l'4ow tempting me, to drown my selfe in teares, 
And then in sighing to giue vp my breath : 
Thus ara I still prouok'd to euery euill, 
By this good wicked spirit, sweet Angel deuill. 

Sonet 2 3 
7"0 the S])beares 
T HOV which do'st guide this little world of loue, 
Thy planers mansions heere thou mayst behold, 
1My brow the spheare where Saturne stiil doth moue, 
Wrinkled with cares : and withered, dry, and cold i 
Mine eyes the Orbe where lupiter doth trace, 
Whida gently smile because they looke on thee» 
Iars in my swarty visage takes his place, 
Made leane with loue, where furious conflicts bee. 
Sol in my breast with his hote scorching flame, 
And in m)' hart alone doth Venus raigne : 
dIercury my hands the Organs of thy fame» 
And .Luna glides in my fantastick braine ; 
The starry heauen thy prayse by me exprest, 
Thou the first moouer, guiding ail the rest. 



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Sonet z 4 
OVE banish'd heauen, in earth was held in scome, 
Wandring abroad in neede and beggery, 
And wanting friends though of a Goddesse borne, 
](et crau'd the almcs of such as passed b),. 
I like a man, deuout and charitable; 
Clothed the naked, lodg'd this wandring guest, 
With sighs and tcar¢s still furnishing his tabl% 
With what might make the miserable blest; 
But this vngratefull for m), good desart, 
Entic'd m)' thoughts against me to conspire, 
Who gaue consent to steale awa)' m)' hart, 
And set my breast his lodging on a tire : 
Well, well, my friends when beggers grow thus bold, 
No meruaile then though charity grow cold. 

Sorlet 2 - 
O WHY should nature nigardly restraine, 
The Sotherne Nations relish hot out Longue, 
Èlse should m), lines glide on the waues of Rhen% 
And crowne the Pirens with my liuing song ; 
But bounded thus fo Scotland gel ),ou forth : 
Thence take you wing vnto the Orcades, 
There let m), verse geL glor), in the North, 
Making m), sighs to thawe the frozen seas, 
And let the Bards within the Irish Ile, 
To whom my Muse with iery wings shall passe, 
Call backe the stifneckd rebels from exil% 
And molifie the slaughtering Galliglasse : 
And when m), flowing numbers they rehearse, 
Let Wolues and Bears be charmed with m), verse. 



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Sonet z7 
I GAVE m), faith fo Loue, Loue his to mee, 
That hee and I, sworne brothers should rcmaine, 
Thus fayth receiu'd» fayth giuen back againe, 
WF.o would imagine bond more sure could be ? 
Loue flies to he G yet holds he my fayth taken» 
Thus from my verrue raiseth my offence, 
Making me guilty by mine innocence ; 
And surer bond by beeing so forsaken» 
He makes her aske what I before had vow'd 
Giuing her that which he had giuen me 
I bound by him» and he by her made free, 
Vho euer so hard breach of fayth alow'd ? 
Speake you that should of right and wrong discusse 
,Vas right ere wrong'd» or wrong ere righted thus ? 

Sonet 2 9 
To the Sentes 
HEN conquering loue did first my hart assaile» 
Vnto mine ayde I summond euery sence» 
Doubting ifthat proude tyrant should preuaile, 
My hart should surfer for mine eyts offence ; 
But he with beauty, first corrupted sight, 
My hearing bryb'd with her tongues harmony, 
IMy taste, by her sweet lips drawne with delight 
My smelling wonne with her breaths spicerie ; 
But when my touching came to play his part» 
(The King ofsences, greater than the rest) 
That yeelds loue vp the keyes vnto my hart, 
And relis the other how they shotdd be blesti 
And thus by those ofwhom I hop'd for ayde» 
To cruell Loue my soule was first betrayd. 



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Sonct 3 o 
To the Iéstalls 
HOSE Priests which first the Vestal] tire begun» 
Which might be borrowed from no earthly flame, 
Deuisd a vessell to receiue the sunne 
Beeing stedfastly opposed to the saine ; 
Where with sweet wood laid curiously by Art, 
Whereon the sunne might by reflection beate, 
Receiuing strength from euery secret part, 
The fuell kindled with celestiall heate. 
Thy blessed eyes the sunne which lights this tire, 
My holy thoughts, they be the Vestall flame, 
The precious odors be my chast desire 
My breast the fuell which includes the saine ; 
Thou art my Vesta, thou my Goddesse art, 
Thy hollowcd Temple» onely is my hart. 

Sonet 3 x 
E thinks I sec some crooked Mimick ieere 
And taxe my Muse with this fantastick grace, 
Turning my papers» asks what haue we heere ? 
Making withall some filthy anticke face ; 
I feare no censur% nor what thou canst say, 
Nor shall my spirit one iote of vigor lose» 
Think'st thou my wit shall keepe the pack-horse way» 
That euery dudgen low inuention goes ? 
Since Sonnets thus in bundles are imprest» 
And euery drudge doth dull out satiate eare» 
Think'st thou my loue» shall in those rags be drest 
That euery dowdi% euer trull doth weare ? 
Vnto my pitch no common iudgement flics» 
I scorne ail earth/ie dung-bred scarabies. 



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Sonet 34 
To 4dmiratio» 
ARVAILE hot Loue» though I thy power almir% 
Rauish'd a world beyond ihe farthest thought» 
That lnowing more then euer hath beene taught, 
That I am onel]c staru'd in rn]c desire ; 
Maruaile hot Loue, though I th]c power adrnire» 
A}'rning at things exceeding ail perfection» 
To wisedoms selfe» to minister direction, 
That I arn onel]c staru'd in rn]c desire ; 
Marnaile not Loue» though I th¥ power admire» 
Though rny conceite I farther seerne to bend» 
Then possibl]c inuention can extend» 
And yet am oncl¥ staru'd in rn¥ desire ; 
If thou wilt wonder» heers the wonder loue, 
That this to rnee doth }'et no wonder proue. 

Sonet 43 
W HILST thus my pen striues to eternize the% 
Age rules rn¥ lines with wrincles in rny face» 
Where in the Map of ail rny miser},» 
Is rnodeld out the world of rn}' disgrace, 
Whilst in despight of tyrannizing tirnes» 
illedea like I rnake thee young againe» 
Proudl}' thou scorn'st rny world-outwearing rimes» 
And rnurther'st verrue with thy coy disdaine ; 
And though in youth» my youth vntimel]c perrisl 
"Fo keepe thee from obliuion and the graue» 
Ensuing ages ]cet rn]c drnes shall cherrish» 
Where I entornb'd, rny better part shall saue ; 
And though this earthl]c hod}' fade and die, 
My narne shall rnount vpon eternitie, 



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Sonet 44 
VSES which sadly sit about my chayre» 
Drownd in the teares extorted by my lines» 
\Vith heauy sighs whilst thuæ I breake the ayr% 
Paynting my passions in these sad dissignes, 
Since she disdaines to blesse my happy verse» 
The strong built Trophies to ber liuing faine, 
Euer hence-forth my bosome be ïour hearse» 
Wherein the world shal now entombe ber naine, 
Enclose my musick ),ou Ix)or sencelesse walls» 
Sith she is deafe and will hOt heare my mortes, 
Soften your sclues with euery teare that falls, 
Whilst I like Orpheu sing to trees and stoneæ : 
Which with my plaints seeme yet with pitty moued, 
Kinder then she who I so long haue loued. 

Sonet 4 6 
HOV leaden braine» which censur'st what I write» 
And say'st my lines be dull and doe hOt moue» 
1 meruaile hOt thou feelst hOt my delight» 
Which neuer felt my fier), tuch of loue. 
But thou whose pen hath like a Pack-horse seru'd» 
Whose stomack vnto gaule hath turn'd thy foode, 
Whose sences like poore prisoners hunger-staru'd» 
Whose griefe hath parch'd thy body» dry'd thy blood. 
Thou which hast scorned lire» and hated death» 
And in a moment mad sobe G glad and sorry 
Thou which hast hand thy thoughts and curst thy breath» 
With thousand plagucs more then in purgatory. 
Thou thus whose spirit Loue in Iris tire refines, 
Corne thou and r¢ade» admire applaud my lines. 



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Sonet ff 
RVCE gentle lou% a parly now I craue, 
Me thinks 'ris long since first these wars begun, 
Nor thou xaor 17 the better yet caxa haue : 
Bad is the match where neither party wone. 
I offer free conditions of faire peace, 
My hart for hostage that it shall remaine, 
Discharge our forces heere» let malice cease, 
So for my pledge, thou giue me p!edge againe. 
Or if nothing but death will serue thy turn% 
Still thirsting for subuersion of my state ; 
Doe what thou canst, raze, massacr% and burne» 
Let the world see the vtmost ofthy hate: 
I send defiance, since if ouerthrowne, 
Thou vanquishing» the conquest is mine ownc. 

Sonet 
4 Consonet 
YES with your teares blind if you bee, 
XVhy haue these teares such eyes to 
Poore eyes if yours tcares carmot moue, 
My teare% eyes, then must mone my loue, 
Then eyes, since you haue lost your sight 
gçeepe still» and teares shall lend you light 
Till both desolu'd, and both want might. 
No, no cleere eyes, you are hot blind» 
But in my teares discerne my mind : 
Teares be the language which you speake 
Which my hart wanting, yet must breake  
My tongue must cease to tell my wrongs, 
And make my sighs to get them tongs» 
Yet more thon this to ber belongs. 



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Sonet y7 
T0 Lucie t'ou»tesse f Bedford 
REAT Lady, essence of my chiefest good, 
Ofthe most pure and fiest tempred spirit» 
Adorn'd with gifts, enobled by thy blood» 
Which by discent true verrue do'st inherit : 
That vertue which no fortune cn depriue, 
Which thou by birth tak'st from thy gracious mother, 
Whose royall minds with equall motion striue» 
Which most in honour shall excell the other ; 
Vnto thy faine my Muse herself shall taske, 
Which tain'st vpon me thy sweet golden showers» 
And but thy self% no subiect will I aske, 
Vpon whose praise my soule shall spend her powers. 
Swect Lady. yet» grace this poore Muse of mine, 
Whose falth, whose zeale, whose lire» whose ail is thine. 

Sonet 
To the Lady Anne Harington 
M ADAM» my words cannot expresse my mind 
.My zealous kindnes to make knowne to 
When your desarts ail seuerally 
In this attempt of me doe daim their due» 
¥our gracious kindnes that doth claime my hart 
Your bounty bids my hand to make it knowne, 
Of me your vertues each doe claime a part, 
And leaue me thus the least part of mine owne. 
What should commend your modesty and wit, 
Is by your wit and modesty commended 
And standeth dumbe, in much admiring 
And where it should begin» it there is ended 
Returning this your prayses ondy due, 
And to your selfe saï you are onely you. 



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[rioto the Editlon of  6oz] 
Sonnet 
To Lunacie 
S other men» so I my selle doe muse» 
Why in this sort I wrest Inuention 
And why these giddy metaphors I vse» 
Leauing the path the greater par doe goe 
I will resolue you; I ara lunaticke» 
And euer this in mari men you shall finde 
What they last thought on when the braine grew sicl G 
In most distraction keepe that still in minde. 
Thus talking idely in this bedlam fit» 
Reason and I» (you must conceiue) are twaine» 
'Tis nine yeeres, now» since first I lost my wit 
Beare with me, then» though troubled be my braine 
With diet and correction» men distraught» 
(Not too farre past) may to their wits be brought. 

Sonnet i 
F hee from hcauen that filch'd that liuing tire» 
Condemn'd by loue to endlesse torment 
1 greatly meruaile how you still goe free» 
Tlaat farre beyond Promethiu¢ did aspire ? 
The tire he stole although of heauenly kinde» 
Which/om aboue he craftily did take 
Of liueles clods vs liuing men to make» 
Againe bestow'd in temper of the mind. 
But you broke in to heauens immortall store» 
Where verrue» honour» wit, and beautie lay 
Which taking thence» you haue escap'd away 
Yet stand as free as ere you did before. 
But old l°romethiu¢ punish'd for his tape» 
Thus poore theeues suffer when the greater scape. 



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Sonnet u  
ITH fooles and chi/dren good discretion beares» 
Then honest people beare with Loue and me» 
Nor older yet» nor wiser ruade bï yeeres» 
Amongst the rest of fooles and children be 
Loues still a Baby plaïes with gaudes and toyes» 
And like a wanton sports with euery feather» 
And Idiots still are running after boyes 
Then fooles and children fitt'st to goe together 
He still as young as when he first was borne» 
No wiser I» then when as young as 
You that behold vs» laugh vs hot to scorne» 
Giue Nature thanks, you are not such as we 
Yet fooles and children sometimes tell in plaï» 
Some wise in showe» more fooles in deede» then they. 

Sonnet 2 7 
I HEARE some say» this man is hOt in Ioue 
Who can he loue? a likely thing they say 
Reade but his verse» and it will easily proue 
O iudge hot rashly (gent_le Sir) I pray 
Because I loosely tryfle in this sort» 
As one that faine his sorrowes would beguile 
You now suppose me» all this rime in sport» 
And please your selfe with this conceit the while. 
You shallow censures; sometime see you hot 
In greatest perills some men pleasant be, 
V¢here faine by death is onelï to be got» 
They resolute so stands the case with me ; 
Where other men» in depth of passion cry» 
I laugh at fortune» as in iest to die. 



Sollllet 3 I 
O such as say thy loue I ouer-prize, 
And doe hot sticke to terme rny praiscs folly, 
Against these folkes that think thern selues so wise, 
I thus appose rny force of rcason wholly, 
Though I giue more» then well affords rny state, 
In which expense the most suppose me vaine, 
XVould yeeld them nothing at the easiest rate, 
Yet at this pric% returnes rne treble gaine, 
They value hot» vnskilfull how to vse, 
And I giue rnuch» because I gaine thereby, 
I that thus take, or they that thus refuse» 
Whether are these deccaued then or I ? 
In euery thing I hold this rnaxirn still, 
The circurnstance doth rnake it good or ill. 

Sonnet 4 x 
EARE» why should you cornmaund me to rny test 
r When now the night doth surnrnon ail to sleepe? 
Me thinks this tirne becornrneth louers best» 
Night was ordained together friends to keepe. 
How happy are all other liuing things» 
Which though the day disioyne by seuerall flight» 
The quiet euening yet together brings, 
And each returnes vnto lais loue at night. 
0 thou that art so curtcous vnto ail, 
Why skouldst thou Night abuse me onely thus» 
That euery creature to his kinde doost call» 
And yet tis thou doost onely seuer vs. 
Well could I wish it would be euer day» 
If when night cornes you bid me goe away. 



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Sonnet 
7"o Prouerbe 
S Loue and I olate harbour'd in one Inne, 
With Prouerbs thus each other intertaine 
I» loue there is no lacke, thus 1 eg¢»ne ? 
Faire ords makes fooles, replieth he agalne ? 
That spares fo speakç, doth spare to speed (oEuoth I) 
ls well (saith he) too forward as too lww. 
Fortune assists the oldet, 1 replie 
1 hasty man (ŒEuoth he) nere anted 
Laur is llght, here loue (ŒEuoth I) doth pay, 
(Saith he) light urthens heauy, if farre orne ? 
(uoth I) the mal»e lost, ca,t the &y away : 
You Ioaue spunne alaire thred, he replies in scorne. 
And hauing thus a while each other thwarted, 
Fooles as we met, so fooles againe we parted. 

Sonnet 6 3 
To the high and mighy Prince, James» i,,g f Scots 
'OT thy graue Counsells nor thy Subiects loue, 
Nor ail that famous Scottish myaltie, 
Or what thy 8oueraigne greanes maï appmue 
Others in vaine doe but historifi% 
When thine owne glorie from thy selle doth spring, 
As though riz.ou did'st ail meaner prayses scone : 
Of Kings a Poet» and the Poets King, 
They Princes, but thou Prophets do'st adorne ; 
Whilst others by their Empires are renown'd 
Thou do'st enrich thy Scotland with renowne, 
And Kings can but with Diadems be crown'd, 
But with thy Laurell thou doo'st crowne thy Crow.ne 
That they whose pens euen lire to Kings doe g*ue, 
In thee a King, sha!l seeke them selues to liue. 



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Sonnet 66 
To the Lady L. S. 
B RIGHT starre of Beauty» on whose eyelids sit» 
A thousand Nimph-like and enamoured Graces» 
The Goddesses of memory and wit, 
Vhich in due order take their seuerall places» 
In whose deare bosom% sweet delicious loue» 
Layes downe his quiuer» that he once did beare» 
$ince he that blessed Paradice did proue» 
Forsooke his mothem lap to sport him there. 
Let others striue to entertaine with words» 
My soule is of another temper ruade ; 
I hold it vile that vulgar wit affords» 
Deuouring rime my faith» shall not inuade : 
Still let my praise be honoured thus b, you» 
Be you most worthy» whilst I be most true. 



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[from the Edition of  6o] 
Solmet 43 
HY should your £aire eyes with such soueraine grace, 
Dispearse their raies on cuery vulgar spirit» 
Whilst I in darknes in the selfesame place, 
Get not one glance to recompence my merit : 
$o doth the plow-man gaze the wandring starre» 
And onely tests contented with the light, 
That neuer learnd what constellations are, 
Beyond the bent of his vnknowing sight. 
0 why should beautie (custome to obey) 
To their grosse sence applie her selle so ill ? 
Would God I were as ignorant as they 
When I ara ruade vnhappy by my skill; 
Onely compeld on this poore good to boast, 
Heauens are hot kind to them that know them most. 

Sonnet 4 6 
p LAIN-PATII'D Experience the vnlearneds guide, 
ller simple followers euidently shewes, 
Sometime what sehoolemen scarcely can dccid% 
Nor yet wise Reaon absolutely knowes : 
In making triall of a murther wrought, 
If the vile actor of the heinous deede, 
lleere the dead bodie happi]y be brought» 
Oft hath b¢en prou'd the breathlesse coarse will bleed ; 
She comming neere that my poore hart hath slaine» 
Long since departed, (to the world no more) 
The auncient wounds no longer can containe, 
But rail to bleeding as they did before : 
But what ofthis? should she to death be led, 
It furthers Justice» but helpes not the dead. 



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Sonnet 47 
N pridc of wit» when high desire of fme 
Gaue life and courage to my labouring pen, 
And first the sound and vertue of my name 
Von grace and credit in the eares of men : 
Vith those the thronged Theaters that presse» 
1 in the circuite for the Lawrell stroue 
Vehere the full praise I freely must confesse» 
In heate of blood a modest minde might moue : 
'Vith showts and daps at euerie little pawse» 
When the prowd round on euerie side hath rung, 
Sadly I sit vnmou'd with the applawse, 
As though to me it nothing did belong: 
No publique glorie vaindy I pursue» 
The praise I striu% is to eternize you. 

Sonnet y o 
S in some Countries far remote from hen¢c» 
The wretched creature destined fo die» 
Hauing the iudgement due to his offerte% 
By Surgeons begg'd» their Art on him to trie : 
Which o the liuing worke without remorce» 
First make incision on each maistring vaine» 
Then stanch the bleeding then t,ansperce the coarse» 
And with t'aeir balmes reeure the wounds again% 
Then poison and with Phisicke him restore, 
Not that they feare the hopelesse man to kl» 
But their experience to encrease the more ; 
Euen so my Mistresse works vison my 
By curing me, and killing me each howre 
Onely to sbew b.er beautits -oueraigne powre. 



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Sonnet -i 
C ALLING to minde since lirst my loue begunne» 
Th" incertaine times off varFing in their course, 
How things still vnexpected/y haue runne, 
As please the fates» by their resistlesse force : 
Last[F, mine e),es amazed[ F haue seene, 
Essex great rail, Tyrone his peace to gaine, 
The quiet end of that long-liuing Qeene, 
This Kings faire entrance, and our peace with Spaine, 
We and the Dutch at length our selues to seuer. 
Thu the world doth, and euermore shall reele, 
Yet to my goddesse am I constant euer; 
How ere blind fortune turne her giddy wheele: 
Though heauen and earth proue both to mee vntrue, 
Yet am I still inuiolate to you. 

Sonnet 
ov best discern'd of m F interior eies, 
And Fet Four graces outwardly diuine, 
Whose deare remembrance in mi, bosome lies, 
Too riche a relique for so poore a shrine : 
You in whome Nature chose herselfe to view, 
When she her owne perfection would admir% 
Bestowing ail her excellence on Fou 
At whose pure eies Loue lights his halowed tire, 
Euen as a man that in some traunce hath seene» 
More than his wondring vttrance tan vnfolde, 
That rapt in spirite in better worlds hath beene, 
So must j, our praise distractedl 
Most of ail short» when I should shew Fou most 
In Four perfections altogether lost. 



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Sonnet 8 
N former rimes, »uch as had store of co)'ne, 
.In warres at home, or when for conquests bound, 
For feare that some their treasures should purlo)'ne, 
Gaue it to keepe to spirites within the ground ; 
And to attend it, them so strongl)' ride, 
Till the)' return'd, home when the)' neuer came, 
Such as b)' art to get the same haue tride, 
From the strong spirits b)' no means get the same, 
Neerer )'ou tome, that further files away, 
Striuing to holde it strongl)' in the deepe : 
Euen as this spirit, so she alone doth play, 
Witlx those rich Beauties heauen giues ber to keepe : 
Pitty so left, to coldenes of ber blood, 
Not to auaile ber, nor do others good. 

To Sir IValter lston, IÇnigbt of the honourable 
order of tbe JBatb, and my most 
roortby Patron 
I WILL not striue m' inuention to inforce, 
With needlesse words ïour eïes to entertaine, 
T" obserue the formall ordinarie course 
That euerie one so vulgarly doth faine : 
Our interchanged and deliberate choise, 
Is with more firme and true election sorted, 
Then stands in censure of the common voice. 
That with light humor fond), is transported : 
Nor take I patterne of another's praise, 
Then what m)' pen ma)' constantl)' avow. 
Nor walke more publique nor obscurer waies 
Then verrue bids, and iudgement will allow ; 
So shall m F loue, and best endeuours serue )'ou, 
And st.iii shall studie, still so to deserue you. 
2lichaell Drayton. 



Idea I 

[from the Edition of 169] 

I 
IKE an aduenturous Sea-farer am I 
Who hath some long and dang'rous Voyage beene» 
And call'd to tell of his Discoueri% 
How farre he sayl'd what Countries he had seene 
Proceeding from the Port whence he put forth, 
Shewes by Ris Compasse, how his Course he steer'd, 
When East, when West, when South, and when by North» 
As how the Pole to eu'ry place was rear'd, 
What Capes he doubled of what Continent 
The Gulphes and St,raits» that strangely he had past, 
Where most becalm d» wherewith foule Weather spent» 
And on what Rocks in perill tobe cast ? 
Thus in my Loue, Time caIIs me to relate 
My tedious Trancls and oft-varying Fate. 

6 
OW 
HThat many paltry, foolish» painted things» 
now in Coaches trouble eu'ry Street 
Shall be forgotten, whom no Poet sings» 
Ere they be well wrap'd in their winding Sheet ? 
V/here I to thee Eternitie sball giue, 
When nothing else remayneth of these dayes 
And Qeenes hereafter shall be glad to liue 
Vpon the Almes of thy superfluous prayse; 
Virgins and Matrons reading these my Kimes» 
Shall be so mucb delighted with thy story, 
That they shall grieve, the liu'd hot in thesc Times» 
To haue seene thee» their exes onely glory : 
So shalt thou flye ahoue the vulgar Throng, 
Still to suruiue in my immortall Song. 



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8 
T HERE 'S nothing grieues me» but that Age should haste» 
That in my dayes I may not see thee old, 
That where those two cleare sparkling Eyes are plac'd, 
Onely two Loope-holes, then I might behold. 
That louel]r, arched, yuorie, pollish'd Brow, 
Defac'd with Wrinkles, that I might but see; 
Thy daintie Hayre, so curl'd» and crisped now.. 
Like grizzled Mosse vpon some aged Tree ; 
Thy Cheeke, now flush with Roses, sunke, and leane» 
Thy Lips, with age as au)" Wafer thinne» 
Thy Pearly teeth out of thy head so cleane, 
That when thou feed'st, thy Nose sha, ll touch thy Chinne : 
These Lines that now thou scorn st, wkich should delight 
thee, 
Then would I make thee read, but to despight thee. 

His lmedie for Loue 
INCE to obta, ine thee, nothing me will sted, 
I haue a Med cine that shall cure my Loue, 
The powder of her Heart dry'd, when she is dead, 
That Gold nor Honour ne'r had power to moue ; 
Mix'd with her Teares, that ne'r her true-Loue crost» 
Nor at Fifteene ne'r long'd tobe a Bride, 
Boyl'd with her Sighes, in giuing vp the Ghost, 
That for her late deceased Husband dy'd ; 
Into the saine then let a Womar breathe» 
That being chid, did neuer word replie, 
With one thrice-marry'd's Pray'rs» that did bequeath 
/ Legacie to stale Virginitie. 
If this Receit haue hot the pow'r to winre me» 
Little Ile say, but thinke the Deuill "s in me. 



Idea  

A WITLESSE Gallant» a young Wench that woo'd» 
(Yet his dull Spirit her not one iot could moue) 
lntreated me, as e'r I wish'd his good» 
To write him but one Sonnet to his Loue : 
When I» as fast as e'r my Penne could trot, 
Powr'd out what first from quicke Inuention came; 
Nor neuer stood one word thereof to blot» 
Much like his Wit that was to vse the same : 
But with my Verses he his Mistres wonne, 
Who doted on the Doit beyond ail measure. 
But soe for you to Heau'n for Phraze I runn% 
Ard ransacke ail APOLLO'$ golden Treasure ; 
Yet by mï Troth» this Foole his Loue obtaines, 
And Ilose you» for ail mï Wit and Paines. 

S not Loue here» as "tis in other Clymes, 
And diff'reth it, as doe the seu'rall Nations? 

Or hath it lost the Verrue, with the Times, 
Or in this land alt'reth with the Fashions ? 
Or haue our Passions lesser pow'r then theirs, 
Who had lesse Art them liuely to expresse ? 
Is Nature growne lesse pow'rful/in their Heires, 
Or in our Fathers did the more transgresse ? 
I ara sure taï Sighes come from a Heart as true, 
As anï Mans, that Memory can boast 
And mï Respects and Seruices to ïou 
Equall with iris, that loues his Mistris most : 
Or Nature must be partiall in my Cause» 
Or onelï ïou doe violate her Lawes. 



£id coniured 
T HOV purblind Boy, since thou hast been so dacke 
To wound her Heart, whose Eyes haue wounded me» 
And suff'red her to glor in my Wracke, 
Thus to my aid, I lastly coniure thee; 
By Hellish Styx (by which the THUh'D'RER sweares) 
By thy faire Mothers vnauoided Power, 
By HECaT'S Names» by Pgosl,iE's sad Teares, 
When she was rapt to the infernal] Bower, 
By thine own loued PsYchés, by the Fires 
Spent on thine Altars, flaming vp to Heau'n ; 
By all the Louers Sighes, Vowes, and Desires, 
By ail the Wounds that euer thou hast giu'n  
1 coniure thee by ail that I haue nam'd, 
To make her loue, or Cvm be thou damn'd. 

48 
VPID, I hate thee» which l'de haue thee know 
A naked Starueling euer may'st thou De» 
Poore Rogue» goe pawne thy FaMa and thy Bow, 
For some few Ragges» wherewith to couer thee 
Or if thou'It hOt» thy Archerie forbeare, 
To some base Rustick doe thy selle preferre» 
And when Corne "s sowne» or growne into the Eare» 
Practise thy Qiue G and turne Crow-keeper 
Or being Blind (as fittest for the Trade) 
Goe hyre thy sclfe some bungling Harpers Boy 
They that are blind» are Minstrels often ruade, 
So may'st thou liue to thy faire Mothers Ioy: 
That whilst with MARS she holdcth her old 
Thou, ber Blind Sonne, may'st sit by them» and pla)'. 



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HAT dost thou meane to Cheate me of my Heart» 
To take all Mine, and giue me none agine ? 
Or haue thine Eyes such Magike, or that Art, 
That what They get, They euer doe retaine ? 
Play hot the Tyrant, but take sorne Remorse, 
Rebate thy Spleene, if but for Pitties sake ; 
Or Cruel/, ifthou can'st hOt ; let vs scorse, 
And for one Piece of Thine, rny whole heart take. 
But what of Pitty doe I speake to Thee, 
Whose Brest is proofe against Complaint or Prayer ? 
Or can I thinke what rny Reward shall be 
From that proud Beauty, which was rny betrayer ? 
What talke I of a Heart, when thou hast none ? 
Or if thou hast, itis a flinty one. 

INCE there "s no helpe, Corne let vs kisse and part, 
Nay» I haue done : You get no more of Me» 
And I ara glad, yea glad withall rny heart, 
That thus so cleanly, I rny Selfe tan free» 
Shake hands for euer, Cancell al] our Vowes, 
And when we meet at any rime againe, 
Be it hot seene in either of out Browes, 
That We one lot of former Loue reteyne; 
Now at the last gaspe of Loues latest Breath, 
When his Pulse fayling Passion speechlesse lies, 
When Faith is kneel/ng by his bed of Detth, 
And Innocence is closing vp his Eyes, 
Now if thou would'st, when ail haue giuen him ouer, 
From Death to Lire, thou rnight'st hirn yet recouer. 



/Çm- " Phocls, 

ODES 

[from the Edition of 6r9] 

To HIMçELFE AND THE HARPE 

ND why not I, as hee 
That "s greatest, if as free, 
(In sundry strains that striue, 
$ince there Ho many be) 
Th'old Lyri«k kind reuiue ? 

I will, yea, and I may ; 
Who shall oppose my way ? 
For what is he alone, 
That of himselfe can say, 
Hce's Heire of ttelicon ? 

APOLLO, and the Nine, 
Forbid no Man their Shrine, 
That commeth with hands pure 
Else be they so diuine, 
They wUl hot him indure. 

For they be such coy Things, 
That they tare not for Kings, 
And dare let them know it; 
Nor may he touch their Springs, 
That is hot borne a Poet. 

The Phocean it did proue, 
Whom when lbule Lust did moue. 
Those Mayds vnchast to make, 
FeIl, as with them he stroue, 
Hi$ Neck and iustly brake. 

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To Himselfe and the Harpe y7 
That instrument ne'r heard, 
Strooke by the skilfull Bard» 
It stronglï to awake; 
But it th" infernalls skard» 
And ruade Olympus quake. 3o 
As those Prophetike strings -qam. lib. 
Whose sounds with fiery Wings» cap. 
Draue Fiends from their abod% 
Touch'd by the best of Kings» 
That sang the holy Ode. 
So his» which Women slue» Orpheus tle 
And it int" Hebrus threw, Th-racian Poet. 
Caput» Hebre, 
Such sounds yet forth it sent» lyramque Ex- 
The Bankes to weepe that drue» cipis.&c. Ouid. 
As downe the streame it went. lib. t t. Meram. 
That by the Tortose shell» Mercury in- 
To MavAs Sonne it fell, t« 
Harpe, as 
The most thereof hOt doubt HoraceOde 1o. 
But sure some Power did dwell» lib.  .... q; 
In Him who found it out. 6,, 
The Wildest of the field» Thebes fayne.t 
to Iau¢ beene 
And Ayre, with R iuers t" yeeld, r,y,d 
Which mou'd; that sturdy Glebes» 
And massie Oakes could weeld, 
To rayse the pyles of 'hees. 
And diuersly though Strung, 
So anciently We sung, 
To it, that Now scarce known% 
If first it did belong 
To Greece» or if our Owne. 
The Druydes imbrew'd» r« 
With Gore» on Altars rude British Priest* 
so ¢alled of 
With Sacrifices crown'd, their abode in 
In hollow Woods bedew'd» woods. 
Ador'd the Trembling sound. 60 



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1'indar 
e Ggeeke 
Iyricks, 
Horace : 
Pindam 
quisq.is 
sruder, c. 
e  lib.  
Romans 
r ind. 

English L,,-t. 

Odes z6z 9 

Though wee be Ail to seeke, 
Of PINDAR that Great Greeke, 
To Finger it aright, 
The Soule with power to strike, 
His hand retayn'd such Might. 

Or him that Rome did grace 
Whose Ayres we aU imbrace, 
That scarcely round his Peere, 
Nor giueth PsoEBvs place» 
For Strokes diuinely cleere. 
The lrlsh I admire, 
And still cleaue to that Lyre, 
As our Musike's Mother, 
And thinke, till I expire, 
APOLLO'S such another. 
As Britons, that so long 
Haue held this Antike Song, 
And let ail our Carpers 
Forbeare their faine to wrong, 
Th" are right skilfiLl Harpers. 
$outherne, I long thee spare, 
Yet wish thee well to fare, 
Who me pleased'st greatly, 
As first, therefore more rare, 
Handling thy Harpe neatly. 
To those that with despight 
Shall terme these Numbers slight, 
Tell them their Iudgement's blind, 
Much erring from the right, 
It is a Noble kind. 
Nor is "t the Verse doth make, 
Th, at giueth, or doth take, 
Tis possible to clyme, 
To kindl% or to slake, 
Although in Smwods Rymeo 

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To THE NEw 
CH Statue) double=faced) 
With Marble Temples graced) 
To rayse thy God-head hyer» 
In flames where Altars shining, 
Before thy Priests diuining» 
Doe od'rous Fumes expire. 
Great INvs, I thy pleasure, 
With ail the Thespian treasure, 
Doe seriously pursue 
To th" passed yeere returning» 
As though the old adiourning» 
Yet bringing in the new. 
Thy ancient Vigils yeerely» 
I haue obserued cleerely) 
Thy Feasts yet smoaking bee 
Since ail thy store abroad 
Giue something to my Goddesse» 
As bath been vs'd bï thee. 
Giue her th" Eoan brightnesse) 
Wing'd with that subtill lightnisse i 
That doth trans-pierce the Ayre 
The Roses of the Morn]ng 
The rising Heau'n adorning, 
To mesh with flames of Hayre. 
Those ceaselesse Sounds» aboue ail, 
Marie by those Orbes that moe ail» 
And euer swelling there» 
Wrap'd vp in Numbers flowing» 
Them actually bestowing) 
For Iewels at ber Eare. 
O Rapture great and holy» 
Doe thou transport me wholly» 
So well her forme to vary» 
That I alof my beare her) 
Whereas I will insphere her 
In Regions high and starry. 

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And in taï choise Composures» 
The sot and easie Closures» 
$o amorous]y shall meet i 
That euery liuely Ceasure 
Shall tread a peffect Measure 
Set on so equall feet. 
That Spray to lame so fertle» 
The Louer-crowning Mirtl% 
In Wreaths of mixed Bowes, 
Within whose shades are dwelling 
Those Beauties most excelling» 
Inthron'd vpon her Browes. 
Those Paralels so euen, 
Drawne on the face of Heauen, 
That curious Art supposes» 
Direct those Gems, whose cleerenesse 
Farre off amaze by neerenesse, 
Each Globe such tire indoses. 
Her Bosome full of Blisses, 
By Nature made for Içisses» 
So pure and wond'rous cleere» 
Whereas a thousand Graces 
Behold their louely Faces 
As they are bathing there. 
O, thou selfe-little blindnesse, 
The kindnesse of vnkindnesse, 
Yet one of those diuine  
Thy Brands to me were leuer» 
Thy Fascia» and thy QEiuer, 
And thou this Qill of mine. 
This Heart so freshly bleeding» 
Vpon it owne selle feeding, 
Whose wotmdes still dropping be; 
O Loue, thy selle confounding, 
Her coldnesse so abounding, 
And yet such heat in me. 

o 

O 



To the 2e Teere 

Yet if I be inspired» 
fie leaue thee so admired» 
To ail that shall succeed» 
That were they more then many» 
"Mongst ail, there is hot any» 
That Time so oft shall read. 

Nor Adamant ingraued, 
That hath been choisely "st saued» 
I's Name out-weares; 
So large a Dower as this is 
The greatest often misses, 
The Diadem that beares. 

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O 

To Hs VALENTINE 
'VSE, bid the Morne awake» 
• Sad Winter now declines, 
Each Bird doth chuse a Make, 
This day's Saint V^Lraqa'TNE'S 
For that good Bishop's sake 
Get vp, and let vs see, 
What Beautie it shall bee, 
That Fortune vs assignes. 
But lo, in happy How'r, 
The place wherein she lyes, 
In yonder climbing Tow'r, 
Gilt by the glitt'ring Rise 
O IovE! that in a Show'r» 
As once that Thund'rer did» 
When he in drops lay hid» 
That I could her surprize. 
Her Canopie lle draw» 
With spangled Plumes bedight» 
No Mortall euer saw 
8o rauishing a sight; 

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Odes r&r 9 
That it the Gods might awe 
And pow'rfull trans-pierce 
The Globie Vniuerse, 
Out-shooting eu'ry Light. 

My Lips Ile softly lay 
Vpon her heau'nly Cheeke, 
Dy'd like the dawning Day, 
As polish'd Iuorie sleeke : 
And in her Eare Ile say ; 
0 thou bright Morning-Starre» 
'Tis I that come so farre 
My Valentine to seeke. 

0 

Each little Bird, this Tyde, 
Doth chuse her loued Pheere 
Which constantly abide 
In Wedlock ail the yeere» 
As Nature is their Guide : 
So may we two be true, 
This yeere, nor change for new, 
As Turtles coupled were. 
The Sparrow, Swan, the Doue, 
Though Vv-vs Birds they be, 
Yet are they hOt for Loue 
So absolute as we : 
For Reason vs doth moue; 
They but by billing woo : 
Then try what we can doo, 
To whom each sense is free. 

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Which we hauc more thcn thcy, 
By liuelyer Organs sway'd 
Our Appetite each way 
More by out Sense obay'd : 
Our Passions to display, 
This Season vs doth fit; 
Then let vs follow it, 
As Nature vs doth lead. 

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To his Palentine 
One Kisse in two let "s breake» 
Confounded with the touch 
But halle words let vs speake, 
Our Lip's imploy'd so much 
Vntill we both grow weake, 
With sweetnesse of thy breath 
0 smother me to death : 
Long let out Ioyes be such. 
Let's laugh at them that chuse 
Their Valentines by lot, 
To weare their Names that vse, 
Whom idly they haue got : 
Such poore choise we refuse, 
Saint VALEn,I befriend ; 
We thus this Morne ma)" spend, 
EIse Muse, awake her hot. 

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THE HEART 
F thus we needs must goe» 
What shall our one Heart doe, 
This One ruade of out Two? 
Madame» two Hearts we brake» 
And from them both did take 
The best, one Heart to make. 
Halle this is of your Heart, 
Mine in the other part» 
Ioyn'd by out equall Art. 
Were it cymented, or sowne» 
By Shreds or Pieces knowne» 
We each might find out owne. 
But "ris dissolu'd» and fLx'd» 
And with such cunn/ng mix'd» 
No dirence that betwixt. 

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But how shall we agree, 
By whom it kept shall be, 
Whether by you, or me ? 
It cannot two ]rests fill, 
One must be heartlesse still, 
Vntill the other will. 
It came to me one da),, 
When I will'd it to sa),, 
With whether it would sta), ? 
It told me, in )tour Brest, 
Where it might hope to rest : 
For if it were m), Ghest, 
For certainet 7 it knew, 
That I would still anew 
Be sending it to 
1Nreuer, I thinke, had two 
Such worke, so much to doo, 
A Vnitie to woo. 
Yours was so cold and chaste, 
Whilst mine with zeale did waste, 
Like Fire with Water plac'd. 
How did m), Heart intreat, 
How pant, how did it beat, 
Till it could giue ),ours heat! 
Till to that temper brought, 
Through our perfection wrought, 
That blessing e),thers Thought. 
In such a Height it l),es, 
From this base Worlds dull 
That Heauen it hot enu),es. 
Ail that this Earth can show, 
Our Heart shall hot once know» 
For it too vile and low. 

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THE SACRIFICE To APOLLO 

PRzESrS or" APOLLO, sacred be the Roome, 
For this leam'd Meeting : Let no barbarous Groome, 
I-/ow braue soe'r he bee, 
Attempt to enter ; 
But of the Muses frce 
None hcre may venter ; 
This for the Delpblan Prophets is prepar'd : 
The prophane Vulgar are from hence dcbar'd. 

And since the Feast so happily begins, 
Call vp those faire Nine, with their Violins ; 
They are begot by IovE» 
Then let vs place them, 
Where no Clowne in may shoue» 
That may disgrace them: 
But let them neere to young APoLLO sit ; 
So shall his Foot-pace ouer-flow with Wit. 

XVhere be the Graces» where be those fayre Three ? 
In any hand they may hOt absent bee : 
The), to the Gods are deare» 
And they can humbly 
Teach vs» out Selues to bear% 
And doe things comely : 
They and the Muses» fise both from one Stem» 
They grace the Muses, and the Muses them. 

Bring forth your Flaggons (fill'd with sparkling Wine) 
Whercon swolne BaccHvs» crowncd with a Vin% - 
Is grauen, and fill out, 
It well bestowing, 
To eu'ry Man about, 
In Goblets flowing : 
Let hot a Man drinke» but in Draughts profound ; 
To our God PHOEsvs let the Health goe Round. 

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66 Odes z6z 9 
Let your Iest8 flye at large ; yet therewithall 
See the.be Salt but yet not mix'd with Gall : 
/X/ot tending to disgrace, 
But fayrely giuen, 
Becomming well the place» 
Modest» and euen ; 
That they with tickling Pleasure may prouoke 
Laughter in him, on whom the Iest is broke. 

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Or ifthe deeds of Hv.aos ye rehearse, 
Let them be sung in so well-ord'red Verse, 
That each word haue his weight, 
Yet runne with pleasure ; 
Holding one stately height, 
In so bmue measure, 
That they may make the stiffest Storme seeme weake, 
And dampe Iov.s Thunder, when it lowd'st doth speake. 

And if yee list to exercise your Vayne, 
Or in thc Sock, or in the Buskin'd Straync, 
Let Art and Nature goe 
One with the other ; 
Yet so, that Art may show 
Nature her Mother ; 
The thick-brayn'd Audience liuely to awake» 
Till with shrill Claps the Theater doe shake. 

O 

Sing Hymnes to BAccnvs then, with hands vprear'd, 
Offer to lovE, who most is to be fear'd ; 
From him the Muse we haue, 
From him proceedeth 6o 
More then we date to craue ; 
"Tis he that feedeth 
Them, whom the World would starue; then let the Lyre 
Sound» whilst his Altars endlesse flames expire. 



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To CVPID 
MArbes, why spare ye ? 
Or whether hot date ye 
Correct the blind Shooter ? 
Bec,use wanton 
So oft that doth pairie 
Is ber Sonnes Tutor. 
Now in the Spring 
1-Je proueth hi Wing» 
The Field is his Bowcr 
And as the small 
About flyeth hee» 
From Flower to Flower. 
And wantonly roues 
Abroad in the Groues 
And in the Ayre houers» 
Which when it him deweth» 
His Fethers he meweth» 
In sighes of true Louers. 
And since doom'd by Fate» 
{That well knew his Hate) 
That Hee should be blinde 
For very despite, 
Our Eyes be his Whit% 
So wayward his kinde. 
If his Shafts loosing 
(III his Mark choosing) 
Or Iris Bow broken 
The Moane VENvs maketlb 
And care that she taketh» 
Cannot be spoken. 
To VuLcAq commending 
Hcr loue» and straight sending 
Her Doues and ber Sparrowes, 

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Odes r6r 9 
With Kisses vnto hlm, 
And ail but to woo him, 
"Fo make her Sonne Arrowes. 
Telling what he hath done, 
(Sayth she, Right mine owne Sonne) 
In her Armes she him doses, 
Sweetes on him fans, 
Layd in Downe ofher Swans 
His Sheets» Leaues of Roses. 
And feeds him with K.ses ; 
Which oft when he misses, 
He euer is froward : 
The Mothers o'r-ioying, 
Makes by much coying, 
The Child so vntoward. 
Yet in a fine Net, 
That a Spider set 
The Maydens had caught him ; 
I/ad she not beene neere him, 
And chanced to heare him 
More good they had taught him. 

O 

AN 

AMOVRET ANACREONTIGK 
MoST good, most faire, 
Or Thing as rare» 
To call )'ou "s lost; 
For all the cost 
Words can bestow, 
So poorely show 
Vpon your prays% 
That ail the wayes 
Sense hath, corne short: 
Whereby Report 
Falls them vnder; 
That when Wonder 
More hath seyzec 
Yet not pleased, 

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In .4mouret inacreontick 
That it in kinde 
Nothing can finde» 
You to expresse : 
lXTeuerthelesse 
As by Globes small» 
This Mightie AOE 
Is shew'd» though farre 
From Life» each Starre 
A World being : 
So wee seeing 
You, like as that 
Onely trust what 
Art doth vs teach ; 
And when I reach 
At Morall Things» 
And that my Strings 
Grauely should strike» 
Straight oeme mislike 
Blotteth mine Oz. 
As with the Loade, 
The Steele we touch» 
Forced ne'r oe much, 
Yet still remoues 
To that it loues» 
Till there it stayes ; 
So to your prayse 
I tume eue G 
And though neuer 
From you mouing, 
Happie so louing. 

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LovEs COÆOEEST 

WERT granted me to choos% 
How I would end my dayes ; 
Since I this life must loos% 
It shou]d be in Your praise ; 
For there is no Bayes 
Can be set aboue you. 



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Oes «6« 9 
S' impossibly I loue You, 
And for you sit so hic, 
Whcnce none may remoue You 
In m ¢lecre Pocsie, 
That I oft dcny 
You so ample Mcrit. 
The freedome of my Spirit 
Maintayrdng (still) my Cause, 
Your Sex hOt to inherit, 
Vrging the $»lioE« Lawes  
But your Verrue drawes 
From me euery due. 
Thus still You me pursue, 
That no where I can dwell, 
By Feare ruade iust to You, 
Who naturally rebell, 
Of You that excell 
That should I still Endyte, 
Yet will You want some Rte. 
That lost in your high praise 
I wander to and fro, 
As seeing sundry Waies : 
Yet which the right hOt know 
To get out of this Maze. 

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To THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE 
Yotr braue Heroique minds 
Worthy your Countries Naine; 
That Honour still pursue, 
Goe, and subdue, 
Whilst loyt'ring Hinds 
Lurke here at home, with shame. 
Britan, you stay too long, 
uickly aboard bestow you, 
Q-nd with a merry Gale 
Swell ïour stretch'd Sayle, 
With Vowes as strong, 
As the Winds that blow ou. 

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1 o t/Je I/wginian oyage 
Your Course securely steere 
M/est and by South forth keepe, 
Rocks, Lee-shores, nor Sholes 
When EoLvs scowles 
You need hot feare 
So absolute the Deepe. 
And cheerefully at Sea, 
Successc you still intice» 
To get the Pearle and Gold, 
And ours to hold» 
VIRGINIA 
Earth's onel), Paradise. 
Where Nature bath in store 
Fowle Venison and Fish, 
And the Fruitfull'st Soyle 
Without your Toyl% 
Three Haruests more 
Ail greater then your Wish. 
And the ambitious Vine 
Crownes with lais purple Masse» 
The cedar reaching laie 
To kisse the Sky 
The Cypresse, Pine 
And vse-full Sassafras. 
To whome, the golden Age 
Still Natures lawes doth giue 
No other Cares that tend» 
But Them to defend 
From Winters rage, 
That long there doth not liue. 
When as the Lushious smdl 
Of that delicious Land, 
Aboue the Seas that flowes, 
The deere Wind throwes» 
Your Hearts to swell 
Approaching the deare Strande. 

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72, 

Ottes z6z 9 
In kenning of the Shore 
(Thanks to God first giuen,) 
O l, ou the happy'st men, 
Be Frolike then, 
Let Cannons roare, 
Frighting the wide Heauen. 
And in Regions farre 
Such Heroes bring yee foorth, 
As those from whom We came, 
And plant Out naine» 
Vnder that Starre 
1Not knowne vnto out 1North. 
And as there Plenty growes 
Of Lawrell euery wher% 
AvoLo's Sacred tree, 
You may it see, 
A Poets Browes 
To crowne, that may sing there. 
Thy Voyages attend, 
lndustrious HAct¢J.Vla', 
Whose Reading shall inflame 
Men to seeke Faine, 
And much cornmend 
To after-Tirnes thy Wit. 

O 

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Alq ODE WRITTElq II' TtJE PE^nE 
Tins while we are abroad, 
Shall we hot touch out Lyre ? 
Shall we hot sing an OIE ? 
Shall that holy Fire, 
In vs that strongly glow'd, 
In this cold Ayre expire ? 
Long since the Summer layd 
Her lustie Brau'rie downe, 
The Auturnne halfe is way'd 
And BOlEaS "gins to frowne, 
Since now I did behold 
Great BgvaEs first builded Tosvne. 

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otte çarztten in the Peake 73 
Though in the vtmost l'eak« 
A while we doe remaine» 
Amongst the Mountaines bleake 
Expos'd to Sleet and Raine, 
]Xro Sport out Houres shall breake 
To exercise out Vaine. 
What though bright POEBvs Beames 
Refresh the Southerne Ground» o 
And though the Princely Thames 
With beautious Nymphs abound, 
And by old Carner's Streames 
Be man), Wonders round; 
Yet many Riuers cleare 
Here glide in Siluer Swathes» 
And what of all most deare» 
Buckston's delicious Bathes, 
Strong Aie and Noble Cheare» 
T' asswage breeme Winters scathes. 30 
Those grim and horrid Caues» 
Whose Lookes affright the day, 
Wherein nice Nature saues, 
What she would not bewray» 
Out better leasure craues» 
And doth inuite out Lay. 
In places farre or neere 
Or famous, or obscure» 
Where wholesome is the Ayre, 
Or where the most impure» 40 
Ail times, and euerï-where, 
The Muse is still in vre. 

Hs DEFENCE AGAINST THE IDLE CRITICK 
THE Ryme nor marres, nor makes, 
Nor addeth it, nor takes, 
From that which we propose ; 
Things imaginarie 
Doe so strangely varie 
That quickly we them lose. 



Ottes 1619 
And what's quickly begot, 
As soone againe is hot, 
This doe I truel}, know : 
Yea, and what "s borne with pairie, 
That Sense doth long'st retaine 
Gone with a greater Flow. 
Yet this Critick so sterne, 
But whom, none must discerne, 
Nor perfectl}, haue seeing, 
Strangel}, la},es about him, 
As nothing without him 
Were worth}, of being. 
That I m}, selle betra}, 
To that most publique 
Where the Worlds old Bawd, 
Custome, that doth humor, 
And b), idle rumor, 
Her Dotages applaud. 
That whilst he still prefers 
Those that be wholl}, hers, 
Madnesse and Ignorance, 
I creepe behind the "lime, 
From spertling with their Crime, 
And glad too with m}, Chance. 
O wretched World the while» 
When the euill most vile» 
Beareth the fa},rest face, 
And inconstant lightnesse 
Vith a scornefull slightnesse» 
The best Things doth disgrace. 
Whilst this strange knowing Bea-t 
1Man» of himselfe the least» 
His Enuie declaring, 
Nlakes Verrue to descend» 
Her trie to defend» 
Against him, much preparing. 

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His 2)efence against the Idle Criticl 
Yet these me hot delude, 
Nor from my place extrude, 
By their resolued Hate; 
Their vilenesse that doe know ; 
Which to my selfe I show, 
To keepe aboue my Fate. 

To Hts RIVALE 
HER lou'd I most, 
By thee that's lost, 
Though she were wonne with leasure ; 
She was my gaine, 
But to my pairie, 
Thou spoyl'st me of my Treasure. 
The Ship full fraught 
With Gold, farre sought, 
Though ne'r so wisely helmed, 
May surfer wracke- 
In sayling backe, 
By Tempest ouer-whelmed. 
But shee good Sir, 
Did not preferre 
You, for that I was ranging ; 
But for that shee 
Found faith in mee, 
And she lou'd to be changing. 
Therefore boast not 
Your happy Lot, 
Be silent now you haue her  
The time I knew 
She slighted you, 
When I was in her fauour. 
None stands so fast, 
But may be cast 
By Fortune and disgraced : 
Once did I weare 
Her Garter there, 
Where you her Gloue haue placed. 

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OeS 6 9 
I had the Vow 
That thou hast now 
And Glances to discouer 
Her Loue to me% 
And she to thee 
Reades but old Lessons ouer. 
She bath no Smile 
That can beguile» 
But as m Thought I know it i 
Yea» to a Hayr% 
Both when and where» 
And how she will bestow it. 
What now is rhin% 
Was onely mine 
And first to me was giuen ; 
Thou laugh'st at mee, 
l laugh at thee, 
And thus we two are euen. 
But Ile hot mourne, 
But stay my Turne, 
The Wind may corne about, Sir, 
And once againe 
May bring me in, 
And help to beare Fou out Sir. 

A SKELTONIAD 
THE Muse should be spright/y 
Yet hot handling lightlE 
Things graue; as much loath 
Things that be slight to cloath 
Curiouly : To retayne 
The Comelinesse in mean% 
Is true Knowledge and Wit. 
lot me forc'd Rage doth 
That I thereto should lacke 
Tabacc% or need Sack% 

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I Skeltoniad 
Which to the colder Braine 
Is the true Hyppocrene ; 
l'qor did I euer care 
For great Fooles, nor them spare. 
Verrue, though neglected 
Is hot so deiected 
As vilely to descend 
To low Basenesse their end ; 
Neyther each ryming Slaue 
Deserues the Naine to haue 
Of Poet : so the Rabble 
Of Fooles for the Table, 
That haue their Iests by Heart» 
As an Actor his Part, 
Might assume them Chayres 
Amongst the Muses Heyres. 
Parnassus is not clome 
By euery such Morne ; 
Vp whose eep side who swerues, 
It behoues t" haue strong Nerues : 
My Resolution such, 
How well, and not how much 
To write, thus doe I fare, 
Like some few good that care 
(The euill sort among) 
How well to liue, and not how long. 

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THE CIYER 
GooD Folke, for Gold or FIyre, 
But helpe me to a Cryer; 
For my poore Heart is runne astray 
After two Eyes, that pass'd this way. 
O yes, O yes, O yes, 
If there be any Man, 
In Towne or Countrey, can 
Bring me my Heart againe, 
Ile please him for his paine ; 
And by these Marks I will you show, 
That onely I this Heart doe owe. 

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OeS 
It is a wounded Heart» 
Wherein yet sticks the Dart» 
Eu'ry piece sore hurt throughout it, 
Faith, and Troth, writ round about it : 
It was a rame Heart» and a dear% 
And neuer vs'd to roame 
But hauing got this Haunt, I feare 
'Twill hardlï staï at home. 
For Gods sake, walking bï the 
If ïou my Heart doe see» 
Either impound it for a Straï, 
Or send it backe to me. 

O 

To HIs Cor Love 

A Ca»IZOET 

1 pgA¢ thee leaue loue me no more 
Call home the Heart ïou gaue me, 
I but in vaine that Saint adore, 
That can, but will hot saue me : 
These poore halfe Kisses kill me quite i 
Was euer man thus serued ? 
Arnidst an Ocean of Delight, 
For Pleasure to be sterued. 

Shew me no more those Snowie Brests 
With Azure Riuerets branched, 
Where whilst mine Eïe with Plentie feasts, 
Yet is taï Thirst hOt stanched. 
O TAIqTALV$, thï Paines n'er te_Il» 
Bï me thou art preuented ; 
"Tis nothing to be plagu'd in Hel/, 
But thus in Heauen tormented. 

Clip me no more in those deare Armes» 
Nor thï Life's Comfort cal/me ; 
O these are but too pow'rfull Charmes» 
And doe but more inthrall me. 

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To his Coy Lo've 
But see, ho.« patient I am growne, 
In ail this coyle about thee ; 
Corne nice thing, let my Heart alone, 
I cannot liue without thee. 

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A H,vtNE To HIs LADIE$ BIRTH-ILACE 
COVENaV that do'st adorne 
The Countrey wherein I was born% 
Yet therein lyes not thy prayse 
Wh}, I should crowne thy Tow'rs with Bayes : 
"Tis not thy Wall me to thee weds 
Thy Ports, nor thy proud Pyrameds 
Nor thy Trophies of the Bore 
But that Shee which I adore, 
Which scarce Goodnesse selfe can payre, 
First their breathing blest thy Ayre; 
IDE,% in which Naine I Mde 
I-]er, in my heart Deifi'd 
For what good, Man's mind can sec, 
Onely ber [DEAS be ; 
She, in whom the Verrues came 
In Womans shape, and tooke her Naine, 
She so farre past Imitation, 
As but Nature our Creation 
Could hOt alter, she had aymed, 
More then Woman to haue framed : 
She whose truely written Story, 
To thy poore iXlame shall adde more glory, 
Then if it should haue beene thy Chance 
T" haue bred out K_ings that Conquer'd France. 
Had She beene borne the former Ag% 
That bouse had beene a Pilgrimage, 
And reputed more Diuine, 
Then lalsinghara or BECKETS Shrine. 
That Princesse, to whom thou do'st owe 
Thy Freedome whose Cleere blushing show, 
The enuious Sunne saw, when as she 
Naked rode to make Thee free 

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OE »ted Streete 
in Couche r l. 

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Odes z6.r 9 
Was but ber Type» as to foretell, 
Thou should'st bring forth one, should excell 
I/er Bounty, by whom thou should'st haue 
More Honour, then she Freedome gaue; 
And that groEt QEeene, whicla but of late 
Rul'd this Land in Peace and State 
I/ad not beene, but I/eauerx had sworne, 
A Maide should raign¢, when she was borne. 
Of thy Streets, which thou hold'st best, 
And most frequent of the rest 
I/appy 2lich-Farke eu'ry yeere, 
On the fourth oflugust there, 
Let thy Maides from FLog^'s bowers, 
With their Choyce and daintiest flowers 
Decke Thee vp, and from their store, 
With braue Garlands crowne that dore. 
The old Man passing by that way 
To lais Sonne in time shall say, 
There waB that Lady borne, wh/ch long 
To after-Ages shall be sung ; 
Who vnawares being passed 
Back to that House shall cast his Eye 
Speaking my Verses as he goes, 
And with a Sigh shut eu'ry Close. 
Deare Citie, trauelling by thee 
When thy rising Spyres I 8ee 
Destined her place of Birth; 
Yet me thinkes the very Earth 
Hallowed is, so farre as I 
Can thee possibly descry : 
Then thou dwelling in this place, 
I/earing some rude Hinde disgrace 
Thy Citie with some scuruy thing, 
Whici some Iester forth did bring, 
Speake these Lines where thou do'st corne, 
And strike the Slaue for euer dumbe. 

O 



81 

To TI-IE ÇAM/RO-/3RITANS 
and their/-/arpe his Ballad of &GZNCOVa" 
FAIRE stood the Wind for Fra»ce» 
When we out Sayles aduance, 
1Mor now to proue our chance» 
Longer will trry ; 
But putting to the Mayne, 
At Kaux, the Mouth of Sene, 
With all lais Martiall Trayne» 
Landed King HArtRY. 
And taking many a Fort, 
Furnish'd in Warlike sort» 
Marcheth tow'rds lgncourt» 
In happy howre ; 
Skirmishing day by day, 
With those that stop'd his wa)') 
Where the French Gen'rall la),, 
With al/his Power. 
Which in his Hight of Pride, 
King HENRY to deride, 
FILs Ransome to promde 
To the King sending. 
Which he neglects the while» 
As from a Nation vile» 
Yet with an angry smile» 
Their fall portending. 
And turning to his Men» 
Q_oth out braue FIV.Ry then» 
Though they to one be ten» 
Be hot amazed. 
Yet haue we well begunne» 
Battels so brauely wonne» 
FIaue euer to the Sonne» 
By Faine bcene raysed. 
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Odes 
And, for my Selle (quoth 
This m}, full test shall be, 
England ne'r mourne for Me» 
Nor more estceme me. 
Victor I will remaine 
Or on this Earth lie slaine, 
Neuer shall Shec sustaine» 
Lossc to redeeme me. 

Poiters and Cressy tell, 
When most their Pride did swell, 
Vnder out Swords they felI, 
No lesse our skill is, 
Than when out Grandsire Great 
Clayming the Regall Seate, 
By man), a Warlike feate, 
Lop'd the Frem] Lillies. 

The Duke of Yorke so dread, 
The eager Vaward led ; 
With the maine, HENRY sped, 
Among'st his Hench-men. 
EXCESï'R had the Rere, 
A Brauer man hot there, 
O Lord, how hot they were, 
On the false Frenclv.men ! 

O 

They now to fight are gon% 
Armour on Armour shone 
Drumme now to Drumme did grone» 
To heare was wonder ; 
That with the Cryes the}, make» 
The very Earth did shake 
Trumpet to Trumpet spake» 
Thunder to Thunder. 

Well it thine Age became» 
O Noble F-RPINGHAM, 
Which didst the Signall ayme, 
To out hid Forces; 



Ballad of ./lgincourt 
When from a Medow by» 
Like a Storme suddenly» 
The English Archery 
Stuck the Frenda Horses» 

With Spanisb Ewgh so strong, 
Arrowes a Cloth-yard long, 
That like to Serpents stung» 
Piercing the Weather ; 
None from his fellow starts, 
But playing Manly parts, 
And like true English hearts» 
Stuck close together. 

o 

When downe their Bowes they threw, 
And forth their Bilbowes drew, 
And on the French they flew» 
Not one was tardie ; 
Armes were from shoulders sent» 
Scalpes to the Teeth were rent, 
Downe the Frenth Pesants went, 
Out Men were hardie. 

This while our Noble King 
His broad Sword brandishing, 
Downe the Fren¢h Hoast did ding, 
As to o'r-whelme it ; 
And many a d¢epe Wound lent, 
His Armes with Bloud besprent, 
And many a cruell Dent 
Bruised his Helmet. 

GLOSTER» that Duke so 
Next of the Royall Blood, 
For famous Eng/and stood, 
With his braue Brother ; 
CLAgrlqcr b in Steele so bright, 
Though but a Maiden Knight, 
Yet in that furious Fight, 
Scarce such another. 
GZ 

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Odes 69 
W^twzc in Bloud did wade» 
OxvoP. the Foe inuade, 
And cruell slaughter ruade» 
Still as they tan vp ; 
SvvoLoE his Axe did ply, 
]EAVMONT and WILLOVGHBY 
Bare them right doughtily, 
Fv.RPEm and FAIUOPE. 
Vpon Saint CalsPtS da), 
Fought was this Noble Fray, 
Which Faine did not delay, 
To England to carry i 
O, when shall English Men 
With such Acts fi11 a Pen 
Or England breed againe, 
Such a King H^aa ? 

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[from the Edition of 16o6] 
Ode 4 
To my :orthy frend, alaster ohu Sauage of the Inner Temple 
VvvoN this sinfull earth 
If man can happy be» 
And higher then his birth» 
(Frend) take him thus from me. 
Whome promise hot deceiues 
That he the breach should rue» 
Nor constant reason leaucs 
Opinion to pursue. 
To rayse his mean estate 
That sooths no wanton's sinn% 
Doth that preferment hate 
That virtue doth not winne. 
Nor brauery doth admire» 
Nor doth more loue professe 
To that he doth desire» 
Then that he doth possesse. 
Loose humor nor to please 
That neither spares nor spends, 
But by discretion weyes 
What is to needful! ends. 
To him deseruing not 
Not yeelding, nor doth hould 
What is hot his» doing what 
He ought hot what he could. 
Whome the base tyrants will 
Soe much could neuer awe 
As him for good or iii 
From honesty to drawe. 

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Odes «6o6 
Whose constancï doth ise 
"Bouc vndcserued spight 
'hose valewr's to despise 
That most doth him delight. 
That earely leaue doth take 
Ofth' world though to his payne 
For virtues onel F sake 
And not till nced constrayne. 
Noe man can be o free 
Though in imperiall seat¢ 
Nor Eminent as he 
That deemeth nothing greateo 

Ode 8 
S,NcE wee the Rose 
Then which no flower there growes 
Is sweeter : 
And aptly her compare 
With what in that is rare 
A parallel none meeter. 
Or made poses 
Of this that in¢loses 
Suche blisses» 
That naturally flusheth 
As she blusheth 
When she is robd of kisses, 
Or if strew'd 
Wen with the morning dew'd 
Or stilling» 
Or howe to sense expos'd 
Ail which in her inclos'd 
Ech place with sweetnes filling. 
That most renown'd 
B F Nature richly crownd 
With ),ellow 

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Odes i6o6 
Of that delitious layre 
And as pure, her hayre 
Vnto the saine the fellow% 
Fearing of harme 
Nature that flower doth arme 
From danger, 
The touch giues ber otence 
But with reuerence 
Vnto her selle a strang¢r. 
That redde, or white, 
Or mixt, the sence delïte 
Behoulding, 
In her complexion 
Ail which perfection 
Such harmonï infouldinge. 
That deuïded 
Ere it was descided 
Which most pure, 
Began the greeuous war 
Of York and Lancaster, 
That did many ïeeres indure. 
Conflicts as greate 
As were in all that heate 
I sustaine: 
Bï her, as many harts 
As men on either parts 
That with her eies hath slaine. 
The Primrose flower 
The first of Flora's bower 
ls placed, 
Soo is shee first as best 
Though excellent the rest, 
Ail gracing, by none graced. 

87 
4o 



ELEGIES VFON SVNDRY 
OCCASIONS 

[from the Edition of  6zî] 

Of his Ladies not Comming to London 
Tr^T ten-yeares-trauell'd Greeke return'd from Sea 
Ne'r ioyd so much to see his lthaca» 
As I should you who are alone to me» 
More then wide Greece could to that wanderer be. 
The winter windes still Easterly doe keepe» 
And with keene Frosts haue chained vp the deepe» 
The Surme's tovs a niggard of his Rayes» 
But reuelleth with our lntipodes ; 
And seldome tovs when he shewes lais head» 
Muffled in vapours» he straight hies to bed. ,o 
In those bleake mountaines can ),ou liue where snowe 
Maketh the vales vp to the billes to growe ; 
XVhereas mens breathes doe instantly congeale» 
And attom'd rnists turne instantly to hayle ; 
Belike you thinke» from this more temperate cost 
My sighes ma), haue the power to thawe the frost, 
Which I from hence should swiftly send you thithe G 
Yet hot so swift» as ),ou corne slowly hither. 
How man), a time, hath Phebe from her wayn% 
XVith Pkoebus rires fill'd vp ber bornes againe; o 
Shee through ber Orbe, still on ber course doth rang% 
But you keep yours still» nor for me will change. 
The Sunne that mounted the sterne Lions back» 
Shall with the Fishes shortly diue the Brack 
But still )'ou keepe Four station which confines 
You, nor regard him trauelling the signes. 
Those ships which when Fou went, put out to Sea 
Both to our Groenland» and l/'trginia» 



03 /ts Ladies hot Comming, _c. 8 9 
Are now return'd» and Custom'd haue their fraught» 
Yet you arriue not, nor returne me ought. 
The Thames was hOt so frozen yet this yeare, 
As is my bosome, with the chilly tare 
Of your hOt comming, which on me doth light, 
As on those ClAmes, where balle the world is night. 
Of euery tedious houre you haue ruade two, 
Ail this long Winter ber% by missing you : 
Minutes are months, and when the houre is past, 
A yeare is ended since the Clocke strooke last, 
When your Remembrance puts me on the Racke, 
And I should Swound to see an .llmanacke» 4.0 
To reade what silent weekes away are slid 
Since the dire Fates you from my sight haue hid. 
I hate him who the first Deuisor was 
Of this saine foolish thing the Hower-glasse» 
And ofthe Watch» whose dribblAng sands and Wheele» 
With their slow stroakes» make mee too much fo feele 
Your slackenesse hither, O how I doe ban, 
Him that these Dial/s against walles began 
Whose Snayly motion ofthe moouing hand» 
(Although it goe} yet seeme to me to stand ; 50 
As though at Adam it had first set out, 
And had been stealing all this while about» 
And when it backe to the first point should coin% 
It shall be then iust at the generall Doome. 
The Seas into themselues retract their flowes, 
The changing Winde from euery quarter blowes» 
Declining Winter in the Spring doth call» 
The Starrs fise to vs» as from vs they fall ; 
Those Birdes we see» that leaue vs in the Prime 
Againe in Autumne re-salute our Clime. 60 
Sure, either Nature you from kinde bath mad% 
Or you delight else to be Retrograde. 
But I perceiue by your attractiue powers» 
Like an Inchantresse you haue charm'd the howers 
Into short minutes» and haue drawne them back» 
So that of vs at London, you doe lack 
Almost a year% the Spring is scarce begonne 
There where you liu% and Autumne almost done. 



9 ° 

Elegies Hpon Sundry Occasions 
With vs more Eastward, surely you deuise, 
By your strong Magicke, that the Sunne shall fise 70 
Where now it setts, and that in some few yeares 
You'l alter quite the Motion of the Spheares. 
Yes, and you meane, I shall complaine my loue 
To grauell'd Walkes, or to a stupid Groue, 
Now your companions ; and that you the while 
(As you are cruell) will sit by and stalle, 
To make me write to these, whi/e Passers by, 
Sleightly looke in your louely face, where I 
See Beauties heauen, whilst siIly blockheads, they 
Like laden Asses, plod vpon their way, 80 
And wonder not, as you should point a Clowne 
Vp to the Guards, or Iriadues Crowne; 
Of Constellations, and his dulnesse teII. 
Hee'd thinke your words were certainly a Spell ; 
Or him some piece from Creet» or Mar«us show» 
In ail his life which till that rime ne'r saw 
Painting : except in Alehouse or old Hall 
Done by some Druzzler, of the Prodigall. 
Nay doe, stay still, whilst rime away shall steale 
ïour youth, and beautie, and your selle conceale 9 ° 
From me I pray you, you haue now inur'd 
Me to your absence, and I haue endur'd 
Your want this long, whilst I haue starued bine 
For your short Letters, as you helde it sinne 
To write to me, that to appease my woe, 
I reade ore those, you writ a yeare agoe, 
Which are to me, as tbough they had bin ruade, 
Long time before the first Olympiad. 
For thankes and curt'sies sell your presence then 
To tatling Women, and to things like men, ioo 
And be more foolish then the lud;ans are 
For BeIIs, for Kniues» for GIasses, and such ware, 
That sell their Pearle and Gold, but here I stay, 
So I would hOt haue you but corne away. 



To Master GEORGE SANDYS 
Treasurer for the English Uolony in VIRGINIA 
FRE if you thinke my Papers may supplie 
You with some strange omitted Noueltie 
V¢hich others Letters yet haue left vntould» 
You take me off, before I can take hould 
Of you at ail ; I put not thus to 
For two monthes Vo},age to l/irglnia 
V¢ith newes which now a little something here 
But will be nothing ere it can corne there. 
I feare» as I doe Stabbing ; this word» State» 
I dare not speake of the Palatinate 
Although some men make it their hourely theame 
And talke what's done in lustria and in Beame, 
I may not so; what Spinola intends, 
Nor with his Dutch which way Prince laurice bends 
To other men, although these things be free, 
Yet (GEoRcE) they must be misteries to mee. 
I scarce dare praise a vertuous friend that's dead 
Lest for my lines he should be cemured 
It was my hap before ail other men 
To surfer shipwrack by my forward pen : o 
When King IEs entred ; at which ioyfull time 
I taught his title to this Ile in rime : 
And to my part did ail the Muses win» 
With high-pitch Pans to applaud him in : 
When cowardise had t},ed vp euery tongue 
And ail stood silent, },et for him I sung 
And when before by danger I was dar'd 
I kick'd her from m% nor a lot I spar'd. 
Yet had not my c.leere spirit in Fortunes scorne 
Me aboue earth and her aiqqictions borne ; o 
He next my God on whom I built my trust 
Had left me troden lower then the dust : 
But let this passe ; in the extreamest ill 
lpollo'r brood must be couragious still, 
Let Pies, and Dawes sit dumb before their death 
Onely the Swan sings at the parting breath. 



Elegies :pon Sundry Occasions 
And (worthy GEORCE) by industry and vse 
Let's see what lines P'irginia will produce 
Goe on with Ovin, as you haue begunne» 
With the first fiue Bookes ; let your numbers run 
Glib as the former» so shall it liue long, 
And doe much honour to the English tongue : 
Intice the Muses thither to repaire» 
Intreat them gently» trayne them to that ayre» 
For they from hence may thither hap to fly, 
T'wards the sad time which but to fast doth hic, 
For PoesiŒE is follow'd with such spight» 
By groueling drones that neuer raught ber height» 
That she must hence, she may no longer staye : 
The driery fates prefixed haue the day, ço 
Of ber departure» which is now corne on» 
And they command her straight wayes to be gon 
That bestiall heard so hotly her pursue» 
And to ber succour, there be very few, 
Nay none at all ber wrongs that will redresse» 
But she must wander in the wildernesse 
Like to the woman, which that holï IoH 
Beheld in Pathmos in his vision. 
As th" English now» so did the stiff-neckt Iewes» 
Their noble Prophets vtterly refuse, 60 
And ofthese me such poore opinions had; 
The), counted Esy and Eze«hle] mad 
When Ierem his Lamentations writ 
They thought the Wizard quite out of his wit, 
Such sors they wer% as worthily to ly, 
Lock't in the chaines oftheir captiuity» 
Knowledge bath still ber Eddy in her Flow, 
So it hath beene, and it will still be so. 
That famous ree¢« where learning flourisht most, 
Hath of her muses long since lec to boast, 7 ° 
Th' vnlettered Turke» and rude Barbarian trades» 
Where HowaR sang lais lofty Iliads 
And this vaste volume of the world bath taught» 
Much may to passe in little rime be brought. 
As if to 8ymptoms we may credit giue» 
This very rime, wherein we two now 



To Master George Sandys 9 
Shall in the compasse, wound the Muses more, 
Then ail the old Englis ignorance before; 
Base Balatry is so belou'd and sought, 
And those braue numbers are put by for naught, 
Which rarely read were able to awake, 
Bodyes from graues» and to the ground to shake 
The wandring clouds» and to our men at armes» 
'Gainst pikes and muskets were most powerfull charmes. 
That, but I know insuing ages sha}l 
Raise her againe, who now is in her fall ; 
And out of dust reduce our scattered rimes 
Th' reiected iewels of these slothfull t/mes, 
Who with the Muses would misspend an hower, 
But let blind Gothish Barbarisme deuoure 9 ° 
These feuerous Dogdaj's» blest bj' no record» 
But tobe cuerlastinglj' abhord. 
If j, ou vouchsafe rescription» stuffe j'our quill 
With naturall bountyes» and impart your skill 
In the description of the place» that I» 
Maj' become learned in the soyle thereby ; 
Of noble I¢yats hcalth and let me hear% 
The Gouernour; and hov¢ out people there, 
Increase and labour, what supplyes are sent» 
Which I confesse shall giue me much content; xoo 
But j'ou maj' saue your labour if j'ou please» 
To write to me ought of your Sauages. 
As sauage slaues be in great Britaine here» 
As anj' one that j'ou can shew me there 
And tbough for this» Ile say I doe hOt thirst» 
Yet I should iike R well tobe the first, 
Whose numbers hence into Virginla flew, 
So (noble 8andls) for this rime adue. 

To my noble friend Master WILLIAt BROWNE 
of the euill rime 
Dv_w friend» be silent and with patience see» 
What this mad rimes Catastrophe will be ; 
The worlds tiret Wisemen certainly mistooke 



Wander frorn 
body o body. 

ZnOo 

9+ Eleges çpon Sundry Occasions 
Themselues, and spoke things quite beside the booke» 
And that which they haue of said of God» vntrue» 
Or else expect strange iudgement to insue. 
This Isle is a meere Bedlam, and therein» 
We ail lye rauing, mad in euery sinne, 
And him the wisest most men use to cal], 
Who doth (alone) the maddest thing of al/; xo 
He whom the toaster of ail wisedome round, 
For a marckt foole, and so did him propound, 
The rime we liue in, to that passe is brought, 
That only he a Censor now is thought; 
And that base vil/aine, (hOt an age yet gone,) 
Which a good man wou]d not haue look'd vpon ; 
No like a God, with diuine worship fol/ow'd, 
And ail his actions are accounted hollow'd. 
This world of ours, thus runneth vpon wheeles, 
Set on the head, boit vpright with ber heeles ; zo 
Which makes me thinke of what the Etbnicks told 
Th'opinion» the Pythagorists vphold, 
That the immortall soule doth transmigrate ; 
Then I suppose by the strong power of rate, 
And siuce that time now many a lingering yeare, 
Through fools, and beasts, and lunatiques haue past, 
Are heere imbodyed in this age at last, 
And though so long we from that time be gone, 
Yet taste we still of that confusion. 
For certainely there's scarse one found that now, 30 
Knowes what t' approoue or what to disallow 
Ail arsey varsey» nothing is it's own% 
But to our prouerbe al/turnd vpside downe ; 
To doe in time, is to doe out of season, 
And that speeds best thats done the farth'st from reason 
Hee's high'st that's low'st, hee's surest in that's out 
He hits the next way that goes farth'st about 
He getteth vp vnlike to fise at ail, 
He slips to ground as much vnlike to fall ; 
Vhich doth inforce me partly to prefer, ÷o 
The opinion of that mad Philosopher, 
Who taught, that those all-framing powers aboue, 
(As "tis suppo3'd) ruade man not out of loue 



To MasIer I4/illiam Broune 
To him at ail, but only as a thing, 
To make them sport with, which they vse to bring 
As men doe munkeys, puppets, and such tooles 
Of laughter : so men are but the Gods fooles. 
Such are by titles lifted to the sky, 
As wherefore no man knowes, God scarcely why ; 
The vertuous man depressed like a stone, ço 
For that dull Sot to raise himselfe vpon ; 
He who ne're thing yet worthy man durst doe, 
Neuer durst looke vpon his countrey's foe, 
Nor durst attempt that action which might get 
Him faine with men : or higher might him 
Then the base begger (rightly if compar'd ;) 
This Drone yet neuer traue attempt that dard, 
Yet dates be knighted, and from thence dates grow 
To any title Empire can bestow ; 
For this beleeue, that Impudence is now 6o 
A Cardinall vertue, and men it allow 
Reuerence, nay more, men study and inuent 
New wayes, nay, glory to be impudent. 
Into the clouds the Deuill lately got, 
And by the moisture doubting much the rot, 
A medicine tooke to make him purge and cast i 
V¢hich in short time began to worke so fast, 
That he fell too 't, and from his backeside flew, 
A rout of rascall a rude ribauld crew 
Of base Plebeians, wkich no sooner light, 70 
Vpon the earth, but with a suddaine flight, 
They spread this Ile, and as Deucalion once 
Ouer his shoulder backe, by throwing stones 
They became men, euen so these beasts became, 
Owners of titles from an obscure naine. 
He tbat by riot, of a mighty rent, 
Hath his late goodly Patrimony spent, 
And into base and wilfull beggery run 
This man as he some glorious acte had done, 
With some great pension, or rich guift releeu'd, 80 
When he that bath by industry atchieu'd 
Some noble thing, contemned and disgrac'd, 
In the forlorne hope of the rimes is plac'd, 



9 6 Elegies çpon Sundry Occasions 
As though that God had carelessely left all 
That being hath on tbis terrestriall ball» 
To fortunes guiding» nor would haue to doe 
With man» nor aught that doth belong him 
Or at the least God hauing giuen more 
Power to the Deuili, then he did of yore» 
Ouer this world : the feind as he doth hate 9 ° 
The vertuous man ; maligning his estate, 
Ail noble things» and would haue by .his will» 
To be damn'd with him» vsing ail lais skill, 
By his blacke hellish ministers to vexe 
Ail worthy men» and strangely to perplexe 
Their constancie» there by them so to fright 
That they should yeeld them wholely to his might. 
But of these things I vainely doe but tell» 
Where hell is heauen» and heau'n is now turn'd hell 
Where that which lately blasphem hath bin» ioo 
Now godliness% much lesse accounted sin 
And a long while I greatly meruail'd wh 
Buffoons and Bawdes should hourel multiple» 
Till that of late I construed it that they 
To present thrift had got the perfect way 
When I concluded b their odious crimes» 
It was for vs no thriuing in these rimes. 
As men oft laugh at little Babes» when the 
Hap to behold some strange thing in their play» 
To see them on the suddaine strucken sad 
As in their rancie some strange formes they had, 
Which they by pointing with their fingers showe, 
Angry at our capacities so slowe» 
That by their countenance we no sooner learne 
To see the wonder which they so discerne : 
So the celestiall powers doe sit and smile 
At innocent and vertuous menthe while, 
They stand amazed at the world ore-gone» 
So farre beyond imagination» 
With slauish basenesse, that the silent sit zo 
Pointing like children in describing it. 
Then noble friend the next way to controule 
Ttese worldly crosses» is to arme thy soule 



To A/Iaster t¢/illiam Browne 97 
With constant patience : and with thoughts as high 
As these be lowe and poore, winged to fl),e 
To that exaRed stand, whether yet the), 
Are got with pairie, that sit out ofthe wa)' 
Ofthis ignoble age, which raiseth none 
But such as thinke their black damnation 
To be a trifle; such so iii, that when 3o 
The), are aduancad, those few poore honest men 
That ),et are liuing, into search doe runne 
To finde what rnischiefe the), haue latel), done, 
Which so preferres thern ; sa), thou he doth ris% 
That rnaketh verrue his chiefe exercise. 
And in this base world corne what euer shall, 
FIees worth larnentitag, that for her doth fall. 

Vpon the three Sonnes of the Lord SHEFFIELD 
drowned in 
Lmrrr Sonnets hence, and to loose Louers file, 
And rnournfull Ma),dens sing an Elegie 
On those three SHEFFIEL»S ouer-whelrn'd with waues» 
Whose losse the teares of all the/luses craues ; 
A thing so full of pitt), as this was, 
Me thinkes for nothing should hot slightl), passe. 
Treble this losse was wh), should it hot borrowe, 
Through this Iles treble parts, a treble sorrowe : 
But Fate did this, to let the world to knowe 
That sorrowcs which frorn cornrnon causes growe, 
Are hot worth rnourning for, the losse to beare, 
But of one onely sonne, 's hOt worth one tearc. 
Sorne tender-hearted rnan as I ma), spend 
Sorne drops (perhaps) for a deceasedirricnd. 
Sorne rnen (perhaps) their Wiires late death rnay rue 
Or Wffes their Husbands, but such be but fewe. 
Cares that haue vs'd the hearts oi r rnen to tuch 
So oft, and deepel),, will hot now be such ; 
Who'll care for Ioss oir maintenance, or place, 
Farne, liberty or of the Princes grace ; 

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98 

Elegies vpon Sundry Occasions 
Or sutes in law» b, base corruption crost 
When he shall finde» that this which he Eath lost, 
Alas is nothing to his which did los% 
Three sonnes at once so excellent as those : 
Nay, itis feard that this in rime ma), breed 
Hard hearts in men to their owne naturall seed ; 
That in respect of this great losse of theirs, 
Men will scarce mourne the death of their owne heires. 
Through ail this Ile their losse so publique is, 
That euer), man doth take them to be his» 3o 
And as a plague which had beginning there 
So catching is, and raigning euery where, 
That those the farthest off as much doe rue them, 
As those the mo»t familiarly that knew them i 
Children with this disaster are wext sage, 
And like to men that strucken are in age ; 
Talke what itis, three children atone rime 
Thus to haue drown'd» and in their ver,] prime i 
Yea and doe learne to act the saine so well» 
That then olde folke, they better canit tell. 4 ° 
Inuention, oft that Passion vs'd to faine, 
In sorrowes of themselves but slight, and meane, 
To mak« them seem« great, here it shail hot need, 
For that this Subiect doth so farre exceed 
Ail forc'd Expression, that what Poesie shall 
Happily thinke to grace it selle withall, 
Falls so belowe it, that it rather borrowes 
Grace from their griefe, then addeth to their sorrowes, 
For sad mischance thus in the losse of three, 
To shewe it selle the vtmost it could bee: 
Exacting also b), the selle same lawe, 
The vtmost teares that sorrowe had to drawe 
Ail future rimes hath vtterl), preuented 
Of a more losse, or more to be lamented. 
Whilst in faire youth the), liuel), flourish'd here, 
To their kinde Parents tlaey were onel), deere : 
But being dead, now euer), one doth take 
Them for their owne, and doe like sorrowe make : 
As for their owne begot, as the), pretended 
Hope in the issu% which should haue discended 60 



The Sonnes of Lord Sbe_fffeld 99 
From them againe ; nor here doth end our sorrow» 
But those of vs» that shail be borne to morrowe 
Still shall lainent them» and when time shall count» 
To what vast number passed y¢ares shall mount» 
The)' from their death shail duly reckon s% 
As from the Deluge, former vs'd to doe. 
O cruell Hum&er guilt)' of their gore» 
I now beleeue more then I did before 
The Brittish Story» whence th)' naine begun 
Of Kingly Hum&er» an inuading Hun, 70 
By thee dcuoured, for't is likely tf.ou 
With blood wert Christned» bloud-thirsty till now. 
The Ouse, the Done and thou farre clearer Trent, 
To drowne the SHEFFIELIS as you gaue consent, 
Shall curse the time» that ere you were infus'd» 
Which haue your waters basely thus abus'd. 
The grouding 13oore yee hinder hot to goe, 
And at his pleasure Ferry to and fro. 
The very best part of whose soule, and bloud, 
Compared with theirs» is viler then your mud. 
But wherefore paper, doe I idely spend» 
On those deafe waters to so little end» 
And vp to starry heauen doe I hot looke» 
In which» as in an euedasting booke» 
Our ends are written ; O let rimes rehearse 
Their fatall loss% in their sad Aniuerse. 

To the noble Lady, the Lady I. S. of rvorldly 

MADAME, to shew the smoothnesse of my vaine, 
Neither that I would haue ),ou entertaine 
The time in reading me, which j, ou would spend 
In faire discourse with some knowne honest friend» 
I write hot to )'ou. Nay, and which is more» 
M)' powerfull verses striue hot to restore, 
What rime and sicknesse haue in )'ou impair'd, 
To other ends m)' Elegie is squar'd. 
HZ 



oo Elegies vpon Sundry Occasions 
Your beauty, sweetnesse» and your gracefull parts 
That haue drawne many eyes, wonne many hearts, o 
Of me get little, I ara so much man, 
Tlaat let them doe their vtmost that the, can, 
1 will resist their forces : and the)' be 
Though great fo others, yet hot so to me. 
The first time I beheld 'ou, I hen sawe 
That (in it selfe) which had the power to drawe 
M), sta),d affection, and thought to allowe 
You some deale of m)' heart ; but you have now 
Got farre into it» and you haue the skill 
(For ought I see) to winne vpon me still, zo 
When I doe thinke how brauely you haue borne 
Your man), crosses, as in Fortunes scorne, 
And how neglectfull you bave seem'd to be, 
Of that which hath seem'd terrible to me, 
I thought ),ou stupid, nor that ),ou had felt 
Those griefes which (often) I haue seene to melt 
Another woman into sighes and teares, 
A thing but seldome in your sexe and yeares, 
But when in you I haue perceiu'd agen, 
oted by me, more then by other men) 30 
ow feeling and how sensible you are 
Of jour friends sorrowes, and with how much care 
You seeke to cure them, then my selfe I blame, 
That I your patience should so much misname 
Which to m), vnderstanding maketh knowne 
Who feeles anothers griefe, can feele their owne. 
When straight me thinkes, I heare your patience say, 
Are you the man that studied 8eneca : 
Plinies most leamed letters ; and must 1 
Read you a Lecture in Philosophie, 4o 
T'auoid the afflictions that haue vs'd to reach ),ou ; 
l'le learne you more, Sir, then your bookes can teach you. 
Of ail yoar sex, yet neuer did I knowe, 
An), that ),et so actuall), could showe 
Such rules for patience, such an easie way, 
That who so sees it, shall be forc'd to say» 
Loe what before seem'd hard to be discerrdd, 
Is of this Lad)', in an instant learn'd. 



To the Lady l. S. 
Itis heauens will that ),ou should wronged be 
By the malicious» that the world might see 
Your Doue-like meekenesse ; for had the base -cumme» 
The spawne of Fiends, beene in your slander dumbe, 
Your verrue then had perish'd» neuer priz'd, 
For that the saine you had hot exercis'd 
And you had lost the Crowne you haue, and glory 
iNror had you beene the subiect of my Story. 
Whilst they feele Hell, being damned in their hate, 
Their thoughts like Deuils them excruciate, 
Which by your noble suff'rings doe torment 
Them with new paines, and giues you this content 60 
To see ),our soule an Innocent, bath suffred, 
And vp to heauen before ),our eyes be offred : 
Your like we in a burning Glasse may see, 
When the Sunnes rayes therein contracted be 
Bent on some obiect, which is purel)' white, 
We finde that colour doth dispierce the light, 
And stands vntainted : but if it bath got 
Some little sully ; or the least small spot, 
Then it soon fiers it ; so ),ou still remaine 
Free, because in you they can finde no staine. 7 ° 
God doth hot loue them least, on whom he la)'es 
The great'st afflictions ; but that he will praise 
Himselfe most in them, and will make them fit, 
Near'st to himsel/e wk.o is the Lambe to sit : 
For by that touch, like perfect gold he tries them, 
Who are hot his, vntill the world denies them. 
And )'our example ma)' work such effect, 
That it ma), be the beginning ofa Sect 
Of patient women ; and that many a day 
Ail Husbands may for you their Founder pray. go 
1N'or is to me your Innocence the lesse, 
In that I see you striue hot to suppresse 
Their barbarous malice ; but your noble heart 
Prepar'd to act so difficult a part, 
With vnremoued constancie is still 
The saine it was, that ofyour proper iii, 
The effect proceeds from your owne selle the cause, 
Like some iust Prince, wk.o to establish lawes, 



IOZ Elegies vpon Sundry Occasions 
Sur[ets the hreach at his best lou'd to strike» 
To learne the vulgar to endure the like. 
You are a Martir thus, nor can you be 
Lesse to the world so valued by me : 
If as you haue begun, you still perseuer 
Be euer good, that I may loue you euer. 

O 

An Elegie vpon the death of the Lady 
PENELOPE CLIFTON 

Mvs" I needes write» who's hee that can refus% 
He wants a minde for her that hath no Muse 
The thought of her doth heau'nly rage inspire» 
Next powerfull to those clouen tongues of tire. 
Since I knew ought rime neuer dii] allowe 
Me stuffe fit for an Elegie, till now 
When France and EnglanaVs HENRIFA dy'd, my quill, 
Why, I know hot, but it that time lay still. 
"Tis more then greatnesse that my spirit must raise, 
To obserue custome I vse hot to praise ; IO 
Nor the least thought of mine yet ere depended, 
On an), one from whom she was descended 
That for their fauour I this way should wooe, 
As some poor wretched things (perhaps) may doe ; 
I gaine the end, whereat I onely ayme, 
If by my freedome, I may giue ber faine. 
Walking then forth being newly vp from bed, 
O Sir (quoth one) the Lady CLi»-ro's dead. 
When, but that reason my sterne rage withstood 
My hand had sure beene guilty of his blood. 
If shee be s% must thy rude tongue confesse it 
uoth I) and coin'st so coldly to expresse it. 
ou shouldst haue giuen a shreeke, to make me feare thee 
That might haue slaine what euer had beene neere thee. 
Thou shouldst haue com'n like Time with thy scalpe bare, 
And in thy hands thou shouldst haue brought thy hair% 
Casting vpon me such a dreadfull look% 
As seene a spirit, or th'adst beene thunder-strooke, 



)eath of Lady enelope Clifton lO5 
And gazing on me so a little space, 
Thou shouldst haue shot thine eye balls in my face» 
Then falling at m)' feet, thou shouldst haue said» 
O she is gone, and Nature with her dead. 
With this iii newes amaz'd b)' chance I past, 
B]/that neere Grou% whereas both first and last, 
I saw her, not three moneths before shee di'd. 
When (though full Summer gan to vaile her pride, 
And that I sawe men leade home ripened Corne» 
Besides aduis'd me well,) I durst haue sworne 
The lingring )'eare, the Autumne had adiourn'd, 
And the fresh Spring had beene againe return'd, 
Her delicacie, loueliness% and grace, 
With such a Summer brauery deckt the place : 
But now alas, it Iookt forlorne and dead ; 
And where she stood» the fading leaues were shed, 
Presenting onely sorrowe to my sight» 
O God (thought I) this is her Embleme right. 
And sure I thinke it cannot but be thought» 
That I to her by prouidence was brought. 
For that the Fates fore-dooming, shee should dic, 
Shewed me this wondrous Master peece, that I 
Should sing her Funerall, that the world should know 
That heauen did thinke her worthy ofa Po¢t; 
My hand is fatall, nor doth fortune doubt, 
For what it writes, hot tire shall ere race out. 
A thousand silken Puppets should haue died» 
And in their fulsome Col=fins putrified, 
Ere in my lines, you of their names should heare 
To tell the world that such there euer were, 
Whose memory shall from the earth decay, 
Before those Rags be worne they gaue away : 
Had I her god-like features ncuer scene, 
Poore slight Report had tolde me she had beene 
A hansome Lad),, comel),, very well, 
And so might I haue died an InfideIl» 
As man), doe which neuer did her see» 
Or cannot credit, what she was» b), mee. 
Nature, her selle, that before Art prefers 
To goe beyond all out Cosmographers» 



4 Elegies .opon Sundry Occasions 
By Charts and Maps exactl)' that haue shown% 
Ail of tbis earth that euer can be. knowne» 70 
For that she would beond them all descrie 
What Art could hot by an), mortall eye ; 
A Map of heauen in ber rare features drue» 
And that she did so liuel)' and so true» 
That any _coule but seeing it might sweare 
That all was perfect heauenl)' that was there. 
If euer an)' Pinter were so blest, 
To drawe that face» which so much heau'n exprest, 
If in his best of skill he did ber right 
I wish it nouer may corne in my sight» go 
I greatly doubt m)' faith (wcake man) lest I 
Sbould to tbat face commit Idolatr. 
Death might haue tyth'd her sex» but for this one» 
]xla)', haue ta'n halle to haue let her alone ; 
Such as their wrinkled temples to suppl)', 
Cyment them vp with sluttish 
Such as vndrest were able to alright, 
A vliant man aproching him b)' night ; 
Death might haue taken such, ber end deer, 
Vntill the time she had beene climaterd ; 9 ° 
When she would haue bin at threescore yeares and three, 
Such as out best at thrce and twenty be, 
XVith enuie then, he might haue ouerthrowne ber, 
When age nor time had power to ceaze vn ber. 
But when the vnpittying Fates ber end decreed, 
They to the saine did instantly proceed» 
For well they knew (if she had languish'd so) 
As those which hence by naturall causes goe, 
So many prayers, and teares for ber had spoken» 
As certainly their lron lawes had broken too 
And had wak'd beau'n, who clearel)' would haue show'd 
That change of Kingdomes to ber death it ow'd ; 
And that the world st/Il of ber end might thinke, 
It would haue let some Neighbouring mountaine sinke. 
Or the vast Sea it in on vs to cast, 
As Seuerne did about some fiue yeares past : 
Or some sterne Cornet his curld top to reare, 
Whose length should measure halle our Hemisphere. 



2)eath of Lady 7°enelope Clifton 
Holding this height, to say some will not sticke» 
That now I raue, and am growne lunatique : I IO 
You of what sexe so ere you be, you lye, 
'Tis thou thy selfe is lunatique, hot I. 
I charge you in her naine that now is gone, 
That may coniure ),ou, if you be hot stone, 
That you no harsh, nor shallow rimes decline» 
Vpon that day wherein you shall read mine. 
Such as indeed are falsely termed verse, 
And will but sit like mothes vpon/ner herse 
Nor tt.at no child» nor chambermaide, nor page» 
Disturbe the Rome, the whilst my sacred rage, i .o 
In reading is ; but whilst j, ou heare it read, 
Suppose, before you, that j, ou see ber dead» 
The walls about j'ou hung with mournfull blacke, 
And nothing ofher funerall to lacke, 
And when this period giues ]cou leaue to pause, 
Cast vp ]cour eyes, and sigh for my applause. 

Vpon the noble Lady As-roNs departurefor 

I Man}, a time haue greatl]c marueil'd, wh), 
Men sa),» their friends depart when as they die, 
How well that word, a dying» doth expresse» 
I did not know (l freel]c must confesse,) 
Till her departure : for whose missed sight, 
I am enforc'd this Eleg]c to write : 
But since resistlesse fate will haue it so, 
That she from hence must to leria goe, 
And talc weak wishes tan her not detaine» 
I will of heauen in polic]c complain% 
That it so long her trauell should adiourne» 
Hoping thereby to hasten her returne. 
Can those of Nçrway for their wage procure, 
B]C their blacke spells a winde that sha]l endure 
Tfll from aboard the wished land men see, 
And fetch the harbour, where they long to be, 

IO 

The witchcs of 
the Notthet|y 
legions sell 
wmdes to 
passengers. 



Harbour of 

lO6 Elegies çpon Sundry Occasions 
Can the)' by charmes doe this and cannot I 
Who ara the Priest of Phoeus, and so hie, 
Sit in his fauour, winne the Poets god, 
To send swifr Hermes with his snaky rod, zo 
To 2Eolus Caue» commanding him with care, 
His prosperous winds» that he for her prepar% 
And from that howre» wherein shee takes the seas, 
Nature bring on the quiet Halcion da)'es, 
And in that hower that bird begin her nest, 
Nay at that very instant, that long rest 
May seize on Neptune, who may still repose, 
And let that bird nere till that hower disclose, 
Wherein she landeth, and for ail that space 
Be hot a wrinkle seene on Thetis face, .o 
Onely so much breath with a gentle gale, 
As by the easy swelling of her saile, 
May at *$ebastians safely set her downe 
,Vhere, with her goodnes she may blesse the towne. 
If heauen in iustice would haue plagu'd by thee 
Some Pirate, and grimme Neptune thou should'st be 
His Executioner, or what is his worse, 
The gripple Merchant, borne tobe the ourse 
Of this braue Iland ; /et them for her sake» 
Who to thy safeguard doth ber selle betake, ¢o 
Escape vndrown'd, vnwrackt, ha)' rather let 
Them be at ease in some sale harbour set, 
Where with much profit the)' ma), vent their wealth 
That the)' haue got by villan)' and stea|th, 
Rather great Neptune» then when thou dost raue, 
Thou once shouldst wet her saile but with a waue. 
Or if some proling Rouer shall but date, 
To seize the ship wherein she is to fare, 
Let the fell fishes of the Mairie appear% 
And tell those Sea-thiefes, that once such they were ço 
As they are now, tel the)' assaid to rape 
Grape-crowned Bac¢hus in a striplings shape, 
That came aboard them, and would faine haue saild» 
To vine-spread *Naxus, but that him they faild, 
Which he perceiuing» them so monstrous ruade, 
And warnd them how the)' passengers inuade. 



Lady Istons departure for Spaine o7 
Ye South and Westerne winds now cease to blow 
Autumne is come, there be no flowers to grow 
Yea from that place respire to which she goes, 
And to her sailes should show your selfe but foes 60 
But Boreas and yee Esterne windes aris% 
To send her soon to Spaine but be precise, 
That in your aide ),ou seeme hOt still so sterne, 
As we a summer should no more discerne, 
For till that here againe, I ma), her ste, 
It will be winter ail the yeare with mee. 
Ye swanne-begotten louely brother-stars, 
So oft auspicious to poore Mariners, 
Ye twin-bred lights of louely Leda's brood, 
loues egge-borne issue stalle vpon the flood 
And in your mild'st aspect doe ye appeare 
To be her warrant from ail future feare_ 
And if thou ship that bear'st her, doe proue good, 
May neuer time by wormes, consume thy wood 
Nor rust thy iron, may thy tacklings last» 
Till they for reliques be in temples plac't ; 
Maist thou be ranged with that mighty Arke, 
Wherein iust Noah did ail the world imbarque, 
With that which after Troyes so famous wracke, 
From ten yeares trauell brought Vlisses backe, 8o 
That Argo which to ¢olchos went from Greece 
And in her botome brought the goulden fleece 
Vnder braue Iaso» ; or that saine of 
Wherein he did his famous voyage make 
About the world ; or Cadishes that went 
As far as lais, about the Continent. 
And yee milde winds that now I doe implore, 
Not once to raise the least sand on the shore 
Nor once on forfait of your selues respire : 
When once the time is come of ber retire, 9 ° 
If then it please you, but to doe your due 
What for these windes I did, Ile doe for you  
fie wooe you then and if that hOt suffice, 
My pen shall prooue you to haue dietyes 
Ile sing your loues in verses that shall flow, 
And tell the storyes of your weale and woe, 

Castor and P/ox 
begot by loe 
on Led in the 
forme of a 
7 ° Swanne. A 
constellation 
ominous o 
Marir¢rs. 



Io8 Elegies vpon Sundry Occasions 
Ile prooue what profit to the earth you bring» 
And how t'is you that welcome in the spring 
Ile raise vp altars to you as to show» 
The rime shall be kept hol),» wben you blow. 
O blessed winds ! your will that it ma)' 
To send health to ber» and her home to me. 

To my most dearely-loued friend 
HENER' REYNOI.I)S Esquire, of Poets q Poesie 

My dearely loucd friend how oft haue we» 
In winter evenings (meaning to be free)) 
To some well-chosen place vs'd to retire ; 
And there with moderate meate» and wine, and fire» 
Haue past the howres contentedly with chat» 
Now talk of this» and then discours'd ofthat, 
Spoke our owne verses "twixt our selves) ff hot 
Other mens lines» which we b), chance had got) 
Or sorne Stage pieces famous long before) 
Of which your happ), memory had store ; 
And I remember ),ou mud pleased were) 
Of those who liued long agoe to heare» 
As well as of those» of these latter rimes» 
Who have inricht our language with their rimes) 
And in succession) how still vp the), grew» - 
Which is the subiect» that I now pursue ; 
For from my cradle» (you must know that) I» 
Was still inclin'd to noble Poesie» 
And when that once Pueriles I had read» 
And new/)' had m), Cato construed) 
In my small selle I greatly marueil'd then) 
Amonst ail other» what strange kinde of men 
These Poets were ; And pleased with the naine» 
To m), milde Tutor merril), I came» 
(For I was then a proper goodly page» 
Much like a Pigm),) scarse ten yeares of age) 
Clasping my slender armes about his thigh. 
O my deare toaster! cannot you (quoth I} 

IO 

O 



Ta Henery eynMds o 9 
Make me a Poet» doe it if you 
And ou shall see, Ile quickl bee a man o 
Who me thus answered smiling, boy quoth 
If ou'le hot play the wag, but ! may ee 
You pl¥ your learning, 1 will shortly read 
8orne Poets to you ; Poe« be my speed, 
Too»t hard went I, when shortl he began, 
And first read to me honest 
Then qrgl loue, being entred thus 
Me thought I straight had mounted 
.Rnd in his full Careere could make him stop, 
And bound vpon Pamarrus" by-clift top. 4 o 
I scornd ),our ballet then though it were done 
And had for Finis, lFilliam ,lderton. 
But sort, in sporting with this childish iest, 
I from my subiect hue too long digrest, 
Then to the marrer that we tooke in hand, 
loue and lpollo for the 3luses stand. 
Then noble Chaucer, in those former rimes, 
The first inrich'd out Engllsh with his rimes, 
And was the first of ours, that euer brake, 
Into the 2luses treasure and first spake o 
In weighty numbers, deluing in the Mine 
Of perfect knowledge, which he could refine, 
And co),ne for currant, and as much as then 
The English language could expresse to men» 
He ruade it doe ; and b), his wondrous skill» 
Gaue vs much light from his abundant quill. 
And honest Goder, who in respect ofhim» 
Had onl}r sipt at lganippas brimme 
And though in ),eares this last was him before» 
Yet fell he far short of the others store. 60 
When after those, route ages very neare, 
They with the 2luse which conuersed, were 
That Princely Surrey, early in the rime 
Of the Eight Henry, who was then the prime 
Of ,ngland noble youth ; with him there came 
M2yat ; with reuerence whom we still doe name 
Amongst our Poets, Brian had a share 
With the two former, which accompted are 



II0 Elegies vpon Sundry Occasions 
That times best makers» and the authors were 
Of those smal] poems, which the title beare, 70 
Of songs and sonnets, wherein oft the)' hit 
On man), dainty passages of wit. 
Gascoine and Clourcbyard after them againe 
In the beginning of Eliza's mine, 
Accoumpted were great Meterers man), a day, 
But hot inspired with braue fier» had the), 
Liu'd but a little longer, they had seene, 
Their works before them to have buried beene. 
Graue morrall Spenter after these came on 
Then whom I am perswaded there was none $o 
Since the blind Bard his Iliad$ vp did make, 
Fitter a taske like that to vndertake, 
To set downe boldly» brauely to inuent, 
In al1 high knowledge, surely excellent. 
The noble Sidney with this last arose, 
That Herae for numbers, and for Prose. 
That throughly pac'd our language as to show, 
The plenteous Englisb hand in hand might goe 
With Greeb or Latine, and did first reduce 
Our tongue from Lillies writing then in vse ; 9o 
Talking of Stones» Stars Plants» of fishes» Fl}es, 
Playing with words, and idle Similies, 
As th' English, Apes and ver), Zanies be, 
Of euery thing that they doe heare and see» 
So imitating his ridiculous tricks, 
They spake and writ» ail like meere lunatiques. 
Then/4arner though his lines were hOt so trim'd, 
lNror yet his Poem so exactly lim'd 
And neatly ioynted, but the Criticke ma}, 
Easily reprooue him ),et thus let me say ; xoo 
For my old.friend, some passages there be 
In him, whtch I protest haue taken me, 
With almost wonder, so fine» cleere, and new 
As yet they haue bin equailed by few. 
1Meat aV/arlo-w bathed in the Thespian springs 
Had in him those braue translunar), things, 
That the first Poets had, his raptures were, 
Al] a),re» and tire, which made his verses cleere, 



To Henery Reynolds III 
For that fine madues still he did retaiu% 
Whi¢h rightly should possesse a Poets braine. 1 I o 
And surely 1Vaske though he a Proscr were 
A bran¢h of Lawrell ),et deserues to beare» 
Sharply Satirick was h% and that way 
He went since that his being, to this da), 
Few haue attempted» and I surel)' thinke 
Those wordes shall hardi), IX set downe with inke ; 
Shall scorch and blast so as his could, where he, 
Would inflict vengeanc% and be it said of thee» 
$hakesleare  thou hadst as smooth a Comicke vaine» 
Fitting the socke, and in thy naturall braine» 1 zo 
As strong conception and as Cleere a rage 
As any one that trafiqu'd with the stage. 
Amongst these Samuel Danel whom if I 
May SlYke of but to sensure doe denie, 
Onel)' haue heard some wisemen him rehearse» 
To Ix too much I-I«storian in verse ; 
I--/is rimes were smooth his meeters weli did dose 
But ),et his maner better fitted prose : 
1N!ext these, learn'd otmson in this List I bring 
XVho had drunke deepe of the Pierian spring I3o 
Whose knowledge did him worthily prefer, 
And long was Lord here of the Theater, 
Who in opinion ruade our learn'st to sticke 
Whether in Poems rightly dramatique 
Strong seneca or Plautus he or they 
Should beare the Buskin, or the Socke away. 
Others againe here liued in my dayes, 
That haue of vs deserued no lesse praise 
For their translations then the daintiest wit 
That on Parnassus thinks he highst doth sit 1÷o 
And for a chaire ma), mongst the Muses call, 
As the most curious maker ofthem ail ; 
As reuerent C-ajrna , who bath brought to vs, 
214usaeus I-Iomer» and I-Ieslodus 
Out of the Greeke ; and b), his skill hath reard 
Them to that height, and to our tongue endear'd 
That were those Poets at this day aliue 
To see their bookes thus with vs to suruiue 



IIZ Elegiies vpon Sundry Occasions 
The}' would think, hauing neglected them so long, 
They had bin written in the English tongue, x o 
And Silueaer who from the French more weake, 
Made Bartas ofhis sixe dayes labour speake 
In naturall English, who, had he there stayd, 
He had done well» and neuer had bewraid 
His owne inuention, to haue bin so poore 
Who still wrote ksse, in striuing to write more, 
Then dainty Sands that hath to English done, 
Smooth sliding Ouid, and hath ruade him run 
With so much sweetnesse and vnusuall grace, 
As though the neatnesse of the English pace, x6o 
Should tell the Ietting Lattine that it came 
But slowly after, as though stiff and lame. 
So Scotland sent vs hither» for out owne 
That man» whose naine I euer would haue knowne, 
To stand by mine, that most ingenious knight, 
M}' tlexander» to whom in his right, 
I want extreamely, yet in speaking thus 
| doe but shew the loue, that was twixt vs, 
And hot his numbers which were braue and hie 
So like his mind, was his clear Poesie  70 
And m}, deare Drumraond to whom much I owe 
For his much loue, and proud I was to know 
His poesie, for which two worth}, men, 
I lenttry still shall loue, and Hauthorne-den. 
Then the two Beamounts and m}' Broche arose, 
My deare companions whom I freel}, chose 
My bosome friends ; and in their seuerall wa}'es, 
Rightly borne Poets, and in these last dayes, 
Men of much note, and no lesse nobler parts 
Such as haue freely tould to me their hearts, ! 8o 
As I bave mine to them ; but if }'ou shall 
Sa}, in }'our knowledge, that these be not ail 
I-laue writ in numbers, be inform'd that I 
Onl}' m}' selle, to these few men doe t,e, 
Whose works oft printed, set on euery" lSt, 
To publique censure subiect haue bin most ; 
For such whose Foems, be the}' nere so rare, 
In priuate chambers, that incloistered are, 



To Henery Reynolds   
And by transcription daintyly must goe ; 
As though the world vnworthy were to know» xgo 
Their rich composures let those men that keepe 
These wonderous reliques in their iudgement deepe ; 
And cry them vp so, let such Peeces bee 
Spoke of by those that shall corne after me, 
I passe hot for them : nor doe meane to run, 
In quest ofthese, that them applause haue wonne, 
Vpon out Stages in these latter dayes, 
That are so many, let them haue their ba)'es 
That doe deserue it; let those wits that haunt 
Those publique circuits, let them freely chaunt zoo 
Their fine Composures, and their praise pursue 
And so my deare friend, for this time adue. 

Vpon the death of his incomparablefrie»d 
Sir HrRv RvNsrol of CLIFI:ORD 
CooED there be words found to expresse my losse, 
There were some hope, that this my heauy crosse 
Might be sustained, and that wretched I 
Might once finde comfort : but to haue him die 
Past all degrees that was o deare to me; 
As but comparing him with others hee 
Was such a thing, as if some Power should say 
l'le take Man on me, to shew menthe way 
What a friend should be. But words corne so short 
Of him, that when 1 thus would him report 
I ara vndone, and hauing nought to say, 
Mari at my se/le, I throwe my penne away, 
And beate my breast, that there should be a woe 
So high that words cannot attaine thereto. 
T'is strange that I from my abundant breast, 
Who others sorrowes haue so well exprest : 
Yet I by this in little rime ara growne 
So poore that I want to expresse mine owne. 
I thinke the Fates perceiuing me to beare 
My worldly crosses without wit or feare : 

IO 

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II+ Elegies vison St«ndry Occasions 
Na)'» with what scorne I euer haue derided 
Thbse plagues that for me the)' haue off prouided» 
Drew them to ¢ounsaile ; nay» ¢onspired rather» 
And in this business laid their heads together 
To finde some one plague that might me subuert» 
And at an instant breake my stubborne heart ; 
They did indeed% and onely to this end 
The tooke from me this more then man» or friend. 
Hard-hearted Fates» your worst thus haue ),ou done» 
Then let vs see what lastly ),ou haue wonne 3o 
B), this your rigour» in a course so.strict». 
Why se» I beare ail that you can lnflll: : 
And hee from heauen your poore reuenge to view i 
Laments my fosse of him but laughesat ),ou» 
Whilst I against ),ou execrations breath; 
Thus are ),ou scorn'd abou% and curst beneath. 
Me thinks that man (vnhapp), though he be) 
Is now thrice happ), in respect of me» 
Who hath no friend ; for that in hauing none 
He is hot stirr'd as I am» to bemone 
M), miserable loss% who but in vain% 
Ma), euer looke to find the like againe. 
This more then mine own selle ; that who had seene 
His care of me where euer I had beene» 
And had hot knowne his actiue spirit before» 
Vpon some braue thing working euermore : 
I-le would haue sworne that to no other end 
I-le had been borne : but onely for taï friend. 
I had been happ), if nice Nature had 
(Since now my lucke falls out to be so bad) ço 
Made me vnperfect, either of so soft 
And yeelding temper» that lamenting off, 
I into teares my mournefull sdfe might mdt; 
Or else so dull, my fosse hot to haue felt. 
I haue  my too deare experience bought, 
That fooles and mad men, whom I euer thought 
The most vnhappy, are in deede hOt so: 
And therefore I lesse pittie can bestowe 
(Since that m), sence, my sorrowe so can sound) 
On those in Bedlam that are bound, 6o 



"l"he death of Sir H. Raynsf ord II 
And scarce feele scourging; and when as I meete 
A foole by Children followed in the Streete, 
Thinke I (poor wretch) thou from my griefe art free, 
iNror couldst thou feele it, should it light on thee ; 
But that I ara a Clrlstian, and ara taught 
By him who with his precious bloud me bought, 
Meekly lik© him my crosses to endure, 
Else would they please me well, that for their cure, 
When as they feele their conscience doth them brand, 
Vpon themselues dare lay a violent hand  7 ° 
lXot suffering Fortune with ber murdering knife, 
Stand like a Surgeon working on the Iffe, 
Desecting this part, that ioynt off to cut, 
Shewing that Artire, ripping then that gut, 
Whilst the dull beastly World with ber squint eye, 
Is to behold the strange Anatomie. 
1 ara persuaded that those which we read 
To be man-haters, were hot so indeed, 
The Athenian Timon, and beside him more 
Of which the Latines, as the Gree/e haue store ; $o 
lXor hot did they ail humane manners hate, 
Nor yet maligne mans dignity and state. 
But finding out fraile lire how euery day, 
It like a bubble vanisheth away : 
For this condition did mankinde detest, 
Farre more incertaine then that of the beast. 
Sure heauen doth hate this world and deadly too, 
Else as it bath done it would neuer doe, 
For ff it did hot» it would ne're permit 
A man of so much vertue knowledge, wit 9 ° 
Of naturall goodnesse, supernaturall grace, 
Whose courses when considerately I trace 
Into their ends, and diligently looke 
They serue me for Oeconomike booke. 
By which this rough world I hot onely stemme, 
In goodnesse but grow learn'd by reading them. 
O pardon me, it my much sorrow is, 
Which makes me vse this long Parenthesis ; 
Had heauen this world hot hated as I say 
In height of Lffe it b.ad hOt, tane awa), xoo 



r6 Elegies .voon Sundry Occasions 
A spirit so braue, so aiue, and so fre©, 
That such aone who would hot wish to 
Rather then weare a Crowne, b)' Armes though got, 
So fasta friend, so true a Patriot. 
In things concerning both the worlds so wise, 
Besid©s so liberall of his faculties, 
That where he would his industrie bestowe, 
He would haue done, e're one could think o doc. 
No more talke of the working ofthe Starres» 
For plenty» sarcenesse, or for peace, or Warres : 
The)' are impostures, therefore get )'ou hence 
With al] )'our Planers, and heir influence. 
No more doe I care into them to looke, 
Then in some idle Chiromantick booke, 
Shewing the line of lire» and Venus mount, 
IN'or ),et no more would I of them account, 
Then what that tells me, since what that so ere 
Might promise man long life : of care and feare, 
B)' nature freed, a conscience cleare, and quiet, 
His health» Iris constitution, and his diet ; 
Counting a hundred» fourscore at the least, 
Propt vp by prayers, )'et more tobe encreast, 
AIl these should faile, and in his fiftieth yeare 
He should expire, henceforth let none be deare, 
To me at ail, lest for my haplesse sake, 
Before their rime heauen from the world them take, 
And leaue me wretched to lainent their ends 
As I doe lais» wF.o was a thousand friends. 

IiO 

Vpon the death of the Lady OLIVE ST/h'I-IOPE 
Csa" thou depart and be forgotten so, 
STANHOPE thou OEnst hot» IlO deare STANHOPE, no ; 
But in despight of death the world shall see, 
That Muse which so much graced was b)' thee 
Can black Obliuion vtterly out-braue, 
And set thee vp aboue thy silent Graue. 
I meruail'd much the lerian Nimphes were dumbe» 
Or of those Muses, what should be become, 
That of ail thos% th© mounaines there among» 



The death of Lady Olive Stanhope 117 
Not one this while th} Epicedium sung; IO 
But soit is when they of thee were reft, 
The F all those hills» and all those Riuers left 
And sullen growne, their former seates remoue, 
Both from cleare Daroin and from siluer Doue» 
And for th F losse they greeued are so sot% 
That the F haue vow'd the F will corne there no more 
But leaue thy losse to me, that I should rue thee, 
Vnhappy man» and yet I neuer knew thee : 
Me thou didst loue vnseene, so did I the% 
It was out spirits that lou'd then and not wee ; zo 
Therefore without profanenesse I ma}, call 
The loue betwLxt vs loue spirituall : 
But that which thou affectedst was so true 
As that thereb}r thee perfectly I knew 
And now that spirit which thou so lou'dst still rein% 
Shall offer this a Sacrifice to tkine, 
And reare this Trophe» which for thee shall last» 
When this most beastly Iron age is past ; 
I ara perswaded» whilst we two haue slept, 
Our soules haue met» and to each other wept» o 
That destenie so strongly should forbid, 
Our bodies to conuerse as oft they did: 
For certainly refined spirits doe know, 
As doe the AngeLs, and doe here belowe 
Take the fruition of that endlesse blisse, 
As those aboue doe, and what each one is. 
They see diuinely» and as those there doe, 
They know each others wills, so soules can too. 
About that dismall rime, thy spirit hence 
Mine much was troubled, but why, I not knew» 
In dull and sleepy sounds, it often left me, 
As of it selle it ment to haue bereft me T 
I asked it what the cause was of such woe, 
Or what it might be, that might vexe it so, 
But it was deaf% nor my demand would here, 
But when that iii newes came» to touch mine ear% 
I straightwayes found this watchfull sperit of mine, 
Troubled had bin to take it leaue of thine 
For when rate round, what nature late had done 



8 Elegies :pon St«ndry Occasions 
How much from heauen, she for the earth had won ço 
By th]t deare birth ; said» that it could hot be 
In so ),ong ),eares» what it perceiu'd in thee» 
But nature sure» had fram'd thee long belote ; 
And as Rich Misers of their mighty store» 
Keepe the most precious longst» so from times past» 
She onely had reserued thee till the last ; 
So did thy wisedome» hOt th]t youth behold» 
And tooke thee hence» in thinking thou wast old. 
Thy shape and beauty often haue to me 
Bin highly praysed» which I thought might be, 60 
Truely reported, for a spirit so braue» 
,Vhich heauen to thee so bountiful/y gaue ; 
Nature could hot in recompence againe, 
In some rich lodging but to entertaine. 
Let hot the wodd report then» that the Peake» 
Is but a rude place only vast and bleake ; 
And nothing hath to boast of but her Lead» 
When she tan sa), that happily she bred 
Thee» and when she sha/l of her wonders tell 
Wherein she doth ail other Tracts excell» 7 ° 
Let ber account thee greatst, and still to time 
Of ail the rest» accord thee for the prime. 

To/laster WlLLIAM IEFFREYS» 
Chaplaine to the Lord Ambassadour in Spaine 
Me noble friend» )'ou challenge me to write 
To you in verse r and often you recite» 
My promise to [ou» and to send you newes ; 
As "tis a thing I very seldome vse 
And I must write of State» if to 2ladrid» 
A thing our Proclamations here forbid» 
And that word State such Latitude doth beare» 
As it may make me ver), well to feare 
To_ write, nay ps eake at all, these let. you kno 
¥our power on me, ),et hot that I wlll showe 
The loue I beare )'ou, in that lofty height» 
So cleere expression» or such words of weight, 

IO 



As into Span;sh if they were translated, 
Might make the Poets of that Realme amated 
Yet these my least were, but that you extort 
These numbers from me, when I should report 
In home-spunne prose, in gond plaine honest words 
The newes onr wofull England vs affords. 
The Muses here sit 5ad, and mute the while 
A sort of swine vnseasonably defile o 
Those sacred springs, which from the by-clift bill 
Dropt their pure Nectar into euery quill ; 
In this with Star% 1 hope I doe hot deale 
This onely tends the Muses common-weale. 
What canst tlou hope, or looke for from his pen, 
Who liues with beasts, though in the shapes of men» 
And what a poore few are we honest still» 
And dare tobe so, when all the world is iii. 
I finde this age of our markt with this Fate, 
That honest men are still precipitate 3o 
Vnder base villaines which till th" earth can vent 
This ber last brood, and wholly bath them spent, 
Shall be so» then in reuolution shall 
Vertue againe arise by vices rail ; 
But that shall I hot see neither will I 
Maintaine this» as one doth a Prophesie» 
That our King lames to Rome shall surely goe, 
And from lais chaire the Pope shall ouerthrow. 
But O this world is so giuen vp fo hell, 
That as the old Giants, which did once rebell» 
Against the Gods so this now-liuing race 
Dare sin, yet stand and Ieere heauen in flae face. 
But soft my Muse, and make a little stay 
Surely thou art not rightly in thy way, 
To my good Ieffrayes was hot I about 
To write and see» I suddainely ara out, 
This is pure Satire that thou speak'st and I 
Was first in hand to write an Elegie. 
To tell my countreys shame I hOt delight. 
But doe bemoane "t I ara no Democrite : o 
O God though Verrue mightily doe grieue 
For ail this world» j, et will I hot beleeue 

Master ltgilliam Jereys 9 



IZO Elegies vpon Sundry Occasions 
But that shees faire and louely» and that she 
So to the period of the world shall be ; 
Else had she beene forsaken (sure) of ail, 
For that so many sundry mischiefes fall 
Vpon her dayly» and so many take 
Armes vp against her as it well might make 
Her to lirsake her nature» and behind, 
To leaue no step for future time to find, 60 
As she had neuer beene» for he that now 
Can doe her most disace, him they alow 
The rimes chiefe Champion, and he is the man» 
The prize» and Palme that absolutel}r wanne, 
For where Kings Clossets her free seat hath bin 
She neere the Lodge» hOt suffered is to 
For ignorance against ber stands in state» 
Like some great porter at a Pallace gate ; 
So dull and barbarous lately are we growne, 
And there are some this slauery that haue sowne» 7 ° 
That for mans knowledge it enough doth make» 
If he can learne» to read an Almanacke ; 
Bï whom that trash of lmadis de Gaule, 
Is held an author most authenticall» 
And things we haue like Noblemen that be 
In little rime, which 1 haue hope to see 
Vpon their foot-clothes, as the streets the, t, ride 
To haue their hornebookes at their girdles ti'd. 
But all their superfluity of spite 
On verrues hand-maid Poesy doth light, 8o 
And to extirpe ber ail their plots they la)' 
But to hcr ruine they shall misse the way, 
For lais alone the Monuments of wit» 
Aboue the rage of Tyrants that doe sit» 
And from their strength» hot one himselfe can saue» 
But the), shall tryumph o'r his hated graue. 
In m)" conceipt» friend» thou didst neuer see 
A righter Madman then thou hast of me» 
For now as Eleglack I bewaile 
Thee poor base times ; then suddainely I raile 9 ° 
And ara Satlrl¢, not that I inforce 
Mj selle to be so» but euen as remorse 



To Master ICilliam Jeffreys 
Or hate» in the proud fulnesse of their hight 
Master my fancy• iust so doe I write. 
But gentle friend as soone shal] I behold 
That stone of which so man), haue vs tould» 
(Yet neuer an), to this da), could make) 
The great Eli:car or to vndertake 
The 1ose-crosst knowledge which is much like that 
A Tarrying-iron for fooles to labour at» zoo 
As euer after I ma), hope to see, 
plague vFon this beastl), world for 
it so respected as it was of),ore ; 
And if hereafter an), it restore» 
It must be those that yet for man}, a )'eare» 
Shall be vnborne that must inhabit here» 
And such in verrue as shall be asham'd 
Almost to heare their ignorant Grandsires nain'd» 
With whom so man)' noble spirits then liu'd» 
That were b)' them of ail reward depriu'd.  o 
M), noble friend» I would I might haue quit 
This age of these, and that I might haue writ» 
Before ail other how much the braue pen» 
1-1ad here bin honoured of the E»glisb men 
Goodnesse and knowledge, held by them in prise» 
How hatefull to them Ignorance and vice 
But it falls out the contrary is true» 
And so m), Ieffre.Tes for this rime adue. 

Vpon the death of lXistris ELAroI 

ACCURSED Death» what neede was there at all 
Of thee» or who to councell thee did cal] 
The subiect whereupon these lines I spend 
For thee was most vnfit ber timelesse end 
Too soone thou wroughtst» too neere ber thou didst stand 
Thou shouldst haue lent th), leane and meager hand 
To those who oft the help thereof beseech» 
And can be cured by no other Leech. 
In this wide world how man), thousands 
That hauing past fourescore» doe call for thee. o 



.. Elegies vpon S«nd Occasions 
The wretched debtor in the Iayle that lies» 
Yet cannot this his Creditor suffi¢e 
Doth woe thee oR with many a sigh and tear% 
Yet thou art coy» and hirn thou wilt hot heare. 
The Captiue slaue that tuggeth at the Oares» 
And vnderneath the Bulls tough sinewes rores» 
Begs at thy hand» in lieu of ail his paines» 
That thou wouldst but release him of his ¢haines 
Yet thou a niggard listenest hot thereto 
With one short gaspe which thou mightst easily do» zo 
But thou couldst corne to her ere there was need% 
And euen at once destroy both flower and seede. 
But cruell Death if thou so barbarous 
To those so goodly, and so young as shee 
That in their teeming thou wilt shew thy spight 
Either from marriage thou wilt Maides affright» 
Or in their wedlock, XVidowes liues to chuse 
Their Husbands bed» and vtterly refuse» 
Fearing conception ; so shalt thou thereby 
Extirpate mankinde by thy cruelty. 30 
If after direfull Tragedy thou thirst» 
Extinguish Himens Torches at the first 
Build Funerail pyles» and the sad pauement strew% 
With mournfull Cypress% and the pale-leau'd Yewe. 
Away with Roses» Myrtle, and with Bayes 
Ensignes ofmirth, and iollity as these 
Neuer at Nuptials vsed be againe, 
But from the Church the new Bride entertaine 
With weeping l¢enias» euer and among» 
As at departings be sad Requiems song. 4o 
Ludna by th" olde Poets that wert sayd, 
Women in Childe-birth euermore to ayd% 
Because thine Altars» long haue layne neglected : 
Nor as they should, thy holy fiers reflected 
Vpon thy Temples» therefore thou doest flye» 
And wilt hot helpe them in necessitie. 
Thinking vpon thee» I doe often muse, 
Whether for thy deare sake I should accuse 
Nature or Fortun% Fortune then I blame» 
And doe impute it as her greatest shame» 



The death of Mrs. E. Fallo¢eyçeld IOE  
To hast thy timelesse end and soone agen 
I vexe at l/ature» nay I curse ber then 
That at the time of need she was no stronger» 
That we by ber might haue enioy'd thee longer. 
But whilst of these I with m-elfe debate» 
I call to minde how flinty-hearted Fate 
Seaseth he olde» the young the faire the foule 
No thing on earth can Destinie controule : 
But yet that Fate which bath of lit bereft thee» 
Still to eternall memory bath left thee 6o 
Which thou enioy'st by the deserued breath 
That man}, a great one hath hOt after death. 



NIMPHIDIA 

THE COVRT OF FAYRIE 

OLDI CHAVCER doth of Topas tell» 
Mad RBLIS of Pantagruell» 
A latter third of 19osabe//» 
With such poore trifles plaïing : 
Others the like haue labouredat 
Some of this thing, and some of that, 
And many of they know hot what, 
But that they must be saying. 
Another sort there bee that will 
Be talking of the Fayries still, 
Nor neuer cau they have their fill 
As they were wedded to them i 
No Tales of them their thirst can slake, 
So much delight therein they tak% 
And some strauge thing they faine would make» 
Knew thei' the way to doe them. 
Then since no Muse hath bin so bold» 
Or of the Later, or the ould, 
Those Eluish secrets to vnfold, 
Which lle from others reading» 
M t" actiue Muse to light shall bring, 
The court of that proud Fayry King 
And tell there» of the Reuelling 
Io»e prosper mi' proceeding. 
And thou NLPHIDI. gentle Fay, 
Which meeting me vpon the wai', 
These secrets didst to me bewray» 
Which now I ara in telling : 

IO 



The Court of Fayrie 
My pretty light fantastick mayde, 
I here inuoke thee to my a,de, 
That I may speake what thou hast sayd» 
In numbers smoothl, swellLag. 
This Pallace standeth in the Ayre, 
By Nigromancie placed there, 
That it no Tempests needs to feare, 
Which way so ere it blow it. 
And somewhat Southward tow'rd the Noone, 
Whence lyes a way vp to the Moone, 
And thence the Fayrle can as soone 
Passe to the earth below it. 

The Walls of Spiders legs are made, 
Well mortized and finely layd» 
He was the toaster of his Trade 
It curiously that builded : 
The Windowes of the eyes of Cats, 
And for the Roofe instead of Slats, 
Is couer'd with the skinns of Batts» 
With Mooneshine that are guilded. 

Hence Oo-0n him sport to make, 
(Their rest when weary mortalls take) 
And none but onely Fayrie wake, 
Desendeth for his pleasure. 
And ala his meerry Q_eene by night 
Bestrids young Folks that lye vpright, 
(In elder Times the 3Iare that hight) 
Which plagues them out of measure. 

Hence Shaddowes, seeming Idle shapes, 
Of little frisking Elues and Apes» 
To Earth doe make their wanton skapes, 
As hope of pastime hasts them : 
Which maydes think on the Hearth they see, 
When Fyers well nere consumed 
Their daunsing Hayes by two and three, 
lust as their Fancy casts them. 

O 



IZ6 

.Nimphidia 
These make out Gifles their slutter)' rue» 
By pinching them both blacke and blew, 
And put a penny in their -hue» 
The bouse for cleanely sweeping : 
And in their courses make that Round» 
In Meadowes, and in Marshes found» 7 o 
Of them so call'd the F»yri« ground, 
Of which they haue the keeping. 
Thus when a Chi]de haps to be gott» 
Which after prooues an Ideott» 
When Folke perceiue it thriueth hot, 
The fault therein to smother : 
Some si]l), doting brainlesse Calfe, 
That vnderstands things by the halle, 
Say that the Fayrlt left this Aulfe, 
And tooke away the other. 8o 
But listen and I shall you tel], 
A chance in Fayrie that befell, 
Which certainly may p]ease some wel] ; 
In Loue and Armes delighting : 
Of Oberon that Iealous grewe, 
Of one of his owne Fayrie crue, 
Too wel] (he fear'd) his Qeene that knew, 
His loue but i]l requiting. 
Pigwigge» was this Farie knight, 
One wondrous gratious in the sight 9 ° 
Of faire Qeene lab which day and nlght» 
He amorously obserued ; 
Which made king Oberon suspect» 
His Seruice tooke too good effect» 
His sauciness% and often checkt 
And could have wisht him starued. 
Pigqulggen gladljr would commend» 
Some token to queene lab to send» 
If Sea, or Land him ought couid lend» 
Were worthy of her wearing : Ioo 



The Court of Fayrie 
At length this Louer doth deuise, 
A Bracelett ruade of Emmotts 
A thing he thought that $hee would prize 
1o whitt ber state impayring. 
And to the Qeene a Letter writes, 
Which he most curiouslï endites» 
Coniuring ber bï ail the rites 
Of loue» she would be pleased, 
To meete him ber true Seruant, where 
They might without suspect or feare, 
Themselues to one another cleare, 
And haue their poore hearts eased. 
At mid-night the appointed hower, 
And for the Qseene a fitting bower, 
(Qoth he) is that faire Cowslip flower, 
On Iii?tut hill that groweth 
In ail your Trayne there's not a 
That euer went to gather May, 
But she hath ruade it in her way, 
The tallest there that groweth, x zo 
When by Tom Thum a Fayrie Page, 
He sent it, and doth him engage, 
By promise ofa mighty wage, 
It secretly to carrie : 
Which done, the Qeene her maydes doth call, 
And bids them to be ready ail, 
She would goe see her Summer Hall, 
She could no longer tarrie. 
Fier Chariot readï straight is ruade, 
Each thing therein is fitting laïde, 
That she bï nothing might be stayde 
For.naught must be her letting, 
Foure nimble Gnats the Horses were, 
Their Harnasses of Gossamere, 
Flïe Cranion her Chariottere, 
Vpon the Coach-box getting. 



_Nimptoidia 
Her Chariot of a Snayles fine shell, 
Which for the colours did excell : 
The faire Q_eene 2la&, becomming well, 
So liuely was the limming : 
The seate the sort wooll of the Bee ; 
The couer, (gallantly to see 
The wing of a pyde Buttertlee, 
I trowe t'was simple trimming. 

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The wheeles compos'd of Crickets bones, 
And daintily ruade for the nonce, 
For feare of ratling on the stone% 
With Thistle-downe they shod it ; 
For ait ber Maydens much did feare, 
If O&eron had chanc'd to heare, 
That la& his Q_eene should haue bin there, 
He would hot haue aboad it. 

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Shc mounts hcr Chariot with a tricc, 
Nor would shc stay for no advice, 
Vntill hcr Maydcs that wcrc so nicc» 
To waytc on her werc fitted, 
But rannc ber sclfe away alonc ; 
Which when they heard thcrc was hot ont, 
But hastcd after to be gone, 
As she had becnc diswitted. 

Hop, and lop, and Drop so cleare, 
Pip, and Trip, and $kip that were» 
To 31a their Soueraigne euer deare 
Her speciall Maydes of Honour 
Fi&, and Ti&, and Pin¢k, and Pin, 
Tick, and 2ick, and Iill, and Iin, 
Tir, and Vit, and Iap, and 
The Trayne that waytc vpon ber. 

Vpon a Grashopper the), got, 
And what with Amble, and with Trot, 
For hedge nor ditch they spared hot» 
But after ber they hie them. 

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The Court of Fayrie 
A Cobweb ouer them they throw, 
To shield the winde if it should blowe 
Themselue» the Z wi»ely could bestowe 
Le»t an -hould e»pie them. 
But let v- leaue Qeene /a a while, 
Through many a gate, o'r many a stile» 
That now had gotten by this wile, 
Her deare Pigvalggln kissing» 8o 
And tell ho Oeron doth rare, 
Who grew as mad as any Hare, 
When he had sought each place with care» 
And round his QEeene was missing. 
By grisl) Pluto he doth sweare, 
He rent his cloths, and tore his haire, 
And as he runneth» here and there» 
An Acorne cup he greeteth 
Which soone he taketh by the stalke 
About his head he lets it walke» 19o 
Nor doth he an), creature balke, 
But lays on all he meeteth. 
The Thuskan Poet doth aduance, 
The franticke Paladlne of France, 
And those more ancient doe inhaunce, 
.,41ddes in his fur),. 
And others .,qiax Telarnon 
But to this time there hath bin non, 
$o Bedlam as out Oeron, 
Of which I dare assure you. 
And first encountring with a waspe, 
He in his armes "the Fly doth claspe 
As though his breath he forth would graspe, 
Him for Pigwiggen taking 
Where is my wife thou Rogue» quoth he, 
Pigno;ggen, she is corne to thee, 
Restore her, or thou dy'st by me, 
Whereat the poore waspe quaking, 
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.Nimphidia 
Cryes, Oero,, great Fa)rie King, 
Content thee I am no such thing, 
I am a Waspe behold my sting» 
At which the Fajtri« started : 
When soone away the Waspe doth goe, 
Poore wretch was neuer fiighted 
He thought his wings were much to slow, 
O'rioyd, they so were parted. 
He next vpon a Glow-worme light, 
u must suppose it now was night), 
ich for ber binder part was bright» 
He tooke to be a Deuil]. o 
And furiously doth ber assaile 
For carrying fier in ber talle 
He thrasht ber rough coat with his flayle» 
The mad King fear'd no euill. 
O quoth the Glo',oorm« hold thy hand» 
Thou puisant King of Fa)ri« land» 
Thy mighty stroaks who may withstand, 
Hould» or of lire despaire I: 
Together then ber selfe doth roule» 
And tumbling downe into a hole, z3o 
She scem'd as black as any Co1% 
Which vext away the Fa)ri«. 
From thence he ran into a Hiu% 
Amongst the Bees he letteth driue 
And downe their Coombes begins to riue» 
Ail likely to haue spoyled : 
Which with their Waxe his face besmeard» 
And with their Honey daub'd his Beard 
It would haue ruade a man afeard» 
To see how he was moyled, z4o 
A new Aduenture him betides, 
He mett an Ant, which he bestrid¢s» 
And post thereon away he rides» 
Which with his baste doth stumble 



The Court of Fayrie 
And came full ouer on ber snowte, 
Her heels so threw the dirt atout, 
For she by no meanc s eould get out, 
But ouer him doth tumble. 
And being in this piteous case, 
And ail be-slurried head and face 
On runs he in this Wild-goose chase 
As here, and there, he rambles 
Halle blinde, against a molehill hit, 
And for a Mountaine taking 
For ail he was out of his wit, 
Yet to the top he -¢rmbles. 
And being gotten to the top 
Yet there himselfe he could hot stop, 
But downe on th' other side doth chop, 
And to the foot came rumbling : 
So that the Grubs therein that bred» 
Hearing such turmoyle ouer head, 
Thought surely they had ail bin dead, 
So fearefull was the Iumbling. 
And faI]ing downe into a Lake, 
Which him vp to the neck doth take» 
His fury somewhat it doth slake 
He calleth for a Ferry 
Where ou may some recouery note, 
What was his Club he ruade his Boate 
And in his Oaken Cup doth float» 
As sale as in a Wherry. 
Men talke of the Aduenture$ strange» 
Of Don 2jshott» and of their change 
Through whi¢h he Armed oft did range, 
Of Sancba Pancbas trauell : 
But should a man tell euery thing, 
Done by this ffanticke Fayrie king. 
And them in lofty number$ sing 
It well his wits might grauelL 

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_Nimphidia 
Scarse set on shore» but therewRhall, 
He meetcth lucke» which most men cal! 
l-logoMin and on him doth fall, 
With words from frenzy spoken ; 
Hoh, hoh, quoth Flo, God saue thy grace» 
Who drest thee in this pitteous case, 
He thus that spoild my soueraigncs face» 
I would his necke were broken. 

This Puck seemes but a dreaming doit o 
Still walking like a ragged CoR, 
And oft out of a Bush doth bolt» 
Of purpose to dcceiue vs. 
And lcading vs makes vs to stray» 
Long Winters nights out of the way, 
And when we stick in mire and clay» 
tto doth with laughter leaue vs. 

Deare Pu«k (quoth he) my wife is gone 
As ere thou lou'st King Oeron» 
Let euery tlfing but this alone 
With vengeance» and pursue her ; 
Bring ber to me aliue or dead» 
Or that vildc thief, Pigoiggins head, 
That vil]aine bath defil'd my bed 
He to tkis follet drew hcr. 

BOth Puck, My Liege Ile neuer lin, 
ut I will thorough thicke and thinne, 
Vntill at lcngth I bring ber in, 
My dêarest Lord nere doubt it : 
Thorough Brake, thorough Brie G 
Thorough Muck» thorough Mier, 
Thorough Wat¢r, thorough Fier» 
And thus goes Puck about it. 

This thing NIMPHIDI ouer hard 
That on this mad King had a guard 
]ot doubting of a great reward, 
For firt this businesse broching ; 

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Tbe Court of Fayrie I 
And through the aïre awa]t doth goe 
Swift as an Arrow from the Bowe, 
To let ber Soueraigne Ma to know» 
What perill was approaching. 3zo 
The Q._eene bound with Loues powerfulst charme 
Sate with Pignviggeu arme in arme, 
Her Merry Maydes that thought no harme, 
About the roome were skipping : 
A Humble-Bee their Minstrell, p!ayde 
Vpon his Hoboy; eu'rï Made 
Fit for this Reuells was arayde, 
The Hornepype neatly tripping. 
In comes IVimph;d;a and doth crie» 
My Soueraigne for your safety file, 
For there is danger but too nie 
I posted to forewarne you : 
The King hath sent Hobgoblin out» 
To seeke Fou ail the Fields about» 
And of Four safet( you may doubt, 
If he but once discerne you. 
When like an vprore in a Towne, 
Before them euery thing went downe, 
Some tore a Ruffe, and some a Gowne, 
Gainst one another iustling : 4i 
"I'he}, flewe about like Chaffe i" th winde, 
For hast some left their Maskes behinde 
Some could not stay their Gloues to finde» 
There neuer was such bustling. 
Forth tanne they by a secret 
|nto a brake that neere them lay 
Yet much thej¢ doubted there to staï» 
Lest Hob sV.ould hap to find them : 
He had a sharpe and piercing sight, 
Ail one to him the day and night, 
And therefore were resolu'd by flight» 
To |eave this place behind them. 



Nimphidia 
At leagth oae ¢hanc'd to find a Nut, 
la th' end ofwbich a holc was cut, 
Wbich lay vpon a Hazell roote 
There scatt'red by a Squirill : 
Wbich out the kernell gotten had ; 
When quoth riais Fay deare Qeene be glad, 
Let Obero be ne'r so mad, 
Ilc set you sale from pcrill. 
Corne all into this Nu,t,(quoth she) 
Corne closely in bc fui d by me, 
Each one may herc a chuser be r 
For roome yee need hot wrastle : 
Nor neede yee be together heapt ; 
So one bï one therein thcy crcpt, 
And living downe they soundly slcpt, 
And safc as in a Castle. 

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IVimplv;dla that this whil¢ doth watch, 
Perceiu'd if Puek the (ueene should catch 
That he should be ber uer-match 
Oi r which she well bethought ber ; 
Found it must be some powerfull Charm% 
The Qeene against him that must arme 
Or sure]} he would do¢ ber harme, 
For throughly he had sought ber. 

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And listning if she ought could heare, 
That her might binder, or might feare : 
But finding still the coast was cleare, 
Nor creature had discride ber; 
Each circumstauce and hauing scand 
She came therebï to vnderstand, 
Purk would be with them out of hand 
When to ber Charmes she bide ber : 

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And first her Ferne seede doth bestowe, 
The kernell of the Missletowe : 
And here and there as Put should go% 
With terrour fo affright bim : 



The Court of Fayrie 
She Night-shade strawes to work him iii, 
Therewith her Veruayne and ber Dill, 
That hindreth Witches of their will» 
Of purpose to dispight him. 
Then sprinkles she the iuice of Rue» 
That groweth vnderneath the "feu : 
With nine drops of the midnight dewe, 
From Lunarie distilling : 
The Molewarps braine mixt therewithall ; 
And with the saine the Pismyres gall» 
For she in nothing short would rail ; 
The Fayrie was so willing. 
Then thrice vnder a Brïer doth creepe, 
Which at both ends was rooted deepe, 
And ouer it three rimes shee leepe i 
Her Magicke much auayling : 
Then on Proser2y,a doth call, 
And so vpon ber spell doth fall, 
Which here to you repeate I shall, 
Not in on¢ tittIe fayling. 
By the croking of the Frogge i 
By the howling of the Dogge; 
By the crying of the Hogge, 
Against the storme arising ; 
By the Euening Curphewe bell; 
By the dolefull dying knell, 
O let this my direfull Spdl, 
Ho hinder thy surprising. 
By the Mandrakes dreadfull groanes ; 
By the Lubricans sad moans ; 
By the noyse of dead mens bones, 
In Charnell houses ratling: 
By the hissing of the Shake, 
The rusfling of the fire-Drake, 
I charge thee thou this place forsake» 
Nor of Q.9_eene 2/a be pratling. 

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Nimphidia 
By the Whirlwindes hoIlow sound, 
By the Thunders dreadfull stound, 
Yells of Spirits vnder ground, 
I chardge thee not to feare vs : 
By the Shreech-owles dismall note, 
By the Blacke Night-Rauens throate, 
I charge thee Ho to teare thy Coate 
With thornes if thou corne neere vs, 

Her Spell thus sFoke she stept aside, 
And in a Chincke her selle doth hide, 
To see there of what would betyde, 
For shee doth onely rninde him : 
When presently shee Puck espies, 
And well she rnarkt his gloating eyes, 
How vnder euery leafe he spies, 
In seeking still to finde them. 

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But once the Circle got within, 
The Charmes to worke doe straight begin, 
And he was caught as in a Gin; 
For as he thus was busie, 
A paine he in his Head-peece feeles, 
Against a stubbed Tree he reeles, 
And vp went poore Hogolius heeles, 
Alas his braine was dizzie. 

At length vpon his feete he gets, 
Hogo/iu fumcs, Hogoliu frets, 
And as againe he forward s¢ts, 
And through the Bushes scrambles ; 
A Stump doth trip him in his pace, 
Down cornes poore Ho vpon his face, 
And lamentably tore his case, 
Amongst the Bryers and Brambles. 

A plague vpon Q.9_eene Ma, quoth hee, 
And all her Maydes where ere they be, 
I thinke the Deuil guided me» 
To seeke her so prouoked. 

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The Court of Fayrie  7 
Where stumbling at a pi¢ce of Wood, 
He fell into a dich of mudd, 
Where to the ver), CRin he stood, 
In danger to be ehoked. 
Now worse than e're he was belote : 
Poore Pu«k doth Irell çoore Pu«k doth rote ; 
That wak'd Q.eene aV/a who doubted sore 
Some Treason had been wrought ber : 
rntill lqlmpidla told the Q.eene 
What she had done what sne had seene 4-7 ° 
Who then had well-neere ¢rack'd her spleene 
With very extreame laughter. 
But leaue we ttob to clamber out : 
Queene Ma& and ail her Fayrie tout» 
And corne againe to haue about 
With Obero yet madding : 
And with Pig.wiggra now distrought, 
Who much was troubled in Ris thought, 
That he so long the Qeene had sought 
And through the Fields was gadding. 48o 
And as he runnes he still doth crie» 
King Oer0n I thee defi% 
And dare thee Eere in Armes to trie» 
For my deare Ladies honour : 
For that she is a Qeene right good, 
In whose defence lle shed my blood, 
And that thou in this iealous mood 
Hast lay'd this slander on her. 
And quickly Armes him for the Field 
A little Cockleshell his Shidd, 49 ° 
Which he could very brauely wield : 
Yet could it hOt be pier¢ed : 
His Speare a Bent both stiffe and strong» 
And well-neere of two Inches long ; 
The P)le was of a Horse-ftyes tongue» 
Whose sharpnesse nought reuersed. 



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2Vimphidia 
And purs him on a eoate of Male» 
Which was of a Fishes scale, 
That when hi- Foe should hlm assai1% 
No poynt should be preuayling : 
His Rapier was a Homets sting, 
It was a very dangeros thing : 
For if he chanc°d to hurt the King, 
It would be long in healing. 
His Helmet was a Bettles head, 
Most horrible and full of dread, 
That able was to strike one dead, 
Yet did it well become him : 
And for a plume, a horses hayre, 
Which being tosed with the are, 
Had force to strike his Foe with feare» 
And turne his weapon from him. 
Himselfe he on an Earewig set, 
Yet scarce he on his back could get, 
So oft and high he did coruet» 
Ere he himselfe could sertie : 
He ruade him turne, and stop» and bound» 
To gallop, and to trot the Round, 
He scarce could stand on any ground» 
He wa$ so full of merle. 
When soone he met with Tomalin, 
One that a valiant Knight had bin, 
And to King Oeron ofkin ; 
Q_oth he thou manly Fayrie: 
Tell Oeron I corne prepar'd, 
Then bid him stand vpon his Guard ; 
This hand his basenesse shall reward» 
Let him Ix ne'r so wary. 
Say to him thus, that I defie, 
His slanders, and his infamie, 
And as a mortall enemie, 
Doe publickly proclaime him : 



The Court of Fayrie I ]9 
Withall, that if I had mine owne, 
He should hot weare the Fayrle Crowne, 
But with a vengeance should corne downe : 
Nor we a King should naine lim. 
This Tomalin cou|d hot abide, 
To heare his Soueraigne vilefide : 
But to the Fayrie Curt him hide; 
Fun furiously he posted, 
With eu'ry thing Pigvlggzn sayd : 
How title to the Crowne he layd, 
And in what Armes he was aray'd, 
As how himselfe he boasted. 

Twixt head and foot, from point to point, 
He told th'arming of each ioint 
In every piece, how neate, and quaint» 
For Tomalln could doe it : 
How fayre he sat, how sure he rid, 
As of the courser he bestrid» 
How Mannag'd, and how well he did ; 
Tle King which listened toit, 

_oth he, goe Tomalln with speede, 
Prouide me Armes» prouide my Steed, 
And euery thing that I shall neede, 
Br thee I will be guided ; 
To strait account, call thou thy witt, 
See there be wanting hot a whitt, 
In euery thing see thou me fitt, 
Just as my foes prouided. 

Soone flewe this newes through Fayrle land 
Which gaue Q.qeene aV/a8 to vnderstand» 
The combate tlat was then in hand, 
Betwixt those men so mighty : 
Which greatly she began to rew» 
Perceuing that ail Fayrie knew, 
The first occasion from her grew, 
Of these affaires so weighty. 



Wherefore attended with ber maides, 
Through fogs, and mists, and dampe$ 
To Proerl, ine the Qeene of shades 
To treat, that it would plea her» 
The cause into her hands to take» 
For ancient bue and ffiendships 
And soene theroE an end to ke, 
Wch of much care woeld ee her. 

A While, there let we Ma alone, 
And come we to King Ober0n, 
Who arm'd to meete his foe is gone, 
For Proud Pig,wlggea crying : 
Who sought the Fayrie King as fast, 
And had so well his iourneyes cast, 
That he arriued at the last, 
His puisant foe espying : 

Stout Tomaln came with th¢ King, 
Tom Tbura doth on Pigwiggea bring, 
That perfect were in euery thing, 
To single fights b¢longing : 
And therefore they themselues ingage, 
To see them exercise their rage» 
With faire and comely equipage, 
Not one the other wronging. 

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So like in armes, these champions were, 
As they had bin, a very paire, 
So that a man would almost sweare, 
That either, had bin either ; 
Their furious steedes began to naye 
That they were heard a mighty way, 
Their staues vpon their rests they lay ; 
Yet e'r they flew together, 

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Thcix Seconds minister an oath, 
Which was indif[èrent fo t_hem both, 
That on their Knightly fith, and troth, 
No magicke them supplyed ; 



The Court of Fayrie 
/nd sought them that they had no charmes, 
Wherewith to worke each others harmes 
But came with simple open armes 
To haue their causes trïed. 
Together furiously they tan, 
That to the ground came horse and man, 61o 
The blood out oftheir Helmets span, 
So sharpe were their incounters 
And though the), to the earth were throwne, 
Yet quickly they regain'd their owne» 
Such nimblenesse was neuer showne, 
The), were two Gallant Mounters. 
When in a second Course againe, 
They forward came with might and mayne, 
Yet which had better ofthe twaine, 
The Seconds could not iudge yet; o 
Their shields were into pieces cleft, 
Their helmets from their heads were reft, 
And to defend them nothing left, 
These Champions would hot budge yt. 
Away from them their Staues. they threw, 
Their cruell $vords they qmckly drew, 
And freshly they the figt renew 
They euery stroke redoubled : 
Which ruade l'roserpÆna take heed, 
And make to them the greater speed, 
For fear lest they too much should bleed, 
Which wondrously ber troubled. 
When to th' infernall 8tx she goes, 
She takes the Fogs from thence that rose, 
And in a Bagge doth them enclose 
When well she had them blended : 
She hyes ber then to ,ethe spring, 
A Bottell and thereof doth bring, 
Wherewith she meant to worke the thing, 
Which onely she intended. 6+0 



inphidia 
Now Proserpiue with /ab is gone 
Vnto the place where Oeron 
And proud Pigig&n, one to one 
Both to  slave were lely : 
Ad thete emselues they oeoEely Mde» 
Because they would hOt  espide; 
For Pro*«piÆe meant to de,de 
The marrer very quickly. 
And suddainly vntyts the Poke» 
Which t of it sent such a smok% 
As ready was them ail to choke» 
 greoEs was the cr ; 
 that the Knigh ch other 
And st as still as any st, 
Tom Thum, nor Talin cod ast 
Themselues of any other. 
But when e mist gan somewhat cea» 
Prasi»a commanded peace : 
And at a while they should releas% 
Each other of their perHl : 
Which here (quo she) I doe plaime 
To ail  dreadfull Pl»tat 
Tf.at as yee will eschewe his blame» 
Y let me heare the quarrell» 
But here your selues ycu must engage, 
mewhat to cle your spleesh rage : 
Your greeuçus thirst and to asswag% 
That first y inke s liquor : 
Which shall yr vnderstdg cleare 
As plainel sha to you apare  
Those tgs from me at ou shag ht are» 
nceiuing much the quicker. 
is Letb« water you must knowe» 
The memow dtstyeth s% 
That of our wee or of our wo% 
It a remembrce btted i 

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The Court of Fayrie 
Of it nor can you euer thinke : 
For they no sooner tooke this drinke, 
But nought into their braines could sinke» 
Of what had them besotted. 

King Oberon forgotten had» 
That he for iealousie ranne mad : 
But of his Queene was wondrous glad» 
And ask'd how they came thither : 
Pig,wiggeu likewise doth forger» 
That he Q,seene iV/ab had euer met 
Or that they were so hard beset» 
When they were found toget_her. 
Nor neither of them both had thought» 
That e'r they had each other sought 
Much lesse that they a Combat fought» 
But such a dreme were lothing : 
Tom Thum had got a little sup, 
And Tomalin scarce kist the Cup 
Yet had their bruines so sure lockt 
That thcy remembred nothing. 
Quecne V/ab and ber light Maydes the while, 
Amongst themselues doe closely smile, 
To see the King caught with this wile, 
With one another iesting: 
And to the Fayrie Court they went» 
With mickle ioy and merriment, 
Which thing was done with good intent, 
And thus I left them feasting. 

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FINIS. 



THE OEST OF CYNTHIA 

WH^a" time the groues were clad in green% 
The Fields drest al1 in flowers, 
And that the sleeke-hayred 1Mimphs were seene, 
To seeke them Summcr Bowers. 
Forth rou'd I bï the sliding Rills, 
To finde where CVhlTHI^ sat» 
Whose naine so often from th¢ hil]s» 
The Ecchos wondred at. 
When me vpon my Qest to bring, 
That pleasure might excell, 1o 
The Birds stroue which should sweetliest sing 
The Flowers which sweet'st should smelL 
Long wand'ring in the Woods (said I) 
Oh whether's CeNTre^ gone ? 
When soone the Eccho doth replï 
To taï last word, goe on. 
At lcngth vpon a lofty Fifre, 
It was taï chance to finde, 
Where that deare naine most due to ber, 
Was caru'd vpon the rynde, xo 
Which whilst with wonder I beheld, 
The Bees their hony brought, 
And vp the carued letters fild, 
As they with gould were wrought. 
And neere that trees more spacious roote, 
Then looking on the ground, 
The shape of ber most daintï foot 
Imprinted there I round. 
Which stuck there like a curious seal% 
As though it should forbid 3o 
Vs, wretched mortalls» to rcueale» 
XVhat vnder it was hid. 



The .4d.est of O'nthia 
Besides the lowers which it had pres'd» 
Apeared to my vew» 
More fresh and louely than the test» 
That in the meadowe grew : 
The cleere dro  the steps that stoed» 
Ofthat dilicious Gifle» 
The Nimphes amongst their dain 
Drunke r dislued pearle. 
The yeilding sand» where she kad troad» 
Vntutcht yet th the wind 
By the faire sture plainely show'd» 
Where 1 mit Cynthia finde. 
When on won my waylesse walke» 
As my desir me draw, 
I like a madn ffll to talke, 
With euery thing l saw : 
I ask'd some LilIyes why so white 
They flore their fellowes were 
Who answered me that Cynthia't sight» 
Had ruade them loeke oe cleare : 
I ask'd a nodding Violet 
It sadly hung the head, 
It told me Cthia late past by, 
TOe ne flore R that fled : 
A bed of Roses saw I ere, 
Bewitching with their grace : 
Besides so wondrous sweete they were 
That they perfum'd the place» 
I of a Shrube of those enqr'd» 
From others of that kind, 
Who with such viRue them enspir'd, 
It answedd (to my minde). 
As the base Hembloeke were we su, 
The ysned'st weed at growes» 
Till Cthia by ber god-like tuch» 
Transform'd vs to the Roee : 
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The .2E.est of Cynthia 
Since when those Frosts that winter brings 
Which candy euery greene, 
Renew vs like the Teeming Springs, 
And we thus Fresh are seene. 
At length I on a 12ountaine liglit» 
Whose brim with Pincks was platted 
The Banck with Daffadillies dight, 
With grasse like Sleaue was matted» 
When I demanded of that "Vell» 
What power frequented there  
Desiring» it would please to tell 
"Vhat name it vsde to beare. 
It tolde me it was Cynthias own% 
Within whose cheerefull brimmes» 
That curious Nimph had oft beene knowne 
To bath ber snowy Limmes. 
Since when that Water had the power» 
Lost Mayden-heads to restor% 
And make one Twenty in an howr% 
Of Esons age belote. 
And told me that the bottome cleere, 
Now layd with many a fett 
Of seed-pearle, ere shee bath'd her there 
Was knowne as blacke as Jet, 
As when she from the water came, 
Where first she touch'd the molde, 
I halls the people ruade the saine 
For Pomander, and solde. 
When chance me to an Arbour led, 
Whereas I might behold : 
Two blest Elizeums in one sted, 
The lesse the great enfold. 
The place which she had chosen out» 
Her selle in to repose ; 
Had they com'n down% the gods no doubt 
The very same had chose. 

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The est a Cynthia 
The wealthy Spring yet neuer bore 
That sweet nor daintï Itower 
That damask'd not the chequer'd Itore 
Of CYNTH^S Summer Bower. 
The Bir¢h» the Mirtle and the Bay 
Like Friend» did ail embrace ; 
And their large branches did display, 
To Canapy the place. 
Where she like VEvs doth appeare, 
Vpon a Rosie bed ; 
As Lillyes the sort pillowes weare, 
Whereon she layd h¢r head. 
Heau'n on her shape such cost bestow'd, 
And with such bounties blest : 
No lira of hers but might haue ruade 
A Goddesse at the least. 
The Flyes by chance mesht in her hayre, 
By the bright Radience throwne 
From her cleare eyes, rich Iewels weare 
They so like Diamonds shone. 
The meanest weede the-soyle there bare, 
Her breath did so refin% 
That it with Woodbynd durst compare» 
And beard the Eglantine. 
The dewe which on the tender grasse, 
The Euening had distill'd, 
To pure ROS¢lwater turned was, 
The shades with sweets that fill'd. 
The windes were husht no leafe so small 
At ail was seene to stirre : 
Whilst tuning to the waters rail, 
The small Birds sang to her. 
Where she too quickly me espie 
When [ might plainely see» 
A thousand CuSds from her eyes 
Shoote ail at once at me. 
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T/Je .9,est o Cynthia 
Into these secret shades (quoth 
How dar'st thou be so bold 
To enter consecrate to 
Or touch this hallowed mold. 
Those words (quoth she) I tan pronounce, 
Which to that shape can bring 
Thee which the Hunter had who once 
Sawe Dian in the Spring. 
Bright Nimph againe I thus replie» 
This cannot me aftxight : 
1 had rather in th}' presence die» 
Tlen liue out of th}' sight. 
I first vpon the Mountaines hie 
Built Altars to th}' name 
And grau'd it on the Rocks thereb}'» 
To propogate th]r lame. 
I taught the Shepheards on the Downcs» 
Ofthee to fiame their Layes : 
T'was I ff, at fill'd the neighbouring Towncs 
With Ditties of fla}' praisc. 
Th}' colours I deuis'd with care» 
Which were vnknowne before : 
Which since that» in their braded hayre 
The Nimphes and Siluans wore. 
Transforme me to what shape }'ou can» 
I passe hot what it be : 
Yea what most hatefull is to man» 
So 1 ma}' follow thee. 
Which when she heard full perl]r floods, 
I in her e]res might view : 
(Qoth she) most welcome to these Woods» 
1oo meane for one so truc. 
Here from the hatefull wodd we'll liu% 
A den of mere dispight : 
To Ideots oal}' that doth giu¢ 
Which be ber sole delight. 

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The !9.g.est of Cynthia 
To people the infernall pit, 
That more and more doth striue ; 
Wixre only villan), is wit 
And Diuels onl), thriue. 
Whose vilenesse vs shall neuer awe : 
But here our sports shall ix : 
Such as the golden world first sawe, 
Most innocent and free. 
Of Simples in these Groues that growe, 
Wee'll learne the perfect skill ; 
The nature of each Herbe to knowe 
Which cures, and which can kill. 
The waxen Pallace of the Bee, 
We seeking will surprise 
The curious workmanship to 
Of ber full laden thighe. 
Wee'll suck the sweets out ofthe Combe, 
And make the gods repine : 
As they doe feast in los great roome, 
To see with what we dine. 
Yet when there haps a honey fall, 
Wee'll lick the sirupt leaues : 
And tell the Bees that their's is gall, 
To this vpon the Greaues. 
The nimble Squirrell noting here, 
Her mossy Dray that makes, 
And laugh to see the lusty Deere 
Corne bounding ore the brakes. 
TIX Spiders Webb to watch weele stand, 
And when it takes the Bee, 
Weele helpe out ofthe Tyrants hand, 
The Innocent to free. 
Sometime weele angle at the Brooke, 
The freckled Trout to take, 
With silken Wormes, and bayte the hooke, 
Which him our prey shall make. 

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Tbe D.est of Cynthia 
Of medling with sueh subtile tooles 
Such dangers that enclose» 
The Morrall is that painted Fooles» 
Are eaught with silken showes. 
And when the Moone doth once appeare» 
Weele trace the lower grounds» 
Whell Fa)iet in their Ringlets there 
Do daunce their nightly rounds. 
And haue a Flocke of Turtle Doues» 
A guard on vs to keepe, 
A witnesse of out honest loues» 
To watch vs till we sleepe. 
Which spoke I felt such holy rires 
To ouerspred my breasg 
As lent lire to my Chast desires 
And gaue me enddesse rest. 
By enthia thus doe I subsist, 
On earth Heauens onely prid% 
Let herbe mine» and let who list» 
Take ail the world beside. 

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THE SHEPHEARDS SIRENA 

DORILVS in sorrowes deepe, 
Autumne waxing olde and chill» 
As he sate his Flocks to keepe 
Vnderneath an easie hill: 
Chanc'd to cast his eye aside 
On those fields, where he had seene, 
Bright SrREt¢^ Natures pride» 
Sporfing on the pleasant greene : 
To whose walkes the Shepheards oft, 
Came her god-like foote to finde» 
And in places that were sotî, 
Kist the print there letî behinde 
Where the path which she had troad 
Hath thereby more glory gayn'd» 
Then in heau'n that milky rode, 
Which with Nectar Hebe stayn'd : 
But bleake Winters boystrous blasts» 
Now their fading pleasures chid, 
And so fill'd them with his wastes, 
That from sight her steps were hid. xo 
Silly Shepheard sad the while» 
For his sweet SmEA gone, 
Ail his pleasures in exile : 
Layd on the colde earth aIone. 
Whilst his gamesome cut-tayld Curre, 
With his mirthlesse Master playes, 
Striuing him with sport to stirre, 
As in his more youthfull dayes» 
DORILVS his Dogge doth chide, 
Layes his well-tun'd Bagpype by, 
And his Shecp-hooke casts a.side» 
There (quoth he) togcther lye. 



The Sepheards Srena 
"Vhen a Lettcr forth he tooke, 
Whieh to him Smel^ writ, 
,Vith a deadly down-cast looke, 
And thus fell to reading it. 
DOaILVS my deare (quoth she) 
Kinde Companion of my woe, 
Though we thus diuided be, 
Death cannot diuorce vs so : 
Thou whose bosome hath beene stdl, 
Th' onely Closet of my care, 
And in ail my good and iii, 
Euer had thy equall share : 
Might I winne thee flore thy Fold, 
Thou shouldst corne to visite me» 
But the Winter is so cold» 
That I- feare to hazard thee : 
The wilde waters are waxt hie, 
So they aee both deafe and dumbe, 
Lou'd they thce so well as I 
They would ebbe when thou shouldst come 
Then my coate with light should shine» 
Purer then the Yestall tire : 
Nothing here but should be thine, 
That thy heart can well desire 
Where at large we will relate, 
From what cause out friendship grew% 
And in that the varying Fate, 
Since we first each other knewe : 60 
Of my heauie passed plight, 
As of many a tiature feare, 
Which except the silent night, 
None but onely rb.ou shalt heare ; 
My sad hurt it shall releeu% 
When my thoughts I shall disdose, 
For thou canst hot chuse but greeue, 
When I shal! recouut my woes 
There is nothing to that friend, 
To whose close vncranied brest, 7 ° 
X''e out secret thoughts may send, 
And therc safely let it test : 



The Shepheards Sirena 
And h]t faihfull counscll 
Mit disressed case 
Sad aflictlon else raay sway 
Me a woraa.n as it list : 
Hither I would haue thee ha.ste, 
Yet would gladly haue thee stay, 
When those dangers I forecast, 
That raal' racer thee by the way, 
Doe as thou shalt thinke it best, 
Let thy knowledge Ix thy guide, 
Liue thou in ray constant breast, 
Whatsoeuer shall Ixtide. 
He her Letter hauing red, 
Purs it in his Scrip againe, 
Looking like a raan halle dead, 
By her kindenesse strangely slaine 
And as one who inly knew, 
Her distressed present state, 
And to her had still been truc, 
Thus doth with himselfe debatc. 
I will hot thy face adraire, 
Adrairable thugh it bec» 
Nor thine eyes whose subtile tire 
So rauch wonder winne in me 
But ray raamell shall be now, 
/nd of long it hath bene so) 
ail Womatl kind that thou 
Wert ordain'd to taste of woe 
To a Beauty so diuine, 
Paradise in little donc, 
O that Fortune should assigne, 
Ought but what thu well mightst shun» 
But my counsailes such must bee, 
Though as yet I thera conceale) 
1, their deadly wound in rae, 
Thcy thy hurt raust onely heale, 
Could 1 giue what thou do'st craue 
To that pisse thy state is growne, 
I thet-eby thy life may saue, 
But ara sure to loosc mine owne, 

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The Shepheards Srena 
To that io), thou do'st conceiue, 
Through m), heart, the way doth lye, 
Which in two for thee must claue 
Least that thou shou]dst goe awry. 
Thus m), death must be a to),, 
Which 
Thy beloucd to enioy» 
Must be taught thee by th), Louer. 
Hard the Choise I haue to chuse, 
To m), selle if friend I be, 
I must my SxRE^ loose, 
If hot so, shee looseth me. 
Thus whilst he doth cast about, 
What therein were best to doe, 
Nor could yet resolue the doubt, 
Whether he should sta), or goe : 
In those Feilds hot farre awa),, 
There was many a frolike Swaine, 
In fresh Russets day b), day, 
That kept Reuells on the Plaine. 
Nimble Tot, sirnam'd the 
For his Pipe without a Peere, 
And could tickle Tren¢/raore 
As t'would ioy your heart to heare. 
R^Lm as much renown'd for skill, 
That the Taer touch'd so well ; 
For his G#tern, little Gzt.c, 
That ail other did excell. 
ROCK and Roo euery way, 
Who still led the Rusticke Ging, 
And could troule a Roundelay, 
That would make the Feilds to ring, 
COLLI on his $1alm« so cleare, 
Ma«y a high-pitcht Note that had, 
And couldmake the Eechos nere 
Shout as the), were wexen mad. 
Many a lusty Swaine beside, 
That for nought but pleasure car'd, 
Hauing Domcvs espy'd, 
And with him knew how it far'd. 

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The Shepheards Sirena 
Thought from him they would remoue» 
This strong melancholy fitt, 
Or so, should it hot behoue, 
Huite to put him out of's witt ; 
auing learnt a Song, which he 
Sometime to Sirena sent, 
Full of Iollity and glee, 
When the Nimph liu'd neere to 
They behinde him soRl), gott, 
Lying on the earth along, 
And when he suspected hOt, 
Thus the Iouiall Shepheards song. 

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Neare to the Siluer Trent, 
$irena dwelleth : 
Shee to whom Nature lent 
AIl that excelleth : 
By which the Muses lat% 
And the neate Grac«s, 
Haue for their greater state 
Taken their places : 
Twisting an lnadem 
Wherewith to Crowne her, 
As it belong'd to them 
Most to renowne ber. 
On tl Bande, 
In a Ranck% 
Let the Swane ing ber, 
lnd with their Musick 
llong let them &ring ber. 

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Tagu and Pactolu 
Are to thee Debter, 
Nor for their gould to vs 
Are they the better : 
Henceforth of all the test, 
Se thou the Riuer, 
Which as the daintiest, 
Purs them downe euer, 



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The Shepheards Sirena 
For as m t, precious one. 
O'r thee doth trauell 
She to Pearl Parragon 
Turneth thy grauell. 
Lit tt 7 Saa»s sing 
nd ith the luicke 
lg let th ig 
Out mournell Philomell 
That rarest TuneG 
Hencerth in pwill 
Shall wake e sner, 
And fo her shall complaine 
From the thicke Couer, 
Redoubli eue straine 
OEer and ouer: 
For xvhen my Loue toe long 
Her Chamber kee 
As though it suffered wrong, 
The Morning weepeth. 
I a 
Let th7 $ane ing ber, 
nd ith thelr 
long let them ing h. 
OR have I seene the Snne 
To doe her honour. 
fix himsel at his noone, 
To look vn her, 
And bath guilt eue Gue, 
Eue Hi nre ber, 
With his ames om aue, 
Stfiuing fo cheere ber, 
And when shee from his sight 
Hath her selle rned, 
He as it had ene nigbt, 
In Cloudes hath mourned. 



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The 7epheards ïrena 
On thy Bancke 
Let thy $oanus sig h 
ud ith their 
Ioug let them briug 
The Verdant Meades re seene, 
When she doth view them, 
In fresh and gallant Greene, 
Straight to renewe them, 
And euery lioele Grae 
Bmad it selle spreadeth, 
Pud that ths nny Lasse 
Vn it ¢ad¢th: 
Nor flow¢r is oe sweete 
In this large Cinure 
But it un ber 
Leaueth some Tinure. 
 t Bancke 
lu a Rancke 
Let thy $aues siug 
ud ith t Musck, 
long let tkem rlug ber. 
The Fishes in the Flood, 
When she doth Angle» 
For the Hoeke striue a g 
Th«m m intangle ; 
And leaping on the Land 
From the cl¢are water, 
Their ales vn the sand, 
Lauishly scaer 
Therewith to paue te mould 
Whereon she sses, 
So ber selle to behold, 
As in her glasses. 
 t Baucke, 
lu a 
et t Sanns sing 
nd ith their 
lg let them riug 

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The Shepheards Sirna 
When she© lookes out by night 
The Starres stand gazing 
Like Commets to out sight 
Fearefially blazing» 
As wondring at ber eyes 
With their much brightnesse» 
Which to amaze the skies 
Dimming their lightnesse, 
The raging Tempests are Calme, 
When shee speaketh 
Such most delightsome balme 
From ber lips breaketh. 
O th Bake, 
In a Racke 
In -II our 
Ther's hot • yrer» 
Nor c you fitt any : 
Should you compre her. 
Angels her eye-lids keepe 
AIl hrts surprizing 
Which looke whilst she doth sleepe 
Like the Sunnes rising : 
She alone of ber kinde 
Knoweth true mesure 
And ber vnmatched mind 
fs ]-]euen.s tresure -. 
On thy Bancke» 
In a Rancke» 
Let th $ane ,ing ber, 
lnd aith their dluick 
llong let them ring ber. 
Fal[re Doua and Darane cleere 
Boas yee your beauties, 
To Tren¢ your Mistes here 
t'et pa F you duties» 
M t' Loe-was higher borne 
Tow'rds the full Fountaine» 
Yet she doth dloorland scorne, 
And the Peaka Mountaine ; 

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The Shepheards 'irena 
Nor would she none should dreame» 
Where she abideh» 
Humble as is the sreame» 
Which by her sldeh» 
On ty Bancke, 
In a 
et thy 8ne 
nd ith their u«icke 
long let them ring h. 
Yet my re Rusticke 
Notng can moue he G 
Nor e means I can vse» 
Thoogh her te Louer : 
Many a long Winters nighç 
Haue I wak'd r her, 
Yet this my piteous pghÇ 
NoEhing can stirre her. 
All thy Snds siluer Trot 
Downe to the Hum 
The sigh I haue spent 
Neuer can number. 
 th Banke 
In a 
Let thy 8ans sing h 
nd ith their Musicke 
lg let tm ring h. 
Taken with this suddaine Song, 
Lea for rth when he doEh 
His sad heart more deeply stong» 
Then the rmer care he toeke. 
At their laughter and amaz'd» 
For a whe he sat aghast 
But a little hauing gaz'd 
Thus he them ske at last. 
ls s rime for mirth (quoth he) 
To a man with grie opprest» 
Sinll wretches as you be 
MaF the oerrow in my breast 

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Light vpon you one by 
And as now you mocke my woe» 
When Four mirth i$ turn'd to moane- 
May your like then serue you so. 
When one Swine among the test 
Tk, us him merrily bespake 
Get thee vp thou arrant beast o 
Fits this-season loue to make ? 
Take thy Sheephooke in thy hand 
Clap thy Curre and set him on, 
For otlr fields 'ris rime to stand, 
Or they quickly will be gon. 
Rougish Swinheards that repine 
At Otlr -Flocks, like bcatly Clownes, 
Sweare that they will bring their Swine m 
And will wroot¢ vp ail-otlr Downes : 
They their Holly whips haue brac'd, 6o 
Andtough Hazell goades haue gott ; 
Soundly they your side$ will baste, 
If their-courage faile them hot. 
Of their purpose if they speed, 
Then your Bagpypes ),ou may bume, 
It is neither Droane nor Reed 
Shepheard, that will serue your turne : 
Apgry OLCON sets them on, 
And against vs part doth take 
Euer since he was out-gone, 7 o 
Offring Rymes with us to make. 
Yet if 'o out Sheepe-hookes hold, 
Dearely shall our Downes be bought» 
For it neuer shall be told, 
We our Sheep-walkçs sold for naught. 
And we here haue got vs Dogges» 
Best of all the Westerne breed, 
Which though Whelps shall lug their Hogges, 
Till they make their eares to bleed : 
Therefore Shepheard corne away. 
V¢'hen as DORILVS arose, 
X, Vhistles Cut-tayle from his play, 
And along with them h¢ goes. 
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THE MVSES ELIZIVM 
The Description of" Elizium 
A P^R^t)Ic. on earth is found, 
Though farre from vulgar sight, 
Which with those pleasures doth abound 
That it lïlizium hight. 
Where» in Delights that neucr fade» 
The Muses lulled be, 
And sit at pleasure in the shade 
Of man)' a statel)' tree, 
Which no rough Tempest makes to reele 
Nor their straight bodies 
Their loR), tops doe neuer feele 
The weight of winters snowes; 
la Groues that euermore are greene, 
No falling leafe is there, 
But Pt;ilomel (of birds the Qeene) 
In Musickè spends ttxe )'eare. 
The /erl« vpon ber inertie Perch, 
There to the Vlavîs sings, 
Who from the top of some curld Berch 
Those notes redoubled rings ; 
There Da),s)'es damaske euery place 
Nor once their beauties lose, 
That when proud Pkoeus hides his face 
Themselues the)' scorne to close. 
The Paris), and the Violet here» 
As seeming to descend, 
Both from one Root, a very pa)'re, 
For sweetnesse ),et coatend 
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Muses Elizium 
And pointing fo a Pinke o ell 
Which beares i» if is loath» 
To iudge i ; but repltes for smell 
Tha[ i[ ex¢els them both. 
Wherewih displeasde he]t hang heir heads 
So angry soone they grow 
And from their odoriferous beds 
Their sweets at it they throw. 
The winter here a Summer is» 
No waste is ruade by rime, 
Nor doth the Autumne euer misse 
The blossomes of the Prime. 
The flower that lui), forth doth bring 
In Aprill here is seene» 
The Primrose that purs on the Spring 
In Iullt decks each Greene. 
The sweets for soueraignty contend 
And so abundant be» 
That to the verï Earth they lend 
And Barke of euer}, Tree : 
Rills rizing out of euery Banck» 
In wild Meanders strayne, 
And plaïing man}, a wanton pranck 
Vpon the speclded plaine, 
In Gambols and lascivious Gyres 
Their rime the}, still bestow 
Nor to their Fountaines none ret},res» 
Nor on their course will goe. 
Thoe Brooks with Lillies brauel}, deckt» 
So proud and wanton made, 
That they their courses quite neglect : 
And seeme as though the}, sta]tde, 
Faire Fiera in ber state to viewe 
Which through those Lillies looks» 
Or as those Lillies leand to shew 
Thelr beauties to the brooks. 

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The description of Elizium 6 
That Phoekus in his lofty race, 
Oft layes aside his beames 
And cornes to coole his glowing face 
In these delicious streames ; 
Oft spreading Vines clime vp the Cleeue% 
Whose ripned clusters there, 70 
Their liquid purple drop» which driues 
A Vintage through the yeere. 
Those Cleeues whose craggy sides are clad 
With Trees of sundry sutes» 
Which make continuall summer glad, 
Euen bending with their fruits, 
Some ripening, ready some to rail, 
Some b'.ossom'd some to bloome» 
Like gorgeous hangings on the wall 
Of some rich princely Roome : 8o 
Pomegranates l.ymons» Cytrons, so 
Their Iaded branches bow, 
Their leaues in number that outgoe 
Nor roomth will them alow. 
There in perpetuall Summers shad% 
Ipolloe« Prophets sit, 
Among th¢ flowres that neuer fade, 
But flowrish like their wit ; 
To whom the Nimphes vpon their Lyres, 
Tune many a curious Ia', 9 ° 
And with their most meIodious Qres 
Make short th¢ longest day. 
The thriie three l'irgin heauenl), Cleere, 
Their trembling Timbrels sound, 
Whilst the three comely Graces ther¢ 
Dance many a dainty Round» 
Deca' nor Age there nothing knowes» 
There is continuall Youth, 
As Time on plant or creatures growes» 
So still their strength renewth. 
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A4uses Elizium 
The Poet$ Paradice thi$ i$ 
To which but few can corne ; 
The Muses onel), bower of blisse 
Their Deare Elilumo 
Here happ F sou/es, (their blessed bowers» 
Free from the rude resort 
Of beastl F people) spend the houres» 
In harmelesse mirth and sport» 
Then on to the Elizan plaines 
Ipollo doth invite ),ou 
Where he prouides with pastorall straine$» 
In Nimphals to ddight Fou. 

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The first Nimphall 
RoDOeF. and DORDa. 
Thts Nimohall of del;ghts doth treat, 
Ckdce eauties and proportions neat» 
Of curlous shapes, and dainty features 
Descrlgd in too most perfect creatures. 
Wv Phoegus ,ith a face of mirth 
FIad flong abroad his beames 
To blanch the bosome of the earth» 
And glaze the gliding streames. 
Within a goodly MeRle groue, 
Vpon that hallowed day 
The lx/imphes to the bright Qeene of loue 
Their vowes were vsde to pa F. 
Faire Rodooe and DoHda 
Met in those sacred shades, 
Then whom the Sunne in all his waF, 
Nere saw two daintier Maids. 
And through the thickets thrild lais rires» 
Supposing to haue seene 
The oueraigne Goddesse of deslres» 
Or lo'ves Emper;ous œ.eene : 

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The flrst imhall  6y 
Boh of so wondrou beautie were» 
In shape both so excelI» 
That to be paraleld elsewhere 
lqo iudging eye could telL zo 
And their affections so surpass% 
As well it might be deemd» 
That th" one of them the other was, 
And but themselues they seem'd. 
And whilst the Nimphes that neare this place» 
Disposed were to play 
At Bady-breake and Prison-base» 
Doe passe the time away : 
This peedesse payre together set» 
The other at their sport æ 
None neare their free discourse to 
Each other thus thej, court» 
Dorida. M), sweet» my soueraigne Rodoe 
My deare delight» my lou% 
That Locke of hayre thou sentst to me» 
I to this Bracdet woue; 
Which brighter euery da), doth grow 
The longer it is worne» 
As ifs delicious fellowes do% 
Th) Temples that adorne. 
Rodole. 1Nra) had I thine m) L)orida, 
I would them so bestow» 
As that the winde vpon m) wa), 
Might backward make them flow, 
So should it in its greatst excesse 
Turne to becalmed a)re, 
And quite forger all boistrousnesse 
To pla) with euer) ha)re. 
l)orila. To me like thine had nature giuen» 
A Brow» so Archt» so cleere $o 
A Front» wherein so much of heauen 
Doth to each e)e appeare» 
The world should see, I would strike dead 
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M«ses Elizium 
And say that Nectar Hee shcd 
Fell al/vpon my Brow. 
Rodop«. 0 had I eyes like Dorida«s, 
I would inchant the day 
And rnake the Sunne to stand at gaze» 
Till he forger his way : 
And cause his Sister 8_eene of Streames» 
When so I list by night ; 
B_ï her much blushing at my Beames 
T" eclipse her borrowed light. 
Darlda. Had I a Cheeke like Rodotws » 
In midst ofwhich doth stand, 
A Groue of Roses» such as these» 
In such a snowy land : 
I would then make the Lilly which we now 
So much for whitenesse name, 
As drooping downe the head to 
And die for ver,/shame. 
Rodo, oe. Had I a bosome like to thine, 
When Iit pleas'd to show» 
T' what part o' th' Skie I would incline 
I would make th" Etheriall bow% 
My swannish breast brancht all with blew 
In bruery like the spring : 
In Winter to the generall view 
Full Summer forth should bring. 
Darida. Had I a body like my deare» 
Were I so straight so tall 
O» if so broad mjr shoulders were» 
Had I a waste so small ; 
I would challenge the proud QEeene of loue 
To yeeld to me for shape» 
And I should feare that 3¢ars or love 
Would venter for my rape. 
Rodole. Had I a hand like thee my Gerle» 
(This hand O let me kisse) 
These Ivory Arrowes pl'd with pearle, 
Had I a hand like this; 

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1 he.]rst 2imphall 167 
I would not doubt at all to mak% 
Ea¢h finger of my hand 
To taske swift dlertury to take 
With his inchanting wand. 
Dorida. Had I a Theigh like Rodopes 
Which twas my chance to view% 
When lying on yon banck at ease, 
The wifid thy skirt vp blew, 
I would say it were a columne wrought 
To some intent Diuine, 
And for our chaste Diana sought, 
A pi|lar for her shryne. 
Rodole. Had I a Leg but like to thine 
That were so neat so cleane 
A swelling Calfe, a Small so fine, 
An Ankle, round and leane, 
I would tell nature she doth misse 
Her old skill; and maintaine, 
She shewd her master peece in this 
1Mot tobe done againe. 
Dorida. Had I that Foot hid in those shoos 
(Proportion'd to my height) 
Short HeeI% rhin Instep, euen Toes» 
A Sole so wondrous straight, 
The Forresters and Nimphes at this 
Amazed ail should stand 
And kneeling downe, should meekely kisse 
The Print left in the sand. I zo 
BY this the Nimphes came from their sport, 
Ail pleased wondrous well 
And to these Maydens make report 
What lately them befell: 
One said the dainty Ldita 
Did ail the rest out-goe, 
Another would a wager lay 
She would outstrip a Roe; 
Sayes one, how like you Florlmd 
There is your dainty face : 



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.Mses Elizium 
A fourth replide» she lik't that well» 
Yet better lik't her grace» 
She's counted» I confesse» quoth she» 
To be out onely Pearle» 
Yet haue I heard ber oit tobe 
A melancholy Gerle. 
Another said she quite mistoke» 
That onely was her art, 
When melancholly had her looke 
Then mirth was in ber heart i 
And hath she then that pretty trick 
Another doth reply» 
I thought no Nimph could haue bin sick 
Of that disease but I ; 
I know you can dissemble well 
BQ_oth one to giue you due, 
ut here be some (who Ile not tell) 
Can do't as well as you» 
Who thu$ replies» I know that too» 
We haue it from out Mother» 
Yet there be some this thing can doe 
More cunningly then other : 
If Mayden$ but dissemble can 
Their sorrow and ther ioy» 
Their pore dissimulation than 
Is but a very toy. 

The second Nimphall 
LLVS, CLEoN, and LIROPE. 
The lu;e ue Court;hip doth deu;e» 
By IVatureç trauge larietie» 
14hoe Rar;etie; he here relate» 
élud giueç you Patorall Delicateç. 
Lalu a Iolly Fouthfull Lad 
With Ceon» no lesse crown'd 
With verrues i both their beings had 
On thc Elizian ground. 



The second Nimphall 
Both hauing parts so excellent, 
That ita question was, 
Which should be the most eminent, 
Or did in ought surpasse : 
This Cleon was a Mountainee G 
And of the wilder kinde, 
And from his birth had many a yeere 
Bin nurst vp by a Hinde. 
And as the sequell well did show 
It ver/well might be ; 
For neuer Hart, nor Hare» nor Roe, 
Were halle so swift as he. 
But Lalus in the Vale was bred 
Amongst the Sheepe and Neate 
And by these Nimphes there choicll¢ fed, 
With Hony, Milke, and Wheate ; 
Of Stature gcodly, faire of speech 
And of behauiour mylde 
Like those there in the Valley rich, 
That bred him of a chyld. 
Of Falconr/they had the skill 
Their Halkes to feed and flye, 
No better Hunters ere clome Hi[l» 
Nor hollowed to a Cry : 
In Dingles deepe, and Mountains hore, 
Oft with the bcarded Speare 
They cumbated the tusky Boare, 
And slew the angry Beare. 
In Musicke they were wondrous quaint 
Fine Aers they could dcuise ; 
They very curiously could Paint 
And neatly Poetize ; 
That wagers many time were laid 
On Q_estions that arose» 
Which ong the witty I,,alus made 
Which Cleon shou]d compose. 
The stately Steed they manag'd well 
Of Fence the art they knew, 
For Dansing they did all excell 
The Gerles that to them drew; 

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Muses Elizium 
To throw the Sledge, to pitch the Barre, 
To wrestle and to Run 
They ail the Youth exceld so farre, 
That still the Prlze the}, wonne. 
These sprightly Gallants lou'd a Lasse, 
Cald ISrope the t, ri&ht, 
In the whole world there scarcely was 
So delicate a Wight, 
There was no Beauty so diuine 
That euer Nimph did grace, 
But it beyond it selfe did shine 
In her more heuenly face : 
What forme she pleasd each thing would take 
That ere she did behold, 
Of Pebbles she could Diamonds make» 
Grosse Iron turne to Gold : 
Such power there with her presence came 
Sterne Tempests she alayd» 
The cruel] Tiger she could rame, 
She raging Torrents staid, 
She chid» she cherisht, she gaue lire, 
Againe she ruade to dye, 
She raisd a warre, apeasd a Strife, 
With turning of her eye. 
Some said a God did her beget, 
But much deceiu'd were they, 
Her Father was a Ri«l«t, 
Her Mother was a Fay. 
Her Lineaments so fine fllat were, 
She from the Fayrie tooke, 
Her Beauties and Complection cleere, 
By nature from the Brooke. 
These Ryualls wayting for the houre 
Çrhe weather calme and faire) 
When as she vs'd to leaue ber Bower 
To take the pleasant ayre 
Acosting her ; their complement 
To her their Goddesse done ; 
By gifts they tempt her to consent, 
When r.a&, thus begun. 

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The second Nimphall 171 
Lalus. Sweet l_5rope I haue a Lambe 
NewIy wayned from the Damme, 
Of the right kinde itis *notted 
l/aturally with purple spotted, 
Into langhter it will put you, 
To see how prettily 'twill But you ; 9 ° 
When on sporting it is set, 
It will beate ou a Corvet, 
And at euer nimble bound 
Turne it selle aboue the ground ; 
When ris hungry it will bleate, 
From your hand to haue its meat% 
And when it bath fullï fed, 
It will fetch Iumpes aboue our head, 
As innocently to expresse 
Its silly sheepish thankfullnesse, 
When you bid it, it will play, 
Be it either night or daF, 
This Lirope I haue for thee, 
So thou alone wilt liue with me. 

Cleon. From him 0 turne thine eare away, 
And heare me my lou'd Lirope, 
I haue a Kid as white as milke 
His skin as sort as Napler silke, 
His hornes in length are wondrous euen, 
And curiously by nature writhen ; t to 
Itis ofth" Arcadian kinde, 
Ther's not the like twixt either lnd« ; 
If you walke, 'twill walke you 
If you sit downe, it downe will l},e, 
It with gesture will you wooe, 
And counterfeit those things you doe ; 
Ore each Hiliock it will vault, 
And nimbly doe the Summer-sanlt, 
Upon the hinder Legs 'twill goe, 
And follow you a furlong so, t2o 
And if bF chance a Tune you roate, 
"Twill foote it finely to our note, 
Seeke the worlde and you maï misse 



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A4«ses Elizit«m 
To finde out such a thing as this; 
This my loue I haue for thee 
So thou'lt leaue him and goe with me. 
l.rope. Beleeue me Youths your gift are rare» 
And }'ou offer wondrous faire; 
LaAus for Lambe, Cleon for Kyd, 
'Tis hard to iudge which most doth bid, * 3o 
And haue },ou two such things in store, 
And I n'er knew ofthem before ? 
Well yet I dare a Wager lay 
That Brag my little Dog shall play, 
As dainty tricks when I shall bid, 
As Lalu; Lambe, or Cleon; Id. 
But t" may fall out that I may neede them 
Till when yee may doe well to feed them ; 
Your Goate and Mutton pretty be 
Eut Youths these are noe bayts for me, 
Alasse good men, in vaine ),e wooe, 
'Tis hot your Lambe nor Kid will doe. 
r.alu;. I haue two Sparrowes white as Show, 
Whose pretty eyes like sparkes doe show 
In her Bosome ¢Zenu; hatcht them 
Where ber little Cupid watcht them, 
Till they toi) flcdge their Ncsts forsooke 
Themselues and to the Fields betooke, 
Where by chance a Fowler caught them 
Of whom I full dearely bought t.hem ; , o 
They'tl fetch you Conserue from the 
And lay it softly on your Lip, 
Through their nibling bills they'll Chirup 
And fluttering feed you with the Sirup, 
And if thence yon put them by 
They to your white necke will flye, 
And if you expulse them there 
The]r'll hang vpon your braded Ha}'re ; 
You so long shall see them prattle 
Till at length the}"ll fall to battle, ,6o 
And when they haue fought their fill æ 
You will stalle to see them bill 



The second _Nim_phall r7] 
These birds my Z, irope's shall be 
So thou'lt leaue him and goe with me. 
Cleo». His Sparrowes are hOt worth a rush 
l'le finde as good in euery bush, 
Of Doues I haue a dainty paire 
Which when you please to take the Air, 
About your head shail gently houer 
You Cleere browe from the Sunne to couer, 7 o 
And with their nimble wings shall fart you, 
That neither Cold nor Heate shall tan you, 
And like Vmbrellas with their feathers 
Sheeld you in all sorts of weathers : 
They be most dainty Coloured things, 
They haue Damask backs and Chequerd wings, 
Their neckes more Vadous Cuilours showe 
Then there be mixed in the Bowe 
Venus saw the lesser Doue 
And therewith was farre in Loue, o 
Offering for't ber goulden Ball 
For ber Sonne to play withall 
These my IdroFes shail be 
So shee'll leaue him and goe with me. 
Z,/e0/e. Then for Sparrowes» and for Doues 
I am fitted twixt my Loues, 
But Lalus, I take no delight 
In Sparowes, for they'll scratch and bite 
And though ioynd, they are euer wooing 
Alwayes billing if not doeing, 
Twixt Venus breasts ifthey haue lyen 
I much feare they'll infect myne 
¢'leon your Doues are ver,/dainty, 
Tame Pidgeons else youknow are plenty, 
These may winne some of your Marrowes 
I ara not caught with Doues, nor Sparrowes, 
I thanke ye kindly for your Coste, 
Yet your labour is but loste. 
Lalus. With full-leau'd Lillies I w/l] stick 
Thy braded hayre ail o'r so thiek, 



I74. 

.Muses Elizium 
That frorn ita Light shall throw 
Like the Sunnes vpon the Show. 
Thy Mantle shall be Violet Leaues, 
With the fin'st the Silkeworrne weaues 
As findy wouen ; whose rich smell 
The Ayre about thee so shall swell 
That it shall haue no power to mooue. 
A Ruffe of Pinkes thj Robe aboue 
About thy neckc so neatly set 
That Art it cannot countcrfet, 
Which still shall looke so Fresh and new» 
As if vpon their Roots the)" grew-. 
And for thy head Ile haue a Tyer 
Of netting, made of Strawbery wyer» 
And in each knot that doth compose 
A Mesh, shall stick a halle blowne Rose» 
Red, darnaske» white» in order set 
About the sidcs, shall run a Fret 
Of Primroses, the Tyer throughout 
With Thrift and Dayses frindgd about ; zzo 
Ail this faire Nimph ile doe for thee, 
So thou'lt leaue him and goe with me. 
Cleon. These be but weeds and Trash he brings, 
lle giue thee solid, costly things, 
His will wither and be gone 
Before thou well canst put them on 
With Currall I will haue thee Crown'd, 
Whose Branches intricatly wound 
Shall girt thy Temples euery way 
And on the top of euery Spray z3o 
Shall stick a Peade orient and great, 
Which so the wandring Birds shall cheat, 
That some shall stoope to looke for Cheries, 
As other for tralucent Berries. 
And wondering, caught e'r they be ware 
In the curld Tramels of thy hayre : 
And for thy necke a Christall Chaine 
Whose lincks shapt like to drops of Rain% 
Vpon thy panting Breast depending, 



The 
2rimphall I î 
Shall seeme as they were still descending» 
And as thy breath doth corne and goe» 
So seeming still to ebbe and flow : 
With Amber Bracelets cut like Bees, 
Whose strange transparancy who sees, 
With Silke smal/as the Spiders Twist 
Doubled so oR about thy Wrist, 
Would surely thinke aliue they were, 
From Lillies gathering hony there. 
Thy Buskins Ivory, caru'd like Shels 
Of Scallope, which as little Bels 
Made hoilow, with the Ayre shall Chime, 
And to thy steps shal/keepe the time: 
Leaue Lalus, Liroaot for me 
And these shall thy rich dowry be. 
Lirope. Lalus for Flowers. Cleo for Iemmes 
For Garlands and for Diadems, 
I shall be sped, why this is braue, 
What Nimph can choicer Presents haue, 
With dressing, brading frowncing, flowring 
Ail your Iewels on me powring, 
In this brauery being drest, 
To the grotmd I shall be prest 
That I doubt the Nimphes will feare me, 
Nor will venture to corne neare me 
Neuer Lady of the May, 
To this houre was halle so ga]t 
AIl in flowers, ail so sweet» 
From the Crowne, beneath the Feet, 
Amber, Currall, Ivory, Pearle, 
If this cannot win a Gerle, 27» 
Ther's nothing can» and this ye wooe me, 
Giue me your hands and trust ye to me, 
Yhet to tell ye I ara loth) 
at l'le haue neither ot you both ; 
Lalus. When thou shalt please to stem the flood, 
As thou art of the watry brood) 
"le haue twelve Swannes more white than Snow, 



76 _Muses Elizium 
Yokd for the p,rpose two and two, 
To drawe th) 13arge wrought of fine Reed 
So well that It nought else shall need, 
The Traces b), which the), shall hayle 
Th)' Barge; shall be the winding tra)'le 
Of woodbytd; whose braue Tasseld Flowers 
OEhe Sweettesse of the Woodnimphs Bowres 
Shall be the Trappings to adortae, 
The Swannes, b)' which th), Barge is borne» 
Of flowred Flags l'le rob the banke 
Of water-Cans and King-cups ranck 
To be the Couering of th)' Boate, 
Atad on the Streame as thou do'st Floate» xgo 
The 1Vaiade« that haunt the deepe, 
Themselues about th)' Barge shall keepe, 
Recording most delightfull La)'es, 
By Sea Gods written in th), prayse. 
And in what place thou hapst to lata 
There the gentle Siluery sand, 
Shall softet, curled with the Aier 
As sensible of th)' repa)'re : 
This m)' deare loue l'le doe for thee, 
So Thou'lt leaue him and goe with me : 3oo 
c'/con. Tush Nimphe his Swannes will prove but Geese, 
His Barge drinke water like a Fleece i 
A Boat is base, l'le thee prouide, 
A Chariot, wherein Iou« ma), ride; 
In which when brauely thou art borne, 
Thou shalt looke like the gloryous morne 
Vshering the Sunne» and such a one 
As to this da)' was neuer none» 
Of the Rarest lndian Gummes, 
More pretious then ]tour Balsamummes  o 
Which I b)' Art haue ruade so hard, 
That the)' with Tooles ma)' well be Caru'd 
To make a Coach of: which shall be 
Materyalls of this one for thee, 
And of thy Chariot each small peece 
Shall inla)'d be with Amber Greece, 



Tt3e second _Nimpball I77 
And guilded with the Yellow ore 
Produc'd from Tagus wealthy shore ; 
In which along the pleasant Lawne» 
With twelue white Stags thou shalt be drawne» 
Whose brancht palmes of a stately height, 
With seuerall nosegayes shall be dight ; 
And as thou ryd'st» thy Coach about, 
For thy strong guard shall runne a Rout, 
OfEstriges ; whose Curled plumes, 
Sen'sd with thy Chariots rich perfumes, 
The scent into the Aier shall throw ; 
Whose naked Thyes shall grace the show ; 
Whilst the Woodnimphs and those bred 
Vpon the mountayns, o'r thy head   o 
Shall beare a Canopy of flowers, 
Tinseld with drops of Aprill showers, 
Wtfich shall make more glorious showes 
Then spangles» or y out siluer Oas; 
This bright nimph l'le doe for thee 
So thou'lt leaue him and goe with me. 
L/tope. Vie and reuie, like Chapmen profer'd 
Would't be receaued what I¢ou haue offer'd ; 
Ye greater honour cannot doe 
If not building Altars to me: 34 ° 
Both by Water and by Land, 
Bardge and Chariot at command ; 
Swans vpon the Streame to rawe m% 
Stags vpon the Land to drawe me, 
In ail this Pompe should I be seene» 
What a pote thing were a Qeene : 
Ail delights in such excesse, 
As but yee, who can expresse : 
Thus mounted should the Nimphes me see, 
Ail the troope would follow me,  o 
Thinking by this state that I 
Would asume a Deitie. 
There be some in loue haue bin, 
And I ma), commit that sinne, 
And ife'r I be in loue» 



Muses Elizium 

With one of you I feare twill proue, 
But with which I cannot tell, 
So my gallant Youths farewell. 

The third Nimphall 
DORON. DORILVS. 
NMJs. CLOE. 
CLORIS. MERTILL^. 
CL^I^. FLORIMEL. 
With Nimphes and Forresters. 
Poet;ck Rapture;, ;acred flre;, 
lith :hich Apollo hi; inspires, 
Thi; IVimphall giue; yo* ; and :ithall 
O;erue; the dluse; Fe;t;all. 
Amongst th' Elizians many mirthfull Feasts, 
At which the Muses are the certaine guests, 
Th" obserue one Day with most Emperiali state 
To wise lpollo which they dedicate, 
The Poets God ; and to his Alters bring 
Th" enamel'd Brauery of the beauteous spring, 
And strew their Bowers with euery precious sweet, 
Which still wax fresh, most trod on with their feet ; 
With most choice flowers each Nimph doth brade her hayr% 
And not the mean'st but bauldrick wise doth weare IO 
Some goudly Garland and the most renown'd 
%Vith curious Roseat Anadems are crown'd. 
These being corne into the place where they 
Yearely obserue the Orgies to that day, 
The Muses from their Heliconian spring 
Their brimfull Mazers to the feasting bring : 
When with deepe Draughts out of those plenteous Bowles, 
The iocond Youth haue swild their thirsty soules 
They fall enraged with a sacred heat, 
And when their braines doe once begin to sweat zo 
They into braue and Stately numbers break% 
And not a word that any one doth speake 



The third _Nimphall 179 
But ris Prophetick, and so strangely farre 
In their high fury the]t transpo,ted are» 
As there "s hot one on an, thing tan straine 
But by another answred is againe 
In the saine Rapture, which ail sit to heare ; 
When as two Youths that soundly liquord were, 
Dorilus and Doron two as noble swayns 
As euer kept on the Elizian playns, 3o 
First b' their signes attention hauing woonne, 
Thus the, th© Reuels frolikl, begunne. 
Doron. Crne Dotilus, let vs e lrra.e» 
In lofty numker let v raue, 
IFîth Rymes I oill iurlch thee. 
Dorilus. Content say I» then bld the kase» 
Our oit shall runne the H'ildgoosechase 
Spurre vp or I oill swlch thee. 
Doron. The $unne out of the East doth peepe 
lnd noo the day egins to creepe 4.0 
lpon the oorld at leaure. 
Dorilus. The lyre enamor'd of the Greaues, 
The West oitde stroaks the eIvit leaues 
lnd kise them at pleasure. 
Doron. The spimter ek tdxt pray and spray 
The top of euery kush make ga2, 
By fllmy «oard there dangling. 
DorilUSo For nova the laa dayes euenlng dew 
Euen to the full it selle doth sheo, 
Each ough ith Pearle espanglitg. 50 
Doron. 0 Boy how thy akundant vaine 
Euen llke a Flood 3reaks from thy 3ralne» 
Nor tan thy luse e gaged. 
Dorilus. lhy nature forth dld neuer krlng 
I man that like to me tan slng 
If once I ke enraged. 
Doron. IFhy Dofilus I in rn 7 skill 
Can make the soi)qest Streame stand till» 
Nay &eare kack to hi sprlnging. 



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a4ttses Elizium 
Dorilus. Ind I into a Trance most deepe 
Can cast the Birds that thej shall sleepe 
lhen fain'st they vould be ti»giug. 
Doron. 14hy Dorilus tkou mak" st me mad» 
qud no my vits begin to gad 
But sure I knoo uot vhlther. 
Dorilus. 0 Doron let me hug thee then» 
There ueuer vas tvo madder men 
Then let vt on together. 
Doron. Hermes the vinged Horse bestrid. 
tlnd thoro'w thick and thin he rid æ 
Ind floundred thro the Fountaiue. 
Dorilus. He slourd the Tit ntill he bled» 
So that at last he ran his head 
'lgaimt the forked 2lou»tai»e 
Doron. Hoo sayst thou but pyde Iris got 
I»to great Iunos Chariot» 
I spake vith o»e that tao ber. 
Dorilus. tlnd there the pert and sacy Elle æ 
Behau'd ber as tvere Iuno's se/j æ 
lnd ruade the Peacocks drav ber. 
Doron. Ile borroo PhoebusJçery Iades 
lïth vhich about the vorld he trade G 
l»d put them in my Plov. 
Dorilus. 0 thou most perfect frantioEue man 
et let thy rage be vhat it eau» 
Ile be at mad at thou. 
Doron. Ile to great love» hap good» hap iii» 
Though ke vlth Thunder threat to kill 
lnd beg of hlm a boone. 
Dorilus. To terue "op one of Cynthias beames 
Ind there to bath thee in the ttreames. 
Ditcouerd in the 2loone. 



The third imphall 8 
Doron. Come frolick Youth and follova 
ly frantioEue boy, and lle shona thee 
The Countrey of the l:ayries. 
Dorilus. The]leshy landrake vohere't doth 
In noonshade of the listletoa» 
lnd ahere the Pheenix lryes. 
Doron. 1Vay more» the 8voalloes ainter bed, 
The Caverns vohere the 14,'inds are bred, 
$ince thus thou talkst of showing. 
Dorilus. lnd to those Indraught« lle thee bring» 
That voondrous and eternall spring 
14hence th" Ocean bath its flwwing. 
Doron. l¢e'll downe to the darke houle of leepe, 
llhere snoring Morpheus doth keepe» 
lnd voake the drovasy Groome. 
Dorilus. Dovone shall the Dores and l/k'indov:e« goe, 
The $toole« wpon the Floare voe'll throvo, 
tnd roare about the Roome. ! 1o 

The Muses here commanded them to stay» 
Commending much the caridge of their Lay 
As greatlï pleasd at this their madding Bout» 
To heare how brauely they had borne it out 
From first to the last, of which they were right glad» 
By this they round that Helicon still had 
That vertue it did ancientlï retaine 
XVhen Orpheus Lynus and th" Ascrean Swaine 
Tooke lusty Rowses, which hath made their Rimes, 
To last so long to ail succeeding times. 
And now amongst this beauteous Beauie here» 
Two wanton Nimphes, though dainty ones they were» 
lqaijs and Coe in their female fits 
Longing to show the sharpnesse of their wits» 
Of the nine Sisters speciall leaue doe craue 
That the next Bout they two might freel F haue, 
Who hauing got the suffrages of all 
Thus to their Rimeing instantlï they rail. 



A4uses Elzh«m 
Naijs. lmongt you all let  
ko st oose mee 
Ce on te proude 
To se my d;ttye. 
Cloe. lVy Naijs, tat ara I 
ho dares thy pride de. 
nd that e soe shall try 
Though thou ke it. 
Naijs. Cloe I scwu my 
Should obue fet or 
No I fall then I clim 
lhere 'st I date hot. 
CIoe. Giue thy Inz.tion iug, 
And let hw flwt and flig, 
Till don the Rock h ding 
or that I car 
Naijs. Thi preence delights me 
y fredome inulte me 
The 8easou xcyte 
I me to be mry. 
Cloe. And I beyond meaure 
Ara rauisht ith plaure 
To answ each 
Untill thou beit ary. 
Naij. ehold the oy Dane 
se in Tinild ane, 
And smiliug ee to fane 
p th mountain. 
Cloe. Aaked fm hw Dreame 
8hooting oeth goulden eame 
Dancing p the 8treame 
Crtlng th ountai. 
Naijs. Thes moee th et 
Intice p th Floet G 
To trm p our ret 
fuming out 

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The third im_phall 
Cloe. Ihilt the Bird &illlug 
ach one vith hi Dilling 
The thicket till fllling 
4ith lmorou Noets. 
Naijs. The Becs q;p in hony rould» 
alore tien their thighe tan hould» 
r.apt in their lioEuid gould» 
Their Treaure q;s &ring¢ng. 
Cloe. To thee Rillets purling 
Vpon the tone Curling 
aqnd oft aout vherlng» 
Dance tova'ard ther pringlng. 
Naijs. The ood-Nimphe sit ingi»g, 
Each Groue vaith note ringing 
lhilst fresh Ver is flinging 
Her 13ounties a&road. 
Cloe. 8o much as the 7Furtle» 
Upou the lova dlertle » 
To the meads fertle» 
Her tares doth OE.nload. 
Naijs. Nay "tis a world to see» 
lu euery &ush and Tree» 
The 13irds vaith mirth and glee» 
Voo'd as they voe. 
Cloe. The Roin and the If&en» 
uery Cocke vaith hls l-Ien 
I/Vhy should hot vae and men» 
Doe a they doe. 
Naijs. The Faires are hopping, 
The small F lov:ers ¢ropplug» 
aqnd vaith dew dropping» 
Bklpthoroo the Greaues. 
Cloe. lt Barly-l, reake they »lay 
3lerrily all the day 
lt night themselues they lay 
P'pon the oft leaue. 



Muses Elizium 
Naijs. The gentle inds sally, 
Vpon euery Valley, 
And many rimes dally 
And antonly sport. 
Cloe. lkout the flelds traclng» 
Each othor in chasing 
lnd often imlrradng 
lu moou$ sort. 
Naijs. lnd Eccho oft doth tell 
Wondrous thing5 from ber Cell» z l o 
15 ber ahat chance kfeI1, 
Learning to prattle. 
CIoe. And now she Kt$ and mock$ 
The $hepherd$ and their flocks 
lnd the Heards from the locks 
Keeplng thelr Cattle. 
When to these Maids the Mues silence cry, 
For "twas the opinion of the Company, 
That were hot these two taken of, that they 
Would in their Conftict wholly spend the day. zo 
When as the Turne to Florlmel next came, 
A Nimph for Beauty of especiall naine, 
Yet was she hOt so Iolly as the test : 
And though she were by her companions prest, 
Yet she by no intreaty would be wrought 
To sing, as by th" Elizian Lav¢es she ought : 
When two bright Nimphes that her companions were, 
And of ail other onely held her deare, 
Mild ¢loris and lertilla, with faire speech 
Their most beloued Florimel beseech, z3o 
T'obserue the Muses, and the more to wooe he G 
They take their turnes, and thus they sing vnto her. 
Cloris. $ing, Florimel, O sing and goee 
Out hole aealth qoill giue to thee, 
14Ze'll o the lrrim of euery Fountaine» 
$trip the sqoeets from euery alountaine, 
¢Ze qoill sa:eepe the curled valleys» 
Brush the kancks that mound out allye G 



The third Nimphall I8y 
le ill muster natures dalnties 
lhen she alloes in h plentyes» 
The lushyous smeH of euy flow 
te asht by an ApriH short, 
The Mistresse o h store 'll make thee 
That she for ber seoEe shall take thee  
Can the be a dainty thing, 
That's hot thine  tu ilt sing. 
Meilla. hen the dew in tay distilleth» 
nd the Earths rich bosome fllleth 
nd ith Pearle emouds each leadow» 
e iH make tkem like a idow 
nd in all their Beauties dresse thee 
And  ail ther spoiles possesse thee» 
gVith ail the bounties Zephyre 
Breathing on the earely springs» 
The gaudy bloomes  euy Tree 
In their most beauty hm th 
Vhat ix he that may delight thee 
Or to pleasure may excite thee 
Can there be a daint thg 
That's hot thlne i thon ilt sing. z6o 
But Florimel stl sullenly replyes 
I 11 not sing at ail, let that suce : 
When as a Nimph one of the merry ging 
Seeing she no waF could be wonne to sing; 
Come coin% quoEh she» ye vRerly vndoe ber 
With your intreaties» and your reuerence to h¢r ; 
For praise nor prayers, she carcth hot a pin ; 
They that out froward FlorimeI would winne, 
Must worke another way, let me corne to her, 
Either e make her sing or Ile vndoe her. z7o 
Claia. Florimel I thus conjure thee 
$ince their s cnot alure thee » 
By stampt Gli«k that doth stink 
orse then common 8»  $ink» 
By Henbane» Dogsbane» oosbane sweet 
 any çlnes or Caiers feet 



186 

Muses Elizium 
By stinging Nettles pricking Teaels 
lay*iug &li*ters like the 
By the rough Bureeding ck*. 
anck th the oldet ox z o 
8y fl»hy HMock, p«ning more 
Th any lc  old «ore» 
B the Cockle 
That smels farre orse th doth urnt hoe» 
8y Hempe in at that hath layne, 
By hose stch the ish are slayne, 
8y Toadflax hich  Nose may tast» 
lf you haue a minde to cast» 
y aafllthy stinking 
at e'r e le,e. or e'r had seeds z9o 
Horimel e giu to thee 
If thou'lt hot «ing as ell as ee. 
At which the Nimphs to open laughter fell» 
Amongst the test the beauteous 
(Plemd with the spell om Cla;a that came» 
A mihll Gerle and giuen to spo and game) 
As gamesome growes as any of them ail» 
And to th  inantly doth fall. 
Horimel. H iu my thoughts should I ctriue 
The Image I am framing, o 
IVhlch is so fawe sulatiue» 
As ris oud ai1 ning 
I mM loue of m consell make» 
But that I douM he ouM mistake 
H rightly to en 
It m*st  *ilded in the Are 
Asd tls my tho.ghts m*t doo it, 
And onely tkey m*st  the stayre 
From eth to u»t me to J  1 o 
For of my 
Each ho*re 
H sho.ld I then flnde o*t the ay 



The third 2imphall 
Vken our eake Fan¢ies uorking still» 
Yet changng euery minnit» 
1¢ll shew that it reoEuires some 
8uch diÇculty's in it. 
Ve uould things» yet e imo hot hat» 
lnd let out ill Se granted» 
Tet instantly e jçnde in that 
8omething nthought of uanted : 
Our ioyes and hopes such shadowes are» 
ls ith our motions ;arry, 
Vhich hen e off haue fetcht from farre, 
l¢th ;s they neuer tarry : 
8ome uorldly crosse doth still attend 
lhat long e haue in spinning» 
And e'r e fully get the end 
Ve lose of our Seginning. 
Our pollicies so pee;ish are» 
That ith themselues they orangle» 
lnd many times lmcome the snare 
That soonest s intangle 
For that the l_wue :e Seare our Frionds 
Though nere so strongly grounded 
l-Iath in it certaine oSlioEue ends 
If to the Sottome sounded : 
Our one ell ishing making 
I pardonaSle Treason 
For that is deriud from itt» 
lnd nderpropt ith reason. 
For our Deare selues Seloued sake 
(Euon in the depth of passion) 
Our Center though our selues e make» 
Yet is hot that our station 
For hilst out Broes amitious 
lnd 7outh at hand auayts 
It is a pretty thing to 
I-Io jçnely Beautie cheats 
Ind hilst ith tyme e tryfling stand 
To practise IntioEue graces 
Ige ith a pale and uithered hand 
1)raues Furooaws in our faces. 

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8 «ses Elizium 
When they which so desirous were before 
To hear her sing i desirous are far more 
To haue her cease ; and call to haue her sta),d 
For she to much alredy had bewray'd. 
And as the thrice three Sisters thus had grac'd 
Their Celebration» and themselues had plac'd 360 
Vpon a Violet banck» in order ail 
Where they at will might view the Festifall 
The Nimphs and all the lusty youth that were 
At this braue Nimphall, by them honored there, 
To Gratifie the heauenly Gerles againe 
Lastl), prepare in state to entertaine 
Those sacred Sisters» fairely and confer, 
On each of them» their prayse particular 
And thus the Nimphes to the nine Muses sung. 
When as the Youth and Forresters among 37o 
That well prepared for this businesse were» 
Become the Chorus, and thus sung they there. 
Nimphes. Clio then flrtt of thote Celetiall nine 
That daily offer to the tacred thryne 
orbite Apollo ; eene off Stories» 
Ttoou that mindicat'$t the gloriet 
Of patted aget and reneott 
Their actt vhich euery day thou mieott» 
lnd from a letharg 7 dort keepe 
Old nodding time else prone to tleepe. ]$o 
Chorus. Clio 0 craue 0fPhoebus to intpire 
F'tfor hit lltart vlth hit holiest]re» 
lnd let hit gloriout euer-thining Rayer 
Giue lire and grovth to our Elizian Bayet. 
Nimphes. Melpomine thou melancholly 2rlaid 
1Vext» to vite Phoebus ve inuoke thy ayd» 
In Butkint that dort ttride the Stage» 
lnd in thy deepe dittracted rage» 
In blood-$hed that dort take delight» 
Tloy obiect the mott fearfull tlght, 39 ° 
That louest the tighe$» the thr«eket» and toundt 
Of horror$ that arite from oundt. 



The third 2imphall 8 9 
Chorus. 8ad dIute 0 craue off Phcebus to 
Vt for lois lltars aulth his holiest flre 
lnd let his glorious euer-shinlng 
Giue lire and groth fo our Elizian 13ayes. 
Nimphes. Comick Thalia then aoe corne to tkee, 
Thou mirthfull Mayden» onel that in glee 
lnd loues deceits, thy pleasure tak'sÇ 
Of auhich thy aring 8cene that mak'st 
lnd in thy nimle 8ock do'st stirre 
Loude laughter through the Theater 
That auith the leasant mak'st the sport» 
ls ell as ith the etter sort. 
Chorus. Thalia craue ofPhoebus to inspire 
Vs for his llters uith his holyest fler ; 
lnd let his glorious euer-shining layes 
Giue lire» and groauth to our Elizian Bayes. 
Nimphes. Euterpe next fo thee aue ill proceed» 
That flrst souncPst out the Musick on the l?eed» 
l/Vîth reath and flngers g¢uing lire» 
To the shrill Cornet and the l:yfe. 
Teaching euery stop and kaye» 
To those pon the Pipe that playe» 
Those auhlch l/Vînd-Instruments e call 
Or sort» or lord» or greate» or small 
Chorus. Euterpe aske of Phebus to 
Vs for iols Alters ith his holyest flre 
lnd let his glorious euer-shining layes 
G;ue llfe and groth to our Elizian Bayes. ÷zo 
Nimphes. Terpsichore that of the Lute and Lyre» 
lnd Instruments that sound aulth Cords and 
That art the Mistres to commaund 
The to*ch of the most Curious hand 
Vhen euery uauer doth Imbrace 
His like in a true Diapase, 
lnd euery strlug iols sound doth flll 
Toucht aoith the Finger or the uillo 
Chorus. Terpsichore» craue Phebus to inspire 
Ws for his AIters aoith his holyest fler 



 9o Muses Elizium 
lnd let hic glorlous euer-shlning Rayes 
Giue lire and growth to our Elizlan 
Nimphe$. Then Erato ewlse muse on tkee oe call, 
In Lynes to vc that do'st demonctrate all, 
l¢hich neatly, olth thy ctaffe and IBoe, 
Do'ct meacure and proportion 
alotion and Gecture that dost teach 
That euery heght and depth canst reach 
lnd do'st demonstrate y thy lrt 
l/Vhat nature elce oould hot Imprrrt. 440 
Chorus. Deare Erato craue Phebus to inspire 
Vs for kis Alters oith hic holyest tire, 
And let hs glorous euer-shinng layec, 
Giue lire and growth to our Elizian 
Nimphes. To thee then Irraue Caliope we corne 
Thou that maintain" 
The nelghing 8teed that louect to heare 
Claching of lrmec doth please thine eare 
In lofty Lines that do'st rehearse 
Thingc vorthy of a tkundring 
lnd at no tyme are heard to straine 
On ought that suits a ?ommon ayne. 
Chorus. Caliope» craue Phebus to insplre 
Fs for hic Alters oith his holyest fier, 
lnd let hic glorious euer-chining 
Giue lire and gro'wth to our Elizlan Bayes. 
Nimphes. Then Polyhymnia moct delicious 
In lhetorlcks IVlooerc that art arayd» 
In Tropes and Eigures» rlchly drest 
The IVyled Phrase that louest ect 6o 
That art ail Elocution and 
The flrst that gau'st to nderctand 
The force of :ordes in order plac'd 
lnd ewlth a s:eet delluery grac'd. 
Chorus. 8veet Muse permoade our Phoebus to inspire 
g's fer hls lltars» :ith hic holiest tire, 
lnd let his glorious euer shlning Rayes 
Giue lire and growth to our Elizian Bayes. 



The third Nimphall 
Nimphes. /_,0y Vrania then e call to thee, 
To hom the Heauens for euer opened e» 
Thou th" Msterismes y narae dost all, 
And shevast hen they doe rlse and fall 
Each Planets force, and dost dluine 
His orking, seated in his $igne 
lnd hoa the starry Frame still rouIes 
Betvaixt the fixed stedfast Poles. 
Chorus. Vrania aske of Pheebus to inspire 
ls for hls Mltars ith his holiesttire, 
And let hs glorious euer-shining Rayes 
Giue life and growth to our Elizian Bayes. 

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The fourth Nimphall 
CLORI$ and MERTILL,o 
Chaste Cloris doth disclose the shames 
Of the l:elician fra»tique Dames, 
Mertilla striues t' apease ber 
To golden ishes then they goe. 
aIertilla. Why how now Clori G what, thy head 
Bound with forsaken Willow ? 
Is the cold ground become thy bed ? 
The grasse become thy Pillow ? 
O let hot those life-lightning eyes 
In this sad va)le be shrowded, 
Which into mourning puts the Skyes, 
To see them ouer-clowded. 
Cloris. 0 my 2lertilla doe hot praise 
These Lampes so dimly burning» 
Such sad and sullen lights as these 
Were onely ruade for mourning : 
Their obiects are the barren Rocks 
With aged Mosse o'r shaded ; 
Now whilst the Spring layes forth ber Locks 
With blossomes brauely braded. 

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Muses Elizium 
alertilla. 0 Clorls» Can there be a Spring, 
O my deare Nimph, there may hot, 
Wanting thine eyes it forth to bring 
Without which Nature cannot : zo 
Say what it is that troubleth thee 
Encreast by thy concealing 
Speake ; sorrowes many rimes we see 
Are lesned by reuealing. 
Clorh. Being of late too vainely bent 
And but at too much leasure; 
Not with out Goves and Downes content, 
But surfetting in pleasure 
Felicia's Fields I would goe see, 
Where lame to me reported» o 
The choyce Nimphes of the world to be 
From meaner beauties sorted 
Hoping that I from them might draw 
Some graces to delight me» 
But there such monstrous shapes I 
That to this houre affright me. 
Throw the thick Hayre that thatch'd their Browes» 
Their ees vpon me stared» 
Like fo those raging frantique Froes 
For Bacchus Feasts prepared : 
Their Bodies, although straight by kinde» 
Yet they so monstrous make them, 
That for huge Bags blowne vp with wind» 
You very well may take them. 
Their Bowels in their Elbowes are 
Whereon depend their Panches 
And their deformed Armes by farre 
Made larger than their Hanches : 
For their behauiour and their grave, 
Which likewise should haue priz'd them» 
Their manners were as beastly base 
As th" rags that so disguisd them 
Ail Anticks ail so impudent» 
So fashon'd out of fashion» 
As blacke Cocytus vp had sent 



The fourth 2imphall 9 
Her Fry into this nation» 
Whose monstrousnesse doth so perplex 
Of Reason and depriues me» 
That for their sakes I loath my sex» 
Which to this sadnesse driues me. 60 
lertillao 0 my deare Cloris be hOt sad 
Nor with these Furies danted 
But let these female foles be mad» 
With Hellish pride inchanted 
Let hOt thy noble thoughts descend 
$o low as their affections 
Whom neither counsell can amend 
Nor },et the Gods corrections: 
SŒEch mad folks ne'r let vs bemoane» 
But rather scorne their fol/y, 7 ° 
And since we two are here alone, 
To banish melancholly, 
Leaue we this lowly creeping vayne 
Not worthy admiration» 
And in a braue and lofty strayne, 
Lets exercise our passion» 
With wishes of each others good» 
From our abundant treasures, 
And in this iocund sprightly mood : 
Thus alter we our measures. 80 
llertilla. O I could wish this place were strewd with Roses» 
And that this Banck were thickly thrumd with Grasse 
As sort as Sleau% or Sarcenet euer 
Whereon my Cloris her sweet selle reposes. 
Corls. O that these Dewes Rosewater were for thee» 
These Mists Perfumes that hang vpon these thicks» 
And that the Winds were ail Aromaticks» 
Which» ifmy wish could make thcm» they should bec. 
lertil/a. 0 that my 8ottle one whole Diamond wer% 
So fild with Nectar that a Flye might sup, 9 ° 
And at one draught that thou mightst drinke it 
Yet a Carouse hot good enough I feare. 



94 Muses Elizium 
¢lorîs. That all the Pearle» the Seas» or Indias haue 
Were well dissolu'd, and thereof ruade a Lake, 
Thou there in bathing, and I by to take 
PIeasure to see thee cleerer than the Waue. 
Iertilla. 0 that the Hornes of all the Heards we see, 
Were of fine gold, or else that euery home 
Were like to that one of the Vnicorne, 
And of all these» hot one but were thy Fee. zoo 
¢lorit. 0 that their Hooues were Iuory, or some thing» 
Then the pur'st Iuory farre more Christalline» 
Fild with the food wherewith the Gods doe dine» 
To keepe thy Youth in a continuaH Spring. 
alertilla. 0 that the sweets of all the Flowers that grow» 
The labouring ayre would gather into one» 
In Gardens» Fields» nor Meadowes leauing none 
And ail their Sweetnesse vpon thee would throw. 
¢loris. Nay that those sweet harmonious straines we heare» 
Amongst the liuely Birds melodious Layes»  o 
As they recording sit vpon the Sprayes» 
Were houering still for Musick at thine eare. 
lertilla. 0 that thy naine were caru'd on euery Tree, 
That as these plants still great» and greater grow» 
Thy naine deare Nimph might be enlarged so, 
That euery Groue and Coppis might speake thee. 
¢lorls. Nay would thy naine vpon their Rynds were set» 
And by the Nimphes so oft and lowdly spoken» 
As that the Ecchoes to that language broken 
Thy happj, name might hourely counterfet. 
alertilla. 0 let the Spring still put sterne winter 
And in rich Dxmaske let her Reuell stiH» 
As it should doe if I might haue my will» 
That thou mightst still walke on her Tapistry 
And thus since Fate no longer rime alowes 
Vnder this broad and shady Sicamore æ 
Where now we sit» as we haue oR before 
TF.ose yet vnborne shall offer vp their Vowes. 



The fift Nimphall 
Ct.^I^» L,v^, Crava^x a Hermit. 
Of Garlands» lnadems» and Preathes» 
Thls llimphall nought &ut soeetnesse breathes» 
I°esents you olth delicious iosies» 
lnd oith pwwerfull $imples closes. 
Claia. SEE where old Clarinax is set, 
His sundry Simples sorting» 
From whose experience we may get 
What worthy is reporting. 
Then Lelipa let vs draw neere, 
Whilst he his weedes is weathering, 
I see some powerfull Simples there 
That he hat late bin gathering. 
Hail gentle Hermit love thee speed, 
And haue thee in his keeping» 
And euer helpe thee at thy need» 
Be thou awake or sleeping. 
Clarinax. Ye payre of most Celestiall lights» 
O Beauties three times burnisht, 
Who could expect such heauenly wights 
With Angels features furnisht; 
What God doth guide you to this place 
To blesse my homely Bower ? 
It cannot be but this high grace 
Proceeds from some high power ; 
The boutes like hand-maids still attend» 
Disposed at your pleasure» 
Ordayned to noe other end 
But to awaite your leasure ; 
The Deawes drawne vp into the Ae G 
And by your breathes perfumed, 
In little Clouds doe houer there 
As loath tobe consumed : 
The Aer moues hot but as you please 
$o much sweet Nimphes it owes you» 
O 

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196 .Muses Elizium 
The winds doe cast them to their ease, 
And amorousl}, inclose }'ou. 
Lelipa. Be hot too lauish of th}' praise, 
Thou good Elizian Hermit, 
Lest some fo heare such words as these, 
Perhaps ma}' flatter}' tearme 
But of }'our Simples something 
Which ma}, discourse affoord 
We know }'our knowledge 1}'es that 
With subiects y0u haue stor'd vs. 
Claia. We know for Ph}'sick }'ours }'ou get, 
Which thus }'ou heere are sorting, 
And vpon garlands we are set, 
With Wreathes and Posye_ sporting : 
Lelila. The Chaplet and the Anadem, 
The curled Tresses crowning, 
We looser Nimphes delight in them, 
Not in your Wreathes renowning. 
Clarinax. The Garland long agoe was worne, 
As Time pleased to bestow it, 
The Lawrell onelï to adorne 
The Conquerer and the Poet. 
The Palme hLs due, who vncontrould, 
On danger looking grauel}', 
When Fate had done the worst it could» 
Who bore his Fortunes brauel}'. 
Most worth}' of the Oken Wreath 
The Ancients him esteemed» 
Who in a Battle had from death 
Some man of worth redeemed. 
About his temples Grasse theï 
Himselfe that so behaued 
In some strong Seedge b}' th" Enem}'» 
A Cit}' that hath saued. 
A Wreath of Vervaine Herhauts weare» 
Amongst our Garlands named, 
Being sent that dreadfull newes fo b¢are» 
Offensiue warre proclaimed. 

O 

O 



"l'he flJt Nimphall 97 
The Signe of Peace who first displayes, 
The Oliue Wreath possesses : 7 ° 
The Louer with the Myrtle Sprayes 
Adornes his crisped Tresses. 
In Loue the sad forsaken wight 
The Willow Garland weareth : 
The Funerall man befitting night, 
The balefull Cipresse beareth. 
To Pari we dedicate the Pine, 
Whose Slips the Shepherd graceth: 
Againe the Ivie and the Vine 
On his, swolne Bacchus placeth. 8o 
Cla;a. The Boughes and Spra)es» of which )tou tell, 
B) you are rightly named, 
But we with those of pretious smell 
And colours are enflamed ; 
The noble Ancients to excite 
Men to doe things worth crowning, 
Not vnperformed left a Rite, 
To heighten their renowning : 
But they that those rewards deuis'd, 
And those braue wights that wore them 9 ° 
B F these base times, though poorel) priz'd, 
Yet Hermit we adore them. 
The store ofeuery fruitfull Field 
We Nimphes at will possessing, 
From that variety they yeeld 
Get flowers for euery dressing : 
Of which a Garland fie compose, 
Then busily attend me. 
These flowers I for that purpose chose, 
But where I misse amend me. too 
Clarinax. Well Claia on with your inten% 
Lets see how you will weaue it, 
Which done, here for a monument 
I hope with me, )ou'll leaue it. 
Clala. Here Damaske Roses, white and red, 
Out of my lap first take I, 



198 

.Muses Elizium 

Which sfi/l shall runne along the thred, 
My chiefest Flower this make I : 
Amongst these Roses in a row» 
Next place I Pinks in plent),, 
These double Da]?syes then for show» 
And will hot this be daint)r. 
The pretty Pansy then Ile tye 
Like Stones some Chaine inchasing, 
And next to them their neere 
The purple Violet placing. 
The curious cho]?ce, Clove Iul]?-flower 
Whose kinds hight the Carnation 
For sweetnesse of most soueraine power 
Shall helpe m), Wreath to fashion. 
Whose sundr]? cullers ofone kinde 
First from one Root derived, 
Them in their seuerall sutes lle binde» 
M), Garland so contriued 
A course of Cowslips then l'Il stick» 
And here and there though sparel), 
The pleasant Primrose downe lle prick 
Like Pearles, which will show rarel), : 
Then with these Marygolds Ile make 
M), Garland somewhat swelling, 
These Hon),suckles then lle take, 
Whose sweets shall helpe their smelling 
The Lilly and the Flower delice, 
For colour much contenting, 
For that, I them doe onl), priz% 
They are but pore in senting : 
The Daffadill most dainty is 
To match with these in meetnesse; 
The Columb),ne compar'd to this, 
Ail much alike for sweetnesse. 
These in their natures onely are 
Fit to embosse the border, 
Therefore fie take especiall care 
To place them in their order : 
Sweet-Williams, Campions» Sops-în-Wine 
One by another neaflj, : 

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The flft 27imphall 99 
Thus haue I ruade this Wreath of mine» 
And finished it featly. 
.ell, oa. Your Garland thus ]Cou finisht haue» 
Then as we haue attended  ço 
Your leasure likewise let me craue 
1 ma), the fike be friended. 
Those gaud), garish Flowers you chuse, 
In which our Nimphes are flaunting, 
Which they at Feasts and Brydals vse» 
The sight and smell inchanting: 
A Chaplet me of Hearbs lle make 
Then which though ),ours be brauer, 
Yet this of myne l'le vndertake 
Shall hot be short in fauour, x6o 
With Basill then I will begin, 
M/hose scent is wondrous pleasing» 
This Eglantine l'le next put in, 
The sense with sweetnes seasing. 
Then in m), Lauender l'le la),, 
Muscado put among it, 
And here and there a leafe of Bay, 
Which still shall runne along it. 
Germander, Marieram, and Tyme 
Which vsed are for strewing, x 7 ° 
With Hisop as an hearbe most pryme 
Here in m), wreath bestowing. 
Then Balme and M),nt helps to make vp 
M), Chaplet, and for Tryall, 
Costmar), that so likes the Cup, 
And next it Penieryall 
Then Burnet shall beare vp with this 
Whose leafe I greatl), fansy, 
$ome Camomile doth hot amisse» 
With Sauory and some Tansy, t8o 
Then heere and there l'le put a sprig 
Of Rosemary into it 
Thus not too little or too big 
Tis done if I can doe it. 
¢'lariuax. Claia your Garland is most ga7e  



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fuses Elzum 
Compos'd of curious Flowers, 
And so most louely Lelisa , 
This Chaplet is of yours» 
In goodly Gardens ,ours you get 
Where you your laps haue laded ; 
My symples are by Nature set, 
In Groues and Fields vntraded. 
Your Flowers most curiouslr you twyne» 
Each one his place supplying. 
But these rough harsher Hearbs of minc» 
About me rudely lying» 
Ofwhich some dwarfish Weeds there be 
Some of a larger stature, 
Some by experience as we see, 
Whose names expresse their nature» 
Heere is my Moly of much fam% 
In Magicks oRen vsed» 
Mugwort and Night-shade for the saine 
But not by me abused ; 
Here Henbane, Popy» Hemblock here» 
Procuring Deadly sleeping, 
Which 1 doe minister with Feare» 
Not fit for each mans keeping. 
Heere holy Veruayne» and heere Dill» 
Against witchcraft much auailing. 
Here Horhound gainst the Mad dogs iii 
By biting, neuer failing. 
Here Mandrake that procurcth loue r 
In poysning philters mixed, 
And makes the Barren fruitfull proue» 
The Root about them fixed. 
lnchaunting Lunary here lyes 
In Sorceries excelling: 
And this is Dictam, which we prize 
Shot shafts and Darts expelling, 
Here Saxifrage against the stone 
That Powerfull is approued, 
Here Dodder by whose helpe alon% 
Ould Agues are remoued 
Here Mercury» here Helibor% 

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Thejïft Nimphall 
Ould Vlcers mundifying, 
And Shepheards-Purse the Flux most sore» 
That helpes by the applying ; 
Here wholsome Plantane, that the payne 
Of Eyes and Eares appeases; 
Here cooling $orrell that againe 
We vse in hot diseases: 
The medcinable Mallow here» 
Asswaging sudaine Tumors» 
The iagged Polypodium there» 
To purge ould rotten humors, 
Next these here Egremony 
That helpes the Serpents byting» 
The blessed Betony by ths, 
Whose cures deseruen writing : 
This All-heale, and so nam'd of right, 
New wounds so quicldy healing, 
A thousand more I could recyte» 
Most worthy of Reuealing, 
But that I hindred ara by Fate, 
And busnesse doth preuent me, 
To cure a mad man» which of late 
Is from Felicia sent me. 
Clala. Nay then thou hast inough to doe 
We pity thy enduring, 
For they are there infected soe, 
That they are past thy curing. 

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The sixt Nimphall 
ILVIV$ HLCIV$» MELNTHV$o 
1 loodman» Fishtr, and a Sauaine 
Tbi Nimphall through auith mirth maintaine» 
lhoxe pleading o the Jimphe doe pleae» 
That presentl they g4ue them Baye. 
Cleere had the day bin from the dawne» 
Ail chequerd wa, the Skye, 



Muses Elizium 
Thin Clouds like Scarfs of Cobweb Lawne 
Vaïld Heauen's most glorious eïe. 
The Winde had no more strength then this» 
That leasurelï it blew» 
To make one leafe the next to kisse» 
That closlï bï it grew. 
The Rils that on the Pebbles plaïd, 
Might now be heard at will; IO 
This world theï onely Musick made» 
Else euerïthing was still. 
The Flowers like braue embraudred Gerle.% 
Lookt as theï much desired, 
To see whose head with orient Pearles» 
Most curiousll¢ wa tïred ; 
And toit selfe the subtle Ayre 
Such soueraintï assumes» 
That it receiu'd too large a share 
From natures rich perfumes, zo 
When the Elizian Youth were met 
That were of most account 
And to disport themselues were set 
Vpon an easï Mount : 
Neare which, of statelï Fifre and Pine 
There grew abundant store, 
The Tree that weepeth Turpentine 
And shadï Sicamore. 
Amongst this merry ïouthfull traïne 
A Forrester theï had, 30 
A Fisher, and a Shepheards swayne 
A liuelï Cotmtrey Lad : 
Bctwixt which three a question grew» 
Who should the worthiest 
Which violently the)" pursue» 
IX/or stickled would they be. 
That it the Companï doth please 
This ciuill strife to staï» 
Freelï to heare what each ofthese 
For his braue selfe could say : 4.0 
When first this Forrester (of ail) 
That il, viu had to name, 



The sixt 3Vimpball 
To wom the Lot being cast doth 
Doth thus begin the Gaine. 
$ilvius. For my profession then» and for the lire I lead» 
Ail others to excell thus for my selfe I plead 
I ara the Prince of sports» the Forrest is my 
He's hot vpon the Earth for pleasure liues like me 
The Morne no sooner purs ber rosye Mantle on» 
But from my quyet Lodge I instantly ara gone» ço 
When the melodious Birds from euery Bush and Bryer, 
Ofthe wilde spacious Wasts» make 
The motlied Meadowes then new vernisht with the Sunne 
Shute vp their spicy sweets vpon the winds that runne» 
In easly ambling Gales» and softl) seeme to pace, 
That it the longer might their lushiousnesse imbrace : 
I am clad in youthfull Greene» I other o)lour, scorn% 
My silken Bauldrick beares my Beugle» or my Home, 
Vhich setting to my Lips I winde so lowd and shril/, 
As makes the Ecchoes showte from euery neighbouring 
Hill : 6o 
lvy Doghooke at my Belt» to which my Lyam's tyde, 
y Sheafe of Arrowes by my Woodknife at my Sydc» 
My Crosse-bow in my Hand, my Gaffle or m Rack 
To bend it when I please» or it I list to slack, 
My Hound then in my Lyam» I by the Woodmans art 
Forecast, where I may Iodge the goodly Hie-palm'd Hatt» 
To viewe the grazing Heards» so sundry times I vse, 
Where by the loftiest Head I know my Deare to chuse, 
And to vnheard him then» I ga31op o'r the ground 
Vpon my wel-breath'd Nag» to cheere my earning Hound. 7 ° 
Sometime I pitch my Toyles the Deare aliue to take, 
Sometime I like the Cry» the deep-mouth'd Kenne]l make, 
Then vnderneath my Horse» I staulke my gaine to strike, 
And with a single Dog to hunt him hurt» I like. 
The Siluians are to me true subiects, I their King» 
The stately Hart» lais Hind doth to my presence bring» 
The Buck his loued Doe» the Roe his tripping Mate» 
Belote me to my Bower» whereas I sit in State. 
The Dryads, Hamadryads, the Satyres and the Fawnes 
Oft p]ay at Hyde and Seeke before me on the Lawnes» 80 



The frisking Fa)'ry of[ when horned Cinthia shines 
Before me as I walke dance wanton Matach)'nes, 
The numerous feathered flocks that the wild Forrests haunt 
Their Siluan songs to me, in cheerefull ditt)'es chaunte, 
The Shades like ample Sheelds, defend me from the Sunne, 
Through which me to refresh the gentle Riuelets ruane, 
No little bubling Brook from an), Spring that falls 
But on the Pebbles pla),es me prett), Madrigals. 
I' th" morne I clime th¢ Hills, where wholsom¢ winds do 
blow, 
At l'qoone-tyde to the Vales, and shad), Groues below, 90 
T'wards Euening I againe the Chrystall FIo0ds frequent, 
In plcasure thus m), lire continuall), is spent. 
As Princes and great Lords haue Pallaces, so I 
Haue in the Forrests here, m), Hall and Gallery 
The tall and statel), Woods, which vnderneath are Plaine, 
The Groues m), Gardens are, the Heath and Downes againe 
/Xqy wide and spacious walkes, then say ail what ye can, 
The Forrcster is still your ordy gallant man. 
He of his specch scarce made an end, 
But him they load with prayse, IOO 
The Nimphes most highly him commend, 
And vow to giue him Bayes : 
He's now cryde vp of euery one, 
And who but onely he, 
The Forrester's the man alone, 
The worthyest of the three. 
When some then th" other farre more stayd» 
Wil'd them a while to pause, 
For there was more yet to be sayd, 
That might deserve applause, i io 
When Haldus his turne next ples, 
And silence hauing wonne, 
Roome for the fisher man he cryes, 
And thus his Plea begunne. 
Haldus. No Forrester, it so must hot be borne 
But heare what for himselfe the Fisher first can 
The Chrstall current Streames continuall), I keepe» 
Where euery Pcarle-pau'd Foard, and euery Blew-e),d deepe 



The sxt _Nimphall 
With me familiar are ; when in m Boate being set» 
My Oare I take in hand, my Angle and m Net tzo 
About me  like a Prince my selle h state I steer 
eow vp, now downe the Streame now ara I here now ther, 
The Pilot and the Fraught my lfe ; and af my ease 
Can ld me where I lt, or in what place I please. 
The Siluer-scaled Sholes, aut me in the Streames, 
As thick as ye discerne the Ams in the Beames, 
Neare to the ady Baack where slender Sallowes grow, 
And Wilbws the shag'd tops dne t'wards the waters w 
I shove in with my Bt to sheeld me from the heat, 
Wheoe chusi from my Bag, some prou'd especia bayt, 
The goedly we growne Trout I with my Angle strike, 
And with my bearded Wyer I take e rauenous Pike, 
Of whom when I haue hld, he seldome breakes away 
Though at my Lynes full le.h. e long I let him play 
Till by my hand I finde he we-nere wea 
When soRly by degrees I drawe him vp to me. 
e lusty Samon to, I oR with Anglg take. 
Which me ae the test most Lordly srt doth make, 
Who feelg he is ught, such Frisks and bounds d ttch. 
And by his ve strenh my Line oee farre th stretch. 
As draws my flotg rcke downe to the very ground. 
And wrtiag at my R. doEh make my Boat turne round. 
I neuer idle am some tyme I bayt my Weeles, 
With wch by nht I take the dainty siluer Eeles, 
And with my Draughtnet then, I swee the streaming Floed, 
And to my Tramell next, and Cast-net from e Mud, 
I beate the Scaly brood, noe hower I idely snd. 
But wearied with my worke I bring the day to end : 
The Njdes and Nymes that in the Riuers keepe, 
Which take into their care, the store of eue deepe, I 
Amongst the Flowery flags the Burushes d Reed 
at ofthe Spawne haue &arge (abundautly to breed) 
Well mounted vn Swans their naked bod lend 
To my dcerning eye, and on my Boate aend 
And qance vn e Wau, OEfore me (for my sake) 
To th Musick the so wynd vn the Reeds do make 
And for my pleure more the rougher Gods of Seas 
From Neptune's Court send in the blew Neriades 



zo6 uses Elizium 
Which from his brackjt Realme vpon the Billowes ride 
And beare the Riuers backe with euery streaming T)'de 
Those Billowes gainst my Boate» borne with delightfull Gales» 
Oft seeming as I rowe to tell me pretty tales 
Vhilst Ropes ofliquid Pearle still load my laboring Oares» 
As streacht vpon the Streame they stryke me to the Shores : 
The silent medowes seeme delighted with my Layes» 
As sitting in mï Boate I sing m Lasses prais% 
Y 
Then let them that like» the Forrester vp 
Your noble Fisher is your only man say I. 
This speech of Haldus turn'd the Tyde» 
And brought it so about»  7 ° 
That ail vpon the Fisher crïde» 
That he would beare it out ; 
Him for the speech he made» to clap 
Vho lent him not a hand» 
And said t'would be the XVaters hap» 
TQEite to put downe the Land. 
his while 2lelantbus silent sits» 
(For so the Shepheard hight) 
And hauing heard these dainty wits» 
Each pleading for his right ; $o 
To heare them honor'd in this 
His patience doth prouoke, 
Vhen for a Shepheard roome he cr'es, 
And for himselfe thus spoke. 
2le[antut. Vell Fisher ),ou haue done» and Forrester for 
),ou 
Your Tale is neatl), tould, s'are both's to giue ),ou due, 
And now m turne cornes next, then heare a Shepherd spcak : 
IM), watchfumesse and care giues da), scarce leaue to break» 
But to the Fields I haste, m), folded flock to see, 
Where when I finde» nor Woolfe, nor Fox, hath iniur'd me, 
I to m), Bottle strai_ht, and soundl), baste m), Throat, 
Vrhich done» some Contr), Song or Roundela, 1 roate 
So merril, ; that to the musick that I make 
I Force the Larke to sing ere she be well awake 
Then Baull m), cut-ta),ld Curre and I begin to p:av, 
He o r m), Shephooke leapes» now tb one» now th'other 



The si:et _Nimphall zo7 
Then on hi hinder feet he doth tfimselfe aduance» 
I tune, and to taï note» mit liuelï Dog doth dance» 
T en whistle in my Fist» taï fellow Swaynes to call, 
Downe goe out Hooks and Scrips» and we to Nine-holes 
rail) zoo 
At Dust-point, or at Qsoyts, else are we at it hard» 
AIl false and cheating Games» we Shepheards are debard ; 
Suruaying of my sheepe if Ewe or ,Vether looke 
As though it were amiss% or with my Curre, or Crooke 
I take it» and when once I finde what it doth aFle , 
It hardly hath that hurt, but that my skill can heale ; 
And when my carefull eye, I cast vpon my sheepe 
I sort them in my Pens, and sorted soe I keepe : 
Those that are bigst of Boane, I stfll reserue for breed, 
CUllings I put off, or for the Chapman feed. 2io 
en the Euening doth approach I to my Bagpipe take, 
And to my Grazing flocks such Musick ttaen I make, 
That they forbeare to feed ; then me a King you see, 
I playing goe belote, my Subiects followe me, 
My Bell-weather most brau% before the rest doth stalke, 
The Father of the flocke» and after him doth walke 
My writhen-headed Rare, with Posyes crowned in pride 
Fast to his crooked bornes with Rybands neatly ty'd 
And af our Shepheards Board that's cut out of the ground, 
My fellow Swaynes and I together at it round, zzo 
With Greencheese, clouted Cream, with Flawns, and Cus- 
tards, stord, 
Whig, Sider, and with Whey, I domineer a Lord, 
When shering time is corne I to the Riuer driue, 
My gooàly well-fleec'd Flocks : (by pleasure thus I thriue) 
Which being washt at wi]l ; vpon the shering day, 
WOOll I foorth in Loaks, fit for the wynder 
ich vpon lusty heapes into my Coate I heaue, 
That in the Handling feeles as sort as any Sleaue, 
When euery Ewe two Lambes, that yeaned hatla that yeare, 
About ber new shorne neck a Chaplet then doth weare ; z3o 
My Tarboxe, and my Scrip, my Bagpipe, at my back, 
My Sheephooke in my hand, what can 
He that a Scepter swayd, a sheephooke in his hand, 
Hath hOt disdaind to haue for Shepheards then 



zo8 34uses Elizium 
Then Forester and Fou my Fisher cease your strife 
I say Four Shepheard leads Four onely merry life, 
They had not ¢ryd the Forester, 
And Fisher vp belote, 
So much : but now the Nimphes preferre, 
The Shephard ten tymes more, 
And ail the Ging goes on his side» 
Their Minion him they make, 
To him themselues they ail apply'd» 
And ail his partie take ; 
Till some in their discretion cast, 
Since first the strife begunne, 
In all that from them there had past 
None absolutly wonne ; 
That equall honour they should share ; 
And their deserts to showe, 
For each a Garland they prepare, 
Which they on them bestowe, 
Of all the choisest flowers that weare, 
Which purposly they gather, 
With which they Crowne them, parting there, 
As they came first together. 

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The seuenth Nimphall 
FLORIMEL» LELIPa, ]NaIJS, CODRVS a Feriman. 
The Iqimpher, the eene of loue purue, 
IVhich oft doth bide ber from their 
But lastly from th" Elizian Nation, 
$he anisht it y Proclamation. 
Flor;meL Deare Lelipa» where hast thou bin so long, 
Was't not enough for thee to doe me wrong ; 
To rob me of thy selle, but with more spight 
To take m /4ai " from m m deli ht » 
.... y. ,j e, y g . 
xee mme Grles, your heads where haue ye layd, 
Whil'st rénur here her anticke prankes bath playd ? 



The seuenth 2imphal! 
Lelipa. Nay Florlrnel, we should of you enquire, 
The onely Mayden, whom we ail admire 
For Beaut-y, Wit, and Chastit),, that you 
Amongst the rest of ail our Virgin crue, 
In quest of her, that you so slacke should 
And leaue the charge to Naijs and to me. 
Florimd. Y'are much mistaken Lelila , "twas I, 
Of ail the Nimphes» that first did her descry, 
At our great Hunting, wherx as in the Chase 
Amongst the test, me thought I saw one face 
So exceeding faire» and curious, yet vrknowne 
That I that face hot possibly could owne. 
And in the course, so Goddesse like agatc, 
Each step so full of maiesti' and state ; o 
That with mi' selle» I thus resolu'd that she 
Lesse then a Goddesse (surely) could hot bc : 
Thus as ldalla, stedfastly I ei"d» 
A little Nimphe that kept close by ber side 
I noted, as vnknowne as was the other, 
Which Clid was disguis'd so by his mothcr. 
The little purblinde Rogue, if you had seene, 
S'ou would haue thought he verili' had bcene 
One of Diana's Votaries so clad, 
He eueri' thing so like a Huntresse had : 3o 
And she had put false eyes into his head» 
That ver), well he might vs all haue sped. 
And still they kept together in the Reare, 
But as the Boy should haue shot at the Dearc, 
He shot amongst the Nimphes, which when I saw 
Closer vp to them I began to draw i 
And fell to hearken, when they mught suspecting, 
Because I seem'd them vtterly neglecting, 
I heard her sa),, m t' little Culid too't, 
Now Boy or neuer, at the Beuie shoot, 40 
Haue at them Venus, quoth the Boi' anon, 
l'le pierce the proud'st, had she a heart of stone: 
With that I crïde out, Treason Treason, when 
The Nimphes that were belote, turrfing agen 
To vrderstard the meaning of this cr, 



M«ses Elizium 

They out of sight were vanish't presently. 
Thus but for me the Mother and the Sonne 
Here in Elizium had vs ail vndone. 

Naijs. Beleeue me, gentle Maide, "twas very well, 
But now heare me my beauteous Florimel, ço 
Great 2lars his Lemman being cryde out hcre, 
She to Felicla goes, still to be neare 
Th" Elizian Nimphes, for at vs is ber ayme, 
The fond Felicians are her common gaine. 
I vpon pleasure idly wandring thither, 
Something worth laughter from those fooles fo gather 
Found ber, who thus bad lately beene surpriz'd, 
Fearing the like, had ber faire selfe disguis'd 
Like an old Witci b and gaue out to haue skill 
In telling Fortunes either good or iii ; 60 
And that more nearly she with them might dose, 
She cut the Cornes, of dainty Ladies Toes : 
Shc gaue them Phisick% either to coole or mooue them, 
And powders too to make their sweet Hearts loue them : 
And ber sonne C'up;d, as her Zany went, 
Carrying ber boxes, whom she often sent 
To know of ber faire Patients how they slept. 
By which meanes she, and the blinde Archer crept 
Into their fauours, who would often Toi, 
And tooke delight in sporting with the Boy ; 7 ° 
Which many rimes amongst his waggish tricks 
These wanton Wenches in the bosome prickes ; 
Tlaat they belote which had some franticke fits, 
Were by lais Witchcraft quite out of their wits. 
Watching this Wisard taï minde gaue me still 
She some Impostor was, and that this skill 
Was counterfeit and had some other end. 
For which discouer),, as I did attend, 
Her wrinckled vizrd being ver), rhin, 
My piercing eïe perceiu'd ber cleerer skin 8o 
Through the thicke Riuels perfectly to shine ; 
When I perceiu'd a beauty so diuine 
As that so clouded, I began to pry 
A little nearer when I chanc't to spye 



The seuenth _Nimphall OEil 
That prettie Mole vpon her Cheeke, which when 
I saw ; suruaying euery part agen, 
Vpon ber left hand, I perceiu'd the skarre 
Which she receiued in the Troian warre 
Which when I round, I could not chuse but stalle. 
She, who againe had noted me the while, 9 ° 
And, by mle carriage, round I had descrie'd lz.er, 
$1ipt out ofsight, and presently doth hide ber. 
Lelipa. Naie then my dainty Girles» I make no doubt 
But I mie self as strangelie round her out 
As either of ),ou both ; in Field and Towne, 
rhen like a Pedlar she went vp and downe : 
For she had got a prttie handsome Packe, 
Wkich she had fardled 
And opening it, she had the perfect cry, 
Corne my faire Gifles, let's see, what will 
Here be fine night Maskes, plastred well wi-thin, 
To supple wrinckles, and to smooth the skin : 
Heer's Christall, Corail, Bugle» Iet, in Beads, 
Cornelian Bracelets for my dainty Maids: 
Then Periwigs and Searcloth-Gloues doth show, 
To make their hands as white as Swan or Show : 
Then takes she forth a curious gilded boxe 
Vhich was hot opened but bie double locks; 
Takes them aside and doth a Paper spred 
In which was painting both for white and red : x to 
And next a piece of Silk% wherein there lyes 
For the decay'd, false Breasts, false Teeth, fale 
And ail the while shee's opening of her Packe, 
C'upid with's wings bound close downe to his backe : 
Plaieing the Tumbler on a Table gets, 
And shewes the Ladies manie prett), feats. 
I seeing behinde him that he had such thing$, 
For weIl I kncw no boie but he had wings, 
I view'd his Mothers beauty, which to me 
Lesse then a Goddesse said, she could not be : x zo 
With that quoth I to her, this other 
As Ieou doe now, so one that came this way, 
Shew'd me a neate piece, with the needde wrought, 



z IZ Mttses Elizium 
Hove lffars and Venus were together caught 
By polt-tït l,'ulcan in an Iron net ; 
It grieu'd me after that I cha,nc't to let, 
It to goe from me : whereat waxing red, 
Into her Hamper she hung downe her head, 
As she had stoup't some noueltie to seeke, 
But 'twas indeed to hide her blushing Cneeke : 
When she her Trinkets trusseth vp anon, 
E'r we were "ware, and instantly was gone. 
FlorlmeL But hearke you Nimphes, amongst our idle 
Tis current newes through the Elizian State, 
That l,'enus and her Sonne were lately seene 
Here in Ellzium, whence they oft haue beene 
Banisht by our Edict, and yet still merry, 
Were here in publique row'd o'r at the Ferry, 
Where as 'tis said, the Ferryman and she 
Had much discoarse, she was so full of glee, 
Codrus much wondring at the blind Boyes Bow. 
Naijs. And what it was, that easly you may know, 
'odrus himselfe cornes rowing here at hand. 
Lelipa. Codrus Corne hither, let your Whirry stand, 
I hope vpon you, ye will take no state 
Because two Gods haue grac't your Boat oflate  
Good Ferry-man I pray thee let vs heare 
What talke ye had, abbard thee whilst they were. 
Codrus. Why thus faire Nimphes. 
As I a Fare had lately past» 
And thought that side to ply, 
I heard one as it were in haste ; 
A Bozte, a Boate, to cry, 
Which as I was aboute to bring» 
And came to view my Fraught 
Thought I ; what more then heauenly thing» 
Hath fortune hither brought. 
She seeing mine eyes still on her were» 
Soone, smilingly» quoth she ; 
Sirra» looke to your Roother there» 
Why lookst thou thus at me ? 



The seuenth Nimhall 
And nimbly -tept into my Boat» 
With her a little Lad 
Naked and blind» }'et did I note» 
That Bow and Shafts he had 
And two Wings to his Shoulders fixt 
Which stood like little Sayles, 
With farre more various colours mixt» 
Then be your Peacocks Tayles ; 
I seeing this little dapper Elfe, 
Such Armes as these to beare» 
Quoth I thus softly to my selle, 
What strange thing haue we here» 
I neuer saw the like thought I : 
Tis more then strange to me» 
To haue a child haue wings to 
And j, et want eyes to see ; 
Sure this is some deuised toy, 
Or it transform'd hath bin» 
For such a thing, halfe Bird, halfe Boy 
I thinke was neuer seene ; 
And in my Boat I turnd about, 
And wistly viewd the Lad, 
And cleerely -aw Iris eyes were out» 
Though Bow and Shafts he had. 
As wistl]t she did me behold» 
How likst thou him, quoth she» 
Wh}, well, quoth I ; and better should, 
Had he but eyes to see. 
How sayst thou honest friend, quoth he, 
Wilt thou a Pientice take, 
I thinke in time, though blind he be» 
A Ferry-man hee'll make ; 
To guide my passage Boat quoth I, 
Hi- fine hands were hOt made» 
l-le hath beene bred too wantonly 
To vndertake my trade ; 
Wh}, helpe him to a Master then» 
Qoth she» such Youths be scant, 
It cannot be but there be men 
That -u¢h a Boy do want. 

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M«ses Elzium 
QEoth I, when you your best haue donc, 
No better way you'll finde, 
Then to a Harper binde your Sonne. 
Since most of them are blind. 
The louely Mother and the 13oy 
Laught heartily therea% 
As at some nimble lest or toy 
To heare my homely Chat. 
Qoth I I pray you let me know 
Came he thus first to light» 
Or by some sicknesse» hurt» or blow, 
Depryued of his sight ; 
Nay sure, quoth she» he thus was borne» 
Tis strange borne blind quoth 1, 
1 feare you put this as a scorne 
On my simplicitv; 
Qoth she, thus blind I did him bcare» 
Qoth I, if't be no lye, 
Tnen he's the first blind man Ile swearc» 
Ere practisd Archery, 
A man, quoth she, nay there you misse, 
He's sti}l a Boy as now, 
Nor tobe elder then he is, 
The Gods wi/l him alow ; 
To be no elder then he is, 
Then sure he is some sprite 
l straight replide, againe at this, 
The Goddesse laught out right ; 
Itis a mystery to me, 
An Archer and yct blinde ; 
Qoth I againe, how canit be, 
That he his marke shou}d finale ; 
The Gods, quoth she, whose will it was 
That he should want his sight, 
That he in something should surpass% 
To recompence their spight, 
Gaue him this gift, though at his Gaine 
He still shot in the darke, 
That he shou]d haue so certaine aym% 
As hot to misse his marke. 

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1 '/oe senenth Nimphall 
By this rime we were comc a shore» 
When me my Fare she payd, 
But nota word she vttered more» 
/Xror had I her bewrayd, 
Of Venus nor of Cupid I 
Belote did neuer heare, 
But that Fisher comming by 
Then, told me who they were. 
FlorimeL Well : against them thon procecd o 
As before we haue decreed, 
That the Goddesse and ber Child, 
Be for euer hence exild» 
Which Lelipa you shall proclaime 
In our wise lpollo'r name. 
Lelipa. To ail th' Elizian Nimphish Nation, 
Thus we make our Proclamation, 
Against lenur and her Sonne 
For the mischeefe they haue donc, 
After the next last of Ma),, z6o 
The fixt and peremtory da),, 
If she or Cupid shall be round 
Vpon our Elizian ground, 
Our Edict, mcere Rogues shall make thcm, 
And as such, who ere shall take thcm» 
Them shall into prison put, 
Cupids wings shall then be cut, 
His Bow broken, and his Arrowes 
Giuen to Boyes to shoot at Sparrowes, 
And this Vagabund be sent, ZTO 
Hauing had due punishment 
To mount Cythero», which first fed him: 
Where his winton Mother bred him» 
And there out of ber protection 
Dayl), to receiue correction ; 
Then her Pasport shall be madc, 
And to Cypru lsle conuayd, 
And at Papho in ber Shrïne, 
Where she bath been held diuine, 



For her oflnces round contrite» 
There to liue an Anchorite. 

The eight Nimphall 
MERT[LL^ CLAIA» CLORIS. 
a'l Nimph i marryed to a Fy 
Great preparation for the Daff 
Ail Rites of Nuptials they redte you 
To the Brydall and inuite you. 
2lertilla. But wiIl out Tita wed his Fa)t? 
Claia. Yea» and to morrow is the day. 
lert;lla. But why should she bestow her selle 
Vpon this dwarfish Fayry Elle ? 
¢laia. Wh), by ber smalnesse j, ou may finde» 
That she is of the Fayry kinde» 
And therefore apt to chuse her make 
Whence she did ber begining take : 
Beside$ he "s deft and wondrous Ayrye» 
And of the noblest of the Fayry» 
Chiefe of the Crickets of much faine» 
In Fayry a most ancient naine. 
But to be briefe "ris cleerely don% 
The pretty wench is woo'd and wonn¢. 
¢lors. Ifthis be so, let vs prouide 
The Ornaments to fit our Bryde. 
For they knowing she doth corne 
From vs in Elizum 
Qg_eene aV/a will looke she should Ix drest 
In those attyres we thinke our best, 
Therefore some curious things lets giue her, 
E'r to ber Spouse we ber deliuer. 
lertilla. [le haue a Iewell for ber eare» 
(XVhich for my sake Ile haue ber weare) 
"T shall be a Dewdrop, and therein 
OfCupids I will haue a twinne» 

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The eight _Vimphall 
Which struglin with thelr wins shall break 
he Bubble out of which shall leak 
So sweet a liquor as shall moue 
Each thing that smels» to be in loue. 30 
claia. Beleeue me Gerle, this will De fine, 
And to this Pendant, then take mine 
A Cup in fashion of a F/y, 
Of the Linxes piercing 
Wherein there sticks a Sunny Ray 
Shot in flarough the cleerest day, 
Whose brightnesse Venus selle did mouc 
Therein to put her drinke of Lou% 
Which for more strength she did distill 
The Limbeck was a Phoenlx quill 
At this Cups delicious brinke, 
A Fly approching but to drinke» 
Like Amber or some precious Gumme 
It transparant doth become. 
Cloris. For Iewels for ber eares she's spcd 
But for a dressing for her head 
I thinke for ber I haue a Tyer 
That ail Fayryes shall admyre, 
The ycllowes in the full-blowne Rose» 
Which in the top it doth inclose 
Like drops of gold Oare shall be hung 
Vpon her Tresses and among 
Those scattered seeds (the eye to plcase) 
The wings of the Cantharides : 
With some o" th" Raine-bow that doth railc 
Those Moons in in the Peacocks taile 
Whose dainty colours being mixt 
With th" other beauties and so fixt 
ller louely Tresses shall appeare, 
As though vpon a flame they were. 60 
And to be sure she shall be gay 
We'll take those feathers from the la),; 
About her eyes in Cirdets set, 
To be our Tita's Coronet. 



¢uses Elizium 
Mertilla. Then daint)' Gifles I make no doubt» 
But we shall neatl)' send her out : 
But let's amongst out selues agre% 
Of what ber wedding Gowne shall be. 
Claia. Of Pansi% Pincke, and Primrose leaucs» 
Most curiously laid on in Threaues : 7o 
And ail embroydery to suppl)' 
Powthred with flowers of Rosemary : 
A tra)'le about the skirt shall runne» 
The Silkewormes finest, newly spunne ; 
And eue Seame the Nimphs shall sew 
With th' smallest ofthe Spinners Clue : 
And hauing done their worke againe 
These to the Church shall beare her Traine : 
Which for our Tita we wi]l make 
Of the cast slough of a Snake» 80 
Which quiuering as the winde doth blow» 
The Sunne shall it like Tinsell shew. 
Cloris. And being led to meet her mate» 
To make sure that she want no state, 
Moones from the Peacockes ta)'le wee'll shred» 
With feathers from the Pheasants head : 
Mix'd with the plume of(so high price,) 
The precious bird of Paradice. 
Which to make vp our Nimphes shall pi), 
Into a curious Canopy. 90 
Borne o're ber head (b)' out enquiry) 
By Elfes» the fittest ofthe Faery. 
aVlertl//a. But all this while we hauc forgot 
Her Buskins, neighbours haue we hOt ? 
Claia. We had, for those l'le fit her now, 
They shail be of the Lady-Cow : 
The dainty shell vpon her backe 
Of Crimson strew'd with spots of blacke ; 
Which as she holds a stately pace 
Her Leg will wonderfully grace. oo 
çlorls. But then for musicke of the best» 
This must be thought on for the Feast. 



The eight 2Vimphall zr 9 
2rlertilla. The Nightiogale of birds most ckoyce, 
To doe ber best shall straine ber voyce i 
And to this bird to make a Set, 
The Mauis, Merle, and Robinet ; 
The Larke, the Lennet, and the Thrush, 
That make a Q_ier of euery Bush. 
But for still musicke, we will keepe 
The Wren, and Titmouse, which to slcepe  to 
Shall sing the Bride, when shee's alone 
The rest into their chambers gone. 
And like those vpon Ropes that walke 
On Gossimer, from staulke to staulke, 
The tripping Fayry tricks shal/play 
The euening of the wedding day. 
Clala. But for the Bride-bed, what were fit, 
That bath hot beene talk'd of ]let. 
:loris. Of leaues of Roses white and rcd, 
Shall be the Couering of her bed : I zo 
The Curtaines» Valence, Tester, ail, 
Shall be the flower lmperiall, 
And for the Fringe, it ail along 
With azure Harebels shall be hung : 
Of Lillies shall the Pillowes be, 
With downe stuft of the Butterflee. 
2lertilla. Thus farre we handsomely haue gone, 
Now for our Prothalamion 
Or Marriage song of ail the rest, 
A thing that mucla must grace our feast.  3o 
Let vs practise then to sing it, 
Ère we before th" assembly bring it : 
We in Dialogues must doe it, 
Thê my dainty Girles set to it. 
Claia. This day must Tita marryed e, 
Corne ]Vimpht this nuptiall let t see. 
Mertilla. But is it certaine that ye «ay, 
14ill the *wed the IVoMe Faye ? 
Cloris. Sprinckle the dainty flo*werç *with de:e G 
Such as the Gods at BanoEuett e: 



Muses Elizium 
Let Hears and éeds turne all to loses» 
lnd make proud the aoosts ith posles : 
Shute your seets into the ayre 
Charge the mornlng te e fayre. 
Claia.  For out Tita is this day, 
Mertilla. J To e marrled to a Faye. 
Claia. By hom then shall ou Bride e led 
To the Temple to e wed. 
Merilla. Onely y your selle and I» 
l/k'ho that roomth hould else supply ? 
Cloris. Corne rlght Girles corne altogether» 
lnd rlng all your offrlng hither» 
Te most raue and Buxome Beuye» 
lll your goodly graces Ieuye 
Corne in alalestie and state 
Our Brydall here to cele&rate. 
Mertilla.  For out Tita is this day» 
Claia.  alarrled to a hOMe Faye. 
Claia. lhose lot ilt e the ay to stroo 
On hich to Church out Bride must goe ? 
MertiIla. That I think as flt'st of ail» 
To lluely Lelipa *vill fall. 
Cloris. Summon all the soeets that are» 
To this nuptiall to reaoayre  
Till oith their throngs themselues they mother» 
Strongly styfllng one another  
lnd at lait they all consume s 
And vanish in one rich pvOeume. 
Mertilla.  For o»r Tita is this day» 
Claia.  llarried to a hOMe Faye. 
Mertilla. By .vhom muet Tita marrled 
"Tis fit e ai1 to that should see ? 
Claia. The Prient he p»rposeIy doth corne» 
Th" lrch Flamyne of Ellzium. 

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The eight 2krimphall 
Cloris. l4th apers le the emples shine 
Sin to Himen» Hymnes diuine : 
ad t ltars tla there 
Cloud om the urnt 
ith yo Sor fllng aloe 
Thdr mel till ty acend the e. l o 
Meilla.  For o Tita i thi, day, 
Claia.  Maied to a home Eay. 
Mertilla. But commlng acke hen he 
ho reake the Cake aboue h head. 
Claia. That hall Mertill% for hee' tallea» 
nd o Tita i the mallet. 
Cloris. iolin G trke p aloud» 
Ply the Gitte core the Crod 
L the nimle hand elaour 
The hitling Ppe and drumlng Ta :  9 o 
To the full t Bas'pe racke, 
Till the elllng leather acke. 
Mertilla. ) For out Tita i thi day, 
Claia.  laied to a home 
aia. t h to dne he take h eate 
hat hall e our Tita's meate 
Mertilla. The God thi Eeat a to 
Haue ,t of tir moa in. 
Cloris. Th erue 
T epa and lizian Chemy : zoo 
The irn houe/om the 
In HiMa, ought in Flora's oer : 
Full Bole  Necta G and no Girle 
Croube ut in dolued Pearle. 
Meia. ) For out Tita 
Claia.  laied to a home Fay. 
Claia. But h night come and  muet goe 
To d deare mphe hat muet 



A4uses Elizium 
Mertilla. In the lOosset raust e brought, 
lnd Poynts e from the Bridegroome caught. 
Cloris. In laskes, in Dances and dellght» 
lnd reare Banquets spend the night : 
Then aout the Ioome :e ramle 
$catter Nuts» and for them scramble : 
Ouer Stooles, and TaMes tumle 
Neuer thlnke of noyse nor rumMe. 
Mertilla.  For out Tita is thls day 
Claia. S alarried to a noble Fay. 

The ninth Nimphall 
Mvsv_.s and Nws. 
The aluses spend thelr lofty layes» 
lpon Apolo and his prayse  
The limphs ith Geins hls llter uild» 
This IX'imphall is :ith Phoebus flld. 
A TEMPLE Of exceeding state, 
The Nimphes and Muses rearing, 
Which they to/'koeus dedicate 
Èlizium euer cheering: 
These Muses, and those Nimphes contcnd 
This Phane to Phoeus offring, 
?4hich side the other should transeend» 
These praise, those prizes proffering, 
And at this long appointed day, 
Each one their largesse bringing, 
Those nine faire Sisters led the way 
Thus to lpollo singing. 
The Muses. Thon 7outhfull God that guld'st the howres» 
The aluses thus implore thee 
By ail those IX'ame G due to thy poers» 
Br :hich :e still adore thee. 
Sîl, Tyran, Delius, Cynthius, stTles 
Aluch reuerence that haue :onne thee» 

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The ninth imphall 
Deriu'd from 2tlountaines as from Ile 
14here *worship flrst *wa done thee. 
luth Delos rought thee forth diuine» 
Thy 2tlother thither driuen, 
.,'/t Delphos thy most sacred hrine» 
Thy Oracle oere gluen. 
In thy suift course from East to West» 
They minutes misse to flnde the% 
That bear'st the morning on thy breast» 
lnd leau'st the night behinde thee. 
lp to Olimpus top so steepe» 
Thy startllng Coursers currying » 
Thence done to 1Veptunes vasty deepe» 
Thy flamlng Charriot hurrying. 
Eos, Ethon, Phlegon» Pirois, proud, 
Their lightning 2ffaynes aduancing: 
Breathing forth tire on euery cloud 
lpon their Iourney prancing. 
lhose sparkling hoofle G *wlth gold for speed 
lre shod» to scape ail dangers» 
lhere they vpon lmbrosia fleed» 
In their celestiall langers. 
Bright Colatina, that off hils 
Is Goddesse and bath keeping 
Her Nimphe G the cleere Oreades ,ails 
T'attend thee from thy sleeping. 
Great Demogorgon feeles tky mlght» 
His Mnes about hlm heating : 
l'ho through his bosome dart'st thy light» 
l$ithln the Center seatlng. 
If thon ut touch thy golden Lyre» 
Thon Minos mou'st to heare thee : 
The Rockes fleele in themselues a flre» 
lnd rlse vp to corne neere thee. 
"Tis thon that Physicke didst deulse 
I-Iears gy their natures calling: 
Off *whkh some opening at thy Rise 
And closlng at thy flalling. 
Fayre Hyacinth thy most lou'd Lad» 
That *w;th the sledge thon sluest ; 

The horses 
d rawing the 
Chariot of the 
Sunne. 

.o 
The moun- 
I:ai ries frs¢ 
saluing the 
8unne at his 
rising. 
* SuFFosed 
Codf earh. 

00ne ofhe 
luJges of hell. 



A Nimph 
lou'd of Jtp/I*, 
and by him 
changed into 

Playes or 
Cames in 
honor of 

.Muses Elizium 
Hath in a flower the life he had 
PVhose foot thou st;ll renewest 
Thy Daphne t eioued Tree, 
That sce t Fathws 
Ad t dee Clitia yet e 
Not tme from thee eau uder ; 
r t ight B that Arr 
( Suatcht fr t goide 
lhich that ll $pent Python 
euniug thee f 
The Aian and the Pytan Gamet 
Deuised e to praite thee 
th ail th" Alina uame 
That th" udts thought couM raie thee. 
A Syne p th;s lntaine 
To thee e'il haue ected» 
hich thou the God of Poesle 
Iut tare to haue protected : 
g/th thy iou'd Cinthus that shall share» 
lth aH his shady Bows v 
Noe Licia's Cragus shaII cpare 
lth this, fw thee, q ours. 
Thus hauing sung, the Nimphish Crue 
Thst in amongst them thronging» 
Desiring they might haue the due 
That was to them longing. 
oth they» ye Muses as diuine, 
Are in h glorioe graced 
But it is we must build the Shne 
Wherein they must be placed ; 
Which ofthose precious Gemmes we'll make 
That Nature can affoord 
Wch from that plenty we wiH take» 
Wheoewith we here have offd vs : 
0 gloous Pkoebus most uine» 
Tne Altars then we haow. 
And with tho stonoe we bud a Shne 
To thee out wi polio. 

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The ninth Nimphall 
The Nimphes. Ho Gem, from Rocke, Seas, running streames» 
(Their num3ers let vs tousser) 
But hath from thy most pooerfull 3eames 
The Verrue and the Lustre » 
The Diamond» the Kiug of Gemmes 
The flrst is to e placed, 
That glory is of Diadems» 
Them gracing by them graced : 
In ohom thy poer the most is seene» 
The raging flre rofelllng : 
The Emerauld then» most deepely greene» 
For beauty most excelling 
Resisting poyson often prou'd 
y those aout that beare it. 
The cheerfulI lu3y then, much lou'd 
That doth reuiue the spirit 
f/lhose kinde to large extensure grogne 
The colour so enflamed» 
ls that admired mighty stone 
The Car3unckle that's named» 
I4hich from it su¢h a flamlng light 
lnd radien¢y ele¢teth» 
That in th oery dark»st of night 
The eye to it directeth.  zo 
The yelloo lacynth strengthening 
Of ohich oho hath the keeping 
Ho Thunder hurts nor Pestilence» 
lnd much prouoketh sleeping 
The Chrisolite that doth resist 
Thirst» proued» neuer faling» 
The purple ¢olored lmatist» 
"Gainst strength of oine prevailing  
The verdant gay greene Smaragdus» 
fost oueraine ouer passion : I 
The Sardonlx approu'd y s 
To toaster lncantation. 
Then that celestlall colored stoue 
The Saphyre, heauenly oholly 
14hich oorne» there earinesse is none 
elnd cureth melancholly : 



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A4uses Elizium 
The Iazulux whoxe pleaxant bleva 
I¢îth golden q;alnex ix graced; 
The laxplx, of so varioux heva 
Imongst our other placed  
The Onix from the lncientx trrought» 
Of wondrous Estimation 
Shall in among«t the rext be vrought 
Our sacred Shryne to faxhion 
lhe Topax» weall xtick here and there 
lnd sea-greene colored Berill 
lnd Turkesse, hich ho hapx to eare 
Is often kept from perill, 
To Selenite» of Cynthia's light, 
$o nain'd» ith her still ranging 
lhlch as xhe wanes or waxeth right 
Its colours so are changlng. 
llqth Opalls more then any one 
re'll deck thine lltar fuller, 
For that of euery precioux stone, 
It doth retaine tome colour ; 
IPTth unches of Pearle Paragon 
Thine lltars .nderpropping 
l$'hose ase is the Cornelian 
Strong leeding often stopping : 
l¢ïth th" lgot very oft that ix 
Cut xtrangoly in the _arry 
lx Nature ment to show in 
Ho xhe ker selle tan q;arry : 
l¢6th orlds of Gemsfrom lines and Seax 
Elizium ell mlght store q;x : 
But we content out seluex with these 
That readiext le efore q;x : 
lnd thus 0 Phoebus moxt diuine 
Thine lltarx still e hallo 
lnd to thy Godhead reare this Shryne 
Our onely ise Apollo. 

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The tenth Nimphall 
NAIIS, CLAIA» CORBILV5, SATYRE. 
1 Satyre on Elizium light G 
Whom vgly shape the 1Vimphes affright G 
]'et ohen they heare his iust complalnt, 
They make him an Elizlan Sa;rit. 
Corbilus. 
What ; breathles Nimphs ? bright Virgins let me know 
What suddain¢ cause constraines ye to this baste ? 
What haue ye seene that should affright ye so? 
What might it be from which ye fll/e so fast? 
1 see }tour faces fui/of pallid feare, 
As though some perill fo|lowed on your flight 
Take breath a while, and quickly let me heare 
Into what danger ye haue lately light. 
Naij. Neuer were poore distressed Gerles so glad, 
As when kinde, loued Corbilur we saw, o 
When our much baste vs so much weakned had, 
That scarcely we our wearied breathes could draw, 
In this next Groue vnder an aged Tree, 
So fell a monster lying there we round, 
As till this day, our eyes did neuer see, 
Nor euer came on the Elizian ground. 
Halle man, halfe Goate, he seem'd tovs in show, 
His vpper parts out humane shape doth beare, 
But he's a very perfect Goat belo,v, 
His crooked Cambrils arm'd with hoofe and hal/re. 
Cla;a. Through his leane Chops a chattering he doth make 
Which stirres his staring beastly driueld Beard, 
And his sharpe hornes he seem'd et vs to shake, 
Canst thou then blame vs though we are afeard. 
Corbilu«. Surel}' it seemes some Satyre this should 
Corne and goe back and guide me to the place, 
Be hot affraid, ye are sale enough with me» 
Silly and harmlesse be their Siluan Race. 
claia. Ho, Corbilu« ; a Satyre doe you say ? 
How should he ouer high Parna*su* hit ? 3o 



zz8 .Muses Elizium 
Since to these fields there's none can finde the way» 
But onely those the Muses will permit. 
Crilus. "Te» true ; but oR, the sacred Sisters gr ace 
The siIly Satyre, by whose plainnesse, they 
Are taught the worlds enormities to trace» 
By beastly mens abhominable way 
Besyde he may be banisht his owne home 
By this base terne» or be sa much distrest» 
That he the craggy by-clift Hill bath clome 
To finde out these more pleasant Fields of test. 4o 
Naijç. Yonder he sits, and seemes himselfe to bow 
At out approach, what doth out presence awe hem ? 
Me thinks he seemes hot halfe so vgly now, 
As at the first, when I and Claia saw him. 
Corilus. 'Tes an o.d Satyre, Nimph, I now discerne» 
Sadly he sits, as he were sick or lame» 
His lookes would say» that we may easly learne 
How, and from whence» he to Elizium came. 
Satyre, these Fields, how cam'st thou first to finde ? 
What Fate first show'd thee this most happy store ? ço 
XYhen neuer any of thy Siluan kinde 
Set foot on the Elizian earth belote ? 
Satyre. 0 neuer aske, how I came to this place, 
What cannot strong necessity finde out ? 
Rather bemoane my miserable case, 
Constrain'd to wander this wide world about : 
With wild Sil'vanus and his woody crue, 
In Forrests I, at liberty and free, 
Liu'd in such pleasure as the world ne'r knew, 
lqor any rightly can conceiue but we. 6o 
This iocond lire we many a day enioy'd, 
T/Il this last age, those beastly men forth brought, 
That all those great and goodly Woods destroy'd. 
Whose growth their Grandsyres» with such suf[erance sought» 
That faire Fe/icia which was but of late, 
Earth's Paradice, that neuer had her Peere, 
Stands now in that most lamentable state, 
That hot a Siluan will inhabit there ; 



"1 he tenth 27imphall z z 9 
Where in the sort and mos; delicious shade, 
In heat of Summer we were wont to play, 7 ° 
When the long day too short for vs we ruade» 
The slyding houres so slyly stole away ; 
By Cynthia's light, and on the pleasant Lawne, 
The wanton Fayry we were wont to chase, 
Which to the nimble clouen-footed Fawne 
Vpon the plaine durst boldllt bid the base. 
The sportiue Nimphes, with shouts and laughter shooke 
The Hils and Valleyes in their wanton play, 
Waking the Ecchoes, their last words that tooke, 
Till at the last, they lowder were then they. 8o 
The lotty hie Wood, and the lower spring, 
Sheltring the Dente, in many a suddaine shower ; 
Where Quires of Birds, oft wonted were fo sing, 
The flaming Furnace wolly doth deuoure ; 
Once faire Fell«ia but now quite defac'd, 
Those Braueries gone wherein she did abound» 
With dainty Groues, when she was highly grac'd 
With goodly Oake, Ashe, Elme, and Beeches croun'd: 
But that from heauen their iudgement blinded is, 
In humane Reason if could neuer be, 9 ° 
But that they might haue cleerly seene by this, 
Those plagues their next posterity shall see. 
The little Infant on the mothers Lap 
For want of tire shall be so sore distrest, 
That whilst it drawes the lanke and empty Pap, 
The tender lips shall freese vnto the breast ; 
The quaking Cattle which their Warmstall want, 
And with bleake winters Northeme winde opprest, 
Their Browse and Stouer waxing ttfin and scant, 
The hungry Groues shall with their Caryon feast. oo 
Men wanting Tituber wherewith they should build, 
And aot a Forrest in Felida found, 
Shall be enforc'd vpon the open Field, 
To dig them caues for houses in the ground : 
The Land thus rob'd, of ail her rich Attyre, 
Naked and bare her selfe to heauen doth show, 
Begging from thence that love would dart his tire 
Vpon those wretches that disrob'd her so; 



z3o Muses Elizium 
This beastly Brood bï no meanes ma t, abide 
The name of their braue Ancestors to heare» 
By whom their sordid slauery is descry'd, 
So vnlike them as though hot theirs they werc» 
Nor ),et they sense, nor vnderstanding haue, 
Of those braue Muses that their Country song» 
But with false Lips ignobly doe depraue 
The right and honour that to them belong ; 
This cruell kinde thus Viper-like deuoure 
That fruitfull soyle which them too fully fcd ; 
The earth doth curse the Age, and euery home 
Againe, that it these viprous monsters bred. 
I seeing the plagues that shortl} are to corne 
Vpon this people cleerely them forsooke : 
And thus ara light into Eliziurr b 
To whose straite search I whol/}, me betooke. 
/Va/js. Poore sill} creature» corne along with 
Thou shalt be free of the Elizian fields : 
Be hot dismaid» nor inly grieued thus» 
This place content in ail abundance yeelds. 
XVe to the cheerefull presence will thee bring 
Ofloues deare Daughters, where in shades they sit, 
Where thou shalt heare those sacred Sisters sing, 
Most heauenl}, I-/ymnes, the strength and life ofwit : 
Cla;a. "Vhere to the DeIphian God vpon their Lyres 
His Priests seeme rauisht in his height of praise : 
Whilst he is crowning lais harmonious Qiers 
XVith circling Garlands of immortall Bayês. 
Corbilus. Here liue in blisse, till thou shalt see those slaucs, 
Who thus set verrue and desert at nought : 
Some sacrific'd vpon their Grandsires graues, 
And some like beasts in markets sold and bought, ieo 
Of fooles and madmen leauc thou then the care» 
That haue no vnderstanding of their state : 
For whom high heauen doth so iust plagues prepare» 
That the}, to pitty shall conuert th}, hate. 
And to Elizium be thou welcome then, 
Vntill those base Felicians thou shalt heare» 
By that vile nation captiued againe, 
That man), a glorious age their captiues were. 



SONGS FROM THE 
' SHEPHERD'S GARLAND' 

[From the Edition of I)'9] ] 
The Gods delight» the heauens hie spectacle» 
Earths greatest glory, worlds rarest miracle. 
Fortunes fay'rst mistresse, verrues surest guide» 
Loues Gouerness% and natures chiefest pride. 
Delights owne darling» honours cheefe defenc% 
Chastities cloyce» and wisdomes quintessence. 
Conceipts sole Riches» thoughts only treasure, 
Desires tme hope, Ioyes sweetest pleasure. 
Mercies due merite, valeurs iust reward, 
Times fayrest fruit% lames strongest guarde. 
Yea she alone, next that eternall 
The expresse Image ofeternitie. 

From Edogue ij 
Tell me fayre flocke, (ifso you can conceaue) 
The sodaine cause of my night-sunnes eclips% 
Ifthis be wrought me my light to bereaue, 
By Magick spels, from some inchanting llps 
Or lrgl}t çaturne from his combust sent» 
This fatall presage of deaths dreryment. 
Oh deerest day-starre honored of mine eyes, 
l'et sdaynst mine eyes should gaze vpon th light» 
Bright morning sunne» who with thy sweet aris% 
Expell'st the clouds of my harts lowring ni#t, 
Goddes reiecting sweetest sacrifice 
Of mine eyes teares ay otered to thine eïcs. 

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zz 
Mai? purest heauens scome mi? sou]es pure desires ? 
Or ho]y shHnes hate Pilgrims orizons ? 
l,|a), sacred temples ga)nsa]? sacred pra),ers ? 
Or Saints refuse the Ix)ores deuotions ? 
Then Orphane thoughts with sorrow be ]?ou waind» 
When loues Religion sha]be thus prophayn'd. 
Yet needes the eanh must droope with visage sad» 
,Vhen siluer dewes bcen turn'd to bitter stormes 
The Cheerful lelk;»» once in sables clad» 
Her frowncs foretell poore humaine crcaturcs harmes. 
And ]?et for a]I to make amends for this 
The clouds sheed teares» and weepen at m), misse. 

Songs from "loeploerd's Garland' 

From Eclogue iii 
0 thou fa]?re siluer Thames : 0 cleerest chrystall flood» 
B«ta alone the Phenix is» of all th]? watery brood 
The Qeene of Virgins onel]? she : 
And thou the QEeene offloods shalt be : 
Let all thy Nymphes be io]?ful] then to see this happ]? day 
Thy Beta now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye. 
V¢ith daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes : 
Corne louel]? shepheards sit we clown and chant out Betas 
prayse : 
And let vs sing so rare a verse» 
Our Betas pra]?ses to rehearse» 
That little Birds shall silent be» to heare poore shepheards sing» 
And riuers backward bend their course» and flow vnto the 
spring. 
Range ail thy swannes faire Thames tog¢ther on a rancke, 
And place them due]y one by one» vpon th]? state]y banck» 
Then set together al/agood» 
Recording to the siluer flood» 
And craue the lunefu]l Nightingale to helpe 
The Osel and the Throstlecocke chiefe musicke ofour mal?e. 
O ! see what troups of Nimphs been sporting on the strands, 
And they been blessed Nimphs ofpeace» with Oliues in their 
hands. 



From Eclogue iii OE   
How meryly the Muses sing» 
That ail the flowry Medowes ring, 
And Beta sits vpon the banck, in purple and in pal], 
And she the Q_eene of Muses is» and weares the Corinall. 
Trim vp her Golden tresses with llollos sacred tree» 
O happy sight vnto ail those that loue and honor thee 
The Blessed Angels haue prepar'd» 
A glorious Crowne for thy reward, 
Not such a golden Crowne as haughty Coesar weares» 
But such a gl]ttering starry Crowne as Iriadne beares. 30 
Make her a goodly Chapilet of azur'd Colombine, 
And wreath about her Coronet with sweetest Eglentine : 
Bedeck out Beta ail with Lillies» 
And the dayntie Daffadillies» 
With Roses damask» white, and red» and fairest ioer 
delice 
With Cowslips of Jerusalem» and cloues of Paradice. 
O thou fayre torch of heauen, the days most dearest light» 
And thou bright shyning Cinthya, the glory of the night : 
You starres the eyes of heauen» 
And thou the glyding leuen, 40 
And thou 0 gorgeous Iris with ail strange Colours dyd, 
When she streams foorth her rayes» then dasht is ail your 
pride. 
See how the day stands still» admiring ofher face, 
And time loe stretcheth foorth her armes» thy Beta o imbrac% 
The Syrens sing sweete layes, 
The Trytons sound her prayse» 
Goe passe on Thames and hie thee fast vnto the Ocean sea» 
And let thy billowes there proclaimo thy Betas holy-day. 
And water thou the blessed roote ofthat greene Oliue tree, 
With whose sweete shadow, al thy bancks with peace pre- 
serued be» ço 
Lawrell for Poets and Conquerours 
And mirtle for Loues Paramours : 
That faine may be thy fruit, the boughes preseru'd by peace» 
And let the mournful Cipres di% now stormes and tempest 
ceaSeo 



z+ Songs from "Shepherd's Garland' 
Wee'l straw the shore with pearle where Beta waaks aaone, 
And we wil paue her princely Bower with richest Indian 
stone, 
Perfume the a),re and make it sweete, 
For such a Goddesse it is meete, 
For if her eyes for purity contend with Titans light, 9 
No maruaile then although they so doe dazell humaine sight. 
Sound out your trumpets then, from London's stately towres, 
To beate the stormie windes a back and calme the raging 
showres, 
Set too the Cornet and the flute, 
The Orpharyon and the Lute, 
And tune the Taber and the Pipe, to the sweet violons, 
And moue the thunder in the ayre, with lowdest Clarions. 
Beta long may thine Altars smoke, with yeerely sacrifice, 
And long thy sacred Temples may their Saboths solemnize, 
Thy shepheards watch by day and night, 
Thy Mayds attend the holy light, 7 ° 
And thy large empyre stretch ber armes from cast vnto the 
west, 
And thou vnder thy feet mayst tread, that fouie seuen-headed 
beast. 

From Edogue iv 
lelpomine put on th)' mourning Gaberdine, 
And set thy song vnto the doleful/ Base, 
And with thy sable vayle shadow thy face, 
with weeping verse, 
attend his hearse, 
Whose blessed soule the heauens doe now enshrine. 
Come Nymphs and with your Rebecks ring his knell, 
XVarble forth your wamenting harmony, 
And at his drery fatal/obsequie, 
with Cypres bowes, IO 
maske your fayre Browes, 
And beat your breasts to chyme his burying peale. 



From Eclogue iv . 
Thy birth-day was to ail our ioye, the euen, 
And on thy death this dolefull song we sing, 
Sweet Child of Pan and the Castalian spring» 
vnto out endless mone, 
from vs why art thou gone, 
To fill vp that sweete Angels quier in heauen. 
O whylome thou thy lasses dearest loue, 
When with greene Lawrell she bath crowned thce» zo 
Immortal mirror of a/l Poesie : 
the Muses treasure» 
the Graces pleasure, 
Reigning with Angels now in heauen aboue. 
Out mirth is now depriu'd of ail ber glorï, 
Our Taburins in dolefu/l dumps are drownd. 
Our viols want their sweet and pleasing sound 
our melodie is mar'd 
and we of ioyes debard, 
O wicked world so mutable and transitory. 3o 
O dismall day» bereauer of delight, 
O stormy winter» sourse of ail out sorrow» 
O most vntimely and eclipsed morrow, 
to rob us quite, 
of ail delight, 
Darkening that starre which euer shone so bright. 
Oh E/ph]n, Elphin, Though th0u hence be gone, 
In spight oF death yet shalt thou liue for aye 
Thy Poesie is garlanded with Baye : 
and still shalt blaze 4o 
thy lasting prayse : 
Whose losse p0ore shepherds euer shall bemone. 
Corne Gifles, and with Carnations decke his graue 
With damaske Roses and the hyac)nt : 
Corne with sweete Williams, Marioram and Mynt» 
with precious BaJmes, 
with h)mnes and psalmes, 
This funerall deserues no lesse at ail to haue. 



6 Songs from "Shepherd's Garland' 
But see where Elphin sits in fayre Elizia» 
Feeding his flocke on yonder heauenly playne, o 
Come and behold, you louely shepheards swane, 
piping his fill 
on yonder hill, 
Tasting sweete lectar, and lmbrosia. 

From Edogue vij 
lorrill. 
Oh spightfull wayward wretched loue, 
Woe to/enus which did nurse thee, 
Heauens and earth thy plagues doe proue, 
Gods and men haue cause to curse thee. 
Thoughts griefe, hearts woe, 
Hopes pairie, bodies languish, 
Enuies rage sleepes foe, 
Fancies fraud, soules anguish 
Desires dread» mindes madnes, 
Secrets bewrayer, natures error, 
Sights deceit, sullens sadnes 
Speeches expence, Cupids terror, 
Malcontents melancholly, 
Liues slaughter, deaths nurse, 
Cares slaue, dotard's folly, 
Fortunes bayte, world's curse, 
Lookes theft, eyes blindnes, 
Selles will, tongues treason, 
Paynes pleasure, wrongs kindnes, 
Furies frensie» foIlies reason : 
XVith cursing thee as I began, 
Neither God, neither man, 
Neither Fayrie, neither Feend. 
Batte. 
Loue is the heauens fayre aspect, 
loue is the glorie of the earth, 
Loue only doth out liues direct, 
loue is out guyder from our birth 

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From Eclogue vif 
Loue taught my thoughts at first to flie, 
loue taught mine eyes the way to loue, 
Loue raysed my conceit so hie, 
loue framd my hand his al-te to proue. 
Loue taught my Muse her perfect skill, 
loue gaue me first to Poesie : 
Loue is the $oueraigne of my will, 
loue bound me first to loyalty. 
Loue was the first that fram'd my speech, 
loue was the first that gaue me grace : 
Loue is my lire and fortunes leech, 
loue ruade the vertuous giue me place. 
Loue is the end of my desire, 
loue is the loadstarre of my loue» 
Loue makes my selle, my selle admire, 
loue seated my defights aboue. 
Loue placed honor in my brest, 
loue ruade me learnings fauoret, 
Loue ruade me liked of the best, 
loue first my minde on virtue set. 
Loue is my lire, lire is my loue, 
loue is my whole felicity, 
Loue is my sweete, sweete is my loue, 
I ara in loue, and loue in mee. 

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o 

Farre in the ¢ountrey of 'lrden 
There wond a knight hight Cassemen 
as bolde as lsenbras : 
Fell was he and eger bent, 
In battell and in Tournament, 
as was the good sir Topas. 
He had as antique stories tell, 
A daughter cleaped Do.wsakell, 
a mayden fayre and free : 



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Songs from "Shepherd's Garland' 
And for she was ber fathers heire, ,o 
Full well she was ]cond the le]re, 
of mickle curtesie. 
The silke wel couth she twist and twine, 
And make the fine Marchpine, 
and with the needle werke, 
And she couth helpe the priest to say 
His Mattens on a holyday, 
and sing a Psalme in Kirke. 
She ware a frocke of frolicke greene 
Might well beseeme a mayden Q_eene, zo 
which seemly was to sec. 
A hood to that so neat and fine, 
In colour like the colombine, 
ywrought full featously. 
Her feature ail as fresh aboue, 
As is the grasse that grows by Doue, 
as lyth as lasse of Kent : 
Her skin as sort as Lemster wooll, 
As white as snow on peakish hull, 
or Swanne that swims in Trent. 
This mayden in a morne berline, 
Went fortin when May was in her prime, 
to gct sweet Cetywall, 
The hony-suclde, the Harlocke, 
The Lilly and the Lady-smocke, 
to decke ber summer hall. 
Thus as she wandred here and there, 
Ypicking of the bloomed Breere, 
she chanced to espie 
A shepherd sitting on a bancke, 4o 
Like Chanteclere he crowed crancke, 
and pip'd with merrie glee : 
He lerd his sheepe as he him list, 
When he would whistle in his fist, 
to feede about him round : 
Whilst he full many a caroll sung, 
Vntill the fields and medowes rung, 
and that the woods did sound : 
In fauour this saine shepheards swayne, 



From Eclo&ue çiij 
Was like the bedlam Tamurlayne» $o 
which helde prowd Kings in awe : 
But meeke he was as Lamb mought be 
Ylike that gentle lel he, 
whom his lewd brother slaw. 
This shepheard ware a sheepe graï cloke» 
Which was of the finest loke, 
that could be cut with sheere, 
His mittens were of Bauzens skinn% 
His cockers were of Cordiwin 
his hood of Meniueere. 6o 
His aule and lingell in a thong, 
His tar-boxe on his broad belt hong, 
his breech of Coïntrie blew : 
Full crispe and curled were his lockes, 
His browes as white as ll6ion rockes, 
so like a louer true. 
And pyping still he spent the day, 
So mery as the Popingay : 
which liked Do*wsaell, 
That would she ought or would she nought, 70 
This lad would neuer from her thought: 
she in loue-longing fell 
At length she tucked vp her frocke, 
White as the Lilly was her smocke 
she drew the shepheard ni% 
But then the shepheard pïp'd a good, 
That ail his sheepe forsooke their food% 
to heare his melodie. 
Thï sheepe quoth she cnnot be lean% 
That haue a iolly shepheards swayn% 80 
the which can pipe so well. 
Yea but (sayth he) their shepheard may, 
Jf pyping thus he pine aw:y, 
in loue of Dosaell. 
Of loue fond boy take tbou no keepe, 
Qêth she, looke well vnto thy sheepe» 
st they should hap to stray. 
QEoth he, so had I done full well 
Had I hOt seene fayre Domell, 



Songs f rom "Shepherd's Garland' 
come forth to gather Maye. 9 ° 
With that she gan to vaile her head, 
Her cheekes were like the Roses red, 
but hot a word she sayd. 
With that the shepheard gan to frowne, 
He threw his pretie p),pes adown% 
and on the ground him la),d. 
Sa),th she» I ma), hot sta), till night» 
And leaue m), summer hall vndight 
and all for long of thee. 
M), CoEte sah he, nor ),et m)' foulde, loo 
Shall neither sheepe nor shepheard hould, 
except thou fauour me. 
Sayth she )'et leuer I were dead, 
Then I should lose m)' ma)'denhead, 
and all for loue of men : 
Sayth he )'et are )'ou too vnkind, 
If in ),our heart )'ou cannot finde, 
to loue vs now and then : 
And J to thee will be as kinde, 
As Colin was to Roalinde»  lo 
of curtesie the ttower ; 
Then will I be as true quoth she, 
As euer mayden yet might be, 
vnto her Paramour : 
With that she bent her snowe-white knee, 
Downe by the sl-.epheard kneeled shee, 
and him she sweetely kist. 
With that the shepheard whoop'd for ioy, 
Qoth he, ther's neuer shepheards boy, 
that euer was so blist.  o 

[From the Edition of 16o'] 
From EcZogue ij 
Then this great Vniuerse no lesse, 
Can serue ber pra),ses to expresse : 
Betwixt her eies the poles of Loue, 
The host of heauenly beaut)'es moue, 



l«rom tz'clogue ij 
Depainted in their proper stories 
As well the fixd as wandring glories» 
Which from their proper orbes hot goe, 
Whether they gyre swift or slowe : 
Where from their lips when she doth speake 
The musick of those sphears do breake Io 
Which their harmonious motion breedeth : 
From whose cheerfull breath proceedeth : 
That balmy sweetnes that giues birth 
To euery ofspring of the earth. 
Her shape and cariage of which frame 
In forme how well shee beares the saine» 
Is that proportion heauens best treasure, 
Whereby it doth all poyze and measure, 
So that alone her happy sight 
Conteynes perfection and delight. o 

From Eclogue i 1" 
Vraoq a bank with roses set about, 
Where pretty turtles ioyning bil to bill 
And gentle springs steale softly murmuring out 
Washing the foote of pleasures sacred hill : 
There little loue sore wounded lyes, 
His bowe and arowes broken, 
Bedewd with teares from Venus eyes 
Oh greeuous to be spoken. 
Beare him my hart slaine with her scornefull 
Where sticks the arrowe that poore hart did kill, 
With whose sharp pile request him ere he die» 
About the saine to write his latest will, 
And bid him send it backe to mee 
At instant of his dying 
That cruell cruell shee may see 
My faith and her denying. 
His chappell be a mournefull Cypresse Shade, 
And for a chauntry Philomels sweet lay, 
Where prayers shall continually be ruade 
By pilgrim louers passing by that way. 
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Songs f rom " 'betberd" s Garland" 
With Nmphes and shepheards earl moane 
Iqis timeles death beweeping, 
In tdling that m hart alone 
Iqath his last will in keeping. 

[From the Edition of x 6o6] 
From Eclogue vij 
Now fye vpon thee wayward loue» 
Woe to l,'enus which did nurse thee» 
Heauen and earth thy plagues doe proue» 
Gods and men haue cause to curse thee. 
What art thou but th" extreamst madness% 
Natures first and only error 
That consum'st our daies in sadnesse» 
By the minds Continuall terror : 
Walking in Cymerian blindnesse» 
In thy courses voy'd of reason. 
Sharp reproofe thy only kindnesse» 
In thy trust the highest treason ? 
Both the Nymph and ruder swaine, 
Vexing with continuall anguish» 
Which dost make the ould complaine 
And the young to pyne and languishe, 
Who thee keepes his care doth nurse» 
That seducest ail to folly» 
Blessing, bitterly doest curse, 
Tending to destruction wholly : 
Thus of thee as I began, 
So againe I make an end» 
Neither god neither man, 
Neither faiery, neither feend. 

lO 

BAT'lE. 
What is Loue but the desire 
Of the thing that fancy pleaseth ? 
A holy and resistlesse fier» 
Weake and strong alike that ceaseth 
Which hot heauen hath power to let, 



From Eclogue o O" 
Nor wise nature cannot smothe G 
Whereby Phoebus doth begette 
On the vniuersall mother. 
That the euerlasting Chaine» 
Which together al tngs tied» 
And vnmooued them retaïne 
And by which they shall abide : 
That concent we cleerely find» 
Ail things doth together drawe, 
And so strong in euery kinde» 
Subiects thern to natures law. 
Whose hie virtue nurnber teaches 
In which euery thing dooth mooue, 
From the lowest depth that reaches 
To the height of heauen aboue : 
Harmony that wisely found, 
When the cunning hand doth strike 
Whereas euery amorous sound, 
Sweetly marryes with his like. 
The tender cattell scarcely take 
From their damm's the feelds to proue, 
But ech seeketh out a make, 
Nothing liues that doth hot loue : 
Not soe much as but the plant 
As nature euery thing doth payre, 
By it ifthe maie it want 
Doth dislike and will not beare : 
lqothing then is like to loue 
In the which ail creatures be. 
From it nere let me remooue 
Nor let it remooue from me. 

From Eclogue ix 
B&TTEo 
GORBO» as thou cam'st this waye 
By yonder little hill, 
Or as thou through the fields didst straye 
Sawst thou my Daffadilll 

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(ïoro. 

Batte. 

,Baffe. 

Gor$o. 

S'ongs f rom " Shepherd's Garland' 
Shee's in a frock of Lincolne greene 
The colour maides delight 
And neuer bath her beauty seen 
But through a raie of white. 
Then Roses ficher to behold 
That trim vp louers bowers, o 
The Pansy and the Marigould 
Tho Pkoebus Paramours. 
Thou well describ'st the Daffadill 
Itis not full an hower 
Since by the spring neare yonder Mil 
I saw that louely flower. 
Ytt my faire flower thou didst hOt meet, 
Nor news of ber didst bring, 
And yet my Dafidill more sweete, 
Then that by yonder spring, zo 
I saw a shepheard that doth keepe 
In yonder field of Lillies, 
Was making (as he fed his sheepÇ) 
A wreathe of Daiadillies. 
Yet t;orb0 thou delud'st me stil 
My flower thou didst not see, 
For know my pretie Daffadill 
ls worne of none but me. 
To shew it selfe but neare her seate, 
No Lilly is so bould, o 
Except to shade ber from the heate, 
Or keepe her from the colde : 
Through yonder vale as I did passe, 
Descending from the hil/, 
1 met a smerking bony lasse, 
They call her Daffadill : 
Whose presence as along she went, 
The prety flowers did greet, 
As though their heads they downward bent, 
With homage to her feete. 



Go'o, 

l«rom Eclogue ix 
And ail the shepheards that were hic» 
From toppe of euer bill, 
Vnto the rallies lowe did crie, 
There goes sweet DaffadilL 
I gentle shepheard, now with ioy 
Thou ail my flockes dost fill, 
That's she alone kind shepheards boy» 
Let vs fo Daffadill. 

2otto. 
Perkin. 
2otto. 
Perk». 
2lotto. 
Perkin. 
2lotto. 
Perkin. 
lotto. 
Perkin. 
Motto. 
Perkin. 

From Eclogue ix 
Tell me thou skilfull shepheards swayne, 
Who's yonder in the vally set ? 
0 it is she whose sweets do stayne, 
The Lilly, Rose, or violet. 
Why doth the Sunne against his kind, 
Stay lais bright Chariot in the skies, 
He pawseth almost stroken blind, 
With gazing on her heauenl}, eies : 
Wh}, doe th}, flocks forbeare their foode, 
Which somt},me was their chiefe ddight, 
Because the}, neede no other good, 
That liue in presence of her sight : 
How coin those flowers to florish still, 
Not withering with sharpe winters brcath 
She hath robd nature of ber skill, 
And comforts ail things with ber breath 
Wh}, slide these brookes so slow awa},, 
As swift as the wild loe that were, 
O muse hot shepheard that the}, sta},, 
When the}, her heauerd}, voicc do heare. 
From whence com ail these goodl}, swa},ns 
And louel}, nimphs attir'd in greene, 
From gathering garlands on the pla},nes, 
To crowne th}, $ilula shepheard queen. 

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lI o t t o. 
Perkin. 

Roland. 
Chor.s. 
C 5o: 

loo2J 
Cho: 
1o: 
Cho: 

cho.. 
Ro'. 
Cko: 

cho: 
cho: 

looJ 
Cho: 
cho: 

Songs from "Shepherd's Garland' 
The sun that lights this world bdow, 
Flocks» Brooks and flowers» can witnesse bear, 
These shepheards, and these nymphs do know, 
Tht Syl«ia is as chast» as fatre. 

From Eclogt«e ix 
Of her pure eyes (that now is seen) 
Help vs to sing that be her faithful swains 
0 she alone the shepheards Qs_een, 
Her Flocke that leades» 
The goddesse of these medes, 
These mountaines and these plaines. 
Those eyes of hers that are more cleere, 
Then silly shepheards can in song expresse, 
Then be his beams that rule the yeare, 
Fy on that prayse, 
In striuing things to rayse : 
That doth but make them lesse. 
That doe the flowery spring prolong, 
So much the earth doth in her presence ioy, 
And keeps the plenteous summer young : 
And doth asswage 
The wrathfull winters rage 
That would out flocks destroy. 
lo,t saw her brest that naked lay, 
A sight alone was fit for Iout to see : 
And swore it was the milkie waï, 
Of ail most pure, 
The pth (we vs assure) 
Vnto loues court to be. 
He saw her tresses hanging downe. 
That too and fro were mooued with the ayre, 
And sayd that lriadnet crown% 
With those compar'd : 
The gods should hot regard 
Nor Bereuices hayre. 30 



ho'. 

From Eclogue ix 2+7 
When she bath watch'd my flockes by night, 
O happie were the flockes that she did keepe : 
They neuer needed Cynthla's light, 
That soone gaue place, 
Amazed with her grace, 
That did attend thy sheepe. 
Aboue where heauens hie glories are, 
When as she shall be placed in the skies, 
She shall be calld the shepheards starre, 
And euermore, .o 
We shepheards will adore, 
Her setting and her rise. 



APPENDIX 
lu tlfis Appendix, I bave collected certain fugitive pieees of 
Drayton's ; cbiefly commendatory verses prefixed to variom friends" 
books. Tbe flrst song is from England'.* l-Ielicon» and is» I think» too 
pretty to be Iost. Tbree of the commendatory ioems are in sonnet- 
form, and their inchsion brings us nearer the whole number published 
by Drayton i of which there are doubtless a few still lacking. But 
I bave tried to make the collection of sonnets as complete as 
iossible. 
From England' s Helicon (i 
Rowlands ladrigall. 
Faire Loue rest tbee beere» 
Neuer ),et as morne so cleere» 
Seete be not vnkinde, 
Let me thy fauour tinde, 
Or else for loue I die. 
Harke this pretty bubling spring, 
How it makes the Meadowes ring, 
Loue now stand my friend, 
Heere let ail sorrow end» 
And I will honour thee. to 
Sec here little Cupid 
Looking babies in ber 
Culid helpe me now» 
Lend to me thy bowe» 
To wound ber that wounded me. 
Heere is none to sec or tell» 
Ail our flocks are feeding 
This Banke with Roses spred» 
Oh it is a dainty bed, 
Fit for my Loue and me. -o 
Harke the birds in yonder Groaue» 
How they chaunt vnto my Loue» 
Loue be kind to me» 
As I haue beene to thee, 
For thou hast wonne my hart. 



./lppendix z4.9 
Calme windes blow you faire, 
Rock ber thou gentle ayre» 
O the morne is noone» 
The euening cornes too soone, 
To part my Loue and me. 3o 
The Roses and thy lips doo meete» 
Oh that lire were halle so sweete» 
Who would respect his breath» 
That might die such a death, 
Oh that lire thus might die. 
Ail the bushes that be neere» 
With sweet Nightingales beset» 
Hush sweete and be still» 
Let them sing their fill, 
There's none our ioyes to let. 40 
Sunne why doo'st thou goe so fast ? 
Oh why doo'st thou make such hast ? 
It is too early 
So soone from ioyes to flit 
Why art thou so vnkind . 
See my little Lambkins runne, 
Looke on them till I haue done, 
Hast hot on the night, 
To rob me of ber light, 
That llue but by ber eyes. 5o 
Alas» sweete Loue» we must depart» 
Harke, my dogge begins to barke» 
Some bodie's comming neere» 
They shall hot find vs heere» 
For feare of being chid. 
Take my Garland and my Gloue» 
Weare it for my sake my Loue, 
To morrow on the greene, 
Thou shalt be our SheeFheards Qeene» 
Crowned with Roses gay. 6o 
FINIS. 



z yo /l ppendix 

From T. Morley's First Book of Ballets (  Y9 Y). 
Mr. M. D. to t/ae Am/aor. 
SucE was old Orpbes cunning, 
That sencelesse things drew neere him, 
And heards ofbeasts to heare him» 
The stock» the stone» tlae Ox% the Asse came ranning, 
MORtEV! but tels enchaunting 
Te thee» to be the Musick-God is wanting. 
And yet thou needst hOt feare him i 
Draw thou tbe Shepherds still and Bonny lasses» 
And enuie him hOt stocks» stones» Oxen» Asses. 

Prefixed to Christopher Middleton's Legend of 
Humpbrey Dule« of Glouc«ster ( x 6 oo). 
To hi friend Master lr. 214. his Booke. 
Like as a man, on some aduenture bound 
His honest friendes» their kindnes to expresse 
T'in¢ourage him ofwhome the mairie is own'd i 
Some venmre more» and some adaenmre lesse» 
That ifthe voyage (happily) be good : 
They his good fortune freely may pertake  
Ifotherwue i  "t perrish in the flood» 
Yet like good friends tlaeir perisla'd for lais sake. 
On thy remrne I put this llttle forth» 
My chaunce whh thine indioEerently to proue» 
Which though (I kno) hot tltting with thy worth, 
Atteint it }'et rince it proceedes fr6m loue ; 
And ffthy fortune prosper» I may sec 
I haue some share» though most returne to thee. 
lkb. Dra.yson. 



..,4ppendix 

Prefixed to John Davies of Hereford 
H,«y oo,¢. ( 6°9). 
leo M. IoI/DAvIIS» raygood 
eldome at Stawles e» tbi way men 
mine Ieriours» o *nto my Betters: 
ara so fiee, I loue nos Golden-fetters. 
nd many nes fin Writers» be bu 
¢em bicb cheate i¢fi Pape i bicb dot 
Out ets : wn we sew out sexes bttts : 
tbo tbat wro out nowledge : we rebearse 
oft«n (my o Iohn ; an • loue) tb Letten 
bkb knd me Oedit»  I knd my Verse. 
Michael Draon. 

Prefixed to Sir David Murray's ,_çolhonisba , &c. 
(I6I I). 
To ray Inde friend Da: Murray. 
In new attire (and put most neatly on) 
Thou lVlurray mak'st thy passionate Qseene apeare, 
As when she sat on the Numidian throne, 
DeckM with those Geins that most refulg.ent were. 
So thy stronge mme ber maker like repatres» 
That from the rtfim of ber wasted vrne» 
Into a body of delicious ayres : 
Againe her spirit doth transmigrated tume» 
"l'fiat scortching soile which thy great subiect bore, 
Bred those that coldly but exprest ber merit» 
But breathing now vpon our colder shore, 
Here shee bath round a noble fiery spirit, 
Both there» and here, so fortunate for Faine, 
That what she was» she's euery where the saine. 
M. DgtYTON. 



z yz .,,4ppendix 

Among the Panegyrical Verses before Coryat's 
Crudities (  6  I). 
lnci, oit llicba¢l Dra3tton. 
A briefe Prologue to the verses following. 
Deare Torn» thy booke was like to corne to lighr» 
Ere I couidgaine but one halle howre to write i 
They go before whose wits are at their noones» 
And I corne after bvinglng Sait and Spoones. 
Many there be that write before thy Booke» 
For whom (except here) who couid euer looke ? 
Thrice happy are ail wee that had the Grace 
To haue our names set in this liuing place. 
Most **orthy man» with thee it is euen thus» 
As men take 19ottrels» so hast thou ta'n 
Which as a man his arme or leg doth set, 
So this fond Bird wili likewise tounterfeit : 
Thou art the Fowler» and doest shew vs shapes 
And we are all thy Zani¢s» thy true 'tps. t o 
I saw this age (from what it was at first) 
Swolne» anaso big.ge» that it was like to burst» 
Growne so prodigor us» so qtfite out of fashion» 
That who will thrine» must hazard hls damnation : 
Sweating in panges» sent such a horrid mist» 
As to dira heauen : I iooked for Antichrist 
Or some new set of Diuels to s**ay hell» 
Worser then those» that in the 6aos fell : 
Wondring what fruit it to the world would bring 
At length it brought forth this : O most strangê thing : z o 
And with sore throwes» for that the greatest hêad - " 
Euer is hard'st to be deliuered. 
By thee wise CoTate we are tanght to know» 
Great» with great men which is the way to grow. 
For in a new straine thou coin'st finely in» 
/laking thy selle like those thou mean'st to winne : 
Greatnesse to me seem'd euer full offeare» 
Which thou round'st false at thy arriuing there, 



./Ippendix 
Of the Bermndo«, the example such, 
Where hOt a ship vntill this rime durst touch ; 
Kep't as suppos'd bi, he/s infernall dogs, 
Our Fleet found their most honest wi,ld courteous hogs. 
Liue vertuous ¢oy«t«» and for euer be 
Lik'd ofsuch wise men, as are most like thee. 
Eplicit licb«el Dryton. 

30 

Prefixed to William Browne's Brimnnia's 
P astorals ( x 6 x 3 ). 
To his Friend the Av'rnoR. 
Driue forth thy Flocke» young Pastor» to that Plaine, 
Where our old Shepheards wont their flocks to feed  
To those cleare walkes, whete many a skilfull Swaine 
To'ards the calme eu'ning a tun'd his pleasam Reede, 
Those» to the a4,s«s once so sacred, Downes, 
As no rude foote might there presume to stand : 
(Now ruade the wai, ofthe vnworthiest Clownes, 
Dig'd and plow'd vp with each vnhallowed hand) 
If possible thou canst, redeeme those places, 
Where» by the brim of muni' a siher Springa 
The learned Maydens, and delightfull Graces 
Offert haue sate to heare our Shepheards sing : 
Where on those PiliS the neighb'ring Groues among» 
(Now vtterli, neglected in these dai,ês) 
Out Garlands, Pipes and Cornamutes were hong 
The monuments of out deserued praise. 
So mai, thy Sheepe like, so thi, Lambes increase, 
And from the Wolfe feede euer sale and free ! 
So maist thou thriue, among the learned prease» 
As thou young Shepheard art belou'd of mec ! 

O 



OE Y 4 -'4tpendx 

Prefixed to Chapman's Translation of 
Hesiod's Georgics (  6  8). 
To my worthy friend Mr. G«org Cbapman» 
and his translated 
Chaprnan ; We finde by thy past-prized fraughr, 
What wealth thou dost vpon this Land conferre ; 
Th'olde Gr«ian Prophets hither that hast broughr, 
Oftheir full words the true intereter : 
And by thy trauell» strongly hast exprest 
The large dimensions ofthe English tongue ; 
DeliuenTng them so well» the flrst and best» 
That to the world in Numbers euer sung. 
Tbou hast vnlock'd the treasury» wherein 
Ail Art» and knowledge haue so long been hidden: 
Which» till the gracefull Muses did begin 
Here to inhabite» was to vs forbidden. 
In blest E/ivrn (in a place most 
Vnder that tree due to the Ddpbi«n 
2lus«» and that lliad .çing«r sit» 
And neare to them that noble H«iod 
Smoothing their ru ged foreheads ; and do smile» 
After so many hunred yeares to sec 
Their Poëms read in this farre westeme Ile» 
Translated from their ancient Greeke, b thee ; zo 
Each his good Gni.s whispering in his eare» 
That with so lucky» and auspicious rate 
Did still attend them» whilst they liuing were» 
And gaue their Verses such a iastlng date. 
Where slightly passing by the Tbes£ian spring, 
Many long afier did but onely sup ; 
Nature, then fitfull» forth these men did brlng, 
To fetch deep Rowses from Iou«« plemious cup. 
In thy free labours (friend) then rest content, 
Feare not lrrction, neither fawne on l'rais« : 30 
When idle Omur« ail het force bath spent» 
1Çnorpledg« tan crowne ber selfwith ber owne Baies. 
Their Lines» that haue so many liues outwome» 
Cleerely expounded shall base Enuy scorne. 
ticlel Drayton. 



./lppendix z yy 

Prefixed to Book. ij. of Primaleon &c. 
Translated by Anthony Munday ( 6 9)- 
oF 'm wo&çr 
and Translation. 
ich th his sse» his fie» his phrae ofise. 
Hath brouet m heere into this famous lle» 
e but a sa o bath ruade i« «tare. 
e liras a Pnce, and commioE in thh so 
M.D. 

From lnnalia Dubrensia (x 6 3 
TO MY NOBLE Friend Mr. ROBE.T DoyEn.» on his braue annuall 
.semblies vpon Comwold. 
Dova, to doe thee Right, who will hot striue» 
That dost in these dull yron Times reuiue 
The golden Ages glories ; which poore Wee 
Had hot so much as dream't on but for Thee ? 
As those braue Gr«cians in their happy dayes» 
On Mourir Olympus to their 
Ordain'd their gaines Olimpick» and so nam'd 
Of that great Mountaine ; for those pastimes fam'd : 
Where then their able Youth» Leapt» Wrestled» Ran» 
Threw the arm'd Dart ; and honour'd was the z4an lO 
That was the Victor ; In the Circute there 
The nimble Rider, and skill'd Chariotere 
Stroue for the Garland ; In those noble Times 
There to their Harpes the Poets sang their Rimes ; 
That whilst Gre«ce flourisht, and was onely then 
Nurse of ail Arts, and of ail famous men: 
Numbring their yeers, still their accounts they ruade» 
Either from this or that Olimpia&. 



./Ipsendix 
So Douer, from these Game«» by thee begun, 
Wee'i reckon Ours» as rime away doth run. 
Wee'i haue thy Statue  some Rocke cut out» 
With braue Icfipfio gah 
And vnder wdtten» Lo bb a8  man» - 
Ladd$ of the Hilh» and Lasses of the Vale» 
In many a song, and many a me Talc 
Shaii mention OEhee ; and hag ieaue to play, 
Vnto thy me shali make a Holy day. 
The OsoM Shepheard$ as their flo«ke$ they keepe, 
To put off iae drowhee and deepe, 
Shall sit to tell, and heare ty Sto touid» 
OEhat nigt sall corne ere tey their flo¢ks tan uld. 
«badl Drgyton. 



NOTES 

THESE notes are not intended to supply materials for the 
criticism of the text. 
poems for a fresh edition» that the ordinary machinery of an 
apparatus «ritius would be orertasked if the attempt were ruade. 
AIl that bas been undertaken here is to provlde the requisite 
information in places where the text followed seemed open to 
suspicion. 
It may be added that the punctuafion of tbe origilals bas 
general been preserved ; in a few flagrant instances» where the text 
as it stood was misleading it bas been modifie& Such changes are 
not noted here. 
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3» 3» l. I Ioue] loue 
I. 3 them forth»] them» fotxh l  99. But dJe 16 I 9 crsion 
a,ppon« tbe reading M the text. 
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ç99 
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49, ç*, l.  to 16o8 : omitted in I6o5 
çt, z,l"  soc] loe 
1. t Troth] Froth 6 9 
7» 1. 6 scowles] scoulds 6o6 
!. i7 whome 6o6: whose 6 9 
1. 4 rage 6o6: age 6 9 
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97, 1. ,zç be bwe] belowe 6z7 
97, 1. z6 whether] whethet 6z7 



146» i. 9 ° fett] sett and frett hae b*en cÇnjectur¢d. 
153 L 9 z debate] delate x6z7 
154, !. 1  5 claue] . cleaue 
156» !. zzo euery] euer 16z7 
174» !. zzf wirher] whither 163o 
177» i. 343 rawe] raw 1748 
192 » i. 18 rhere] rhey 163o 
z3z , i. I"- vnro] vp fo 619 
z33 , !. 53 faine] faire 16o6 
z34 » i. 66 moue] mock 16o6 
z38 , I. z5 fearure] features 6 9 
z4o » i. 99 long] loue 16o6 
z4z» E,i. / i. zl moane 16oo : moans 16o5 
z43 » !. 5 But if ffrhe Maie dorh wanr 16 9 
z44 » l. 37 aiong she wenr 16 9 : she went aiong I6o6 
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z47 » i. 37 giories 1619 : glorious 16o6 

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