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810 Fane (Mildmay, Earl of Westmoreland) Otl^ Sacra, Optima 
 Fides Fidei, engraved title or frontispiece by MarsliaU 
 VERY RARE, CHOICE COPY, purpk morocco, gilt edges 
 
 Eichard Cotes, lb48 
 
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 The present is a remarkable and almost unique copy of this 
 collection of Poems, printed by the noble Author for presents 
 among his friends. Between pages 34 and 3o are fz^^ 
 additional leaves, and after p^age 70 a folding table, which 
 are not hiown to exist in any other copy but that m the 
 library of the Rev. Dr. Bliss, of St.Mary's Hall, Oxford— see 
 manuscript note by Mr. Gardner at the end. 
 
to^w~siG^ 
 
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 London TriniecL Iry 'KScharei Co^S . J ^48 
 
^*-^^* CtlHmnaFideu 
 
 OU R Senfes arc bcwitch'd , and feem to grow 
 So to the Creature, and on things below, 
 That all our bufied Fancy can devife. 
 Serves more to fink thcm^than to maJke them rife: 
 For out of fight and minde, at once agree 
 To blind-fold Nature from Eternitie; 
 And leave hergroveling, for to groap her way 
 Here in This Tranfitory bed of Clay , 
 Till Faith fleps in ; and in the ftead of wings, 
 UntoBeleefj a lofty Pillar brings. 
 Whereby we ihould be raifed up •, And thus 
 Afcend to Him, defcended once for Us. 
 
 ^APAI ArNft2TH2. 
 
 On the Title Fagi. 
 
 npHere is a Fowle wont hide its head , 
 ^ To PafTe fo undifcovered ; 
 Judging it felf exempt from eyes 
 Qf oth^ers, whilft it none defcryes. 
 Not much unlike are fuch to thefe. 
 Who commit Clofet-trefpafTes 
 And Chamber-dalliance •, and then 
 Goe for unfeen, 'caiife fo of Men. 
 if They my Pillars top attein, 
 They'l finde an eye tryes heart and rein: 
 But Natures Pur-blindc fi^ht fhort is-. 
 Nor can Ihe rife alone to this. 
 Till Grace aflift , which will fuch vertue yield. 
 As both t'afccnd the Pillar, gain this Shield. 
 
 A a 
 
oTiA sacra: 
 
 Ad Li helium [num. 
 
 lOE without Dedication, for that might 
 Imply I fought to Shelter what I write 
 Under fome Patronage : I can afford 
 
 ^-^v^w ^ None Sharers in this Offering with my Lord; 
 
 His are both Line and Leifure, which mif-fpent. 
 
 The fault lyes on th' unhappy Inftrument 
 
 Thar fhould improve both better : But 'tis done. 
 
 And Thy fhtc is decrec'd, thy woof is fpun ; 
 
 Cenfure mufl palfe : Yet Blufh not fincc thy Strings 
 
 Arc onely confonant with holy things. 
 
 Ad Viatorcitt. 
 
 'hJUmtna, non Nummos^ Me dum cemu Mtiitmtemy 
 Et Me-diUntemcrede (Fiator) hates. 
 
(3) 
 
 In Zfnitatc Trinitas. 
 
 'Hat Number 'bovc the reft. 
 For ever Bleft, 
 Which God Himfelf doth daiga 
 To Branch into, yet Rc-unites again. 
 For as His Prcfcicnce could tcil 
 
 When Angels fell 
 That Man would follow, and there fhould be One 
 
 Sent for to make Redemption : 
 So from our Mifery did He Infer 
 Th'neceflity of a Comforter. ^ 
 This doth infpire. That did Create, 
 The fecond did Rc^cifcrate : 
 
 Thus though'Diftina, They arc 
 Yet Angular , 
 And One wife-ever Power it is doth Tic 
 This Triple Knot into a Unitic. 
 
 A 3 Xir/Uf. 
 
("jEx Maxima Parte 
 1 nendum F0cati. 
 
 Mur/di< 
 
 FmicifesVerbiet 
 Sacramentorum^i 
 qui fucre vocati\ 
 fednondilelecii. 
 
 >Jd 
 
 Eleciiy ideoquevo- 
 cdti, 
 
 San(5lilicationcm. 
 ^ui propter externam 
 vocMioncm Domini fer 
 Verbum, interm ^ ejfe- 
 ^fualiter vocantur per 
 Sfiritum Sanctum. 
 
 Juftificationem. 
 Grex farvulus Chrifti ^ 
 Lnk. 12. 7t. 
 
 1 Glorificationem. 
 \ Tenia pars Domini ^ Za- 
 \ char.i-^.g. 
 
 Let mc not tread the Broad highway to Sin^ 
 But being Eled declare my Call therein. 
 
 Scminantur 
 
 a Deo 
 
 Diabolo 
 
 VeritAi 
 
 Tax \ 
 
 Amicitia. j 
 
 Ut Alterutri 
 frodejiemus 
 
 Inter Homines 
 
 Mendacium 
 
 Difcord/a 
 
 Inimicitin. 
 
 Ut Alter utnim 
 devoremus. 
 
(5) 
 
 A Morning Thought. 
 
 Sithcncc it is given P/J/.104.23. 
 
 To Man, to follow's Labor till the Evenj 
 
 And when that Star doth clofc 
 Up Day, then to feek quiet and repofe. 
 Let Us what's of our Own 
 Learn to make known. 
 To be 
 But fe much Cafhof purchased Mifery 5 
 
 AllelfeConfcfs 
 (Of Love and Providence) true happincfs. 
 
 For as our Souls had been 
 A Combating all Day with Flefh and Sin , 
 
 And then for Captives led 
 In Slumbers Fetters ^ Prifon'd in a Bed^ 
 So by the Nights Exchange again to Day 
 They may 
 
 (Set free) take up their Armes, 
 And having overcome thofe Charmes , 
 Boldly Conclude the Viftory to keep 
 When as they Warr for Him kept them aileep. 
 
 No other Ranfom Need 
 To Speed 
 This Liberty ; but once awake. 
 Into our thoughts to take. 
 What fuch Confinement might 
 Adminifter of Danger in One night, 
 
 And how th'all-wakefull eye 
 Provided had for our Delivery •, 
 Which on the wings of Contemplation rais'd 
 Againj w'arc Mounted, whdft His name is prais'd» 
 
CO 
 
 ?[dlm I $. Cali enarrdftt Gloriam Dei. 
 
 A Re we aflcep-f or doe wc fee 
 * The Soft ef ^^No morc than did blind "^ Bartime i 
 Blmdrteff in Or arc our Senfcs Charmed to lie 
 
 the Syriac. Bcnumm'd into fomc Lethargic, 
 
 Whilft Sin inakes of 's a Conqueft ^ Rife 
 Fleflvburycd Soul, and from the Skies 
 Let thy wing'd thoughts to thee relate 
 Who 'twas thofe ftrudurcs did Create, 
 Where in Thy Hemifphere at large is pen'd. 
 More wonder then frail Clay can comprehend. 
 
 Whether a Sun, a Moon, aStar^ • 
 A Comet or a Meteor, 
 A Various Bow, true lign of Peace. 
 Swoln Clouds, which caufc on earth Increafc 
 When-breaking they Diftill 5 the Glum 
 And horrid beat of Thunders Drum 
 We hear or fee: Why are thefe fent f 
 But t'flicw He is Omnipotent, 
 
 Who thus in Characters doth write, whereby 
 
 We have a Lecfture in Divinity. 
 
 For as thofe great and IclTer Lights 
 Diftinguifli time by Dayes and Nights 5 
 So was it Day with us untell 
 Our Difobedient Parents fell. -^ 
 
 Yet as t he Tincell'd Night gives way 
 At th'opening o'th' true Golden Day -, 
 So did the powers of Darknefs fly, 
 The Sun of Right eoufnefs being by ; 
 And when we Comet-ftruck, int' Sinhacf run. 
 The Father did redeem us by the Son. When 
 
<i7:> 
 
 When th'Undcrtaker firft did dain 
 For to rcftorc His world again. 
 He us'd no other lock or flucc 
 T-th' Clouds, but fcnt a Bow of truce. 
 What did His Mercv lefs, when wc 
 Who arc the V/orlds Epitome , 
 Ddug'd in Sin, lay Brcathlefs, Drown'd, 
 Untill Our Saviours Pretious Wound 
 
 , Open'd a Drayn, wherewith he laid us dry. 
 
 From wickednefs into fertility f 
 
 The Aire imprifon'd, fain would try 
 . The virtue of more Liberty : 
 
 Yet meeting with a tougher Cloud 
 
 Is forc'd to quarrell, and fpeak loud. 
 
 So if we fcek our freedom heer. 
 
 We muft no Cloud of Fortune fear : 
 
 Bur like Bonargcfcs, proclamc 
 
 Whatweprofefs, then be the fame. ■ 
 For whilft the Face looks one way, and the Mind 
 Another, 'tis like Rain brought igainft the Wind/i 
 
 There lliall no Thunder-crvick, nor dafli of v/et. 
 Prodigious Comer, in us fear beget •, 
 But the Suns Purple, and the Silver wings 
 The Moon puts on, befpeaks us Saints and Kings , 
 Whilft Ins Endlefs Peace, the numerous Lights 
 Adorn the Night, difcypher all delights : 
 Which for to feek to compafs and obtain, 
 He that ^juits life and all here,makcs great Gain. 
 
 B Mj 
 
}Ay Conntrey Anditn 
 
 BLeftPrivacic, Happy Retreat, wherein 
 I may caft upmy Rcck'nings , Audit Sin, 
 Count or my Debts., and how Arrears increafc 
 In Natures book, towards the God of Peace : 
 What through penfcrfnefs hath been wav'd^or don 
 To My firft Covenants contradiiftion : 
 How many promised Refolutions broke 
 Of keeping touch ("almoft as foon as fpoke.) 
 Thus like that Tenant who behind- hand caft, 
 Intrcats fo oft forbearance, till at laft 
 The fum furmounts his hopes , and then no more 
 Expedts, but Mercy to Itrike off the fcore. 
 So here, methinks, I fee the Landlords Grace 
 Full of Compaflion to my drooping Cafe , 
 Bidding me be of comfort, and not griev'd. 
 My Rent his Son Ihould pay if I bcliev d. 
 
 Cui in calamitatibm foil fit jidendnm. 
 
 WHen firft the Towring Hills, the loftier Pine^ 
 Exchanged to ride upon the fwelling brine : 
 JV^^r/^/;<?prepar'd, and with more Adive skUl 
 Grew fometimes in the Vale, fomctimcs on th'Hill : 
 Whillt Floating in a compiea: :ackle dicft, 
 Jnv.Sauio. She's taught to^Sayl from CaMs to the Eaft ; 
 
 Where Ganges runs , and from thole coafts being come. 
 
 To fteer a courfe back to lllynum : 
 
 Then was that coward Fear banifti'd the Mind 
 
 And Heart of Man, ambitious ftill to find 
 
 More 
 
More worlds and works of wonder, wherein He 
 
 Might trace the Greatnefs of the Deitie. 
 
 Then as if fortify'd with fte'el and brafs, H.^-. Od, j. 
 
 Ventured his Bottom on this field of glaS^ 
 
 So brickie and unconftant, as contrives 
 
 A nearnefs unto Death, yet with rcprive. 
 A (mall Gale over-fils the fayls^ a leak 
 Is fprung, in fhorter time than lean fpeak. 
 Then being o'r-fet above, o'r-charg d beneath, 
 What can expefted be but prefent Death < 
 
 Urilcfs we feck to Him, at whofe command 
 
 Becalm'd into Obedience, Tempefts ftand, . 
 
 Rifing when He fo pleafes, and are gon 
 
 When He Planes o'r their rugged Motion : 
 Whofe Power at life's expreft, when weight afccnds. 
 And almoft to the Cryftall Skie extends : V^dm 107, 
 
 And then again, when Nature on't doth enter. 
 It is permitted for to waili the Center. 
 
 Then are fuch troubled as on it doe ride, 
 
 Rowling and Tottering from fide to fide. 
 
 Being drunk through fear and forrpw-, nor can tell 
 
 How many Sands (hall knowl their Palfing-bell. 
 Thus in a Trance difmay*d, and quite bereft 
 Of fenfe, fave of a 1 ittle fpark that's left 
 To kindle hopes, They to their Maker Cr)*^ 
 Who ftraight rcleafcs them from Mifery ^ \ 
 
 Sending a Calm 5 whereat the Liquid pllin 
 
 Becomes to them a Looking-glafs again V *' 
 
 So They in mind reftor'cl, have quicK aciiefs 
 
 Unto the Haven of their Happinefs, 
 
 B 1 H'j 
 
iiy Carroll. 
 
 .Rife, arife 
 
 Dull Fancy from the bed of Earthy 
 And that low ftrain 
 Bcfots thy vain •, 
 That fo thou mayft dcvifc 
 Some Record of that famous Birth, 
 Which about This time, as our Date will have , 
 One Son for All the reft tlic Father gave» 
 
 Leave to the Bee 
 
 To fet a Valuation 
 
 On this, or that 
 Fair Garden- plat. 
 There t'Browfe fome Flower or Tree : 
 And to fome Forraign Nation^ 
 To crown their Annals with the Pelican, 
 Or fer-fetcht Cordrall, Mirabolan. 
 
 Here's Comfort more • 
 A gift that's far beyond all worth. 
 The Curious mind 
 Could ever find 
 In what a Plant c'r bore. 
 Or Barren wildernefs brought forth : 
 Swcetnefs excels the Bee's- Bagg, and fuch Goodt 
 As proved our Strong Rcftorativc by's Blood» 
 
 r# 
 
^o overcome by Contraries. 
 
 IN humane things 'tis held a Maxime wife, 
 *To feck to Overcome by Contraries : 
 And in Diviner, if we will exprefs 
 Obedience to God, it holds no lefs 5 
 For t'conquer Pride whereby we fell, no Art 
 Is comparable to a Contrite-Heart. 
 
 I 
 
 Tlo Impro'ue Affli^ioHs* ^ 
 
 F David ioxmd it good He*d been in Trouble, 
 What would it teach Me am a finfull Bubble j 
 But that th' Afflidions we meet with hecr. 
 Arc fcnt to Steer Us to our God more neer^ 
 
 Who thus improves his thoughts on things goc crofs. 
 Without a Riddle, makes Great gains of Lofs. 
 
 Ihey that fow in Tears^Jhall reap in Joy. 
 
 A S in the Countrey- Parable it's found, 
 ^^'God's meant by Husbandman, and Man by ground, 
 His Word the pretious Seed, that doth excell 
 All other grain ^ Oar hearts the Arable : 
 So Avould'c inform We fliould our foil prepare , 
 To recompencc fo Great a Seedfmans care •, 
 And neither prickt with Pride, ftupid like Stones, 
 Laid Common to all wicked Motions : 
 Be unprovided t'fave, much lefs t'aflPord 
 Increafc agalnil the Harveft of the Lord : 
 
 B 3 Whcrc^ 
 
Wherefore as Earth 'thout Culture fithcnce mans fall 
 
 Is of fruits barren, Thiftles Prodigall : . 
 
 So doe the difpofitions and dcfires 
 
 Nature brings fortli, abound with Thorns and Briers ; 
 
 Which to correft, the Mafters ftrid Command 
 
 Is to break up again the Fallow-land. 
 
 And by Contritions Coulter afidPlough-lliares 
 
 To drefs our Minds, furrow our Checks with tearcs 
 
 Of true Repentance. And thofc thusdeftroy 
 
 The Wee^s of Sin, fhallfurely reap in Joy. 
 
 Afcenffi^ Gratiarunt^ Defce^fns Gratidfum. 
 
 IF there be any Vertue left that can - 
 Poll Blcffings down, 'tis Gratitude in Man 5 
 
 And to be humbly thankful!, that alone 
 
 Makes Him true fubjeft for Compaffion. 
 All Other Graces as AfTiftants lit 
 Upon the Wool-facks for to farther it • 
 In reprefenting how the Law concludes 
 On Gods Rich Bounties, Our ingratitudes : 
 So thereupon Impeachment 's drawn to {how 
 Delinquencies, and what He gives, we ow. 
 
 Firftthcn unlefs dejefted Care pofTefs 
 
 The Heart and Soul for by-paft wickednefs. 
 
 And ftir up Refolution to become 
 
 Henceforth more righteous , ev'n to Martyrdome : 
 
 In vain it is to hope, or yet furmizc 
 
 The acceptation of fuch Sacrlfize 
 
 From Him, whofc all-difceming eye doth pierce 
 
 The veiy Center of the Univcrfc, 
 
 And knows before wc think : Let our thoughts Aye 
 
 To overtake His Providentiall eye-. 
 
 Then 
 
(13) 
 
 Then we fhall ftralght be conquered^and confcfs 
 His Bounties, but our own Unworrhinefs. 
 And like the Eagle, fir ft fuch flight begin 
 From the low contemptible Vale of fin, 
 Untill Confeffion and Amendment raifc 
 Our ftretcht out Pinions to the clouds in praife. 
 And then when all is done that we are able, 
 Still we muft know , we're but Unprofitable. 
 
 Cmtemplaiio Diurna* 
 
 V V Hen we behold the Morning Dew 
 Diflolvc itfa' rifing Sun ; What would it fliew c" 
 ->~ . But that a Sun to us did rife. 
 Our Fathers hoary fin to Atomift. 
 
 And when the Flowers difplay'd appear, 
 To entertain the mounting Charettier: 
 
 What would they fpeak in that fair drefs ^ 
 But Man's redemption out of wretchednefs. 
 For the fhade-fhortning Noon can tell 
 The Proud, and fuch as with Ambition fwell-, 
 
 Thatwhilft upon Opinions wing 
 They feck to fore, they work their lelfening. 
 
 And the Prognoftick Weftern fer. 
 May Our Conditions rightly counterfeit 5 
 
 For if we rife, ftiine, and fet Cleer, 
 The Day-Star from on high 's our Comforter : 
 
 If Sin beclowd us as we fall , 
 Our next daycs rife will prove our Funerall : 
 
 JB/ quid lachrfmabilim^ 
 
 Vbi 
 
Vbi deftnit Medicm^ incifit Theohgns. 
 
 "n 
 
 Pliarmaca segrotantibus Optima^^ 
 QOrf0rc ft tu Agrotas^ 
 
 Anima fin fit , devotas 
 
 Freces qu/fque Meditetnr. 
 
 Convidlus facilis & maxime Niitricns. 
 
 '^ec quid comefurw cures , 
 Faucis nam Naturagaudet: 
 
 Verbum Dei fi procures y 
 
 I) apes (quifquis velit) Uudet. 
 
 Acr Optimus & ad Veram Valctiidincm 
 propius conduccns. 
 
 yd Era dum Maligmm quAris 
 
 Sis morbofm-^ nee fit mirum: 
 SarMo fodale fi fruerisy 
 Teque efficiet talem vlrum. 
 
 Excrcitium vcram fanitatcm comparans optima 
 
 "VXercearis licet tin a 
 
 Nocfe D/eq-j Fata vocent: 
 
 Sed fi Deo facia Vota 
 
 Sint fincera^UAC non nocent • 
 
 Adfamtatemfotim veram 
 
 ^ Bt xtternaw^Viarfi decent, 
 ^ 
 
 Where the Phyfitians skill can doe no more , 
 Divinity muft bcft of health reflorc. 
 
 Annm 
 
Annus annnlHs^iShc. Diminutione largimnr. 
 
 A S the Year, Serpent-like doth caft its Skin, 
 ^^ And's ftript o'th' Old, when as the New comes in5 
 What would 'tinform, but that anew w'inveft 
 Our felves in Chrift, Old Adam's Rags detcft < 
 And if a Jmus Bifronted doth ftand^ 
 Looking at once to this and t'other hand. 
 What would He teach our Confciences, favc this> 
 To fee at one View whence Salvation is. 
 And whence our woe came ^ that for this we may 
 Our Tribute Tears^ for that all-praifcs pay^ 
 
 Now when the SeafonblofTomesin its Spring, 
 And time puts on a party-coloufd wing ^ 
 Why Ihould not our Souls, which before did lyc 
 Defird through thTmutch of Sin, receive a dye 
 (Whereat the Rofe may blufh)from that fame flood 
 (All Streams furpaffes) of our Saviours Bloods 
 For if that Lcprofic we fain would b^al. 
 This is OMt^ordnn^ ftain'd with Curchinneal. 
 If from our firft Sifewe receiv'd a wound. 
 This is that Spikenard that can make us found. 
 
 And as th' approaching Sun comes daily on 
 
 For to fupplant the Winters Garifon ; 
 
 So fhould our frozen hearts be thaw'd, and Melt 
 
 When we to Mind call what our Jefus felt. 
 
 And we defen/'d - His Zodiack iliould brin^ 
 
 Us to the Tropic k of our Summering 
 
 In thofe warm thoughts, till ripe in faith and hope. 
 
 Love like a Vale, cover Our Horifcope : 
 
 For what can we return for His, who rent 
 
 The Temples to free us from Puniflimcnt^ 
 
 C Olet 
 
(1 6) 
 
 O let the LuftfiiU Cluftcrs wc behold 
 
 BetafTciing Aiitumn^and thofe Ears of gold- 
 
 Rcfcmbling Com, fay to us, if we thirft 
 
 Or hunger : He who is both Laft and Firft, 
 
 Did tread the Winc-prefs for us, and fiiM 
 
 What was to us due for our Parents ill •, 
 
 That fo we n:iight be numbred 'mongft thofc gucft 
 
 The Lamb invited to his Mariage-Fcaft. 
 
 And though we once fell by what one Tree bore, 
 
 God by Anothers fruit did us reftorc. 
 
 Then whllft the Sharp'd-brcath'd Winter feems to lay 
 Stripes on the bearing earth, and Blafts th'array 
 She late was deck in ^ Spitting on her face 
 Its Feather'd-rain, fall embling the difgracc 
 For Us He felt, who would have known no fhanfie, 
 Had wc been Innocent and without Blame^ 
 Doth't not difcypher how a Lilly pure 
 Sprung up 'midft Thorns,^ courgings to endure : 
 And how They Spat upon a Face that Shin'd, 
 Which prov'd our Eyc-falve, who before were blindf 
 
 My Ohfervation at Sea. 
 
 T Hough every thing we fee or hear may raifc 
 The Makers Praife ; 
 For without Lightning or Thunder, 
 His Works are all of wonder ^ 
 Yet amongft Thofe there's none 
 Like to the Oceon. 
 
 Where 
 
073 
 
 Where f nota Catalogue to keep 
 Of fevcrall Shapes inhabiting the Deep) 
 
 Let but our Thoughts conrcr 
 With what once Graverd the Philofophcr : 
 
 And we muft ftraight confefs 
 Amazement more, but apprehenfion Icfs. 
 
 The Fire for heat and light 
 
 Moft cxquifit : 
 And the All-tempering Aire 
 Beyond Compare. 
 Earths Compofition and Solidity, 
 Bountiful! Mixed with Humidity. 
 
 But here for Profit and Content, 
 Each muft give place to th' Liquid Element ; 
 
 Whofe Admirable Courfe, that Steers 
 Within Twelve Hourcs- Mariners, 
 
 O utwards and Homewards bound : 
 
 May be Sufficient Ground 
 To raife Conclufion from thence 
 At once, of Mighty Power and Providence. 
 
 For as the Cynthian Queen 
 Her bounty lefs or more vouchfafes be feen : 
 
 So by her wain She brings 
 The Tides to Neaps, and by her Full to Springs : 
 
 Yet not but as He pleas 
 Who fct Her there, chief Governels of Seas : 
 
 C 2 Which 
 
which iinderftood 
 Truly by fuch would feck for Traffiquc good. 
 They muft their Anchors waigh 
 Out of the Oozic dirt and Clay 
 Earths Contemplations ycild, 
 And hoyiin^ Saylcs, Thcy'l ftraightway have them fill'd 
 
 With a fre(h-Mackerell Gale, whofe blaft 
 May Port them in true happinefs at Laft. 
 
 There th'in a Bay of Blifs, 
 Where a Sweet Calm our welcom is r 
 Let us at length the Cables Vcerc^ 
 
 Fore and abaff, that may our Moorage clecrc 
 
 From warp or winding , fo ridc^fixt upon 
 
 Our Hopes Sheox- Anchor of Salvation. 
 
 Z^pon Mofcs put young to Sea^ or bid in 
 
 an Ark of Bulrujbes. 
 
 T 
 
 His fdn of Amram^ foon as born did find 
 Pharaoh a Tyrant, but the Midwives kind : 
 So being from that bloody Doom fct free, 
 Become"s His Mothers Care and Hufwifric-, 
 Who to His fafety, that She might confer 
 More hopes. She makes him firft a Mariner : 
 A qood prefage -, whereby it was implide. 
 His People He through the Red-Sea ihould guide. 
 
 In Mofen adhuc Infentem Amni commifTum. 
 
 Exod. 2o CH^ latitats J u nets Mofcs ft Nauticus Infans f 
 3. 14 a. Uf ducat Fofulum fer V^a Rnbra [mm. 
 
 Decern 
 
Viccm Fr^ecepta^ Acroft. Keniji. 
 
 1 y ^ JRgfftd'cHtnfuijfes^ 
 
 rejpexit (Solui) ut Exiffes. 
 
 2 E runtes in Eremo fleHit faucoSj 
 
 J Softer OS ut reddat Cantos, 
 ^^ Nomen non in Van9 
 ore^ fed in Corde Sano, 
 
 4 pere^ necfordeAt Dies, 
 
 in qui juffa Sancfa quies, 
 
 5 V erus Amor Paternally 
 
 doceat in Parent es qualis, - . 
 
 6 A rdensCurAignofcendiy 
 
 toUat RabiemPle^endi. 
 
 7 D oeeatCafiaVit^ normam 
 
 qui & Vitam dat drformam, 
 
 8 E ripendi quels fruentur 
 
 aliiy nee fit Mens libenter. 
 
 9 ^ era Tefitmonia Teljtes 
 
 recfdant htos, fa/fa M<eJlos, 
 
 10 S is Contents tuaforte'^ 
 
 Nee luncfam cupas Portam Port a : "" 
 
 Capias Fitam tunc fro Morte, Ifil, 5 . 8, 
 
 The Contew^ of this Worlds raijts 
 
 the Others Epem, 
 
 \/\7'Hen all the Vertuc wc can here put on. 
 
 Is but refined Impcrfe(ftion3 
 Corruption Calcin'd .^ A Mineral! vain. 
 Where Clay (to be more prized) fome Ore doth ^ain- 
 
 G J ^ \ 
 
 Why. 
 
(ao) 
 
 Why (hould wc not employ the bcft of Care, 
 To learn wherein Trucft Contentments are , 
 And how attain d 1 The Jewellers command 
 O're Art, is howtoFoyle the Diamond 
 As may add Luftre to it : So, who tries 
 Lefs to Efteem of This worlds Flatteries, 
 Sets higher Value on the Other, where 
 Pcrfedion proves th'Eternall Jeweller. 
 
 In Diem Natalcm. 
 
 J^E tnomturHomo^ SanBus de Virginepuror^ 
 
 Mirijicujque hodtc mfcitur lUe Puer. 
 Ne Teregrinetur Factum ?ertgrm$ts ^ Idem e[l , 
 
 /;; Cunis Stabulum GlorificAtque fuis. 
 Ne pre Deli efts Preaviflectdtur^ amor a 
 
 PocuU fertj alio non fatienda^ Modo. 
 B^til nt e Cecils Migrans terraq-^ Mariq:, 
 
 lacfiitus^ tenehras Mortis ^ ^ Imafetit^ 
 Nos utfurgamu^ San^i^ quoque Luce fruamur 
 
 Mterna, Aflriferas incolttlHcDomm. 
 
 In Eandem. 
 
 rr/>rf p cMors p 
 
 ChrifimZFeritas^Vertit: ^Mendacium>Difced»rU. 
 iLvia S f Error j 
 
 L&ta Dies Cunciis^ Mors qua calcanda recefit, 
 Nafcitur in Domihm dummodo Vita Juts : 
 
 Plena Dies Lucis Vernm qua cUrius exflat^ 
 Et Falfi Fufcum tollittir Omne Genus : 
 
 Faujla Dies in qtta Viafiernitur OmnifotentU^ 
 
 Error ^ aufertur 'y Clara, Beatd Dies. To 
 
(31) 
 
 To Kijfe Gods Rody occaftoned upon 
 a Childs Sich^efs. 
 
 "y^Hat evtr Gods Divine 
 Decree 
 Awai'deth unto Mine 
 OrMce, 
 Though't may feera illj 
 With patience 
 I am refolv'd to undergo. 
 Nor to His purpofe once fay no^ 
 But Moderate both Mind and Will : 
 And Conquering th' Rebellions of Scnfeg 
 Place all content in true Obedience. 
 
 Thus I create it good 
 When His 
 Corrcftion's underftoodj 
 Which is. 
 Not to deftroy^ 
 But to reclaim. 
 And t'caufe me turn a new-leaf ore. 
 Count all an Error-writ before. 
 So find the fting of Flattering Joy : 
 Making the fcope • of ail My future aim , 
 To Reverence and Glorific His Name. 
 
 Thus when our God will fro^vn, if we weigh it 
 In Judgments Scales, we raak't a Benefit. 
 
 Msn 
 
liy Penthoufe agaimfl the Storm of Griefs 
 
 cccaftonedufon the Death tf 4 denr Friend. 
 
 o 
 
 How the Blafts 
 Temptation Cafts 
 Againft my Naked Ston , 
 Threaten Subverfion; , 
 Sithencc the Decree of late was Thine 
 To take away lyly Sheltring Vine ! 
 
 Well, let themblow. 
 Break clouds and rain. 
 Their Gufts and Show'rs in vain 5 
 For Confident I am. 
 My Gratious God upholds the Frame , 
 Whilft I the Olive Sprouts fee grow. 
 
 Thus to my Hart 
 I may impart 
 Th'aflurancc of a Peace , 
 Wherein fuch Trials ceafe 
 If Patience-born-, that Fear is good 
 When it withftapds ill, not of ill withftood. 
 
 Man Levens the Batchy 
 
 ,0d makes all things for good 3 'tis Man 
 Sowers und worfts Creation ; 
 Who Leven'dby his Father, thence 
 Becomes all Difobediencc 5 
 
 No 
 
(23) 
 
 No thought, no word, no adion He 
 Contrives, can own Integrity 
 To Him that made Him, for by Deeds 
 As Words and Heart, his growth's in weeds, 
 Which whilft neglefted doe exprefs 
 Gods Grace , but Man's unfruitfulnefs : 
 Now if again man would bear Corn^ 
 He muft himfelf a Weeder turn. 
 
 The ytttributes of true Love. 
 
 \/y E call that Patience, when provok'd we can 
 Dcferr revenge, but 'tis true love in Man : 
 And whcnwithopen hand we would exprefs : \ 
 Our Bounties Tribute, fome ftyle't Lavifhnefs : 
 But They miftake, as farr as thofe defpife 
 All ftcps whereby an Other Man doth rife 5^ 
 Yet think they have Love too •, and boaft no Icfs 
 Than that She is their conftant Patronefs : 
 
 If Her Decrees be not to feek her own ' 
 
 Praife, fas not fecmlyj whither are fuch blown, 
 
 As thus, would tempt Her anger, when 'tis taught 
 
 She is not to be mov'd to an ill thought , 
 
 But's ever plcaf 'd, and doth rejoyce to fee 
 
 Truth fit in Triumph o're Iniquitie ; 
 As She- fuftains, and is contented ftill 
 With what wind blows, fo doe her hopes fails fill , 
 When from the windows of Belecf doth breath' 
 A fteady Gale, t'advance her courfe beneath : 
 Till by the Saints tranfplanted, and above. 
 She's Moor'd within that Portland calldTruc Love. 
 
 D ConiranA 
 
Contraria juxtdfe pojita 
 
 Gal. 5. i^.to 23. 
 
 rtWlti^ 
 
 Creaiu 
 
 ram' 
 
 emiHt 
 
 \UVUB 
 
 Dietnp ero ViAtmhii 
 
 "\^--irluli Seruio 
 ^' -ruacnba SyevtiQ 
 
 
 ct«o 
 
 Like Night to Day, or foyles that Raife 
 The Liiftrc of the Diamonds praifc : 
 Such, and no other Vertue Lies 
 Hid in th'approaeh of Contraries. 
 
 JLove 
 
Love begets Fear. 
 
 'HTWas of Thy Goodncfs f Lord) at firft I had 
 ^ -*• Knowledge of what was Good, and what was bad : 
 Yet through the 111 of Nature become blinde, 
 I followedSinj and left thy Fear behind : 
 By which I forfeited a Bleffing , till 
 Thou of thy Mercy, free and Gracious will 
 Sign'ft me a Pardon in that ftyle. Repent, 
 That fo I might avoid all Punilhmcnt. 
 Thus then rows'd up and wak'ned, I began 
 Thy Judgments, Bleffinps, Love, and Fear to skan : 
 And in a Scoale when I them all had waigh'd, 
 Mcthought I lov*d Thee ftill, ftill was afraid. 
 
 My Invocathn. 
 
 A^Reat, and Good God, of Juftice, Love 5 
 ^^ As That to Fear, fo grant This move 
 My Trembling Heart, till It retain 
 Some Sparks of heat and life again • 
 Sithence My Creation-Fuell's don 
 Lighten againthe Turf by thine own Son. 
 
 Small hopes of This , unlefs I may 
 In awe to That,finde a decay 
 Of fuch Lewd Thoughts, Words, Ads, did bring 
 My whole Man to a wintering 
 f In Luft, and Sin, and growth of Grace , 
 T'alTure a friiitfull Spring-tide in the place. 
 
 D 2 How'i 
 
How's that attained ^ By heat, not cold, 
 =*Tis that the Bounteous Marygold 
 Difplaycs its Treafure •, and kindc Showers 
 (Not Frofts; befriend both fruit and Flowers : 
 Thaw then my Bread till't open 'Zeal> 
 And let my Eyes thofe fighs reveal 
 In rain, that my AffcdTons may fubdue. 
 So from my Old Congcard Clot raifc thoughts new. 
 
 Mfericordia Deijplcndidijpfna. 
 
 /^ Ods Mercy fliines 'bove all His works, as farr 
 ^^ As doth the Cyprian-Queen out-light a Starr. 
 
 To Man,» Epg* 
 
 Tjr Ard-Hcwirted Man ! what canft thou fay , 
 *^That Thou thy felf haft turn'd to Brick thy Clay :. 
 But that Thy Hopes arc built upon 
 His Promife once fent Fountains out of S ton : 
 Wherefore to Sacrifice to Gods defire, 
 ^Jdm 5 1 , Mans Heart muft be the Altar, Sighs the fire. 
 
 17- , 
 
 My ToolofBethefda^ or the Effufton ofChriJis 
 Merits to heal our Mif cries. 
 
 ■yy Hen Children would goc, or Cripples ftand. 
 
 Crutches and Stools are fram'd for Arm and Hand 
 To reft upon, left Juch attempting fliall 
 Without like Props occafion them to fall. 
 
 What 
 
What are the Sons of Adam ^ if we try. 
 Condemned to LamcncfTc and to Infancy 
 Through Sin, and fo difabled to Pace 
 The Paths of Vertue^ tread the Steps of Grace \ 
 Till God of 's Mercy plcafcd to Confer 
 A {landing ftool, as if from th' Carpenter, 
 Though He himfelf was Artift, and did frame 
 This Remedy for Thofe were Weak and Lame : 
 So that without a farther Inquifition, 
 We Ail were, and are fuch,ChrilVs the Phyfition. 
 
 Ihz Five torches to Bethefda. 
 
 "X/j An is Bethefda , and's five Senfes be 
 
 •^■^-''Porches unto that Great Intermery, 
 
 Where Divers Cures arc fought for 5 yet not one 
 
 Attained but through an Angels Motion , 
 
 Grace powred on the Heart ^ which who fo can 
 
 Improve, becommeth ftraight a perfed Man : 
 
 But Thofe who Opportunity negledt, 
 
 Muft not an other Saving help expeft. 
 For as the Cripple Thirty eight years lay. 
 And had done more, had not Chrift come ith' way : 
 So whilft thefe powr'd out waters we would try, 
 Others ftep in, Prophane their Sanflity. 
 
 Lufts both our Ears, and Eyes, and Palates charm ; 
 
 Through Noftrils and by Fingers we doe harm-. 
 
 And 'caufe all over Leprous and defil'd, 
 
 We'd fain be cleaned, to health be reconcil'd, 
 
 Yet cannot get fo foon into this Tide, 
 
 Afford us of thwit Jordan from Thy fide, 
 
 D 3 Solilo' 
 
So1iloquiiitn« 
 
 ydNinta^ quid tarn trifiAris? 
 Ocule^ quid Ldchrymaris't 
 Cur in Feet ore fingultu^^ 
 Cur Mcerore madet vultm ? 
 Slut fit ^ gemitu flangefcu 
 Cor 5 ut fi integrum non effes ? 
 Cum^ quo hie fiuAmnr toto 
 ISIofiro non in Dei voto. 
 Ejus ffi^ frp'^g^^-i fortem 
 Dare, Vitam dare ^ M$rtem. 
 Mortis certitudo, hrevem 
 VitA Curam reddit levem : 
 £t poft Mortem, fit levamen 
 ^od Vivetur femfer tamen : 
 Nee menfura quavu ^ hor^ 
 Vejfertin^^ vel Juror<e 
 Metitur : sterna Luce 
 Sed (h^c dicia Dies) duce : 
 In quky cum gandeat omnis Sancfus, 
 Lubm ftfiat^fileatplancfu-s: 
 rccr^am (hic) qua labor arnus 
 Sowrio Mortis nam mutamm : 
 Et quid mali hora dedit^ 
 G audio Semfiterno cedit. 
 ^fi fie mutant, invidendos 
 Sentio folos : non defiendos. 
 
 r contra Veciera Veecatis data , 
 
 Cor corr upturn. Or a Ixta^ 
 Animam infeBam Malis, 
 Nox dumfequitur fataliSy 
 Lugeat, dokat Omnis Tales. 
 
A Carroll. 
 
 (FF nothing dfe) may not this feafon move, 
 *Or Time become true Chronicle of love C 
 And fo allay the Fury, ftint the Ragt 
 Or madnefs doth predominize this age f 
 When for to Ranfomc Man, whofe leaft Offence 
 Was characSer'd in Difobcdience , 
 He who knew no Sin came, that, to fulfill 
 The Mercy Statute of His Fathers will : 
 Thus He forgave, and gave, to let us know 
 What to owr Very Enemies we ow. 
 By His Example •, and decrees this fate 
 To the Pofterity unfortunate 
 Of too-beleeving Adam^Thit They muft 
 Give themfelves over to no other Truft 
 Than what His Word affures 5 nor to make lefs 
 That firft of Sins, Create them numberlefs, 
 In Envie, Malice, and Ambition, 
 But joynto Charity Contrition 
 For by-paft faults,, and refolutions raife 
 To fpcnd the future in our Makers praife .* 
 
 Obey Him firft, then Thofe His Glorious Powers» 
 Shall fubftitutc for our Superiours : 
 And With our own Condition whatfome're 
 Content, enjoy a^full Harmonious Sphere v 
 Leaving no Orb ")r Difcords fond increafe, 
 SithenceHe that's born for us was Prince of Peace., 
 
 A ^iJ. 
 
(30) 
 
 A Quid Kctrtbuam. 
 
 Poor fin-bound-nakcd-creature Man, ne're knows 
 What to return for that His God bcftows-, 
 But as Profpcritics increafc, goes Icfs 
 I'th' retribution of Thankfulnefs : 
 His eyes not open but with Clay made dim. 
 Renders that Miracle, not wrought on Him, 
 Remains fo ftupid , but where Faith's dcclin d 
 Int' unbelecf, fuch are for ever blind : 
 Now thvit I may like Judgment ftill prevent. 
 By entertaining True-Souls-Nutrimenr, 
 Not Poyfon : let Example fpurr me on 
 To take the Cup fill'd with Salvation 5 
 And t'praife his holy Name that did prepare 
 Such Cares for thofe hcavie and Laden are. 
 Sins Dromidaries fwift by Nature led 
 To run to Evil , here unburthened 
 By One who bore both Croiie and fliame,to free 
 The Pliant branch of Eves pofterity : 
 (So have I tender Saplings feen unbroak. 
 When Tempcfts have o'r-turn'd the-fturdier Oak:) 
 And if in Sacrifice we'd pafTe degrees. 
 The beft for acceptation 's from the knees , 
 Outward and inwardly expreft; whereby 
 To notifie unfeign'd Humility •, 
 Forfnch deny to (lie w repentance thus, 
 Surely forget Clirifl came from Heaven to us : 
 And thofe of that (liort memory may know 
 Their Portion s here , They (liall not to Him go, 
 Who's Riches, Rayment, Food, and all Relief 
 To them Comemn this World , make Him their Chief. 
 
 EFCHA' 
 
C*30 
 
 ^ tt A R I s ^ 
 
 V \.. ^ 1 s. - I I ^ / ^ 
 
 ° # 
 
 Though All muft truly (ay. They've done ami% 
 Yet there Goes more than Ordinary to This : 
 For He that would not make the banquet fower^ 
 Muft form His Reliih to his Sayioua. 
 
 A Pelican feeding heryoungmth blood out of her 
 own Brejiy a type of our Saviour. 
 
 * - or rig J t O 
 
 Behold Here from the P e l i c a n s Brcft fprung 
 A ftream of precious blood to feed her young. 
 
 E Irf 
 
In San^iam CcenamDomini^ Epig* 
 
 "^^Afliand be clcnn-^ Eat^ Drink this, and 't will fave: 
 
 Soeafic is thefuit our Lord Hoth cray^- , . 
 Yet with the healed Creeplc, back He'll caTlthe^, * 
 And bid Thee, Sinn no more, left worfe befall thee.-. 
 
 I 
 
 A Dedication ofmyfirU Son, 
 
 S it not fit the Mould and Rame 
 Of Man, fhould dedicate the fame 
 To God, who firft Created it : and t' give 
 To Him the firft fruit of that Span we live i 
 
 In the worlds Infancy could Hmncih tell, 
 
 Shee ought to Offer her fonn Samuel 
 To Him that made him, and refine 
 That Sacrifice with Flowre and Wine i 
 
 Was Ahams long expe(fled feed 
 
 From Sarah's womb condemned to bleed:* 
 
 And lliall the times now they grow Old, conclude 
 
 In faithlcfnefs, and in ingratitude ^ 
 
 Let fliame awake us, and where bleflings fall,' 
 
 Let every one become a Prodigall 
 
 In paying- vows of thanks, and bring 
 Tjie hrft, and beft for Offering. 
 
 Where 
 
(33) 
 
 Where am I then '•, whom dodhathdeign'dtoblefs 
 
 With hopes of a fuccceding happinefs 
 Unto My houfec' Why is't I ftand 
 At th' Altar with an Empty hand ^ 
 
 Have I no Herds, no Flocks, no Oyl, 
 No Incenfe-bearing-iS'A^^^y^'.foyl ^ 
 Is not My Grainary ftor'd with Flowre that's finer 
 Are not my Strutted Veflels full of Wine < 
 
 What Temporall BlclTing 's wanting to fufficc 
 And furniih out a lively Sacrifice, 
 
 Save onely this, to make a Free- 
 
 Will-offering of an Infancy ^ 
 
 Which if I Ihould not doc, that pil'd- 
 Up wood, whereon lay Sarah's childe 5 
 
 The Temple would accufe me, where the fon 
 
 OiElk'nA firft had Dedication. 
 
 Wherefore accept, I prajr thee, this 
 Thou ft given, and my hrft Sonn is : 
 
 Let him be Thine, and from his Cradlcling^ 
 
 Begin his fcrviccs firft reckoning. 
 
 Grant,with his Dayes.thy Grace increafc,and fill 
 His Heart, nor leave there room to harbour ill; 
 That in the Progrcfs of His years 
 He may exprcfs whofc badg He wears. 
 
 In 
 
(30 
 
 In Quadragefimant. 
 
 \^Hen all tRe Dayes w'have borrowed arc mif-fpent. 
 Had we not need to beg more time were Lent 5 
 
 And not to fuffer This too, to be gon , 
 
 Becaufe abuf 'd through fuperftition^ 
 A knife to cut with's good, but if to kill 
 It be abufd, why then we deem it ill. 
 
 All things are made for ufe ^ Abufes came 
 
 But as Ufurpers to deprave the fame : 
 
 And in fome kinde- or other all we do. 
 
 Speak, think, or have, thofe have their morals too.. 
 Our Pampred Bodies oft fuch thoughts put on. 
 That they become like to proud lefjuron : 
 And when our minds from full Cups are expreft^ 
 They're like to Bahajha^rs at His Feaft: 
 Our A(5tions too, laden with Temporall good. 
 Cannot permit t'afpire at Spirituall food 5 
 But over-fed,we furfet, and becom 
 Like to the Beaft in all things, fave being dumb: 
 Tongue-tide we are not, when we would exprcfs. 
 Our Enmity, from th' root of Bitternefs : 
 Nor yet uncharitable, unlefs in this. 
 To jud£;e that thofe who hunger doc amift. 
 And fuch as thirft too , whilft our Cups run o're, 
 And Bellies are made Magazines of flore. 
 It iliould be otherwayes, ifwc would fliun 
 The heavie doom of fad Temptation 5 
 And as the Meat and Drink of Faith, prepvire 
 A Holy-Fafting-fmdifying Prayer, 
 Cook d from our Corner'd hearts, and not the ftrccts,, 
 A Sacrifice Incenf 't with Love for fwects. 
 And thus performing what is Lent aright, 
 Wei fear no Schifmatick, nor Anchorite. A 
 
told ziAi 5:^i;ji)fi£ fjD£oicfqE ^lai iE&y 9. ^. 
 
 ;i^r.A ^ J_ 
 
 Is there a'Child born :f wh^ great\fo^pf^?ift^j^ 
 When 'tis natiir-es;propcrty to General |)n£ c2ii.^iirjD58 
 But here's a Sonne too given, which implic^:j_^'^fj^ ' 
 All that can be afcrib'd to Myfteries-^ ,.. r. ir^- 
 For He's a Fcither, Brother, Kinfman^Fiknd, > . 
 Both Sacfiii(;€ and Pricft to recommend jyo^^jx^rijj^^^ 
 That otferifig up ; Samaritan paft-by ixT 
 
 Himfcljf to A^ the height of Charity :^ " 
 
 On us lay ftript wounded-, A Phyfitian .,| ' 
 
 Cures the difeafe of our indifpofitioo:,.: (a -iH nf io5 
 To ought that good isj Sheplieard to ^drcff^xTsuD 
 And bring us b ack out of the wildernefTei 
 Wfiere we had gon aftray into Fis fould , 
 A Merchant thwit Redeems us who were fould 
 To finne and bondage 5 and to make all good. 
 Contented was to fpare his precions blood ; 
 So was a Lambe before the Shearers led :t 
 Tofet dffroab'd, defpis'd, and flairghtcred. 
 That we might Live in credit, and put on 
 T^hfe whiter Robe of his Salvation : '^ 
 
 Tft's Atias-like the Government doth bear 
 Upon His fhoulder, and if Counfellour 
 We would cftcem Him, we fliould be content 
 To make his mercies our encouragement: 
 yotmighty faults dcferve a mighty rod, 
 ife^fHe an Everlafling mighty God,, 
 The Prince of Peace, full of Compaflions ftorc, 
 Holds out the Golden fceptcr evermore, 
 Andthat this Birth and Gift to us be knowne , ' ■ ^^^ ^^ • 
 He pleads himftlf Our caufe at's Fathers Tfaronr.-'^ -' 
 
 'f.Mvi'^^l 
 
 gi?n3iq££ .01 .^ mx^ 
 
 m'^'M'mti 
 
 ^^m)k 
 
^{TJOl l^buX aciud ,ionH bnoo^l ^5 
 ..iR^iqx^X^ri ^ • - "-^^r- ?n£rn2£bnA 
 
 T^ec metua5fhriJtu^[nttiht[olH6^ertt . 
 
 OwnihHS (^ cftpens rthm gaudere fec»^di^'>^^n^^^J\ 
 Conferat in D^minum ftrtgfda fura fuum.. ' 
 
 That to your felfc you be not wanting, make 
 lefus all yours, and Chrift alone your ftake-. 
 For who defires enjoyment of good things 
 Muft place upon his Lord what c'rc hecbrings.. 
 
 Tantillm Homo ^ &* Tantm feccatei^nA 
 
 HOw fmall a thing is Man, and yet ImmcD^.^^ -^^ 
 In ading over Difobcdience y 
 Prom the firft fpawing time He did begin ^^^^ 
 
 To hatch Rebellion, and to fofter fin : H 
 
 Difpute His Makers mandate, and make choice . ^,g- 
 To yeeld unto the Subtil Serpents voycc : 
 Thus thenbetrav'd, ere fincc he doth prefcrr 
 Cuftome to be New-natures Uflierer •, 
 And fo prefcribes, Thinking he doth no worfc ,, t^^^l 
 Then his Fore-father who cntaild the curfc , 
 A new Belcefe of credit would put on , ^j 
 
 That God would figne a new Redemption : 
 As if his Sonne into the world did dain. 
 Once for to come^ould come for him again ; 
 And fo He will-, yet not by Ranfqmc led ,,,, ,., ^.^^^, .^^ 
 Xopurchafe that again ^an forfcite^ij^.r^^W 
 
By fecond Error, but as Judge totry 
 ( Whilft Conkknct verdkfts ) each enormityr 
 And as mans miOcmeanours They exprefTc , 
 Though Gr^^^miQ]x^tJ,n^Q9d^^jW^ goe lefTe.. 
 
 p Rdndid f4rva juvant^ Parvus Uctuftj*^ demufq.^ 
 
 Nec'fnagnm Puer. efi, nee foetid ike turn, 
 Parvis m^gna, foUt virtus g^udere micAtciiie 
 Oppojitis fofitum grandim ingenumt. 
 
 ^g^^c 
 
 nd ^Jii •'t-i J, j;.ri ;v iiioa ^A iiugu Lr^tlqiinM, 
 
 IS therca Eeaff to day c muft I make one __ 
 
 At Jo great Celebration:' 
 And am I yet to feeke- how to be drefi: 
 
 As to become a worthy Gueit ^ 
 If to fome other Table bid I were ' ^ ^'^^^ ^^tjt 
 -^- MyTaylor,MmyShoomakcf%^f^^;f^^"^^ . ^, 
 Sempfter, andfiarber^ all might muM5^^^^ 
 
 To add to my Formality. ^^''^'--'H-n dDi^d^^ 
 But thLs more reall than all elfe, lr6*pB:^ ^^^"^ ^^#^^' 
 
 A Banquet fiird with myftcries : ™^ ^!^^"^ ^^ 
 God's marifeflcd in the Fle{h,arfd thus ^ i:m,^.i6,^ 
 
 The height ofmercyfliown to us: ^io. ;.i 
 
 And if the Rule of charity begins ^ ^,^^ ^^^ 
 
 At home.let's call to mind our fins^;; ' ^^ ^'^ "^^T* 
 Befreind our felves fo farre as to ConfciTe J^;^^^^^A 
 
 HowmuchHedid^andwedoeleiTe^ * ' * - -T 
 Be J-oyfull for fo Great a Saviours Power, 
 
 ■ YetinCbntrition m^lti fhowcr, ><^^^HDn^ 
 To think how oft whilft lewd affeaiOns §\ll^ ^^ ^^-^' 
 
 Wemake.durXord Newcrudficfe^^'^'" ''''^ thea 
 
Then if we Wij^l^ <5 ^^^^^'^^iiPW ^^?^'^ 
 ^ W^ may approacli and take tms breW 
 And wine ^t he Comfort and the ftaffe, whereby 
 
 NaiJUfcbu|;;Lifc? Etei;nixy , .. ., ,cjpii;0 z in^n:^ t f 
 
 Secured is, and tbeoAvith Grac;epofl^ft^3j.n 2^^ n^riwl. . 
 
 Shew thai;.]i^^e hpe an mt£rc(t,...,^^j^no2 £ e^Di^ri rfud 
 
 In his high merits which walohe Compriyj^ .j ^j.^ ^^^^ jl/^ 
 
 lUh. 2.14. Powei» to qacll our Enemies. > !i^^q £ 2*^H ^o^ 
 
 And though our Jformer Anions turn'd to wec^icg rl joS 
 
 Let's now bring Faith though but a Muftard fce4ro-f^t 
 
 So may wc all remove that highappears ,.;» i 
 
 In our Conceipts^mto a lea of Tears^ .. , ^q 
 
 For 'tis His Blood no other Jordan can , >3-u3 
 
 Cuer the Lepcrous Affyrian. ^^ ^^ ^^^^ oT 
 
 . ■ ib^ifaupnh g fbhft 
 
 I Cor.1.30. ^ifarrus ftiit 
 
 nobis a Deo '^ 
 
 Frev,9. 10. Sapientia-, Ft rinteMmm : utfau Imtiunf^^ }i 
 
 iC(?r.iv29. Juftitia-, Vt nojlr^ mhili pe/i<Jamf^'qfw?fi^m(^FnkrUj 
 
 Sandificaiio Ft infojlerum ( njitJtfriorisfravitdte rilp- 
 -^a>)fe£undum facreftn^fam tdm vep4fi'ejds 
 quamExemflinorrnam AT^buUmH^s, — 
 
 Rcdcmptio. Ft ne quid amfl^ud DiAbolOy PeccAtid fcrlr^ 
 
 (^ affeBtonibu^ CArmhhu^jediffo Sacfi- 
 
 ^c/inti fdcriji(;io\^ Ipfofmet in omni fanifa 
 
 e^ fura converfatiene Confccrcmns ^ 
 
 fdcrifcemw. [ ' n^^HjuSL 
 
 lion RecuJanteSyCruci vi^ A^lictionibm ^ TrihuUtiofa^ 
 hu'Sfro Illo ^uccnmbere^^i ifiius Gravitatem & }^0^ 
 
(35) 
 
 A Uymm occaftoned upon going to recewe the 
 blejfgd Sacrament vphen it was a [now. 
 
 INvited now to Sup with Thee my Lord, 
 *A11 that I am is at a Period 
 
 How to be fitly dreft. 
 And fo t'become a worthy Gueft; 
 
 For 'tis prepar'd alone 
 For fuch as have the Wedding garment on, 
 
 Which through ^Guilt I want, —JzJ 
 
 And all my Sabftance t'buyone is too fcant. 
 
 Make Me a Purfe then, from His Sacred Score, 
 Whofe inftitution 'twas, and will doe more 
 
 For Thofe beleeve His name. 
 That to redeem us Sinners came 
 
 Into the World , and ihed- 
 His precious blood, which might ftand all in fteads 
 
 By a quick Faith apply 
 The Soveraign Balfome of His Agony. 
 
 For like the Man met Theeves, we all were left 
 Naked and Wounded, Spe(flacles of Theft 
 
 And Rapine too, w^herein 
 We weltring lay, a prey to Sin 5 
 
 Till th'true Samaritan 
 Faffing this way, Redemption began. 
 
 Not fparing Wine, nor Oylc 
 Out of His Hands> and Feet, and Side the while, 
 
 E 3 Thus 
 
(30 
 
 Thus now upon Recovery agen, 
 Boqnd up in His Qf ave-rloaths, brought to pur Inn, 
 , AndEarneft left, to prove 
 His high Compaflion and Love : 
 What care fliould be t'exprefs 
 In all our future A^Sions thankfuincfs < 
 
 Which no way's better fpent 
 Than in partaking right this Sacrament; 
 
 Which.without Cleanfed hearts , and mindes that Can 
 Turn a new leaf with the Centurian, 
 
 More of a Chriftian fliow, 
 Mvide white as is this day with Snow •, 
 
 And like the Prophets futc 
 Pur<^ed with Hyfope from what doth pollute. 
 
 We cannot hope to do •, 
 Nor that, 1efs prompted by thy Grace thereto. 
 
 Whereto CI pray Thee) fo much mercy add, 
 That I may have fome Balm from Gilead 
 To heal my Leprous Sore, 
 Whilil humbled for my Sins before , 
 My future dayes may be 
 The Inventory of more Piety^ 
 
 My forehead bear thy ftamp 
 Rev, 7. 3. As fervant, havixig Oyl ftill in my Lamp, 
 Mat. 2 5.^. _- :. - .j^i^/.^.... ■ 
 
 A Keveille Mat tinker Good morroxp to a friend. 
 
 AS the Black Curtain of the Night 
 ; /, Is open drawn 
 .•jlin7/ « By the Gray-fingrcd Dawn, 
 
 To let out light, And 
 
(^7) 
 
 And bid good Morrow to the Teeming Day: 
 
 So let all Darkned thoughts Through Sin^ 
 Call in 
 Their Powers, that led them in a blind-fold way : 
 
 And Rowf 'd up from fecurity. 
 Bring better fruits unto Maturity* 
 
 For now the Fragrant Eaft 
 The Spicery o'th' World, 
 Hath hurl'd 
 A rofie Tindure o'r the Phoenix neft^ 
 And from the laft Dayes Urn 
 An Other fprings. 
 And brings 
 With it a Charettier too in its tarn : 
 
 So then by this new fire 
 Be Goodnefs Hatcht, all wickednefs expire-^ 
 
 Then as This Prince of Heat doth rife. 
 In Power, and in Might feem ftronger^ 
 Proclaiming that 'tis Night no longer 5 
 By vanquiiliing the Witchcrafts of the Skies, 
 The Spelly-vaprous Mifts: 
 So let th'enlightned Soul 
 Controul 
 Our Adions, that no ferther they perfift 
 To follow fenfe, whereby t' invite 
 Ruine, the fawce t' unruly Appetite. 
 
 Thus now it's cleere. 
 Out of all Queftion, 
 The world's unmask'd, and all of Vailing gon. 
 n(^htfs Triumphant o'r our Hemifphcre : 
 
 Let 
 
r58) 
 
 Let us net therefore in difguifc 
 Seek, or Bravado, 
 
 To fliadow as if under Maskerado 
 So many faults and Villanies, 
 Knowing that He who ra^ade the Light, 
 
 Cannot Himfelf be deftitute of fight. 
 
 But though His Providence 
 
 Did this beget. 
 That Suns that rile fliould fet. 
 And in appearance vanifh hence: 
 Yet doth He claim for th'intereft 
 Of Day-lights blifs. 
 We (lumber not amifs 5 
 When as our Light is borrowed by the Weft: 
 But the Choice Cabbinet of minde adorn 
 With Contemplations may befit next Morn. 
 
 Trium Gratiamm maxima Charitas. 
 
 *yy Hen all Perfeftions prove 
 But like fome found 
 OfBrafs, 
 Wherein no certain*Note is found. 
 Without Hai-monious Love ^ 
 What do we fee then more, than through a Glafs^ 
 
 We may with Eloquence 
 Beguild our Speech, 
 And then 
 Ofier at more than we can reach. 
 And bring an Influence 
 Of Works to raife us : yet are we but Men. For 
 
(39) 
 
 For if provok'd we be. 
 We'll not forgive 5 
 And fo 
 Forget the wrong we did receive. 
 Though it be Love's decree ; 
 Untill we can work our revenge in wo. 
 
 The Ghurle, whofe fparing skill 
 Denies to feed 
 The Poor, 
 And fuch as ftand in greateil need 5 
 Yet thinks he doth no ill, 
 Whilft He walks double on his Ivory floor. 
 
 An Other, Envie-fwoln , 
 
 When once 't was heard 
 By chance. 
 That fuch a one was new prefer'd , 
 Cries, What are honors ftoln I 
 Yet by the fame trad ftrives Himfelf t'advance. 
 
 This Mufhrum may appear. 
 When firft the Sun 
 Doth rife 5 
 But when His Hemifphere is run,. 
 And that the Ev'n draws near. 
 It fliuts up alt its treafure, and fo dies. 
 
 Unlcfs rcviv'd again 
 
 By Loves fwect Charra^ 
 O'r which 
 No Night or Vapour can do harm 5 . 
 For neither Pride, Wit, Gain, 
 Can make us truly Live, or truly Richo. 
 
 F But 
 
C40 
 
 But if Affeftion 
 
 To Truth prcvailc , 
 And fay. 
 No Suffering fhall turn the Scale, 
 Nor yet promotion: 
 This Night will turn into eternall Day. 
 
 umh. 13. EI Sembrador, or^ the Sower. 
 
 ALL arc Solicitous, who grounds poffcfs , 
 To know 
 Both when and how to fow , 
 That promifc may to them the Moft incrcas. 
 
 And by the feverall Seafons, Change, or Wain., 
 
 Full, or 
 Incrcafe, to ftir them for 
 What might be propereft of every grain. 
 
 Nor do they fcarch fo deep as for a Mine 
 
 Of Gold-, 
 Yet what's the fitteft mold 
 For every feed, can readily define. 
 
 And doth not great neglecS and (loath appear 
 
 In thefe, 
 Whom Barley, Wheat, Rie, Peafc, 
 Affc(ft alone in being cheap or dear : 
 
 Whilft that the Fallows of their hearts, untill'd, 
 
 No more 
 Can promife than before , 
 To be with Cocklc-rhoushts and Darnell fill'd. For 
 
C40 
 
 For when the Bells do feem all In to Chime^ 
 
 They'll fay 
 This is fome Holiday; 
 So never frame a work unto the time. 
 
 AH that they pray, or hear, orread, or dO;, 
 
 Shall be 
 Choak'd with the Brierie 
 Gares of this world 5 w^hlch they are Slaves unto. 
 
 Before the Reverend Preacher can divide 
 
 His Text 5 
 Some one foon tcls't the next, 
 Yet's robb'd of it-, For 't falls by th' high- wayes fide. 
 
 An Other gets a Point by th'end, and may\; 
 
 Go on 
 Till Perfecution 
 Declare him Niol^e : then he muft ftay. 
 
 As when a Soil's prepared with art and Care, 
 
 The Hinde 
 Such Crops doth alwayes finde. 
 As to's endcvours anfwerable are. 
 
 So let our Hearts be throughly wed of Sin, 
 
 And then 
 They'll prove good ground agen . 
 And bring us more than thoufand profits in. 
 
 F 2 Ncceflt 
 
Necejfe^ eji Vt 
 
 Tcmpor um Vitia Car eant Dei am icitia 
 
 Abfque vera triftitia. 
 
 Terminus 
 
 a quo fer quern ad quern 
 
 VAhundanti^i 
 ^^^^' <Gmdtum 
 
 " VGuU 
 
 
 12 
 
 Opera 
 
 I'enehrarum f cFugienda 
 
 V(jenhenti(Z > — «? AmfleBenda 
 
 MiferkerdU Ij C-^cquirenda. 
 
 Sic fiet 5 Ut 
 
 ^ Mundim. JDentium "^ Candor 7 ^Copi^ ^ uhertatl 
 
 ArmBYum CUngor V cedat <^m ^ tranquil lit dti 
 Tepkntidi ardor j ^Sanitatic^ temperiei. 
 
 Quod fac fit Dominus huic Mundi angulo Anglia-. 
 
 A M E N. 
 
A Carroll. 
 
 ■yLTHat though't be Cold, and Freefe, 
 Let no good Chriftian leefe 
 
 So much of heat and Zeal, 
 
 As not for to Remember 
 
 That bleft day of December : 
 And what to Shepheards Angels did reveal. 
 
 Which doth of right Claim lay 
 To All chat ever Man can write or fay. 
 
 A Saviour's born for Us, 
 What News more precious ^ 
 Wer't but fome Neighbours Son, 
 The Bells would ftraightwaycs ring — 
 In Cakes for Goffipping 5 
 
 So foon the Ty dings o'r the Town would run. 
 And many a light brain toft 
 
 Amongft the Good wives, where to place their Coft. 
 
 And ihall my frozen heart 
 
 Not thaw, and bear its part 
 
 InJoUitie for this: 
 
 Whereby not I alone. 
 
 But each beleeving one 
 May promife to Himfelf eternall blifs ^ 
 
 For fuch can ne'r be Cold , 
 Who have this Birth-day in their hearts enrord. 
 
 But may be faid to burn. 
 Till fome thanks they return, 
 Which though far fhort they reach , 
 The comfort is moft furc, 
 
C44:) 
 
 It hath healing wings to Cure 
 Not for reward , but to make up the breach ^ 
 
 Which fo repaired 't is we 
 Muft make it good 'gainft Satans Batteric ; 
 
 Whereto belongs this Care 
 
 In Chief and Singular, 
 ' That ftridcr guards we keep , 
 
 Becaufe both night and day 
 
 Th' Artillery doth play. 
 Nor doth our Adverfary ever flcep: 
 
 Then we fliall lliew hereby 
 Chrifls Favour hath not dipt our memory, 
 
 Zfpon the birth of a Childe. 
 
 W^Hen I (O LordJ Thy Mercies fcan, 
 
 Stooping unro the Publican, 
 Who flood afar off; and didfl daign 
 To give, that He might ask again : 
 ( For not the Outward-beaten-brefl, 
 Nor down-caft-Iook could make Him bleft ^ 
 But 'twas thine own Power did controul 
 His former Vice, flamp New His foul. ) 
 
 Methinks I am fo far fet free 
 
 From all Sins bonds and Tyrannic, 
 
 As that raif'd up in hopes-, no More 
 
 I need Zdcheus Sycamore : 
 
 But (though a Dwarf in Grace ) conclude 
 
 I fee Chrifl 'bovc the Multitude 
 
 Calling me down •, as if to fay, 
 
 He meant to be my Gucfl to day ; 
 
 And ^though a Sinner J crown My wifii. 
 Bringing an^Olivc-branch for's Difli. ' rhis 
 
(45) 
 
 this is a tr He faying , That Chrifl: came, &:c, Tim. 1. 1, 
 
 T3E a thing true or falfe^ our Nature lies 
 
 ■*-' Alwayes fo prone to Novelties^ 
 
 That we are caught : and what is done or faid y 
 
 Tickle, till we have uttered ^ 
 Yet are afleep whilft this True fayings come , 
 
 ("Or clfe with Zdchary ftruck dumbc Ltth. 1.20. 
 
 Through incredulity) although 't exprefs 
 
 In it the height of our unworthinefs: 
 And this the Scope , That He was 'nointed King 
 
 Although he governed every thing ^ 
 Contented was of 's footftool t* make a throne 
 
 Where He might work Salvation , 
 And fo is a true Jefus 5 nor doth thus Mat.o.i^. 
 
 Become unto the Righteous , Mark z.ij, 
 
 But to Thofe likewife who through fins decree 
 
 Condemned were to Miferie , 
 Amongft whom tfce Apoftle 5 whilft he'averrs 
 
 Himfelf as chief, fo little errs : 
 What ihould we Judge our felves to be ^ whofc all 
 
 Of Life is but Apocryphall, 
 Lefs than the leaft of Mercies : yet again 
 
 When in our ills we not remain, 
 Goodncfs fliall caufe that Scepter to diftill 
 
 All faving Grace into the will 5 
 So that repaired by this, forgiv n by that. 
 
 We may thus far be Confolat ,' 
 That Princely Clemency, and wonted love, 
 
 May both the Crime and guilt remove : 
 Then though the chicfeft of the Chief we bee. 
 If we repent , this Vcrfc may fct us free. 
 
C40 
 
 A^^ Looh^g'Glafi. 
 
 FOe to Ill-faces for thy truth, be free 
 And Shadow back my Souls Deformitle, 
 Thou It plcafe me better far, than that which can 
 Return a Raven White, or black a Swan : 
 For if thou fliouldft like to thy felf, rubb'd ore. 
 Give All for Motelefs that comes Thee before^ 
 I might fufped, f that juftly) whilft thoU'rt fct 
 To me 'n Diameter for Counterfeit, 
 So horrid black my Confcience doth prefent 
 My Guilt-complexions Night Firmament, 
 Not Tinccl'd with one Star of Grace, or Spark 
 Of Goodncfs, but Sin-clouded o'r and Dark. 
 How fhall I then prefume to Claim a right 
 In any Dawn of Mercy and of lights 
 Unlefs My Faith give credit for the Loan 5 
 And fo Gods Son lend from th'Refleftion 
 Of His Bright Merits, fo much power to fay. 
 My Pardon s feal'd, and Night is.turn'd to Day : 
 And then, and not before, I may fcem dreft , 
 When His Great Favour, my Great Sin 's confcft. 
 
 Sbamd hy the Creature. 
 
 T^He Thankfuil Soil Manured and Winter Dreft , . 
 -^ Returns the Hinde an A utumn intcrcft 
 For all His care and Labour : nor denies 
 To bcuncloath'd, to deck his Grainaries : 
 So doth the Youthful! Vine thofe Prunings own, , 
 When as her Blo0bmcs arc to Clufters grown ^ 
 
 Nor 
 
(47) 
 
 Nor (to ihew thanks) doth fpare her blood to fpill, 
 That fo the Planters Veflcls She may fill. 
 This Vegetable Lcfture may indeed 
 Caft a Blulh o'r me, whofe return for feed 
 So far fals ihort, as not for every one 
 To bring an Ear •, but for a whole Scafon none , 
 No not that Corn again was left in truft, 
 And Harrowed up under My barren Duft : 
 But pregnant Nature doth fo rule and rai^n, 
 That with wilde Oats She Choaks the better Grain ; 
 And where My GratefuU Heart Ihould dye my Prefs, 
 It's all Befmeared with unthankfulnefs. 
 Nor can a Thought, a Word, or Ad: proceed 
 Out of My Clay, that turns not ftraight to Weed : 
 And for My Fruits, ere Ripenefs is begun. 
 Abortive-like, They wither in the Sun 
 Of Self-Conceit : Lord prune once more this Vine, 
 And PlowthisGroundjlcft the Figtrce's doom be Mine. Luk, 13.7. 
 
 To Man^ on hn frail Condition. 
 
 Y^Hat permanence to Earth or Clay is due, 
 
 Fond Man confider, for that Emblems you : 
 This Day brings humane flefh under Death's yoke ^^^'*' ^^^^ 
 
 And yefterday I faw a Pitcher broke. ' ^^n viSy &c. 
 
 Our Forms are different, Subftances the fame: 
 The fubtil Artift doth both Veffels frame 
 For Honor and the Contrary ., and thus 
 Our great Creator moulds and fafliions us. 
 If we would then our Makers praife fet forth, 
 We Ihould take Care to become Thofe of worth. 
 
 G ne 
 
C48; 
 
 The Fallacy of the onttvard Man. 
 
 A Re we awake, or doe our Eyes 
 
 ^^Onely with th'Gloworm fympathife. 
 To light the Pifmire to his bed. 
 When it through toil and labour 's wearied ? 
 
 Doth not the Bank of Mofs appear 
 Crifpt up in Moon-fliine far more clear^ 
 When Argm-^yA with many a Mitcf 
 It waits upon the Goddefs of the Night < 
 
 Have not the wanton Fairie-Elves 
 Their Torch-bearers, Light as themfelves,- 
 That with our Fancies fport and play, 
 Untill they lead us quite out of the way^ 
 
 Cannot a Spangle, Pin, or Bead, 
 By Candle-light, int' Error lead • 
 And reprefenting Treafure, chime 
 A ftooping to the Mat or Bord for th' fame ^ 
 
 'Tis from no other, but from hence 
 That whilft alone with th'outward fence 
 We doe behold, and not witli th'Minde, 
 Weareafleep, orweareblinde. 
 
 Awake and See ; Let Sin no more 
 Lock up the Window and the Dore 
 To thy fair apprehenfion (Soul,) 
 But let its own allurements give Controuh 
 
 Let 
 
(49) 
 
 Let this falfe treafure, vapour, Ipark 
 Of candid dew, Ihine in tne Dark, 
 And the Bcjewel'd worm Efchew 
 The morn, left that her Diamonds prove untrue. 
 
 But Let Thy Luftre Foyl-Iefs be, 
 And fo prefent the Day to thee ; 
 Let Sparks of Grace, and Truths hght lleer 
 Thee to Contemplate Thy Lord Treafurer. 
 
 Who not on Bords or Mats did lie , 
 But did Inftall Humility : 
 Whilft in the Chambers of the Inn 
 One fpics a Bead, an Other fees a Finn. 
 
 He is that Light which doth convay 
 All wife men to th'eternall Day, 
 Whilft Fools by falfe Illufion s fire. 
 As in the Dark flip into Dirt and Mire, 
 
 'Twas He alone 5 whofe wounded fide 
 And Hands and Feet are glorifide>, 
 Whilft Potentates with Jewels hung. 
 But Barren Mofs-banks are, and filthy dung. 
 
 No fweat, no Travail, grief nor Pain, 
 Did His Love Shun, to win again 
 Thee that wer't Loft : [His Mercies Shon 
 Far above th' Glance of Trueft Diamon . 
 
 Wherefore if Thou mak'ft ufe of this 
 Worms Love to Raife thy thoughts to His i, 
 If with Induftrious Care Thou bring 
 Home to thy felf His fuffering ^ G 2 
 
If by reflediion thou return, 
 Sighines unfcign'd, for fighes, and burn 
 In Zeal : no Falfifi'd delight 
 Can c'r deprive thee of thy fight. 
 But with the eye of Faith thou Maift behold 
 A Crown Immortall priz'd 'bove pureft Gold. 
 
 Z^pon the limes. 
 
 Wake thou beft of fence. 
 Intelligence, 
 And let no Fancy- vapour fteer 
 Thy Contemplation t' think that peace is neer, 
 
 Whilft war in words we doe bemone> 
 There's nothing lefs left in Intention. 
 
 £ngUnd that was, not Is, 
 
 Unlefs in Metamorphofis, 
 
 Changed from the Bower of blifs and reft , 
 To become now Bellomes Intereft, 
 
 In danger of a Funerall Pile , 
 Unlefs fome happy Sv/itt means reconcile. 
 
 Which how to bring to pafs. 
 
 Beyond Mans hopes, alafs. 
 Therefore be pleaf 'd (Jhow) who didft make 
 
 Atonement for His fake , 
 To filence this unnaturall fpell. 
 As Thou didft once the Delphian Oracle. 
 
 My 
 
My Keformaion. 
 
 If all the Span 1 
 
 Of Dayes 
 
 Lent here to Man 
 To Pilgrim in. 
 And in Times Kalendar enrol'd, 
 
 God Ihould but Skan, 
 What might He finde for weight and Meafure, 
 But Pounds and Pecks of this and t'other evil •, 
 No one markt to His Praifc , 
 
 But fpent or fold 
 For Profit, or in Pleafure : 
 Bywhole-fale 
 Unto Sin ^ 
 And by RetaiJe 
 Unto the Flefti, the World, the Devil. 
 
 If the Immenfe 
 Goodnefs 
 Did not difpenfe 
 Its power upon 
 Our frailties, that like Clay or Glafs 
 
 Makes no defence 
 'Gainft Potters, or the Glafiers skill : 
 What could we promife to withftand fuch lofs. 
 Our Miferies redrefs, 
 Unlefs(^alafs!; 
 His Son He let them kill : 
 SoHimfelf t'pay 
 That by One, 
 Which on all lay •, 
 And t'expiate, through grief and crofst^ . 
 
 G 3 Htre 
 
r50 
 
 '■-•.\ 
 
 Here am I loft, 
 n;v.. Sofmall, 
 ' Yet fo much coft. 
 Wherein the debt 
 Would wcl-nigh drive into defpair. 
 
 Had not the Moft 
 Of mebeendiofs, and fo unfit 
 To take the ftamp of any Grace or Good 5 
 Untill he that made all. 
 
 Did to repair 
 My Crackt cftate , and knit 
 By His pain ^ 
 Wherein met 
 To fet again 
 That Breach for Balm, His precious Blood 
 
 Captives ye know 
 
 Are led 
 Into much woe 
 And Sufferance', 
 Untill by Ranfome they get free 
 
 Again ; and fo 
 No more are bound, but to thofe waj^es : 
 Where lies my bond and Obligation then 1 
 To Sin was Cancelled, 
 
 But ftill with Thee 
 My Saviour, whofc Bayes 
 
 O'r Death's fting, 
 Hell, and Chance, 
 A Conqueft bring 
 To fct me at full Liberty again. 
 
 Not 
 
(53) 
 
 Not what I will 
 Tofpeak, 
 Or doe My fill. 
 As Appetite, 
 Not Reafons Fefcue fliall direft; 
 
 But with that Skill, 
 Thy Gracious Mercies fliall infufe 
 To make me truly fenfible of thofc^ 
 Whilft I the Fetters break, 
 
 Andfodeted 
 That which did me abufe. 
 
 My Young years, 
 Which were light. 
 Too void of fears. 
 That fo I might the reft for Thee compofe. 
 
 My Clofe-Committee. 
 
 H 
 
 'Ow bufied's Man ' 
 
 To feekandfindc 
 An Accufation 
 
 Againft all thofe 
 He deems his Bodies good, or Goods oppofe! 
 And winks at fuch as Hazard Soul and Minder 
 
 Nothing of late 
 Is done or fpoke. 
 But either King or State 
 Concerned are 5 
 The while Each 'gainft his Neighbour wages War^ 
 So 're aU the bonds of love and friendihip brokc. 
 
 And 
 
(54) 
 
 And how Comes this. 
 
 But that we do 
 Or utter what's amifs 
 
 In every thing; 
 Making Each Fancy Lord, each Will a King, 
 And all that Checks not Reafon, Trcafon too^ 
 
 Werc't not more wife , 
 
 To lay about 
 Which way for to furprifc 
 
 That Traitrous band 
 Of Sins, that in our Eofomes bear command 5 
 And entertaining Grace, t'caufe thofc March outc' 
 
 Our Luft, our Pride, 
 Ambition , 
 Or whatfome'r befide. 
 Seems to give way 
 To that unjuft Militia and Array, 
 Bring we t' our Clofe-committees inquifition: 
 Thus when our hearts thefe for Malignants brandy 
 Commit them not, but baniili them Thy Land. 
 
 Humiliation mthont Reformation , a fonndation 
 
 rvithoHt^iBtiilding '^ Refermation rvithout Hnmilt- 
 ation^ a Building rvithout a foundation. 
 
 BEft Architcfts whether in Brick or Ston, 
 Caft firft to lay a fure Foundation, 
 Then raife the Fabrick •, Confident hereby 
 T' affign't a term of perpetuity : 
 
 "" Whilft 
 
C55; 
 
 While Leffer Artifts failing of that Care 
 And skill, ered them Caftles in the Aire, 
 An Element unconftant, which betrayes 
 To Ruine whatfoever there thofe raife. 
 Such, and no Other are They, fo profefs 
 To add by Reformation, happinels -, 
 Yet want the Bafis for to build upon 
 To make it laft. Humiliation •, 
 When others feemingly call on the flore. 
 Yet are reformed no better than before : 
 So here Foundation without Building is. 
 And there a Building on a Precipice. 
 
 Wherefore let me be humbled firft; and then 
 Reform fo, as never to fin agen ; 
 Blending thefe two together, with intent 
 To Build an Everlafting Monument. 
 
 A CarrolL 
 
 A Wake dull Soul, and from thy fold of Clay Luh 2 . ^ 
 
 '•'Receive the blefled Tydings of the Day : 8. 10. 
 
 Not of a Foxes Cubb, whofe guile might be 13« 
 
 A promife of fucceffive Tyrannic. 32. 
 
 Nor o'th' Viflorious Eagles farr-fpread wing , ^. i. 
 The chiefeft of the Worlds parts covering : 
 
 But of a Lamb that's yean'd, a Childe that's born;» ^^^^^ i • ^^ 
 
 No Spedlacle of Glory, but of Scorn ; -^^^^ 2. 
 
 For in the houfe of bread, This Bread of life, 1 7* 
 
 For us, is come to lofeph and his wife ; ^ ^ • 
 
 And though the City David's were, therein ?• 
 
 His Son no Throne Poffefles, but an Inn. 4* J^ 
 
 H There 
 
C50 
 
 There thou maift finde him, at whofe mcan^lowbirth, 
 Tlic mighticft Potentates of all the Earth, 
 Nay Oracles, are filcnccd and gon, 
 Nor longer ferve the Devils delufion. 
 The Delphian Fiend confclfes, He's o'rcome. 
 And by an Hebrew-born-Childe flrickendumb. 
 j)jofj^ The Letters of th'Old Law effaced are, 
 Stiidas Down falls the Statue of great Jupiter, 
 Niccpho. With th'Twins, and their nurfing Beaft ; which fliour 
 Of Prodigies, roufe up the Emperour, 
 Whothusfarrin the dark could fee, t'ercd 
 In honor of th' Almighty Archited, 
 An Alrar in the CapitoU to's Son 
 Firft-born, with the fole dedication. 
 
 If Light thus thorow darkncfs ilione,why is*t. 
 That thou who haft the Gofpels beams, the mift 
 Of errors canft not diflipate, but ftill 
 Becom'ft Idolater in doing ill < 
 How doth thy Pride and Envie hatch deceit. 
 And fond Ambition raife thee in conceit 
 Tfnlm 44. Of thine own worth, when all fuch honors can 
 20. But drefs thee up more ftately Beaft, no Man ^ 
 The Serpents brood like Twins doe alwayes ParCp 
 Whichby Thy bcwtftly humors foftered are : 
 Thy tongue no more thy hearts crofs-row doth fpell^ 
 -Than if thou were't an Other Oradc : 
 Be filent then, nor longer more prophane 
 i Cor. 6. That Holy Temple, for which thou art tane 5. 
 J p * But let the Lambs blood wafli away the ftains 
 And Charadiers were written in thy veins 
 By thy firft Parents, and which fithence thou haft 
 By thy Endevours into Volumes caft^ 
 
 Throw 
 
Throw down thy felf for Hirn who meekly cime 
 Into the world for thee, a Childe, a Lamb, 
 Born to be Slain for thee, yet ilain before. 
 To make the Vi(ftory and Conqueft more. 
 Humility's a Childe •, a Giant, Pride-, 
 Goliah from the hand of David d^i^c : 
 So though like Foes,thy ill Affections grow 
 Unto immenfity, a Powerfull throw. 
 Out of the Sling of Faith, of Hope, and Love, 
 May all that Monftrous-uncouth-brood remove. 
 Then maifl: thou raign without fufpition, free 
 As Pharaoh did, till this Nativitie : • 
 Then fliall Thy Confcience Oraclifc thy Fate, 
 Than was Angufiufes more Fortunate ^ 
 Nor in the Capitoll,|but in thy Hart 
 Ered an Altar to Him, let e^ach Part 
 Exprefs thou art awake, and feeing canfl tell^ 
 That now Salvation's come to Ifrael. iFfalm iL 
 
 II. 
 
 In Pneros Bethlehemitieos qnos Her odes mortc Mat. z,i6. 
 Chrijlz canfa mnltavit. - c 
 
 iNnocuis nocuit^ lush dum Injujla minatur^ 
 Jnfanda Infamum Lmrca Fc^na ddbat. 
 
 H 2 % 
 
My Handkerchief to dry my eyes after the lojjh 
 of a mofi dear Friend. 
 
 T Ord^ fithencethebeft 
 ^ OfThine, 
 
 Their Portions hat^e 
 Of Sorrow^ SicknefSj and the Grave : 
 Why fliOLiId the worft repine. 
 Though Thou lock'ft up their chiefeft joyes in reft^ 
 
 Joyes, here but Lent, 
 And fo 
 That we can fay, 
 W' enjoy them for a day, 
 'Tis of meer Mercy, when for all we owe. 
 The Landlord muft diftrain to have his rcnt»^ 
 
 This the unthrifty courfe we take. 
 Begets,- 
 Whilft Pity mov'd, he tells 
 Us , He'll repair our tottering Cells, 
 And quite ftrike off our former debts , 
 If with Contentment, thankfulnefs partake. 
 
 Theft againft fadnefs are 
 An Antidote, 
 Preventing its Cold Poyfon, and 
 A heat-allaying- Julep, where Thy hand 
 Doth Thy difpleafure in a Fever note : 
 TJiey ftyle the Grave, whether 'tbe near or farre, 
 T'be but a Bed • wherein when all mufl: flcep. 
 Let them reft envy'd, for our Sins we'll weep. 
 
 On 
 
(5P) 
 On the TrotQ-Martyrs Death. 
 
 T^Hey w'r of Deucdions race, coiildbe of no other, 
 '*' Who fton'd St. Stefhen^ Fyrrha was their Mother. 
 
 In Efiphaniam^ fiz^e maniftjiationem. Pp/. 148.3, 
 
 J^Um mdnifefla Novo Chrifti qu^ Gentwtis Ajiro 
 Lux hodierna refert^ Ajlra loc^u^ntur Ave, . 
 
 ' " ' ■ 
 
 A Morning Fancy upon recovery from fickle (?^and 
 
 the hirth of a Son at the fajm time . 
 
 '\J\ Ark but the Sluggards fiiamc, the Charxge 
 XV±\^Yhere Pifmires numeroufly doe range 5- 
 
 And you'll conclude^ no fight fo quick to tiy 
 
 Diftinftion in Thofe Creatures induftry. 
 
 See but a fhower of Motes that feem to beat 
 Some bufie Traffick in a Sun-beams heat : 
 Then tell me what eye's fo diftinftiall. 
 As for to fingle One out of them all. 
 
 This, and much Lefs is Man, whofe numerous fry 
 Fills the world to preferve pofterity : 
 And yet there was an Eye both frown d and fmil'dj 
 A Sicknefs here, but there a Lovely Child. 
 
 Singling out One, to iliew at once the room, 
 
 Where's Mercy do His Judgments overcom : 
 
 And when the Fatherly Chaftifement's don, 
 
 Crowns him the joyful! Father of a Son. What 
 
C6o) 
 
 What can be here return'd 1 the full expencc 
 Of :i whole Summers toyi and providence. 
 Or fuch apack of lighter Merchandize, 
 As in the Sun deliglit to cxercife ^ 
 
 Thefe, and no better are what we can raife. 
 To lliew our thanks, (living a heart of praife. 
 Which God Himielf muft give j and then *t(s no more^ 
 Than t'borrow of one, to pay the fame a fcore. 
 
 Yet Lord, here be my Creditor, and lend 
 A- Soul, that may fo much to Thanks pretend : 
 That whilft it feeks thine own but to rcftore. 
 Thou by acceptance maift create it more. 
 
 From God to all Princes for moderation in 
 taxing their SubjeSis. 
 
 ■"T^Hough ftyled Gods, yet maift ye die like men, 
 ^ Saith God the Lord : Hear what he fpeaks agen, 
 Whofe Children if yould all accounted be, 
 (O Ifraels Princes j leave off cruelty : 
 E\ek,^') .p. And let your judgments, Juftice fo put on. 
 That there be no room for Opprelfion : 
 Neither exad from thofe Avho call you Lord, 
 More than your needs require, their powers afford. 
 
 ic or. 1.3 1. %)eYbnm Dei manet in ^ternnm. 
 
 rfalm 105, 
 
 119. Jj^tari in Domino juvet-, ^ cum LttbricA turbenty 
 Pfil. 8.6. ^ oUmen Vcrbnm Noife diequefrntm. 
 
 Ut 
 
Vt (it & Cogitationihm^ Verhifque^FaSiifque 
 
 frGfitim Omnifotens. 
 
 GReat God in whom all Juftice raigns 
 And Truth, 
 Let not the reins of youth. 
 So flacken in me ftill, 
 T'enthrall and Captivate my thoughts to 11]^ , 
 
 Much lefs my Deeds : but as thy Son 
 Begun 
 Where Solomon 
 
 Laid S ton: 
 So make thy houfe my hearty 
 ^nd fcourge out of it each Mechanick part» 
 
 Neither let words that die when fpoke^^. 
 Provoke 
 My Soul to think, 
 Theylfink 
 Into Oblivion, 
 As foon as They are utter^^d and gon. 
 
 Place a Sentincll before 
 
 My dore. 
 That by my Tongue 
 be fong 
 No Anthem but Thy Praifc, 
 Nor let it ever fend forth other Layes. 
 
 Thus 
 
Thus may my thoughts and words, which uiher on 
 
 My Deeds to Adion , 
 By Thy Divine Power purg'd from th' drofs of Sin, 
 Pave me a Golden Trad: to Progrefs in : 
 
 Which if thou crown with Grace too, let appeer 
 Dormant, yet watchfiill, ccafing never hcer. 
 
 Non eSi bonnm Indere cnmfanSlki 
 
 QUnis Caro moritur ^ 
 Mai. 4. 2. Et Sol Iufiiti£ Oritur^ 
 
 Luke 1 . 78. freftrcns Sanitatem^ 
 
 Jfu6o.i^2, ^i volumm ^ 
 
 In Alls '^ 
 
 Qttdtn Colimus 
 In mdlts, 
 Ideo §ni tmct Omen Inferni^ 
 Metuat Nomen Mterni'^ 
 Et ahfn pr£vancm^ 
 Si veils SanarL 
 
 Ad Angliam in quiuti No^embrii 
 Eemm AnnoaUm. 
 
 pEjltm quid fr of eras Infula ? quidBiem 
 
 Commemormone dignam extftimes 
 St Hanc fr^tereas ^ in qua Mtramlts 
 Acid est henignitas Liberationism 
 Q^ialem qui comfaret Antiquis feculls^ 
 ^arcm inveniat nufquam in Atavis^ 
 
 Gigantum 
 
r^5; 
 
 €igdntum licet repetdt Fabidam , 
 ^a Cesium If fu?7i JlultitiafetitHr '^ 
 
 Mom [ufer Momem fdUm ojieniitur, 
 Ajl h\c ad Centrum ufque ^ Infer n^f 
 terrarujn nigral itur Cavernas : 
 Monet aperta front e malities^ 
 Sedc^cajugulat, neque a pendente ,., _ ,_. 
 MalOj quam a per iculo latent e t\\\*)V/jT 
 
 Tarn dirum Nefas 3 mumt Conditio 
 I» qua fr^valida fiet admonitio. 
 Serpens Innocum dummodotuendus^ 
 ^jioniam ReptHis faalefugiend/i^ ; •. $i\\v;\>v\VL •:i^c':\. 
 Herharum fub umbra condttu^ metuendt^*;\-^^-^\^ x'^^-^^'^x\^ 
 Cut nee dipmtles Dolos fm^e 
 Hos fubterraneosy ^9s latuJ(fc 
 Ufque ad FigiliamDieifefi:i,-^ \^\\^\<^, l 
 Memmeris in qua ManifeUi - ' ^ 
 Am$r is Di'vini fdtuere Radii, -s: ^:; ^v^ \^.> - ^;., . -^-r 
 O ! fi mihtfaveat Arcadia 
 Terra y vel Nemus, ut inveniam in Illk 
 ^ibufcum notare Dtem : LaptUls^ 
 UtimosFeterum,necmihiRubr$ 
 TinBmfit Calamm atramento^ 
 Cum Luceat Dtes ^ afanguine Liberate : 
 Nigroque earhone notata 
 ISIufquam Conveniat-^ mm licet Atra ^^ 
 Machinatio If a (^ Tartarea . . ' / \^* 
 Frtiflavit Banc Bominus^ (jr Tenebrarum 
 Orcumfugavit Lumine Gratiarum, 
 
 Tutior Anglia ut in^pofierumfies 
 Cordibus Gratis not iitur Dies. 
 
 Ouid 
 
C^4) 
 
 Quidmaxime femperin "ootk babe at. 
 
 1/Otis ft fdvemt numlm fervtdi^ 
 
 PeccAtis rlaceant fanere -, qudnmlmt 
 Fana Ttmforis dr cederefofieris 
 Vitx Limitihus velint 
 Texetur Melieribus 
 Telu' in addant. 
 
 Centemftu in haheat Sfltndida Secnlc in 
 Hoc Nugalia : nam in Fejpere Condita ejt 
 Aurora facies^ nee rugtt amphus. 
 
 Cum Nox adfuerit Dies 
 
 Let hi ^ ftc Thalamis modo 
 Dormiet Omnia* 
 
 mm m^ne eji fugiAt Mnchina, Tartaric 
 Hec in Meridiem S$rdida c&ntrahxt^ 
 Vej^ertindque tmc Temfdrdeonffjcit 
 
 L£tU6, ludiciam ctifity 
 
 SferatCcelica^ atTmfr^bus 
 Altera fuadet. 
 
 Times Mintage. 
 
 OF all the fcattercd Brood, 
 Or Brotherhood, 
 Drawn from Creations line. 
 To Blazon Providence divine 5 
 The Worm, the Snail, 
 The Ant, the Fly, 
 Bell: make difcovery 
 What Adam did entail 
 On His pofterity. 
 
r^5; 
 
 To dwell with Duft and Clay, 
 Which Symptome may 
 Mans Low condition. 
 That without intermiilion 
 Heaps up with cai'e 
 What here is got^ 
 And Ignorant knows nor, 
 Thefc Tranfitory are. 
 Nor fhall endure, but rot. 
 
 What was Domitians game , 
 Orth'Sluggards ihame. 
 The Bloodlefs'creeping beaft 
 Carries his houfc wherein to reft, 
 OrLeglefsonc, 
 But Emblemer 
 Of frailty , would infer 
 Danger to be trod upon 
 By every PalTenger. 
 
 And doe we break our eafc , 
 To follow thefc < 
 Fly at preferments pitch 5 
 And adding to our heaps grow rich 
 In Muck and Slime ? 
 When 'tis our Soul 
 Immonall ihould controul y 
 And fo Calcine our time 
 From all fuch drofs to Gould. 
 
 Which by afflidionstri'd, 
 And worldly croffes purifi'd, 
 Our Great Redeemer will apply 
 His ftamp to give it currency. I 2 /;» 
 
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 Luke 1 6. 
 
 Dives Sl^t:dAm Ifigens, fednondt^m Nomine Dignm^ 
 Purpureo DcccrAtm traf •,. VuluqH^ ^^f^^^^ 
 Caudet dr Afd^iis D^fihMs. mcjumft'ibt^ ttUis 
 farcitnr.lngtuviem ^ei^ fopt pafcerc Fcedam, 
 SedMare Corjfubttir Tot urn y '& Icngincjua Potejlas 
 Terrdrum excutitur : nee non Junonia Regm . rf 
 
 Addunt IngenHtiCJimuUtimfmrnuMeyifi^ : 
 Nee deem, nifi TlAmmtferms Igmfquefuturmi 
 Moritium Jp tarnen.^^^m Lethalifepulm \. --[cri^ 
 
 Btcitur-^^^^-^ ml alitidr^i^r . . . , .; 
 
 Pduper dr Alter eratj grmlk ^em . hieeea feddit 
 Spe^mdum Chmtate Magis^ nudijque lacertis, 
 Fri^idm ante fores, procujuhtns J)i^ftUyP0n^\{^ 
 Solttitm a C ambus Lambent ih'Hstpf Met ur : 
 {Non etemm blando hoe CAptmda eft gloria fedo) 
 MortuHs eft etiam : Sed ^eis diftrimine vita 
 Dipmilis Fortumfnity His Mortk & idem : 
 Nempe % ^cdinfagilk gmdetur tempore mundi 
 Vertitur tn Lachrymal • Dtiripma quique fuhc 
 Jllim Jrbitria^ aceipit^nt pro mmere Peilm. 
 
 
 % 
 
Vpon the Rich Ghtton , aticl Poor Be'gger. .. P^rMe. 
 
 THcre was a Certain Mighty Rich man, had 
 No other name (in Scnpturej although clad 
 In Purple : who delitioufly did fare 
 Daily, for which there neither Coft nor Care 
 Was fpar'd, to feed his Gluttony with ftore, 
 Of what the Seas could yecld when Galed ore •, 
 And whatfome'r both Earth and Air afford, 
 Seem'd Heaped Tributes to his quainter bord : 
 So that no Element to his defire 
 Was Niggard, fave what was referv'd, the Pire. 
 Yer this man Died, and on that flecpy fcore 
 Was Buried— and no more— - 
 
 There was an Other, whomfpare Diet made 
 More fpedacle for Charitv, being laid 
 Naked and Cold before the Rich mans gatc^ 
 Who full of fores, and all Difconfolate, 
 Saving from what the licking Dogs apply. 
 Concludes all this \^^rlds pomp but flattery : 
 Then He Dies too. But as in life thefe were 
 Nothing akin , fo in Diameter 
 Death Their Condition ftates,for now 't appears. 
 What here was fown in Joy, there's reapt in tears ; 
 And He who by hard Fate was here oppreft, 
 In AbrAms Bolom finds an Intcrcft. 
 
A Ret/eille Matt in to my beft Friend. 
 
 T Ord, when the Cafements of Mine eyes, 
 '*-' To welcom in 
 
 The Morn, firft opened are; 
 Grant that my Heart may early facrifice 
 To Expiate for Sin, 
 Prepare ; 
 And muftring up Thy Favours and Its Crimes, 
 Caihiere the One, let th'other ftand enrold 
 To evidence at full that Time of Times 
 Wherein Thou Ranfom'dll me, who once ^vas fold. 
 
 Let all the Drowfic Vapours preft 
 My Fancy down, 
 Difpell and give it way 
 To rife betimes, and to be better dreft ; 
 So Dignificand Crown 
 The Day 
 With Anthems may fet forth that Glorious flame 
 Thy love burll: out in , when my fault was fo, 
 rd line for e'r benighted in the fame, 
 Hadfl Thou not vanquiflit and o'rcome my fo. 
 
 Caufc(rbefeechthee) that moift dew 
 That falls upon 
 My waking Temples trefs 
 By every yawn , Thy goodnefs taught to fhew , 
 An Exhalation 
 Exprefs, 
 
 Obeying 
 
Obeyiflg no heat Tave what did proceed 
 
 From that moft Righteous Sun , whofe beams alone 
 
 Were of ful I Power to refine the deed 
 
 Our Parents Drofs'd by their Corruption. 
 
 And as My Armes unfolded ftand. 
 To fathom out 
 The Latitude^ as't were, 
 'Twixt the Beds either fide Meridian : 
 
 Let my Thoughts fore about 
 That Sphere, 
 Unparaiieid for Grace : and ftretch to be 
 Embracers of tbofe Mercies did extend 
 Beyond all founding Plummet or degree. 
 And thither all my Kids and Fatlings fend. 
 
 Thus tane by th'hand by His whofe felt 
 What mine deferv'd, 
 I'm up •, and ftraight perceive 
 The Mornings Birth Bedew'd with his whofe fmelt 
 All of Perfumes, and ferv'd 
 T' conceive 
 Such Raptures in Me, that no part nor fenfe 
 Could be at quiet, till it rofe to make 
 This Offering, and from a full influence, 
 Infpir*d of Love, Dull Thanklefnefs t'forfike.. 
 
 Now if my Eyes, my Heart, my Head, my Armes, 
 Embrace, Contemplate-,feeling, feeing Charmes, 
 Where can this Exorcifm trulier flay, 
 Than on that Star which changed our Night to day ^ 
 
Quid Amabilins* 
 
 If 
 
 I muft needs Difcover 
 I am in Love : be Chrift again my Lover, 
 
 And let His Paflion bring 
 My Actions to their touch and cenfuring : 
 
 Who in this world was born, 
 Liv'd in it, and was put to death with fcorn, 
 
 That I to Sin might die 
 Being born again, fo live eternally : 
 
 Thus f 1 no longer make 
 Addreflcs to my Glafs for this Curies fake, 
 
 Or that quaint garb, w'hereby 
 I may enchanted be with flattery : 
 
 Nor on Luxurious vow, 
 Becircling Rofe-buds feek to Gird my brow 5 
 
 But with a melting thought 
 Bring home that Ranfom whereat I was bought. 
 
 In Contemplation 
 Of that fame Platted Crown He once had on. 
 
 And when my Glove or Shoo 
 Want Ribbond, Call for th' Nails that pierc'd Him too : 
 
 Elfe fircher to be dreft , 
 Borrow the Tmclure of His naked breft ; 
 
 Nor wafli^but in Soul Price, 
 Then ufe no other bafon than His Side: 
 
 So, up and r.Mdy, think 
 Hov; He, for Mc, low in the grave did link, 
 
 That I agaiii might rife ' ^ " ^" ^ '»" 
 Willi Hun, w^ho was both Prieft and Sacrifice, 
 
 To make atonement in 
 The Diftrence 'nvixt his Fathers wrath. Mans fin ; 
 
 Whereto it muft rem.ain. 
 That I tl iroueh Faith requite this love again . ^^^^^ 
 
'Aritudinc relicta 
 
 itatisfiu^mur £tern!i 
 
 Luke 24. 
 
 TLuxuria ^ 
 Lihidiney 
 
 Vhii viter^wutpote ad 
 mortem £t.rniim dn* 
 czntia^ & Amphordtn 
 ample ^emttr a^H£ 
 Cdslefiif, 
 
 f in nohifmetiffts necemm ^ 
 KVi'Via Re^urrecfi acc^uiramus, 
 ^are I tYkitu per fcenitentiam pra peccato in nojlro- 
 Z^Moripj^orum Contcmptum^ 
 
 Umui per bemvolentiam humilitdtts ipjtus 
 
 I or i am, 
 
 (urn habeamus^ 
 
 sponjum vtdcamus, ^ fi^^Unti cum cikfti 
 
 ^J ^^ % in fepulchro Carnahbm 
 g \Arrogmm & deniq^m ru^yetur fini (bintnaUbus. 
 3 ; Anj/tritid ^ confuetw' -^ j^ 
 
 I Avarttia^ ^y confuetu 
 ^ 1 Tranquillitati 1 conquieji 
 
 hie 
 
 \ (jrTyrannidc]^ 
 
 funt (^ 
 cu :Hu 
 Anims 
 
 nojlrji. 
 
 f de talibus dicippteJl>non enim 
 
 furrecti 
 
 T ^ ampliits^ 
 
 ito ita Mortui fuerint 
 
 cum Chrjfio qnam certifim^^ refurrex^ 
 
 - ■ .^«.. ^ jWace this after Page (7^) 
 
 Yet knows more than he fhould. That he was nak'd, ^* 
 
 K 
 
 And 
 
Luke 24- 
 
 ciuare< 
 
 *qtiaritis? • 
 
 'No» Hie 
 
 ' ertim . 
 
 \ furreSfas . 
 
 {Luxuria ^ ^ 
 Uhidine, 
 
 Et in omnium 
 
 I OJ 1 
 
 Sahatorem c^ 
 SalvAtienem, 
 
 ArrogMtia (^ I demf.malorum \B^ Veritatem & 
 Avaritid^ \ conflict udme ■ " ■ '-''"-* 
 
 '^iTranquillit'atc 1 conqmefcamKs, 
 [ (jrTyrannidel 
 
 >- j Vitam, 
 W 1 Jmmunitatem ^ 
 \_ JmmortaliMtm 
 
 17)ef2h 
 emm 
 
 enique quUquld lonerum ex 
 emni mptnifieentia &fingtilari 
 pravidemia largirl dignetur 
 Omnipotenjy peieri conemur ; 
 quid aliud nifi vivenlem iattr 
 MortM) qusrimi» > 
 
 Utitaq-, 
 
 Mortii antaritudine relict a ^VuUvlumtnutpoie id 
 
 ritafalrcitatis frmmir aterna^ ^eitia, & Ampboram 
 y amphaemur aqn/: 
 
 Neqnimm in nohifmetiffis nccemiu 
 Ut hinefcia Re^urrecli acquiramu^. 
 Defcendamus per fcenitentiam fro teccatoin nojiro- 
 
 rum if forum Contemftum, 
 Ut Afcendnmus per bemvolentiam humilitdtis ipftui 
 
 in Gloriam. 
 Sic rejfionfum habeamtis^ 
 
 Siuando Sfonfum 'vidcamns,^ p^^'^„j^,i^„^/^,,jii 
 
 Et fepofitis in feptdchro Carndibm^ 
 Non illic Jperetur fitti f^iritttdthtts. 
 
 1 . ? ^'^' 
 
 Sedverius de talibus dicipptejr>non enim* 
 
 ^ furreili. 
 
 Fcelices ter ^ ttmpliiis , 
 ^i Peccato ita Mortui fuerint 
 Ft fmul cum Chrifto quam cert if im refiirrext- 
 Tint. 
 
 Kacc this after Page (70.) 
 
C70 
 
 The nccejpty and grounds of Faith. 
 
 A N in the ftate of Innocency, knew G^n. 1. 16. 
 
 Nothing to fearCwhom all things were fet under) 
 But was Created by perfedions pattern, ^^^- ^* ^ • 
 
 And fo above all hopes : till he whofe Pride 
 Sent him like Lightning from the place of Blifs, ^""^^ '^•'^' 
 
 To become Prince of Darknefs, Qwhich alone ^ P«'- ^ 4« 
 
 Proves Nurfe to Envie and Malicioufnefs : J ^'^'^ ^* 
 
 Drownd in his hopelefs Fortunes, fecks all means Kez/.ao.io. 
 
 To make fond Man partaker of his woe 
 
 By Deprivation, not of Paradife ^^^ 3- 24« 
 
 Alone, but of the glorious Makers prefencc ; Cen.^.i6, 
 
 And of thofe Vifions Bcatificall, ' £2«i^i.5,iS 
 
 The Banifliment from which, is Held to be 
 The Chief of Torments threatned for degree \ , 
 So 'twas decreed, to fharpen Satans Crime, 
 Sweeten Gods Mercy : t' caufe his Comforts lefs, 
 Gods glory to appear by much the more • 
 And therefore mark how 't fals out •, Man s alonc^ 
 So God provides him for Companion ^^^ 2. 2c 
 
 Part of himfdf , a help, but fuch, whofe skill Ge».'2.23,a 
 
 Fit to receive the fubtil Serpents guile, V^n. 5 . I3 
 
 And help to cheat too, when the fubjed's, Pride, 
 Ambition, or the likc^ what erc^sforbidden ^ 
 As ftraight betraycs him to the greatfft offence 
 He could have fain in, Difobedience. 5, 
 
 Now whilft he feeks to know, hee's Ignorant, ^ 
 
 Yet knows more than he fliould. That he was nak'd, y 
 
 K And 
 
10, 
 
 And fo provides him Leaves to Cover that 
 Which without Leave he thus was ftript into. 
 Nor rcfts he there fecure •, it feems the guilt 
 Of what he had done, prefentedasaglafs 
 His Souls deformity through Nakednefs, 
 In not beleeving God, f whofe Voice but heard) 
 8^ They Boldly enter Thickets, though afraid : 
 Hence may that Paflion count its age, and thcn^ 
 What antidote prcfcribable , fave hope, 
 That ftill Looks forward, 'Icfs in Promifes 
 Which calls the thoughts back, to fee what fliall come r 
 And this muft work by Faith, and Faith recall 
 15, The firft Seducers Doom, fto be o'rcome 
 
 Heb. 1 1. 2. ^y ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ Iffue^ was o'rcome firft, 
 
 W hich is the fubftance of our wifh'd Defires, 
 i?/>»g.S.24, And Evidence of what each foul admires, 
 Jeb. 1.16. Yet fees not, though thereby Salvation's wrought, 
 2 Cor. 1.20. And Grace to win it; Ab fence prompts the minde 
 Job. 3. 15, Jq Incredulity • till fairhfulnefs, 
 Lukei's. 2 ^^^u^ded upon thofe Promifes ne'r fail) 
 ^ * * AflTures it felf of Pardon and forgivenefs, 
 
 ^6. Through him that was accuf 'd, condemned and died. 
 
 Yet Lives to try, and Judge hereafter all. 
 Eom. 8. 34. By whofe alone fufficiency of Merits, 
 iXim. 2, 5 . And interceflion as our Mediator,. 
 
 There is found ground and Ankerage for Hope 
 'S.fhf.2.^, To Stretch the Juftifying Cable on 5 
 
 When all that ever from our fclves proceeds , 
 
 Avails us nothing, but t' increafe mifdeeds : 
 
 Yet as a Body without motion, 
 Jam.2.26. Or fpirits quickening, fo Faith alone, 
 
 Without fome operative concurrences 
 
 1$ Dead,not Lively ,but a Dream or Shadow^ . Chime* 
 
ChmtrA^ or fuchlike, wherein we feem 
 To have feme fancy-glimmerings of the truth. 
 Yet not belecvc it , nor fo much awake 
 As t'apprehend Chrift and his benefits : 
 So fuit our works according to his will, 
 Whofe will it was to fuffer that which wc 
 
 Deferved had : and t'underc^o the wrath i "^H* i»i^» 
 
 We juftly had puli'd down upon our fclves. 
 The outward fenfe prevails much with our nature, Ephef,2.^. 
 
 And every one is apt to apprehend 
 Some wonders thence : from Lightning^Thunder^Hail, 
 The ftormie Winds and Tempefts (without doubt, 
 Gods warning-peece) laden with Natures Cartridge, 
 Whereat the very Heathen fear and tremble, Nero^ &c^ 
 
 And the Meer worldling is convinc'd thereby 
 To think there is a God, whilft all the fruits 
 And benefits the earth repays him with 
 Por all his fweat and labour, he afcribes 
 Solely to th'Seafons temperature and bounty. 
 Not thinking in whofe Fifl the deeps and hills arc 5 ?/*/, 95.4. 
 
 And Both (for Nature couples them j impute 
 What ever good fucceffes they obtain^ 
 Or health, ftrength, wealth enjoy, to Cafualty, 
 Chance, or Good Fonune, (as they call it j born 
 To tread a few ftcps here, and then return 
 They know not whither, they beleeve flill well ; 
 So how they fhould beleeve well, fcorn to Learn 5 
 When on the contrary, that Soul fubducs Lal^^i.^e, 
 
 The motions of the fcnfuall appetite, 49> 
 
 Which caufes furfet upon outward means, ^ ^> 
 
 And fixes all Imagination 5 ', 
 
 Up to the Throne from whence all blcffin^s rain, I ^ 
 
 Ki ' And '^* 
 
And Chaftifcments but drop, (yet fo, as when 
 They mollific, not with their often fall, 
 They furely doe confound and break withall, 
 Is in purfuance of the Makers praife, 
 Luke 2:1 47 Andcontemplationof that work of Wonders, 
 J^jr. 1 5,3 9. M-'ide the Centurion firft think of God : 
 
 It doth beleeve the Sampler, and endevour 
 To work it ftitchby ftitch, whereof fuch Love 
 John 1$ 1 r. Was never fhewn before, begins the Thred, 
 ipbel'y.'i^ ' HamiUty and Meeknefs feconds it ^ 
 Tbil. 2.8. Charity, Patience, and Long-fufferancc 
 Mat. II 29. Winde up the Bottom: for thefe well Caft o*re. 
 Job. 10. 11. Will perfecft Faith, fo that it need no more, 
 Kom. 2. ^. Jq ^[(^ ^Q hini that did defccnd for Us, 
 
 And brin^ his Mercies down to take that rife by, 
 4/J/.4. 2. Craving his Healing Wmgs to Impe our Feathers^ 
 That fo we flagg not through Lafinefs 
 Towards what good is, nor yet make a plain- 
 DifcGvery that our quarry ftill is earth , 
 But like the true-bred Chicken of the Eagle, 
 With raif M up Beak behold the glorious Sun, 
 > Ibid That Sun of Righteoufnefs, till all the Dark 
 
 And mifty Vapours that our fins had raif 'd 
 Difpell and vanilli at his Merits Rayes. . 
 Jer. 8. 22. No Balm from G ilea J may refrefh and heal 
 The feftercd fores of our Corruptions, 
 But fuch as that Sammtan applycs : 
 For as our Leproufie through fin was grown 
 To a more cankered Infeftion 
 2lC/«g.5.i5, T:hcnN^rnAn^ the Ajfyr/ans^ zndGaheT^es: 
 
 27! There mull: another /^r^^;? be found out 
 Zicj^i^.u To work the cure-, a Purple ftrcam of blood 
 
 Flowing 
 
rzo 
 
 Flowing out of a precious faving Side, 
 To waih our Souls white, when apply'd by Faith 5 
 Not onely Seven tinges, but all that Time 
 
 Alots us here to breathin : That Difeafe tKmg'y,2y^ 
 
 Compared to fnow^ being cur'djefumes the flefh 14. 
 
 Of a young Infant : Here an Infants flcfli Luke 2,21. 
 
 And blood not fpaf d, procures fo bright a tindure. 
 As that no fnow can parallel for whitenefs, 
 The Lambs blood-waflied Robes, wherein the Saints Job a, 29. 
 Are clad here, firft by Chriftian faith and Grace, 2Uz/.i^.8, 
 
 And therem dreft, hereafter enter glory •, 
 So thenceforth ihall we promife happinefs 
 Unto our felves in each condition^ 
 When our AfTurance, for foundation, 
 
 Harh the try'd Corner- ftone, and all the fabrick Ifa. 28.16. 
 
 Is pcdeftaird upon thofe precious piles ^«^^' 23. 26, 
 
 ^ He bore, and bore him, bidding us bear after. ^^'^' ^- ^* 
 
 And by which plenall fatisfaftion, ^**'- ^ ^- 3^- 
 
 The Vials of his Fathersnvrath were ftopt. I^. 16.1. 
 
 God by reproof fends Sluggards to the Anr, ^^^- ^•^* 
 
 Proud Courtlings to th' Riches of the fields : Mattb. ^.28. 
 
 And why lliould we not think that we are taught 
 By Love, to love again? were our heans iron, Magws Amo- 
 
 A Loadftone might attrad them, and (fuch Love is ) ^" ^^^'• 
 Doe the milde Turtles fo engage themfelvcs 
 By Natures mandate. That the lofs of one. 
 Denies the other benefit of Like^ 
 And ihall we not refent that benefit 
 •Our Saviour purchaf 'd for us, quitting Life, . 
 To make ours furc for ever^ Or, how is't 
 We can forvive, not droop and pine away , 
 For our offence Ovhich was the caufe ) we ouoht^ ^ /-• „ -. , - 
 
 3 And 
 
C70 
 
 1 C#r. 1 5. 21. And the Dominion that lin hath o*r us, 
 
 Elfe 'tis an other lefTon Grace inftrufts, 
 Luke 34. 26. And that's to entertain his Sufferings 
 iFii.2.2^. As our enlargement, his Stripes, for our healings ^ 
 
 Embracing all thole Bounties with fuch Souls, 
 
 May ready be to melt and to dilTolve 
 
 2 Cor. 6.4. In tears contritionall for their Corruptions ; 
 
 5> Yet raif 'd witl i Comfort of fuch Mercies, Riches, 
 ^5 Be fruitfull in the works of Piety 
 
 EpheCA^'z Henceforth, and praifes of his holy Name 
 
 -^Yl^io is the Fountain, and muft give the fame, 
 
 Johfj 4. 14. Qpji^fg ^^^{^ Barttmeus we were blinde, 
 
 Gm, 2.7. How doe we not perceive the Clay we tread on, 
 To be the fubftance whereof we were made : 
 And by the Sun that Attom'd into Duft, 
 Tells us but what we muft diflblve into : 
 Or like the Shadow reprefents us, fee 
 We not what 'tis, and what we all fhall bee 1 
 That in obfervance of our bubble Thoughts, 
 We ftill afpire, and make our Fancies dance 
 Within the Imaginary pool of Pride, 
 Or fea of Self-conceit . This not of Eyes, 
 But dimnefs of the Mindc is too too bad. 
 Wherewith bemifted in cur apprehcnfions. 
 We dream we fathom all perfections , 
 And yet but grope after the Icaft of truths. 
 It may be in the twilight of our reafon. 
 We offer at obedience to inftrudiion, 
 And leek to be inform'd : If what we hear 
 
 John 3. 1, Flyflot beyond our pitch,(a great Profeffor, 
 4- Mailer of Ifrael, once was gravelled 
 
 Upon that Shelf) and 'twas through lack of Faith 5 
 
 Had 
 
C77) 
 
 Had he but had fo much, as t'have compar'd 
 
 With that leaft Grain of all, no Mountain could Mm, 17.20, 
 
 Have bragg d of firmnefs 'gainft his moving power. 
 
 But to fhew truly what efteem we ought 
 
 To fet upon our felves, 'tis here fct down. 
 
 When the prophetick Prince, and Prince of Prophets, ^/^^^ ^2.^. 
 
 Compares his Royalties but to a Worm 5 
 
 And by the beft Authority can vouch, Aiattb. 18.3. 
 
 An innocent, and little harmlefs Childc 
 
 Is plac'd for us to imitate : And thofe 
 
 Who would afpirc great blelTmgs of falvation, Jldaf. 20,16. 
 
 For to be Laft is Firft, and Firft but Laft, Alatk 9. 35. 
 
 Leaft greateft, greateft Leaft : Epitomife ^f*ke 9. 48. 
 
 Our felves, and we become voluminous 
 
 In Graces Library ; when if we fwell 
 
 With pr de of our own Worth, the fmalleft vent 
 
 Un-winds that blather, blafting our intent : 
 
 And that we may once more Example fcan^ L«% 1 8, 1 1, 
 
 Confider th'Pharifec and Publican. »2, 
 
 But if all thefe not fervc to break our fton _ , 3 • 
 
 And iron hearts-, mark what he Rode upon Tfalm%^ 10 
 
 Into the City, who Salvation brings, 
 
 And when he lifts rides on the Winds fivift wings . 
 
 Doth the leaft crofs or rubb we meet withall. 
 
 Set our whole little world afire, and raifc 
 
 Tempcftuous motions to difturb the reft 
 
 And quiet of our Souls : Prompting revenge ^T 
 
 And yet behold,our Food and Raiments friend ^fi*^'^ 44«i i* 
 
 Ledtotheflaughter, Dumb,and tothe Shearers Job ^1.20.^ 
 
 Without an angry Bleat to fticw diftaftc! ^-^' ^^'^' 
 
 Arc we lo frozen-handed, that we fear 
 
 To open any help to thofe that need. 
 
 Upon this fcruple, left thereby we fcem To 
 
To break the Ice for Merit to ftart out at. 
 So feck to (hare with him in whom all Lies, 
 Gil < . 6. -^^ ^f ^^'^ Vncw not that our Faith were lame, 
 I Cor. 13-1. Without t his Grace for to fupport the fame ', 
 And thvit if in his Name who fed the hungry, 
 Cur'd the difeafed, heal'd both Lame anclBUndc, 
 Adminiftring f whilft here lie was amongft us) 
 Lnhfi 1 9. ^ ^'' comforts, for our imitation 
 
 And pattern to walk by J we doc refrefh 
 Veut IS 7 ^"y ^^^ ^^"'^ ^^ Abraham with water, 
 Mat, 2540. A Mite or Ragg may help neceffity, 
 LAe \6. 9. He will accept it, as to him 'twere given. 
 And the reward or recompencc is Heaven. 
 Call we to Minde when mov'd to any wrath. 
 How many wayes we daily doc tranfgrcfs 
 Our gracious Gods decrees, who as the farcell 
 Or mafter Featherof his Mercies wings, 
 To raife them above all his other Works, 
 Abounds in Patience, and delays due Judgment, 
 To favour our Repentance with more time, 
 Mjt. 26.67. 'Never forget ting, how He bore the Taunt 
 Mjrkj^.S'^. That whited Wall caft on him, nor the Buffet, 
 Luke 12. 63, Scourging, or Spittings on, all that difgrace, 
 
 ^4. Envie, and Malice could contrive for us 
 A/jr.i$.i73 Whohaddcfcrv'dnolcfs-, and then perchance 
 ^^' Such LcfTons may procure our temperance. 
 To fuffer is a double kinde of phrafc. 
 For fo he did that died for us, yet ftill 
 'Tis through his fufferancc that we are alive. 
 And fuffered to enjoy one benefit 5 
 Whilll by our Evil wayes, what in us lies 
 We crucific the Lord of Life each houre ; 
 
 As 
 
C79} 
 
 As when our thoughts forge mifchief on our beds, ^f^l* }^. f 
 
 Are not his temples Crown'd anew with thorns i 
 O ur hands that fliould be open to Relieve, 
 If that they grafpe more than our own, fo thieve 
 Or work oppreffion : and our feet are fwift 
 In fhedding Blood too •• how doe fuch again 
 Nail his unto the Crofs^ our tongues are tipt 
 With poyfon'd Envies and Malicioufnefs, 
 Falfe lying, flanders, all that's impious. 
 Tuning our Lips to Blafphemy, and loofe 
 
 Unfavoury talk. Doe they not fcem to fpit John 19. 34; 
 
 On him arirefli < tearing that window open 
 With our {pear-point=ed Difcord, that let in 
 The Gall-lefs Dove brought the true branch of Peace 
 And Reconcilement, whilft from thence did flow 
 A Crimfon ihower of pure Compaffion, 
 And fatisfying Mercy in the height. 
 His Side (I mean) that like Noes Ark had been 
 Our fafeties from the Deluge Vvto- :i bt by him. 
 And now Remains our p^edg, that thofe that flie 
 Unto that Sanduary never Die. 
 We through oar Natures weaknefs. not of power 
 To give the Leaft of Sr.fferings rcliftance. 
 Although we promife fair, as^eter did. 
 May here be taught to truil fo far to Faith, 
 
 Not that proceeds from vain fecurity, tul^ 22. 33, 
 
 Left then the Crowing- Cock give us the lie 5 34* 
 
 But fuch whereby we are Regenerate, Rom. 3. 2S. 
 
 And Juftify'd, more than bare Law could promife. 
 As to o'rcome the great'ft temptation, 
 
 And judge the Buffetings of Satan Bleffings 5 Jlfattb. 4. ti 
 
 The World, the wildernefs, and Every high 8, j,- 
 
 L Conceit 
 
(2o) 
 
 Conceit of our own worths we are tickled with,' 
 
 To be the Mount : Superlative dcli.^nes. 
 
 As when wepry too far into Gods Ark, 
 
 And fift thole Myfteries, 'neath the Cherubs wings, 
 
 \A e feem upon the Temples Pinnacles. 
 
 Thus travailing like Pilgrims here a while, 
 
 Nothing but dangers and vexations. 
 
 Allurements through enticing change, betrays 
 
 Us to the fnares of His prccipit ways, 
 
 Whole Art dcftrudlive by enchantments power, 
 
 * Seeks to encompafs us within that circle 
 
 He fell himfelf into through prefomption : 
 Which to efchew, whilft Gods long-fuffering^ patience. 
 And charity fhewn to his handyuvork : 
 His meek Humility, and chief of graces. 
 Favours us with forbearance •, Let's come home 
 
 Whilft 'tis to Day, (,for who can tell to ' 
 
 p/;i;.P5.8. ^vhom 
 
 S.x^i^^^^-^^^ ^^'' ^^^^^^ IhaUbelongO andinthat 
 
 Slum De: t;idit vmuiu Superbum, ^yay, 
 
 //un. Dies videt redwu Jacentem.lbU. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Prodigall i'th Parable, 
 
 Ltihe^ 15.13. Seek out our Fathers face with love and meeknefs, 
 1 ^> And we are fure of his embracing Armes. 
 ^9:> Forthough through Natures fubtilty Ave have been, 
 ^^' As 'twere, hid deep within the caves of Eanh, 
 Buried in Worldly cogitations-. 
 Km.'). 6. 8. The Merchant of our Souls did fpare no pains 
 
 Nor coft in myning through the earths dark vains 
 To purchafe us, fo brings again to light. 
 Yet as pure Gold requires the Finers art. 
 And Diamonds polilliing, and to be cut : 
 So here He pad the Furnace, and became 
 
 Chief 
 
(80 
 
 Chief Jewe'ler, for 'twas the Blood o'th Lamb, 
 
 Not of he-Goats could ferve 5 and if we grinde 
 
 Our felvcs for Sin to powder, we'r Refin d 
 
 So as at firft we were, unman d by her 
 
 Should be oar help^ that ftill (lie might fo prove 
 
 God brings't about, no other Veflell feivcs 
 
 To entertain a ghcft of {o great price. 
 
 As that muft Ranfome all the world befides. 
 
 But of that Sex •, and though the news at firft 
 
 Strook terrour and amazement , afterwards 
 
 It was folc Remedy againft fear : for as 
 
 The name of C^y^rtothe Seaman once, 
 
 Prov'd of fecurity^fufficient 
 
 To make him put to Sea ; So here the Virgin 
 
 Affurcd that 'twas Emmamiel ilie carryed. 
 
 Gave lofefh courage not t'abandon Her •, 
 
 But cafting Anchor on thofe promifes. 
 
 To become full of Faith, and by what ere 
 
 The Lord fuggeftcd In that Courfe to fteer. 
 
 Thus was time brought abed of what its young 
 
 And tender Infancy had onely ihewn 
 
 By Revelation to the Patriarchs, 
 
 Prophets, and men of God •, and which now paft, 
 
 Upon thefe latter Times.by Faith is caft : 
 
 So he that was before all time begun, 
 
 Came in the fulnefs, and remairiS a Son 
 
 To mediate with the Father, that our fears 
 
 Canceird by Faith, we might become Coheirs. 
 
 7/^5.10.4. 
 
 ThefacrlficcsofthcOId, 
 bur fhadow,? of the New. 
 
 A Diamond difTolvablc 
 by Goats blood, and ro be 
 cut wirh rhe help of its own 
 powder. 
 
 Luke 1,2^, 
 29. 
 
 Sluid Timet ? 
 Cdifarem (y 
 fortuna'Tiftum 
 vebU, Luca. 
 Matth,i,2^y 
 24. 
 
 Gen, 12.3, 
 I/J.7.14. 
 
 >^«3. 15. 
 
 J Tim. 
 I Sam. 
 
 2.5; 
 
 17- 
 
 26 
 
 PM 3. 
 
 6. 
 
 L2 
 
 Bom 
 
C80 
 
 Bona< 
 
 ^Kegni Terreni ^PoteHas"^ CInfirmitas 
 
 Honor Qquibus o^-jlgnomima 
 DivitU r ^ommmrjPaufertas 
 
 i 
 
 ^Regni Ccelefiis 
 
 Hsec 
 
 .Temporaria 
 ) fine 
 Semfitemd. 
 
 lilts. 
 
 Joycs Flitting Pleafurcs, Tranfitory Lie, 
 Accompanied with much Infirmitie 
 Below here : whilft without th' allay of wo, 
 Heavn for eternity doth thofc beftow. 
 
 T^he Bra'x»en Serpen. 
 
 npHe world's a Wildernefs, and Man therein 
 ^ Expofed to the bite and fling of Sin, 
 Whofe wages. Death, from that fame curfc began. 
 UlTiering in need of a Phyfitian : 
 Then did the Great Creator of Mankindc 
 (And all things elfe) a ready Balfame findc 
 To cure thofe wounds, corrupted Nature fo 
 Contraded had for its own overthrow : 
 Whofe Mercy by a Type, at firft invites 
 Unto belief the ftiff-ncck'd liraelites. 
 Brings Mofes into credit as they pafs. 
 By fetting up a Serpent made of Brafs, 
 To foil Sin at's own weapon , and to bring 
 The future hopes of our recovering 
 
 By 
 
(85) 
 
 By Him alone who lifted on the Tree^ 
 
 A curfed Death endur'd to fct us free 5 
 
 His goared Head, Pieic'd Side, and Hands and Feet, 
 
 With Crown of Thorns^and Spears, and Nails did mcer,. 
 
 That we might tread on Carpets, and become 
 
 Coheirs with Him in trueft Elizium : 
 
 That bitter Cup he did vouchfafe to pledg. 
 
 For us whofe teeth by fower grapes fet on edg. 
 
 Were almoft helplefs'-/muft incite us on^ 
 
 To feek the hquor of falvation. 
 
 Tafte Vineger and Gall here firft, and be 
 
 Greatly Ambitious of humihtie 5 
 
 Caft down our felves for him was raif 'd for us. 
 
 If we defire to rife Glorious. 
 
 Bear Crofle, be.rob'd and hurt, iliame undergo, 
 
 PafTe from lerttjalem to Jericho^ 
 
 There meet with theeves, no healing hopes we can 
 
 Expeft, but from This true Samaritan, 
 
 Good Fridays KeveiUe^ or on the Pajjicff. 
 
 Salutis Cataplafmus. 
 
 A/j Ay we call this Dayes task to minde, 
 
 ■^^-^ And prove we to each other ftill unkinde f 
 
 Doth Paifion bear o'r Reafon fway, 
 
 Making us quite neglecfi this Paflion day ^ 
 Why are we fuffefd fo to err. 
 
 As not t'remember our Great Sufferer 
 In Praifes due c' who whilft he dies. 
 
 Shews what He'd have us doe for Enemies, 
 Forgive them firft • forthusHefues 
 
 Unto His Father for the curfed Jcwes : 
 
 L 3 Nex^ 
 
Next, whatfoever CrofTes come. 
 To be like Sheep before the Shearers, dumb 5 
 
 Or Lambs unto the Slaughter led 
 In Mecknefs, not with fury hurryed : 
 
 Then through that Conflid he endiir'd. 
 If humbly we beleeve we fliall be cur'd •, 
 
 For it falls (liort in other art, 
 To frame a remedy for.fuch a fmart. 
 
 As from the fting of doing amifs. 
 In following Sin to death here heap'd up is 5 
 And to apply this Plaifter, lay it on, 
 There needs no Others hand,fave Faith's alone. 
 
 On Eajier-day. 1648. 
 
 Death, where is thy fling -f 
 Grave^ where is thy vi^iorj ? 
 
 pj Ach thing below here hath its day, 
 ^ As in the Proverb's faid -, 
 And fo it comes to pafs that they 
 
 Conquer are Conquered. 
 For He who for mans fault affign'd 
 
 Deaths and a Graves reward. 
 Was pleaf 'd thofe bands for to unbind. 
 
 And fo himfelf not fpar'd, 
 But iflliing forth his heav'niy throne, 
 
 N^ouchfafes the Earth to blefs. 
 And became here a little One 
 
 To make our Crimes goe lefs : 
 Not that our difobedience can 
 
 In weight or meafure ilirink ^ 
 
 But 
 
But that this Great Phyfitian 
 
 Before us takes the drink. 
 That bitter Potion we had 
 
 Deferv'd to quafF, and thus 
 He weeps Himfelf, and becomes fad 
 
 To purchafe Joy for us. 
 And more than fo : for erery one 
 
 Will for his friend lay do\^Ti 
 Some fpark of love ; but he alone 
 
 His Enemies to crown 
 Refufd not Death-, fo deep from high 
 
 His Mercies did extend^ 
 And if you ask the reafon why, 
 
 'Twas meer for Mercies end. 
 Yet that grim Death and mouldy Grave 
 
 No longer be His Prifon, 
 Than He himfelf alone would have. 
 
 He 'bides not there, but's rifen. 
 And if we would as Conquerors rife 
 
 With him who vanquifh'd thofe. 
 We muft not fear where danger lies. 
 
 For Him all to expofe : 
 But though the Grave doe open ftand. 
 
 And perfecutions reign. 
 At Hels defire and Deaths command. 
 
 Look on our Sovereign , 
 His Banner doth prefent the Crofs 
 
 He bore, and bare Him too 
 For us •, and we muft count it lofs 
 
 To fail what he did do. 
 Thus Sin and Hell, the Grave and Death 
 
 Muft quit the field and fly^ 
 
 Whilft 
 
(80 
 
 Whilfl: in contempt of borrowed breath. 
 
 We'd live Eternally. 
 Thrice happy day whereon the Sun 
 
 Of Righteoufnefs did rife. 
 And fuch a glorious Conqueft won. 
 
 By being our Sacrifice : 
 And as unhappy He, that iliall 
 
 Not finde the white and beft 
 Of Stones to mark the fame withall. 
 
 And priz't above the reft. 
 
 To Prince CHARLES^ in Aprill^ 1^48. 
 
 Ufon the hofes of his Return^ 
 
 SEems not the Sun more Glorious in his ray. 
 When as the Cloud that fhadowed's blown away f 
 Is not each beam He darts then truly faid. 
 Of triple heat after being fequeftred ^ 
 The Crimfon ftreaks belace the Damaskt Weft, 
 Calcin'd by night, rife pure Gold from the Eaft, 
 And cait fo fair a Dapple o'r the Skies, 
 That all the Air's perfumed with Spiceries : 
 And fliall we think when Jealoufie and fear 
 Are out of Breath, the Day of hope's not near i 
 Doth it not bloom already, and untie 
 That ftubborn knot of Incredulity < 
 When bloflbmes fall, we fay our Trees are fet. 
 But {o^ as may a womb of fruit beget. 
 Thus when the clumfie Winter doth incline 
 His candid Icicles, fortorefigne 
 
 To 
 
To Flora shtiuty^ and the Spring drives on, 
 
 T'orctake Maturity's perfe(fiion. 
 
 The Cold fo tyrannifed had o*r blood. 
 
 Is thaugh'dj and each enjoyes new lively hood : 
 
 The Mariner meeting a ftrefs of weather. 
 
 That with his Shro wds and Tackle iliakes togethrr 
 
 His apprehenfivc thoughts, till they are fpent. 
 
 And nought but Death and danger reprefent : 
 
 With what a full Sea of content doth he 
 
 Making a Coaft embrace fecurityi* 
 
 Thefe^and much more, lUuftrious Sir, become 
 
 The IfTues of your little Martyrdome, 
 
 With whom all good and Loyall hearts did bring 
 
 Ambitious heat to joyn in fuffering ^ 
 
 For Seas prove calm when as the ftorm is ore. 
 
 And after Cold, warmth is of Comfort more. 
 
 Beft Diamonds may have foyles •, miftakes have gon 
 
 Toblemilh- yetraif'd difpofition 
 
 More fplendid in efteem •, no more to fay. 
 
 You are the Apri/l to our future May. 
 
 To Eajier Day. 
 
 "^/y^Elcome Bleft Day, whereon 
 
 The Sun 
 (Not of the Spheres alone) 
 Did rife, 
 But that of Righteoufnefs, who fhon 
 Our True-Light, was our Sacrifice. 
 
 M ' For 
 
C88> 
 
 For 'thad been night 
 With us , 
 Dark, Evcrlafting, Difmall, Vaporous, 
 Entail'd from ou'r firft Parents Appetite ; 
 
 Till by the Power and Might 
 Of this Light of the world, our Shades took flight.. 
 
 Death, Hell, the Grave 
 That ever Crave 
 And never fatisfi'd appear, 
 No longer their Dominions have, 
 Sithencc vanquifli'd by this Conquerer,. 
 Who doth enlighten crery faithfull Sphere. 
 
 Now that each Orb confenting prove 
 The while , 
 And trulier might feel thofe comforts move 
 
 From fo Great Light, fuch precious love 
 We muft refled, and back recoil. 
 To fee what cither hath in's Lamp of Oil. 
 
 For without Doubt 
 Their ihare is Darknefs, let their lights goe out : 
 
 And where agen 
 Ones light doth fliine through vertucs before Men, 
 
 'Tis True Divinity, 
 Our Hcwiv'nly Father's Glorifi'd thereby, 
 
 Solilo- 
 
QUid m Me conjpicuum 
 ^^ Nifi Vitium 1 
 
 FeccAns Ah OrigimUy 
 Non vult (idhuc mfi Male. 
 
 Vile Lutum^ 
 Fit Pollutum. 
 
 (8p) 
 
 Soliloquium ad Salvatorcm. 
 
 QUid in Tua facie 
 
 Nift Gratia 
 
 SedquiTemj)US ant ec edit 
 In Temp re Seiffam dedit 5 
 
 Sanguine lavare^ 
 Emundare. 
 
 ^/znam efi conceptio Mentis? vana^ Aji^ quod car factum fuit 
 
 Seu Profhana: 
 
 Verba fed (Heu) nojlra vent is 
 Parent • non rationi Mentis : 
 
 Facere nee quidquam luhet 
 Be Illo^ quod Tpfejubet, 
 
 Verba 
 Cor 
 
 Verbum^ inflruit 
 
 Dum quod fcript urn efi loquuttu 
 ^ic^vincius^ ^ folutu^ : 
 
 ^i pro I II is quos creavit^ 
 Nulla p at t denegavit. 
 
 Facta 
 Correcia 
 
 Fac firity 
 ^it pro fumma Lande , 
 Vacuum efi ah omni fraude. 
 Amen. 
 
 The true Bread of Life. John 6. 48. 
 
 Read is the ftaif of life, and life's the fcope 
 
 Of every mans dcficr, airne, and hope-, 
 Yet He who was the fpoil of Death f for (o 
 The Synack renders Iiim) yeelded thereto, 
 
 M 2 And 
 
 B 
 
 Lev, 26, 26 
 
 Gen. 5.25* 
 
(9o) 
 
 And after more than any elfc e're (:iw 
 Of Years and Daycs, did at the laft withdraw. 
 To ilicw the frail condition here beneath 
 ' Of thofe who in their Noftrillsber.r their breath: 
 Sothatcompar'd untoEternallblifs , 
 A Shadow, Bubble, Span, all Emblem This. 
 Why then iliould Thoughts be toft to Court fuch Clay^ 
 But that Our natures mandate we ObayP 
 And may doe fo, whilft apprtite puts on 
 No other garb 'fave Moderation : 
 The bounty Ceres from her Golden Ear 
 Scatters to blefs.the painfull Labourer, 
 Comes from above too, yet when ground and bread,, 
 'Tis but our Tabernacle's nouriilied. 
 And t hat but for a while •, the Soul muft be. 
 Beholding to an Other Grainarie •, 
 Not that which Mo[es Prayer cauf'd to fall 
 To fatiate the Ifraelites withall ^ 
 2 Kings 4. Nor of fuch Barley-loaves grew once on earth, 
 42 43 . Wherewdth El/f^a fed fome in a Dearth : 
 
 Thefe might have hunger after . but Thofe bleft 
 Withthe^True batch of Life may ever reft 
 So fatisfi'd, as with the height of ftore. 
 For fuch fliall. never need to hunger more, 
 But an Erernall life enjoy, wherein- 
 No dearth or famine is, fave that of Sin ; 
 Plenty and Joyes for evermore difpofe 
 Themfelves to be the Comforters of thofe. 
 And whilft our Faith makes that a life indeed. 
 The other feems to truft a broken reed. 
 Afflictions fowre that Temporall bread with Leaven, 
 Which this is freed of^ for it comes from Heaven, 
 
 J 
 
(90 
 
 A Carroll» 
 
 \/y Hen wc a Gemm oi* Precious ftonc have loftj 
 
 Is not the fabrick or the frame 
 Of Fancy bufied 5 and each thing toft 
 
 And turn'd within the room 1 
 Tilhve the fame 
 Can finde again , Is't not a Martyrdom^ 
 
 Doth Vanity affed us fo : yet are 
 
 We flumber-charm'd, nor can employ 
 A thought that backward might reduce^ fo farre^ , 
 Lively to reprefent 
 Our Mifery, 
 Who fell, and thus incurr'd a Banilhment r" 
 
 Shall we leave any corner Reafon lends 
 
 To give fenfc light, unfought, untiy'd ^ 
 To finde how far our Liberty extends. 
 And how refound we were 
 Re-edify'd ^ 
 By th'Shepherd, and by th'Son o'th' Carpenter:' 
 
 May not this skill and love in him, require 
 The white and better ftone to Mark , 
 And t'raife this time above all others higher , 
 
 Wherein He came (though Light) 
 Into the Dark, 
 For to reftore unto Mankindc its light 1 
 
 Moft furc it will : and where negled denies 
 
 To be obfervant of this Day, 
 It proves not onely forfeiture of eyes. 
 But ail parts feem aflecp 
 Or goneaftray: 
 So's.the houfe again unSuilt^and loft the flieep. Tragi 
 
Tragicomoedia vitae Humanae. 
 
 ORimur ^ Mormur^ 
 
 Mors er Nativitas fimul introeunt : 
 ^id ergo Gloria Mnndi I(iiu$? 
 Verum Theatrica ingredt ^cilket , 
 Bgredtque femper, Mes fuit vetui^ 
 JEp ettam hodie^ eritque^ donee 
 Fojlrema fcem feragenda ejl, in qua 
 Simul Omnes iterum partes ut agant prodierint : 
 LAvaque acies multis Miferiis 
 Finem impone^t fu^ Tragcedi^t, 
 Dextrum Cornu dam in Choreis 
 Sponfi refoneft Epithalamium : 
 Ambo Eptlogtmi Tragicomoedia 
 Narrenty dam manct Amhos Conchfio, 
 
 In Horologium. 
 
 ^^\^Bntitur celerifacilis rota tempera curfuy 
 
 Et properans Tar dam preterit Ilia Diem : 
 Sic Horam Alatamfuiperet modo Flumhea virtus^ 
 
 Cumjuvet infrimulos pondereprefjafuos. 
 Jailer e qnam facile ejl dum nonfentitur, amijfo 
 
 Fendere tarda rota efl^ temporafedfugiunt. 
 O ! mihific Liceat prudenti Cordefugaces 
 
 Annumcr^<re Dics^ tit mthi Tendtis erit. 
 Sic poffcmfuhito vitam difp onere feclo^ 
 
 Ut renovet Claram Candida [era Diem. 
 
 The 
 
(93) 
 
 The Tragicomedie of Mans life 
 
 L-IEre One is born^and there an Other dies^ 
 •*• ^ Nativity and Obfequies 
 
 Enter at once ^ What then is all 
 
 This worlds Pomp, but Theatricall ^ 
 For to come out, and to goe in 
 Hath evermore the Cuftom been. 
 And will be till the latter fcene 
 Summons us all at once again. 
 Then Ihallthe Left-hand file in Miferie, 
 Shut up the ftory of their Tragedie : 
 
 Whilft with a Chorus the Right wing 
 The Bridegrooms Epithalamie doth fing , 
 Both giving a Cataftrophe 
 Unto this Tragicomedie. 
 
 Z^pon a Clocks 
 
 T^He fwifter lying Wheel oV-runs the Day^ 
 ^ Wouldmakeitfeemasguilty of Delay. ' 
 And the wing'd hour out-ftrctch as conquered 
 In fwiftnefs, by the Plummets weight of lead : 
 The fallacy is eafie, for admit 
 That weight were off, then time would out-fly it, 
 O let my flitting daycs fo numbred be 
 By a wife heart, they prove of weight to me : 
 So may I life difpofe, that in the end 
 By fetting bright, it may a clear Day fend, . 
 
 Quid 
 
CP4) 
 Quid Vita Vera, Quxnam Mors ccrtiflima. 
 
 Co// vivmt' Qui in Chrifto vivunt. 
 
 Soli Morttii- • ^^"Sji^ ''^ Peccdto remanent. 
 
 Scducitin Tentationem Fiv/ficatperfui Jpfua otlatione.j 
 
 ^JEmuhi6 Satana^ (Tatris quam Memor Chrijtus. 
 
 Veram igitur ut Vitam haheamm ^ 
 
 A VeccMd clehinc ahjlincamm. 
 
 Mo/utmur itacjue Non in fed a Peccdto»^ 
 
 Ut Fruamur Vita, — - ^^ fit & in & a Domino. 
 
 Z^port a ^ery wet S. Stephens day. 
 
 GOd would his Saints fhould bebemoan'd. 
 So the day weeps for Stephen flon'd. 
 
 « — . — .. ■ ■ ♦ 
 
 In Diem Circumcifionis ad Adamum five 
 
 totam humani Generis ftirpem. 
 
 Luke 2.21, Qlrcuwcifus erat, Legi fic paruit olmy 
 Ut parai invitis Pi lea cert a fuis : 
 
 Gal, 2.4 5. £^ JSlovu^ in vetulo dignatur Parvulm Orhe ~ 
 Vivere , Nos animis Vefliat I He novis, 
 Temvora fie fug/ ant ^ Magna efl Mutatio fecli, 
 Non Mntare^ fuas mutet Adamm O^es. 
 
 Vfen 
 
(9$) 
 
 Z^fon Eajier day. 
 
 Sin biiryed Soul awake and rife. 
 Let not the Conquered More 
 O'r thy Affcftions Tyrannize : 
 All that This world affords for Ore 
 But Droflie is, nor the leaft Mite 
 Of happinefs in Fleftily Appetite. 
 
 The Devill from the firft was ftyl'd 
 
 ALyer^andhathftill 
 Improved His malice, fo beguil'd 
 Us as our Parents to his will 5 
 Each Word v/e utter. Thought conceive. 
 Or Aft, all ferves but t' help hfm to deceive^. 
 
 No marvail then if Thou wer't bound. 
 When 'twas a Threefold Cord, 
 A Trident mifchief that doth woundy 
 Requires a Treble Patience to afford 
 Relief : with which we here were fpcd, 
 When th'WomansSeed<lid break the Serpents head» 
 
 Firft 'twas One God in three Compad, 
 
 Vouchfaf'd to work this Cure, 
 Though't fcem'd the Sons alone^ this Aft, 
 Both Father and Spirit were there mofhure : 
 For 'tis without Contention, 
 AH Three in One work'd Mans Redemption, 
 
 N They 
 
(96) 
 
 They were three Wifcmcn from the Eaft 
 
 Coiiidii<9:cd by a Starr, 
 Rcfuf *d no Travail for this Giieft, 
 But came with Prcfents from afarr , 
 To Court Heavens Munificence 
 With Gold, With Myrrh, and Frankincenfc». . 
 
 Thofe three indeed bewitch our fence , 
 
 And what could Men bring rather ^ 
 Faith was in Infancy, and thence 
 It chofe to fuit the Gift^ I gather. 
 As whereby t'ihew what Dawning 'tis 
 That Entertains the Bloflbmes of our Blifs. 
 
 The Fruit comes after : and that was. 
 
 When He who knew no fin. 
 Condemned, yet contented as 
 A malefactor Great had bin. 
 Not onelyBorn, but born to bear 
 Our Crimes, became for men a Sufferer, 
 
 Suifer He did, and was interred, 
 And fhall fond man refufe 
 To Die for Him-, orbeafeard 
 To bear, nay, tTec his crofs, and chufe 
 Rather to pafs a moments pleafure 
 Here, than partake of fuch a lafting Treafure^f 
 
 Shame Roufe us, and as He did fleep 
 Three Dayes within the Grave : 
 So let our Sins be birried deep, 
 That They no more Dominion have ; 
 Nor hang like Plummets on our thighs, 
 \Vhen with our Blcffed Saviour we ihj&uld rife. Who 
 
(P7) 
 
 Who for our fakes this Conqueft won 
 
 OY Hell, the Grave, and Death, ^'^^ 
 Three that fought Mans Confulioa ^ 
 Till Man-with- God- unite, beneath. 
 So far prevailed, as firft to Die, 
 Then Rofe again to Crown the Vicftorie. 
 
 • Chrijl alone the Author andfinlfher cfeur Faith* 
 
 'yy^Kilft we beleeve f no morej we but refemble 
 The Devils, for Thofe doe fo too, and tremble. 
 
 He who for Mans redemption was fent. 
 
 Will be of true Faith the accompliihment, 
 
 As well as framer •, and alfurance gives. 
 
 Though yet unfeen, of Large Prerogatives, 
 
 As to become Coheirs in that eftate 
 
 Which He did purchafc for th*regcneratc : 
 
 No Others to be quoted arc, but all 
 
 Authors befides This One, Apocryphal! : 
 He opens to's the door to true Bcleef, ^ 
 Who feeks t'come in another way's a Thcef. 
 
 TJpon a Thanksgi'owg dayf^r a Fi^ory. 
 
 "T Rue Viftory, on Fames wings taught 
 ^ To fly aloft, 
 
 So covers all the Plafli 
 Or Stream wherein her falfcr tydings walh, 
 ^ ^ ..That none of them more rife, 
 ■ ''' Upon our Faiths to Tyrannife , 
 But put to plunge what fliift to trie. 
 Shunning the Hawks pounce, meet the Pole,fo die. 
 
 N 2 Now 
 
(9^ 
 
 Now as In Aqucdufls, the fourcc 
 Muft guide the Courfe, 
 And to the fame degree, 
 Heighthen the reach of its humiditle v 
 So 'tis but juft and even. 
 That Benifons fent down from heaven. 
 Should thither rife a^ain in praife. 
 And fill each Kakndar with Holidayes, 
 « 
 
 Not fuch as wont make red-Ink dear. 
 Charging the year 
 In memory, t'exprefs 
 Ttis or that Man's a Saint, could go no lefs.. 
 But by duties t'ihow 
 Our Thanfulnefs, and what we 0WC5 
 As from that Place alone we can 
 Conclude our fpring of Bleffings firft began. 
 
 Thus whilft for praife wc fet apart 
 Both Day and heart. 
 And fwcetly doe embrace 
 Gods mercies meeting in his holy place 5 
 'Thout queftion Helgo on 
 To perfeft the Conclufion, 
 And crown the Conqueft farther, fo 
 That that nc'r more be our friend, He deems fbc. 
 
 4j[tnfm 
 
J cnjuum yif.c^n\iis 
 
 " Pvr^iriide aciCDcmnnum .^ud librt ire fotr:l . 
 
Cioo) 
 
 opera 
 
 Lucis 
 
 Tenehrdrum 
 
 AmfUltenda, 
 
 ^'"^'"^-^^ Plana Aj 
 
 Fugienda^ 
 
 
 rcomeffatio ^^ 
 I Ebrtetas^ 
 S i Scnrrilitas 
 
 tt\ 
 
 m 
 
 n 
 
 \ \ dU 
 
 Lis (jr Invi' 
 
 Quorum Proemia 
 fie divcrfc^ 
 
 His 
 Ex MifcriC9rdU^ 
 
 Cofia^ 
 Htlmtas , 
 
 Cdudi 
 
 turn. 
 
 Illis 
 Bx ^Hfiitia , 
 
 Penuria , 
 Anxittas ^ 
 MceptU^ 
 
 €onferuntur 
 
 E 
 o 
 
 1 
 
 This difference in works is known, - 
 The firft is Gods, t others our Own. 
 
 My 
 
My Embafjftc. 
 
 Aliter cum Domino & cum Principlbus Mundi 
 iftius negotiandum, 
 
 Return Deo ft jnmdattiry 
 cOr gemitibm rumfatury 
 JiT ocellis fons^ in ore 
 JerXXens precis^ cum amore 
 eleelAofyaentur Mdfim^ 
 Nee LegatHs re diet vanas. 
 
 Vormd CordiSyfed infecii 
 iXX'vet^ OS pEiuTA reUi^ 
 neC hUndities farcetur^ 
 don\Jim dum fr^meditetur^ 
 
 Sub alternum Regem fatls^ 
 
 ikSient IJia ^em nilgutU. Catena 
 
 G 
 
 ■:ra' dcmcnjtrant 
 
 
 ^fu 
 
 t to S\n wc 
 
 ^t m£./^ a. Chaync to Srirw it unto Chri 
 
>^ 
 
 The Seed of the Woman breaks the 
 Serpents head. 
 
 (1 ) Pfgafiis. {i)Jl^^f^^ ^ft^^ fetens (fie Fahla) gram ha rum fit^ 
 
 (2) Helicon. ^^ Fontes Montis (2) Culmina verfaflmnt : 
 (3)Horar. ' Siccantcs (i) Vatum fatiantur (^) Ne6tare^en£, 
 Ovid. Ar. jsie careant animis (5 j Carmim dignafuis. 
 (t;"ob^d^anU ^^^ careant dum (6) 'vera fuhnviaoria.fiangit 
 mas gulfi ha- Scrfcntem {r])foholes qui Mnheris erat : 
 
 cunrur y^^j^ fit ut cun^ls vlrtutum FlummamdHa/Jt^ 
 
 bercd 
 
 mo'r^Iiir quo- " (8) Vatidkis is) Cun^osfr.dbmia dumque manent^ 
 
 daijmiodo (jq) 'Dilutt ^ (i \)ficco5^fic Vulvcrc {ii) Jpargif amorcm^ 
 I'^roTaief {\iyurpmum: (14)/^^ & {i^)DiademacapU. 
 
 eriamcrcafTc : 
 
 nam, Digniim Laudc virum Mufa vetar mori. (6) Luke I. -^I. (j) Genejii 3. 15. 
 
 («)£«j^?i. 70. ifeM.lO. (9> A/4fffc.i0.4.». *5.i2. (10) i6or.6.ii. 
 
 (11) Gtnuaab hnwo hutnABurti, &adco in Pcccatis volurum, uc omniGratiarum fwcco 
 proi fir, vacuum videacur, 
 
 (I2j f/n.H.ip (I?) Lukf 22.^^ Johnlp.^^. (14) ^P^M.?- (l5) » ^''^a^. 
 
 Chriih P .^10 induir lidclcsPurpuri : Kefurteaio yero & afccnlio Coronim addunt \l(\o- 
 ri«f/jciuSecumRcg'scriam fimus parricipelqucParriiGlor.«. 
 
 A Carroll. 
 
 Lui: 2 . ^"Y As all the world by C£far tax'd to know. 
 
 What wealth each Country^City^houfe could fliow? 
 Did that Decree extend but juft fo far 
 As where Cyreniu4 was Governor < 
 Yes fure, where e'r the Roman power bore fway. 
 None could dec inc the Doom of Syria. 
 So cam't to pafs, that He oi David's ftem, 
 Haft'ned from Nazareth to Bethlehem 
 
 With 
 
With his efpoufed Marj^ and got there 
 Of what's before time. Time's th'accompliflicr : 
 Nor would the Darknefs of thofe Dayes confefs 
 A currency unto fuch Precioufnefs •, 
 But houfe and City, Countrey, all three feem 
 To caft upon thofe Guefts the Low'ft efteem-, 
 And fothe other Strangers well may be, 
 Shuffle thefe Friends into the Oftlcrie. 
 What doe we lefs, whilft Emperour-like each one 
 Bears o're his leffer world Dominion, 
 And frecdome hath to rax each Senfe, to bring 
 Its beft of treafure to this Offering : 
 Yet as ailecp, or blinde wirhNatures light. 
 We learn to court allObjefts fave the right : 
 And whilft thofe houfes fliould 'been tricked ore 
 For Him alone, they'd let in Sin before : 
 The Cities of our hearts poffeft with vice, 
 Will not change garifon at any price ^ 
 So what the Region of our Souls can grant. 
 Is, t'appear rich in ill, all good to want : 
 Yet though this Province, Fort, and Sconces all 
 Taken, betray'd, and under Satans thrall •, 
 'Tis not prefum*d, but that by Faith being led , 
 All thefe may eafly be recovered. 
 Nay, all are won already to that breft , 
 Prepared is to welcome this new gueft. 
 
 In San£ium StephanumProtomartyrem pati- 
 
 entem & duritiem Cordijum Juda^orum Lapidantium, 
 
 A^^IL£Artyrii dum frima Petris ff^a Laurea vincit , 
 Sax€A Saxfifi Corda Mmufque gerunt, 
 
 O Te 
 
Ci04> 
 
 To NeiV'years Day. 
 
 IF Eagles fhifting but their Bills, have made- 
 Their youth return, fo years feem retrograde 5 
 And. if 't be true, that every change of Skin 
 To th 'creeping brood, doth a new age begin : 
 Or whilil th'eleven Months like foodappeer 
 To fatiate the hungry lamvere. 
 Why fliould not man this Riddle too unfold. 
 And be renewed by putting off the Old/* 
 
 Armamenta ad oppugnandos Hoftes, Carnem 
 
 fcilicet, Mundum,& Satanam, Maxime neceflaria. . 
 
 J^Erus Chripanus fity 
 
 Ephef. 6, Veriute CinBus 
 
 1 1 . &C. luflitia armatus^ 
 
 F^cis CalccAmento vinBus ,. 
 
 Salvatione Galeatus^ 
 Super Om^Cy Fideifcutum 
 Cum Sfiritfu Enfe reddent tutunty 
 NecdeeJfepoteJiEi^ 
 Heb. 6. i^y Unquam Anchors, Firma^ei, 
 
 Charitof, 
 
iioO 
 
 ^nftea/j7<- Jacol)^ ^^^r ks^r is onf 
 
 (^(T teauh t^ee flaw taja^ to hecLv'n ujz^an , 
 ^U: in ci (Drram JiJ An^els f-^/^T^/^^t 
 (Pa/jtna [fcrtd from an/ to t(ie (fir^cmieivt 
 tButt^if appfiJe urUo- t^ Heart w^li^cruide ^ 
 Cpff,' ^r^S/ aitraic ^ t(; l^ IKcdcemer sjidc 
 
AmaflcLicuit, Quern pcccaffc panituit. 
 
 cy )T in initio Annorum 
 C/. infciiy 
 
 In Hamum 
 Satm^, 
 Et Iwfrevidi 
 Jnc'tdimus : 
 lu UdoYum NQporum 
 Confcii^ 
 Zach,3.8. Rarmm 
 
 Efayii.i.. ^'^'"^'X 
 
 Cdpamusr 
 
 j'ftfjc- Sfes Lihermis erit--*^-ft non 
 
 ampUm nimis^ Curo, PeculL 
 
 Quid proficict homini fi totum Mundum 
 
 liicretur,& perdat Animam fuamf 
 
 QUdfihi lucrdfacit Fragilem ^i comfam Orhem 
 ^^ Totum y Animam cumque Hie perdat (jr Ipfefuam'^ 
 Nullafalus Terr is y Brevis (jr mundana volupas^ 
 
 Ce^Ucolis nulla efi ttt^rhida^ erfetuo, 
 Fr^ferat tmmeritis H^cjflendida Lubrica Nugts^ 
 
 Tenejlrisfuferum nulla valoris erint. 
 
 Ad 
 
Ad quendam tarn Potcntia quam Intelligentia 
 
 - & Dodlrina, Divitiis a?que ac Nobilitate &r 
 honoribus prceditum. 
 
 JNgeniofus Homo es^ nee quifque Potent icr Orhe 
 
 Ditior ^ nuUu^, NchUorvefuit : 
 Tmibpis tximiU jun^d ejl FtgiUrtti^ fo'^^'^^ 
 
 Nee deerat tittilis Cofia magna tuis. 
 Hoc tantumfifcire fhcet (me judice) re fiat ^ 
 
 Ut redda£j!>om'mQ qu£ ttbi Cim^a ddat, 
 
 BngUpiv 
 
 Thou art a witty man^ nor' s every one 
 Tth' world for Power thy Companion 5 
 In Birth and Riches all thou doft outfly. 
 And exc'lent Pans backld with Authoriiy. 
 On Thy arrears this only now may fall^ 
 Tboufpend ihcfeto His praife who gave them all, 
 
 II ■ I — ■ — ' 
 
 Temporibas hifce Maxirac difccndum. 
 
 JpAcire credimm quod volumus : 
 Velmtu i git fir Bona^ 
 Et Jtatim credemm 
 > Non omnt Uendacio^ 
 
 Sed Votim Verho 
 Veritatis Ipfi. 
 Omnis AnimA Toteflatihtis fubfervtat [nfcrioribm. Rom . 13 
 
 O^ Such 
 
Cio8) 
 
 Such as (land upon falfe Bottoms in iaving 
 their Soul e s . 
 
 The ignoranr. jNfcim innujneros Domini meditatur Amores^ 
 
 £t falvum nihilo fe fuut ejfe fro : 
 Alter at induhias Venidrum concifit Artes^ 
 
 lit jihi^ dum CunEiis V'tBtma Chr'tftu^ ernt. 
 Mtwdaniinimium [apt Alter amoribm , atq*^ Hie 
 
 S ola Deo frofert Munera ut accipat: 
 Hie qtioque eiviiis fruitur jam tempre vit£. 
 
 Nee diihitat C cells c^uinfrmturus item: 
 SanBior offoftttsfihi dum hUnditur Inanis 
 
 Iiiiilis^ O* Meritis fevaluiffe fris^ 
 Humptur^jr nullam eaptllle vet Ifie falutem, 
 
 Durabit Chriflo qu^ ftabilita Fides. 
 
 The Prcfum. 
 p.uous. 
 
 The worldly 
 VV.le. 
 
 The morally 
 Civ, II. 
 
 The Hypo 
 
 crjte. 
 
 I «hn I 
 
 5- 
 
 Nuin'o. 
 
 24.17 
 
 1 ukci 
 
 7^'- 
 
 riiu^ 
 
 19. 
 
 Tuk-e I 
 
 .79. 
 
 Epiicf. 
 
 5.S. 
 
 h\iiiU. 
 
 2. :. 
 
 2 TlieiT. 5, 5. 
 
 M.Mlh. 
 
 2. 1. 
 
 C lohii 
 
 3-5. 
 
 Va. c 
 
 • ^. 
 
 lohn 1 
 
 .Id. 
 
 Liuc2 
 
 • 6. 
 
 Oil. 4. 
 
 4. 
 
 In Fpiphaniam five manifeftationcm Dominu 
 
 "KJonne pttes Merito C^cos ^i LueeferenH 
 
 Nil cermmt^adquos Phojphorm Iffe venit. 
 Nee tiimcYh Evigilant cf Densa Caligine Gentes 
 
 Umhrantur Miferi^ (vef^era tota Dies) 
 Scdtamen inveniunt flellam 5 fie nottis Imago 
 
 Verfr efl e tenehris qua duee clara Micat^ 
 Et Uagm in magno meditatur Lumine Divum^ 
 
 Sprite Novum Ajlrolog$s Ajlrum agitatque vir9s. 
 S;n auorjum hoe rogites? utfit Mamfejlm ad Omncs^ 
 
 Omni ^i m^leno tern fore natus erat. 
 
 Natus^ 
 
Natus, Damnatusj Necatus, Glorificatus. 
 
 T^efcendere defcendit ^e Ccelis ut {pravitate quH defrep 
 ftmus CArnali reliciA) afcendamns in Ccelos : Pati dig- 
 mtw in Mundo fro immundis , Vt fopdeant Lucem , 
 ^A merui^ent Crucem, Merte mulct m fe pr^hit, Vt 
 Vitam capat, qui Mori debuit. Agnm in Mont em p^ffr^^ 
 faflus cr ^^ Montem agnu^, Fajlor [uccumbit Oneri LegiSy 
 ut Unguori fuccurrdt fdrvuli gregls. Ne deftt Fons^ adejl: 
 Mons : addefremendamfitem^iHanc) cape^ Feram Vitem: 
 ^ui multo cum cruore Mori vellet ^ ut hummos ab hummis 
 errortbus avellat, Anguis ut kpdciptio redimatur Ingra^ 
 tm • fanguis Tretiofipmi effunditur y ^ confoffum Latns: 
 Tumuli limit ibusfe Capivum tradidit , Ft a Sdtana Mili- 
 tibus nos Liberos redderet. Sepulchre obdormiviffe Lapdeo 
 njtdctur^ ut duritiei Cordis humani obl/t'ifceretur. Morti 
 fr$ triduo Temforis paret, Mori ut feccatis quotidie nos 
 praparet •, ^ ne quid in Redemftionefit ami^fum-:, herren- - 
 dum Barathri petit AbyJJum. Sed ^i Lux vera eft, c^ ab 
 dternOy nonmanet tenebris nec in Inferno-^ Afi Palmam 
 feriens verA victori^^ Coromtm Tideltbus texitH Gloria. 
 BtnefitFidei Thom^ defe^fio^O^avo iterum di-e efipate-^ 
 fa^ia refurreffio, Tojlquam ab ek per quadraginta Dies 
 notusfuit (^ conJpeclus^Nubem indutt (^fufceptus: a Monte 
 quimivetivocatur [urfumrecepttis efl Pac/fcator^ Cujus 
 readventus ejt futurus, ttcx cum ^udicaturus. Mente Me 
 Deusfic donet Spirituali^ Vt non fim iternm Reus hujus 
 Mali. 
 
A Threefold Cord is not eafily broJ^n. 
 
 MEek, Lowly, Humble, was that threefold Cord. 
 Our Lord, 
 To pull us up to Heaven did afiFord. | 
 
 He bore the Crofs firft for us, and became 
 E/iy. A Lambe^ 
 
 Walh'd His Difciplcs feet, to teach the fame. 
 
 But who takes out this Icffon i is not Pride 
 
 Our Guide, 
 Enviej Oppreflion, Malice too befide^f 
 
 To crofs what's good, bleat after Natures call, 
 
 T*enthrall 
 Others ^ fet traps t'enfnare theirfeet withall. 
 
 We can the beft of care and thought unbinde. 
 
 To finde 
 . What may enrich the Body, not the mjnde. 
 
 So ftill be cumbered about ferving much. 
 
 And grutch 
 That Others have not equall fliare in fuch. 
 
 When if our Saviour we beleeve alone. 
 
 But one 
 Luh, 1 042 Thing needfull was, and that was Maries owne. 
 
 That better permanent part, grant that I 
 
 May try. 
 To compafs through unfeign d humility. 
 
 ReguJ4 
 
riio 
 
 ^Dc9 Glom 
 
 at fit 
 
 jufcum 
 
 Ntc Pafdis h^refis 
 Nee Fatal is Hyfocrifis 
 ~^cc effrenata Anarchia\ 
 
 Princlti 7/^^" ""^<f ^'^^ effrenata Anarchia \ 
 
 ^ ^matus] confiiftonis AnomalU >Deterreant. 
 
 ' Hec Galeata Dementia I 
 y^Ex TleheialnJ'elentia \ 
 
 Quin Homo Probiis 
 
 fis 
 Tarn uno quam Ambobus, 
 
 .ReipublkaJ 
 
 i 3-I5J Xo.^z. 
 
 Place this after Page ("i i o^ 
 P 
 
 Crux 
 
ftt» cleric 
 
 Tr'incffi Honor 
 
 .RelpttUica falfti 
 
 Uni vert folo etft Triflici Trimno 
 
 Uf7atiimiter nsn fecundum hominii 
 
 ji^um,fedfui ifftu* id eft veritatis 
 
 verbum Totus infervire, qmniam 
 
 Non vult fartici^emcultus lefus. 
 
 Debit am obedient ram utfote gttber- 
 ttandi caufa in nos^ d) Ipfo Domino 
 in ontne fcilicet quod Mundata n»n\ ,_, 
 exuferet Licita Prxfofito^reddere, \\ji ' 
 queniam Offtignat Dominum ficr 
 nere Regem. 
 
 Tantam trlbnere Legum ifujlitutioni- 
 bfu et cofiJUttttiombus reverent! am, 
 ut in omni a[iione «nam vel alte- 
 ram infiar metx ajipetititi pr^fi- 
 gere^ quoniam tit [aim- Populi fu- 
 prem.t lex , fic fine Legibtts nulla 
 falut PopUlo. 
 
 Rcguk nullo modo bpcrnenda. 
 
 Veram Sevotionem in Deuml 
 verumy verbs dum facrol 
 Fides adhibeAtur fanita I 
 compares. 
 
 Agnitionem c5* remuntrandi 
 obfervantiam quam humi- 
 lem, GrAto^Pio,& Patientix 
 ftmmA Patrono-Principi. 
 
 [Nee Papalii hxrefis 
 \ Nee Fatalis Hypocrifis . 
 Quibufcuraj Nee effrenata Anarchia \ 
 
 Pacem Cic Tranquillam & ab 
 omnibus [_ bonis fcilicet ] 
 maxim} eptatam Patriae. 
 
 Aimatus I Confufionis Anomalia 
 ' Nee Caleata Dementia 
 \.Ex Plebeia Inj'elentia 
 
 Quin Homo Probus 
 
 fis 
 •Tam uno quam Ambobus, 
 
 ^Dcterreant. 
 
 fUkflrfprPaaefl 
 
^Creatic "^ 
 Gcn. I. 
 
 25. 
 
 (Ill) 
 
 "Innocen - 
 tU Crc- 
 
 nim ^ 
 Ephef. 
 4.24. 
 
 Triplex 
 
 hcmtnunK^ 
 
 Conditio, 
 
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 Pofte^ in 
 
 ftdtH no Etfi Mi' 
 
 fecuro^ ferri- 
 
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 horttde- ^jj^es^ 
 
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 78. 4. vato. 
 
 Citufam 
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 ven/ffeS' 
 
 Crux 
 
C"0 
 
 In Paflloncm & RcfurreQ;ionem Domini. 
 
 ^Uimodo tantorum Tum:<lorum vir:cuU folvit. 
 
 Career ihus Tumult tr^^ditur I He novi : 
 Sic Placuit^ naculaque anim^ pur'^entur db omni^ 
 
 SarJguirie jam propria dilmt I/lefuo, 
 Humannm mveniens aperit humm tUico venas^ 
 
 Sarcophagus- Dormnum fedrettnere nequit , 
 ^uidfedes in Tumidum fomnofe Miles apertum ? 
 
 ^. 'm v'.giles vigilat Mortis cr arma rapit. 
 Ctimfociis flupefacfa vtdet Maria Sepulchrum^ 
 
 In queis Utitia (jr Mtsira pavore fuit, 
 Jnveniant Dominurm njeniunt tit Marmere chufum^ 
 
 Mane fitus Dominusy nee manet u[que dtem : 
 Vifur£ gaudent Chrtfltim, metuuntque remoto 
 
 Saxo^ diim vifus Angel us eft Domini. 
 
 Cnix Vera 
 Non in Ligno^ Sed in SignOy 
 
 •St, 
 
 j>ri'vatio Viu Bonat, 
 
 to. 
 
 All other Crosses may difquict reft 
 But this- was that by which Mankindc is bleft. 
 
 CRU- 
 
C-R-V-C-J-F-I-G-I-T-V-R. 
 
 --urm ad Exit turn GemtriXy refetitcjue Reatum 
 
 Filiolus : Voenas Hie dahlty lHafua>s, 
 'Uminat ut Miferos Rex Inclytusy Aha relinquens 
 
 Ima petit que ^fubit NubiUlucis Opus, 
 -nicus a fceftrps humtles facit I lie rece([m 
 
 Sfonte^ fuam trthmt ^uj quo que "vita fuit : 
 'Um hrevis e teneri cone ret aque fulvere forma 
 
 ^^m vitiofa regunt^ Ambit- ^fa velit, 
 'UnEla f^iro Confors, qua cum de ^orteferenni 
 
 Confultt^ ^ Culpa hdc (Morte) perennis erat : 
 -a^us homo Dominusmoritur^ fed Morte fnba^A 
 
 Commutatfortemy (jr 'vita Perennis ent, 
 -rritat Super os Gens improba, fed Juper omne 
 
 Grataepjqn^ afeifj'o Feciore fufa fuit, 
 -ratia pro ingratis datur integra, ^ufus Iniquis^ 
 
 Fro Peccatere hdc Peffora Ufa mancnt. 
 -nduit c^ noflras humanafMe volutas 
 
 Naturas^ nobis Calicateflafacit. 
 -ransf xuf que fuit y quo tranfear omnis alumntis, 
 
 Et videat paifum pactjicumque virum, 
 'i[tus Amore hominum vincius^ Captivus (^ Idem^ 
 
 Ut Lihntatls fies modo certafiet : 
 -eflficefic Miferum^ Miferos qui ^ gurgite Mortis 
 
 Ertpuit^ rapiantp^/fceranoftray fua. 
 
 P 2 Spedaciilum 
 
Spcftaeulum verae Humilitatis. 
 
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 If in a glafs one would dcfcry 
 Pcrfeft and true Humility •, 
 Then goe no farther, but obferve 
 He bore the Crofs which we deferve. 
 
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Filafs Infcription. Joh.ip.i^ 
 
 T . r iPer.3.18 
 
 ^J -^^ —tdimit 
 
 N-t^ —tdimit 
 
 What P I I. A T 1 wrote. He wrote, and did refufe 
 
 To alter for the High-Prieft of the Jewes : 
 
 This Juftmans birth with Prophcfie fuits well. 
 
 Who came to fave the loft of Ifrael. Mat.^^.ij 
 
 -^rrantibm ^ ^ \ ^ 
 
 
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 Of All the Vermes happinefs Create, 
 None out-fhines this. To be Compailionate : 
 Mercy the God of Gloiy doth prefer , 
 Although All's other works are lingular. 
 This Kingly Pattern here before us let, 
 Should teach us to forgive, and to forget. 
 
 P3 La 
 
("0 
 
 La Citta Improvida. 
 
 E ^ 
 
 U.^tp»te 
 
 ^^Htn. 
 
 A Building that is Tight and free from weather, 
 Hath all its parts well Cymented together-. 
 For where fuch Unity In it felf 's away. 
 That ftrudure falls under fome quick decay. 
 This City hore but name of Peace alone, 
 Whofe Builders did refufe their Corner ftonc. 
 
 II vero montc Teftaccio. 
 
 
 
 Memento mori^ or a Deaths-head worn 
 Upon a fifiger, oft becomes a fcorn ^ 
 For what through ule famihar is grown. 
 Nature counts lefs bv apprehenfion/ 
 Yet be ad vit'd, th.s Mount of dead mens skuls, 
 A greater dread and terror on thee puis, 
 Wno durft by Sins, and loofe defires below. 
 Make him again pay that which thou didft ow# 
 
 Edfier 
 
Eajier dayes ^fnrrexit. 
 
 SEt the CliflP higher 
 Now, 
 
 And raife 
 Each hearts key. 
 To prefent a Vow 
 In praife 
 Of him who lately was our buyer. 
 And of this Day 
 Which He makes clearer farr then Other dayes. 
 
 For look we back^ and there 
 We may with eafe 
 See what we were, 
 Transform'd beyond 
 All works, did pleafe 
 The Maker 
 So 
 That whilft He did commend 
 What He had done, Man wrought his endlefs woe-. 
 Nor of thofe praifes longer was partaker. 
 
 Before when known 
 To be , 
 By Innocencies Liverie, 
 The faireft likenefs of Creation 5 
 
 All other Things 
 Were but to Man as Offerings, 
 Whereby 
 He might maintain 
 The Ti^lc of the worlds true Sovcraign. 
 
 Jaftice. 
 
Jufticeand Mercy both, 
 The King of Heaven 
 Dcliijhts tolhow -, 
 And in his hands the Skoals doth held fo even. 
 That whilft enforced to puniili, yet he's loath 
 To overthrow-. 
 And fo a way prcfcribes, wherein 
 Man may revenged be of fin. 
 
 To this efiFed-, 
 When He faw time. 
 His Son was fcnr, 
 That all difgraces of the Crime 
 
 On Him being fpent. 
 No Contumelie or negleft 
 
 Might lie behinde. 
 To fink into Defpair a troubled minde. 
 
 SofuflFeredHe 
 To fet 
 Man 
 Free 
 Again, 
 Whofe debt 
 Required no lefs 
 To recompence 
 The Guiltinefs 
 Of fo great Difobedience. 
 
 Which 
 
("9) 
 
 Which bond difcharg*d, 
 All are enlarged , 
 Who can through Faith arife 
 With Him who Clarifies 
 Beyond our apprehenfion , 
 
 The Splendor this Dayes Skies 
 Put on. 
 To Embleme His Bright Re{«jrred:ion. 
 
 In Diem Natalem etiam S. Jejunal em quoniam 
 
 Mercurialem Menlis ultimam. 
 
 QUondam Fefla Dies, nunt ^ejunamibm apt^t es^ 
 ^"^ Ut ^eis nonprofunt Gnudia M6ejla juvento 
 
 Englilli'd .• 
 
 A Holiday thou waft, and art fo ftill • 
 For Holy Fafting faves^ when Riots kill. 
 
 In novi Anni Diem Primam Dialog! fmus. 
 
 J)Um novm Annus inity an nos nova VeBoraflc^tenty 
 Cum Vetulo V etui as vin f trier e vices ? 
 
 §iutd pot HIS f nam qui mem or are novipma certet 
 Immemor errati gaudeat ejfe fui. 
 
 Ineffabilig 
 
(lao) 
 
 IneflFabilis Amor atq-, Admirabilis Chrifti. 
 
 (1) I»CrH£*m 
 
 isVctnia. V^/^'Z('^ ^xfenf.panclh(2) Crudeltbm, Ipf.s 
 
 (1) Ovid.Mtt. ^V ^^^ ^ekt ampkxu comparat Itle /uo: 
 
 Cs) V7U4l*b: (4) Pythonen mnumerk adiment Hydrdmve C$) ft^mky 
 
 turn Hereulm. Serpeniiim (6) Pyoavum, (j) h&c um fagittA necat, 
 
 (63ThcoldScr. Nu!!;*i Apo.lfdtil- pt/viii fi:it am Ncpommy 
 
 (^r^'tfvT . ^^^^^^r^na'nAlcuii, rebo^emyorerit: 
 
 pnu, ^^^ tamen hic mcigni (8) repetit viHorid mundi, 
 
 (S.^Chriftscon. (p) El fip^rat pcen.a lllc fer end Cuts. 
 
 t}.»cfto7cr death. Paupe/ii efl nnmerare Pccm, ducdeciirm dim 
 
 (lo) mI^^h" 'i H^rcAleanm er^ Hiuc Labor imnmem, 
 
 fo otfendci God, (^^) ^^'"P' ^"/^ '" ^offrk tama eft numerano CulpU, 
 
 thatn -thing bac Vt nifi qui pojjet finguli nulla juvet. 
 
 Oodand Man (n^ fojfc ^ ve/k fuum ej}^ pc «'/ redempftt imquos^ 
 
 c^uld make Zi jifimm ftjtiut Anchara ("12} vera Fidcn. 
 
 atonement. •' -^ \ *■ ^ 
 
 (11) A 11 power was given him of the Father, who voluntarily undertook the work of our re^cmptio»» 
 
 (12) Hebccommin" thctrucft Anchor of our kopC5, wc cannot vcie Out the Cable of faith upon bet- 
 ter ICCurityagJiinftAlIftjipwrtckine. T^ 
 
T^ my CrMOHS Cod. 
 
 D EtIrM into a Calm of Leifure, Led 
 *^By Providence thus •• grant me bufied 
 Here after for My King and Countreys good. 
 The Church and State where I took Livelihood 
 That in my Calling I may never falter, 
 But hew wood and draw water for thine Altar. 
 
 The Objeli of Lo^e and Tower. 
 
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 'iBorem 
 
 E-^-acrijicmtem 
 -menum 
 
 s. 
 
 Loft Man, when to be fav*d cannot devifc 
 
 To expiate His guilt by Sacrifice 5 
 
 Till Prieft and Prophet, King, and all agree 
 
 In One, to offer and winn Vidory 5 
 
 Thi: for what's paft 5 the other ad: of power 
 
 He gain'd for us, who is our Saviour. 
 
 Qjl V^t 
 
Vfe anihdemry Pareats to Wifdome. 
 
 \7St out of Date, and to Remember 
 ^ Our Saviours Birth, wont blefs December 
 Cry'd down ; What may we judge by thefe? ' 
 But this, That Wifdomc's in decreafc 
 And certainly muft Folly own, ' 
 
 When other Parents are not known. ' 
 
 
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To my Boo\^ upon the feeond Part^ and 
 the Title Fage. 
 
 Famulentur Prioribus. 
 
 npHy firft Part bears a ftampDivinc, 
 
 -■- And fo may pafs for currant Coinj 
 Though Momm Cark, and Zoilm bark. 
 Thou art preferv'das in an Ark ; 
 For what one doth by Faith apply. 
 No flood of Envie can deftroy. 
 Yet how to help thee at a lift. 
 That muft be now my Second drift : 
 For feeing thou wilt not alone 
 Come forth, but be attended on , 
 It's fit thy fervant ftill ihould be. 
 Adorn d with modeft Loyaltie 5 
 
 Such as the Hils, and Groves, and Brooks 
 
 Afford the Fancy, 'ftead of Books 5 
 
 And help Contentednefs to wade, 
 
 Though not to fwim under a fhade 
 
 Of fuch Security may give 
 
 'Gainfl: heat and cold Prerogative 
 
 Defence ; where no times rayes or Thunder 
 
 Shall blaft or fcorch thofe fo lie under. 
 
 But who themfelves in Peace can thus read ore. 
 Need but be thankfull, and ne're wi(h for more. 
 
 The 
 
The Second Pam 
 
 Humane Science Handmaid to Divine. 
 
 Famulentur Prioribus. 
 
 LI were not Cedars that grew on 
 The Top of Towring Lebanon , 
 But here and theie fome lefs Plant fct 
 To give attendance on the great : 
 
 So have I feen a grove of Pine 
 
 Becircled with Eglantine -, 
 
 A Towle of Oaks that feem'd the higher. 
 
 For over- looking of the Brier ^ 
 
 The Beech, Afli, Elm^ tak't not in fcorn 
 
 From the low Shrub and prickly Thorn 
 
 That underneath their fliades they dwell. 
 
 And guard their roots as Sentinell : 
 
 Medows, and FieldS;, and Gardens all 
 
 Produce both fimples ^ Mcd'cinall, 
 
 And herbs of lefs efteein •, yet thefe 
 
 May fome one fenfe or other pleafc. 
 
 Fountains with Cryftall may compare , 
 
 As they run out are known to lliare 
 
 With this and that Land- water, til 
 
 They colour change, yet Rivers fill. 
 
 And if I would my Fancy rear. 
 
 To linear a day moft clear ; 
 
 It (hould be fuch a one, wherein 
 
 Some wooll-pack Clouds in corner's been. 
 
 Thus the wife God of Nature chofe 
 
 All things in order to dilpofe : 
 
 And Humane Raptures onely doth command 
 
 As fervants to Divine, to wait at hand, Ccca- 
 
OccaftoneAby feeinga Walh^$fBay' trees. 
 
 ]Sj O Thunder blafts loves Plant ^ nor can 
 •'-^ Misfortune warp an honcft Man • 
 Shaken He may be, by fome one 
 Or other Guft, Un'eav'd by none: 
 Though tribulation's fliarp and keen, 
 His Refolutions keep Green -, 
 And whilft Integrity's his wall , 
 His Year's all Spring, and hath noFalL 
 
 Inter Acus & Aculeos pugna. 
 
 \yj An like a little world, opens a pack 
 •'"^-'"Of Government, to all fuch Climes as lack 5 
 Wherein thofe humors that difluib the health, 
 For Power, doe reprefent a Common- wealth 5 
 And Nature f uncontrowlably)would try. 
 To fubjeifi: all under her Monarchy •, 
 But in that Conflicft findes no fmall difeafe , 
 Whilft all reftrain'd Authorities difpleafe. 
 Here may we lee as from a Chaos fpun, 
 Difcord, at ptfti of pike ^ and Factions t'run 
 A tilt : fo break int' fhivei-s and deftroy 
 The ftri-ft command of eithers foveraignty. 
 Yet neither Title need we fear to leefe, 
 Sithcnce there's both King and Common-wealth 
 
 C'mongft Bees. 
 
 .R Sorte 
 
Sorte tua fis Contcntus. 
 
 T)Um jremit mmodicis rafiturqu-e vordgine ventify 
 
 Et 'vetat irato Gurgite Navis iter , 
 Littorihm Placidum Pehigus^ non Indies reddens 
 
 Munera, fed Concha ^at propioredapes, 
 Zlige quddrnnvis ejl, Tumidos tnffiere ¥lucim 
 
 A/} Fort urn, Exit turn quarere^five bonumi 
 Tentet Avarus opes^ (jr Amara pericuU Pontic 
 
 Tutd cufit modicis rebm fnefje Fides: 
 ^amvis Cajlrapetas, Fora velTogatus Jmaff'eSy. 
 
 Invenias Lnqueis h.u comitatafuls : 
 Sola manet requies Animo Quern jurgia nuUa^ 
 
 Nulla vaporiferitque Ambit ion is habent. 
 Sed fatur^ in prdprio formentur pecfore pacis 
 
 Scmina, qu£ fug/ant Milittam atque Forum: 
 Caudeat umbr/feris Sylvls pro Clajfe^ Loquaces 
 
 Lympharumque Choros Curia necfileat, 
 Namquc AvihusjunBis repetitnr murmur e cantus^ 
 
 Btfaltabundum cernat ubique Pecm : 
 Gramineis locup les ]aciet jam terra tapetis , 
 
 Ft violefoboles fub fepe cceptaferunt, 
 Pijciculis avidid Efca e(l inimica voracem 
 
 Dum Condens hamum, ficcupidoscapicns,, 
 Nee minus AgricoU dam tendit retia Turdm 
 
 Prxdafit^ autF/fiofafl/turlpfefuo : 
 Sifequeris Lcporem^ pedbu^ petit Ille falutem. 
 
 Current! flimulos addit ^ Ipfe metus. 
 Sin Rubls evigiles trernuUs mult o cane Damas, 
 
 Ojiendunt^ nemori non adhibcnda, Fides, 
 Sis nbicnnque velis^ facias modo quidlibct^ Omne 
 
 Te Cruciaty Menti nifit arnica quies, 
 
 Infuh 
 
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 Infula Britannica ad fcipfam. 
 
 )Uidm9ror in terras ? Pinus hfcendit in undas^ 
 Et tondet Vitreas CUpcafylvdcomas . 
 Gallia ^ quid prefers ? quid Tu Teutonics tent as ? 
 
 Hejperiefqf^e tais quidve Carina Malls. 
 Num dahttis Legem oceano Mihi ^ura negantem^ 
 
 Ltttora Cui, Liquidus faret cJ- Oceanm, 
 Confciam eximias Aurato tegminePuppeSy 
 
 Signentur Ruhr a Candida vela cruce, 
 Ne car earn verbis uhi Recium quArere lus ejl^ 
 
 Pulmonesflrenuosy &rea Linguavomet. 
 Mceniafi quifquam violentifulmine tundct^ 
 
 Lt^nea forte futety Igneaqueinveniet. 
 
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 Chloric Complaint. 
 
 Oc not the Planets f howlberc 
 
 They wander) ftill retain a proper fphere < 
 
 And feaibns fervc the year to blefs. 
 Although the Storms and Tempefts are no lefs 1 
 
 Seem not becalmed Seas more fair. 
 Than if th'had never been irregular ^ 
 
 And fliall fond Man alone be faid. 
 To be of all things elfe unpacifi'd -T 
 
 Lions to Lions kinde, and Bears 
 Friendly to fuch- fo Wolves partake o'th' fears 
 
 With their purfued kin •, The fell- 
 Eft Tyger can with her affociate dwell : 
 
 And yet fas if unhuman'd) we 
 By no means with each other can agree^ 
 
 R 2 So 
 
( 13°) 
 
 So that (wc may degenerate 
 From Natures -mandate j all our Paffion s hatf , 
 
 And where a Mifchief may befall. 
 All Difpofition s turn'd to Prodigall , 
 
 Nor is there for Compaffion 
 Left any room fnow t*s out of fafhion J 
 
 Befriend mc wind, I'll try the wave. 
 Though fome thcr be muft fink^yet fom 'tmay fave, 
 
 My Kalendar yet marks out fpring, 
 Dif-guft may (hake, not blaft the BlofToming. 
 
 And therefore as I roav'd aftray, 
 'Tis reconciling Truth points now the way. 
 
 In which I would be thought as farr 
 From variation, as the fixedft Starr •, 
 
 But with aconitant fhining thence, 
 Ser\^e King and Countrey by my Influence. 
 
 My Nev^y cars-gift to the Times. 
 
 Ts^Ovum a^eriens lanitor nunc Annumy 
 
 LimBifromis £luis Nothm Cdifartim^ 
 Keflet eb viiiam lenge Britanmamy 
 Xemfl^ cUuluru^ itertim Britunnicis ? 
 
 Barhartem mnquamy (velrarofaltem) 
 Tamferam mcmini Legi(fefeclh' 
 Vt i^im ojlendittir^ 
 Fratres in Fratres; 
 Fili^ Filitquey 
 Obedtentia omniy 
 7'nnquamfrotinHS foluti^ 
 JnmAtres etiam.^ m ? aires ^ 
 Vim fermt rapde^ 
 
 FArcntesjnHtuo\ Natos 
 
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 ' I^Atos natafque maximo 
 Habent OdiOy 
 ■ Sexuij JEtates licet ntimera^^ 
 Diffenfionum undique queruUs 5 
 R^xafque inteHigu (jr InvidU 
 Artes minifiramur apdu}-^ 
 Major em fuh Leonino 
 Temferiem tnventns Axe, vel Canine^ 
 Tamfervida 
 Torquet Alterutrinquelray 
 Adeoque torret Difcordtarum Thmma^ 
 Vtdefiruit ^ conjumit OmnU : 
 Friget in hoc dfiu tamen^ 
 Charitatis foUmen, 
 Et ^uicquidjkviti^ 
 Produxit unquam Scythia: 
 
 Glaciaiis Sph^ra, 
 Hujus inimiciti^ 
 Fiat Imago vera, 
 Bellica fuimm 
 Fr^da Romanis,^ 
 Nee non Saxonibtis^ 
 ^Ijiondamque Danu, 
 Vicinis etiam viclima Normannis, ' 
 Afi in Poftremo 
 Hoc (ahfente PoPulo) 
 ^ui nos confundat Seculo, 
 Ipfofmet petimtis 
 Etfro Purpureo'ViUire^ 
 ^ifquc nunc tingitur Fratris Cruore, 
 
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 The Tift of y.ovemheTy being in Kent aflony Comtrej, 
 
 A M I in Kent < and can I be no more 
 ^*' Befriended than to want a Stone to fcore 
 Thar (cape from Danger • which had it o'r-come, 
 Mi^ht have both Conquered Kent and Chnflendorne. 
 Dye-mans although not rare now , Rubies are 
 Through our Diflentions made peculiar 
 Blaz'ners of Vertues Heraldry : nor can 
 The Tindure ferve of the Cornelian 5 
 The Topaz^Saphire, and the Emrald may 
 On fingers worn, proclaim it Holiday : 
 But 1 muft finde a whiter, though it came 
 Not far, but whence fair Albion took its name. 
 The Chffs of Dover^ on whofe Candid Breft 
 I fhall prefume to ihare an intereft 
 On this Occafion, that no Kubricks fpell 
 May henceforth in fome Bookers Chronicle 
 Eclipfe my glory, or exempt my praife , 
 By ranking me amongfl the Workedayes. 
 Surely the Dye that black defign put on. 
 Would crave the bed of all, and whiteft Ston 
 To mark that Providence, which did prevent 
 The milchief of that vap'ring Element : 
 Which Hatch'd below, lliould our Conceptions roufe, 
 (In that before it grew pernicious. 
 The Shell was crack'd ^ and fo that enterprife 
 Was vanquifli'd, with th'abortive Cockatrice ) 
 Firflto the great Deliverer, and then 
 Afrccdomc of acknowledgment 'mongft men , 
 1 hat all of them may (as their fortunes are j 
 Spend fomething ona folemnizingcare. 
 And as the Powder fliould have been our chance. 
 Now let 'texprcfs loud our deliverance, Anglia 
 
Anglia Hortus. 
 
 npHe Garden of the world, wherein the Rofc 
 -■■ In chief Comnaanded, did this doubt propofe 
 To be refolv'd in •, Whether fenfc to prife 
 For umpire to Create it Paradife ; 
 One led by th'Ear of Pliilomel tels tales , 
 And ftraightway cals't the land of Nightingales . 
 An Other fharperfighred, raviHi'd, cryes, 
 O that I could be turn'd now all to eyes 1 
 A Third received fuch raptures from the taft 
 Of various dainty fruits, that it furpaft 5 
 A Fourth was caught (not with perfume) commends 
 The Indian Clime, but what here Nature lends 5 
 Laft, if you would Sattinsor Velvets touch , 
 For foft and fmooth. Leaves can afford you fuch. 
 And thusdifpof'd, whilfl every Scnfc admires, 
 'Tis fenflefs t plant 'mongft Rofcs , Thiftles, Briars . 
 
 UuHmachia. 
 
 In Pugnam Navalem inter Hij^^nos & Batavos^ die 
 
 Odlobris , ^^rjo 1639. CommifTam in freto 
 
 t^ulgo Le ma/icher, ubi viftoria His, ruina 
 
 quam foeliciffime lUisaccidit. 
 
 QafliliaitA fuos ardentes linquere Portus 
 
 Jujla efi Nepuno ^ frigidtore frui : 
 
 Qccurrit Liquids Teutonka cla^is ab Oris, 
 
 Vt Ligm huic Ignes fu^feditAre queat. 
 
 Sole 
 
C»34; 
 
 Sole exujla fuo [oh it de littore Pupfid\ 
 
 Irangitur c-r TepiJis Artthm inter aquas. 
 BelU ^erunt Homines, nee non Elements vicipm^ 
 
 ^ Contendunt vires n$tificare fuas. 
 Ignea fuhlirnes vis occupat^ Altera mergif 
 
 Tumofa JErios Afnhitioncs hahet : 
 Sola manct no[lras Terreflriatntd [alutes 
 Ab Aqiu Sc Conditio : ma^eatficJlMita Diu. 
 
 Ifi^ne libera 
 vit nos Do 
 
 Ad Amicum fuper quatuor Anni Tcmpora 
 
 & quutuor States homimun Comparative. 
 
 ■'^Rumalis fecit incinjtantta, 
 
 Te reddat Mcefium ab hifantia^ 
 Ver pfAheat llores vanitatis 
 Ideo juventutis, fatis 
 Virihiis Virilis £tas^ 
 In JEjldte cum nil met as 
 JEfiuet vano : dtim fenefcis 
 J^ara fiuffum^ adejlmefis, 
 
 JEfiivum, Hyemale^vernum, 
 Ceres ducurn in Aternum, 
 
 My happy Life^ to a Friend. 
 
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 earcft in Friendfhip, if you'll know 
 Where I my fclf, andhowbeftow, 
 
 Efpecially when as I range^ 
 
 Guided by Nature, to love change ; 
 
 Beleeve, it is not to advance 
 
 Or add to my inheritance 5 
 
 Seeking 
 
030 
 
 Seeking t'engrofs by Power (amifs) 
 What any other Man calls his : 
 But full contented with my ownc, 
 I let all other things alone 5 
 Which better to enjoy 'thout ftrife> 
 I fettle to a Countrey life 5 
 And in a fweet retirement there, 
 Cherilh all Hopes, but banifh feat> 
 Offending none-, fo for defence 
 Arm'd Capapee with Innocence ^ 
 I doe difpofc of my time thus^ 
 To make it more propitious. 
 
 Firft, my God ferv'd 5 I doe commend 
 
 The reft to fome choice Book or Friend^ 
 
 Wherein I may fuch Treafure finde 
 
 T'inrich my nobler part, theMinde. 
 
 And that my Body Health comprife, 
 
 Ufe too fome moderate Exercife ^ 
 
 Whether invited to the field. 
 
 To fee what Paftime that can yield. 
 
 With horfe, or hound, or hawk, or t'bee 
 
 More taken with a well-grown Tree •, 
 
 Under whofe Shades I may reherfe 
 
 The holy Layes of Sacred Verfe 5 
 
 Whilft in the Branches pearched higher. 
 
 The wing'd Crew fit as in a qiiier : 
 
 This feems to me a better noife 
 
 Than Organs, or the dear-bought 'voice 
 
 From Pleaders breath in Court and Hall 
 
 At any time is ftockt withall : 
 
 For here one may (if marking well) 
 
 Obferve the Plaintive Philomel 
 • - S Bemoan 
 
Bemoan her forrows*, and the Thrufh 
 Plead fafety throngh Defendant Bufli : 
 The Popingay in various die 
 Performcs the Sergeant-, and the Pie 
 Chatters, as if fhe would revive 
 The Old Levite prerogative , 
 And bring new Rotchets in again 5 
 Till Crowes and Jackdaws in difdain 
 Of her Pide-feathcrs, chafe her thence. 
 To yeeld to their preheminence : 
 For you muft know't obferv'd of late. 
 That Reformation in the State, 
 Begets no lefs by imitation, 
 Amidft this chirping feather'd Nation 5 
 Cuckoes Ihgrate, and Woodcocks fome 
 Here are, which caufc they't feafons come. 
 May be compar'd to fueh as ftand 
 At Terms, and their returns command 5 
 And left Authority take -cold. 
 Here's th'Ivyes g^ieft of wonder, th* Owl, 
 Rufft like a Judge, and with a Beak, 
 As it would give the charge and fpeak : 
 Then 'tis the Goofe and Buzzards art 
 Alone, t'perform the Clients part . 
 For neither Dove nor Pigeon Ihall, 
 Whilft they are both exempt from gall- 
 The Augur, Hern, and foaring Kite, 
 Kalendar weather in their flight . 
 As doe the Cleanlier Ducks, when they 
 Dive voluntary, wafh, prune, play^ 
 W ith the fair Cygnet, whofc delight 
 Is to out- vie the fno w m white. 
 
 ^ And 
 
037> 
 
 And therefore alwayes feeks to hide 
 
 Her feet, left they allay her pride. 
 
 The Moor-hen, Dobchick, Water ra''^ 
 
 With little Wailidiih or Wagtail 5 
 
 The Finch, the Sparrow, Jenny Wren, 
 
 With Robin that's fo kinde to men s 
 
 The Whitetail, and Tom Tit obey 
 
 Their fcafons, bill and tread, then lay • 
 
 The Lyrick Lark doth early rife. 
 
 And mounting, payes her facrifice 5 
 
 Whilft from fome hedg, or clofe of furrs. 
 
 The Partridge calls its Mate, and churrs^ 
 
 And that the Countrey feem more pleafant. 
 
 Each heath hath Po\vt, and wood yeelds Phefant 5 
 
 lunoes delight with Cock and Hens 
 
 Turkies, are my Domeftick friends: 
 
 Nor doe I bird of Prey inlift, 
 
 But what I carry on my Fift : 
 
 Now not to want a Court, a King- 
 
 Fiiher is here with Purple wing , 
 
 Who brings me to the fpring-head, where 
 
 Cryftall is Lymbeckt all the yeere. 
 
 And every Drop diftils, implies 
 
 An Ocean of Felicities 5 
 
 Whilft calculating, it fpins on. 
 
 And turns the Pcbles one by one, 
 
 Adminiftring to eye and earc 
 
 New Stars, and mufick like the Sphere ; 
 
 When every Purle Calcin'd doth run, 
 
 Andreprefent fuch from the Sun : 
 
 Devouring Pike here hath no place. 
 Nor is it ftor 'd with Roach or Dace5 
 
 S z The 
 
The Chub or Chevcn not appears. 
 Nor Millers Thumbs, nor Gudgeons herc^ 
 But nobler Trowts, befet with ftones 
 OfRubie and of Diamonds, 
 Bear greateft fway •. yet fome intrench , 
 As fliarp-finn'dPearch, and healing Tench j 
 The ftream's too pure for Carp to lie, 
 Subjcft to perfpicuitie , 
 For it muft here be underftood , 
 There arc no beds of fand and Mud,. 
 But fuch a Gravel! as might pofe 
 The beft of Scholars todifclofe , 
 And books and learning all confute. 
 Being clad m water Tiflue fute. 
 
 Thefe cool delights help'd with the air 
 
 Fann d from the Branches of the fair , . _ ,. 
 
 Old Beech or Oak, enchancmems xk rnd I Irb * o>f 
 
 To every fenfes facultie 5 
 
 And mafter all thofe powers fliould give 
 
 The will any prerogative : 
 
 Yet when the fcorcbing Noon-dayes heat^ 
 
 Incommodates the Lomng Neat^. 
 
 Or Bleating flock, hither each one 
 
 Hafts to be my Companion. 
 
 And when the Weftcrn Skie Avith red- jl^-} il!i*1 W 
 
 Rofesbcftrewsthe Day-ftar-sbed: '--^ 
 
 The wholfome Maid comes out to Milk 
 
 In riifTet-coats^but skin like filk ^ 
 
 Which though the Sun and Ait dies brown. 
 
 Will yecld to none of all the Town 
 
 For foftnefs, and her breaths fweet fmdU 
 
 Doth all the ncw-wiJck Kk cxccll j 
 
 She 
 
She knows no rotten teeth, nor hair 
 Bought, or Complexion t'make her fair . 
 But is her own fair wind and drcfs. 
 Not envying Cities happinefs : 
 Yet as fhe would extend fome pitty 
 To the drain d Neat (he frames a ditty, 
 Which doth inchant the beaft, untill 
 It patiently lets her Paile fill 5 
 This doth the babbling Eccho catch. 
 And fo at length to me't doth reach : 
 Straight roufed up, I verdid pafs. 
 Concluding from this bonny Lafs, 
 And the Birds ftrains, 'tis hard to fay 
 Which taught Notes firft, or fhe, or they : 
 Thus raviih'd, as the night draws on 
 Its fable Curtain, in Fm gon 
 To my poor Cell^ which 'caufe 'tis mine^ 
 I judge it doth all elfe out-fhine. 
 Hung with content and weather-proof. 
 Though neither Pavement nor roof 
 Borrow from Marble-quarrbelow , 
 Or from thofe Hills where Cedars grow» 
 There I embrace and kifs my Spoufe, 
 Who like the Fefia to the houfc , 
 A SuUibub prepares to fhow 
 By care and love what I muft owe. 
 
 Then calling in the Spawn and frie. 
 Who whilft tficy live ne'r let us die 5 
 But every face is hers or mine, 
 Though minted yet in leffcr Coin j 
 She takes an Apple, I aPIumbe, 
 Encoura^cnxents for all and fome : 
 
 S3 Till 
 
(140 
 
 Till In return they crown the herrh 
 With innocent and harmlefs mert.>. 
 Which fends us Joyful! to our reft, 
 More than a thoufand others bleft. 
 
 Dc Imperatorum Julianorum linear ultimo; 
 
 Et Sulpitii five Elediorum primo. 
 
 7/T Cadat infcelix nee Jiccd merte Tyra?irus^ 
 
 Vindi[lam Tatr'iA Vtnd'tcis Arma ddhant : 
 Nempe Nercnis erat Fatum dum terrmt urbem^ 
 
 Tandem terrifico fuccuhijje lugo. 
 Sic Calvum Galham affellant, fceftroque recepto^ 
 
 Temmmt Cal'utuem Piebs opmata fuam^ 
 J^id tu Cdfareo gauderes nomine Sergi ^, 
 
 Cum non Cafar/es ul/a r^liffa tihi. 
 Jmperium ft fort} vdit fupplere reUcium^ 
 
 Debuit c^ Capitt Comperi:([e Comtt^. 
 
 Engliih'd thus : 
 
 That the unhappy iV^r^ might be faid 
 To fall moft like a Tyrant, not in bed. 
 Vindex in France raif 'd Armes, and fought thereby 
 To vindicate the wrongs of Italy : 
 The Fates were juft to Him, fo frighted Rome, 
 Making at laft fear Mafter of his doom : 
 So Bal^-pate Galba to the Throne did rife. 
 Whom ftraight the Common-people 'gan defpife. 
 Crying, Why fliouldft thou Cdfars name put on, < 
 When all the hair grew on thy head was gon ? 
 If He the Empires Barque anew would rigg. 
 He fhould have brought with him a Periwigg. 
 
Cf40 
 
 In quendatn Fi6lii!em infirmi Corporis. 
 
 jNpmum &'fia^ile eft Corpus tibi (Ficiile) verum 
 Menitm^ubcuYvo corf ore reffalatet. 
 
 Placet in Vulnus, Maxima cervix* 
 
 "pLagranti ftomacho Turdus vorat ur^dique ZuraSy 
 
 Bum ferit arte gelu jrigidiore Diem : 
 Sicmodo Pin^uefcens cnfitur^ citiiifque faratis ^ 
 
 AucLfu tngeniis fr^da fetendd jacet. 
 S£pius hoc dtfcat Dttefcens atque Gulofus, 
 
 Sfcmoderare dapes ut ftbi lucra fant. 
 FroJ^era nam fubito mntenttir tempora Upfuy 
 
 Bt latei in pulchro gramme Mortis acm. 
 
 Z)pon a journey of His Majeftys into Scotland^ 
 
 and His fafe Return. 
 
 npHe Planets whilft they move in fcverall Spheres, 
 ^ Cut out our time in weeksj in months, inyeeres. 
 In Night aad Day •, whofe revolutions bring 
 The day, night, week, month, yeer into a Rin^. 
 What doe our Princes lefs, when they goe forth 
 A Progrefs Weft or Eaft,or South or Norths 
 Is not the firft ftep that they forward fet, 
 The Suns, when He his Golden locks doth wet 
 InXAf/z/ilap, to all that ftay behinde ? 
 Is not the world Eclipf 'd tothem^ and blinde ? 
 
 Doc 
 
Doe not will Minutes ftrctch, and feem to grow 
 Each to an hour, to fiKh as think thenn fo f 
 Doe not our croft, yet longing hopes, prefent 
 Each hour a month or year in banifhnicnt ^ 
 They doe : and 'twas not long fince wc were they 
 Who ftood as Exil'd from our Star of Day ; 
 Whilft viliting Thofe parts whence He did rife. 
 He catt a General! fploidor o'r thofcSJcies, 
 Leaving us onely CynthU and her Train, 
 To gives us hopes He would return again : 
 And fo he doth enrich again our Sky, 
 Bringing thofe hopes unto maturity , 
 Our Clime with Tropicus changed, and the fame 
 Seafon of day, now lengh of night doth claim .• • 
 Thofe onely who by Elevation 
 Before enjoy'd a lucid Horizon, 
 Once yeaiiy now with more per fedion fhine 
 A whole monihyPMus^ fufrering no decline : 
 Did I but call't a month 1 They deem'd it lefs. 
 If they could apprehend their happinefs 5 
 And we Fm fure hadr^afon t'think it more , 
 Than many Ages counted ore and ore. 
 
 For as the Suns withdrawing leaves one world, 
 Into a Winters Tyrannie t'be hurld, 
 Whilft it doth blefs an Other -, fo 'twas thus 
 In Scotland^Iune-^ but February', with us 
 Till his return ^ whicli changed the Seafon quite. 
 Then ours with Corn, with Snowtheir hils were wliitc 
 The night that was relignes, and day's begun 
 With us already by ourGracious Sun. 
 Let Them pafs Envie-free who boaft them may 
 In the pofleiTion of this Month or Day y 
 For time wrapt up in fwiftnefs doth appeac 
 When paft , ?as if an Age were but a year. A 
 
A year a month, a month a week, and That 
 An houre or minute, whilft we confolate 
 Ourfelves mayinthisblifs^ that future time 
 Seems alwayes flower- winged in its CUme .* 
 Their Jubile was ihort and quickly gone. 
 Ours under Ch arl e s is a Perpetuall one. 
 
 In (juendam nomine Stone-honfe. 
 
 QAxea Pulchr^Bomu^fions e[i fed nulla fdend^^ 
 Namjtipfam introeas ^ invenies vacuum. 
 
 Jo N. B. an Angler. 
 
 nPHou that doft caft into the Silver brook 
 ^ Thy worm- fed Hook, 
 
 The greedier Fifhes fo to cheat 
 Seeking for meat 5 
 Remember that Times wheel will bring 
 Thy deeds to cenfuring •, 
 And then as thou through wile 
 Thofe Creatures didft beguile. 
 So caught thou'lt be for thy deceit. 
 And made the food for thine own bait. 
 
 Let this fuffice to caufe thee t'fteer aright. 
 Both day and night ^ 
 That skilfully avoydmg this. 
 
 That Shelf thou mifs • 
 For 'tis not all for to repent 
 
 Thy youthfull Daves misfpent, 
 But care muft now be had. 
 The future be not bad . 
 And as thine Audit waxeth near. 
 So Thy accounts make perfeder. 
 
 T In 
 
(148) 
 
 In Quendam Glarcofam. 
 
 QUifquii Te docuit Preceptor ^ fecit (jr Idem 
 ^^- Littora ^i ^fierilem hohm aravit Humum. 
 
 Amoris Sigillum. 
 
 C'Orpore Cor Utitans nondum efl manifejle notatumy 
 O-rey neque ingenio femfer ineffe qneat : 
 
 Y^-emfe quod eximium efi fretiSque notabile cerniint, 
 D-ff /idles aditfu Cordis ^ alter opus, 
 
 l-nnocuos qu^ corda 'virosyfaciantve Fideles^ 
 h'pmlent mimis Pe^us ^ Ord fm. 
 
 Engliih'd : 
 Mans heart Lockt up within his fccret breft. 
 Cannot by tongue or Gefturc be exprcft ^ 
 For what's of lo great worth, we muft fuppofe^ 
 It is a work of power to difclofe : 
 Such hearts as make Men faithfull and upright. 
 Are thofe at gnce both Looks and Mindes unite. 
 
 Ccnii 
 
(H9) 
 
 Genii Hujus Laris 8c Penatum falutatio j 
 
 Ad Rivulum Stanliacum nuper in ftagnum 
 hoc Mervordianum Du(ilimi. 
 
 Q Dttke Flumen Fitreum^ 
 
 Fundens Cryflallum Liquidum 
 In Mare Hoc BomeJUcum^ 
 Ttc njerum NcBar Pifcium : 
 
 Unices (^ Allicis dum curris 
 Somnos^ Muficis Jufurris : 
 Nee evigiUt Cadentis 
 Aqua veftra ut Torrentts, 
 Lie eat Rhodano Loquaci 
 Strepitus^ quoniam fugaci : 
 Domum Banc Circundatamy 
 Munis & reddis Infulam ; 
 Si cut Orbem dat Rotundum 
 Thetis^ Tu cingis hunc Mundum. 
 Ajferat Hortorum Deem 
 Friafus , Pan donet Pecus : 
 Tu Jilvane mittas flores, 
 Cypria Hie eonflet Amores^ 
 Dearum feu Deorum Chorus^ 
 Totus fiat Munijicus^ 
 Ut fro Jplendore laudeDigno 
 Undeeimo addaris figno : 
 
 Tune Omni Numine frofitio^ 
 Frui detur Jaeripcio. 
 
 T 2 Virtus 
 
0^6) 
 
 Virtus ^era Nobilitas. 
 
 ^^/y/'Hat doth He ^et who ere prefers 
 
 The Scutchions of His Ancefters ^ 
 This Chimney-peice of Gold or Brafs, 
 That Coat oi' Armes Blazon'd in glafs •, 
 When thofe with time and age have end, . 
 Thy Prowefs muft thy felf commend. 
 The fmooty fhadows of fome one 
 Or Others Tropbees carv'd in Itone, 
 Dcfoc'd, are things to whet, not try 
 Thine own Heroicifm by. 
 For caft how much thy Merits fcore 
 Falls fliort of thofe went thee before •, 
 By fo much art thou in arrear. 
 And ftain'ft Gentility I fear. 
 
 True Noblenefs doth thofe alone engage. 
 Who can add Vertues to their Parentage. 
 
 Z^pOH a R(^i 
 
 n^Ramite nil 7netuat reBo ^uitncedere vellet 
 Cafreolus, cafus d'evia Rufis hahent. 
 
 Z)fon a Coch^ 
 
 ^Am wen NoBurms Veil At vigilant m fomnosy 
 «^ Nuntius AuroYA dummodo Gatlt*s adejl. 
 
 Uf$n 
 
Vpon King CHARLES retHrn out of 
 
 Scotland in Nev ember ^ 1 641 . 
 
 F^Oth Charles return to make our Climate fliine, 
 •■^ And fhall not every Spring run Claret-wine^ 
 Is not the Kalendar reverft, and where 
 Decembers dirt, and th'Froft of Janivere^ 
 Threatn'd a winter, now thofe (heets difplay 
 Themfelves ore fruitfuU ^nne^ orteeming May : 
 For thus as 'thin the Tropicks may we boaft. 
 That two fair Seafons have twice bleft our Coall: 
 Ere one whole year ran round : The time He went 
 Seeming the Springs forerunner^orourLent 5 
 For fo He was but borrowed^, and we reft 
 Pleafd with's return alone,, who's intereft 
 Sufficient of Himfelf, in which bank lies 
 The Treafure of His fubjeds hearts and eyes : 
 See how they Flock elfe, and with tumbling haft 
 Are lefs content becaufe fo foon He paft. 
 
 Befatisfi'dj ye have yourPrince again, 
 
 Fro'th* Northland Ch arl i s triumphant^not in Wain, 
 
 In qucndam nomine Squier, 
 
 haud Generofum. 
 
 j^Rmiger es neque Arma geris^ non Mart is at Art Is ^ 
 Indutus Galea es Ingcnioquc vales. 
 
 Vfon 
 
CH4) 
 
 VpoH the King and Queens meeting 
 
 after long nhfence, 
 
 nr He welcome fliowcrs of Afrils morning dew 
 ^ Dilliird upon the Bofom of the Earth 
 Beget a May • whofe Liverie anew 
 Cloaths Fields and Woods, and there creates fuch mirth 
 
 Amidft the winged Quier 5 that Eccho tells 
 
 It ore again from Natures Minftrells, 
 
 The Spicie Gumms that fo perfume theEaft, 
 To bid the Sun good- morrow •, are not more 
 Efleem*d for that, than is the golden Weft, 
 But that of Treasures Both have hidden ftore. 
 
 Is manifeft : no perils can deter 
 
 The forward hopes of the Adventurer. 
 
 No world, no feafon, fpring , fummer, nor fall 
 
 In Fruits, in Flowers, Treasures could e're prefent 
 
 Such fweet and wealthy Joycs Harmoniall 
 
 From Countrey, or from Element ; 
 
 As when our Gracious King and his bright Queen^ 
 Did after Twelve months parted interveen. 
 
 In Sim. & Lev. Pot, & Top. 
 
 "MAtura His par ejl^ Vitio mm non caret Alter^ 
 Et virtute Carets Alter^ uterqueOfibus^ 
 
 Cor- 
 
Cms; 
 
 Cordium Concordia vera. 
 
 It is not meant, that three in one fliould be. 
 
 But in each heart triple Capacities 
 
 Wherewith to ferve ones God, ones King, ones Friend, 
 
 To which affign'd, and for no other end •, 
 
 In Flaming Zeal upwards to mount again , 
 
 In Loyalty to own a Soveraign, 
 
 In mutuall Love fociety t'maintain. 
 
 To N. B. for his Company* 
 
 pRiend, Can I be at home, and you the fame, 
 ■^ Yet neither meet^ 
 
 The Curteous Flame the Flame, 
 And Streams each other greet. 
 Although it feem from either Pole they came, 
 Or farthcft ftretch'd 
 Meridian fetch' d.: 
 
 S-urely 
 
Surely it is but fome malignant Starr 
 
 That- would debarr 
 This Influence, for fear 
 We (hould more bright appear : 
 Souls in Conjunftion frame the perfedt'ft Sphere, 
 So I to you muft move, or you move here. 
 
 Ad Amicum, dcVitaBeata. 
 
 -OT^ B fjunlem capiat ^^udice Tormtdam, 
 Vitd Commodim Temfora fehere : 
 
 Nee tanturn tenut ^ are at Ilici^ 
 
 ^em f'angant Aquilones ^ nec^ne vertici 
 
 ?inti6 fielliferA jiaat ut ardtio : 
 
 Imis mn Car cant Ccelica Culm'^m^ 
 Dormitqut (Hcidnk Lucifer Alphm, 
 
 Non cfi ut nihilo Laudeve Par^tdo 
 
 Sveret maxima-^ nam fern ftr honor ihm ^ 
 
 Tantis tr^jigitur Lubrica 'Scalula ^ ^se^ 
 
 JBrge, nee cup at Ditior ut fiet 
 
 Vonti Teutonici Littore: Fertileque 
 
 Agro vivere Tagis celeherrimo 
 
 Nondum nunc F lac eat : Virja Rifula 
 
 Secretin liceat fit nota paffuhus 
 
 Mentem nee laceret^ Fondera taliht4s 
 
 Ihcumhnnt Gravid: ef Montii Aentttli 
 
 Ditantem-Locum ut in fuhfidinmfetat, 
 Alis Si'Lineis pervolct ^quora 
 (^'iifqmm^ Naufrag/um vixfuget ultirnum : 
 Etft tn.Rcmiget Omnibus Amnibus. 
 
 FortH6 
 
050 
 
 Tortus non Aditum hie Invenit Ullibi\ 
 
 Nam ^of in Tonitrti Hejperies Vomit^ 
 
 Dotes provide ant Indica ^i/ifcera . 
 
 Dum Marfnpia fert Alter Jp oflolus 
 
 Simonis Ftlto nee fit Iniquior : 
 C Apt is VA nififit eautHs JgeHulus, 
 Cum Parvofonitu fuhrepit Injeia 
 FrigilUy (^ Nemortim jurgia fufeitet^ 
 Suhrifum moveat Pullus Hirundwis ^ 
 Necnon ^ Monachi eui B omits arbor e^ 
 
 Exit ter nobilis eedere Conjugis^ 
 
 Voto qui voluitftt Ueet improhumy 
 
 In Fanumque haheat quidquid^ impedit^ 
 
 Mentem quin fihi jam comparet integram 
 
 VinjAt nam facili^ cumque parabili 
 
 Re-^ necCarleolis invidetArtibus. 
 
 SedCoee vacuus praparet AUia^ 
 
 Gujlum fie patina in contrahat optimum : 
 Nee defint Oleo Crurula PuUuIi^ 
 Reprenfa ex Pridianoque fuperpite, 
 Adfit Bcs Aridus^ Ltngulaque Htnnuli 
 Suis Buecina, lentacula opttmt 
 Condi t Raneida tunc Artoerea addita 
 BaccA Cerv/fia efi in pretio^ ajferat 
 Promtis Poeulaque Alamedentiea : 
 Se6iari Leporem Climate Limpidoy 
 Dumfuadet Catulis horafagaeibus, 
 Cedant Temporihus dumque Canieulis 
 Bri'mA fydera jam quintet anxie : 
 Damirum Domus, tn jQueis tremehunduU 
 Terret Hojpites ^ Stlva Populeis. 
 
 Si quando liheat Limine proprio 
 
 Verfari Officiis^nonSaltanbus 
 
 U I4c7et 
 
Jaffef Toemintk 5 ^cd ut Equeflribus 
 Seexornet fludtis^ FenaFerocihu^ 
 Dnns Vttllis • Sonipes Lorea defpuat : 
 JSlunc volvens ved.hu^ quels viduaverat 
 VnlturnU'S NcmorHy ^ nunc Folia^ abditu 
 In Mnfeolis (^ verten Daffylo^ 
 Stcftque utvalido Corforegaudeat 
 Solntm Medico Hie, dtque AnimofimuL 
 
 In praife of Fidelia. 
 
 Ex thee a Ship well rigg'd and tight, 
 
 ^ With Ordnance ftore, and Man d for fight. 
 
 Snug in Her Timbers Mould for th'Seas, 
 
 Yet large in Hould for Merchandies 5 ■ 
 
 Spread forth her Cloth, and Anchors waigh. 
 
 And let Her on the Curld-waves play. 
 
 Till Fortiine-tow'd,ftie chance to meet 
 
 Th'Hefperian home-bound Weftern Fleet 5 
 
 Then let Her board-um, and for Price 
 
 Take Gold-ore, Sugar-canes, and Spice. 
 Yet when all thefe Sh'hath brought a fhore. 
 In my Fidelia I'll finde more. 
 
 T^vpo Turtles billings and death tPith bis Sit be 
 
 ever them, ready to make feparation • To whom this 
 Divide & Impera. 
 
 "VI Ature hath ore Affedion fo much won, 
 
 •^^ To knit a knot never to be undon 
 
 Whilfl life remains ^ but DIath to ihew his power 
 
 Cuts and Divides, fo becomes Emperour : 
 
 Yet the Relidt for to prevent Fates charmes, 
 Dothvolunpry fleck into Deaths armes» To 
 
053^ 
 
 T^5/r John Went worth, upon his Curio Jttief 
 
 and Courteous entertainment at Swmm^dY 
 
 tn L O V I N G L A K D. 
 
 "yy^Hen thou thechoiceof Natures wealth haft skand. 
 And brought it to compare with LevingUnd-^ 
 
 Know, that thou maift as well make wonder lefs, 
 
 By fancying of two Timbering Phoenixes 
 
 At the fame time : and dream two Suns to rife 
 
 At once^ to caft fire 'midft thofe Spiceries : 
 (Pregnant She is) yet that muft not deny 
 The pureft Gold to come from Barbary , 
 Diamonds and Pearl from xh' Indies ^ to confer 
 On every Clime fome thing peculier , 
 (Vox fo She hath:) And like a fum to all 
 That Curious is, feems here moft liberall. 
 Affording in Epitome at leaft, 
 What ere the world can boaft of, or call beft. 
 Now as contracted vertue doth excell 
 In power and force. This feems a Miracle 5 
 Wherein all Travoilers may truly fay. 
 They never faw fo much in little way : 
 And thence conclude their folly, that didfteer 
 To feek for that abroad, at home was neer 
 In more perfcftion : Wouldft thou Phcehc meet, 
 ApoHo^ or the Mufes ? not in Greet 
 And Greece^ but Here,at Summerly, xhoit are 
 Remov'd to dwell, under a Patrons care, 
 Who can as much Civility^xprefs, 
 As Candie lies, or G recta Barbaroufncfs : 
 Wouldft thou be fheltred under Vaphnes groves. 
 Or choofe to live in Tcmpe^ or make loves 
 
 U2 To 
 
To any place where Shepherds 'wont to lie 
 Upon the Hills, Piping iecurity 
 Unto their flocks:" here the fweet Park contains^ 
 More eevennefs than the Arcddian Plains .* 
 Nor yet enchanted by thofe fliadowed rings. 
 Some fay the Fairies print with Revellings, 
 But'sallinoncdyeclad^ and doth appear 
 Like the Springs Favourite throughout the year. 
 TheufefullAlli, and fturdy Oak are fet 
 At diftance, and obey •, the Brambles met 
 Embracing twine int' Arbours, to conceal 
 And harbour fuch as ftock this Common- weal-, 
 Untill their Mafler pleafe they fliould delight 
 His, or his Friends defire and appetite : 
 All tales of Satyrs banifh'd are from hence. 
 And fabled Goblins that delude the fence $ 
 'Tis reall Ven'fon and abroad, in pafte 
 Alike may fatisfie both eye and tafte. 
 The Nobler Plants, as Firre Deal, and the Pine 
 Weeping out Rozen, bleeding Turpentine j 
 Like the Life-guard, upon the Hall attend 
 At nearer diflance •, where the Gods defcend 
 To keep their Courts, and either Globe's devif'd. 
 To gralJ3 the Elements Epitomif 'd. 
 
 The Sun-beams fteady Fire, with the Aire 
 
 Of the inconftant winds Indiall'd are : 
 
 So whilft the one, the Houre doth infer, ■ 
 
 The Other Points a rule for th'Mariner ; 
 
 Earth here-s Embroydered into Walks, fomc ftrair. 
 
 Others like Serpents are, or worms to bait 
 
 Occafions hook till every humor come. 
 
 And fcedhere fat as in Elyfium, 
 
 Noi 
 
Nor is there water wanting in this wood , 
 Clear as if running, Calm as if it flood 5 
 And fo coGtriv d by Natures helper Art, 
 There's no appearance from the whole or part, 
 That any fullen S'uce to malice bent 
 Can open,to impair that Element-, 
 Nor yet rh' Ambition of a Springs ore-flow, . 
 Caufe it t'excced, or Limits overthrow. 
 
 Thus like a gold Chain link'd, or Bracelet ftrung, 
 
 From Carkanet Pleafures on Pleafures hung , 
 
 And fuch deiightfull objefts did defcry 
 
 Purfuing of each other, that the ey : 
 
 Aftonilh'd at fuch wonder^ did crave reft. 
 
 For fear of Forfeiting its intereft 
 
 In fg great bhfs, for over-dazled t'grew. 
 
 And dim of fight made by each objed new. 
 So there*s a parley granted, and fome fpace 
 ITo gather ftrength'twix This and t'other place^ 
 But veryJhortjjQOt half a Mile at moft, 
 We landed v;ere again, and made a Coaft ; 
 
 Where if all ancient Poets were to write, , 
 
 They'd need no other fountain to indite 
 
 Story of all kindes with, but dip their pen. 
 
 Then fwear the Mufes more then nine, were ten 5 
 
 For here dwelt one whofe Magick could infuft 
 
 A fluency beyond all other Mufe , 
 
 And Court the Soil, with fo much Art applide, • 
 
 That all the world feems Barbarous befide. 
 
 Here Fifh and Fowl inhabit with fuch ftate, 
 A^ Lords and Ladies wont when ferv'd in Plate^ 
 Rich Arras, or the like. Bill, Breed, and fwim 
 In all delightful] folace to the brim. 
 
 U 3 Dccoy'd 
 
C'50 
 
 Decoy'dby fo much raptnrCj on wc pafs 
 Unto a Caftle that enchanted was 
 By th'magick fpell of Mufick ; till there fet 
 We found a Cod like to Euterpe's net. 
 To catch all Paflengers, the Lesbian Lute, 
 O'rcome in harmony became there mute .• 
 Whilft as for Table to the Song-books ferv'd 
 The Cryftall fountain / fo have I obferv'd, 
 W hen walking near a ftream, the heavens to be 
 Beneath my feet^ to eafe Aftronomie .• 
 There tell the Gammuth of the Stars, and crack 
 Of all their motions even mxhTychohrack, 
 The Fablers of old, I guefs, might finde 
 Some Objeds t'help invention, but the mindc 
 Was fure Prophetick , for what ever is 
 Dcfcrib'd for rare by them, 'twas meant by this* 
 And yet this falls iliort too, when He to whom 
 The Coft and Care Owes tribute, 's there to fum 
 Up All, with fuch humanity, and prcfs 
 Of crowded Favours, and heap d Curtefics, 
 As Friendihip were a Jeweller the while, 
 His welcome fecm'd the Diamond,Thofe the foilc. 
 
 Ad Amicum «grotantcm. 
 
 QMnes Te invifum 'uemunt Mgrote^alehaSy 
 Nee f Herat Ccmitisjpes t^bi, folt^ eras : 
 
 Haudte etenim tnvtdeo^ tmti nam non valet hofp^s^ 
 £luem 7mht det morbus, [cd bene Solus ero» i }^^ 
 
 Ufori 
 
0$?) 
 
 Vpon King CHARLES'S meeting with the 
 
 Dukes of Y OK K and Glocister, and the 
 
 Lady Eli 7.ab eth, /'^V three children at 
 
 Maidenhead^ the 1 5 ^/July, 1^47. 
 
 A Ftcr a drowth^ like welcome rain, 
 ^*^To Bleis the Grafs and Flowers again. 
 Lick up thofe dufty heats. deftroy 
 Their Brisker hude. Virginity : 
 No lefs of Comfort arid of fweets' r^Az A job O p 
 Proves it now Charles his Children meets f ^ *— - "' ^ ^ 
 When an inteftine Warlike force. 
 Had cauf 'd fo many years divorce. 
 He prays for them •, their tender eyes 
 Return'd Hinuitity facrificc : 
 Untill each others breft appears 
 AfFedion all diflblv'd to Tears , 
 Which to the High-mark-point flown on, 
 Stand ready brim'd for pailion. 
 But here all Humors that annoy 
 Are banifh'd;> and give place to Joy 5 
 Yet fuch as doth prevaile oft times , 
 To make a tear no mark of Crimes. 
 
 Allftreams come from^ and return to the Sea» 
 
 Quarts aqua^ fitiens ? nefcis quod Flumina CunSta 
 ^— JnMare ferafiunt^ nee fat ur? ah fit i as. 
 
 Nox 
 
(158) 
 
 Nox Diem fcquitur, & Poflr 
 Tenebras Lux. 
 
 'hJOn fine no[te Bies^ Tenebra nee luce carentes^ 
 Sed Comitem fequitur Alteruterquefuam, 
 
 To Prince CHARLES. 
 
 CO doth the early Plumb, the Pear, the Cherry 
 "^Commit a Rape, and make nice Females merry. 
 When longing-ripe 5 as Your return will blefs 
 The Brittifh Iflands with new cheerfiilnefs : 
 Be plcaf'd no longer therefore, S i r, to tarry. 
 Left a whole Gleek of Kingdomes (hould micarry . 
 But You that are the Bloffom of all hope , 
 Difpell the Mifts from off this Horifcope 5 
 And in the ftead of Jcloufie and feares. 
 Let there be harmony throughout Your Spheres. 
 There needs no other MidwiTciy to thcfe, 
 (As wifh'd for truth, and now defired peace) 
 But Your fair Hand to brin^ the fame to pafs. 
 And place Your Roya'l Father where he was. 
 This be Your Noble iflue, whilft all thofc 
 Abortive prove, that fo feem*dto oppofe 5 
 
 And while they' 
 
 Teach them to 
 
 - :,-^ 
 
 r'd brin^ to birth, and yet want ftrcngth, 
 know themfclvcs and You at length. 
 
 Ifl 
 
059) 
 
 Inreadventummeum ad Antiqaos Lares* 
 
 / 
 
 ^Empora ftc renevant verm ft J? fidere Terras, 
 Sjhac^frorjdiferis fie reparatt Comis^ 
 
 Pofi tenehras fie ^ata Dtes : ftc FlurrtinisHndA 
 Gaudens Oceanumrefert:([/furim : 
 
 Ut Mens Antiqtios tterum fpecf are Penates^ 
 Extsltans Ammw quod hq'ajf^fuos, 
 
 Englifh'd: 
 
 The Spring thus doth the Earth repair, 
 The Wood thus puts on Leavic hair 
 Of more acceptance, fo'saSparlc 
 Of Light after it had been dark : 
 The Rivers thus exprcfs defire. 
 Haft ning to finde their proper Sire 5 
 
 As all this My return implies 
 
 To My Old Houlhold Deities. 
 
 Navis in Tempcftatc» 
 
 pOrtuna ^ mentis dgiturLoca eerta tenerey 
 Ncfcia ft Dominisfiiret ut Illafuis. 
 
 The fallacy of hopes or wifbes. 
 
 A LI prefent good goes lefs : by Hopes we deem 
 ^'^Things Great ^ as Lights farr diftant greater feem. 
 
(i6o) 
 
 }Jy Faretrpellt^ thcCoHri. 
 
 ,Oe (fond Dckidcr of our fcnfcs ) finde ; 
 Some other Obje(is HenceforthV to make blind-e. 
 With that thy ghttering folly 5 for no more 
 I will be dazled'with thy felfer Ore 5 
 Nor fhall thy Syren-fongs enchant, to taft 
 Or fmell, or touch thofe Sorceries thou haft; 
 But I will ftrive firft in my felf to be 
 So much mine own, as not to flatter thee • 
 And then my CquntreySj for:whofew,clfareftili; i 
 My native thoughts prompt to imprefs my wiU,/ i' 
 And that draws Atflion forth, whereby to fl^ow 
 To whom, and what, and when, and where I owe : 
 Not as this nod, or beck, or wink, or glance ^,^ 
 Would di(flate and imply^ tp^fqllow ehancc,oriin'-]lKH 
 Fortune, or Favours eyey; turning wheel •, 
 But to be firm and Conftant, back'd with fteel 
 And refolution for to give the True 
 God what is his, arnl Ceefar Tribute due. 
 And that in feafon too for time^and place. 
 As th'one requires, ant^ ^h' 8'^her affords grace : 
 Nor fuch as onely from vain Titles fpringSy 
 And turns to bubble, to court Prince or Kings 
 With fcign'd applaufes of whateVe they l^eak 
 Or doe, be't ne're fo frothy, fond, or weak 5 
 B.ut what is clad in truth, and dares not lie. 
 Though all the world fliould turn its Encmie, 
 Brand it for want of breeding, and conclude 
 BccaufeitnotdiffdTibleSj^herefovet'srude. i - « 
 
 Thofe dancing ditye^ arc!: 'dtone, nor longer fute 
 My difpolition to the Harp or Lute, 
 
 Horn- 
 
Horn-pipCj or other Inftruments have been 
 The Common- wealths difeafe, ore-fwoln its fpleen, 
 ^ockie and ^innie footing may appear 
 Moft trim at the next Wake in Darty-pjire 5 
 Cofyer fail from the Clouds to catch our ears. 
 And reprefent the harmony o'th' Spheres ^ . . .. 
 m//. Laufe excell the dyin^ fwan : Lapeer ^ ;^[ ^_ ^■'-^ 
 Nick it with Ravifhments from touch of LjrC^ " ' 
 Yet uncontroul'd by ThefeJ fafely may 
 Survive •, fithcnce not ftung by rh' Tarantula, 
 fThat tickling beaft. Ambition, that makes fport 
 In our hot Climate, call'd the verge of Court j 
 And fo refolve, dreffing my mindes content. 
 Henceforward tobe cafm, and reprefent 
 Nothing but what my Birth and CalHng draw 
 My life out for, my God, my King, my Law. ^ ^ 
 
 And when for thefe my wearied breath is fpent/'^ ^!'^ 
 Let with my laft bipods drop one figh be fent. 
 
 Hoi^ to ride out a Storm. ^qH iq 
 
 H 
 
 E onely happy is, and wife, 
 
 Can Cun his Barque when Tempefts rife\ 
 Know how to lay the Helm and ftecr ^ : 
 Lie on a Tack Port and Laveer, "'' ' ' ' 
 Sometimes to weather, then to Lee, 
 As waves give way, and winds agree 5 
 Nor Boom at all in fuch a ftrefs, 
 But by degrees Loom Les and Les •, 
 Ride out a Storm with no more lofs 
 Than the endurance of a Tofs : 
 For though he cannot well bear failc 
 III fuch a freih andpowerfull Gale, 
 
 X2 Yet 
 
Yet when there is naother ftiift, 
 
 Thinks't not amifs to ride a drift -, 
 
 To fliut down Ports, and Tycrs to Hale in^ . 
 
 To Seal the hatch up with Tarpalin • 
 
 To Ply the Pump, and no means flack. 
 
 May clear Her Bilge, and keep from wrack* 
 
 To take in Cloth, and in a word;, \\;;>^ 
 
 Unlade, arid cut the Maft by bord r ,^ 
 
 So Spoonbefore the Wind and Seas,, 
 
 Where though fhe'll Roule, fliell goe at eafe j 
 
 And not fbftrain'd, as if laid under , ir^.f ^ r{j\ 
 
 The wave that Threatens fudden foun^icr^f ,, ; • 
 
 Andwhilftthe fury and. the rage, - "' \' 
 
 Leaves little hopes for Anchorage 5 
 
 Yet if She can but make a Coafl 
 
 In any time, She'll not be loft. 
 
 But in affed:ions Bay will finde 
 
 A Harbour fuited to her minde :. 
 
 Where Cafting out at firft the Kedg, 
 
 Which gives Her ground, and^riviledg 
 
 Of ftop, file fecondlyiets M • ^^ ■ ^ ' ' ' ' 
 
 That Anchor from the Stream men call 5 
 
 The Others all a Cock-bell fer, 
 
 One after other down are let 
 
 Into the Sea -, till at the laft' \ j^,,^ -. . ; 
 
 She's come to Moorage, and there faft-. 
 
 In hopes to be new Shethd 's inclin'd ' 
 
 To lie afide untill Carin'd •, 
 
 That when She fhall be paid again. 
 
 So Grav'd, She mayendure the Main* ^i 
 
 Th: s when his Veflell hath out-gon 
 
 This and that rugged motion. 
 
 His 
 
His Pole-ftarr's fix'd, and guides him there 
 Where Charles is not in wain but fphere 5 
 Then He'll another Voyage try. 
 Laden with Faith and Loyalty , 
 Which He no fooner parts with, than 
 Dry ground becomes an Ocean. 
 
 In Incurfionem Guftavicam, vcl introitum 
 
 in Germaniam. 
 
 QFem ' JDomus Aujlrhca ab Pat rih feci ufer4t Oris^ 
 ^^Hunc * Gujlnve funm ad jam remeare facts : 
 Nemfe Falntinum Ccelefli numine tutum 
 
 Fecit^ (jr efl Populi DuxDeuslffefui': 
 yidity ^ attomtas'operit Franconia ^ fort as ^ 
 
 ^Hiffanos refugos^ ^ C^fareofque fenmt. 
 * Dura per immites falierunt moenia flammas^ 
 
 Sdvitiam prngens Militia ^ Ar-va jacet. 
 ' Alh's cUrafuis lymph is mutata^ colore 
 
 Et quafi Rubelcens fmgmnolentafluit . 
 Vndeft < aut quorfum mutatio tanta ? reqiiirU 
 
 ^ Curfugis a Port is Walflane dire tuis i 
 ^A ^° fugiendi animtim Fernande occafo reddit^ 
 
 £lHi6Tthi dat vulnm ? quismetm ora tenet 
 ^ ^id latitas CUuflris ta-at^foehciter unnis 
 
 Cafra regens f njivens cur Monument a pet is 
 Vltoradefl Dominus^ Gent em vicfamque reponit 
 
 ViBrlcen^'^ Fopulum reflitnitque fuumy 
 " Saxonidfque -vires tandem laxav/t tn nfum, 
 
 Et Suecus '^ largo ^'^fiumine cunBa tulit. 
 
 las Populoque Germanico tollatur & ut cis priAmx reilaurcncar libcrcates : 
 Hyrciaui fy Wa cinaa Sibi fubiliu. 
 
 ■ X5 
 
 I Bohemia rttf 
 feu PaUtinus. 
 » Rex Succix. 
 J Pro omni ir. 
 PalacinatusC' 
 viutc. 
 
 4 Ex Opnam. 
 
 5 Wirtsburg. 
 * Magdeburg 
 7 Gods acre 
 prxlium Lif 
 « 7Ih EIvc fl 
 German. 
 
 9 Pa'atinair 
 
 Prague, 
 
 I» Impcrar_. w* 
 
 Fugana paracus ut 
 
 fa ma. 
 
 »' TilIlHjIn \fo- 
 
 ^afteriiim fubre- 
 
 ptus uc faraa feci 
 
 raendax. 
 
 i> Saioniz duX 
 ? qai fc rventralem 
 
 hue ufque refer-/- 
 
 va/Tec. 
 P »J Hoc ira di- ~ 
 
 ilnt militum. 
 »*Hoc vc:o a 
 pjricatc cauf* 
 aJ fufcipicndumr' 
 hoc Bcllum 
 maximc nio^en- 
 tiseif.uc Aquila 
 juea a Principi- 
 AlmaDia i^i:ali Tota & g.» 
 
 Roics 
 
(1^4) 
 Rofes & Lys unys. 
 
 QUidGdnymed^as formas cknis ^ lev is Ignes , 
 
 ^^-^ Reddit enim Cmqs Iffe Cuptdo Decs : 
 
 £luidve Helemm numeras ? nemfe efi ferfecfio FormA 
 
 Unica^ cumfmrint Lilt a nupa Rofts. 
 
 Vfon Celim. 
 
 ■y^Hilft Celim ciitixio longer hear 
 
 The Ncwes-tranfporting Babbler 5 
 Nor yet endure a Morning fpcnt 
 In entertaining Complement 
 From This or That Great perfon .• He 
 Feigneth a Gouty Infirmities 
 And better falfliood to difguife. 
 His founder feet with fwathes Jie ties. 
 And feems to goe in pain as far, ,. .. 
 As art can prove a Crippeler : S,>1 I^^^v 
 
 Till She to Nature turns at laft. 
 And fo in earneft Celims faft. 
 
 A happy Life. 
 
 Hat which Creates a happy life. 
 Is fubftance left, not gain d by ftrife, 
 A fertile and a Thankftril mold, 
 A Chimney alwayes free from Cold 5 
 Never to be the Client, nor 
 But fcldome times the Counfellor. 
 
A Minde content with what is fit^ 
 Whofe ftrength doth moft confiftinWit 5 
 A Body not^img prone to be 
 Sick, a Prudent Simplicities 
 Such Friends as of ones own rank are*, 
 Homely fare, not fought from farre -, 
 The table without Arts help fpread ; 
 A night in Wine not buried. 
 Yet drowning Cares 5 a Bed that's bleft 
 With true Joy, Chaftity, and reft • 
 Such (hort f\veet Slumber as may give 
 Lefs tim.e to die in't^^ more to live ; 
 Thine own Eftate whate'rc commend. 
 And wifh not for, nor fear thine end. 
 
 In Magif. Vilet. 
 
 j^Nni HdCfrima Dies Veris fic frimd videtur^ 
 
 §lu!i fimul (^ Violam vidimm ^ Glaciem. 
 
 To ^mntianus. Mart J, ^. 
 
 'T'Hat in D^r^?»^^^' when gifts fly ^* 
 
 ^ From this to that Friend mutually , 
 I nought but Books fend, thoul; Judg thus, 
 Perhaps I'm Avaricious 5 
 No, know I hate thofe fond deceits. 
 And Crafts in gifts are like to baits 
 On hooks, whereon a Fly doth cheat 
 The greedier Fifli when it would eat. 
 And whilft a Poor man fendeth not at all 
 Unto's rich fncnds,Hc feems more Liberall . Tn ^ 
 
(166") 
 
 In quendam Militem pancm in 
 dorlum porcancem. 
 
 *^Entrem ut Hie oneret^ non tergdm ontrdrt recufat, 
 Vcntrcm Onerat tergdm quA exonerare fuam. 
 
 Ad Scoro-BritannuHi cui Carolus 
 
 noftcr fe fubtraxit. 
 
 QUodfugit ad Scot0s Rex^ quid mirnhih Scotuf^ 
 ^^^ Mntuo nemfe Anglis dum datur illefuis 
 Kcddttus eft igitur : fic cum mo do debitafolvant 
 Cuniti iterum, Regem fac revemre Tuum. 
 
 ' Englifh'd: 
 
 What wonder is't, the King to'th Scots is fled^ 
 When by the Engltlh He was Borrowed, 
 So now's reftor'd : that all their debts pay thus, 
 I'd wifh our Brethren fend Him back to us. 
 
 Naturae defcftus. 
 
 V a ¥'d S^ Peccare grave ejlplactdum fimul^ integra non ejl 
 ^J ^ ^ * Natura^ exittum qu£ cupit If fa fuum ; 
 
 Lex vel dura nimis^ qua, cum natura videtur 
 Offenfa^ (JT Vmliisfe offsfmQ'efuis. 
 
 In 
 
In Mortem fui Thelei ^ J. D, fororem 
 
 dufturi. Anno 1623. 
 
 J^Omlne ft hoc unquam mors {Invidiofa} meretur^ 
 
 Temforaftnt Lachrymis digna vel ulla meis^ 
 Ecce ddfunt : Hymen ipfe Tedas cum accendere jufh, 
 
 Accenditqnefuam Mors gemihtmddfacem, 
 Inque El egos vertn Nti^ptial/a Carmina^ nfus 
 
 In Gemitu^ ; vejles nunc Color unus hahet: 
 Amaracique fugntflores invifd CupreJJ'us, 
 
 Atquejuls Ramis Tempora Cincia, tenet. 
 Dmnque Me<z jam partem anim^ rap it, altera reflo 
 
 Mane us ^(^* rngrata ejlquiemihi vitamanet. 
 
 In Obitum Nobiliflimi Principis Mauritii 
 
 Haffiae Landgravii, Anno 1633. 
 
 rZUflavum doleant Alii^ doledntvefeceffum 
 
 Beu Frederice tuum ; nee Careant Lachrymps, 
 
 Fontihm ex hints gemini manare dolor cs^ 
 
 Nam duplex Cordi Canftgementis erat : 
 
 Nunc m Triformi hmc maneatpars altera telis^ 
 Impercu^afuis Mors in pin a re dip : 
 
 Tertim c^ Vrtnceps [evrper dcflendm ah oynni^ 
 " Vartc peril ? at rut Laufque dictifqucfux : 
 
 Virtutes Alu qn.hm efl facund:d narrent^ 
 
 Supprejfa H^c tantopondere Mufa filets 
 
 An 
 
(1^8) 
 An Epitaph on £. IV* 
 
 >^Ature Icnttimc, fo He grew old 
 ■^^ And prodigall at once m this> 
 Setting it all at flake 'gainft gold. 
 Whereof He made his greateft blifs: 
 But when She faw He took of All 
 Men intereft, yet paid Her none, 
 She Calls for in the Principall, 
 And layes it. up under this Stone, 
 
 DefeQ'm ejl amhulando. 
 
 On a Flayer. 
 
 T^ Hcu that lo oft in jeft was wont to die, 
 ^ Art now tanc at thy word, and here doft lie : 
 Thine Afts had many Scenes, Death^s had but one, 
 His Entry was thine Exit^ bad be gone -, 
 Thou a£t'ft a King no more, no that's laid by. 
 Nor any 's Parafite in flattery ; 
 Thou haft put off the Clowns flops now, nor art 
 Wrapt with the fury of a Lovers part ^ 
 But fuit'ft thy fclf in one, wherein all muft ' 
 Thy fellow- A<aors be, to fleep in Duft. . 
 
 Id 
 
(i6p) 
 
 In Obitum Ben. Johnf. Poctae cximii. 
 
 HE who began from Brick and Lime 
 The Mufes Hill to climbe •, 
 And whilom bufied in laying Sron, 
 Thirfted to drink of H el/con • 
 Changing His TrowcJl for a Pen^, 
 Wrote ftraight the Temper not of Dirt but Men, 
 
 Now fithence that He is turn d to Clay, and cron. 
 
 Let Thofe remain of th'occupation 
 He honored once^ fquare Him a Tomb may fay 
 His Craft exceeded farr a Dawbcrs Avay. 
 Then write upon't^ He could no longer tarry. 
 But was return'd again unto the Qtiarry. 
 
 Of an Old Man. 
 
 Ijr Appy is He who on his own fields ftage, 
 •*' '*' And no where elie, hath adted ore his Age 5 
 He, v/ horn his own houfe, (had it eyes and tongue) 
 Might fay it fees Him old, and faw him young, 
 Now trufting to a ftaff, he treads thofe fands 
 He formerly had crept on with his hands •• 
 So reckons up the long defcent and ("dotage 
 Through decays) of that his homely Cottage, 
 He ne'r was drawn with fortunes Train to hafte, 
 Nor did He flatter Forainfprings withtafte -, 
 He was no Merchant-man might fear the Straits^ 
 Nor Souldicr fancying Military baits ^ 
 
 Y2 He 
 
He ncv^cr Pleaded, neither ftrifcnor force. 
 Of brabling Law-fuits ever made him hoarfc : 
 But fas uncapabic of bufinefs) free. 
 Cannot refolve wliat the next town fhould be,. 
 Yet doth enjoy a profpcct (may controule 
 All others) of the free Aire, and Pole. 
 Nor cafts He up the year by Confuls now. 
 But as the Fruit-trees to their feafons bow ^ 
 By Apples Autumn, Spring by Flowers befalls him. 
 One field hides Phc^hm-hcCy the fame recalls him : 
 And thus This Count rey-fwains obferving way 
 Meafures within his Orb the Courfe of Day.. 
 He did remember yon great Oak, when 't ftood 
 But for a fapling, fo's grown old with's wood : 
 And judgiua that fame'^lle (with lefs wits bleft 
 More Barbarifmi^ to be tlV Indies Eaft : 
 He doth conclude the Red- fea to beneer, 
 Beholding Stangrotr/id, Faycet^ andthe J\/^^r.- 
 And yet tlirough ftrength unconquer'd he may gather 
 Comfort, the third Age fees him Grandfather. 
 Let others wander to the farth'ft of Spain, 
 The ^vay is onely Theirs, but life His gain. 
 
 De Triftibiis. 
 
 To a Cat bore me co7npa?iy in Confinement o 
 
 \ Sfoci-ue to my Tears , whofe nature tride 
 '^ Makes thee a fit Companion for my fide, 
 Who Captive fit under Confinements wing. 
 For. Beins^ too a(flive to a(ft fuffenng, 
 
 " ^ So 
 
\^\ J 
 
 So become Paffive too : Scratchbut thine ea-. 
 Then boldly tell what weather's drawing near. 
 For ri conclude, no ftorm of Fortune can 
 Pre vail ore C^//rVbai que, an honeft Man. 
 
 Svld Bella che piace. 
 
 ' 'Y' Is but a folly to be nice, ' 
 
 ^ Since liking fets on Beauty price. 
 And what we doe afFe(S alone, 
 Becomes to Each His Paragon ; 
 All Colour, Shape, or Form, we know 
 Improve to beft to thofe think fo. 
 For where Efteem its Anchor wets. 
 There grows true Pearl, no Counterfeis. 
 Were She as Crooked as a Pin, 
 And yet could Love, it were no fin 
 
 To love again -, for Writers tell, A'Jjgnes amsn 
 
 That love hath ia t the Loadftons fpell : ^^^ •^'^^^^ 
 
 Were She proportioned like the Sphere, 
 No Limb or Joint Irres^ular ^ 
 Yet to my fancy if flie Jarr, 
 I fliall not fail by dich a Starr: 
 Did She out- vie the new-born Day, 
 Or th'richefl TreaOaries of May 
 So that what Skies or Flowers put on, 
 Give place to her Complexion, 
 ri fooner deem a black Wench white, 
 Thats fuiting to mv Appetite. 
 
 Well, in conclufion, hath She Fair, 
 Or Brown, or Black, or Golden hair 
 Where one is Cttpdi^xuQV^Vensif is there. 
 
 Y 3 To 
 
To Retiredneji. 
 
 "^Ext unto God, to whom I owe 
 -*'^ What e're I here enjoy below, 
 I miifl: indebted ftand to Thee, 
 Great Patron of my Libertie -, 
 For in the CUifter of affaires, 
 Whence there are dealing feverall fliares : 
 As in a Trick Thou haft conveigh'd 
 Into my hand what can be faid ; 
 Whilft He who doth himfelf poflcfs, 
 Makes all things pafs him feem tarr Icfs, 
 
 Riches and Honors that appear 
 Rewards to the Adventurer, 
 On Either tide of Court or Seas, 
 Are nor attain d nor held with cafe 5 
 But as unconftancy bears fway,' 
 Quickly will' fleet and Ebb away: 
 And oft when Fortune thofe Confers^ 
 She gircs them but for Torturers .• 
 When with a Minde Ambition-free, 
 Thefe, and much more come home to Mc» 
 
 Here I can fit; and fitting under 
 Some portions of His works of wonder, 
 Whofe all are fuch, obferve by reafon. 
 Why every Plant obeys its feafon • 
 How tlic Sap nfes, and the Fall, 
 Wherein They fliake off Leafs and all 5 
 Then how again They bud and fpring, 
 Arc laden for an Oferino; 
 
 & 
 
 Wliich whilft my Contemplation kcs^ 
 
 I am taught Thankfulncfs from trees. Then 
 
073; 
 
 Then turning over Natures leaf, 
 I mark the Glory of the Sheaf ^ 
 For every Field's a feverall page, 
 Difciphering the Golden Age : 
 So that without a Miners pains , 
 Or Indie's reach, here plenty raigns-. 
 Which watred from above, implies , 
 That our acknowledgments fliouid rife 
 To Him, that thus creates a birth 
 Of Mercies for us out of Earth : 
 
 Here, is no other Cafe in Law, 
 But what the Sun-burnt Hat of Straw, 
 With crooked Sickle reaps and bindes- 
 Up into Sheaves to help the hindes- 
 Whofe arguing alon s in this. 
 Which Cop lies well, and which amifs , 
 Howthe.Hock-Cart with all its gear 
 Should be trick'd up, and what good chcar. 
 Bacon with Cook's reports cxprefs, 
 And how to make the Tenth goe lefs. 
 
 There, are no other Warrs, or Strife *$- 
 Encouragers, Ihrill Trumpets, Fyfes, 
 Or horrid Drumms •, but what Excels 
 AH Mufick, Nature's Minftrels 
 Piping and Chirping, as they fit 
 Embowr'd in branches, dance to it : 
 And if at all Thofe doe conteft. 
 It is in this, but, which fingsbeft: 
 And when they have contended long, 
 I Qhough unfecn] muft judg the Songc 
 
 Thus 
 
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 Thr.s out of fears, or noife of Warr, 
 Crowds, and the clamourings at Barr^ 
 The Merchant's dread, th'unconftanttidcSj 
 With all Vexation befides •, 
 I hi!2g my Quiet, and alone 
 Take'^thcc for my Companion, 
 Ar.d deem in doing fo, I've all 
 I can True Converfation call .- 
 Tor fo my Thoughts by this retreat 
 Grow ftronger, like contraded heat* 
 
 Whether on Natures Book I mufe. 
 
 Or clfe fome other writes on't, ufe 
 
 To fpend the time in, every line. 
 
 Is not excentrickbut Divine .• 
 
 And though all others downward tend, 
 
 Thefe look to heaven, and afcend 
 
 From whence they came •, where pointed hie. 
 
 They raviili into Myflerie, 
 
 To fee the lootfteps here are trod 
 
 Of mercy by a Gracious God. 
 
 To my Booh^ 
 
 r^ Oe, and my Blefling with Thee •, then remain 
 ^-^ Secure, with fuch as kindly entertain : 
 If fent to any Others, tell them this. 
 The Autlior fo takes but his Mark amifs : 
 Who's fearlefs of reproach from Criticks skill, 
 Seing, t'look a given horfe ith' mouth founds ill : 
 And what alone to Friends he would impart, 
 Hath not at all to doe with Fair or Mart. 
 
 Wherefore whoever fliall pcrufc thefe Rimes, 
 Muft know, they were beguilers of fpare times. 
 
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