FAMES
ROVLE
:
OR
,
THE
NAMES
of
our
dread
Soveraigne
Lord
King
CHARLES
,
his
Royall
Queen
MARY
,
and
his
most
hopefull
posterity
:
Together
with
,
The
names
of
the
Dukes
,
Marquesses
,
Earles
,
Viscounts
,
Bishops
,
Barons
,
Privie
Counsellors
,
Knights
of
the
Garter
,
and
Judges
.
Of
his
three
renowned
Kingdomes
,
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
:
Anagrammatiz'd
and
expressed
by
acrosticke
lines
on
their
names
.
By
Mistris
Mary
Fage
,
wife
of
Robert
Fage
the
younger
,
Gentleman
.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
Richard
Oulton
,
1637.
TO
THE
MOST
High
and
Mighty
Monarch
,
Charles
by
the
grace
of
God
,
King
of
Great
Britaine
,
France
and
Jreland
,
Defender
of
the
Faith
,
&c.
his
most
Royall
Consort
our
most
gratious
Queen
Mary
,
the
High
and
Mighty
Prince
Charles
,
Prince
of
Wales
,
the
most
illustrious
Prince
Iames
,
Duke
of
Yorke
,
the
High
and
mighty
Princesses
Mary
and
Elizabeth
,
the
Royall
posterity
of
our
Soveraigne
Lord
King
Charles
:
And
to
his
Majesties
most
Illustrious
Allyes
,
the
most
High
and
Mighty
Prince
Christerne
King
of
Denmarke
:
The
high
and
mighty
Prince
Charles
Prince
Electour
Palatine
:
The
high
and
mighty
Prince
Henry
Prince
of
Orange
,
and
the
most
Illustrious
Prince
De
Lorreine
Duke
Chereuze
.
PArdon
powerfull
Princes
and
potent
Potentates
,
my
presumption
,
in
pressing
into
your
presence
:
Impute
it
to
nothing
but
zeale
.
It
was
a
law
amongst
the
Persians
,
that
whensoever
any
man
met
his
Monarch
,
he
should
forthwith
present
him
with
somewhat
as
a
te●●imony
of
that
duty
alwaies
owing
unto
Maiesty
.
One
meeting
the
Persian
King
on
a
time
,
by
the
suddennesse
mooved
,
and
having
no
better
for
the
present
,
tooke
up
one
handfull
of
water
,
and
prostrating
himselfe
presented
the
same
to
the
King
;
which
the
magnanimous
Monarch
gratefully
accepted
,
and
liberally
rewarded
him
for
the
same
.
Take
this
most
magnificent
Princes
,
as
a
bowle
of
water
from
the
fount
of
Helicon
;
where
it
comes
short
,
let
my
desire
of
perfectnesse
supply
.
And
you
most
noble
Princes
of
the
Netherlands
,
finding
you
participators
of
our
English
honour
,
I
have
made
bold
likewise
with
you
,
presuming
upon
like
hope
of
pardon
,
minding
your
many
weighty
occasions
I
remember
Virgill
,
Cum
canerem
Regibus
,
Cynthius
aurem
vellit
:
Wherefore
with
all
possible
duty
to
your
Maiesty
,
and
the
rest
of
you
mighty
Princes
,
casting
my selfe
at
the
foote
of
your
Maiesty
,
I
rest
,
Your
Majesties
Faithfull
Subject
and
honourer
of
Your
most
Princely
vertues
,
Mary
Fage
.
TO
THE
MOST
ILLVSTRIOVS
Princes
,
James
Duke
of
Lenox
,
George
Duke
of
Buckingham
;
The
Right
honourable
Iohn
Marquesse
of
Winchester
,
Thomas
Earle
of
Arundell
and
Surrey
,
and
other
the
Earles
,
Anthony
Vicount
Mountague
and
other
the
Vicounts
;
The
Right
Reverend
Father
in
God
,
William
Lord
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
and
other
the
Archbishops
and
Bishops
,
The
right
honourable
Henry
Lord
Clifford
and
other
the
Barons
,
Sir
Thomas
Edmonds
and
other
the
Knights
of
the
Privie
Counsell
;
The
Right
honourable
Sir
Iohn
Brampton
Kt.
Lord
chiefe
Iustice
of
the
Kings
bench
and
other
the
Iudges
.
I
Have
Right
noble
and
worshipfull
,
adventured
to
present
each
of
you
with
a
glimps
of
his
owne
glory
naturally
innated
in
your
Names
:
Great
assayes
neede
great
patronage
,
and
this
I
know
will
be
deem'd
as
a
bold
deed
,
if
not
borne
out
by
your
Noble
and
worshipfull
Tutelage
,
for
which
I
have
chosen
each
of
you
as
my
Mecaenas
,
countenancers
of
learning
and
industry
;
I
shall
not
need
apologise
for
my selfe
;
your
names
of
honour
pleads
my
pardon
for
your
owne
honours
sake
;
and
you
Right
worshipfull
,
think
it
an
act
of
most
worship
to
patronize
and
pardon
,
remembring
the
old
said
sawe
,
posse
,
nolle
,
nobile
:
I
know
you
have
power
to
frowne
,
but
to
abstaine
is
truly
noble
;
wherefore
adventuring
to
stand
to
your
severall
doomes
,
who
are
able
to
Iudge
of
all
disadvantages
,
either
of
sexe
or
want
of
learning
,
I
take
leave
and
rest
,
The
honourer
of
your
vertues
in
my
Cell
,
MARY
FAGE
.