A
PENSIVE
soules
delight
.
The
Contents
whereof
,
is
shewen
in
these
Verses
following
.
1.
The
Pensiue
soule
recounteth
in
this
place
,
Elizaes
troubles
,
and
Elizaes
grace
.
2.
Here
are
expressed
the
stratagems
of
foes
,
Elizaes
conquests
,
and
their
falls
that
rose
.
3.
Here
is
set
forth
Elizaes
lenitie
,
And
Locust-Catholickes
superbitie
.
By
Iohn
Norden
.
LONDON
Printed
by
T.C.
for
William
Lugger
,
and
are
to
be
sold
at
the
signe
of
the
blinde
Knight
,
ouer
against
S.
Andrewes
Church
in
Holborne
.
1603.
TO
THE
RIGHT
Honourable
and
vertuous
Ladie
the
Countesse
of
Warwicke
.
IF
I
were
demanded
(
Right
Honourable
)
I
could
yeeld
a
reason
why
I
giue
your
Lady-ship
this
little
plaine
Poeme
,
vnder
the
tytle
of
a
Pensiue
Soules
delight
,
but
that
your
Ladiship
is
not
altogether
vnacquainted
with
some
causes
that
may
right
well
worke
me
pensiue
.
The
cause
is
noted
and
obserued
of
many
,
but
felt
of
my selfe
and
mine
only
.
The
cause
of
my
delight
is
publique
,
common
,
and
knowne
to
all
,
but
felt
(
with
effect
)
of
the
faithfull
and
loyall
onely
.
Can
any
faithfull
soule
but
sigh
(
my
good
Ladie
,
)
to
see
and
consider
,
the
sundry
daungers
,
that
haue
bene
,
and
are
daily
plotted
and
practised
,
against
her
highnesse
most
innocent
person
,
and
Royall
state
?
And
againe
,
can
any
,
but
reioyce
and
delight
to
see
her
still
blessed
&
defended
,
and
the
practizers
still
found
out
,
censured
and
condemned
?
And
who
seeth
without
pensiuenesse
and
sorrow
,
her
Maiesties
natiue
subiects
,
our
owne
country-men
,
brethren
and
kindred
,
to
become
Traytors
,
to
their
,
and
our
most
gratious
Queene
,
&
treacherous
to
vs
their
country-men
&
allyes
?
And
againe
,
reioyceth
not
to
see
&
obserue
,
how
all
their
deuises
come
to
nought
,
her
Maiestie
preserued
,
&
our selues
deliuered
?
And
again
,
who
greeueth
not
to
consider
from
whom
these
practises
and
the
grounds
of
these
treasons
proceed
?
From
a
man
pretending
to
be
the
high
and
sole
Vicar
of
Christ
in
earth
,
who
cannot
erre
in
his
purposes
and
proceedings
,
because
they
are
all
couered
,
(
euen
murthers
of
innocent
men
,
yea
Princes
,
raising
warre
within
,
and
between
kingdomes
,
)
with
the
pretence
of
religion
and
glorifying
God
,
the
highest
point
of
blasphemy
.
But
who
reioyceth
not
to
see
him
discouered
Antichrist
,
the
man
of
sinne
?
and
his
vndermining
and
treasonable
messengers
,
Locustes
?
And
who
reioyceth
not
to
see
them
in
some
measure
abandoned
,
sith
they
will
not
be
reclaimed
?
But
more
,
who
reioyceth
not
to
see
and
consider
her
Maiesties
immoueable
constancie
,
in
louing
,
in
imbracing
,
and
in
maintaining
the
infallable
trueth
?
and
our selues
vnder
her
,
and
by
her
,
to
enioy
the
same
?
A
subiect
worthie
of
a
more
serious
labour
.
But
because
many
worthie
workes
are
extant
of
their
discouery
,
some
too
great
of
price
for
poore
men
,
and
some
too
learned
for
the
simple
.
And
such
serious
Treatises
often
neglected
,
because
they
delight
not
all
humours
,
I
thought
it
not
vnfit
to
put
the
inferiour
multitude
in
minde
,
in
this
kinde
of
writing
,
what
causes
they
haue
to
sighe
and
to
sing
,
to
grieue
and
reioyce
:
And
that
with
mee
they
may
haue
all
will
,
as
they
haue
cause
,
to
pray
for
the
continuance
of
the
true
causes
of
our
reioycing
,
the
maintenance
of
Religion
,
and
preseruation
of
her
highnesse
.
The
length
of
dayes
,
vouchsafe
her
length
of
dayes
:
the
Lyon
of
Iudah
rent
her
enemies
in
peeces
:
And
high
Iehouah
,
graunt
that
vnder
her
we
may
all
liue
in
true
loue
,
towards
her
,
that
loueth
him
,
who
in
his
loue
gaue
her
to
vs
.
That
we
in
her
might
rather
sorrow
to
see
the
falles
of
traytors
in
charitie
,
then
traytors
to
tryumph
in
the
successe
of
their
attempts
in
insolencie
.
Your
Ladiships
in
all
seruice
,
Iohn
Norden
.