TO
THE
RIGHT
NOBLE
Lady
,
the
Lady
Marie
,
Countesse
Dowager
of
Pembrooke
.
MADAME
:
THis
Poëm
of
our
last
Ciuile
Warres
of
England
,
(
whereof
the
many
Editions
shewe
what
kinde
of
intertainement
it
hath
had
with
the
world
)
I
haue
now
againe
sent-forth
,
with
the
addition
of
two
bookes
:
the
one
,
continuing
the
course
of
the
Historie
;
the
other
,
making-vp
a
part
,
which
(
for
haste
)
was
left
vnfurnisht
in
the
former
Impressions
.
And
,
hauing
nothing
else
to
doo
with
my
life
,
but
to
worke
whil'st
I
haue
it
;
I
held
it
my
part
,
to
adorne
(
the
best
I
could
)
this
Prouince
,
Nature
hath
allotted
to
my
Charge
:
and
which
I
desire
to
leaue
,
after
my
death
,
in
the
best
forme
I
may
;
seeing
I
can
erect
no
other
pillars
to
sustaine
my
memorie
,
but
my
lines
nor
otherwise
pay
my
debts
and
the
recknings
of
my
gratitude
to
their
honour
who
haue
donne
me
good
,
and
furthered
this
Worke
.
.
And
,
whereas
this
Argument
was
long
since
vndertaken
(
in
a
time
which
was
not
so
well
secur'd
of
the
future
,
as
God
be
blessed
now
it
is
)
with
a
purpose
,
to
shewe
the
deformities
of
Ciuile
Dissension
,
and
the
miserable
euents
of
Rebellions
,
Conspiracies
,
and
bloudy
Reuengements
,
which
followed
(
as
in
a
circle
)
vpon
that
breach
of
the
due
course
of
Succession
,
by
the
Vsurpation
of
Hen.
4
;
and
thereby
to
make
the
blessings
of
Peace
,
and
the
happinesse
of
an
established
Gouernment
(
in
a
direct
Line
)
the
better
to
appeare
:
I
trust
I
shall
doo
a
gratefull
worke
to
my
Countrie
,
to
continue
the
same
,
vnto
the
glorious
Vnion
of
Hen.
7
:
from
whence
is
descended
our
present
Happinesse
.
In
which
Worke
,
I
haue
carefully
followed
that
truth
which
is
deliuered
in
the
Historie
;
without
adding
to
,
or
subtracting
from
,
the
general
receiu'd
opinion
of
things
as
we
finde
them
in
our
common
Annalles
:
holding
it
an
impietie
,
to
violate
that
publike
Testimonie
we
haue
,
without
more
euident
proofe
;
or
to
introduce
fictions
of
our
owne
imagination
,
in
things
of
this
nature
.
Famae
rerum
standum
est
.
Though
I
knowe
,
in
these
publike
actions
,
there
are
euer
popular
bruites
,
and
opinions
,
which
run
according
to
the
time
&
the
biass
of
mens
affections
:
and
it
is
the
part
of
an
Historian
,
to
recite
them
,
not
to
rule
them
;
especially
,
otherwise
then
the
circumstances
may
induce
:
according
to
that
modest
saying
;
Nec
affirmare
sustineo
de
quibus
dubito
,
nec
subducere
quae
accepi
.
I
haue
onely
vsed
that
poeticall
licence
,
of
framing
speaches
to
the
persons
of
men
according
to
their
occasions
;
as
C.
Salustius
,
and
T.
Liuius
(
though
Writers
in
Prose
,
yet
in
that
kinde
Poets
)
haue
,
with
diuers
other
antient
and
modern
Writers
,
done
before
me
.
Wherin
,
though
they
haue
incroched
vpon
others
rights
,
and
vsurpt
a
part
that
was
not
properly
theirs
:
yet
,
seeing
they
hold
so
iust
a
proportion
,
with
the
nature
of
men
,
and
the
course
of
affayres
;
they
passe
as
the
partes
of
the
Actor
(
not
the
Writer
)
and
are
receiu'd
with
great
approbation
.
And
although
many
of
these
Images
are
drawne
with
the
pencil
of
mine
conceiuing
:
yet
I
knowe
,
they
are
according
to
the
portraiture
of
Nature
;
and
carrie
a
resemblance
to
the
life
of
Action
,
and
their
complexions
whom
they
represent
.
For
,
I
see
,
Ambition
,
Faction
,
and
Affections
,
speake
euer
one
Language
,
we
are
like
colours
(
though
in
seuerall
fashions
)
feed
,
and
are
fed
with
the
same
nutriments
;
and
only
vary
but
in
time
.
Man
is
a
creature
of
the
same
dimension
he
was
:
and
how
great
and
eminent
soeuer
hee
bee
,
his
measure
and
height
is
easie
to
be
taken
.
And
all
these
great
actions
are
openly
presented
on
the
Stage
of
the
World
:
where
,
there
are
euer
Spectators
,
who
will
iudge
and
censare
how
men
personate
those
parts
,
which
they
are
set
to
perform
;
and
so
enter
them
in
the
Records
of
Memorie
.
And
if
I
haue
erred
somewhat
in
the
draught
of
the
young
Q.
Isabel
(
wife
to
Ric.
2.
)
in
not
suting
her
passions
to
her
yeares
:
I
must
craue
fauour
of
my
credulous
Readers
;
and
hope
,
the
young
Ladies
of
England
(
who
peraduenture
will
thinke
themselues
of
age
sufficient
,
at
14
yeares
,
to
haue
a
feeling
of
their
owne
estates
)
will
excuse
me
in
that
point
.
For
the
rest
,
setting-aside
those
ornaments
,
proper
to
this
kinde
of
Writing
;
I
haue
faithfully
obserued
the
Historie
.
Wherein
,
such
as
loue
this
Harmony
of
words
,
may
finde
,
that
a
Subiect
,
of
the
greatest
grauitie
,
will
be
aptly
exprest
:
howsoeuer
others
(
seeing
in
what
sort
Verse
hath
beene
idly
abused
)
hold
it
but
as
a
language
fitting
Lightnes
and
Vanitie
.
For
mine
owne
part
,
I
am
not
so
far
in
loue
with
this
forme
of
Writing
(
nor
haue
I
sworne
Fealtie
onely
to
Ryme
)
but
that
I
may
serue
in
any
other
state
of
Inuention
,
with
what
weapon
of
vtterance
I
will
:
and
,
so
it
may
make
good
my
minde
,
I
care
not
.
For
,
I
see
,
Iudgement
and
Discretion
(
with
what
soeuer
is
worthy
)
carry
their
owne
Ornaments
,
and
are
grac't
with
their
owne
beauties
;
be
they
apparayled
in
what
fashion
they
will
.
And
because
I
finde
the
common
tongue
of
the
world
is
Prose
;
I
purpose
in
that
kinde
to
write
the
Historie
of
England
,
from
the
Conquest
:
being
incouraged
thereunto
,
by
many
noble
&
worthy
Spirits
.
Although
Madame
,
I
must
not
neglect
to
prosecute
the
other
part
of
this
Worke
;
being
thus
reuiued
by
your
Goodnes
:
to
whome
;
and
to
whose
Noble
Family
,
I
hold
my selfe
euer
bound
;
and
will
labour
to
doo
you
all
she
honor
,
and
seruice
I
can
.
SAM.
DANYEL
.