The muses-teares for the losse of their hope; heroick and ne're-too-much praised, Henry, Prince of Wales. &c. Together with times sobs for the vntimely death of his glory in that his darling: and, lastly, his epitaphs. Consecrated to the high and mighty prince, Frederick the fift, Count-palatine of Rheyn. &c. Where-vnto is added, consolatory straines to wrest nature from her bent in immoderate mourning; most loyally, and humbly wisht to the King and Queenes most exeellent [sic] Maiesties. / By Iohn Dauies of Hereford, their Maiesties poore beads-man, and vassall.

THE MVSES-TEARES FOR THE LOSSE OF THEIR HOPE ; HEROICK AND NE'RE-TOO-MVCH praised , HENRY , Prince of Wales . &c.

Together with TIMES Sobs for the vntimely death of his Glory in that his Darling : and , lastly , his Epitaphs .

CONSECRATED To the high and mighty Prince , Frederick the fift , Count-palatine of Rheyn . &c.

Where-vnto is added , Consolatory STRAINES to wrest NATVRE from her bent in immoderate mourning ; most loyally , and humbly wisht to the KING and QVEENES most excellent MAIESTIES .

BY IOHN DAVIES of Hereford , their Maiesties poore Beads-man , and Vassall .

AT LONDON , Printed by G. Eld , for Iohn Wright ; and are to be sould at his shop neere Christ-Church Dore. 1613.

THE MVSES-TEARES , for the high , Heroik , and neuer-too-much praised , HENRY , Prince of Wales , &c. THe HAND of heauen ( as quick , as it is strong , And moues this ALL , to all it moues vnto : ) Hath turn'd our hopes , to feares , ( and griefes among ) In his Lifes LINE , which it did late vndo . Princely-perfection being past the prime , And , neare the highest grow'th ( O dismall turne ! ) Is turn'd into the Roote , this Winter-time , Ner'e to retire till GOD in Flesh returne ! He , vpon whome the Nations Eyes were bent As on a most auspitious blazing - Starre Is now extinguish'd ; yet , the light hee lent , Fore-shew'd he would haue thundred lowd , in War ▪ For , in his Eares no musick sweet did sound , But Trumpets , Drummes , and Phifes : and , at his meate , ( While they did others hearing but confound ) They solac'd his ; and made his stomake great ! Th' expertest Fortifier , and Engineere He sought ; who taught him either skill , so young , That he his Teachers taught : so , did appeare Too ripe , too soone , to last ( so ripe ) too long ! And , in all exercise of Armes he was Vnmatch'd by any of his yeares : For , He Past subiects so , as he did subiects passe , In Birth , Mind , Vertue , Glory , and Degree ! The Doing-Horse ( all Eyes can witnesse it ) He made much more than Do : yet ; sate so sure As they ( but where are they that so can sit ? ) That back the wildest Beasts , yet , sit secure ! In few ; no Feate of such Actiuity As graced Action , and the Actor too , But it ( with most admir'd Agility ) He did past all that best , so young , could do ! With Arts and Letters hee so stor'd his MIND That both knew all therein , y'er Youth could know : So , Arte and Nature were as Curst , as Kind , To Cleaue so to him , and to Leaue him so ! His Spirit and Body were at endlesse strife Which should be Actiu'st in all Princely Parts : For , both were full of Grace , as full of Life ; Both which winne Glory , with both Hopes , and Hearts ! That actiue Spirit his Meditations rais'd Aboue the Spheare of GREATNES ; that doth rise From those Perfections that do perish prais'd , To seek PERFECTION prais'd ; and neuer dies ! And , like a Soule ( that nought on Earth can fill ) Seeking for al-suffizing Aliments , Still mounts aboue her selfe ( in Minde , and will ) Till she hath found what fully her contents : So , his rare Soule , ( beeing euer on her Wings , Soone cloide with whatsoe're the Earth holds deere ) Sought to suffize her with eternall Things ; Which made her stay so much the shorter here ! The World could not containe her ; not as He To whose ambition Earths Rotundity Seem'd but an Angle : no ; but Shee did flee The World , and such vaine Pride ; yet , fled more high ! She fled to Him whose Center 's euery where , And Circle no where : for , true Eaglet , She On Iustice SONNE ( her Eyes being strong , as cleare ) Still lou'd to looke , to shew her Dignity ! But , while She kept within her Prison-walls ( Or Iaile of Flesh ) She , through the windowes , saw To all that in Discretions Compasse falls ; And , ordred all that All by Reasons Law . His Seruants so hee swai'd ( and that alone , Himselfe beeing vnder Tutors ) as appear'd That they were gouern'd by some Salomon ; For which he was no lesse Belou'd , than Fear'd . Reward and Punishment ( being as the weights By which our Horologe of life is mou'd ) Fell euer through Him ( from Celestiall Heights ) On none , but whom true vertue loth'd , or lou'd ! If then , his Priuate in such order stood , How had the publike done when hee had swai'd ? They had beene like for Grace , in likely-hood ; And ( for our Common-good ) as Good , as stai'd ! The High'st all good things hath in Essence still ; Ill , in his Vnderstanding-pow'r ; but Man Hath good things by Intelligence ; but ill He hath in Essence : for , no Good he can ! But He , whose goodnesse rauish'd him from hence , Was Good , in Nature ; by his BEING , blest : But Ill he had but by Intellingece ; Which he , with Grace , corrected , being best ! Some Kings are more than Men in their beliefe ; But , in their liues such Beasts as neuer liu'd : The chiefe Offenders than , are oft the CHIEFE : But this , Belou'd , liu'd well , and well beleeu'd ! The Simile twixt God and Man is such , That God is said to be immortall Man ; And Man a mortall God : He was so much ; Whose want we waile much more than sorrow can . His Princely lookes compos'd so rarely were Of venerable grauity and grace , That one did Loue prouoke , the other feare ; And both , in one , still shew'd a sacred Face ! His Ire was temperate , sith he knew so well How ill t' was in Warme Fortunes to be hot ; Sith , like great Ruines , those it quite doth quell On whome it falls ; and , lights on equall Lot ! It is to rash ; ( and so must needs offend ) To do ought well : For , it cures ill with ill : Then , to referre a Vice to Ire to mend , Is Vice to cure by Vice ( outragious ) still . Great Mindes in Choler , should be euer like The highest Planets , that are slowest mou'd ; And neuer vse ( how euer mou'd ) to strike , Till they indulgent meanes haue throughly prou'd . The fire of Ire , that from cold feare proceeds Prouoks the Subiect , put past feare , in hate To make attempts ( although for it he bleeds ) To free his feare , that makes him desperate . Nor is he quiet kept , to keepe him low , ( As some affirme ) for eu'ry hope that giues , Least like-li-hood to raise his ouer-throw , Vnder new Lords , for such he plots , and striues . Then as from loue proceeds a State more sure , ( Though moderate ) so , that that comes from feare , Although more absolute , doth lesse endure : For feare , growne des'prate , it will ouer-beare . For , Cruelty from Cowardize doth spring , Sith still couragious Minds their force imploy But on resisting foes ; then hee 's no King , ( But Tyrant ) that but prostrate Friends destroys . It is a weakenesse of great Pow'r , and Will , To loue them least that most they do offend : Whome Kings offend , they will offend them still ; And , ne're for-giue th' offended till their end , But hate to see them ; sith ( perhaps ) their sight But minds them of the wrongs they do them still : In this , this Gaul-lesse Prince tooke no delight , But did quite otherwise in Deed and Will ! The Surgeons that embalmed , and embowelled him , found no Gaule at all in him , as it is confidently reported . Ambition , ( the Soules Shirt , sith that 's the Vice Shee last puts off ) no more transported his Than Caesars was with glories auarice ; For , his Ambition wholy aim'd , at This ! Kings should haue innocency Columbine , To do no more than harmelesse Creatures should ; With which they should haue Wisdome Serpentine , To do no lesse then Circumspection would : And euer , with the wakefull'st Will and Wit , To stretch their power beyond their power ( though great ) But only for the publike-benefit , For which they smell most sweete , when most they sweat ! A Prince that ties himself himself vnto Doth much mistake himselfe : For , hee 's not his ; Nor , is the STATE his : but , he still must do , As if he were the STATES : for , so he is . From Benefits , come Obligations : and , From such more such : and , so t' is Sire , and Sonne , Effect , and Cause ; Yet still doth , mouing , stand In Will and Pow'r of Natures , like the Sunne . Such was this Prince , who look'd with watchful Eyes To all that might with State , in Time , haue stood : He aw'd the Great , and ( iustly , most precise ) Discount'nanc'd such as Greater were than good . For , such as wil be Sheepe , the Wolfe deuoures : Then , sheepish Kings must flee all Beasts of prey , Or keepe Presumption downe in subiect Pow'res , Lest long conniuence make it long for sway . Contempt t' a Prince , more dang'rous is than hate : For , Hate , by feare , is held from bold Attempt : But , SCORNE doth make it daring ; then a STATE In danger stands , that stands , so , in Contempt ! Lightnings put by with winde but of a Cap ; And oft great STATES ( that might the world comman'd Fall with the smallest accidents that hap : Then , if Contempt they beare , they cannot stand . This made this Prince betimes to haue an Eye To all that saw but how they high might grow By wrong and scorne of PRINCIPALITY , Sith well he knew they ill themselues did know . His Deeds did euermore exceed his words In Vertue , and Effect : nor , would He speake But still with Caution fit for sou'raigne Lords , Who know they bruize their Crownes , when Words they break ! For Princes safer Pris'ners are , by far , Vnder their words almighty-binding pow'r Than they are vnder strongest Bolt or Barre ; Because their Words ( like Gods ) are euer sure ! If otherwise , we cannot call them Gods ( As God himselfe doth stile them ) if they be Vnlike through that iniustice ; and ( like Clods ) Do nought but soile the seate of their Degree . No : Tongues , & Pens wil wound their Names to death ; Nay , past , sith past , sharpe Tongues & Pens can giue Them black Reproch : for , with their harmeful breath , Their Vices die ; but stil their shames may liue ! For , seeing Iustice cannot touch their liues , Its reason it should touch their Names ( too nought ) For feare whereof a TITVS often striues : To be not what he is , but what he ought ! For , it is hard to play an After-game Of Reputation wel : or , not to loose By eu'ry cast , though wel we play the same , Sith all our Gaine to our first Losses goes ! But Vertue made our Heroes to preserue His Name from blemish ; not these by-respects : He Vertue seru'd , that so She Him might serue With fullest Glory voide of all Defects . Not like the Starres ( that yeeld but little light Because they are so high ) with him it far'd : But ( like the Sunne ) was bright'st at greatest height ; And stil his Minde vnto his Fortunes squar'd . BEING , without well Being , cursed is ; And , so , the greater Beeing , the greater curse : But , he being Great , was euer blest in this That he did Grace , by Nature , kindly nurse ! Nature in HIM , admir'd what she had wrought , At least she might , if She , ( most wonderfull Of things created ) could admire at ought That 's made good , great , stout , wise , and beautiful . He was the richest Trophey FORTVNES Pow'r Could reare in HONORS Theater ; for , stil NATVRE did doate on Him ( her Bellamoure , Or Master-peece ) the Wonder of her skil ! Beauty , TIMES flowre , though delicate it be Yet soone it dies : so holds comparison With Phydias collours ; which ( though faire to see ) Were blemisht with each Breath that breath'd thereon But that immortall beauty of the Minde Wherewith He was endow'd , was so ingrain'd In his Soules Faculties , that by no winde Or blast of Enuy , it can e're be stain'd ! No : He most strictly ey'de his better Part ; And in the Glasse of Heau'ns eternall LAW Righted th' Apparell of his royall Heart As best became his FORME , which there he saw : For , no Mans Fortunes , nor his high renowne Can possibly be worthy for his End ; Which hath made Kings of Yore to quit their Crowne , That they to better Ends might wholy tend . Life 's but a Supposition , or Non-ENS ; That 's not perceptible ; because it IS ; Then , streight IS not , but by Intelligence ; And , while it IS , it is but most amisse ! Nothing is certaine , but vncertainty Beneath the Moone ; which varies like our Mindes : For , Man 's a Maze of Mutability , Wherein both Sin and Grace stil turnes , and winds ! It 's good to die than , yer wee die ; because A life too liuely proues too deadly oft : He shootes not well that vp his Arrow drawes And eyes no Mark below , nor that aloft . But some mis-doe themselues , themselues to hide From cruell Fortunes most impetuous Blowes : But neuer Kings , but Cowards , so haue di'd ; Yet Emper'ours ( base , as bad ) haue beene of those ! It is an act of Charity to long , Euer to liue for others good : than they That both to God and Nature do such wrong , ( As hatefull Monsters ) seeke their both decay ! And some so long doe liue that they interre Their Glory y'er they die ; and die but when The World doth hate them deadli'st ; or some War Takes them away ; as Beasts , from ciuill Men ! Yet , Life 's but Bondage , wer 't not free'd by Death ; Nay , Life 's a Sicknesse that so mortall is , That who so liues , must die : and strongest Breath Is not still long'st ; but , often more amisse ! Life may be tane from Man , by any Man ; But Death by no Man ; none dare him abide : Nor , Pow'r , nor Art , nor Loue , Life lengthen can : For , if they could , this Prince had neuer di'd ! Yee Iles , ( whereof He was the Hope ) with Feares Shake where ye stand ; or with sighes shift your Clime ; And be inuirond with a sea of Teares , Where neuer Sunne may see the face of TIME ! Or , settle else , where still his Beames may burne Our frozen Hearts ; and , turne vs all to Black ; That eu'n our Skinnes as-well as Hearts may mourne For him whose want turnes all our comforts back . Black 's but a meere Priuation , and no Hue , As Darkenesse is of Light : that 's fitt'st for vs , Whom Griefes Cimerian darkenesse doth subdue , Being quite depriu'd of Light of comfort , thus . The feeling - sence alone for mortall life Is necessary : but , the rest not so ; For , Life may BE without them : then , let Griefe And Sense to feele it , ne're our liues forgo ! For Him that might the death of Griefe haue beene Had Heau'n not enui'd Earth his longer stay ; But ( ah ) he grew so mellow , being greene , That he , by nature , soone did fall away ! With whom our Hearts are fall'n ; and with the fall , ( On Craggy Cares ) are swol'n so full of wo That they can hardly hold : but , O , this ALL Is at this stay , that staies but falling so ! What hold , or hope , or helpe is than , in ALL , But He that 's All in ALL ? sith such a PROP , ( So young , so strong , and sound , till he did fall ) Is Feauer-shaken downe from HIGHNES Top ! Floate heauiest Griefe on Times eternall Teares T' a Deluge turn'd ; and sinke all Ioy therein : Floate Grife to Death : sinke Ioy to depth of feares ; Sith , in the Hau'n , our hopes so sunke haue bin ! So faile their hopes that hope , by Sinne , for Grace : Heau'ns hate we vrge ; and yet ( so , vrge it more ) We looke for loue : But , O , such Life , such ●●se ! A desp'rate Salue , must cure a desp'rate SORE ! We thought our CROWNE so staid with many Props ( So Yong , and strong ) that no cold Puf of feare ( How euer strong ) could once but shake our Hopes , Which now this Blast doth reele , and backward beare ! But yet to feare too much is to receiue Ill fortunes y'er they come ; and , that is ill : Our feares aswell as hopes may vs deceiue : Than feare we so , as hope may hold vs still . Feare beares Hope backward to a forward Stay ; So forward , as wee feare more going back , When in our Soules ( besides ) our Sinnes we waigh , Which threate ( auert it Heau'n ) our vtter wrack ! But bee ; O be propitious , highest POW'R , To vs : and make our Royal PLANT to spring Vnto that Greatnesse that may long'st endure ; And Branches beare , that may beare many a KING ! But yet ( O Death ! ) GRIEF wil not leaue vs so ; It turnes againe ; and Passion ( which doth swel , Say Reason what it will ) will with vs goe Vnto the Graue , which Heau'n is to this Hel ! Why from the Surgeon doe we turne our Eye When , with his Probe , wee see him search a wound , But that wee know our Sences sou'raignty Ouer our Reason , might vs , with it , confound ! Than , can wee see the Hand of DEATH to gage His HEART , ( beeing ours ; and so , through ours should go And not auert our Eyes , in ruthful rage ? If so we can , we can be cruell so ! But , O , wee needs must see this dismall DEED , ( At least in Minde ) for which our Hearts are rent : The letting of him bloud did make them bleed : For which we curse the CAVSE , and Instrument ▪ It is , almost , a Miracle to finde A great , and liuely Spirit well gouerned ; But his rare Spirit ( be'ing such ) did turne , and winde As the Phisition still , it mannaged ! Indiffrent Spirits , for Rule , farre better doe Than Spirits too mighty , who are good for nought But to torment themselues , and others too : Yet His , being great , hee ruled as he ought ! The Spirit doth owe the Flesh a Sou'raignes care Not a Slaues seruice : for , if Flesh bee free , 'T will make the Spirit but seruile , base , and bare ; But if the Spirit ; the Flesh shall honor'd be ! And , looke how when the Heart is sicke , the HEAD And all the Members , of the griefe haue part , But neuer die , vntill the HEART be dead ; So , HEAD and Members die with this our HEART ! We die , though yet we moue , with griefe conceau'd For this his death ; whose Life gaue all our Parts Their liuely motion ; which they had receau'd From his rare vertue , Life of all our Hearts . Nor can we ( ah ! ) liue other-wise than dead ( Although , in Death , we liue ; or , lifelesse plight ) For him that gaue vs Heart ; and Life , our HEAD ; So liue we now , without or Life , or Sp'rit ! It is a kind of ioy in case of moane Not to be single : Common-miserie ( Though heauiest ) lighter weighes on one alone , Then doth his priuat light aduersitie ! As Peace is Warre to men impo'urisht growne ; Who , in the totall ruines of the STATE , Had rather be o'rewhelm'd , than in their owne ; So , each mans Crosse seemes most vnfortunate ! But in our Case , it is not so , we see : For this our common losse so sad doth lie Vpon our Soules , that nought can heauier be ; Although it were , with torment , oft to die ! Yet , t is high'st Courage lowly to sustaine The heauiest Plagues which for our sinnes are sent : And to be patient qualifies the paine ; And , makes vs , at the low'st , most excellent ! But , to resist , rage , murmur , or complaine , Is as effeminate as Men may do : Than to be subiect so , is so to raigne Kings of our selues ; and Saints with Angells too ! Humility , of Men , doth Angells make ; And Pride , of highest Angells , maketh Deuills : In Pride , all Euills did beginning take : But , in Humility , release from Euills ! W' are borne to Sorrowes : would we than be free ? That were iniustice : Than , we needs must beare The lawes to which all Flesh must subiect be , Vnlesse we would aboue all Flesh appeare ! Our highest pleasures still do tend vnto The deepest sighes : those Wrinckles of the face That serue for Laughing , serue for Weeping too ; And , extreame Laughing sheddeth Teares apace ! GREATNES ( as we mis-stile it ) how e're stout , And glorious too it be ) is , as we proue , But like a Lightnings - flash soone in , and out Of Life and Light , that gets more Hate , than Loue ! Our ALL 's but Nothing than : For , that which IS Must be eternall : For , what IS , must stay Such as it is a Thought ( at least ) but this Is with a Thought , or chang'd , or gone away ! Now sith the deerest of these Mundane things , Do fall so cheape from highest Holds they haue , And that both Semy-gods aswell as Kings Do but engorge the most insatiate Graue ; What Sense haue such that see this daily done , And yet relie on life , that but appeares As doth a Vapor rising with the Sunne But straight to vanish , in a Vale of Teares ! For , Kings none other-wise than Mists descend Downe from the lofty Mountaines to the Vales Where they through Fortunes Sun-shine soone ascend , And vanish straight like dew the Sunne exhales . Thus can Discretion teach Griefe what to say To ease it selfe ; but Griefes if great they are Will still be mute ; or else ( as mad ) will bray : And so our Griefes ( as mad ) do make vs fare . Our LOSSE so far transcends the highest Bounds Of humane-wisdome , patiently to beare , That it our Sufferance , and our Selues confounds With all distraction , ioyn'd to griefe , and feare ; Saint Iames , thy house , ( late house of ioyes extreame . Is now an House of Mourning ; sith this Mate Of Angells , di'd therein , yet liues with them ; And , left that haplesse House to endlesse hate . Those costly Pictures ( curious Proofes of skill . Wherewith that House ( like Heau'n ) he late did grace ) There may they hang in Vtter-darknes till The fowlest Sp●●ners scarfe their fairest Face ! That if , here-after , any curious Eye ( That would to Hell to see a Curious sight ) Come there to see them , it may looke awry , As lothing to belold their vglie plight . Their Co-inhabitants be euer grimme , Grym Desolations , sterne Consociates ; Blacke ougly Bats , ●say . 13. 21. 22. and Owles ; with Zim , and Iim ; T' affright all Flesh with horror from the Gates ! This , for the Place wherein he di'd : The Time , ( Sith much more dismall ) much more still b'accurst : Let neuer Sunne the steepe Meridian climbe On that blacke Day , but clad in Sable first ! Let all the Starres that are maleuolent , Lend all the light that Day ( like Night ) shall giue ; That Men may see but onely to lament With wofull'st action , that may moue to grieue ! And sith great Kings their Birth-daies celebrate With all that Pompe can yeeld ; or Pleasure prooue ; On this black Death-day still , ( through publike hate ) Let ne're the least pompe stirre , nor pleasure moue ! Musike , be euer silent on this Day ; Or with Chromatick Dumps our losse lament : And , O yee heau'nly Spheares , sound so , or stay ; And , all confuse beneath the firmament ! For , Common-griefe's not capable of forme ▪ Our Griefe is common ; then , confound all Mirth On this curst Day ; let DEATH then , euer storme , Yea , make the Sunne , himselfe , lie hid with Earth ! If ought be else , Poetick-rage , or worse , Or Loue ( that can doe all ) can mooue to hate This cursed day , to adde vnto this curse , Let it fall on it , as most reprobate ! Henry ( deere Henry ! ) O that Words we had So steept in Brine that all , through them , might see That We , with Reason , are growne iustly mad : Sith Reas'n doth rage , most iustly , but for Thee ! For , soules that haue Intelligence and Will , And by the first discerne what they haue lost , Can , through the Last , but last distracted still With Rage that Reason rectifieth most ! If GOD we lose , what Reas'n can be so great ( For , greatest Reas'n best knowes the greatest losse : ) But it , with Griefe , will quite it selfe forget , Remembring such a Soule-confounding CROSSE ! Then , when we loose a Prince , like God for State , Stile , Vertue , and Effect , what Reason can But fare as it were rightly reprobate ? If not ; such Reas'n must be in more then Man ! If well , wee take a CROSSE of so great weight That breakes the Back of suffrance , with a Thought , ( Though propt with strongest grace ) our dul conceipt Of Goodnesse lost , shewes we are good for nought . No : sooner can our Soules discourse forbeare , And cease to take Reports from Wit and Sence Than we ( like Blocks ) such Blowes of Fate can beare As maime our Soules through their Intelligence ! If He of HVS , Iob. whose patience ( being crost ) Endur'd the shock of Hels first mortall charge , Yet ▪ in the second , found his patience lost Among but Blaines , that did but Bloud enrage ; Then how should flesh , lesse fenc'd with Grace , sustaine So many Wounds , which through our Princes Heart Death fastens on our soules , such hurt , such paine , Makes Out-rage seeme to act but Iudgements Part. The Prophet being but in prison cast I●r. 20. 7. 8. 9. For speaking what he ought , and as hee should Vow'd neuer more to mention heau'n , and past So farre in heate , that hee the High'st contrould . Then , though wee may not , from the slips of Saints , Take warrant flat to fall , yet , for such CAVSE To vse Poetick-rage in our Complaints , ( Falling past fury ) stands with Reasons Lawes : Oh! that Wits forces than , that Reas'n controules , Could fall into this sacred Rage ; and make All Times to come , to suffer with our soules ; Or , force the props of future Worlds to shake ! For , passion beeing in our soules conceiu'd , Forth-with is formed in our speech ; and so ▪ Passing from vs , by others is receiu'd ; And , makes in them impression of like Wo. Oh! Eloquence , ( the Routher of our Minde , Swaying th' Affects thereof , which way it lists ) Ioyne with our sighes ( now ) like resistlesse Winds To lose our soules in sorrowes endlesse Mists : For , Griefe enforc'd by Fate , and Eloquence ( Oh FORCE that still the owne desires fulfils ! Than Tyrants sway , hath no lesse violence Ore our weake soules , that works but what it Wils ! Yet nought's more eloquent than TRVTH ( most strong ! ) Than our tru Grief ( that seas of sorrow weeps ) Must mooue al Mindes , by th' Engin of our Tongue , To floate to endlesse Woes on DOLORS Deepes . Men must be wrought like Ir'ne ; that 's first made soft With fire , yer water cooles it : fires of Wit Must make them more then supple ( sure ▪ and oft ) Y'er Teares can coole strong passions burning-fit . Than , if my Wit were great , as is the CAVSE Of this our sorrow , it should so enflame The World with passion as it ne're should pause To showre forth streames of Teares to quench the same ! But so this Griefe distracts it , that it can But make imperfect Offers ; it 's too cold To thaw the frozen Hearts of euery Man : For , Death ( not Dolor ) hath all hearts in hold . Oh words ! O sence ! how sencelesse both wee hold ( Though most significant ) that cannot curse This Day past execration ; would yee could ( And I had you to vse ) do that , or worse ! But why , O why ! doe I accursed fend , So curse the Day wherein He so was blest For whose cause so I curse ? My knees I bend , And begge for Grace , sith t' was in Minde distrest . Then I retract my Curses ; and I blesse That blessed God that giues and takes ( so free ) The best Things euer : for , we must confesse , This was as good as could , in Nature , Bee ! For , if in nature , there could be a Prince Aboue the pitch of highest Hopes ; then Hee Was more then such , in our experience : Then , can our Griefes be lesse than now they bee ? Yet Arte , and Adulation ( making Eight Of seu'n ) that make so many samouzed ▪ But yet the eight make more for state , and weight ) Do ost , in ouer-righting , wrong the dead ! But few , if dead , are flattered , if their friends Liue not in Wealth , or Greatnesse : so , the scopes Of all such Clawers scratch for priuate Ends : Yet , Kings will flatter , to attaine their Hopes ! But , who for priuate Grace , ( and Guifts among ) Of wicked Princes doe renowne their Names Do priuate - Iustice , so , with publike-Wrong ; So , both is wronge , done right to both their shames . Then , here 's our happy infortunity , To praise him , dead , so strong in lyuing-Might ; Whose erned praise seemes hired flattery ; But this we cannot shunne ; and doe him right ! Then , O! receiue , great Prince of Palatines , Our Muses Teares ( true records of our Harme ) In these sad Numbers of her blubbred Lines , Eu'n for his sake , of whom th' hast lost an ARME If not much more ! for , neuer could two Hearts As th' had , beene one , long since , and cleft in two ; Till now , at meeting , streight reioyn'd their Parts : So did your Hearts at your first meeting doe . But death , too enuious death , disseuer'd them As soone as ioyn'd ; than wee may iudge by this , Thy causeful Sorrowes needs must be extreame Like ours : whose heart was ours , and ours was His ! And to what season had as spightfull Time Reseru'd this seu'ring ? but eu'n then , when thou ( To make that Knot more sure , in your youths prime ) Cam'st to espouse his HALFE ; wo-wedded now ! So , when thy ioyes were flowing , neere the full , It , past the lowest ebbe , fell headlong-wise ; And wert not Fortune thee did yet not lull In Cradle of sure hope , it neere could rise ! Thy Fortunes highest ayme ( nought can bee higher That on the Earth is found ) is the rar'st Iemme That er'e was cas'd with flesh : then , to aspire That to enioy , is ioy beyond extreame ! A Sister sutable to such a Brother ; The high'st desire of mightiest Potentates : Good in the Abstract , ther 's not such another Now to bee match'd ; nor in the power of FATES ! Fame that best knows her ; prompts me what to speake ; All , that attend her , Fames report mainetaines ; And , all in all , into her prayses breake ; Yea , loue the ground that this Belou'd , sustaines ! But , ô , wee cannot looke vpon her Worth But must reflect on His that's gonne ; sith He Was as her Self ; and one Wombe brought them forth , Which , for these BLESSINGS , euer-blessed bee . But ( ah ) he Was , and is not ; WAS ! ( ô word Able to strike the Soule of Patience dead ) And why not IS ? Hee IS , and is a LORD Whom Angels serue , and with their Food is fedd , He di'de indeed ; it 's true : nay , false it is ; He did not die , that chang'd but lifes annoy For life of comfort in eternall BLISSE : Yet , thus he di'de , that thus yet liues in ioy ! Deere Vault , that veil'st him , mummanize his Corse Till it arise in Heauen to be crown'd : Sith ( though on Earth he rarely ran his course ) No Crowne , for Prize , though it he toucht , he found . But Breath no sooner left him but it was Inuolu'd with aire of FAME , and blowne so high , That it doth Ariadneis CROWNE surpasse , And made a FLAME new kindled in the Skye . He di'de in shew than , but yet liues in Deed In Heauen and Hearts of all that honor Grace , In HIGHNES Heart : he di'de then , so to speed Of Glory heere , and in that surer Place . Eu'n when his Grand-dames Corpse was re-inshrin'de ; As if his Corpse , in shades of Death , through loue , Had long'd to meete with Hers that seem'd so kinde To seeke to meete with his , through her remoue ! Eu'n then ( the will of Heau'n so fore-assign'd ) He left his Breath , ye 'r he the Crowne possest ; And went in Person , ( Princely still inclin'd ) To meete and greet her in eternall rest ! But so he spent , and left his breath , ( we hope ) That 's praise , in Blisse , stil breaths Eternity ; As it doth fill the Earth , and heau'nly Cope : For such a hopefull life did neuer die : Then , die he neuer can while Vertue liues ; For , HE , and SHE are still Corelatiues !

Feare , and the Pit , and the Snare , are vpon thee , O inhabitant of the Earth ! Esay . 24. 17.

SOBS FOR THE LOSSE of the most Heroick Prince HENRY . Nonfrustranascitur , qui bene moritur . NOw ; all we see , of worth , go all in blacke , For Him whose worth all times shall loue and lack . The hopefull'st heire apparant to a CROWNE , That Grace could giue , yet , call the guift hir owne . Some , waile the losse of priuat friends till death ; Then when so many clos'd were in his Breath , How should that some , ( nay all ) his losse deplore ? That Sorrowes-Sea , no bottom hath , nor Shoare ! All praise is shut in Bounds , saue that of ONE Who nere is lost , but of the lost alone : But none that 's lost in shew , not deede , or name , Could e'rne more praise than this tru Soule of FAME ! Hee 's gon ; but , going , left such light behinde As doth the Moone ecclipse , the Sunne so blind With splendor , that the light they yeeld ▪ vs now , Is farre lesse good in deede , lesse great in show ! The Heau'ns , that lent him , are growne poore ; or wee Deserue no trust , ( sith we bad detters be ) To take him ere the time by Nature set , Yet , for short intrest , keepe vs still in debt ! Celestiall Sprits , are yee so greedy growne So soone to giue and take ( from vs ) your owne ? Or did you enuy that we should haue had A Head so good to Members al so bad ? Say , we were Marchants that nere kept our day , Or ( at the best ) but pray when we should pay : Or ( yet if better , when no faith wee keepe ) Fall on our knees , and for grace sigh and weepe : Yet sith yee swim in all celestiall STORE Yee might a while haue borne with Spirits so poore ! But were we poore in spirit , we had beene rich In your account : but O we are not such ! Our Pride ( that makes vs beggers eu'ry way ) Make yee mistrust our faith ( too poore to pay . ) Well ; it is ill with vs ( poore Soules , profane ) And worse , ( much worse ) for that which you haue tane Yea , ( which is worst ) will neuer lend Him more : O Spirit ( Celestiall Spirits , which we adore ) For-beare the rest we owe , to grace incline ; Trust vs vpon a pawne of Angells wine , Which from the heauy Vessells of our eves Shall runne till you shall say It doth suffice ! And Lord of Hoastes ( their Lord and ours ) beseige Our Hearts with feare till Loue doth giue this Pledge . And so dispose the goods we haue of thine , ( In and Without vs ) as we may resigne All to thy praise ; that ( though in debt we stand ) Thou maist supply our wants still , on our Band ! On which , we humbly pray thee lend vs health , And Heads and Hands t' vphold the Common-wealth Of our owne Stocke : or , if in future-time , ( As heretofore ) some stranger vp do climbe On Ladder of our Branches to our CROWNE He may be such as nere may put vs downe !

AN EPITAPH ON THE Death of the immortall HENRY Prince of Wales . MVch Briefly said , and clearely too , Is hard : yet that much Art can do : But here much griefe and little Art , Is forc'd to act so hard a Part. Nature and Arte , with Grace , and Fortune too , Sought Time , and Death to conquer , ( as they do ) In this Heroick PRINCE , who , through those fou'r , Orethrowes Times force , and Deaths almighty Pow'r ! All that was in Him , was much more than all That 's found in Flesh , if young , and naturall ! Can Wit say more for his true glory here ? Yes : for , he was a Prince without a Peere ! What more ? why this : He di'de but in his prime ; Yet , in perfection , elder was than TIME ! And more compleate than PLACE : for fame that growes From his great WORTH alone , no lymit knowes ! If Time , and Death , and Place than , be to seeke For such another ; He to none is like But him who hath no like ; yet like in MIND ; And , for they haue no like in either kinde ! This King of Princes , and that God of Kings : Are like themselues than , and none other things ! And , like them-selues , they liue in Heau'n , and Vs , In spight of Enuy , Time , and Death : Than , thus . ( In briefe ) wee bound their boundles EXCELLENCE : One , no such GOD ; the other , no such PRINCE !

ANOTHER . FOrtune , and Art , and Nature straue To giue much more than er'e they gaue To Him that lies heare vnderneath The grace of Nature , Time , and Death ! Three CROWNES were neere Him ; and the forth , He might , by RIGHT , haue wone by WORTH ! Which , in his youth , presag'd his spirit Would ren'd , in age , from WRONG , his RIGHT ! That Spirit ( like his , that 's most compleat ) Sought nought but what was good and GREATE ! He soone was ripe ; too soone to win , What Time , much toyld , and Art drawes in . Who casts for Crownes , must haue no small Might , right , skill , will , and Time with all : But whose perfection Time out-goes Winnes but LAVD'S Crowne yer life he lose ! His Gaine and Losse then , are so eu'n , As he is pleas'd with both in Heau'n . Teaching all Heires to CROWNES , and KINGS To be the best of Earthly things ! Far-well ( rare PRINCE ! ) nor Time , nor Death Shall stint thy glory with thy breath : For when , with them , lowd fame decaies , Silence shall whisper out thy praise !

CONSOLATIONS for , and to the King . GReat King in sorrowes , now , aswell as STATE , Whom Fortunes grace makes most vnfortunate : For , no more fauour could of FATE be had , Than such a Sonne , whose losse makes Fate as bad . This string sounds deadly , I le not touch it more , Least that my Salue more hurt then heale the SORE . Be now a KING of Kings : for , Sorrowes raigne In Thee , o're whome become thou SOVERAIGNE . The more like GOD Kings be , the lesse they grieue Or ioy , for ought that ioy or griefe doth giue . For , highest pow'r in weakenesse best is showne : Than ; sith no weakenesse can vphold a CROWNE , Let thy high vertue , that doth three sustaine , Represse strong griefes , that but in weakenesse raigne , The more th' affront of FATE , the more appeares The vertue of the pow'r that well it beares ! No King should be ( how e'r he be distrest ) Lesse than him-selfe , or like him-selfe at least : But no King breathing more distrest could be Than thou hast beene , yer thou couldst breath to see Thy mortall danger : And , when , after-ward , Thy Case , by horrid treasons , was more-hard , As being in the very Mawe of DEATH , Yet , in concoction , Fate preseru'd thy BREATH . And , yet it s said of thee , eu'n then thou wer 't In shew , a Caesar , and a King in Heart ! Than thus being vs'd , beyond thy birth , vnto The deep'st distresse , and Seas of Sorrowes too , Say to thy Pilot Hope ( in Stormes extreme ) Th' hast Caesar , and his Fortunes ; go with them . Thy desprat Plight , of yore , yet safe restor'd Should make thee thinke thee safe , though ouer Borde . And thy like Sorrowes ( such as Kings do kill ) Should keepe out others , be they what they will . No Heauinesse that Atlas-Mind or'ethrowes , That can Heau'ns ioy vphold in worlds of woes . Nor that Herculean Spirit that can support In Hell of Ills , a Heau'n of good - report . As farre as Heauen doth Earth ; nay , more by odds , Gods thoughts transcend the thoughts of mortal - gods . Then , by proportion , theirs should so are more high Than highest thoughts , not rais'd by MAIESTY . The Heart of Heau'ns great MONARCH still is free From Passion : so should SOV'RAIGNES likewise be That would be lik'st him : no Ambition higher Yet iuster farre , in deed , than in desier . But , Oli'ts easie , well , by force of Art , To prompt the sicke to Speake and Act their part ; Yet , hard ( most hard ) to do it , after-ward : But , to highst powres should nought but Ill be hard . Seuere Torquatus , did his Sonne mis-do For charging , 'gainst his Chardge , his brauing Fo , Though he wan fame and conquest : than , sith HE That was as daring ( yet was ruld by Thee ) Is , for our breach of Heasts , much more deuine , Ta'ne hence , by highest Iustice , not by thine , Be thou the Patient , sith the Agent Heau'n , Thee , of thy Sonne , hath , for it selfe , bereau'n . And let no Pagan , passe a Christian , Prince , For Morall-Grace , or pious excellence ! Th' all-seeing Soule of Iudgement , so long knit Vnto the actiue Body of thy Wit Knowes more then WIT can thinke to ease thy Griefe ; Then let that Soule , now , animate Reliefe . And weigh , deere Soueraigne , on your Life depends , The weale of many stangers , subiects , friends : If sorrow then , should waste your Powr's of life , You soone might leaue them in a World of strife : And , make the STATE , that now you hold in peace , From Vnion , fall to Faction , peece by peece . That y'er it stand as now it doth , it may From Faction fall to Action , and decay . Then , all that are committed to your charge With Eyes , that feares and Teares do ouer-charge , On you do looke , and by those lookes say thus ; Pitty your selfe if you will pity vs ! And still we Hope you make a Conscience , too , Vs , in your selfe , with dolor to vndo . Sith , of you , IVSTICE , will our liues require , If through your fault , they should in Yours expire , Philip of Spaine , but for his Commons good , ( So sai'd by some ) to death , on his owne BLOVD Did floate his SONNE , & HEIRE to al his Crowns , So , for his Subiects peace , his sonne confounds . Nay God himselfe , his deere Sonne did to death To saue his seruants : O! then , shall the BREATH By which we breathe , be spent , in SIGHES , because Thy Son , to Death , obai'd great NATVRES Lawes ; When of the FOVNT of Grace , and Glory , Thou Hast such a GLASSE thy selfe to see , and know ! Than , with thy selfe , thy Subiects loue thou so That , with thy selfe , thou doe them not o'rethrow Through thy much Grief ( which makes them most to smart ) For see'ng thy Sonne but mortall , as thou art . NATVRE ( we wot ) by her too wayward course , Will fal ( if not vpheld by Sour'aigne force ) To Grieefs redundance , for lesse CAVSE ( by ods ) But Kings aboue her be , sith they are Gods ! Then , though thou fre'st be through the DIGNITY , Thou art most Bound to Grace , and Maiesty ! When NATVRE , then , would make thee erre , as Man ; Thou canst not stir from these , do what She can Vnlesse thou wilt infring the Bonds of GRACE That put , and holds thee in thy powrefull PLACE . KINGS ( sacred Things ) haue other Minds & Hearts Than others haue , that play inferior Parts : For , some will , for their Subiects good , define ! Than , for their good , wilt thou not liue with thine ? Codrus , who ware th' Athenian DIADEM , Did ( as thou know'st ) die willingly for them . Than shall a King , inferior farre in State , In vertue passe a greater Potentate ? Great God fore-fend ; that HE who is so GREATE , His Subiects Hope in 's pow'r should so defeate . On this Worlds stage , thou plaist Gods Part And at thine Action eu'ry Eye doth fling ( KING ! ) Great The sharpest Beames of Obseruation ! Than If thou would'st haue applause aboue a Man , Or not exposed be to base esteeme , Bee as thou Art ( a God! ) at least , so seeme ! Be strong then ( God-like KING ) and act this Part Of sorrow so , as ( though it mooue thy HEART ) It may no Action mooue vnfit for POW'R Of greatest Brittans greatest Gouernour ! God proues His throughly , y'er he them approues : So , tries before he trusts ; likes y'er he loues . Yet none can take the foile , that combats WO , Vnlesse he yeelds before the Ouerthrow : For , if to fight he , but in wil , be prest Heau'n giues his courage force ; his force , the best ! To such , their Wish achiues that Victory Whose glory farre beyond their wish doth flie : For Grace will nere be wanting to our will , If , to our selues , Will be not wanting still . That thou retir'st thy selfe , when Heau'n doth frowne , Doth rather raise then sinck thy high renowne : For , Clossets must enclose vs , when , in Wo , We reckon with our God for what we owe . Good Kings are leaft alone , when most alone ; For stilnesse is the staidnesse of their THRONE . Henry the Fourth , of France , had hee beene still ; Rauilliack then , had found no King to kil . And all the World had from his WORTH , repos'd In pious acts , the better beene dispos'd : For , as a Beacon , on an hill aspir'd , Although it stand alone , yet , being fir'd , Lights the whole country , farre off from the flame , And makes Night Day-light neere vnto the same : So , solitary Kings , that are retir'd For vertuous causes , do ( like Beacons fir'd ) Giue light to all their Subiects , farre , and nie ; So , good the publike by their priuacy . Good King , thy foes ( if thou hast any such , If not ; thy Sauiour could not say so much ) Cannot but say ( and do thine Honor right ) Th' art Good , as Great ; in Nature , as in Might ! Than , in that goodnesse , our iust Iealousie ( Of common intrest which wee haue in thee ) Conuert to Confidence , through thy due care Of thy Healths state , & this STATE , which we are . Thy Health is ours ; thy Sicknesse is our Pest. Thy rest 's our Toile ; thy Trauaile is our REST ! If from the Helme of this so mighty ARKE That beares our Common-wealth , in priuate Carke , Thy most wel-practiz'd HAND in rule of STATE Belong with-held , by sorrow , ease , or Fate ; It must ( for all the Masters helpes within ) Runne back in Grace , or else quite sinck in sinne . The Masters Eye doth fat the Horse ( they say ) And Coyne-made - Pastors let the flock decay . Those Officers , that buy , or rent their Roomes , Will sell , or make a RENT of all that comes . All will stand crooked , if thy Head , and Hand Be not appli'd to make it vpright stand . Thou being the cunning'st Architect of STATE Canst raise this , maugree puffes of Spight or Fate , That , it ( rare Master-peece of Kingly SKIL ) Shall stand for Kings to imitate it , still . Then , O! take comfort in thy Common-wealth Whose comfort is in care but of thy Health . As when the sick ( sore sick ) are spoken too By friends for good , yet grieue in what they do : So , least my chat might thee ( perhaps ) offend , I at thy foot fall prostrate for the end : Regis ad exemplum . &c. And thus there set the Period of my speech : Do as thou wilt , thou wilt all others teach .

To the sacred Queene of England her most excellent Maiesty bee all comfort after the CROSSE . GOod Queene ( for , greater STILE , Truth , Grace , nor Wit Can giue to Greatnes for Mans Goodnesse fit ) Blesse with thy Raies these Lines , drawne out at length To giue thy Mind , repose ; thy Patience , strength : Yet , come from want of wit , which iustly vaunts None truer speakes then truest Ignorants ! You see , beneath the Circuite of the SVNNE , All that 's made best , is instantly vndone ! Are all things vaine then , in that Compasse ? No : The lightest Thing therein , is nothing so : That 's TRVTH ; which stil is best ; yet still vnmade : Which GOD cannot vndo , though Fiends inuade ! Than TRVTH , so perfect , tels you by her Foole , ( Her plainest Tongues-man ) you are in a Schoole That teacheth many Lessons ; good , and bad : The bad , delight ; the good , but make too sad : Then , sith now sad you are , the last you learn'd Was passing good , though it be ill discern'd . You take it ill ( perhaps ) by so great losse , To learne to beare a farre more heauy CROSSE ( Which Heau'n long deferre ) if long you liue , ( For which I pray ) then O be glad to grieue For what you do , when you do grieue to proue Your Soules best Physick in what least you loue . It 's ill to be too well ; ease , is disease : And deadly too , in Parts that Death doth seize . Then when , in any Part of vs , we ioy More than we should , lest that might vs destroy Heau'n takes it quickly off ( as t' were by stealth ) And , by that Want supplies our want of health ! The greatest Crosse that Greatnesse then can beare Is that of Pleasure , free'd of Griefe , and Feare . Yet to content Desire , and feare exclude , Is the whole Summe of Heau'ns BEATITVDE ! But , here , not so ; where pleasure , as a Crime , Ends ill , if feare preuent it not in time . Yet Nature droopes , if pleasure , in a meane Sustaine it not to act Lifes tedious Scaene . Thus with , nor without pleasure , long can we Liue as we should , so strongly weake we be ! Than gratious Queene when you reflect vpon This light of TRVTH , it will be daie anon With darkest PASSION , that but Reason blinds ; Then leaue your Chaunce to Fame , and Fortunes winds While you your selfe repose ( blow how they please ) In HONORS Heau'n ( or'eruling SOROWES Seas ! ) Wherein sits VERTVE throned , Crown'd with Stars , Aboue black Daies , made such by Clouds of Cares . There , Royall Lady , is their soueraigne SEATE , That will , in al Affronts , be Good , and Great : For , nought is Great on Earth but that Great Minde That 's moou'd with nothing great produc'd by KIND ! But , in an Heau'nly calme of Mindes repose , Lookes least deiected when it most doth lose . Than Mindes are Motes , vnlesse they thinke they bee Aboue all State and Fate , in their degree . VERTVE , as Soueraigne , roiall Minds still rules ; But FORTVNE ( as a Slaue ) waites most on Fooles . This life is but a War-fare 'gainst OFFENCE ; And either fortune , breeds the DIFFERENCE , Bee 't Black , or Bright , its cleare , not cleare they are , From equall Danger , and from equall , Care ! Soft-fortune is a Bog , or dauncing - Death , Where soone the carelesse do ingulph their breath ! Then must the foote of sober-care go soft , Yet swiftly ouer , to keepe Life aloft . While high CONTENT , in what so-euer Chance , Makes the braue Minde the Starres out-countenance ! CONTENT , doth feast our Fates , which stil is found In Minds , by Grace , ( like Heau'n ) made Great , & Round : What Waue can surge aboue high'st Prouidence In Deluge of Distresse , or Eminence ? What Leaden-Hap can fall from aduerse Fate , To sinke the Mind that VERTVE doth Elate ? If She then CENTER be of our Defence , Be roundest Vengence the CIRCVMFERENCE It skills not ; sith it shall no more annoy Than Hell the Man-god did , who there did ioy ! Than , let Fates Snuffes and Puffes , as winds of Grace , Serene the Heauen of your Maiestick Face From frowning Clouds , condens'd by DEATHS despight , To reaue faire VERTVES Firmament of light . So shall you mount from West of Wo to th' East Of GLORIES Heau'n ; and ( Sunn-like ) light the rest ! For , such strange Members NATVRE neuer bred As lie at ease while Thornes do Crowne their HEAD ! Entombe your Passions in HIS Passion , then , ( To be belou'd of Angells , prais'd of Men ! And , with a roiall-smooth-erected front Beare vp the CROSSE ; and , euer looke vpon 't As on the only KEY of Heau'ns fore-gate , That opes it maugree Enuy , Death , and Fate : For , Fate and Death our Nature doth salute Y'er we can breathe on Blossoms of LIFES Fruite . Then , if wee flourish afterward , it is A grace we merit not , but vse amisse . We vse amisse ; or ( at the best ) the Best So vse it still , as all the interest Comes from the poorenesse of their Spirits , with strife ; So , but in Grace , deserue the loue of Life ! Yet , Spirits of richest temper , are but poore ; But , in their indigence , abound with store Of Heau'nly Treasures , which the World doth scorn Yet they the brauest Minde do most adorne ! A braue Spirit is a Particle of HIS That 's Lord of FATE , Triumuirate of BLISSE ! And , ( as a Flame ) she still , by Nature , sties Where her ORIGINALL reposed lies . Than , sacred Maiesty , disdaine to vaile Thy height to Nature , if shee fall to waile : Though weeping with thy Sex doth best agree ; Yet Teares so drowne the Raies of Maiesty , As , through those troubled streams , when they would peepe , They , sadly , looke like Pris'ners in the deepe . But , can a Mother , good , as great , forget , A SONNE so deere , and not pay Natures Debt In Liquid Pearle , disbursed by those Eyes Where Maiesty with Loue and Vertue lies ? O! no , She cannot : but She still may minde Her Sonne , in DEEDE ; yet , put the SHEW behinde , Where it may neuer shadow GLORIES sight , That , in the Streames of Sorrowe , sinks her light . Now ( as a foole ) foole-hardy I haue beene T' incounter thus , the Passions of a QVEENE ; Which commonly are strong as is the state Of those that all but them , predominate ! What is my reach herein ? Is it to show My Hand , or Heart , or what a foole may know ? To pick her Mouth of thanks ; her Purse of coyne : Or , praise ( at least ) from her ( so charm'd ) purloine . For Note , for Coate , for Countenance , for ought Like these ; or none of these ? or , else , for nought ? For none of these it is : yet , is it not For nought ; but , for Her good , I play the Sot . To make Her ( Sorrie ) merry , as I could , None other-wise than Grace , with Nature , would Eu'n for Her selfe : wise-folly telling me Eu'n for Her selfe , should VERTVE serued be . Than , if that one of Gods Fooles , on his Face , ( Most wise in that ) may beg , and haue the grace Of good acceptance of this seruice ; he Will foole it , thus , for nothing , till he be Nothing , that is not some-thing , still to serue A Queene , whome Fates did for our weale reserue . Whose priuat Wombe , hath beene the Fountain-head , Whence all the Issues of our Hopes are lead . By Graces guidance , and by Natures might , Still to refresh the Red-rose , and the White , For that , and for thou , sweetest Eglantine , About the Flow'res of all our Crownes dost twine To keepe them from quite falling , ( as our owne ) By aduerse Puffs , that else might blow them downe . We , ( mixt , conioyn'd in peace and vnity ) Enshrine thee in our soules Infinitie , Till all good soules shall meete , where they shall Rise To Glory in secure FELICITIES . Here , heauy Muse , stoope low thy high ascent ; And say , in deepenesse of the low'st desent : Good Queene ( as it began , your STILE defines ) Blesse , with your Beames of grace , these graclesse Lines . FINIS .

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