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diff --git a/22261-0.txt b/22261-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6718bc --- /dev/null +++ b/22261-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,368 @@ +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A JOYFUL MEDITATION *** + + + + +Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + [Transcriber’s Note: + + This e-text includes characters that will only display in UTF-8 + (Unicode) text readers: + + ĩõũỹ [i, o, u, y with “tilde” or overline] + + If any of these characters do not display properly--in particular, + if the diacritic does not appear directly above the letter--or if the + quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, make sure your + text reader’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode + (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. + + The original text was published as an eight-page pamphlet. In the + surviving copy, used as the basis for all facsimile reprints, the + bottoms of the pages have been cropped. A total of three lines-- + shown as a row of asterisks-- are entirely missing, and a further + three have been reconstructed from their surviving portions. The + html version of this e-text shows the reconstructions. + + Spelling and punctuation are unchanged. Bracketed [the] represents + “y” with small “e” directly above it; the more accurate form yͤ may + not display correctly in all text readers. Possible errors are + listed at the end of the text.] + + + + + ¶ A Ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde + of the coronacyon of our moost naturall souerayne + lorde kynge Henry the eyght. + + [Illustration] + + + The prologue + + The prudent problems / & the noble werkes + Of the gentyll poetes in olde antyquyte + Vnto this day hath made famous clerkes + For the poetes Wrote nothynge in vanyte + But grounded them on good moralyte + Encensynge out the fayre dulcet fume + Our langage rude to exyle and consume + + The ryght eloquent poete and monke of bery + Made many fayre bookes / as it is probable + From ydle derkenes / to lyght our emyspery + Whose vertuous pastyme / was moche cõmendable + Presentynge his bookes / gretely prouffytable + To your worthy predecessour the .v. kynge Henry + whiche regystred is in the courte of memory + + Amyddes the medowe of flora the quene + Of the goddes elycon / is the sprynge or well + And by it groweth / a fayre laurell grene + Of whiche the poetes do ofte wryte and tell + Besyde this olyue / I dyde neuer dwell + To tast the water whiche is aromatyke + For to cause me wryte with lusty rethoryke + + Wherefore good souerayne / I beseche your hyghnes + To pardon me whiche do rudely endyte + As in this arte hauynge small intres + But for to lerne is all myn appetyte + In folowynge the monke whiche dyde nobly wryte + Besechynge your hyghnes and grace debonayre + For to accepte this rude and lytell quayre + + ¶ Explicit prologus. + + + O God alone in heuen werynge crowne + In whose inspecte is euery regall se + Both to enhaũce & for to cast adowne + Suche is [the] power of thỹ hygh magiste + Neyther hardynes treasour nor dygnyte + May withstande thy strength whiche is ĩ euery place + So grete and myghty is thy dyuyne grace + + Two tytles in one thou dydest well vnyfye + Whan the rede rose toke the whyte in maryage + Reygnynge togyder ryght hygh and noblye + From whose vnyd tytyls and worthy lygnage + Descended is by ryght excellent courage + Kynge Henry the .viii. for to reygne doutles + Vnyuersall his fame honour and larges + + Whiche hathe spousyd a fayre floure of vertue + Descended of kynges dame katheryn of Spayne + * * * * * * * + By grace and prudens the peace to attayne + Wherfore Englonde thou nedes not complayne + Syth thou hast crowned openly in syght + This kynge and quene by good true loue and ryght + + What sholde I shewe by perambulacyon + All this grete tryumphe of whiche reporte + Is made aboute nowe in euery nacyon + Vnto all this realme to be Ioy and comforte + Wherfore you lordes I humby you exhorte + Spyrytuall and temporall with the comyns vnyfyde + To gyue god the prayse which dothe grace prouyde + + Englonde be gladde / the dewe of grace is spred + The dewe of Ioy / the dewe holsome and soote + Dystylled is nowe from the rose so red + And of the whyte so spryngynge from the roote + After our trouble to be refute and boote + This ryall tree was planted as I knowe + By god aboue the rancour to downe throwe + + Who is the floure that dothe this grace dystyll + But onely Henry the viii.kynge of his name + With golden droppes all Englonde to fulfyll + To shewe his larges his honour and his fame + His dedes therto exemplefye the fame + Wherefore nowe Englonde with hole deuocyon + For this yonge kynge make dayly orayson + + Our late souerayne his fader excellent + I knowe ryght well some holde oppynyon + That to auaryce he had entendement + Gadrynge grete rychesse of this his regyon + But they lytell knowe by theyr small reason + For what hye entente he gadered doutles + Vnto his grace suche innumerable ryches + + For I thynke well and god had sente hym lyfe + As they haue meruaylled moche of this gadrynge + So it to them sholde haue ben affyrmatyfe + To haue had grete wonder of his spendynge + It may fortune he thought to haue mouynge + Of mortall warre our fayth to stablysshe + Agaynst the turkes theyr power to mynysshe + + But syth that dethe by his course naturall + Hathe hym arested / and wolde not delay + Lyke wyse as he was so be we mortall + How / where / or whan I cam nothynge say + Therfore to god aboue let vs all pray + For to graunt hym mercy whiche was our kynge + Bryngynge his soule to Ioy euerlastinge + + A fayre Englonde mystruste the ryght nought + Regarde ryght well / his sonnes Iustyce + Se how that they whyche inuencyons sought + Delytynge them in the synne of auaryce + To oppresse the comyns by grete preiudyce + Dothe he not punysshe them accordynge to lawe + Suche newe promocyons to dampne and withdrawe + + [Sidenote: Saturne] + + Fy on the saturne with thy mysty fume + Replete with fraude treason and wyckednes + To shewe thy beames thou darest not presume + So cursed thou arte withouten stablenes + Deuoyde of grace fulfylled with doblenes + Thy power to Englonde was neuer amyable + But alwayes euyll vntrue and varyable + + [Sidenote: Iupyter.] + + Now gentyll Iupyter the lodesterre of lyghte + Thy stedfast beames so fayre and so clere + Cast now abrede that we may haue a syght + To gladde vs all whan that they do appere + Sendynge downe trouthe from thy fulgent spere + For to make our hertes mekely to enclyne + To serue our souerayue whiche doth nowe domyne + + [Sidenote: Mars] + + O myghty Mars o god of the warre + O flambynge honour of euery hardy herte + Sende downe thy power truely from so ferre + Us to encourage that we do not sterte + But by hardynes that we may subuerte + Our soueraynes enemyes to hym contraryous + By bataylles fyrse ryghtfull and rygorous + + [Sidenote: Phebus] + + And thou fayre bright / and aureate phebus + Encreace now lyght with loue and honoure + Amonge the lordes so gay and gloryus + With thy radyant beames so hye of fauoure + Deuoydynge all trechery debate and rancoure + Any yllumyne the mynde with lyberalyte + Of our good souerayne with welth and vnyte + + [Sidenote: Venus.] + + And lady Venus with thy sone Cupyde + Of euery lorde do nowe the herte enspyre + With feruent loue that he do not slyde + And of the comyns set the hertes on fyre + To loue our souerayne with theyr hole desyre + Folowynge his grace with dulcet armonye + To the ryghtfull waye withouten Ieoperdye + + [Sidenote: Mercury] + + Also thou Mercury the god of eloquence + The gentyll sterre of grace and vertue + Thy beames of ryght peace and conscyence + On our kynges counsayll downe send and renue + The trouthe of Iustyce / that they may extue + For to do wronge by the synne of couetyce + That here before hathe done grete preiudyce + + [Sidenote: Luna.] + + An thou watery dyane of the se the goddes + With thy broder eolus the god of the wynde + Encourage the hertes by in warde hardynes + Of . . . . . ynde + And enmyes ryse that they be not behynde + Them for to chace and the se to scoure + By grace and fortune in many a stormy stoure + + O god aboue / trononysed in heuen + In whose wyll resteth euery thynge alone + The skye / the erthe / with all the planettes seuen + Without whose grace / comforte haue we none + As thou arte thre enclusyd in one + So saue our souerayne / from all maner wo + And this his realme from mortall warre also + + Holy chirche reioyce / with all your lybertees + Withouten dõmage / the kynge wyll ye encreace + And be your shelde from all aduersytees + No wronge shall be but he wyll it soone seace + Knyttynge the knotte of fayth loue and peace + Bytwene you and hym without dysturbaunce + So for to endure by longe contynuaunce + + Ryght myghty prynce our good souerayne lorde + To god enclynynge be hardy and gladde + Of you and your realme he wyll se concorde + Though other nacyons be therfore full sadde + Agaynst you murmurynge with theyr werkes badde + Yet drede ye nothynge for god with his myght + Wyll be alwaye redy to defende the ryght + + Ryght noble / wyse / and excellent pryncesse + Ryght benygne lady / lyberall and vertuous + Dyscended lynyally of the lyne of noblenesse + Fayre quene katheryne so swete adn precyous + To our souerayne espoused with Ioy solacyous + Almyghty god gyue grace to myltyplye + From you your stoures to reyne ryght ryally + + And lady Mary prynces ryght beauteous + Indued with honour / vertue / and prudence + Ryght meke / goodly / gentyll and gracyous + Syster ryght dere vnto the excellence + Of our good souerayne / surmountynge in sapyence + Ryght fayre younge lady / the grete lorde aboue + He graunte you grace / hygh fame / fortune / and loue + + And all you lordes and laydes honourable + And you noble knyghtes so hauntynge chyualry + Unto our souerayne be meke and tendable + Whiche wyll rewarde you well and nobly + As to shewe his largesse vnyuersally + Encouragynge your hertes that courage chyualrous + In tyme of batayll for to be vyctoryous + + And all ye offycers of euery degree + Beware extorcyon, for and it be knowen + No doute it is but ye shall punysshed be + Take hede of them / the whiche be ouerthrowen + Remembre well how fortune hathe blowen + The promoters downe / and castynge them full lowe + In folowynge them ye shall fall as I trowe + + Englonde be true and loue well eche other + Obey your souerayne / and god omnypotent + Whiche is aboue / of all the worlde the rother + Wyll sende you welth / from whome all good is sente + He gyue vs grace to kepe his cõmaundement + And saue our souerayne / with his semely quene + With all theyr bloode / without trouble and tene + + ¶ Amen. + + + ¶ Excusacio auctoris + + ¶ Go lytell treatyse submyt the humbly + To our souerayne lorde / to be in his presence + Besechynge his grace to accepte the mekely + And to pardon thy rudenes and neclygence + * * * * * * * + To compyle those maters whiche sholde pleasure be + Unto his hyghnes and regall maieste + + Now ye fayre laydes, wyse and vertuous + I ryght humbly praye you for to condyscende + To accepte my makynge nothynge facundious + I wolde that fortune wolde connynge extende + That myn endytynge I myght than amende + To dyrecte my maters after your pleasaunce + Whiche yet replete am with all ygnoraunce + + A M E N + + + ¶ Thus endeth this Ioyfull medytacyon made & compyled + by Stephen hawes somtyme grome of [the] chambre + of our late souerayne lorde kynge Henry [the] seuenth + + ¶ Enprynted at London in [the] fletestrete at [the] sygne of + the sonne by wynkyn de worde. + + + [Illustration] + + + * * * * * + * * * * + * * * * * + +Errors and Irregularities: + + Wherfore you lordes I humby you exhorte [error for humbly?] + But onely Henry the viii.kynge of his name [spacing unchanged] + How / where / or whan I cam nothynge say [“cam”: error for can?] + _The word “cam” could be read as “cain” with missing dot, but an + unambiguous letter “m” with the same defect appears several other + times on this page._ + +Reconstructed or missing lines: + + Descended of kynges dame katheryn of Spayne + For I thynke well and god had sente hym lyfe + Of . . . . . ynde + _The first word can be reconstructed because the page was cut or + bound at a slight angle; the line-ending is entirely invisible but + deducible from the rhyme scheme, as are the endings of the other + missing lines._ + Indued with honour / vertue / and prudence + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde +of the coronacyon of our moost natur, by Stephen Hawes + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A JOYFUL MEDITATION *** |