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+<div>*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A JOYFUL MEDITATION ***</div>
+
+
+
+
+<pre>Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net</pre>
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+with the <b>e</b> directly above the <b>y</b>:&nbsp;yͤ. Not all browsers
+can display this form correctly.</p>
+
+<p>Folio numbers have been added by the transcriber. Reconstructions are
+shown in smaller type. Missing and incomplete lines are explained at the
+<a href = "#endnote">end of the text</a>.</p>
+
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+
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+
+<span class = "pagenum">A</span>
+
+<p class = "illustration">
+<img src = "images/titlepage.png" width = "350" height = "336"
+alt = "coronation scene">
+</p>
+
+<div class = "poem">
+
+<p class = "heading">The prologue</p>
+
+<p class = "dropcap">
+<img src = "images/capT.gif" width = "62" height = "74"
+alt = "T (The)"></p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+<span class = "hidden">T</span>He
+prudent problems / &amp; the noble werkes</p>
+<p>Of the gentyll poetes in olde antyquyte</p>
+<p>Vnto this day hath made famous clerkes</p>
+<p>For the poetes Wrote nothynge in vanyte</p>
+<p>But grounded them on good moralyte</p>
+<p>Encensynge out the fayre dulcet fume</p>
+<p>Our langage rude to exyle and consume</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+The ryght eloquent poete and monke of bery</p>
+<p>Made many fayre bookes / as it is probable</p>
+<p>From ydle derkenes / to lyght our emyspery</p>
+<p>Whose vertuous pastyme / was moche cõmendable</p>
+<p>Presentynge his bookes / gretely prouffytable</p>
+<span class = "pagenum">||</span>
+<p>To your worthy predecessour the .v. kynge Henry</p>
+<p>whiche regystred is in the courte of memory</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Amyddes the medowe of flora the quene</p>
+<p>Of the goddes elycon / is the sprynge or well</p>
+<p>And by it groweth / a fayre laurell grene</p>
+<p>Of whiche the poetes do ofte wryte and tell</p>
+<p>Besyde this olyue / I dyde neuer dwell</p>
+<p>To tast the water whiche is aromatyke</p>
+<p>For to cause me wryte with lusty rethoryke</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Wherefore good souerayne / I beseche your hyghnes</p>
+<p>To pardon me whiche do rudely endyte</p>
+<p>As in this arte hauynge small intres</p>
+<p>But for to lerne is all myn appetyte</p>
+<p>In folowynge the monke whiche dyde nobly wryte</p>
+<p>Besechynge your hyghnes and grace debonayre</p>
+<p>For to accepte this rude and lytell quayre</p>
+
+<p class = "heading">
+¶ Explicit prologus.</p>
+
+<p class = "dropcap">
+<img src = "images/capO.gif" width = "72" height = "69"
+alt = "O"></p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+<span class = "hidden">O</span>
+God alone in heuen werynge crowne</p>
+<p>In whose inspecte is euery regall se</p>
+<p>Both to enhaũce &amp; for to cast adowne</p>
+<p>Suche is y<sup>e</sup> power of thỹ hygh magiste</p>
+<p>Neyther hardynes treasour nor dygnyte</p>
+<p>May withstande thy strength whiche is ĩ euery place</p>
+<p>So grete and myghty is thy dyuyne grace</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Two tytles in one thou dydest well vnyfye</p>
+<p>Whan the rede rose toke the whyte in maryage</p>
+<p>Reygnynge togyder ryght hygh and noblye</p>
+<p>From whose vnyd tytyls and worthy lygnage</p>
+<p>Descended is by ryght excellent courage</p>
+<p>Kynge Henry the .viii. for to reygne doutles</p>
+<p>Vnyuersall his fame honour and larges</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Whiche hathe spousyd a fayre floure of vertue</p>
+<p class = "smaller">Descended of kynges dame katheryn of Spayne</p>
+<p class = "missing">
+*******</p>
+<span class = "pagenum">A2</span>
+<p>By grace and prudens the peace to attayne</p>
+<p>Wherfore Englonde thou nedes not complayne</p>
+<p>Syth thou hast crowned openly in syght</p>
+<p>This kynge and quene by good true loue and ryght</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+What sholde I shewe by perambulacyon</p>
+<p>All this grete tryumphe of whiche reporte</p>
+<p>Is made aboute nowe in euery nacyon</p>
+<p>Vnto all this realme to be Ioy and comforte</p>
+<p>Wherfore you lordes I <ins class = "correction" title = "error for ‘humbly’?">humby</ins> you exhorte</p>
+<p>Spyrytuall and temporall with the comyns vnyfyde</p>
+<p>To gyue god the prayse which dothe grace prouyde</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Englonde be gladde / the dewe of grace is spred</p>
+<p>The dewe of Ioy / the dewe holsome and soote</p>
+<p>Dystylled is nowe from the rose so red</p>
+<p>And of the whyte so spryngynge from the roote</p>
+<p>After our trouble to be refute and boote</p>
+<p>This ryall tree was planted as I knowe</p>
+<p>By god aboue the rancour to downe throwe</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Who is the floure that dothe this grace dystyll</p>
+<p>But onely Henry the <ins class = "correction"
+title = "spacing unchanged">viii.kynge</ins> of his name</p>
+<p>With golden droppes all Englonde to fulfyll</p>
+<p>To shewe his larges his honour and his fame</p>
+<p>His dedes therto exemplefye the fame</p>
+<p>Wherefore nowe Englonde with hole deuocyon</p>
+<p>For this yonge kynge make dayly orayson</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Our late souerayne his fader excellent</p>
+<p>I knowe ryght well some holde oppynyon</p>
+<p>That to auaryce he had entendement</p>
+<p>Gadrynge grete rychesse of this his regyon</p>
+<p>But they lytell knowe by theyr small reason</p>
+<p>For what hye entente he gadered doutles</p>
+<p>Vnto his grace suche innumerable ryches</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza smaller">
+For I thynke well and god had sente hym lyfe</p>
+<span class = "pagenum">||</span>
+<p>As they haue meruaylled moche of this gadrynge</p>
+<p>So it to them sholde haue ben affyrmatyfe</p>
+<p>To haue had grete wonder of his spendynge</p>
+<p>It may fortune he thought to haue mouynge</p>
+<p>Of mortall warre our fayth to stablysshe</p>
+<p>Agaynst the turkes theyr power to mynysshe</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+But syth that dethe by his course naturall</p>
+<p>Hathe hym arested / and wolde not delay</p>
+<p>Lyke wyse as he was so be we mortall</p>
+<p>How / where / or whan I <ins class = "correction" title = "error for ‘can’?">cam</ins> nothynge say</p>
+<p>Therfore to god aboue let vs all pray</p>
+<p>For to graunt hym mercy whiche was our kynge</p>
+<p>Bryngynge his soule to Ioy euerlastinge</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+A fayre Englonde mystruste the ryght nought</p>
+<p>Regarde ryght well / his sonnes Iustyce</p>
+<p>Se how that they whyche inuencyons sought</p>
+<p>Delytynge them in the synne of auaryce</p>
+<p>To oppresse the comyns by grete preiudyce</p>
+<p>Dothe he not punysshe them accordynge to lawe</p>
+<p>Suche newe promocyons to dampne and withdrawe</p>
+
+<span class = "sidenote">
+Saturne</span>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Fy on the saturne with thy mysty fume</p>
+<p>Replete with fraude treason and wyckednes</p>
+<p>To shewe thy beames thou darest not presume</p>
+<p>So cursed thou arte withouten stablenes</p>
+<p>Deuoyde of grace fulfylled with doblenes</p>
+<p>Thy power to Englonde was neuer amyable</p>
+<p>But alwayes euyll vntrue and varyable</p>
+
+<span class = "sidenote">
+Iupyter.</span>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Now gentyll Iupyter the lodesterre of lyghte</p>
+<p>Thy stedfast beames so fayre and so clere</p>
+<p>Cast now abrede that we may haue a syght</p>
+<p>To gladde vs all whan that they do appere</p>
+<p>Sendynge downe trouthe from thy fulgent spere</p>
+<p>For to make our hertes mekely to enclyne</p>
+<span class = "pagenum">A3</span>
+<p>To serue our souerayue whiche doth nowe domyne</p>
+
+<span class = "sidenote">
+Mars</span>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+O myghty Mars o god of the warre</p>
+<p>O flambynge honour of euery hardy herte</p>
+<p>Sende downe thy power truely from so ferre</p>
+<p>Us to encourage that we do not sterte</p>
+<p>But by hardynes that we may subuerte</p>
+<p>Our soueraynes enemyes to hym contraryous</p>
+<p>By bataylles fyrse ryghtfull and rygorous</p>
+
+<span class = "sidenote">
+Phebus</span>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+And thou fayre bright / and aureate phebus</p>
+<p>Encreace now lyght with loue and honoure</p>
+<p>Amonge the lordes so gay and gloryus</p>
+<p>With thy radyant beames so hye of fauoure</p>
+<p>Deuoydynge all trechery debate and rancoure</p>
+<p>Any yllumyne the mynde with lyberalyte</p>
+<p>Of our good souerayne with welth and vnyte</p>
+
+<span class = "sidenote">
+Venus.</span>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+And lady Venus with thy sone Cupyde</p>
+<p>Of euery lorde do nowe the herte enspyre</p>
+<p>With feruent loue that he do not slyde</p>
+<p>And of the comyns set the hertes on fyre</p>
+<p>To loue our souerayne with theyr hole desyre</p>
+<p>Folowynge his grace with dulcet armonye</p>
+<p>To the ryghtfull waye withouten Ieoperdye</p>
+
+<span class = "sidenote">
+Mercury</span>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Also thou Mercury the god of eloquence</p>
+<p>The gentyll sterre of grace and vertue</p>
+<p>Thy beames of ryght peace and conscyence</p>
+<p>On our kynges counsayll downe send and renue</p>
+<p>The trouthe of Iustyce / that they may extue</p>
+<p>For to do wronge by the synne of couetyce</p>
+<p>That here before hathe done grete preiudyce</p>
+
+<span class = "sidenote">
+Luna.</span>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+An thou watery dyane of the se the goddes</p>
+<p>With thy broder eolus the god of the wynde</p>
+<p>Encourage the hertes by in warde hardynes</p>
+<p class = "smaller">
+Of<span class = "missing">&nbsp;*******</span></p>
+<span class = "pagenum">||</span>
+<p>And enmyes ryse that they be not behynde</p>
+<p>Them for to chace and the se to scoure</p>
+<p>By grace and fortune in many a stormy stoure</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+O god aboue / trononysed in heuen</p>
+<p>In whose wyll resteth euery thynge alone</p>
+<p>The skye / the erthe / with all the planettes seuen</p>
+<p>Without whose grace / comforte haue we none</p>
+<p>As thou arte thre enclusyd in one</p>
+<p>So saue our souerayne / from all maner wo</p>
+<p>And this his realme from mortall warre also</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Holy chirche reioyce / with all your lybertees</p>
+<p>Withouten dõmage / the kynge wyll ye encreace</p>
+<p>And be your shelde from all aduersytees</p>
+<p>No wronge shall be but he wyll it soone seace</p>
+<p>Knyttynge the knotte of fayth loue and peace</p>
+<p>Bytwene you and hym without dysturbaunce</p>
+<p>So for to endure by longe contynuaunce</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Ryght myghty prynce our good souerayne lorde</p>
+<p>To god enclynynge be hardy and gladde</p>
+<p>Of you and your realme he wyll se concorde</p>
+<p>Though other nacyons be therfore full sadde</p>
+<p>Agaynst you murmurynge with theyr werkes badde</p>
+<p>Yet drede ye nothynge for god with his myght</p>
+<p>Wyll be alwaye redy to defende the ryght</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Ryght noble / wyse / and excellent pryncesse</p>
+<p>Ryght benygne lady / lyberall and vertuous</p>
+<p>Dyscended lynyally of the lyne of noblenesse</p>
+<p>Fayre quene katheryne so swete adn precyous</p>
+<p>To our souerayne espoused with Ioy solacyous</p>
+<p>Almyghty god gyue grace to myltyplye</p>
+<p>From you your stoures to reyne ryght ryally</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+And lady Mary prynces ryght beauteous</p>
+<p class = "smaller">
+Indued with honour / vertue / and prudence</p>
+<span class = "pagenum">A4</span>
+<p>Ryght meke / goodly / gentyll and gracyous</p>
+<p>Syster ryght dere vnto the excellence</p>
+<p>Of our good souerayne / surmountynge in sapyence</p>
+<p>Ryght fayre younge lady / the grete lorde aboue</p>
+<p>He graunte you grace / hygh fame / fortune / and loue</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+And all you lordes and laydes honourable</p>
+<p>And you noble knyghtes so hauntynge chyualry</p>
+<p>Unto our souerayne be meke and tendable</p>
+<p>Whiche wyll rewarde you well and nobly</p>
+<p>As to shewe his largesse vnyuersally</p>
+<p>Encouragynge your hertes that courage chyualrous</p>
+<p>In tyme of batayll for to be vyctoryous</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+And all ye offycers of euery degree</p>
+<p>Beware extorcyon, for and it be knowen</p>
+<p>No doute it is but ye shall punysshed be</p>
+<p>Take hede of them / the whiche be ouerthrowen</p>
+<p>Remembre well how fortune hathe blowen</p>
+<p>The promoters downe / and castynge them full lowe</p>
+<p>In folowynge them ye shall fall as I trowe</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Englonde be true and loue well eche other</p>
+<p>Obey your souerayne / and god omnypotent</p>
+<p>Whiche is aboue / of all the worlde the rother</p>
+<p>Wyll sende you welth / from whome all good is sente</p>
+<p>He gyue vs grace to kepe his cõmaundement</p>
+<p>And saue our souerayne / with his semely quene</p>
+<p>With all theyr bloode / without trouble and tene</p>
+
+<p class = "deephead">
+¶ Amen.</p>
+
+
+<p class = "heading">
+¶ Excusacio auctoris</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+¶ Go lytell treatyse submyt the humbly</p>
+<p>To our souerayne lorde / to be in his presence</p>
+<p>Besechynge his grace to accepte the mekely</p>
+<p>And to pardon thy rudenes and neclygence</p>
+<p class = "missing">
+*******</p>
+<span class = "pagenum">||</span>
+<p>To compyle those maters whiche sholde pleasure be</p>
+<p>Unto his hyghnes and regall maieste</p>
+
+<p class = "stanza">
+Now ye fayre laydes, wyse and vertuous</p>
+<p>I ryght humbly praye you for to condyscende</p>
+<p>To accepte my makynge nothynge facundious</p>
+<p>I wolde that fortune wolde connynge extende</p>
+<p>That myn endytynge I myght than amende</p>
+<p>To dyrecte my maters after your pleasaunce</p>
+<p>Whiche yet replete am with all ygnoraunce</p>
+
+<p class = "heading extended">
+AMEN</p>
+
+</div> <!-- poem -->
+
+
+<p>
+¶ Thus endeth this Ioyfull medytacyon made &amp; compyled by Stephen
+hawes somtyme grome of y<sup>e</sup> chambre of our late souerayne lorde
+kynge Henry y<sup>e</sup> seuenth</p>
+
+<p>¶ Enprynted at London in y<sup>e</sup> fletestrete at y<sup>e</sup>
+sygne of the sonne by wynkyn de worde.</p>
+
+<p class = "illustration">
+<img src = "images/backpage.png" width = "327" height = "257"
+alt = "W.C. initials, Wynkyn de Worde symbol">
+</p>
+
+</div> <!-- maintext -->
+
+<div class = "endnote">
+<h4><a name = "endnote" id = "endnote">About the Text</a></h4>
+
+<p><b>Title Page text:</b></p>
+
+<p>¶ A Ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde<br>
+of the coronacyon of our moost naturall<br>
+souerayne lorde kynge Henry the eyght.</p>
+
+<p><b>Borders:</b> In the surviving text, the decorative border appears
+along the top and sides of the first page, and around all sides of the
+last page. The first page probably had a lower border as well. The
+continuous left border was added by the transcriber.</p>
+
+<p><b>Page A2<i>verso</i></b><br>
+How / where / or whan I <b>cam</b> nothynge say<br>
+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.</p>
+
+<p class = "illustration">
+<img src = "images/page4m.png" width = "448" height = "80"
+alt = "text reconstruction"></p>
+
+<p><b>Damaged Lines:</b> The original text was published as an
+eight-page pamphlet. In the surviving copy, used as the basis for
+facsimile reprints, the bottoms of all pages have been cropped.
+A&nbsp;total of three lines&mdash;as deduced from the verse
+structure&mdash;are entirely missing, and a further three have been
+reconstructed from their surviving portions. Folio numbers would have
+appeared at the very bottom of the page.</p>
+
+<p><b>Page A1<i>verso</i></b><br>
+(A further line is entirely missing)</p>
+
+<p class = "illustration">
+<img src = "images/page2recon.png" width = "442" height = "53"
+alt = "text reconstruction"> <!-- 883 x 106 --></p>
+
+<p><b>Page A2</b></p>
+
+<p class = "illustration">
+<img src = "images/page3recon.png" width = "420" height = "27"
+alt = "text reconstruction"> <!-- 839 x 53 --></p>
+
+<p><b>Page A3<i>verso</i></b></p>
+
+<p class = "illustration">
+<img src = "images/page6recon.png" width = "404" height = "55"
+alt = "text reconstruction"> <!-- 807 x 109 --></p>
+
+<p><b>Page A3</b></p>
+
+<p class = "illustration">
+<img src = "images/page5recon.png" width = "411" height = "49"
+alt = "text reconstruction"> <!-- 822 x 98 --></p>
+
+<p>The single word “Of” seems secure. The words “our kynges”, copied
+from further up the same page, are included because they happen to fit.
+They should not be taken as a serious attempt at reconstruction.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<div>*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A JOYFUL MEDITATION ***</div>
+
+</body>
+</html>