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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2. - -Author: John Davies - -Editor: Alexander B. Grosart - -Release Date: February 22, 2014 [EBook #44978] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS OF SIR JOHN DAVIES (2/2) *** - - - - -Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - - - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44978 ***</div> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p> <p class="ph2">Early English Poets.<br /><br /><br /> @@ -361,7 +318,7 @@ right, and any others that may have escaped Editor and Printer. In <i>Nosce Teipsum</i>, the heading and head-line (Vol. I., pp. 25, 26 onward) has 'Immortalitie' misprinted 'Immortalite'—a common contemporary spelling—but it is 'tie' in the title-page (p. 5): <i>ib.</i> p. 80, l. -15, read 'be best.' In <i>Hymnes to Astræa</i>, <i>ib.</i> p. 147, l. 3, remove +15, read 'be best.' In <i>Hymnes to Astræa</i>, <i>ib.</i> p. 147, l. 3, remove period (.) after 'rayes.' In <i>Orchestra</i>, <i>ib.</i> p. 181, st. 53, l. 7, read 'perfect-cunning': p. 185, foot-note 7, put G. at end: p. 192, st. 81, l. 7, 'Ply' = entwine (omitted): p. 194, foot-note 7, is 'coach,' @@ -621,7 +578,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <p class="center"><span class="smcap">In Plurimos.<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a> 5.</span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Faustinus, Sextus, Cinnæ, Ponticus,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Faustinus, Sextus, Cinnæ, Ponticus,<br /></span> <span class="i0">With Gella, Lesbia, Thais, Rhodope,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Rode all to Stanes<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> for no cause serious,<br /></span> <span class="i0">But for their mirth, and for their leachery:<br /></span> @@ -691,11 +648,11 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <p class="center"><span class="smcap">In Medontem. 10.</span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Great captaine Mædon weares a chaine of gold,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Which at fiue hundred crownes is valuèd;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Great captaine Mædon weares a chaine of gold,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Which at fiue hundred crownes is valuèd;<br /></span> <span class="i0">For that it was his grand sire's chaine of old,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">When great King Henry, Bulloigne conquerèd.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And weare it Mædon, for it may ensue,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When great King Henry, Bulloigne conquerèd.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And weare it Mædon, for it may ensue,<br /></span> <span class="i0">That thou, by vertue of this<a name="FNanchor_31_31" id="FNanchor_31_31"></a><a href="#Footnote_31_31" class="fnanchor">[31]</a> massie chaine,<br /></span> <span class="i0">A stronger towne than Bulloigne maist subdue,<br /></span> <span class="i0">If wise men's sawes be not reputed vaine;<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> @@ -722,7 +679,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <span class="i0">Quintus his wit<a name="FNanchor_33_33" id="FNanchor_33_33"></a><a href="#Footnote_33_33" class="fnanchor">[33]</a> infused into his braine,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Mislikes<a name="FNanchor_34_34" id="FNanchor_34_34"></a><a href="#Footnote_34_34" class="fnanchor">[34]</a> the place, and fled into his feet;<br /></span> <span class="i0">And there it wandered<a name="FNanchor_35_35" id="FNanchor_35_35"></a><a href="#Footnote_35_35" class="fnanchor">[35]</a> up and downe the street,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Dabled in the dirt, and soakèd in the raine:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Dabled in the dirt, and soakèd in the raine:<br /></span> <span class="i2">Doubtlesse his wit intends not to aspire,<br /></span> <span class="i2">Which leaues his head, to travell in the mire.<br /></span> </div></div> @@ -787,7 +744,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Cosmus hath more discoursing in his head<br /></span> <span class="i0">Then Ioue, when Pallas issued from his braine;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And still he strives to be deliveréd<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And still he strives to be deliveréd<br /></span> <span class="i0">Of all his thoughts at once, but all in vaine;<br /></span> <span class="i0">For, as we see at all the play-house doores,<br /></span> <span class="i0">When ended is the play, the dance, and song,<br /></span> @@ -813,7 +770,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <p class="center"><span class="smcap">In Cineam. 19.</span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Thou doggèd Cineas, hated like a dogge,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Thou doggèd Cineas, hated like a dogge,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For still thou grumblest like a masty<a name="FNanchor_45_45" id="FNanchor_45_45"></a><a href="#Footnote_45_45" class="fnanchor">[45]</a> dogge,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Compar'st thyself to nothing but a dogge;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thou saith<a name="FNanchor_46_46" id="FNanchor_46_46"></a><a href="#Footnote_46_46" class="fnanchor">[46]</a> thou art as weary as a dogge,<br /></span> @@ -941,7 +898,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <p class="center"><span class="smcap">In Gellam. 26.</span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">If Gella's beauty be examinèd,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">If Gella's beauty be examinèd,<br /></span> <span class="i0">She hath a dull, dead eye, a saddle nose,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And<a name="FNanchor_71_71" id="FNanchor_71_71"></a><a href="#Footnote_71_71" class="fnanchor">[71]</a> ill-shap't face, with morphew ouer-spread,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And rotten teeth, which she in laughing shows;<br /></span> @@ -1018,7 +975,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <span class="i0">Which haue been spoken many an hundreth time:<br /></span> <span class="i0">The man that keeps the Elephant hath one,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Wherein he tells the wonders of the beast:<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Another Bankes pronouncèd long agon,<a name="FNanchor_85_85" id="FNanchor_85_85"></a><a href="#Footnote_85_85" class="fnanchor">[85]</a><br /></span> +<span class="i0">Another Bankes pronouncèd long agon,<a name="FNanchor_85_85" id="FNanchor_85_85"></a><a href="#Footnote_85_85" class="fnanchor">[85]</a><br /></span> <span class="i0">When he his curtailes<a name="FNanchor_86_86" id="FNanchor_86_86"></a><a href="#Footnote_86_86" class="fnanchor">[86]</a> qualities exprest:<br /></span> <span class="i0">He first taught him that that keeps the monuments<br /></span> <span class="i0">At Westminster, his formall tale to say;<br /></span> @@ -1061,7 +1018,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <span class="i0">When Francus comes to sollace with his whore,<br /></span> <span class="i0">He sends for rods, and strips himselfe stark naked;<br /></span> <span class="i0">For his lust sleeps and will not rise before,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">By whipping of the wench it be awakèd.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> +<span class="i0">By whipping of the wench it be awakèd.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> <span class="i2">I enuie him not, but wish I had the powre<br /></span> <span class="i2">To make myselfe<a name="FNanchor_88_88" id="FNanchor_88_88"></a><a href="#Footnote_88_88" class="fnanchor">[88]</a> his wench but one halfe houre.<br /></span> </div></div> @@ -1083,7 +1040,7 @@ for more on these Epigrams. G.</p> <span class="i0">Septimus liues, and is like garlick seene,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For though his head be white, his blade is greene:<br /></span> <span class="i2">This old mad coult deserves a Martyr's praise,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">For he was burnèd in Queene Marie's daies.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">For he was burnèd in Queene Marie's daies.<br /></span> </div></div> @@ -1549,7 +1506,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">1— The Louer Vnder burthen of his M<sup>ris</sup> love<br /></span> -<span class="i0">W<sup>ch</sup> lyke to Ætna did his harte oppre[s][s]e:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">W<sup>ch</sup> lyke to Ætna did his harte oppre[s][s]e:<br /></span> <span class="i0">did giue [s]uch piteous grones y<sup>t</sup> he did moue<br /></span> <span class="i0">the heau'nes at length to pitty his di[s]tre[s][s]e<br /></span> <span class="i0">but for the fates in theire highe Courte aboue<br /></span> @@ -1560,7 +1517,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <span class="i0">as noe man mighte w<sup>th</sup> one man's mighte [s]u[s]tayne<br /></span> <span class="i0">and y<sup>t</sup> mylde patience<a name="FNanchor_133_133" id="FNanchor_133_133"></a><a href="#Footnote_133_133" class="fnanchor">[133]</a> imported much<br /></span> <span class="i0">to him that [s]hold indure an endles payne:<br /></span> -<span class="i0">By there decree he [s]oone transformèd was<br /></span> +<span class="i0">By there decree he [s]oone transformèd was<br /></span> <span class="i0">into a patiente burden-bearinge A[s][s]e.<br /></span> <span class="i0">2— As when y<sup>e</sup> brighte Cerulian firmament<br /></span> <span class="i0">hathe not his glory w<sup>th</sup> black cloudes defas'te,<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span> @@ -1599,7 +1556,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <span class="i0">4— The hardnes of her harte and truth of myne<br /></span> <span class="i0">when the all [s]eeinge eyes of heauen did [s]ee<br /></span> <span class="i0">they [s]treight concluded y<sup>t</sup> by powre devine<br /></span> -<span class="i0">to other formes our hartes should turnèd be.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">to other formes our hartes should turnèd be.<br /></span> <span class="i0">then hers as hard as flynte, a Flynte became<br /></span> <span class="i0">and myne as true as [s]teele, to [s]teele was turned,<br /></span> <span class="i0">and then betwene o<sup>r</sup> hartes [s]prange forthe the flame<br /></span> @@ -1771,7 +1728,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I study to vphold the slippery state of man,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who dies, when we haue done the best and all we can.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">From practise and from bookes, I draw my learnèd skill,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">From practise and from bookes, I draw my learnèd skill,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Not from the knowne receipt of 'Pothecaries bill.<br /></span> <span class="i0">The earth my faults doth hide,<a name="FNanchor_139_139" id="FNanchor_139_139"></a><a href="#Footnote_139_139" class="fnanchor">[139]</a> the world my cures doth see,<br /></span> <span class="i0">What youth, and time effects, is oft ascribde to me.<br /></span> @@ -2041,7 +1998,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <span class="i0"><i>Maid.</i> No more haue Angels, yet they haue more blisse<br /></span> <span class="i0">Then euer yet to mortall man was knowne.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0"><i>Wife.</i> The wife is like a faire manurèd<a name="FNanchor_150_150" id="FNanchor_150_150"></a><a href="#Footnote_150_150" class="fnanchor">[150]</a> field;<br /></span> +<span class="i0"><i>Wife.</i> The wife is like a faire manurèd<a name="FNanchor_150_150" id="FNanchor_150_150"></a><a href="#Footnote_150_150" class="fnanchor">[150]</a> field;<br /></span> <span class="i0"><i>Widow.</i> The widow once was such, but now doth rest.<br /></span> <span class="i0"><i>Maid.</i> The maide, like Paradice, vndrest, vntil'd,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Beares crops of natiue vertue in her breast.<br /></span> @@ -2059,7 +2016,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <span class="i0"><i>Wife.</i> I haue my husbands honour and his place.<br /></span> <span class="i0"><i>Widow.</i> My husbands fortunes all suruiue to me.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span> <span class="i0"><i>Maid.</i> The moone doth borrow light, you borrow grace,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">When maids by their owne vertues gracèd be.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When maids by their owne vertues gracèd be.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">White is my colour; and no hew but this<br /></span> <span class="i0">It will receiue, no tincture can it staine.<br /></span> @@ -2110,7 +2067,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <span class="i0"><i>Wife.</i><a name="FNanchor_155_155" id="FNanchor_155_155"></a><a href="#Footnote_155_155" class="fnanchor">[155]</a> For mayden-head is a continuall fast,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And marriage is a continual feast.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0"><i>Maid.</i> Wedlock indeed hath oft comparèd bin<br /></span> +<span class="i0"><i>Maid.</i> Wedlock indeed hath oft comparèd bin<br /></span> <span class="i0">To publike Feasts where meete a publike rout;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Where they that are without would faine go in,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And they that are within would faine go out.<br /></span> @@ -2157,7 +2114,7 @@ Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the <span class="i0">No such impression as doth burne the eye.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><i>Wife.</i> No more (sweete maid) our strife is at an end,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Cease now: I fear we shall transformèd be<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Cease now: I fear we shall transformèd be<br /></span> <span class="i0">To chattering Pies, as they that did contend<br /></span> <span class="i0">To match the Muses in their harmony.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> @@ -2581,7 +2538,7 @@ meanes to pleasure her in greater matters.</i></p> <span class="i0">But I by niggard praising, do dispraise<br /></span> <span class="i0">Praise-worthy Musicke in my worthlesse Rime:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Ne can the pleasing profit of sweet laies,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Any saue learnèd Muses well define:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Any saue learnèd Muses well define:<br /></span> <span class="i2">Yet all by these rude lines may clearely see,<br /></span> <span class="i2">Praise, pleasure, profite in sweet musicke be. [pp. 138-9.]<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> @@ -2643,7 +2600,7 @@ meanes to pleasure her in greater matters.</i></p> <span class="i0">Yet not content herewith, like meanes it wrought,<br /></span> <span class="i2">My Philomels bright beauty to deface:<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[Pg 101]</a></span> <span class="i2">And natures glory to disgrace it sought,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">That my conceiuèd loue it might displace.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">That my conceiuèd loue it might displace.<br /></span> <span class="i0">But my firme loue could this assault well beare,<br /></span> <span class="i2">Which vertue had, not beauty for his ground.<br /></span> <span class="i2">And yet bright beames of beauty did appeare,<br /></span> @@ -2679,7 +2636,7 @@ meanes to pleasure her in greater matters.</i></p> <span class="i0">My loue is sail'd against dislike to fight,<br /></span> <span class="i2">Which like vile monster, threatens his decay:<br /></span> <span class="i2">The ship is hope, which by desires great might,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Is swiftly borne towards the wishèd bay:<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Is swiftly borne towards the wishèd bay:<br /></span> <span class="i0">The company which with my loue doth fare,<br /></span> <span class="i2">(Though met in one) is a dissenting crew:<br /></span> <span class="i2">They are ioy, griefe, and neuer-sleeping care,<br /></span> @@ -2731,17 +2688,17 @@ meanes to pleasure her in greater matters.</i></p> <p class="center"><i>To the Sunne of his Mistresse beauty eclipsed with frownes.</i></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">When as the Sunne eclipsèd is, some say<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When as the Sunne eclipsèd is, some say<br /></span> <span class="i2">It thunder, lightning, raine, and wind portendeth;<br /></span> <span class="i2">And not vnlike but such things happen may,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Sith like effects my Sunne eclipsèd sendeth!<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Sith like effects my Sunne eclipsèd sendeth!<br /></span> <span class="i0">Witnesse my throat made hoarse with thundring cries,<br /></span> <span class="i2">And heart with loues hot flashing lightnings fired:<br /></span> <span class="i2">Witnesse the showers which still fall from mine eies,<br /></span> <span class="i2">And breast with sighes like stormy winds neare riued.<br /></span> <span class="i0">O shine then once againe sweet Sunne on me,<br /></span> <span class="i2">And with thy beames dissolue clouds of despaire,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Whereof these raging Meteors framèd be,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Whereof these raging Meteors framèd be,<br /></span> <span class="i2">In my poore heart by absence of my faire.<br /></span> <span class="i0">So shalt thou prooue thy beames, thy heate, thy light,<br /></span> <span class="i0">To match the Sunne in glory, grace, and might.<br /></span> @@ -2920,7 +2877,7 @@ meanes to pleasure her in greater matters.</i></p> <span class="i0">So judge your selfe; and make not in your woe<br /></span> <span class="i2">Against your self a passionate decree.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Griefe may become so weake a spirit as mine:<br /></span> -<span class="i2">My prop is fallne, and quenchèd is my light:<br /></span> +<span class="i2">My prop is fallne, and quenchèd is my light:<br /></span> <span class="i0">But th' Elme may stand, when with'red is the vine,<br /></span> <span class="i2">And, though the Moone eclipse, the Sunne is bright.<br /></span> </div></div> @@ -2987,7 +2944,7 @@ Anthony-a-Wood states "The son dying, Sir John made an epitaph of four verses on him, beginning</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Hic in visceribus terræ &c."<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Hic in visceribus terræ &c."<br /></span> </div></div> <p>It is much to be wished that these 'four verses' were recovered. @@ -3005,7 +2962,7 @@ suitor to her for marriage; whereupon the father made this Epigram:</p> Davies. See as remarkable ones on the mother Eleanor Davies, <i>Reveal O Daniel</i>, by herself, the other made on her by <span class="smcap">Dr. Lamb</span>,—Dame Eleanor Davies, <i>Never so mad a Lady</i>. Heylin's Life of Laud p. 266." -Wood's Athenæ, (edn. by Bliss) Vol. II. p. 404. G.</p> +Wood's Athenæ, (edn. by Bliss) Vol. II. p. 404. G.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[Pg 117]</a></span></p> @@ -3064,7 +3021,7 @@ evidence for <span class="smcap">Davies'</span> authorship of these <span class= <p>(<i>a</i>) The existence of the 'Metaphrase of the Psalms'—which composes the greater portion of the Manuscript—has long been on record. Thus -<span class="smcap">Anthony-a-Wood</span> in his <span class="smcap">Athenæ</span> states "Besides the +<span class="smcap">Anthony-a-Wood</span> in his <span class="smcap">Athenæ</span> states "Besides the before-mentioned things (as also Epigrams, as 'tis said) which were published by, and under the name of Sir John Davies, are several MSS. of his writing and composing, which go from hand to hand, as (I) @@ -3268,7 +3225,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Thou with an iron rodd shall keepe them vnder,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And breake them like an earthen pott in sunder,<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[Pg 129]</a></span> <span class="i0">Bee wise, yee <span class="smcap">Monarches</span>, and yee <span class="smcap">Princes</span> then;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Be learnèd, yee that judge the sonnes of men;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Be learnèd, yee that judge the sonnes of men;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Serue yee the Lord, with humble feare Him serue;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Rejoyce in Him, yet tremblinge Him obserue;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Kisse yee the <span class="smcap">Sonne</span>, lest yee Him angrie make,<br /></span> @@ -3287,7 +3244,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">His God to him not safety yeilds nor aid;<br /></span> <span class="i0">But God is my defence, my <span class="smcap">Succour</span> nigh,<br /></span> <span class="i0">My glory, and my head Hee lifteth High:<br /></span> -<span class="i0">To Him with earnest praier appealèd I,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To Him with earnest praier appealèd I,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And from His Holy Hill Hee heard my crie:<br /></span> <span class="i0">I layed mee downe and slept, and rose againe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For mee the Lord doth euermore sustaine:<br /></span> @@ -3335,7 +3292,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">While I send vp mine humble prayer to Thee.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Early, before the morne doth bringe the day,<br /></span> <span class="i0">I will O Lord, look vp to Thee and pray:<br /></span> -<span class="i0">For Thou with synne art neuer pleasèd well,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For Thou with synne art neuer pleasèd well,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Nor any<a name="FNanchor_184_184" id="FNanchor_184_184"></a><a href="#Footnote_184_184" class="fnanchor">[184]</a> ill may with Thy goodnes dwell:<br /></span> <span class="i0">The foole may not before Thy wisdome stand,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Nor shall the impious scape Thy wrathfull hand:<br /></span> @@ -3362,7 +3319,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">To iudge me, Lord, in Thy just wrath forbeare,<br /></span> <span class="i0">To punish mee in thy displeasure spare;<br /></span> <span class="i0">O! I am weake: haue mercie, Lord, therefore,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And heale my bruisèd bones which payne mee sore.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And heale my bruisèd bones which payne mee sore.<br /></span> <span class="i0">My <span class="smcap">soule</span> is alsoe trubled and dismayed;<br /></span> <span class="i0">But, Lord, how long shall I expect Thine aid!<br /></span> <span class="i0">Turne Thee, O Lord, my <span class="smcap">soule</span> from death deliuer,<br /></span> @@ -3371,8 +3328,8 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Nor doth the silent <span class="smcap">Graue</span> thy praise proclaime;<br /></span> <span class="i0">I faint and melt away with greifes and feares,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And euery night my bed doth swymme with teares.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Myne eyes are suncke and weaknèd is my sight;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">My foes haue vexèd mee with such dispight.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Myne eyes are suncke and weaknèd is my sight;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">My foes haue vexèd mee with such dispight.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Away from mee, yee sinfull men, away!<br /></span> <span class="i0">The <span class="smcap">Lord</span> of <span class="smcap">Heauen</span> doth heare mee when I pray.<br /></span> <span class="i0">The Lord hath my petition heard indeed:<br /></span> @@ -3390,7 +3347,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Lest my proud foe doth like a lyon rend mee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">While there is non to succour and defend mee:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Lord God! if I bee guilty found in this,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Wherewith my foes haue chargèd mee amisse,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Wherewith my foes haue chargèd mee amisse,<br /></span> <span class="i0">If I did vse my freind vnfreindly soe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Nay, if I did not helpe my causlesse foe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Let him preuaile, although my cause bee just,<br /></span> @@ -3408,7 +3365,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">My helpe proceedeth from the Lord of Might,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who saueth those which are of hart vpright;<br /></span> <span class="i0">A powerfull and a patient <span class="smcap">Judge</span> is Hee,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Though euery day His wrath prouokèd bee:<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[Pg 134]</a></span> +<span class="i0">Though euery day His wrath prouokèd bee:<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[Pg 134]</a></span> <span class="i0">But, if men will not turne, His sword Hee whets,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And bends His bowe, and to the stringe Hee setts<br /></span> <span class="i0">The <span class="smcap">instruments</span> of death, His arrowes keene,<br /></span> @@ -3430,7 +3387,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">O God, our Lord!</span> <span class="smcap">how large is the extent</span><br /></span> <span class="i0">Of Thy great name and glorie excellent!<br /></span> <span class="i0">It fills this world, but it doth shyne most bright<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Aboue the heauens, in th' vnapproachèd light.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Aboue the heauens, in th' vnapproachèd light.<br /></span> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">By suckinge Babes thou dost thy strength disclose</span>,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And by their mouth to silence put Thy foes.<br /></span> <span class="i0">When I see <span class="smcap">Heauen</span> wrought by Thy mighty hand,<br /></span> @@ -3524,7 +3481,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Then, in his heart hee sayth 'God hath forgott:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Hee turnes away his face and sees it not.'<br /></span> <span class="i0">Arise O Lord! and lift Thy hand on high,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">The poore forgett not which oppressèd ly:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The poore forgett not which oppressèd ly:<br /></span> <span class="i0">For why should wicked men blaspheme Thee thus<br /></span> <span class="i0">'Tush! God is carelesse and regards not us'?<br /></span> <span class="i0">Surely Thou seest the wronge which they haue done,<br /></span> @@ -3648,7 +3605,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Euen hee that is vpright in all his wayes<a name="FNanchor_188_188" id="FNanchor_188_188"></a><a href="#Footnote_188_188" class="fnanchor">[188]</a><br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[Pg 143]</a></span> <span class="i0">And from his hart speakes<a name="FNanchor_189_189" id="FNanchor_189_189"></a><a href="#Footnote_189_189" class="fnanchor">[189]</a> truth in all hee sayes;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who hath forborne to doe his neighbour wrong<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Nor him deceau'd or slaunderèd with his tong;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Nor him deceau'd or slaunderèd with his tong;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who of himselfe an humble thought doth beare<br /></span> <span class="i0">But highly valewes them which <span class="smcap">God</span> doe feare;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who of his promis doth himselfe acquitt,<br /></span> @@ -3743,7 +3700,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i4">And floods of wickednes did mee surhound<a name="FNanchor_193_193" id="FNanchor_193_193"></a><a href="#Footnote_193_193" class="fnanchor">[193]</a><br /></span> <span class="i0">When paines of hell I felt in my desease,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And pangs of death upon my soule did sease;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">On <span class="smcap">God</span> I callèd in that instant truble,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">On <span class="smcap">God</span> I callèd in that instant truble,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And my complaints unto the Lord did dubble:<br /></span> <span class="i0">But when His wrath and vengeance kindled were,<br /></span> <span class="i0">The Earth did quake, and mountaines shooke for feare,<br /></span> @@ -3751,7 +3708,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Hee bowed the heauens, and did descend withall,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And shadowes darke beneath His feet did fall:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Hee ridinge on the <span class="smcap">Cherubins</span> did fly,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And with the wingèd windes was borne on high;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And with the wingèd windes was borne on high;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Darkness His clossett, His pauilion wide<br /></span> <span class="i0">Made of blacke clouds, His face a while did hide;<br /></span> <span class="i0">But at His presence right away they flew<br /></span> @@ -3823,7 +3780,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">These Aliens all, shall faint and bee dismaied<br /></span> <span class="i0">And in their strongest Castles bee afraid.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Liue Lord! my strength: and blessed bee therefore<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And praisèd bee my Sauiour euermore,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And praisèd bee my Sauiour euermore,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who doth repay my foes with vengeance due,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And unto mee my vassals doth subdue;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who doth not only saue but sett mee high<br /></span> @@ -3903,7 +3860,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">That Thou hast giuen him what his heart desired,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And not denied him what his lipps required;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Preuentinge him with blessings manifould,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And crowninge him with pure refinèd gould.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And crowninge him with pure refinèd gould.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Hee askt Thee life, Thou gauest him length of daies,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Euen endlesse life, to giue Thee endlesse praise;<br /></span> <span class="i0">His safety, through Thy prouidence deuine<br /></span> @@ -3948,11 +3905,11 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Now let God rescue him if Hee will haue him.'<br /></span> <span class="i0">But Thou Lord from my mother's wombe didst take mee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And when I suck't her brest, didst not forsake mee;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Euen from my birth I was to Thee bequeathèd,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And Thou hast bene my God since first I breathèd.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Euen from my birth I was to Thee bequeathèd,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And Thou hast bene my God since first I breathèd.<br /></span> <span class="i0">O leaue mee not when trubles doe mee presse,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And there is non to helpe mee in distresse;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Many strong beasts haue mee invironèd<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Many strong beasts haue mee invironèd<br /></span> <span class="i0">As fatt and feirce as bulls <span class="smcap">in Bashan</span> fedd;<br /></span> <span class="i0">They runne on mee with open mouthes and wide;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Like hungry lyons rampinge in their pride.<br /></span> @@ -4049,7 +4006,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Mine humble soule O Lord! I lift to Thee,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">On Whome my trust shall euer fixèd bee;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">On Whome my trust shall euer fixèd bee;<br /></span> <span class="i0">O suffer not my cheekes with shame to glowe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Nor make me slaue to my insultinge foe;<br /></span> <span class="i0">For they which hope in Thee incurr noe blame,<br /></span> @@ -4076,11 +4033,11 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Shall in the Land possesse a blessed place;<br /></span> <span class="i0">His couenant and His counselles neare,<a name="FNanchor_203_203" id="FNanchor_203_203"></a><a href="#Footnote_203_203" class="fnanchor">[203]</a><br /></span> <span class="i0">God shewes to them in whome Hee plants His feare;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">My looke to Him shall euer raisèd bee,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">My looke to Him shall euer raisèd bee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who from the nett my captiue feet doth free.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Haue mercy Lord on mee! and turne Thy face<br /></span> <span class="i0">To see my desolate and wither'd case;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Enlargèd is my greife and heauines,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Enlargèd is my greife and heauines,<br /></span> <span class="i0">But Lord, enlarge Thou mee from my distresse!<br /></span> <span class="i0">Looke on the wofull <span class="smcap">State</span> that I am in;<br /></span> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">Remitt</span> the cause thereof, which is my synne;<br /></span> @@ -4139,7 +4096,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">His tent, in time of truble, shall mee hide,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And I shall on His rocke of safety bide;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Now shall Hee lift my head aboue my foes,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Which mee with armèd multitudes, enclose;<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[Pg 163]</a></span> +<span class="i0">Which mee with armèd multitudes, enclose;<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[Pg 163]</a></span> <span class="i0">And now will I His praise in trihumph singe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And joyfull offerings to His temple bringe;<br /></span> <span class="i0">And let my cries approach Thy gracious eare,<br /></span> @@ -4259,7 +4216,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Thou art my strength; O cleare mee from that net<br /></span> <span class="i0">Which priuily my foes for mee haue sett!<br /></span> <span class="i0">Into Thy hands<a name="FNanchor_211_211" id="FNanchor_211_211"></a><a href="#Footnote_211_211" class="fnanchor">[211]</a> my soule I doe committ:<br /></span> -<span class="i0"><span class="smcap">Lord God</span> of truth Thou hast redeemèd it.<br /></span> +<span class="i0"><span class="smcap">Lord God</span> of truth Thou hast redeemèd it.<br /></span> <span class="i0">I hate all those which in vain lies delight,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For all my trust is in the Lord of might.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thy mercies glad my heart: for in my woe<br /></span> @@ -4311,7 +4268,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Happie indeed and truly blest is hee<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Whose sinnes remitted and faults couerèd bee;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Whose sinnes remitted and faults couerèd bee;<br /></span> <span class="i0">To whome the Lord doth not jmpute his sinne,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Whose single heart hath not deceipt therein.<br /></span> <span class="i0">When I was silent I consum'd away,<br /></span> @@ -4319,7 +4276,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Thy hand on mee was heauy still, whereby<br /></span> <span class="i0">My moisture grewe like draught in Summer drie.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[Pg 170]</a></span> <span class="i0">My sinne I will acknowledge Lord to Thee,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">My secret faults shall not concealèd bee;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">My secret faults shall not concealèd bee;<br /></span> <span class="i0">I said, I will my synnes to God confesse,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And God forthwith forgaue my wickednesse.<br /></span> <span class="i0">If good men seeke Him when Hee may be found,<br /></span> @@ -4344,7 +4301,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">To giue God thankes, it is a comely thinge:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Singe prayses unto Him and sett your songs<br /></span> <span class="i0">To harpe and lute, that speaketh with ten tongues;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Singe to the Lord a new composèd songe,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Singe to the Lord a new composèd songe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">With chearefull heart and with affection stronge;<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[Pg 171]</a></span> <span class="i0">For His most holy Word is euer true,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And all His workes His constancie doe shew.<br /></span> @@ -4368,7 +4325,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">And of all men a full suruey Hee tooke;<br /></span> <span class="i0">From Heauen aboue the Lord did cast His eye,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And all mens wayes and wanderings did espie.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[Pg 172]</a></span> -<span class="i0">Hee formèd all their hearts, and understands<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Hee formèd all their hearts, and understands<br /></span> <span class="i0">Their thoughts, their words, and workes of all their hands.<br /></span> <span class="i0">The greatest armies cannot saue a <span class="smcap">Kinge</span>,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Nor strength unto a stronge man safety bringe;<br /></span> @@ -4398,7 +4355,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">And magnifie His name with sweet accord.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[Pg 173]</a></span> <span class="i0">I sought the Lord by prayer which He did heare,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And saued mee from that ill my soule did feare.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Looke towards God, thou shalt enlightenèd bee,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Looke towards God, thou shalt enlightenèd bee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And no foule shame shall euer light on thee.<br /></span> <span class="i0">The poor man's crie, the Lord doth quickly heare,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And doth for all his trubles quitt him cleare;<br /></span> @@ -4421,7 +4378,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Upon good men God casts a gentle eye,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And bends a gentle eare unto their crye.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[Pg 174]</a></span> <span class="i0">But to the wicked shewes an angrie browe,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Till they bee quite exterpèd, root and bow;<a name="FNanchor_214_214" id="FNanchor_214_214"></a><a href="#Footnote_214_214" class="fnanchor">[214]</a><br /></span> +<span class="i0">Till they bee quite exterpèd, root and bow;<a name="FNanchor_214_214" id="FNanchor_214_214"></a><a href="#Footnote_214_214" class="fnanchor">[214]</a><br /></span> <span class="i0">But when the righteous cry, the Lord doth heare them<br /></span> <span class="i0">And from all trubles absolutely cleare them;<br /></span> <span class="i0">God's present helpe the Lord['s own folk] doth finde,<br /></span> @@ -4461,7 +4418,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">My bones shall say, Lord who is like to Thee?<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who poore weake men from their strong foe dost free:<br /></span> <span class="i0">False witnesses arose with oathes untrue,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And chargèd mee with things I neuer knew;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And chargèd mee with things I neuer knew;<br /></span> <span class="i0">They to my greife did ill for good requite,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And recompenc't my kindnes with dispight;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Yet in their sicknes I did sackcloth weare,<a name="FNanchor_216_216" id="FNanchor_216_216"></a><a href="#Footnote_216_216" class="fnanchor">[216]</a><br /></span> @@ -4493,7 +4450,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Shame bee to them that joy in my mischance,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And which to cast mee downe themselues aduance;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Let them bee glad that my wellwishers bee,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And blesse the Lord that hath soe blessèd mee.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And blesse the Lord that hath soe blessèd mee.<br /></span> <span class="i0">As for my tongue it shall sett forth Thy praise,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And celebrate Thy justice all my dayes.<br /></span> </div></div> @@ -4548,7 +4505,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Bee still and frett not, but God's leasure stay<br /></span> <span class="i0">Though wicked men doe prosper in their way;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Suppresse Thine anger, let offences die,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Lest thou be mouèd to offend thereby;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Lest thou be mouèd to offend thereby;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Expect a while, obserue what will befall;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Th' ungodly shall bee gon, their place and all.<br /></span> <span class="i0">The Lord shall root out sinners out of hand,<br /></span> @@ -4584,7 +4541,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Though I am ould, the just man or his seed<br /></span> <span class="i0">I neuer sawe forsaken or in need;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Hee doth giue daily almes, and frankly lend,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Which makes his offspringe blessèd in the end;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Which makes his offspringe blessèd in the end;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Shun to doe ill, bee euer doinge well,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And euermore thou shalt in safety dwell;<br /></span> <span class="i0">The <span class="smcap">Lord</span> who loueth right, forsaketh neuer,<br /></span> @@ -4607,12 +4564,12 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">When thou the fall shalt of the wicked see.<br /></span> <span class="i0">The vngodly in great power myselfe haue seene,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Soe that he flourisht like a bay-tree greene;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">But soone's<a name="FNanchor_221_221" id="FNanchor_221_221"></a><a href="#Footnote_221_221" class="fnanchor">[221]</a> I passèd by, and gon was hee,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But soone's<a name="FNanchor_221_221" id="FNanchor_221_221"></a><a href="#Footnote_221_221" class="fnanchor">[221]</a> I passèd by, and gon was hee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">His place I sought, but noe where could it see;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Keepe a cleare conscience, right and truth intend,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For that brings peace and comfort in the end;<br /></span> <span class="i0">When sinners shall at once together fall,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And in the end shall be extèrpèd all;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And in the end shall be extèrpèd all;<br /></span> <span class="i0">But good mens' safety doth from God proceed,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Who is their strength in truble, helpe at need;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Against the wicked Hee assists the just,<br /></span> @@ -4625,7 +4582,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">If for my sinnes Thine anger kindled bee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Lord! let not then Thy justice chastise mee;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Thine arrowes fixèd in my fleshe doe stand,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Thine arrowes fixèd in my fleshe doe stand,<br /></span> <span class="i0">I feele the pressure of Thy heauie hand;<br /></span> <span class="i0">I haue noe health Thine anger is soe much,<br /></span> <span class="i0">My bones noe rest; my greiuous synne is such,<br /></span> @@ -4635,7 +4592,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Caus'd by my folly, which I blush to tell.<br /></span> <span class="i0">I am with greife soe broken and soe torne,<br /></span> <span class="i0">As I all day in heart and habit mourne.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">My loynes are fillèd with a sore desease,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">My loynes are fillèd with a sore desease,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Noe parte of all my bodie feeleth ease;<br /></span> <span class="i0">I am soe faint, soe feeble, and soe sore,<br /></span> <span class="i0">As paine and anguish make mee crie and roare;<br /></span> @@ -4650,7 +4607,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">They that to doe mee mischeife lye in wait,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Doe plott and practise nothinge but deceit;<br /></span> <span class="i0">But as for mee in silent patience<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I seemèd deafe and dumbe and voyde of sence;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I seemèd deafe and dumbe and voyde of sence;<br /></span> <span class="i0">As one whose eare admitts not any sound,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And in whose mouth there<a name="FNanchor_222_222" id="FNanchor_222_222"></a><a href="#Footnote_222_222" class="fnanchor">[222]</a> is noe answeare found.<br /></span> <span class="i0">For on the Lord I euermore rely,<br /></span> @@ -4694,7 +4651,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">When Thou didst strike I silent was and dum[b]<br /></span> <span class="i0">Because I knewe the blowe from Thee did come.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Remoue Thy hand, withdrawe Thy plague from me<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Wherewith my vitall spirrits consumèd bee:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Wherewith my vitall spirrits consumèd bee:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thy plagues for sinne doth like a moth consume<br /></span> <span class="i0">Man's beauty vaine, which is nought else but fume.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Lord! heare my prayer, and listen to my cries,<br /></span> @@ -4729,7 +4686,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Then <span class="smcap">Lord</span> said I 'I come at Thy commaund;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thy Booke eternall, doth of mee record,<br /></span> <span class="i0">That I should come to doe Thy will O Lord!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">To doe Thy will, my heart is pleasèd well,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To doe Thy will, my heart is pleasèd well,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For in my heart Thy lawe doth euer dwell;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thy truth I haue to all Thy people tould,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Therein Thou knowest my tongue I cannot hould:<br /></span> @@ -4750,7 +4707,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Let them bee left to scorne and pride, which blame<br /></span> <span class="i0">Which scorninge say to me, fie, fie, for shame.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[Pg 187]</a></span> <span class="i0">But let all those that seeke their blisse, in Thee<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Rejoyce and say, the Lord's name praisèd bee'.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Rejoyce and say, the Lord's name praisèd bee'.<br /></span> <span class="i0">For mee who am contemtible and poore,<br /></span> <span class="i0">The Lord takes care, and feeds mee euermore:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thou Lord art my protection, and my aid,<br /></span> @@ -4785,7 +4742,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">In that my foe doth not trihumph on mee.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thou in my health uphouldst mee with Thy hand,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And in Thy presence I shall euer stand.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">The name of <span class="smcap">Jacob's God</span> bee blessèd then,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The name of <span class="smcap">Jacob's God</span> bee blessèd then,<br /></span> <span class="i0">From age to age for euermore: Amen.<br /></span> </div></div> @@ -4799,12 +4756,12 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">When shall I come Thy blessed<a name="FNanchor_225_225" id="FNanchor_225_225"></a><a href="#Footnote_225_225" class="fnanchor">[225]</a> face to see?<br /></span> <span class="i0">My teares are all my food both night and day,<br /></span> <span class="i0">While 'where is now thy God?' the wicked say.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I powrèd out my hart, while thus I thought<br /></span> +<span class="i0">I powrèd out my hart, while thus I thought<br /></span> <span class="i0">And to God's House the multitude I brought:<br /></span> <span class="i0">With songs of praise and thankfullnes withall,<br /></span> <span class="i0">To celebrate the Lord's great festiuall:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Then why art thou my soule soe full of woe,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Vnquiet in thyselfe and vexèd soe?<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[Pg 189]</a></span> +<span class="i0">Vnquiet in thyselfe and vexèd soe?<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[Pg 189]</a></span> <span class="i0">O put thy trust in God and thankfull bee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For his sweet helpe His presence yields to Thee.<br /></span> <span class="i0">My soule is greiu'd remembringe all the ill<br /></span> @@ -4814,7 +4771,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">I prais'd at night God's bounty of the day,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And vnto Him that giues mee life did pray.<br /></span> <span class="i0">God of my strength, why hast Thou left mee soe,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">With heauy hart oppressèd by my foe?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">With heauy hart oppressèd by my foe?<br /></span> <span class="i0">My foe doth cut my bones as with a sword,<br /></span> <span class="i0">While hee in scorne repeats this bitter word,<br /></span> <span class="i0">'Where is thy God?' his speech to mee is such:<br /></span> @@ -4870,7 +4827,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">Thou mak'st vs fly before our foes with feare,<br /></span> <span class="i0">While they from vs rich spoyles away doe beare;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Like sheepe, to feed them Thy poore flock is giuen,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Or scatterèd into seuerall <span class="smcap">Nations</span> driuen.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Or scatterèd into seuerall <span class="smcap">Nations</span> driuen.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thyne owne deare people Thou dost sell for naught,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And setts on them noe price when they are bought;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thou hast vs made vnto our <span class="smcap">Neighbours</span> all,<br /></span> @@ -4913,7 +4870,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">What in my heart deuotion doth endite.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Fairest of men, whose lipps with grace abound,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Whom with eternall blessings God hath crown'd;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Gird Thy sharp sword vpon Thine armèd thigh,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Gird Thy sharp sword vpon Thine armèd thigh,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And shew Thyselfe in power and <span class="smcap">majestie</span>.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Ride on with Thy great honnour prosperously,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Raigne and trihumph, and bee Thou mounted high,<br /></span> @@ -4946,7 +4903,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">In finest dressinge, with the needle wrought,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Shee with her fellow virgins shall bee brought.<br /></span> <span class="i0">They shall with joy, O Kinge bee brought to Thee,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And in Thy princely <span class="smcap">Courte</span> receauvèd bee.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And in Thy princely <span class="smcap">Courte</span> receauvèd bee.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thou in thy father's stead, O Bride shall gaine<br /></span> <span class="i0">Sonnes, which in sundry <span class="smcap">Prouinces</span> shall raigne.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thee Lord, will I remember, all my dayes,<br /></span> @@ -4959,7 +4916,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">God</span> is our hope and strength, which neuer failes;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Our present helpe, when mischeife vs assailes.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[Pg 195]</a></span> -<span class="i0">Though the earth remouèd, and the mountaines were<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Though the earth remouèd, and the mountaines were<br /></span> <span class="i0">Amid the Ocean cast, wee would not feare.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Though raginge seas a dreadfull noise doe make,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Thou[gh] floodes and tempestes [roaring,] hills doe shake,<br /></span> @@ -5002,7 +4959,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">In all the heathen Hee doth raigne alone,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And sitts in judgment in His holy throne.<br /></span> <span class="i0">And heathen princes which were seuerd farr,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">To Abraham's faithfull seed now joinèd are.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To Abraham's faithfull seed now joinèd are.<br /></span> <span class="i0">And God, Whose highnes doth the heauens transcend,<br /></span> <span class="i0">As with a buckler doth the earth defend.<br /></span> </div></div> @@ -5101,7 +5058,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i0">That Hee [may]<a name="FNanchor_237_237" id="FNanchor_237_237"></a><a href="#Footnote_237_237" class="fnanchor">[237]</a> judge at once his creatures all.<br /></span> <span class="i0">To Mee, saith Hee, let all My saints repaire,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Which worshipp Mee with sacrifice and prayer;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">God's justice shall from heauen declarèd bee,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">God's justice shall from heauen declarèd bee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">For Who is judge of all the world but Hee?<br /></span> <span class="i0">Harke <span class="smcap">Israell</span>! I am Thy God, giue eare;<br /></span> <span class="i0">I will against thee speake and witnes beare.<br /></span> @@ -5145,7 +5102,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">1 Who vnder the Most High Himselfe doth hide,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">In most assurèd safety shall abide.<br /></span> +<span class="i4">In most assurèd safety shall abide.<br /></span> <span class="i0">2 Thou art, O Lord, my hope and my defence,<br /></span> <span class="i4">My God, in Thee is all my confidence.<br /></span> <span class="i0">3 Hee shall preserue thee from the hunter's snare,<br /></span> @@ -5232,7 +5189,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i2">And crowneth thee with mercies euer more.<br /></span> <span class="i0">And with the best of thinges doth feed and fill thee,<br /></span> <span class="i2">And egle-like thy youth and strength restore.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[Pg 206]</a></span> -<span class="i0">When men oppressèd doe to Him appeale,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When men oppressèd doe to Him appeale,<br /></span> <span class="i2">Hee righteth euery one against his foe;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Hee vnto Moses did His lawes reueale,<br /></span> <span class="i2">And vnto Jacob's eare His workes did show.<br /></span> @@ -5250,7 +5207,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <span class="i2">Soe God to them that feare Him, showes His loue.<br /></span> <span class="i0">For Hee that made vs and knowes all, doth know<br /></span> <span class="i2">The matter whereof man was made of old;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">That wee were formèd heer on earth below<br /></span> +<span class="i0">That wee were formèd heer on earth below<br /></span> <span class="i2">Of dust and clay, and of noe better mold.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Man's age doth wither as the fadinge grasse;<br /></span> <span class="i2">He flourisheth, but as y<sup>e</sup> flower in May,<br /></span> @@ -5304,7 +5261,7 @@ footnotes. G.</p> <p class="ph3">OF FAITH THE FIRST THEOLOGICALL VERTUE.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Faith is a sunbeame of th' Æternall light,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Faith is a sunbeame of th' Æternall light,<br /></span> <span class="i0">That in man's soule infusd by grace doth shine:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Which giues her dazled eye soe cleare a sight<br /></span> <span class="i0">As evidently sees the truith divine;<br /></span> @@ -5416,7 +5373,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">When the first man from Paradise was driven,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Hee did from thence his onely comfort beare:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Hee still enioyes his wife, which God had giuen,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Though hee from other joyes deuorcèd were.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Though hee from other joyes deuorcèd were.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">This cordiall comfort of societye,<br /></span> <span class="i0">This trueloue knott, that tyes the heart and will,<br /></span> @@ -5444,7 +5401,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i2">And thus the man which Vulcan did deuide,<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Is nowe againe by Hymen made entire,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And all the ruine is ræedified;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And all the ruine is ræedified;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Two beeinge made one by their diuine desire.<br /></span> <span class="i2">Sweete marriage is the honny neuer cloyinge;<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> @@ -5470,7 +5427,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">But those impressions by this forme are staynde,<br /></span> <span class="i2">and blotted out as if they had not beene:<br /></span> <span class="i0">And yet if nothing else in mynde I beare,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">makes me not lesse learn[è]d then before:<br /></span> +<span class="i2">makes me not lesse learn[è]d then before:<br /></span> <span class="i0">For that in her as in a merrour cleare,<br /></span> <span class="i0">I see and learne far better things and more.<br /></span> <span class="i2">The students of the world and Natur's booke,<br /></span> @@ -5487,7 +5444,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i10">3.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Vnto that sparkling wit, that spirit of fire,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">That pointed diomond looke, that ægle's eye<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[Pg 218]</a></span> +<span class="i0">That pointed diomond looke, that ægle's eye<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[Pg 218]</a></span> <span class="i0">Whose lyghtning makes audacity retire<br /></span> <span class="i2">and yet drawes on respectiue modesty,<br /></span> <span class="i0">With wings of feare and loue, my spirit doth fly<br /></span> @@ -5615,7 +5572,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">For you which downe from heauen are sent<br /></span> <span class="i0">Such peace vpon the earth to bring,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Haue h[e]ard y<sup>e</sup> quire of Angells sing:<br /></span> -<span class="i4">and all the sphæres consent,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">and all the sphæres consent,<br /></span> <span class="i4">like a sweete instrument.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">How then should theise harsh tunes you<a name="FNanchor_258_258" id="FNanchor_258_258"></a><a href="#Footnote_258_258" class="fnanchor">[258]</a> heare<br /></span> @@ -5641,7 +5598,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">but all by vertue, not by Cupid, shot;<br /></span> <span class="i0">It hath no wings, because it needeth none,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Being now arived and settled where it would;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Wingèd desires and hopes from it gon are,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Wingèd desires and hopes from it gon are,<br /></span> <span class="i0">but it is full of joyes as it can hold.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Faine would I find it where it doth remaine,<br /></span> <span class="i0">but would not haue it though I might againe.<br /></span> @@ -5656,7 +5613,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">Go silken vines, those tender elmes embrace,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Which flourish still, although their roots doe moue.<br /></span> <span class="i0">As soone as you possess your blessed places,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">You are advancèd and ennobled more<br /></span> +<span class="i0">You are advancèd and ennobled more<br /></span> <span class="i0">Then dyodemes, which were white silken laces<br /></span> <span class="i0">That ancient kings about there forehead wore:<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[Pg 225]</a></span> <span class="i0">Sweete bands, take heed lest you vnge[n]tly bynd,<br /></span> @@ -5731,7 +5688,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">With sadder<a name="FNanchor_268_268" id="FNanchor_268_268"></a><a href="#Footnote_268_268" class="fnanchor">[268]</a> studye, and with graue conceite<br /></span> <span class="i0">Which late my Immagination entertaynd:<br /></span> <span class="i0">Beganne to shrinke, and loose her actiue heate,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">and dead as in a læthargy remaynd.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">and dead as in a læthargy remaynd.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Long in that senseles sleepe congeald shee laye,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Untill euen now another heauenly eye,<br /></span> @@ -5789,7 +5746,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">Joynd with a ritch remembrance, that is hee.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Marke who it is, that hath all noble skill,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">which maye to publique good referrèd bee;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">which maye to publique good referrèd bee;<br /></span> <span class="i0">the quickest witt, and best affected will,<br /></span> <span class="i0">whence flowes a streame of vertues, that is hee<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">[Pg 231]</a></span> </div><div class="stanza"> @@ -5813,9 +5770,9 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">like fire which most doth wane and tremble then<br /></span> <span class="i0">when it doth mount most high and burne most cleare.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Yet on; for wingèd time with the[e] goes on,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">which like old Æ'son hath his youth renewd;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">his hower glase turnèd and his sickle gone,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Yet on; for wingèd time with the[e] goes on,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">which like old Æ'son hath his youth renewd;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">his hower glase turnèd and his sickle gone,<br /></span> <span class="i0">and all his graye and broken fethers mewd.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_232" id="Page_232">[Pg 232]</a></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">On, for the braue yong sonn aboue his head<br /></span> @@ -5826,7 +5783,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">On, for thee birds will help to fill thie songe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">whereto all english harte stringes doe agree;<br /></span> <span class="i0">And the Irish harpe stringes, that did iarre soe long<br /></span> -<span class="i0">to make the musicke full, nowe tunèd be.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">to make the musicke full, nowe tunèd be.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">There is noe eye cast downe, there is noe voice<br /></span> <span class="i0">that to pronounce the harte assent, is dombe;<br /></span> @@ -5883,7 +5840,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i2">joynd with a rich remembrance, That is hee.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Marke who it is, that hath all noble skill,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Which may to publicke good referrèd bee:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Which may to publicke good referrèd bee:<br /></span> <span class="i0">The sharpest witte and best affected will,<br /></span> <span class="i2">whence floes a streame of vertues, That is hee.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> @@ -5902,8 +5859,8 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">And with invissible winges his head doe cover,<br /></span> <span class="i2">that danger's darts thereon may neuer light.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Now on, for wingèd Time with thee goes on,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Which like old Æson hath his youth renewed,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Now on, for wingèd Time with thee goes on,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Which like old Æson hath his youth renewed,<br /></span> <span class="i0">His hower glasse turnd, and his sickle gon,<br /></span> <span class="i2">and all his graye and broken feathers mewd.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> @@ -5915,7 +5872,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">On, for the birdes will helpe to fill the songe,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Whereto all English hartstringes will agree:<br /></span> <span class="i0">An' th' Irish harpstringes that have jarrd soe longe,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">to make the Musicke full, now tunèd bee.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">to make the Musicke full, now tunèd bee.<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">There is noe eye cast downe, there is no voyce<br /></span> <span class="i0">Which to expresse the harts assent, is dumbe:<br /></span> @@ -5995,7 +5952,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">And placd him there, that hee the same might dresse,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And pleasure great with little labour take.<br /></span> <span class="i0">And this with nature stands, and reason right,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">That man who first was formèd of the earth<br /></span> +<span class="i0">That man who first was formèd of the earth<br /></span> <span class="i0">In trimminge of the earth should take delight,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And her adorne from whom hee tooke his birth.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Nor her for this doth hee ungratefull finde;<br /></span> @@ -6042,7 +5999,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">where day and night togeather moue:<br /></span> <span class="i0">and the commotion of our lipps<br /></span> <span class="i0">not kisses make but an eclipps;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">where the commixèd blacke and white<br /></span> +<span class="i0">where the commixèd blacke and white<br /></span> <span class="i0">portend more terrour then delight:<br /></span> <span class="i0">yet if thou wilt my shaddow bee,<br /></span> <span class="i0">enioy thy deerest wish, but see<br /></span> @@ -6076,7 +6033,7 @@ to that sexe.</span></p> <span class="i0">Of what could make the ambitious, proud soule vaunt:<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[Pg 242]</a></span> <span class="i0">For whilst hee liv'd hee brocke up Honour's gates,<br /></span> <span class="i0">And pluck't bright fame from snarling Envie's grates<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Doomd to obliuion; and his unmatchèd penne<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Doomd to obliuion; and his unmatchèd penne<br /></span> <span class="i0">(Drop'd from the winge of some bright Seraphin)<br /></span> <span class="i0">Inculpates him thus to all eternitye<br /></span> <span class="i0">The eldest of the Muses proginie.<br /></span> @@ -6396,7 +6353,7 @@ Owners.</p> <span class="i0">That should merite your disdaine?<br /></span> </div><div class="stanza"> <span class="i4">On our browes if hornes doe growe,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">Was not Bacchus armèd soe?<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Was not Bacchus armèd soe?<br /></span> <span class="i4">Yet of him the Candian maid<br /></span> <span class="i4">Held no scorne, nor was affraid.<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_257" id="Page_257">[Pg 257]</a></span> </div><div class="stanza"> @@ -7045,14 +7002,14 @@ is headed -<p>"<i>Medicinæ ad tollendos fœtores, anhelitus, provenientes a cibis +<p>"<i>Medicinæ ad tollendos fœtores, anhelitus, provenientes a cibis quibusdam.</i>"</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i4">"Sectile ne tetros porrum tibi spiret odores,<br /></span> <span class="i6">Protenus a porro fac mihi cepe vores.<br /></span> -<span class="i4">Denuo fœtorem si vis depellere cepæ,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Denuo fœtorem si vis depellere cepæ,<br /></span> <span class="i6">Hoc facile efficient allia mansa tibi.<br /></span> <span class="i4">Spiritus at si post etiam gravis allia restat,<br /></span> <span class="i6">Aut nihil, aut tantum tollere <i>merda</i> potest."<br /></span> @@ -7260,7 +7217,7 @@ on Book xli. of that poem); and hence he is termed by Davies the <span class="i0">He meant to me his loue, to thee his scorn.<br /></span> <span class="i0">Put on thy envious spectacles, and see<br /></span> <span class="i0">Whom doth he scorn therein, the dog or me?<br /></span> -<span class="i0">The dog is grac'd, comparèd with great Banks,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The dog is grac'd, comparèd with great Banks,<br /></span> <span class="i0">Both beasts right famous for their pretty pranks;<br /></span> <span class="i0">Although in this I grant the dog was worse,<br /></span> <span class="i0">He only fed my pleasure, not my purse:<br /></span> @@ -7346,7 +7303,7 @@ not claimed for Donne by himself, or by his son when he collected his father's Poems—we are warranted in assigning them to Sir John Davies. Sir Egerton favours their Donne authorship simply because "they seem rather to partake of the conceits of Donne than of the simple vigour -of Davies" but he forgot the 'Hymnes to Astræa' and 'Orchestra'; which +of Davies" but he forgot the 'Hymnes to Astræa' and 'Orchestra'; which are in the same vein. It is to be regretted that Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas <i>modernized</i> the text in his reprint of the 'Rhapsody': (2 vols. crown 8vo. 1826, Pickering): and perhaps equally so, that Mr. @@ -7650,7 +7607,7 @@ orthographical. G.</p></div> <p><a name="Footnote_176_176" id="Footnote_176_176"></a><a href="#FNanchor_176_176"><span class="label">[176]</span></a> From "Ovid's Banquet of | <span class="smcap">SENCE.</span> | A Coronet for his Mistresse Philosophie, and his amorous | <i>Zodiacke</i>. | With a translation of a Latine coppie, | written by a Fryer, Anno Dom. 1400. -| <i>Quis leget hæc? Nemo Hercule Nemo, | vel duo vel nemo.</i> Persius. | +| <i>Quis leget hæc? Nemo Hercule Nemo, | vel duo vel nemo.</i> Persius. | <span class="smcap">At London</span>, | Printed by J. R. for Richard Smith. <i>Anno Dom.</i> 1595. | " See our Memorial-Introduction. G.</p></div> @@ -8284,387 +8241,6 @@ Perse-boom is given as the Low-Dutch name of the peach. G.</p></div> <p><a name="Footnote_293_293" id="Footnote_293_293"></a><a href="#FNanchor_293_293"><span class="label">[293]</span></a> Mother of Romulus. 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