CHARTAE SCRIPTAE.
The ACE, Vnity.
ETernall One, who mad'ſt, and knowſt our Hearts.
How wonderfull art thou; whoſe formoſt parts
No eye can ſee, and live! The Beſt of Things
Doe homage unto thee; even Queenes and Kings.
And though the word now worſer meaning have,
Who was not borne thy vaſſall, and thy Knave?
All Hearts are Open unto thee ▪ no ſhrowd
To hide the low ſo Baſe; Nor〈◊〉ſo proud
To exalt the high: thou lifreſt up the low,
And down the proud do'ſt from their high Hearts throw.
The King of HEARTS.
NExt to th' Ace on the Earth, the power of Kings
Derivatively flowes, as ſtreames from Springs;
Pollute not then theſe chryſtall waters, no,
They muſt untouch'd to their owne Fountain flow.
So long as He pays duty to the Ace,
He will defend his delegated Place:
2 And though at Gleeke, the Knave in Number be
More then the King, Yet the precedency
Is given to him in play, And Tom goes downe,
And do's his Croſſe-legg'd homage to the Crowne.
The Queene of HEARTS.
ALas what fortune's this•here's not a Packe,
The glorious Card of All is gon: we lacke
The Queene, nor will we a ſmall Card ſuppoſe.
We thanke the Thiſtle, that we want this Roſe.
She's gon to play a better game, from parts
That Forreigne are, to get us〈◊〉Hearts,
Then theſe at home; then count it England's Spring.
When ſhe and thoſe Hearts joine to Ace and King.
The King of DIAMONDS.
IF ever King had ſuch unvalued gemms,
Flow'rs of his Crowne, then our great King had them.
Not Aaron's breſt plate brandiſh't ſuch a Ray,
Nor darted ſo much luſtre ▪ As that day
When that throughout theſe Iſlands we could ſee
Of peace and plenty A Monopoly.
Religion brought forth wealth, but little after
The honeſt Dame was eaten by her daughter.
Two ſparkling Diamonds were this Land's two Eyes,
The through the-word-fam'd Ʋniverſities;
But now we bunke. His power at Sea alone,
No Prince can ſhew me ſuch another ſtone.
What pitty i'ſt ſuch goodly pearles and fine
Should be caſt out (as now they are) to Swine!
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The Queene of DIAMONDS.
Great Queen, how thou haſt cut thy way we have ſeen,
Not now of Diamonds, but true Diamond Queene.
Thy greater Pearles, (not like that unchaſt ſhe
Who quaff'd them up diſſolv'd with Antony.)
To reinthrone thy injur'd Lord thou ſold't;
Bart'ring for Bullets Diamonds ▪ and uphold'ſt
The Crowne Maugre thine enemies hate, and ſcorne
With high Supporters, Feirce as th' Ʋnicorne,
Or Lyon: Thus by gallant poverty,
Thy ſelfe will the unvalued Jewell be.
The King of SPADES.
THis King reſembles much prime Monarchy.
Juſt ſuch a King was Adam as is he:
Made by his ſinne a ſab'ring digging Prince,
And ſo the greateſt Princes have beene ſince,
Full of great Cares and Feares; In throbbes of ſtate,
In height 'bove others plac'd, and ſo in hate,
Laid open to reproaches, cenſures, ſcornes:
So that their Crownes are truly Crownes of Thornes.
By baſe miſpriſion, what they are not, made;
So that they doe not call a Spade, a Spade.
Vexing their ſacred perſons till they have
No reſt but by the Spade, and that i'th'Grave.
The Queene of SPADES. Ʋpon the Queene of Spaines death.
THe Mournfull Court in Heart, I meane, not blacke,
(For they mourne truly, who their Mourning lacke)
In Elegiacke faces doth expreſſe
For loyall Spaine's great Queene, great heavineſſe.
4More ſorrow in a looke cannot be ſhowne;
I have knowne leſſe greife, when mourning has beene on ▪
Who can forbeare a dolefull ſong to ſing?
Dead is the Catholicke Queene, and Chriſtian King.
If the Popes Title ſo ſmall a Power hath.
God bleſſe (pray we) Defender of the Faith.
The King of CLUBS.
THis is the worſt of Kings, beware of him,
N•King indeed, but a meere popular Pim,
Voyc'd, and cry'd up by Impudence and noyſe.
Guarded with ſtore of Apron men and Boyes,
Saylors and watermen; and ſince the wives
Set to reforme, their foremen venter lives
More precious then their husbands, to bring in
Religion, and beate downe the Man of ſinne;
For which they exalt a Levita in a Tub ▪
And he perſwades to tumults the rude Club.
When ſwarmes of waſpes, and hornets buzze: Then fly.
No honour in a Crowd for Majeſty.
The Queene of CLUBS.
TO make a Queene of Clubs I muſt extract
The ſpirits of three Ladies moſt exact;
The Legiſlative, Preaching, and Prophetick;
Theſe qualities well jumbled by a Sedgewicke
In cloſe Alembecke, will a Queene inſtall
Moſt pure, moſt vertuous, and Synodicall,
Who ſhall go out, and in before the People,
And preach high doctrine placed in the Steeple,
Theſe are the Peoples joy, their life, their breath,
Dearer then late moſt deare Elizabeth.
5Io the Queene. A beaſt of vaſt Commands,
With many heads, and tailes, and many hands.
The Knave of HEARTS.
I Am the worſt of Knaves, others by Art
Are wicked, ſtudyed; I me a Knave at Heart.
Where vile Ingredients poyſon all my will,
Whatſoe're I thinke, or do, is miſcheife ſtill.
Like to an Indigeſtive ſtomack I
Convert all good to bad: Here roguery
Originall is; no vertue, goodneſſe, love
Can ſuch a monſter ſave; Repre'hend, reprove,
Like a fierce maſtiffe at your throat I fly;
Advice and Counſell I voyd cunningly.
And by a mentall reſervation
Make and breake Oathes to damne a Nation.
The Knave of DIAMONDS. Prince GRIFFITH.
A Precious Knavel Y'ould Madams Quarry Enter,
While precious ſtones you craftily preſent her,
And rob her of a Jewell above price.
Fowle raviſher, only a Prince in vice!
Are theſe your cloſe Committees? if you ſit
Upon ſuch plots, we know what you Commit.
If that from Brutus we derive our name,
Like him let's bravely flay our Nation's ſhame,
Let not our Chaſt Lucretias ſuffer thus,
By an adulterous Griffithins.
O make one Order againſt him moſt juſt,
Who pimp'd the ſacred order for his luſt.
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The Knave of SPADES.
THis Knave by ſtanch and forced gravity
In a Spade Beard covers all pravity.
You muſt not thinke his Cato's face would cozen,
Having the juſtice of the honeſt dozen
Good men, and true; yet this upright treader
Is cloſely link't unto the Devils tedder:
So ſanctified a caſt of his white eye,
Will uſher nothing but a very lie.
And while you Imagine you a ſure card have,
You'le finde this envious Spade digging your grave.
The Knave of CLUBS.
THis is a fooliſh, proud, tumultuous Chuffe,
Whoſe mouth runs ore with filthy Kitchin ſtuffe,
The ſcumme of private raylings; which he vents
Now againſt Kings, and will 'gainſt Parliaments,
For this ſame knave likes nothing that hath power,
Nor learning, but whats infuſed in the Houre.
Every thing's his greivance, but beleives
Above all other things the poore lawne ſleeves.
He has a plaguy and malignant ſpight,
(For his ſoules ſ••te) 'gainſt any thing that's white.
Pound him to duſt, and his Ingredients ſee,
He is compoſ'd of pride, and villany.
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The TENS.Decem Praecepta.
THeſe if they were kept have power enough,
To purge the world of all ſuch knaviſh ſtuffe.
In dreadfull thunderings upon Sinas hill
By divine pencill wrote, the Almighties will
And high mandamus were theſe ten: The Jew
Had the firſt priviledge: He heard, and knew
The Legiſlative voyce: whoſe Majeſtie
So dreadfull was, it did the Jewes to die.
So they deſired a Speaker, whoſe meeke ſoule,
In place of God might ſafely them controle,
Yet he was mov'd from patience at the men,
And firſt of all broke all thoſe bleſſed ten.
(1)
THe firſt provides that I no Atheiſt be,
Againſt plurality, and Anarchie.
I am the Lord thy God, and I alone;
Not Gods, nor Lords then are there, no not none.
(2)
THe ſecond ſhewes Inviſibility;
You may not picture what you cannot ſee:
God cometh as a winde. Who can be found
Of Cunningſt Painter that could paint a Sound?
But know there is a decent uſe of Images;
When t'any thou doſt bow; an Idoll 'tis.
(3)
THat doth his nature keepe, and this his name,
Neither muſt common be: ô what a ſhame
Is it to us; That that name which the Jewes
Durſt not pronounce, we frequently do uſe,
8 Without regard unto this precepts taile,
Vengeance is his: the ſweares ſhall not faile.
(4)
HOw faire and reaſonable are thy demands!
Lord! of ſeaven dayes thou askeſt one. There ſtands
An Item to this precept ſhewes the ods;
Six dayes we have our ſelves: The ſeventh is Gods.
Twill ſhame us if we yeild not: On this day
What on the other ſix you ſafely may,
You may not do; now works then do wherein
Thy profit, or thy pleaſures are, They're ſinne:
Do not the day to Superſtition force:
Deny thy Brother helpe, and ſave thy Horſe.
The workes forbad are workes of Pride, and hate:
To reſt from works of love is reprobate.
(5)
THe greateſt bleſſing that on earth can be
Is firme annexed unto loyalty.
He that would Neſtor's Age to's children give,
Teach them to meane, Father and King long live.
(6.)
NO man would hazard ſure the Curſe of Cain;
Doe not thou kill, nor wiſh the Power of ſlaying.
Whoſe life thou would'ſt preſerve, through hate for ſhame
In Reputation murder not, and name.
Yet thinke not hence, there is no power to ſtay;
In ſpight of this, the ſword of Juſtice may.
(7.)
STones cry the Jewes for prov'd Adultery.
That is not all, thou mayſt not in thine eye,
Nor in thy heart (that private cloſet) doe,
What may pollute thy ſelfe, and neighbour too.
9(8.)
THou ſhalt not ſteale from Man, nor God. The Edge
Of this ſame precept will cut Sacriledge.
(9.)
IN publicke Judgement, nor 'mongſt private freinds,
Doe not by Injury ſerve thine owne ends:
The bread that's got by anothers loſſe, though ſweet,
O it is foule, and marke it, It is greet.
(10.)
HEre's little difference 'twixt my neighbour and
My ſelfe, both for the ſame priviledge ſtand.
No longer let's be two: My Counterpart,
The very Copy of my Soule and Heart.
Thy Beaſt, thy ſervants, fortunes, and thy wife,
Are all as deare to me as my owne life.
The NINES.Nine Heroes.
THis number's not ſo ſacred, as the laſt,
But yet 'tis famous, for the Ages paſt
Laboured in this ſame number (as a vie)
To manifeſt all humane gaſlantry.
We rake the Chriſtian, Heathen, Jewiſh State,
And by extraction make it ſublimate:
In hiſtories Alembecke there were nine,
Whoſe ſpirits (as Elixar) did out ſhine
The reſt of men: Theſe were their dayes high noone;
Amongſt the leſſer ſtarres the exalted Moone.
Wee'l mount 'em in their ſeverall Orbs, and ſee
How different their's, from theſe dayes Chivalry.
God's Cavalier Joſhua leads the valiant va•••
The Conqueror of fruitfull Canaan.
10The Sunne and Moone were in his muſter roles,
And liſted Starres recruited his ſlaine ſoules.
Rivers retreated, Jordan was drove backe,
The blowing of 7 hornes do Jericho ſacke,
Thirty one Kings all fell by him. No place
Was ſtrong, nor men, no not the Anakims Race.
Yet one baſe lurking Achans curſed ſinne,
Routed all Iſrael: Have not we beene
Strangely diſpirited, and beat ſometimes?
There is a cauſe, brave Cavaliers; Our crimes.
DAVID.
WHat's fein'd St George and Bevis to have done,
Great David did indeed; he Ladies wonne
By ſling and ſword: when vaſt Goliah lay
After the Beare and Lyon the worſe prey.
What worthies were his Captaines? and if they
Such mighties were: What was their King I pray!
That gallant man after Gods heart a King,
(The peoples ſinne provoking) did a thing
Was folly to the Lord. That ſinne this day
The People Acts in a Militia.
Be favourable O Lord, and grant that we,
Like him, may feele but one Curſe, not all three.
JUDAS MACH.
Puiſſant Judas ſtrong in faith, not men,
Beat proud Antiochus. His zeale even then
Unto Jeruſalem did brighteſt flame,
When that Jeruſalem was but a name.
When heathen Ignorance threw downe her Courts,
And of their holy veſtures made their ſports
May after Ages (Charles) give thee due praiſe
Who fightſt (as he) the ruin'd Church to raiſe.
11HECTOR.
HEctor did many valiant Acts, but he
Oppreſſed was by Club•, and ſo are we.
Where Homer's learned pen hath ſweat, and chaſt
Virgil hath ſung, for me to rime were waſt.
ALEXANDER.
HEre's he, for whom the world too little was,
He ſweat in the ſtreight compaſſe; know the cauſe,
His large ambitious minde did know no Bound,
As little roome ſerves him (as me) i'th'ground.
CAESAR.
HEres he that wept at Alexanders Tomb,
'Cauſe at his yeares he had not ſo much orecome.
Who did advance the Ariſtocracy
Unto Imperiall State, though cruelly,
Witneſſe the dy of chang'd Pharſalia's fields,
Whoſe ſtory lofty Lucan fully yeilds.
A man more famous for his Pen or Sword
'Tis hard to judge nor can I here afford.
Him, when the fawning Senate ſaid, they'd make
Happy and high, baſely his life they take.
Tres Moderni
Arthur the Prince renown'd for Lady-fights,
And his round Table, and his ſturdy Knights,
Read now, like to Romances will be ſound;
And what's his Table? now the whole world's round.
I ſhall not write of Godfrey, Bulloignes Duke,
Nor yet ſhall Charlemaine ſwell up this Booke.
No, ſince my owne good Charles is not the great,
Unleſſe it be in Soule, in Cauſe, more yet,
Great in his wrongs, great in his ſufferings too.
I ſhame to write it Countrymen to you.
Shall it be ſaid, and not recanted? Freinds,
Have your great promiſes theſe homely ends?
12Glorious and Rich; courage, our Lord was ſo;
He made the World, yet knew not whereto go.
The Nine Muſes.
Yet while by theſe this number's made divine,
Let's not forget, the Muſes they were nine.
When thoſe nine worthies ſhall augmented be
By Charles his Nephews, and his Progeny,
And the ſwolne Annals ſtrout with thy brave Deeds.
Which now the world in quaint Mercurius reads.
Thoſe nine well warm'd with a peculiar fire,
Shall Penne themſelves thy warres; and not Inſpire.
EIGHTS.Octo Perſonae.
WHen firſt I drew this Card, it griev'd my heart;
For high offence this figure did impart.
It call'd to mind that Watry world, when th' Earth
Was drown'd; and of mankind a generall dearth.
That high gigantick, and rebellious race,
That fought againſt their God for higheſt place;
Broke into drops like to a proud ſwolne wave,
And were intombed in a floating grave.
High were the men, the women heavenly faire,
(And fruitfull too) for Continence was rare.
Wherefore God puniſht their inconſtant blood
Except eight Perſons with a conſtant Flood.
WHat Ovid in his Metamorphoſis
Doth as a Fable tell; In truth is This:
And many wiſe men thinke that his Mor-phoſis
Was ſtolne out of the Pentateuch of Moſes.
And what you read of good Deucalion,
And grandam Pyrrah, each one threw their ſtone,
13 And they forthwith took kindly heat, and life,
Is true in good-man Noah, and his wife,
And Sem and Japheth, and accurſed Cham,
And their three dames, from whence all people came.
The Seminary of man was then the Arke,
That too was of all Beaſts the moving Parke,
The Rabbins very pretty ſtories have
Of Noah, when he built that ſwimming Cave.
How that his Neighbours wondred, and did ſay,
Good Lord, whither went my Cock and Hen to day?
Anothers Ramme and Ewe, his Bull and Cow,
Her Dogge and pretty Bitch were here but now.
And Lamech loving Doves: but all were met
And hundred Couples more, as if they had ſet
Some merry meeting at that huge new Houſe
Which Noah built, There was the Rendeavouze.
A Brace of Lyons were met lovingly;
And Tygers twaine, and Bears both he and ſhe.
And ſo of Birds their paires in mighty joy,
As if they had all been flocking to a Coy.
Thus while the amuſed world were wondring at
The Beaſts proceſſion; Not dreaming that
A deluge would ſucceed, they merry made,
And God ore whelm'd 'em, 'ere they were afraid.
SEVENS.Septem Planetae.
IF we may truſt divining Mr Booker,
Our New States Wyzard, and old Starre looker.
From the untoward conjunction of theſe Starres
Enſue reſults of Peace, or bloudy Warres.
14I have not ſtudied Aſtronomie ſo farre,
As to confute this ſage Albumazur:
Yet I remember, when our Archiflamen
Vpon Prognoſticks did the wight examine.
And ask't him, Bonâ fide whether He
By art could gueſſe certaine futuritie.
He anſwer'd plainly, no, he could not tell,
But put things in, to make th' Almanack ſell.
But that theſe lights have powerfull influence
Over inferiour Corps, is plaine to ſence.
As in all Plants and waters; and mans mind
By unequall temperature is much inclin'd.
Yet the wiſe men, (whoſe number was not eight)
Controle theſe ſeven, and overlooke their Fate.
Who under Saturnes ſullen raye are borne,
Live Melancholy, and ſeeme to be forlorne.
Who under Mars had their Nativity,
To Bloud and Rage have a proclivity.
The generous aſpects of Sol and Jove
Vnto Heroick actions People move.
When theſe in an auſpicious poſture meet,
We ſhortly doe the birth of Princes greet.
So doe theſe Rayes appeare i'th royall Plant,
That we may judge, who were predominant.
For in thy early progreſſe like the Sun
About thy Fathers Kingdome thou haſt run.
While he triumphing like Majeſtick Jove,
Shew'd thee the patterne of his ſtate and love.
This is the Sparkling Diamond of the Sky,
The Beauty-ſpeck of Heaven, and bravery.
Which for th' illuſtrious figure, and quaint light,
Is Lady Huiſher to the Day and Night.
15Her kind and pleaſing Influence doth raiſe
More then Platonick heat; and though her wayes
Are dark and ſecret, and her fire's unſeene,
(For Mercury a friend to th' ſtealth hath been.)
Yet Miſtriſſe Luna in her nightly round,
Hath heard the cryes of this Platonick wound.
SIXES.Opus ſex dicrum.
IF the ſame Sixe be truly underſtood,
The Reader will perceivd, That all were good.
For need muſt they be good, whom the beſt beſt
Himſelfe made, and on the 7th day took reſt.
Gods working dayes were ſixe, one reſting day;
So muſt ours be, but not a reſt to play.
For when the great Creator finiſh'd had,
And ſaw all good, (for nothing could be bad)
Into himſelfe he did reflect, to ſee
The power and goodneſſe of the Trinitie.
Imitate ô man: and though ſixe dayes thou ſpend
Vpon thy ſelfe, in Him let the 7th end.
The firſt daies Worke.
THat there might be a Firſt daies worke, the Light
Was firſt Created, ſeperate from Night.
Night which was nothing but a want of Day,
And gets a being when that's gone away.
Iuſt ſuch is that in which this blinded Land
Doth grope; unwillingneſſe to underſtand,
16 Naturall privations ſerve to produce,
But Voluntary Darkneſſe's of no uſe.
The Second.
The next daies labour was that Canopy,
(The vulgar uſually doe call the skie ▪)
And is that glorious ſubſtance which is ſpread,
Like a blue ſpangled Mantle or'e our head.
The Seat of God mounted ſo exceeding high,
It is not to be reach'd untill we dy.
The Singer ſweet doth it a Curteine call,
Draw it O Lord, and entertaine us all.
The Third.
For all that high precedency of Birth,
The loweſt is moſt courted, this baſe Earth.
Which when it firſt was made, did freely give
All that by which with ſweat we now do live.
'Twas Meadow all, and no incloſure then;
What God made common, was inclos'd by men.
To make a Land like that, 'Tis my advice,
Downe with incloſures; They're no Paradiſe.
Laying of ground to ground, doe none of theſe,
The gathering of Waters were the Seas.
The Fourth.
Heaven in it ſelfe was glorious enough,
Yet as a pallace with rich houſehold ſtuffe
Thou de•••eſt Lord thy dwelling place with lights
Of leſſe and greater magnitude. Our ſights
Cannot behold their luſtre; even they
Dazle that rule the Night, who rules the day
17 Is the great Author of our Heat and Light,
Yet is not hot, nor ſeen of any ſight.
Let us, O Lord, on Earth to thee conſent,
To make thy houſes full of Ornament.
And as to worſhip them's Idolatry,
So in thy adorn'd Churches let it be.
The Fifth.
The Watry Regions had no people yet,
But Wave with Wave did play, and Nimph, Nimph met ▪
When great Leviathan, (no Tyrant than,)
Was made Grand-Signior of the Ocean.
And Scaly Officers in ſhoales did preſſe
Vnto his, then not dreaded, Dreadfullneſſe.
Vnder whoſe vaſt demenſions, ſafe did lye
As in a Trench, the Finny Miniſtry.
Like Lord, like Servants, who did execute
By ſignes his will; for Both as Fiſh were mute.
Farre different were the vaſt Aires feather'd Peers,
Where warbling Birds ſing to the playing ſpheres.
The Sixth.
This was the great Compleating day; God's laſt
And beſt of workes, not hundled up in haſt.
Wherein the ſpecies ſenſitive were made,
Thoſe wondrous beaſts, of which we'r now afraid;
Whoſe mutuall kindeneſſe to each other prove
Them all Created by the God of Love.
So ſweet an Innocence fil'd every thing,
Serpents no poyſon had, and Bees no ſting.
The Lamb and Wolfe together friendly lay,
No Sheep-heards then, nor Doggs to part a fray.
Wolves in Sheeps-clothing were, and Sheep indeed,
As quiet (as in the Picture) they did feed.
18They were ſo far from injury, that they
Expected dayly whom they ſhould obey.
Then ſate the Divine Iunto, the great Three
In conſultation, who that ſhould be,
To whom the Soveraignty of Sea and Land
Should be committed, Such a vaſt Command
Was fit for none, but who could repreſent
Himſelfe, he therefore his owne Image lent,
And ſtampt an Impreſſe of Divinity ▪
Into a peice of Clay, (ſuch as you ſee,)
And it upſtarts a glorious Creature, wiſe,
And Innocent, and meek in his owne eyes,
The joy of Angels, and the Divels hate,
The Lord ot'h Creatures, high and fortunate.
Who all out of innate Obedience came
And knew from him their Eſſence in their name,
This ſolitary Monarch could not ſee
Amongſt his Servants fit Society:
But from himſelfe (as from the Nobleſt Earth ▪
And choice Materialls) Woman had her Birth.
So all were wonder-ſtruck, the Beaſts to ſee
The Man, He Eve, and they the Trinity.
FIVES.Quinque Senſus.
Seeing.
THe Diamond Senſe, the Bodies faithfull guide,
Is meerly unto Pſyches ſelfe allied.
Five Senſes ▪
Soule of the Senſes this ▪ whoſe chearfullneſſe.
Even as in death (for blindeneſſe is no leſſe)
19 Without the ſight is dampt. He that's borne blind
Walkes in a ſleep, and only lives in mind.
That ſuch a one may live, he firſt muſt dye,
The Reſurrection's his Nativity.
Hearing.
The Soules Intelligence, and nimble Scout,
Iuſt like the Scout doth truths and tales put out.
For at theſe ſubtle Port-holes doth not ſtand
A Sentinell, who may the word demand
Before it paſſe, but every word doth flye
Into the Preſence, chamber inſtantly.
The Convoy of our Faith; Sciences Clewes;
The Staple and the Magazine of Newes.
Touching.
Tactus has got ſo great an Excellence,
That to want it is ſaid to have no Senſe.
I never heard of any thing but one
That was inſenſible; and ſhee Alone.
But in a juſt recruite ought to abound
With that fine ſixth ſenſe which great Scaliger found.
The Bodies Life-Guard this, no little harme,
But preſently the Touch doth give Alarme ▪
Taſting.
Our Victualls garniſh, Entertainments flouriſh,
Without our Palates, we like Embryons nouriſh:
As much delight the Infant Navell-fed,
Takes in his meat, as when'ts unreliſhed.
This is the Sawſe of ſawſe: this Salt doth ſeaſon
Our Appetites Second. Manciple to Reaſon.
20Smelling.
Could you a Face in any wiſe ſuppoſe
Handſom, without this goodly ridge the Noſe?
Iuſt ſuch a nonſenſe Noſe (as that's a Face,)
Is that which wants this rare Olfactive grace.
The Loadſtone of the brain, the ſenſe magnetick,
Natures High-chamberlaine and Groome prophetick.
FOURES.
Quatuor Elementa.
Fire.
THeſe are the ſubtle principles 'oth world,
Foure Elements.
Which where they're temper'd well, or raſhly hurld,
Doe make their Compounds plauſible, or loath'd:
All things in theſe, though undiſcern'd, are cloth'd.
In extaſie at this the good King ſaid,
I'me fearfully and wonderfully made.
O the art and wiſedome of the Deity!
Which from confuſed Chaos, where did lye
Theſe blended Elements in ſtrange diſguiſe,
Gave them their place, and due proprieties;
And did advance the active Fire ſo high,
It's next unto the throne of Majeſtie.
Aire.
This into ſeverall Regions is decided;
For Breath, for ſwaggering Winds and Snowes provided.
The Magazine of Heavens here: Artillerie
Which oft in dreadfull thundrings rend the skie.
21And gives proud Tyrants check ▪ which bravely awe
All under powers, and guard the Supreme Lawe.
This like a ſilken girdle doth ſurround
The moving waters, and the fixed ground.
This is a Proteus, which in quaint attire
Condens'd, is Water, Rarified, is Fire.
Earth and Water.
Theſe two are Inmates to each other; friends
Checqred together in kind mutuall blends.
So neceſſary Neighbours to us, that
All pleaſures are, as they are, ſcituate.
When our fond thoughts are wearied in the ſports
O'th Earth; we dally in the watry Courts:
This glazen Element, (unleſſe the wind
Dimple her ſurface) is moſt ſmooth and kind.
Her numerous Subjects farre the Earth's exceed,
And are the great ſupply of humane need.
What wealth are in their Bowells hid? Her Jewells
And t'others Gold, are all Contentions fuell.
Quatuor Anni Tempora.
IT were unſeaſonable to paſſe theſe foure,
Four Seaſons of the yeare.
In which our life is paſs'd. Nay count them o're.
You'l find in every man even every ſeaſon,
So man is but a yeare indued with reaſon.
His Child-hood is the Spring: when flowry Cheeks
And ſmiling looks, a Springall him beſpeaks.
The Summer is his youth: which Harveſt yeelds,
Himſelfe of Corne a conſtant ſtanding Field's.
22He hath his fall too, and Autumnall change,
And Snow and Winter on his white haires range.
They differ thus: the Seaſon never failes,
But oft in Spring and youth death man aſſailes.
THREES.Virtutes Theologicae.
Faith.
HAnd of the Soule and Eye: what ſilly we
Nor ſee,
Three Theologicall Vertues.
nor comprehend for Majeſtie. By Faiths attain'd ▪ and what the Heathen thought
So ſtrange, and Papiſts dangerouſly have taught
Without a Miracle, or Ethnick jeere,
By Faith we feed on God, Hee's Chriſtmaſſe cheere.
And as of a good Conſcience he profeſt,
So we oth' Sacraments, it is a Feaſt.
A Feaſt where Angels would kneele downe and eat,
Where Gods the Entertainer, and the meat.
Away theſe ſinfull Senſes, get you hence,
You let in Vice. Faith is the Chriſtian ſenſe.
Hope.
Wer't not for thee, what commonly we ſpeake
Is very true; Our very Heart would breake.
Mother of Patience, ſweetner of all loſſe,
Supply of want, miſeries Anti-croſſe.
The Anchor of this Floating Iſland, where
Our Hope doth live, but ſtrait begirt with Feare.
23The Penitents Cordiall, Bezar ſtone of griefe,
The Parted's internuntius, Priſoners reliefe,
The only Key of Heaven, which doth ope,
(When Faith and Charity doe ceaſe) to Hope.
Charity.
The glew of Earth and Heaven, whoſe new ſtate
Is to be now Conjoyn'd, not ſeparate.
So great God's love unto his Creature is,
That both are joyn'd in one hypoſtaſis.
Love Borne, when name of Duell was not known,
And with Aſtraea, and the reſt hence Flowne.
Wrapd up in〈◊〉Mantle, which doth hide
And not proclaim the faults, that are eſpied.
Antipathy of hate, keene malice's regret,
At very name of foule Revenge, ſhee'l ſweat.
The Centry of my Neighbours Fame, and Houſe,
Salvation's univerſall Rendevouz•.
TWO's.
Duo Teſtamenta.
THeſe are God's Magna Charta,
Two Teſtaments.
the ancient Law Which did the Jewes, now doth the Chriſtian awe.
Who for themſelves are credited: the Ground
Of their owne Truth, and Rule of what is Found.
Not both like plauſible; The letter Red
In that, and threatning Death; appropriated
In certaine priviledges unto a Few;
And hid in types, ſcarce knowne unto the Jew.
24The other's ▪ letter faire, and plaine; That he
That runs may read, and for all commers free.
A Teſtament of ſuch extent; which makes
The World Executor, He that will partakes.
Duo Sacramenta.
THeſe in their types were bloody,
Two Sacraments.
and did fright The Heathen world from their ſeverer Rite;
The Jew did want his Spectacles in part,
Nor did the Circumciſion ſee oth' Heart.
But doted on the outward Formes: and〈◊〉
Became leſſe Iew, and was but one in〈◊〉
He ſaw the Infant bleed, but underſtood
No iſſue of his ſinne, but only bloud.
And knew not when he us'd his cruell knife,
The wound in's Fleſh, was 'gainſt his ſinfull Life.
So when with bitter herbs the Paſchall Lambe
Was eaten by the Sonnes of Abraham;
They look't not throw the Myſtery,
Nor ſaw in Pharo's, Satans Tyranny.
And ſo for all their great deliverance,
Are ſtill aſleepe in an Aegyptian trance,
And feed on ſhadowes, while the Lambe indeed
Was ſlaine by them, but they no whit will Feed.
No more let Superſtition them befoole,
Nor thoughts of Iordan or Betheſda• ' •Poole.
But give them grace (good Lord) they may Confide
Ith' ſtreame of bloud, and water from thy Side.
FINIS.