IDENTILIN$$  F108SA1|Eclog|South African Library (Grey MS)|pp. 102-8. /P:T-LP/mf/10Jun91
108.SA1.HE1  Eglogue[102]
108.SA1.HE2  Induceing an Epithalamion at the /Marriage of the Earle of S:
108.SA1.HE3  Allophanes finding Idios in the Countrye that /Christmas, 
108.SA1.HE4  reprehends his absence from Court /at that Marriage.  
108.SA1.HE5  om om om om om Idios giues an account 
108.SA1.HE6  of /his purpose therein, and of his actions there.
108.SA1.HE7  Allopha: [in LM of l.1]
108.SA1.001  Vnseasonable man, Statue of Ice,
108.SA1.002  what could to Country solitude intice
108.SA1.003  thee, in this yeares cold, and decrepit time?
108.SA1.004  Natures Instinct draws to the warmer clime
108.SA1.005  euen small birds, who by y%5t%6 Courage dare
108.SA1.006  in numerous fleets sayle through the Sea and ayre;
108.SA1.007  What delicacy can in %Yfflora's%Z#fields appeare
108.SA1.008  whilst fflora's selfe doth a freeze Ierking weare?
108.SA1.009  whilst windes do all the trees and hedges strip
108.SA1.010  of leaues, to furnish rods enough to whip
108.SA1.011  thy madnes from thee? and all Springs by frost
108.SA1.012  haue taken cold, andd their sweete murmur lost?
108.SA1.013  If thou thy faults, or fortunes would'st lament
108.SA1.014  with iust solemnity, do it in Lent,
108.SA1.015  At Court allready th' spring aduanced is
108.SA1.016  the Sun stays longer vp, and yet not kisse,.
108.SA1.017  The glory is far other, other fiers [103]
108.SA1.018  first Zeale to prince, & state, then loues desires
108.SA1.019  burne in one breast, and like heauens two great lights
108.SA1.020  the first doth gouerne dayes, the other nights,
108.SA1.021  And then that early light w%5ch%6 did appeare
108.SA1.022  before the Sun and Moone created were,
108.SA1.023  the princes fauours, diffus'd ouer all
108.SA1.024  from w%5ch%6 all fortunes, names, and natures fall,
108.SA1.025  Then from these wombes of starres, the brides bright eyes
108.SA1.026  at euery glance a Constellation flyes
108.SA1.027  and %Jlowes%K the court w%5th%6 starres, and doth prevent
108.SA1.028  in light & power, the all eyd firmament,
108.SA1.029  ffirst her eyes kindle other Ladyes eyes,
108.SA1.030  then from those beames their Iewells lustres rise,
108.SA1.031  And from their Iewells torches do take fire,
108.SA1.032  and all is warmth and light, and good desire,
108.SA1.033  Most other Courts alas, are like to Hell,
108.SA1.034  Wherein darke plots, fier without light doth dwell,
108.SA1.035  or but like stoues, for lust, and Envy, gett
108.SA1.036  Continuall but artificiall heate;
108.SA1.037  Here Zeale, and loue grow one, all clouds digest
108.SA1.038  and make our Court an euerlasting East:
108.SA1.039  And canst thou be from thence?
108.SA1.039a [LM]Idios.  No I am there
108.SA1.040  as heauen to men dispos'd, is euery where,
108.SA1.041  So are those courts, whose princes animate
108.SA1.042  not onely all their house, but all their state;
108.SA1.043  Let no man thinke because he's full h' hath all|;|
108.SA1.044  Kings (as their patterne god) are liberall
108.SA1.045  not onely in fullnes, but capacitye,
108.SA1.046  Enlarging narrow men to feele, and see|;|
108.SA1.047  and comprehend the blessings they bestow,
108.SA1.048  So reclus'd hermitts oftentimes do know
108.SA1.049  more of heauens glory, then a worldling can;
108.SA1.050  As man is of the world, the hart of man
108.SA1.051  Is an epitome of gods great booke|,|
108.SA1.052  of creatures, and man neede no further looke,
108.SA1.053  So is y%5e%6 Country of Courts, where sweete peace doth
108.SA1.054  as their owne common soule giue life to both;
108.SA1.055  I am %Yth%z#not then from Court.
108.SA1.055a [LM]Alloph:  Dreamer thou art
108.SA1.056  thinkst thou fantastick that thou hast a part
108.SA1.057  In the East Indian fleete, because thou hast [104]
108.SA1.058  a little Spice, and Amber in thy tast?
108.SA1.059  because thou art not frozen, art thou warme?
108.SA1.060  See'st thou all good because thou sees't no harme?
108.SA1.061  The earth doth in her inward bowells hold
108.SA1.062  Stuffe well dispos'd, & w%5c%6h would %Ystill%Z#fayne be gold
108.SA1.063  but neuer shall, except it chance to lye
108.SA1.064  So vpward, that heauen guild it %Yher%Z#w%5t%6h her eye,
108.SA1.065  As for diuine things, fayth comes from aboue
108.SA1.066  So for best civill vse, all tinctures moue
108.SA1.067  from higher powers, from god religion springs,
108.SA1.068  Wisdome, and honour from the vse of kings,
108.SA1.069  then vnbeguile thy selfe & know with me
108.SA1.070  that Angells, though on earth employd they be,
108.SA1.071  are still in heauen, so is he still still at home
108.SA1.072  that doth abroad to honest actions come,
108.SA1.073  Chide thy selfe then (o foole) w%5c%6h yesterday
108.SA1.074  mightst haue read more then all thy bookes bewray,
108.SA1.075  hast thou a historye w%5c%6h doth represent
108.SA1.076  A Court, when all affections do assent
108.SA1.077  vnto the kings, and that the kings are iust?
108.SA1.078  and when it is no |L|euity to trust?
108.SA1.079  where there is no ambition but t'obey,
108.SA1.080  where men neede whisper no thing & yet may,
108.SA1.081  where the kings fauours are so plac'd; that all
108.SA1.082  find that the king therein is liberall,
108.SA1.083  to them in him because his fauours bend
108.SA1.084  to vertue, to the w%5c%6h they all pretend,
108.SA1.085  thou hast no such, yet here was this & more
108.SA1.086  an earnest louer wise then, and before,
108.SA1.087  Our little Cupid hath sue'd liuerye
108.SA1.088  and is no man in his minoritie,
108.SA1.089  he is admitted now into that breast
108.SA1.090  where y%5e%6 kings Councell, and his secrets rest;
108.SA1.091  what hast thou lost thou Ignorant man?
108.SA1.091a [LM]Idios--  I kn|o|we
108.SA1.092  all this, and therefore I withdrewe
108.SA1.093  to know, and feele all this, and not to haue
108.SA1.094  words to expresse it, makes a man a graue
108.SA1.095  of his owne thoughts, I would not therefore stay
108.SA1.096  at a great feast, haueing no grace to say,
108.SA1.097  And yet I scapt' not here, for being come
108.SA1.098  full of the Common ioy I vttred some,
108.SA1.099  Then reade this nuptiall song, w%5c%6h was not made [105]
108.SA1.100  either the Court, or mens harts to Invade,
108.SA1.101  but since I'am dead and buried, I could frame
108.SA1.102  no epitaph w%5c%6h might aduance my fame
108.SA1.103  so much as this poore song w%5c%6h testifyes
108.SA1.104  I did vnto that day some Sacrifice:~.
108.SA1.104a om
108.SA1.104b om
108.SA1.104c 1. The time of the Marriage
108.SA1.105  Thou art reprieude ould yeare, thou shalt not dye [LM:>1.<]
108.SA1.106  [NI]Though thou vpon thy deathbed lye,
108.SA1.107  [NI]And shoulds't thou within fiue daye|s| expire,
108.SA1.108  yet thou art rescued by a mightier fire
108.SA1.109  Then thy old soule the Sunne,
108.SA1.110  when he hath in his largest Circle runne
108.SA1.111  the passage of the East, & west would thawe|.|
108.SA1.112  & open wide their easy liquid Iaw
108.SA1.113  to all our ships, Could a Promethean art
108.SA1.114  either vnto the Northerne Pole impart,
108.SA1.115  the fire of these inflameing eyes of->>or< of this %Yli*ing%Z>%^%5loving%6< hart. 
108.SA1.115a om
108.SA1.115b 2. Equalitye of y%5e%6 Persons.
108.SA1.116  But vndiscovering %Yages%Z>%^%5Muse%6<, w%5c%6h hart w%5c%6h eyes [LM:>2<]
108.SA1.117  In this newe Couple dost thou prize?
108.SA1.118  [NI]when his eye as inflameing is
108.SA1.119  as hers, and her hart loues as well as his,
108.SA1.120  Be trie'd by beautye, and then
108.SA1.121  The Bridegroome is a mayd, & not a man;
108.SA1.122  if by that manly Courage they be tride
108.SA1.123  w%c%6h scornes vniust opinion, then the bride
108.SA1.124  becomes a man; should chance, or Envyes art
108.SA1.125  diuide these two, whom Nature scarce did part
108.SA1.126  Since both have both th' inflameing eyes, and both the%5|r|%6 loving hart
108.SA1.126a om
108.SA1.126b 3 Raysing of y%5e%6 bridegrome.
108.SA1.127  Though it be some diuorce to %Yso%Z#thinke of you [LM:>3<]
108.SA1.128  Singly, so much one are you two,
108.SA1.129  let me here contemplate thee
108.SA1.130  first chearefull Bridegroome, & first let me see
108.SA1.131  how thou prevent'st the Sunne,
108.SA1.132  and his red foaming horses dost out runne,
108.SA1.133  how haueing laid downe in thy Soueraignes breast
108.SA1.134  All busines, from thence to reinvest
108.SA1.135  them, when these triumphs cease thou forward art [106]
108.SA1.136  to shew to her, who doth the like impart,
108.SA1.137  the fire of th'inflaming eyes, and of thy loving hart.
108.SA1.137a om
108.SA1.137b 4 Raysing of the Bride [LM:>4.<]
108.SA1.138  But now to thee fayre bride, it is some wrong
108.SA1.139  to thinke thou wast in bed so long,
108.SA1.140  since soone thou lye'st downe first, 'tis fit
108.SA1.141  thou in first riseing shouldst allow for it,
108.SA1.142  powder thy radiant hayre
108.SA1.143  w%5c%6h if without such ashes thou wouldst weare,
108.SA1.144  thou, w%5c%6h to all w%5c%6h comes, to looke vpon
108.SA1.145  art meant for phae%Lbus, would be Phaeton,
108.SA1.146  for our ease giue thine eyes th' vniversall part
108.SA1.147  of ioy, a teare, so quench'd, thou maist impart
108.SA1.148  to vs  that come th'inflameing eyes, to him thy loving hart.
108.SA1.148a om
108.SA1.148b 5. Her apparayling. [LM:>5.<]
108.SA1.149  Thus thou descends't to our Infirmitye,
108.SA1.150  who can the Sunne in water see?
108.SA1.151  so do%Cst thou when %Ythy#selfe%Z#in silke & gold
108.SA1.152  thou clouds't thy selfe, since we w%5c%6h do behold
108.SA1.153  are dust and wormes, 'tis iust
108.SA1.154  Our obiects be the fruits of wormes, and dust,
108.SA1.155  let euery Iewell be a glorious starre,
108.SA1.156  yet starres are not so pure as their spheares are|;|
108.SA1.157  And though these stoope t'appeare to vs in part,
108.SA1.158  Still in the picture thou intirely art
108.SA1.159  w%5c%6h thy inflameing eyes haue made w%5t%6hin his louing hart.
108.SA1.159a om
108.SA1.159b 6 Going to Chappell. [LM:>6<]
108.SA1.160  Now from your Easts you issue forth, & we
108.SA1.161  as men w%5c%6h through a Cypresse see
108.SA1.162  the riseing Sun, do thinke it two,
108.SA1.163  So as you go to church do thinke of you,
108.SA1.164  but that vayle being gone
108.SA1.165  By the Church rites you are from henceforth one|.|
108.SA1.166  the Church triumphant made this match before
108.SA1.167  and now the Militant doth striue no more,
108.SA1.168  then Reuerend Priest, who gods recorder art
108.SA1.169  do from his dictates to these two impart
108.SA1.170  All blessings w%5c%6h are scene, or thought by Angells eye or hart.
108.SA1.170a om
108.SA1.170b 7 The Benediction [LM:>7.<]
108.SA1.171  Blest payre of Swans, O may you interbring
108.SA1.172  dayly newly ioyes, and neuer sing,
108.SA1.173  Liue till all grounds of wishes fayle,
108.SA1.174  till honour yea till wisdome grow so stale
108.SA1.175  that new great heights to trye
108.SA1.176  I must serve your ambition to dye,
108.SA1.177  Rayse heyres, and may here the world end, liue
108.SA1.178  heyres from this king to take thankes, you to giue;
108.SA1.179  Nature and grace do all & nothing arte;
108.SA1.180  may neuer age nor errour ouerthwart
108.SA1.181  with any west these radiant eyes, with any North this hart.
108.SA1.181a om
108.SA1.181b 8 ffeasts & reuells. [LM:>8<]
108.SA1.182  But you are ouerblest, Plenty this day
108.SA1.183  Iniures, it causes time to stay,
108.SA1.184  the tables grow, as though this feast
108.SA1.185  would as y%5e%6 flood destroy all fowle, and beast,
108.SA1.186  And were y%5e%6 doctrine new,
108.SA1.187  that the earth moue'd, this day would make it true,
108.SA1.188  for euery part to dance & reuell goes,
108.SA1.189  they tread the ayre, and fall not when they rose,
108.SA1.190  though six houres since y%5e%6 Sun did part,
108.SA1.191  the masques and banquets will not yet impart
108.SA1.192  a Sunsett to these weary eyes, a Center to this hart.
108.SA1.192a om
108.SA1.192b 9. The Brides going to bed [LM:>9.<]
108.SA1.193  What meanst' thou Bride this Companye to keepe?
108.SA1.194  to sitt vp till thou fayne wouldst sleepe?
108.SA1.195  Thou mayst' not when th'art layd do soe
108.SA1.196  thy selfe must to him a new banquet grow,
108.SA1.197  And you must entertayne
108.SA1.198  and do all this dayes dances or'e againe
108.SA1.199  know y%5t%6 if Sunne and moone together doe
108.SA1.200  rise in one poynt, they do not sett so too,
108.SA1.201  therefore thou maist fayre bride to bed depart
108.SA1.202  thou art not gone, being gone, where er'e thou art
108.SA1.203  thou leau'st in him thy watchfull eyes, in him thy loving hart.
108.SA1.203a om
108.SA1.203b 10. The Bridegroomes coming. [LM:>10<]
108.SA1.204  As he y%5t%6 sees a starre falls runns a pace
108.SA1.205  and findes a Ielly in the place,
108.SA1.206  she doth the Bridegroome hast as much
108.SA1.207  being told this starre is faln, & finds her such,
108.SA1.208  And as friends may looke strange
108.SA1.209  By a new fashion, or apparrells change
108.SA1.210  their soules though long acquainted there had bi*->>beene< [108]
108.SA1.211  these cloaths their bodyes neuer yet had seene,
108.SA1.212  therefore at first she modestly might start
108.SA1.213  but must forth with surrender euery part
108.SA1.214  As freely, as each to each, gaue either ey or hart.
108.SA1.214a om
108.SA1.214b 11. The good Night [LM:>11.<]
108.SA1.215  Now as in Tulli|e|s tombe one lampe %Ydid#burne%Z#>%^%5burnt cleare%6<
108.SA1.216  vnchangd' for fifteene hundred yeare
108.SA1.217  may these loues lamps we here inshrine
108.SA1.218  In warmth, light lasting equall the diuine,
108.SA1.219  fire euer doth aspire
108.SA1.220  and makes all like it selfe turnes all to fire
108.SA1.221  but ends in ashes, w%5c%6h these cannot doe
108.SA1.222  for none of these is fuell but fire too,
108.SA1.223  this is Ioyes banefire that when loues strong arts
108.SA1.224  make of so noble Individuall parts
108.SA1.225  one fire of foure inflameing eyes, & of two loving harts.
108.SA1.225a Idois. [LM of l.226]
108.SA1.226  As I haue brought this song, y%5t%6 I may doe  
108.SA1.227  a perfect sacrifice, Ile burne it too
108.SA1.227a Alloph: [LM of l.228]
108.SA1.228  No |S|ir this paper I haue Iustly gott,
108.SA1.229  for in burnt Incense the perfume is not
108.SA1.230  his onely that presents it, but of all
108.SA1.231  what euer celebrates this festiuall
108.SA1.232  Is common, since y%5e%6 ioy therof is soe
108.SA1.233  nor may your selfe be priest: but let me goe
108.SA1.234  back to the Court, and I will light vpon
108.SA1.235  such Altars as prize your deuotion.
108.SA1.0SS  finis. I. D.
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