[Poems from London, British Library, Add. 36529]

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Pommi, oue 'l sole occide i fiori, et l'herba.

Set me wheras the sonne, dothe perche the grene

Or whear his beames, may not dissolue the Ise

In temprat heat, wheare he is felt and sene

Wt prowde people, in presence sad and wyse

Set me in base, or yet in highe degree

In the long night, or in the shortyst day

In clere weather, or whear mysts thikest be

In lofte yowthe, or when my heares be grey

Set me in earthe, in heauen or yet in hell

In hill, in dale, or in the fowming floode

Thrawle, or at large, a_liue whersoo I dwell

Sike, or in healthe, in yll fame, or in good

Yours will I be, and with that onely thought

Comfort my-self when that my hape is nowght.

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I neuer saw youe madam laye aparte

Your cornet black in colde nor yet in heate

Sythe first ye knew of my desire so greate

Which other fances chac'd cleane from my harte

Whiles to my-self I did the thought reserve

That so vnware did wounde my wofull brest

Pytie I saw within your hart dyd rest

But since ye knew I did youe love and serve

Your golden treese was clad alway in blacke

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All that withdrawne that I did crave so sore

So doth this cornet governe me a_lacke

In sommeres sonne in winter breath of frost

Of your faire eies whereby the light is lost

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Yf he that erst the fourme so livelye drewe

Of venus faas tryvmpht in paynteres arte

Thy father then what glorye did ensew

By whose pencell a goddesse made thow arte

Touchid with flame that figure made some rewe

And with her loue surprysed manye a hart

There lackt yet that should cure their hoot desyer

Thow canst enflame and quenche the kyndled fyre

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Cap .1. Eccles:

I salamon dauids sonne, King of Ierusalem

Chossen by god to teache the Iewes, and in his lawes to leade them

Confesse vnder the sonne, that euerey-thing is uayne

The world is false, man he is fraile, and all his pleasures payne

Alas what stable frute, may Adams Childeren fynde

In that they seke by sweate of browes, and trauill of their mynde

We that liue on the earthe, drawe toward our decay

Ower childeren fill our place a whille, and then they fade awaye

Such chaunges'e' in 'chaunges' added above line maks the earthe, and dothe remoue for none

But sarues us for a place, too play, our tragedes vppon

When that the restles sonne, westwarde his course hathe ronne

Towards the east he hasts as fast, to ryse where he begonne

When hoorreyfirst 'o' of 'hoorrey' added above line with caret and 'y' written over erasure in text hand boreas, hathe blowen his frosen blast

Then Zephirus with his gentill breathe, dissolues the Ise as fast

Fludds that drinke vpp smale broks, and swell by rage of rayne

Discharge in sees, which them repulse, and swallowe strayte againe

These worldly pleasures (lord) so swifte they ronne their race

That skace our eyes may them discerne, they byde so littell space

What hathe bin, but is now, the like hereafter shall

What new deuice grounded so suer, that dreadeth not the fall

What may be called new, but suche things in tymes past

As's' of 'As' written above cancelled letter in text hand time buryed and dothe reuiue, and tyme agayne shall waste

Things past right worthey fame, haue now no brute at all

Euen so shall dey suche things, as now, the simple wounders call dey: =die

I that in dauides seate, sit crowned and reioyce

That with my septer rewle the Iewes and teache them with my'my' added above line with caret, in text hand uoyce

Haue serched long to know, all'all' written above cancelled 'straunge' in text hand; H, 1549 read 'all'serched] serchied A, searched H, 1549 things vnder the sonne serched] serchied A, searched H, 1549

To'To' written over erased 'The' in text hand see how in this mortall lyef, a suerty might be wonne

This kyndled will to knowe, straunge things for to desyer

God hathe grafte in our gredye breasts, a torment for our hier

The end of eache trauell, furthwith I'I' written over erasure in text hand sought to knoo

I found them uaine'uaine' added above line with caret, in text hand mixed with gall, and burdend with muche woo

Defaults of natures worke'r' of 'worke' added above line with caret, in text hand, no mans hand may restore

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Whiche be in nomber like the sandes, vppon the salte floods shore

Then vaunting in my witte, I gan'gan' written above cancelled 'gall' in text hand call to my mynd

What rewles of wysdom I hadde taught, that elders could not find

And as by contraries to treye, most things we use 'that elders' cancelled at beginning of line, before 'And as ...'treye: =try

Mens follies and ther errors, eke I gan them all peruse

T[h]erby with more delight, to knowledge for to clime Therby] tyerby A, therbye H, Thereby 1549

But this I found an endles wourke of payne and losse of tyme

For he to wisdomes skoole'skoole' written above cancelled 'stolle' or 'skolle' in text hand, that doth applie his mynd

The further that he wades therin, the greater doubts shall find

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And such as enterprice, to put newe things in ure

Of some that shall skorne their deuise, may well them-selfes assure.

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Cap .2. Eccles.

From pensif fanzies then, I gan my hart reuoke

And gaue me to suche sporting plaies, as laughter myght prouoke

But euen suche vain delights, when they moste blinded me

Allwayes me-thought with smiling grace, a king did yll agre 'when they most' cancelled at beginning of line, before 'Allwayes ...'

Then sought I how to please, my belly with muche wine

To feede me fatte with costely feasts, of rare delights and fine

And other plesures eke, too purchace me with rest

In so great choise to finde the thing, that might content me best

But lord what care of mynde, what soddaine stormes of Ire

Wt broken slepes enduryd I, to compasse my desier

To buylde my howses faier, then sett I all my cure

By princely actes thus straue I still, to make my fame indure

Delicius gardens eke, I made to please my sight

And grafte therin all kindes of fruts, that might my mouthe delight

Condits by liuely springs, from their owld course I drewe

For to refreshe the frutfull trees, that in my gardynes grewe

Of catell great encreace, I bred in littell space

Bondmen I bought I gaue them wifes, and saru'd me with ther race

Great heapes of shining gold, by sparing gan I saue

Wt things of price so furnyshed, as sitts a prince to haue.

To heare faier women sing, sometyme I did reioyce

Rauyshed with ther pleasannt tunes, and swetnes of their voyce

Lemans I had so faier, and of so liuely hewe

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That who-so gased in their face, myght well their bewtey rewe

Neuer erste sat theyr king, so riche in dauyds seate

Yet still me-thought for so smale gaine, the trauaile was to great

From my desirous eyes, I hyd no pleasannt sight

Nor from my hart no kind of myrth, that might geue them delyght

Which was the only freute, I rept of all my payne

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To feade my eyes and to reioyce, my hart with all my gaine

But when I made my compte with howe great care of mynd

And herts vnrest that I had sought, so wastfull frutt to fynde

Then was I streken strayte, with that abused fier

To glorey in that goodly witte, that compast my desyer

But freshe before myne eyes, grace did my fawlts renewe

What gentill callings I hadd fledd, my ruyne to purswe

What raging pleasurs past, perill and hard eskape

What fancis in my hed had wrought, the licor of the grape

The erroure then I sawe, that their fraile harts dothe moue

Which striue in vaine for to compare, with him that sitts aboue

In whose most perfect worcks, suche craft apperyth playne

That to the least of them, their may no mortall hand attayne

And like as ligh[t]some day, dothe shine aboue the night lightsome] lighsome A, lightsome H, lyghtsome 1549

So darke to me did folly seme, and wysdomes beames as bright

Whose eyes did seme so clere, mots to discern and fynde

But will had clossed follies eyes, which groped like the blynde

Yet death and time consume, all witt and worldly fame

And looke what ende that folly hath, and wisdome hath the same

Then sayd I thus (oh lord) may not thy wisdome cure

The waylfull wrongs and hard conflicts, that folly doth endure

To sharpe'r' of 'sharpe' added above line in text hand; sharppe H, sharpe 1549 my witt so fine, then why toke I this payne

Now finde I well this noble serche, may eke be called vayne

As slanders lothsome brute, soundes follies iust rewarde

Is put to silence all be_time, and brought in smale r[e]garde regarde] rgarde A, regarde H

Eun so dothe tyme deuoure, the noble blast of fame

Which showld resounde their glories great, that doo desarue the same

Thus present changes chase, away the wonders past

Ne is the wise mans fattal thred, yet lenger spunne to last

Then in this wredtched vale, our lief I loothedsecond 'o' of 'loothed' added above line with caret, probably in text hand playne

When I beheld our frutles paynes, to compasse pleassurs vayne

My trauayll this a_vaile, hath me produced loo

An heire vnknowen shall reape the frute, that I in sede did sowe

But whervnto the lord, his nature shall inclyne

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Who can fore_knowe, into whose handes, I must my goods resine

But lord how pleasannt swete, then seamd the idell liefe

That neuer charged was with care, nor burdened with stryefe

And vile the gredye trade, of them that toile so sore

To leaue to suche ther trauells frute that neuer swet therfore

What is that pleasant gaine, which is that swet relief

That showld delay the bitter tast, that we fele of our gref

The gladsome dayes we passe, to serche a simple gaine

The quiete nights with broken slepes, to fead a resteles brayne

What hope is left vs then, what comfort dothe remayne

Our quiet herts for to reioyce, with the frute of our payne

Yf that be trew who may him-selfe so happy call

As I whose free and sumptius spence, dothe shyne beyonde them all

Sewerly it is a gift, and fauor of the lorde

Liberally to spende our goods, the ground of all discorde

And wretched herts haue they, that let their tressurs mold

And carrey the roodde that skorgeth them, that glorey in their gold

But I doo knowe by proofe, whose ryches beres suche brute

What stable welthe may stand in wast, or heping of suche frute

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Capitulo .3. Eccles.

Like to the stereles boote'boote' added above line in text hand; boate H, 1549, that swerues with euery wynde

The slipper topp of worldely welthe, by crewell prof I fynde

Skace hathe the seade wherof, that nature formethe man formethe] foremethe A, formeth H, 1549

Receuid lief when deathe him yeldes, to earth wher he began

The grafted plants with payn, wherof wee hoped frute

To roote them vpp with blossomes sprede, then is our cheif porsute

That erst we rered vpp, we vndermyne againe

And shred the spraies whose grouthe, some-tyme we laboured with paine

Eache frowarde thretning chere, of fortune maiks vs playne

And euery plesant showe reuiues'uiues' of 'reuiues' written above cancelled 'ioyce' of an original 'reioyce', possibly in another hand; H reads 'revyves' our wofull herts againe

Auncient walles to race, is our unstable guyse

And of their wether-beten stones, to buylde some new deuyse

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New fanzes dayly spring, which vaade returning moo vaade: =fade, see OED s.v. vade, v1

And now we practyse to optaine, that strayt we must forgoo

Some-tyme we seke to spare, that afterward we wast

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And that we trauelid sore to knitt, for to unlose'c' cancelled from an original 'unclose'; H reads 'vnlose', 1549 'vnlosse' as fast

In sober sylence now our quiet lipps we closse

And with vnbrydled toungs, furth-with our secret herts disclosse

Suche as in folded armes, we did embrace, we haate

Whom strayte we reconsill againe, and banishe all debate

My sede with labour sowne, suche frute produceth me

To wast my lief in contraries, that neuer shall agre

From god these heuy cares, ar sent for our vnrests

And with suche burdens for our welth, he frauteth full our brests

All that the Lord hathe wrought, hath bewtey and good grace

And to eache thing assined is, the proper tyme and place

And graunted eke to man, of all the worldes estate

And of eache thinge wrought in the same, to argue and debate

Which arte though it approche, the heuenly knowlege moste

To serche'r' of 'serche' added above line with caret, in text hand; searche H, search 1549 the naturall grounde of things, yet all is labor loste

But then the wandering eyes, that longe for suertey sought

Founde that by paine no certayne welth might in this world be bought

Who liueth in delight, and seks no gredy thryfte

But frely spends his goods, may thinke it is a secret gifte

Fulfilled shall it be, what-so the lorde intende

Which no deuice of mans witt, may, advaunce nor yet defende

Who made all-thing of nought, that Adams chyldren might

Lerne how to dread the Lord that wrought, suche wonders in their sight

The gresly wonders past, which tyme wearse owt of mynde

To be renewed in our dayes the Lord hath so assynde

Lo thus his carfull skourge dothe stele on us vnware thus] thuse A, thus H, 1549

Which when the fleshe hath clene forgott, he dothe a_gaine repaire

When I in this uaine serche, had wanderyd sore's' of 'sore' corrected from an original 'fore'; H reads 'sore', 1549 'fro' my witt

I saw a rioall throne eke wher, as iustice should haue sitt 'eke wher, as': 'eke' added above line with caret after 'throne'; 'as' of an original 'wheras' cancelled; and 'as' written above cancelled 'that', with caret, all probably in another hand; H reads 'eke wheare / as', 1549 'where'

In stede of whom I saw, with fyerce and crw'ell mode

Wher wrong was set that blody beast, that drounke the giltles blode

Then thought I thus one day, the lord shall sitt in dome

To vewe his flock and chose the pure, the spotted haue no rome

Ye be suche skourges sent, that eache agreuid mynde

Lyke the brute beasts that swell in rage, and fury by ther kynde

His erroure may confesse, when he hath wreasteled longe

And then 'n' of 'then' erased and mark of abbreviation placed over preceding 'e' with pacience may him arme, the sure defence of wronge

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For death that of the beaste, the carion doth deuoure

Unto the noble kynde of man, presents the fatall hower

The perfitt forme that god, hathe geuen to ether man 'geuen to ether man': 'ether' added above line with caret, in another hand, to replace cancelled 'ether' after 'hathe'; H reads 'geven to either man', 1549 'geuen either to man'

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Or other beast dissolue it shall, to earth wher it began

And who can tell yf that, the sowle of man ascende

Or with the body if it dye, and to the ground decende

Wherfore eache gredy hart, that riches seks to gayne

Gather may he that sauery frutte, that springeth of his payne

A meane conuenient welth, I meane to take in worth

And with a hand of larges eke in measure poore it fourth

For treasure spent in lyef, the bodye dothe sustayne

The heire shall waste the whourded gold, a_massed with muche payne

Ne may foresight of man, suche order geue in lyef

For to fore_know'fore' added above line with caret, in another hand; H reads 'fore know', 1549 'foreknowe', who shall reioyce, their gotten good with stryef.

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Capitulo .4. Eccles

When I be_thought me well vnder the restles soon

By foolke of power what crewell wourks unchastyced were doon

I saw wher stoode a heard by power of suche opprest heard: =(shep)herd

Oute of whose eyes ran floods of teares that bayned all ther brest

Deuoyde of comfort clene, in terroure and distresse

In whose defence none wolde aryse, suche rigor to represse

Then thought I thus (oh Lord,) the dead whose fatall hower

Is clene roune owt more happy ar whom that the wormes deuoure

And happiest is the sede, that neuer did conceue

That neuer felt the waylfull wrongs, that mortall folke receue

And then I saw that welth, and euery honest gayne

By trauill woune and swete of browes gan grow into disdayne

Throughe slouthe of carles folke, whom ease'ease' written above a cancelled 'eache', in another hand so fatt dothe feade

Whose Idell hands doo noght but waast, the frute of other seade seade] seeade A

Which to them-selves perswade that little gott with ease

More thankefull is then kyndomes woon, by trauayle and disceace

A nother sort I saw, with-out bothe frend or kynne

Whose gredy wayes yet neuer sought a faithfull frend to winne

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Whose wretched corps no toile yet euer wery could

Nor glutted euer wer their eyne, with heaps of shyning gould

But yf it might appeare to ther abused eyne

To whose a_vaile the[y] trauill so, and for whose sake they pyne they] the A

Then should they see what cause they haue for to repent

The frutles paynes and eke the tyme that they in vayne haue spent

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Then gan I thus resolue, more pleasant is the lyef

Of faythefull frends that spends their goods in commone with-out stryef

For as the tender frend appeasith euery gryef

So yf he fall that lives a_lone, who shalbe his relyef

The frendly feares ly warme, in armes embraced faste

Who sleapes aloone at euery tourne dothe feale the winter blast

What can he doo but yeld, that must resist aloone

Yf ther be twaine one may defend the tother ouer_throwne

The single twyned cordes, may no suche stresse indure

As cables brayded thre-fould'thre fould' added above line, with caret, probably in another handswer: =sure may, to_gether wrethed swer swer: =sure

In better far estate stande children poore and wyse

Then aged kyngs wedded to will that worke with-out aduice

In prison haue I sene, or this a wofull wyght

That neuer knewe what fredom ment, nor tasted of delyght

Wt suche unhoped happ in most dispaier hath mete

Wt-in the hands that erst ware giues to haue a septre'u' cancelled from an original 'septure'; H reads 'Septer'giues: =gyves, 'shackles' sett giues: =gyves, 'shackles'

And by coniures the seade of kyngs is thrust from staate coniures: ='conspiracies', see OED s.v. conjure, 2

Wheron a_greuyd people worke, oftymes their hidden haat oftymes] ofteymes A, oft tymes H

Other with-out respect, I saw a frend or foo

Wt feate worne bare in tracing such, whearas the honours groo

And at deth'deth' written above cancelled 'change' in another hand of a prynce great rowtes reuiued strange

Which faine theare owlde yoke to discharg, reioyced in the change

But when I thought to theise, as heauy euen or more

Shalbe the burden of his raigne, as his that went before

And that a trayne like great upon the deade depend

I gan conclude eache gredy gayne, hath his vncertayne end

In humble spritte is sett, the temple of the Lorde

Wher yf thow enter loke thy mouth, and conscyence may accorde

Whose churtche is buylte of loue, and decte with hoote desyre

And simple fayth the yolden hoost, his marcy doth requyre

Wher perfectly for aye, he in his woord dothe rest

Wt gentill eare to heare thy sute, and graunt to thy request eare] care H

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In boost of owtwarde works, he taketh no delight

Nor wast of wourds suche sacryfice unsauereth're' of 'unsauereth' added above line with caret to original 'unsaueth', in another hand in his sight

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Capitulo .5. Eccles.

When that repentant teares, hathe clensyd clere from ill

The charged brest, and grace hathe wrought, therin amending will

Wt bold demands then may, his mercy well assaile

The speche man [s]ayth, with-owt the which, request may none'ne' of 'none' written above cancelled 't' of an original 'not', in another handsayth] fayth A, sayth H preuaile sayth] fayth A, sayth H

More shall thy pennytent sighes, his endles mercy please

Then their Importune suits which dreame, that words gods wrath appease

For hart contrit of fault, is gladsome recompence

And praier fruict of faythe wherby, god dothe with synne dispence

As ferfull broken slepes, spring from a restles hedde

By chattering of vnholly lippis, is frutles prayer bredde

In wast of wynde I rede, vowe nought vnto the Lord

Wherto thy hart, to bynd thy will, freely doth not accord

For humble uowes fullfilld, by grace right swetly smoks

But bold behests, broken by lusts, the wrath of god prouoks

Yet bett'er' cancelled from an original 'better' with humble hert, thy frayltye to confesse

Then to bost of suche perfitnes, whose works suche fraud expresse

Wt fayned works'ks' of 'works' written above cancelled 'ds' of an original 'words', probably in another hand and othes, contract with god no gyle

Suche craft returns, to thy nown harme, and doth thy-self defile

And thoughe the myst of sinne, perswad such error light

Therby yet ar, thy owtward works, all dampned in his sight

As sondry broken dreames, vs dyuerslye abuse

So ar his errors manifold, that many words dothe use

Wt humble secret playnt fewe words of hotte effect

Honor thy Lord, alowance vaine, of uoyd desart neglect

Thoughe wronge at tymes the right, and welthe eke nede oppresse

Thinke not the hand of Iustice slowe, to followe the redresse

For such unrightius folke, as rule with-outen'en' of 'outen' written above line with caret, in another hand dredd

By some abuse our secret lust, he suffereth to be led

The cheif blisse that in earth, to'to' written above a cancelled 'the' with caret, probably in another hand; H reads 'to' liuing man is lent

Is moderat welth, to nourishe lief, yf he can be content

He that hath but one felde and gredely sekethe nought

To fence the tillers'tillers' added above line to replace a cancelled 'toiling', also added above line with caret, both in another hand; H reads 'tillers' hand from nede, is king within his thought

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But suche as of ther golde, ther only Idoll make

Noe treasure may the rauen of there hungry hands asslake

For he that gapes for good, and h[o]urdeth all his gayne hourdeth] hurdeth A, hordith Hcf whourded, fol. 61

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Trauells'e' of 'trauells' added above line with caret, in another hand in uayne to hyde the sweet, that showld releue his payne

Wher is gret welth their showld, be many a nedy wight

To spend the same and that should be, the richemans cheif delight

The sweet and quiet slepes that weryd limmes oppresse

Begile the night in diet thynnesecond 'n' of 'thynne' added above line, in another hand, and feasts of great excesse

But wakerly the riche, whose lyuely heat with rest

Their charged boolks with change of meats'a of 'meats' corrected from 't' in text hand cannot so sone dygest

An-other righteous'righteous' written above cancelled 'gredy', in another hand; H reads 'rightuous' dome, I sawe of gredy gayne

Wt busye cares suche treasures oft preseruyd to their bayne

The plenteus howsses sackt, the owners end with shame

Their sparkelid goods, their nedy heyres, that showld reioyce the same

From welthe dyspoyled bare, from whence they came they went

Clad in the clothes of pouerte as nature fyrst'y' of 'fyrst' corrected from an original 'u' in text handclothes] Armes H them sent clothes] Armes H

Naked as from the wombe, we came yf we depart

Wt toyle to seeke that wee must leue, what bote to uexe the hart

What lyef leede testeye men then that consume their dayes 'then' is added above the line with caret after 'men', in another hand; a second original 'that' after 'that' is cancelled and 'then' written above it, in another hand, is itself cancelled

In inwarde freets, untempred hates, at stryef with sum alwaies

Then gan I prayce all those, in suche a world of stryffe

As take the profitt of their goods, that may be had in lyffe

For sure the liberall hand, that hath no hart to spare

This fading welthe, but powres it forthe, it is a uertu rare

That maks welth slaue to nede, and gold becom his thrall

Clings not his gutts, with niggishe fare, to heape his chest with-all

But feeds the lusts of kynde, with costely meats and wyne wyne] wynne A

And slacks the hunger and the thurst, of nedy folke that pyne pyne] pynne A

No'No' written above cancelled 'Ne', in another hand gluttons feast I meane in wast of spence to stryue

But temprat'e' cancelled from an original 'temperat' mealles the dulled spryts with ioye thus to reuiue

No care may perce where myrth, hath tempred such a brest

The bitter gaull seasond'e cancelled from an original 'seasoned' with swet suche wysdome may digest.

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Quam bonus Israel Deus. Ps. Lxxiij

Thoughe lorde to Israell thy graces plentuous be

I meane to such with pure intent as fixe their trust in the

Yet whiles the faith did faynt that shold haue ben my guyde

Lyke them that walk in slipper pathes my feet began to slyde

Whiles I did grudge at those that glorey in ther golde

Whose lothsom pryde reioyseth welth in quiet as they wolde

To se by course of yeres what nature doth appere appere] appayre H

The pallayces of princely fourme succede from heire'i' of 'heire' added above line with caret, in text hand to heire

From all such trauailes free as longe to Adams sede

Neither withdrawne from wicked works by daunger nor by dread

Wherof their skornfull pryde and gloried with their eyes

As garments clothe the naked man thus ar they clad in vyce

Thus as they wishe succed[e]s the mischief that they meane succedes] succeds A

Whose glutted'ed' of 'glutted' written over 'en' of an original 'glutten', probably in text hand; H reads 'gluttyd' cheks slouth feads so fatt as scant their eyes be sene

Vnto whose crewell power most men for dred ar fayne

To bend and bow with loftye looks whiles they vawnt in their rayne

And in their bloody hands whose creweltye that frame

The wailfull works that skourge's' cancelled from an original 'skourges' the poore with-out regard of blame

To tempt the liuing god they thinke it no offence

And perce the symple with their tungs that can make no defence

Suche proofes bifore the iust to cawse the harts to wauer

Be sett lyke cupps myngled with gall of bitter tast and sauer lyke] with H

Then saye thy foes in skorne that tast no other foode

But sucke the fleshe of thy elect and bath them in their bloode

Shold we beleue the lorde doth'doth' written above line with caret, probably in text hand know and suffer this

Foled be he with fables vayne that so abused is

In terrour of the iust thus raignes iniquitye iniquitye] iniquititye A

Armed with power laden with gold and dred for crueltye

Then vayne the warr might seme that I by faythe mayntayne

Against the fleshe whose false affects my pure hert wold distayne affects] effectes H

For I am scourged still that no offence haue doon

By wrathes children and from my byrth my chastesing begoon

When I beheld their pryde and slacknes of thy hand

I gan bewaile the wofull state wherin thy chosen stand

And as I sought wherof thy sufferaunce lord shold groo as] whan H

I found no witt cold perce so farr thy hollye domes to knoo

And that no mysteryes nor dought could be distrust

Till I com to the holly place the mansion of the iust

Where I shall se what end thy iustice shall prepare

For such as buyld on worldly welth and dye ther colours faire

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Oh how their ground is false and all their buylding vayne

And they shall fall their power shall faile that did their pryde mayntayne power] powres H

As charged harts with care that dreme some pleasaunt tourne dreme] dreames H

After their sleape fynd their abuse and to their plaint retourne

So shall their glorye faade thy sword of vengeaunce shall

Vnto their dronken eyes in blood disclose their errours all

And when their golden fleece'fleece' written above cancelled 'fleshe', in another hand; H reads 'fleece' is from their backe yshorne

The spotts that vnder-neth wer hidd thy chosen shepe shall skorne

And till that happye daye my hert shall swell in care'care' written above cancelled 'rare', in another hand; H reads 'care'

My eyes yeld teares my yeres consume bitw[e]ne hope and dispayre bitwene] bitwne A

Loo how my sprits ar dull and all thy iudgments darke sprits] spirites H

No mortall hedd may skale so highe but wunder at thy warke

Alas how oft my foes haue framed my decaye

But when I stode in drede to drenche thy hands still did me stay

And in eache voyage that I toke to conquer synne

Thow wert my guyd and gaue me grace to comfort me therin

And when my withered skyn vnto my bones did cleue

And fleshe did wast thy grace did then my simple sprits releue

In other succour then oh lord why should I trust other succour] others succours H

But onely thyn whom I haue found in thy behight so iust

And suche for drede or gayne as shall thy name refuse

Shall perishe with their golden'e' of 'golden' corrected from an original 'o' godds that did their harts seduce

Where I that in thy worde haue set my trust and ioye

The highe reward that longs therto shall quietlye enioye

And my vnworthye lypps inspired with thy grace

Shall thus forespeke thy secret works in sight of Adams race. /

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