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Ægloga septima. ARGVMENT ARGUMENT .

THis This Æglogue is made in the honour and commendation of good shepe-heardes, and to the shame and disprayse of proude and ambitious Pa-stours. Pa-stours, Such such as Morrell is here imagined to bee.
Thomalin. Morrell. IS Is not thilke same a goteheard prowde, that sittes on yonder bancke, Whose straying heard them selfe doth shrowde emong the bushes rancke? Morrell. What ho, thou iollye jollye shepheards swayne, come vp up the hyll to me: Better is, 7. then: than then than the lowly playne, als for thy flocke, and thee. Thomalin. Ah God shield, man, that I should clime, and learne to looke alofte, This reede is ryfe, that oftentime great Great great clymbers fall vnsoft unsoft . Iuly July . And In humble dales is footing fast, the trode is not so tickle trickle trickle tickle : And though one fall through heedlesse hast, yet is his misse not mickle . . And now the Sonne hath reared vp up his fyriefooted teme, Making his way betweene the Cuppe, and golden Diademe: The rampant Lyon hunts he fast, with Dogge of noysome breath, Whose balefull barking bringes in hast pyne, plagues, and dreery death. Agaynst his cruell scortching heate where hast thou couerture coverture ? The wastefull hylls vnto unto his threate is a playne ouerture overture . But if thee lust, to holden chat with seely shepherds swayne, Come downe, and learne 31. the: thee the thee little what, that Thomalin can sayne . . Morrell. Syker, thous but a laesie loord, and rekes much of thy swinck, That with fond termes, and weetlesse words to blere myne eyes doest thinke . . In euill evill houre thou hentest hente[st] hent[st] hent[st] in hond thus holy hylles to blame, For sacred vnto unto saints they stond, and of them han theyr name . . 41. S.: Saint S. St Michels mount who does not know, that wardes the Westerne coste? And of 43. S.: Saint S. St Brigets bowre I trow, all Kent can rightly boaste: And they that con of Muses skill, sayne most what, that they dwell (As goteheards wont) vpon upon a hill, beside a learned well. Iulye Julye . fol.27 G.3. Till And wonned not the great God Pan, vpon upon mount Oliuet Olivet : Feeding the blessed flocke of Dan, which dyd himselfe beget? Thomalin. O blessed sheepe, O shepheard great, that bought his flocke so deare, And them did saue save with bloudy sweat from Wolues Wolves , that would them teare. Morrel. Besyde, as holy fathers sayne, there is a hyllye place, Where Titan ryseth from the mayne, to renne hys dayly race . . Upon whose toppe the starres bene stayed, and all the skie doth leane, There is the caue cave , where Phebe layed, the shepheard long to dreame. Whilome there vsed used shepheards all to feede theyr flocks at will, Till by his foly one did fall, that all the rest did spill. And sithens shepheardes bene foresayd from places of delight: For thy I weene thou be affrayd, to clime this hilles height. Of Synah can I tell thee more, and And and of our Ladyes bowre: But little needes to strow my store, suffice this hill of our. Here han the holy Faunes resourse, and Syluanes Sylvanes haunten rathe. Here has the salt Medway his sourse, wherein the Nymphes doe bathe. The salt Medway, that trickling stremis adowne the dales of Kent: Iulye Julye . Theyr Till with his elder brother Themis his His his brackish waues waves be meynt. Here growes Melampode euery every where, and Teribinth good for Gotes: The one, my madding kiddes to smere, the next, to heale theyr throtes. Hereto, the hills bene nigher heuen heven , and thence the passage ethe. As well can proue prove the piercing leuin levin , that seeldome falls bynethe . . Thomalin. Syker thou speakes lyke a lewde lorrell, of Heauen Heaven to demen so: How be I am but rude and borrell, yet nearer wayes I knowe. To Kerke the narre, from God more farre, has bene an old sayd sawe, ſawe. ſawe, ſaw, ſaw, And he that striues strives to touch the starres, oft stombles at a strawe. [ſt]rawe, [ſt]raw, [ſt]raw. [ſt]raw. Alsoone may shepheard clymbe to skye, that leades in lowly dales, As Goteherd prowd that sitting hye, vpon upon the Mountaine sayles. My seely sheepe like well belowe, they neede not Melampode: For they bene hale enough, I trowe, and liken theyr abode. But if they with thy Gotes should yede, they soone myght be corrupted: Or like not of the frowie fede, or with the weedes be glutted. The hylls, where dwelled holy saints, I reuerence reverence and adore: Not for themselfe, but for the sayncts, which Which which han be dead of yore. And nowe they bene to heauen heaven forewent, theyr good is with them goe: Iulye Julye . fol.28 G.4. With Theyr sample onely to vs us lent, that That that als we mought doe soe. Shepheards they weren of the best, and liued lived in lowlye leas: And sith theyr soules bene now at rest, why done we them disease? Such one he was, (as I haue have heard old Algrind often sayne) That whilome was the first shepheard, and liued lived with little gayne: As meeke he was, as meeke mought be, simple, as simple sheepe, Humble, and like in eche degree the flocke, which he did keepe. Often he vsed used of hys keepe a sacrifice to bring, Nowe with a Kidde, now with a sheepe the Altars hallowing. So lowted he vnto unto hys Lord, such fauour favour couth he fynd, That sithens neuer never was abhord, the simple shepheards kynd. And such I weene the brethren were, that came from Canaan: The brethren twelue twelve , that kept yfere the flockes of mighty Pan. But nothing such thilk shephearde was, whom Ida hyll dyd beare, That left hys flocke, to fetch a lasse, whose loue love he bought to deare: For he was proude, that ill was payd, (no such mought shepheards bee) And with lewde lust was ouerlayd overlayd : tway things doen ill agree: But shepheard mought be meeke and mylde, well eyed, as Argus was, Iulye Julye . They With fleshly follyes vndefyled undefyled , and stoute as steede of brasse. Sike one (sayd Algrin) Moses was, that sawe hys makers face, His face more cleare, 159. then: than then than Christall glasse, and spake to him in place . . This had a brother, (his name I knewe) the first of all his cote, A shepheard trewe, yet not so true, as he that earst I hote . . Whilome all these were lowe, and lief, and loued loved their flocks to feede, They neuer never strouen stroven to be chiefe, and simple was theyr weede. But now (thanked be God therefore) the world is well amend, Their weedes bene not so nighly wore, such simplesse mought them shend: They bene yclad in purple and pall, so hath theyr god them blist, They reigne and rulen ouer over all, and lord it, as they list: Ygyrt with belts of glitterand gold. gold (mought they good sheepeheards bene) bene). Theyr Pan theyr sheepe to them has sold, I saye as some haue have seene. For Palinode (if thou him ken) yode late on Pilgrimage To Rome, (if such be Rome) Kome) Rome) and then he sawe thilke misusage. For shepeheards (sayd he) there doen leade, as Lordes done other where: other where, otherwhere: otherwhere: Theyr sheepe han crustes, and they the bread: the chippes, and they the chere: They han the fleece, and eke the flesh, (O seely sheepe the while) The corne is theyrs, let other thresh, their hands they may not file. Iulye Julye . fol.29 H Morrell. They han great stores, and thriftye stockes, great freendes and feeble foes: What neede hem caren for their flocks? theyr boyes can looke to those. These wisards weltre in welths waues waves , pampred in pleasures deepe, They han fatte kernes, and leany knaues knaves , their fasting flockes to keepe. Sike mister men bene all misgone, they heapen hylles of wrath: Sike syrlye shepheards han we none, they keepen all the path . . Morrell. Here is a great deale of good matter, lost for lacke of telling, Now sicker I see, thou doest but clatter: harme may come of melling. Thou medlest more, 209. then: than then than shall haue have thanke, to wyten shepheards welth: When folke bene fat, and riches rancke, it is a signe of helth. But say me, what is Algrin he, that is so oft bynempt . . Thomalin. He is a shepheard great in gree, gree. gr[ée]. gr[ée], gree, but hath bene long ypent. One daye he sat vpon upon a hyll, (as now thou wouldest me: But I am taught by Algrins ill, to loue love the lowe degree . . ) degree). For sitting so with bared scalpe, an An And an Eagle sored hye, That weening hys whyte head was chalke, a shell fish downe let flye: She weend the shell fishe to haue have broake, but therewith bruzd his brayne, So now astonied with the stroke, he lyes in lingring payne. Iulye Julye . S. Michels Morrell. Ah good Algrin, his hap was ill, but shall be bett better better in time. Now farwell shepheard, sith thys hyll thou hast such doubt to climbe.
Thomalins Palinodes Palinodes Embleme. In medìo virtus.
Morrells Embleme. In summo fœlicitas.
GLOSSE. A Goteheard] Goteheard) By Gotes in scrypture be represented the wicked and reprobate, vvhose whose pastour also must needes be such. Banck) is the seate of honor. Straying heard] heard) which wander out of the waye of truth. Als] Als) for also. Clymbe] Clymbe) spoken of Ambition. Great clymbers] clymbers) according to Seneca Sene-neca his verse, Decidunt celsa grauiore graviore lapsu. lapſus. lapſus. lapſu, lapſu. Mickle] Mickle) much. The sonne] sonne) A reason, why he refuseth to dwell on Mountaines, because there is no shel-ter against the scortching sunne. according According to the time of the yeare, vvhiche whiche is the vvhotest whotest moneth of all. The Cupp and Diademe] Diademe) Be tvvo two signes in the Firmament, through vvhich which the sonne maketh his course in the moneth of Iuly July . Lion] Lion) Thys is Poetically spoken, as if the Sunne did hunt a Lion vvith with one Dogge. The meaning vvhereof whereof is, that in Iuly July the sonne is in Leo. At Leo, at Leo At vvhich which tyme the Dogge starre, vvhich which is called Syrius or Canicula reigneth, vvith with immoderate heate causing Pestilence, drougth, and many diseases. Ouerture] Ouerture] Ouerture) Overture) an open place. The vvord word is borrovved borrowed of the French, & and vsed used in good writers. writers vvriters. Writers. To holden chatt) to talke and prate. A loorde] loorde) vvas was vvont wont among the old Britons to signifie a Lorde. And therefore the Danes, that long time vsurped usurped theyr Tyrannie here in Brytanie, vvere were called for more dread 25. then: than then than and dignitie, Lurdanes .s. Lord Danes. At vvhich which time it is sayd, that the insolencie and pryde of that nation vvas was so outragious in thys Realme, that if it fortuned a Briton to be going ouer over a bridge, and savve sawe the Dane set foote vpon upon the same, he muste retorne back, till the Dane vvere were cleane ouer over , or els a-byde the pryce of his displeasure, which vvas was no lesse, then than present death. But be-ing aftervvarde afterwarde expelled that name of Lurdane became so odious vnto unto the people, whom they had long oppressed, that euen even at this daye they vse use for more reproche, to call the Quartane ague the Feuer Fever Lurdane. Recks much of thy swinck) counts much of thy paynes. VVeetelesse] Weetelesse] VVeetelesse) Weetelesse) not vnderstoode understoode . Iuly July . fol.30 H.2. of 37. S.: Saint S. St Michels mount) is a promontorie in the VVest West part of England. A hill) Parnassus afforesayd. Pan Pan) Christ. Dan) One trybe is put for the whole na-tion per Synecdochen. Synecdochen Synecdochen. VVhere Where Titan) the Sonne. VVhich Which story is to be redde in Diodorus Syc. of the hyl Ida; from whence he sayth, all night time is to bee seene a mightye fire, as if the skye burned, vvhich which tovvard toward morning beginneth to gather into a rownd forme, and thereof ryseth the sonne, whome the Poetes call Titan. Titan: Tytan. The Shepheard] Shepheard) is Endymion, vvhom whom the Poets fayne, to haue have bene so beloued beloved of Phœ-be .s. the Moone, that he vvas was by her kept a sleepe in a caue cave by the space of xxx. yeares, for to enioye enjoye his companye. There) that is in Paradise, vvhere where through errour of shepheards vnderstanding understanding , he sayth, that all shepheards did vse use to feede theyr flocks, till one (that is, Adam) one (that is, Adam), one, (that is Adam one, (that is) Adam one, (that is) Adam, by hys follye and disobedience, made all the rest of hys ofspring be debarred & and shutte out from thence. Synah) a hill in Arabia, vvhere where God appeared. Our Ladyes bovvre bowre ) a place of pleasure so called. Faunes or Syluanes] Sylvanes) be of Poetes feigned to be Gods of the VVoode Woode . Medway] Medway) the name of a Ryuer Ryver in Kent, vvhich which running by Rochester, meeteth with Tha-mes; whom he calleth his elder brother, both borh because he is greater, and also fal-leth sooner into the Sea. Meynt] Meynt) mingled. Melampode and Terebinth] Terebinth) be hearbes good to cure disea-sed Gotes.of Gotes. Of thone speaketh Mantuane, and of thother Theocritus. τερμινθου τρώγων ἔσχατον ἀκρέμονα. [τε]ρμινθ[ου] [τρ]ά[γω]ν ἔ[σχα]τον ἀ[κρ]έ[μο]να. Terminthou Tragoon eíkaton acremona. Nigher heauen] heaven] heauen) heaven) Note the shepheards simplenesse, vvhich which supposeth that from the hylls is nearer waye to heauen heaven . Leuin] Levin] Leuin) Levin) Lightning; vvhich which he taketh for an argument, to proue prove the nighnes to heauen heaven , be-cause the lightning doth comenly light on hygh mountaynes, according to the saying of the Poete. Feriuntque summos fulmina montes. Lorrell] Lorrell) A losell. A borrell.] borrell) a playne fellowe. Narre] Narre) nearer. Hale] Hale) for hole. Yede] Yede) goe. Frovvye] Frowye] Frovvye) Frowye) mustye or mossie. Of yore] yore) long agoe. Forevvente] Forewente] Forevvente) Forewente) gone afore. The firste shepheard] shepheard) vvas was Abell the righteous, vvho who (as scripture sayth) bent hys mind to keeping of sheepe, as did hys brother Cain to tilling the grownde. His keepe] keepe) hys charge s. charge ſ. charge.ſ. charge,i. charge.i. his flocke. Lovvted] Lowted] Lovvted) Lowted) did honour and reuerence reverence . The brethren] brethren) the twelue twelve sonnes of Iacob Jacob , vvhych whych vvere were shepemaisters, and lyued lyved onelye thereupon. VVhom Whom Ida] Ida) Paris, which being the sonne of Priamus king of Troy, for his mother He-cubas dreame, vvhich which being vvith with child of hym, dreamed shee broughte forth a firebrand, that set all the towre of Ilium on fire, was cast forth on the hyll Ida; vvhere where being fostered of shepheards, he eke in time be came became a shepheard, and lastly came to knovvledge knowledge of his parentage. A lasse] lasse) Helena the vvyfe wyfe of Menelaus king of Lacedemonia, vvas was by Venus for the golden Aple to her geuen geven , then promised to Paris, who thereupon vvith with a sorte of lustye Troyanes, stole her out of Lacedemonia, and kept her in Troye. which Which vvas was the cause of the tenne yeares warre in Troye, and the moste famous citye Iulye Julye . of all Asia most lamentably sacked and defaced. Argus] Argus) was of the Poets deuised devised to be full of eyes, and therefore to hym was committed the keeping of the transformed Covv Cow Io: So called because that in the print of a Covves Cowes foote, there is figured an I in the middest of an O. His name) he meaneth Aaron: whose name for more Decorum, the shephearde sayth he hath forgot, lest his remembraunce and skill in antiquities of holy vvrit writ should seeme to exceede the meanenesse of the Person. Not so true) for Aaron in the absence of Moses started aside, and committed Idolatry. In purple] purple) Spoken of the Popes and Cardinalles, vvhich which vse use such tyrannical colours and pompous paynting. Belts) Girdles. Glitterand) Glittering. a Participle A Participle vsed used sometime in Chaucer, but altogether in I. J. Goore. Goore Theyr Pan) that is the Pope, vvhom whom they count theyr God and greatest shepheard. Palinode) A shephearde, of vvhose whose report he seemeth to speake all thys. VVisards Wisards ) greate learned heads. VVelter Welter ) wallovve wallowe . Kerne) a Churle or Farmer. Sike mister men) such kinde of men. Surly) stately and provvde. prowde. provvde prowde. proude. Melling) medling. Bett) better. Bynempte) named. Gree) for degree. Algrin) Algrin Algrin Algrin, Algrind, the name of a shepheard afforesayde, vvhose whose myshap he alludeth to the chaunce, that happened to the Poet Æschylus, that was brayned with a shellfishe. Embleme. By thys poesye Thomalin confirmeth that, vvhich which in hys former speach by sondrye rea-sons he had proued proved . for For being both hymselfe sequestred from all ambition and also abhorring it in others of hys cote, he taketh occasion to prayse the meane and lovvly lowly state, as that wherein is safetie vvithout without feare, and quiet without danger, according to the saying of olde Philosophers, that vertue dwelleth in the middest, being enuironed environed vvith with tvvo two contrary vices: vvhereto whereto Morrell replieth vvith with continuaunce of the same Philosophers opinion, that albeit all bountye dvvelleth dwelleth in mediocritie, yet perfect felicitye dvvelleth dwelleth in supremacie. For they for they For, they say, and most true it is, that happinesse is placed in the highest degree, so as if any thing be higher or better, then that streight way ceaseth to be perfect happines. Much like to that, vvhich which once I heard alleaged in defence of humilitye out of a great doctour, Suorum Christus humillimus: which saying a gentle man in the company taking at the rebownd, beate backe again vvith with lyke saying of ano-ther Doctoure, as he sayde, ſayde. ſayd, ſayde, ſaid, Suorum deus altissimus alli[ſſ]imus alliſsimus alti[ſſ]imus altiſſimus .
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