No More Learning

. . Court. _1633_, _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _N_,
_S96_, _TC:_ And am I then from Court? _1635-69_

art. _1650-69:_ art, _1633-39_]

[57 East-Indian _A18_, _A23_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _N_,
_O'F_, _S96_, _TC:_ Indian _1633-69_]

[61 inward _A18_, _A23_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_,
_S96_, _TC:_ inner _1633-69_]

[75 present] represent _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[78 trust? _Ed:_ trust. _1633-39:_ trust, _1650-69_]

[84 pretend? _Ed:_ pretend. _1633-69_]

[85 more, _1633:_ more. _1635-69_]

[86 before. _1633-69:_ before, _Chambers_. _See note_]

[92 withdrew. ] withdrew _1633_]

[96 say. _1635-69:_ say, _1633_]

[98 joy, . . . some; _Ed:_ joy; . . . some, _1633:_ joy; . . . some.
_1635-69_]

[EPITHALAMION. _D_, _H49_, _Lec_, _O'F_, _S96:_ _om. 1633-69_.
_See note_]

[107 expire,] expire _1633-39_]

[108 by _1633:_ from _1635-69_]

[121 man. _1669_, _D:_ man, _1633-39:_ man; _1650-54_]

[124 or] our _1669_]

[126 both th'enflaming eyes, _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _N_,
_O'F_, _S96_, _TC:_ th'enflaming eye, _1633:_ the enflaming
eye, _1635-69_]

[128 Singly, _A18_, _A23_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _N_, _O'F_, _S96_,
_TC:_ Single, _1633-69_, _Lec_]

[129 Yet let _A23_, _O'F:_ Let _1633-69_]

[141 should'st] should _1669_

it. _1635-69:_ it, _1633_]

[144 Thou, which _D:_ Thou, which, _1633:_ Thou which,
_1635-69_]

[145 Art _A18_, _B_, _S96_, _TCC:_ Are _1633_, _D_, _H49_,
_Lec_, _N_, _TCD:_ Wert _1635-69_, _O'F_

for] for, _1633_]

[Phaeton. _1635-69:_ Phaeton, _1633_]

[146 ease, . . . eyes _1635-69:_ ease, . . . eyes, _1633_]

[150 see. _1633-69:_ see; _Grolier_. _But see note_]

[157 stoope, . . . us _1633-69:_ stoope, . . . us, _1633_]

[167 more; _Ed:_ more, _1633:_ more. _1635-69_]

[170 or thought] Or thought _1633_]

[172 sing, _1633:_ sing: _1635-69_]

[178 you, yours, _A23_, _B_, _D_, _O'F_, _S96_

give, _1633:_ give. _1635-69_]

[179 Art. _Ed:_ Art, _1633-69_]

[194 wouldst] would _1669_]

[200 too; _Ed:_ too. _1635-69:_ to. _1633_]

[202 being gone; _Ed:_ being gone, _1633-39:_ being gone
_1650-69_]

[207 such. _1635-69:_ such, _1633_]

[211 seene; _Ed:_ seene. _1633-69_]

[214 eye] hand _1650-69_]

[215 burnt] burn _1669_]

[218 divine. _1635-69:_ divine; _1633_]

[230 all; _1635-69:_ all, _1633_]




_Epithalamion made at Lincolnes Inne. _


The Sun-beames in the East are spred,
Leave, leave, faire Bride, your solitary bed,
No more shall you returne to it alone,
It nourseth sadnesse, and your bodies print,
Like to a grave, the yielding downe doth dint; 5
You and your other you meet there anon;
Put forth, put forth that warme balme-breathing thigh,
Which when next time you in these sheets wil smother,
There it must meet another,
Which never was, but must be, oft, more nigh; 10
Come glad from thence, goe gladder then you came,
_To day put on perfection, and a womans name_.

Daughters of London, you which bee
Our Golden Mines, and furnish'd Treasurie,
You which are Angels, yet still bring with you 15
Thousands of Angels on your mariage daies,
Help with your presence and devise to praise
These rites, which also unto you grow due;
Conceitedly dresse her, and be assign'd,
By you, fit place for every flower and jewell, 20
Make her for love fit fewell
As gay as Flora, and as rich as Inde;
So may shee faire, rich, glad, and in nothing lame,
_To day put on perfection, and a womans name_.
And you frolique Patricians, 25
Sonns of these Senators wealths deep oceans,
Ye painted courtiers, barrels of others wits,
Yee country men, who but your beasts love none,
Yee of those fellowships whereof hee's one,
Of study and play made strange Hermaphrodits, 30
Here shine; This Bridegroom to the Temple bring.
Loe, in yon path which store of straw'd flowers graceth,
The sober virgin paceth;
Except my sight faile, 'tis no other thing;
Weep not nor blush, here is no griefe nor shame, 35
_To day put on perfection, and a womans name_.

Thy two-leav'd gates faire Temple unfold,
And these two in thy sacred bosome hold,
Till, mystically joyn'd, but one they bee;
Then may thy leane and hunger-starved wombe 40
Long time expect their bodies and their tombe,
Long after their owne parents fatten thee.
All elder claimes, and all cold barrennesse,
All yeelding to new loves bee far for ever,
Which might these two dissever, 45
All wayes all th'other may each one possesse;
For, the best Bride, best worthy of praise and fame,
_To day puts on perfection, and a womans name_.

Oh winter dayes bring much delight,
Not for themselves, but for they soon bring night; 50
Other sweets wait thee then these diverse meats,
Other disports then dancing jollities,
Other love tricks then glancing with the eyes,
But that the Sun still in our halfe Spheare sweates;
Hee flies in winter, but he now stands still. 55
Yet shadowes turne; Noone point he hath attain'd,
His steeds nill bee restrain'd,
But gallop lively downe the Westerne hill;
Thou shalt, when he hath runne the worlds half frame,
_To night put on perfection, and a womans name_. 60

The amorous evening starre is rose,
Why then should not our amorous starre inclose
Her selfe in her wish'd bed? Release your strings
Musicians, and dancers take some truce
With these your pleasing labours, for great use 65
As much wearinesse as perfection brings;
You, and not only you, but all toyl'd beasts
Rest duly; at night all their toyles are dispensed;
But in their beds commenced
Are other labours, and more dainty feasts; 70
She goes a maid, who, least she turne the same,
_To night puts on perfection, and a womans name_.

Thy virgins girdle now untie,
And in thy nuptiall bed (loves altar) lye
A pleasing sacrifice; now dispossesse 75
Thee of these chaines and robes which were put on
T'adorne the day, not thee; for thou, alone,
Like vertue'and truth, art best in nakednesse;
This bed is onely to virginitie
A grave, but, to a better state, a cradle; 80
Till now thou wast but able
To be what now thou art; then that by thee
No more be said, _I may bee_, but, _I am_,
_To night put on perfection, and a womans name_.
Even like a faithfull man content, 85
That this life for a better should be spent,
So, shee a mothers rich stile doth preferre,
And at the Bridegroomes wish'd approach doth lye,
Like an appointed lambe, when tenderly
The priest comes on his knees t'embowell her; 90
Now sleep or watch with more joy; and O light
Of heaven, to morrow rise thou hot, and early;
This Sun will love so dearely
Her rest, that long, long we shall want her sight;
Wonders are wrought, for shee which had no maime, 95
_To night puts on perfection, and a womans name_.


[Epithalamion _&c. _ _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD_
Epithalamion on a Citizen. _A34_, _B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96:_
_do. _ of the La: Eliz: _P:_ Epithalamion. _W_]

[4 bodies _1635-69 and MSS. :_ body _1633_]

[8 smother, _1650-69:_ smother _1633-39_]

[17 presence _Ed:_ presence, _1633-69_. _See note_]

[22 faire, rich, glad, and in _A18_, _N_, _TC_, _W:_ faire and
rich, in _1633-69_, _B_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_]

[25 Patricians,] Patricians _1633_]

[26 Sonns of . . . deep oceans, _Ed:_ Some of these Senators
wealths deep oceans, _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ Sonnes of these
Senatours, wealths deep oceans _W:_ Sonnes of those Senatours,
wealths deepe oceans, _1635-69_, _B_, _O'F_, _S96_ (_but_
Senators _O'F_, _S96_). _See note_]

[29 those fellowships] that Fellowship _S96_]

[31 bring. _W:_ bring _1633-39:_ bring, _1650-69_]

[32 straw'd] strow'd _1669_]

[42 thee. _1635-69:_ thee; _1633_]

[46 All wayes _W:_ Alwaies, _1633:_ Alwayes, _1635-69_]

[49 Oh winter dayes _A34_, _B_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_, _W:_ Winter
dayes _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[53 eyes, _1635-69:_ eyes; _1633_]

[55 still. _W:_ still, _1633-69_]

[57 nill _W:_ will _1633-69 and rest of MSS. :_ _B inserts_
not. _See note_]

[59 runne the worlds halfe frame, _A34_, _B_, _S96_, _W:_
runne the Heavens halfe frame, _1635-69_, _O'F:_ come the
worlds half frame, _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[60 _put_] _but_ _1633_]

[72 _puts_] _put_ _1669_]

[73 Thy virgins girdle _1633-69_, _W:_ The Virgin Girdle _B_,
_O'F_, _S96:_ Thy Virgin girdle _P_]

[74 [loves alter] _1633-69_]

[76 were] wee _some copies of 1633_, _Grolier_]

[78 art] are _1669_]

[86 spent, _Ed:_ spent; _1633:_ spent: _1635-69_]

[95 maime, _1633_, _W:_ name, _1635-69_, _A18_, _A34_, _B_,
_N_, _P_, _S96_, _TC_]




SATYRES.


_Satyre I. _

Away thou fondling motley humorist,
Leave mee, and in this standing woodden chest,
Consorted with these few bookes, let me lye
In prison, and here be coffin'd, when I dye;
Here are Gods conduits, grave Divines; and here 5
Natures Secretary, the Philosopher;
And jolly Statesmen, which teach how to tie
The sinewes of a cities mistique bodie;
Here gathering Chroniclers, and by them stand
Giddie fantastique Poets of each land. 10
Shall I leave all this constant company,
And follow headlong, wild uncertaine thee?
First sweare by thy best love in earnest
(If thou which lov'st all, canst love any best)
Thou wilt not leave mee in the middle street, 15
Though some more spruce companion thou dost meet,
Not though a Captaine do come in thy way
Bright parcell gilt, with forty dead mens pay,
Not though a briske perfum'd piert Courtier
Deigne with a nod, thy courtesie to answer. 20
Nor come a velvet Justice with a long
Great traine of blew coats, twelve, or fourteen strong,
Wilt thou grin or fawne on him, or prepare
A speech to Court his beautious sonne and heire!
For better or worse take mee, or leave mee: 25
To take, and leave mee is adultery.
Oh monstrous, superstitious puritan,
Of refin'd manners, yet ceremoniall man,
That when thou meet'st one, with enquiring eyes
Dost search, and like a needy broker prize 30
The silke, and gold he weares, and to that rate
So high or low, dost raise thy formall hat:
That wilt consort none, untill thou have knowne
What lands hee hath in hope, or of his owne,
As though all thy companions should make thee 35
Jointures, and marry thy deare company.
Why should'st thou (that dost not onely approve,
But in ranke itchie lust, desire, and love
The nakednesse and barenesse to enjoy,
Of thy plumpe muddy whore, or prostitute boy) 40
Hate vertue, though shee be naked, and bare?
At birth, and death, our bodies naked are;
And till our Soules be unapparrelled
Of bodies, they from blisse are banished.
Mans first blest state was naked, when by sinne 45
Hee lost that, yet hee was cloath'd but in beasts skin,
And in this course attire, which I now weare,
With God, and with the Muses I conferre.
But since thou like a contrite penitent,
Charitably warn'd of thy sinnes, dost repent 50
These vanities, and giddinesses, loe
I shut my chamber doore, and come, lets goe.
But sooner may a cheape whore, who hath beene
Worne by as many severall men in sinne,
As are black feathers, or musk-colour hose, 55
Name her childs right true father, 'mongst all those:
Sooner may one guesse, who shall beare away
The Infanta of London, Heire to an India;
And sooner may a gulling weather Spie
By drawing forth heavens Scheme tell certainly 60
What fashioned hats, or ruffes, or suits next yeare
Our subtile-witted antique youths will weare;
Then thou, when thou depart'st from mee, canst show
Whither, why, when, or with whom thou wouldst go.
But how shall I be pardon'd my offence 65
That thus have sinn'd against my conscience?
Now we are in the street; He first of all
Improvidently proud, creepes to the wall,
And so imprisoned, and hem'd in by mee
Sells for a little state his libertie; 70
Yet though he cannot skip forth now to greet
Every fine silken painted foole we meet,
He them to him with amorous smiles allures,
And grins, smacks, shrugs, and such an itch endures,
As prentises, or schoole-boyes which doe know 75
Of some gay sport abroad, yet dare not goe.
And as fidlers stop lowest, at highest sound,
So to the most brave, stoops hee nigh'st the ground.
But to a grave man, he doth move no more
Then the wise politique horse would heretofore, 80
Or thou O Elephant or Ape wilt doe,
When any names the King of Spaine to you.
Now leaps he upright, Joggs me, & cryes, Do you see
Yonder well favoured youth? Which? Oh, 'tis hee
That dances so divinely; Oh, said I, 85
Stand still, must you dance here for company?
Hee droopt, wee went, till one (which did excell
Th'Indians, in drinking his Tobacco well)
Met us; they talk'd; I whispered, let'us goe,
'T may be you smell him not, truely I doe; 90
He heares not mee, but, on the other side
A many-coloured Peacock having spide,
Leaves him and mee; I for my lost sheep stay;
He followes, overtakes, goes on the way,
Saying, him whom I last left, all repute 95
For his device, in hansoming a sute,
To judge of lace, pinke, panes, print, cut, and plight,
Of all the Court, to have the best conceit;
Our dull Comedians want him, let him goe;
But Oh, God strengthen thee, why stoop'st thou so? 100
Why? he hath travayld; Long? No; but to me
(Which understand none,) he doth seeme to be
Perfect French, and Italian; I replyed,
So is the Poxe; He answered not, but spy'd
More men of fort, of parts, and qualities; 105
At last his Love he in a windowe spies,
And like light dew exhal'd, he flings from mee
Violently ravish'd to his lechery.
Many were there, he could command no more;
Hee quarrell'd fought, bled; and turn'd out of dore 110
Directly came to mee hanging the head,
And constantly a while must keepe his bed.


[Satyre I. _1633-69_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _P_, _Q_, _S_,
_W:_ Satyre the Second. _or_ Satyre 2. _A25_, _B_, _O'F:_
Satyre. _or_ A Satyre of Mr. John Donnes. _Cy_, _L74_, _S96:_
_no title_ (_but placed first_), _H51_, _N_, _TCD_]

[1 fondling _1633_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _TCD:_ changeling
_1635-69_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _O'F_,
_P_, _Q_, _S96_, _W_]

[5 conduits, . . . Divines; _1650-69_, _Q:_ conduits; . . .
Divines, _1633-39_]

[6 Is Natures Secretary, _1669_, _S96_

Philosopher; _Ed:_ Philosopher. _1633-39:_ Philosopher:
_1659-69_]

[7 jolly _1633_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_,
_L74_, _N_, _Q_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ wily _1635-69_,
_O'F:_ with _P_]

[12 headlong, wild uncertaine thee? _1633:_ _om. comma 1635-69
and Grolier_]

[13 love in earnest _1633_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_,
_H51_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_,
_W:_ love, here, in earnest _1635-69_, _O'F_]

[16 dost. meet,] doe meet. _H51_, _Q_, _W_]

[19 Not _1633-69_, _A25_, _Lec_, _P_, _Q:_ Nor _Cy_, _D_,
_H49_, _L74_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W_

piert] neat _Q_]

[23 Wilt _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD:_ Shalt _A25_,
_B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _S96_,
_W_]

[24 heire! _Ed:_ heire? _1633-69_]

[25 or worse _1633-69_, _Cy_, _D_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_,
_Q_, _TCD:_ and worse _A25_, _B_, _H49_, _H51_, _S96_, _W:_ or
for worse _P:_ and for worse _JC_]

[27 Oh monstrous,] A (_i. e. _ Ah) _or_ O Monster, _B_, _D_,
_H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _W_]

[29 eyes _1635-69:_ eyes; _1633_]

[32 raise _1633-69_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_,
_TCD:_ vaile _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _JC_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _W_

hat:] hate: _1633_]

[33 consort none,] consort with none, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_,
_S96_

untill] till _1669_]

[37-40 _brackets_ _1650-69_, _Q:_ that . . . boy _1633:_ that
. . . boy; _1635-39_]

[39 barenesse _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _O'F_,
_Q_, _W:_ barrennesse _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S_,
_TCD_]

[40 Of] of _1633:_ or _1633_, _1669:_ _om. 1635-54_]

[41 bare? _1635-69:_ bare, _1633_]

[45 first blest _1633-69_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_,
_N_, _TCD_, _W:_ first best _A25_, _B_, _H51_, _JC_, _O'F_,
_P_, _Q_, _S_]

[46 yet _1633_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _L74_,
_Lec_, _N_, _Q_, _S_, _TCD:_ _om. 1635-69_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_]

[47 weare, _1650-69:_ weare _1633-39_]

[50 warn'd] warm'd _1633_]

[52 goe. _1635-69:_ goe, _1633_]

[54 Worne by] Worne out by _1650-69_]

[55 musk-colour _1633-35_, _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_,
_TCD_, _W:_ musk-coloured _1639-69_, _A25_, _P_, _Q_]

[58 The Infanta . . . India; _Ed:_ The Infanta . . . India,
_A25_, _O'F_, _Q:_ The infant . . . India, _1633-54 and MSS.
generally:_ The Infantry of London, hence to India: _1669_]

[60 Scheme _1635-69_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_,
_Q:_ schemes _L74_, _S:_ sceames _N:_ Sceanes _1633_, _Cy_,
_Lec_, _TCD:_ scene _P_]

[62 subtile-witted _D_, _H49:_ subtile wittied _1633-54_,
_L74_, _N_, _TCD:_ supple-witted _A25_, _JC_ (_altered to_
subtle), _H51_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ giddy-headed _1669_

youths] youth _1669_]

[63 depart'st from mee] depart'st from hence _Cy_, _D_, _H49_,
_H51_, _O'F_, _S_, _W:_ departest hence _A25_, _Q_, _S96_

canst _JC, Q:_ can _1633-69 and many MSS. _]

[66 conscience? ] conscience. _1633_]

[70 state] room _H51_

his _1635-69 and all MSS. :_ high _1633_, _Chambers_

libertie;] libertie, _1633_]

[73 them] then _1633_]

[78 stoops _1635-69_, _A25_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _O'F_,
_Q:_ stoopeth _B_, _P:_ stoopt _1633_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_,
_TCD_

nigh'st the ground. ] nighest ground. _D_, _H49_, _P_, _Q_,
_W_]

[81-2 _om. 1633_]

[84 youth? _1635-69:_ youth; _1633_

Oh,] Yea, _A25_, _B_, _H51_, _JC_, _Q_, _W_]

[86 here] so _H51_]

[89 us; _Ed:_ us: _1635-69:_ us, _1633_

whispered, let'us goe, _Ed:_ whispered, let us goe, _1633-54:_
whisperd, let us goe, _1669:_ whispered (letts goe) _Q_. _See
note_]

[90 'T may be] May be _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _O'F_,
_P_, _Q_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]

[94 goes on the way,] goes, on the way _D_, _H49_, _Q_(in),
_W_(in)]

[95 all repute _1635-69 and MSS. generally:_ s'all repute
_1633_, _Lec_]

[97 print, cut, and plight (pleite, _1635-39:_ pleit,
_1650-69_), _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD:_ cut, print,
or pleate (pleight _&c. _), _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_,
_H51_, _JC_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S96_, _W_]

[100 stoop'st _1633_, _1669_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_,
_JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _Q_, _TCD:_ stop'st. _1635-54_,
_O'F_]

[101 Why? he hath travayld; Long? No; but to me _S96:_ Why:
he hath travayld. Long? No: but to mee _W:_ Why, hee hath
travayl'd. Long? no. But to mee _H49:_ Why he hath travayld;
Longe? Noe: but to mee _JC:_ Why, he hath travailed (traveled
_1635-39_) long? no, but to me _1633-39:_ Why hath he
travelled long? no, but to me _1650-54_, _P:_ Why. He hath
travelled long; no, but to me _1669_. _See note_]

[102 understand] understood _1669:_ _brackets from Q_. _See
note_]

[105 and qualities;] of qualities; _Lec_, _P_, _Q_, _S96_]

[106 a] _om. 1669_]

[108 lechery. _1635-69 and MSS:_ liberty; _1633_]

[109 were there, _1633-39:_ there were, _1650-69_]




_Satyre II. _

Sir; though (I thanke God for it) I do hate
Perfectly all this towne, yet there's one state
In all ill things so excellently best,
That hate, toward them, breeds pitty towards the rest.
Though Poetry indeed be such a sinne 5
As I thinke that brings dearths, and Spaniards in,
Though like the Pestilence and old fashion'd love,
Ridlingly it catch men; and doth remove
Never, till it be sterv'd out; yet their state
Is poore, disarm'd, like Papists, not worth hate. 10
One, (like a wretch, which at Barre judg'd as dead,
Yet prompts him which stands next, and cannot reade,
And saves his life) gives ideot actors meanes
(Starving himselfe) to live by his labor'd sceanes;
As in some Organ, Puppits dance above 15
And bellows pant below, which them do move.
One would move Love by rithmes; but witchcrafts charms
Bring not now their old feares, nor their old harmes:
Rammes, and slings now are seely battery,
Pistolets are the best Artillerie. 20
And they who write to Lords, rewards to get,
Are they not like singers at doores for meat?
And they who write, because all write, have still
That excuse for writing, and for writing ill;
But hee is worst, who (beggarly) doth chaw 25
Others wits fruits, and in his ravenous maw
Rankly digested, doth those things out-spue,
As his owne things; and they are his owne, 'tis true,
For if one eate my meate, though it be knowne
The meate was mine, th'excrement is his owne: 30
But these do mee no harme, nor they which use
To out-doe Dildoes, and out-usure Jewes;
To out-drinke the sea, to out-sweare the Letanie;
Who with sinnes all kindes as familiar bee
As Confessors; and for whose sinfull sake, 35
Schoolemen new tenements in hell must make:
Whose strange sinnes, Canonists could hardly tell
In which Commandements large receit they dwell.
But these punish themselves; the insolence
Of Coscus onely breeds my just offence, 40
Whom time (which rots all, and makes botches poxe,
And plodding on, must make a calfe an oxe)
Hath made a Lawyer, which was (alas) of late
But a scarce Poet; jollier of this state,
Then are new benefic'd ministers, he throwes 45
Like nets, or lime-twigs, wheresoever he goes,
His title of Barrister, on every wench,
And wooes in language of the Pleas, and Bench:
A motion, Lady; Speake Coscus; I have beene
In love, ever since _tricesimo_ of the Queene, 50
Continuall claimes I have made, injunctions got
To stay my rivals suit, that hee should not
Proceed; spare mee; In Hillary terme I went,
You said, If I return'd next size in Lent,
I should be in remitter of your grace; 55
In th'interim my letters should take place
Of affidavits: words, words, which would teare
The tender labyrinth of a soft maids eare,
More, more, then ten Sclavonians scolding, more
Then when winds in our ruin'd Abbeyes rore. 60
When sicke with Poetrie, and possest with muse
Thou wast, and mad, I hop'd; but men which chuse
Law practise for meere gaine, bold soule, repute
Worse then imbrothel'd strumpets prostitute.
Now like an owlelike watchman, hee must walke 65
His hand still at a bill, now he must talke
Idly, like prisoners, which whole months will sweare
That onely suretiship hath brought them there,
And to every suitor lye in every thing,
Like a Kings favourite, yea like a King; 70
Like a wedge in a blocke, wring to the barre,
Bearing-like Asses; and more shamelesse farre
Then carted whores, lye, to the grave Judge; for
Bastardy abounds not in Kings titles, nor
Symonie and Sodomy in Churchmens lives, 75
As these things do in him; by these he thrives.
Shortly (as the sea) hee will compasse all our land;
From Scots, to Wight; from Mount, to Dover strand.
And spying heires melting with luxurie,
Satan will not joy at their sinnes, as hee. 80
For as a thrifty wench scrapes kitching-stuffe,
And barrelling the droppings, and the snuffe,
Of wasting candles, which in thirty yeare
(Relique-like kept) perchance buyes wedding geare;
Peecemeale he gets lands, and spends as much time 85
Wringing each Acre, as men pulling prime.
In parchments then, large as his fields, hee drawes
Assurances, bigge, as gloss'd civill lawes,
So huge, that men (in our times forwardnesse)
Are Fathers of the Church for writing lesse. 90
These hee writes not; nor for these written payes,
Therefore spares no length; as in those first dayes
When Luther was profest, He did desire
Short _Pater nosters_, saying as a Fryer
Each day his beads, but having left those lawes, 95
Addes to Christs prayer, the Power and glory clause.
But when he sells or changes land, he'impaires
His writings, and (unwatch'd) leaves out, _ses heires_,
As slily as any Commenter goes by
Hard words, or sense; or in Divinity 100
As controverters, in vouch'd Texts, leave out
Shrewd words, which might against them cleare the doubt.
Where are those spred woods which cloth'd hertofore
Those bought lands? not built, nor burnt within dore.
Where's th'old landlords troops, and almes? In great hals 106
Carthusian fasts, and fulsome Bachanalls
Equally I hate; meanes blesse; in rich mens homes
I bid kill some beasts, but no Hecatombs,
None starve, none surfet so; But (Oh) we allow,
Good workes as good, but out of fashion now, 110
Like old rich wardrops; but my words none drawes
Within the vast reach of th'huge statute lawes.


[Satyre II. : _1633-69_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _HN_ (after C. B.
copy _in margin_), _JC_, _Lec_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ Satyre 3rd.
_A25:_ Law Satyre. _P:_ Satire. _or no title_, _B_, _Cy_,
_L74_, _N_, _O'F_, _S96_, _TCD_]

[2-3

_there is one_
All this towne perfectly yet in every state
_In all ill things so excellently best_
There are some found so villainously best, _H51_

All this towne perfectly yet everie state
Hath in't one found so villainously best _S96_
]

[4 toward] towards _1669_ and _MSS.
_

them,] that _A25_

towards] toward _1653-54_

rest. ] rest; _1633_]

[6 As I thinke that _1633:_ As I thinke That _1635-54:_ As,
I think, that _1669:_ As I'ame afraid brings _H51_ dearths,
_A25_, _H51_, _HN_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD_, _W:_ dearth,
_1633-69_, _D_, _H49_]

[7 and] or _A25_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _O'F_, _P_, _S96_, _W_]

[8 Ridlingly it _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD_ It
riddlinglie _rest of MSS. _]

[10 hate. _Ed:_ hate: _1633-69_]

[12 cannot _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD:_ could not
_rest of MSS. _]

[14 sceanes; _Ed:_ sceanes. _1633-69 and Chambers_]

[15 Organ _1633-54_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD:_ Organs _1669
and rest of MSS. _]

[16 move. _1633-69:_ move, _Chambers_. _See note_]

[17 rithmes; _1633-69_, _Lec_, _Q_, _TCD:_ rimes; _A25_, _B_,
_Cy_ (rime), _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _N_, _O'F_,
_P_, _W_]

[18 harmes: _Ed:_ harmes. _1633-69_]

[19 Rammes, and slings] Rimes and songs _P_]

[22 singers at doores _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD:_
Boyes singing at dore (_or_ dores) _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_,
_H51_, _HN_, _JC_, _O'F_ (_corrected from_ singers), _P_, _Q_
(at a dore), _S_, _W:_ singers at mens dores _A25_]

[24 excuse] scuse _MSS. _]

[32 To out-doe Dildoes, _1635-69, B, H51, L74, Lec, N, P, Q,
TCD:_ To out-doe ----; _1633:_ To out-swive dildoes _Cy_, _D_,
_H49_, _HN_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]

[33 Letanie; _Ed:_ Letanie, _1669 and all MSS. :_ ---- _1633:_
_simply omit_, _1635-39:_ gallant, he _1650-54_. _See note_]

[34 sinnes all kindes _1635-69_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_,
_H51_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _N_, _O'F_, _Q_, _S_, _TCD_, _W:_
sinnes of all kindes _1633_, _Cy_ (kind), _Lec, P_]

[35-6 sake, Schoolemen _1669:_ sake Schoolemen, _1633-54_]

[40 just _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD:_ great _A25_,
_B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _HN_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_,
_S96_, _W:_ harts _JC_]

[43 Lawyer, _Ed:_ Lawyer; _1633-69_

which was (alas) of late _Ed:_ which was alas of late _1633:_
which, (alas) of late _1635-69_]

[44 a scarce _A25_, _H49_, _H51_, _HN_, _JC_ (_altered in
margin_), _L74_, _Q_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ scarce a _1633-69_,
_D_, _Lec_, _P_

Poet; _1635-69:_ Poet, _1633_

this _1633-69:_ that _A25_, _Cy_, _H51_, _Q:_ his _HN_, _JC_,
_O'F_, _S_]

[49 Lady; _Ed:_ Lady, _1633:_ Lady. _1635-39:_ Lady: _1650-69_

Coscus; _1633:_ Coscus. _1635-69_]

[53 Proceed; _1669:_ Proceed, _1633-54_]

[54 return'd] Returne _1633_ next size _1633-69_, _L74_,
_Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCD:_ this size _rest of MSS. _]

[58 soft maids eare, _Ed:_ soft maids eare. _1633-54 and
MSS. :_ Maids soft ear _1669_]

[59 scolding] scolding's _1669_]

[60 rore. ] rore; _1633_]

[63 gaine, bold soule, repute _Ed:_ gaine; bold soule repute
_1633-69_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _HN_, _L74_, _P_,
_W:_ gayne (bold soule) repute: _Q:_ gain, bold souls repute
_1719 and Chambers:_ gayne, hold soule repute _A25_, _N_, _S_,
_TCD, and Lowell's conjecture in Grolier_. _See note_]

[68 That] The _Chambers_]

[69-70 _These lines represented by dashes_, _1633_]

[70 yea _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _HN_, _JC_,
_L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ or
_1635-69_]

[72 Bearing-like Asses; _Ed:_ Bearing like Asses, _1633-69 and
MSS. _]

[73 whores, _1633-69:_ whores; _Chambers and Grolier_. _See
note_]

[74-5 _These lines represented by dashes_, _1633_]

[77 our land;] our land, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_,
_HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_,
_W:_ the land; _1633-69_, _Q_]

[79 luxurie, _1633-69_, _A25_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_
(_corr. fr. _ Gluttony), _P_, _Q_, _TCD:_ Gluttony _B_, _Cy_,
_D_, _H49_, _H51_, _HN_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]

[80 will] would _A25_, _Q_]

[84 Relique-like _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _L74_, _N_,
_O'F_, _Q_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ Reliquely _1633-69_, _Cy_,
_JC_, _Lec_, _P_

geare;] chear; _1669_ (_which brackets from_ 81 as _to end of_
84), _Cy_]

[86 men] Maids _1669_]

[87 parchments _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _Q_,
_W:_ parchment _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_,
_S96_, _TCD_

his] the _1669_]

[98 _ses 1633-69_, _B_, _L74_, _Lec_, _Q_, _and other MSS. :_
his _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _P_

heires,] heires _1633_]

[99 As] And _1669_

by] by, _1633_]

[102 doubt. ] doubt: _1633_]

[105 Where's _&c. _ _Ed:_ Where's th'old landlords troops,
and almes, great hals? _1633_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD_ (_but_ hals
_MSS. _): Where the old landlords troops, and almes? In hals
_1635-69_, _L74_, _O'F:_ Where the old landlords troopes and
almes? In great halls _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_,
_HN_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _W_ (_but the punctuation is very
irregular, and some have_ 's _after_ Where). _See note_]

[107 Equally I hate;] Equallie hate, _Q_

hate; _Ed:_ hate, _1633:_ hate. _1635-69_

meanes bless; _1633_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_,
_L74_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _TCD_, _W:_ Meane's blest.
_1635-69_, _Cy_, _S_, _S96_ (_altered to_ is blest). _See
note_]

[111 in wardrops; _1633:_ wardrobes. _1635-69_]

[112 statute lawes. _1633-54 and all MSS. :_ statutes jawes.
_1669_, _Chambers_]




_Satyre III. _

Kinde pitty chokes my spleene; brave scorn forbids
Those teares to issue which swell my eye-lids;
I must not laugh, nor weepe sinnes, and be wise,
Can railing then cure these worne maladies?
Is not our Mistresse faire Religion, 5
As worthy of all our Soules devotion,
As vertue was to the first blinded age?
Are not heavens joyes as valiant to asswage
Lusts, as earths honour was to them? Alas,
As wee do them in meanes, shall they surpasse 10
Us in the end, and shall thy fathers spirit
Meete blinde Philosophers in heaven, whose merit
Of strict life may be imputed faith, and heare
Thee, whom hee taught so easie wayes and neare
To follow, damn'd? O if thou dar'st, feare this; 15
This feare great courage, and high valour is.
Dar'st thou ayd mutinous Dutch, and dar'st thou lay
Thee in ships woodden Sepulchers, a prey
To leaders rage, to stormes, to shot, to dearth?
Dar'st thou dive seas, and dungeons of the earth? 20
Hast thou couragious fire to thaw the ice
Of frozen North discoueries? and thrise
Colder then Salamanders, like divine
Children in th'oven, fires of Spaine, and the line,
Whose countries limbecks to our bodies bee, 25
Canst thou for gaine beare? and must every hee
Which cryes not, Goddesse, to thy Mistresse, draw,
Or eate thy poysonous words? courage of straw!
O desperate coward, wilt thou seeme bold, and
To thy foes and his (who made thee to stand 30
Sentinell in his worlds garrison) thus yeeld,
And for forbidden warres, leave th'appointed field?
Know thy foes: The foule Devill (whom thou
Strivest to please,) for hate, not love, would allow
Thee faine, his whole Realme to be quit; and as 35
The worlds all parts wither away and passe,
So the worlds selfe, thy other lov'd foe, is
In her decrepit wayne, and thou loving this,
Dost love a withered and worne strumpet; last,
Flesh (it selfes death) and joyes which flesh can taste, 40
Thou loveft; and thy faire goodly soule, which doth
Give this flesh power to taste joy, thou dost loath.
Seeke true religion. O where? Mirreus
Thinking her unhous'd here, and fled from us,
Seekes her at Rome; there, because hee doth know 45
That shee was there a thousand yeares agoe,
He loves her ragges so, as wee here obey
The statecloth where the Prince sate yesterday.
Crantz to such brave Loves will not be inthrall'd,
But loves her onely, who at Geneva is call'd 50
Religion, plaine, simple, sullen, yong,
Contemptuous, yet unhansome; As among
Lecherous humors, there is one that judges
No wenches wholsome, but course country drudges.
Graius stayes still at home here, and because 55
Some Preachers, vile ambitious bauds, and lawes
Still new like fashions, bid him thinke that shee
Which dwels with us, is onely perfect, hee
Imbraceth her, whom his Godfathers will
Tender to him, being tender, as Wards still 60
Take such wives as their Guardians offer, or
Pay valewes. Carelesse Phrygius doth abhorre
All, because all cannot be good, as one
Knowing some women whores, dares marry none.
Graccus loves all as one, and thinkes that so 65
As women do in divers countries goe
In divers habits, yet are still one kinde,
So doth, so is Religion; and this blind-
nesse too much light breeds; but unmoved thou
Of force must one, and forc'd but one allow; 70
And the right; aske thy father which is shee,
Let him aske his; though truth and falshood bee
Neare twins, yet truth a little elder is;
Be busie to seeke her, beleeve mee this,
Hee's not of none, nor worst, that seekes the best. 75
To adore, or scorne an image, or protest,
May all be bad; doubt wisely; in strange way
To stand inquiring right, is not to stray;
To sleepe, or runne wrong, is. On a huge hill,
Cragged, and steep, Truth stands, and hee that will 80
Reach her, about must, and about must goe;
And what the hills suddennes resists, winne so;
Yet strive so, that before age, deaths twilight,
Thy Soule rest, for none can worke in that night.
To will, implyes delay, therefore now doe: 85
Hard deeds, the bodies paines; hard knowledge too
The mindes indeavours reach, and mysteries
Are like the Sunne, dazling, yet plaine to all eyes.
Keepe the truth which thou hast found; men do not stand
In so ill case here, that God hath with his hand 90
Sign'd Kings blanck-charters to kill whom they hate,
Nor are they Vicars, but hangmen to Fate.
Foole and wretch, wilt thou let thy Soule be tyed
To mans lawes, by which she shall not be tryed
At the last day? Oh, will it then boot thee 95
To say a Philip, or a Gregory,
A Harry, or a Martin taught thee this?
Is not this excuse for mere contraries,
Equally strong? cannot both sides say so?
That thou mayest rightly obey power, her bounds know; 100
Those past, her nature, and name is chang'd; to be
Then humble to her is idolatrie.
As streames are, Power is; those blest flowers that dwell
At the rough streames calme head, thrive and do well,
But having left their roots, and themselves given 105
To the streames tyrannous rage, alas, are driven
Through mills, and rockes, and woods, and at last, almost
Consum'd in going, in the sea are lost:
So perish Soules, which more chuse mens unjust
Power from God claym'd, then God himselfe to trust. 110


[Satyre III. _1633-69_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_ (_with title_
Of Religion. ), _JC_, _Lec_, _O'F_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ Satire the
4th. _A25_, _Cy:_ Satyre the Second. _P:_ A Satire. _L74:_ _no
title_, _N_, _TCD_]

[1 chokes] checks _1635-54:_ cheeks _1669_

eye-lids; _Ed:_ eye-lids, _1633-39:_ eyelids. _1650-69_]

[3 and] but _1669_]

[7 to _1635-69_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_,
_L74_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ in _1633_, _Lec_, _N_,
_TCD_]

[9 honour was] honours were _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _S_]

[14 so easie wayes and neare _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_,
_P_, _TCD:_ wayes easie and neere _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_,
_H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ wayes so easy and neere
_O'F_]

[15 this;] this. _1633_]

[16 is. ] is; _1633_]

[17 Dutch, and dar'st _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_,
_TCD:_ Dutch? dar'st _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_,
_JC_, _O'F_, _Q_, _S_, _W_]


[22-3 discoueries? . . . Salamanders, _Ed:_ discoueries, . . .
Salamanders? _1633-69_]

[28 words? ] words, _1633_]

[31 Sentinell _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _TCD:_
Souldier _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _Q_, _S_,
_W_

his _1633-54:_ this _1669_, _A25_, _H51_, _P_, _Q_]

[32 forbidden _1633 and most MSS. _ forbid _1635-69_, _H51_]

[33-4

Know thy foes; the foule Devell whom thou
Strivest to please _&c. _

_H51_, _Q and generally_ (_but with varying punctuation and
sometimes_ foe), _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _O'F_,
_P_, _W:_

Know thy foe, the soule devill h'is, whom thou
Strivest to please: for hate, not love, would allow

_1633_, _L74_ (is), _Lec_, _N_ (his), _S_ (is), _TCD_ (his):

Know thy foes: The foule devill, he, whom thou
Striv'st to please, for hate, not love, would allow
_1635-69_ (he, . . . please, _bracketed, 1669_)
]

[35 quit _1633-69_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S_, _TCD:_ ridd
_A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _O'F_, _Q_, _W_]

[40 (it selfes death) _1635-69_, _A25_, _B_, _H51_, _L74_,
_Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _TCD_, _W:_ (it selfe death)
_1633_, _Cy_, _D_, _S_]

[42 loath. ] loath; _1633_]

[44 here,] her, _1633_]

[45 Rome; _Ed:_ Rome, _1633-69_]

[47 He _1633_, _1669:_ And _1635-54_

her _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _Lec_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _W:_ the
_1633-69_, _L74_, _N_, _P_, _TCD_]

[49 Crantz _W:_ Crants _1633-54_, _A25_, _H51_, _JC_, _Lec_,
_N_, _TCD:_ Grants _or_ Grauntes _1669_, _L74_, _O'F_, _P:_
Grant _Cy_, _D_, _H49:_ Crates _Q_]

[52 unhansome; _Ed:_ unhansome. _1633-69_]

[54 drudges. ] drudges: _1633_]

[57 bid _or_ bidd _MSS. :_ bids _1633-69_]

[62 Prigas _H51:_ Phrygas _W:_ Phrigias _A25_]

[67 kinde, _Ed:_ kinde; _1633-69_]

[70 must . . . but _in reverse order_ _Q_]

[73 is; _1633:_ is. _1635-69_]

[74 her, _1633:_ her; _1635-69_]

[77 wisely; _Ed:_ wisely, _1633-69_]

[78 stray; _1633-69_, _Cy_, _D_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_,
_S_, _TCD_, _W:_ staye; _A25_, _B_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _P_,
_Q_]

[79 is. On] is: on _1633_

huge] high _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H51_, _O'F_, _Q_, _W_]

[80 Cragged, _1669_, _L74_, _N_, _P_, _TCD:_ Cragg'd,
_1633-54_, _Lec:_ Ragged _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_,
_O'F_, _S_, _W:_ Ruggued _H51_, _Q_]

[81 about must goe; _1633-54_, _O'F:_ about it goe; _1669:_
about goe, _A25_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _L74_, _N_, _P_,
_Q_, _W_]

[84 Soule _1633-69_, _L74_, _N_, _P_, _TCD:_ minde _rest of
MSS. _

that night. _Ed:_ that night, _1633_, _1669:_ the night.
_1635-54_]

[85 doe: _Ed:_ doe _1633_, _Chambers and Grolier:_ doe.
_1635-69_, _D_, _W_. _See note_]

[86 too _H51_, _S_, _W:_ _spelt_ to _1633-69_, _many MSS. :_ to
(_prep. _) _Chambers_]

[88 eyes. ] eyes; _1633_]

[90 In so ill (evil _H51_) case here, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_,
_H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _L74_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ here
_om. 1633-69_, _N_, _TCD_]

[94 mans _1633-69_, _A25_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_,
_TCD:_ mens _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _S_, _W_

not _om. 1635-54_]

[95 Oh, will it then boot thee _Ed:_ Will . . . boot thee
_1633_, _L74_, _N_, _P_, _TCD:_ Or . . . boot thee _1635-69:_ Oh
will it then serve thee _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_,
_O'F_ (Or), _Q_, _S_, _W_]

[97 thee] me _1669_]

[99 strong? _Ed:_ strong _1633:_ strong; _1635-69_]

[101 is] are _1669_

chang'd;] chang'd _1633_

to be _Ed:_ to be, _1633-69_]

[102 idolatrie. ] idolatrie; _1633_]

[103 is;] is, _1633_]

[104 do well _1633-69_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _TCD:_ prove well
_A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _H51_, _JC_, _L74_, _O'F_, _Q_,
_S_, _W_]

[106 alas,] alas _1633_]

[107 mills, and rockes, _1633_, _L74_, _N_, _P_, _TCD:_ Mils,
rocks, _1635-69_, _and rest of MSS. _]




_Satyr IIII. _

Well; I may now receive, and die; My sinne
Indeed is great, but I have beene in
A Purgatorie, such as fear'd hell is
A recreation to, and scarse map of this.
My minde, neither with prides itch, nor yet hath been 5
Poyson'd with love to see, or to bee seene,
I had no suit there, nor new suite to shew,
Yet went to Court; But as Glaze which did goe
To'a Masse in jest, catch'd, was faine to disburse
The hundred markes, which is the Statutes curse; 10
Before he scapt, So'it pleas'd my destinie
(Guilty of my sin of going,) to thinke me
As prone to all ill, and of good as forget-
full, as proud, as lustfull, and as much in debt,
As vaine, as witlesse, and as false as they 15
Which dwell at Court, for once going that way.
Therefore I suffered this; Towards me did runne
A thing more strange, then on Niles slime, the Sunne
E'r bred; or all which into Noahs Arke came;
A thing, which would have pos'd Adam to name; 20
Stranger then seaven Antiquaries studies,
Then Africks Monsters, Guianaes rarities.
Stranger then strangers; One, who for a Dane,
In the Danes Massacre had sure beene slaine,
If he had liv'd then; And without helpe dies, 25
When next the Prentises'gainst Strangers rise.
One, whom the watch at noone lets scarce goe by,
One, to whom, the examining Justice sure would cry,
Sir, by your priesthood tell me what you are.
His cloths were strange, though coarse; and black, though bare; 30
Sleevelesse his jerkin was, and it had beene
Velvet, but'twas now (so much ground was seene)
Become Tufftaffatie; and our children shall
See it plaine Rashe awhile, then nought at all.
This thing hath travail'd, and saith, speakes all tongues 35
And only knoweth what to all States belongs.
Made of th'Accents, and best phrase of all these,
He speakes no language; If strange meats displease,
Art can deceive, or hunger force my tast,
But Pedants motley tongue, souldiers bumbast, 40
Mountebankes drugtongue, nor the termes of law
Are strong enough preparatives, to draw
Me to beare this: yet I must be content
With his tongue, in his tongue, call'd complement:
In which he can win widdowes, and pay scores, 45
Make men speake treason, cosen subtlest whores,
Out-flatter favorites, or outlie either
Jovius, or Surius, or both together.
He names mee, and comes to mee; I whisper, God!
How have I sinn'd, that thy wraths furious rod, 50
This fellow chuseth me? He saith, Sir,
I love your judgement; Whom doe you prefer,
For the best linguist? And I seelily
Said, that I thought Calepines Dictionarie;
Nay, but of men, most sweet Sir; Beza then, 55
Some other Jesuites, and two reverend men
Of our two Academies, I named; There
He stopt mee, and said; Nay, your Apostles were
Good pretty linguists, and so Panurge was;
Yet a poore gentleman, all these may passe 60
By travaile. Then, as if he would have sold
His tongue, he prais'd it, and such wonders told
That I was faine to say, If you'had liv'd, Sir,
Time enough to have beene Interpreter
To Babells bricklayers, sure the Tower had stood. 65
He adds, If of court life you knew the good,
You would leave lonenesse. I said, not alone
My lonenesse is, but Spartanes fashion,
To teach by painting drunkards, doth not last
Now; Aretines pictures have made few chast; 70
No more can Princes courts, though there be few
Better pictures of vice, teach me vertue;
He, like to a high stretcht lute string squeakt, O Sir,
'Tis sweet to talke of Kings. At Westminster,
Said I, The man that keepes the Abbey tombes, 75
And for his price doth with who ever comes,
Of all our Harries, and our Edwards talke,
From King to King and all their kin can walke:
Your eares shall heare nought, but Kings; your eyes meet
Kings only; The way to it, is Kingstreet. 80
He smack'd, and cry'd, He's base, Mechanique, coarse,
So are all your Englishmen in their discourse.
Are not your Frenchmen neate? Mine? as you see,
I have but one Frenchman, looke, hee followes mee.
Certes they are neatly cloth'd; I, of this minde am, 85
Your only wearing is your Grogaram.
Not so Sir, I have more. Under this pitch
He would not flie; I chaff'd him; But as Itch
Scratch'd into smart, and as blunt iron ground
Into an edge, hurts worse: So, I (foole) found, 90
Crossing hurt mee; To fit my sullennesse,
He to another key, his stile doth addresse,
And askes, what newes? I tell him of new playes.
He takes my hand, and as a Still, which staies
A Sembriefe, 'twixt each drop, he nigardly, 95
As loth to enrich mee, so tells many a lye.
More then ten Hollensheads, or Halls, or Stowes,
Of triviall houshold trash he knowes; He knowes
When the Queene frown'd, or smil'd, and he knowes what
A subtle States-man may gather of that; 100
He knowes who loves; whom; and who by poyson
Hasts to an Offices reversion;
He knowes who'hath sold his land, and now doth beg
A licence, old iron, bootes, shooes, and egge-
shels to transport; Shortly boyes shall not play 105
At span-counter, or blow-point, but they pay
Toll to some Courtier; And wiser then all us,
He knowes what Ladie is not painted; Thus
He with home-meats tries me; I belch, spue, spit,
Looke pale, and sickly, like a Patient; Yet 110
He thrusts on more; And as if he'd undertooke
To say Gallo-Belgicus without booke
Speakes of all States, and deeds, that have been since
The Spaniards came, to the losse of Amyens.
Like a bigge wife, at sight of loathed meat, 115
Readie to travaile: So I sigh, and sweat
To heare this Makeron talke: In vaine; for yet,
Either my humour, or his owne to fit,
He like a priviledg'd spie, whom nothing can
Discredit, Libells now'gainst each great man. 120
He names a price for every office paid;
He saith, our warres thrive ill, because delai'd;
That offices are entail'd, and that there are
Perpetuities of them, lasting as farre
As the last day; And that great officers, 125
Doe with the Pirates share, and Dunkirkers.
Who wasts in meat, in clothes, in horse, he notes;
Who loves whores, who boyes, and who goats.
I more amas'd then Circes prisoners, when
They felt themselves turne beasts, felt my selfe then 130
Becomming Traytor, and mee thought I saw
One of our Giant Statutes ope his jaw
To sucke me in; for hearing him, I found
That as burnt venome Leachers do grow sound
By giving others their soares, I might growe 135
Guilty, and he free: Therefore I did shew
All signes of loathing; But since I am in,
I must pay mine, and my forefathers sinne
To the last farthing; Therefore to my power
Toughly and stubbornly I beare this crosse; But the'houre 140
Of mercy now was come; He tries to bring
Me to pay a fine to scape his torturing,
And saies, Sir, can you spare me; I said, willingly;
Nay, Sir, can you spare me a crowne? Thankfully I
Gave it, as Ransome; But as fidlers, still, 145
Though they be paid to be gone, yet needs will
Thrust one more jigge upon you: so did hee
With his long complementall thankes vexe me.
But he is gone, thankes to his needy want,
And the prerogative of my Crowne: Scant 150
His thankes were ended, when I, (which did see
All the court fill'd with more strange things then hee)
Ran from thence with such or more hast, then one
Who feares more actions, doth make from prison.
At home in wholesome solitarinesse 155
My precious soule began, the wretchednesse
Of suiters at court to mourne, and a trance
Like his, who dreamt he saw hell, did advance
It selfe on mee, Such men as he saw there,
I saw at court, and worse, and more; Low feare 160
Becomes the guiltie, not the accuser; Then,
Shall I, nones slave, of high borne, or rais'd men
Feare frownes? And, my Mistresse Truth, betray thee
To th'huffing braggart, puft Nobility?
No, no, Thou which since yesterday hast beene 165
Almost about the whole world, hast thou seene,
O Sunne, in all thy journey, Vanitie,
Such as swells the bladder of our court? I
Thinke he which made your waxen garden, and
Transported it from Italy to stand 170
With us, at London, flouts our Presence, for
Just such gay painted things, which no sappe, nor
Tast have in them, ours are; And naturall
Some of the stocks are, their fruits, bastard all.
'Tis ten a clock and past; All whom the Mues, 175
Baloune, Tennis, Dyet, or the stewes,
Had all the morning held, now the second
Time made ready, that day, in flocks, are found
In the Presence, and I, (God pardon mee. )
As fresh, and sweet their Apparrells be, as bee 180
The fields they sold to buy them; For a King
Those hose are, cry the flatterers; And bring
Them next weeke to the Theatre to sell;
Wants reach all states; Me seemes they doe as well
At stage, as court; All are players; who e'r lookes 185
(For themselves dare not goe) o'r Cheapside books,
Shall finde their wardrops Inventory. Now,
The Ladies come; As Pirats, which doe know
That there came weak ships fraught with Cutchannel,
The men board them; and praise, as they thinke, well, 190
Their beauties; they the mens wits; Both are bought.
Why good wits ne'r weare scarlet gownes, I thought
This cause, These men, mens wits for speeches buy,
And women buy all reds which scarlets die.
He call'd her beauty limetwigs, her haire net; 195
She feares her drugs ill laid, her haire loose set.
Would not Heraclitus laugh to see Macrine,
From hat to shooe, himselfe at doore refine,
As if the Presence were a Moschite, and lift
His skirts and hose, and call his clothes to shrift, 200
Making them confesse not only mortall
Great staines and holes in them; but veniall
Feathers and dust, wherewith they fornicate:
And then by _Durers_ rules survay the state
Of his each limbe, and with strings the odds trye 205
Of his neck to his legge, and wast to thighe.
So in immaculate clothes, and Symetrie
Perfect as circles, with such nicetie
As a young Preacher at his first time goes
To preach, he enters, and a Lady which owes 210
Him not so much as good will, he arrests,
And unto her protests protests protests,
So much as at Rome would serve to have throwne
Ten Cardinalls into the Inquisition;
And whisperd by Jesu, so often, that A 215
Pursevant would have ravish'd him away
For saying of our Ladies psalter; But'tis fit
That they each other plague, they merit it.
But here comes Glorius that will plague them both,
Who, in the other extreme, only doth 220
Call a rough carelessenesse, good fashion;
Whose cloak his spurres teare; whom he spits on
He cares not, His ill words doe no harme
To him; he rusheth in, as if arme, arme,
He meant to crie; And though his face be as ill 225
As theirs which in old hangings whip Christ, still
He strives to looke worse, he keepes all in awe;
Jeasts like a licenc'd foole, commands like law.
Tyr'd, now I leave this place, and but pleas'd so
As men which from gaoles to execution goe, 230
Goe through the great chamber (why is it hung
With the seaven deadly sinnes? ). Being among
Those Askaparts, men big enough to throw
Charing Crosse for a barre, men that doe know
No token of worth, but Queenes man, and fine 235
Living, barrells of beefe, flaggons of wine;
I shooke like a spyed Spie. Preachers which are
Seas of Wit and Arts, you can, then dare,
Drowne the sinnes of this place, for, for mee
Which am but a scarce brooke, it enough shall bee 240
To wash the staines away; Although I yet
With _Macchabees_ modestie, the knowne merit
Of my worke lessen: yet some wise man shall,
I hope, esteeme my writs Canonicall.


[Satyre IIII. _1633-69_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_ (anno 1594
_in margin_), _JC_, _Lec_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ Mr. Dunns
first Satire. _A25:_ Another Satire by the same. J: D: _Cy_
(_where it is the third_): Satyre. _S96:_ _no title_, _L74_,
_N_, _TCD_ (_in L74 it is second, in N, TCD third in order_)]

[2 but I _1633_, _A25_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_,
_N_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _W:_ but yet I _1635-69_, _Cy_, _O'F_,
_S96_]

[4 A recreacion to, and scarse _Q:_ A recreation, and scant
_1633-69_, _and other MSS. _]

[5 neither _1633-69:_ nor _some MSS. and Chambers, who wrongly
attributes to 1635-39_]

[8 Glaze _1633_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _Lec:_ Glare _1635-69, and
rest of MSS. _]

[9 To'a mass _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _N_,
_S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ To Masse _1633-69_, _Cy_, _Q_, _Lec_]

[10-11 curse; . . . scapt, _1633-39:_ curse, . . . scapt,
_1650-69_]

[12 of going, _1633_, _1669_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_,
_L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _S_, _TCD_, _W:_ in going, _1635-54_,
_A25_, _O'F_]

[14 as lustfull,] as _om. 1635-69 and many MSS. _]

[16 at Court, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_,
_L74_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ in Court,
_1633-69_, _Lec_]

[18 Niles] Nilus _D_, _H49_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD_]

[19 bred; _W:_ bred, _1633-69_

came; _W:_ came: _1633-69_]

[20 name; _W:_ name, _1633:_ name: _1635-69_]

[22 rarities. _W:_ rarities, _1633-69_]

[23 then strangers; _1633-69_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _HN_, _L74_,
_Lec_, _N_, _P_, _Q_, _TCD_, _W:_ then strangest. _D_, _H49_,
_JC_ (_corr. from_ strangers), _S_]

[32 ground] the ground _HN_]

[35 This _1633:_ The _1635-69_ saith, _1633-54_, _A25_, _B_,
_Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_ (sayeth), _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _O'F_,
_P_, _Q_, _S_ (saith he), _TCD_, _W:_ faith, _1669_, _Chambers
and Grolier, without note_]

[36 belongs. ] belongs, _1633_]

[37 th'Accents,] the antient, _HN:_ the ancients, (_prob. for_
ancientest, _but corrected to_ accents,) _L74_]

[38 no language; _A25_, _Q:_ one language; _1633-69_, _and
MSS. generally_]

[43 beare] hear _1669_

this: _Q:_ this, _1633-69_]

[44 With his tongue, _1669_, _Q:_ With his tongue: _1633-54_]

[47 or] and _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _O'F_, _Q_, _W_]

[48 Surius,] Sleydon _O'F_ (_corrected to_ Surius), _Q:_
Snodons, _A25_. _See note_]

[51 chuseth] chaseth _P_, _Q_]

[55 Sir; _Ed:_ Sir. _1633-69_]

[56 Some other _HN:_ Some _1633-69 and most MSS. :_ two other
_S_]

[57 There _1633_ (T _faintly printed_): here _1635-69_]

[59 Good pretty _1633-69:_ Pretty good _Cy_, _O'F_, _Q_, _S_,
_S96_

Panurge _1635-54:_ Panirge _1633:_ Panurgus _1669_ (_omitting_
and), _JC_, _O'F_, _Q_]

[60 gentleman, all _Ed:_ gentleman; All _1633-69_]

[60-1 passe By travaile. _1633-54:_ pass. But travaile _1669_]

[62 prais'd _Ed:_ praised _1633-69_

wonders _1635-69 and most MSS. :_ words _1633_, _Lec_, _N_,
_TCD_]

[67 lonenesse. _1635-69_, _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_,
_JC_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _W:_ lonelinesse; _1633_, _L74_, _Lec_,
_N_, _TCD_]

[68 lonenesse _1635-69_, _A25_, _&c. :_ lonelinesse _1633_,
_L74_, _&c. _

fashion, _1633:_ fashion.