The most famous and Tragicall Historie of Pelops and Hippodamia ::

The most famous and Tragicall Historie of Pelops and Hippodamia

Whereunto are adioyned sundrie pleasant deuises, Epigrams, Songes and Sonnettes. Written by Mathewe Groue

Grove, Mathew

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To the ryght Honorable, Sir Henrie Compton knight, Lord Compton of Compton hole, R. S. wisheth long life with increase of honour.

The most famous and tragicall history of Pelops and Hippodamia.

Epigrams and Sonets.

[Oh fertile soyle, thou little lande]

[When Phebus in the azure Skye]

Omnium rerum vicissitudo.

The louer being demaunded wherefore he went alwaies in black attire,

The louer hauing daunced with his Lady, in the end thereof speaketh these words.

The answere to the same.

Omne mundum positum est in malignitatem.

The restlesse estate of a Louer,

The Louer writeth to a Gentlewoman,

Here the Ladie writeth an aunswere to the letter of hir Louer, perseuering in hir stubburnesse:

The letter of a friend of a wounded Louer,

The Louer writeth once more to his friend,

The lamentation of a louer beeing refused, shewing no hellish torments to be lyke his,

The Louer hauing written manye times, almost past hope,

The louer being denied, yet singeth this song, being constant,

The Ladie by often intreatie being vanquished with loue, doth write a comfortable letter to her Louer.

The ioyfull louer hauing by earnest sute obtained her whom he loued, made this dittie following.

Tempus rerum edax.

The Louer being willed of his Ladie to attire himselfe in blacke and blewe, demaunded the reason,

The Louer writeth to his Ladie,

To him that was disappointed of his woman and louer.

The louer writeth in the praise of his Ladie

The pretie birth of a childe.

The wordes of a dame concerning her Louer,

In praise of his Ladie.

Of foure kindes of men that maie sing at didner, and other meate meales.

Of couetousnes and Lecherie together.

A perfect tricke to kill little blacke flees in ones chamber.

Each thing in his vocation.

The frailenesse of women.

To his friend of the frailenesse of dame Fortune.

The morning before the Louer went to his Ladie, made this petition to the Gods.

The foolishnes of a painter.

The grieuous complaint of him that had the hap to marie his mistresse.

The Louer by pleasant talke caused a Ladie to vnderstand how a shrew or vnhappie woman came first into the world.

Of faithfull friendship.

What daunger insueth if a man enterprise a higher place then his degree can aspire vnto.

Of parents deformed hauing a beutifull childe.

Of him that tooke a quart of wine when it was proffered by his freend, who minded to get a pottell.

To hir the Louer writeth,

Of Vnthrifts.

Of Whoredome.

Like will to like.

Of vnwittie spending.

Perit quicquid feceris ingrato.

The propertie of Reprobates.

A good man.

A perfect preseruatiue for health.

A stupendious desire.

Olde men.

Diuersitie of remembrance.

The deceites of the Foxe.

Of a womans hatred.

Of boasting and bragging.

A signe of anger.

The sudden falling into danger

The pitie of Dormice.

Of imdietie of children.

The sinnes of Kings.

Of eating of egges

To him that was angrie because the Cuckow did sing before his doore.

Of Sugar and Salt.

Of hastie wiuing.

Of despising of the poore.

Of harlots.

Of keeping companie with naughtipacks.

The Prouerbe.

Of anger without a cause.

Of husbandrie and Scholers.

Another Prouerbe.

The error of the wicked.

Of pleading where a man is not heard.

The frailnesse of youth.

Nothing is hid from God.

Of flatterie and lieng.

A faithfull frend.

Of costlie apparel.

Of Neighbourlie aide.

Of good counsell.

Of him that would fight at home, and no where els.

Of a couetous mind.

The Prouerbe.

Of wicked children.

Of vvailing for the dead.

Of parents.

Of such as had rather haue harlots than wiues

Of him that esteemeth riches more than frendship.

Of Destinie.

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The Louer writeth to a Gentlewoman,

by treatie to cause her to loue him, if he may possible.

Madame , like as the drop that falles,
vpon the marble stone,
Doeth peerce the same thogh not with strength
but with oft fall thereon.
So now thogh that the sparke of fire
be small within my brest,
Yet euery day its like to be
stil more and more increast.
Unlesse that ye vouchsafe to giue
to me the oyle of grace,
For to preuent the same, before
it take a roote and place.
Therefore these lines which I here send,
doe pray to haue a releefe,
To flow from you, to him that is,
your seruant during life.

For sith that Cupide with his dart
hath hit the marke that he
Did shoote at with his blunted bolt,
which stocke he made of me:
And sith there is no creature that
can rid me fro my greefe,
But onely you, Oh Ladie myne,
or cure my noyed life,
I send you here with faithful minde,
a present, though but small,
Now take my hand, and eke my heart,
yea take my life and all,
To pleasure you if that ye list
ne neuer to denie,
Let me enioy the name and place,
your siruant to supplie:
Let this suffice till that I knowe
the tenour of your minde,
Whether ye list to giue long life
or death vnto your freend.
One of these two you may preuent,
for both rest in your hande,
If that you list Panthora milde,
sith I in hope do stand:
And as I doe perceiue the cause
of ioy or else of greefe
Ile say it doth proceede from you
be it of death or life.

Go passe to hir ye printed lynes,
that doth possesse my heart,
If that you cause me to receiue
some comfort of my smart,
I shall reioyce, but if ye giue
to me a froward stile,
I shall be prone, and with good will
from life me to exile.

By him that hath bin here before
your owne, and so is nowe:
And for to be your owne he hath
yplight a faithful vowe.

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The Louer writeth to a Gentlewoman,

by treatie to cause her to loue him, if he may possible.