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 being denied, yet singeth this song, being constant,

with hope to obteine hir at the last that may reward him for his paine.

Though surging seas do compasse me,
Of carking cares on euery side,
Yet trust I once to range most free,
And to the ioyfull valley glide,
And eke the wight for to obtaine,
That may release me from my payne.

Though she sayes nay to my request,
And doth deny my true desire,
Disdayning aye to breed my rest,
Whereby I freeze amid the fire,
Yet trust I once for to auart
Thus stubborne sternnesse from her hart.

My lady cals it follie plaine,
With toong such hardned knot to knit,
As all the teeth with helpe of braine,
Shall ne be able to vnclit,
She wrappeth wily wit so sure,
It to obtayne its very dure.

She doubts least that I meane awry,
She feareth least my hart be fraile.

She thinks I loue not faithfully,
But outwardlie hir to assaile,
She thinketh aye my toong to flee
In words, with hart ne to agree.

Oh that Cassandras gift were plaine,
And woorthy skill for her to gesse,
If that I list in hart to faine,
Contrary to that I professe,
Then should be seene the great good will,
I beare to her, and shall do still.

Yet I ne blame that silly wight,
Though circumspect alway she be,
Unfaithful loue hath brought much spight,
The proofe whereof we dayly see,
By such as thinke contrary aye,
In hart to that which toong doth say.

Yet I am none of those I vow,
I loue hir truly in my hart,
As is my thought the same I show,
In outward words with wo and smart,
Wherefore these words I say certayne,
That iustly I should her obtayne.

Though long it be ere I arriue
The ioyfull hauen to possesse,

Though long I wretch doe weare the giue
And carefull clog of heauinesse,
Yet hope I ouce to see that day
To haue my loue and none say nay.

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

with hope to obteine hir at the last that may reward him for his paine.