[The Courte of Vertu contaynynge many holy songes, Sonettes, psalmes and ballettes] [by John Hall] |
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To his friend E. H.
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To his friend E. H.
at whose requeste, the author drue into metre, the songe of the three chyldren, whiche were put into the whot burning ouen, which were called properly in the hebrue tongue, Ananias, Asarias, & Misael: whose names Nebucadnezer chāged into Cidrach, Misach, and Abednago, in the Chaldey tongue.
Written, Daniel .iii.
My
louyng friende,
Your boune and mynde,
Doth seme to me this tyde,
As Phaeton vayne,
Should once againe
The sonne his chariot guide:
Your boune and mynde,
Doth seme to me this tyde,
As Phaeton vayne,
Should once againe
The sonne his chariot guide:
Who folyshly
Immediatly
May set the world on fire,
Till Ioue almight
Most iust and right
Doe sley him in his Ire.
Immediatly
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Till Ioue almight
Most iust and right
Doe sley him in his Ire.
Or one vnwise
Should enterpryse
To make or cause tapere,
From flynt stones dure
Swete fountaynes pure
Of waters cristall clere.
Should enterpryse
To make or cause tapere,
From flynt stones dure
Swete fountaynes pure
Of waters cristall clere.
Yet for to chuse
Or once refuse,
Your most frendly request,
Is not in me
Nor can not be
At any time possest.
Or once refuse,
Your most frendly request,
Is not in me
Nor can not be
At any time possest.
Therfore take well
This small cantell
Of my due and good will,
Though momus secte
Then it reiecte,
No force it shall not skyll.
This small cantell
Of my due and good will,
Though momus secte
Then it reiecte,
No force it shall not skyll.
Blessed
be thou
O lorde god nowe
The god of our fathers:
For thou alwayes
Arte worthy prayse
And of all great honers.
O lorde god nowe
The god of our fathers:
For thou alwayes
Arte worthy prayse
And of all great honers.
The name holy
Of thy glory,
Worthy to be praysed,
Styll in worldes all
Continuall
Is to be magnified.
Of thy glory,
Worthy to be praysed,
Styll in worldes all
Continuall
Is to be magnified.
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Be thou blessed
In euery sted
Of thy temple holy:
Whiche doste vs moue
All thynges aboue,
To set vp thy glory.
In euery sted
Of thy temple holy:
Whiche doste vs moue
All thynges aboue,
To set vp thy glory.
More then worthy,
Thou arte truly
Of laude and prayse eche daye:
Wherfore euer
We wyll preferre
And set the vp for aye.
Thou arte truly
Of laude and prayse eche daye:
Wherfore euer
We wyll preferre
And set the vp for aye.
Blessed alone
In thy hyghe throne
Be thou in thy kyngdom:
Thee aboue all
We styll blesse shall,
In worlde of worldes to come.
In thy hyghe throne
Be thou in thy kyngdom:
Thee aboue all
We styll blesse shall,
In worlde of worldes to come.
Blessed be thou
That lokest throwe
The depe: and yet doste syt
The Cherubes on,
Worthy alone
Of prayse, deseruing it.
That lokest throwe
The depe: and yet doste syt
The Cherubes on,
Worthy alone
Of prayse, deseruing it.
The fyrmament
And heauens hente
Thee prayse which arte worthy,
(For thy fauour)
Of all honoure
Unto eternitie.
And heauens hente
Thee prayse which arte worthy,
(For thy fauour)
Of all honoure
Unto eternitie.
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Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino.
O ye
workes all
In generall
Of god the lyuing Lorde,
Se that his prayse
Ye shewe alwayes
Set vp and it recorde.
In generall
Of god the lyuing Lorde,
Se that his prayse
Ye shewe alwayes
Set vp and it recorde.
Ye angels bryghte
And heauens lyght
And waters all aboue
The fyrmament:
With one consent
Prayse hym as doth behoue.
And heauens lyght
And waters all aboue
The fyrmament:
With one consent
Prayse hym as doth behoue.
The lorde his powres,
Sonne Moone in cours,
Tell and shewe forth his prayse:
And neuer let
Hym vp to set
In his due laude alwayes.
Sonne Moone in cours,
Tell and shewe forth his prayse:
And neuer let
Hym vp to set
In his due laude alwayes.
O all ye sterres,
Dewe, and showers,
O all ye wynds of God,
His prayse tell ye,
Hym magnifye,
As in his worde he bod.
Dewe, and showers,
O all ye wynds of God,
His prayse tell ye,
Hym magnifye,
As in his worde he bod.
Heate and fyer,
wynter, sommer,
Ye dewes and frostes hore:
Ye frost and coulde,
His prayse be boulde
To set forth euermore.
wynter, sommer,
Ye dewes and frostes hore:
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His prayse be boulde
To set forth euermore.
O Ise and snowe,
His prayse forth showe,
Hym laude and magnifye:
Ye nyghtes and dayes,
With the lyke prayse
Laude hym eternally.
His prayse forth showe,
Hym laude and magnifye:
Ye nyghtes and dayes,
With the lyke prayse
Laude hym eternally.
Lyght and darknes
His prayse expresse,
Lyghtnyng and cloudes I saye:
Let the earth speake
And his prayse breake
Forth, for euer and aye.
His prayse expresse,
Lyghtnyng and cloudes I saye:
Let the earth speake
And his prayse breake
Forth, for euer and aye.
Mountaines and hilles
With your good wylles,
Herbes, grasse, & al grene things
Welles, seas, and flood
Of hym speake good,
And declare his praysyngs.
With your good wylles,
Herbes, grasse, & al grene things
Welles, seas, and flood
Of hym speake good,
And declare his praysyngs.
Ye whales that lyue
And all that meue,
In floodes and waters clere:
All foules of thayre
Lykewyse repayre,
To make his prayse appere.
And all that meue,
In floodes and waters clere:
All foules of thayre
Lykewyse repayre,
To make his prayse appere.
Bestes and cattell
His prayse forth tell,
Ye chyldren of men pure:
Let Israell
In prayse excell
For euer to endure.
His prayse forth tell,
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Let Israell
In prayse excell
For euer to endure.
With one accorde
Prayse ye the lorde,
That the lordes seruantes are:
Sprites and soules iust
His prayse syng must
Hym set vp and declare.
Prayse ye the lorde,
That the lordes seruantes are:
Sprites and soules iust
His prayse syng must
Hym set vp and declare.
Let holy men
Prayse hym eche when,
And humble men of harte,
With good pretence
Euer from hence,
From his prayse neuer starte.
Prayse hym eche when,
And humble men of harte,
With good pretence
Euer from hence,
From his prayse neuer starte.
Ananias
Azarias
And Misaell prefer
His prayses great,
And hym vp set
For euer and euer,
Azarias
And Misaell prefer
His prayses great,
And hym vp set
For euer and euer,
Whiche hath from hell
Us saued well,
And clene delyuered:
And hath our breath
Kepte safe from death,
And also hath vs ryd.
Us saued well,
And clene delyuered:
And hath our breath
Kepte safe from death,
And also hath vs ryd.
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From burnyng flame
Amydste the same,
And made the heate retire:
When we dyd craue,
He dyd vs saue
In the mydst of the fyre.
Amydste the same,
And made the heate retire:
When we dyd craue,
He dyd vs saue
In the mydst of the fyre.
Unto the lorde
Let vs recorde
Both prayse and thankes therfore:
His hearte is kynde,
For we doe fynde
His mercy euermore.
Let vs recorde
Both prayse and thankes therfore:
His hearte is kynde,
For we doe fynde
His mercy euermore.
O all men ryght
That are contryte,
Speake good and prayse the lorde,
For he truly
Is almyghtie,
And of all gods the God.
That are contryte,
Speake good and prayse the lorde,
For he truly
Is almyghtie,
And of all gods the God.
O geue him prayse
With thankes alwayes,
Whose mercy doth extende.
And doth indure
Remayning pure,
Euer worlde without ende.
With thankes alwayes,
Whose mercy doth extende.
And doth indure
Remayning pure,
Euer worlde without ende.
Prayse glorious
Euer let vs
Magnificently moste,
Geue the father,
And the sonne dere
And to the holy ghoste.
Euer let vs
Magnificently moste,
Geue the father,
And the sonne dere
And to the holy ghoste.
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From beginning
Continuyng
And nowe doth perseuer:
And shall doe aye
From daye to daye
For euer and euer.
Continuyng
And nowe doth perseuer:
And shall doe aye
From daye to daye
For euer and euer.
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