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

By fortune came a countrey clowne
to London, for to see,

And roming vp and downe the streetes
as best he thought to be,
Went to the court a place vnmeete
for such a carter playne,
The same tyme where for princes sport
great pastime to ordayne
Men went about: the nyght drew on,
and Luna with hir hornes,
The azure skie and element
with sparkling starres adornes.
And he thus learned of the boyes
or lackeys of the courte,
Such passing pleasure for to be,
and eke such princely sport,
Dyd mynde (if that he myght) to get
and wryng into the hall
To take the vewe, this boyish clowne
dyd nothing aye appall,
Though with the sight of nobles store
his doltish eyes were fed,
But loppreth to the vpper end,
his cap vpon his head.
One of the wayters seeing this,
him by the arme can hold,
And sayd sirrha, to come so nygh
how darest thou be bolde?
Come on, if that thou list to viewe
and see some pleasant sight,

Goe get thee out into the streete
and stare on the moone lyght.
But he with strugglyng gan refuse,
and very long resist,
Till at the length his eare dyd fetch
somewhat at porters fist.
(I know not what it was) but he
with anger chafed much,
Dyd thinke if he were at the doore
to recompence this tuch,
So that in deede (that place attayne)
vnwares to any wight,
He gaue the porter another blow,
with all his power and might.
The fellowes seeing this, gan run
on heapes vnto the doore,
And for one blow they dyd him gyue
whole twenty, yea and more,
In so much that the foolish sot
was forst almost to cry,
When as he felt a weighty fist
to hit him on the eye.
They layd on load, but at the last
he escaped from the doore,
Thinking aye to go so far,
he venture would no more,
But to beware by this, sith that
so foolishly he would.

Nowe venture in a place to high
for his decree so cold.
This chaunce doth often hap to such
as boldly do aspire
To highest top as they are led
by foolish fond desire:
Its often seene, that they which sit
at meat at the vpper end,
Are often placed all belowe,
and lowest thither send.
Let euery man him hold content,
and aye well pleased be,
In ech poynt, with such haps as are
most meete for his degree.

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