All the workes of Iohn Taylor the Water-Poet Being Sixty and three in Number. Collected into one Volume by the Author [i.e. John Taylor]: With sundry new Additions, corrected, reuised, and newly Imprinted |
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 | All the workes of Iohn Taylor the Water-Poet |  |
Sonnet.
[Now cheerefull Sol in his illustrious Carre]
Now cheerefull Sol in his illustrious Carre,
To glad the Earth, his Iourney gins to take;
And now his glorious beames he doth vnbarre,
What absence marr'd, his presence now doth make:
Now he Earths weeping visage gins to dry
With Eols breath, and his bright heauenly heat.
March dust (like clouds) through ayre doth march & fly:
Dead-seeming Trees and Plants now life doth get.
Thus when the Worlds eye dazler takes his Inne,
At the cœlestiall Ram, then Winter's done:
And then Dame Nature doth her liuerie spinne
Of flowers and fruits, which all the Earth puts on.
Thus when Apollo doth to Aries come,
The Earth is freed from Winters Martyrdome.
Thus haue I prou'd the Ram a luckie signe,
Wherein Heau'n, Earth, and Sun and Ayre combine,
To haue their vniuersall comforts hurld
Vpon the Face of the decaying world.
With twelae signes each mans body's gouerned,
And Aries or the Ram, doth rule the head,
Then are their iudgements foolish, fond, and base,
That take the name of Ramhead in disgrace;
'Tis honour for the head to haue the name,
Deriued from the Ram that rules the same:
And that the Ram doth rule the head, I know,
For euery Almanacke the same doth show.
He that sels wood, is call'd a Woodmonger;
He that sels fish is call'd a Fishmonger;
He that doth brew, is call'd a Brewer; and
He's call'd a Landlord, that takes rent for Land;
He that bakes Bread, scornes not the name of Baker;
He that makes Cuckolds, is a Cuckold-maker.
So as the Ram doth rule the head, I see,
By Constellation all men Ramheads be.
And as the twelue Celestiall signes beare sway,
And with their motions passe mans life away;
The Ram, the head, the Bull, the necke and throte,
Twins, shoulders, Crab, doth rule the brest, I note,
But 'tis the Lyons portion and his part,
To be the valiant ruler of the heart.
From whence such men may gather this reliefe,
That though a Ramhead may be cause of griefe,
Yet Nature hath this remedie found out,
They should haue Lyons hearts to beare it stout,
And to defend and keepe the head from harme,
The Anagram of Ram, I finde is; Arm.
Thus is a Ramhead arm'd against all feare,
He needs no helmet, or no head-piece weare.
To speake more, in the plurall number, Rams,
It yeilds signifique warre like Anagrams,
For Rams is Mars, Mars is the God of Warre,
And Rams is Arms, Arms warres munitions are;
And from the fierce encounters which they make,
Our Tilts and Tournyes did beginnings take,
For as the Rams retire and meet with rage,
So men doe in their warre-like equipage.
And long e're powder, (from Hels damned den,
Was monstrously produc'd to murther men,
The Ram, an Engine call'd a Ram, did teach,
To batter downe a wall, or make a breach.
And now some places of defence 'gainst shot,
Haue (from the Ram) the name of Rampiers got.
First warlike trumpets that I e're heard nam'd,
At Jericho, were all of Rams hornes fram'd:
For at the Rams horne Trumpets fearefull blast,
Their curled Walls were suddenly downe cast.
Thus is the Ram with many vertues stor'd,
And was in Ægygt for a God ador'd:
And like a Captaine he the flocke doth lead,
As fits their Generall their Prince or head:
Thus haue I prou'd a Sheepe, a beast of price,
Cleane, and reputed fit for Sacrifice:
And sleeping, waking, earely, or else late,
It still doth chew the cud and ruminate.
Of all Beasts in the worlds circumference,
For meekenesse, profit, and for innocence,
I haue approu'd a Sheepe most excellent,
That wich least cost doth giue man most content.
There's such instinct of Nature in the Lambe,
By bleating, Jt mongst thousands knowes the dam;
For which the name of Agnoscendo knowing,
Is giuen to a Lambe, its knowledge showing.
To glad the Earth, his Iourney gins to take;
And now his glorious beames he doth vnbarre,
What absence marr'd, his presence now doth make:
Now he Earths weeping visage gins to dry
With Eols breath, and his bright heauenly heat.
March dust (like clouds) through ayre doth march & fly:
Dead-seeming Trees and Plants now life doth get.
Thus when the Worlds eye dazler takes his Inne,
At the cœlestiall Ram, then Winter's done:
And then Dame Nature doth her liuerie spinne
Of flowers and fruits, which all the Earth puts on.
Thus when Apollo doth to Aries come,
The Earth is freed from Winters Martyrdome.
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Wherein Heau'n, Earth, and Sun and Ayre combine,
To haue their vniuersall comforts hurld
Vpon the Face of the decaying world.
With twelae signes each mans body's gouerned,
And Aries or the Ram, doth rule the head,
Then are their iudgements foolish, fond, and base,
That take the name of Ramhead in disgrace;
'Tis honour for the head to haue the name,
Deriued from the Ram that rules the same:
And that the Ram doth rule the head, I know,
For euery Almanacke the same doth show.
He that sels wood, is call'd a Woodmonger;
He that sels fish is call'd a Fishmonger;
He that doth brew, is call'd a Brewer; and
He's call'd a Landlord, that takes rent for Land;
He that bakes Bread, scornes not the name of Baker;
He that makes Cuckolds, is a Cuckold-maker.
So as the Ram doth rule the head, I see,
By Constellation all men Ramheads be.
And as the twelue Celestiall signes beare sway,
And with their motions passe mans life away;
The Ram, the head, the Bull, the necke and throte,
Twins, shoulders, Crab, doth rule the brest, I note,
But 'tis the Lyons portion and his part,
To be the valiant ruler of the heart.
From whence such men may gather this reliefe,
That though a Ramhead may be cause of griefe,
Yet Nature hath this remedie found out,
They should haue Lyons hearts to beare it stout,
And to defend and keepe the head from harme,
The Anagram of Ram, I finde is; Arm.
Thus is a Ramhead arm'd against all feare,
He needs no helmet, or no head-piece weare.
To speake more, in the plurall number, Rams,
It yeilds signifique warre like Anagrams,
For Rams is Mars, Mars is the God of Warre,
And Rams is Arms, Arms warres munitions are;
And from the fierce encounters which they make,
Our Tilts and Tournyes did beginnings take,
For as the Rams retire and meet with rage,
So men doe in their warre-like equipage.
And long e're powder, (from Hels damned den,
Was monstrously produc'd to murther men,
The Ram, an Engine call'd a Ram, did teach,
To batter downe a wall, or make a breach.
And now some places of defence 'gainst shot,
Haue (from the Ram) the name of Rampiers got.
First warlike trumpets that I e're heard nam'd,
At Jericho, were all of Rams hornes fram'd:
For at the Rams horne Trumpets fearefull blast,
Their curled Walls were suddenly downe cast.
Thus is the Ram with many vertues stor'd,
And was in Ægygt for a God ador'd:
And like a Captaine he the flocke doth lead,
As fits their Generall their Prince or head:
Thus haue I prou'd a Sheepe, a beast of price,
Cleane, and reputed fit for Sacrifice:
And sleeping, waking, earely, or else late,
It still doth chew the cud and ruminate.
Of all Beasts in the worlds circumference,
For meekenesse, profit, and for innocence,
I haue approu'd a Sheepe most excellent,
That wich least cost doth giue man most content.
There's such instinct of Nature in the Lambe,
By bleating, Jt mongst thousands knowes the dam;
For which the name of Agnoscendo knowing,
Is giuen to a Lambe, its knowledge showing.
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