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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To hir the Louer writeth,

being familiarlie acquainted, refused in presence to speake to him.

Sith that thy fauour once I helde
and ioyed part thy grace,

What was the cause, that this disdayne
should vrge himselfe a place
In thee? at home I knowe,
and eke remember well:
Full louing tales and stories there
I often could thee tell,
And for reward I could receyue
of thee a kisse or twayne,
As iustly aye deserude of me:
in recompense of payne.
I then was bold to go with thee,
in chambers low and hie,
And in mine armes on bed of downe
haue thee thereon to lye,
Though I restrayned by forced feare
would neuer enterpryse
To taste of Venus sports, as things
ne to be seene with eyes.
Where as perhaps (as well appeard)
you willyng were thereto,
But that a doubt came in the wynde
that forst a freend a foe.
This token you remember well,
if that you list to yeeld.
She tooke a blow below the eare,
at Mooregate by the field.
To play at cardes and tables both,
to driue the tyme away,

And other games you coulde deuise,
as time serude day by day.
An hundred toyes were to be found,
that might vs merrie make,
Then had the Moone cleane lost hyr forme,
and was ne like a cake,
I was thy darling then, also
I dyd possesse thy hart:
Eche word that stubbornly was cast
dyd cause eche other smart.
Why now, what is the cause me tell,
that this so vile disdayne,
Should thee enforce ne to regarde
him that for thee bydes payne?
What was the cause that when you met
me with your fellowes mo,
And troupe of dames in open streete,
you would so slyly go.
And looke awry as though not meete
I were to see your face?
(Such freends as we are aye before)
this was a chaunged case.
But go thy way, to choose thy feere,
euen where it likes thee best,
Ile trouble thee from hence no more,
ne thee disturbe of rest.
But as long as by sight I know,
a woman from a sheepe,

For thy sake I will then beware,
and looke before I leape.

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To hir the Louer writeth,

being familiarlie acquainted, refused in presence to speake to him.