Albions England A Continued Historie of the same Kingdome, from the Originals of the first Inhabitants thereof: With most the chiefe Alterations and Accidents theare hapning, vnto, and in the happie Raigne of our now most gracious Soueraigne, Queene Elizabeth: Not barren in varietie of inuentiue and historicall Intermixtures: First penned and published by William Warner: and now reuised, and newly inlarged by the same Author: Whereunto is also newly added an Epitome of the whole Historie of England |
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CHAP. LIX.
Of holy Dauid and his House, the Man approu'd to be,
By Gods owne Mouth to Gods owne heart, the many Troubles see:
His Soule was euer godly firme, though fraile in flesh as Man:
For who of Adams Seede from sinne acquite them could or can.
Our walls of flesh that close our Soules God knew too weake, & gaue
A further Guard, euen euery Man an Angell Guide to haue:
And Men to vs be Angels, whilst they worke our Soules to saue.
For, eare his Fall, Man was not left vnto himselfe so free,
But that he had a Law and Those that should his Temptors be,
And tempted, then the Spirit, that for God himselfe was made,
Was dared by the Flesh, that to the Spirit earst obayde
The Soule by either laboured to thriue, or be betrayde.
To erre is proper then to Men, but brutish to persist:
With Praise and Prayer still to God, as Dauid thriu'd or mist,
He plied, more in louing God than liuing godly blist.
Vngratefull Saule distressing him or what eare then befell,
Or afterwards, nor other then domesticke Greefes we tell.
The troublous Sequels Nathan tould of Dauids House, when as,
To wanton it with Bethsabe, Vrias murthred was,
Effecting now, is only it whereto our Pen shall pas:
Thamar, Ammon, Absolom, Adoniah also wrought
Vnto their Father woe enough, let these on Stage be brought.
By Gods owne Mouth to Gods owne heart, the many Troubles see:
His Soule was euer godly firme, though fraile in flesh as Man:
For who of Adams Seede from sinne acquite them could or can.
Our walls of flesh that close our Soules God knew too weake, & gaue
A further Guard, euen euery Man an Angell Guide to haue:
And Men to vs be Angels, whilst they worke our Soules to saue.
For, eare his Fall, Man was not left vnto himselfe so free,
But that he had a Law and Those that should his Temptors be,
And tempted, then the Spirit, that for God himselfe was made,
Was dared by the Flesh, that to the Spirit earst obayde
The Soule by either laboured to thriue, or be betrayde.
To erre is proper then to Men, but brutish to persist:
With Praise and Prayer still to God, as Dauid thriu'd or mist,
He plied, more in louing God than liuing godly blist.
Vngratefull Saule distressing him or what eare then befell,
Or afterwards, nor other then domesticke Greefes we tell.
The troublous Sequels Nathan tould of Dauids House, when as,
To wanton it with Bethsabe, Vrias murthred was,
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Thamar, Ammon, Absolom, Adoniah also wrought
Vnto their Father woe enough, let these on Stage be brought.
Now to the Tribes was Dauid as the Zodiack to the Signes,
Euen Signifer to euery Prince that circled his Confines:
A Monarche great, in Acts and Fame more great, but great'st of all,
In that he was belou'd of God, nor ceast on him to call,
Who raisd him, often falling, for his Crosses weare not small.
Loue-worth Maacha, Thalmai King of Geshurs Daughter, baire
To Dauid featred Absolom, and Thamar peereles faire.
Nor fairer yeat than virtuous, though disastrously she speade:
Such is admyred Bewtie that hath Worlds of Mischiefes breade.
Ammon, whom Ahinoam bore to Dauid, was the cause
Of hers and his owne griefe, in that he gaue his Eyes no lawes.
For Loue is but a Terme, like as is Eccho but a Voyce,
That This doth babble That doth breed or not is ours the choyce.
Trewe Virtue curbs Affection, and for Conscience flyeth sinne,
To leaue for imperfection, feare, or shame no praise doth winne.
But not so happy he, as feare, or shame, or ought might stay
His rankled thoughts, but sicke, luste sicke, for Thamar Ammon lay,
Till subtell Ionadabs Aduise did her to him betray.
For neuer was Pretence so fowle but some would flatter it,
Nor any thing so pestilent as mis-applied Wit.
Seeme feeble sicke, and when the King thy Father visits thee,
Then faine an Appetite to Meate by Thamar drest (quoth he:)
Aske that she dresse it in thy sight, and of her hand to take it,
When priuate so, thy Market bee as thou doest mar or make it.
Well pleasde this Counsell: Ammon askes, and Dauid yeelds anon.
Nor readier Dauid to bid goe than Thamar to be gon.
Like Philomela, flattering Pandeon she might go
With Tereus that prepos'd her shame, was Thamar forward so:
When either Virgin was surprisde wheare least they look't a Foe.
Euen Signifer to euery Prince that circled his Confines:
A Monarche great, in Acts and Fame more great, but great'st of all,
In that he was belou'd of God, nor ceast on him to call,
Who raisd him, often falling, for his Crosses weare not small.
Loue-worth Maacha, Thalmai King of Geshurs Daughter, baire
To Dauid featred Absolom, and Thamar peereles faire.
Nor fairer yeat than virtuous, though disastrously she speade:
Such is admyred Bewtie that hath Worlds of Mischiefes breade.
Ammon, whom Ahinoam bore to Dauid, was the cause
Of hers and his owne griefe, in that he gaue his Eyes no lawes.
For Loue is but a Terme, like as is Eccho but a Voyce,
That This doth babble That doth breed or not is ours the choyce.
Trewe Virtue curbs Affection, and for Conscience flyeth sinne,
To leaue for imperfection, feare, or shame no praise doth winne.
But not so happy he, as feare, or shame, or ought might stay
His rankled thoughts, but sicke, luste sicke, for Thamar Ammon lay,
Till subtell Ionadabs Aduise did her to him betray.
For neuer was Pretence so fowle but some would flatter it,
Nor any thing so pestilent as mis-applied Wit.
Seeme feeble sicke, and when the King thy Father visits thee,
Then faine an Appetite to Meate by Thamar drest (quoth he:)
Aske that she dresse it in thy sight, and of her hand to take it,
When priuate so, thy Market bee as thou doest mar or make it.
Well pleasde this Counsell: Ammon askes, and Dauid yeelds anon.
Nor readier Dauid to bid goe than Thamar to be gon.
Like Philomela, flattering Pandeon she might go
With Tereus that prepos'd her shame, was Thamar forward so:
When either Virgin was surprisde wheare least they look't a Foe.
So gratious, portly, fresh, and faire, and (which no lesse attract)
So modest, wittie, affable, had Nature her compact,
That such as in his Canticles her Brother hath purtrayde
His Loues Idea, litrally might Thamar such be saide.
Goodly thus, and gladly then, and not suspecting harme,
She, entring wheare he lodged, did afresh the Leacher warme.
His leasing Sicknes then to acte by Arte was more than neede,
For, seeing her, imagine all his Senses sicke in deede.
More could she not, more should she not, than she in kindnes did:
All adding Fewell to the Fier, which yet from her lay hid.
Now, saue of him and her, the Roome was cleard by his deuise,
When he did aske to eate, which she did bring him in a trise:
Full glad (good Soule) her Cookerie might please him any whit,
When not her Cookrie, but her selfe, his appetite did fit:
Concerning which he breakes with her indeuoring her consent:
Whereto amaiz'de, she counter-works, nor would for ought relent.
How pretious her Virginitie, what sinne it to defile,
How for their Fathers Luste much woe was prophesied ere-while,
How Incest was much more a sinne she wished him to way,
How permanent the Shame to both: Enough did Thamar say,
To haue preseru'd Virginitie, if lust had brook't a Nay.
But pleading teares and words lackt waite, by force he rauisht her,
And hauing forst, he forced not to hide how he did erre:
Nor more he loued her ere while but hates her now as much:
Of Lust and vnchast Coiture still is the Sequell such.
Her now vn-virgin'd Eyes did shame to view the common Light,
She therefore would haue stayd, at least not come in cōmon Sight,
Supposing, by her Blushings, all would ayme her altred Plight,
But out his Doores by violence he shutteth her, wherefore
Aloude she cride with bitter teares, her faire attier she tore,
And did all Signes of sorrow, whilst the cause admired was.
But when her Brother Absolom found how had come to pas,
He comforts her in all he might, and to his house conuaies
His wofull Sister, wheare thenceforth, as desolate, she staies:
Like Prognes sister pensiue, but her moodes weare milder still,
This wanting will not speech to rayle, That wanting speech not will.
Contrary-wise thought Absolom of nothing but Reuenge,
And with his choler thinke yee him these thoughts among to menge.
Did Cadmus, for his Sister rapt'e, so many Countries rome?
And shall I sleepe my Sisters Rape, that may be quit at home?
For Rape of one, scarce honest, was at Troy such tenne-years Fight,
And shall one easie bloe seeme much sweet Thamars wrong to right?
Simeon and Leui, worthy Sonnes of Israel our grand-Sier,
Yee in reuenging Dinas Rape haue set mine heart on fier,
Euen mine, that for a greater wrong should greater things acquier.
Poore Sychem, thou didst loue in deede and Marriage Rites affect,
Lewde Ammon, thou did'st lust in deede, and then thy Rape reiect:
Poore Sichem, she a stranger was whom thou so much didst wowe,
Lewde Ammon, she thy Sister was with whome thou hadst to doe:
Poore Sichem, thou to prize thy loue didst leaue thy Godes for hers,
Lewde Ammon, thou to please thy luste no God at all prefers:
But howsoeare in these in this no diffrence shall remaine,
Poore Sichem he was slaughtred, lewd Ammon shall be slaine.
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That such as in his Canticles her Brother hath purtrayde
His Loues Idea, litrally might Thamar such be saide.
Goodly thus, and gladly then, and not suspecting harme,
She, entring wheare he lodged, did afresh the Leacher warme.
His leasing Sicknes then to acte by Arte was more than neede,
For, seeing her, imagine all his Senses sicke in deede.
More could she not, more should she not, than she in kindnes did:
All adding Fewell to the Fier, which yet from her lay hid.
Now, saue of him and her, the Roome was cleard by his deuise,
When he did aske to eate, which she did bring him in a trise:
Full glad (good Soule) her Cookerie might please him any whit,
When not her Cookrie, but her selfe, his appetite did fit:
Concerning which he breakes with her indeuoring her consent:
Whereto amaiz'de, she counter-works, nor would for ought relent.
How pretious her Virginitie, what sinne it to defile,
How for their Fathers Luste much woe was prophesied ere-while,
How Incest was much more a sinne she wished him to way,
How permanent the Shame to both: Enough did Thamar say,
To haue preseru'd Virginitie, if lust had brook't a Nay.
But pleading teares and words lackt waite, by force he rauisht her,
And hauing forst, he forced not to hide how he did erre:
Nor more he loued her ere while but hates her now as much:
Of Lust and vnchast Coiture still is the Sequell such.
Her now vn-virgin'd Eyes did shame to view the common Light,
She therefore would haue stayd, at least not come in cōmon Sight,
Supposing, by her Blushings, all would ayme her altred Plight,
But out his Doores by violence he shutteth her, wherefore
Aloude she cride with bitter teares, her faire attier she tore,
And did all Signes of sorrow, whilst the cause admired was.
But when her Brother Absolom found how had come to pas,
He comforts her in all he might, and to his house conuaies
His wofull Sister, wheare thenceforth, as desolate, she staies:
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This wanting will not speech to rayle, That wanting speech not will.
Contrary-wise thought Absolom of nothing but Reuenge,
And with his choler thinke yee him these thoughts among to menge.
Did Cadmus, for his Sister rapt'e, so many Countries rome?
And shall I sleepe my Sisters Rape, that may be quit at home?
For Rape of one, scarce honest, was at Troy such tenne-years Fight,
And shall one easie bloe seeme much sweet Thamars wrong to right?
Simeon and Leui, worthy Sonnes of Israel our grand-Sier,
Yee in reuenging Dinas Rape haue set mine heart on fier,
Euen mine, that for a greater wrong should greater things acquier.
Poore Sychem, thou didst loue in deede and Marriage Rites affect,
Lewde Ammon, thou did'st lust in deede, and then thy Rape reiect:
Poore Sichem, she a stranger was whom thou so much didst wowe,
Lewde Ammon, she thy Sister was with whome thou hadst to doe:
Poore Sichem, thou to prize thy loue didst leaue thy Godes for hers,
Lewde Ammon, thou to please thy luste no God at all prefers:
But howsoeare in these in this no diffrence shall remaine,
Poore Sichem he was slaughtred, lewd Ammon shall be slaine.
Not more Maachas goodly Sonne in stomaking did threate,
Then did this Newes his Father now offensiuely disqueate:
At poynt almost to act as much as Absolom did plot,
Euen Ammons death, had not he been his Issue first-begot:
For which he earst had hild him Deare, and present Nature wrought,
And that himselfe had amorous Slyps, is likely too, he thought.
But howsoeare, in woe enough he ouerpasseth it,
Which Absolom in wroth enough nor could, nor would forgit:
Two yeares in silence, neartheles, he labord of that fit.
To his Sheep-shearing Dauid and his Brethren he inuites,
(Such as our Wakes, conuenting Kinnes to Feastings and Delightes)
Now listen what Catastropha this Stratagem behightes.
The King excus'd his comming; whome his Sonne importunes so,
As Ammon and his other Sonnes had leaue and will to goe.
Vnwilling though (by what Presage I wot not) Dauid seem'd
Of Ammons going (but what Fate ordain'd hath none redeem'd)
Go did he, wheare full merily he frollicked that tyde,
When, by his Ostes Attendants theare of sudden Wounds he dyde,
(Which after-Banquet did their Lord for onely him prouide.)
More skar'd than hurt the other Sonnes of Dauid flead with speede,
Yeat eare their home-returne the King had notice of the deede,
And feared much their safetie, till them he saw, and then
Was such confused sorrow, more was neuer seene mong'st Men.
To Geshur Absolom escapes, three yeares an Exile thear,
Till Dauids kinde relenting heart to Ioab did appeare,
By meanes of whome, recalled home, he lastly purchast Grace,
Yea well-appay'd was Dauid if weare Absolom in place.
Then did this Newes his Father now offensiuely disqueate:
At poynt almost to act as much as Absolom did plot,
Euen Ammons death, had not he been his Issue first-begot:
For which he earst had hild him Deare, and present Nature wrought,
And that himselfe had amorous Slyps, is likely too, he thought.
But howsoeare, in woe enough he ouerpasseth it,
Which Absolom in wroth enough nor could, nor would forgit:
Two yeares in silence, neartheles, he labord of that fit.
To his Sheep-shearing Dauid and his Brethren he inuites,
(Such as our Wakes, conuenting Kinnes to Feastings and Delightes)
Now listen what Catastropha this Stratagem behightes.
The King excus'd his comming; whome his Sonne importunes so,
As Ammon and his other Sonnes had leaue and will to goe.
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Of Ammons going (but what Fate ordain'd hath none redeem'd)
Go did he, wheare full merily he frollicked that tyde,
When, by his Ostes Attendants theare of sudden Wounds he dyde,
(Which after-Banquet did their Lord for onely him prouide.)
More skar'd than hurt the other Sonnes of Dauid flead with speede,
Yeat eare their home-returne the King had notice of the deede,
And feared much their safetie, till them he saw, and then
Was such confused sorrow, more was neuer seene mong'st Men.
To Geshur Absolom escapes, three yeares an Exile thear,
Till Dauids kinde relenting heart to Ioab did appeare,
By meanes of whome, recalled home, he lastly purchast Grace,
Yea well-appay'd was Dauid if weare Absolom in place.
Lou'd neuer Father more a Sonne than him his Father lou'd,
Prou'd neuer Sonne vngratefull more than he vngratfull prou'd:
For hauing stolne the Peoples hearts, by affable Pretexts,
He faines his vowes at Hebron, but the Diadem affects,
And, by collected Forces theare distressed Dauid more
Than Saule the Cananites, or all hap't after or before:
Enforcing him to flie the Land. But dwell we not of this,
God neuer fauor'd such Attempts, or euer fayled His.
When Dauid seem'd, in common Sence, already on the hip,
Was Absolom himselfe ore-throne, whom God made ouer-slip,
What politicke Achitophel had counseld him to doe,
Whose Counsell not receau'd, he hong himselfe, and worthie too.
Ambitious Absolom now foyl'd, as on his Mule he flead,
Was carried vnderneath an Oke wheare caught vp by the head,
(Euen by those bewtious Locks of which & him such praise is read)
He sighte (and cause he had) and said (or say he might) that All
Which so vniustly seeke to clime, most iustly so doe fall.
But whatsoere he thought or spake, this holds autenticall:
We thinke no greater blisse than such to be as be we would,
When blessed none, but such as be the same that be they should,
Had one Man all that all Men haue he nothing had, vnlesse
He also had a Soule that All as nothing did possesse.
Natures Mynion, Eyes Admier, and now in-ayred Earth,
(For, hanging, Ioabs ruthles speare had vented vitall breath,
Although the King his counter-maunde should haue contraried so)
Effected had his Fathers heart no Substance else but woe:
So kinde and ouer-kinde was he in moning such a Foe.
But thus of this, and thus to him this following Crosse did groe.
Prou'd neuer Sonne vngratefull more than he vngratfull prou'd:
For hauing stolne the Peoples hearts, by affable Pretexts,
He faines his vowes at Hebron, but the Diadem affects,
And, by collected Forces theare distressed Dauid more
Than Saule the Cananites, or all hap't after or before:
Enforcing him to flie the Land. But dwell we not of this,
God neuer fauor'd such Attempts, or euer fayled His.
When Dauid seem'd, in common Sence, already on the hip,
Was Absolom himselfe ore-throne, whom God made ouer-slip,
What politicke Achitophel had counseld him to doe,
Whose Counsell not receau'd, he hong himselfe, and worthie too.
Ambitious Absolom now foyl'd, as on his Mule he flead,
Was carried vnderneath an Oke wheare caught vp by the head,
(Euen by those bewtious Locks of which & him such praise is read)
He sighte (and cause he had) and said (or say he might) that All
Which so vniustly seeke to clime, most iustly so doe fall.
But whatsoere he thought or spake, this holds autenticall:
We thinke no greater blisse than such to be as be we would,
When blessed none, but such as be the same that be they should,
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He also had a Soule that All as nothing did possesse.
Natures Mynion, Eyes Admier, and now in-ayred Earth,
(For, hanging, Ioabs ruthles speare had vented vitall breath,
Although the King his counter-maunde should haue contraried so)
Effected had his Fathers heart no Substance else but woe:
So kinde and ouer-kinde was he in moning such a Foe.
But thus of this, and thus to him this following Crosse did groe.
To epilogue our Tragedie, now Adoniah acts,
With whom, old Dauid to depose, euen Ioabs-selfe compacts:
Yea diuers Captaines did reuolt, and with the Sonne rebell,
Which not a little greeu'd the King, that lou'd the young-man well,
Who, next his brother, did for forme and soly now excell.
Remayn'd but Salomon and he, and he the elder Sonne.
Too forward yeat to practise Rule eare Dauids Raigne was donne.
But what God meaneth is, Amen: The Scepter was behight
To Salomon, and Nathan mou'd the King to doe him right.
Who, aged, caus'd his Diadem to Roialize the head
Of Salomon, annoynted now: which heard, the Rebel flead.
So haue we seene, not yeares farre-past, long-Plottings ouerthrone,
Euen in a trise, to day a Queeue, to morrow lesse than none:
Such was her Fate, but not her Fault, that stoode for Maries Throne
Nor cite I this A Noueltie, like Pul-backs many an one.
Repentant Adoniah now vnto the Altar flies,
And holdeth fast the Hornes thereof: which one, that it espies,
Reporteth vnto Salomon, that sent to fetch him Thence:
Which would not be, till swore the King to pardon his offence:
Whom leaue we now so pardoned, or rather in suspence.
For though a Kings Competitor in one same Land may liue,
Yeat take be heed, the sleightest cause a cause of death doth giue:
Which hapned him, eare hapned this inserted by the way.
With whom, old Dauid to depose, euen Ioabs-selfe compacts:
Yea diuers Captaines did reuolt, and with the Sonne rebell,
Which not a little greeu'd the King, that lou'd the young-man well,
Who, next his brother, did for forme and soly now excell.
Remayn'd but Salomon and he, and he the elder Sonne.
Too forward yeat to practise Rule eare Dauids Raigne was donne.
But what God meaneth is, Amen: The Scepter was behight
To Salomon, and Nathan mou'd the King to doe him right.
Who, aged, caus'd his Diadem to Roialize the head
Of Salomon, annoynted now: which heard, the Rebel flead.
So haue we seene, not yeares farre-past, long-Plottings ouerthrone,
Euen in a trise, to day a Queeue, to morrow lesse than none:
Such was her Fate, but not her Fault, that stoode for Maries Throne
Nor cite I this A Noueltie, like Pul-backs many an one.
Repentant Adoniah now vnto the Altar flies,
And holdeth fast the Hornes thereof: which one, that it espies,
Reporteth vnto Salomon, that sent to fetch him Thence:
Which would not be, till swore the King to pardon his offence:
Whom leaue we now so pardoned, or rather in suspence.
For though a Kings Competitor in one same Land may liue,
Yeat take be heed, the sleightest cause a cause of death doth giue:
Which hapned him, eare hapned this inserted by the way.
Dauid decea'ste, in Salomon was sole and sou'raigne Sway,
When Ioab, to prolong his life, did at the Altar stay.
Euen he that in so many Brunts for Dauid did preuaile,
That, saue for Adoniah now, Allegiance neare did saile,
That, saue for sheaded blood of twaine, could none impeach of wrong,
Euen this grand-Captaine of the Hosts, a luckie Knight so long,
Hand-fasting now the Altar, clames that priuiledge, in vaine:
For thence he would not, and the King commaunds he theare be slaine:
Which Warrant did Banaiah serue. And so this Worthie died,
For Abner and Amasas blood, like-Worthies and as tried.
When Ioab, to prolong his life, did at the Altar stay.
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That, saue for Adoniah now, Allegiance neare did saile,
That, saue for sheaded blood of twaine, could none impeach of wrong,
Euen this grand-Captaine of the Hosts, a luckie Knight so long,
Hand-fasting now the Altar, clames that priuiledge, in vaine:
For thence he would not, and the King commaunds he theare be slaine:
Which Warrant did Banaiah serue. And so this Worthie died,
For Abner and Amasas blood, like-Worthies and as tried.
With Adoniah now remaines we act and ende our Sceanes,
To whō might seeme, small good was meant, what il soerc he meanes:
Wheare crowned Might, and crossed Right so neere together dwell,
Behooues that Forrest-flying Feare, whereof the Fox did tell.
Our factious Lancaster and Yorke thereof could witnes well.
Abisag, Dauids Hebe, that in comfort of his Age,
Attended him at Bed and Boarde, when naturall heate did swage.
Howbeit still a Virgin, and the goodliest Wenche aliue,
Enamours Adoniah, at the least with her to Wiue
He drifteth, not detayned but for Salomons consent:
Of which he moued Bethsabe, for which the Sutor went
To Salomon, that thearewithall was onely not content,
But also tooke occasion hence of more, perhaps, then meant.
Banaiah, by the Kings Commaund, did Adoniah slea:
For Cryme perhaps, perhaps because a Crowne might come in Plea.
For Salomon, diuinely wise, could Subtellizings found:
That much the Maid knew Dauids mind, that Many she had bound,
Whilst gratious earst, with Benefits: her Kinred strong he found:
That Ioab and Abiather weare on his Brothers side:
That his aspiring sleepes nor must be slept the King espide:
Or else-what? Adoniah was dispatched out of hand:
So sped his sute, so was confirm'd to Salomon the Land:
If Others otherwise, not I as others vnderstand.
To whō might seeme, small good was meant, what il soerc he meanes:
Wheare crowned Might, and crossed Right so neere together dwell,
Behooues that Forrest-flying Feare, whereof the Fox did tell.
Our factious Lancaster and Yorke thereof could witnes well.
Abisag, Dauids Hebe, that in comfort of his Age,
Attended him at Bed and Boarde, when naturall heate did swage.
Howbeit still a Virgin, and the goodliest Wenche aliue,
Enamours Adoniah, at the least with her to Wiue
He drifteth, not detayned but for Salomons consent:
Of which he moued Bethsabe, for which the Sutor went
To Salomon, that thearewithall was onely not content,
But also tooke occasion hence of more, perhaps, then meant.
Banaiah, by the Kings Commaund, did Adoniah slea:
For Cryme perhaps, perhaps because a Crowne might come in Plea.
For Salomon, diuinely wise, could Subtellizings found:
That much the Maid knew Dauids mind, that Many she had bound,
Whilst gratious earst, with Benefits: her Kinred strong he found:
That Ioab and Abiather weare on his Brothers side:
That his aspiring sleepes nor must be slept the King espide:
Or else-what? Adoniah was dispatched out of hand:
So sped his sute, so was confirm'd to Salomon the Land:
If Others otherwise, not I as others vnderstand.
Nor better Meede for Merits could these Dauidists alleadge:
Yeat did their Father eate the Grapes that set their Teeth on edge.
Then charitable, godly-wise, and continent weare fit
Should Parents be: So prosper they, Theirs, and whom Theirs begit.
Of Scotland, quieted by our Queene, and France by her kept French,
Is toucht: Of Belgike long selfe-vaind, rests how the blood to stench.
Yeat did their Father eate the Grapes that set their Teeth on edge.
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Should Parents be: So prosper they, Theirs, and whom Theirs begit.
Of Scotland, quieted by our Queene, and France by her kept French,
Is toucht: Of Belgike long selfe-vaind, rests how the blood to stench.
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