Of Golds Kingdome, and This Vnhelping Age Described in sundry Poems intermixedly placed after certaine other Poems of more speciall respect: And before the same is an Oration or speech intended to haue bene deliuered by the Author hereof unto the Kings Maiesty [by Edward Hake] |
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Trust to thy selfe and not to thy friends nor kinsfolkes.
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Trust to thy selfe and not to thy friends nor kinsfolkes.
The
mother Larke that neasted on the ground
With all her Brats her litle birds about her,
Abroad she flew where victuals might be found,
But ere she went, because she aid wisdoubt her
That in her absence some thing might be sayd
For cutting downe the Corne wherein she stayd,
With all her Brats her litle birds about her,
Abroad she flew where victuals might be found,
But ere she went, because she aid wisdoubt her
That in her absence some thing might be sayd
For cutting downe the Corne wherein she stayd,
She therefore thus gan speake vnto them all,
My birds (quoth she) this crop doth ripe apace
And in mine eye doth for the reapers call,
Who when they come will you and me displace,
And more then that, our liues will they inuade
Vnlesse in time we seeke some other glade:
My birds (quoth she) this crop doth ripe apace
And in mine eye doth for the reapers call,
Who when they come will you and me displace,
And more then that, our liues will they inuade
Vnlesse in time we seeke some other glade:
And yet to leaue our soyle before we need,
Full loath I am: my mind therefore is this,
That when you heare the owner come, take heed
What words be speakes and what appointed is
For felling of this field, the time and maner how,
Looke well vntoat, and so I leaue you now.
Full loath I am: my mind therefore is this,
That when you heare the owner come, take heed
What words be speakes and what appointed is
For felling of this field, the time and maner how,
Looke well vntoat, and so I leaue you now.
No sooner gone, but comes the Farmer thither,
And thus he spake aloud vnto his man:
Sirha (sayd he) you see this goodly weather
Get reapers go, with all the speed you can.
I trow my neighbours will not say me nay:
Request them all and tell me what they say:
And thus he spake aloud vnto his man:
Sirha (sayd he) you see this goodly weather
Get reapers go, with all the speed you can.
I trow my neighbours will not say me nay:
Request them all and tell me what they say:
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The selfe same night when mother Larke came in,
The silly birds with low and fearefull voyce
Related all: Tust, tush (quoth she) a pin,
If maister Farmer make no better choise
Then neighbours helpe, this field will not go downe,
Neighbours will helpe themselues throughout the Towne.
The silly birds with low and fearefull voyce
Related all: Tust, tush (quoth she) a pin,
If maister Farmer make no better choise
Then neighbours helpe, this field will not go downe,
Neighbours will helpe themselues throughout the Towne.
Next morning when she was to go againe,
The like precept and charge she left behind:
At noone the owner came, but all in vaine,
His neigbours Sycles no where could he find.
All chafing then, he cald vnto his man
Who sayd that they would come, but knew not whan.
The like precept and charge she left behind:
At noone the owner came, but all in vaine,
His neigbours Sycles no where could he find.
All chafing then, he cald vnto his man
Who sayd that they would come, but knew not whan.
Well well (quoth she) Ile trust no Neighbours aide,
Go now to such my Cosins and my Kin:
I know with them this matter will be waide:
And here to morrow let them all begin.
This fearefull Summons when the Dam returnd,
The litle Larkes declard, and then they mournd.
Go now to such my Cosins and my Kin:
I know with them this matter will be waide:
And here to morrow let them all begin.
This fearefull Summons when the Dam returnd,
The litle Larkes declard, and then they mournd.
Not this (quoth she) as yet shall make vs flie:
Will kinsfolkes helpe? No no the'yle helpe themselues,
And therefore yet a while here will we lie.
Cease therefore cease your moane you whimpring elues
And marke to morrow when he comes againe
What he giues forth and how he doth complaine.
Will kinsfolkes helpe? No no the'yle helpe themselues,
And therefore yet a while here will we lie.
Cease therefore cease your moane you whimpring elues
And marke to morrow when he comes againe
What he giues forth and how he doth complaine.
The morow came, and (as he did before)
The owner of the field returnd, and finding none
About the Corne, Lord how he swet and swore
For being told of kins excuse, and how each one
Was faint and cold and stoode vpon delay,
He fumde and fretted, and in fine did say.
The owner of the field returnd, and finding none
About the Corne, Lord how he swet and swore
For being told of kins excuse, and how each one
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He fumde and fretted, and in fine did say.
That he no longer neighbours, kinred, nor
Ought saue himselfe thenceforth would trust vnto:
And therefore now (quoth he) to cure this dor,
Do thou therein as I shall bid thee do:
To morow morning call my men togither
And with their Haruest weapons bring them hither.
Ought saue himselfe thenceforth would trust vnto:
And therefore now (quoth he) to cure this dor,
Do thou therein as I shall bid thee do:
To morow morning call my men togither
And with their Haruest weapons bring them hither.
Those newes at night when Beldam came to neast,
The birds did tell as they had done before:
Yea now (quoth she) this matter is increast,
For after this, delayes must be no more:
This night with speed we must go change our seate
And so she did with paines and trauell great.
The birds did tell as they had done before:
Yea now (quoth she) this matter is increast,
For after this, delayes must be no more:
This night with speed we must go change our seate
And so she did with paines and trauell great.
And now to shew the morall of this tale,
As Larke that neasted in anothers ground,
Not fenst about with hedge, nor ditch nor pale
Did yet abide a twise most dolefull sound
Of kin and neighbours comming to the place,
But when she saw that altred was the case,
As Larke that neasted in anothers ground,
Not fenst about with hedge, nor ditch nor pale
Did yet abide a twise most dolefull sound
Of kin and neighbours comming to the place,
But when she saw that altred was the case,
As that the Owner of the field would come,
Or send his seruants on the morow day,
Then thought she time to leaue that borrowd roome
And with her young ones thence to packe away:
Such is the case of all men that do lay
Their hope of helpe in kinred or in frend,
For such a one lies helples in the end.
Or send his seruants on the morow day,
Then thought she time to leaue that borrowd roome
And with her young ones thence to packe away:
Such is the case of all men that do lay
Their hope of helpe in kinred or in frend,
For such a one lies helples in the end.
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