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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A Memoriall of the worthy and Right Worshipfull Gentleman, Richard Louelace, late of Hurley, in the County of Berke, Esquire, Liefetenant of the Castle and Forrest of Windsor.
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A Memoriall of the worthy and Right Worshipfull Gentleman, Richard Louelace, late of Hurley, in the County of Berke, Esquire, Liefetenant of the Castle and Forrest of Windsor.
Some
liue, who neuer louing were
to kisse nor yet to kin,
But Louelace he by louing all
vnlouing hearts did win.
to kisse nor yet to kin,
But Louelace he by louing all
vnlouing hearts did win.
I speake of that that I well know,
who knew him to his end:
His Countrey did not beare a man
more louing to his friend.
who knew him to his end:
His Countrey did not beare a man
more louing to his friend.
What, to his friend? yea poore as rich
according to his powre
His Towne of Hurley, where he dwelt
affirmes it to this houre.
according to his powre
His Towne of Hurley, where he dwelt
affirmes it to this houre.
His Towne of Hurley where he colde
endure the poore to dwell.
What dwell? yea oftentimes rent-free
the Countrey knowes it well.
endure the poore to dwell.
What dwell? yea oftentimes rent-free
the Countrey knowes it well.
And more then that, for hauing woods
and wastes that spacious were,
He could abide the poorer sort
to plant them dwelling there:
and wastes that spacious were,
He could abide the poorer sort
to plant them dwelling there:
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Not for enlarging of his rentes
(a thing farre from his mind)
And yet vnto those Cotagers
he land ofttimes assignde.
(a thing farre from his mind)
And yet vnto those Cotagers
he land ofttimes assignde.
And as vnto his friends and poore
he thus exprest his loue,
So for his seruants, wife, nor childe
could him from them remoue:
he thus exprest his loue,
So for his seruants, wife, nor childe
could him from them remoue:
For when his Copy-holds came voyd
he strake not vp the drum,
Nor gaue them to his children, as
I know is vs'd by sum.
he strake not vp the drum,
Nor gaue them to his children, as
I know is vs'd by sum.
But as they fell into his hands,
he gaue them to his men:
My selfe haue made them Copies oft,
was he not louing then?
he gaue them to his men:
My selfe haue made them Copies oft,
was he not louing then?
What should I say? A firmer man
in kindnesse then was he
I haue not knowne, nor at this day
a firmer man can see.
in kindnesse then was he
I haue not knowne, nor at this day
a firmer man can see.
And what I write thus in his prayse,
I write not for reward,
But to the end that other of
his sort might haue regard
I write not for reward,
But to the end that other of
his sort might haue regard
To sample out their deedes by his
in gentlemanly loue,
Which though it bring no profite here
shall breede them gaine aboue:
For they must dye, as he is dead,
Though neare so high they beare their head.
in gentlemanly loue,
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shall breede them gaine aboue:
For they must dye, as he is dead,
Though neare so high they beare their head.
Quid sumus (O miseri) nisi puluis motus ab aura,
Et fragili vitro similes, vmbræque fugaci?
Et fragili vitro similes, vmbræque fugaci?
What are we (O wretches) by nature and kind,
But ashes and dust blowne about with the winde?
And sampled by semblance, much like brittle glasse,
And like to the shadowe that swiftly doth passe?
But ashes and dust blowne about with the winde?
And sampled by semblance, much like brittle glasse,
And like to the shadowe that swiftly doth passe?
Mors tua, mors Christi, fraus mundi gloria cœli,
Et dolor inferni, sunt meditanda tibi.
Et dolor inferni, sunt meditanda tibi.
Thy death, Christs death, the worlds deceipt,
with hels infernall paine,
And glory of the heauens aboue
let thy deepe thoughts retaine.
with hels infernall paine,
And glory of the heauens aboue
let thy deepe thoughts retaine.
Viue diu, sed viue Deo, nam viuere Mundo,
Mortis opus, viua est viuere vita Deo.
Mortis opus, viua est viuere vita Deo.
Liue long, but liue vnto the Lord,
for to the world to liue
Is dying life, but life to God
a liuing life doth giue.
for to the world to liue
Is dying life, but life to God
a liuing life doth giue.
Quod sibi quisque serit præsentis tempore vitæ,
Hoc sibi messis erit, cum dicitur, ite, venite.
Hoc sibi messis erit, cum dicitur, ite, venite.
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What each one soweth to himselfe
While he on earth is liuing here,
That shall he reape, when it is said,
You bad be gone, you good come neere.
While he on earth is liuing here,
That shall he reape, when it is said,
You bad be gone, you good come neere.
Heu viuunt homines tanquam mors nulla sequatur,
Et velut infernus fabula vana foret.
Et velut infernus fabula vana foret.
Men liue (alas) as though they should not dye,
And euen as though hell fier were a lye.
And euen as though hell fier were a lye.
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