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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]

Hake, Edward (fl. 1560-1604)

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The Authors Prologue to such of his Poems in this booke as concerne Golds Kingdome.

HVMBLE PETITIONS OF GOOD SVBIECTS TO THEIR GOOD KING against the Parliament.

The Subiects loue is the riches and safety of the King.

Another notable example of integritie in a Prince.

A Case of Difficultie in the Royall Administration.

The infortunate Courtier.

Three things very grieuous to good mindes.

Of true Nobilitie.

To the most reuerend and right Honourable, the Primate of all England.

The Iudge must be truthes Patron.

A Caueat to peremptory speaking Lawyers.

To Astilius Regius the learned & highly imployed Lawyer.

Of the most commendable and honourable gouernement of the City of London, in the late times of the sicknesse and decease of the most gracious and renowmed Queene Elizabeth.

No gold no goodnesse.

The same of this vnhelpping Age.

The same complaining of his want of friends.

[Be drouping N. and die my dearest friend]

Trust to thy selfe and not to thy friends nor kinsfolkes.

The dolorous man being still crossed in his estate bewaileth his mishaps.

Of dissembling friends.

A carefull Debtor.

Of one neere dead through thought.

The liberall mans Expostulation with Golde.

The Golden Swaggerer.

To all Worthy and well deseruing Souldiers.

Though wit be the woer, Yet gold is the speeder.

A Sale of Sinne.

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.

To a foule and common swearer.

To a Common Lyer.

To an olde man loosely liuing.

A liuely description of Ingratitude by a Fable of a Serpent and a way-faring man.

Mediocria firma, with aduice to Constancie.

A returne to Golde.

To the Right VVorshipfull and of high deseruing Sir Iulius Cæsar Knight, one of the Maisters of the Requests to the Kings Maiestie.

The Author.

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To the Right VVorshipfull and of high deseruing Sir Iulius Cæsar Knight, one of the Maisters of the Requests to the Kings Maiestie.

Though griefes arise in men of troubled harts,
Yet when the same by skill of penue are plaste,
Petition-like in writing with the parts,
Good God, how then such Suters griefes do waste,
As though that then their helpe would come in haste
But if their Sutes do happen on delay,
Faint growes the hope whereon their hearts did stay.

If toylesome paine procure dispatch of Sutes,
What plowman taketh greater paines then yea;
An open Truth a slaunderous lye confutes,
So what I write, apparently is true:
And yet (good sir) this sequele may ensue,
Vnlesse the Suter do his Sute obtaine,
Ill words may come for recompence of paine.

For why it happens oft, that he who sues,
Because his minde runnes wholly on successe,
If that he happe to heare contrary newes,
Then meying no mans trauell more or lesse,
Away he goes with great vnthankfulnesse.
So thanklesse thoughts and peeches that depraue
Oft Mediators vnto Princes haue.

Sie plerunq; Mediatores vtrinq, leduntur, sicut vespertilie
Laceratur a muribus & anibus.

Alphonsus king of Naples was wont to say of Mediators of Requests vnto kings and princes, that they are like vnto those who hauing their dwellings in the middle roomes of a house, are besprinckled with vrine by those that are aboue them, and annoyed with filth by those that are belowe them.