A Courtlie controuersie of Cupids Cautels Conteyning fiue Tragicall Histories, very pithie, pleasant, pitiful, and profitable: Discoursed uppon wyth Argumentes of Loue, by three Gentlemen and two Gentlewomen, entermedled with diuers delicate Sonets and Rithmes, exceeding delightfull to refresh the yrkesomnesse of tedious tyme. Translated out of French as neare as our English phrase will permit, by H. VV. Gentleman [i.e. Henry Wotton] |
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[If thundring threates of mightie Ioue aboue]
If thundring threates of mightie Ioue aboue,
If monstrous shapes from God among vs sente,
If bitter plagues, whereof we dayly proue,
Had power to make mankynde his lyfe repent,
Man shoulde not neede to feare the fleying whip,
VVhiche dothe for sinne his guiltie conscience nip.
If monstrous shapes from God among vs sente,
If bitter plagues, whereof we dayly proue,
Had power to make mankynde his lyfe repent,
Man shoulde not neede to feare the fleying whip,
VVhiche dothe for sinne his guiltie conscience nip.
The rodde wherewith the Lorde doth scourge vs still,
The promised plagues of vengeance in his ire,
Is to enforce man to obey his wyll,
And shunne the debt of his deserued hire.
The louing Lorde dothe warne vs day by day,
Yet we rebell, and lust to runne astray.
The promised plagues of vengeance in his ire,
Is to enforce man to obey his wyll,
And shunne the debt of his deserued hire.
The louing Lorde dothe warne vs day by day,
Yet we rebell, and lust to runne astray.
Eche fishe that swimmes, eche foule that buildes a nest,
Eche blooming plante, eche hearbe, and fruitfull tree,
Eche creping worme, and euery liuing beaste,
Brings forth encrease, eche one in their degree.
They prayse the Lorde according to their kinde,
They prayse the Lorde according to their kinde,
They liue and dye, as nature hathe assinde.
Eche blooming plante, eche hearbe, and fruitfull tree,
Eche creping worme, and euery liuing beaste,
Brings forth encrease, eche one in their degree.
They prayse the Lorde according to their kinde,
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They liue and dye, as nature hathe assinde.
All things on earthe, created by the Lorde,
VVere to sustaine the needefull life of man:
And man at laste was formed by his worde,
And of the earthe, by God possession wanne,
Redeemed eke from sinne by Christe his sonne,
VVhose Godhead was before the worlde begonne:
Be thankfull man, repent, and turne againe,
Let not thy sauiours bloude be shed in vaine.
VVere to sustaine the needefull life of man:
And man at laste was formed by his worde,
And of the earthe, by God possession wanne,
Redeemed eke from sinne by Christe his sonne,
VVhose Godhead was before the worlde begonne:
Be thankfull man, repent, and turne againe,
Let not thy sauiours bloude be shed in vaine.
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