Satyre V.

Satyre IIII.1633-69,B,D,H49,HN(anno 1594in margin),JC,Lec,O'F,P,Q,S,W:Mr. Dunns first Satire.A25:Another Satire by the same. J: D:Cy(where it is the third): Satyre.S96:no title,L74,N,TCD(in L74 it is second, in N, TCD third in order)2 but I1633,A25,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,S,W:but yet I1635-69,Cy,O'F,S964 A recreacion to, and scarseQ:A recreation, and scant1633-69,and other MSS.5 neither1633-69:norsome MSS. and Chambers, who wrongly attributes to 1635-398 Glaze1633,D,H49,HN,Lec:Glare1635-69, and rest of MSS.9 To'a massA25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,N,S,S96,TCD,W:To Masse1633-69,Cy,Q,Lec10-11 curse; ... scapt,1633-39:curse, ... scapt,1650-6912 of going,1633,1669,B,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,S,TCD,W:in going,1635-54,A25,O'F14 as lustfull,] asom. 1635-69 and many MSS.16 at Court,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W:in Court,1633-69,Lec18 Niles] NilusD,H49,L74,Lec,N,TCD19 bred;W:bred,1633-69came;W:came:1633-6920 name;W:name,1633:name:1635-6922 rarities.W:rarities,1633-6923 then strangers;1633-69,A25,B,Cy,HN,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,TCD,W:then strangest.D,H49,JC(corr. fromstrangers),S32 ground] the groundHN35 This1633:The1635-69saith,1633-54,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN(sayeth),JC,L74,Lec,O'F,P,Q,S(saith he),TCD,W:faith,1669,Chambers and Grolier, without note36 belongs.] belongs,163337 th'Accents,] the antient,HN:the ancients, (prob. forancientest, but corrected toaccents,)L7438 no language;A25,Q:one language;1633-69,and MSS. generally43 beare] hear1669this:Q:this,1633-6944 With his tongue,1669,Q:With his tongue:1633-5447 or] andCy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,W48 Surius,] SleydonO'F(corrected toSurius),Q:Snodons,A25.See note51 chuseth] chasethP,Q55 Sir;Ed:Sir.1633-6956 Some otherHN:Some1633-69 and most MSS.:two otherS57 There1633(Tfaintly printed): here1635-6959 Good pretty1633-69:Pretty goodCy,O'F,Q,S,S96Panurge1635-54:Panirge1633:Panurgus1669(omittingand),JC,O'F,Q60 gentleman, allEd:gentleman; All1633-6960-1 passe By travaile.1633-54:pass. But travaile166962 prais'dEd:praised1633-69wonders1635-69 and most MSS.:words1633,Lec,N,TCD67 lonenesse.1635-69,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,P,Q,W:lonelinesse;1633,L74,Lec,N,TCD68 lonenesse1635-69,A25,&c.:lonelinesse1633,L74,&c.fashion,1633:fashion.1635-6969 last1633,1669,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD,W:taste1635-54,O'F,Q(tast),S,S9680 Kingstreet.1633:Kingsstreet.1635-39:Kings street.1650-6983 Mine?1635-54 and MSS.:Fine,1633:Mine,166984 Frenchman,Ed:frenchman,1633 and most MSS.:Sir,1635-69,Q:here,Cy85-6 cloth'd; I, ... Grogaram.Ed:cloth'd. I, ... Grogaram;1633:cloth'd. I, ... Grogaram.1635-6986 your Grogaram1633-69,L74,Lec,N,TCD:this GrogaramA25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,S,W:the GrogaramP89 groundEd:grown'd1633:grownd1635-6990 (foole)]no bracket163392 addresse,N,TCD:addresse.1633:dresse.1635-39,D,W:dresse;1650-6996 lye.D,H49,W:lie,1633-6998 trash he knowes; He knowesD,H49,W:trash; He knowes; He knowes1633:trash. He knowes; He knowes1635-39:trash, He knowes; He knowes1650-69101 loves; whom;1633:loves; whom,1635-54:loves, whom;1669:loves whom;Chambers and Grolier104 and1633-69,L74,Lec,N,S96,TCD:orA25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,W106 At blow-point or span-counterA25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,S,S96,Wthey payCy,D,H49,HN,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W:shall pay1633-69,JC108 what1633-69,Cy,L74,Lec,N,TCD:whichA25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,P,Q,S,W109 tries1633,A25,D,H49,HN,L74,N,Q,TCD,W:cloyes1635-69,O'F,S:tyresCy,JC,P111 thrusts on more;1633-69,O'F:thrusts more;A25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,P,Q,W:thrusts me more;L74,Lec,N,S,TCD:thrusts mePas if he'd undertookemost MSS.:as if he'undertooke1633,N,TCD:as he'had undertooke1635-69113 have] hath1633,Lec117 this] hisB,L74,O'F,TCD,Wtalke: In vaine; forD,W,and other MSS.:talke in vaine: For1633,Q:talke, in vaine: For1635-69123 entail'd, and that there1633:entailed, and there1635-54:intailed and that there1669128 whores,Ed:Whores,1633-69132 Statutes] Statues1639133 in; for hearing him,1669,N,P,TCD:in, for hearing him,1650-54:in, for hearing him.1633-39,A25,D,H49,L74,O'F,S,W134-6 (That ... free:)represented by dashes in 1633134 venome1635-54:venomous1669:venomdmany MSS.141 mercy now1633-69:my redemptionCy,P:redemption nowQ,S145 Gave] GiveCy,D,H49146 Though] Thou1635152 more ... then] such ... as1669154 makeB,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,S96,W:haste1633-69,Lec,N,S,TCD(from previous line):om. A25prison.] prison;1633156 precious1633,L74,Lec,N,TCD:piteous1635-69 and rest of MSS.159 on1633,Cy,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,TCD:o'r1635-69,A25,B,D,H49,Q,S96,W162 nones] none1669164 th'huffing braggart,1669,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,W(but no commas in MSS.): huffing, braggart,1633-54,Lec,N,TCDth'huffing, braggart,1719Nobility?] Nobility.1633169 your1633-69,L74,Lec,N,TCD:yonA25,B,JC,O'F,Q,W:theCy,D,H49,P,S,S96170 Transported1633-69,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,TCD:TransplantedB,Cy,D,H49,JC,O'F,S,S96,Wto stand] to StrandL74(standbeing struck through),S171 our Presence,1633,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD:our Court here,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,Q,S,W:our Courtiers,1635-69,O'F173 are;] are,1633178 are found1633,1669:were found1635-54179 I, (God pardon mee.)1633:I. (God pardon mee.)1635:I. (God pardon me)1639-69:aye—God pardon me—Chambers180 their Apparrells] th'apparellsB,Cy,D,H49,L74,W182 cry the flatterers;1633:cry his flatterers;1635-54,P:cryes his flatterers;Cy,D, H49,JC,Q,S,W:cryes the flatterer;1669,L74(flatterersis changed toflatterer),Lec(flatterers)185 players;] players,1633187 wardrops1633:wardrobes1635-69Inventory.] Inventory;1633188 doe know1633-69,Lec,N,Q,TCD:did knowCy,D,H49,HN,JC,P,S,S96,W190 (as they think)1669194 scarlets] scarlettD,H49,Lec,O'F,P,Q,W195 call'd] callsA25,HN,O'F,P,Q195-6 net; ... set.] net.... set;1633198 hat] hat,1633-54199 As if the Presence ... Moschite,1633-69,Lec(colon 1635-69): As the Presence ... Moschite, (orMeschite,)A25,B,Cy,HN,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,W:As the Queenes Presence ... Meschite,D,H49:As if the Queenes Presence ... meschite,S203 fornicate:] fornicate.1633204 survay1633-69,N,O'F,P,Q,TCD:survayesB,Cy,D,H49,JC,S,W205 tryeEd:tryes1633-69 and MSS.206 to thighe.Ed:to thighes.1633-69 and MSS.:to his thighes.Q211 he arrests,1633-69,L74,Lec,N,TCD:straight arrests,A25,Cy,D,H49,HN,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,W215 whisperd1633,D,H49,L74,N,TCD,W:whispers1635-69216 Topcliffe would have ravish'd him quite awayJC, O'F, Q(JC and O'F alter toPursevant)217 ofom. Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,P,Q,S,W222 whom1633,A25,B,D,H49,L74,N,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W: or whom1635-69,O'F223 He cares not, His1633 and MSS.: He cares not hee. His1635-69224 rusheth] rushes1639-69226 still1635-69,Q,and other MSS.: yet still1633,L74,N,TCD229 I leave] Ile leaveB,Cy,D,H49,W230 men which fromA25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W: men from1633-69232 sinnes?). BeingEd: sinnes) being1633-39: sinnes?) being1650-69:all the editions and some MSS. close the sentence at236 wine.236 Living barrells of beefe, flaggons of wine.1633-54: Living, barrels of beef, and flaggons of wine.1669237 Spie.] Spie;1633238 Seas of Wit and Arts,B,Cy,L74,N,P,Q,TCD: Seas of Wits and Arts,1633,D,H49,JC,Lec,S: Seas of witt and art,A25,HN: Great seas of witt and art,O'F,S96: Seas of all Wits and Arts,conj. Lowell239 Drowne] To drowneO'F,S96240 Which] WhoMSS.am but a scarce brooke,1633,L74,Lec,N,TCD: am but a scant brooke,1635-69: am a scant brooke,B,HN,JC,O'F,P,Q,W: am a shallow brooke,Cy,D,H49,S,S96241 the1633-69:theirA25,B,Cy,D,HN,JC,O'F,Q,S,W:theseL74,N,TCDAlthough] though1633 and MSS.242 the knowne merit1633-69,JC,Lec,N,O'F,Q,TCD:knownom. B,Cy,D,H49,HN,L74,P,S,W243 wise man] wise men1650-69,B,HN,L74,P,TCD,W

2 but I1633,A25,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,S,W:but yet I1635-69,Cy,O'F,S96

4 A recreacion to, and scarseQ:A recreation, and scant1633-69,and other MSS.

5 neither1633-69:norsome MSS. and Chambers, who wrongly attributes to 1635-39

8 Glaze1633,D,H49,HN,Lec:Glare1635-69, and rest of MSS.

9 To'a massA25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,N,S,S96,TCD,W:To Masse1633-69,Cy,Q,Lec

10-11 curse; ... scapt,1633-39:curse, ... scapt,1650-69

12 of going,1633,1669,B,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,S,TCD,W:in going,1635-54,A25,O'F

14 as lustfull,] asom. 1635-69 and many MSS.

16 at Court,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W:in Court,1633-69,Lec

18 Niles] NilusD,H49,L74,Lec,N,TCD

19 bred;W:bred,1633-69

came;W:came:1633-69

20 name;W:name,1633:name:1635-69

22 rarities.W:rarities,1633-69

23 then strangers;1633-69,A25,B,Cy,HN,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,TCD,W:then strangest.D,H49,JC(corr. fromstrangers),S

32 ground] the groundHN

35 This1633:The1635-69saith,1633-54,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN(sayeth),JC,L74,Lec,O'F,P,Q,S(saith he),TCD,W:faith,1669,Chambers and Grolier, without note

36 belongs.] belongs,1633

37 th'Accents,] the antient,HN:the ancients, (prob. forancientest, but corrected toaccents,)L74

38 no language;A25,Q:one language;1633-69,and MSS. generally

43 beare] hear1669

this:Q:this,1633-69

44 With his tongue,1669,Q:With his tongue:1633-54

47 or] andCy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,W

48 Surius,] SleydonO'F(corrected toSurius),Q:Snodons,A25.See note

51 chuseth] chasethP,Q

55 Sir;Ed:Sir.1633-69

56 Some otherHN:Some1633-69 and most MSS.:two otherS

57 There1633(Tfaintly printed): here1635-69

59 Good pretty1633-69:Pretty goodCy,O'F,Q,S,S96

Panurge1635-54:Panirge1633:Panurgus1669(omittingand),JC,O'F,Q

60 gentleman, allEd:gentleman; All1633-69

60-1 passe By travaile.1633-54:pass. But travaile1669

62 prais'dEd:praised1633-69

wonders1635-69 and most MSS.:words1633,Lec,N,TCD

67 lonenesse.1635-69,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,P,Q,W:lonelinesse;1633,L74,Lec,N,TCD

68 lonenesse1635-69,A25,&c.:lonelinesse1633,L74,&c.

fashion,1633:fashion.1635-69

69 last1633,1669,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD,W:taste1635-54,O'F,Q(tast),S,S96

80 Kingstreet.1633:Kingsstreet.1635-39:Kings street.1650-69

83 Mine?1635-54 and MSS.:Fine,1633:Mine,1669

84 Frenchman,Ed:frenchman,1633 and most MSS.:Sir,1635-69,Q:here,Cy

85-6 cloth'd; I, ... Grogaram.Ed:cloth'd. I, ... Grogaram;1633:cloth'd. I, ... Grogaram.1635-69

86 your Grogaram1633-69,L74,Lec,N,TCD:this GrogaramA25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,S,W:the GrogaramP

89 groundEd:grown'd1633:grownd1635-69

90 (foole)]no bracket1633

92 addresse,N,TCD:addresse.1633:dresse.1635-39,D,W:dresse;1650-69

96 lye.D,H49,W:lie,1633-69

98 trash he knowes; He knowesD,H49,W:trash; He knowes; He knowes1633:trash. He knowes; He knowes1635-39:trash, He knowes; He knowes1650-69

101 loves; whom;1633:loves; whom,1635-54:loves, whom;1669:loves whom;Chambers and Grolier

104 and1633-69,L74,Lec,N,S96,TCD:orA25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,W

106 At blow-point or span-counterA25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,Q,S,S96,Wthey payCy,D,H49,HN,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W:shall pay1633-69,JC

108 what1633-69,Cy,L74,Lec,N,TCD:whichA25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,O'F,P,Q,S,W

109 tries1633,A25,D,H49,HN,L74,N,Q,TCD,W:cloyes1635-69,O'F,S:tyresCy,JC,P

111 thrusts on more;1633-69,O'F:thrusts more;A25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,P,Q,W:thrusts me more;L74,Lec,N,S,TCD:thrusts meP

as if he'd undertookemost MSS.:as if he'undertooke1633,N,TCD:as he'had undertooke1635-69

113 have] hath1633,Lec

117 this] hisB,L74,O'F,TCD,W

talke: In vaine; forD,W,and other MSS.:talke in vaine: For1633,Q:talke, in vaine: For1635-69

123 entail'd, and that there1633:entailed, and there1635-54:intailed and that there1669

128 whores,Ed:Whores,1633-69

132 Statutes] Statues1639

133 in; for hearing him,1669,N,P,TCD:in, for hearing him,1650-54:in, for hearing him.1633-39,A25,D,H49,L74,O'F,S,W

134-6 (That ... free:)represented by dashes in 1633

134 venome1635-54:venomous1669:venomdmany MSS.

141 mercy now1633-69:my redemptionCy,P:redemption nowQ,S

145 Gave] GiveCy,D,H49

146 Though] Thou1635

152 more ... then] such ... as1669

154 makeB,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,S96,W:haste1633-69,Lec,N,S,TCD(from previous line):om. A25

prison.] prison;1633

156 precious1633,L74,Lec,N,TCD:piteous1635-69 and rest of MSS.

159 on1633,Cy,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,TCD:o'r1635-69,A25,B,D,H49,Q,S96,W

162 nones] none1669

164 th'huffing braggart,1669,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,W(but no commas in MSS.): huffing, braggart,1633-54,Lec,N,TCDth'huffing, braggart,1719

Nobility?] Nobility.1633

169 your1633-69,L74,Lec,N,TCD:yonA25,B,JC,O'F,Q,W:theCy,D,H49,P,S,S96

170 Transported1633-69,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,TCD:TransplantedB,Cy,D,H49,JC,O'F,S,S96,W

to stand] to StrandL74(standbeing struck through),S

171 our Presence,1633,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD:our Court here,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,Q,S,W:our Courtiers,1635-69,O'F

173 are;] are,1633

178 are found1633,1669:were found1635-54

179 I, (God pardon mee.)1633:I. (God pardon mee.)1635:I. (God pardon me)1639-69:aye—God pardon me—Chambers

180 their Apparrells] th'apparellsB,Cy,D,H49,L74,W

182 cry the flatterers;1633:cry his flatterers;1635-54,P:cryes his flatterers;Cy,D, H49,JC,Q,S,W:cryes the flatterer;1669,L74(flatterersis changed toflatterer),Lec(flatterers)

185 players;] players,1633

187 wardrops1633:wardrobes1635-69

Inventory.] Inventory;1633

188 doe know1633-69,Lec,N,Q,TCD:did knowCy,D,H49,HN,JC,P,S,S96,W

190 (as they think)1669

194 scarlets] scarlettD,H49,Lec,O'F,P,Q,W

195 call'd] callsA25,HN,O'F,P,Q

195-6 net; ... set.] net.... set;1633

198 hat] hat,1633-54

199 As if the Presence ... Moschite,1633-69,Lec(colon 1635-69): As the Presence ... Moschite, (orMeschite,)A25,B,Cy,HN,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,W:As the Queenes Presence ... Meschite,D,H49:As if the Queenes Presence ... meschite,S

203 fornicate:] fornicate.1633

204 survay1633-69,N,O'F,P,Q,TCD:survayesB,Cy,D,H49,JC,S,W

205 tryeEd:tryes1633-69 and MSS.

206 to thighe.Ed:to thighes.1633-69 and MSS.:to his thighes.Q

211 he arrests,1633-69,L74,Lec,N,TCD:straight arrests,A25,Cy,D,H49,HN,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,W

215 whisperd1633,D,H49,L74,N,TCD,W:whispers1635-69

216 Topcliffe would have ravish'd him quite awayJC, O'F, Q(JC and O'F alter toPursevant)

217 ofom. Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,P,Q,S,W

222 whom1633,A25,B,D,H49,L74,N,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W: or whom1635-69,O'F

223 He cares not, His1633 and MSS.: He cares not hee. His1635-69

224 rusheth] rushes1639-69

226 still1635-69,Q,and other MSS.: yet still1633,L74,N,TCD

229 I leave] Ile leaveB,Cy,D,H49,W

230 men which fromA25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,S96,TCD,W: men from1633-69

232 sinnes?). BeingEd: sinnes) being1633-39: sinnes?) being1650-69:all the editions and some MSS. close the sentence at236 wine.

236 Living barrells of beefe, flaggons of wine.1633-54: Living, barrels of beef, and flaggons of wine.1669

237 Spie.] Spie;1633

238 Seas of Wit and Arts,B,Cy,L74,N,P,Q,TCD: Seas of Wits and Arts,1633,D,H49,JC,Lec,S: Seas of witt and art,A25,HN: Great seas of witt and art,O'F,S96: Seas of all Wits and Arts,conj. Lowell

239 Drowne] To drowneO'F,S96

240 Which] WhoMSS.am but a scarce brooke,1633,L74,Lec,N,TCD: am but a scant brooke,1635-69: am a scant brooke,B,HN,JC,O'F,P,Q,W: am a shallow brooke,Cy,D,H49,S,S96

241 the1633-69:theirA25,B,Cy,D,HN,JC,O'F,Q,S,W:theseL74,N,TCD

Although] though1633 and MSS.

242 the knowne merit1633-69,JC,Lec,N,O'F,Q,TCD:knownom. B,Cy,D,H49,HN,L74,P,S,W

243 wise man] wise men1650-69,B,HN,L74,P,TCD,W

Note

THOU shalt not laugh in this leafe, Muse, nor theyWhom any pitty warmes; He which did layRules to make Courtiers, (hee being understoodMay make good Courtiers, but who Courtiers good?)5Frees from the sting of jests all who in extremeAre wreched or wicked: of these two a theameCharity and liberty give me. What is heeWho Officers rage, and Suiters miseryCan write, and jest? If all things be in all,10As I thinke, since all, which were, are, and shallBee, be made of the same elements:Each thing, each thing implyes or represents.Then man is a world; in which, OfficersAre the vast ravishing seas; and Suiters,15Springs; now full, now shallow, now drye; which, toThat which drownes them, run: These selfe reasons doProve the world a man, in which, officersAre the devouring stomacke, and SuitersThe excrements, which they voyd. All men are dust;20How much worse are Suiters, who to mens lustAre made preyes? O worse then dust, or wormes meat,For they do eate you now, whose selves wormes shall eate.They are the mills which grinde you, yet you areThe winde which drives them; and a wastfull warre25Is fought against you, and you fight it; theyAdulterate lawe, and you prepare their wayLike wittals; th'issue your owne ruine is.Greatest and fairest Empresse, know you this?Alas, no more then Thames calme head doth know30Whose meades her armes drowne, or whose corne o'rflow:You Sir, whose righteousnes she loves, whom IBy having leave to serve, am most richlyFor service paid, authoriz'd, now beginneTo know and weed out this enormous sinne.35O Age of rusty iron! Some better witCall it some worse name, if ought equall it;The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold; nowInjustice is sold dearer farre. AllowAll demands, fees, and duties, gamsters, anon40The mony which you sweat, and sweare for, is gonInto other hands: So controverted landsScape, like Angelica, the strivers hands.If Law be in the Judges heart, and heeHave no heart to resist letter, or fee,45Where wilt thou appeale? powre of the Courts belowFlow from the first maine head, and these can throwThee, if they sucke thee in, to misery,To fetters, halters; But if the injurySteele thee to dare complaine, Alas, thou go'st50Against the stream, when upwards: when thou art mostHeavy and most faint; and in these labours they,'Gainst whom thou should'st complaine, will in the wayBecome great seas, o'r which, when thou shalt beeForc'd to make golden bridges, thou shalt see55That all thy gold was drown'd in them before;All things follow their like, only who have may have more.Judges are Gods; he who made and said them so,Meant not that men should be forc'd to them to goe,By meanes of Angels; When supplications60We send to God, to Dominations,Powers, Cherubins, and all heavens Courts, if weeShould pay fees as here, Daily bread would beScarce to Kings; so 'tis. Would it not angerA Stoicke, a coward, yea a Martyr,65To see a Pursivant come in, and callAll his cloathes, Copes; Bookes, Primers; and allHis Plate, Challices; and mistake them away,And aske a fee for comming? Oh, ne'r mayFaire lawes white reverend name be strumpeted,70To warrant thefts: she is establishedRecorder to Destiny, on earth, and sheeSpeakes Fates words, and but tells us who must beeRich, who poore, who in chaires, who in jayles:Shee is all faire, but yet hath foule long nailes,75With which she scracheth Suiters; In bodiesOf men, so in law, nailes are th'extremities,So Officers stretch to more then Law can doe,As our nailes reach what no else part comes to.Why barest thou to yon Officer? Foole, Hath hee80Got those goods, for which erst men bar'd to thee?Foole, twice, thrice, thou hast bought wrong, and now hungerlyBeg'st right; But that dole comes not till these dye.Thou had'st much, and lawes Urim and Thummim trieThou wouldst for more; and for all hast paper85Enough to cloath all the great Carricks Pepper.Sell that, and by that thou much more shalt leese,Then Haman, when he sold his Antiquities.O wretch that thy fortunes should moralizeEsops fables, and make tales, prophesies.90Thou'art the swimming dog whom shadows cosened,And div'st, neare drowning, for what's vanished.

THOU shalt not laugh in this leafe, Muse, nor they

Whom any pitty warmes; He which did lay

Rules to make Courtiers, (hee being understood

May make good Courtiers, but who Courtiers good?)

5Frees from the sting of jests all who in extreme

Are wreched or wicked: of these two a theame

Charity and liberty give me. What is hee

Who Officers rage, and Suiters misery

Can write, and jest? If all things be in all,

10As I thinke, since all, which were, are, and shall

Bee, be made of the same elements:

Each thing, each thing implyes or represents.

Then man is a world; in which, Officers

Are the vast ravishing seas; and Suiters,

15Springs; now full, now shallow, now drye; which, to

That which drownes them, run: These selfe reasons do

Prove the world a man, in which, officers

Are the devouring stomacke, and Suiters

The excrements, which they voyd. All men are dust;

20How much worse are Suiters, who to mens lust

Are made preyes? O worse then dust, or wormes meat,

For they do eate you now, whose selves wormes shall eate.

They are the mills which grinde you, yet you are

The winde which drives them; and a wastfull warre

25Is fought against you, and you fight it; they

Adulterate lawe, and you prepare their way

Like wittals; th'issue your owne ruine is.

Greatest and fairest Empresse, know you this?

Alas, no more then Thames calme head doth know

30Whose meades her armes drowne, or whose corne o'rflow:

You Sir, whose righteousnes she loves, whom I

By having leave to serve, am most richly

For service paid, authoriz'd, now beginne

To know and weed out this enormous sinne.

35O Age of rusty iron! Some better wit

Call it some worse name, if ought equall it;

The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold; now

Injustice is sold dearer farre. Allow

All demands, fees, and duties, gamsters, anon

40The mony which you sweat, and sweare for, is gon

Into other hands: So controverted lands

Scape, like Angelica, the strivers hands.

If Law be in the Judges heart, and hee

Have no heart to resist letter, or fee,

45Where wilt thou appeale? powre of the Courts below

Flow from the first maine head, and these can throw

Thee, if they sucke thee in, to misery,

To fetters, halters; But if the injury

Steele thee to dare complaine, Alas, thou go'st

50Against the stream, when upwards: when thou art most

Heavy and most faint; and in these labours they,

'Gainst whom thou should'st complaine, will in the way

Become great seas, o'r which, when thou shalt bee

Forc'd to make golden bridges, thou shalt see

55That all thy gold was drown'd in them before;

All things follow their like, only who have may have more.

Judges are Gods; he who made and said them so,

Meant not that men should be forc'd to them to goe,

By meanes of Angels; When supplications

60We send to God, to Dominations,

Powers, Cherubins, and all heavens Courts, if wee

Should pay fees as here, Daily bread would be

Scarce to Kings; so 'tis. Would it not anger

A Stoicke, a coward, yea a Martyr,

65To see a Pursivant come in, and call

All his cloathes, Copes; Bookes, Primers; and all

His Plate, Challices; and mistake them away,

And aske a fee for comming? Oh, ne'r may

Faire lawes white reverend name be strumpeted,

70To warrant thefts: she is established

Recorder to Destiny, on earth, and shee

Speakes Fates words, and but tells us who must bee

Rich, who poore, who in chaires, who in jayles:

Shee is all faire, but yet hath foule long nailes,

75With which she scracheth Suiters; In bodies

Of men, so in law, nailes are th'extremities,

So Officers stretch to more then Law can doe,

As our nailes reach what no else part comes to.

Why barest thou to yon Officer? Foole, Hath hee

80Got those goods, for which erst men bar'd to thee?

Foole, twice, thrice, thou hast bought wrong, and now hungerly

Beg'st right; But that dole comes not till these dye.

Thou had'st much, and lawes Urim and Thummim trie

Thou wouldst for more; and for all hast paper

85Enough to cloath all the great Carricks Pepper.

Sell that, and by that thou much more shalt leese,

Then Haman, when he sold his Antiquities.

O wretch that thy fortunes should moralize

Esops fables, and make tales, prophesies.

90Thou'art the swimming dog whom shadows cosened,

And div'st, neare drowning, for what's vanished.

Satyre V.1633-69,A25,B,D,JC,Lec,O'F,Q,S,W:Satyre the third.P:no title,L74,N,TCD(in L74 it is third, in N, TCD fourth in order)1 shalt] shal16699 and] in166912 implyes1635-69:speltemployes1633 and some MSS.represents.1635-69:represents,163313 Officers] Officers,1633-6914 ravishing1633-69:ravenousQ:raveningP,S19 voyd. All1669:voyd; all1633-54dust;W:dust,1633-6921 preyes?1669:preyes.1633-5426 their1633,D,L74,Lec,N,S,TCD,W:the1635-69,O'F,P,Q27 wittals;W:wittals,1633-69is.] is;163333 authoriz'd,1635-54:authorized,1633:authoriz'd.166935-6 Some ... equall it;]in brackets1635-5437-9The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold, nowInjustice is sold deerer farre; allowAll demands, fees, and duties; gamsters, anon1633,D,JC(All claym'd fees),Lec,N,Q(All claym'd fees),TCD,W(All claym'd fees):The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold (nowInjustice is sold dearer) did allowAll claim'd fees and duties. Gamesters, anon1635-54,B,O'F,P(the last two omitthat was),Chambers (no italics):The iron Age was, when justice was sold, nowInjustice is sold dearer far, allowAll claim'd fees and duties, Gamesters, anon166946 Flow] FlowsO'F,Chambers.See note49 complaine,] complaine;1633go'st] goest1633-3950 when upwards:1633-54,A25,B,D,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD,W: upwards,1669,Chambers52 the,1633: thy1635-6956 only who have] only, who have,1633more.] more163357 he ... so,1633-54: and he who made them so,1669: he ... and cal'd (changed tostil'd) them so,O'F58 that]om. 166959 supplications] supplication1635-5461 Courts,1635-69,B,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,W: Court,1633,D,Lec,N,S,TCD63 'tis. Would1669: 'tis, would1633: 'tis; Would1635-5468 aske1669,A25,B,D,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,Q,S,W: lack1633-54,Lec17232comming?] comming;163372 Speakes Fates words, and but tells us&c.Q,W,Chambers: Speakes Fates words, and tells who must bee1633-6976 men,] men;1633th'extremities,A25,B,D,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD,W:extremities,1633:extremities.1635-6978 comes to.] can come to.Q80 which erst men bar'd1635-69,B,O'F,Q,S,W:which men bared1633,D,Lec,N,TCD:which men erst bar'dA25,L74,P85 greatom. QCarricks1633-35:Charricks1639-6987 Haman,1633:Hammon,1635-69,P:MSS. generally vary betweenHamanandHammondwhen1633,1669,D,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD:if1635-54,A25,B,JC,O'F,Q,S90 Thou'artEd:Thou art1633-69cosened,] cozeneth,166991 And1633:Which1635-69:WhoeQdiv'st,1633-54,N,P,S,TCD:div'st1669:div'dstD,L74,Lec(altered fromdiv'st),W:div'dA25,B,JC,O'F,S(Grosart),Qwhat's vanished.N:what vanished.1633-54 and rest of MSS.:what vanisheth.1669

Satyre V.1633-69,A25,B,D,JC,Lec,O'F,Q,S,W:Satyre the third.P:no title,L74,N,TCD(in L74 it is third, in N, TCD fourth in order)

1 shalt] shal1669

9 and] in1669

12 implyes1635-69:speltemployes1633 and some MSS.

represents.1635-69:represents,1633

13 Officers] Officers,1633-69

14 ravishing1633-69:ravenousQ:raveningP,S

19 voyd. All1669:voyd; all1633-54

dust;W:dust,1633-69

21 preyes?1669:preyes.1633-54

26 their1633,D,L74,Lec,N,S,TCD,W:the1635-69,O'F,P,Q

27 wittals;W:wittals,1633-69

is.] is;1633

33 authoriz'd,1635-54:authorized,1633:authoriz'd.1669

35-6 Some ... equall it;]in brackets1635-54

37-9

The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold, nowInjustice is sold deerer farre; allowAll demands, fees, and duties; gamsters, anon

The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold, now

Injustice is sold deerer farre; allow

All demands, fees, and duties; gamsters, anon

1633,D,JC(All claym'd fees),Lec,N,Q(All claym'd fees),TCD,W(All claym'd fees):

The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold (nowInjustice is sold dearer) did allowAll claim'd fees and duties. Gamesters, anon

The iron Agethatwas, when justice was sold (now

Injustice is sold dearer) did allow

All claim'd fees and duties. Gamesters, anon

1635-54,B,O'F,P(the last two omitthat was),Chambers (no italics):

The iron Age was, when justice was sold, nowInjustice is sold dearer far, allowAll claim'd fees and duties, Gamesters, anon

The iron Age was, when justice was sold, now

Injustice is sold dearer far, allow

All claim'd fees and duties, Gamesters, anon

1669

46 Flow] FlowsO'F,Chambers.See note

49 complaine,] complaine;1633

go'st] goest1633-39

50 when upwards:1633-54,A25,B,D,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD,W: upwards,1669,Chambers

52 the,1633: thy1635-69

56 only who have] only, who have,1633

more.] more1633

57 he ... so,1633-54: and he who made them so,1669: he ... and cal'd (changed tostil'd) them so,O'F

58 that]om. 1669

59 supplications] supplication1635-54

61 Courts,1635-69,B,JC,L74,O'F,P,Q,W: Court,1633,D,Lec,N,S,TCD

63 'tis. Would1669: 'tis, would1633: 'tis; Would1635-54

68 aske1669,A25,B,D,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,Q,S,W: lack1633-54,Lec

comming?] comming;1633

72 Speakes Fates words, and but tells us&c.Q,W,Chambers: Speakes Fates words, and tells who must bee1633-69

76 men,] men;1633

th'extremities,A25,B,D,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD,W:extremities,1633:extremities.1635-69

78 comes to.] can come to.Q

80 which erst men bar'd1635-69,B,O'F,Q,S,W:which men bared1633,D,Lec,N,TCD:which men erst bar'dA25,L74,P

85 greatom. Q

Carricks1633-35:Charricks1639-69

87 Haman,1633:Hammon,1635-69,P:MSS. generally vary betweenHamanandHammond

when1633,1669,D,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD:if1635-54,A25,B,JC,O'F,Q,S

90 Thou'artEd:Thou art1633-69

cosened,] cozeneth,1669

91 And1633:Which1635-69:WhoeQ

div'st,1633-54,N,P,S,TCD:div'st1669:div'dstD,L74,Lec(altered fromdiv'st),W:div'dA25,B,JC,O'F,S(Grosart),Q

what's vanished.N:what vanished.1633-54 and rest of MSS.:what vanisheth.1669

Note

OH to what height will love of greatnesse driveThy leavened spirit,Sesqui-superlative?Venice vast lake thou hadst seen, and would seek thanSome vaster thing, and found'st a Curtizan.5That inland Sea having discovered well,A Cellar gulfe, where one might saile to hellFrom Heydelberg, thou longdst to see: And thouThis Booke, greater then all, producest now.Infinite worke, which doth so far extend,10That none can study it to any end.'Tis no one thing, it is not fruit nor roote;Nor poorely limited with head or foot.If man be therefore man, because he canReason, and laugh, thy booke doth halfe make man.15One halfe being made, thy modestie was such,That thou on th'other half wouldst never touch.When wilt thou be at full, great Lunatique?Not till thou exceed the world? Canst thou be likeA prosperous nose-borne wenne, which sometimes growes20To be farre greater then the Mother-nose?Goe then; and as to thee, when thou didst go,Munsterdid Townes, andGesnerAuthors show,Mount now toGallo-belgicus; appearAs deepe a States-man, as a Gazettier.25Homely and familiarly, when thou com'st back,Talke ofWill. Conquerour, andPrester Iack.Go bashfull man, lest here thou blush to lookeVpon the progresse of thy glorious booke,To which both Indies sacrifices send;30The West sent gold, which thou didst freely spend,(Meaning to see't no more) upon the presse.The East sends hither her deliciousnesse;And thy leaves must imbrace what comes from thence,The Myrrhe, the Pepper, and the Frankincense.35This magnifies thy leaves; but if they stoopeTo neighbour wares, when Merchants do unhoopeVoluminous barrels; if thy leaves do thenConvey these wares in parcels unto men;If for vast Tons of Currans, and of Figs,40Of Medicinall and Aromatique twigs,Thy leaves a better method do provide,Divide to pounds, and ounces sub-divide;If they stoope lower yet, and vent our wares,Home-manufactures, to thick popular Faires,45Ifomni-praegnantthere, upon warme stalls,They hatch all wares for which the buyer calls;Then thus thy leaves we justly may commend,That they all kinde of matter comprehend.Thus thou, by means which th'Ancients never took,50A Pandect makest, and Vniversall Booke.The bravest Heroes, for publike good,Scattered in divers Lands their limbs and blood.Worst malefactors, to whom men are prize,Do publike good, cut in Anatomies;55So will thy booke in peeces; for a LordWhich casts at Portescues, and all the board,Provide whole books; each leafe enough will beFor friends to passe time, and keep company.Can all carouse up thee? no, thou must fit60Measures; and fill out for the half-pint wit:Some shall wrap pils, and save a friends life so,Some shall stop muskets, and so kill a foe.Thou shalt not ease the Criticks of next ageSo much, at once their hunger to asswage:65Nor shall wit-pirats hope to finde thee lyeAll in one bottome, in one Librarie.Some Leaves may paste strings there in other books,And so one may, which on another looks,Pilfer, alas, a little wit from you;* I meane from one page which shall paste strings in a booke170But hardly* much; and yet I think this true;AsSibylswas, your booke is mysticall,For every peece is as much worth as all.Therefore mine impotency I confesse,The healths which my braine bears must be far lesse:75Thy Gyant-wit'orethrowes me, I am gone;And rather then read all, I would reade none.I. D.

OH to what height will love of greatnesse drive

Thy leavened spirit,Sesqui-superlative?

Venice vast lake thou hadst seen, and would seek than

Some vaster thing, and found'st a Curtizan.

5That inland Sea having discovered well,

A Cellar gulfe, where one might saile to hell

From Heydelberg, thou longdst to see: And thou

This Booke, greater then all, producest now.

Infinite worke, which doth so far extend,

10That none can study it to any end.

'Tis no one thing, it is not fruit nor roote;

Nor poorely limited with head or foot.

If man be therefore man, because he can

Reason, and laugh, thy booke doth halfe make man.

15One halfe being made, thy modestie was such,

That thou on th'other half wouldst never touch.

When wilt thou be at full, great Lunatique?

Not till thou exceed the world? Canst thou be like

A prosperous nose-borne wenne, which sometimes growes

20To be farre greater then the Mother-nose?

Goe then; and as to thee, when thou didst go,

Munsterdid Townes, andGesnerAuthors show,

Mount now toGallo-belgicus; appear

As deepe a States-man, as a Gazettier.

25Homely and familiarly, when thou com'st back,

Talke ofWill. Conquerour, andPrester Iack.

Go bashfull man, lest here thou blush to looke

Vpon the progresse of thy glorious booke,

To which both Indies sacrifices send;

30The West sent gold, which thou didst freely spend,

(Meaning to see't no more) upon the presse.

The East sends hither her deliciousnesse;

And thy leaves must imbrace what comes from thence,

The Myrrhe, the Pepper, and the Frankincense.

35This magnifies thy leaves; but if they stoope

To neighbour wares, when Merchants do unhoope

Voluminous barrels; if thy leaves do then

Convey these wares in parcels unto men;

If for vast Tons of Currans, and of Figs,

40Of Medicinall and Aromatique twigs,

Thy leaves a better method do provide,

Divide to pounds, and ounces sub-divide;

If they stoope lower yet, and vent our wares,

Home-manufactures, to thick popular Faires,

45Ifomni-praegnantthere, upon warme stalls,

They hatch all wares for which the buyer calls;

Then thus thy leaves we justly may commend,

That they all kinde of matter comprehend.

Thus thou, by means which th'Ancients never took,

50A Pandect makest, and Vniversall Booke.

The bravest Heroes, for publike good,

Scattered in divers Lands their limbs and blood.

Worst malefactors, to whom men are prize,

Do publike good, cut in Anatomies;

55So will thy booke in peeces; for a Lord

Which casts at Portescues, and all the board,

Provide whole books; each leafe enough will be

For friends to passe time, and keep company.

Can all carouse up thee? no, thou must fit

60Measures; and fill out for the half-pint wit:

Some shall wrap pils, and save a friends life so,

Some shall stop muskets, and so kill a foe.

Thou shalt not ease the Criticks of next age

So much, at once their hunger to asswage:

65Nor shall wit-pirats hope to finde thee lye

All in one bottome, in one Librarie.

Some Leaves may paste strings there in other books,

And so one may, which on another looks,

Pilfer, alas, a little wit from you;

* I meane from one page which shall paste strings in a booke1

70But hardly* much; and yet I think this true;

AsSibylswas, your booke is mysticall,

For every peece is as much worth as all.

Therefore mine impotency I confesse,

The healths which my braine bears must be far lesse:

75Thy Gyant-wit'orethrowes me, I am gone;

And rather then read all, I would reade none.

I. D.

1I meane&c.side-note in 1611Vpon Mr.&c.1649,where it was placed withThe Token(p.72),at the end of theFunerall Elegies: appeared originally inCoryats Crudities(1611: see note)with headingIncipit Joannes Donne.2 leavened1611:learned1649-69 and mod. edd.7 longdst1611:long'st1649-6919 sometimes.] sometime161124 Gazettier.1611:Garretteir1649-6928 booke,] booke.161137 barrels;1649-69:barrels,161156 board,1611:board1649-69

1I meane&c.side-note in 1611

Vpon Mr.&c.1649,where it was placed withThe Token(p.72),at the end of theFunerall Elegies: appeared originally inCoryats Crudities(1611: see note)with headingIncipit Joannes Donne.

2 leavened1611:learned1649-69 and mod. edd.

7 longdst1611:long'st1649-69

19 sometimes.] sometime1611

24 Gazettier.1611:Garretteir1649-69

28 booke,] booke.1611

37 barrels;1649-69:barrels,1611

56 board,1611:board1649-69

Note

Quot, dos haec,Linguistsperfetti,Distichafairont,TotcuerdosStates-men,hiclivre faratuus.Essata my l'honneur estre hic inteso; CarI leaveL'honra, de personne nestre creduto,tibi.Explicit Joannes Donne.

Quot, dos haec,Linguistsperfetti,Distichafairont,TotcuerdosStates-men,hiclivre faratuus.Essata my l'honneur estre hic inteso; CarI leaveL'honra, de personne nestre creduto,tibi.

Quot, dos haec,Linguistsperfetti,Distichafairont,

TotcuerdosStates-men,hiclivre faratuus.

Essata my l'honneur estre hic inteso; CarI leave

L'honra, de personne nestre creduto,tibi.

Explicit Joannes Donne.

In eundem&c. 1611, concluding the above

Note (Supp.)

JOHN DONNE, 1613JOHN DONNE, 1613Viri seraphici Joannis Donne Qua-dragenarij Effigies vera, Qui posteam ætatem Sacris initiatus Ec-clesiæ StiPauli Decanus obijt.Año{Dom̃ 1631oÆtatis suæ 59o("A true portrait of that seraphic man John Donne at the age of 40;he was later ordained into holy orders and died Dean of St Paul'sin the year of our Lord 1631 at the age of 59")From the engraving prefixed to his son's edition of theLetters to Several Persons of Honour1651, 1654

Viri seraphici Joannis Donne Qua-dragenarij Effigies vera, Qui posteam ætatem Sacris initiatus Ec-clesiæ StiPauli Decanus obijt.

Viri seraphici Joannis Donne Qua-

dragenarij Effigies vera, Qui post

eam ætatem Sacris initiatus Ec-

clesiæ StiPauli Decanus obijt.

("A true portrait of that seraphic man John Donne at the age of 40;he was later ordained into holy orders and died Dean of St Paul'sin the year of our Lord 1631 at the age of 59")

From the engraving prefixed to his son's edition of theLetters to Several Persons of Honour1651, 1654

Note

To Mr.Christopher Brooke.

Thou which art I, ('tis nothing to be soe)Thou which art still thy selfe, by these shalt knowPart of our passage; And, a hand, or eyeByHilliarddrawne, is worth an history,5By a worse painter made; and (without pride)When by thy judgment they are dignifi'd,My lines are such: 'Tis the preheminenceOf friendship onely to'impute excellence.England to whom we'owe, what we be, and have,10Sad that her sonnes did seeke a forraine grave(For, Fates, or Fortunes drifts none can soothsay,Honour and misery have one face and way.)From out her pregnant intrailes sigh'd a windeWhich at th'ayres middle marble roome did finde15Such strong resistance, that it selfe it threwDowneward againe; and so when it did viewHow in the port, our fleet deare time did leese,Withering like prisoners, which lye but for fees,Mildly it kist our sailes, and, fresh and sweet,20As to a stomack sterv'd, whose insides meete,Meate comes, it came; and swole our sailes, when weeSo joyd, asSara'her swelling joy'd to see.But 'twas but so kinde, as our countrimen,Which bring friends one dayes way, and leave them then.25Then like two mighty Kings, which dwelling farreAsunder, meet against a third to warre,The South and West winds joyn'd, and, as they blew,Waves like a rowling trench before them threw.Sooner then you read this line, did the gale,30Like shot, not fear'd till felt, our sailes assaile;And what at first was call'd a gust, the sameHath now a stormes, anon a tempests name.Ionas, I pitty thee, and curse those men,Who when the storm rag'd most, did wake thee then;35Sleepe is paines easiest salue, and doth fullfillAll offices of death, except to kill.But when I wakt, I saw, that I saw not;I, and the Sunne, which should teach mee'had forgotEast, West, Day, Night, and I could onely say,40If'the world had lasted, now it had beene day.Thousands our noyses were, yet wee'mongst allCould none by his right name, but thunder call:Lightning was all our light, and it rain'd moreThen if the Sunne had drunke the sea before.45Some coffin'd in their cabbins lye,'equallyGriev'd that they are not dead, and yet must dye;And as sin-burd'ned soules from graves will creepe,At the last day, some forth their cabbins peepe:And tremblingly'aske what newes, and doe heare so,50Like jealous husbands, what they would not know.Some sitting on the hatches, would seeme there,With hideous gazing to feare away feare.Then note they the ships sicknesses, the MastShak'd with this ague, and the Hold and Wast55With a salt dropsie clog'd, and all our tacklingsSnapping, like too-high-stretched treble strings.And from our totterd sailes, ragges drop downe so,As from one hang'd in chaines, a yeare agoe.Even our Ordinance plac'd for our defence,60Strive to breake loose, and scape away from thence.Pumping hath tir'd our men, and what's the gaine?Seas into seas throwne, we suck in againe;Hearing hath deaf'd our saylers; and if theyKnew how to heare, there's none knowes what to say.65Compar'd to these stormes, death is but a qualme,Hell somewhat lightsome, and the'Bermuda calme.Darknesse, lights elder brother, his birth-rightClaims o'r this world, and to heaven hath chas'd light.All things are one, and that one none can be,70Since all formes, uniforme deformityDoth cover, so that wee, except God sayAnotherFiat, shall have no more day.So violent, yet long these furies bee,That though thine absence sterve me,'I wish not thee.

Thou which art I, ('tis nothing to be soe)

Thou which art still thy selfe, by these shalt know

Part of our passage; And, a hand, or eye

ByHilliarddrawne, is worth an history,

5By a worse painter made; and (without pride)

When by thy judgment they are dignifi'd,

My lines are such: 'Tis the preheminence

Of friendship onely to'impute excellence.

England to whom we'owe, what we be, and have,

10Sad that her sonnes did seeke a forraine grave

(For, Fates, or Fortunes drifts none can soothsay,

Honour and misery have one face and way.)

From out her pregnant intrailes sigh'd a winde

Which at th'ayres middle marble roome did finde

15Such strong resistance, that it selfe it threw

Downeward againe; and so when it did view

How in the port, our fleet deare time did leese,

Withering like prisoners, which lye but for fees,

Mildly it kist our sailes, and, fresh and sweet,

20As to a stomack sterv'd, whose insides meete,

Meate comes, it came; and swole our sailes, when wee

So joyd, asSara'her swelling joy'd to see.

But 'twas but so kinde, as our countrimen,

Which bring friends one dayes way, and leave them then.

25Then like two mighty Kings, which dwelling farre

Asunder, meet against a third to warre,

The South and West winds joyn'd, and, as they blew,

Waves like a rowling trench before them threw.

Sooner then you read this line, did the gale,

30Like shot, not fear'd till felt, our sailes assaile;

And what at first was call'd a gust, the same

Hath now a stormes, anon a tempests name.

Ionas, I pitty thee, and curse those men,

Who when the storm rag'd most, did wake thee then;

35Sleepe is paines easiest salue, and doth fullfill

All offices of death, except to kill.

But when I wakt, I saw, that I saw not;

I, and the Sunne, which should teach mee'had forgot

East, West, Day, Night, and I could onely say,

40If'the world had lasted, now it had beene day.

Thousands our noyses were, yet wee'mongst all

Could none by his right name, but thunder call:

Lightning was all our light, and it rain'd more

Then if the Sunne had drunke the sea before.

45Some coffin'd in their cabbins lye,'equally

Griev'd that they are not dead, and yet must dye;

And as sin-burd'ned soules from graves will creepe,

At the last day, some forth their cabbins peepe:

And tremblingly'aske what newes, and doe heare so,

50Like jealous husbands, what they would not know.

Some sitting on the hatches, would seeme there,

With hideous gazing to feare away feare.

Then note they the ships sicknesses, the Mast

Shak'd with this ague, and the Hold and Wast

55With a salt dropsie clog'd, and all our tacklings

Snapping, like too-high-stretched treble strings.

And from our totterd sailes, ragges drop downe so,

As from one hang'd in chaines, a yeare agoe.

Even our Ordinance plac'd for our defence,

60Strive to breake loose, and scape away from thence.

Pumping hath tir'd our men, and what's the gaine?

Seas into seas throwne, we suck in againe;

Hearing hath deaf'd our saylers; and if they

Knew how to heare, there's none knowes what to say.

65Compar'd to these stormes, death is but a qualme,

Hell somewhat lightsome, and the'Bermuda calme.

Darknesse, lights elder brother, his birth-right

Claims o'r this world, and to heaven hath chas'd light.

All things are one, and that one none can be,

70Since all formes, uniforme deformity

Doth cover, so that wee, except God say

AnotherFiat, shall have no more day.

So violent, yet long these furies bee,

That though thine absence sterve me,'I wish not thee.

The Storme. To Mr. Christopher Brooke.1633(1635-69 addfrom the Iland voyage with the Earle of Essex): The Storme, A StormeorStorme;A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD,W:some addTo Mr. C: B:or a longer note to the same effect as 1635-69:to SrBasil BrookeJC,S2 these1633 and most MSS.: this1635-69,O'F,S4 an1633:a1635-697 such:Ed:such.1633-6911 soothsay,1650-54:speltSouthsay1633-39:gainsay166912 and way.1633,1669:one way.1635-5418 lye] laieQ19 freshW:fresh,1633-6920 AsW:As,1633-6923 'twas1650-69:'twas,1633-3930 fear'd] fear'd,163337 not;Ed:not.1633-6938 I, and the Sunne,1633-69 and most MSS.:yea, and the Sunne,Q39 Day, Night,D,W:day, night,1633-69could onely say1633-69:could but sayCy,HN,JC,L74,Q,N,S,TCD,W:could then but sayO'F:could sayH49,Lec:should sayD40 lasted, now1633,1669:lasted, yet1635-54:Lasted yet,O'F42 his] this166944 before.] before;163346 dye;Ed:dye.1633-6947 graves1669,A25,B,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,TCD,W:grave1633-54,Cy49 tremblingly1633,A25,D,H49,HN,L74,Lec,N,TCD,W:trembling1635-69,Cy,JC,O'F,P,S50 Like1633,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,TCD,W:As1635-6953 Then] There166954 this] an1635-6956 too-high-stretched1633,A25,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,S,TCD,W(MS. spelling generallytoandstretcht): too-too-high-stretch'd1635-54:to too-high-stretch'd1669,B,O'F59 Even our Ordinance1633 and MSS.:Yea even our Ordinance1635-6960 Strive1633,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,S,TCD,W:Strives1635-69,Chambers:Striv'dA25,B,Cy66 Hell] Hell'sSlightsome] lightB,Cyand the'Bermuda1633,D,H49,L74,Lec,N,TCD,W:and the BermudasB,Cy,HN,P,S,Q:the Bermudas1635-54,O'F:theBermuda's166967 elderA25,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD,W:eldest1633-69,B,Lec68 Claims1635-69 and MSS.:Claim'd1633this1633,D,H49,HN,L74,Lec,N,TCD:the1635-69,A25,B,Cy,O'F,P,Q,S

2 these1633 and most MSS.: this1635-69,O'F,S

4 an1633:a1635-69

7 such:Ed:such.1633-69

11 soothsay,1650-54:speltSouthsay1633-39:gainsay1669

12 and way.1633,1669:one way.1635-54

18 lye] laieQ

19 freshW:fresh,1633-69

20 AsW:As,1633-69

23 'twas1650-69:'twas,1633-39

30 fear'd] fear'd,1633

37 not;Ed:not.1633-69

38 I, and the Sunne,1633-69 and most MSS.:yea, and the Sunne,Q

39 Day, Night,D,W:day, night,1633-69

could onely say1633-69:could but sayCy,HN,JC,L74,Q,N,S,TCD,W:could then but sayO'F:could sayH49,Lec:should sayD

40 lasted, now1633,1669:lasted, yet1635-54:Lasted yet,O'F

42 his] this1669

44 before.] before;1633

46 dye;Ed:dye.1633-69

47 graves1669,A25,B,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,TCD,W:grave1633-54,Cy

49 tremblingly1633,A25,D,H49,HN,L74,Lec,N,TCD,W:trembling1635-69,Cy,JC,O'F,P,S

50 Like1633,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,TCD,W:As1635-69

53 Then] There1669

54 this] an1635-69

56 too-high-stretched1633,A25,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,S,TCD,W(MS. spelling generallytoandstretcht): too-too-high-stretch'd1635-54:to too-high-stretch'd1669,B,O'F

59 Even our Ordinance1633 and MSS.:Yea even our Ordinance1635-69

60 Strive1633,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,S,TCD,W:Strives1635-69,Chambers:Striv'dA25,B,Cy

66 Hell] Hell'sS

lightsome] lightB,Cy

and the'Bermuda1633,D,H49,L74,Lec,N,TCD,W:and the BermudasB,Cy,HN,P,S,Q:the Bermudas1635-54,O'F:theBermuda's1669

67 elderA25,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD,W:eldest1633-69,B,Lec

68 Claims1635-69 and MSS.:Claim'd1633this1633,D,H49,HN,L74,Lec,N,TCD:the1635-69,A25,B,Cy,O'F,P,Q,S

Note

OUR storme is past, and that storms tyrannous rage,A stupid calme, but nothing it, doth swage.The fable is inverted, and farre moreA blocke afflicts, now, then a storke before.5Stormes chafe, and soone weare out themselves, or us;In calmes, Heaven laughs to see us languish thus.As steady'as I can wish, that my thoughts were,Smooth as thy mistresse glasse, or what shines there,The sea is now. And, as the Iles which wee10Seeke, when wee can move, our ships rooted bee.As water did in stormes, now pitch runs out:As lead, when a fir'd Church becomes one spout.And all our beauty, and our trimme, decayes,Like courts removing, or like ended playes.15The fighting place now seamens ragges supply;And all the tackling is a frippery.No use of lanthornes; and in one place layFeathers and dust, to day and yesterday.Earths hollownesses, which the worlds lungs are,20Have no more winde then the upper valt of aire.We can nor lost friends, nor sought foes recover,But meteorlike, save that wee move not, hover.Onely the Calenture together drawesDeare friends, which meet dead in great fishes jawes:25And on the hatches as on Altars lyesEach one, his owne Priest, and owne Sacrifice.Who live, that miracle do multiplyWhere walkers in hot Ovens, doe not dye.If in despite of these, wee swimme, that hath30No more refreshing, then our brimstone Bath,But from the sea, into the ship we turne,Like parboyl'd wretches, on the coales to burne.LikeBajazetencag'd, the shepheards scoffe,Or like slacke sinew'dSampson, his haire off,35Languish our ships. Now, as a MiriadeOf Ants, durst th'Emperours lov'd snake invade,The crawling Gallies, Sea-goales, finny chips,Might brave our Pinnaces, now bed-ridde ships.Whether a rotten state, and hope of gaine,40Or to disuse mee from the queasie paineOf being belov'd, and loving, or the thirstOf honour, or faire death, out pusht mee first,I lose my end: for here as well as IA desperate may live, and a coward die.45Stagge, dogge, and all which from, or towards flies,Is paid with life, or pray, or doing dyes.Fate grudges us all, and doth subtly layA scourge,'gainst which wee all forget to pray,He that at sea prayes for more winde, as well50Under the poles may begge cold, heat in hell.What are wee then? How little more alasIs man now, then before he was? he wasNothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit;Chance, or our selves still disproportion it.55Wee have no power, no will, no sense; I lye,I should not then thus feele this miserie.

OUR storme is past, and that storms tyrannous rage,

A stupid calme, but nothing it, doth swage.

The fable is inverted, and farre more

A blocke afflicts, now, then a storke before.

5Stormes chafe, and soone weare out themselves, or us;

In calmes, Heaven laughs to see us languish thus.

As steady'as I can wish, that my thoughts were,

Smooth as thy mistresse glasse, or what shines there,

The sea is now. And, as the Iles which wee

10Seeke, when wee can move, our ships rooted bee.

As water did in stormes, now pitch runs out:

As lead, when a fir'd Church becomes one spout.

And all our beauty, and our trimme, decayes,

Like courts removing, or like ended playes.

15The fighting place now seamens ragges supply;

And all the tackling is a frippery.

No use of lanthornes; and in one place lay

Feathers and dust, to day and yesterday.

Earths hollownesses, which the worlds lungs are,

20Have no more winde then the upper valt of aire.

We can nor lost friends, nor sought foes recover,

But meteorlike, save that wee move not, hover.

Onely the Calenture together drawes

Deare friends, which meet dead in great fishes jawes:

25And on the hatches as on Altars lyes

Each one, his owne Priest, and owne Sacrifice.

Who live, that miracle do multiply

Where walkers in hot Ovens, doe not dye.

If in despite of these, wee swimme, that hath

30No more refreshing, then our brimstone Bath,

But from the sea, into the ship we turne,

Like parboyl'd wretches, on the coales to burne.

LikeBajazetencag'd, the shepheards scoffe,

Or like slacke sinew'dSampson, his haire off,

35Languish our ships. Now, as a Miriade

Of Ants, durst th'Emperours lov'd snake invade,

The crawling Gallies, Sea-goales, finny chips,

Might brave our Pinnaces, now bed-ridde ships.

Whether a rotten state, and hope of gaine,

40Or to disuse mee from the queasie paine

Of being belov'd, and loving, or the thirst

Of honour, or faire death, out pusht mee first,

I lose my end: for here as well as I

A desperate may live, and a coward die.

45Stagge, dogge, and all which from, or towards flies,

Is paid with life, or pray, or doing dyes.

Fate grudges us all, and doth subtly lay

A scourge,'gainst which wee all forget to pray,

He that at sea prayes for more winde, as well

50Under the poles may begge cold, heat in hell.

What are wee then? How little more alas

Is man now, then before he was? he was

Nothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit;

Chance, or our selves still disproportion it.

55Wee have no power, no will, no sense; I lye,

I should not then thus feele this miserie.

The Calme.1633-69:similarly,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD4 storke] stroke16397 can wish, that my1633,A25,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,S,TCD:could wish that myQ:could wish my1635-69,Chambers, who makes no note of 1633 reading9 the Iles1633-69:these islesD,H49,Lec,Chambers (no note):those IlesB,Cy,HN,JC,L74,N,P,Q,TCD11 out:1635-69:out163314 ended] ending166915 ragges] rage166917 No] Now166921 lost] lefteCy,D,H49,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD24 jawes:1633,A25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,Q,S,TCD:mawes,1635-69,O'F,P,Chambers29 these,] this,L74,Q,TCD30 our1633,B,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,S,TCD:a1635-69,A25,P33 shepheards1650-69:sheepheards1633-3937 Sea-goales, (orgayles&c.)1633,1669,Cy,D,H49,HN,L74,Lec,N,P,S,TCD:Sea-gulls,1635-54,O'F,Chambers:Sea-snayles,B,JC38 our Pinnaces, now1635-54,B,O'F:our venices, now1633,A25,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,S,TCD:withVinice's, our166940 Or] Or,1633-6944 and a coward1633,MSS.:and coward1635-69:a cowardP,S45 and all] and eachB,Q,S48 forget1633-54,D,H49,Lec,P,S:forgot1669,A25,HN,JC,L74,N,Q,TCD50 poles] poleJC,Q52-3 he was? he was Nothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit;1633,N,P,S,TCD(but MSS. have no stop afterNothing): he was, he was? Nothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit;1635-54:he was, he was? Nothing for us, we are for nothing fit;1669,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,O'F,Q:but the MSS. have not all got a mark of interrogation or other stop after secondhe was.See note

The Calme.1633-69:similarly,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,Q,S,TCD

4 storke] stroke1639

7 can wish, that my1633,A25,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,S,TCD:could wish that myQ:could wish my1635-69,Chambers, who makes no note of 1633 reading

9 the Iles1633-69:these islesD,H49,Lec,Chambers (no note):those IlesB,Cy,HN,JC,L74,N,P,Q,TCD

11 out:1635-69:out1633

14 ended] ending1669

15 ragges] rage1669

17 No] Now1669

21 lost] lefteCy,D,H49,L74,Lec,N,P,TCD

24 jawes:1633,A25,B,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,Q,S,TCD:mawes,1635-69,O'F,P,Chambers

29 these,] this,L74,Q,TCD

30 our1633,B,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,N,S,TCD:a1635-69,A25,P

33 shepheards1650-69:sheepheards1633-39

37 Sea-goales, (orgayles&c.)1633,1669,Cy,D,H49,HN,L74,Lec,N,P,S,TCD:Sea-gulls,1635-54,O'F,Chambers:Sea-snayles,B,JC

38 our Pinnaces, now1635-54,B,O'F:our venices, now1633,A25,Cy,D,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,P,Q,S,TCD:withVinice's, our1669

40 Or] Or,1633-69

44 and a coward1633,MSS.:and coward1635-69:a cowardP,S

45 and all] and eachB,Q,S

48 forget1633-54,D,H49,Lec,P,S:forgot1669,A25,HN,JC,L74,N,Q,TCD

50 poles] poleJC,Q

52-3 he was? he was Nothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit;1633,N,P,S,TCD(but MSS. have no stop afterNothing): he was, he was? Nothing; for us, wee are for nothing fit;1635-54:he was, he was? Nothing for us, we are for nothing fit;1669,A25,B,Cy,D,H49,HN,JC,L74,Lec,O'F,Q:but the MSS. have not all got a mark of interrogation or other stop after secondhe was.See note

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