  Satyre I.AWAY thou fondling motley humorist, Leave mee, and in this standing woodden chest, Consorted with these few bookes, let me lye In prison, and here be coffin'd, when I dye; 5Here are Gods conduits, grave Divines; and here Natures Secretary, the Philosopher; And jolly Statesmen, which teach how to tie The sinewes of a cities mistique bodie; Here gathering Chroniclers, and by them stand 10Giddie fantastique PoËts of each land. Shall I leave all this constant company, And follow headlong, wild uncertaine thee? First sweare by thy best love in earnest (If thou which lov'st all, canst love any best) 15Thou wilt not leave mee in the middle street, Though some more spruce companion thou dost meet, Not though a Captaine do come in thy way Bright parcell gilt, with forty dead mens pay, Not though a briske perfum'd piert Courtier 20Deigne with a nod, thy courtesie to answer. Nor come a velvet Justice with a long Great traine of blew coats, twelve, or fourteen strong, Wilt thou grin or fawne on him, or prepare A speech to Court his beautious sonne and heire! 25For better or worse take mee, or leave mee: To take, and leave mee is adultery. Oh monstrous, superstitious puritan, Of refin'd manners, yet ceremoniall man, That when thou meet'st one, with enquiring eyes 30Dost search, and like a needy broker prize The silke, and gold he weares, and to that rate So high or low, dost raise thy formall hat: That wilt consort none, untill thou have knowne What lands hee hath in hope, or of his owne, 35As though all thy companions should make thee Jointures, and marry thy deare company. Why should'st thou (that dost not onely approve, But in ranke itchie lust, desire, and love The nakednesse and barenesse to enjoy, 40Of thy plumpe muddy whore, or prostitute boy) Hate vertue, though shee be naked, and bare? At birth, and death, our bodies naked are; And till our Soules be unapparrelled Of bodies, they from blisse are banished. 45Mans first blest state was naked, when by sinne Hee lost that, yet hee was cloath'd but in beasts skin, And in this course attire, which I now weare, With God, and with the Muses I conferre. But since thou like a contrite penitent, 50Charitably warn'd of thy sinnes, dost repent These vanities, and giddinesses, loe I shut my chamber doore, and come, lets goe. But sooner may a cheape whore, who hath beene Worne by as many severall men in sinne, 55As are black feathers, or musk-colour hose, Name her childs right true father, 'mongst all those: Sooner may one guesse, who shall beare away The Infanta of London, Heire to an India; And sooner may a gulling weather Spie 60By drawing forth heavens Scheme tell certainly What fashioned hats, or ruffes, or suits next yeare Our subtile-witted antique youths will weare; Then thou, when thou depart'st from mee, canst show Whither, why, when, or with whom thou wouldst go. 65But how shall I be pardon'd my offence That thus have sinn'd against my conscience? Now we are in the street; He first of all Improvidently proud, creepes to the wall, And so imprisoned, and hem'd in by mee 70Sells for a little state his libertie; Yet though he cannot skip forth now to greet Every fine silken painted foole we meet, He them to him with amorous smiles allures, And grins, smacks, shrugs, and such an itch endures, 75As prentises, or schoole-boyes which doe know Of some gay sport abroad, yet dare not goe. And as fidlers stop lowest, at highest sound, So to the most brave, stoops hee nigh'st the ground. But to a grave man, he doth move no more 80Then the wise politique horse would heretofore, Or thou O Elephant or Ape wilt doe, When any names the King of Spaine to you. Now leaps he upright, Joggs me, & cryes, Do you see Yonder well favoured youth? Which? Oh, 'tis hee 85That dances so divinely; Oh, said I, Stand still, must you dance here for company? Hee droopt, wee went, till one (which did excell Th'Indians, in drinking his Tobacco well) Met us; they talk'd; I whispered, let'us goe, 90'T may be you smell him not, truely I doe; He heares not mee, but, on the other side A many-coloured Peacock having spide, Leaves him and mee; I for my lost sheep stay; He followes, overtakes, goes on the way, 95Saying, him whom I last left, all repute For his device, in hansoming a sute, To judge of lace, pinke, panes, print, cut, and plight, Of all the Court, to have the best conceit; Our dull Comedians want him, let him goe; 100But Oh, God strengthen thee, why stoop'st thou so? Why? he hath travayld; Long? No; but to me (Which understand none,) he doth seeme to be Perfect French, and Italian; I replyed, So is the Poxe; He answered not, but spy'd 105More men of fort, of parts, and qualities; At last his Love he in a windowe spies, And like light dew exhal'd, he flings from mee Violently ravish'd to his lechery. Many were there, he could command no more; 110Hee quarrell'd fought, bled; and turn'd out of dore Directly came to mee hanging the head, And constantly a while must keepe his bed. Satyre I. 1633-69, D, H49, JC, Lec, P, Q, S, W: Satyre the Second. or Satyre 2. A25, B, O'F: Satyre. or A Satyre of Mr. John Donnes. Cy, L74, S96: no title (but placed first), H51, N, TCD 1 fondling 1633, L74, Lec, N, S, TCD: changeling 1635-69, A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, O'F, P, Q, S96, W 5 conduits, ... Divines; 1650-69, Q: conduits; ... Divines, 1633-39 6 Is Natures Secretary, 1669, S96 Philosopher; Ed: Philosopher. 1633-39: Philosopher: 1659-69 7 jolly 1633, A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, N, Q, S, S96, TCD, W: wily 1635-69, O'F: with P 12 headlong, wild uncertaine thee? 1633: om. comma 1635-69 and Grolier 13 love in earnest 1633, A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, Lec, N, P, Q, S, S96, TCD, W: love, here, in earnest 1635-69, O'F 16 dost. meet,] doe meet. H51, Q, W 19 Not 1633-69, A25, Lec, P, Q: Nor Cy, D, H49, L74, N, O'F, S, S96, TCD, W piert] neat Q 23 Wilt 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD: Shalt A25, B, D, H49, H51, JC, O'F, P, Q, S, S96, W 24 heire! Ed: heire? 1633-69 25 or worse 1633-69, Cy, D, L74, Lec, N, O'F, Q, TCD: and worse A25, B, H49, H51, S96, W: or for worse P: and for worse JC 27 Oh monstrous,] A (i.e. Ah) or O Monster, B, D, H49, H51, JC, W 29 eyes 1635-69: eyes; 1633 32 raise 1633-69, D, H49, H51, L74, Lec, N, TCD: vaile A25, B, Cy, JC, O'F, P, Q, S, W hat:] hate: 1633 33 consort none,] consort with none, Cy, O'F, P, S, S96 untill] till 1669 37-40 brackets 1650-69, Q: that ... boy 1633: that ... boy; 1635-39 39 barenesse A25, B, D, H49, H51, JC, O'F, Q, W: barrennesse 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, P, S, TCD 40 Of] of 1633: or 1633, 1669: om. 1635-54 41 bare? 1635-69: bare, 1633 45 first blest 1633-69, Cy, D, H49, L74, Lec, N, TCD, W: first best A25, B, H51, JC, O'F, P, Q, S 46 yet 1633, A25, B, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, Lec, N, Q, S, TCD: om. 1635-69, Cy, O'F, P 47 weare, 1650-69: weare 1633-39 50 warn'd] warm'd 1633 52 goe. 1635-69: goe, 1633 54 Worne by] Worne out by 1650-69 55 musk-colour 1633-35, D, H49, L74, Lec, N, TCD, W: musk-coloured 1639-69, A25, P, Q 58 The Infanta ... India; Ed: The Infanta ... India, A25, O'F, Q: The infant ... India, 1633-54 and MSS. generally: The Infantry of London, hence to India: 1669 60 Scheme 1635-69, A25, B, D, H49, H51, JC, Q: schemes L74, S: sceames N: Sceanes 1633, Cy, Lec, TCD: scene P 62 subtile-witted D, H49: subtile wittied 1633-54, L74, N, TCD: supple-witted A25, JC (altered to subtle), H51, O'F, P, Q, S, W: giddy-headed 1669 youths] youth 1669 63 depart'st from mee] depart'st from hence Cy, D, H49, H51, O'F, S, W: departest hence A25, Q, S96 canst JC, Q: can 1633-69 and many MSS. 66 conscience?] conscience. 1633 70 state] room H51 his 1635-69 and all MSS.: high 1633, Chambers libertie;] libertie, 1633 73 them] then 1633 78 stoops 1635-69, A25, Cy, D, H49, H51, O'F, Q: stoopeth B, P: stoopt 1633, L74, Lec, N, TCD nigh'st the ground.] nighest ground. D, H49, P, Q, W 81-2 om. 1633 84 youth? 1635-69: youth; 1633 Oh,] Yea, A25, B, H51, JC, Q, W 86 here] so H51 89 us; Ed: us: 1635-69: us, 1633 whispered, let'us goe, Ed: whispered, let us goe, 1633-54: whisperd, let us goe, 1669: whispered (letts goe) Q. See note 90 'T may be] May be Cy, D, H49, JC, Lec, O'F, P, Q, S, S96, W 94 goes on the way,] goes, on the way D, H49, Q(in), W(in) 95 all repute 1635-69 and MSS. generally: s'all repute 1633, Lec 97 print, cut, and plight (pleite, 1635-39: pleit, 1650-69), 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD: cut, print, or pleate (pleight &c.), A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, O'F, P, Q, S96, W 100 stoop'st 1633, 1669, A25, B, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, Lec, N, P, Q, TCD: stop'st. 1635-54, O'F 101 Why? he hath travayld; Long? No; but to me S96: Why: he hath travayld. Long? No: but to mee W: Why, hee hath travayl'd. Long? no. But to mee H49: Why he hath travayld; Longe? Noe: but to mee JC: Why, he hath travailed (traveled 1635-39) long? no, but to me 1633-39: Why hath he travelled long? no, but to me 1650-54, P: Why. He hath travelled long; no, but to me 1669. See note 102 understand] understood 1669: brackets from Q. See note 105 and qualities;] of qualities; Lec, P, Q, S96 106 a] om. 1669 108 lechery. 1635-69 and MSS: liberty; 1633 109 were there, 1633-39: there were, 1650-69 Satyre II. SIR; though (I thanke God for it) I do hate Perfectly all this towne, yet there's one state In all ill things so excellently best, That hate, toward them, breeds pitty towards the rest. 5Though PoËtry indeed be such a sinne As I thinke that brings dearths, and Spaniards in, Though like the Pestilence and old fashion'd love, Ridlingly it catch men; and doth remove Never, till it be sterv'd out; yet their state 10Is poore, disarm'd, like Papists, not worth hate. One, (like a wretch, which at Barre judg'd as dead, Yet prompts him which stands next, and cannot reade, And saves his life) gives ideot actors meanes (Starving himselfe) to live by his labor'd sceanes; 15As in some Organ, Puppits dance above And bellows pant below, which them do move. One would move Love by rithmes; but witchcrafts charms Bring not now their old feares, nor their old harmes: Rammes, and slings now are seely battery, 20Pistolets are the best Artillerie. And they who write to Lords, rewards to get, Are they not like singers at doores for meat? And they who write, because all write, have still That excuse for writing, and for writing ill; 25But hee is worst, who (beggarly) doth chaw Others wits fruits, and in his ravenous maw Rankly digested, doth those things out-spue, As his owne things; and they are his owne, 'tis true, For if one eate my meate, though it be knowne 30The meate was mine, th'excrement is his owne: But these do mee no harme, nor they which use To out-doe Dildoes, and out-usure Jewes; To out-drinke the sea, to out-sweare the Letanie; Who with sinnes all kindes as familiar bee 35As Confessors; and for whose sinfull sake, Schoolemen new tenements in hell must make: Whose strange sinnes, Canonists could hardly tell In which Commandements large receit they dwell. But these punish themselves; the insolence 40Of Coscus onely breeds my just offence, Whom time (which rots all, and makes botches poxe, And plodding on, must make a calfe an oxe) Hath made a Lawyer, which was (alas) of late But a scarce PoËt; jollier of this state, 45Then are new benefic'd ministers, he throwes Like nets, or lime-twigs, wheresoever he goes, His title of Barrister, on every wench, And wooes in language of the Pleas, and Bench: A motion, Lady; Speake Coscus; I have beene 50In love, ever since tricesimo of the Queene, Continuall claimes I have made, injunctions got To stay my rivals suit, that hee should not Proceed; spare mee; In Hillary terme I went, You said, If I return'd next size in Lent, 55I should be in remitter of your grace; In th'interim my letters should take place Of affidavits: words, words, which would teare The tender labyrinth of a soft maids eare, More, more, then ten Sclavonians scolding, more 60Then when winds in our ruin'd Abbeyes rore. When sicke with PoËtrie, and possest with muse Thou wast, and mad, I hop'd; but men which chuse Law practise for meere gaine, bold soule, repute Worse then imbrothel'd strumpets prostitute. 65Now like an owlelike watchman, hee must walke His hand still at a bill, now he must talke Idly, like prisoners, which whole months will sweare That onely suretiship hath brought them there, And to every suitor lye in every thing, 70Like a Kings favourite, yea like a King; Like a wedge in a blocke, wring to the barre, Bearing-like Asses; and more shamelesse farre Then carted whores, lye, to the grave Judge; for Bastardy abounds not in Kings titles, nor 75Symonie and Sodomy in Churchmens lives, As these things do in him; by these he thrives. Shortly (as the sea) hee will compasse all our land; From Scots, to Wight; from Mount, to Dover strand. And spying heires melting with luxurie, 80Satan will not joy at their sinnes, as hee. For as a thrifty wench scrapes kitching-stuffe, And barrelling the droppings, and the snuffe, Of wasting candles, which in thirty yeare (Relique-like kept) perchance buyes wedding geare; 85Peecemeale he gets lands, and spends as much time Wringing each Acre, as men pulling prime. In parchments then, large as his fields, hee drawes Assurances, bigge, as gloss'd civill lawes, So huge, that men (in our times forwardnesse) 90Are Fathers of the Church for writing lesse. These hee writes not; nor for these written payes, Therefore spares no length; as in those first dayes When Luther was profest, He did desire Short Pater nosters, saying as a Fryer 95Each day his beads, but having left those lawes, Addes to Christs prayer, the Power and glory clause. But when he sells or changes land, he'impaires His writings, and (unwatch'd) leaves out, ses heires, As slily as any Commenter goes by 100Hard words, or sense; or in Divinity As controverters, in vouch'd Texts, leave out Shrewd words, which might against them cleare the doubt. Where are those spred woods which cloth'd hertofore Those bought lands? not built, nor burnt within dore. 105Where's th'old landlords troops, and almes? In great hals Carthusian fasts, and fulsome Bachanalls Equally I hate; meanes blesse; in rich mens homes I bid kill some beasts, but no Hecatombs, None starve, none surfet so; But (Oh) we allow, 110Good workes as good, but out of fashion now, Like old rich wardrops; but my words none drawes Within the vast reach of th'huge statute lawes. Satyre II.: 1633-69, D, H49, H51, HN (after C. B. copy in margin), JC, Lec, Q, S, W: Satyre 3rd. A25: Law Satyre. P: Satire. or no title, B, Cy, L74, N, O'F, S96, TCD 2-3 there is one All this towne perfectly yet in every state In all ill things so excellently best There are some found so villainously best, H51 All this towne perfectly yet everie state Hath in't one found so villainously best S96 4 toward] towards 1669 and MSS. them,] that A25 towards] toward 1653-54 rest.] rest; 1633 6 As I thinke that 1633: As I thinke That 1635-54: As, I think, that 1669: As I'ame afraid brings H51 dearths, A25, H51, HN, L74, Lec, N, TCD, W: dearth, 1633-69, D, H49 7 and] or A25, D, H49, H51, O'F, P, S96, W 8 Ridlingly it 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD It riddlinglie rest of MSS. 10 hate. Ed: hate: 1633-69 12 cannot 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD: could not rest of MSS. 14 sceanes; Ed: sceanes. 1633-69 and Chambers 15 Organ 1633-54, L74, Lec, N, TCD: Organs 1669 and rest of MSS. 16 move. 1633-69: move, Chambers. See note 17 rithmes; 1633-69, Lec, Q, TCD: rimes; A25, B, Cy (rime), D, H49, H51, HN, JC, L74, N, O'F, P, W 18 harmes: Ed: harmes. 1633-69 19 Rammes, and slings] Rimes and songs P 22 singers at doores 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD: Boyes singing at dore (or dores) B, Cy, D, H49, H51, HN, JC, O'F (corrected from singers), P, Q (at a dore), S, W: singers at mens dores A25 24 excuse] scuse MSS. 32 To out-doe Dildoes, 1635-69, B, H51, L74, Lec, N, P, Q, TCD: To out-doe ——; 1633: To out-swive dildoes Cy, D, H49, HN, O'F, S, S96, W 33 Letanie; Ed: Letanie, 1669 and all MSS.: —— 1633: simply omit, 1635-39: gallant, he 1650-54. See note 34 sinnes all kindes 1635-69, A25, B, D, H49, H51, HN, JC, L74, N, O'F, Q, S, TCD, W: sinnes of all kindes 1633, Cy (kind), Lec, P 35-6 sake, Schoolemen 1669: sake Schoolemen, 1633-54 40 just 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD: great A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, HN, O'F, P, Q, S, S96, W: harts JC 43 Lawyer, Ed: Lawyer; 1633-69 which was (alas) of late Ed: which was alas of late 1633: which, (alas) of late 1635-69 44 a scarce A25, H49, H51, HN, JC (altered in margin), L74, Q, S96, TCD, W: scarce a 1633-69, D, Lec, P Poet; 1635-69: PoËt, 1633 this 1633-69: that A25, Cy, H51, Q: his HN, JC, O'F, S 49 Lady; Ed: Lady, 1633: Lady. 1635-39: Lady: 1650-69 Coscus; 1633: Coscus. 1635-69 53 Proceed; 1669: Proceed, 1633-54 54 return'd] Returne 1633 next size 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, O'F, TCD: this size rest of MSS. 58 soft maids eare, Ed: soft maids eare. 1633-54 and MSS.: Maids soft ear 1669 59 scolding] scolding's 1669 60 rore.] rore; 1633 63 gaine, bold soule, repute Ed: gaine; bold soule repute 1633-69, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, HN, L74, P, W: gayne (bold soule) repute: Q: gain, bold souls repute 1719 and Chambers: gayne, hold soule repute A25, N, S, TCD, and Lowell's conjecture in Grolier. See note 68 That] The Chambers 69-70 These lines represented by dashes, 1633 70 yea A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, HN, JC, L74, Lec, N, O'F, P, Q, S, S96, TCD, W: or 1635-69 72 Bearing-like Asses; Ed: Bearing like Asses, 1633-69 and MSS. 73 whores, 1633-69: whores; Chambers and Grolier. See note 74-5 These lines represented by dashes, 1633 77 our land;] our land, A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, HN, JC, L74, Lec, N, O'F, P, S, S96, TCD, W: the land; 1633-69, Q 79 luxurie, 1633-69, A25, JC, L74, Lec, N, O'F (corr. fr. Gluttony), P, Q, TCD: Gluttony B, Cy, D, H49, H51, HN, S, S96, W 80 will] would A25, Q 84 Relique-like A25, B, D, H49, H51, L74, N, O'F, Q, S, S96, TCD, W: Reliquely 1633-69, Cy, JC, Lec, P geare;] chear; 1669 (which brackets from 81 as to end of 84), Cy 86 men] Maids 1669 87 parchments A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, Q, W: parchment 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, O'F, P, S, S96, TCD his] the 1669 98 ses 1633-69, B, L74, Lec, Q, and other MSS.: his Cy, D, H49, H51, P heires,] heires 1633 99 As] And 1669 by] by, 1633 102 doubt.] doubt: 1633 105 Where's &c. Ed: Where's th'old landlords troops, and almes, great hals? 1633, Lec, N, TCD (but hals MSS.): Where the old landlords troops, and almes? In hals 1635-69, L74, O'F: Where the old landlords troopes and almes? In great halls A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, HN, P, Q, S, W (but the punctuation is very irregular, and some have 's after Where). See note 107 Equally I hate;] Equallie hate, Q hate; Ed: hate, 1633: hate. 1635-69 meanes bless; 1633, A25, B, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, N, O'F, P, Q, TCD, W: Meane's blest. 1635-69, Cy, S, S96 (altered to is blest). See note 111 in wardrops; 1633: wardrobes. 1635-69 112 statute lawes. 1633-54 and all MSS.: statutes jawes. 1669, Chambers Satyre III. Kinde pitty chokes my spleene; brave scorn forbids Those teares to issue which swell my eye-lids; I must not laugh, nor weepe sinnes, and be wise, Can railing then cure these worne maladies? 5Is not our Mistresse faire Religion, As worthy of all our Soules devotion, As vertue was to the first blinded age? Are not heavens joyes as valiant to asswage Lusts, as earths honour was to them? Alas, 10As wee do them in meanes, shall they surpasse Us in the end, and shall thy fathers spirit Meete blinde Philosophers in heaven, whose merit Of strict life may be imputed faith, and heare Thee, whom hee taught so easie wayes and neare 15To follow, damn'd? O if thou dar'st, feare this; This feare great courage, and high valour is. Dar'st thou ayd mutinous Dutch, and dar'st thou lay Thee in ships woodden Sepulchers, a prey To leaders rage, to stormes, to shot, to dearth? 20Dar'st thou dive seas, and dungeons of the earth? Hast thou couragious fire to thaw the ice Of frozen North discoueries? and thrise Colder then Salamanders, like divine Children in th'oven, fires of Spaine, and the line, 25Whose countries limbecks to our bodies bee, Canst thou for gaine beare? and must every hee Which cryes not, Goddesse, to thy Mistresse, draw, Or eate thy poysonous words? courage of straw! O desperate coward, wilt thou seeme bold, and 30To thy foes and his (who made thee to stand Sentinell in his worlds garrison) thus yeeld, And for forbidden warres, leave th'appointed field? Know thy foes: The foule Devill (whom thou Strivest to please,) for hate, not love, would allow 35Thee faine, his whole Realme to be quit; and as The worlds all parts wither away and passe, So the worlds selfe, thy other lov'd foe, is In her decrepit wayne, and thou loving this, Dost love a withered and worne strumpet; last, 40Flesh (it selfes death) and joyes which flesh can taste, Thou loveft; and thy faire goodly soule, which doth Give this flesh power to taste joy, thou dost loath. Seeke true religion. O where? Mirreus Thinking her unhous'd here, and fled from us, 45Seekes her at Rome; there, because hee doth know That shee was there a thousand yeares agoe, He loves her ragges so, as wee here obey The statecloth where the Prince sate yesterday. Crantz to such brave Loves will not be inthrall'd, 50But loves her onely, who at Geneva is call'd Religion, plaine, simple, sullen, yong, Contemptuous, yet unhansome; As among Lecherous humors, there is one that judges No wenches wholsome, but course country drudges. 55Graius stayes still at home here, and because Some Preachers, vile ambitious bauds, and lawes Still new like fashions, bid him thinke that shee Which dwels with us, is onely perfect, hee Imbraceth her, whom his Godfathers will 60Tender to him, being tender, as Wards still Take such wives as their Guardians offer, or Pay valewes. Carelesse Phrygius doth abhorre All, because all cannot be good, as one Knowing some women whores, dares marry none. 65Graccus loves all as one, and thinkes that so As women do in divers countries goe In divers habits, yet are still one kinde, So doth, so is Religion; and this blind- nesse too much light breeds; but unmoved thou 70Of force must one, and forc'd but one allow; And the right; aske thy father which is shee, Let him aske his; though truth and falshood bee Neare twins, yet truth a little elder is; Be busie to seeke her, beleeve mee this, 75Hee's not of none, nor worst, that seekes the best. To adore, or scorne an image, or protest, May all be bad; doubt wisely; in strange way To stand inquiring right, is not to stray; To sleepe, or runne wrong, is. On a huge hill, 80Cragged, and steep, Truth stands, and hee that will Reach her, about must, and about must goe; And what the hills suddennes resists, winne so; Yet strive so, that before age, deaths twilight, Thy Soule rest, for none can worke in that night. 85To will, implyes delay, therefore now doe: Hard deeds, the bodies paines; hard knowledge too The mindes indeavours reach, and mysteries Are like the Sunne, dazling, yet plaine to all eyes. Keepe the truth which thou hast found; men do not stand 90In so ill case here, that God hath with his hand Sign'd Kings blanck-charters to kill whom they hate, Nor are they Vicars, but hangmen to Fate. Foole and wretch, wilt thou let thy Soule be tyed To mans lawes, by which she shall not be tryed 95At the last day? Oh, will it then boot thee To say a Philip, or a Gregory, A Harry, or a Martin taught thee this? Is not this excuse for mere contraries, Equally strong? cannot both sides say so? 100That thou mayest rightly obey power, her bounds know; Those past, her nature, and name is chang'd; to be Then humble to her is idolatrie. As streames are, Power is; those blest flowers that dwell At the rough streames calme head, thrive and do well, 105But having left their roots, and themselves given To the streames tyrannous rage, alas, are driven Through mills, and rockes, and woods, and at last, almost Consum'd in going, in the sea are lost: So perish Soules, which more chuse mens unjust 110Power from God claym'd, then God himselfe to trust. Satyre III. 1633-69, B, D, H49, H51 (with title Of Religion.), JC, Lec, O'F, Q, S, W: Satire the 4th. A25, Cy: Satyre the Second. P: A Satire. L74: no title, N, TCD 1 chokes] checks 1635-54: cheeks 1669 eye-lids; Ed: eye-lids, 1633-39: eyelids. 1650-69 3 and] but 1669 7 to 1635-69, A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, O'F, P, Q, S, W: in 1633, Lec, N, TCD 9 honour was] honours were Cy, D, H49, S 14 so easie wayes and neare 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, P, TCD: wayes easie and neere A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, Q, S, W: wayes so easy and neere O'F 15 this;] this. 1633 16 is.] is; 1633 17 Dutch, and dar'st 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, P, TCD: Dutch? dar'st A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, O'F, Q, S, W 22-3 discoueries? ... Salamanders, Ed: discoueries, ... Salamanders? 1633-69 28 words?] words, 1633 31 Sentinell 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, P, TCD: Souldier A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, Q, S, W his 1633-54: this 1669, A25, H51, P, Q 32 forbidden 1633 and most MSS. forbid 1635-69, H51 33-4 Know thy foes; the foule Devell whom thou Strivest to please &c. H51, Q and generally (but with varying punctuation and sometimes foe), A25, B, Cy, D, H49, JC, O'F, P, W: Know thy foe, the soule devill h'is, whom thou Strivest to please: for hate, not love, would allow 1633, L74 (is), Lec, N (his), S (is), TCD (his): Know thy foes: The foule devill, he, whom thou Striv'st to please, for hate, not love, would allow 1635-69 (he, ... please, bracketed, 1669) 35 quit 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, P, S, TCD: ridd A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, O'F, Q, W 40 (it selfes death) 1635-69, A25, B, H51, L74, Lec, N, O'F, P, Q, TCD, W: (it selfe death) 1633, Cy, D, S 42 loath.] loath; 1633 44 here,] her, 1633 45 Rome; Ed: Rome, 1633-69 47 He 1633, 1669: And 1635-54 her D, H49, H51, Lec, O'F, P, S, W: the 1633-69, L74, N, P, TCD 49 Crantz W: Crants 1633-54, A25, H51, JC, Lec, N, TCD: Grants or Grauntes 1669, L74, O'F, P: Grant Cy, D, H49: Crates Q 52 unhansome; Ed: unhansome. 1633-69 54 drudges.] drudges: 1633 57 bid or bidd MSS.: bids 1633-69 62 Prigas H51: Phrygas W: Phrigias A25 67 kinde, Ed: kinde; 1633-69 70 must ... but in reverse order Q 73 is; 1633: is. 1635-69 74 her, 1633: her; 1635-69 77 wisely; Ed: wisely, 1633-69 78 stray; 1633-69, Cy, D, L74, Lec, N, O'F, S, TCD, W: staye; A25, B, H49, H51, JC, P, Q 79 is. On] is: on 1633 huge] high B, Cy, D, H51, O'F, Q, W 80 Cragged, 1669, L74, N, P, TCD: Cragg'd, 1633-54, Lec: Ragged A25, B, Cy, D, H49, JC, O'F, S, W: Ruggued H51, Q 81 about must goe; 1633-54, O'F: about it goe; 1669: about goe, A25, Cy, D, H49, H51, L74, N, P, Q, W 84 Soule 1633-69, L74, N, P, TCD: minde rest of MSS. that night. Ed: that night, 1633, 1669: the night. 1635-54 85 doe: Ed: doe 1633, Chambers and Grolier: doe. 1635-69, D, W. See note 86 too H51, S, W: spelt to 1633-69, many MSS.: to (prep.) Chambers 88 eyes.] eyes; 1633 90 In so ill (evil H51) case here, A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, O'F, P, Q, S, W: here om. 1633-69, N, TCD 94 mans 1633-69, A25, L74, Lec, N, O'F, P, Q, TCD: mens B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, S, W not om. 1635-54 95 Oh, will it then boot thee Ed: Will ... boot thee 1633, L74, N, P, TCD: Or ... boot thee 1635-69: Oh will it then serve thee A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, O'F (Or), Q, S, W 97 thee] me 1669 99 strong? Ed: strong 1633: strong; 1635-69 101 is] are 1669 chang'd;] chang'd 1633 to be Ed: to be, 1633-69 102 idolatrie.] idolatrie; 1633 103 is;] is, 1633 104 do well 1633-69, Lec, N, P, TCD: prove well A25, B, Cy, D, H49, H51, JC, L74, O'F, Q, S, W 106 alas,] alas 1633 107 mills, and rockes, 1633, L74, N, P, TCD: Mils, rocks, 1635-69, and rest of MSS. Satyr IIII. WELL; I may now receive, and die; My sinne Indeed is great, but I have beene in A Purgatorie, such as fear'd hell is A recreation to, and scarse map of this. 5My minde, neither with prides itch, nor yet hath been Poyson'd with love to see, or to bee seene, I had no suit there, nor new suite to shew, Yet went to Court; But as Glaze which did goe To'a Masse in jest, catch'd, was faine to disburse 10The hundred markes, which is the Statutes curse; Before he scapt, So'it pleas'd my destinie (Guilty of my sin of going,) to thinke me As prone to all ill, and of good as forget- full, as proud, as lustfull, and as much in debt, 15As vaine, as witlesse, and as false as they Which dwell at Court, for once going that way. Therefore I suffered this; Towards me did runne A thing more strange, then on Niles slime, the Sunne E'r bred; or all which into Noahs Arke came; 20A thing, which would have pos'd Adam to name; Stranger then seaven Antiquaries studies, Then Africks Monsters, Guianaes rarities. Stranger then strangers; One, who for a Dane, In the Danes Massacre had sure beene slaine, 25If he had liv'd then; And without helpe dies, When next the Prentises'gainst Strangers rise. One, whom the watch at noone lets scarce goe by, One, to whom, the examining Justice sure would cry, Sir, by your priesthood tell me what you are. 30His cloths were strange, though coarse; and black, though bare; Sleevelesse his jerkin was, and it had beene Velvet, but'twas now (so much ground was seene) Become Tufftaffatie; and our children shall See it plaine Rashe awhile, then nought at all. 35This thing hath travail'd, and saith, speakes all tongues And only knoweth what to all States belongs. Made of th'Accents, and best phrase of all these, He speakes no language; If strange meats displease, Art can deceive, or hunger force my tast, 40But Pedants motley tongue, souldiers bumbast, Mountebankes drugtongue, nor the termes of law Are strong enough preparatives, to draw Me to beare this: yet I must be content With his tongue, in his tongue, call'd complement: 45In which he can win widdowes, and pay scores, Make men speake treason, cosen subtlest whores, Out-flatter favorites, or outlie either Jovius, or Surius, or both together. He names mee, and comes to mee; I whisper, God! 50How have I sinn'd, that thy wraths furious rod, This fellow chuseth me? He saith, Sir, I love your judgement; Whom doe you prefer, For the best linguist? And I seelily Said, that I thought Calepines Dictionarie; 55Nay, but of men, most sweet Sir; Beza then, Some other Jesuites, and two reverend men Of our two Academies, I named; There He stopt mee, and said; Nay, your Apostles were Good pretty linguists, and so Panurge was; 60Yet a poore gentleman, all these may passe By travaile. Then, as if he would have sold His tongue, he prais'd it, and such wonders told That I was faine to say, If you'had liv'd, Sir, Time enough to have beene Interpreter 65To Babells bricklayers, sure the Tower had stood. He adds, If of court life you knew the good, You would leave lonenesse. I said, not alone My lonenesse is, but Spartanes fashion, To teach by painting drunkards, doth not last 70Now; Aretines pictures have made few chast; No more can Princes courts, though there be few Better pictures of vice, teach me vertue; He, like to a high stretcht lute string squeakt, O Sir, 'Tis sweet to talke of Kings. At Westminster, 75Said I, The man that keepes the Abbey tombes, And for his price doth with who ever comes, Of all our Harries, and our Edwards talke, From King to King and all their kin can walke: Your eares shall heare nought, but Kings; your eyes meet 80Kings only; The way to it, is Kingstreet. He smack'd, and cry'd, He's base, Mechanique, coarse, So are all your Englishmen in their discourse. Are not your Frenchmen neate? Mine? as you see, I have but one Frenchman, looke, hee followes mee. 85Certes they are neatly cloth'd; I, of this minde am, Your only wearing is your Grogaram. Not so Sir, I have more. Under this pitch He would not flie; I chaff'd him; But as Itch Scratch'd into smart, and as blunt iron ground 90Into an edge, hurts worse: So, I (foole) found, Crossing hurt mee; To fit my sullennesse, He to another key, his stile doth addresse, And askes, what newes? I tell him of new playes. He takes my hand, and as a Still, which staies 95A Sembriefe, 'twixt each drop, he nigardly, As loth to enrich mee, so tells many a lye. More then ten Hollensheads, or Halls, or Stowes, Of triviall houshold trash he knowes; He knowes When the Queene frown'd, or smil'd, and he knowes what 100A subtle States-man may gather of that; He knowes who loves; whom; and who by poyson Hasts to an Offices reversion; He knowes who'hath sold his land, and now doth beg A licence, old iron, bootes, shooes, and egge- 105shels to transport; Shortly boyes shall not play At span-counter, or blow-point, but they pay Toll to some Courtier; And wiser then all us, He knowes what Ladie is not painted; Thus He with home-meats tries me; I belch, spue, spit, 110Looke pale, and sickly, like a Patient; Yet He thrusts on more; And as if he'd undertooke To say Gallo-Belgicus without booke Speakes of all States, and deeds, that have been since The Spaniards came, to the losse of Amyens. 115Like a bigge wife, at sight of loathed meat, Readie to travaile: So I sigh, and sweat To heare this Makeron talke: In vaine; for yet, Either my humour, or his owne to fit, He like a priviledg'd spie, whom nothing can 120Discredit, Libells now'gainst each great man. He names a price for every office paid; He saith, our warres thrive ill, because delai'd; That offices are entail'd, and that there are Perpetuities of them, lasting as farre 125As the last day; And that great officers, Doe with the Pirates share, and Dunkirkers. Who wasts in meat, in clothes, in horse, he notes; Who loves whores, who boyes, and who goats. I more amas'd then Circes prisoners, when 130They felt themselves turne beasts, felt my selfe then Becomming Traytor, and mee thought I saw One of our Giant Statutes ope his jaw To sucke me in; for hearing him, I found That as burnt venome Leachers do grow sound 135By giving others their soares, I might growe Guilty, and he free: Therefore I did shew All signes of loathing; But since I am in, I must pay mine, and my forefathers sinne To the last farthing; Therefore to my power 140Toughly and stubbornly I beare this crosse; But the'houre Of mercy now was come; He tries to bring Me to pay a fine to scape his torturing, And saies, Sir, can you spare me; I said, willingly; Nay, Sir, can you spare me a crowne? Thankfully I 145Gave it, as Ransome; But as fidlers, still, Though they be paid to be gone, yet needs will Thrust one more jigge upon you: so did hee With his long complementall thankes vexe me. But he is gone, thankes to his needy want, 150And the prerogative of my Crowne: Scant His thankes were ended, when I, (which did see All the court fill'd with more strange things then hee) Ran from thence with such or more hast, then one Who feares more actions, doth make from prison. 155At home in wholesome solitarinesse My precious soule began, the wretchednesse Of suiters at court to mourne, and a trance Like his, who dreamt he saw hell, did advance It selfe on mee, Such men as he saw there, 160I saw at court, and worse, and more; Low feare Becomes the guiltie, not the accuser; Then, Shall I, nones slave, of high borne, or rais'd men Feare frownes? And, my Mistresse Truth, betray thee To th'huffing braggart, puft Nobility? 165No, no, Thou which since yesterday hast beene Almost about the whole world, hast thou seene, O Sunne, in all thy journey, Vanitie, Such as swells the bladder of our court? I Thinke he which made your waxen garden, and 170Transported it from Italy to stand With us, at London, flouts our Presence, for Just such gay painted things, which no sappe, nor Tast have in them, ours are; And naturall Some of the stocks are, their fruits, bastard all. 175'Tis ten a clock and past; All whom the Mues, Baloune, Tennis, Dyet, or the stewes, Had all the morning held, now the second Time made ready, that day, in flocks, are found In the Presence, and I, (God pardon mee.) 180As fresh, and sweet their Apparrells be, as bee The fields they sold to buy them; For a King Those hose are, cry the flatterers; And bring Them next weeke to the Theatre to sell; Wants reach all states; Me seemes they doe as well 185At stage, as court; All are players; who e'r lookes (For themselves dare not goe) o'r Cheapside books, Shall finde their wardrops Inventory. Now, The Ladies come; As Pirats, which doe know That there came weak ships fraught with Cutchannel, 190The men board them; and praise, as they thinke, well, Their beauties; they the mens wits; Both are bought. Why good wits ne'r weare scarlet gownes, I thought This cause, These men, mens wits for speeches buy, And women buy all reds which scarlets die. 195He call'd her beauty limetwigs, her haire net; She feares her drugs ill laid, her haire loose set. Would not Heraclitus laugh to see Macrine, From hat to shooe, himselfe at doore refine, As if the Presence were a Moschite, and lift 200His skirts and hose, and call his clothes to shrift, Making them confesse not only mortall Great staines and holes in them; but veniall Feathers and dust, wherewith they fornicate: And then by Durers rules survay the state 205Of his each limbe, and with strings the odds trye Of his neck to his legge, and wast to thighe. So in immaculate clothes, and Symetrie Perfect as circles, with such nicetie As a young Preacher at his first time goes 210To preach, he enters, and a Lady which owes Him not so much as good will, he arrests, And unto her protests protests protests, So much as at Rome would serve to have throwne Ten Cardinalls into the Inquisition; 215And whisperd by Jesu, so often, that A Pursevant would have ravish'd him away For saying of our Ladies psalter; But'tis fit That they each other plague, they merit it. But here comes Glorius that will plague them both, 220Who, in the other extreme, only doth Call a rough carelessenesse, good fashion; Whose cloak his spurres teare; whom he spits on He cares not, His ill words doe no harme To him; he rusheth in, as if arme, arme, 225He meant to crie; And though his face be as ill As theirs which in old hangings whip Christ, still He strives to looke worse, he keepes all in awe; Jeasts like a licenc'd foole, commands like law. Tyr'd, now I leave this place, and but pleas'd so 230As men which from gaoles to execution goe, Goe through the great chamber (why is it hung With the seaven deadly sinnes?). Being among Those Askaparts, men big enough to throw Charing Crosse for a barre, men that doe know 235No token of worth, but Queenes man, and fine Living, barrells of beefe, flaggons of wine; I shooke like a spyed Spie. Preachers which are Seas of Wit and Arts, you can, then dare, Drowne the sinnes of this place, for, for mee 240Which am but a scarce brooke, it enough shall bee To wash the staines away; Although I yet With Macchabees modestie, the knowne merit Of my worke lessen: yet some wise man shall, I hope, esteeme my writs Canonicall. Satyre IIII. 1633-69, B, D, H49, HN (anno 1594 in 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 I 1633, A25, D, H49, HN, JC, L74, Lec, N, P, Q, S, W: but yet I 1635-69, Cy, O'F, S96 4 A recreacion to, and scarse Q: A recreation, and scant 1633-69, and other MSS. 5 neither 1633-69: nor some MSS. and Chambers, who wrongly attributes to 1635-39 8 Glaze 1633, D, H49, HN, Lec: Glare 1635-69, and rest of MSS. 9 To'a mass A25, B, D, H49, HN, JC, L74, N, S, S96, TCD, W: To Masse 1633-69, 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,] as om. 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] Nilus D, 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. from strangers), S 32 ground] the ground HN 35 This 1633: The 1635-69 saith, 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. for ancientest, but corrected to accents,) L74 38 no language; A25, Q: one language; 1633-69, and MSS. generally 43 beare] hear 1669 this: Q: this, 1633-69 44 With his tongue, 1669, Q: With his tongue: 1633-54 47 or] and Cy, D, H49, HN, JC, O'F, Q, W 48 Surius,] Sleydon O'F (corrected to Surius), Q: Snodons, A25. See note 51 chuseth] chaseth P, Q 55 Sir; Ed: Sir. 1633-69 56 Some other HN: Some 1633-69 and most MSS.: two other S 57 There 1633 (T faintly printed): here 1635-69 59 Good pretty 1633-69: Pretty good Cy, O'F, Q, S, S96 Panurge 1635-54: Panirge 1633: Panurgus 1669 (omitting and), JC, O'F, Q 60 gentleman, all Ed: gentleman; All 1633-69 60-1 passe By travaile. 1633-54: pass. But travaile 1669 62 prais'd Ed: praised 1633-69 wonders 1635-69 and most MSS.: words 1633, 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 lonenesse 1635-69, A25, &c.: lonelinesse 1633, L74, &c. fashion, 1633: fashion. 1635-69 69 last 1633, 1669, D, H49, HN, JC, L74, Lec, N, P, TCD, W: taste 1635-54, 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 Grogaram 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD: this Grogaram A25, B, Cy, D, H49, HN, JC, O'F, Q, S, W: the Grogaram P 89 ground Ed: grown'd 1633: grownd 1635-69 90 (foole)] no bracket 1633 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 knowes D, H49, W: trash; He knowes; He knowes 1633: trash. He knowes; He knowes 1635-39: trash, He knowes; He knowes 1650-69 101 loves; whom; 1633: loves; whom, 1635-54: loves, whom; 1669: loves whom; Chambers and Grolier 104 and 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, S96, TCD: or A25, B, Cy, D, H49, HN, JC, O'F, Q, W 106 At blow-point or span-counter A25, B, D, H49, HN, JC, O'F, Q, S, S96, W they pay Cy, D, H49, HN, Lec, N, O'F, P, Q, S, S96, TCD, W: shall pay 1633-69, JC 108 what 1633-69, Cy, L74, Lec, N, TCD: which A25, B, D, H49, HN, JC, O'F, P, Q, S, W 109 tries 1633, A25, D, H49, HN, L74, N, Q, TCD, W: cloyes 1635-69, O'F, S: tyres Cy, 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 me P as if he'd undertooke most MSS.: as if he'undertooke 1633, N, TCD: as he'had undertooke 1635-69 113 have] hath 1633, Lec 117 this] his B, L74, O'F, TCD, W talke: In vaine; for D, W, and other MSS.: talke in vaine: For 1633, Q: talke, in vaine: For 1635-69 123 entail'd, and that there 1633: entailed, and there 1635-54: intailed and that there 1669 128 whores, Ed: Whores, 1633-69 132 Statutes] Statues 1639 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 venome 1635-54: venomous 1669: venomd many MSS. 141 mercy now 1633-69: my redemption Cy, P: redemption now Q, S 145 Gave] Give Cy, D, H49 146 Though] Thou 1635 152 more ... then] such ... as 1669 154 make B, Cy, D, H49, HN, JC, L74, O'F, P, Q, S96, W: haste 1633-69, Lec, N, S, TCD (from previous line): om. A25 prison.] prison; 1633 156 precious 1633, L74, Lec, N, TCD: piteous 1635-69 and rest of MSS. 159 on 1633, Cy, L74, Lec, N, O'F, P, S, TCD: o'r 1635-69, A25, B, D, H49, Q, S96, W 162 nones] none 1669 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, TCD th'huffing, braggart, 1719 Nobility?] Nobility. 1633 169 your 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, TCD: yon A25, B, JC, O'F, Q, W: the Cy, D, H49, P, S, S96 170 Transported 1633-69, L74, Lec, N, P, Q, TCD: Transplanted B, Cy, D, H49, JC, O'F, S, S96, W to stand] to Strand L74 (stand being 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 found 1633, 1669: were found 1635-54 179 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'apparells B, 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 (flatterers is changed to flatterer), Lec (flatterers) 185 players;] players, 1633 187 wardrops 1633: wardrobes 1635-69 Inventory.] Inventory; 1633 188 doe know 1633-69, Lec, N, Q, TCD: did know Cy, D, H49, HN, JC, P, S, S96, W 190 (as they think) 1669 194 scarlets] scarlett D, H49, Lec, O'F, P, Q, W 195 call'd] calls A25, 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, (or Meschite,) 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 survay 1633-69, N, O'F, P, Q, TCD: survayes B, Cy, D, H49, JC, S, W 205 trye Ed: tryes 1633-69 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 whisperd 1633, D, H49, L74, N, TCD, W: whispers 1635-69 216 Topcliffe would have ravish'd him quite away JC, O'F, Q (JC and O'F alter to Pursevant) 217 of om. Cy, D, H49, HN, JC, P, Q, S, W 222 whom 1633, A25, B, D, H49, L74, N, P, Q, S, S96, TCD, W: or whom 1635-69, O'F 223 He cares not, His 1633 and MSS.: He cares not hee. His 1635-69 224 rusheth] rushes 1639-69 226 still 1635-69, Q, and other MSS.: yet still 1633, L74, N, TCD 229 I leave] Ile leave B, Cy, D, H49, W 230 men which from A25, B, Cy, D, H49, HN, JC, L74, Lec, N, O'F, P, Q, S, S96, TCD, W: men from 1633-69 232 sinnes?). Being Ed: sinnes) being 1633-39: sinnes?) being 1650-69: all the editions and some MSS. close the sentence at 236 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 drowne O'F, S96 240 Which] Who MSS. 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 the 1633-69: their A25, B, Cy, D, HN, JC, O'F, Q, S, W: these L74, N, TCD Although] though 1633 and MSS. 242 the knowne merit 1633-69, JC, Lec, N, O'F, Q, TCD: known om. B, Cy, D, H49, HN, L74, P, S, W 243 wise man] wise men 1650-69, B, HN, L74, P, TCD, W Satyre V. 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 Age that was, 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] shal 1669 9 and] in 1669 12 implyes 1635-69: spelt employes 1633 and some MSS. represents. 1635-69: represents, 1633 13 Officers] Officers, 1633-69 14 ravishing 1633-69: ravenous Q: ravening P, S 19 voyd. All 1669: voyd; all 1633-54 dust; W: dust, 1633-69 21 preyes? 1669: preyes. 1633-54 26 their 1633, D, L74, Lec, N, S, TCD, W: the 1635-69, 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 brackets 1635-54 37-9 The iron Age that was, 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 Age that was, 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 omit that was), Chambers (no italics): 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] Flows O'F, Chambers. See note 49 complaine,] complaine; 1633 go'st] goest 1633-39 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: thy 1635-69 56 only who have] only, who have, 1633 more.] more 1633 57 he ... so, 1633-54: and he who made them so, 1669: he ... and cal'd (changed to stil'd) them so, O'F 58 that] om. 1669 59 supplications] supplication 1635-54 61 Courts, 1635-69, B, JC, L74, O'F, P, Q, W: Court, 1633, D, Lec, N, S, TCD 63 'tis. Would 1669: 'tis, would 1633: 'tis; Would 1635-54 68 aske 1669, A25, B, D, JC, L74, N, O'F, P, Q, S, W: lack 1633-54, Lec 17232comming?] comming; 1633 72 Speakes Fates words, and but tells us &c. Q, W, Chambers: Speakes Fates words, and tells who must bee 1633-69 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'd 1635-69, B, O'F, Q, S, W: which men bared 1633, D, Lec, N, TCD: which men erst bar'd A25, L74, P 85 great om. Q Carricks 1633-35: Charricks 1639-69 87 Haman, 1633: Hammon, 1635-69, P: MSS. generally vary between Haman and Hammond when 1633, 1669, D, L74, Lec, N, P, TCD: if 1635-54, A25, B, JC, O'F, Q, S 90 Thou'art Ed: Thou art 1633-69 cosened,] cozeneth, 1669 91 And 1633: Which 1635-69: Whoe Q div'st, 1633-54, N, P, S, TCD: div'st 1669: div'dst D, L74, Lec (altered from div'st), W: div'd A25, B, JC, O'F, S (Grosart), Q what's vanished. N: what vanished. 1633-54 and rest of MSS.: what vanisheth. 1669 Vpon Mr. Thomas Coryats Crudities.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, Munster did Townes, and Gesner Authors show, Mount now to Gallo-belgicus; appear As deepe a States-man, as a Gazettier. 25Homely and familiarly, when thou com'st back, Talke of Will. Conquerour, and Prester 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, 45If omni-praegnant there, 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; As Sibyls was, 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 1611 Vpon Mr. &c. 1649, where it was placed with The Token (p. 72), at the end of the Funerall Elegies: appeared originally in Coryats Crudities (1611: see note) with heading Incipit Joannes Donne. 2 leavened 1611: learned 1649-69 and mod. edd. 7 longdst 1611: long'st 1649-69 19 sometimes.] sometime 1611 24 Gazettier. 1611: Garretteir 1649-69 28 booke,] booke. 1611 37 barrels; 1649-69: barrels, 1611 56 board, 1611: board 1649-69 In eundem Macaronicon. Quot, dos haec, Linguists perfetti, Disticha fairont, Tot cuerdos States-men, hic livre fara tuus. Es sat a my l'honneur estre hic inteso; Car I leave L'honra, de personne nestre creduto, tibi. Explicit Joannes Donne. In eundem &c. 1611, concluding the above JOHN DONNE, 1613 JOHN DONNE, 1613Viri seraphici Joannis Donne Qua- dragenarij Effigies vera, Qui post eam Ætatem Sacris initiatus Ec- clesiÆ Sti Pauli Decanus obijt.
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