Among the rest, whom rewfull fate hath reft, Whose shrowding sheetes hath wrapt their woful lyves, Why have not I a place among them left, Whose fall eche tonge with daylye talke revyves." The Legend of James the Fifth of Scotland follows. At the close of the account of "The acts of Henry and how he warred," is "An epitaph of the deathe of that moste valyant and renowned Prince." What follows is a sort of appendix or second book, and contains Commemorations of Anne Bulleyne, Jane, and Katherine Parr: the first opens "as hereafter followeth." "Ye noble imps of Parnas hill, Ye muses all arowe, Resound your plesant melodie, Your warbling notes bestowe. Take wrest in hand to tune those stringes, That render silver sound; And let the voice of Music's lore Unto the skies rebounde. Blo up with joye the chearfull blast Of Englande's blissefull state, In prayse of this most noble Queene, Kinge Henrye's lawful mate." The "Epitaph on the death of Queene Anne Bullayne," may be given as a specimen of his poetry. "Why music with her silver sound? What say you, Simon Catling? Marry, sir, because silver hath a sweet sound Pretty! What say you, Hugh Rebeck? I say silver sound, because musicians sound for silver." See Romeo and Juliet. Steevens thought silver sound was first used by Spenser. "Yf wayling woes might win thy lyfe For if that death might life redeeme, But sith that may in no wise bee, For death woulde worke his spight, With yernefull voyce and dolefull domps 1 We shall expell delight. And shew our grefes with secret sighes, And languor of the breste; The flodds of teares shed for thy sake Declares our hearts unrest. And were it not thy royale impe* Did mittigate our payne, The sorrow for thy fatall day Wee uneth could sustayne. Yet this somewhat recomfortes us, For that we be moste sure, Thy blessed soule is lodged with God, For ever to endure. Also thy noble splendent fame, O noble Prince, Queen Anne, Shall live on earth till wordes ende Within the mouth of man. And eke thy lyfe shall be a lore, For ladies all to learne, * Elizabeth. Wherein they may, as in a glasse, Dame vertues path desearne." This may serve as an example of Ulpian Fulwell's poetry. The most curious part of the volume is "The History of the Winning of Hadington in Scotlande, An. 2 Reg. Edwardi VI." which is given from the information of several who were witnesses of the siege, and which, if the present article were not extended to the usual limits, I would have willingly transcribed. O. G. ART. LVIII. A misticall deuise of the spirituall and godly love betwene Christ the Spouse, and the Church or congregation. Firste made by the wise prince Saloman, and now newly set forth in verse by Jud Smith. Wherunto is annexed certeine other briefe stories. And also a Treatise of Prodigalitie, most fit and necessarie for to be read and marked of all estates. 1575. Imprinted at London by Henry Kirckham, and are to be solde at his shoppe, at the little northe doore of Paules, at the signe of the Black Boie. Small 8vo. MR. WARTON, in his enumeration of the various English versions of Solomon's song made in the 16th century,* does not notice the present; nor is it registered either by Ames or Herbert. An address to the Christian reader is prefixed by John Wharton, a puritanical writer of poetry, and thus begins: Hist. Eng. Poetry, III. sect. xxvii, "In perusing this little volume intituled 'A misticall devise,' being requested of my frend therunto, I did fynde such a pleasantnes therin, that my hart rejoyced and gave du signes what pleasure and delight my minde of it conceived. For surely (gentle reader) if thou covit to heare any olde bables, as I may terme them, or stale tales of Chauser, or to learne howe Acteon came by his horned head, if thy mynde be fixed to any such metamorphocall toyes, this booke is not apt nor fit for thy purpose. But if thou art contrarywise bent to heare, or to reade holsome documentes, as it becometh all Christians, then take this same for thou shalt fynde it sweeter (as the prophet sayeth) then the honye or the honye combe. For Salomon had great delite in the makinge of these, to recreat and revyve his spirits, and called them by this name, Canticum Canticorum, whyche is to sayethe song of songes." These songs are very briefly and prosaically metrified, in ten pages: then succeeds "A coppie of the Epistle that Jeremye sent unto the Jewes, which were led away prisoners by the king of Babilon &c." in verse. This also fills ten pages. Then, "The Commaundements of God our Creator, geven by Moyses," followed by texts from scripture, on four pages and on four concluding ones, "The Commaundements of Sathan, put in practise dayly by the Pope." A very scanty specimen may suffice, from his version of the song of Solomon. Christ speaketh to the Churche. "Come, wend unto my garden gay, My sister and my spowse; For I have gathered mirre with spice, I meane to eate my honnye, and For so it seemeth meete. Christe to the Apostles. Eat now, my frinds, do nothing spare, But be of perfect cheare; And drink with mirth, for you Are sure beloved deare." of me T. P. ART. LIX. The Golden Aphroditis: a pleasant discourse, penned by John Grange, gentleman, `student in the common lawe of Englande. Whereunto be annexed, by the same Authour, aswell certayne metres upon sundry poyntes, as also diuers pamphlets in prose; which he entituleth His Garden: pleasant to the eare and delightful to the reader, if he abuse not the scente of the floures. Habet et musca splenem, Et formicæ sua bilis inest. At London: Anno 1577. Colophon. Colophon. Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman. 4to. Signat. S.. Grange's Garden, the second title to this book, is given, by Herbert,* at length: but the above must have been wanting in the copy used by him, as he has only cited the running title. Typogr. Antiq. II. 990. There appears |