abhominacions to nature and honestie. Thei now marieng reason, with strength: and pollicie with might: where the earthe was before forgrowen with bushes, and wooddes, stuffed with many noisome beastes, drouned with meares, and with marshe, vnfitte to be enhabited, waast and vnbandsome in euery condicion: by wittie diligence, and labour, ridde it from encombraunce, planed the roughes, digged vp trees by the rootes, dried away the superfluous waters, brought all into leauelle, banished barreinesse, and vncouered the face of the earth, that it might fully be sene, conuerted the champeine to tillage, the plaines to pasture, the valley to meadow, the hilles thei shadowed with woodes and with vines. Then thruste thei in cultre and share, and with wide woundes of the earthe, wan wine and corne plenteously of the grounde, that afore scarcely gaue them akornes and crabbes. Then enbabited thei more thicke and spred themselues ouer all, and buylte euery where. Of tounes thei made cities, and of villages, tounes. Castles vpon the rockes, and in the valleis made thei the temples of the goddes. The golde graueled springes thei encurbed with marble, & with trees right pleasaunilie shadowed them aboute. From them thei deriued into cities and tounes, the pure freshe waters a greate distaunce of, by conduicte of pipes and troughes, and suche other conueyaunce. Where nature had hidden the waters out of sighte, thei sancke welles of great deapth, to supplie their lackes. Riuers, and maigne floudes, whiche afore with vnbrideled violence, oftymes ouerflowed the neighboured aboute, to the destruction of their cattle, their houses, and themselues: thei restrained with bancques, and kept them in a course. And to the ende thei might not onely be vadable, but passed also with drie foote, thei deuised meanes with piles of timbre, and arches of stone, maulgre the rage of their violent streames, to ground bridges vpon them. Yea, the rockes of the sea whiche for the daungier of the accesse, thoughte themselues exempte from the dinte of their hande when thei perceived by experience thei ware noyous to sailers, with vnspeakeable labour did thei ouerthrowe & breake into gobettes, Hewed out haue's on euery strond, enlarged crieques, opened rodes, and digged out herborowes, where their shippes mighte ride saulfe fro the storme. Finally, thei so laboured, beautified, and perfeighted the earthe, that at this daie compared with the former naturalle forgrowen wastenesse, it might well sieme not to be that but rather the paradise of pleasure, out of the whiche the first patternes of mankinde (Adam and Eue) for he transgression of Goddes precept, ware driuen."

The

The account of Africa and Asia, and their various nations, is amply stored with the incredible fables of antiquity; and, at the end of the volume, is the treatise of Josephus, conteyning the ordres, and Lawes of the Jewes commune wealthe-translated out of a Latine text, laid worde for woorde, aunsweringe to the Greeke," and the translator is equally scrupulous in devising the English.

Old Musical Airs.

i. * (Part i.)

"You prety flowers that smile for sommers sake,
Pull in your heads before my watry eies
Doe turn the medows to a standing lake,

By whose vntimely flouds your glory dies:
For, lo! my hart, resolu'de to moistning aire,
Feeding mine eies which doubles teare for teare,
ij. (Part ii.)

Now each creature ioyes the other,
Passing happy dayes and howers;

One bird reports vnto another,

By the fall of siluer showers:

Whilst the earth, our common mother,
Hath her bosome deckt with flowers.

iij.

Compare me to the child that playes with fire,
Or to the flye that dieth in the flame;

Or to the foolish boy that did aspire,

To touch the glorie of high heauens frame:

Altus. The First set of English Madrigals: to foure voices: Newly composed by lohn Farmer, practicioner in the art of Musicque. Printed at London in Little Saint Helens by William Barley, the Assigne of Thomas Morley, and are to be solde at bis shoppe in Gratiousstreete, Anno Dom. 1599. Cum Priuilegio, &c. Title in a metal border: at the back the arms of the very good Lord and Master, Edward Devere Earle of Oxenford, Viscount Bulbeck, Lord of Escales and Badlesmere, and Lord great Chamberlaine of Eng land," to whom the work is dedicated. An address to the reader. Contains xvij Songs,

No

No man to these me fitly can compare,
These liue to dye, I dye to liue in care.

iv.

The flattring wordes, sharpe glosses, that mon vse,
To trap poore silly women in their snares;
With fained lookes their gentle sex abuse,

Which yeelds nought else but griefe and endlesse cares:
Sometimes they smile and sometimes frown,

But neuer pleasde in deede,

Till time and place where they may watch,
Their sorrowes for to breede.

V.

A little pretty bony lasse was walking,
In midst of May, before the sunne gan rise;
I took her by the hand and fel to talking
Of this and that as best I could deuise:

I swor I would, yet stil she said I shuld not;
Do what I would and yet for all I could not.

vi.

Take time, while time doth last,

Marke how faire fadeth fast;

Beware if enuie raigne,

Take heede of proud disdaine:

Hold fast now in thy youth,

Regard thy vowed truth;

Least when thou waxeth old,

Friends faile, and loue grow cold.

vii.

You blessed bowers whose green leaues now are spreading,
Shadow the sun-shine from my mistresse face;

And you sweete roses only for her bedding,

When weary shee doth take her resting place:
You faire white lillies and pretty flowers all,
Give your attendance at my mistresse call.

viii. *

I wander vp and downe and fain would rest me,
Yet cannot rest such cares doe still molest me:

All

* Madrigalls to foure voyces newly published by John Bennett, his first works." At London Printed in little Saint Hellens by William Bar

All things conspire I see, and this consent in,
To find a place for me fit to lament in.

ix.

Come shepherds follow me,

Run vp apace the mountaine;

See, loe besides the fountain,

Loue laid to rest, how sweetely sleepeth he:

O take heed come not nie him,

But hast we hence and flie him:

And louers dance with gladness,

For while loue sleepes is truce with care and sadnes.

Sing out ye Nimphes and shepheards of Pernassus,
With sweet delight your merry notes consenting,
Sith time affordes to banish loue relenting:
Fortune she smiles sweetly still to grace vs.

xi.

Thirsis, sleepest thou? holla! let not sorrow slay vs,
Hold vp thy head, man, said the gentle Melibeus:
See sommer comes againe, the countries pride adorning,
Harke how the Cuckoe singeth this fayre Aprill morning.
O, said the shepheard, and sight as one all vndone,
Let me alone, alas! and driue him back to London.

xii.

When as I glaunce on my louely Phillis,
Whose cheekes are dekt with roses and lillies,
I me complain'd that shee me nought regarded,
And that my loue with enuie was rewarded.
Then wantonly she smileth,

And griefe from me exileth.

ley, the Assigne of Thomas Morley. Cum Priuilegio. M.D.XC.IX. Altus. Title in a fancied metal border. Dedicated to Ralphe Asheton, Esq. Justice of the Peace, &c. for the County Palatine of Lancaster, who is besought "fauourablie to accept them, as the indeauors of a yong wit, and tokens of a thankfull mind.” Contains xvii Songs.

• Sigh'd.

xiii.

O sleepe, O sleepe fond fancie! my head, alas! thou tyrest, With false delight of that which thou desirest: [lesting, Sleepe, sleepe, I say, fond fancie! and leaue my thoughts moThy master's head hath need of sleepe and resting.

χίν.

O griefe, where shall poore griefe find patient hearing?
Footsteps of men I flie, my pathes each creature balking,
Wild and vnhaunted woods seeme tired with my walking:
Earth with my teares are drunke, aire with my sighes tor-
mented,

Heauens with my crying growne deaf and discontented.
Infernall eares affrighted with my dolefull accenting,
Onely my loue lou's my lamenting.

xv.

Rest now, Amphion, rest thy charming lier!
For Daphnes loue, sweet loue! makes melody:
Her loue's concord with mine doth well conspire,
No discord iars in our loues simpathy.

Our concords haue some discords mixt among,
Discording concords makes the sweetest song."

J. H.

The Spaniards Monarchie, and Leaguers Olygarchie layd open in an advertisement written by Signor Vasco Figueiro a gentleman of Portingale to the rebellious French: wherein is discouered the tyrannie of the one ouer the kingdome of Portingale, and the treacheous rebellion of the other in the kingdome of France, with a patheticall persuasion to the French to returne to the obedience of their naturall and legitimate king. Englished by H. O. Præiudicium sapè tollit omne iudicium. Imprinted at London by Richard Field for Ihon Harrison. 1592. qto. Fiiij.

Prefixed is a short address" to the gentlemen readers," wherein a passage appears to contain the origin of a popular phrase, that may be worth notice. "It is no feather of fancie, (says the translator) for that I accompt it base to fetch such