sitions within the same were 14 all apparelled in taffataes of his Maiesties collors, besides Arion with his harp. Being thus prepared at the sound of trampets she approached, and at the next sound of Triton's wilk trumpe together with the master's whistle shee made sayle till shee came to the table, discharging the ordinance in her sterne by the way. [This was the king's javention. There were delivered to the sewers] all sortes of fishes: as hearinges, whytings, flookes, oysters, buckies, lampets, partans, lapsters, crabs, spout-fish, clammes, with other infinit things made of suger, and most liuely represented in their owne shape. And whiles the ship was unloading, Arion sitting vpon the galley-nose, which resembled the form of a dolphin fish, played vpon his harp: then began her musike in green holyne howboyes in fiue partes. After that followed violls with voices in plaine counter pointe..... After which ensued a stil noyse of recorders and flutes; and for the fourth a generall consort of the best instruments. So this Enterlude, drawing neere to an end, in the verie last courses was discouered this sentence likewise. Submissus adorat occeanus, inferring that the occean sen, by offering the shapes of her treasure humblie adored and honoured the sitters. And when in this time, all the banket was done, after thanks being given, there was sung with most delicate dolce voices and sweet harmonie in 7 partes, the 128 psalme, with 14 voices. And that being done, at the sound of Triton's wilk trumpet and the pilote's whistle she wayed anchor, made saile and with noise of howboyes and trumpets retyred, and then discharged the rest of her ordinance to the great admiration of the beholders. After all which pastime and sport with merry and ioyfull repast, the King and Queenes Maiesties, after other offices of honour and respect, the place being prepared for the reuels and the persons appointed for the same, dischargeing themselues sufficiently."

J. H.

An excellent Epitaffe of syr Thomas Wyat, with two other compendious dytties, wherin are touchyd, and set furth the state of mannes lyfe.

This poetical quarto tract, without date, consists of only four leaves. The above is a head-title of Sig. A. i. over the portrait of Sir Thomas Wyat, in a circle, as also given in the Nania. The Epitaph follows.

"Wyat

"Wyat resteth here, that quicke could neuer rest,
Whose heuenly gyfies, encreased by dysdayne,
And vertue sanke the deper in his brest,
Suche profyte he of euuy could optayne.
A head, where wysdom mysteries dyd frame
Whose hammers beat styll in that lyuely brayne,
As on a styth, where some worke of Fame

Was dayly wrought, to turne to Brytayu's gaine.
A vysage sterne and mylde, where both dyd groo,
Vyce to contempne, in vertues to reioyce,
Amyd great stormes, whome grace assured soo,

To lyue vprighte and simple at fortune's choyse.
A hand, that taught what might be saide in rime,
That refte Chaucer the glorye of his wytte,
A marke, the whiche (vnperfited for tyme)

Some may approche but neuer none shall hyt.
A tonge, that serued in foraine realmes his king,
Whose curtoise talke, to vertu dyd enflame,
Eche noble harte a worthy guyde to brynge
Our Englysshe youth, by trauayle vnto fame.
An eye, whose iudgement no affect coulde blind,
Frendes to allure, and foes to reconcy le,
Whose pearcynge looke dyd represent a mynde,
With vertue fraught, reposed, voyde of gyle.
A barte, where drede yet neuer so imprest,

To hide the thought yt., might the trouth anaunce.

In neyther fortune lyfte, nor so represt,

To swell in welth, nor yelde vnto mischannce.
A valiaunt corps, where force and beautye met,
Happy, alas, to happy but for foos,

Lyued, and ran the race that nature set,

Of manhode's shape, where she the mold did loos.
But to the heauens that symple soule is fleed,

Which lefte with such as couet Christe to knowe,

Witnes of faith that neuer shalbe deade,

Sent for our welth, but not receiued so.

Thus for our gylt, this iewell haue we lost,

The earth bis bones, the heuen possesse his goost."

Then follow "The Myrroure or Glasse of Fortune," in nine octave stanzas, and "A compendious dittie, wherin is touched the state of ma's lyfe," in 110 lines, thus concluding:

The iuste men shall lyue by theyr good belefe
And shall haue a place where can be no grefe.

But

But gladnesse and myrth that none can amende,
Vnspeakable ioyes, whiche neuer shall ende.
With pleasures that passe all that we haue sought,
Felicities such as cannot be thought.

Whiche place they shall haue, that bis wyll intendes,
With lyfe euerlastynge, and thus my tale endes.
Viuit post funera uirtus.

Imprynted at London by Iohn Herforde for Roberte Joye."

J.H.

The Commendation of Cockes, and Cock-fighting. Wherein is shewed, that Cocke-fighting was before the comming of Christ. London, printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop ouer against Graies Inne gate in Holburne. 1607. qto. 15 leaves,

By the dedication "to the right worshipfull Sir Henrie Bedingfield in the countie of Norffolke knight, George Wilson wisheth in this world, health, wealth, and prosperitie: and in the world to come, eternall felicitie."

A short epistle "to the reader whosoever." This treatise is divided into six chapters, and commences as follows with the creation :

"It is written in the first chapter of the first booke of Moses, called Genesis: that God gaue vnto man soueraigntic, rule, and diminio ouer the fishes in the sea, ouer the fowles of the air; and ouer euery liuing thing that he had made: and behold, it was exceeding good, and was appointed vnto man for to doe him homage and to serue him in all places, and times, in his scuerall and necessary vses, and not onely for clothing and sustenance for his bodie; but also for recreation and pastime, to delight his minde: as with cocke-fighting, hawking, hunting, and such like. For honest recreation is not prohibited by the word of God: but rather tollerated and allowed."

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In the fourth chapter the writer observes: now commeth into my minde, which I noted in the disputation betweene Maister Barnes and Stephen Gardiner, Maister Barnes preaching in London at Paule's crosse, compared himselfe to a cocke of the game, and Stephen Gardiner to another: but (quoth he) Stephen hath no spurres, signifying thereby, that (in his opinion) Gardiner was not so well armed at all points, to entenges and offend his aduersarie as himselfe was."

Of the superiority of the cock over the phoenix and of the diversion over hawking, he thus discourses in the second chapter." The phoenix is much prized of many, but not more praysed of all then the cocke is, for the one is not sa worthy of commendations for her rarenesse and chastitie (which commeth of necessity, because there is no more of that kind) as the other is for his courage and constancie, who (though be hath great societie) will rather die, then derogate from any of his company. Master Michaell Drayton, an excellent poet, now liuing in London, in a booke of his called England's Heroicall Epistles, speaking of the phoenis, saith thus.

The Arabian bird that neuer is but one,

Is onely chast because she is alone;

But had our mother nature made them two,

They would haue done as doués and sparrowes doe.

Now what doth the doud, but by his billing beget others, or the sparrow, (but as the cocke dóth) by treading, ingender, breede, and increase his own kind. And had the phoenix a pheere to doe so with, she would (in short time) grow to this passe, to be neither so chast, nor so taré as she now is. Joue's armour bearer, the eagle, is every way greater, but no way so good as the cocke is: for though he be the king of birds, and therefore feared of all, yet he is a greedy and a deuouring cormorant that prayes vpon them, and therefore beloved of fione. Our faulkonis and other swift winged hawkes will sore Hye, and sometimes delight vs a little but the pleasure and pastime which they make vs is nothing in comparison of that which our cockes yeeld vs. And yet hawking is a sport of many great personages, and braue spirited gentlemen, much vsed, and mightily accounted of, and to speake as I thinke: it is a thing that deserueth both to be loued, and commended: yet cockes afford vs farre more pleasure, than hawkes ean, though hawkes be ten times more chargeable, and troublesome, and require ten times more attendance than our cockes doe*."

Of the building of the cock-pit at Whitehall, he says,

"Our late prince of famous memorie King Henrie the eight, did take stich pleasure and wonderfull delight in the cocks of the game, that he caused a most sumptuous, and starely cock-pit to be erected in Westminster, wherein his maiestie might disport himselfe with cocke-tighting, among

In another place is an allusion to the « sqeaking castrell or a scuruie hobbie."

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his most hoble and loning subjects, who in like manner did affect that pastime so well, and conceíued so good an opinion of it, not onely because the king was so addicted to it, but also in regard of the great valor and incomparable courage that the cockes shewed in their battels; the which did inflame their hearts, that they caused cocke-pits to be made in many citties, boroughes, and townies throughout the realme. To which cock-pits resorted both dukes, earles, lords, knights, gentlemen, and yeomen, there to recreate and delight themselues with cocke-fighting."

In the last chapter he relates that there was "no longer agoe, than the 4th day of May, 1602, at a cocke-fighting in the citie. of Norwich aforesayd a cocke called Tarleton (who was so intituled, because he alwayes came to the fight like a drummer, making a thundering noyse with his winges) which cocke fought many battels, with mighty and fierce aduersaries....Many more commendations than I have rehearsed may be given unto them, and many farre more excellent things might be spoken of them, both in regard of their nature, nurture, vertues, qualities, and courage, than either I have expressed, or am any way able to expresse sufficiently: wherefore I am resolved to leaue that Herculanean taske for some more blessed brain to take in hand: and onely content my selfe with that which I haue already done, not doubting, but that in time this illiterate and imperfect embrion will intimate and allure some of Appolloes sacred heires, some at, Thamisis sweet singing swans, some heauen inspired soule enchanting poet, to carrole forth at full, in high and heart pleasing strains, their dere and well deserued praises: which thing I would be most glad of, and will hartily pray for.

J. H.

4 Search for Money, or The lamentable complaint for the losse of the wandring Knight, Mounsieur t'Argent. Or, Come along with me, I know thou louest money. Dedicated to all those that lack money. Frange nucis tegmen, si cupis esse nucem. By William Rowley. Imprinted at London for Joseph Hunt, and are to be solde at Newgate Market, neere Christ Church gate. 1609. qto, 13 leaves.

The author, by his epistle dedicatory, wishes "to bis entire and deare-esteemed friend, Maister Thomas Hobbs, health on earth, temporall and higher happinesse eternall..... Money, The says] whose best part is but earth, whose too much worshipt greatnesse, in my judgment, is but a barc-legd passage through

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