In Commendacion Of The Meane Estate (Nicholas Bacon Poems)
The suereste state and beste degree Is to possesse mediocritye. By proofe we finde in everye storme The hier tree the sorer torne: The ...
The suereste state and beste degree Is to possesse mediocritye. By proofe we finde in everye storme The hier tree the sorer torne: The ...
If the iuste mann seaven tymes eache daye Ohe Lorde dothe fall, what shall I saye? Of all iniuste moste sinfull manne My ...
Calleinge to mynde my wyfe moste dere Howe ofte you have in sorrowes sadde With wordes full wyse and pleasante chere My dropeinge ...
This worldes madde maskerye I intende to disgrace Pluckeinge of the viser and the disguiseinge gere From this merye maskers soe as ...
CHORVS O gratyous Lorde, ohe sauyor dere, Our onelye hope and all our chere, Our presente ayde in euerye woe, Our hole defence agaynste ...
Once in stormes greate A shippe was beate Soe sore with tempestes rage That naughte was able Ancre nor Cable The daunger to assuage. The shippemenne ...
What bringethe ruste to Iron smothe? Whye stynkethe water that dothe not moue? Whye dothe the grounde that fertell was Bare thorne and ...
The righteste course in lyfe to keepe Is not to presse alwayes to runne With sayles vppe hoyste in the mayne deepe, Nor ...
Lorde for my slepe and reste this nighte And for this grace preserueinge mee In bodye sounde in mynde vprighte, Honor and prayse ...
Of a smale cause grewe noe smale stryfe Twene John and Jone then manne and wyfe. John called Jone nyse because that ...
To ende I iudge pleasure but scante Where eache others case dothe wishe and wante. ffor pleasante lyfe there fyndes smale grace Where ...
To hope the beste or feare the worste Whiche is better harde to iudge iuste: For hopeinge good and happeninge soe Longe looked ...
Lorde for thy grace geven me this daye With humble thankes I honor thee, And for my synnes I pardon praye With harte ...
Like as the tree of frute moste puer To save from spoyle requires moste cuer, And as the grape of sweteste taste The ...
The marchantes wishe the Lawyers trayne For hasarde smale and certeine gayne. The Lawyer dulled with sute and strife Wisshethe to lyue the ...
What is the cause the gredye manne With care to gett waxethe pale and wanne? Haueinge enoughe whye craues he more? Whye dothe ...
Whie woulde the Knighte a Barron bee? Whie woulde the Barron an Earles degree? Whie woulde the Earle a Duke become? Whie woulde ...
As tree by frute and goulde by fyer, Soe shewed by talke is hartes desyer: Thye nature aye is knowen alsoe By choyse ...
A wanton wenche vppon a colde daye With Snowe balles prouoked me to playe: But theis snowe balles soe hette my desyer That ...
A theefe condemned by order of lawe A Queyne demanded by tholde sayde salue (? sawe) To make hur a good womanne ...
A corrupte Judge sayde to an arrante theefe, Whye shouldeste thou not dye by lawe of the lande, Beinge caste by twelue ...
In wanton ryme a greate grave matter A gloryous manne shewed to his frende: Whoe sayde strayte beinge lothe to flatter, The bodye ...
Knowen good devyded into three, Profytt, delighte, and honestye; And yll alsoe hathe three of name, Whiche all menn call, losse, payne, and ...
Beholde myne eyes as fountaynes springeinge, Beholde my harte as brymstone burninge: Myne eyes to water my corps woulde turne, My harte to ...
Nothinge in earthe soe good I fynde As in a mann a contented mynde. Fewe thinges with this doe sarue alone, And without ...
As ffortune good vayne pleasure breedes, Soe pleasure fonde to follye leades: ffor fortune blindes soe wisdomes state, That fewe be wise and ...
A perte Marchante seekeinge to lowte A seelye ffryer in a greate rowte Sayde: mas ffryer I marvell muche Whie to the Crosse ...
A scoller disposed to eate broyled meate Tooke a colde peece and badde his boye heate it: Whiche by mistakeinge the boye ...
Of Jacke and Gylle the maryage is as fyne As of the colde water and the hotte wyne: Jacke louethe his Gylle ...
To man lewde luste bringethe theis ylles, Councell it damnes, his mynde it kylles, Vertue it voydes, manners it marres, Vice it nursethe, ...
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