yeares since to Mr. Kemp of Wye his daughter; keepes foure horses, foure
men, his wife a gentleman and a mayde, and hath but 200_l._ per annum in
present; mary his meate and drinke and horse meate is frank with Mr.
Kemps. He shall be heir to Sir Henry Cutts of Kent; is like to be worthe
some 1,500_l._ per annum, after his father and mother and Sir Henry
Cutts and his ladyes death.
Stafford, that married Sir John Cutts daughter hath brought his yonger
brother to this composicion, that there is 300_l._ per annum for his
children, 200_l._ of it for his wife during hir life, and 100_l._ for
hir husband, shee to keepe hir selfe and children, he to be soe limited
because too prodigall.
[Sidenote: fo. 85.}
fo. 85^b.} nil.
fo. 86.
30 Jan. 1602.]
AT PAULES CROSSE.
One BARLOWE, a beardless man of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge.
[Sidenote: fo. 86^b.]
After his prayer and before he came to his text, he made a large
exordium after this fashion; that yf Paule sayth of himselfe that he was
amongst the Corinthians in weaknes, in feare and trembling, much more
might he say the like of himselfe: whoe was weake in deliveraunce and
methode, &c. Yet he entreated they would not heare, as some say they
will heare, the man, but that they would regard the matter. Of all parts
of Scripture the book of the Preacher may seeme most befitting a
preacher, wherein is lively depainted the vanity of the world and all
things therein: wherof at this time he intended to speake, but not out
of the Preacher, but out of the words of St. Paule, and those were
written in the viiith chapter to the Romans, the 19, 20, 21, and 22
verses. His distribution of this text, or rather context as he called
it, because he said it was like Christs garment soe wouen togither that
it might not be parted, was into five points: 1. That the creature is
subject to vanity, v. 20. 2d. The reason of this subjection, by reason
of him which hath subdued it vnder hope. 3. That the creatures shall be
delivered, and hope for deliveraunce. 4. The effects of the subjection
to vanity: every creature groneth with us, v. 22. 5. The effect of hope,
the feruent desyre of the creature wayteth, &c. v. 19. He said this
place of Scripture is accounted the hardest in all Paules Epistles. For
the first, that the creature is subject to vanity, he interpreted the
word by "creature" is ment, in this place, the heavens, the elements,
all things made of them, or conteyned in them, except men and angells.
The vanity of the creature is in two points, 1. In the frustracion of
their end, which is twoefold, the service of God, that made them; 2d.
and the service of good men, for whom he made them. The 2d vanity, that
they are subject to corruption, not of annihilacion of matter, but
decaying in force and virtue.
The creatures, yf they had their owne will, would destroy the wicked and
save the godly alone. As the earth would open hir mouth and swallowe
them quicke, as it did Datham and Abiram. The lyons would devoure them,
as it did the accusers of Daniel, but shutt their mouths against the
innocent. The fier would burne them, as it did those which cast the
three children into the furnace. It hath bin obserued that as well the
influence of the heauens as the fertilnes of the earth is decayed, and
that the whole world is the worse for wearing, the heavens themselves
growing old as doth a garment.
2. God hath subdued the creature, for it is he alone that maketh the
sunne shine, and powreth downe rayne as well upon the good as the bad,
&c. and the reason of this subjection is the synn of man; for all these
being created for mans vse, when he synned they were punished with him.
[Sidenote: fol. 87.
Jan. 1602.]
3. They shall be delivered from this bondage when there shalbe a newe
heaven and a newe earth; not that the substance of these shalbe
abolished, but a newe forme and perfection added, when they shall enjoy
their ends and be of religion. The elements shall melt with fyre, a
comparison from mettall which is melted not to be consumed, but to be
purified and put in forme.
The morall uses; 1. patiently to endure the afflictions of this life,
for as thoughe the Apostle should laye them in a balance to weighe them,
he sayth that the momentary afflictions of this lyfe are not worthy the
waighte of glory that is layed vp for us in the life to come.
We may truely say that the afflictions of these tymes wherein we liue
are not worthy the glory, for these are non, wee living in abundant
prosperity and peace, but tymes of persecution may come, wherein these
may be comfortable arguments; and, he said, that for ought he could see
the crosse was the proper badge and cognisaunce of a Christian. There
are soe many kindes of takinge; of takinge bribes, monie, gifts, &c.
that there be fewe will take paynes with the creatures.
The creatures travayle togither with us, a metaphore taken from travayle
with child: which is caused from syn, and is a desyre to be delivered.
[Sidenote: fo. 87^b.]
When the sonnes of God shall be reuealed, _i. e._ when the number of the
elect be called, for whose sake the dissolucion of the world is
deferred. The Jewes must be conuerted before the world can be dissolued.
He that before the dissolucion of abbies had foretold what was to happen
unto them for their fault and wickednes which liued in them, yf they had
thereupon repented and entred into a new course of lyfe, though this
could not perhaps haue stayed their dissolucion, yet it might haue saued
themselves in some better state; soe when men are foretold of the
dissolucion of the world, which is hastned and caused for our synnes,
though our repentaunce and amendment of lyfe cannot hinder the
dissolucion, yet may it be good for ourselves.
[Sidenote: fo. 88.
30 Jan. 1602.]
IN THE AFTERNOONE, AT ST. PETERS BY PAULES WHARFE, MR. CLAPHAM. GEN. IV.
8.
"Yf a man doth not well, synn lieth at the dore," like a dog, sayd he,
that will snap him by the shins.
[Sidenote: fo. 88^b.
Jan. 1602.]
By primority of birth Kaine had the inheritaunce of land, and the rule
of his brother Habel. He was Lord over him, and did domineer, a title
that was used, and is allowed by all to temporall persons, but by some
fantasticall curious heads of late denied to the ecclesiasticall
governors. A sort of busie superstitious and factious braines there be,
and some in this city, that are afrayed of they know not what, would
haue something if they could tell what it ment: they are like a goose
that stoopes when it comes in at a barne dore, though it knowe not
wherefore. These forsoothe crye into the eares of those auditors that
like and followe them, that there must be noe such title as Lord given
to anie ecclesiastike person, because Christ sayd to his disciples; "Be
ye not called Lord," and "The rulers of the Gentiles beare dominacion,
but you not soe," Math. xx. Indeede the Scripture talkes after that
manner, but not that meaning, and at last they come out with a place,
and tell the people they read, Luke xxii. 25. "The kings of the Gentiles
be called Gracious Lords, but ye shall not be soe:" and this they say
cuts home indeede, just as a leaden sawe; for they may well say they
reade so: but I dare say they cannot reade soe in the Scripture, they
bely Christ when they say he said soe; he never spake those words; it
is a punishment for our synnes that wee cannot reade right in this age.
They are unlearned malitious that reade soe. The word in the text
originall is [Greek: euergetai], derived of the particle [Greek: eu],
good, and the other verbe [Greek: ergazomai] to worke; in Latin they are
called Benefactores, we may call them Good Workers, a title which the
kings of the Southerne Nations, those which Daniel describeth to be the
kingdome that stands upon black legges, when they had done some little
good to their state, they would arrogate; soe Ptolome Euergetes, and soe
it is forbidden by way of arrogancy for good deedes: because the glory
must be ascribed to God.
And by their reason they might as well deny the name of Maister, and
Father, for both are forbidden, as well as the other, and soe they might
quickly be amongst the Anabaptists, and overturne all difference and
jurisdicion. Lord is a name sometyme of place, and sometyme of grace;
and soe the ecclesiastike may haue it as well as the temporall, for to
the temporall it is a name of place onely, but the ecclesiasticall by
their merit may haue it of grace. Neither is it soe strange a title;
Jacob useth it to his brother Esau, and the prophet Isay takes it, my
Lord, Adoni; Christ acknowledged the name, and some of the Apostles did
not refuse it.
[Sidenote: fo. 89.
Jan. 1602.]
"Then Kain spake to Habell;" it is not sett downe what he said: yet some
have adventured to say that he said _Transeamus in campos_, but
whatsoever it was it is not here mentioned, but left to be conceived, as
in iii. Gen. v. 22, least he put forth his hand [and] take alsoe of the
tree of lyfe: it is left what he resolved. Not that yf Adam had tasted
of the tree of lyfe that he should have liued for ever, noe more then he
that receives the Sacrament vnworthily shall be a member of Christs
body, but that was spoken _ironice_.
It is like he spake fayre words, being in the house in presence of his
father and mother, and that he used dissembling flattering speaches to
draw him to such a place where he might with aduantage execute his
purpose. A common practise in this world, and an old one, you see, a
Machiuilian tricke. They will match the diuel in this age, to carry
fayre countenaunce to him whome they meane to overthrowe; to glose and
insinuate, to offer hart roote and all, till he may take him at such a
vantage that he may cutt his throate or breake his necke, a familiar
fashion amongst the nobility in Court, not altogither unusuall amongst
the Clergy.
And when they were in the feild Kain rose up against his brother and
killed him, a pittifull and a wonderfull matter, will some say, that God
will suffer the wicked thus to murther the good; pittifull indeed, but
not wonderfull, for the synnes of the best have deserved greater
punishment.
[Sidenote: fo. 89^b.
Jan. 1602.]
A strang thing those which were soe great frends, went arme in arme,
nowe mortall enimies upon the suddein. A maruelous strang thinge that he
should knowe he could kill his brother, that he could dy, for he never
sawe any man dye before; but manie things are done, both good and evil,
by a secret instinct whereof a man sawe no reason til after the thing
performed, as Moses when he slewe the Agyptian.
Murder an auncient synn, the first open offence after the fall that was
committed in the world. Here a notable pollicy of the diuel to have
dammed up Gods glory and mans relligion, both at once.
Noe murderer at this day but is guilty of this murder of Kain, and all
since, since iniquity is sayd to be a measure which every synner in his
kinde by adding his synne striues to make full, and soe assents to all
before acted, like a conjuror that subscribes with his bloud.
"Where is Habel thy brother?" The Lord careth for the righteous.
"Whoe answered, I cannot tell." He flaps God in the mouth with a ly at
the first word, a generall rule that after murder lying followeth, they
are links togither, and commonly noe syn committed but a lye runnes
after: for none is soe impudent to confesse it, euery one would have the
face of virtue.
[Sidenote: fo. 90.]
"Am I my brothers keeper?" See a Kings sonne, the heir of the world,
what a lob[140] it is! Howe like a clowne, a clunche,[141] an asse, he
aunswers. A synner is the verryest noddy of all. This Kain was the
verriest duns in the world. He thought to have outfact God with [a] ly,
and then would excuse it; "Am I my brothers keeper?" I marry art thou,
as thou wast his brother in love, his elder in government, as the prince
is the keeper of his people, the minister of the congregacion, every one
of an other! The greate ones would keep the minister poore and beggerly
that they might not tell them of their faults, but stopp the preists
mouth with a coate or a dynner; "but," sayd he, "the diuel take dynners
giuen to such a purpose!"
[Footnote 140: Lob, a clown, a clumsy fellow. (Halliwell's Archaic
Dict.)]
[Footnote 141: Clunch, a clod-hopper. (Halliwell.)]
[Sidenote: fo. 90^b.
30 Jan. 1602.]
The Papists make a forril[142] [?] of the Scripture; they soue up the
mouth of it. (_Clapham the other Sunday, as Mr. Peter [?] told me._)
[Footnote 142: This word in the MS. is somewhat blotted and in
consequence doubtful. The "forel" was the cloth or canvas covering
in which it was at one time customary to wrap up a book; see Prompt.
Parvulorum, p. 171. Mr. Way there gives a quotation from Horman, who
says "I hadde leuer haue my boke sowed in a forel than bounde in
bourdis."]
_Scottish taunts._
Long beardes hartles,
Painted hoodes wittles,
Gay coates graceles,
Makes England thriftles.[143]
[Footnote 143: Camden prints these lines in his Remaines (ed.
1637, p. 194) and assigns them to the reign of Edward III. They
have since been quoted in many places, and frequently assigned
to the Scots, although Camden does not give them that origin.]
[Sidenote: 5 February.]
Mr. Asheford told me these verses under written are upon a picture of
the nowe Lord Keeper, Sir Thomas Egerton, in the Lord Chief Justice
Pophams lodging:--
_In vita gravitas, vultu constantia, fronte
Consilium, os purum, mens pia, munda manus._
A gentleman without monie is like a leane pudding without fatt. (_J.
Bramstone._)
Justice Glandville[144] upon a tyme, when fidlers pressed to play before
him, made them sing alsoe, and then askt them yf they could not cry too;
they said his worship was a merry man; but he made them sad fellowes,
for he caused them to be vsed like rogues as they were. (_Ch. Dauers._)
[Footnote 144: Justice of the Common Pleas, 1598-1600. (Foss's
Judges, v. 494.)]
There is best sport always when you put a woman in the case. (_Greene._)
The Attorney Generall [Coke] put a case thus in the Kings benche;--"Yf I
covenant to stand seised to the use of my bastard daughter--as I thanke
God I have none"--and blusht.
[Sidenote: fo. 91.
1 Feb. 1602. [?]]
There were 11 Sergeants-at-lawe called this day; two of the Middle
Temple, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Nicholes; five of the Inner Temple, Crooke
the Recorder of London, Tanfeild, Coventry, Foster, and Barker; three of
Lyncoln's Inn, Harris and Houghton; one of Grayes Inn, Mr. Altam.
When the Queene was moved to have called another to have made up twelve,
she refused, saying she feared yf there were twelve there would be one
false brother amongst them.
Sergeant Harris when he heard that Barker was called, "It is well," said
he, "there should be one Barker amongst soe manie byters."
This day at dynner Mr. Sing tooke Mr. Nicholes by the hand and led him
up from the lower end of the table, where his place was, and seated him
on the benche highest at the upper end.
[Sidenote: 3.]
I heard by Mr. Hadsore the lawyers recusants are admitted to plead at
the barr in Irland; that one Everard is preferred of late to be a
Justice in the Kings Bench there, where there are but two, and yet he a
recusant, but an honest man.
[Sidenote: 4.]
It is said Mr. Snig offers 800_l._ to be Sergeant, whereupon Mr.
Sergeant Harris said that he doubted not but he should shortly salut his
deare brother Mr. Snig.
Argent makes Sargent.
[Sidenote: fo. 91^b.
4 Feb. 1602.]
_Out of a poeme intituled The Tragicall History of_ MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS
_and Dowager of Fraunce._[145] _Hir Ghost to Baldwyne._
[Footnote 145: The poem from which the following lines were
extracted remained unpublished for two centuries after the time of
our Diarist. It was written in the style of the Mirror for
Magistrates, and was clearly intended for insertion in some
subsequent edition of that popular work, but there were obvious
reasons connected with its subject-matter which would operate
against its publication in the reign of Elizabeth and in that of her
successor, and after that time the Mirror had fallen out of fashion,
another style of poetry had come into vogue, Queen Mary and her
sorrows had lost for a time their hold upon the public mind, and the
Tragicall History was consequently entirely lost sight of. In 1810
it was found by Mr. John Fry in a manuscript belonging to a
gentleman named Fryer, and was published by Mr. Fry in a volume
entitled "The Legend of Mary Queen of Scots and other ancient Poems,
now first published from MSS. of the 16th century." (Lond. 8vo.) At
the end of the principal poem there occurs in Mr. Fryer's MS. the
date of the 10th July 1601, with the name of the supposed and, in
all probability, the real author, Thomas Wenman. He is thought to be
the person of those names who contributed one of the commendatory
poems prefixed to the second part of Browne's Britannia's Pastorals,
published in 1616. Wenman was of the Inner Temple. He was Public
Orator of the University of Oxford from 1594 to 1597 (Wood's Athenæ,
ii. 365. Fasti, i. 251. Hardy's Le Neve, iii. 534,) and, as may be
gathered from Mr. Fryer's MS., was a Roman Catholic. We doubted
whether the extracts given by our Diarist should be printed, the
whole poem having been included in the volume edited by Mr. Fry, but
after consideration we have come to the conclusion that it was best
to do so: 1, Because Mr. Fry's impression was an extremely small
one, and the poem is consequently very little known, even to
poetical antiquaries; and 2, Because many of the lines here quoted
supply other readings, and in many cases correct obvious
misreadings, in the edition of Mr. Fry. The tenour of the writer's
opinions upon the moot points of Queen Mary's history may be
gathered even from our Diarist's disjointed extracts. The numbers
added in the margin within brackets refer to the stanzas of the poem
as printed by Mr. Fry.]
[4.] In swiftest channell is the shallowest ground,
In common bruite a truth is seldome found.
[5.] A slight defence repells a weake assault.
[6.] But soe unhappy is a princes state
That scarce of thousands which on them depend
One shall be found, untill it be too late,
That solid truth shall in their counsell fend [lend],
But all theyre vainest humours will defend;
Till wee, alas! doe beare the guilt of all,
And they themselves doe save, what ere befall!
[12.] I will not shewe thee howe my body lyes,
A senceles corps by over hastned death.
[13.] I might bemoane the hap that fell to me
That yet in graue must still accused bee.
[14.] Lett the faults upon the guilty light.
[19.] But fatall was my Guyssian kin to mee;
Who built their hopes on hazard of my bloud,
Like iuy they did clyme up by my tree,
And skathed my growth in many a likely bud.
Theyre ouer kindenes did me little good,
Whose clyming steps of theyre unbridled mynde
Makes me, alas! to blame them as unkinde.
[Sidenote: fo. 92.]
[20.] They gave us courage quarrels to pretend
Gainst neighbours, kings and friends, for whom of right
Our interest and bloud would wish us fight.
[21.] Soe did the wise obserue my tyme of birth
To be a day of mourning, not of mirth,
22. For death deprived two brothers that I had,
Both in a day, not long ere I was borne,
So that a mourning weede my cradle clad.
24. A greivous chaunce it is to meanest sort
To leaue a widdowe in a forrein land,
A child whose yeares cannot herselfe support,
A suckling babe which can ne speak nor stand
But must depend upon a tutors hand;
But greatest mischief is it to a king
Then which noe hap can greater hazard bring.
25. Ill to the prince, and to the people worse,
Which giveth meanes to the ambitious mynd
By rapine to enrich their greedy purse
By wreak [wrack] of commonweale, whilst that they blind
The peoples eyes and shewe themselves unkinde
To pupil princes, whom they doe accuse
As cause of such disorders they doe use.
33. Pride, wealth, and lust, and gredines of mynde
The finest witts we see doth often blynde.
_The choise of the Regent was the beginning of their broyles. Duke
Hamilton a worthie, wise prince, chosen Regent, purposed a marriag
twixt Q. Mary and Ed. 6., interrupted by the Clergy, and matched with
the Dauphine of Fraunce._[146]
[Footnote 146: This is given by Manningham as the substance of
stanzas 34 to 40.]
[Sidenote: fo. 92^b.]
41. Thus to and fro, I, silly wretch, was tost,
And made the instrument of either side,
Turmoyled with stormes, with wilfull wynde and tyde.
47. The Cardinall of Lorraine bare the purse,
The Duke of Guyse the Civil Wars did nurse.
_Our Queene offered hir 30,000 crownes per annum soe she would not marry
a forreyner._[147]
[Footnote 147: Manningham's abstract of stanzas 48 to 66.]
67. In heaven they say are weddings first decreed,
All though on earth they are solemnized.
70. Soe most unhappy is a princes state
Who must have least respect them selves to ease,
Barr'd of the right men have of meaner state,
Whose choyse is cheife theyr eyes and mynde to please;
Noe outward pompe can inward grief appease;
A sheepherds lyfe with calme content of mynde
Is greater blisse then many princes finde.
78. God graunt in safety long his life may stay
That riper years may yeild a plenteous crop
Of virtues which doe kingdomes underprop.
81. Not civil but unciuil wars they were,
Twixt man and wife, which jealousy did breede.
82. But if my mynde which was not growne soe base,
Or Dauis yeares unfitt for Ladyes loue,
As fitt excuses might have taken place.
_Dauis hir secretary gave counsell, that shee should not crowne hir
husband. Lord Darly._[148]
[Footnote 148: Abstract of stanzas 83 and 84.]
85. Whose rule was like for to eclipse my power.
86. Not any hate unto the Prince he had,
Not unbeseeming loue to me he bare.
88. But as they clyme whom princes doe aduaunce
Eache tongue will trip, and envyes eye will glaunce.
[Sidenote: fo. 93.]
89. To be aduanced from a base estate
By virtue is indeede a happy thing;
But who by fortune clymes will all men hate,
Unles his lyfe unlookt for fruit doe bring
Wherewith to cure the wound of envies sting,
But seldome-tymes is found soe wise a man
That gayneing honour well it governe can.
_Of the murther of Davies._
94. I would have wisht some other had him stroke,
And in a place more farther from my sight,
Or for his right arraigned he had spoke,
Or of his death some other sense had light.
95. A Princes presence should a pardon bee,
A ladyes shout should moue a manly mynde,
A childwifes chamber should from bloud be free,
A wife by husband should not slaunder finde.
101. To disvnite their league I went about,
For cables crack like threds when they vntuist.
_That not the Queen but others procured Bothwell to murther Lord
Darly._[149]
[Footnote 149: Abstract of stanzas 102 to 117. The numbers in this
and the following page are printed as in the MS.]
118. It stoode them well upon to finde a way
To rid a foe whose power they well might feare;
They knewe the King did watch reuenging day,
And Bothwell did them litle likeing beare,
They knewe ambition might his malice teare,
They knewe the hope of kingdome and of me
Would win him to the Kings decay agree.
119. To fayne my hand to worke soe greate effect
They would not stick to haue their lives assured.
109. Howe ere it was, by whose soeuer fact,
The breache of peace betwixt us growne of late,
Our parted bed, my loue which somewhat slackt,
Some letters shewed as myne importing hate,
With the slender shewe I make in mourners state[150]
Conferred with my match which did ensue,
Makes most suppose a false report for true.
[Footnote 150: This line does not occur in Mr. Fry's
publication.]
[Sidenote: fo. 93^b.]
110. With equall mynde doe but the matter weigh,
And till thou heare my tale thy judgment stay.
114. I craue noe priuiledge to shield my cause,
Lett only reasons balance triall make,
A guiltles conscience needes not feare the lawes.
My Nay might answer well a bare suspect,
But likelyhoodes of thinges shall me protect.
_That she mourned not._
122. I must accuse the custome of the place,
Where most our auncestors themselves doe want
Due monuments theyr memoryes to plant.
130. Soe hard it is to virtue to reclayme
The mynde where pride or malice giueth ayme.
132. Noe cause soe bad you knowe, but colours may
Be layd to beautifie what princes say.
135. A fetch soe foule as to report I shame,
Euen to depriue the life I lately gave,
And shed the bloud I would have dyed to save.