LONDONS Ioyfull Gratulation, for their safeties.
WIth as much zeale as to the lusty Spring,
The little Birds their jocund Orgies bring,
Permit men sanctimonious reverence pay,
To ought beneath the Deity: with a true
Unfained intention offer we to you
Our gratefull hearts: which if you'l not despise,
Shall burne our gratitudes ample sacrifice
To you, brave paire of Earles, who have beene the health,
The very life and soule o'th' Common-wealth.
The frozen Russian, so who halfe the yeare
Hath been lockt up in night, when day does cleare
That cloudy darknesse, joyfully doe run,
To pay his homage to th'all quickning Sun,
As we to gloirous
Essex doe impart
The best devotions of a thankfull heart;
Who without feare, being justified by th'lawes,
Did put himselfe into his Countries cause,
And like great
Mars, where-ever he did come,
The foe did shake at terrour of his Drum.
So did they him; when hee did dim the skie
With groves of Pikes the splendor of whose heads
Seem'd to obscure the Sun beames: when the beds
Of honour in the tombed field were made,
The waving ensignes gloriously displaid;
And to the valiant Souldiers full delight,
The Trumpets sung tantarah to the fight.
When after this brave Earle had led his men,
Through most oth' fertile provinces, and agen
reduc'd them towards this City, in the way,
Hee made triumphant and victoriour stay,
When neer to Keinton the malignants came,
Dress't in the prodigies of smoake and flame;
Such fury in their faces, that from far
Each of their lookes appeares a civill war,
Teeming with death and horrour, as indeed
They'd come to make the Countries Genins bleed,
To shew themselves true urpers, that without,
Least Scruple eat their Mothers intrails out.
Then this great Earle his Countryes generall stood
Resolv'd to offer in its cause his blood;
And with undaunted Courage his Command,
Brought safety to the much afflicted land.
Under which fighting the bold army went
To death to serve the King and Parliament,
And giving the fierce enemy the defeat,
Who fearfully disordred did retreat,
They brought home conquest: to adorne the breast
O'th Common-wealth, and deck the generals crest.
Illustrious Essex, who's so truly good,
His vertue dignifies his name and stood:
Which being deduc'd from ancient steeres stem,
With chartlyes barronie even had on him.
To whom by right inheritance did arive
The stile of Earle of Essex, and of Eve,
Whose father, that same darling and delight
Of manhood vanquish'd in victorious fight.
[Page 5]The Spanish powers when with propitious sayles,
He with his Army landed at that Cales;
Where Hercules of old upon the shore,
His Pillars fixt, which
non plus ultra wore,
Ingraven in theie Marble sides, to stand
As 'twere the last marks of the then-known land.
Now to this City in whose just defence,
(And to secure the Lawes from violence)
Hee's been abroad, with everlasting fame
The Generall
Essex is return'd: A flame
Of joy and gladnesse breaking from each heart,
The City multipli'd through every part
With, he expressions of their thanks: the Bels
With their loud voyes ringing welcome knels
To his approach, with whom conjoynd must be,
Warwicke that's now our other Generall: He
That has our Fleet commanded, that same walls
Oth' Iland, beene its glorious Admirall
And this pass'd Summer, when our Brittish Seas,
Swarm'd with Malignants practises did appease.
All troubles were emergent on the Maine,
That could approach us, or from France or Spaine,
Or Holland, where the bold Malginants lay,
To purchase Ammunition to betray
Their Countries safety, and impugne it's peace,
He did by's diligence those feares release.
Which did like tempests threaten to ore-whelme
The State, and those that plied were at the helme;
To ruine that great Chartre which was made
Unto our Ancestors, by whom was sai'd
The Basis of our Liberties. Even then
Did this same second
Neptune among men,
Boldly the Azur'd Oceans curl'd face greet,
With a well-ordered and unconquer'd Fleet.
So that no Barke could furrow up the Maine,
But by his industry was surpris'd and tane.
That he in glory with brave
Essez, even
Might seeme the other
Atlas of our heaven.
[Page 6]Upon whose shoulders, from assur'd decay,
The reeling pillars of this Realm might stay,
That glorious
Warwick might his name advance
As high as his, who through the heart of France
Led his great Masters warlike squadrons on,
Warwick, third
Edwards marshall that upon
A pile of wounds, did to true honor build
Eternall trophees. Such renowne shall guild
Our
Warwicks Crest, who with his Essex bands
Another Champion of his Countries stands,
As well as noble
Essex selfe, and is
A worthy patriot in this extasis
Of the sicke State: which gladly did him call
From Sea, to take the stile of Generall
Which now hee weares, resolv'd to spend his blood
In our defence, and for the Kingdomes good,
Which needs such worthies, firmly to support
Its frame against those Catalines at Court,
Those strange perverse malignants that instill
Into King Charles his sacred Eares an ill
Opinion of his Parliament, that strive
The Subject of its property to deprive:
And for their own sinister lude intents,
Would quell the essence of our Parliaments,
Who as a constant axiome told this true,
The safest way to old ils is by new.
And 'gainst such monsters, whose each acts a crime,
Each thought destruction, was it not high time
To call these Heroes to our aid, to stand
Up for the Liberty and peace o'th' land,
That their indeavours suddainly might bring
Tranquillity to th' Subject and the King.
That this brave City, Britaines royall Seat,
Might still continue happy as tis great,
Blest with imperiall presence, which of old,
It as the Chamber of our Kings, did hold
That true Religion might its wings display
O're the vast face of faire
Britannia,
[Page 7]Which these brave Earls, by their industrious course,
And by the assistance of the Almighties force,
We hope will see effected; that the teares
May from our eyes be wip'd, and all our feares
Banish'd; and new and glorious Sun-shine smile
Through the mourning compasse of this Isle.
Then our bright Virgins shall themselves adorne
With beauties ornaments, as if the morne
Broke from their eyes, and gladly flocke to see
These men of fame, whom their felicitie
Has beene deriv'd from: then our wives shall run
With joyfull
Ios to salute the Sun,
Brought by these Earls upon them, when they may
Safely injoy the glories of the day.
When every one may under his owne vine,
Eate his bread freely, and carouze his wine:
Our Matrons then shall from their couches rise,
And teares of joy shed from their orient eyes,
To see this peace, and happy plenty brought
Into the City, where there shall be nought
Of noise or tumult heard: the old men then
Shall be as jocund, as their youths agen
Were growing on them: children shall rejoyce
In their first language, and the common voyce
Shall be to chaunt soft Hymnes and pleasant layes,
To noble
Essex and brave
Warwicks praise.
To whom this Kingdome and this City shall
(When all their names are held Apochryphall
That doe detract their worths: not to be hid)
Erect to each a lofty Pyramid,
To which the
Memhpian ones so fam'd of old,
Shall yeeld priority: while this Isle does hold
Their memory's sacred; and
[...] Annals tels
The History of these two paralels
In the big art of war, who swift as time
Does follow motion, shall while this same clime
Beneath the Pole rests in the booke of fame,
Together beare sufficiently a name;
[Page 8]For worth and love unto their Country, which
Shall still to noble
Deverux and
Rich
Still pay their gratitude: and to begin
The Islands wishes free from that base sin
Of flattery to them. May the joyes of health,
Strength, happinesse and unexhausted wealth
Surround their ages; May they never meet
The crosse of sicknesse to impair the sweet
Harmony of their frames; may they injoy
Blisse which no time nor fortune can destroy
In heaven; and while they sojourne here on earth,
May all their actions give a daily birth
To deeds of honour; may a faire successe
Crowne their attemps; may victory still dresse
At the reflexion of their glittering swords
It's beautious lookes, that when their heads are whit
Beneath their helmes they may orecome in fight:
These are our wishes to them, the same fate
Wait upon all those worthies of the state
That doe defend their Country; may there fall
Heavens precious bounties plenteously on all
That love the peace of Sion: may the King
Increase in grace and vertue quickly bring
Joy and tranquility to the Realme; and may
Divisions cease among us, so does pray
All who affect this kingdome, which heavens blesse,
With all the fruits of peace and happinesse.
FINIS.