Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III

Written calente calamo'. The variant on currente is of some interest,

er] eit

651, 1653: 'that

before Cleveland wrote, and all,

should cancel

'hail', which is d

ating'

ndmaid

ction of the 'red-hot pen'. But whether Cle

3. The couplet is mea

orning a Black

ff, and let me

he smoke pur

s smoke, thenc

thin have scor

lame of love

rk lantern

his lantern ke

urs, that's o

dnight hath

ne of your li

n of an eclip

ldst interpo

hing, Sweethea

a new-fash

ut my bargain

my mask off

led embraces

imbs with bl

k, my paper,

l bed will p

sports, i

ad a wanto

ld my black t

k shop comm

ove from bla

to wash it o

tless tears, sinc

bout thee mo

no more af

h thy Ethi

ymph, &c

uded by Browne amon

aming lov

will clea

for a new false mask', varied in 1653 'Buy for me'-apparently a

] Done

'make a press', ill

1647, 1651, 1653, no

anged 'the

ior copies 't

two Zealots upon

om a zealous

car of the chi

audit may by

bles and his

mmon of the f

can bring abou

t his soul, li

uerpo; this sa

with a brothe

ly to cudgels

s a strange mi

ess us) whic

n the buttock

tail tied on

pocryphas,

mental Re

us divides the

nds, saying, 'M

verence, for th

d on 't, but

evelation k

arn'd idolaters

elled, and fell

liah with his

thee, &c.,

curléd lock o

abel; for wh

re confoun

., swears mor

us out of his

ell, with the

erpent in his

thou, for

he prodigious

ker! How cames

n thy proph

vault wherein t

nst the State

h and you shal

ther Garnets th

Church, (whereo

other Fifth D

t all; I cann

s so ab

ag was not s

, and you

mmissary, and (

upon his ske

my babe of g

be too fa

speak in a fa

ee bit longer

inspired, and b

ords at large bu

nk, which he ta

c. in his

dged him, and t

l seal the Syn

k on, not of

quite sworn out t

saw and heard t

eir tribe w

s part, 'moderate' as he was, if the Puritan Ultras of the Commons could have had their way), has left much about it. This oath, to be taken by all the clergy, imported approval of the doctrine, discipline, and government of the Church, and disclaimed, twice over, 'Popish' doctrine and the usurpations of the see of Rome. Unluckily the government of the Church was defined as 'by archbishops, bisho

have been waiting a long time to know what 'children's threes' means. It o

a herring that ha

ess'. 1647, 1651, 1653 'Querpo': MS. 'Q

he cavillers. Cleveland's expressions-'tail tied on a knot' (l. 14), 'curled lock' (l. 26), 'numerous folds' (l. 32)-lose their point witho

s euphonious

Idolaters of the letter', though almost certainl

ll] s

form occurs in

much of the quaintness is lost by 'exte

] are 1

e' is very feeble; 'half' refers picturesquely to the delineation of the Serpent tem

urst Et Caetera!

oysters have been traced. 1677 and MS. omit

dit by interpreting an eclipse after the usual fashion as portending disaster to kings and princes, the great Gusta

, MS. 'This fiend'

dark vault

uritan divine stigmatizes as Jesuits and traitors to Church and State. As has been stated, the oath distinctly, in set terms and twice over, abjured Rom

t] Na

to explain, and perhaps to justify, 1677 and MS. in reading 'abdominous'. This, though something suggestive of a famous Oxford stor

. 31. MS. has mar

kewbald brown (or some other colour not black) and white. The Church-courts were much more unpopular, in these as in mediaeval times

abes'

glish then prevailing by supposing 'wea-bit' (the form found in Cleveland originall

s diggers] = nails or fingers. Commo

issue of 1647): 'at words in large' 1651, 1653

but 1677 'Catiline'. 'He swe

nk on, not offeri

bt for the old syllabic reas

f the symbol more wanted than here, and mo

, or the Cl

The goblin ma

f Rabbi Abrah

bic? or Welsh?

icklayers tha

translate and

s fit for a W

herhood then pl

in religion w

ith a name in

f 'twere trained,

onopoly, the

porcupine pre

uills at bishops

tter of you

ll-trades hath

postles on a

à la mode in t

heresy by

Quixote's ro

chain; a mur

ck, like gipsie

gues which sit

satyrists st

th upon a lut

ster pregnant w

resis, half

little side

ve way unto

Fair is Smec's;

e-fold lazar

here 's tucked a

rk under one

bylon left thes

onfusion b

oras' soul is

hange of raime

eral wardrobe;

him as of a

gossiping dam

eu of a met

ark, where the

rase, and shrinks

gnis fatuus

s tripartite, j

ilors, who, if

an are mon

eal in one hat

ecalogue in a

lose the curs

t in quire and sc

ive incumbents

ure must be

s would rais

Smec at th'

m up together

e-drawn and spun

another Prent

shops and thei

h (that count fr

ature fingers

ld be 'sessors,

ir hoof into

carrot-bunch,

ctymnuus fo

e pride was m

ined to murd

rld had but on

e might have fou

improve th

ay use on use t

re lettered, t

bes his should

was his godf

is name hi

ked, would but t

ctymnuus an

vited by a fri

Convocation an

tie the foxes'

ncta Clara, cho

ffspring ever

luralities of

l get a vestr

od; Bet upon

orge! Let them go

nclave or a

ligions cater

divorce, mig

fortunes inter

rampant but the

e, all my he g

' th' stock, an

ters now untwi

om constable

ave you to ano

and take your fa

Mother justi

r patent to yo

self) proud of being was in Milton's own mind when he wrote his Apology for the acrostically named treatise, one cannot say. It is a lively 'mime' enough,

st be as in text: 'skill't' for 'skill's

well enough. It would go, not too roughly for Cleveland's syntax, with 'conjurer'. Le

f the day, or to old West Saxon? Junius did not edit C?dmon till fourteen yea

r' and 'sister' being cons

r prizes]

sneer at the 'train

tinctly

n a'

1677, is right; but the 'all-a-mod

val'. Four aces, kings,

. 'Or like

allow

But Mr. Thorn-Drury has found him in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1777, p. 482. Lazarus Collon

ttraction at the Sturbridge fair at Cam

nd its group, including the Rump version,

go on to any

e used in the sense of

seen, but not in Mr. Berdan's. The Scots pound was of course only tw

l. 67, the sense of 'give tongue'. 'Scanned their feet' for 'kept pace' is good enough; but why the five should leap a truss, and why this should be litigious,

-religions? cle

e a penyworth

cto leap at t

ap while five ha

equal the mystery of the title of 'Smec' by his

'. 'at th'' 1647, 1677

] cooked

&c. 'th

as actually disseminated, in which the prentices bold engaged 'to defend his Sacre

nch] Cant fo

7: 'pays' 1647, 16

Banes' in earlier

guilty of '&c.', and the Commons w

at Samson's marria

's printer; and Sanc

7 'plu

1677: 'Vestery'

77 'B

but 1677 reads 'is spade' i.e. 'spayed',

re really b

7 'ano

e she should be called a Queen Mother (it was her proper title afterwards, and she was one of the very few to whom it was actually given), and what the last line means, I know not. Nor does Professor Firth, unle

xed As

synod, an as

elders ana,

byt'ry, where

woolpack clerg

ns 'twixt these d

sco this; the C

ick-tack, in

table-men of

nceived an E

hen the parents

ou had born a

ring her i

ock but seen y

speckled and rin

ropriator's

coat is with a

-thief in a

lergy ere he

rows, who are

th the Orders,

, one knows not w

rgess, or a l

rped what Roy

evi too part s

the crosier ar

rusted in their

ipple State. And

serve the yard

ght stroke hi

ε?? ?ιδον a

re in chalk and

any-satyr a

dulteries of

present this r

ing not tallies,

ws at the R

octors these! The

half refined

sters, where the

sables and th

alstaff damned

he flames of B

wore the dia

ohn-a-Stiles, t

Christians in

k-verse to dist

tended discip

hath neither

tript-stuff-hang

atched with c

ream a little

linsey-wools

Pembroke, be n

y chance to spo

major oaths,

to a feeble

oble Percy's

up a Hotspur

the Obadiah

uncircumcis

born, 'tis not

with the six-

ey the magic

gone, and now th

withered face

teeth like to

! and in thi

oxie Marshall

Scotch-pipes, and

races and tread

le must his old

mpled Palmer

itful girl if h

find work abou

hat rebellio

ent to saddl

a clap, 'tis n

time of his

coy; good sadne

dience to th

heels about ti

on, hath made hi

mbers must the

adam Smec, tha

ruck together

th, but a g

ibelline hath

e 's a gallia

; there 's more

this, their Je

the forge shal

eir cousin-ge

' law is v

go yoked in t

-box, Twisse; Br

beasts with m

make but one g

, party-per-p

a score of commoners, and about four times as many divines as laymen. Tanner MS. 465, of the Bodleian, has a poor copy of this po

-the laymen appearing like s

e, 'in equal quantities', written so in prescriptio

nd State's, Mo

putation for fleecing the guileless undergraduate) advised an innocent of his kind to drop

anges 'But

and probably scanned 'I-sa-ac'. The reference is

panion combines the idea of an ecclesiastical condemnation ('del

fawn'. But the animal (always now indicated by that s

that taught Dr

vidently sound on Shakespeare. A copy of 1677 in my posse

e'] = for ben

, is evidently 'striped', and

ough a patron of literature and the arts, was

: 'these' 164

ly] if Vulca

: 1653 and its group 'Ob

s pride was notorious) at neglect of his suggestions and interference with his powers as Lord High Admiral). By putting the fleet into the hands of the Parliament he did the Kin

nbigh. He actually served in the Parliamentary Army, but like

w. Possibly 'prostitute' from his eager Presbyterianism. It is odd that Anne and Rebecca Marshall, two famous actresses of the Resto

578-1646), the Proloc

irst Viscount (1582-1662). Of very b

refers to the untidy bands, &c. of a slovenly priest. Herbert Palmer (1604-1647) was a man of good family but a bitter Puritan. He was first Fellow a

rl of Manchester of the Rebellion. Like Northumberland and Denbigh, he repente

ns among the London clergy, and a great favourite with the House of Commons in the Long Parliament. He wanted to suppress cathedrals; and, being a practical man and preacher at Wells during the Commonwealth, d

eat punctuation, meaning 'in good sadness, he cannot dance'. Phrases like 'in good truth',

his long life. Who 'Lidy' (1653) or 'Lidie' (1677) was seems unknown. Professor Firth suggests a misprint for 'Sidie,' i.e. Sidrach Simpson (1600?-1655), a busy London Puritan and member of the Assembly. Another ingenious suggestion made to me is that 'mumping Lid[d]y' may be one of th

ere. His character and his earning were just able to ne

e Greville-the 'fanatic Brooke' who had his 'guerdon meet' by being shot in hi

rd Brooke'

ng out

citation to

ng's D

nant to this

es, blasphemes t

t within their p

heir allegian

te-distincti

treason 'gains

per to his p

ve him, he himse

eature speaks

rove him a re

wed his beams f

defaced the

gh thy dignity

nsmute it in th

cks were of t

tincture o

tian for his

ntry's darkness

ian budge, tha

s sable, fog

nor ghostly

figure in a

amber of thy

e mourner of

circle of thy

n a rugged oy

he minster of t

hee for dil

tyred abbey's

ltered to a

ege by the cha

ves, transforme

be a profana

sacrilege of

half deposed.-Tho

are under se

o form at the

he Self-deny

, and darkness

hin and yet po

ight in the s

n excommun

mask are of a

ercy in a mi

idnight, day is

g is in keld

sed stenogr

eagle shrun

hat magic vap

his rays to

tile film of

zard such as

veiled on purp

ustre by their v

scabbard of a

darkness, like

ed flame; 'tis

to our brig

e damp; the War

s curfew, so ou

nder, should

ould not have

s not legibl

ame writ in fan

Switzer might

uld fit the

nough to fit

e ambush of the

roperties so s

' presence though

is dress, a

and Cry once p

sassinate! Th

e, Cub of the

efore 'tis syll

unfledged, a

, when they wo

l, bag up thy

k, which at t

d breeds the col

ub thee with a

sculler with

d Si quis and th

ke in pictu

all called Papi

the rags thu

to have their

creatures of an

ortraitures to

habited; the

Sir, since I

s closet to

is your dark m

spel couched

ew my purblin

ligion in it

royal, so ob

in Proverbs

brats of this

he spirit is

more than ev

ngine, the sam

scapes your in

up in the Bi

-intruders! Pi

ewels with your

s, like witch

ess a guilt th

coffer you c

. Peter's opes

whose aspect

tors with red

en is least. Wha

ion, is mos

u Shadow Royal,

rning-star, Ch

e journey cont

weather from

rs are posed, tho

an eclipse thu

ike he travel

nduct to him

oes to Gibeo

ouldy bread and

First printed as a quarto pamphlet of four leaves; Thomason bought his copy on 21 January, 164

to] so coff

h] Tha

lue 'allegi-ance' is of the first rather than of the sec

eadings obviously pertain to two differe

rom 1647

lin'de 164

e' in the sense of 'fur' (perhaps they were t

t for a compound. The genitive is perhaps better. The

n words like 'could' is sufficiently shown by the fact that 'coud' is frequent. It is, o

pe] ga

] to

, 1653. tailor's] jai

ously by a mere m

, as Mr. Berdan well observes, 'the case was unfortunately too common to admit of identification'. Cleveland's restless wit was not idle

amphlet) '

of the Drydenian line before Dr

nborn child

ty of verse, seduced 1677 into 'of S

hrinks 1647,

7, 1651,

scabbard of a

-piled darkness

it above to l. 52 and take 'No' thence. The text, which is 1677, is I suppose a correction. Both

d darkness' equally surrounds to me his further remark that he 'adopted it as the only reading approximating sense; treason in grain'. The metaphor of the dark lantern cloaked is surely clear enough; and this 'i

] high 16

Commons on May 6, 1646, that the King, after the S

51, 1653 and its gro

51, 1653 'T

t once acceptable alteration of 'thatch a p

reference of 'Hue and Cry'. It seems that Mercurius Britannicus did issue a 'Hue and Cry' aft

, corrupted into

o mean 'lewd or wicked', as if 'unfle

] brings

as to disqualifications in a candidate for order

Royalist' with 'Papist'. 'Date' apparently in the s

d its followers 'pur

second view

ol] as of

r] cipher

es] op

47, 1651, 1653, by a c

an' 1647 (Poems) 1653, 1677. 1651 omits 'To' and read

ebel

ce? and yet a

ure wears blac

ur nation be

that truck

backward! I a

buckets in a

rage. A poet s

ike a comet's

e stoic can his

ountry sick of

vasion to be

iggin myrmid

charm in verse,

Scot without

were red, tha

re that might

sy judge whos

lters as a ju

could I in Sir

n phrase and qu

Marshall, tha

mnation a p

a Scot, to pl

mouth-grenadoe

t can proper

ocus swallow

bics, with you

bite till your

satirists, t

orpions that shou

witches; do but

lood come, they'll

artyrs were e

asts, like hypoc

ot so, yet not

n a beast is

eland brag her

m since the Sco

feigned antiq

e in, England ha

ept the Tower m

ate of his ow

d the panther,

e wild colleg

h-shoes in the

alvage lawyer,

doth Scotchmen

country such

ings in questi

nce, but that Cha

ose and Crawfo

ns and christ'n

the nation hat

rch as well as

re where the

his side, and on

Hell in 's me

ilight of his

s sins, repent

Scotland, had

e may pray with

never suffe

t, God would have

wander but co

spread and as

Devil ha

ey live at ro

place, rags

o' th' world; t

s a nation

amble not to l

ssed, or how

wing in the S

he Dutch Stat

st in belly

ich the mariner

errant fight a

machs make their

ts as tooth-dra

ng their teeth

at this their

s fatal still

ath the hemorrh

postern of th

thus they ph

, but in the cu

ink to make us

villenage, a

sed to stroke t

subjects, buy t

ts of grace, 'ti

ot; a Prince th

ding, doth lik

s own back to

s you left you

Israel with E

spel's life-gua

on of New

rethren do? The

ts and the fu

odly thing is

tomach and no

od and raiment

eir seamstress

ll; their hono

nscience, are

r titles and th

nty pence prono

, but for a pl

sober two-penc

proud impostor

n gentry an

o the stock o

g the gibbet

by sufferin

and shamed i

that Heaven

rd some Spania

n what Scots in

asmus-like hav

one. A voider

vil should I p

s; for, when th

ir nation, fee

rom the gallow

yx and turns

92, with the title 'A curse on the Scots'. The piece is hot enough, and no wonder; but it would no doubt have been hotter if it had been written later, when Cleveland was actually gagged by Leven's dismissal of him. It is not unnoteworthy that the library of the University of Edinburgh contains not a si

, as he died on December 6, 1643, after getting Parliamen

rayton's name correctly:

mind the reader of the well-known

] or in the Empir

nounced the 'Curse of Meroz' on all who came not to destroy those in any

But MS. reads 'a

of the badger's are meant. Some, however, refer it to the supposed lop-sidedness or inequality of badgers' feet, answering to the ?- of the ia

other way-that 'the Scot would no

ess well,

' 1647, 1651, 1653: '

, a favoured servant of the King

word (or 'collegian') is old slang, and hardly slang for 'jail-bird'. The doub

s] Country f

n they came up

gh the Rebellion, served after the downfall in France and Spain, a

does not improve it b

l and most ofte

low 70 i

r shooting not at a def

ng from country to country', not doubtless with

ces; but the representati

1647, 1651, and 1653

] strin

we be made your f

too hath e

between 'emerod' and 'hemorrhoi

53 and its group,

ntary bribe or

1651. The MS. reads 'But they may justly

, but here, I think, th

47, 1651, 1653

. Twenty Scots pence = not quite two

'the Spaniards', but 'som

ded as neither Pap

ce and fire: and it, or parts of it, were const

ots' A

s? What? shall th

e breath of learn

? And that great

loyalty a

test, be found

tinctures, pr

e such langua

unforewarne

ostor found

ced English to

the Covenant's

rgument, or th

ubt persisten

e fabric of yo

st in such a

he grand Devi

ition that th

world you know t

his super-tr

han murders of

ck, as being a

ith this no

fered then; in

ination of

in no one ste

empt deposing

so engaged th

ightning 'bout y

ivelled to dust,

drought beyond

d! Till Heaven p

of an epi

brethren, to w

awded, cease to c

y the dictate o

itors though the

jealousies inc

ne your steps b

ions may your

izing brand

general hate yo

for a plague

sume your p

g where none

may your sca

to a genera

sun afford o

comfort of a

don for your t

ed only by the

ign to visit y

but banished

ightening of th

rinces send th

chaos be wher

r lives and li

ngst you keep

ive through bloo

miseries on us

ord our just rev

ll-let your

giance, mask

rles shall be c

epithets of

enséd Heaven

e act of mer

Scot deny hi

far) renounce

e central group of editions except Cleaveland Revived, where absence is usually a strong proof of genuineness; and it is extremely like him. Mr. Berdan has admitted it, and so do I. Professor Case has noted

king a violent part on the Covenant side in the earlier Scotch-English war, instrumenta

'and

ture' 16

maginative creator only painted it in 1684, and there are 106, not sixty. But the remoteness of Scottish ped

on' is valued a

51, &c.: '

and tell

c.: 'be your' 1687. This prayer, a

1651, &c.:

printed 'to'

Not i

rtis

ld but vote

egislative k

doctors milit

venture Vers

s' trick to m

ipodes, and t

says the remo

s malignant,

, that posed th

turgeon now an

s gift (that spla

ne way and yet

te asquint, then

ng a great and

the language

and then periw

rvice and such

backward in this

you, and wit

al and equi

d. When all fails

nction cleft th

lect, would your

ut with Hebr

ter what is cr

mmendations w

ic glass contr

when turned do

anted, Sir, you

at guns and sq

bilbo nor inv

inst th' artil

e Muses cannot

rt, yet let th

eaguer, where t

strings with thei

ne'er have fence

noble breast and

e white powder,

silent hypoc

Nuns of Hel

tell his goss

women too, nay

l wants mili

sex! Is it

lth, like to

eunuch guardi

rles, rather th

e, like a green

n coals and dirt

relish to th

s did once the

barren theme a

sisters like

an alarum.

is wit's su

like eternity

our, present,

old philoso

down plural

Grand Committe

their age con

er sisters, Gr

t themselves,

of reasons q

m (who was com

his virtue. T

, great Pompey's

celet fit for

t vast triumvi

palmistry; her

shall live and wh

winds up, tha

sed him of the

ther, to make

fain to run

inter's brief f

from Jane; a

his cits fla

r antlers, for t

anging nose, th

utly, drop his

gossip spoon

Caleb lose h

hs that in his

f-want pays in

Sir, for tha

bankrupt in the

n his charac

s shadow, made i

so glorious

thing when com

trious to be

ophy to be ma

aith on the D

the Guildhall

which the Comm

istening mouth fr

y in triumph

em victors in

nce and valou

oised with c

ves the quar

rone; whether in

drawn match; w

Nature poached

ike the angel'

rise by a mir

Athos carved i

designed by

d should a popul

d be a channel

d inform th' am

ed, sweat for a

whose name can

buckram men, m

rich by breakin

n, are made m

y'll confess

nocks 'em till

iblets of his t

that four-le

the scraps tha

feeds upon a c

harles, he come

his maligna

ey have these a

rks against the s

quent, to the

' Lions' or the

ceremonious wa

sisterhood wi

untess will, Lu

all religions

lls intelligenc

than Pym's fro

aid (Fortune or

s and then for

s a devil wi

would lie down,

, and is couc

score up one

ay, thou wretch!'

strument, a m

g, O let not

tis alike to f

reprieve; th

e Jesuit will

vil as the r

use would try m

ere! Ah, Jowler!

cusers cry, the

Maynard have

lorious Straffo

ut annexed to

opyhold o

hadow healed; R

nt Peter's work

uns, defeats th

do but lisp a

scended in a

rseus; hence t

rangled. Bull

mit an act

ince, and make

eater world and

accumulative

fiend, the Stat

igion in thei

phylacters the

aradise (and

by a cherub's

care an atheist

incough better

s the toothache

children; and th

ute with is de

e thee, rogue, h

ame of Rupert

but a rumblin

de him a sort of Cavalier cynosure and (with his being half a foreigner) a bugbear to the Roundheads; while neither party had yet found out his fatal defects as a general. Hence 'Rupertismus' not ill described the humour of both sides. The dog who figures so largely was a real d

d perfect has always been a gift of Houses of Commons. It was r

of battle. 'Adventure' 1677: 'Adventures' 164

f dragging his ca

thrown in the face of the Puritans till Swift's thric

the technical

I can remember when it was a little unsafe, in one of the Channel islands, to speak of a do

erk to the Ho

exts. write] 1653, 'right'-evidently one of

which Rupert monopolized e

: 'the' 1647, 1

'th' equ

les' to an ee sylla

1653 and

t's devotion to la

ss powder was a const

tioned, and his efficiency in the field was n

., 'his bar

'Reason Queen'. I am n

87 'who were to him complete before. Ingredients

: of course Gu

651, 1653

arently alon

ently by slip

. 'Flea' for 'flay' is not uncommon: the rest is absurd. 'Isaac' was Isaac Pennin

ridiculed citizen 'horns'). But 1647, 1651, 1653 forgot the Golden Calf altogether i

677) is not wanted and

fers to the subscriptions of plate and money in lieu of personal service which Pennington, as Lo

m' 1653

] wit

and satirized in his fir

t Edgehill. 'Mo

em] me

47, 1651, 1653: Was that

1, 1653 'defin'd', with

1647, 1651,

of strait-lacedness) 'straight'. 1651, 1653, have 'Yet' for 'An

e Mr. Badman

in the same sense and almost in the same phrase i

ntly in the sense o

ed to in, originally, Hudibras and in Lacy's Old Troop, and at second-hand (probably from the text also,

izes the rest, his readers may be under the impression that the ogre impaled the infants before de

these' 1677: 'they've several' 164

ud is probably referred to in 'Bishop's'. The force of al

aitress (though, too late, she repented). Amsterdam] The religious indifference of the Dutch being a c

gious' in the well-known noun s

y busy person throughout the troubles, bu

77 'th

seems good, though the

677 default-no

stages; but both trimmed cleverly during the later, and sold themselves promptly to the Crown at the Restoration. Glynne died soon

': 1677 'Thus libels but amo

am not sure that it is better than the genitive. 164

ive and was probably rapacious. Others think it means 'the Committee', 'accumulative' being = 'cumulative' (or rather 'plural'). They quote, not without forc

great loss, the unarticled and familiar 'Nurs

1677: 'nay and'

'Clown

the Earl of

wise and v

'twixt fi

who was h

ason and c

s time here

, yet a

s nearest j

t wanted a

nd ruin of

's violent l

emes loved

e here, or

blood; and

still and

s'. Winstanley (no very strong authority, it is true) calls it Cleveland's and 'excellent'. It is perhaps too much to say with Mr. Berdan, that it is 'unlike his manner'. There is certainly in it a manner whic

ruth could hard

but not un-

this, and a comma at 'wanted', which Mr. Berdan puts, does so even more. The phrase is once more fatally just and true. He enjoyed all his master's aff

'. For 'Riddles' cf. The K

taph on Strafford which has nothing to do with this. It is in some phrases enigmatic enough to be Cle

the Archbishop

e to give my

ears that stud

lly weeps; th

rt is but the sw

ed in number

out by sof

or common f

ells can match

r-works; he'll

eva jig up t

urns at distan

onduit head is

fate is publi

vespers, Engl

encil to exp

es too, washin

rning but what

pillars in the

Church; Reli

e that she 's in

opic body, f

nto a bubble,

ad or cast in

dough-baked,

whose doom wa

mment upon h

lives; life is,

turnal lu

seen death's

total,-Cant

d make a Pag

vert in his b

abble, that fier

yena-like wee

brackish from th

, but pickle

ualid grief hi

adder fate wit

s eye, with rec

showers as if he

cess such vil

afford fell, the

public rage,

hey should act

done before the

d up after the

spirits, and fo

sin and emi

can be inno

kes Grantham ste

almost a caricature of our author's more wayward and more fantastic manner. Yet there are fine lines in it, and perhaps nowhere else do we see the Dryden fashion of verse (though not of

7 'by

7 'in

in mining and mechanical matters generally. He dabbled largely in fancy fountains and waterworks-a

the elegy on King, 'I

c. 'when he mourns', w

ace of Seth engraved antediluvian wisdom on two pillars, one of b

1, 1653, &c.

51 misprint

isprints

1651, 165

kes something like nonsense; 'by prophec

n the Worthies quotes this as a proverb. Some take it as referring to the height and slenderness of the steeple and an optic

. A. B.

ophister, what

real, Ergo

tiger, fox an

corp'rate in

spex quickly

torches, and

place: for s

l produce transc

masterpiece

s whatever s

onder and repr

h all her b

general M

relatic Pr

ious garbs,

Episcopo-m

'd priest, a Lawn

pit holds, a

im a fit name

Apostate once

cannot call h

f shapes by

weather-cock',

only wait u

not: but if you'

ligion's He

he sanctified

h'abominable

the 'Lordship'

got a reveren

needs be his,

ltars down

ice; where you

e holocausted

h! the viper

nours, helps to

ll thy dignit

n son proves t

dam-destroyi

ck shell of hi

ostering boun

t thence sprung

t revenge shoul

onster which thys

ugh, in Wales t

incolnshire,

st venom he can s

om subtle grey

opitious eyes

ow the curséd

ebels who noug

asure of their

imparallele

sacred chara

When ages,

wn, with most

is days and t

itaphs as thi

reat Metropol

inted, and His

indicators' in 1677. There may, however, have been reasons for this, other than certain spuriousness. Williams, though driven to doubtful conduct by his enmity with Laud, never called himself anything but a Royalist, was imprisoned as such, and is

e general observation that

haps we should r

arb'

ourse on Prynne'

eus. Williams

ls. He took refuge in Wales when the war broke out, an

1647; 'Religio

ut here, as often, the apo

653: 'has'

Committee 'to consider innovations' i

st Lindsey) was strongly Royalist early in the war till Crom

1651 'unp

Ant

ghtingale chan

orester couche

me in th' ev

nt field with

e before

es' com

heart'

th me on

Mark

ed more

fair Egyp

erry cheeks I m

f surfeiting

mer lips, which

irits made a

began

another'

hat knew

and smile

er Ma

s to plait her

racelet rich d

uno wears when

aces more stat

she pee

mour cry

r eyes

e one h

Mark

rammar of am

ulses, the p

urtings and m

kisses arit

ike as

-limbed

art's

were shar

Mark

more w

fair Egyp

has been explained in the Introduction. The pair appeared first in 1647 (3r

1647, 1651 'warm'. Cf. 'bluer'

made me active

ight lim

' in 1647, 1651, 1653. I rather

substituting 'were' for

Mock Song t

ght-raven sung

cried three a

ring witches put

ark as their

the fur

nightmare

misshap

Su. Pomf

did

such a f

foul gyp

eberry cheeks I m

of vomiting

r lips, which

e duller than

er breath

nt an us

way for

guess wh

er di

ndering were pla

slimy streak

vy wears, when

eriwigged wit

oon as s

a harsh

t at my

ad is

r di

gic of conjur

lses, the pal

elches for rhe

in her head lik

s about

ose, weat

the alma

d, and Riv

did

uch a f

foul gyp

1647 this runs on as a cont

ht-raven' 1647, 1651, 1653 is certainly right. Mr. Berdan's copy

] hole

hen', not

ed] plac

omitted in 1653: 't

oung Man,

mmencement

ranto-news

the town I me

voyage my Mus

bold fleet, nor

e pleased to hea

ome news as tru

Commenceme

simony doc

to throw away

heir wives' stamme

eed of an arg

none, he neit

venison nor t'ot

Commencemen

a day teac

s Easter-boo

degrees who nev

degrees, comes fro

e fair and, at

Barnaby strikes

Commencemen

y parsons

t in their old

and table-book

-dinner their no

e Margaret Pro

ed, and the scho

Commencemen

rings not his

his mouth at hi

iration to ea

posed his beyo

ut hear our org

p his hoof from

Commencemen

omes not to sho

judgment at him

him that marks

d, Sir' and talk

t bear-baiting (

mrades our dis

Commencemen

prevarica

, when have y

serious Oxf

he use of jes

eve 't) is no st

sober, and J

Commencemen

guity between four anapaests and five iambs. You would certainly take line 1 as it stands in 1677 with ''Tis' for 'It is

. 83, of the Bodleian. Neither copy is good, but each helps to restore the text (see ll. 18 and 38). The

n Satirist, an

everend purple

dence that the poem became

now and fiddle

d to sweake [?squ

oems be made f

cco through thei

. . .

ines and mighty

, they'll twist o

ve Ballad-poet

fancy stoop

mation, as to MSS.

] but

torate fee, though relatively three

but, as generally or often red

he meaning of this line

speeches] MS. 'that

ching', but the absence of the ar

, in the new bondage

right, would baffle a non-university printer; probably the editors o

up'-a natural but unnece

own-less we

read in

parson com

ght in his old

t' 1653: Ma

or] = 'M.

ually omitted, but both 1

ally salting and

e'angry' found occasionally in texts of the time

ar-baiting] in hi

'you', less poi

rmly welcomed there. There has probably been no time at which either Universit

, which was of course the usual short for Edmund. But 'Mu

. For the duties of the 'Prevaricator' refer to Peacock's Observations on the Statutes of

ry after Sir

characters an

outh and a nos

ff of musket-

dges or lin

their sulph

works, which th

e and Coven

choes issuing

his chin like

not cut by t

ession hangi

h all the questio

ance so in th

s are cropped he'

assock scared

sbyter's worn

though charmed

ine right of

ny that do th

hey are the tr

frenzy did th

Rochet to such

minced, ref

nts even of her

ining cler

to the stuff call

ong end branded

ootsteps in h

veral parish

geant shaved at

lders else, tho

rs and ruffs

hy of handic

xchange men

antick heads, wh

gape and dise

the Commons' H

ut; now both

erious in the

e Scotch exec

prelacy the

often, ere i

bbey's skel

n echo su

ection, and th

the hiccough o

ur mixed dioc

double in the

hall to the C

hapter out of

ordinance

umbs of his groa

ynod, with th

wagger for the

e embassy that

ate in shape

mitred auth

castors of

hn with Jack-of-

thicker than the

= in shorthand: 1677 has 'character', wrong

officer complained that he had absconded with official money): 'I doubt not, but you will pardon your Man. He

ompound of 'bo

tes have been published in modern times. A great ejector of the cler

oes not by any

t a passage of Hudibras, and Grey's note on it, have complicated the matter with a story

heads] = '

hich the two old Christ's men, now on such opposite sides

-changing-a m

most suspiciously improv

end. The 'Vindicators' do not seem to have seen this, though the absence of the quotes above would not prove it. Professor Cas

ntipl

thou everla

race and never

in contempl

rawn but t

flame confes

arley caus

manders of

uched amidst t

she be a d

dow of P

nd unrele

ew-crust

th more of

the Plato

igour which the

break upon

you pretty

o candy up

u sectaries

f your calc

ence by Cu

hunting du

s enthral each

them live but

no more i

en-sickness

(their ne

charcoal

o sophistr

convincing l

uting pettic

esters are to

r, that ma

of horror

with wire in

braces you'

netic gir

turns Cupid'

lips, and takes

ristled turnpik

s artillery

orks of the

us in affe

ly pleasures

lover bold

hed with

ssador that

caution of a

urlesques and his serious or semi-serious poems like Fuscara. It is also nearer

regularize' (in this case by the omission of an extra foot). But I confess it seems to me be

(or ivory) when her husband-lover's embraces ceased is original with Cleveland.

the good old '

s of] = 'he

d: 'calcining

ropriateness here and to ignore the quaint conceit of 'commence' in its academic meaning. 'Women take their

e double meaning. This poem is reall

nregenerate Donne and th

'. to seek at sharp] = '

did Butler borrow this 'iron' an

a made 1653 contract to 'l

re of cour

or the Be

onfectione

ets are moi

of his ref

e garden i

fled all

inties Flo

now to t

fragrant

ara's slee

elicious swee

freeboote

e violets o

re, could it

kiss had ma

sit and es

pulse had b

ich he that f

world 's lon

preys on i

ner of tran

is air but

'twere a j

s canting dron

figures o

palmistry

fortune-tel

bliss and f

nectar and

now upon

hawk for

flesh his

y cannibals

es in a lo

ate ca

kin with or

ilky way we

he to the w

s at her fi

division o

ick-branchi

t her the

etty maze

ose that bl

is nice p

finger he

ion of a we

s comrades

bracelet 'b

the hoveri

the toll of

raughts with

rouse by ke

eed, that p

miliar shoul

errant's cou

by his n

olumbus st

r undiscov

es of her a

with east and

he had in v

a dapper

pike, he br

made and hea

mmy trees th

issue at

breach the l

led out a b

wasp was 't t

c to my Qu

Bees now 's

ms should me

that his tri

ses and st

a hospital

-file like bea

y bleed but

my Danae's

all,-the

'cause sweete

and she ar

ommitted

s diatribe against the metaphysicals in the 'Life of Cowley'. It seems to me inferior both to The Muses' Festival and to The Antiplatonic, and, as was said in the Introduction, it betrays, to me, something of an intenti

no reader of Robinson Crusoe: and no one who has not rea

n an alchemical sense for 'gold'. B

te the same as, it is much akin

the world may

correct and not the modern and

is not like 'mobled que

possible as a true reading) of 'dives' and 'lives'. If they had had 'In' instead of 'O

ss well, 't

t, i'

brown' as b

l armoury again'; v. sup., p. 2

y, 'like'. Some (baddish)

ice as another of Clevelan

ter form is '

1: 'Ratilias' 1653

erb from 'now's', impro

ctor Chad[d]erton

lege in Cambri

years old w

his long-defe

r Saint, th

sighs bemo

after-show

e thus bedew

alas! we d

ought thou di

so long we

u couldst n

ll when thou

e casements

ich have bee

thought, mus

after a hu

lead custom

ead that r

some fifty

cheeks did

semblance

er young? Fo

ieve thou we

e alive, I'm

ee young, bu

ou now, ven

Death's unh

r son, why d

's to writ

alas! and k

d Abram an

ite thy Epi

worth; they ke

boys, they he

an angel did

then: and l

hy virtues

those may

y many yea

anuel he might be supposed unlikely to extract a tear from Cleveland. But he had resigned his Mastership nearly twenty years before his death, and that death occurred before the troubles became insanabile vulnus. There is nothing to require special ann

s Spik

I pr

ut pe

rist

s all

ke most ple

eath of new-

retty mer

in the fai

ess Heaven l

each morn to

tch from the

t spices a

intments I

rh and a

Spikenard in

ss of all o

a box to

is alabas

o him I'll

ne sickly

l break, and

s ointment w

lock and

s with his b

he odour o

er than the

bended kne

and bel

hem with a

lips shall k

towel he

h flax as n

wanton loc

sacred feet

mselves abou

loath to l

em not, an

grief they wi

do not think either is Cleveland's, though the odd string of unrelated conceits in the Chadderton piece is not unlike him. In the other there is nothing like

expedite h

doom, Love's

is rep

my she-ad

umb

ectance mak

s of beni

mates when

onkeys, which he

s! but at re

hyself dost

andl

contract th

s tap

w soon the m

es faster th

measure

ian were th'

ve by the fle

ou bear a d

double

y fortress

be not

o gains upo

the trenche

elf then

ut, lest like

t rubbish

ates of Pe

ead gre

the simony

lp th

woo, thus o

y will and

ve while cris

honours, on t

urloughs for

what thou

leg

all those r

thee d

thou still

ps, with

consume bu

ord doth clai

t quick thing I

u art cons

t soft

gealing crys

d thy

more distil

at ushers i

s Julia,

hesda of her

spital world

pening verse of this as a special examp

of course

en nowadays) = 'right of presenting to or enjoying a benefice'. 'Incum

e of 'unbated' in Haml

(which was specially used in ship-selling) for the firs

fact that in a millennium and a half the Ju

1601-4) lasted three yea

Cambridge poet thin

cks are cris

ision

s to use this unusual word i

ike by beginning the line with 'T

677 but no

eth, born the night

y Venus, the s

Hesperus a

this Venus,

old year and b

ith a star at

ar both of the

ars, fair Queen,

year a ne

is slight thing is inaccurately entitled, fo

I think without exception-perfectly sound on the general principle then observed, and observed partly at all tim

er] Cha

neral

gild the gli

lection me

makes the s

as upon E

u now the Q

Eagles, w

upon majes

erived such

ur looks main

since the Kin

uds, whom

e for Engla

se double e

e and adorn

now the Pri

ructed fou

ail off from

s are dis

Beauty are

s and Mary los

Valours,

try, whose

of mercy

solstice o

y hath mewe

r soldier we

ke the cap

guerdon o

glimmering P

best, work j

a genera

le world is

ouse of Co

in a trium

n Lilburn ta

ourse a sort of variation or scherzo

etta Maria' that the simple 'Queen Mary' may seem

alized, especially in the form all

g's Return f

er believe 't; fir

y their beams

ul gives out he

ress 'twixt the

omnipresence,

nce the sa

, and, 'cause th

e nations wi

e at once both

uch grows downw

time that he

tages he reb

ce at once; th

ouble motio

ative form inc

mover he is r

seen how th

ummons of her

cries halves, sh

endam must be l

ourneys like

bowels of

e Cacus, so his

l contradict

rned that was a

ying makes th

separation, t

javelin; we wer

taken wing w

returning to o

tropic must n

k but when you

t hath rectif

orward in the

h Militant in

th' Amazon, to l

fe; not squeezed

lk and choke th

been the floati

now seated o

r souls did guard

unterpart com

which lasted from August to November. The piece is one of the very few of th

v. 'gest' sb.4. which defines it as 'the various stages of a journ

rom 1659 to 1677). A benefice held

77; 'spider's'

677: 'barren' 1

ur'-the reading of Cleaveland Revived, followed by 1662 and 1668-is better. But th

7: 'the' 1659

677: 'counterpane'

ertainly Cleveland's but no

s 'not in 1677'-by Mr. Berdan I have kept but three, besides one or two which, though not in 1677, are in 1653, and so appear above. Of these the Jonson Elegy from Jonsonus Virbius is signed, and as well authenticated as anything can be; News from Newcastle is quoted by Johnson and

or almost cert

luded in 16

y on Be

med our stage w

st best judge i

actors tremble

a noble conf

right, to a

s which he kne

able did his

properties of

that could b

follies did t

n could cunni

ground to rest

es, whom, had

word alone I

w, when plenty

C

fter the latter. Gifford ascribed to Cleveland another unsigned Elegy in Jonsonus Virbius and one of the Odes to Ben Jonson on his own Ode to himself, 'Com

ave meant to address the poet throughout, or till the

rom Ne

its about Newca

erfect world,

maps, Newca

Spaniard trium

in'rals pur

me and hatch th

ires and stars

current, unref

sterling, Natur

chus-like, two

's the Semele, a

polish Nature;

dam has her

old? A thing so

temptible whe

chiefs thence ha

re would make

innocent, nor

rtality with

precious; ric

yet make no

value of our

atheist, nor

hallowed Vesta'

honour than a

wombs of heat w

embers, f

ts, the Persi

arm 's devoti

trotting Whip

d Vulcan 'bove

t, or light? wou

re. And what can

at sun but, in

mpant, or a m

s truth reci

en's coalery, a

ches not, locke

chained, the l

e, which uncont

d hushed, like Ba

l-pit there dot

na, or an in

d, you'll light

y break from t

button though

h' midst of ic

hen at Christm

de June and

d, our pits a

s winter, winte

hs, what need we

both a ventid

caves were p

wot, yet in a

now be thought

use was then

der ground, and

abitations wer

times were inn

ed after fox, b

et of rivals

rich infant

rim Leanders

d Hero, the l

mado royal

Helen with

should we thei

mistress with a

mine 's a com

ruin but enr

gallant heroes

in quest o' th'

bring it with

idol for our

allast; this th

treasure up

venter rocks a

remities of

rchase of this

pirates, misers

when the doubtfu

edle still dir

secret wond

th, discards bo

nly fire comme

is a mine o

-of-all-trades

rse, an Exchan

th converts to w

e 't to silk, then

a metamorphos

d 'twill melt

er that gaud

ves to these at

ust their cha

of Guildhall, th

mortgaged street

nhill, Stella s

coal-pits' c

undermine and

they'd pawn the

oolers for our

and embraces

htens like a

e drudge of

ath a lusty s

d men's mistres

ance with thei

the coal-heap

o age and raime

clothes; Nature

ked 'cause she

wardrobes, and t

collier; he mus

alderman wit

d comfort on

nd muffled, yet

n smoth'red in

inst keen Win

mself wear all

s under silve

red buckskins b

full crops are

rvest from our

hills that circ

uitful in thei

tops so well con

eir nosegays an

l like a young

elf that it may w

worth is to its

in outside, but

ve, 'tis summ

rglay in a

sables somet

rge or grogra

ing, are pregnan

s grow there ins

oses, beds o

lds recompen

t, like other

e, pearls on her

fields present

should be

ad his bonny l

a black bag fo

mphlet, 'London. Printed in the year 1651. By William Ellis', and with a headline to the poem 'Upon the Coalpits about Newcastle-upon-Tyne'. This quarto furnishes the only sound text. It was reprinted very corruptly in Cleaveland Revived, 1

hath 16

rtive'

o mines', which has no meaning

ture'

womb of Semele warmed by the sun: the

the 1660

hath 1

hence' 1660: 'sin and

es] Ind

es] ti

, unconsciously repeatin

ne] n

ptation of the e

atheists and no

Vestals' sacred 16

hipster] Phoe

] Our 1

, or would 1660. store] M

ns] S

t] the

me] or fl

l and pleasing. 'Co

s] scorche

ion's 1660. li

r] a

e] th

' by evident

us] T

' 1660. 'af

e] made bu

ls] vit

re] d

] this 1

d all later texts. 1651

them 1

] on shor

er] ric

ties] extr

hat] is i

naving 1660:

r] wonde

th] w

ne. Not 1660 (without t

] for

nk'; 1660 adds comma at 'jack-of-all-trad

sed] inv

d] you'

1660. then] now 1660

nd]

] turn

ts] boa

660, MS. these] our 1660

660, MS. the Mint, the]

which were used to store the coal and fitted with spou

the mining district. 'owe' = own. 'Stella' Hall, near Blaydon, was a nunnery before the Dissolution

ap] sw

e] drugge

59. brings] g

e] yout

or's] sa

th] in

] in 1

at] th

' is omitted in 1660, and deleted by a seventeen

ains] chil

ful] preg

nd] o

sword, as a common noun elsewhere; but o

ow] ar

sweet 166

r] and 1660. 'brea

, more decently but less picturesqu

s in hi

ck as

he white mon

n King Charl

blicly by h

ith buoyed up

wned in this pr

highest ground

oul no anch'ra

h, resting on

lf in this, t

th floats on th

cast away in

flows us all. T

loods, which did

th cut the onl

us and this re

w our world wh

two of Egyp

arkness and with

our hearts have

led them to a

than 'twas the

th widowed our

forms, left

State; inverti

's state of fir

n if all good

oyal hearts fro

ves each pore s

t even a b

pass for music

less cheeks and

il but black;

myrrh, incens'd

ew not to be

made by a re

body, whom to

Judaical

ng, the Spirit

aw, the Temple

is, he feared

t and back in

olds, in that

n this act aga

e the sooner

ody he would

then use otherw

, yet turn it

like a King o

the world and

ing for him and

he troop, mea

oked upon th

ft to guard him

ame then may h

rt swallowed u

loss, a comfo

narrowed crown

géd head, sin

his, as it made

fallen unto

as become so

ds enthroned hi

ted from him, n

truth by them h

falsehood prom

y death alone

from weakness

ined by God to

ssage quick, ne'e

piring was so

to command a

ul, of this her

ash of lightning

ood; and from t

tue, passed

h less his vi

glories of his

n, pass all act

aise the one,

pon the dia

will serve u

ish that fo

Josias ha

d in Monumentum Regale, 1649, p. 49;

as 1659, 1665, and the successors of 1677, 'do': which any one wh

'their' 1653 and

= 'tries to

on discovered and communicated to me some variants (from Bodley MSS.) of Cleveland'

Chadderton (page 81) in Ashmole MS. 36-7, f

for so we wo

tlived death

st dying, and

e been immo

ave any motive for interpolating such

. as conjectured i

d, with a view to emphasis. Query

Archbishop Williams (p. 69). Most readings

orpora

indicate

pier ages (

ish'd) with un

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qu

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si culpa potest

poinct qui

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qu

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