Tityrus to his fair Phillis. [From England's Helicon.] THE silly swain, whose love breeds discontent, But when his fortune's malice doth relent, Then Tityrus, whom love hath happy made, J. D[AVIS?] HENRY PEACHAM Was author of " Minerva Britanna, or a garden of heroical "Devises," &c. 1612, 4to, (a collection of Emblems in verse, with a plate to each, from which the following extracts are taken) as well as "The Period of Mourning "—in memorie of the late Prince. Together with Nup. "tial Hymnes in honour of this happy marriage betweene "Fred. Count Pal.-and Eliz.-Daughter to our So66 vereigne," 1613, 40. "A most true relation of the "affairs of Cleve and Gulick," &c. 1614, 4to. (prose) "Prince Henrie revived; or a Poeme upon the Birth"of-Prince H. Frederick-Heire apparant to Fred. "Count Pal. of the Rhine," &c. 1615, 4to. "The Com66 pleat Gentleman," 1622, 1627, 1634, 1654, 1661, 4to. (prose)" The Gentleman's Exercise," 1612, 1634, 1654, 1661, 4to. (prose)" Thalia's Banquet," a volume of epigrams, 1620, 12mo. "The Valley of Varietie," 1638, 12mo. (prose, as well as the two following.) "The Duty "of all true subjects to their king; as also to their na❝tive country in time of extremity and danger," &c. in "two bookes," 1639, 4to. "The Worth of a Peny, or a "caution to keep money," 1647, 1667, 1677, 1695, 4to. &c. All works of considerable merit. He is placed here owing to the uncertainty of the time of his birth. If, as Mr Ritson assumes, he is the same as 66 Henry Pecham, Minister," who published "The Gar"den of Eloquence,” (a treatise on rhetoric,) in 1577, 4to, bl. 1. he ought to be referred to the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. If, on the other hand, as Mr Malone conceives, our author is a different person, (perhaps son to the last-mentioned), and the earliest date of his compositions, 1611, (verses in " The Odcombian Ban"quet,") he would then rather belong to the succeeding one of James I. I have only to add, that he was born at or near St Albans ; assisted in educating the children of Thomas, earl of Arundel; and attended that nobleman into the Low Countries. In the title to his "Minerva" he styles himself Master of Arts; and it appears that he was some"time of Trinity College, Cambridge." His father was "Mr Henry Peacham, of Leverton, in Holland, in the 66 county of Lincoln." Further particulars of his History I am unable to furnish, (though, in all probability, they might be supplied by an attentive perusal of his various publications,) and, till I have it in my power to ascertain with accuracy, either the year of his birth, or whether or not he was the author of "The Garden of Eloquence," venture to place him between the reigns of Elizabeth and James. Humilibus dat Gratiam. THE mountains huge, that seem to check the sky, So God oft-times denies unto the great Do feel their wants; when men of meaner place, Although they lack the others' golden spring, Perhaps are blest above the richest king. Gloriae lata Via. THOUGH life be short, and man doth, as the sun, His journey finish in a little space, The way is wide an honest course to run, That, at the last, do our just labours crown Nor can night's shadow, or the Stygian deep, Conceal fair Virtue from the world's wide eye; The more oppress'd, the more she strives to peep, And raise her rose-bound golden head on high: When epicures, the wretch, and worldly slave, Shall rot in shame, alive and in the grave. Nec in una sede morantur. THE awful sceptre, though it can compel But, Venus' infant! dread of all beneath! Imperious fear from my sweet saint remove, Ad generosissimum et opt. spei juvenem Nobilem THE Spartan virgins, ere they had compos'd So ye, brave lord, who like the heavenly sphere Delight in motion, and about to roam, Must learn to mix in travel far and near With pleasure profit, that, returning home, Your skill and judgment more may make you known Than your French suit, or lock so largely grown. |