Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

XXVIII. (b) the shepheardes calender. ^^^112. Euer among) Euer and anone.97. T^his is my^) The thyrde parte, wherein is set forth hisripe yeres as an vntimely haruest, that bringeth little fruite.127. So no^w my yeere) The last part, wherein is described hisage, by comparison of wyntrye stormes.133. Carefull cold) for care is sayd to coole the blood.139. Glee) mirth.135. Hoaryfrost) A metaphore of hoary heares scattered lyke toa gray frost.148. *Breeme) sharpe and bitter.151. Adieqv delights) is a conclusion of all ; where in sixe verseshe comprehendeth briefly all that was touched in this booke. Inthe first verse, his delights of youth generally. In the second, theloue of Rosalind. In the thyrd, the keeping of sheepe, which isthe argument of all [the] ^Eglogues. In the fourth, his complaints.And in the last two, his professed frendship and goodwill to his good friend HobbinoU.Embleme. —The meaning whereof is, that all thinges perish andcome to theyr last end, but workes of learned wits and monumentsof Poetry abide for euer. And therefore Horace of hisOdes, a work though ful indede of great wit & learning, yet of noso great weight and importaunce, boldly saythExegi monimentum aere perennius.Quod nee imber [edax] nee aquilo vorax, &c.Therefore let not be enuied, that this Poete in his Epilogue saythhe hath made a Calendar, that shall endure as long as time, &c.folowing the ensample of Horace and Quid in the like.Grande opus exegi, quod- nee louis ira nee ignis.Nee fer[r]um poterit nee edax abolere vetustas, &c.\Epilogue?^Loe, I haue made a Calender for euery yeare.That Steele in strength, and time in durance shall outweareAnd if I marked well the starres reuolution,It shall continewe till the worlds dissolution.To teach the ruder shepheard how to feede his sheepe, 5And from the falsers fraud his folded flocke to keepe.1 Wrongly cited. He mean? ' 1 hus is my,' &c.^ Printed ' quae.'A a 2