Be thou, O God, so good, as thus

Thy perfect fayth to see take place; Thy peace thou plant here among us, That error may go hide her face; So concord us in each case,

As in thy courte it is enrolde : We all, as one, to love her grace,

That is our queen, this Marigolde,

A

BALLAD

OF THE MEETING OF

PHILIP AND MARY.

Pende by JOHN HEYWOD.

THE egle's byrde hath spred his wings,
And from far of hathe taken flyght,

In whiche meane way, by no leurings,

On bough, or braunch, this birde wold light,

Till on the rose, both red and whight,

He lighteth now moste lovinglie,

And therto moste behovinglie.

The monthe ensuing next to June,

This birde this floure for perch doth take, Rejoysinglie him selfe to prune;

He rousith, rypelie to awake,

Upon his perche to chose his make,

Concluding strayght, for rype right rest,

In the lion's boure to bilde his nest.

A bird a beast to make to choose,
Namelie a beaste most furious,
It may seem straunge, and so it doose,
And to this birde injurious;

It semthe a case right curious,
To make construction in such sens,
As may stande for this bird's defens.

But marke, this lion so by name
I properlie a lambe tassyne;
No lion wilde, a lion tame;

No rampant lion masculyne:

The lamb-like lion feminyne, Whose milde meeke propertie aleurth This bird to light, and him asseurth.

The egle's bird, the egle's eyre
All other birds far surmounting;

The crownid lion, matcheth feyre;

Croune unto croune this birde doth bring;

A queenlie queene, a kinglie king;

Thus, lyke to lyke here matched is:

What matche may matche more mete than this?

So meete a matche in parentage;
So meete a matche in dignite;
So meete a matche in patronage;

So meete a matche in benignitie;

So matcht from all malignitie,—

As (thankes to God gyven for the same) Seeld hath ben seene, thus sayeth the fame.

This meete met match at first meeting,
In theyr aproche togither neere;
Lovlie, lovlie, lyveli greeting,

In eche to other did so appeere,
That lookers on al must graunt cheere,
Theire usage of such humayne reache
As all might lerne, but none could teache.

Then in conjoyning of these twayne,
Suche sacred solempne solempnite;

Suche fare in feaste to entertayne,
Suche notable nobilite;

Suche honour, with suche honeste,
Such joye, all these to plat in plot,
Plat them who can, for I can not.

But here one deyntie president
Nombre so greate, in place so small,
Nacions so manie, so different,
So sodenlie met, so agreed all,
Without offensyve worde let fall,
Save sight of twayne, for whome all met,
No one sight there lyke this to get.

This lamb-like lion, and lamb-like burd,
To show effect, as cause affordes,

For that they lamb-like be concurde,
The lamb of Lambes, the lorde of Lordes,
Let us lyke lambs, as moste acordes,
Most mekelie thanke, in humble wyse,
As humble hart may most devyse.

Whiche thanks full gyven most thankfullie, To prayer fall we on our kneese,

That it may lyke that Lorde on hie,

In helthe and welth to prosper theese, As faith for thier moste high degreese; And that all we, their subjects, may Them and their lawes love and obay.