The Seven Champions of Christendom · chunk 34 of 43
Kirke, John · published 1638 · first performed or written 1635 [1634-1638] (Annals) romance · Red Bull Company (second) · Red Bull unassigned nearest T51 Parents and children: blessing, birthrig · 470 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T51: esau, iacob, father, son, isaac, god, love, birthright, parents, thing.
Mount then my Son, and as we reach the sky, My Spirits shall salute us with sweet bays, Iove shall bow down his head to hear their lays, And wish himself commander of their skill: Will this delight thee? Oh my happy friend. Earth, nor her strongest hold shall not secure 'em. O act of wonder, we in vain pursue: Look how they raise themselves unto the clouds: Oh had I wings but to o'ertake The Villain, Devil, Enchanter. Ha, ha, ha; fools to imagine you could wrong Argalio, I pity you, or else my powerful hand Should crush you into air: Stand, and admire, whilst we ascend a height 'Bove your weak thoughts. Yet are we happy, though they scaped Our justice, that we have freed The Country from contagion. The people Find this benefit already; And hark, with shouts applaud this act Of wonder: let's to the Queen, And fully give relations of all these accidents, Then are we free for other Warlike deeds. Virtue should still be active, apt to right Those which are wronged, and good deeds to requite. Ah sirrah, the world is pretty well amended with me now, thanks to my Kingly father, and his Charms, 'twas time for me to leave the domineering Rascal, and his beggarly crew of wanderers, Grooms I may term them, for if they had been Knights they would never have used a Prince amongst 'em so. I have travailed five times through the world, and not a Town, City, or Burrough in England but I carried the marks on my shoulders to show for't. The best days that ever I saw with 'em, was when we hired Charles' Wain, and rid about the elements, that was the best twelve days journey that e'er I had: and I remember we had good lodging at the twelve Signs, and nobly used, for they would not take one Penny, and to say the truth we had no money to give: but how we got up, or how the devil we got down again I know not: and then we fell to our old course again, to kill every one that we met: which course I not liking, in regard we must fight for our victuals, I begged this charm of my Father, where hearing of a famous Castle of Brandron's, and what a brave house he kept for Victuals, I out with my Spell, and straight wished me there; which being no sooner uttered, but a Hawk or a buzzard flew betwixt my legs, mounted me in the Air, and set me down here, where I find whole Oxen, boiled in a Pottage-pot will hold more water than the Thames, and now having pretty well stuffed my Pannier, I'll e'en take a He sleeps. nap, and so wish myself somewhere else.
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Mount then my Sonne, and as we reach the sky, My Spirits ſhall ſalute us with ſweete bayes, Iove ſhall bow downe his head to heare their layes, And wiſh himſelfe commander of their skill: Will this delight thee? Oh my happy friend. Earth, nor her ſtrongeſt hold ſhall not ſecure 'em. O act of wonder, we in vaine purſue: Looke how they raiſe themſelves unto the clouds: Oh had I wings but to ore'take The Villaine, Divell, Inchanter. Ha, ha, ha; fooles to imagine you could wrong Argalio, I pitty you, or elſe my powerfull hand Should cruſh you into ayre: Stand, and admire, whilſt we aſcend a height 'Bove your weake thoughts. Yet are we happy, though they ſcap'd Our juſtice, that we have freed The Countrey from contagion. The people Finde this benefit already; And harke, with ſhouts applaud this act Of wonder: Lets to the Queene, And fully give relations of all theſe accidents, Then are we free for other Warlike deeds. Vertue ſhould ſtill be active, apt to right Thoſe which are wrong'd, and good deeds to requite. Ah ſirrah, the world is pretty well amended with me now, thankes to my Kingly father, and his Charmes, 'twas time for me to leave the domineering Raſcall, and his beggerly crue of wanderers, Groomes I may tearme them, for if they had beene Knights they would never have us'd a Prince amongſt 'em ſo. I have travail'd five times through the world, and not a Towne, City, or Burrough in England but I carryed the markes on my ſhoulders to ſhew for't. The beſt dayes that ever I ſaw with 'em, was when we hir'd Charles Waine, and rid about the elements, that was the beſt twelve dayes journey that e're I had: and I remember we had good lodging at the twelve Signes, and nobly us'd, for they would not take one Penny, and to ſay the truth we had no money to give: but how we got up, or how the divell we got downe agen I know not: and then we fell to our old courſe agen, to kill every one that wee met: which courſe I not liking, in regard wee muſt fight for our victualls, I begg'd this charme of my Father, where hearing of a famous Caſtle of Brandrons, and what a brave houſe hee kept for Victuals, I out with my Spell, and ſtraight wiſht me there; which being no ſooner utter'd, but a Hawke or a Buzard flew betwixt my legs, mounted me in the Aire, and ſet me downe here, where I finde whole Oxen, boyld in a Pottage-pot will hold more water than the Thames, and now having pretty well ſtuft my Pannier, Ile e'ne take a He ſleepes. nap, and ſo wiſh my ſelfe ſomewhere elſe.