The Royal Entertainment at Caversham · chunk 1 of 4
Campion, Thomas · published 1613 · first performed or written 1613 [Apr 27-28] (Annals) entertainment; masque; royal entertainment or entry · before the Court unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 461 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T37: wealth, riches, money, god, rich, poverty, men, learning, poor, ic.
STay; whether you human be or divine; here is no passage; see you not the earth furrowed? the region solitary? Cities and Courts fit tumultuous multitudes: this is a place of silence; here a kingdom I enjoy without people; myself commands, myself obeys; Host, Cook, and Guest myself; I reap without sowing, owe all to Nature, to none other beholding: my skin is my coat, my ornaments these boughs and flowers, this Bower my house, the earth my bed, herbs my food, water my drink; I want no sleep, nor health; I envy none, nor am envied, neither fear I, nor hope, nor joy, nor grieve: if this be happiness, I have it; which you all that depend on others service, or command, want: will you be happy? be private; turn Palaces to Hermitages, noys to silence, outward felicity, to inward content. Whether travels thy tongue ill nurtur'dman? thy manners show madness, thy nakedness poverty, thy resolution folly; since none will undertake thy presumption; let me descend, that I may make thy ignorance know how much it hath injured sacred ears. Naked I am, and so is truth; plain, and so is honesty; I fear no man's encounter, since my cause deserves neither excuse, nor blame. Shall I now chide or pity thee? thou art as miserable in life, as foolish in thy opinion; answer me; dost thou think that all happiness consists in solitariness? I do. And are they unhappy that abide in society? They are. Dost thou esteem it a good thing to live? The best of things. Hadst thou not a Father and Mother? Yes. Did they not live in society? They did. And wert not thou one of their society, when they bred thee, instructing thee to go, and speak? True. Thy birth then and speech in spite of thy spleen make thee sociable, go, thou art but a vainglorious counterfeit, and wanting that which should make thee happy, contemnest the means; view but the heavens, is there not above us a Sun and Moon, giving and receiving light? are there not millions of Stars that participate their glorious beams? is there any Element simple? is there not a mixture of all things? and wouldst thou only be singular? action is the end of life, virtue the crown of action, society the subject of virtue, friendship the band of society, solitariness the breach. Thou art yet young, and fair enough, wert thou not barbarous; thy soul poor wretch is far out of tune, make it musical, come, follow me, and learn to live. I am conquered by reason, and humbly ask pardon for my error, henceforth my heart shall honour greatness, and love society; lead now, and I will follow as good a fellow as the best.
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STay; whether you humane be or diuine; here is no passage; see you not the earth furrowed? the region solitarie? Cities and Courts fit tumultuous multitudes: this is a place of silence; heere a kingdome I enioy without people; my selfe commands, my selfe obeyes; Host, Cooke, and Guest my selfe; I reape without sowing, owe all to Nature, to none other beholding: my skinne is my coate, my ornaments these boughes and flowers, this Bower my house, the earth my bed, herbes my food, water my drinke; I want no sleepe, nor health; I enuie none, nor am enuied, neither feare I, nor hope, nor ioy, nor grieue: if this be happinesse, I haue it; which you all that depend on others seruice, or command, want: will you be happy? be priuate; turne Pallaces to Hermitages, noies to silence, outward felicitie, to inward content. Whether trauels thy tongue ill nurtur'dman? thy manners shew madnesse, thy nakednesse pouertie, thy resolution folly; since none will vndertake thy presumption; let mee descend, that I may make thy ignorance know how much it hath injured sacred eares. Naked I am, and so is truth; plaine, and so is honestie; I feare no mans encounter, since my cause deserues neither excuse, nor blame. Shall I now chide or pitie thee? thou art as miserable in life, as foolish in thy opinion; answere me; doest thou thinke that all happinesse consists in solitarinesse? I doe. And are they vnhappy that abide in societie? They are. Doest thou esteeme it a good thing to liue? The best of things. Hadst thou not a Father and Mother? Yes. Did they not liue in societie? They did. And wert not thou one of their societie, when they bred thee, instructing thee to goe, and speake? True. Thy birth then and speech in spite of thy splene make thee sociable, goe, thou art but a vaine-glorious counterfait, and wanting that which should make thee happie, contemnest the meanes; view but the heau'ns, is there not aboue vs a Sunne and Moone, giuing and receiuing light? are there not millions of Starres that participate their glorious beames? is there any Element simple? is there not a mixture of all things? and wouldst thou only be singular? action is the end of life, vertue the crowne of action, society the subject of vertue, friendship the band of societie, solitarinesse the breach. Thou art yet yong, and faire enough, wert thou not barbarous; thy soule poore wretch is farre out of tune, make it musicall, come, follow me, and learne to liue. I am conquered by reason, and humbly aske pardon for my error, henceforth my heart shall honour greatnesse, and loue societie; leade now, and I will follow as good a fellow as the best.