vi.

O, deuine Loue! which so aloft can raise,
And lift the minde out of this earthly mire ;
And doth inspire vs with so glorious praise,
As with the heauens doth equall man's desire :
Who doth not help to deck thy holy shrine,
With Venus' myrtle and Apollo's tree;
Who will not say that thou art more deuine,
At least confesse a Deitye in thee?

vii. (part 1.)

If the deep sighs of an afflicted brest,

Orewhelm'd with sorrow, or th' erected eyes
Of a poore wretch with miseries opprest,

For whose complaints tears neuer could suffice:
Haue not the power your Deities to moue,
Who shall ere looke for succour from aboue?
For whom too long I taried for reliefe,
Nowe aske but death that onely ends my griefe.
viii. (part 2.)

There's not a groue that wonders not my woe,
Nor not a riuer weeps not at my tale;
I heare the Ecchos (wandring to and fro)
Resounde my griefe through euery hill and dale;
The birds and beasts yet in their simple kind,
Lament for me: no pitty else I finde;
And teares I find doe bring no other good,
But as new showers encrease the rising flood.

ix.

I haue intreated and I haue complained,

I haue disprais'd and praise I likewise gaue;
All means to win her grace I tryed haue,
And still I loue and still I am disdained.
Oh, could my sighes once purchase me reliefe,
Or in her hart my teares imprint my griefe ;
But cease vaine sighes, cease yee fruitlesse teares;
Teares cannot pierce her hart, nor sighes her eares.

X.

In Memory of Prince Henry.

Weepe forth your teares, and doe lament; He's dead,
Who liuing was of all the world beloued;

Let dolorous lamenting still be spread,

Through all the earth that all harts may be moued.

T.

To sighe and plaine,

Since death hath slaine
Prince Henry.

Oh had he liu'd our hopes had still encreased;
But he is dead and all our ioye's deceased.

J. H.

Oor Ladys Retorne to England, accompanied with saint Frances and the good Iesus of Viana in Portugal, who, comming from Brasell, ariued at Clauelly in Deuonshire, the third of June, 1592. A wonder of the Lorde most admirable, to note how many Spanish saintes are enforced to come one pilgrimage for Englande. With the most happie fortune of that braue gentill-man William Graftone Citizen of London, Captaine and oner of our Ladies. Writen by H. R. [wood cut, a shield with ship in full sail, &c.] Imprinted at London by A. I. and are to be sold by William Barlye at his shop in gratious streete ouer against Leaden Hall. 1592. Four leaves 4to.

This is a plain narrative addressed in a letter "to the worshipful George Lancaster Esquire, at his lodging in London';" giving the particulars of a voyage made by the vessel called " our Lady" commanded by

Maister William Grafton," a citizen of London, whereby was captured the Spanish vessels "Saint Francis" and "Good Iesus" two of the " many Spanish saints" forced, as the title has it "to come on pilgrimage to England." On the back of the title is "H. R. in Captaine Grafton's worthie deserued commendations.

Braue noble brutes, ye troiane youthfull wightes,
Whose laud doth reach the sentoure of the sunne :
Your braue attempts by lande, or seaes your fightes,
Your forwarde hearts, imortall fame hath wonne ;
The world reportes, what Londoners hath done,
Freemen I meane, and prentices of worth,
For countrie seruice that are called forth.

Amongst which, of name let Grafton haue his due,
Valiant braue man whose courage none could quaile :
His actes at larg heere after shall insue,

And

And how in fight he often did preuaile :
When three to one on seaes did him assaile,
Seeking by force his ruine to haue wrought,
Which he surpraised and them to Eugland brought.
Read Graftones deedes you cauelires of worth,
Sureuay his life and learne by him to liue:
Whose bountie, kindnes, and valoure shewed forth,
If I should write the dastard hart my greeue:
Casting great doubtes how they might me beleeue,
Yet Ile maintaine this captaines actes are such,
As fewe I know will hassard halfe so much."

The letter describes Captain Grafton as having prepared a "small caruell called our Lady fitte for the seas, embarqued himselfe at Youholl in Ireland, well furnished with braue and resoluit men." On the seventh day they fell in with two vessels the one of an hundred and twenty tons, having forty six men and ten cast pieces, the other of threescore tons and sixteen

men.

"After the captaine had hailed them, and bad them strike the bearing Spaniards proud mindes, seeing so smale a Caruill as his owr Ladie of the Captaines, scorned to yeeld, but made reddie to fight, and both began with all their force to assaile him most hotly, the gunner from the great ship shot the Caruilles meane missen from the yardes, shered many ropes and did them great mischeefe, so that with splycing and repairing, the same company was greatly pusseled; in this time the Captaine called for a canne of wine and drinking hartely to them, desired them all as they loued him to follow him and at the next comming vp they would boord her, where to they were al very willing and comming vp with them againe the Gunner with his brokenmouth minion racked him fore and oft, the barre entring at the starre went throughout. Then comming vp in her quarter the Captaine leapt in at their cheane holes, and one other with him who was hardly [set] with pikes and other hand weapons; yet kept hee is place when the shippes falling off he had no remedy but abide that chance God had allotted them. company aboord 'oth to let their Captaine rest in so great danger came atord againe, when valiantly they entered, his boy being with the first aboord had taken downe their flag, to the great greefe of the enemie, who now repenting their hardinesse craued mercie. The other smale seeing all the men of warre almost aboord their prise, layed the Caruell aboord

x 2

The

aboord but to their great cost, for there being courageous men, entered but six of them with their swordes and dagers, swordes and targates, and such as they had, and stowed the fiteene Portingauls, so that they were possessed of both sooner than they exspected. The Captaine seeing the other was taken gaue God thankes for his goodnes."

A prior voyage appears to have been equally fortunate, when the Captain's

"Owne ship was the grace of God who took our Lady and saint Anthonie, Our Lady she made a man of warre who hath taken now those two prises loaden with suger, the one called saint Fraunces, the other the good Iesus both of Viana, a wonder of the Lorde to appoint this Spanish saints to make rich his english sailours, as by this valiant Captaine is shewed, for how many Captaines hath had such blessinges as this gentleman, or who more fortunate whom Iesus, our Lady, S. Fraunces & S. Anthony hath brought their bles singes there. News ther is none worthy to write, but for your hawkes, I hope by Saint Iames tide to bring you, till then with my heartiest commendationes, I leaue you to his protection whom I daily pray to blesse vs all. From Barnstable in the north of Deuonshire this 6 of July, 1592. Yours euer redie to vse. H. R."

J. H.

¶ An Arithmeticall Militare Treatise, named Stratioticos compendiously teaching the Science of Numbers, as well in Fractions as Integers, & so much of the Rules & Equations Algebraicall & Arte of Numbers Cossicall, as are requisite for the Profession of a Soldiour. Together with the Moderne Militare Discipline, Offices, Lawes and Dueties in euery well gouerned Campe & Armie to be observed. Long since attempted by LEONARD DIGGES Gentleman; Augmented, Digested and lately finished by THOMAS DIGGES, his Sonne. Whereto he hath also adioyned certaine Questions of great Ordinaunce, resolued in his other Treatise of Pyrotechny & great Artillerie, hereafter to be published.

Vivet post funera Vertus.
At London Printed by Henry Bynneman Anno
Domini 1579. pp. 192. 4to.

A Geometrical Practical Treatise named Pantometria,

diuided

divided into three Bookes, Longimetra, Planimetra, & Stereometria, Containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all Lines, Superficies and Solides: with sundrie strange conclusions both by instrument & without, & also by glasses to set forth the true description or exact Platte of an whole Region. First published by THOMAS DIGGES Esq. & dedicated to the graue, wise, and honourable Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England. With a Mathematicall Discourse of the fiue regular Platonicall Solides, and their Metamorphoses into other fiue compound rare Geometricall Bodies, conteyning an hundred nowe Theoremes at least of his owne Inuention, neuer mentioned before by anye other Geometrician. Lately reviewed by the Author himselfe, and augmented with sundrie Additions, Diffinitions, Problems, and rare Theoremes, to open the passage, and prepare a way to the understanding of his Treatise of Martiall Pyrotechnie & great Artillerie, hereafter to be published. At London. Printed by Abell Jeffes, Anno. 1591. Folio. pp. 196.

LEONARD DIGGES, of Wootton Court, between Canterbury and Dover, (which scat he purchased in the last year of K. Hen. VIII.) was a younger son of James Digges, Esq. of Digges's Court in the adjoining parish of Barham. He was educated at Oxford, and became eminent for his skill in mathematics, architecture, and land-surveying. His first publication was

Tectonicon, on the measurement of land, &c. 1556, 4to. augmented by his son Thomas 1592, 4to. ; printed again 1647, 4to.**

Another was Prognostication everlasting, of right good Effect: or choice rules to judge the weather by the Sun, Moon, Stars, &c. London, 1555, 1556, 1564, 4to. and augmented by his son Thomas, with divers general Tables, and many compendious rules. Lond. 1592, 4to.+

He died not later than 1573.

THOMAS DIGGES, his son, who was at least equally eminent in the same sciences, sold his paternal seat at Wood's Ath. I. 180. Biogr. Brit, 2d, edit, v. £38,

+ Ibid.