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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="302" REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>A mo&s;t execellent and vertuous Ballad of the Patient <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of <HI>The Brides good morrow.</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>three separate biblical or apocryphal scenes with bibliographical labels</FIGDESC>
<P>3 ELIA. 18</P>
<P>3. AHA 20</P>
<P>4 ELIA. 2</P>
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<L><HI>A</HI> Noble Marque&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>As he did ride a hunting</L>
<L>hard by a Forre&s;t &s;ide,</L>
<L>A faire and comely Maiden,</L>
<L>As &s;he did &s;it a &s;pinning,</L>
<L>his gentle eye e&s;pide:</L>
<L>Mo&s;t faire and louely,</L>
<L>And of comely grace was &s;he,</L>
<L>although in &s;imple attire;</L>
<L>She &s;ung full &s;weetly,</L>
<L>With plea&s;ant voyce melodiou&s;ly,</L>
<L>which &s;et the Lords heart on fire;</L>
<L>The more he lookt, the more he might,</L>
<L>Beauty bred his hearts delight,</L>
<L>And to this Dam&s;ell</L>
<L>then he went.</L>
<L>God &s;peed (quoth he) thou famous flower,</L>
<L>Faire Mi&s;tris of this homely Bower,</L>
<L>Where loue and vertue</L>
<L>dwels with &s;weet content.</L>
<L>With comely ge&s;ture,</L>
<L>And mode&s;t mild behauiour</L>
<L>&s;he bade him welcome then,</L>
<L>She entertain'd him</L>
<L>In faithfull friendly manner,</L>
<L>and all his Gentlemen.</L>
<L>The Noble Marque&s;&s;e</L>
<L>In's heart felt &s;uch a flame,</L>
<L>which &s;et his &s;en&s;es at &s;trife,</L>
<L>Quoth he, faire Maiden,</L>
<L>Shew me &s;oone what is thy name,</L>
<L>I meane to make thee my wife.</L>
<L><HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> is my name quoth &s;he,</L>
<L>Farre vnfit for your degree,</L>
<L>&s;illy Maiden,</L>
<L>and of Parents poore.</L>
<L>Nay, <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell,</HI> thou art rich, he &s;aid,</L>
<L>A vertuous, faire, and comely Maid,</L>
<L>Grant me thy loue,</L>
<L>and I will aske no more.</L>
<L>At length &s;he con&s;ented,</L>
<L>And being both contented,</L>
<L>they married were with &s;peed:</L>
<L>Her Countrey Ru&s;&s;et</L>
<L>Was chang'd to Silke and Veluet,</L>
<L>as to her &s;tate agreed:</L>
<L>And when that &s;he</L>
<L>Was trimly tired in the &s;ame,</L>
<L>her beauty &s;hined bright,</L>
<L>Farre &s;taining euery</L>
<L>Other faire and Princely Dame</L>
<L>that did appeare in her &s;ight.</L>
<L>Many enuied her therefore,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e &s;he was of Parents poore,</L>
<L>And t'wixt her Lord and &s;he</L>
<L>great &s;trife did rai&s;e:</L>
<L>Some &s;aid this, and &s;ome &s;aid that,</L>
<L>And &s;ome did call her Beggers brat,</L>
<L>And to her Lord</L>
<L>they would her oft di&s;prai&s;e.</L>
<L>O Noble Marque&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Quoth they, why do&s;t thou wrong vs,</L>
<L>thus ba&s;ely for to wed,</L>
<L>That might haue gotten</L>
<L>An honorable Lady</L>
<L>into your Princely bed?</L>
<L>Who will not now</L>
<L>Your Noble I&s;&s;ue &s;till deride,</L>
<L>which &s;hall hereafter be borne,</L>
<L>That are of bloud &s;o ba&s;e,</L>
<L>Borne by the Mothers &s;ide,</L>
<L>the which will bring them in &s;corne.</L>
<L>Put her therefore quite away,</L>
<L>And take to you a Lady gay,</L>
<L>Whereby your Linage</L>
<L>may renowned be.</L>
<L>Thus euery day they &s;eem'd to prate,</L>
<L>That malic'd <HI>Gri&s;&s;ells</HI> good e&s;tate,</L>
<L>Who all this while</L>
<L>tooke it mo&s;t patiently.</L>
<L>When that the Marque&s;&s;e</L>
<L>Did &s;ee that they were bent thus</L>
<L>again&s;t his faithfull Wife,</L>
<L>Whom he mo&s;t dearely,</L>
<L>Tenderly, and intirely,</L>
<L>beloued as his life,</L>
<L>Minding in &s;ecret</L>
<L>For to proue her patient heart</L>
<L>thereby her foes to di&s;grace,</L>
<L>Thinking to &s;hew her</L>
<L>A hard di&s;courteous part,</L>
<L>that men might pitty her ca&s;e:</L>
<L>Great with child this Lady was,</L>
<L>And at la&s;t it came to pa&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Two goodly children</L>
<L>at one birth &s;he had,</L>
<L>A Son and Daughter God had &s;ent,</L>
<L>Which did their Father well content,</L>
<L>And which did make</L>
<L>their Mothers heart full glad,</L>
<L>Great royall Fea&s;ting</L>
<L>Was at the&s;e Childrens Chri&s;tning,</L>
<L>and Princely triumph made,</L>
<L>Sixe weekes together,</L>
<L>All Nobles that came thither</L>
<L>were entertain'd and &s;taid,</L>
<L>And when all the&s;e plea&s;ant</L>
<L>Sportings quite were done,</L>
<L>the Marque&s;&s;e a Me&s;&s;enger &s;ent</L>
<L>For his young Daughter,</L>
<L>And his pretty &s;miling Son,</L>
<L>declaring his full intent,</L>
<L>How that the Babes mu&s;t murdred be,</L>
<L>For &s;o the Marque&s;&s;e did decree:</L>
<L>Come, let me haue</L>
<L>the Children, than he &s;aid.</L>
<L>With that faire <HI>Gri&s;&s;el</HI> wept full &s;ore,</L>
<L>She wrung her hands &amp; &s;aid no more,</L>
<L>My gracious Lord</L>
<L>mu&s;t haue his will obeyd.</L>
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<PB N="303" REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<L>SHe tooke the Babies,</L>
<L>Euen from the nur&s;ing Ladies,</L>
<L>betweene her tender armes,</L>
<L>She often wi&s;hes</L>
<L>With many &s;orrowfull ki&s;&s;es,</L>
<L>that &s;he might ea&s;e their harmes:</L>
<L>Farewell, farewell</L>
<L>A thou&s;and times my children deare,</L>
<L>neuer &s;hall I &s;&eacute;e you againe;</L>
<L>'Tis long of me</L>
<L>Your &s;ad and wofull mother here,</L>
<L>for who&s;e &s;ake both mu&s;t be &s;laine;</L>
<L>Had I b&eacute;ene borne of Royall race,</L>
<L>You might haue b&eacute;ene in happy ca&s;e,</L>
<L>But you mu&s;t dye</L>
<L>for my vnworthine&s;&s;e.</L>
<L>Come me&s;&s;enger of death (quoth &s;he)</L>
<L>Take my deare&s;t Babes to thee,</L>
<L>And to their Father</L>
<L>my complaints expre&s;&s;e.</L>
<L>He tooke the Children,</L>
<L>And to his Noble Ma&s;ter</L>
<L>he brought them both with &s;p&eacute;ed,</L>
<L>Who in &s;ecret &s;ent them</L>
<L>Vnto a Noble Lady</L>
<L>to be brought vp indeed.</L>
<L>Then to faire <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI></L>
<L>With a heavy heart he goes</L>
<L>where &s;he &s;ate mildly all alone,</L>
<L>A plea&s;ant ge&s;ture,</L>
<L>And a louely looke &s;he &s;hewes,</L>
<L>as if no griefe &s;he had knowne.</L>
<L>(Qd. he) my children now are &s;laine,</L>
<L>What thinks faire <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> of the &s;ame,</L>
<L>Sweet <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> now</L>
<L>declare thy mind to me.</L>
<L>Sith you, my Lord are pleas'd with it,</L>
<L>Poore <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> thinks the action fit,</L>
<L>Both I and mine</L>
<L>at your command will be.</L>
<L>My Nobles murmur,</L>
<L>Faire <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> at thy honour,</L>
<L>and I no ioy can haue</L>
<L>Till thou be bani&s;ht</L>
<L>Both from my Court and pre&s;ence,</L>
<L>as they vniu&s;tly craue,</L>
<L>Thou mu&s;t be &s;tript</L>
<L>Out of thy &s;tately garments all,</L>
<L>and as thou cam'&s;t to me</L>
<L>In homely gray</L>
<L>In &s;tead of Bi&s;&s;e and pure&s;t Pall,</L>
<L>now all thy clothing mu&s;t be.</L>
<L>My Lady thou mu&s;t be no more,</L>
<L>Nor I thy Lord, which grieues me &s;ore,</L>
<L>The poore&s;t life</L>
<L>mu&s;t now content thy mind.</L>
<L>A groat to thee I mu&s;t not giue,</L>
<L>Thee to maintaine while I doe liue,</L>
<L>Again&s;t my <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI></L>
<L>&s;uch great foes I find.</L>
<L>When gentle <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI></L>
<L>Did heare the&s;e wofull tidings,</L>
<L>the teares &s;tood in her eyes,</L>
<L>Nothing &s;he an&s;wered,</L>
<L>No words of di&s;contentment</L>
<L>did from her lips ari&s;e;</L>
<L>Her Velvet Gowne</L>
<L>Mo&s;t patiently &s;he &s;lipped off,</L>
<L>her Kirtle of Silke with the &s;ame,</L>
<L>Her Ru&s;&s;et Gowne</L>
<L>Was brought againe with many a &s;coffe</L>
<L>to beare them her &s;elfe &s;he did frame,</L>
<L>When &s;he was dre&s;t in this array,</L>
<L>And was ready to part away,</L>
<L>God &s;end long life</L>
<L>vnto my Lord (quoth &s;he)</L>
<L>Let no offence be found in this,</L>
<L>To giue my Lord a parting ki&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>With watry eyes,</L>
<L>farewell my deare, he &s;aid.</L>
<L>From Princely Palace,</L>
<L>Vnto her Fathers Cottage,</L>
<L>poore <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> now is gone:</L>
<L>Full &s;ixteene Winters</L>
<L>She liued there contented,</L>
<L>no wrong &s;he thought vpon:</L>
<L>And at that time through</L>
<L>All the Land the &s;peeches went,</L>
<L>the Marque&s;&s;e &s;hould married be,</L>
<L>Vnto a Noble Lady great,</L>
<L>Of high di&s;cent,</L>
<L>and to the &s;ame all parties did agr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>The Marque&s;&s;e &s;ent for <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> faire</L>
<L>The Brides bed-chamber to prepare</L>
<L>That nothing therein</L>
<L>might be found awry;</L>
<L>The Bride was with her Brother com<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>Which was great ioy to all and &s;om<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>But <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> tooke</L>
<L>all this mo&s;t patiently.</L>
<L>And in the morning,</L>
<L>When as they &s;hould be wedded,</L>
<L>her patience then was tride;</L>
<L><HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> was charged,</L>
<L>Her &s;elfe in friendly manner,</L>
<L>for to attire the Bride,</L>
<L>Mo&s;t willingly</L>
<L>She gaue con&s;ent to doe the &s;ame,</L>
<L>the Bride in her brauery was dre&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>And pre&s;ently</L>
<L>The Noble Marque&s;&s;e thither came</L>
<L>with all his Lords at his reque&s;t,</L>
<L>O <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell,</HI> I would aske of thee,</L>
<L>If to this match thou wilt agree,</L>
<L>Me thinks thy lookes</L>
<L>are waxed wondrous coy.</L>
<L>With that they all began to &s;mile,</L>
<L>And <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI> &s;he replide the while,</L>
<L>God &s;end Lord Marque&s;&s;e</L>
<L>many yeares of ioy.</L>
<L>The Marque&s;&s;e was moued</L>
<L>To &s;ee his be&s;t beloued</L>
<L>thus patient in di&s;tre&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>He &s;tept vnto her,</L>
<L>And by the hand he tooke her,</L>
<L>the&s;e words he did expre&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Thou art my Bride,</L>
<L>And all the Brides I meane to haue,</L>
<L>the&s;e two thine owne children be,</L>
<L>The youthfull Lady</L>
<L>On her knees did ble&s;&s;ing craue,</L>
<L>her brother as well as &s;he.</L>
<L>And you th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t enuied her e&s;tate,</L>
<L>Whom I haue made my louing <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>Now blu&s;h for &s;hame,</L>
<L>and honour vertuous life.</L>
<L>The Chronicles of la&s;ting fame</L>
<L>Shall euermore extoll the name</L>
<L>Of Patient <HI>Gri&s;&s;ell</HI></L>
<L>my mo&s;t con&s;tant Wife.</L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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