Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester Volume 55 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...--showing What felicity they shall obtaine that with resolution and longanimitie sustaine the perillous gusts of afflictions, with a respect had to vertue, without which regard no happy or successful euent can attend any intendment: This tract though compendious, may afford no small fruit to your concerning vnderstanding, shadowing vnder this title of Golden Fleece, the reward of a sincere and prouident pilgrim, who with Iason endureth patiently the surging Sea of persecution, the raging tempests of affliction, not to be allured with the inchanting voice of the Syrens melodie, abstaining from Cyrces cup, sayling by the perillous rockes of Scylla and Charybdis, and now at last arriuing at the port of a prosperous repose, crieth out, hie sedes fata quietas ostendunt. The murder of Abel by Cain is given as an example of the evil effects of discord and hatred, and may serve as an illustration of Brathwaite's style and versification in this poem: Caine is offended with his louing brother, And what's the cause, perchance his sacrifice Pabt n. X X Is better farre respected then the other Which he doth offer: --wherefore thence he flies, And doth provide, by his accursed breath, To be the agent of his brothers death. Yet Abels bloud, like to the morning dew, Ascendeth vp vnto Gods heauenly throne, Shewing how Caine, his hands did erst embrew In brothers bloud, his bloud to heauen doth grone Wherefore the Lord, who takes reuenge of sinne, Damn'd Caines despaire, which he did welter in, Go thou thy way, for thou canst ne're obtaine This Golden Fleece, interred in despaire, Go wag thine head, with thy distracted braine Thou of perdition art the lineall heire. The Golden Fleece is kept for such as liue, To please their God, and not their God to grieue. After the princip..