Englands Parnassus: or the choysest flowers of our moderne poets, with their poeticall comparisons Descriptions of bewties, personages, castles, pallaces, mountaines, groues, seas, springs, riuers, &c. Whereunto are annexed other various discourses, both pleasaunt and profitable.

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Englands Parnassus: or the choysest flowers of our moderne poets, with their poeticall comparisons Descriptions of bewties, personages, castles, pallaces, mountaines, groues, seas, springs, riuers, &c. Whereunto are annexed other various discourses, both pleasaunt and profitable.
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Albott, Robert, fl. 1600.
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Imprinted at London :: For N. L[ing,] C. B[urby] and T. H[ayes],
1600.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
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Chaunge.

All is but fained, and which oaker died, That euery showre will wash and wipe away, All things do Chaunge that vnder heauen abide, And after death, all friendship doth decay, Therefore what euer man bear'st worldly sway Liuing, on God and on thy selfe relie, For when thou diest, all shall with thee die. Ed. Spencer.
All suffer Chaunge, our selues new borne euen then begin to die. W. Warner.
—The euer Chaunging course of things, Runne a perpetuall circle, euer turning. S. Dan.
Change liues not long, time fainteth, and time mourns, Solace and sorrow haue their certaine turnes. M. Drayton.
All Chaunge is perillous, and all chaunce vnsound. Ed. Spencer.
—Seldome Chaunge the better brought, Content who liues with tried state, Need feare no Chaunge of frowning Fate:

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But will seeke for vnknowne gaine, Oft liues by losse, and leaues with paine. Idem.
What doth remaine to man that can continue long? What sun cāshine so cleare, but clouds may rise amōg? G. Gascoigne.
No flower is so fresh, but frost can it deface, No man so snre in any seate, but he may loose his place Idem.
Most true it is, as we doo daily proue. No good nor ill, can stand still at one stay. S. I. Harrington.
The man that of himselfe is most secure, Shall finde himselfe most fickle and vnsure. Ed. Spencer.
Men change the ayre, but seldome change their care. M. Drayton.
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