The severall speeches and songs, at the presentment of Mr. Bushells rock to the Qveen's Most Excellent Majesty, Aug. 23. 1636 Her Highnesse being gratiously pleased to honour the said rock, not only with her royall presence, bvt commanded the same to be called after her owne princely name Henrietta.

The Hermits speech ascending out of the ground as the KING entred the Rock.

WITH bended knees thus humbly doe I pray, You blessed powers, that glorifie this day, And to my frozen lipps haue vtterance giuen, Speak, O speak the Commands you bring from heauen! For by times Embleme that since Noahs flood, I thus haue grasp'd, my soule hath vnderstood, The world no farther Iorney hath to saile Then is betwixt this Serpents head, and taile. * 1.1 If then before the Earths great funerall, Most glorious SIR, you hither come to call The Inmates of this solitarie place To strict accoumpt, for Heauens sake daigne the grace To lend your patience, and a gentle eare To what I ought to speak, and you may heare: A Prodigall profuse in vast expence, That nothing studied, but to please his sense, Trimming a glorious outside, whil'st within He cherisht nought, but propagating sinne, That multiplied so fast, there was no place Allow'd for virtue, or for sauing grace; God of his mercy pleased was at last A gratious Eye vpon his soule to cast, Which being so neere a finall rack as now His only care, his studie is, but how He may redeeme the yeares he lost in sinne And liue as he to liue did now beginne. What followed next must be conceau'd of course, Confession, contrition, and remorse,

These guides to heauen he happily persu'd, View'd his past life, and that againe review'd: And to that end he purchas'd at a price This field, then sterill, now his Paradise; Where he as man of old, by God being bound With Adam, wrought, and dig'd, and drest the ground: Here are no Riuers such as Eden had, Nor were these banks with trees or flowers clad T' invite a stay, the Owle, not Philomell Within this solitarie place did dwell. And I, the Genius of this obscure Caue Since the great deluge, liu'd as in a graue, Chain'd to this ROCK, my Toumb-stone in dispaire Of freedome, or to view such beames, as are Shot from your Virtues: All my dayes were night, Vntill the humble Owner brought to light These eyes of mine, and forc'd great nature show This master-peece, a grace she did not owe To any age before, and sooth to say, I thinke it was created 'gainst this day. If then you be the God of Brittaines earth, And rule this Ile, (as sure you are by birth) Vouchsafe a blessing, such a one as may, Preserue this ROCK, my mansion from decay. For envie would expell me from my home, And sinck me in the ruines of my owne. But let the true Possessor, to whom heauen For pure devotion-sake this place hath giuen, Let him in peace enioy it, that he may Build Altars here, and daily offerings pay For his preseruers health grant this, and then I that liu'd long with stones, will liue with men: And thinke the golden age is now begunne, In which no injuries are meant or done: Such Innocents as yet remaine with vs That doe inhabit here, and humbly thus

We meane to liue, having no other fare Then uncurst water, uncorrupted aire. Vouchsafe to enter, and you here shall find Nothing but what may please a displeas'd mind. My bold Commission's done, and I returne Downe to my humble graue, my peacefull urne.

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