_William Warner_, one of principal esteem in his time, was chiefly famous for his _Albion's England_, which he wrote in the old-fashioned kind of seven-footed Verse, which yet sometimes is in use, though in different manner, that is to say, divided into two: He wrote also several Books in prose, as he himself witnesseth, in his Epistle to the Reader, but (as we said before) his _Albion's England_ was the chiefest, which he deduced from the time of _Noah_, beginning thus: I tell of things done long ago, of many things in few: And chiefly of this Clime of ours, the accidents pursue. Thou high director of the same, assist mine artless Pen, To write the Jests of _Brutons_ stout, and Arts of _English-men_. From thence he proceeds to the peopling of the Earth by the Sons of _Noah_, intermixing therein much variety of Matter, not only pleasant, but profitable for the Readers understanding of what was delivered by the ancient Poets, bringing his Matter succinctly to the Siege of _Troy_, and from thence to the coming of _Brute_ into this Island; and so, coming down along the chiefest matters, touched of our _British_ Historians, to the Conquest of _England_ by Duke _William_, and from him the Affairs of the Land to the beginning of Queen _Elizabeth_; where he concludeth thus, _Elizabeth_ by peace, by war, for majesty, for mild, Enrich'd, fear'd, honour'd, lov'd, but (loe) unreconcil'd, The _Muses_ check my saucy Pen, for enterprising her, In duly praising whom, themselves, even _Arts_ themselves might err. _Phoebus_ I am, not _Phaeton_, presumptuously to ask What, shouldst thou give, I could not guide; give not me thy task, For, as thou art _Apollo_ too, our mighty subjects threats A _non plus_ to thy double power: _Vel volo, vel nollem_. I might add several more of his Verses, to shew the worth of his Pen, but the Book being indifferent common, having received several Impressions, I shall refer the Reader, for his further satisfaction, to the Book itself. * * * * * _THOMAS TUSSER_. _Thomas Tusser_ (a person well known by his Book of Husbandry) was born at _Rinen-hall_ in _Essex_, of an ancient Family, but now extinct; where, when but young, his Father, designing him for a Singing-man, put him to _Wallingford_-School, where how his Misfortunes began in the World, take from his own Pen. O painful time, for every crime, What toosed ears, like baited Bears, What bobbed lips, what yerks, what nips, What hellish toys? What Robes so bare, what Colledge-fare? What Bread how stale, what penny Ale? Then _Wallingford_, how wer't thou abhorr'd, Of silly boys? From thence he was sent to learn Musick at _Pauls_ with one _John Redford_, an excellent Musician; where, having attained some skill in that Art, he was afterwards sent to _Eaton_-School, to learn the _Latine_ Tongue, where, how his Miseries encreas'd, let himself speak.