appendix.] ORDER OF THE GARTER.

For thoughe with Clowdes it ofte be overdonne,Yett shyneth it in darcknes wismen saye;

So thoughe with cares sweet virtue clowded be,Yet, sans chaunger, Virtue will Virtue be.

THE ARMS OF THE EARL OF PEMBROKE, WITH HIS MOTTO,

“ BNG JE SERVIRAY.”

A worthy Earle in place there did appeare,

Who thus began, Wien, ung je serviray;

One I will searve, which one in presence here,

And one above, which no one maie saye nay,

Which one on high is but that only oneThat makes my harte to serve this one alone.

To serve and love, to love and eke to serve,

• To serve with love, and love by service shewe,

To shewe the due that favore maye deserve,

To meritt well and wish eche one do soTo wish, and will to serve and still to love,

One Queene on Earth, one God in heaven above.

A Phenix hath no fellowe to be founde,

Blest be the Birde and she that is as rare ;

Excellence shewes where Vertue is the grounde;

Such fruicts doe growe as only Heavenly are,

And ending thus, Je di e bien dirayUng Je ayme et ung je serviray.

THE ARMS OF LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, WITH HIS MOTTO,

“ DESIR N’ HA REPOSE.”

Then did approche a Baron standing by,

Sovereigne, q d hee, Je vous diray une choseYou maie conceave, and he that list to tryeShall finde by proofe que desir n’ ha repose ;

Myselfe have tride, and harde it ofte confest,

That in respect Desire doth never rest.

Desire doth sett both witt and will to worke,

Desire doth worke in secrett of devise,

Desire doth seeke where secretts closlye lurke,

Desire discryes the dutye of the wise,

Desire is suche as World cannot inclose,

Which makes me say, Desir n’ ha repose.

Desire sometyme doth sore above the skyes,

Desire agayne doth penetrate the earth.

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