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III.—William Parry.
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From ‘A new and large discourse of the Trauels of Sir Anthony Sherley Knight by Sea and ouer Land, to the Persian Empire. . . . Written by William Parry Gentleman, who accompanied Sir Anthony in his Trauells. London Printed by Valentine Simmes for Felix Norton. 1601’ (8vo.)
I. D. of Hereford in praise of William Parry Gentleman.
To creepe like ants about this earthie roundAnd not to gather with the ant, is vaine;
Some finde out countries which were neuer found,
Yet scarcely get their labour for their paine:
Whereby I gather, there they gather not,
But rather scatter. Better lost than found
Were all such countries. Will, such is thy lot,
Thou hast lost ground to finde out other ground;
Yet thou hast found much more than thou couldst lose;
Though thou couldst lose more than the seas confine,
For thou hast found that none could finde but those
That seeke, as thou hast done, for Wisedome's eine,
And that's Experience nowhere to be seene,
But eu'ry where where thou (good Will) hast beene.
Tam Arte Quam Marte.
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