The Discription of A Maske

Campion, Thomas (1567-1620)

THE DISCRIPTION OF A MASKE, Presented before the Kinges Maiestie at White-Hall, on Twelfth Night last, in honour of the Lord Hayes, and his Bride, Daughter and Heire to the Honourable the Lord Dennye their Marriage hauing been the same Day at Court solemnized.

To the most puisant and Gratious Iames King of great Britaine.

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Ad Inuictissimum, Serenissimumque Iacobvm Magnæ Britanniæ Regem.

To the Right Noble and Vertuous Theophilus Howard, Lorde of Walden, sonne and Heire to the tight Honorable the Earle of Suffolke.

To the Right Uertuous, and Honorable, the Lord and Lady HAYES

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To the Reader.

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Quid tu te numeris immise es? anne medentem
Metra cathedratum ludicra scripta decent
Musicus & medicus, celebris quoque Phœbe Poeta es
Et lepor ægrotos arte rogante iuuat.
Crede mihi doctum qui carmen non sapit, idem
Non habet ingentum, nec genium medici.

FINIS.

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