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The Works of Michael Drayton

Edited by J. William Hebel

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M. D. ESQUIRE TO HIS GOOD FRIEND, T. V.
  
  
  
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M. D. ESQUIRE TO HIS GOOD FRIEND, T. V.

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[From Thomas Vicars's translation of Bartholomæus Keckermann's Manuduction to Theologie, 1622.]

What Thou do'st teach, by others heretofore
Hath likewise bin. But yet by no man more
To the true life. That by thy godly care,
Thou and thine Authour equally doe share.
Thou praisest him Translating, but if he
Understood English he would more praise thee.
Thou to our Nation ha'st his Doctrine showne,
Which to our vulgar else had not beene knowne;
As much by this thou get'st as ere he wanne:
England praise Vicars, Dantsk her Keckerman.
Mich. Drayton.