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The Works of William Fowler

Secretary to Queen Anne, Wife of James VI. Edited with introduction, appendix, notes and glossary by Henry W. Meikle

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20

Sonnet in M.r W.m Foulars commendatioun.

I saw ones all the Muses in my thought,
With poets als bedeckt in scarlet gownes;
before with sacred troupe Mercurius brought
A youth vpon whose face was yet bot downes;
Thair saw I thame present him laurell crownes:
And with the rest the Toscan Petrarch came,
Who said: “my Sonne, receawe these right renownes
As he who dewlie dois deserve the same;
Bot more triumphant hes thow maid thy name
Vpon the Throne of Memorie to stand
To chwise for Patron suche a worthye dame,
Who onely Is the Laura of this land.”
Than Fowlars laude so lowde I herd them sound,
That through the world his praise sall ay rebound.
Ro. Hudsoun.