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Verses made by the Kinge, when hee was entertaynd at Burly in Rutland-shire, by my L. Marquesse of Buckingham.

August: 1621

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MS. RAWLINSON POET. 26

The heauens that wept perpetually before,
Since wee came hither show theyr smilinge cleere.
This goodly house it smiles, and all this store
Of huge prouision smiles vpon vs heere.
The Buckes & Stagges in fatt they seeme to smile:
God send a smilinge boy within a while.