Loves martyr or, Rosalins complaint. Allegorically shadowing the truth of Loue, in the constant Fate of the Phoenix and Turtle. A Poeme enterlaced with much varietie and raritie; now first translated out of the uenerable Italian Torquato Caeliano, by Robert Chester. With the true legend of famous King Arthur, the last of the nine Worthies, being the first Essay of a new British Poet: collected out of diuerse Authenticall Records. To these are added some new compositions, of seuerall moderne Writers whose names are subscribed to their seuerall workes, upon the first Subiect: viz. the Phoenix and Turtle |
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The Answer of Howell King of litle Brytaine.
Though all your wisedomes and your grauities,Handmaides to Counsell and Nobilitie,
Should be engraued in one golden leafe,
More to the purpose could not you inferre,
Then thy most graue and exquisite Oration,
Thy eloquent and Tully-like aduise
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Whereby we ought incessantly to praise,
In you the wisedome of a constant man:
For if with all post expedition,
You will prepare a voyage vnto Rome,
That doh expect our haste and royall comming,
According to the reasons you alleage,
I doubt not but that faire Victoria,
Will sit in triumph on our conquering Helmes,
To fright the mindes of Romish aduersaries,
Sith we defend our auncient libertie,
Disdaining for to beare a seruile yoke,
Which to this day the Britaines do maintaine:
Let vs go chearefully and demaund of them,
With Iustice what vniustly they demaund:
For he that doth deface anothers right,
And thinkes vniustly for to dispossesse,
And take from him his owne inheritance
Deseruedly, and with a worthy meanes,
Not violating large and hostile Armes,
May he be put from that which is his owne,
By him to whom the wrong is offred.
Seeing therefore that the Romanes would vsurpe,
The royall dignitie of worthy Britaine,
Due to your honorable auncestors,
I doubt not (noble King) but weele regaine,
That which your Predecessors haue possest,
Euen in the middle of their proudest Citie,
If we may come to buckle with our foes.
This is the conflict that true hearted Britaines,
So long haue wisht to happen to our age.
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Long time agoe, plainly and truly told,
And now at length fulfilled to our ioy,
That of the third race of the worthie Britaines,
There should be borne a Prince to repossesse,
The Romish Empire and their Dignitie:
For two of these the prophesie is past,
In Belin and that worthie Constantine,
Who ouercame, and gaue the Armes of Rome:
Now haue we none but you my gracious Liege,
The third and last, not least in all our eyes,
To whom this high Exploit is promised:
Make haste therefore most royall Soueraigne,
For to receiue that which our God will giue,
Hasten for to subdue their willing minds,
Which profer vp their honor to your hands,
Hasten deare Liege for to aduance vs all,
That willingly will spend our liues and lands,
For the aduancement of our libertie.
And to atchieue this Labour worthie King,
Ten thousand armed souldiers will I bring.
Ho. K. of Brit.
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