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Epigram. 69. Ad Sam, Danielem, vt ciuile bellum perficiat.

I see not (Daniel) why thou should'st disdaine,

Aetas prima canat veneres postrema tumultus: Master Daniels Mott prefixed to most of his Workes.


If I vouchsafe thy name amongst my mirth;
Thy Ætas prima was a merry vaine,
Though later Muse tumultuous in her birth:
Know, here I praise thee as thou wast in youth;
Uenereous, not mutinous as now;
Thy Infancie I loue, admire thy growth,
And wonder to what excellence 'twill grow:
When thou shalt end the broils thou hast begun,
Which none shall do, if thou shalt leaue vndone.
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