Two bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft |
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239. To Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet.
Could I but coyne you in my minde, you shouldBe of the right stampe, as were all your old
Fore-fathers, men of merit and renowne,
Whose meanest puts our moderne Nobles downe.
Their Houses seem'd as Hospitalls for poore,
And Charity still waited at their doore,
As Fame will upon you, whilst you aspire
To equall their desert, and my desire.
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