Times Cvrtaine Drawne or The Anatomie of Vanitie. With other choice poems, Entituled; Health from Helicon. By Richard Brathwayte |
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TO THE IVDICIOVS And generall approued, Hvmfrey Davmport, Esquire: Practitioner in the Common Lawes;
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TO THE IVDICIOVS And generall approued, Hvmfrey Davmport, Esquire: Practitioner in the Common Lawes;
Whose Subiect, is the goodnesse of the cause; and whose ayme is to redresse wrong:
The accomplishment of his vertuous desires, with the perusall of this Encomiastick Poem.
Lavv is the line, whose levell is dispatch,
A Lampe, whose light shows Iustice what is right,
A Larke, whose vnseal'd eyes keepe early watch,
A Loome, whose frame cannot be sway'd by might,
A List, where truth puts iniury to flight;
Straight line, bright Lampe, sweet larke, strong Loome, choice list,
Guide, shine, shield, guard, and liue Truths Martialist.
A Lampe, whose light shows Iustice what is right,
A Larke, whose vnseal'd eyes keepe early watch,
A Loome, whose frame cannot be sway'd by might,
A List, where truth puts iniury to flight;
Straight line, bright Lampe, sweet larke, strong Loome, choice list,
Guide, shine, shield, guard, and liue Truths Martialist.
Law is the Sterne, which steres the Ship of State,
The glorious Stem, whence Iustice, Science spring,
The chearefull Star, which early shines and late,
The Staffe, whose stay supports the languishing,
The Streame, whose spring is ever cherishing;
Rare Sterne, rich Stem, cleare Star, firme Staffe, pure stream,
Stere, cheare, direct, support, refresh the mene.
The glorious Stem, whence Iustice, Science spring,
The chearefull Star, which early shines and late,
The Staffe, whose stay supports the languishing,
The Streame, whose spring is ever cherishing;
Rare Sterne, rich Stem, cleare Star, firme Staffe, pure stream,
Stere, cheare, direct, support, refresh the mene.
Blest then are you, who labour to redresse
The poore mans case, and measure your contents
By shielding th'weake from awfull mightinesse,
Like graue Professants, good Proficients,
Clozing with equitie your ioynt consents;
'Tis you, 'tis you, who in this blemish'd time,
Send out your lights, while other Starres decline.
The poore mans case, and measure your contents
By shielding th'weake from awfull mightinesse,
Like graue Professants, good Proficients,
Clozing with equitie your ioynt consents;
'Tis you, 'tis you, who in this blemish'd time,
Send out your lights, while other Starres decline.
When Grece in glory flourish'd, shee did reare
Some Images neare Iustice sacred throne,
Which to be lame and blind portraid were,
As proper Obiects to be look'd vpon,
Implying what in Iustice should be done;
Blind to distinguish friend or foe, and lame
From taking bribes to staine Astrænas name.
Some Images neare Iustice sacred throne,
Which to be lame and blind portraid were,
As proper Obiects to be look'd vpon,
Implying what in Iustice should be done;
Blind to distinguish friend or foe, and lame
From taking bribes to staine Astrænas name.
Cleere lights, pure lamps, rare stems, rich streams of life,
who shine, beame, spring, and draine your Christall course
From Iustice throne, to coole the heat of strife
By curbing aw with Law, with censure force,
To chastise with restraint, cheare with remorce;
Long may you liue, since by your life you giue
Iustice new breath, and make her ever liue.
who shine, beame, spring, and draine your Christall course
From Iustice throne, to coole the heat of strife
By curbing aw with Law, with censure force,
To chastise with restraint, cheare with remorce;
Long may you liue, since by your life you giue
Iustice new breath, and make her ever liue.
Salus ciuitatis sita est in legibus.
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