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Epig 23 Ad Michaelem Drayton.

The Peeres of heau'n kept a parliament,
And for Wittes-mirrour Philip Sidney sent,
To keepe another when they doe intend,
Twentie to one for Drayton they will send,
Yet bade him leaue his learning, so it fled,
And vow'd to liue with thee since he was dead