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Sonnet. 6.
[Tis written in the euerliuing Word]
Tis written in the euerliuing Word,(The Rule and Square that men should liue thereby)
Afflictions are the tuch-stones of the Lord.
By which he onely doth his seruants try.
Then Noble Moray, thou hadst many a tuch,
And still thy patience good and currant prou'd,
Thy manly carriage in thy griefs were such,
Which made thee (more then much) admir'd and lou'd.
What yeer, what month, week, day or fading houre,
Wherein some mischiefe did thee not befall?
Yet had Affliction ouer thee no power
To conquer thee, but thou didst conquer all.
Vnnumbred times thou wast both toucht and tri'd,
And in thy Makers feare and fauour dy'd.
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