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To the Honourable LADIES of ENGLAND.
Ladies, in elder times your Sex did need
Knighthoods true Valour to defend your Rights,
Of admirable Actions we do read,
Have been atcheiv'd in cruel bloody fights,
Full ugly Serpents were destroy'd and slain,
Strange Monsters mangled, Giants hew'd in twain.
Knighthoods true Valour to defend your Rights,
Of admirable Actions we do read,
Have been atcheiv'd in cruel bloody fights,
Full ugly Serpents were destroy'd and slain,
Strange Monsters mangled, Giants hew'd in twain.
But who deserv'd more in such enterprize
Than worthy English, bred where we are born?
Such as did ease and idleness despise:
For Armour more by them than silk was worn.
These were the Champions, that for Ladies good,
Would bleed as long as they had drops of blood.
Than worthy English, bred where we are born?
Such as did ease and idleness despise:
For Armour more by them than silk was worn.
These were the Champions, that for Ladies good,
Would bleed as long as they had drops of blood.
Such as Sir GUY, whose story here we tell,
Valours renowned honourable man:
He lov'd your Kind (in heart exceeding well),
How can you chuse but love his Legend then?
Bestow the reading of it, if you please,
'Gainst melancholy, that same Dull Disease.
Valours renowned honourable man:
He lov'd your Kind (in heart exceeding well),
How can you chuse but love his Legend then?
Bestow the reading of it, if you please,
'Gainst melancholy, that same Dull Disease.
Samuel Rowland.
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