Oculus Britanniae An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst] |
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And Cranmer, ever with abhorrence nam'd;
Here Latimer his novel doctrines taught,
And Ridley here for gospel licence fought:
Presumptuous prelates! could they hope to live,
And o're the ruins of the church survive?
How could they dare oppose such mighty odds,
And rashly strive with Rome's unnumber'd Gods?
Within these walls a sacrifice they fell,
And in their death forestall'd the pains of hell.
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