Monodia or Walthams Complaint Upon The death of that most Vertuous and Noble Ladie, late deceased, the Lady Honor Hay, Sole Daughter and Heire to the Right Honorable Edward, Lord Dennie, Baron of Waltham, and wife to the Right Honourable Iames Lord Hay. By R. N. [i.e. Richard Niccols] |
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To the same right Honorable Lords, the Lord Dennie, and the Lord HAY.
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To the same right Honorable Lords, the Lord Dennie, and the Lord HAY.
The last, the least, and yet best deed aloneDone to the dead by those that doe suruiue,
Is to record their vertues, they being gone:
For only Vertue keepes the dead aliue.
My last, my least, and yet my best I can
Of dutie to that honord Ladies name,
Which from her vertues first in me began,
I owe to you, that best can iudge the same.
My subiect (Noble Lords) doth fit your worth,
And since my humble stile is farre too base,
I for the subiects sake doe pick you forth,
That stile and subiect both may purchase grace.
Which if (great Lords) my humble Muse obtaine,
Walthams complaint cannot be told in vaine.
Your Honours most humbly deuoted. Rich. Niccols.
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