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[It is a signe of valour and of might]
It
is a signe of valour and of might,
A power, that in wonder doth increase,
For any king to win (and neuer fight)
A kingdome, and to enter it with peace.
A power, that in wonder doth increase,
For any king to win (and neuer fight)
A kingdome, and to enter it with peace.
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Proper it is for Mars to wound with hand:
Mars woundes with hand, if angrie once he be:
But now behold, the matter thus doth stand,
That Cupid wounds with hand as well as he.
Mars woundes with hand, if angrie once he be:
But now behold, the matter thus doth stand,
That Cupid wounds with hand as well as he.
And my good hap, or ill would haue it thus,
That first of all my wofull hart should feele
This new Alarme, wherewith he feareth vs.
So with a hand, to which all harts may kneele,
My hart he hath transfixt to make me knowe,
His valour, strength, his wounding shaft, and bowe.
That first of all my wofull hart should feele
This new Alarme, wherewith he feareth vs.
So with a hand, to which all harts may kneele,
My hart he hath transfixt to make me knowe,
His valour, strength, his wounding shaft, and bowe.
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