Philomythie or Philomythologie wherein Outlandish Birds, Beasts, and Fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely. By Tho: Scot ... The second edition much inlarged |
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They slight her leasings, and with speedy assay
To raise the lather, where bold Zeale makes way;
But false Fame and her Sister, lay about
To hinder her, with all their rascall route.
Slander, foole-hardines and heartles feare,
With foolish Pittie, and false Loue was there,
Damnde Infidelitie, and secret Hate,
And treason too, that close dissembling mate.
Who all with open mouth, and open lyes,
All waies to stop his honord worke deuise.
They raile, and fight, intreat, and curse and ban.
The Knight proceedes, in scorne of what they can.
And mounts the ladder, with his sword in hand,
Which soone disparkles, such as dare withstand.
Zeale hales him vp, and Prudence guides him right,
True Constancie encourageth the fight,
Mercy saues all the innocent, who swarme
For companie, not with intent of harme;
Art orders euery act, the engine staies
And helpes the Knight step after step, to praise
The lusty squires below, with sword and lance,
Withstand bad fame, whilst Iustice doth aduance
Her heauy hatchet, and strikes off the head
Of both the leaders, and there leaues them dead.
Which when their troopes discouer, they forsake
Th'vsurped fortresse, and themselues betake.
To heady flight, into a marsh neere hand,
Where many whispering reeds and Osiars stand.
There they like out-lawes do themselues inclose,
In wilfull banishment, with all the foes
Of this good knight, whose valure vndertooke
This high attempt, that Fame might rightly looke
On all deseruers, and that man might finde,
Like freedome for his tongue, as for his mind.
That vertue might be crowned by true fame,
And honest meaning liue with honored name.
To raise the lather, where bold Zeale makes way;
But false Fame and her Sister, lay about
To hinder her, with all their rascall route.
Slander, foole-hardines and heartles feare,
With foolish Pittie, and false Loue was there,
Damnde Infidelitie, and secret Hate,
And treason too, that close dissembling mate.
Who all with open mouth, and open lyes,
All waies to stop his honord worke deuise.
They raile, and fight, intreat, and curse and ban.
The Knight proceedes, in scorne of what they can.
And mounts the ladder, with his sword in hand,
Which soone disparkles, such as dare withstand.
Zeale hales him vp, and Prudence guides him right,
True Constancie encourageth the fight,
Mercy saues all the innocent, who swarme
For companie, not with intent of harme;
Art orders euery act, the engine staies
And helpes the Knight step after step, to praise
The lusty squires below, with sword and lance,
Withstand bad fame, whilst Iustice doth aduance
Her heauy hatchet, and strikes off the head
Of both the leaders, and there leaues them dead.
Which when their troopes discouer, they forsake
Th'vsurped fortresse, and themselues betake.
Where many whispering reeds and Osiars stand.
There they like out-lawes do themselues inclose,
In wilfull banishment, with all the foes
Of this good knight, whose valure vndertooke
This high attempt, that Fame might rightly looke
On all deseruers, and that man might finde,
Like freedome for his tongue, as for his mind.
That vertue might be crowned by true fame,
And honest meaning liue with honored name.
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