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149
TO HIS APPROVED
friend, the Authour;
Captaine John Smith.
THe old Greeke Bard, counts him the onely man,
Who knowes strange Countries, like his Ithacan,
And wise, as valiant, by his observation,
Can tell the severall customes of each Nation:
All these are met in thee, who will not then
Repute thee in the ranke of worthiest men?
Who knowes strange Countries, like his Ithacan,
And wise, as valiant, by his observation,
Can tell the severall customes of each Nation:
All these are met in thee, who will not then
Repute thee in the ranke of worthiest men?
To th' Westerne world to former times unknowne,
Thy active spirit haththy valour showne:
The Turks and Tartars both can testifie,
Thee t' have deserv'd a Captaines dignity;
But verse thou need'st not to expresse thy worth,
Thy acts, this booke doe plainly set it forth.
Thy active spirit haththy valour showne:
The Turks and Tartars both can testifie,
Thee t' have deserv'd a Captaines dignity;
But verse thou need'st not to expresse thy worth,
Thy acts, this booke doe plainly set it forth.
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2. The "Ithacan" was Odysseus. Cartner seems to have borrowed the theme of his
first four lines from I. C.'s verse, immediately below.
M. Cartner.
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