 | To master Barnabe Barnes |  |
To Master Barnabe Barnes, this Madrigall vpon his Booke.
If all the world were sought from Malta to Mone,
From candid Gaule, to black-brow'd Calicute;
No frame more curious mought haue been made one
In eu'ry ioynt or point like absolute:
From candid Gaule, to black-brow'd Calicute;
No frame more curious mought haue been made one
In eu'ry ioynt or point like absolute:
For as some Spirits while they haue beene attent
On states of Princes, and on earthly right,
Haue follow'd the worldly side, with that intent;
And yet vnmindfull of the highest Sprite.
On states of Princes, and on earthly right,
Haue follow'd the worldly side, with that intent;
And yet vnmindfull of the highest Sprite.
Others againe (too much I ween yblent
With heauenly zeale and with Religion)
Haue for the same the Secular forwent:
So if a meane there be (as meane but one
To twine the Crossier with the sword atone)
O let me then (with licence) to avow,
T'will, right Paladine, be by onely you.
With heauenly zeale and with Religion)
Haue for the same the Secular forwent:
So if a meane there be (as meane but one
To twine the Crossier with the sword atone)
O let me then (with licence) to avow,
T'will, right Paladine, be by onely you.
W. Percy. Mvsophilvs.
Specs calamo occidit.
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