QVATORZAIN. 10. Bellona.
Bellona the goddesse of warre called also Pallas,
which to expresse both the valour and the wisedome
of the honorable race of the Howardes I haue twise
expressed in seuerall sonnets, whom Virgil nameth
the president of warre.
Though I am fearefull Goddesse of dread warre,
That hate to liue Idly at home in peace,
With humane cries allured I come from farre,
In streames of bloude to rue this dames decease,
This Lady was a Howard and did springe,
Out of the antient Duke of Norfolkes race,
Whose ofspring did subdue the Scots stout king,
And from the field rebellious foes did chase,
Her brother still restes loyal to the Crowne,
And Scepter which faire Cynthia now doth wield,
By Seas he hath obtain'd his high renowne,
The other by his conquest in the field,
Wherefore I vow by land and Sea to raise,
Eternall triumphes to the Howards praise.
