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Microcosmos

The Discovery of the Little World, with the government thereof. By Iohn Davies

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To the Right VVorshipfull and most worthy Knight Sir Edward Dyer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To the Right VVorshipfull and most worthy Knight Sir Edward Dyer.

Though Saturne now with Iupiter doth sitt,
Where earst Minerua & the Muse did raigne,
Ruling the Common-wealth of vvill, and vvitt,
Plac'd in the kingdomes of thy hart, and braine:
Those Planetts I adore, whose influence
Infuseth vvisedome, Counsell, gravity;
Minerua & the Muse ioyes my Soules sence,
Sith Soule-delighting lines they multiplie.
In both respects, for that that was and is
I tender thee the service of my Muse,
Which shal not marre thy fame though it may misse
To give the same that which to it accrues;
Yet this Gift, through thy Gifts, she gives to thee:
Times future, Dyer, die shal never see.
I. D.