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The Historie of Ivdith in Forme of a Poeme

Penned in French, by the Noble Poet, G. Salust. Lord of Bartas. Englished by Tho. Hudson
Hudson, Thomas (16th/17th cent)
  
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SONNET.
  
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THE HISTORIE OF IVDITH IN FORME OF A POEME.
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THE FIRST BOOKE OF IVDITH.
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THE SECOND BOOKE OF Ivdith.
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THE THIRDE BOOKE OF Ivdith.
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THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF Ivdith.
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THE FIFTH BOOKE OF Ivdith.
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THE SIXTH BOOKE OF Ivdith.

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SONNET

[The Muses nyne haue not reueald to me]

The Muses nyne haue not reueald to me
What sacred seedes are in their gardens sowne
Nor how their Salust gaines the Laurer tre
Which throw thy toyle in Brittain groūd is grown
But sith they se thy trauell treuly showne
In verteus skoole th' expyring tyme to spend
So haue they to his hienes made it knowne
Whose Princely power may dewly the defend
Then yow that on the Holy mount depend
In christall ayr and drinks the cleared spring
Of Poetrie I do yow recommend
To the protection of this godly King
VVho for his verteus and his gifts deuyne
Is only Monark of the Muses nyne.
M. V. F.
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