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“A Dittie to the tune of Welshe Sydānen, made to the Queenes maj.' Eliz. by Lodov. Lloyd.
“Flee stately Juno Samos fro, from Delos straight Diana go;
Minerva Athens must forsake, Sydanen Queen your seat must take:
Sidanen conquers kinges with quill;
Sidanen governs states at will;
Sidanen feares her foes with pen;
With peas Sidanen conquers men.
Minerva Athens must forsake, Sydanen Queen your seat must take:
Sidanen conquers kinges with quill;
Sidanen governs states at will;
Sidanen feares her foes with pen;
With peas Sidanen conquers men.
Sibilla must from Cuma flee; in Egipt Isis may not be;
Thy Troian seat Cassandra shun; thy fame from Grece Penelope is won;
With Judithes sworde, with Debores mace,
Sidanen sittes in sacred place;
With Graces three, with Muses nyne,
Sydanen doth like Phebus shine.
Thy Troian seat Cassandra shun; thy fame from Grece Penelope is won;
With Judithes sworde, with Debores mace,
Sidanen sittes in sacred place;
With Graces three, with Muses nyne,
Sydanen doth like Phebus shine.
Lett Lucrece lurke, lett Helene blushe; Atlanta kneel on knee to this;
Lett Sapho serve, lett Dido yelde; Sidanen wynes the fame in fielde.
In Rome Cornelia bare the belle,
Sidanen doth Cornelia excelle;
In Ethiope floorisht Sabaes' fame,
Sidanen farr surmountes the same.
Lett Sapho serve, lett Dido yelde; Sidanen wynes the fame in fielde.
In Rome Cornelia bare the belle,
Sidanen doth Cornelia excelle;
In Ethiope floorisht Sabaes' fame,
Sidanen farr surmountes the same.
Through Afrike spredd Zenobias name; all Asia range Semiramis fame;
In Scithia soile by bluddy blade, Tomiris queen great conquest made:
Sidanen, crwell Centaures kilde;
Sidanen, Synons sleight hath spilde:
Sidanen, clensde Augeas stall
Sidanen, slewe Stymphalides all.
In Scithia soile by bluddy blade, Tomiris queen great conquest made:
Sidanen, crwell Centaures kilde;
Sidanen, Synons sleight hath spilde:
Sidanen, clensde Augeas stall
Sidanen, slewe Stymphalides all.
On seas doth Neptune serve her beck; on earth doth Eolus tend her check
In field doth Mars her fame defend, in skies doth Jove her state comende.
The Sone, the mone, the starres confesse
Sidanen must the skies possesse;
Earth, water, fire, and also aire
With Eccho, sownde Sidanen faire.
In field doth Mars her fame defend, in skies doth Jove her state comende.
The Sone, the mone, the starres confesse
Sidanen must the skies possesse;
Earth, water, fire, and also aire
With Eccho, sownde Sidanen faire.
In woodes the Dryades dawnce for ioye; on hilles the Oriades skippes so coye
In fieldes the Fawnes and Satyrs plaie; on fludds the Nayades thus do saie;
Sidanen fedd on Pallas papp,
Sidanen lulde in Junos lapp;
Sidanen taught in Vestas towre;
Sidanen nurst in Venus bowre.
In fieldes the Fawnes and Satyrs plaie; on fludds the Nayades thus do saie;
Sidanen fedd on Pallas papp,
Sidanen lulde in Junos lapp;
Sidanen taught in Vestas towre;
Sidanen nurst in Venus bowre.
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With godds Pandora is her name: with men Pamphila is the same,
Eche where she is Pausophia stalld, in Bryttain she Sidanen cauld:
From Brutus stemme, from Dardan line,
Sidanen is a Phenix fine;
From Cambers soile, from Hector's seed,
Sidanen princely doth exceed.
Eche where she is Pausophia stalld, in Bryttain she Sidanen cauld:
From Brutus stemme, from Dardan line,
Sidanen is a Phenix fine;
From Cambers soile, from Hector's seed,
Sidanen princely doth exceed.
The eagles youth I wishe this Queen. Acanthus like to floorishe green,
As serpents old do cast their skin, so she being old may yonge begin:
In ioyfull daies with Nestors yeres,
I wishe to her and to her peeres,
That when Sidanen dieth I crave
Mausolus tombe that she maye have.
As serpents old do cast their skin, so she being old may yonge begin:
In ioyfull daies with Nestors yeres,
I wishe to her and to her peeres,
That when Sidanen dieth I crave
Mausolus tombe that she maye have.
Finis.”
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