Minerva Britanna Or A Garden of Heroical Deuises, furnished, and adorned with Emblemes and Impresa's of sundry natures, Newly devised, moralized, and published, By Henry Peacham |
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TO THE MOST RENOWNED, AND Hopefull, Henrie, Prince of VVales, &c. |
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TO THE MOST RENOWNED, AND Hopefull, Henrie, Prince of VVales, &c.
Thvs, thus young Henry, like Macedo's sonne,
Ought'st thou in armes before thy people shine.
A prodigie for foes to gaze vpon,
But still a glorious Load-starre vnto thine:
Or second Phoebvs whose all piercing ray,
Shall cheare our heartes, and chase our feares away.
Ought'st thou in armes before thy people shine.
A prodigie for foes to gaze vpon,
But still a glorious Load-starre vnto thine:
Or second Phoebvs whose all piercing ray,
Shall cheare our heartes, and chase our feares away.
That (once as Phillip) Iames may say of thee,
Thy Britaine scarcely shall thy courage hold,
That whether Tvrke, Spaine, Fravnce, or Italie,
The Red-shanke, or the Irish Rebell bold,
Shall rouze thee vp, thy Trophees may be more,
Then all the Henries ever liu'd before.
Thy Britaine scarcely shall thy courage hold,
That whether Tvrke, Spaine, Fravnce, or Italie,
The Red-shanke, or the Irish Rebell bold,
Shall rouze thee vp, thy Trophees may be more,
Then all the Henries ever liu'd before.
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