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To the Author. &c.
Oft haue I seene in some feign'd Historie,Of loftie Knights, or lowly shepheards writ,
Whereas Inuention runnes at libertie;
Arte, iudgement, reading, spirit show'n and wit.
Yet in a Legend like Duke Humphreys knowne
Where wittes inuiron'd in with veritie,
Sildome haue seen more art or iudgment showne
More readig spirit, wit, and Poetrie.
But Orpheus with his harpe melodicall
In Canzonets: and heauens azure frame,
For heau'ns historie most hermonicall,
In Spheres sweet musicke sings yet of thy name.
Thē heu'ns & him I wrong, thei'l giue thee merit
For iudgement, wit, for reading, art & spirit.
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