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In laudem Authoris.
Doth not the coward hardinesse admire?
& sencelesse ignorance the Arts embrace?
Embrace they doe, and with a great desire,
Desire those gifts (those noble gifts of grace)
which they doe want and others doe embrace:
So I embrace, admire, applause thy skill:
As wanting knowledge, though not wanting will.
& sencelesse ignorance the Arts embrace?
Embrace they doe, and with a great desire,
Desire those gifts (those noble gifts of grace)
which they doe want and others doe embrace:
So I embrace, admire, applause thy skill:
As wanting knowledge, though not wanting will.
Will and good will which I did euer beare
To thee, and those which learning doe professe,
Hath made me bolde, that euer wont to feare:
But feare not thou, whose labours doe expresse
Thy carefull loue and louing carefulnesse.
with praise begin, so thus with thee I end:
Praying for those that doe thy praise extend.
To thee, and those which learning doe professe,
Hath made me bolde, that euer wont to feare:
But feare not thou, whose labours doe expresse
Thy carefull loue and louing carefulnesse.
with praise begin, so thus with thee I end:
Praying for those that doe thy praise extend.
Non multa sed mea.
William Harbert.
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