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Mirrovr of new reformation

wherein reformers, by their owne acknowledgement, are represented ad viuum. The beauty also of their handy-worke is displayed

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XVII. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT Maiesty my dread Soueraigne.
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XVII. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT Maiesty my dread Soueraigne.

Pardon , most Gratious Soueraigne, if my verse
Distast thy eares; what I aboue rehearse
Is not myne owne: I onely doe relate
The tenets of such foes vnto the state,
As would (if they had power) assaile the crowne,
And in thy blood al our best fortunes drowne.
My prayers, are [as likewise of the rest
Of my deare brethren) that thou maist liue blest
Aboue thy wishes, al disasters chase,
And stil looke smiling fortune in the face.
May peace by thee with that same throne be grac't,
Wherin thy Royal Father hath her plac't:
And al such wretches as beare any part
In hate to thee, put-off their traitrous hart,
That no tumultuous or disloyal straine
May e're disturb the quiet of thy raigne.
Be forraine and home-bred iniurious scopes
Against thy person strangled in their hopes:
And who knowes treason and reueales it not,
Be food to beasts and branded with the note
Of Traitour; yea, let those so censur'd be,
Whose onely thoughts are false to thine or thee.
This, al true subiects wish, this each implores,
Who'l not subscribe to this, is none of ours.