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ON THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARIE.
In that, O Queene of queens, thy birth was free
From that which others doth of grace bereave,
When in their mothers' wombs they life receave,
God, as his sole-borne daughter, louèd thee.
From that which others doth of grace bereave,
When in their mothers' wombs they life receave,
God, as his sole-borne daughter, louèd thee.
To match thee like thy birth's nobilitie,
He thee his Spirit for his spouse did leaue,
By whom thou didst his only Sonne conceave,
And so wast linkt to all the Trinity.
He thee his Spirit for his spouse did leaue,
By whom thou didst his only Sonne conceave,
And so wast linkt to all the Trinity.
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Cease then, O queens that earthly crowns do wear,
To glory in the pompe of earthly thinges;
If men such high respects unto you beare,
Which daughters, wiues, and mothers are to kinges,
What honor can unto that Queene bee done,
Who had your God for Father, Spowse, and Sonne?
To glory in the pompe of earthly thinges;
If men such high respects unto you beare,
Which daughters, wiues, and mothers are to kinges,
What honor can unto that Queene bee done,
Who had your God for Father, Spowse, and Sonne?
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