Celsissimo Principi, Gulielmo, Hamiltoniae Duci, &c Poematcum Bellaria [by Michael Livingstone] |
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Celsissimo Principi, GULIELMO, HAMILTONIÆ Duci, &c. Poematûm Bellaria.
------ Apes æstate serena
Floribus insidunt variis ------
Floribus insidunt variis ------
Virg.
TETRASTICHON.
Englished.
Your grand Ancestor's Royal race,Antiquity, well hanging order,
Magnanimous, and Loyal breast,
Great Britain blazons, as recorder.
While Ye their ev'ning Glory are,
And doth their last great Hero shine,
The Alpha, and the morning star
Of the fam'd, HAMILTONIAN line.
GULIELMUS DUX HAMILTONUS
Anagramma. ULLUS HUMI DOXA GENTI? SUM.
Englished.
Is there any on Earth their Countrey's glory? Yes I am.
CARMEN.
Englished.
As Sun and Moon above, Heav'ns glore doth shew,So ye below our Albion's fame renew.
DISTICHON.
Englished.
O Hector bald, Ulysses eloquent,O Solon wise, Mecœnas eminent,
Lycurgus just, Cosmo munificent.
EIDEM.
Englished.
O noble DUKE, and most renown'd,M. L. he wishes, prayes
Your Honours flourish, Health be sound
This Year, and both alwayes.
Celsitudini vestræ devinctissimus Vassalus, M. L.
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