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Pleasant dialogues and dramma's

selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. ... By Tho. Heywood

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Spoken to the Palsgrave at his first comming over, in the presence of his Majesty, &c.
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Spoken to the Palsgrave at his first comming over, in the presence of his Majesty, &c.

The bright hayr'd Comets are of all the best,
Boading most good, when ayming towards the West.
(So Astrologians say) and when such shine,
Grosse clowds they scatter, and the ayre refine.
Now such an one appeares; a glorious thing,
As if the Eagle from her spatious wing
Had her prime feather dropt, which to regaine,
She (almost) would give Almaigne, Rome, and Spaine.
A feather to be stuck in Venus fanne.
The like to it, not Iunoes Peacock can
In all her moon'd traine boast: may your fame flie,
Mounted upon those plumes that soare most hie:
Of which, make two rare presidents, We intreat,
One of Charles little, th' other Charles the Great.

Epilogue.

A numerous fruit, sprung from a golden Tree,
Such (as old Atlas, was ne're seene by thee

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In thine Hesperian orchard) long t' indure
And prosper in the world: now growes mature.
And the faire blossoms ready even to spread
Their leaves abroad, and top the Eagles Head
(The Roote still safe) where-ever shall bee seene
Scient, transplanted, may it still grow greene,
So may none issuing from King Iames his Stemme,
But be thought fit to weare a Diadem.
Would you a president by which to steare
So faire a course? you may behold it here.
If you to Honours Apex would attaine,
Let the bright Starres that guide you be Charles waine.