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Another of the same.
Thomas Coventry.
O Hye constant Mure.
An Acrostick upon the Anagram.
T he Hye and constant Mure girt you about,H edging your person in, from all detraction.
O pen you lye not to the vulgar rowt,
M aligning goodnesse, and inclin'd to faction.
A Fort you are, built on the Rock, not Sand,
S table, all stormes of envie to withstand.
C ontinue in your justice, mercy, piety,
O ppression and extortion still keepe under,
V ertue, in which man comes most neere a Diety,
(E xcellent Sir) shall your best merits wonder.
N ever shall your uprightnesse be forgot;
N ever; a conscience so unstain'd and pure
T ime shall to Lethe leave, or scandall spot.
R emaine it shall, whilst Moone or Starres indure,
Y ou guarded still, with an Hye constant Mure.
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