To Lodovick Masurus of his verses made of the fall of Babylon.
8. Dum Masuri rudiore tonas Babylona ruentem,
Cantata est quanta Troja nec ipsa tuba, &c.
Whilst Masurus thou with a lowder tongue
Soundst Babels fall, then ever Troyes was song,
Thou hast given cause Homer should thee envie,
Or Maro (greater) that thou writ'st so hye,
Yet Masurus one error may be found
In thy brave worke for all its stentors sound,
That in so great a verse thy fame pursuing
Thou buildst for ever what thou striv'st to ruin.
