The pleasant and Stately Morall, of the three Lords and three Ladies of London With the great Ioy and Pompe, Solempnized at their Mariages |
 | The pleasant and Stately Morall, of the three Lords and three Ladies of London |  |
London
speaketh.
Lo
, Gentles, thus the Lord dooth London guard,
Not for my sake, but for his owne delight:
For all in vaine the Centonels watch and ward,
Except he keepe the Citie day and night.
Now may my foes in vaine both spurn and spight,
My foes I meane, that London represent,
Guarded from heauen by Angels excellent.
Not for my sake, but for his owne delight:
For all in vaine the Centonels watch and ward,
Except he keepe the Citie day and night.
Now may my foes in vaine both spurn and spight,
My foes I meane, that London represent,
Guarded from heauen by Angels excellent.
This blessing is not my sole benefit,
All England is, and so preseru'd hath bene,
Not by mans strength, his pollicie and wit,
But by a power and prouidence vnseene.
Euen for the loue wherwith God loues our Queen:
In whom, for whom, by whom we do possesse
More grace, more good, than London can expresse.
All England is, and so preseru'd hath bene,
Not by mans strength, his pollicie and wit,
But by a power and prouidence vnseene.
Euen for the loue wherwith God loues our Queen:
In whom, for whom, by whom we do possesse
More grace, more good, than London can expresse.
And that hath bred our plenty and our peace,
And they doo breed the sportes you come to see,
And ioy it is, that I enioy increase,
My former fruites were louely Ladies three,
Now of three Lords to talke is Londons glee.
Whose deeds I wish may to your liking frame,
For London bids you welcome to the same.
And they doo breed the sportes you come to see,
And ioy it is, that I enioy increase,
My former fruites were louely Ladies three,
Now of three Lords to talke is Londons glee.
Whose deeds I wish may to your liking frame,
For London bids you welcome to the same.
Finis.
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