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To LITHOCARDIA.
WHen Churches all of Asia les and more,
By Xerxes great were burnt, & cast to ground
Of pittie hee Dianais Church forbore.
A peece of worke whose like could not be found:
And yet by fames report to be renound,
Herostratus did set the same on fire,
Which Xerxes great suppose a Monarch cround,
Did spare vnspoyld for all his proud Empire.
Right so, when as so many did conspire
To conquer mee a poore and Cuntrey Swaine,
My hardned hart withheld their hot desire,
And I till now, vnconquerd did remaine.
That by my losse, I must enlarge thy fame,
And slay my selfe to serue a glorious Dame.
Non ego seruitium Dominae tam mite recuse,Ah pereat si quis vincula et ipse times.