Poems on several choice and various subjects occasionally composed by an eminent author ; collected and published by Sergeant-Major P.F.
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Poems on several choice and various subjects occasionally composed by an eminent author ; collected and published by Sergeant-Major P.F.
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Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
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London :: Printed by Ja. Cottrel and are to be sold by S. Speed ...,
1663.
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"Poems on several choice and various subjects occasionally composed by an eminent author ; collected and published by Sergeant-Major P.F." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70281.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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descriptionPage 14
Before my Lord of Cherberry's History
of King Hen. 8.
VIces in Kings are like those spots the MoonBears in her body, which so plain appeerTo all the world: so Vertues shine more clearIn them, and glitter like the Sun at Noon.This King had both; yet counter-balance all,You'l find th' out-poising Grain in Vertues Scale.
He was more King then Man: his GallantriesSurpass'd his Frailties; Had his Passions bentTo Him as France did, and his Parlement;Or had his Set been equal to his Rise:Of all those glorious Kings wore Englands crown,He had march'd with the foremost in Renown.
This learned Lord, this Lord of VVit and Art,This Metaphysick Lord gives us a Glass,VVherein we may discern in ev'ry partThis boystrous Prince, He cuts Him out in Brass,In everlasting Brass: so that I may avow,Old Harry never had a Monument till now.
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