Part of Du Bartas English and French, and in his owne kinde of verse, so neare the French Englished, as may teach an English-man French, or a French-man English. With the commentary of S.G. S. By William L'Isle of Wilburgham, Esquier for the Kings body.
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Part of Du Bartas English and French, and in his owne kinde of verse, so neare the French Englished, as may teach an English-man French, or a French-man English. With the commentary of S.G. S. By William L'Isle of Wilburgham, Esquier for the Kings body.
Author
Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, seigneur, 1544-1590.
Publication
London :: Printed by Iohn Hauiland,
M.DC.XXV. [1625]
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Genesis -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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"Part of Du Bartas English and French, and in his owne kinde of verse, so neare the French Englished, as may teach an English-man French, or a French-man English. With the commentary of S.G. S. By William L'Isle of Wilburgham, Esquier for the Kings body." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11408.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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Here if I were dispos'd vpon the ground to treadeOf that suppos'd Berose, abusing all that readeAs he and others doe; well might I let you seeOf all our Ancestors a fained pedegree:I boldly might assay of all the worlds Prouinces,From father vnto sonne, to name the former Princes:To sing, of all the world, each peoples diuers lot,And of the meanest to w••••es to lay the grunsill-plot.
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But what? I meane not, I, as eu'ry wind shall blow,To leaue the former course, and rashly assay to row,(The bright Load-starre vnseene) vpon the waues vnknow'nOf such an Ocean sea, so full of rockes bestrow'nAnd Scyllaes glutton gulfes; where tumbleth equall storeOf shipwracks on the sands, and billowes to the shore:Not hauing other guide then writers such as faineThe names of ancient Kings, and romants tell vs vaine;Who make all for themselues, and gaping after glory,On footing of a flie can frame a perfect story.
Notes
He will not enter into matter farre out of knowledge.