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To his worthy friend Mr. Charles Gerbier, upon his Elogium Heroinum, or the Praise of worthy Women.
I find my self by much to be too weak
To adde a grace where every line will speak
Where female constancie, and beauty you
Have open laid to censure, and to view;
Which will in spight of envious time comprise
Your worthy Women in our memo∣ries;
And from respects ingag'd, I must make known
Thy lines are unaffected, free, thy own
Thy matter's rare, expressions genuine
Stile most emphatical, & wit divine;
Then reap thy due, and let Apollos bay••s,
In spight of Autumne, grow to crown thy praises.
J. H.