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TO The VVorshipfull his most Respected, WILLIAM JEPSONE.
Anagr.
I am one espj evill.
Vers.
I am one (in all things) espy evill.
I seek the good, but shun, despise the Devill.
AN ACCROSTICK SONNET.
Wise Maro pend, Mecoenas worthy praise,
Instately stile, in high, and lofty phrase:
Likewise my lines can give no lesse to thee,
Lesse of themselves, though they of nature be;
In civill things, so prudent and so just,
And, one espying evill, shunning lust.
Mirrour of vertue, active in the truth,
Jngenuous, gentle, scorning idle sloth;
Evill espying, and one pursuing good;
Prudently pious, one of Noble blood:
Sincere, so wise, and vertuous in thy minde,
One who to me, hath proved truly kinde:
Nothing shall therefore make me to forbear,
but want of Letters to extoll thee here.
W. M.