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To the Right Honourable the Earl of PEMBROOK: Earle PHILLIP HERBERT.
Anagr.
Peer help al liberty.
Vers.
Peer help all liberty; Brave Lord, we see
Thy actions, and thy Anagram agree.
REnowned Lord, brave Earl, fair Englands pride,
I stile thee so, since England doth conside,
And ever did, in thy fidelity,
Both in their triumphs and tranquilitie.
First, while this Nation did securely rest,
As thou wast Noble thou wert worthiest:
For still the Court, thy carriage did commend
Didst not co-act for thy luxurious end:
And now when Mars did muster all at armes,
Thou still art constant upon equall termes.
True to the State, couragious in faith,
Most absolute in minde unto the death.
A rare example in a case so high,
Friend both to subject and His Majestie.
The Tombs of Traitours, where their Hersesare,
Shall all bear witnesse, how wise Pembrook, farre
Surpass'd their practice; and his Trophées shall
Survive in honour, when theirs, perish all,
Patron of truth, patern in Pietie,
Two matchlesse Emblems, of Nobilitie,
Pembrook for Prudence, Piety, and worth▪
These Epethites shall onely set thee forth.
W. M.