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GONDIBERT,
13.
Who did his suit not onely disapprove,
Because the summer of his life was past;
And she fresh blown; but that even highest love
Grows tasteless to Ambition's higher taste.
Who did his suit not onely disapprove,
Because the summer of his life was past;
And she fresh blown; but that even highest love
Grows tasteless to Ambition's higher taste.
14.
Yet now in such a great and single cause,
With nice Ambition, nicer Loves complies;
And she (since to revenge he usefull was)
Perswades his hope with Rhet'rick of her Eyes.
Yet now in such a great and single cause,
With nice Ambition, nicer Loves complies;
And she (since to revenge he usefull was)
Perswades his hope with Rhet'rick of her Eyes.
15.
A closs division of the Tent they straight
By outward Guards secure from all resort;
Then Hermegild does thus the cause relate,
Which to the Camp dispatch'd him from the Court.
A closs division of the Tent they straight
By outward Guards secure from all resort;
Then Hermegild does thus the cause relate,
Which to the Camp dispatch'd him from the Court.
16.
Important Prince! who justly dost succeed
To Oswald's hopes, and all my loyal aid;
Virtue as much in all thy wounds does bleed,
As love in me, since wounded by that Maid.
Important Prince! who justly dost succeed
To Oswald's hopes, and all my loyal aid;
Virtue as much in all thy wounds does bleed,
As love in me, since wounded by that Maid.
17.
Long have I sayl'd through Times vexatious sea;
And first set out with all that Youth is worth;
The Tropicks pass'd of bloods hot bravery,
With all the Sayls, gay Flags, and Streamers forth!
Long have I sayl'd through Times vexatious sea;
And first set out with all that Youth is worth;
The Tropicks pass'd of bloods hot bravery,
With all the Sayls, gay Flags, and Streamers forth!
18.
But as in hotter voyages, Ships most
Decay their trim, yet then they chiefly gain
By inward stowage, what is outward lost;
So Men, decays of youth, repair in brain.
But as in hotter voyages, Ships most
Decay their trim, yet then they chiefly gain
By inward stowage, what is outward lost;
So Men, decays of youth, repair in brain.
19.
If I experience boast when youth decays,
Such vanity may Gartha's pitie move,
Since so I seek your service by self-praise,
Rather than seem unusefull where I love.
If I experience boast when youth decays,
Such vanity may Gartha's pitie move,
Since so I seek your service by self-praise,
Rather than seem unusefull where I love.
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