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GONDIBERT,
41.
A cause for graver Minds that learned are
In mistick Man; a cause, which we must gain
By surer methods than depend on war;
And respite Valour, to employ the brain.
A cause for graver Minds that learned are
In mistick Man; a cause, which we must gain
By surer methods than depend on war;
And respite Valour, to employ the brain.
42.
In the King's Scale your merits are too light,
Who with the Duke, weighs his own partial heart;
Make then the gift of Empire publick right,
And get in Rhodalind the Peoples part.
In the King's Scale your merits are too light,
Who with the Duke, weighs his own partial heart;
Make then the gift of Empire publick right,
And get in Rhodalind the Peoples part.
43.
But this rough side, the meeting Multitude
If we oppose, we make our voyage long;
Yet when we with it row, it is subdu'd;
And we are wise, where Men in vain are strong.
But this rough side, the meeting Multitude
If we oppose, we make our voyage long;
Yet when we with it row, it is subdu'd;
And we are wise, where Men in vain are strong.
44.
Then to the People sue, but hide your force,
For they believe the strong are still unjust;
Never to armed Sutors yield remorse;
And where they see the pow'r, the right distrust.
Then to the People sue, but hide your force,
For they believe the strong are still unjust;
Never to armed Sutors yield remorse;
And where they see the pow'r, the right distrust.
45.
Assault their pitie, as the weakest part,
Which the first Plaintiff never fails to move;
They search but in the face to find the heart,
And grief in Princes, more than triumph, love.
Assault their pitie, as the weakest part,
Which the first Plaintiff never fails to move;
They search but in the face to find the heart,
And grief in Princes, more than triumph, love.
46.
And to prepare their pitie, Gartha now
Should in her sorrows height with me return;
For since their Eyes at all distresses flow,
How will they at afflicted beauty mourn?
And to prepare their pitie, Gartha now
Should in her sorrows height with me return;
For since their Eyes at all distresses flow,
How will they at afflicted beauty mourn?
47.
Much such a pledge of Peace will with the King
(Urg'd by my int'rest here) my pow'r improve;
And much my power will to your int'rest bring,
If from the watchfull Court you hide my Love.
Much such a pledge of Peace will with the King
(Urg'd by my int'rest here) my pow'r improve;
And much my power will to your int'rest bring,
If from the watchfull Court you hide my Love.
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