an Heroick Poem.
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6.
When this is heard, none dare of what I give
Presume their equal merit might have shar'd;
And to say more, might make thy Foes believe,
Thy dang'rous worth is grown above reward.
When this is heard, none dare of what I give
Presume their equal merit might have shar'd;
And to say more, might make thy Foes believe,
Thy dang'rous worth is grown above reward.
7.
Reward even of a Crown, and such a Crown,
As by Heav'n's Model ancient Victors wore;
When they, as by their Coyn, by Laws were known;
For Laws but made more currant Victors pow'r.
Reward even of a Crown, and such a Crown,
As by Heav'n's Model ancient Victors wore;
When they, as by their Coyn, by Laws were known;
For Laws but made more currant Victors pow'r.
8.
A Crown soon taught, by whom Pow'r first was given;
When Victors (of Dominion cautious made
By hearing of that old revolt in Heaven)
Kept Pow'r too high for Subjects to invade.
A Crown soon taught, by whom Pow'r first was given;
When Victors (of Dominion cautious made
By hearing of that old revolt in Heaven)
Kept Pow'r too high for Subjects to invade.
9.
A Crown, which ends by Armies their debate,
Who question height of Pow'r; who by the Law
(Till plain obedience they make intricate)
Would not the People, but their Rulers aw.
A Crown, which ends by Armies their debate,
Who question height of Pow'r; who by the Law
(Till plain obedience they make intricate)
Would not the People, but their Rulers aw.
10.
To Pow'r, adoption makes thy Title good;
Preferring worth, as birth gives Princes place;
And Virtue's claim exceeds the right of blood,
As Souls extraction does the Bodies Race.
To Pow'r, adoption makes thy Title good;
Preferring worth, as birth gives Princes place;
And Virtue's claim exceeds the right of blood,
As Souls extraction does the Bodies Race.
11.
Yet for thy Bloods long walk through Princes veins,
Thou maist with any Lombard measure time;
Though he his hidden house in Illium feigns;
And not step short, when Hubert self would climb.
Yet for thy Bloods long walk through Princes veins,
Thou maist with any Lombard measure time;
Though he his hidden house in Illium feigns;
And not step short, when Hubert self would climb.
12.
And Hubert is of highest Victors Breed;
Whose worth I shall for distant Empire chuse;
If he will learn, that you by Fate precede,
And what he never had, he cannot lose.
And Hubert is of highest Victors Breed;
Whose worth I shall for distant Empire chuse;
If he will learn, that you by Fate precede,
And what he never had, he cannot lose.
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