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GONDIBERT,
60.
These that attend Duke Gondibert's renown
Where Youth, whom from his Fathers Camp he chose,
And them betimes transplanted to his own;
Where each the Planters care and judgement shows.
These that attend Duke Gondibert's renown
Where Youth, whom from his Fathers Camp he chose,
And them betimes transplanted to his own;
Where each the Planters care and judgement shows.
61.
All hardy Youth, from valiant Fathers sprung;
Whom perfect honour he so highly taught,
That th' Aged fetch'd examples from the young,
And hid the vain experience which they brought.
All hardy Youth, from valiant Fathers sprung;
Whom perfect honour he so highly taught,
That th' Aged fetch'd examples from the young,
And hid the vain experience which they brought.
62.
They danger met diverted less with fears
Than now the dead would be if here again,
After they know the price brave dying bears;
And by their sinless rest find life was vain.
They danger met diverted less with fears
Than now the dead would be if here again,
After they know the price brave dying bears;
And by their sinless rest find life was vain.
63.
Temp'rate in what does needy life preserve,
As those whose Bodies wait upon their Minds;
Chaste as those Minds which not their Bodies serve,
Ready as Pilots wak'd with sudden Winds.
Temp'rate in what does needy life preserve,
As those whose Bodies wait upon their Minds;
Chaste as those Minds which not their Bodies serve,
Ready as Pilots wak'd with sudden Winds.
64.
Speechless in diligence, as if they were
Nightly to close surprize and Ambush bred;
Their wounds yet smarting mercifull they are,
And soon from victory to pitie led.
Speechless in diligence, as if they were
Nightly to close surprize and Ambush bred;
Their wounds yet smarting mercifull they are,
And soon from victory to pitie led.
65.
When a great Captive they in fight had ta'ne,
(Whom in a Filial duty some fair Maid
Visits, and would by tears his Freedom gain)
How soon his Victors were his Captives made?
When a great Captive they in fight had ta'ne,
(Whom in a Filial duty some fair Maid
Visits, and would by tears his Freedom gain)
How soon his Victors were his Captives made?
66.
For though the Duke taught rigid Discipline,
He let them beauty thus at distance know;
As Priests discover some especial Shrine,
Which none must touch, yet all may to it bow.
For though the Duke taught rigid Discipline,
He let them beauty thus at distance know;
As Priests discover some especial Shrine,
Which none must touch, yet all may to it bow.
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