an Heroick Poem.
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27.
And on these Belts (wrought with their Ladies care)
Hung Semyters of Akons trusty steel;
Goodly to see, and he who durst compare
Those Ladies Eyes, might soon their temper feel.
And on these Belts (wrought with their Ladies care)
Hung Semyters of Akons trusty steel;
Goodly to see, and he who durst compare
Those Ladies Eyes, might soon their temper feel.
28.
Cheerd as the woods (where new wak'd Quires they meet)
Are all; and now dispose their choice Relays
Of Horse and Hounds, each like each other fleet;
Which best when with themseves compar'd we praise;
Cheerd as the woods (where new wak'd Quires they meet)
Are all; and now dispose their choice Relays
Of Horse and Hounds, each like each other fleet;
Which best when with themseves compar'd we praise;
29.
To them old Forrests Spies, the Harbourers
With haste approach, wet as still weeping Night,
Or Deer that mourn their growth of head with tears,
When the defenceless weight does hinder flight.
To them old Forrests Spies, the Harbourers
With haste approach, wet as still weeping Night,
Or Deer that mourn their growth of head with tears,
When the defenceless weight does hinder flight.
30.
And Dogs, such whose cold secrecy was ment
By Nature for surprize, on these attend;
Wise temp'rate Lime-Hounds that proclaim no scent;
Nor harb'ring will their Mouths in boasting spend.
And Dogs, such whose cold secrecy was ment
By Nature for surprize, on these attend;
Wise temp'rate Lime-Hounds that proclaim no scent;
Nor harb'ring will their Mouths in boasting spend.
31.
Yet vainlier far than Traitours boast their prize
(On which their vehemence vast rates does lay,
Since in that worth their treasons credit lies)
These Harb'rers praise that which they now betray.
Yet vainlier far than Traitours boast their prize
(On which their vehemence vast rates does lay,
Since in that worth their treasons credit lies)
These Harb'rers praise that which they now betray.
32.
Boast they have lodg'd a Stag, that all the Race
Out-runs of Croton Horse, or Regian Hounds;
A Stag made long, since Royal in the Chace,
If Kings can honour give by giving wounds.
Boast they have lodg'd a Stag, that all the Race
Out-runs of Croton Horse, or Regian Hounds;
A Stag made long, since Royal in the Chace,
If Kings can honour give by giving wounds.
33.
For Aribert had pierc'd him at a Bay,
Yet scap'd he by the vigour of his Head;
And many a Summer since has won the day,
And often left his Regian Foll'wrs dead.
For Aribert had pierc'd him at a Bay,
Yet scap'd he by the vigour of his Head;
And many a Summer since has won the day,
And often left his Regian Foll'wrs dead.
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