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To Endimion Porter.
I gave, when last I was about to die;
The Poets of this Isle a Legacie;
Each so much wealth, as a long union brings
T'industrious States, or Victorie to Kings:
So much as Hope's clos'd Eies, could wish to see,
Or tall Ambition reach; I gave them thee.
But as rich Men, who in their sicknesse mourne
That they must goe, and never more returne,
To be glad Heires unto themselves, to ⟨take⟩
Againe, what they unwillingly forsake;
As these bequeath, their treasure, when they dye,
Not out of love, but sad necessitie;
The Poets of this Isle a Legacie;
Each so much wealth, as a long union brings
T'industrious States, or Victorie to Kings:
So much as Hope's clos'd Eies, could wish to see,
Or tall Ambition reach; I gave them thee.
But as rich Men, who in their sicknesse mourne
That they must goe, and never more returne,
To be glad Heires unto themselves, to ⟨take⟩
Againe, what they unwillingly forsake;
As these bequeath, their treasure, when they dye,
Not out of love, but sad necessitie;
So
