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This that appeares to you, a walking-Thumbe,
May prove, the gen'rall Spie of Christendome:
Then calls for Chaines, but such as fitting seeme,
For Elephants, when manag'd in a Teeme.
Whilst puissant Ieff'ry 'gins to wish (in vaine)
He had long since contriv'd a truce with Spaine.
His Sinewes faile him now; nor doth hee yeeld
Much trust unto his Buckler, or his Shield;
Yet threatens like a second Tamberlaine,
To bring them 'fore the Queenes Lord-Chamberlaine;
Because without the leave, of him, or her,
They keepe her Houshold-Servant prisoner.
Diego, that study'd wrath, more than remorse,
Commands, that they to Dunkerk steere their course:
Whilst Captive-Ieffr'y shewes to wiser sight,
Just like a melancholy Isralite,
In midst of's journey unto Babylon;
Melt marble hearts, that chance to thinke thereon!
The Winds are guilty too; for now behold
Already landed this our Brittaine bold!
The People view him round; some take their oath
He's humane Issue, but not yet of growth:
May prove, the gen'rall Spie of Christendome:
Then calls for Chaines, but such as fitting seeme,
For Elephants, when manag'd in a Teeme.
Whilst puissant Ieff'ry 'gins to wish (in vaine)
He had long since contriv'd a truce with Spaine.
His Sinewes faile him now; nor doth hee yeeld
Much trust unto his Buckler, or his Shield;
Yet threatens like a second Tamberlaine,
To bring them 'fore the Queenes Lord-Chamberlaine;
Because without the leave, of him, or her,
They keepe her Houshold-Servant prisoner.
Diego, that study'd wrath, more than remorse,
Commands, that they to Dunkerk steere their course:
Whilst Captive-Ieffr'y shewes to wiser sight,
Just like a melancholy Isralite,
In midst of's journey unto Babylon;
Melt marble hearts, that chance to thinke thereon!
The Winds are guilty too; for now behold
Already landed this our Brittaine bold!
The People view him round; some take their oath
He's humane Issue, but not yet of growth:
And
