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  With that delight the Royal captiv's brought Before the throne; to breath his farewell thought; To tel his last tale; and so end with it; Which gladly he esteemes a benefit; When the brave victor; at his great soule dumbe; Findes something there fate cannot overcome; Cals the chain'd prince; and by his glory led; First reaches him his crowne; and then his head; Who ne're 'til now thinks himself slave and poor; For though nought else; he had himselfe before。 He weepes at this faire chance; nor wil allow; But that the diadem doth brand his brow; And under…rates himselfe below mankinde; Who first had lost his body; now his minde;

  With such a joy came I to heare my dombe; And haste the preparation of my tombe; When; like good angels who have heav'nly charge To steere and guide mans sudden giddy barge; She snatcht me from the rock I was upon; And landed me at life's pavillion: Where I; thus wound out of th' immense abysse; Was straight set on a pinacle of blisse。

  Let me leape in againe! and by that fall Bring me to my first woe; so cancel all: Ah! 's this a quitting of the debt you owe; To crush her and her goodnesse at one blowe?   Defend me from so foule impiety; Would make friends grieve; and furies weep to see。

  Now; ye sage spirits; which infuse in men That are oblidg'd twice to oblige agen; Informe my tongue in labour what to say; And in what coyne or language to repay。 But you are silent as the ev'nings ayre; When windes unto their hollow grots repaire。   Oh; then accept the all that left me is; Devout oblations of a sacred wish!

  When she walks forth; ye perfum'd wings oth' East; Fan her; 'til with the Sun she hastes to th' West; And when her heav'nly course calles up the day; And breakes as bright; descend; some glistering ray; To circle her; and her as glistering haire; That all may say a living saint shines there。 Slow Time; with woollen feet make thy soft pace; And leave no tracks ith' snow of her pure face; But when this vertue must needs fall; to rise The brightest constellation in the skies; When we in characters of fire shall reade; How cleere she was alive; how spotless; dead。 All you that are a kinne to piety: For onely you can her close mourners be; Draw neer; and make of hallowed teares a dearth: Goodnes and justice both are fled the earth。

  If this be to be thankful; I'v a heart Broaken with vowes; eaten with grateful smart; And beside this; the vild world nothing hath Worth anything but her provoked wrath; So then; who thinkes to satisfie in time; Must give a satisfaction for that crime: Since she alone knowes the gifts value; she Can onely to her selfe requitall be; And worthyly to th' life paynt her owne story In its true colours and full native glory; Which when perhaps she shal be heard to tell; Buffoones and theeves; ceasing to do ill; Shal blush into a virgin…innocence; And then woo others from the same offence; The robber and the murderer; in 'spite Of his red spots; shal startle into white: All good (rewards layd by) shal stil increase For love of her; and villany decease; Naught be ignote; not so much out of feare Of being punisht; as offending her。

  So that; when as my future daring bayes Shall bow it selfe in lawrels to her praise; To crown her conqu'ring goodnes; and proclaime The due renowne and glories of her name: My wit shal be so wretched and so poore That; 'stead of praysing; I shal scandal her; And leave; when with my purest art I'v done; Scarce the designe of what she is begunne: Yet men shal send me home; admir'd; exact; Proud; that I could from her so wel detract。

  Where; then; thou bold instinct; shal I begin My endlesse taske?  To thanke her were a sin Great as not speake; and not to speake; a blame Beyond what's worst; such as doth want a name; So thou my all; poore gratitude; ev'n thou In this wilt an unthankful office do: Or wilt I fling all at her feet I have: My life; my love; my very soule; a slave? Tye my free spirit onely unto her; And yeeld up my affection prisoner? Fond thought; in this thou teachest me to give What first was hers; since by her breath I live; And hast but show'd me; how I may resigne Possession of those thing are none of mine。

 i。e。 Anne; Lady Lovelace; the poet's kinswoman; who seems to have assisted him in some emergency; unknown to us except through the present lines。

 Caractacus(?)。

 The mythology of Greece assigned to each wind a separate cave; in which it was supposed to await the commands of its sovereign Aeolus; or Aeolos。  It is to this myth that Lovelace alludes。

 A very common form of VILE among early writers。

 This reads like a parody on the fourth Eclogue of Virgil。 The early English poets were rather partial to the introduction of miniature…pictures of the Golden Age on similar occasions to the present。  Thus Carew; in his poem TO SAXHAM; says:

    〃The Pheasant; Partridge; and the Lark      Flew to thy house; as to the Ark。      The willing Oxe of himself came      Home to the slaughter with the Lamb。      And every beast did thither bring      Himself; to be an offering。〃           Carew's POEMS; 1651; p。 34。

 Vice。

 We should read THEMSELVES。



     A LADY WITH A FALCON ON HER FIST。  TO THE HONOURABLE MY COUSIN A'NNE' L'OVELACE。'

                    I。 This Queen of Prey (now prey to you);   Fast to that pirch of ivory In silver chaines and silken clue;   Hath now made full thy victory:

                    II。 The swelling admirall of the dread   Cold deepe; burnt in thy flames; oh faire! Wast not enough; but thou must lead   Bound; too; the Princesse of the aire?

                    III。 Unarm'd of wings and scaly oare;   Unhappy crawler on the land; To what heav'n fly'st? div'st to what shoare;   That her brave eyes do not command?

                    IV。 Ascend the chariot of the Sun   From her bright pow'r to shelter thee: Her captive (foole) outgases him;   Ah; what lost wretches then are we!

                    V。 Now; proud usurpers on the right   Of sacred beauty; heare your dombe; Recant your sex; your mastry; might;   Lower you cannot be or'ecome:

                    VI。 Repent; ye er'e nam'd he or head;   For y' are in falcon's monarchy; And in that just dominion bred;   In which the nobler is the shee。



         A PROLOGUE TO THE SCHOLARS。  A COMAEDY PRESENTED AT THE WHITE FRYERS。

  A gentleman; to give us somewhat new; Hath brought up OXFORD with him to show you; Pray be not frightedTho the scaene and gown's The Universities; the wit's the town's; The lines each honest Englishman may speake: Yet not mistake his mother…tongue for Greeke; For stil 'twas part of his vow'd liturgie: From learned comedies deliver me! Wishing all those that lov'd 'em here asleepe; Promising SCHOLARS; but no SCHOLARSHIP。

  You'd smile to see; how he do's vex and shake; Speakes naught; but; if the PROLOGUE do's but take; Or the first act were past the pikes once; then Then hopes and joys; then frowns and fears agen; Then blushes like a virgin; now to be Rob'd of his comicall virginity In presence of you all。  In short; you'd say More hopes of mirth are in his looks then play。

  These feares are for the noble and the wise; But if 'mongst you there are such fowle dead eyes; As can damne unaraign'd; cal law their pow'rs; Judging it sin enough that it is ours; And with the house shift their decreed desires; FAIRE still to th' BLACKE; BLACKE still to the WHITE…FRYERS; He do's protest he wil sit down and weep Castles and pyramids    。    。    。 。    。    。    。    。    。    No; he wil on; Proud to be rais'd by such destruction; So far from quarr'lling with himselfe and wit; That he wil thank them for the benefit; Since finding nothing worthy of their hate; They reach him that themselves must envy at:

 This was the theatre in Salisbury Court。  See Collier; H。 E。 D。 P。 iii。 289; and Halliwell's DICTIONARY OF OLD PLAYS; art。 SCHOLAR。  From the terms of the epilogue it seems to have been a piece occupying two hours in the performance。  Judging; I presume; from the opening lines; Mr。 Halliwell supposes it to have been originally acted at Gloucester Hall。  Probably Mr。 Halliwell is right。

 A quibble on the two adjacent theatres in Whitefriars and Blackfriars。



              THE EPILOGUE。

  The stubborne author of the trifle crime; That just now cheated you of two hours' time; Presumptuous it lik't him; began to grow Carelesse; whether it pleased you or no。

  But we who ground th' excellence of a play On what the women at the dores wil say; Who judge it by the benches; and afford To take your money; ere his oath or word His SCHOLLARS school'd; sayd if he had been wise He should have wove in one two COMEDIES; The first for th' gallery; in which the throne To their amazement should descend alone; The rosin…lightning flash; and monster spire Squibs; and words hotter then his fire。

  Th' other for the gentlemen oth' pit; Like to themselves; all spirit; fancy; wit; In which plots should be subtile as a flame; Disguises would make PROTEUS stil the same: Humours so rarely humour'd and exprest; That ev'n they should thinke 'em so; not drest; Vices acted and app

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