The Battell betweene
By birth I am a King, borne to the Crowne,
And hold by right my rushie chayre of state,
Peleus my durty Sire, great in renowne,
Of Queene Hydromedusa me begate.
She at the floud of Padus did me beare,
Whose head and cheeks did put her in great feare.
And that my name and person might agree,
Blowne-cheekt Physignathus she cleaped mee.
And hold by right my rushie chayre of state,
Peleus my durty Sire, great in renowne,
Of Queene Hydromedusa me begate.
She at the floud of Padus did me beare,
Whose head and cheeks did put her in great feare.
And that my name and person might agree,
Blowne-cheekt Physignathus she cleaped mee.
But since that valour in thy lookes doth dwell,
And Mars hath his abiding in thy face:
I thinke thy birth doth common Mice excell,
And thee descended from a higher place.
"For majestie attends upon estate,
"It cannot masked be, nor change his gate.
Thy Lordly lookes, thy royall birth proclaime;
Tell me thy country, kindred, and thy name.
And Mars hath his abiding in thy face:
I thinke thy birth doth common Mice excell,
And thee descended from a higher place.
"For majestie attends upon estate,
"It cannot masked be, nor change his gate.
Thy Lordly lookes, thy royall birth proclaime;
Tell me thy country, kindred, and thy name.
The Mouce arising from the rivers brim,
Hearing the Frog speake with such Majestie,
With haughtie courage resaluteth him,
And thus replies with great audacitie:
[1] Wherefore desirest thou to know our birth,
Famous to gods above, and men on earth?
"The greatest Kesar, and the country swaine,
"Of our exployts and stratagems complaine.
Hearing the Frog speake with such Majestie,
With haughtie courage resaluteth him,
And thus replies with great audacitie:
[1] Wherefore desirest thou to know our birth,
Famous to gods above, and men on earth?
"The greatest Kesar, and the country swaine,
"Of our exployts and stratagems complaine.
- ↑ A bold answer to a King.
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