But let the wicked band themselves in one,
To worke true vertues ruine and decay:
Tread you the path your father erst hath gone,
And feare not what the proud can doe or say:
For though ambition seeme to beare a sway,
And envies sting procure the just mans smart,
Truth will advance her cause as cleare as day,
And turne the scandall of detractions dart,
Upon themselves, with shame and griefe of heart.
To worke true vertues ruine and decay:
Tread you the path your father erst hath gone,
And feare not what the proud can doe or say:
For though ambition seeme to beare a sway,
And envies sting procure the just mans smart,
Truth will advance her cause as cleare as day,
And turne the scandall of detractions dart,
Upon themselves, with shame and griefe of heart.
Well could you beate (I know) the billowes backe,
Which seeke t'orewhelme the Bark of Hargreves name:
But never tempest can his vessell cracke,
Since Vertue serves as Anchor to his fame:
Deigne therefore, Cousin, to protect from blame
This simple worke, that like as Hargreves friend
Stands in the front to patronize the same;
So Hargreves sonne in fine will it defend,
Lest Curres doe bite behind what I have pend.
Which seeke t'orewhelme the Bark of Hargreves name:
But never tempest can his vessell cracke,
Since Vertue serves as Anchor to his fame:
Deigne therefore, Cousin, to protect from blame
This simple worke, that like as Hargreves friend
Stands in the front to patronize the same;
So Hargreves sonne in fine will it defend,
Lest Curres doe bite behind what I have pend.
FINIS.
