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TO PAN.
The sight of so vnsatisfying a Thing;
In whose face, put forth, such a bristled spring.
Yet the most usefull Mercurie embrac't,
And tooke into his armes, his homely-fac't:
Beyond all measure ioyfull with his sight:
And up to heauen with him, made instant flight,
Wrapt in the warme skinne, of a Mountaine Hare:
Set him by Ioue; and made most merrie fare
To all the Deities else, with his Sonnes sight;
Which, most of all, fill'd Bacchus with delight;
And Pan they call'd him, since he brought to All,
Of Mirth so rare; and full a Festiuall.
And thus, all honor to the shepherds King:
For Sacrifice to Thee, my Muse shall sing.
In whose face, put forth, such a bristled spring.
Yet the most usefull Mercurie embrac't,
And tooke into his armes, his homely-fac't:
Beyond all measure ioyfull with his sight:
And up to heauen with him, made instant flight,
Wrapt in the warme skinne, of a Mountaine Hare:
Set him by Ioue; and made most merrie fare
To all the Deities else, with his Sonnes sight;
Which, most of all, fill'd Bacchus with delight;
And Pan they call'd him, since he brought to All,
Of Mirth so rare; and full a Festiuall.
And thus, all honor to the shepherds King:
For Sacrifice to Thee, my Muse shall sing.
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