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Madagascar.
In envy of thy hopes they hither came;
And Envy men in warr Ambition name;
Ambition, Valor; but 'tis valor's shame
When Envy feeds it more than noble Fame:
Strait I discern'd by what their Ensigne weares,
They are of those ambitious Wanderers;
Whose avaritious thoughts would teach them runne,
As long continu'd journeys as the Sunne;
And make the title of their strength, not right,
As knowne, and universall as his light:
For they beleeve their Monarch hath subdu'd
Already such a spacious latitude;
That sure, the good old Planet's bus'nesse is
Of late, only to visit what is his:
And those faire beames, which he did think his owne
Are tribute now, and he, his subject growne;
Yet not impair'd in title, since they call
Him kindly, his Surveyor-Generall.
Now give mee Wine! and let my fury rise,
That what my travail'd Soul's immortall eies
With joy, and wonder saw, I may reherse
To curious Eares, in high, immortall verse!
And Envy men in warr Ambition name;
Ambition, Valor; but 'tis valor's shame
When Envy feeds it more than noble Fame:
Strait I discern'd by what their Ensigne weares,
They are of those ambitious Wanderers;
Whose avaritious thoughts would teach them runne,
As long continu'd journeys as the Sunne;
And make the title of their strength, not right,
As knowne, and universall as his light:
For they beleeve their Monarch hath subdu'd
Already such a spacious latitude;
That sure, the good old Planet's bus'nesse is
Of late, only to visit what is his:
And those faire beames, which he did think his owne
Are tribute now, and he, his subject growne;
Yet not impair'd in title, since they call
Him kindly, his Surveyor-Generall.
Now give mee Wine! and let my fury rise,
That what my travail'd Soul's immortall eies
With joy, and wonder saw, I may reherse
To curious Eares, in high, immortall verse!
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