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Where everie planet hath his owen repaire 5 And christall house, a whirling wheill in rounde Whose calme aspects or froward does declaire Gods minde to blisse great kingdomes or confounde Then if you list to see on earthlie grounde There ordour, course, and influence appeare 10

Looke Tichoes tooles, there finelie shall be founde Eache planet dansing in his propre spheare There fires divine into his house remaine Whome sommerlie his booke doth here containe.

[XXV]

ANOTHER ON THE SAME:

What foolish Phaeton did presume in pride Yea more what great Apollo takes in hand Who does the course of glistring Phoebus guide Thou does performe that rules cache firie brand

Then greater art thou then Apollo cleare 5

As thy Uranias eldest fostre deare.

[XXVI]

A SONNET ON DU BARTAS[1]

Since ye[2] immortall sisters nine have[3] left All other countries lying far or neere To follow him who from you all them reft[4] And now hath caused your residence be here Who thogh a stranger, yett he lov'd so deere 5

This realme and me, so as he spoil'd his awin (And all the brookes, the bankes and fontains cleere That be in it) of you, as he hath shawin

  1. Printed in The Historic of Judith in forme of a Poeme: penned in French by the noble poet G. Sallust, Lord of Bartas: Englished by Tho. Hudson, Edin., 1584. Printed in the 1608 and later editions of Sylvester.
  2. Orig., the.
  3. Orig., hath.
  4. Orig., Hudson, from them all you reft