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To the Courteous still observant, and to

the Critticall Knave as he deserveth,

William Lithgow.

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To his singular Friend Maister Lithgow.

The double travell (Lithgow) thou hast tane,

One of thy Feete, the other of thy Brane,

Thee, with thy selfe; doe make for to contend,

Whether the earth, thou’st better pac’d or pend.

Would Malagaes sweet liquor had thee crownd,

And not its trechery made thy joynts unsound,

For Christ, King, Countrey, what thou there indur’d

Not them alone, but therein all injur’d:

Their tort’ring Rack, arresting of thy pace

Hath barr’d our hope, of the worlds other face:

Who is it sees this side so well exprest,

That with desire, doth not long for the rest.

Thy travell’d Countreyes so described be,

As Readers thinke, they doe each Region see,

Thy well compacted matter, ornat stile,

Doth them oft, in quicke sliding Time beguile,

Like as a Mayde, wandring in Floraes Boures

Confind to small time, of few flitting houres,