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Arise my faithful honourer, arise: Good honest soul, thy language would enforce The Cannibals to turn compassionate: I will transmit thee into Scythia, To Pontus, to the fierce untamed Getes, Till with a fluent phrase, thou do compel Their savage superstition to submit, And me acknowledge, as their lawful King: Thus thou like Orpheus couldst (I'm sure) enthrall The rude Arabian, or the rugged Gaule, And captivate their longing audience With an eternity of eloquence. Thus couldst thou re-enlarge my sovereign awe, Thus multiply each province, thus augment The bounds of our dominion, or deduce Appointed troops of Colony; with voice: But (my alone beloved) never think I will exchange thy noble company For temporal possession: though the Gods Would all resign Olympus, and elect Me as coheir indubitate to Ioue, Upon Proviso to forsake this friend, I rather would refuse divinity, Live like a drudge in dark obscurity, Then leave so loyal, so complete a friend: And yet this man deserves a watchful eye; Speak you censorious rank of Magistrates, Doth he deserve suspicion? who replies? Reports and rumour did deserve advise. Who guided by report so far doth blame Another, as to argue his ill-name, Insisting much on some particular, Detects himself, an Ass auricular. This unexpected fume to pacify Let your good grace vouchsafe to dignify A Summer banquet, and I shall entreat You the Patricians to accept my love. Rather then bounty; whom I will invite And feast with my beloved Liege tonight. With temptive cups we'll wash away conceit, And so renew each health in sober height. May then my cauterised soul forsake The rules of nature? sanctimonious law? Religion' or distinct humanity? The common spark of times morality? Must lethargy now seize upon my soul? Shall my infectious humour so control judgement? so much prefer fantastic joy? Give licence to disloyal treachery? Atheism' Rebellion? black deformity? O most ungoverned appetite of man! we may foresee what few escape, e'er can. Resolve me, Sophist, or Philosopher, Some cunning moral disputant resolve, I is the people do maintaine) Gods liue, Gods, who revenge our close iniquity, And search the recluse corners of each soul; Why do the Gods forbear to punish me? Who am as wicked as a man may be: Why doth Olympus, or the Gods who dwell Within that fabric suffer smoky hell, Horror, impostume prodigies, and death, Vengeance, delay; to stop a villains breath? Can such a sublunary slave as I outlive two minutes longer? Thus protract A peaceable success, without heavens crack? Can ominous portents be now asleep, Whilst I am waking? do the Angels keep No watch for Kings? then Iupiter awake, And give the world some notice that you take Especial care of Princes: o methinks Morpheus the God of sleep, who daily winks, Should leave his drunken catalogue of dreams, And start with repetition of extremes, Wherewith I am infected; seas should burn, Bears, wolves, and lions peaceable should turn
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Arise my faithfull honourer, arise: Good honest soule, thy language would enforce The Cannibals to turne compassionate: I will trans-mit thee into Scythia, To Pontus, to the fierce vn-tamed Getes, Till with a fluent phrase, thou doe compell Their savage superstition to submit, And mee acknowledge, as their lawfull King: Thus thou like Orpheus couldst (I'me sure) enthrall The rude Arabian, or the rugged Gale, And captivate their longing audience With an aeternity of eloquence. Thus couldst thou re-inlarge my soueraigne awe, Thus multiply each prouince, thus augment The bounds of our dominion, or de-duce Appointed troopes of Colony; with voyce: But (my alone beloued) never thinke I will exchange thy noble company For temporall possession: though the Gods Would all resigne Olympus, and elect Mee as co-heire in-dubtae to Ioue, Vpon Proviso to forsake this friend, I rather would refuse deuinity, Liue like a drudge in darke obscurity, Then leaue so loyall, so compleat a friend: And yet this man deserues a watchfull eye; Speake you censorious ranke of Magistrates, Doth hee deserue suspition? who replyes? Reports and rumour did deserue aduise. Who guided by report so farre doth blame Another, as to argue his ill-name, Insisting much on some particular, Detects himselfe, an Asse auricular. This vn-expected fume to pacifie Let your good grace vouchsae to dignifie A Summer banquet, and I shall intreate You the Patricians to accept my loue. Rher then bounty; whom I will invite And east with my beloued Liege to night. With temptiue cups wee'le was away conceit, And so enew each health in sober height. May then my cauterised soule forsake The rules of nature? sanctimonious law? Religion' or distinct humanity? The common sparke of times morality? Mst lethargy now seize vpon my soule? Shall my infectious humor so controule Iudgement? so much preferre fantasticke ioy? Giue licence to dis-loyall trechery? Atheisme' Rebellion? blacke deformity? O most vn-gouern'd appetite of man! Wee may fore see what few escape, e're can. Resolue me, Sophist, or Philosopher, Some cunning morall disputant resolue, I is the people do maintaine) Gods liue, Gods, who reuenge our close iniquity▪ Ad search the re-cluse corners of each soule; Why doe the Gods forbeare to punish me? Who am as icked as a man may be: Why doth Olympus, or the Gods who dwell Within that fabricke suffer smoky hell, Horror, prodigies, and death, Veeace, delay; to stop a villaines breath? Can such slaue as I minutes longer? protract A peace-able successe, without heauens cracke? Can omenous be now asleepe, Whilst I am waking? do the Angels keepe No watch for Kings? then Iupiter awake, And giue the world some notice that you take Especiall care o Pinces: ô mee thinkes Morphe the God of sleepe, who daily winkes, Should leaue his drunken catalogue of dreames, And start with repetition of extreames, Wherewith I am infected; seas should burne, Beares, woolues, and Lyons peace-able should turne