. The poetical works of ALexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604-1631 ; now first collected . not; nor to purchafcprayfc, ivhich IcraJtenot; but in few lines to fJicio the infinitie of my Loue toyour Grace. When ViteWms, at the Battell of Cremona,was flahie, the Parthian King YoXogeiu^ fent Embafsa-dours to Vefpafian, offering him fourtie thonfand Par-thian Hotfcnicn to ayde him, (This was a glorious andioyftill thing to be fought vnto with offers of fo great af-fistatmce, and yet not to need them): So thankcs weregiuen to Vologefus, and hcc at perpetuall peace fromthencefoorth with the Romans. / h
. The poetical works of ALexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604-1631 ; now first collected . not; nor to purchafcprayfc, ivhich IcraJtenot; but in few lines to fJicio the infinitie of my Loue toyour Grace. When ViteWms, at the Battell of Cremona,was flahie, the Parthian King YoXogeiu^ fent Embafsa-dours to Vefpafian, offering him fourtie thonfand Par-thian Hotfcnicn to ayde him, (This was a glorious andioyftill thing to be fought vnto with offers of fo great af-fistatmce, and yet not to need them): So thankcs weregiuen to Vologefus, and hcc at perpetuall peace fromthencefoorth with the Romans. / haue fent (dreadLeige) thofe Papers Congratulatorie, and Parcenctic, toyo7ir Maicflie, not that your Highnes needes them, btitwith Vologefus, to fficiv my Loue to Vefpafian, andp7i,rchafc his thankes. If you like my laboiirs, theycome not too late: ifyoit loath them, they cotne toofoone to light. Thus, bold as a true andlouing Subiefl, fearcfull as a bbiffdngand onmammiitted Prentice inPoeffe, I remainc yojwMaic/les, Borne Stibie^, and bound beadrnan, Alexander Craige. TO THE HE famous Grecians had a Law,(though after mittigated by Cha-^^^5 rojidas) that who foeuer for fcarcr did run away from Battle, fhouldbe puniflied with death. So, leaftI fhould come in the reuerenceof that Law, or be called a Cow-ward, I haue prcfumcd to publiflithefe my long conceyted Poemsto common light: And like that valiant Bayard (whofeeling himfelfe deadly wounded, and vnable to fit on hisHorfe, commaunded his Souldiers to lay him againft atree, but in fuch fort, as he might die with his face to theEnemie) I refolue, fince I haue alreadic from wifeft cen-fors, receiued my death fliot, by printing my papers, todie with my face to the Foe. And fince (loulng Leflor)Noil omnibus datur adire Corinthicm, I am contented to bepoynted at for a foolifh Poet, fo I may be reputed a fayth-fuU Subiefl. Maiiriciiis forewarned by Dreames, andfundry Prognoftications, that Phocas fhould kill him, de-maunded o
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