. The poems of Sir John Beaumont, e cote hath kept;He through the Various strife of fortune neuer past,JNor as a wandring guest would forraine waters taste;He neuer feard the seas in trade, nor sound of warres,INor in hoarse courts of law, hath felt litigious iarres;Ynskilfull in affaires, he knowes no city neare,So freely he enioyes the sight of heaun more cleare ;The yeeres by seurall come, not consuls he com-putes,He notes the Spring by flowres, and Autumne by the fruits;One space put downe the sunne, and brings againe the rayes,Thus by a certain orbe he measures out the
. The poems of Sir John Beaumont, e cote hath kept;He through the Various strife of fortune neuer past,JNor as a wandring guest would forraine waters taste;He neuer feard the seas in trade, nor sound of warres,INor in hoarse courts of law, hath felt litigious iarres;Ynskilfull in affaires, he knowes no city neare,So freely he enioyes the sight of heaun more cleare ;The yeeres by seurall come, not consuls he com-putes,He notes the Spring by flowres, and Autumne by the fruits;One space put downe the sunne, and brings againe the rayes,Thus by a certain orbe he measures out the some great oke from small beginning spred,He sees the wood grow old, which with himselfe was next of townes as farre as India seemes,And for the Ruddy Sea, Bcnacus he estccmes :Yet still his armes arc firme, his strength vntamdand greene; TRANSLATIONS. 261 The full third age hath him a lusty grandsire others trauaile farre, and hidden coasts displayThis man hath more of life, and those haue moreof way. 4wn>. Caters $u>i*. The following is the original title-page: THE METAMOR-phosis OF TABACCO. Lusimus Octaui &c.[An oval wood-cut of bi-forkedParnassus, with a tobacco plant,a sun-flower and a pansy, withthe conventional sun motto round it is * Parnassoet Apolline digna.] AT LONDON Imprinted for Iohn Flasket, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the black Beare. 1602. Collation—21 leaves, including the title-page. The onlyknown copy is in the British Museum, among the Kingsbooks: 1077. h. 15. The title-page is somewhat soiledand mended : bound in saffron morocco. Mr. Collier re-printed it in his l First Series but I have been unable tomeet with it, though helped by himself. He kindlyfavoured me with his own transcript: but I have collatedevery line and word myself with the original exemplar,correcting a very considerable aggregate of mistakes, andadding notes as required. I notice reluctantly
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