. The poetical works of ALexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604-1631 ; now first collected . Prima velim ietieris hitendat amoribus cetas,Et canat ad Cytharam nojira camenafuam. MoUe mewn Leuibus cor ejlpe7ietrabile telis,Etfemper caufa ejl cur egofempcr amo. Vifantur vcnii, pluuicB, vitanttir, et ejhis,Non vitatur amor, mecum tumuletur oportet. TO THE MOST GODLY, VERTVOVS, BEAVTIFVLL, and accomplifhed PRINCESSE, me- ritorioufly dignified with all the Titles Religion, Vertuc, Honor, Beautie can receiue, challenge, afforde, or defeme; ANNA, by diuine prouidence, of Great Britane, France, and Irelan
. The poetical works of ALexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604-1631 ; now first collected . Prima velim ietieris hitendat amoribus cetas,Et canat ad Cytharam nojira camenafuam. MoUe mewn Leuibus cor ejlpe7ietrabile telis,Etfemper caufa ejl cur egofempcr amo. Vifantur vcnii, pluuicB, vitanttir, et ejhis,Non vitatur amor, mecum tumuletur oportet. TO THE MOST GODLY, VERTVOVS, BEAVTIFVLL, and accomplifhed PRINCESSE, me- ritorioufly dignified with all the Titles Religion, Vertuc, Honor, Beautie can receiue, challenge, afforde, or defeme; ANNA, by diuine prouidence, of Great Britane, France, and Ireland, Queene: Alexander Craige ivifheth all health, wealth, and royaU felicitie. Reat Taviburlan cloa-ked his fantafticall cru-eltie hee exerclfed onLazars and Leprousmen, with a foolifliekind of humanit), put-ting all he could find or heare of, to death,A 2. fas. Epijlle lo i/ic Quccne. (as he faid) to rid them from fo painefull& miferable a life: Though my Poyems(incomparably bountiful!, incomparabliebeautifull, and fo peereleffe Princeffe) bepainefull to me, and vnpleafant to the de-licat Lecflor; fliall I with Tamhirlati de-flroy them? or like a cruell Althca, con-fume with fire the fatall Tree, kill mineowne Melcagcr, and fo inhumanlie cut offmine owne birth ? I gaue life to my Lines,and fhall I now become their burreau?O Hue my deformed Child, fome otherhand fliall commit thee to Phadou orDeucaliojis mercie, then mine: ThousfhAnaxagoras refolued to die; yet iot Peri-cles his Maiflers fake he tooke couraee, and Epijlle to the Quccnc. & lined. Your royall God-mother pooreRyines hath faued your life: yet am I notlike Hercules, who threw lonms in the Sea,that by the violence of wind & waue thecarkas might be caried to foraine fhores,for propagation of his fame. I hunt notfor fame; nor print I thofe Papers forprayfes, but to pleafu
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