51.) Tomymuch effeemedFriend , Mr I. L. O. will wonder,I am fure (confideringmy profeffion) tofee mebecome a Poet.And indeed í doealutoft mar- uell at it my felfe, knowing myfelfe to want the two principal) furtherances ofPoetry:theone it .atures en- . ftinll',whichGod in his holy prouidcnceLath denied o tl cy fay, me t the other is a certaine retiredfreedomeponsal!jitch P; t 'e* ur: buftnefs,whichmay breed difrallionb;which mypublikecailing,beiidesnotmir re private encombrances,will not affordme: Yet notwithftanding, hpón n Postborne, this prefentoccafion,I haue euen forced myfelfto this firairer courfe of be Ihalnever verte-making though I k ow,that for mine own eefe hauin todealein ,,, ,, xcel ; n. ( f; lent in that filchadiflempered andarneuly Subiekt) that leffelimitedand (reef kind recnky. ofdifcourfe,whicherofealloweth,had beenmore cónuement,'bieCaufc bairmm k- therules ofCadence,and number(to which our Englilh Poetryfp'eciát r e aqa- ly is confined,) doe many times fo firäiten an vnaccuftomedprákticio- r"et "id it ner,thathe isin hazard, either ofobfctìring the ffe (which ina matter rr:ft. of thisnature were fomething dangerous, or ofmarring the Verfe, (whichtothe apprehenfionofeuery commonconceit werevery ridicu- aWhndfe d,c lout.) But hotvfoeucr I haueerred in thecarriageofthis Verfe, I hope, ^Q"edttbm toyou andto others, whofefauonr, either becaufeoftheir iudgement ,Vat+ ,&e. ortheir hoticfty , Idefire, this fbail excufemee:that meetingwith our á óom"gs common Aduerfary(whoappearethfometimein flaapeofa States-man, andnow fine: debatingofTitles,and common - wealthaffairese,Cometime as a Petitio- the Purli,. ner to the KingandParliament d, fometime as aplaufibleperfwader e, 7s7i..es fometime as aReflorer ofthe holyText, tothenatiuepurity thereof£, Mot3nee, and fometime asamanof very tender confcience, giuing reafons why hee E uk fthat cannot come toour Affemblies g, fometime as a Rayleratour gouern-p1;ye,n,ren, ment,andan approouer ofour open enemies hi that, I fay, meetingwith&Grego. this time-feruing Preteus,in the fafhion ofa Rimer orBalladine,ándcrept norMt. in (as the manner offalle brethren is') into both the hands and the bTheward. heart ofmany Pimple- feduced3i haueendeauouredto maketheLettuce like word-Reete- thelips(astheprouerh is) and to proportionmyfelfvnto himinvèrfing, to "s towhom I amfire (without wilfull forfaking theplainetruth of God, Pretea nd,? mansfcfted in Scripture)! fluait neuerbe likein beireuing. ecafat04. The feruiceitfelfe,whichis here fentvsinby thisRennegate&,is for i4 1`íá.r`.. fubftanceagreeingwith the ref} oftheirRomifh cates,thoughto lày the k fie cone truth) srbathcome through the hands ofa very homely and fluttifh¿o ñanú Ddd y Cooke,
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