1 ·2·~. 'Tht .Hifloryof Q:!~en E s'TER Mercy ( the Srear of Jufiice ) Aies theCity, . And faHl~ tnufl: be t~rm'td a. fool!fhpity: . M:an wh1le tile gracto~.u Prmce~_ tender btel! ( Gentl~ po~cfl: ~ir~ notbin~pur the be£1:· Of the d1fgu1S'd·ddJerrtblertJs abus'd, . 'I J\nd made r·he cloke; wherewith ·hi~ fault'sexcus'd. The tadiant beams that warm, and lhiny {o bright, . Comfort this lower ~orld witl'l htatand light, · ,) But drawn, and recolkt\ed. Jn a glafs, · They burn, ana t11eir·appointed limits pafs, .. · . · tEven fo the pow:er from the P~inc:es· ha.na, " · · · · Diretl:s che fuhjeet: with~ fweet .comtnand. ., But to pcrverfe fa~afticks if ~orlftrr'd, ' Whom wealth; or blinded fortune ·harh preferr' d~_ It {purs on .wt~?>ng, and makes the r~ghc retire; And fees the gturtlbUftg Common.wealth on fire: Their fouUntem, the Commorl good pretends, And with that good they 1111ask rhei'l' private ends; Their glory•sdim, and·cannot b~ lttlderflood, Unle(s it tbi~e in pridt, ot fwim in blood ~ . Their wiWs q. Law, their mifchief Polkie, Their frowns :!fe d-:a:rh, their .power tytanny : Ill thrives the State that hatboui's fuch a·man, That,' can whar-c:'r he wills; wilfs, what he can. May myungarnifut quill prefurnc fo much To glc.rifie it fclf, and give a touch · tt pan the Ifland of my Sovereign Lord ; ., ..:: /"···~ ... ,;. :.._ ... I t 1 What language !halt I ufe, what riew-found word, T'abriage the mighty volume of his wonh, · :t Andkeep me blamelefs from th' untimely bit~h .Of ( falfe-reputed) flarrery ? he lends No cur(ed 'Hamttfl pow'r-ro ~ork his Ends Uponour ruin, but transfers his grace ·On jufl: deferr, which in tht: ugly face Of foul detraction, ( untouchr) can dare, And fmile, till black. mouth'dEnvy blufh, and tare Her
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