THe noble Pindare doth compare somewhere,
Writing with Building, and instructs us there,
* That every great and goodly Edifice,
Doth aske to have a comely Frontispice.
Where (Guillim) better can the curious looke,
T'have this observ'd, then in thy present Booke?
Where, for thy proper matter, thou hast made
A Front so true, as Spight cannot invade.
First, England, being thy Scene thou doest present,
In a Triumphall Arch, her Regiment,
As once divided in the H E P T A R C H I E,
But now most blessed in her M O N A R C H I E.
A R M E S then thy Subject being, as the Spring,
And Head of every Priviledge, the K I N G
Is set above: From whom those Six beside,
Betweene the Pillars by their Coats descri'd,
Honor'd NORTHAMPTON, LENOX, NOTINGHAM,
SUFFOLK and WORCTER, and that now NO NAME
(Since DORSETS death) as Sacred Conduits be,
Conveying all unto the under Three,
Who are the Cesternes that still full doe stand,
Dispensing Regall bounties to the Land,
And under Regall Names, being Kings instal'd,
G A R T E R, C L A R E N C I E A U X, N O R R O Y,& so call'd.
In which Invention, thou hast first disclos'd
The Kings free power; then, hast interpos'd
The N O B L E S Honour; last advanc'd the trust,
Of those, that to such power and place are just.
For which, my Vowes shall be, the times may see
A place, to thanke such paines, confer'd on thee.