Drake and his fhip could not have wish'd from Fate A more bleft ftation, or more blest estate; For lo! a feat of endless reft is given PROLOGUE To the CUTTER OF COLMAN STREET. A S, when the midland fea is no where clear From dreadful fleets of Tunis and ArgierWhich coast about, to all they meet with foes, And upon which nought can be got but blows— The merchant-fhips fo much their paffage doubt, That, though full-freighted, none dares venture out, And trade decays, and fcarcity enfues: Juft fo the timorous wits of late refuse, Though laded, to put forth upon the stage, It is a party numerous, watchful, bold; They can from nought, which fails in fight, with-hold; Nor do their cheap, though mortal, thunder spare; They shoot, alas! with wind-guns charg'd with air. But yet, gentlemen-criticks of Argier, For your own interest I'd advise here, ye To let this little forlorn-hope go by Safe and untouch'd, "That must not be" (you'll cry.) If ye be wife, it muft; I'll tell you why. There are seven, eight, nine-stay-there are behind Ten plays at least, which wait but for a wind, And And the glad news that we the enemy mifs ; Let this for once pass free; let it fuffice STAY, gentlemen; what I have said was all END OF THE SEVENTH VOLUME. 56 Conftantia to Philetus The Song THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF PYRAMUS To the Right Worshipful, my very loving Master Pyramus and Thibe The Song Epitaph ibid. 57 61 - 65 SYLVA: OR DIVERS COPIES OF VERSES MADE UPON SUNDRY OCCASIONS. An Elegy on the Death of the Right Honourable 74 An Elegy on the death of my loving friend and 75 A Dream |