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The first muse
Or shall I of brave Iulius Cæsar tell,
Whom these two traitours did in Senat kill?
These may affect us with some small compassion,
But for to speak of this is a tentation.
Cæsar for valour, learning and meek mind,
And ah too much like Cæsar in his end.
Excusa moi, Monsier, mine heart's so sorie,
That I can tell you no more of this storie.
When I think with what gravitie and grace
This tragedie was told, teares weet my face:
And I do wish good Gall, thou were on live,
That with Meonian stile thou mighst descrive
Such memorable acts; or else thy spirit
In some new bodie plac'd, it to inherit:
Ai me, this can not be, vvhich makes me cry,
Gall, sweetest Gall, what ailed thee to die?
Whom these two traitours did in Senat kill?
These may affect us with some small compassion,
But for to speak of this is a tentation.
Cæsar for valour, learning and meek mind,
And ah too much like Cæsar in his end.
Excusa moi, Monsier, mine heart's so sorie,
That I can tell you no more of this storie.
When I think with what gravitie and grace
This tragedie was told, teares weet my face:
And I do wish good Gall, thou were on live,
That with Meonian stile thou mighst descrive
Such memorable acts; or else thy spirit
In some new bodie plac'd, it to inherit:
Ai me, this can not be, vvhich makes me cry,
Gall, sweetest Gall, what ailed thee to die?
The second Muse.
But this sad melancholick disquisition
Did not befit our Joviall disposition
In these our dayes: Therefore when we had mourned
For this good king, we to the town returned,
And there to cheere our hearts, and make us merrie,
We kindely tasted of the noble berrie;
Melancholie and grief are great men-killers:
Therefore from Tamarisk, with some capillars
Did not befit our Joviall disposition
In these our dayes: Therefore when we had mourned
For this good king, we to the town returned,
And there to cheere our hearts, and make us merrie,
We kindely tasted of the noble berrie;
Melancholie and grief are great men-killers:
Therefore from Tamarisk, with some capillars
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