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The second muse
To all succeeding ages; as is said
Of Briareus an hundreth hands who had,
Wherewith he fought, or rather as we see
A valiant Sampson, whose activitie
With his asse-bone kills thousands, or a Shangar
With his oxe-goad kills hundreths in his anger:
Even so, this war-like wight with oxens yoak
Beats squadrons down by his undaunted stroke,
And did regain the victorie, neere lost,
Vnto the Scots, by his new gathered host
Of fearfull fleers, in a wofull plight,
By his incouragements infusing might
Into their nerves, new spirits in their arters,
To make them fight in bloud unto the garters,
Against their hatefull foes, who for to be
Did fight, more than for price or victorie.
Such cruelties their bloudie hearts possest
To have old quarrells on us Scots redrest,
For utterly quail'd Pights, and for their own
Armies by us so often overthrown.
This worthie chieftains happie enterprise
Which sav'd this countrie from the tyrannies
Of cruell Danes, and his two Mars-like sons
Do for all ages wear the quernall crowns,
Like Thrasibulus; ever bluming bayes
Do adde much splendour to these worthie Hayes.
And alwayes since they for their weapons weild
Three rubrick targets in a silver shield.
Which shield the soaring falcon doth sustaine,
To signifie these three men did obteine
Of Briareus an hundreth hands who had,
Wherewith he fought, or rather as we see
A valiant Sampson, whose activitie
With his asse-bone kills thousands, or a Shangar
With his oxe-goad kills hundreths in his anger:
Even so, this war-like wight with oxens yoak
Beats squadrons down by his undaunted stroke,
And did regain the victorie, neere lost,
Vnto the Scots, by his new gathered host
Of fearfull fleers, in a wofull plight,
By his incouragements infusing might
Into their nerves, new spirits in their arters,
To make them fight in bloud unto the garters,
Against their hatefull foes, who for to be
Did fight, more than for price or victorie.
Such cruelties their bloudie hearts possest
To have old quarrells on us Scots redrest,
For utterly quail'd Pights, and for their own
Armies by us so often overthrown.
This worthie chieftains happie enterprise
Which sav'd this countrie from the tyrannies
Of cruell Danes, and his two Mars-like sons
Do for all ages wear the quernall crowns,
Like Thrasibulus; ever bluming bayes
Do adde much splendour to these worthie Hayes.
And alwayes since they for their weapons weild
Three rubrick targets in a silver shield.
Which shield the soaring falcon doth sustaine,
To signifie these three men did obteine
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