Classic Poem

To my louing and beloned friend Mr Harthalomeus Gyffard.

Thou " God with vs": that's neere as man with men
May be like God for worthynesse of minde;
Thou last of thy most worthy brethern
That dyde in Honors bedd, wherein they shin'd;
'To thee these lines are stretched, from his loue
Which thou shalt finde all thine when thou shalt proue.