Ad RemPubl[licam] Bel[lum] Civil[em] reparantem
Shall a new tyde of differences
Carry againe my bark to seas
Farre better were it to defray
That charge and ride safe in a bay
There to a calme of Peace conforme
After a tempest and a storme
How doth the foaming angry maine
All substance wast and treasures drayne
And in despight of Canvas wings
Cordage with other tacklings
Though riggd she be when Nereus frownes
My vessell sinks and quickly drownes
Be at the length experience taught
'Tis not too late though dearly bought
And let her misteryes teach this
Shees good though but hard mistres
Better it were in tyme belay
Wett ankers and the frett obey
Then to persist and therein finde
The furious madness of each winde
Summoning up in liquid rage
The witchcrafts of there Parentage
These thy first deityes are gone
Nor serve more for protection
And though thy Planks and keele may boast
They grew on Calidonian coast
Thence raysd thee fame yet these may erre
'Lesse fortitude be Passenger
For though highe Carvd with decks thou be
Beguilded in each gallery
On the maine top a flag, to Call
Thee at the least highe admirall
With antient Pennants streaming farre
From every yard like man of warre
And on thy boult sprit head a Jack
Yet canst thou not be free from wrack
Unlesse through Pilacy to these
Thou ad, to shun the Cyclades
Those more then fivety Islands lye
As if conspiring Jeopardy
To any bottome that doth steere
And yet forgets to cry noe neere
But grant thou lanch into the deepe
And wilt not in a harbour sleep
Though faire envited take advise
Doe not too farre Praecipitise
Mark well your Fires how they are plac't
Most advantageously when chas't
Or in pursuit as you come after
To give a shot twixt winde and water
Then when a broad sides given next
Dismount that Cannon call'd Pretext
And winning winde proclaime th'event
None's like Monarchike government.
Shall a new tyde of differences
Carry againe my bark to seas
Farre better were it to defray
That charge and ride safe in a bay
There to a calme of Peace conforme
After a tempest and a storme
How doth the foaming angry maine
All substance wast and treasures drayne
And in despight of Canvas wings
Cordage with other tacklings
Though riggd she be when Nereus frownes
My vessell sinks and quickly drownes
Be at the length experience taught
'Tis not too late though dearly bought
And let her misteryes teach this
Shees good though but hard mistres
Better it were in tyme belay
Wett ankers and the frett obey
Then to persist and therein finde
The furious madness of each winde
Summoning up in liquid rage
The witchcrafts of there Parentage
These thy first deityes are gone
Nor serve more for protection
And though thy Planks and keele may boast
They grew on Calidonian coast
Thence raysd thee fame yet these may erre
'Lesse fortitude be Passenger
For though highe Carvd with decks thou be
Beguilded in each gallery
On the maine top a flag, to Call
Thee at the least highe admirall
With antient Pennants streaming farre
From every yard like man of warre
And on thy boult sprit head a Jack
Yet canst thou not be free from wrack
Unlesse through Pilacy to these
Thou ad, to shun the Cyclades
Those more then fivety Islands lye
As if conspiring Jeopardy
To any bottome that doth steere
And yet forgets to cry noe neere
But grant thou lanch into the deepe
And wilt not in a harbour sleep
Though faire envited take advise
Doe not too farre Praecipitise
Mark well your Fires how they are plac't
Most advantageously when chas't
Or in pursuit as you come after
To give a shot twixt winde and water
Then when a broad sides given next
Dismount that Cannon call'd Pretext
And winning winde proclaime th'event
None's like Monarchike government.