Classic Poem

To the most noble and right honorably disposed lord Thomas Earle of Suffolke Lord Chamberlaine to his most excellent Ma & c

H EROICK and deere-naturde noble Lord,
Which doth extend itselfe to good them all
That follow thee, or doth with it accord;
Vouchsafe to let me let thy name to fall
Out of my pen among thy fellow-peeres,
With care (past care) which doth to it belong;
Whose goodnesse vnto all itselfe endeeres,
As did thy plaine (yet princely) fathers, long;
For which he was a member best belou'd
That e're this State produc'd beneath the head;
Then thine, by his deere nature being mou'd,
Must gaine like loue but cheaper purchased;
That all may say (when thy deere life is done)
For gayning (cost lesse) loue, such sire, such sonne.