To the Right Honourable, Thomas, Lord Coventry, Baron of Aylsbrough, Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England
Thinking of worthies, which in times have swayed,
Ha! what an one is here to be surveyed!
O! it is rare to see a Judge So ev'n!
More justly guided by the lawes of heaven,
Ah! then the present Keeper, who to view,
So ev'nly passeth in a compasse true!
Com tri't , who list, so ev'n his beame doth stand!
O! 'tis th' admired ev'nes of his hand!
Venture your life, it shall on no side sway,
Either to one or other, past the way,
Not what way pleaseth him; but what is just:
Then com and tri't who dares. To end, I trust,
Rightly an end according to the Laws,
Your so ev'n justice, wondred at, will cause
Ere long to our long suit. And so I pause.
Ha! what an one is here to be surveyed!
O! it is rare to see a Judge So ev'n!
More justly guided by the lawes of heaven,
Ah! then the present Keeper, who to view,
So ev'nly passeth in a compasse true!
Com tri't , who list, so ev'n his beame doth stand!
O! 'tis th' admired ev'nes of his hand!
Venture your life, it shall on no side sway,
Either to one or other, past the way,
Not what way pleaseth him; but what is just:
Then com and tri't who dares. To end, I trust,
Rightly an end according to the Laws,
Your so ev'n justice, wondred at, will cause
Ere long to our long suit. And so I pause.
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