To the Right Honourable, William, Earle of Devonshire, and Baron Cavendish, of Hardwick
With virtue now, suckt in, in tender yeares,
Innated in you, like to other Peers,
Lively advance, Su forth; that as years grow,
Likewise may honour to your honour flow:
In tender years that every man may view,
Admiring it, Lively advance you Su ;
Making still hast on vertues path to tread,
Chusing a life that never will be dead,
And such an honour too, as all beside
Virtues true honour, will not long abide,
Ev'n riches likewise vertue is the best,
Nothing but that will bring so sure a rest.
Desirest then a life that long will last?
In honour permanent, wealth not to waste?
Seek after vertue then, and finde it true,
Honour attendant will be still on you,
Ever then lively your advance thus su .
Innated in you, like to other Peers,
Lively advance, Su forth; that as years grow,
Likewise may honour to your honour flow:
In tender years that every man may view,
Admiring it, Lively advance you Su ;
Making still hast on vertues path to tread,
Chusing a life that never will be dead,
And such an honour too, as all beside
Virtues true honour, will not long abide,
Ev'n riches likewise vertue is the best,
Nothing but that will bring so sure a rest.
Desirest then a life that long will last?
In honour permanent, wealth not to waste?
Seek after vertue then, and finde it true,
Honour attendant will be still on you,
Ever then lively your advance thus su .
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