IX.

Proceed yee brethren, doe each other hate,

And fight it to the last, _I wish the Wars

May ever untill doomsday prosperate_,

And time nee'r see a period of the jars:

For I before like to a slave did live,

Now like unto a _Lurdain_[4] doe I thrive.

[Sidenote 4: An ignominious name given the _Danes_

by _English_ men, for their slothfull and lasie living.]

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