W. SPARROW SIMPSON, B.A.

_Epigram_--written in consequence of Queen Elizabeth having dined on

board Sir Francis Drake's ship, on his return from circumnavigating the

globe:

"Oh Nature! to old England still

Continue these mistakes;

Give us for all our _Kings_ such _Queens_,

And for our _Dux_ such _Drakes_."

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