To The Lady Margaret Ley To The Lady Margaret Ley |
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To The Lady Margaret LeyTo The Lady Margaret Ley
To The Lady Margaret Ley
Daughter to that good Earl, one President
Of England`s Council and her Treasury,
Who lived in both unstained with gold or fee,
And left them both, more in himself content,
Till the sad breaking of that Parliament
Broke him, as that dishonest victory
At Chaeronea, fatal to liberty,
Killed with report that old man eloquent,
Though later born than to have known the days
Wherein your father flourished, yet by you,
Madam, methinks I see him living yet:
So well your words his noble virtues praise
That all both judge you to relate them true
And to possess them, honoured Margaret.
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