cred to Apollo and his Muses)

518 Left for sweet Muses to be harboured,
519 But where you yourself have your brave mansion;

But > Except
brave > splendid
mansion > dwelling-place; mansion

520 There indeed dwell fair Graces many one:

Graces > (The handmaids of Venus, bestowers of beauty and charm)

521 And gentle nymphs, delights of learned wits,

nymphs > (Minor female divinities with whom the Greeks peopled all
parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes, trees,
mountains)
wits > minds

522 And in your person without paragon

paragon > comparison; competition

523 All goodly bounty and true honour sit,

bounty > goodness, virtue; munificence, generosity

524 Such, therefore, as that wasted soil does yield,
525 Receive, dear lord, in worth, the fruit of barren field.

in worth > in good part; at its true value

526
527
528 _To the right honourable the Lord Ch. Howard, Lo. high Admi-_
529 ral of England, knight of the noble order of the Garter,
530 and one of her Maiesties priuie Counsel. &c.
531
532 _ANd ye, braue Lord, whose goodly personage,
533 And noble deeds each other garnishing,
534 Make you ensample to the present age,
535 Of th'old Heroes, whose famous ofspring
536 The antique Poets wont so much to sing,
537 In this same Pageaunt haue a worthy place,
538 Sith those huge castles of Castilian king,
539 That vainly threatned kingdomes to displace,
540 Like flying doues ye did before you chace;
541 And that proud people woxen insolent
542 Through many victories, didst first deface:
543 Thy praises euerlasting monument
544 Is in this verse engrauen semblably,
545 That it may liue to all posterity._
546
547
528 _To the Right Honourable the Lord Charles Howard, Lord High Admi-

Charles Howard > (Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, 1536-1624.
Commander of the Western Fleet, based at Plymouth, which was
credited with defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588)

529 ral of England, Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter,
530 and one of Her Majesty's Privy Council, etc._
531
532 And you, brave lord (whose goodly personage

brave > brave; splendid

533 And noble deeds each other garnishing,

garnishing > embellishing

534 Make you example to the present age,

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