^Appendix 



My flowes* of gratitude should so be broke ; 



Which can no more be^ than Donnes vertues spoke 



By any but himselfe ; for which cause^ I 



Write no Encomium, but this Elegie, 



Which^ as a Jree-will-offring, I here give 



Fame^ and the world^ and parting with it grieve 



I want abilities^ fit to set forth 



A monument^ great^ as Donnes matchlesse worth, 



IZ. WA. 



On a Portrait of Donne taken in his 

 eighteenth year 



(1635) 



This was for youth^ Strength^ Mirth^ and wit that Time 

 Most count their golden Age; but 'twas not thine. 

 Thine was thy later yeares^ so much refind 

 From youths Drosse^ Mirth and wit ; as thy pure mind 

 Thought (like the Angels] nothing but the Praise 

 Of thy Creator^ in those last, best Dayes. 



IFitnes this Booke, (thy Embleme] which begins 



With Love; but- endes, with Sighes^ and Teares for sinnes. 



IZ. WA. 



Commendatory Verses prefixed to " The 

 Merchant's Map of Commerce " 



In praise of my friend the ^Author ', and his Booke 



To THE READER : 



If thou woultfst be a States-man, and survay 

 Kingdomes for information ; heres a way 

 Made plaine^ and easie ; jitter far for thee 

 Then great Ortelius his Geographic. 



* ? Vowes in edition of 1633. 

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