A PANEGYRICKE. 



Thy many trades (too many to rehearse 

 That shall on thy Foundation stedfast stand) 

 Shall with their Praters, still the Heavens pierce ; 

 And blesse their founders rare Head, Heart, and Hand! 



That publike Table which thou will erect 



(Where forty every Meale shall freely feed) 



Will be the Cause of this so good Effect 



To plant both Trades and Trafficke there with speed. 



There shall thy Jovialist Mechanicalls 



Attend this Table all in Scarlet Cappes ;^ 



(As if they were King Arthures Seneschals) 



And, for their paines shall fill their Chapps and Lapps. 



For, never since King Arthurs glorious dayes 

 (Whose radiant Knights did Ring his Table round) 

 Did ever any such a Table raise 

 As this, where Viands shall to all abound ! 



Nay this, shall that franke Table farre exceed 

 If we respect the good still done by each : 

 For, that fedde none but such as had no need ; 

 But this (like God) shall feed both poore and rich ! 



This Table then (that still shall beare thy Name 

 In Hyroglip hicks of the daintiest Gates) 

 As oft as it is- spread shall spread thy Fame 

 Beyond the greatest conquering Potentates ! 



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