DEBIT DU SECOND CHANT

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Oli irutli ! inniortal danghter of the skies, Too lylile kiiown to wrytcrs of thèse daies, Teach me, favre saincte ! thv passvnge worilic to pryze, To lilame a friend and give a foeman pravse. The fickle mocne, bedeckt w vtlie svlvcr iavs, Leadynge a traine of starres of feehle lyghte, With look adigne ' the worlde belowe surveies, The world, thatwolted^ not it coidd be nvghte; Wvih armour dyd3, with human gore ydevd 4, Shc sees Kyngc Haroldc statulc, fayre Euglaods curse aud prvde.

With aie and vernage 5 drunk lus snuldicrs lay ; Hère was an hyndc, anie an erlie sprcdde; Sad keepynge of their leaders uatal daie ! This even in drinke, too morrow wilh the dead ! Tbro, everie troope disorder reer'd her hedde; Dancynge and heideignes6 was the onlie thème; Sad dôme was theires, who lefte this easie heddc, And wak'd in torments from so swcct a dream.

1. Of dignity. — 2. Knew. — 3. It sliould be spclt dyght, cloathed or prepared. — i. Dyed. — .3. A sort of wiue. — G. Komping , or €ountry ddDces.

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