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To the Right Honourable Sir Charles Blunt Knight, Lord Mountjoy
From Chrestoleros (1598)
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If I my Pen an higher taske should set,
Great Lord, what better matter could I finde,
Then of thy worth and vertue to entreate,
Of thy heroicke spirite and noble minde:
Now take my gnatt, and try me in a toye,
Whether hereafter I may sing of Troye.
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Bastard, Thomas. “To the Right Honourable Sir Charles Blunt Knight, Lord Mountjoy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/0/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “To the Right Honourable Sir Charles Blunt Knight, Lord Mountjoy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/0/.
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