Social Commentaries
Epigram 4 (King Philip would by force victoriously,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 3
Social Commentaries
King Philip would by force victoriously,
Inuade our land: which hauing proude in vaine,
He wars with treason most ingloriously.
Yet is repelde, and driuen home againe.
In great attempts few spare for wickednesse,
Yet neuer any man did more for lesse.
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