To my most deare, and no lesse worthily-beloued Friend and Pupill, Henry Mainwarring Esquier

HEroicke Pupill, and most honor'd Friend,
to thee, as to my Moitie, I bequeath
Halfe th'other halfe; beginning, at mine end,
to make (I hope) me triumph ouer Death.

My Sonne (sole Sonne; and, all I euer had)
vnto thy Care and Seruice I commend;
So, make me Sonnelesse, till you make me glad
with your Returne from this Worlds further end.

The Absence of so deare a Sonne as thou,
must needes affect thine honor'd Sire with Griefe;
But, for thy good, he doth his Griefe subdue:
so, doe I mine, by his, sith his is chiefe:
Then, with my Sonne, take thou my Hart and these
Celestiall Charmes, in Stormes, to calme the Seas.