Vpon the Frontispice.

THrough a Triumphant Arch, see Albion plas't,
In Happy site, in Neptunes armes embras't,
In Power and Plenty, on hir Cleeuy Throne
Circled with Natures Ghirlands, being alone
Stil'd th'Oceans Island. On the Columnes beene
(As Trophies raiz'd) what Princes Time hath seene
Ambitious of her. In hir yonger years,
Vast Earth-bred Giants woo'd her: but, who bears
In Golden field the Lion passant red,
Aeneas Nephew (Brute) them conquered.
Next, Laure at Caesar, as a Philtre, brings,
On's shield, his Grandame Venus: Him hir Kings
Withstood. At length, the Roman, by long sute,
Gain'd her (most Part) from th'ancient race of Brute.
Diuors't from Him, the Saxon sable Horse,
Borne by sterne Hengist, wins her: but, through force
Garding the Norman Leopards bath'd in Gules,
She chang'd hir Loue to Him, whose Line yet rules.