To Sir George Parrie, Doctor of the Civill Law.

I Have my Laurel Chaplet on my head,
If'mongst these many Numbers to be read,
But one by you be hug'd and cherished.

Peruse my Measures thoroughly, and where
Your judgement finds a guilty Poem, there
Be you a Judge; but not a Judge severe.

The meane passe by, or over, none contemne;
The good applaud: the peccant lesse condemne,
Since Absolution you can give to them.

Stand forth BraveMan, here to the publique sight;
And in my Booke now claim a two-folrd right:
The first as Doctor, and the last as Knight.