Living

Par Archillis, Puer vne vinces: To the most renowned, and hopefull, Henrie Prince of Wales

by Henry Peacham 1576?–1643?

From Minerva Britanna (1612)

Living

THVS, thus young HENRY, like Macedo's sonne,
Ought'st thou in armes before thy people shine.
A prodigie for foes to gaze vpon,
But still a glorious Load-starre vnto thine:
Or second PHOEBVS whose all piercing ray,
Shall cheare our heartes, and chase our feares away.

That (once as PHILLIP) IAMES may say of thee,
Thy BRITAINE scarcely shll thy courage hold,
That whether TVRKE, SPAINE, FRAVNCE, or ITALIE,
The RED-SHANKE, or the IRISH Rebell bold,
Shall rouze thee vp, thy Trophees may be more,
Then all the HENRIES ever liu'd before.

MLA

Peacham, Henry. “Par Archillis, Puer vne vinces: To the most renowned, and hopefull, Henrie Prince of Wales.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/16/.

Chicago

Peacham, Henry. “Par Archillis, Puer vne vinces: To the most renowned, and hopefull, Henrie Prince of Wales.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/16/.

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