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I.
Hearke,
reader! wilt be learn'd ith' warres?
A gen'rall in a
gowne?
Strike a league with arts and scarres,
And
snatch from each a crowne?
II.
Wouldst be a
wonder? Such a one,
As should win with a looke?
A
bishop in a garison,
And conquer by the booke?
III.
Take then this mathematick shield,
And
henceforth by its rules
Be able to dispute ith'
field,
And combate in the schooles.
IV.
Whilst peaceful learning once againe
And the souldier
so concord,
As that he fights now with her penne,
And she writes with his sword.
TO THE READER.
Harke, reader, would'st be learn'd ith' warres,
A
CAPTAINE in a gowne?
Strike a league with bookes and
starres,
And weave of both the crowne?
Would'st be a wonder? Such a one
As would winne with
a looke?
A schollar in a garrison?
And conquer by
the booke?
Take then this mathematick shield,
And henceforth by its rules,
Be able to dispute ith'
field,
And combate in the schooles.
Whil'st
peacefull learning once agen
And th' souldier do
concorde,
As that he fights now with her penne,
And she writes with his sword.
Rich. Lovelace, A.
Glouces. Oxon.
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