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And knitts and bends his meeting brow and bow,
As arch'd and horned as his cressents doe.
Some trembling, stand amaz'd, and gazing seeme
Rather to Wellcome then resist the streaxne:
Some eager to revenge ther private wronge,
Grow weake the while the common foe grows strong.
You only dare arise i' th' watchfull East,
When all the world thus setts with drousy West;
You in your morne can face the triple moone,
And may ecclipse it ere your age is noone.
You that have traveld ore, and seene, and knowne
That perfect microcosme of your owne,
And all your passions to subjection brought,
And settled all the houshould of each thought;
You, you may safely other worlds descrye,
And other thoughts and other passions spye.
Goe then, and gett acquaintance with your foe,
And all his stratagems and enginns know:
Goe then, and whilst, by your example, wee
Shall worke our factions to an unitye,
And then with full consenting votes declare
You captayne of our holy league and warr;