To Sir Iohn Sutlin upon his
Aglaura: First, a bloody Tragedy, then by
the said Sir Iohn turn'd to a
COMEDY
When first I read thy Book, methought each word
Seem'd a short Dagger, and each line a Sword.
Where Women, Men; Good, Bad; Rich, Poore—all dy:
That needs must prove a fatal Tragedy.
But when I find, whom I so late saw slain5
In thy first Book, in this revive again,
I cannot but with others much admire
In humane shape a more than earthly Fire.
So when Prometheus did inform this Clay,
He stole his Fire from heaven. What shall I say?10
First for to Kill, and then to life restore,
This Sutlin did: the Gods can do no more.
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