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The liuing heart where lay engrauen
the care of Countrey deere,
To Countrey lureleſſe is reſtorde
and lies engrauen heere.
None heartleſſe liues: his countrey then
alas what ioy is left,
Whoſe hope, whoſe hap, whoſe hart he was,
till death his life bereft.
And though the ſoyle here ſhrowdes the heart,
which moſt it wiſht tenioy,
Yet of the change from nobler ſeate,
the cauſe doth it annoy.
What honour then is due to him,
for him what worthie rite?
But that eche heart with heartieſt loue,
his worthieſt heart may quite.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Earle was of ſo noble a diſpoſition, as he woulde ſooner countenaunce and ſupport his poore well willer in his aduerſitie, than hee woulde make or fawne vpon his welthie friend in proſperitie.

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