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 eng Newcastle, William Cavendish, -- Duke of, 1592-1676 -- Poetry. 2003-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2003-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-09 Sampled and proofread 2003-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM MARQUIS of NEW-CASTLE To His LADY The LADY MARCHIONESSE.

LONDON, Printed by Thomas Creake, 1660.
The Portrait of WILLIAM MARQUIS of New-Castle. To his Lady, the Lady MARCHIONESSE. LEt Painters with dull Lines, and Colours faint Go Portrait those whose bodies they Depaint, The Poet, more then painter's requisite, To Portrait one, who is all Sprit and Wit. This nature seems full well t'have understood, Framing him as nigh Spirit as she co'd, Of Bulke not bigge, to shew Nobility, Dos more 'ith mind's then body's greatnesse lye; Of Visage Aquiline, as best dos fit A piercing Judgement, and a piercing Wit: And Flaxen Hayre, a colour dos presage As well an Aged Youth, as Youthful Age. And who would see th' Epitomè of Wit Let them but read the Comedies h'as Writ, Whose Excellent VARIETIES do show That none the world and Men, dos better know, Nor better understands the Art, then he, To gain them all by Noble Courtesie Who have no greater happinesse then when He speaks, nor greater unhapinesse agen, Then when he ceases speaking, his discourse H'as so much quicknesse, Energy, and force: For Horseman-ship and Arms then, there is none In our Age fit • o Write, but he alone; As none to Judge of it can be so fit As those alone, who read what he has Writ; Surmounts the Macedon, in Managing The furious Beast, and that Albanian King In Arms, whose blows so Inevitable were, As none co'd Live, but those whom he wo'd spare. This partly was in cause, his Prince did call Him, to the Honoured charge of General, When right was weak, if power were away, And Sword then Scepter boar the greater sway. Of which so brave accompt he rendred, he (Whilst Leader) still came off with Victory. Where 'twas his Valour, Conduct, Vigilance, (All which, in War, do oft command o'r chance) Or's popularity (as who commands Must have his Souldiers Hearts, as well as Hands) Or finally, his Fortune 'bove the rest, What er'e it was, most certain 'tis the best Of other Leaders was or' come, with th' same Army, with which he alwaies overcame. But leaving's Warlike vertue now, to come To's civil ones, who lookt on him at home, Imagin'd in his House they did not see A man, but God of Hospitality, Fed more at's Board, then nature at her Breast, When shee's most bountiful, amongst the rest His Entertainment of the KING was such, The state so Royal, and expence so much, It ever will be questioned whe're that, or The Entertaining's Army cost him more. So far he went both in expence and state Above a Cressus, or Lucullus rate. 'Bove all, he was so great a Cherisher Of Artes and Learning, as 'tis doubted where The Air (by which they vital breath receave, The Common Aliment, of all that breath) To th' Lives o'th Learned, did confer more Good, Then did his benefits, to their Livelyhood. From which contempt of riches 'twas, that he 'Ith Common losse, lost all so cheerfully, Who in a Noble cause, no difference made 'Twixt giving, and 'twixt loosing all he had. Bravely in poverty, comforting himself That where no other way's t'arive to wealth But by ignoble means, ther's nothing more Becom's a Nobleman then to be poor. That petty Cottages when they ruin'd lye Turn all to dust and rubbish presently; But mighty pallaces and structures, farre More Venerable by their ruins are And in wyld Woods, Robbers and thieves molest, Your thieves are known by going bravely drest In others spoyls, but th' honest man's best known By being rob'd, and spoyled of his own. So stands he like some goodly Oake had stood Long time the pride and glory of the Wood, By stormes and winter, reft of all it's Leaves, Far more their harm, and detrement, receaves Shaddow and shelter from it then it's own, That's more it self, when all these leaves are gone. And if our spring tide er'e again return (As w'are not under such a climat born To have t' perpetual winter) you shall see All flock agen unto this Noble Tree And th' Nimphs & swains of Sherwood with their lays, Dauncing about it, chanting of it's praise, And Crowning it flowers and laurel, when Welbeck and Bolswol shall behold agen Their Noble Lord as flourishing and more Then er'e in better times, he was before, So Prophesies (for Poets are Prophets too) The humblest honourer of him and you. MADAM, R. Flecknoe.