Give leave to him that lov'de thee to lament His losse by lacke of thee to heaven hent*, And with last duties of this broken verse, Broken with sighes, to decke thy sable herse!
Then would I deckeher head with glorious bayes, And fill the world with her victorious prayse.
For lusty Spring now in his timely howre Is ready to come forth, him to receive; And warns the Earth with divers colord flowre To decke hir selfe, and her faire mantle weave.
Moreouer, the king of Norwaie sent vnto him a goodlie ship of fine woorkmanship, with gilt sterne and purple sailes, furnished round about the decke within [Sidenote: Harding.
It was upon the whole fortunate that Lüdecke took the step of sinking the Dresden himself.
When the Englishman Luce would not talk except through the voices of his guns, the German adjutant went back to his ship and Lüdecke then blew her up.
Lüdecke claimed that his ship was entitled to remain in Cumberland Bay for repairs, that she had not been interned, and that his flag had been struck as a signal of negotiation and not of surrender.
The breadth in the second close decke whereof she had three, this being the place where there was most extension of bredth, was 46 feet and ten inches.
The Tailor staies thy leasure, To decke thy bodie with his ruffling treasure.
What need she decke her selfe with art (quoth he) Or hide those beauties with her brauerie, Which addeth glory to the meanst attire?
Go decke thy beauty with heauens ornament, Shine Cinthia like with iewels in the night, As she with starres stucke in heauens firmament; But thine, the greater will deface her light, Making her yeeld to thee her gouernment.
Simon had a sonne, who shott right well, That did Sir Andrewe mickle scare; In att hisdecke he gave a shott, 55 Killed threescore of his men of warre.
Let thy Maides from FLORA'S bowers, With their Choyce and daintiest flowers Decke Thee vp, and from their store, With braue Garlands crowne that dore.
Ile make my Heauen in a Ladies Lappe, And decke my Body in gay Ornaments, And 'witch sweet Ladies with my Words and Lookes.
Now put it (heauen) in his Physitians minde, To helpe him to his graue immediately: The lining of his coffers shall make Coates To decke our souldiers for these Irish warres.
Ouer against these woods there fell euery night such a dew, that euery morning when we rose, the decke of the ship was so wet, that vntill the sunne was of a good height, we alwaies made the decke durtie with going vpon it.
Then Flora 'gins to decke the fields With colours fresh and fine, Then holy clerkes their mattins sing To good Saint Valentine!
Then this famous king, Noting every thing, 190 Askt how he durst be so bold To let his wife soe weare, And decke his children there In costly robes of pearl and gold.
They take great pleasure to decke their harps and clairschoes with silver and precious stones; the poore ones that cannot attayne hereunto, decke them with christall.
They spring, they bud, they blossome fresh 72 and faire, and decke the world with their rich pompous showes” 13.
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