THE CHARACTER OF AN English-Man.
BY the first Principles, of Mother Earth
An
English man is noble, by his birth
Hath a fine body, and an Aspect Rare
Shines like the
Stars in Northern
Hemesphere,
He being of the purest matter made
As by the wise Phylosopher is said
Crowns him, in the Figure of his Manhood high,
As the
sun is the
Candle of the Sky
Nature and
R
[...]ason make him Rich and great,
And plant him in their Golden Chair of
State;
So highly born, that from his Blood we hope
That he may rule, in Princedomes
Horoscope:
He feareth God, and Honours high his King
Acting, and doing well in every thing;
His
Ethicks are so high, and learning Rare,
Though he treads on the
Earth, yet flies in
Air,
And as
Divinity doth
Law excell,
So in him, doth true
Perfection dwell;
Religious Reason is his sole delight,
And loves to see both
Church and
State go right:
To all he's
Allamode, Iantee, and
Neat,
Brisk, Complaisant, Endearing, and
Compleat;
Having both Wisdom and good wit at will,
And can do all things, unless that of ill:
And for his Innocence and Conscience high,
He'1 duell with the
Devils in the Sky?
Following the
Dictates of his reall Nature,
Shewing that the reasonable Creature
Is not for to be forc'd, but gently led
By Governours, and by his dearest Head;
He takes his Princes part against the
Devil,
And will not have him come to any evil;
And yet Resolves that he will be no slave,
Unless unto the Mighty, Good, and Brave;
He payes all just
Devoires, where truly due,
And where it is Fictitious and not true,
Grows careless of the Justice of his breast,
And so leaves all to take his pleasant rest:
Shewing 'gainst Reason and Religion,
Nothing in humane interests is done;
Since 'tis a thing that mounts him to the Grove
Of Joy, and Peace, and Universal Love.
Where when the
Feast is o're, and
Banquet done,
Like th'
Eagle he shall fly beyond the
Sun:
[Page] Where he shall see such
Prospects of delight,
As doth transcend all humane words and sight;
And there be rendred happy in loves
Arms
With all
Celestial and eternal Charms.
From
Heaven we pass, and down to
Earth again
To behold him in his curious Train?
His
Air, and
Voice, proclaim the Angelick nature,
Making him the
Metropolis of the Creature:
And all his vertues do denote him high
To be the next a kin to the Divinity?
Their Speech is mean like to the Birds of th' Field,
Therefore a pleasant Conversation yield:
Shewing the variety of the World,
As differing Lights from the same Sun are hurl'd;
But in him the Indies of his love's laid out,
Which makes him turn the Giddy world about?
'Mong
Beasts[?], the Lyon, Birds, the Eagle high,
So among men the English signifie,
Among Flowers the Rose exceeds the other,
Of the Pink, Tulip, and the Gilliflower;
Heaven shewing it self most unto its own,
Like a kind Parent to his belov'd Son;
In short he's the Flower of the Creation,
Still acting as best becomes his
Station?
The Favourite both of Heaven and of Earth,
And blessed from his very Infant-birth,
He lives
here[?] for a while to take his pleasure,
And when he comes into the Starry Treasure
The Powers above do treat him as a friend,
In glorious Mansions where there is no end.
The Picture.
See and behold the English, and draw nigh
Unto their noble Prince in Majesty,
So great he is that
Greatness can't him raise
Cloath'd[?] with Majesty and Celestiall Rayes;
In every degree a happy Creature,
From
the[?] perfections of his mind and Feature;
So mighty witty, and so rarely wise,
The joy of Heart, and wonder of our eyes?
At whom we still draw near to, and look on
Like
Marygolds, when opening to the Sun;
And as
Iove's happy with his Joyes above,
So
England's King is in his Subjects love;
And when
Nature failes that he must dye
He shall be Crown'd to all Eternity.
I have perused these Verses, and find them composed according to the Rules of Poetry, and therefore think them fitting to be Printed.
Nath. Lee.