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To Endimion Porter,
passing to Court to him,
by water.

Ode.

(1)The truth and wisdome of your Compasse boast(Dull Men of th'Sea!) when you the flow'rie CoastHave reach'd, to which you steere;Thinke then, those Clouds are shrunke againe,That swell'd, as if they hoorded RayneFor all the Yeare.Thinke then, those ruder Winds are dumbe,That would endevour Stormes to come;And that the Rocks no more(As they were wont) shall hide themselves,To practise mischiefe on the ShelvesSo neere the shore.

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