86596In
TARQVINS likene
sse I did entertaine thee,
597Ha
st thou put on his
shape, to do him
shame?
598To all the Ho
st of Heauen I complaine me.
599Thou wrong
st his honor, woūd
st his princely name:
600Thou art not what thou
seem'
st, and if the
same,
601 Thou
seem'
st not what thou art, a God, a King;
602 For kings like Gods
should gouerne euery thing.
87603How will thy
shame be
seeded in thine age
604When thus thy vices bud before thy
spring?
605If in thy hope thou dar
st do
such outrage,
606What dar'
st thou not when once thou art a King?
607O be remembred, no outragious thing
608 From va
ssall a
ctors can be wipt away,
609 Then Kings mi
sdeedes cannot be hid in clay.
88610This deede will make thee only lou'd for feare,
611But happie Monarchs
still are feard for loue:
612With fowle o
ffendors thou perforce mu
st beare,
613When they in thee the like o
ffences proue;
614If
but for feare of this, thy will remoue.
615 For Princes are the gla
sse, the
schoole, the booke,
616 Where
subie
cts eies do learn, do read, do looke.
89617And wilt thou be the
schoole where lu
st shall learne?
618Mu
st he in thee read le
ctures of
such
shame?
619Wilt thou be gla
sse wherein it
shall di
scerne
620Authoritie for
sinne, warrant for blame?
621To priuiledge di
shonor in thy name.
622 Thou back
st reproch again
st long-liuing lawd,
623 And mak'
st faire reputation but a bawd.
90624Ha
st thou commaund? by him that gaue it thee
625From a pure heart commaund thy rebell will:
626Draw not thy
sword to gard iniquitie,
627For it was lent thee all that broode to kill.
628Thy Princelie o
ffice how can
st thou ful
fill?
629 When patternd by thy fault fowle
sin may
say,
630 He learnd to
sin, and thou did
st teach the way.