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Mii10 Blame not the Poet though he make such moane
Notes. This poem is a response to “When you awake, dull Brittons, and behould”, and in the only known source it immediately follows that poem, with no new title.
Blame not the Poet though he make such moane
for’s Lord since in his case he pleads his owne
if that his Lord must such sharpe censure have
what then must hee that was soe very a knave
yet as his faultes were more so may we say
5his witts weare for he quickely run away1
Like to the man that saw his Master kisse
thee Poopes foote feard that a worse place was his
may the Lords cure succeede his punishment
and justice him oretake that it ore went
10Though scap’d his first, he stay till the laste doome
and cry let hir alone till that day come
Source. BL Add. MS 25303, fol. 86r
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1 he quickely run away: William Lewis, the likely author of “When you awake, dull Brittons, and behould”, mysteriously fled to Paris not long after Bacon’s fall. <back>
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