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So now my yeere)The last part, wherein is described
his age bv comparison of wyntrye stormes
Carefull cold) for care is say a to coole the blood
Glee) mirth
Hoary frost) A metaphore of hoary heares scattred
lyke to a gray frost
Breeme) sharpe and bitter
Adiew delights) is a conclusion of all Where in
sixe verses he comprehendeth briefly all that was
touched in this booke In the first verse his
delights of youth generally In the second, the
loue of Rosalind, in the thyrd, the keeping of
sheepe, which is the argument of all Æglogues
In the fourth his complaints And in the last two
his professed frendship and good will to his good
friend Hobbinoll
Embleme
The meaning wherof is that all thinges perish and
come to tntyr last end, but workcs of learned
wits and monuments of Poetry abide for euer
And therefore Horace of his Odes a work though ]
ful indede of great wit and learning, yet of no so
great weight and importaunce boldly sayth
Exege monimentum ære perrennius,
Quod nee imber nee aquilo vorax &c I
DECEMBER 467
Therefore let not be enuied, that this Poete in his
Epilogue sayth he hath made a Calendar, that
shall endure as long as time &c folowing the
ensample of Horace and Ouid in the like
Grande opus exegi quod nee Iouis iranee ignis,
Nee ferrum potent nee edax abolere vetustas &c
Loe lhaue made a Calender for euery yeare,
That Steele in strength, and time tn durance shall
outweare
And if I marked well the starres reuolution,
It shall continewe till the worlds dissolution
To teach the ruder shepheard how to feede his
sheepe,
And from the falsers fraud his folded flocke to
keepe
Goe lyltle Calender, thou hast a free Passeporte,
Goe but a lowly gate emongste the meaner sorte
Dare not to match thypype with Tttyrus hys style,
Nor with the Pilgrim that the Ploughman
playde a whyle
Butfollowe them far re off, and their high steppes
adore,
The belter please, the worse despise, Iaske nomorl
Merce non mercede