The sacred Muses have made alwaies clame + 

To be the Nourses of nobility, + 

And Registres of everlasting fame, + 

To all that armes professe and chevalry. + 

Then, by like right the noble Progeny, + 

Which them succeed in fame and worth, are tyde + 

T’embrace the service of sweete Poetry, + 

By whose endevours they are glorifide; + 

And eke from all, of whom it is envide, + 

To patronize the authour of their praise, + 

Which gives them life, that els would soone have dide, + 

And crownes their ashes with immortall baies. + 

To thee, therefore, right noble Lord, I send + 

This present of my paines, it to defend. + 