To the Lady Margaret Ley

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     DAUGHTER to that good Earl once President
     Of England's Council and her Treasury
     Who lived in both unstain'd with gold or fee
     And left them both more in himself content
     Till the sad breaking of that Parliament
     Broke him as that dishonest victory
     At Ch?roneia fatal to liberty
     Kill'd with report that old man eloquent;—
     Though later born than to have known the days
     Wherein your father flourish'd yet by you
     Madam methinks I see him living yet;
     So well your words his noble virtues praise
     That all both judge you to relate them true
     And to possess them honour'd Margaret.