With grief and sorrow Honor[note]With grief and sorrow Honor] HOnour with Grief and Sorrow 1664; HOnour, with Grief and Sorrow, 1668 [/note] did complain,
How that her sons and servants all are[note]that her sons and servants all are] all her Sons, her Servants all were 1664; all her Sons, her Servants all, were 1668 [/note] slain,
And none was[note]And none was] Now none are 1653 [/note] left but those that did[note]did] do 1653 [/note] her slight,
And in rebellion did[note]And in rebellion did] Open rebellion doth 1653 [/note] against her fight,
And how[note]And how] Besides, 1653 [/note] this age did[note]did] doth 1653 [/note] dirt upon her throw, 5
Lest she the baseness of the next should[note]Lest she the baseness of the next should] For fear the next, she should her basenesse 1653 [/note] show.
Thus mournèd[note]mournèd] mourneth 1653 [/note] Honor, veiled in clouds of night,
When heretofore her garments were of light.
Her crown was laurel wreathed with fancy’s tire,
Her scepter, Mars’[note]Mars’] Mars his 1664, 1668 [/note] sword, made foes retire. 10
Pallas’ headpiece did[note]Pallas’ headpiece did] Pallas her head-peece 1653 [/note] as her footstool stand,[note]stand,] stands, 1653 [/note]
By whose support she rose and did command.[note]whose support she rose and did command.] which support she rises, and commands; 1653 [/note]
And thus did Honor live with great applause;
All did obey her; none did break her laws.
But now Dishonor, armed ’gainst her, doth rise, 15
And all her laws she utterly denies.
Then Honor, fearing she should be surprised,
And[note]And] (And, 1668 [/note] by her counsel being well advised,[note]advised,] advis’d) 1668 [/note]
Did raise an army to maintain her right;
Resolved she was Dishonor for to fight. 20
Courage the van, Wisdom and Wit each wing[note]Wisdom and Wit each wing] did lead, Fidelity the Rear, 1653 [/note]
Did lead, the rear Fidelity did bring;[note]Did lead, the rear Fidelity did bring;] The Left-wing, and the Right, Wisdom, and Wit they were, 1653 [/note]
Invention doth th’artillery[note]Invention doth th’artillery] The Artillery, Invention doth 1653 [/note] command;
Patience and Constancy as sent’nels[note]Patience and Constancy as sent’nels] Constancy and Patience, Sentinels 1653 [/note] stand.
Sciences pioneers are[note]Sciences pioneers are] Sciences, are Pioniers 1653 [/note] of great skill, 25
Which undermine towns, castles when they will,
And trenches make, where soldiers safely[note]where soldiers safely] Souldiers t’in safety 1653 [/note] sleep,
And[note]And] There 1653 [/note] for a guard a watchful eye do keep.
Arts, like dragoons, do[note]like dragoons, do] Dragoons, which 1653 [/note] serve on foot and horse,
To skirmish, or an enemy[note]enemy] En’my to 1664, 1668 [/note] enforce. 30
The colors high doth Resolution[note]The colors high doth Resolution] Resolution, the Colours high doth 1653 [/note] bear,
And with the bag and baggage standeth Care.
Prudence, quarter-master, allots them[note]quarter-master, allots them] as Quarter-master, fits each 1664, 1668 [/note] place;
Who disobeys is punished with disgrace.
Industry, as purvey’r,[note]as purvey’r,] Purveyer which 1653 [/note] provides the meat, 35
And Temperance[note]And Temperance] And Temp’rance gives 1664, 1668 [/note] proportions what they[note]what they] out to 1664; out, to 1668 [/note] eat.
Truth, scout-master,[note]Truth, scout-master,] Scout-master, Truth, 1664, 1668 [/note] intelligence doth[note]doth] to 1653 [/note] give,
By which the army doth in safety live.
The drum is faith, braced with reasons clear,[note]braced with reasons clear,] with reasons braced are, 1653 [/note]
The sticks that beat thereon are hope and fear. 40
Trumpeters, orators, sound loud and high,[note]high,] cleare, 1653 [/note]
And[note]And] Doe 1653 [/note] call to horse when th’enemy draws nigh.[note]draws nigh.] is neare. 1653 [/note]
The treas’rer, Gratitude, doth th’army pay,[note]The treas’rer, Gratitude, doth th’army pay,] Gratitude, Treasurer, the Army to pay, 1653 [/note]
Gen’rosity, as[note]Gen’rosity, as] Generosity, 1653 [/note] general, leads the way.
When this army was in battalia set, 45
Dishonor, with her army, near did get:
Partiality did lead the van awry,
And Treachery the rear, which came not nigh;
Perjury the left wing ordered[note]Perjury the left wing ordered] The left Wing order’d Perjury 1664, 1668 [/note] that day,
Unthankfulness on th’right[note]on th’right] the right 1653 [/note] did bear the sway. 50
Suspicion was the scout, to search the way,
And Envy close in ambuscado lay.
Revenge, as cannoneer, did take[note]did take] which took 1653 [/note] the aim,
But missed the mark, which made him high exclaim.
Envy and Malice, were two engineers, 55
Which subtilty[note]Which subtilty] Subtilty, 1653 [/note] had practised many years;
Their drum was ignorance; stupidity[note]was ignorance; stupidity] is Ignorance, where they beat, 1653 [/note]
Was one stick, th’other was obstinacy,[note]Was one stick, th’other was obstinacy,] Obstinacy, stupidity thereupon treat, 1653 [/note]
And braced it was[note]was] is 1653 [/note] with rudeness, which sounds[note]sounds] is 1653 [/note] harsh
On strings of willfulness that’s[note]that’s] which is 1653 [/note] ever rash. 60