Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 42. The speech of a noble spirit to his adversary, whom af∣ter he had defeated, he acknowledgeth to be nothing in∣feriour to himselfe in worth, wit, or valour, thereby insinuating that a wise man cannot properly bee subdued: though he be orthrown in body, and worldly commodities I Will not of this victory be glorious: Nor ought you for being vanquish'd to repine, You not being overcome: nor J victorious; Your fortune onely is o'rcome by mine; For by the force of judgment, grace, and will: You have a mind, that is invincible. |
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