Of Mary-Lands plentious and sedate condition,

With other things herein by you set forth,

To shew its Rareness, and declare its Worth;

Compos’d in such a time, when most men were

Smitten with Sickness, or surpriz’d with Fear,

Argues a Genius good, and Courage stout,

In bringing this Design so well about:

Such generous Freedom waited on thy brain,

The Work was done in midst of greatest pain;

And matters flow’d so swiftly from thy source,