To conquer still; Peace hath her victories 10

No less renowned than War: new foes arise,

Threatening [to bind our souls with secular chains].

Help us to save free conscience from the paw

Of [hireling wolves], whose Gospel is their maw.

XVII.

TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER.

[Vane, young in years], but in sage counsel old,

Than whom a better senator ne’er held

The helm of Rome, when [gowns, not arms], repelled