Quas spero in messem posse olim crescere, vultu
Si placido acceptes tu, foveasque sinu.
‘To you, Deare Sir, your Son presenteth heere
The first-fruits of his pains and of the yeare;
Wich may (though small) in time an harvest grow,
If you to cherish these, your favour shew.
‘E. Musaeo Meo.
‘Calendis Januarii 1641 (1642 N.S.)’
DIOCESE OF ELY.