Prognosticks of a rare prosperity:
For, can thy life promise lesse good to men,
Whose birth was th’ envy, and the care of heav’ne?
ON
THE BIRTH
OF
THE YOUNG PRINCE CHARLES.
When private men gett sonnes they get a spoone[78],
Without ecclypse, or any starr at noone:
When kings gett sonnes, they get withall supplyes
And succours, farr beyond all subsedyes.
Wellcome, Gods loane! thou tribute to the State,