14 lasting] stately.
On the Commentaries of Messire Blaize de Montluc.
To the Worthy Translator,
Charles Cotton, Esq.
He that would aptly write of warlike men,
Should make his ink of blood, a sword his pen;
At least he must their memories abuse,
Who writes with less than Maro's mighty Muse:
All, Sir, that I could say of this great theme