135-7 The end quotation (from Aen. xi. 124-5) is not in MS.


To my Noble and Judicious Friend Sir Henry Blount upon his Voyage.

Sir, I must ever own myself to be

Possess'd with human curiosity

Of seeing all that might the sense invite

By those two baits of profit and delight:

And since I had the wit to understand

The terms of native or of foreign land;

I have had strong and oft desires to tread