So great his Name, so gentle was his Nature.

But sleepe his soule in sweet Elysium,

(The happy Hauen of eternall rest:)

And let me to my former matter come,

Prouing by Reason, Shepheard's life is best,

Because he harbours Vertue in his Brest;

And is content (the chiefest thing of all)

With any fortune that shall him befall.

He sits all Day lowd-piping on a Hill,

The whilst his flocke about him daunce apace,