_And not only they shall incur this penalty, which after shall be taken with the deed, but they also that within one year after the deed shall be convicted; and that none may pretend ignorance, and that this order may be in all places duly observed, and the offenders punished according to justice, We will and require, our dear and well beloved Estates, Governors, Deputies of the Council, and the Estates of the respective Provinces of Guelderland, and the county of Satfill in Holland, West Friesland, Zealand, Utrecht, Friesland, Merizel, the town of Groningen, and the circumjacent places: and to all Justices and Officers, that they cause to be published in all places and proclaimed where the usual proclamation and publication is made: We do charge also the Chancellors and Provincial Council, and the Council of Admiralty, the Advocatistical, and the Procurer General, and all other Officers, Judges, and Justices of these United Provinces, and to all general colonies, Admirals and Vice-Admirals, Captains, Officers, and Commanders, to perform and cause to be performed this order and commandment, and to proceed and cause to be proceeded against the offenders without grace, favour, dissimulation, or composition: because we have found it necessary for the good and benefit of the said United Provinces._ _Dated in Hague, this 19th of July._ FINIS. [Illustration] FOOTNOTES: [7] Our Author has however already specified the number to be, at least, Iceland barks 126, and North Sea boats 237. [8] Master WILLIAM SNELLING, Master STEPHEN TOPLEY, and divers others of the Company of Fishmongers. [9] And for providing of their Cordage and Nets, after the most neatest and cheapest rates. _FAIR VIRTUE, THE +MISTRESS+ OF PHIL'ARETE._ Written by GEO. WITHER. * * * * * CATUL. Carmen. XV. _nihil veremur_ _Istos, quid in platea, modo huc, modo illuc_ _In re pretereunt sua occupati._ * * * * * LONDON. Printed for John Grismand. M.DC.XXII. [It is singular that this truly astonishing Poem, a poetical _tour de force_ as it is, should not hitherto have obtained a universal acceptance and recognition. In it we see WITHER at his prime; and cannot but admire as much the sterling integrity of his Character, as the wonderful fertility of his poetical Invention. His mastery herein over rhythm and rhyme, also amply vindicates the opinion of Dryden: who, considering himself unmatched by any in facility of versification, openly excepted WITHER, and F. QUARLES.