[Line: 102 lists] Here in the sense (akin to the flannelly one) of boundary, as in _Hamlet_, IV. v. 99, 'The ocean, overpeering of his _list_', and several other Shakespearian places.] [Lines: 124-5 canonize ... rule] A play of words.] _To my honoured Friend Mr. George Sandys._ It is, Sir, a confess'd intrusion here That I before your labours do appear, Which no loud herald need, that may proclaim Or seek acceptance, but the Author's fame. Much less that should this happy work commend, Whose subject is its licence, and doth send It to the world to be receiv'd and read, Far as the glorious beams of truth are spread. Nor let it be imagin'd that I look Only with custom's eye upon your book; 10 Or in this service that 'twas my intent T' exclude your person from your argument: I shall profess, much of the love I owe, Doth from the root of our extraction grow; To which though I can little contribute, Yet with a natural joy I must impute To our tribe's honour, what by you is done Worthy the title of a Prelate's son. And scarcely have two brothers farther borne A father's name, or with more value worn 20 Their own, than two of you; whose pens and feet Have made the distant points of Heav'n to meet; He by exact discoveries of the West, Yourself by painful travels in the East Some more like you might pow'rfully confute Th' opposers of Priests' marriage by the fruit. And (since 'tis known for all their straight vow'd life, They like the sex in any style but wife) Cause them to change their cloister for that state Which keeps men chaste by vows legitimate: 30 Nor shame to father their relations, Or under nephews' names disguise their sons. This child of yours, born without spurious blot, And fairly midwiv'd as it was begot, Doth so much of the parent's goodness wear, You may be proud to own it for your heir. Whose choice acquits you from the common sin Of such, who finish worse than they begin: You mend upon yourself, and your last strain Does of your first the start in judgement gain; 40 Since what in curious travel was begun, You here conclude in a devotion.