THE XII. WONDERS
OF THE WORLD

John Maynard

1611

III. The Souldiour

       My Occupation is the Noble trade of Kings,
       the tryall that decides the highest right of things.
       Though Mars my Maister be I doe not Venus loue,
       nor honour Bacchus oft, nor often sweare by Ioue,
       Of speaking of my selfe I all occasion shunne,
       and rather loue to doe then boast what I haue done.
      

Sir John Davies