Excerpt from The Historical and Poetical Medley: Or Muses Library; Being a Choice and Faithful Collection of the Best Antient English Poetry, From the Times of Edward the Confessor, to the Reign of King James the First Soul of the World Knowledge! W'ithout thee, What hath the Earth, that truly glorious is? Why fhould our Pride make fuch a Stir to be, To he forgot? What good is like to this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.