Io. A Thousand Mermaids Dance Oth' Maine Poem by John Ashmore

Io. A thousand Mermaids dance oth' Maine;
Their Vice-Roy Buckingham to entertaine.
So, he, that the proud-neighing Horse commands,
Is Generall in Thetis liquid lawnds.
Likewise, 'mongst gods that are of highest place,
Saphir-hewd Neptune, with his aw-full Mace,
The mutinous waves, that subiècts to his lawes,
Makes sturdy steeds take bits in foaming iawes.
Then, let no Cynick with his furrowed brow
Grudge at this double power that's given him now;
Since, from the gods that raigne in greatest state,
We have this pattern given to imitate.