To the right honorable councellor of councellors Robert Earle of Satisbury, Lord Treasurer of England

A CHILLES to his friend, Patroclus had;
Aeneas his Achates; Phillip's sonne
Had his Ephestion; and Darius made
Zopirus sterne of his dominion;
Scipio had Laelius: but the best of them
Steeded much lesse then thou, their king and realme.