A vest as admired Voltiger had on, Which from this Islands foes his grandsire won, Whose artful colour passd the Tyrian dye, Obliged to triumph in this legacy.1
ATTRIBUTION:
The British Princes, p. 96. (1669.)
Note 1. The oft-quoted lines, A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won, have been ascribed to Blackmore, but suppressed in the later editions of his poems. [back]