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XXVI. THE STEEL GLAS. 325High time itwere for my pore Muse <strong>to</strong> winke,Since al <strong>the</strong> hands, al paper, pen, and inke,Which euer yet this wretched world possest,Cannot describe this Sex in colours dewe !No, no (my Lorde) we gased haue inough, 1170(And I <strong>to</strong>o much, God pardon me <strong>the</strong>rfore)Better loke <strong>of</strong>, than loke an ace <strong>to</strong> farre :And better mumme, than meddle ouermuch.But if my Glasse do like my louely lorde.We wil espie, some sunny Sommers day, 1 1 -5To loke againe, and see some semely sights.Meane while, my Muse right hu^zbly doth besech,That my good lorde accept this ventrous verse,Vntil my braines may better stuffe deuise.Finis,Ia?n quam Mercurio.Marti^

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