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| If riuall fooles taxe thee to haue lou'd a man [129] |
| So fowle and course as ô I may seeme than |
| This shall say what I was, and thou shalt say, |
| Do his hurts reach mee? Doth my worth decay? |
| Or doe they reach his iudging mind, that hee |
| Should like, and loue lesse what hee lou'd to see? |
| That w.ch in him was fayre and delicate |
| Was but the milke, w.ch in Loues childish state |
| Did nurse it, who now is growne strong enough |
| To feede on what to disusd tasts semes tough. |
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| Elegie .11.a |
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| Marry and loue thy Flauia; for shee |
| Hath all things whereby others beauteous bee. |
| ffor though her eyes bee small, her mouth is greate |
| Though they bee Iuory, yet her teeth ar Ieate |
| Though they bee dim̄e, yet shee is light enough |
| And though her harsh hayre fall, her skin is tough. |
| What though her cheekes bee yellow, her hayre's redd |
| Giue her thine and shee hath a Maydenhead. |
| These things are beauties Elements, where these |
| Meete in one, that one must as perfect please. |
| If redd and white, and each good quality |
| Bee in thy wench, ne're aske where it doth lye |
| In buying things perfum'd, wee aske if there |
| Bee muske and Amber in it, but not where. |
| Though all the parts bee not in th'usuall place |
| Yet shee hath an Anagram of a good face.
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[CW: If wee__] |