Then if he sayes he loues you, It fits your wisedome so farre to beleeue it;

It most behoves the honorable race Of mightie peeres true wisedome to sustaine, 80 And with their noble countenaunce to grace The learned forheads, without gifts or game: Or rather learnd themselves behoves to bee; That is the girlond of nobilitie.

And if it be of publique matters 'tis not (aside) Like to be talke or idle fault finding, On which the coward onely spends his wisedome: These are all men of action and of spirit, And dare performe what they determine on.

Sometimes in the ring of the verse and in turns of expression, we seem to catch Shakespearian echoes; as here "Staid men suspect their wisedome or their faith, To whom our counsels we have not reveald; And while (our party seeking to disgrace)

O you unsearched wisedomes which doe laugh At our securitie and feares alike, And plaine to shew our weaknesse and your power Make us contemne the harmes which surest strike; When you our glories and our pride undoe