3 * OftheSilkewmes 
Pert marlins then no grudge to larkcs did bcare, 
Fierce golhawkes with thePhcfant$ hadnowarre, 
Rau’ns did not then the Eagles talens fcare, 
Twixt Cuckoes and theTitlings was no iarre, 
Butcoafted one another eu’ry where 
In friendly fort,as louers woonted were: 
For loue alone rul’d all in eu’ry kind. 
As though ail were of one and felfe fame mind. 
How fafely then did thefemy Turtlc-foulcs 
Difport themfelucs in Phxbu* cheercfull Ihine? 
How boldly flew they by the iayes and owlcs* 
Drcadlcflc of crooked bcakes or fiery cyenJ 
Nay, who in all the flocks of winged foules 
Said once in heart,This prisoner (hal be mine? 
When none as yet made other warre or ftrilc> 
i A Ve'tktU Then fuch as i Hymn makes twixt man Sc wife. 
God, and 
fed inftruSior of 
brides and bride- 
ffoomes. 
But fincc the fall of parents pufft with pride, 
Not oncly men wereftainde in yicioufneffCi 
But birdcs^and bcafts, and wormes, and fLcs befidc. 
Declining from their former perficnefle, 
Did by degrees to imperfc&ions Aide, 
Tainted with pridc,wrath,enuie,and cxcefle: 
Yea,then the husband of one oncly henne, 
Was afterwards contented fcarfe with tenne. 
Hence 
