Of the fil^e xt>omes 
But fith they arc, and therefore framed were. 
Which firft was fram'd?the cggc?thc worrac? or flic? 
No doubt the flic,as plainely (hall appcarc. 
To all that haue butan indiif’itnt eye, (beare, 
itvangeisis in Though twoo i great Clarks contrary thoughts did 
fentence gaue, without iuft reafon why, 
FirZt ln vi»- That egges were made before the hardic Cocke 
Beganne ro tread, or brooding henne to clocke. 
Pretend they did, that leaft and fimplcft things, 
(Which none train’d vp in reafons fchoolc gainfay) 
Of things compounded are the formoft fprings, 
Eu’n as a lumpc of rude and fliapelcflc clay. 
Into the mould a Moulder cunning brings. 
And by degrees compels it to obey: 
Forming by art what he in mind fore-thought^ 
Out of a mafic that iuft refembled nought. 
So eke though egges feeme things confufcd quite. 
And farre vnlike what afterwards they prooue: 
Y et formoft place they challenge by their right. 
For who c’rcfaw acock or henne to mooue. 
Till firft they came from out theyolke and white. 
And time,and heatc,and place, and fitters loue, 
Had formed out a nature from the fame, 
Deferuing wel anothers natures name? 
Springs 
