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Of the Silke wormes 
and their Flics* 
'Y dneian Mu fa : if fo thou yet remainc, 
;In brothers bowels, or in daughters breaft, 
1 Or art bequeath'd the Lady of the pUina 9 
Becau fo for her thou art the fitteft gueft: 
Whofc worth to (hew, no mortall can attainc. 
Which with like worth is not himfelfe poiTefl: 
Comehclp me ling thefe flocks as white as milke. 
That make, and fpinne,and die,and windle hike. 
,1lY.*nny? : V.doti -.'sd t; ^ ’v,» fh 
Fbt fore I know thy knowledge doth perceiue. 
What breth embreath’d thefe almofl: thingics things; 
What Artift taught their fcctc to fpionc and wcaue; 
What workman made their (lime a robe forkings. 
How flies breed wormcs,how wormes do flies con-' 
Fio natures womb,how fuch a nature fprings,(ceiue: 
Whereof none can dirc&ly tell or reede, 
Whether were firft,the flic, the worme, or fcedc. 
A time there was (Twccte heau ns reftorc that time,) 
When bodyes pure to fpotlcfle foules firft knit, 
Deupyd of guilt, and ignorant of crime, 
V pright in conscience, and of harmelcfTe wit, 
Difdaiod to weare a garment nere fo fine. 
As deeming coates and couers moflvnfit, 
Where nothing eie could fee, or finger touch. 
Which uod himfelfe did not for good auouch . $ t, 
B Yea 
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