And  they  that  are  within  would  faine  go  out.
Or  to  the  lewell  which  this  vertue  had,
That  men  were  mad  till  they  might  it  obtaine,
But  when  they  had  it,  they  were  twise  as  mad,
Till  they  were  dipossest  of  it  againe.
Wife.        Maids  cannot  iudge,  because  they  cannot  tell,
What  comforts  and  what  ioyes  in  marriage  be  :

•  By  the  rule  of  note  8,  Wife  seems  necessary  to  be  here  prefixed;
but  see  our  Memorial -Introduction  for  a  critical  notice  of  this  and
other  portions.     G.
84  MINOR  POEMS.
Maid.       Yes,  yes,  though  blessed  Saints  in  heauen  do
dwell,
They  doe  the  soules  in  Purgatory  see.
Wtdo7v.    If  euery  wife  do  Hue  in  Purgatory.
Then  sure  it  is,  that  Widdowes  Hue  in  blisse  :
And  are  translated  to  a  state  of  glory,
But  Maids  as  yet  haue  not  attain'd  to  this.
Maid.       Not  Maids?  To  spotlesse  maids  this  gift  is
giuen.
To  Hue  in  incorruption  from  their  birth ;
And  what  is  that  but  to  inherit  heauen
Euen  while  they  dwell  vpon  the  spotted  earth  ?

The  perfectest  of  all  created  things.
The  purest  gold,  that  suffers  no  aHay  ;i

The  sweetest  flower  that  on  th'  earths  bosom  e

springs,
The  pearle  vnbord,  whose  price  no  price  can

pay:

The  Christall  Glasse  that  will  no  venome  hold,^
The  mirror  wherein  Angels  loue  to  looke,         M

^  =  alloy.    G.         2  jt  ^as  jQ^^g  g.  "  Vulgar  Error"  that  certain
'christall  glasses'  flew  into  bits  on  poison  being  put  into  them.     G.
I


MINOR  POEMS.
Dianaes  bathing  Fountaine  cleere  and  cold,     '
Beauties  fresh  Rose,  and  vertues  Huing  booke.
