XV.

His right arm he thrust out towards the east,

Westward his left; the ends did themselves digest

Into ten lesser strings, these fingers were:

And, as a slumberer, stretching on his bed,

This way he this, and that way scattered

His other leg, which feet with toes upbear;

Grew on his middle part, the first day, hair.

To shew that in love's business he should still

A dealer be, and be used, well or ill:

His apples kindle, his leaves force of conception kill.

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