The fourth,--

"In them the lorde made for the sunne

a place of great renoune

Who like a bridegrome rady-trimed

doth from his chamber come."

The expression "rady-trimed," meaning close-shaven, is often instanced as

one of the inelegancies of Sternhold, but he surely ought not to be held

responsible for the "improvements" of the Genevan edition published after

his death.

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