THE SECOND FOR WITTE.

Beautye delights the soule, but witte the Reason:

Witte lasts an age, and beautye but a season:

The sense is quickly cloyd with beautye's tast;

When witt's delight still quicke and fresh doth last:

Beautye, weake eyes with her illusion blindes,

Witte conquers spirits and triumphs ouer minds:

Deade things haue beautye, onely man hath witte,

and man's perfection doth consist in it.

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