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BVt if ye saw
that which no eyes can see,
The inward beauty of her
liuely spright,
Garnisht with heauenly guifts of
high degree,
Much more then would ye wonder at that
sight,
And stand astonisht lyke to those which red
Medusaes mazeful hed.
There dwels sweet loue and
constant chastity,
Vnspotted fayth and comely
womanhood,
Regard of honour and mild modesty,
There vertue raynes as Queene in royal throne,
And
giueth lawes alone.
The which the base affections
doe obay,
And yeeld theyr seruices vnto her will
Ne thought of thing vncomely euer may
Thereto
approch to tempt her mind to ill.
Had ye once seene
these her celestial threasures,
And vnreuealed
pleasures,
Then would ye wonder and her prayses
sing,
That al the woods should answer and your echo
ring.
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