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Epig. XIIII. In gremium.

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Pudicitia.

The red-cheekt daughter of the blushing morne,
Sweet modestie, of all the World forlorne,
On Honours lap nurst vp in safetie lies,
With vnknowne graces hid from sight of spies:
I thinke, except in Honours selfe alone,
Modestie's more imagined then knowne.