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32 Of one that had a blacke head, and a gray Beard.
Though many search, yet few the cause can findeWhy thy beard gray, thy head continues blacke
Some think that thou dost vse that new-found knack,
Excusable to such as haire doe lacke:
A quaint Gregorian to thy head to binde.
Some thinke that with a combe of drossie Lead,
Thy siluer locks doe turne to colour darke:
Some thinke 'tis but the nature of thy head:
But we thinke most of these haue mist the marke.
For this thinke we, that thinke we thinke aright,
Thy beard and yeeres are graue, thy head is light.
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