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Epig. 22 In Gulielmum Covel.

Covel thy mind thou hast already season'd,
With salt of wit, and relish of all Artes,
With Plato oft, and Aristotle reason'd,
Seeking all meanes to beautifie all partes,
That twixt thy lips diuinitie doth fall,
Like Berill drops from some faire cristall wall.