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(21) Glasses.
The sundrie sort of glasses which art doth put in vre
for our delights, in severall kindes, sweete pleasures doe procure:
the daintie Ladies, loue in lookinge glasse to prye;
the glasse perspective, is desyrd of learnd Pholosophie;
greate states, their windowes deck with glasse, for their delight;
the searchinge Chimists, for their art, haue glasses strange of sight;
the burning glasse is made, a thinge of rare devise;
and glasse vessells for banquettinge are dailie had in pryse;
besides, there is of glasse a temple faire and brighte,
which learned Chaucer builded hath with penn of heavenliespright;
And gascoigne, for his sport, hath made a glasse in verse,
wher wee maie see our owne defaults, which there he doth reherse;
but all these curious glasses, or anie of like kinde,
or other strange proportion which art or wealth maie finde,
Cannot content my frende; hee hath them in disdayne,
hee them reiects as frivolous, he houlds them all in vayne,
for, of all sorts of glasse which give forth anie shine,
my frend loves, euerie hower, to haue a venice glasse of wyne.
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