 | The Night Raven |  |
A Foole probatum.
A graue Phisition, in the night at's booke,(That did dame Nature, secrets ouer-looke,)
Found (amongst other things) this one worth hearing
That a long beard was but a foolish wearing,
With that he tooke the candle and the glasse,
And went to see what size his owne beard was,
Which as he viewd, and did stroking handle,
He set the same on fire, by the candle
Burning it sodainly vnto his chin,
Which had before downe to his middle bin,
Now doe I finde (quoth he) t'is a true note
That he which is long bearded (like a Gote)
Is but a foole, my selfe can this protest,
So set it downe in's booke Probatum est.
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