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(69) A godly mann.
He is a godlie mann, that doth with tongue and minde
and sincere hart, the heavenlie god
adore in his true kinde,
That liberall is to pore, that Iustice doth maintaine,
And beinge chosen for a Iudge,
takes noe reward for gayne;
That is not mov'd with loue, or doth for anger hate,
And as infectinge poysonn, shunns
fonde scouldinge and debate;
That hath a good foresight in what he takes in hand,
that rashelie nothinge doth attempte
which reason maie withstande;
That chooseth honnest frends, for to converse with all,
whose sage and true advise maye helpe
in dangers when they fall;
That vtters with his tongue, but what his hart conceives,
And doth envie that wicked speech,
which other menn deceyves;—
This is a godlie mann; but I thinke none is found,
In whome these sacred vertues doe
in their full power abounde.
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