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XVII. Blush, my rude present

Blush, my rude present, blushing yet say this,
That he that sent thee, ment a better thing,
Best meaners oft, of their best purpose misse,
Best runners, sometime faile to hit the Ring,
Tell my sweet Mistresse, saint of woman-kinde,
What wants in shew, he doth supplie in minde,