242 If you have formed right true virtue's face herein,
right > aright; perhaps also: very
243 Virtue herself can best discern to whom they written been.
Virtue herself > [Queen Elizabeth] been > [have been, are]
244 If you have beauty praised, let her sole looks divine 245 Judge if aught therein be amiss, and mend it by her eyes. 246 If Chastity want aught, or Temperance her due, 247 Behold her princely mind aright, and write your Queen anew. 248 Meanwhile she shall perceive how far her virtues soar 249 Above the reach of all that live, or such as wrote of yore:
of yore > anciently, of old
250 And thereby will excuse and favour your goodwill: 251 Whose virtue cannot be expressed, but by an angel's quill.
but by > except with quill > {Pen made from swan- or goose-feather}
252 Of me no lines are loved, nor letters are of price,
Of > By