And then farre distanc’d they bid quite adiew,

Each holding on in solitude his way.

Ne any footsteps in the empty Blew

Is to be found of that farre-shining ray.

Which processe sith no man did yet bewray,

It seems unlikely that the Comets be

Synods of starres that in wide Heaven stray.

Their smallnesse eke and numerositie

Encreaseth doubt and lessens probabilitie.

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