But thou who ere thou art that thus dost strive

With fierce assault my groundwork to subvert,

And boldly dost into Gods secrets dive,

Base fear my manly face note make m’ avert.

In that odde question which thou first didst stert,

I’ll plainly prove thine incapacitie,

And force thy feeble feet back to revert,

That cannot climb so high a mysterie,

I’le shew thee strange perplexed inconsistencie.

34