27 I a balme, A25: Aye a calm, Chambers conjectures
Of a Lady in the Black Masque.
WHY chose shee black; was it that in whitenes
Shee did Leda equal? whose brightnes
Must suffer loss to put a bewtie on
Which hath no grace but from proportion.
5It is but Coullor, which to loose is gayne,
For shee in black doth th'Æthiopian staine,
Beinge the forme that beautifies the creature