Vertues in corners, which now bravely doe

20Shine in the worlds best part, or all It; You.

I have beene told, that vertue in Courtiers hearts

Suffers an Ostracisme, and departs.

Profit, ease, fitnesse, plenty, bid it goe,

But whither, only knowing you, I know;

25Your (or you) vertue two vast uses serves,

It ransomes one sex, and one Court preserves.

There's nothing but your worth, which being true,

Is knowne to any other, not to you: