He’s as handsome a man as e’er was Adam.
The fortunes of Cecily, Countess of Rutland, the stepmother of the Marchioness, of the Countess of Exeter, and of the Countess of Buckingham, were then told. In the verses addressed to the last mentioned, the beauty and attractions of the lady were thus alluded to:—
Your pardon, lady, here you stand,
If some should judge you by your hand,
The greatest felon in the land,
Detected.
I cannot tell you by what arts,
But you have stol’n so many hearts,
As they would make you at all parts
Suspected.