And simple truth his utmost skill!

Whose passions not his masters are, 5

Whose soul is still prepared for death;

Not tied unto the world with care

Of public fame, or private breath;

Who envies none that chance doth raise,

Or vice; who never understood 10

How deepest wounds are given by praise;

Nor rules of state, but rules of good:

Who hath his life from rumours freed,