By sturdy Chine of Beef, and mighty Jove;

I do conjure thy gravity, let me see

140 The man that made thee this Discovery;

For he that sees th' Original's more happy

Than him that draws by an ill-favour'd Copy.

O bring me to the man I so admire!

The Flint from whence brake forth these sparks of fire.

What satisfaction would the Vision bring?

If sweet the stream, much sweeter is the spring.

[Line: 3 I had struck out the brackets, but replaced them. For some obsolete uses of the mark see Mr. Percy Simpson's Shakesperian Punctuation, pp. 94-5.