Let them speak oil and civet; but we are lords,
210Can speak by signs, and not expressed by words.
Wherefore do we to Sable give the room,
And greater numbers far of Adel's stamps
Than to our steward or our lady's groom;
'Cause with reproofs he our choice pleasures damps?
No, 'cause in dedications he should name us,
And by some witty pamphlet make us famous.
Our moral virtues are no guiding rule
To high nobility, or looking-glass,