The razor from all monky pates did shave
Wit with their hair, except in Mantuan.
Re-teined by Vida and Politian,
And many others was this glorious sun,
370Which glitter shall till earth's last thread be spun.
We raise shall obelisks by Apollo's breath,
Which owe no homage to the rage of death.
By pen Honterus creatures limned to life,
Better than could the cynic with his knife.
Pliny comparèd unto him did err;