A man by might a while may perforce withholde
A kingdome not his owne: but hee farre better were
To yeeld vnto the right, and then hee may bee bolde.
Good metall bides the touch that trieth out the gold:
When copper playne appeares, the counterfaite in cast
Is counted but as drosse, and called in at last.
3.[552]
I am that Pinnar once a Britayne King,
No pinner by my science for to make pinnes:
And yet I could well cast of thousands in a ring,