The horse for swiftnes hath his glory wonne:

The mule[498] could neuer[499] the more aspyer,

Though hee should proue that Pegas was[500] his sier.

7.

Each man may[501] crake of that which was[502] his owne,

Our parents’ vertues are theirs,[503] and no whit ours:[504]

Who therefore will of noble birth[505] bee knowne,

Ought[506] shine in vertue like his auncestours:

Gentry consisteth not in landes and towers:

Hee is a churle, though all the world were his,[507]