Is a traitor to his face.

Now the beards there be of such a company,

And fashions such a throng,

That it is very hard to handle a beard,

Tho' it never be so long.

The Roman T, in its bravery,

Doth first itself disclose,

But so high it turns, that oft it burns

With the flames of a too red nose.

The stiletto-beard, oh! it makes me afeared,