And is deceived: whilst man doth ransack man,

And builds on blood, and rises by distress;

And th' Inheritance of desolation leaves

To great-expecting hopes: He looks thereon,

As from the shore of peace, with unwet eye,

And bears no venture in Impiety.

Thus, Lady, fares that man that hath prepared

A rest for his desires; and sees all things

Beneath him; and hath learned this book of man,

Full of the notes of frailty; and compared