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To GEORGE BROOKE Esquier.
Though outwarde thinges, doe trimme, & brave, appeare,
And sightes at firste, doe aunswere thie desire,
Yet, inwarde partes, if that they shine not cleare,
Suspecte the same, and backe in time retire:
For inwardlie, such deadlie foes maie lurke,
As when wee trust, maie our destruction worke.
Though bewtie rare, bee farre and neare renoum'de,
Though Natures giftes, and fortunes doe excell:
Yet, if the minde, with heinous crimes abounde,
And nothing good with in the same doe dwell:
Regarde it not, but shonne the outward showe,
Untill, thou doe the inwarde vertues knowe.