Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.
A SimilitudeXLVII. RO. VN.
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An house in each degree;
The soule the owner of the house
I do account to bee.
I did of late declare,
Is like an house in euery poynt;
But now I will compare
Or as a cittie faire,
Or like a corporation,
Consisting of a mayer,
There needful to bee had,
And the commons too, among the which
Are people good and bad,
Such people for to guide;
And as each towne and commonwealth,
Or cittie, hath beside
Their courtes of common law,
Yea, and their courts of conscience too,
To kepe these men in awe:
And officers to serue,
Yea, commoners too, and places fitt
For courts which do deserue.
It is the hart of man,
Wherein if that the sperit of grace
Do sit as judge, euen than
We may it call; but see
These officers vpon this court
Always attendant bee.