X.

Nathless, for dignity, he now doth lap His function in a magisterial gown, That shows more countries in it than a map,-- Blue tinct, and red, and green, and russet brown, Besides some blots, standing for country-town; And eke some rents, for streams and rivers wide; But, sometimes, bashful when he looks adown, He turns the garment of the other side, Hopeful that so the holes may never be espied!