Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Agam. That we come short of our suppose so farre,
Agam. That after seuen yeares liege, yet Troy walles stand,
Agam. Sith euery action that hath gone before,
Agam. Where of we haue Record, Triall did draw
Agam. Bias and thwart, not answering the ayme:
Agam. And that vnbodied figure of the thought
Agam. That gaue't surmised shape. Why then (you Princes)
Agam. Do you with cheekes abash'd, behold our workes,
Agam. And thinke them shame, which are (indeed) nought else
Agam. But the protractiue trials of great loue,
Agam. To finde persistiue constancie in men?
Agam. The finenesse of which Mettall is not found
Agam. In Fortunes loue: for then, the Bold and Coward,
Agam. The Wise and Foole, the Artist and vn‑read,
Agam. The hard and soft, seeme all affin'd, and kin.
Agam. But in the Winde and Tempest of her frowne,
Agam. Distinction with a lowd and powrefull fan,
Agam. Puffing at all, winnowes the light away;
Agam. And what hath msse, or matter by it selfe,
Agam. Lies rich in Vertue, and vnmingled.