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To the Lady Rich

Heralds at arms do three perfections quote, To wit, most fair, most rich, most glittering; So when those three concur within one thing, Needs must that thing of honour be a note. Lately I did behold a rich fair coat, Which wished fortune to mine eyes did bring. A lordly coat, yet worthy of a king, In which one might all these perfections note. A field of lilies, roses proper bare; Two stars in chief; the crest was waves of gold. How glittering 'twas, might by the stars appear; The lilies made it fair for to behold. And rich it was as by the gold appeareth; But happy he that in his arms it weareth!