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 SIXTH SONG.

O you that hear this voice! O you that see this face! Say whether of the choice Deserves the former place? Fear not to judge this bate, For it is void of hate.

This side doth BEAUTY take. For that doth MUSIC speak. Fit orators to make The strongest judgments weak. The bar to plead the right, Is only True Delight.

Thus doth the voice and face, These gentle lawyers wage, Like loving brothers' case, For father's heritage: That each, while each contends, Itself to other lends.

For beauty beautifies, With heavenly hue and grace, The heavenly harmonies: And in this faultless face, The perfect beauties be A perfect harmony.