Hymne XXIIII: Of her Magnanimitie

Euen as her State, so is her Mind,
Listed aboue the vulgar kind:
It treades proud Fortune vnder,
Sun-like it sits aboue the wind,
Aboue the stormes, and Thunder.

Braue Spirit, large Heart, admiring nought
Esteeming each thing as it ought,
That swelleth not, nor shrinketh:
Honor is alwaies in her thought,
And of great things she thinketh.

Rocks, Pillars, and heau'ns Axel-tree,
Exemplifie her Constancie;
Great changes neuer chaunge her:
In her Sexe feares are wont to rise,
Nature permits, Vertue denies,
And scornes the face of daunger.