Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 43

IF Speech, the noblest action of the wil,
Be turnd to Silence (Loues best speech) in me,
I wit be quickned, or made good, of ill
By that good will which I do beare to thee:
Then what auailes good wit if it be mute
More then good will, that want good words to show it?
Suters speed not, that cannot shew their sute:
So, sue I to Thee but thou wilt not know it.
Yet Dumb-men do, and may, wed lawfully;
But, wed they do not without first they woo:
Then, let me (dumb through Loue, that speaks therby)
Do as, by Lawes of Heaun and Earth they do:
They woo, then Wiue, I woo, then let me Wed;
For, Words in Deede, best fit the mariage bed.