Deos inprimis placandos

THE Romane Ladies, yearely did present
Their Iewells, and the best attire they wore
To Delphos, which were by commandement
Into a Goblet turnd, and plac't before
The Pythian God, as offring for the sinne
Of loathed pride, they fear'd they liued in.

A mirror for such wightes, as will allow
Religion, or the church, the least of all,
Nay, from the same purloine they care not how,
Till Church perforce, hath stript them out of all:
This also tells our gallant Dames beside,
No vice offendes the Lord, so much as pride.