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The Will.
Before I sigh my last gaspe, let me breath,
Great love, some Legacies; Here I bequeath
Mine eyes to Argus, if mine eyes can see,
If they be blinde, then Love, I give them thee;
My tongue to Fame; to'Embassadours mine eares;
To women or the sea, my teares;
Thou, Love, hast taught me heretofore
By making me serve her who'had twenty more,
That I should give to none, but such, as had too much before.
My constancy I to the planets give,
My truth to them, who at the Court doe live;
Mine ingenuitie and openesse,
To Iesuites; to Buffones my pensivenesse;
My silence to' any, who abroad hath beene;
My money to a Capuchin.
Thou love taught'st me, by appointing me
To love there, where no love receiv'd can be,
Onely to give to such as have an incapacitie.
My faith I give to Roman Catholiques;
All my good workes unto the Schismaticks
Of Amsterdam; my best civilite
And Courtship, to an Vniversitie;
My modesty I give to souldiers bare;
My patience let gamesters share.
Thou Love taughtst me, by making mee

[CW: Love]