2This Figure, that thou here seest put,

3 It was for gentle Shakespeare cut;

4Wherein the Grauer had a strife

5 with Nature, to out-doo the life :

6O, could he but haue drawne his wit

7 As well in brasse, as he hath hit

8His face ; the Print would then surpasse

9 All, that vvas euer vvrit in brasse.

10But, since he cannot, Reader, looke

11 Not on his Picture, but his Booke.