1579   Yitt hath the merveilous cristall
1580   Such strengthe, that the place ovall,
1581   Bothe foule and tree, and leves grene,
1582   And al the yerde in it is seene.
1583   And forto don you to undirstonde,
1584   To make ensample wole I fonde;
1585   Ryght as a myrrour openly
1586   Shewith all thing that stondith therby,
1587   As well the colour as the figure,
1588   Withouten any coverture;
1589   Right so the cristal stoon, shyning,
1590   Withouten ony disseyvyng,
1591   The entrees of the yerde Accusith
1592   To hym that in the water musith;
1593   ffor evere, in which half that ye be,
1594   Ye may well half the gardyne se;
1595   And if he turne, he may right well
1596   Sene the remenaunt everydell.
1597   ffor ther is noon so litil thyng
1598   So hidde, ne closid with shittyng,
1599   That it ne is sene, as though it were
1600   Peyntid in the cristall there.
1601   This is the mirrour pilous,
1602   In which the proude Narcisus