There are not ships in Venice nigh so many,
Oysters at Bruges, nor hares in all Champagne,
Bears in Savoy; nor calves in Brittany,
Nor on the Thames so many a white swan:

So many Loves the Church doth not maintain:
Nor vie so many folks in Germany,
Nor honours hath a gentleman of Spain,
Nor falsities are found in King’s Court any;

So many monsters dwell not in Afric,
Nor sentiments within a republic,
Nor amnesties in Rome at feasts bestowed:

So many rascals ply not law and physic,
So many dure not conflicts theologic,
As there are fancies in my Lady’s head