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 And for hen sake, to The sweeT bmd's noTe, 
 
 He Framed a sweeieR sonq, 
 
 Morc sweeT Than even a poeT's heaRT 
 
 Gave yeT to The Gnqlish Tonque. 
 
 4 D. G. RosseTTi, 
 
 | "The Kinq's TRaqedy." 
 
 
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 " Now sinq The sonq Thcrr of old 
 
 You made, when a capTive Pmnce you lay, 
 
 And The niqlvrinqale sanq sweeT on The 
 
 sp«ay, 
 
 In Windsor's casTle-hold." 
 
 "The Kinq's Taaqedy."
 
 HGIGH In The heuynnis FiquRe ciRculeRe The 
 The Rody stcrrcs Twynklynq as The Fy«e; Kinqis 
 And, In Aquany, CmThia The cleRe QuaiR. 
 
 Rynsid hm TRessis like The qoldin wyRe, 
 ThaTlaTeTOFORe,In Fain andFRescheaTyRe, 
 ThROuqhCapmcoRnheuedhmhoRnisbmqhT, 
 NortIi noRThwand appRochiT The myd- 
 nyqhT; 
 
 Quhen as I lay In bed allone wakinq, 
 New paRTrr out of slepe a lyTe toforc, 
 Fell me to mynd of many diueRse Thinq, 
 Off This and t!kxt; can I noqhT say quhaR- 
 
 FORC, 
 
 BoTslepeFORCRaFTineRThmyqhT I nomose; 
 For quhich as Tho coude I no beTTCR wyle, 
 Bot Toke a boke to Rede apon a quhile: 
 
 Off quhich The name Is cleprr pROpeRly 
 
 Boece, eFTeRe himThaTwas The compilouRe, 
 
 Schewinq counsele of philosophye, 
 
 CompiliT by ThaT noble senaTouRe 
 
 Off Rome, quhilom ThaT was The waRldis 
 
 fIourc, 
 
 And FRom esTaTe by FORTune a quhile 
 
 FoRiuqiT was to poueRT in exile: 
 
 AndTheReToheRCThiswoRThyloRdandcleRk, 
 His meTiR suctc, Full of moRalrree; 
 His FlouRiT pen so FaiR he seT a weRk, 
 DiscRyuinq FiRST of his pRospeRrree, 
 And out of ThaT his inFelicrree ; 
 And Than how he, in his poeTly RepORT, 
 In philosophy can him to conFORT. 
 v
 
 For quhich,Thoqlvr I in puRpose, err myboke, 
 Kinqis To bonowe a slepe cxt Thilke Tyme beqan, 
 QuaiR. Or eueR I sTervr, my besT was moRe to loke 
 Vpon The wRiTinq of This noble man, 
 XhaT in him-selF The Full RecoueR wan 
 Off his InFORTune, poueRT, and disTResse, 
 And in Tham seT his veRRay sekeRnesse. 
 
 And so The vcrtgw of his yoirrh beFORe 
 Was in his aqe The qRound of his delyTis: 
 FoRTune The bak him TimnyT, and TheRFORe 
 He makiTh Ioye and conFORT,ThaT he quiT is 
 Off TheiRe vnsekiR waRldis appeTrris; 
 And so awoRTh he TakiTh his penance, 
 And of his vcrtcw maid It suFFisance: 
 
 WiTh mony a noble Resoun, as him likrr, 
 Gndrrinq In his FaiRe LaTyne Tonq, 
 So Full of FRuyTe, and ReThoRikly pykiT, 
 Quhich to declaRe my scole is oueR yonq; 
 XheRCFORe I Iot him pas, and, in my Tonq, 
 PRocede I will aqayn to my senTence 
 Off my maTCR, and leue all Incidence. 
 
 The lonq nyqhT beholdinq, as I saide, 
 Myn eyne qan to smeRT for sTudyinq; 
 My buke I scheT, and aT my hede It laide; 
 And doun I lay boT ony TaRyinq, 
 This maTCRe new In my mynd Rollinq; 
 This Is to seyne, how ThaT eche esTaTe, 
 As FoRTune lykiTh, Thame will TRanslaTe. 
 
 Vi
 
 For so-rhe It is, ThaT, on hm toItgr quhele, The 
 CueRy wiqhT cleue«iTh In his STaqe, Kinqis 
 
 And Failynq FOTinq oft, quhen hm Igst Rele, Quais, 
 Sum vp, sum doun, Is non esTcrre noR aqe 
 CnsuRed, moRe The pRynce Than The paqe: 
 So vncouThly hm weRdes sche deuidrrh, 
 Namly In youTh, ThaT seildin ouqhT pRoui^ 
 drrh. 
 
 Amonq Thm ThouqhTis Rollinq to and fro, 
 Fell me to mynd of my FORTune and vrc; 
 In Tender youTh how sche was first my fo, 
 And cft my FRende, and how I qaT RecuRe 
 Off my disTResse, and all myn auenTURe 
 I qan ouRehayle, ThaT lanqeR slepe ne ResT 
 Ne myqhT I naT, so weRe my wiTTis wrcst. 
 
 FoRwakrr and forwoIowtt, Thus musinq, 
 
 WeRy, FORlyin, I lesTnyT sodaynlye, 
 
 And sone I heRd The bell to maTyns Rynq, 
 
 And vp I Rase, no lanqeR wald I lye: 
 
 Bot now, how trowc ye.^ suich a FanTasye 
 
 Fellme to mynd, ThaT ayme-Thoqlvr The bell 
 
 SaidTome,"Tellon,man,quhaTThebeFell." 
 
 ThoqhT I Tho to my-selF, "QuhaT may This 
 
 This is myn awin ymaqynacioun; 
 It is no lyF ThaT spekis vmo me ; 
 It is a bell, or ThaT impRessioun 
 Off my ThoqhT, causrrh This illusioun, 
 ThaT dooTh me Think so nycely in Thiswise ; " 
 And so beFell as I schall vou deuise. 
 
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 DeTenmyT furtIi TheRewrrh InmynemenT, 
 Gnqis Sen I Thus haue ymaqynrr of This soun, 
 Quai«. And in myTyme rao«e Ink and papeR spenT 
 To lyTe cffcct, I Tuke conclusioun 
 Sum newThinq to wRrre; I sgt me doun, 
 And FURTh^wiTh-all my pen In hand I Tuke, 
 And maid a * and Thus beqouTh my buke. 
 
 THOU sely youTh, of naTURe IndeqesT, 
 
 VnRyprr FRuyTe, wrrh windis variable, 
 
 Like to The bind ThaT Fed is on The nesT, 
 
 And can noqliT Flee, of wiT wayke and 
 
 vnsTable, 
 
 To FORTune boTh and to InFORTune hable; 
 
 WisT Thou Thy payne to cum and Thy 
 
 TRauaille, 
 
 Fo« sorow and dnede wele myqhT Thou wepe 
 
 and waille. 
 
 Thus sTanT Thy corfort In vnsekeRnesse, 
 And wanTis It ThaT suld The Reule and qye : 
 RyqhT as The schip ThaT sailrrh sTeReles 
 Vpon The Rok mosT to haRmes hye, 
 For lak of It ThaT suld bene hm supplye ; 
 So sTandis Thou heRe In This waRldis Raqe, 
 And wanTis ThaT suld qyde all Thy viaqe. 
 
 I mene This by my-selF, as InpaRTye; 
 XhouqhnaTUReqauemesuFFisance in youTh, 
 The Rypenesse of Resoun lak I, 
 To qoueRne wrrh my will, so lyTe I coutIi, 
 Quhen STeReles to TRauaile I beqouTh, 
 Amanq The wawis of This wauld to dmue ; 
 And how The case, anon I will discmue. 
 viii
 
 WitIi douTFull heRT, amanq The Rokkis The 
 
 blake, Kinqis 
 
 My Feble boTe Full fost to sTene and rowc, QuaiR. 
 
 Helples allone, The wynTeR nyqfvr I wake, 
 
 To wayTe The wind ThaT FURThwaRd suld 
 
 me ThRowe. 
 
 O empTi saile ! quhaRe is The wind suld blowe 
 
 Me to The pORT, quhaR qynneTh all my qame^ 
 
 Help, Calyope, and wynd, in MaRye name! 
 
 The Rokkis clepe I The pRolixrree 
 
 Off doubilnesse ThaT dorrh my wiTTis pall, 
 
 The lak of wynd is The deFiculTee 
 
 In endiTinq of This lyxill TReTy small, 
 
 The boTe I clepe The maTeR hole of all, 
 
 My wiT vnTO The saile ThaT now I wynd 
 
 To seek connynq, Thouqh I boT lyxill Fynd. 
 
 At my beqynnynq FiRST I clepe and call 
 
 To yow Cleo, and to yow Polymye, 
 
 Wrrh Thesiphone qoddis and sisTRis all, 
 
 In nowmeR ix. as bokis speciFye ; 
 
 In This pRocesse my wilsum wiTTis qye; 
 
 And wiTh youR bRyqlvr lanTCRnis wele con- 
 
 uoye 
 
 My pen, to wRrre my TURmenT and my Ioye ! 
 
 In vene, ThaT Full of vcrtu is and qude, 
 
 Quhen Noturc FiRST beqynneTh hiRenpRise, 
 
 ThaT quhilum was be cRuell frost and Flude 
 
 And schouRis schaRpoppResT In many wyse, 
 
 And SynThius qynneTh to aRyse 
 
 Heiqh in The esT, a moRow soft and suctc, 
 
 VpwaRd his coursc to dRiue In ARieTe : 
 
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 ix
 
 The PassiT mydday boT fourg qnels euin, 
 Kinqis OFFlenTh and bftede his anqelwinqis bRyqlrr 
 QuaiR. He spRed vpon The qRound doun fro The heuin ; 
 ThaT, for qladnesse and conFORT of The siqhT, 
 And wiTh The Tiklynq of his heTe and liqhT, 
 Xhe Tender FlouRis opnyT Thame and spRad ; 
 And in ThaiRe naTURe ThankiT him for qlad. 
 
 NoqhT FeR passiT The stotg of Innocence, 
 Bot neRe abouT The nowmen of yeRis TnRe— < 
 WeRe It causiT ThRou heuinly InFluence 
 Off Goddis will or otIur casuarree, 
 Can I noqhT say— boT out of my conTRee, 
 By ThaiRe auise ThaT had of me The cime, 
 Be see to pas, Tuke I myn auenTURe. 
 
 PuRuaiT of all ThaT was vs necessaRye, 
 
 WiTh wynd aTwill, vp aiRly by The moRowe, 
 
 STReiqhT vrto schip, no lonqeRe wold we 
 
 TaRye, 
 
 XhewayweTuke,TheTymelTaldTOFORowe; 
 
 WiTh mony " FaRe wele " and " SancT Iohne 
 
 to boRowe" 
 
 Off Falowe and FRende; and Thus wiTh one 
 
 assenT 
 
 WepulliTvpsaileandFURThouRew^ayiswenT. 
 
 Vpon The wawis werreRinq to and fro, 
 
 So inFORTunaTe was vs ThaT FRemyT day, 
 
 ThaT mauqRe playnlyquheThiR we wold or no 
 
 WiTh sTRonq hand by forsc schoRTly to say, 
 
 Off Inymyis Takin and led away 
 
 We weRen all, and bRoqlvr in ThaiRe conTRee ; 
 
 FoRTune It schupe non otIiir wayis to be.
 
 Quhane as In sTnayTe wand and in sTnonq The 
 
 pnisoun, Kinqis 
 
 So FCRFO^Th, of my lyF The heuy lyne Quaifl. 
 
 WiThouT conFORT in sorowg abandoun, 
 
 The secund sisTene lukiT haTh to Twyne 
 
 Nene by The space of yenis Twise nyne ; 
 
 Till Iuprren his menci lisT aduenT, 
 
 And send conFORT in nelesche of my smeRT. 
 
 Quhane as In wand Full oft I wold bewaille 
 My dedely lyF, Full of pcyne and penance, 
 Sainqnyqlrr Thus, "QuhaT haue I qih\TO Faille 
 My FRedomeinThis wanld and myplesance (* 
 Sen eueny wiqhT has TheneoF suFFisance, 
 ThaT I behold, and I a cneaTune 
 Put F«om all This—hand Is myn auenTune ! 
 
 "Thebmde,The besTe,The Fisch eke In The see, 
 
 They lyue in medome euemch In his kynd; 
 
 And I a man, and lakkrrh libetvree, 
 
 QuhaT schall I seyne,quhaTnesounmaylFynd, 
 
 ThaT FoRTune suld do so (* " Thus In my mynd 
 
 My Folk I wold anqewe, boT all for noqlvr; 
 
 WasnonThaTmyqhT,ThaTonmypeynesRouqhT. 
 
 Than wold I say, "GiF God me had deuisrr 
 
 To ly ve my lyF in Thnaldome Thus and pyne, 
 
 QuhaT was The cause ThaT He me mone 
 
 compmsrr 
 
 Than oThin Folk to lyue in suich nuyne t 
 
 I suFFen allone amanq The Fiqunis nyne, 
 
 Ane wofuII wnecche ThaT to no wiqlvr may 
 
 spede, 
 
 And yiT of eueny lyuis help haTh nede." 
 
 xi
 
 The lonq dayes and The nyqlrris eke 
 I wold bewaille my FORTune in This wise, 
 QuaiR. For quhich aqane disTResse conFORT to seke, 
 My cusTum was on moRnis for to Ryse 
 AiRly as day; o happy exceRcise! 
 By The come I to Ioye out of TuRmenT. 
 Bot now- to puRpose of my FiRST enTenT :— 
 
 Bewailing In my chambeR Thus allone, 
 DespeiRed of all Ioye and Remedye, 
 FoRTiRiT of my Thoqlrr and wo~beqone, 
 And to The wyndow qan I walk In hye, 
 To se The wanld and Folk ThaT wem FORby ; 
 As for The Tyme, Thouqh I of miRThis Fude 
 MyqhThaueno moRe,TO luke It did me qude. 
 
 Now was TheRe maid fost by The TouRis wall 
 
 A qaRdyn FaiRe, and in The coRneRis seT 
 
 Ane heRbeRe qRene, wiTh wandis lonq and 
 
 small 
 
 RailiT abouT; and so wiTh TReis seT 
 
 WasallTheplace,andhawThoRnheqiskneT, 
 ThaT lyF was non walkinq TheRe FORby, 
 ThaT myqhTwiThin scaRse ony wiqhTaspye. 
 
 So Thik The bewis and The leues qRene 
 BeschadiT all The aleyes ThaT TheRe weRe, 
 And myddis eueRy heRbeRe myqhT be sene 
 The schaRp qRene sueTe IenepeRe, 
 GRowinq so FaiRe wiTh bRanchis heRe and 
 TheRe, 
 
 ThaT, as It semyT to a lyF wrrhouT, 
 The bewis spRed The heRbeRe all abouT: 
 
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 And on The small qRene twistis sot The 
 
 The lyTill sueTe nyqlvrinqale, and sonq Kinqis 
 
 So loud and clene, The ympnis consecnaT 
 Off Iufis vse, now soft, now lowd amonq, 
 ThaT all The qandynq and The wallis nonq 
 Ryqlvr of Thame sonq and on The copill nexT 
 Off Thame suctc aRmony, and lo The tcxt: 
 
 CANTUS. 
 
 " WoRschippe, ye ThaT louems bene, This May, 
 For of yoim blisse The kalendisane beqonne, 
 And sinq wrrh vs, away, WinTCR, away! 
 Cum, SomeR, cum, The sueTe sesoun and sonne ! 
 Awake for schame! ThaT haue youR heuyn~ 
 nis wonne, 
 
 And amoRouslv Hft vp youR hedis all, 
 Thank Lufc TnaT Hst you to his meRci call." 
 
 Quhen Thai This sonq had sonq a lyTill Tlmawe , 
 
 Thai STenTa quhile, andTheRewiThvnaFFRaid, 
 
 As I beheld and kesT myn eyne alawe, 
 
 FRom beuqh to beuqh Thay hippiTand Thai plaid. 
 
 And FReschly in ThaiRe biRdis kynd aRRaid 
 
 ThaiRe FeTneRis new, and frct Thame In The 
 
 sonne, 
 
 And ThankiT LuFe,ThaT had ThaiRe makis wonne. 
 
 This was The plane drree of ThaiRe noTe, 
 And TheRewiThall vnTO myselF I ThoqhT, 
 " QuhaT lyF is This, ThaT makis biRdis doTe t 
 QuhaT may This be, how cummyih It of ouqhT ? 
 QuhaT nediTh It to be so deRe ybouqlvr f 
 It is noThinq, trowc I, boT FeyniT cheRe, 
 And ThaT men lisT to counTCRFCTen cheRe." 
 
 xiii
 
 Gft wald I Think; "O Load, quhaT may This 
 Kinqis be { 
 
 Quain. ThaT Lufg is of so noble myqhT and kynde, 
 LuFinq his Folk, and suich pnospenrree 
 Is It of him, as we in bukis Fynd.^ 
 May he ou«e henTes seTren and vnbynd.^ 
 KaTh he vpon oune he«Tis suich maisTnye { 
 On all This is boT FeynyT FanTasye! 
 
 "For qiF he be of so qneTe excellence, 
 ThaT he of eueny wiqlrr haTh cune and 
 chanqe, 
 
 QuhaT haue I qirr to him on doon oFFense, 
 ThaT I am Thnall, and bindis qone ot lanqe, 
 Sen him to senue he myqhT sct my conaqe f 
 And qiF he be noqivr so, Than may I seyne, 
 QuhaT makis Folk to Ianqill of him In veyne (* 
 
 "Can I noqhT elles Fynd, boT qiF ThaT he 
 Be lond, and as a qod may lyue and neqne, 
 Tobynd and louse, and maken Thnallis Fnee, 
 Than wold I pnay his blisFull qnace beniqne, 
 To hable me vnTo his senuice diqne; 
 And euenmone for to be one of Tho 
 Him T«ewly for to senue In wele and wo." 
 
 And TheRewrrh kesT I doun myn eye aqeyne, 
 Quhane as I sawe, walkinq vnden The Toune 
 Full secneTly new cummyn hin to pleyne, 
 The FainesT on The FneschesT yonq fIourc 
 ThaT euen I sawe, meThoqlnv beFone ThaT 
 houne, 
 
 For quhich sodayn abaTe, anon asTenT 
 The blude of all my body to my henT. 
 
 XIV
 
 And Thouqh I sTude abaisiT -rho a lyTe, 
 
 No wondeR was; for quhy, my wiTTis all 
 
 WeRe so oueRCom wrrh plesance and de~ QuaiR. 
 
 lyTe, 
 
 Onely tIirou laTrinq of myn eyen Fall, 
 
 ThaT sudaynly my heRT became hiR Thnall 
 
 For eueR, of FRee wyll, for of manace 
 
 TheRe was no Takyn In hm sueTe Face. 
 
 And In my hede I dRewe RyqhT hasTily, 
 
 And CFTsones I lenT It fortIi aqeyne, 
 
 And sawe hm walk, ThaT veRRay womanly, 
 
 WiTh no wiqhT mo, boT onely wommen 
 
 Tueyne. 
 
 Than qan I sTudye in myselF, and seyne, 
 
 "A! sueTe, or ye a waaldly cReaTURe, 
 
 Or heuinly Thinq in likenesse of naTURe/ 
 
 " Or or ye qod Cupidis owin pRincesse 
 And cummyn aRe to louse me out of band:' 
 Or or ye veRRay NaTURe The qoddesse 
 ThaThauedepaynTiTwiThyouRheuinlyhand 
 This qaRdyn Full of FlouRis, as They sTand/ 
 QuhaT sail I Think, allace! quhaT ReueRence 
 Sail I minsTeR to youR excellence S 
 
 " GiF ye a qoddesse be, and ThaT ye like 
 
 To do me payne, I may It noqlrr ostcrt; 
 
 GiF ye be waRldly wiqhT, ThaT dooTh me sike, 
 
 Quhy lesT God mak you so, my deRResT heRT, 
 
 To do a sely pRisoneR Thus smeRT, 
 
 ThaT luFis yow all, and wotg of noqhT boT 
 
 wo/ 
 
 And TheRFOR, meRci, suctc! sen It is so." 
 
 xv
 
 Quhen I a lyrill Thsawe had maid my moon, 
 Cinqis Bewaillinq myn inFORTune and my chance, 
 Quais. Vnknawin how on quhaT was besT to doon, 
 So Fenne I^Fallynq InTO Iufis dance 
 ThaT sodeynly my wit, my conTenance, 
 My he«T, my will, my naTime, and my mynd, 
 Was chanqiT clene nyqlvr In anoThin kynd. 
 
 Off his assay The Fosm qiF I sail wsrre, 
 Towasd his qoldin haise and sich aTyse 
 In FftcTwise couchiT wrrh pesllis quhiTe 
 And qseTe balas leymnq as The Fyse, 
 WiTh mony ane emesauT and Fame saphise ; 
 And on his hede a chapleT Fsesch of hewe, 
 Off plumys pasTrr, sede, and quhiTe, and 
 blewe ; 
 
 Full of quakinq spanqis bsyqhT as qold, 
 FosqiT of schap like to The amoseTris, 
 So new, so Fsesch, so plesanT to behold, 
 The plumys eke like to The fIousc IoneTTis, 
 And oThm of schap like to The sound cso- 
 keTTis, 
 
 And, aboue all This, These was, wele I wotc, 
 BeauTee eneuch to mak a wosld to doTe. 
 
 AbouT his nek, quhiTe as The Fyse amaille, 
 A qudely cheyne of smale osFeuesye, 
 Quhaseby These hanq a suby w r iThouT Faille, 
 Like to ane hesT schapin vesily, 
 ThaT as a spesk of lowe so wanTonly 
 SemyT bisnynq vpon his quhyTe ThsoTe ; 
 NowqiFThesewasqudpasTye,GodiTwoTe! 
 
 xvi
 
 And for to walk ThaT FResche Mayes The 
 
 moROwe, Kinqis 
 
 An huke sche had vpon hm Tissew quhrre, q 
 ThaT qudeliaRe had noqhT bene sene 
 toforowg ; 
 
 As I suppose; and qitrr sche was a lyTe. 
 ThushalFlynq louse FORhasTe, to suichdelyTe 
 It was to see hm youTh In qudelihede, 
 ThaTFOR Rudenes to spekeTheReoF I dnede. 
 
 In hmwas youTh,beauTee, wiTh humbleapoRT, 
 
 BounTee, Richesse, and wommanly FacruRe, 
 
 God beTTeR woTCThan my pen can RepORT. 
 
 Wisedome, kmqesse, esTaTe, and connynq 
 
 surc 
 
 In eueRy poynT so quydrr hm mesuRe, 
 
 In worcI, in dede, in schap, in conTenance, 
 
 ThaT naTURe myqhT no moRehiR childe auance. 
 
 ThRowquhichanon I knewandvndeRSTude 
 Wele, ThaT sche was a waRldly cReaTURe; 
 On quhom to ResT myn eye so mich qude 
 It did my wofuII Iicrt, I yow assuRe, 
 ThaT It was to me Ioye wrrhouT mesuRe; 
 And, aT The Iost, my luke vnTo The heuin 
 I ThRewe FuRThwrrh, and said ThiR veRsis seuin : 
 
 " O Venus cleRe ! of qoddis STelliFyiT ! 
 To quhom I yelde homaqe and sacRiFise, 
 FROThisdayFORThyouRqRacebemaqniFyiT, 
 ThaT me Ressaurr haue in suich wise, 
 To lyue vndeR youR law and do seRuise; 
 Now help me furtIi, and for youR meRci lede 
 My heRT to rcst, ThaT deisneRe for dRede." 
 
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 The Quhen I wrrh qude eivrenT This ORisoun 
 Kinqis Thus endrr had, I sTynT a lyTill sTound; 
 Quai«. And cft myn eye Full prrously adoun 
 I kesT, behaldinq vmo hm lyTill hound, 
 ThaT wiTh his bellis playiT on The qRound; 
 Than wold I say, and siqh TheRewrrh a lyTe, 
 "A! wele we«e him ThaT now wgrc In Thy 
 plyTe ! " 
 
 AnoThm quhile The lyTill nyqlrrinqale, 
 ThaT sot apon The Twiqqis, wold I chide, 
 And say RyqhT Thus, "QuhaRe ane Thy noTis 
 smale, 
 
 ThaT Thou of loue has sonq This moROwe Tyde H 
 SeisThounoqhThmeThaTsiTTisThebesyde.^ 
 For Venus sake, The blisFull qoddesse cleRe, 
 Sinq on aqane, and mak my lady cheRe. 
 
 "And eke I pRay, for all The paynes qReTe, 
 ThaT, for The loue of PRoiqne Thy sisTeR deRe, 
 Thou suFFeRiT quhilom, quhen Thy bResTis 
 weTe 
 
 WeRe wiTh The TeRes of Thyne eyen cleRe 
 All bludy Ronne ; ThaT prree was to heRe 
 The cRuerree of ThaT vnknyqhTly dede f 
 QuhaRewasFROThebeReFTThymaidenhede, 
 
 ' ' Lift vp Thyne heRT, and sinq wiTh qudeenTenT ; 
 And in Thy noTis suctc The TReson Telle, 
 ThaT to Thy sisTeR TRewe and InnocenT 
 Was kyThiT by hiR husband False and Fell; 
 For quhois qirr, as It is woRThy wel, 
 Chide ThiR husbandis ThaT aRe False, I say, 
 Andbid Thame mend, In The TwenTydeuilway. 
 
 xviii
 
 "OlyTillwRecch, allace! maisTThounoqhTse The 
 Quho commyih yond^ Is It now Tyme to Kinqis 
 wRinq r' QuaiR. 
 
 QuhaT soRy ThoqhT is Fallin vpon The f 
 Opyn Thy tIirotc; hasTOw no Icst to sinq r 
 Allace ! sen Thou of Reson had Felynq, 
 Now, sueTe bmd, say ones to me 'pcpe:' 
 I dee for wo ; meThink Thou qynnis slepe. 
 
 " HasTownomyndeoFluFe.^ QuhaReisThy maker' 
 On aRTow seke, or smyT wrrh Ielousye.^ 
 Or Is sche dede, or haTh sche The FORsake.^ 
 QuhaT is The cause of Thy malancolye, 
 ThaT Thou no moRe Hst maken melodye t 
 SluqqaRT,FORschame ! loheReThyqoldinhouRe, 
 ThaTvvoRThweRe hale all Thy lyuis labouRe! 
 
 " GyF Thou suld sinq wele eueR in Thy lyue, 
 
 HeRe is, in Fay, The Tyme and eke The space: 
 
 QuhaT wosTOWThan t sum biRdmay cum and 
 
 STRyue 
 
 In sonq wrrh The, The maisTRy to puRchace. 
 
 Suld Thou Than cesse, It weRe qRCTe schame, 
 
 allace ! 
 
 And heRe, to wyn qRee happily for eueR, 
 
 HeRe is The Tyme to synq, or ellis neueR." 
 
 I ThoqhT eke Thus, 'GiF I my handis clap, 
 Or qiF I cost, Than will sche Flee away; 
 And qiF I hald me pes, Than will sche nap; 
 And qiF I cRye,she wotc noqlvr quhaT I say: 
 Thus, quhaT is besT, wotc I noqlvr be This day: 
 BoT,blawewynd,blawe,anddoTheleuisschake, 
 ThaT sum Twiq may waq , and mak hiR to wake.' 
 xix
 
 Wrrh -rhcxT anon RyqhT sche Toke vp a sanq, 
 Cinqis Quhane come anon mo biRdis and aliqlrr; 
 QuaiR. Bot Than, to heRe The miRTh was Tham 
 amanq, 
 
 Ouen ThaT to, to see The suctc sichT 
 Off hyR ymaqe, my spmiT was so liqhT, 
 Me'-ThoqhT I Flawe for Ioye wrrhouT aResT, 
 So weRe my wrrris boundin all to fcst. 
 
 And to The noTis of The philomene, 
 Quhilkis sche sanq, The drree TheRe I maid 
 DmecT to hine ThaT was my heRTis quene, 
 WrrhouTin quhom no sonqis may me qlade 
 And to ThaT sancT, walkinq in The schade, 
 My bedis Thus, wiTh humble heRT enTeRe, 
 DeuoTly I said on This manege. 
 
 " Quhen sail vour meRci Rewupon youR man, 
 Quhois seRuice is yrr vncouTh vnTO yow t 
 Sen, quhen ye qo TheR is noqlvr ellis Than—" 
 
 BoT,heRT!quheReasThebodymaynoqhTThRou, 
 FolowThy heuin ! Quho suld be qlad boT Thou, 
 XhaTsuichaqydeTOFolowhasvndeRTake.^ 
 WeRe It tIirou hell, The way Thou noqlvr 
 FORsake ! " 
 
 And eFTeR This The biRdis eueRichone 
 Xuke vp anoThiR sanq Full loud and cleRe, 
 And wiTh a voce said, "Wele is vs beqone, 
 ThaT wiTh our makis aRe ToqideR heRe; 
 We pRoyne and play wttIiout douT and 
 danqeRe, 
 
 All cloThiT In a sovtc Full FResch and newe, 
 In luFis seRuice bcsy, qlad, and TRewe. 
 
 XX
 
 "Andye,FRescheMay, aymeRciFull to bRidis, 
 
 Now welcum be ye, fIourc of moneThis all ; 
 
 For noqlrr onely youR qRace vpon vs bydis ; QuaiR. 
 
 Bot all The wauld to wrrnes This we call, 
 
 ThaT strowit haTh so playnly oueR all 
 
 Wrrh new FResche sueTe and TendeR qRene, 
 
 Ourc lyF, ourc Iust, ouRe qoueRnouRe, ouRe 
 
 quene." 
 
 This was ThaiR sonq, as semyT me Full heye, 
 WiThFullmonyvncouThsueTenoTeandschill, 
 AndTheRewiThallThaTFaiRevpwaRdhiReye 
 Wold cost amanq, as It was Goddis will, 
 QuhaRe I myqhT se, sTandinq allane Full STill, 
 TheFaiReFacTUReThaTnaTURe,FORmaisTRye, 
 In hiR visaqe wRoqhT had Full luFinqly. 
 
 And, quhen sqhe walkiT had a lyxill ThRawe 
 VndeR The sueTe qRene bewis benT, 
 HiRFaiReFRescheFace,asquhiTeasonysnawe, 
 SchoTURnyThas,andFURThhiRwayiswenT; 
 Bot Tho beqan myn axis and TURmenT, 
 To sene hiR paRT, and Folowe I na myqhT; 
 Me-ThoqhT The day was TURnyT inTO nyqhT. 
 
 Then said I Thus, "QuhaRCTO lyue I lanqeR.^ 
 WoFullesT wichT, and subiecT vmo peyne. 
 Of peyne .^ no! God wotc, ya: for Thay no 
 STRanqeR 
 
 May wiRken ony wiqhT, I daRe wele seyne. 
 How may This be, ThaT deTh and lyF, boThe 
 Tueyne, 
 
 Sail boThe aTonis in a cReaTURe 
 ToqiddeR duell, and TURmenT Thus naxufie / 
 xxi
 
 "I may noqhT ellis done boT wepe and 
 
 Kinqis waile, 
 
 Qijam. Wrrh-In Thin cald wallis Thus I-lokin; 
 
 Ffiom hensFUfrrh my nesT is my Tnauaile; 
 My dnye ThnisT wiTh Tenis sail I sloldn, 
 And on my^-selF bene al my hanmys wnokin: 
 Thus buTe is none ; boT Venus, of hin qnace, 
 Will schape nemede, on do my spinrr pace. 
 
 "As TanTalus I Tnauaile, ay buT-les, 
 ThaT euen ylike hailiTh ot The well 
 WaieR to dnaw wiTh bukeT boTemles, 
 And may noqhT spede ; quhois penance is an 
 hell: 
 
 So by my-selF This Tale I may wele Telle, 
 Fon vnTo hin ThaT hemTh noqhT I pleyne ; 
 Thus like to him my Tnauaile Is In veyne." 
 
 So sone Thus siqhiT I wiTh my-selF allone, 
 ThaT TunnyT is my sTnenTh In Febilnesse, 
 My wele in wo, my Fnendis all in Fone, 
 My lyF in deTh, my lyqhT inTO dinknesse, 
 My hope in Feen, in douT my sekmnesse; 
 Senscheisqone: andGodmoTehinconuoye, 
 ThaTmemayqydeTOTURmenTandToIoye! 
 
 The lonq day Thus qan I pnye and poune, 
 Till Phebus endiT had his bemes bnyqlrr, 
 And bad qo Fanewele eueny Icf and Floune, 
 This is to say, appnoch qan The nyqhT, 
 And Cspemis his lampis qan Toliqlvr; 
 Quhen in The wyndow, STill as any sTone, 
 I bade ot lenTh, and, knelinq, maidmy mone. 
 
 xxii
 
 SolanqTillevin,Fcmlak OFmyqlvrandmynd, 
 Fonweprr and FORpleynrr prrously, EGnqis 
 
 Oursct so sorow had boThe he#T and mynd, Quain. 
 ThaT to The cold sTone my hede on wrtye 
 I laid, and lenT, amaisrr vemly, 
 HalFslepinqandhalFsuoun, Insuich a wise: 
 And quhaT I meT, I will you now deuise. 
 
 Me^ThoqhT ThaT Thus all sodeynly a lyqlvr 
 In aT The wyndowcome quha&eThaT I lenT, 
 Off quhich The chambene wyndow r schone 
 Full hnyqhx, 
 
 And all my body so It haTh ouenwenT, 
 XhaT of my sicnT The veflTew hale IblenT; 
 And ThaT wiThall a voce vmo me saide : 
 "I bmnq The conFORT and hele, be noqhT 
 aFFRayde." 
 
 And Futvrh anon It passiT sodeynly, 
 Quhert It come In, The RyqhT way aqeyne, 
 Andsone,me-ThoqhT,FURThaTThedu«einhye 
 I wenT my weye, nas noThinq me aqeyne; 
 And hasTily, by boThe The a«mes Tueyne, 
 I was aaaisrr vp inTO The aitte, 
 ClippiTinacloude OFcmsTallclefleandFame. 
 
 Ascendinq vpwand ay fro spene to spe«e, 
 
 Thnouqh ame andwaieRe and The hoTe Fy«e, 
 
 Till ThaT I come vmo The cmcle dene 
 
 Off SiqniFCRe, quha«e Fame, bnyqlrr and 
 
 schme, 
 
 The siqnis schone; and In The qlade empme 
 
 Off blisFull Venus, ane c«yiT now 
 
 So sudaynly, almosT I wisT noqhT how. 
 
 xxiii
 
 The Off quhich-rhe place, quhen I com Thene nye, 
 Kinqis Was all, me Thoqlvr,OF CRisTall sTonis wRoqnT, 
 Quam. And to The poRT I Hftit was In hye, 
 
 Quhane sodaynly, as quho sais aT a ThoqhT, 
 It opnyr, and I was anon In bRoqlvr 
 Wrrhin a chamber, laRqe, Rowm, and Fame ; 
 And Thene I Fand of peple qRCTe nepame. 
 
 This IsTOseyne, ThaTpResenT inThaTplace 
 Me~Thoc,hT I sawe of eueRy nacioun 
 LoueRis ThaT endrr Thame lyFis space 
 In lovis seRuice, mony a mylioun, 
 Off quhois chancis maid is mencioun 
 In diueRse bukis, quho Thame Hst to se; 
 And TheRCFORe hene Thame namys laT I be. 
 
 The quhois auenTURe and qReTe laboums 
 Aboue Thame hedis wRrrin TheRe I Fand ; 
 This is to seyne, maRTRis and conFessoums, 
 Gch in his sTaqe, and his make in his hand; 
 And TheRewiThall Thm peple sawe I sTand, 
 WiTh mony a solempnrr comenance, 
 Aftcr as Lufc Thame lykiT to auance. 
 
 Off qude Folkis, ThaT Fame In Iufc beFiil, 
 TheRe saw I srrr In oRdeR by Thame one 
 WiTh hedis hoRe; and wttIi Thame sTude 
 Gude^will 
 
 To Talk and play: and oftcr ThaT anon 
 Besyde Thame and nexT TheRe saw I qone 
 CuRaqe, amanq The FResche Folkis yonq, 
 And wiTh Thame playrr Full meRily andsonq. 
 
 xxiv
 
 And In ane OThis sTaqe, endlonq The wall, 
 
 TheRe saw I STand, In capis wyde and lanq, Kinqis 
 
 AFullqReTenowmeR; boT Thame hudis all, 
 
 Wist I noqhT quhy, aiouRGTham eyen hanq ; 
 
 And ay to Thame come RepenTance amanq, 
 
 And maid Thame cheRe, deqysrr in his wede. 
 
 And dounwattd cftcr ThaT yiT I Tuke hede. 
 
 RyqhT oueRThweRTThechambeR was TheRe 
 dRawe 
 
 A TRevesse Thin and quhrre, all of plesance, 
 The quhich behynd, sTandinq, TheRe I sawe 
 AwaRldoFFolk,andbyThameconTenance 
 Thame heRTis semyT Full of displesance, 
 WiTh billis In Thame handis, of one assenT 
 VnTO The luqe Thaifie playnTis to pResenT. 
 
 And TheRe-wiTh-all appeRrr vnTO me 
 
 A voce, and said,"Tak hede, man, and be*- 
 
 hold: 
 
 YondeR Thou seis The hiesT STaqe and q«ee 
 
 Off aqiT Folk, wiTh hedis ho«e and olde; 
 
 YoneweneTheFolkeThaTneueRchanqewold 
 
 In Iufc, boT T«ewly seRurr him alway, 
 
 In eueRy aqe, vmo Thame endinq-day. 
 
 "For fro The Tyme ThaT Thai'coudvndeRSTand 
 
 The exeRcise, of luris croft The curc, 
 
 Was non on lyve ThaT Toke so moch on 
 
 hand 
 
 For luFis sake, noR lanqeR did enduRe 
 
 In luFis seRuice; for, man, I The assuRe, 
 
 Quhen Thay of yourh RessauiT had The Fill, 
 
 YiT in ThaiRe aqe Tham lakkiT no qude will. 
 
 xxv d
 
 The " Hene bene also of suich as In counsailis 
 Kincis And a ^ Tnc *** dedis, wene to Venus TRewe; 
 Quain Hene bene The pnincis, FauchT The qneTe 
 baTailis, 
 
 In mynd of quhom an maid The bukis ncwe, 
 HenebenThepoeTisThaTTnesciencisknewe, 
 ThnowouTThewanld, OFluFeinThamesueTe 
 layes, 
 Suiche asOuide and OmeRe in Thame dayes. 
 
 "And eFTeR Thame down In The nexT STaqe, 
 
 Thene as Thou seis The yonq Folkis pleye: 
 
 Lo ! Thise weRe Thay ThaT, in Thame myddill aqi 
 
 Senuandis wene to Iufc in mony weye, 
 
 And diuensely happinniT for to deye; 
 
 Sum soRouFully,FORwanTinc, of Thane makis, 
 
 And sum in anmes for Thame ladyes sakis. 
 
 "And oThm eke by OThm diuense chance, 
 As happin Folk all day, as ye may se ; 
 Sum foh dispame wrrhouT necouenance ; 
 SumFondesyne sunmounTinq Thame deqnee; 
 Sum for disprre and OThm InmyTee ; 
 Sum for vnkyndenes wrrhouT a quhy ; 
 Sum foh to moch, and sum for Ielousye. 
 
 "And eFTen This, vpon yone STaqe doun, 
 
 Xho ThaT Thou seis sTond in capis wyde ; 
 
 Yone wene quhilum Folk of nehqioun, 
 
 ThaT FRom The wanld Thame qouennance 
 
 did hide, 
 
 And mely senurr Iufc on eueny syde 
 
 In secneTe, wiTh Thame bodyis and Thame qudis. 
 
 Andlo! quhysoThai hinqendounThamehudis: 
 
 xxvi
 
 "FottThouqhThaTThaiweRehasdyaT assay, * f 16 
 
 And did him seRuice quhilum pRiuely, 
 
 Yi T to The watddis eye It semyT nay; yuaiR. 
 
 So was ThaiRe seRuice halF cowaRdy: 
 
 And for Thay first FORsuke him opynly, 
 
 And eFTeR ThaT TheReoF had RepenTinq, 
 
 For schame ThaiRe hudis ourc ThaiRe eyne 
 
 Thay hynq. 
 
 "And seis Thou now yone mulTrrude, on Rawe 
 STandinq, behynd yone TRaueRseoF delyTe S 
 Sum bene oFTham ThaT haldinweReFull lawe 
 And Take byFRendis, noThinq Thay to "wyre, 
 In youTh FRom luFe InTO The cloisTeRe quiTe ; 
 And for ThaT cause org cummyn Recounsilrr, 
 On Thame to pleyne ThaT so Tham had beqiliT. 
 
 "And oThiR bene amonqis Thame also, 
 ThaT cummyn or to court, on LuFe to pleyne 
 For he ThaiRe bodyes had besTowiT so, 
 QuhaRe boThe ThaiRe heRTes qRuch TheR aqeyne ; 
 FoRquhich,InallThaiRedayes,soTnTOseyne, 
 Quhen OThiR lyuiT In Ioye and plesance, 
 ThaiRe lyF was noqhT boT caRe and RepenT- 
 ance; 
 
 " AndquhaReThaiReheRTisqeuinweRe and seT, 
 
 WeRecopliTwiTh OThiR ThaT coud noqhT accoRd; 
 Thus wgrg Thai wRanqrr ThaT did no forfct 
 DepaRTinq Thame ThaTneueR wold discoRd. 
 Off yonq ladies FaiRe, and mony loRd, 
 ThaT Thus by maisTRy wgrg FROThaiR chose 
 dRyue, 
 
 FullRedyweReThaiReplaynTisTheReToqyue." 
 xxvii
 
 And oThm also I sawe compleynynq Thene 
 Kinqis Vpon FoRTune and hin qRCTe variance, 
 Quam. ThaT, quhene In loue so wele They coplrr 
 
 W€R€ 
 
 WiTh Thame sueTe makiscopliT inplesance, 
 So sodeynly maid Thame disseuenance, 
 And Tuke Thame of This wa«ldis companye, 
 WiThouTin cause, TheRe was non OThm 
 quhy. 
 
 And in a chieRe of esTOTe besyde, 
 
 WiThwinqisbmqhT,allplumyT,boThisFace, 
 
 TheRe sawe I siTT The blynd qod Cupide, 
 
 WiThbowInhand^ThaTbenTFullnedywas, 
 
 And by him hanq Time aROwis In a cas, 
 
 Off quhich The hedis qRundyn wcrc Full 
 
 Ryqlrr, 
 
 Off diueRsemeTalsFORqiT Fame andb^yqhT. 
 
 And wiTh The first, ThaT hediT is of qold, 
 He smyTis soft, and ThaT has esy ctme; 
 The secund was of silueR, mony'-Fold 
 Wens Than TheFmsT, and handeR auenTime ; 
 TheTlmid, of sTele, is schoT wrrhouT RecuRe ; 
 And on his lonq yalow lokkis schene 
 A chapleT had he all of leuis qRene. 
 
 And In a rctrctc lyxill of compas, 
 DepeymriT all wiTh siqhis wondeR sad, 
 NoqhT suich siqhis as heRTis doiTh manace; 
 Bot suich as dooTh luFaRis to be qlad, 
 Fond I Venus vpon hiR bed, ThaT had 
 A manTill cost ouen hiR schuldRis quhiTe : 
 Thus cloThiT was The qoddesse of delyTe. 
 xxviii
 
 S-rude ottrc duRe Fam-callmq, hm vscheRe, 
 
 ThaT coude his oFFice doon In connynq wise, Kinqis 
 
 And SecReTee, hm TlmiFTy chambeReRe, 
 
 XhaT besy was In Tyme to do semiise, 
 
 And OThm mo ThaT I can noqhT on auise, 
 
 And on hm hede, of Rede Rosis Full sueTe, 
 
 A chapelleT sche had, Fame, FResch, and 
 
 meie. 
 
 WiTh quakinq heRT asTonaTe of ThaT siqhT, 
 VnneThis wisT I quhaT ThaT I suld seyne , 
 Bot qt The lasT Febily, as I myqlvr, 
 WiTh my handis on boThe my kneis Tueyne, 
 TheRe I beqouTh my caRis to compleyne ; 
 WiTh ane humble and lamenTable cheRe 
 Thus saluTe I ThaT qoddesse bRyqhrr and 
 cleRe : 
 
 HY0 quene of Iufc! stcrrc of beneuolence ! 
 PiTOuse pRinces, and planeT meRciable ! 
 AppesaRe of malice and violence! 
 By veRTew puRe of youR aspecTis hable, 
 Vrto youRe qRace Iot now ben accepTable 
 My puRe RequesT, ThaT can no FORThiR qone 
 To seken help, boT vmo you allone ! 
 
 "As ye ThaT bene The socouRe and sueTe well 
 Off Remedye, of caReFull heRTes cuRe, 
 And, in The huqe welTeRinq waw^is Fell 
 Off luFis Raqe, blisFull hauin and suRe; 
 O ankeR and keye of our qude auenTURe, 
 Ye haue youR man w^iTh his qude^will con^ 
 que st : 
 
 MeRci,TheReFORe,andbRinqhisheRTTOResT! 
 xxix
 
 "Ye knctw The cause of all my peynes smetrr 
 BeT Than my^selF, and all myn auenTime 
 v.JuaiR. Yg may conuoye, and as yow Hst, conueflT 
 ThehattdesTheRTThaTFORmyThaThnaTtme: 
 Sen in youn handis all hale lyrrh my curc, 
 Haue piTee now, o bnyqhr blisFull qoddessc, 
 OFFyouRpuReman,andRewonhisdisTResse! 
 
 ' ' And Though I was vmo youR lawis STRanqe, 
 
 By iqnoRance, and noqlrr by Felonye, 
 
 And ThaT youR qRace now likiT haTh to 
 
 chanqe 
 
 My heRT, to seRuen yow peRpeTualye, 
 
 FoRqeue all This, and shaprrh Remedye 
 
 To sauen me of youR beniqne qRace   
 
 Or do me sTeRuen FURThwrrh in This place. 
 
 "And wrrh The ST«emes of youR peRcynq 
 lyqhT 
 
 Conuoy my heRT, ThaT is so wo-beqone, 
 Aqeyne vmo ThaT sueTe heuinly siqhT, 
 ThaT I, wiThin The wallis cald as sTone, 
 So sueTly saw on moRow walk and qone, 
 Law in The qaRdyn, RyqhT toforc myn eye : 
 Now, meRci, quene! and do me noqlvr to 
 deye." 
 
 ThiR woRdis said, my spiRiT in dispaiRe, 
 A quhile I sTynT, abidinq eFTeR qRace: 
 And TheRCwiThall hiR cRisTall eyen FaiRe 
 Me kesT asyde, and eFTeR ThaT a space, 
 Beniqnely sche TURnyT has hiR Face 
 TowaRdis me Full pleasanTly conueide ; 
 And vmo me RyqhT in This wise sche seide : 
 
 xxx
 
 " Yonq man, The cause of all Thyne Inwattd The 
 
 sorowg Kinqis 
 
 Is noqhT vnknawin to my derre, QuaiR. 
 
 And Thy RequesT,boThe now and eke tofor- 
 
 owe, 
 
 Quhen Thou first maid pROFessioun to me; 
 
 Sen of my qRace I haue inspimT The 
 
 To knawe my lawe , conTy ne w furtIi , for oft , 
 
 TheRe as I mynT Full soRe, I smyTe boT soft. 
 
 "PacienTly Thou Tak Thyne auenTURe, 
 This will my son Cupide, and so will I, 
 He can The STRoke, to me lanqis The curc 
 Quhen I se Tyme, and TheneFOR humily 
 Abyde,and seRue,and laTqude hope Theqye: 
 Bot, for I haue Thy FORehede hene pResenT, 
 I w^ill The schewe The mo«e of myn enTenT. 
 
 "This Is to say,Thouqh It to me peRTene 
 In LuFis lawe The sepTRe to qoueRne, 
 ThaT The eFFecTis of my bemes schene 
 Has ThaiRe aspecTis by oRdynance eTeRne, 
 WiTh oTheRis byndand mynes to disceRne, 
 Quhilum in Thinqis boThe to cum and qone, 
 ThaT lanqis noqhT to me, to wRiTh allone; 
 
 "As in Thyne awin case now may Thou se, 
 For quhy lo, ThaT OTheRis InFluence 
 Thy pensone sTandis noqhT In libeRTee; 
 QuhaReFORe,ThouqhIqeveThebeneuolence, 
 It STandis noqhT yrr In myn adueRTence 
 Till ceRTeyne couRsis endiT be and Ronne, 
 Quhill of trcw seRuis Thow have hiR qRaice 
 I'-wone. 
 
 xxxi
 
 "Andyrr, consideninq The nakrrnesse 
 BoThc of Thy wit, Thy pensone, and Thy 
 Quain. myqhT, 
 
 It is no mach, of Thyne vnwonThynesse 
 
 TohinhiebinTh,esTaTe,andbeauTeebnyqhT: 
 
 Als like ye bene, as day is to The nyqlvr: 
 
 On sek^-cloTh is vnro Fyne cnemesye; 
 
 On doken Foule omo The Fnesche dayesye. 
 
 " Vnlike The mone Is to The sonne schene, 
 (£ke Ianuanye is vnlike to May; 
 Vnlike The cukkow to The phylomene ; 
 Thaine TabanTis an noqhT boThe maid of 
 annay, 
 
 Vnlike The enow is to The pape'-Iay ; 
 Vnlike, In qoldsmyThis wenk, a Fischis eye 
 To peine wrrh penll, on maked be so heye. 
 
 "As I haue said, vnTO me belanqrrh 
 Specialy The cune of Thy seknesse ; 
 Bot now Thy maTene so in balance hanqrrh, 
 ThaT It nequeniTh, to Thy sekennesse, 
 The help of OThin mo ThaT bene qoddes, 
 And haue In Thame The menes and The lone, 
 In This maTene to schonTen wiTh Thy sone. 
 
 "And Fon Thou sail se wele ThaT I enrend, 
 VnTO Thy help, Thy weleFane to pnesenue, 
 The sTneiqhT weye Thy spiniT will I send 
 To The qoddesse ThaT cleprr is Mynenue; 
 And se ThaT Thou hin hesTis wele consenue, 
 Fon in This case sche may be Thy supplye, 
 And puT Thy henT in nesT, als wele as I. 
 
 xxxii
 
 "Bot, for The way is vncoirrh vmo The, 
 TheRe as hm duellinq is and hm soiimne, 
 I will ThaT Gude Hope seRuand to The be, 
 Yoime alle^is FRend, to leT The to mimn, 
 Be Thy condyT and qyde Till Thou ReTURne, 
 And hm besech ThaT sche will in Thy nede, 
 HmcounseleqeueTOThyweleFa«eandspede, 
 
 "And ThaT sche will, as lanqrrh hm oFFice, 
 
 Be Thy qude lady, help and counseiloime, 
 
 And to The schew r e hm Rype and qude auise, 
 
 Thftow quhich Thou may, be pRocesse and 
 
 labouRe, 
 
 ATTeyne vnTo ThaT qlad and qoldyn fIourc, 
 
 ThaT Thou wald haue so Fayn wrrh all Thy 
 
 haRT. 
 
 AndFotvrhmmoRe,senThouhmsemiandaRT, 
 
 "QuhenThoudescendisdounToqROundaqeyne, 
 
 Say to The men ThaT TheRe bene ResidenT, 
 
 HowlonqThinkThayTOSTandinmydisdeyne, 
 
 ThaT in my lawis bene so neqliqenT 
 
 FfiomdayToday,andlisTThamnoqhTRepenT, 
 
 BoTbRekenlouse,andwalkenaTThamelaRqe^ 
 
 IsnochTeFTnoneThaTTheReoFqeuischaRqe.^ 
 
 " AndFOR," quod sche, " The anqm andThe smeRT 
 Off ThaiRe vnkyndenesse dooTh me con- 
 sTReyne, 
 
 My Femynyne and wofuII TendeR heRT, 
 ThaT Than I wepe ; and, to a Token pleyne, 
 As of my TeRis cummyTh all This Reyne, 
 ThaT ye se on The qRound so fost ybeTe 
 Fro day to day, my TURmenT is so qReTe. 
 xxxiii e
 
 "And quhen I wepe, and STynTen otIur quhile, 
 Kinqis For pacience ThaT is in womanhede, 
 QuaiR. Than all my wRaih and Rancoune I exile ; 
 And of my cmsTall TeRis ThaT bene schede, 
 The hony Floimis qROwen vp and spRede, 
 ThaT pReyen men, In Thaine Flounis wise, 
 Be trgwc of Iufc, and woRschip my seRuise. 
 
 "And eke, In Takin of This prrouse Tale, 
 Quhen so my Terns dRopen on The qRound, 
 In ThaiRe naTURe The lyxill bmdis smale 
 STynTiTh Thaine sonq, and mimnyTh for 
 ThaT sTound, 
 
 And all The liqlvris In The heuin Round 
 Off my qReuance haue suich compacience, 
 ThaT FRom The qRound They hiden ThaiRe 
 pResence. 
 
 " AndyiTlnTokenynqFORThiROFThisThinq, 
 Quhen FlouRis spRinqis, and FReschesT bene 
 of hewe, 
 
 And ThaT The biRdis on The TwisTis sinq, 
 At Thilke Tyme ay qynnen Folk to Renewe 
 ThaT seRuis vmo loue, as ay is dewe, 
 Most commonly has ay his obseRuance, 
 AndoFThaiResleuThTOFORehaueRepenTance. 
 
 "ThusmaisTThouseyne,ThaTmyneFFecTisqReT€ 
 VnTO The quhich ye auqfrren maisT weye, 
 No lyTe OFFense, to sleuTh is FORqeT : 
 And TheReFORe In This wise to Tham seye, 
 As I The heRe haue bid, and conueye 
 The maTGRe all The beTTCR toforc said; 
 Thus sail on The my chaRqe bene I-laid. 
 
 xxxiv
 
 "Say on Than, QuhaRe Is becummyn, for The 
 schame ! Kinqis 
 
 The sonqisnew,TheFReschcaRolisanddance, QuaiR. 
 The lusTy Ivf, The mony chanqe of qame, 
 The FResche aRRay, The lusTy comenance, 
 The besy awayTe, The heRTly obseRuance, 
 ThaT quhilum was amonqis Thame so rvf.^ 
 BidThameRepenTinTyme,andmendThaRelyF: 
 
 "Or I sail, wrrh my FadeR old SaTimne, 
 
 And wrrh al hale ourc heuinly alliance, 
 
 OuRqladaspecTisFRomThamewRiThandTURne, 
 
 ThaTallThe waRld sail waileThaiRe qoueRn- 
 
 ance. 
 
 Bid Thame beTyme ThaT Thai haue RepenT- 
 
 ance, 
 
 And ThaiRe heRTis hale Renew my lawe; 
 
 And I my hand fro beTinq sail wiThdRawe. 
 
 "This is to say, conTynew in my seRuise, 
 WoRschip my law, and my name maqniFye, 
 ThaT am youR heuin and youR paRadise ; 
 And I youR conFORT heRe sail mulTiplye, 
 And, for youR meRyT heRe, peRpeTualye 
 Ressaue I sail youR saulis of my qRace, 
 To lyue wiTh me as qoddis In This place." 
 
 Wrrh humble Thank, and all The ReueRence 
 ThaT Feble wiT and connynq may aTTeyne, 
 I Tuke my leue; and FRom hiR pResence, 
 Gude Hope and I ToqideR, boThe Tueyne, 
 DepaRTiT aRe, and, schoRTly for to seyne, 
 He haTh me led Redy wayis RyqhT 
 VnTo MineRuis palace, FaiRe and bRyqlvr. 
 
 XXXV
 
 The Quha«e as I Fand, Full Redy aT The yaTe, 
 Kinqis The maisTen poRTaRe, callrr Pacienqe, 
 QuaiR. ThaT FRely lere vs in, vnquesTionaTe; 
 
 And Thene we sawe The peRFyTe excellence, 
 
 The said Renewejhe stotc, The ReueRence, 
 
 The sTRenTh, The beauTee, and The ORdouR 
 
 diqne 
 
 Off hiR court Riall, noble and beniqne. 
 
 And STRauqhT vmo The pResence sodeynly 
 Off dame MineRue, The pacienT qoddesse, 
 Gude Hope my qyde led me Redily ; 
 Toquhomanon,wiThdRedeFullhumylnesse, 
 Off my cummynq The cause I qan expResse, 
 And all The pRocesse hole, vmo The end, 
 Off Venus chaRqe, as likrr hiR to send. 
 
 Off quhich RyqhT Thus hiR ansueRe was in 
 
 bRen 
 
 " My sone, I haue weleheRd, and vndeRSTond, 
 
 Be Thy ReheRse, The maTeRe of Thy qReF, 
 
 And Thy RequesT to pRocuRe, and to Fonde 
 
 Off Thy pennance sum conFORT aT my hond, 
 
 Be counsele of Thy lady Venus cleRe, 
 
 To be wrrh hiR Thyne help In This maTeRe. 
 
 " Bot in This case Thou sail wele knawe and 
 
 wrrr, 
 
 Thou may Thy heRT qRound on suich a wise, 
 
 ThaT Thy labouRe will be boT lyrill quiT; 
 
 And Thou may sct It In oThiR w^ise, 
 
 ThaTw^ilbeTOTheqReTewoRschipandpRise; 
 
 And qiF Thou duRST vnro ThaT way enclyne, 
 
 I will The qeue my Iorc and disciplyne. 
 
 xxxvi
 
 "Lo, my qude sone, This Is als mich to seyne, The 
 
 As, qiF Thy Iufc sgtt alhrreRly Kinqis 
 
 Of nyce Iust, Thy TRauail is in veyne; QuaiR. 
 
 And so The end sail TURne of Thy Folye 
 
 To payne and RepenTance ; lo, waie Thou 
 
 quhy.^ 
 
 Guf The ne Hst on Iufc Thy vgrtcw sct, 
 
 Vcrtu sail be The cause of Thy forfct. 
 
 "Tak Him beFORe in all Thy qoueRnance, 
 
 ThaT in His hand The stcrc has of you all ; 
 
 And pRay vnTO His hye puRueyance 
 
 Thy Iufc to qye, and on Him TRaisT and call, 
 
 ThaT coRneR STone and qRound is of The -wall 
 
 ThaT Failis noqhT; and trust, wrrhouTin 
 
 dRede, 
 
 VnTO Thy puRpose sone He sail The lede. 
 
 "For lo, The weRk tIiot FiRST Is Foundrr suRe, 
 May beTTeR beRe a pace and hyaRe be, 
 Than OThin^wise, and lanqeRe sail enduRe, 
 Be monyFald, This may Thy Resoun see, 
 And STRonqeR to deFend adueRsiTee: 
 GROundThy weRk, TheRCFORe, vponThe STone, 
 And.ThydesiResallFORTh'waRdwiThTheqone. 
 
 "Be TRewe, and meke, and STedFasT in Thy 
 
 ThoqhT, 
 
 And diliqenT hiR meRci to pRocuRe, 
 
 NoqhT onelyin Thy woRd, for woRd is noqhT, 
 
 Bot qiF Thy weRk and all Thy besy curc 
 
 AccoRd TheReTo, andvTRid be mesuRe : 
 
 The place, The houRe, The manen, andThe wise ; 
 
 GiF meRcy sail admiTTen Thy seRuise. 
 
 xxxvii 

 
 "All Thinq has Tyme, Thus sais CcclesiasTe; 
 Cinqis And wele is him ThaT his Tyme wil abrr. 
 Quaifl. Abyde Thy Time; for he ThaT can boT hasTe 
 Can noqlvr of hap, The wise man It wRrr; 
 And oft qude FORTune FlouRish wh^n qude wrr: 
 QuhaRCFORe, qiF Thou will be wele FORTunyr, 
 Lot wisedome ay to Thy will be IunyT. 
 
 "Bot The«e be mony of so bRukill sort, 
 ThaT Feynis TReuTh In Iufc for a quhile, 
 And seTTen all Thame wrrris and dispoRT 
 The sely InnocenT woman to beqyle, 
 And so to wynne ThaiRe lusTis wiTh a wile ; 
 Suich FeyniT TReuTh is all boT TRechoRye, 
 VndeR The vmbRe of heid ypocRisye. 
 
 "For as The FouleRe quhisTliTh in his ThROTe 
 DiueRsely, to counTCRFCTe The DRid, 
 And Feynis mony a sueTe and sTRanqe noTe, 
 ThaT in The busk for his desaTe is hid, 
 Till sche be fost lokin his neT amyd; 
 RyqhT so The fotourc, The False TheiF, I say, 
 WiTh sueTe TResoun oft w^ynniTh Thus his 
 pRay. 
 
 "Fy on all suich! Fy on ThaiRe doubilnesse! 
 
 Fy on ThaiRe Iust and besTly appeTiTe ! 
 
 ThaiRe wolFis heRTis, in lambis liknesse; 
 
 ThaiRe Thouqlvris blak, hid vnden woRdis 
 
 quhiTe ; 
 
 Fy on ThaiR labouRe ! Fy on Thame delyTe ! 
 
 ThaT Feynen ouTwand all to hiR honouR, 
 
 And in ThaiRe heRT hiR woRschip wold de- 
 
 uourc. 
 
 xxxviii
 
 "So hand it is to TRusTen now on dayes The 
 
 The wanld, It is so double and inconsTanT, Kinqis 
 Off quhich The suTh is kid be mony assayes; Quai«. 
 Mone piTee is; for quhich The Remanam, 
 ThaT menen wele, and an noqhT vanianT 
 Fon oThenis qilT, and suspecT of vnTReuTh, 
 And hyndnrr oft, and TReuely ThaT is neuTh. 
 
 "Bot qiF The hetvr be qRoundrr FeRm and 
 
 sTable 
 
 In Goddis law, Thy purpose to aTTeyne, 
 
 Thy laboune is to me aqneable; 
 
 And my Full help, wrrh counsele trgw and 
 
 pleyne, 
 
 I will The schewe, and This is The ceRTeyne ; 
 
 Opyn Thy heRT, TheneFORe, and laT me se 
 
 Gir Thy Remede be peRTynenT to me." 
 
 " Madame," quod I, " sen It is youR plesance 
 XhaT I declare The kynd of my louinq, 
 TReuely and qude, wiThouTin variance, 
 In Iufc ThaT Floune abuFe all OThin Thinq; 
 And wold bene he ThaT to hm wonschippinq 
 MyqhT ouqhT auaile, be Him ThaT storf 
 on nude, 
 AndnouThiRspaneFORT«auaile,lyF,nonqude. 
 
 " And FORThmmone, as Touchinq The naTUfle 
 Off my luFinq, to woRschip or to blame, 
 I danne wele say, and Thene^in me assune, 
 For ony qold ThaT ony wiqlvr can name 
 Wald I be he ThaT suld of hin qude Fame 
 Be blamischene In ony poinT or wyse, 
 For wele non wo, quhill my lyFe may suFFise. 
 
 xxxix
 
 "This Is TheFFecT TRewly of myn enTenT, 
 .inqis TouchinqThe sueTGThaT smeRTisme sosoRe, 
 (juam. Giff This be FaynT, I can It noqlrr RepenT, 
 All~ThouqhmylyFsuldFORFauTbeTheReFORe, 
 BlisFul princes! I can seye you no mose; 
 Bot so desire my wiTTis dooTh compace, 
 Mofle Ioy in eRThkepe I noqlvrboTyouR qRace." 
 
 "DesiRe," quod sche, "I nyl It noqhT deny, 
 So Thou It qRound and sct in CRisTin wise; 
 AndTheneFone, son, opyn Thy heRT playnly." 
 "Madame/' quodI,"TRew wrrhouTin FanTise, 
 ThaT day sail neueR be I sail vp-Rise 
 For my delyTe to couotc The plesance 
 XhaT may hiR woRschip puTTen In balance. 
 
 "For ouRe all Thinq, lo, This wgrc my qlad~ 
 
 nesse, 
 
 To sene The FResche beauTee of hiR Face; 
 
 And qiF It myqhT deseRue, be pRocesse, 
 
 For my qRCTe Iufc and trcutIi, to STond in 
 
 qRace, 
 
 HiR woRschip sauF, lo, heRe The blissFull cace 
 
 ThaT I wold ask, and TheReTo aTTend, 
 
 For my mosT Ioye vnTO my lyFis end." 
 
 "Nowwele," quod sche, "andsenThaTlTisso, 
 ThaT In veRTew Thy Iufc is seTwrrhTReuTh, 
 To helpen The I will be one of Tho 
 FRom hensFORTh, andheRTly wiThouT sleuTh, 
 OFFThydisTResse and excesse to haue ReuTh 
 ThaT nas Thy heRT; I will pRay Full FaiRe 
 ThaT FORTune be nomoRe TheReTo conTRaiRe. 
 
 xl
 
 " For suTh It is, ThaT all ye cReaTURis 
 
 QuhichvndeR vs beneTh hauc youR duellynq Kinqis 
 
 Ressauen diueRsely youR auenTURis, QuaiR. 
 
 Off quhich The cuRe and pmncipall mellinq 
 
 AppeRrr is, wiThoirrin Repellynq, 
 
 Onely to h'm ThaT has The cuttis two 
 
 In hand,boThe of youR wele and oFyouRwo. 
 
 " And how so be, ThaT sum cle«kis trctc, 
 ThaT all youR chance causiT Is toforc 
 Heiqh In The heuin, byquhois eFFecTis qneTe 
 Ye mouiT org to wReThinq, lesse or moRe, 
 QuhaRe In The waRld, Thus callinq ThaT 
 TheReFORe 
 
 ' FoRTune/ and so ThaT The diueRsrree 
 Off ThaiRe wiRkinq suld cause necessiTee. 
 
 "Bot oThiR cleRkis halden ThaT The man 
 Has In him-selF The chose and libeRTee 
 Xo cause his awin FORTune, how or quhan 
 ThaT him besT lesT, and no necessiTee 
 Was In The heuin aT his naTiurree, 
 Bot yiT The Thinqis happin in commune 
 Cftcr puRpose, so clepinq Thame 'FORTune.' 
 
 " AndquhaRe apeRsone has toforc knawinq 
 
 Off It ThaT is to Fall puRposely, 
 
 Lo, FORTune is boT wayke in suich a Thinq, 
 
 XhoumaywelewiT,andheReensamplequhy; 
 
 Xo God, ThaT is The FiRST cause onely 
 
 Off eueRy Thinq, TheRe may no FORTune Fall: 
 
 And quhy 1* for He FOReknawin is of all. 
 
 xli
 
 "And TheRGFORe Thus I say to This senTence; 
 Cinqis FoRTune is mosT and STRanqesT eueRmoRe 
 QuaiR. QuhaRe Icst FOReknawinq or inTelliqence 
 Is in The man ; and, sone, of wiT or Iorc 
 Sen Thou aRTwayke andFeble,lo,TheReFORe, 
 The moRCThouaRTindanqeReand commune 
 Wrrh hiR ThaT cleRkis clepen so 'FORTune.' 
 
 "Bot for The sake, and ot The ReueRence 
 Off Venus cleRe, as I The said toforc, 
 I haue of Thy disTResse compacience; 
 And in cohfort and Relesche of Thy soRe, 
 The schewiT heRe myn auise TheRCFORe: 
 PRay FORTune help, for mich vnlikly Thinq 
 Full oft abouT sche sodeynly dooTh bRinq. 
 
 "Now qo Thy way, and haue qude mynde 
 
 vpon 
 
 QuhaTl haue said In way of Thy docTRyne." 
 
 " I sail, madame," quod I; and RyqhT anone 
 
 I Tuke my leue. Als sTRauqlvr as ony lyne, 
 
 WiTh-inabemeThaTFROTheconTReedyuine 
 
 Sche, peRcynq tIirow The FmmamenT, ex- 
 
 TendiT, 
 
 To qRound aqeyne my spiRiT is descendrr. 
 
 QuhaRe, In a lusTy plane, Tuke I my way, 
 
 Cndlanq a RyueR, plesanT to behold, 
 
 GnbRoudin all wiTh FResche FlouRis qay, 
 
 QuhaRe, ThROu The qRauel, bRyqhT as ony 
 
 qold, 
 
 The cRisTall wotcr Ran so cleRe and cold, 
 
 ThaT, in myn eRe maid conTynualy 
 
 A maneR soun, melliT wiTh aRmony; 
 xlii
 
 ThaT Full of lyTill Fischis by The bRym, The 
 
 Now heRe, now tIicrc, wrrh bakkisblewe as Kinqis 
 lede, Quam. 
 
 Lap and playrr, and In a rout can swym 
 So pnaTTily, and dftessrr Tham to spRede 
 Thame curtail Fynnis, as The Ruby Rede, 
 ThaT In The sonne on Thai«e scalis bnyqliT 
 As qessenanT ay qliTTCRiT In my siqlrr: 
 
 And by This like RyueR-syde alawe 
 
 Ane hye-way Fand I like to bene, 
 
 On quhich, on eueRy syde, a lonq Rawe 
 
 Off TRcis saw I, Full of leuis qRene, 
 
 ThaT Full of FRuyTe deliTable we«e to sene, 
 
 And also, as It come vmo my mind, 
 
 Off besTis sawe I mony diueRse kynd : 
 
 The lyoun kinq, and his fcrc lyonesse; 
 The panTeRe, like vmo The smaRaqdyne; 
 The lyTill squeRell, Full of besynesse ; 
 The slawe ase,The dRuqqaRe besTe of pyne ; 
 The nyce ape; The weRely poRpapyne; 
 The peRcynq lynx; The luFORe vnicoRne, 
 ThaT voidis venym wrrh his cuour hoRne. 
 
 TheRe sawe I dResse him new out of haunT 
 
 The FCRy TiqeRe, Full of Felonye ; 
 
 The dRomydaRe; The sTandaR oliphanT; 
 
 The w^ly fox, The wedowis Inemye ; 
 
 The clymbaRe qayTe ; The elk for alblasTRye ; 
 
 The heRkneRe boRe ; The holsum qRey for 
 
 hoRTis ; 
 
 The haiRe also,ThaTOFTqooThTOThe woRTis. 
 
 xliii
 
 The The buqill, cbtawcme by his hoRnis qReTe ; 
 Kinqis ThemaRTmk, sable, TheFoynyee, andmonymo; 
 QuaiR. The chalk quhrre eRmyn, Tipprr as The Ictc; 
 
 The Riall heRT, The conynq, and The ro; 
 
 ThewolF,ThaTOFThemufiThmnoqhTsay M ho!" 
 
 The lesTy beueR, and The Ravin bane; 
 
 For chameloT, The camel Full of haRe; 
 
 WiThmonyanoThmbesTediueRseandsTRanqe, 
 
 ThaT cummyih noqhT as now vmo my mynd. 
 
 Bot nowTopuRpose,— «STRauchT furtIi The 
 
 Ranqe 
 
 I held a -way, ouRe'-hailinq in my mynd 
 
 FRom quhens I come, and quhaRe ThaT I 
 
 suld Fynd 
 
 FoRTune, The qoddesse, vmo quhom In hye 
 
 Gude Hope, my qyde, has led me sodeynly. 
 
 And aT The lasT, behaldinq Thus asyde, 
 A Round place, wallrr, haue I Found; 
 In myddis quhaRe eFTsone I haue spide 
 FoRTune, The qoddesse, huFinq onThe qRound ; 
 AndRyqhTbeFORehiRFCTe, of compas Round, 
 A quhele, on quhich cleueRinq I sye 
 A mulTiTude of Folk beFORe myn eye. 
 
 And ane surcotc sche weRrr lonq ThaT Tyde, 
 ThaT semyT to me of diueRse hewis, 
 Quhilum Thus,quhcn schewald turr asyde, 
 STudeThisqoddesseoFFORTuneandoFqlewis; 
 A chapelleT, wiTh mony FResche anewis 
 Sche had vpon heR hed; and wiTh This honq 
 A manTill on hip. schuldRis, laRqe and lonq, 
 
 xliv
 
 ThaT furkit was wiTh e«myn Full quhrre, 
 DeqouTiT wrrh The sgIf In spOTTis blake: Kinqis 
 And quhilum In hm chie«e Thus a lyTe Quam. 
 
 Loumnq sche was; andThussonelTwoldslake, 
 
 And sodeynly a mane« smylynq make, 
 And sche weae qlad; aT one conTenance 
 Sche held noqlvr, boT ay in variance. 
 
 And vndetmeTh The quhele sawe I The«e 
 Ane vqly prr, depe as ony helle, 
 ThaT to behald Theneon I quoke for Fene; 
 Bot o Thinq hend I, ThaT quho These In Fell 
 Come no moRC vp aqane, Tidinqis to Telle; 
 Off quhich, asTonarr of ThaT FeneFull syqhT, 
 I ne wist quhaT to done, so was I Fmclvr. 
 
 Bot for to se The sudayn werremnq 
 
 Off ThaT Ilk quhele, ThaT sloppane was to 
 
 hold, 
 
 It semyT vnTO my wit a STRonq Thinq, 
 
 So mony I sawe ThaT Than clymben wold, 
 
 And FailiT FOTinq, and to qnound wese sold; 
 
 And OThm eke, ThaT sot aboue on hye, 
 
 Weste ouettThftawe In TwinklynqoF ane eye. 
 
 And on The quhele was lyTill void space, 
 
 Wele ne«e ouRC'-STRauqnT fro lawe to hye ; 
 
 And They weRe wane ThaT lonq sot In place, 
 
 So Torren quhilum did sche It to wnye; 
 
 TheRe wasboTclymbeandRyqhTdounwaRd 
 
 hye, 
 
 And sum wene eke ThaT Fallynq had sokc, 
 
 Thene for to clymbe Thame co«aqe was no 
 
 moRe. 
 
 xlv
 
 Xhe I sawe also trot, quheRe sum wese slunqin, 
 Kinqis Bequhmlynq oFThe quhele, vmo The qRound, 
 QuaiR. Full sudaynly sche ha-rli vp yTnRunqin, 
 
 And sct Thame on aqaneFullsauFandsound: 
 And eueR I sawe a new swanme abound, 
 XhaT to clymbe vpwaRd vpon The quhele, 
 In STede of Thame ThaT myqlvr no lanqeR Rele. 
 
 And ot The lasT, In pResene of Thame all 
 XhaT sTude abouT, sche cleprr me be name; 
 And TheRewrrh apon kneis qan I Fall 
 Full sodaynly hailsinq, abaisT for schame; 
 And, smylynq Thus, sche said to me in qame, 
 ''QuhaTdoisThouheRe.^QuhohasThehideRsenT.' 
 Say on anon, and Tell me Thyn enTenT. 
 
 " I se wele, by Thy chene and conTenance, 
 XheRe is sum Thinq ThaT lyis The on heRT, 
 It STatiT noqhT witIi The as Thou wald, peR~ 
 chance.^" 
 
 "Madame." quodI,"FORluFeIsallThesmeRT 
 XhaT eueR I Fele, endlanq and oueRThweRT. 
 Help,OFyouRqRace,mewoFullwRechiT\viqhT / 
 Sen me to curc ye poweRe haue and myqhT. 
 
 "QuhaT help," quod she, "wold Thou ThaT I 
 
 ORdeyne, 
 
 Xo bRinq The vnTO Thy heRTis desiRe.^" 
 
 "Madame," quod I, "boT ThaT youR qRace 
 
 dedeyne, 
 
 OFFyouR qReaT myqhT, my wrrrisToenspiRe, 
 
 Xo win The well ThaT slokin may The FyRe 
 
 In quhich I biRn : a, qoddesse FORTunaTe, 
 
 Helpnowmyqame,ThaTisinpoinTTomaTe. f ' 
 
 xlvi
 
 "OFFmaTe:"quodsche,"o,veRRayselywRech, The 
 
 I se wele by Thy dedely colouRe pale, 
 
 Thou ort to Feble of ThyselF to sTReche QuaiR. 
 
 Vpon my quhele, to clymbc or to hale 
 
 WiThouTm help ; for Thou has Fundin sTale 
 
 This mony day, wrrhouTin weRdis wele, 
 
 And wamis now Thy veRay he^Tis hele. 
 
 "Wele maisTow be a wnechiT man calliT, 
 ThaT wanTisTheconFORT ThaT suld Thy heRT 
 qlade; 
 
 And has all Thine, wrrhin Thy heRT stoIHt, 
 ThaT may Thy youTh oppRessen or deFade. 
 ThouqhThybeqynnynqhaThbeneReTRoqRade, 
 Be FROwaRd opposyT quhaRe Till aspeRT, 
 Now sail Thai TURn, and luke on The deRT." 
 
 And TheRewrrh^all vnTO The quhele In hye 
 SchehaThmeled,andbadmelene to clymbe, 
 Vpon The quhich I sTepprr sudaynly. 
 "NowhaldThyqmppis," quod sche, "for Thy 
 Tyme, 
 
 Ane houRe and moRe It Rynnis oucr pmme ; 
 To counT The hole, The halF is neRe away; 
 Spend wele, TheReFORe,TheRemananT of The 
 day. 
 
 "Cnsample," quod sche, "Tak of This toforc, 
 ThaT fro my quhele be roIHt as a ball; 
 For The naTURe of It is eueRmoRe, 
 Aftcr ane hichT, to vale and qeue a Fall, 
 Thus, quhen me likrrh, vp or doun to Fall. 
 FaRe~wele,"quodsche,andbyTheeRemeToke 
 So eRnesTly, ThaT TheRewiThall I woke, 
 xlvii
 
 The O besy qosTC : ay Flikefiinq to and fro, 
 Kinqis ThaT neueR ort In quieT noR In ResT, 
 Quai«. Till Thou cum to ThaT place ThaT Thou cam 
 
 FRO, 
 
 Quhich isThy first and veRRay pRopeR nesT : 
 
 Froiti day to day so soRe heRe ortow dResT, 
 
 ThaT wiTh Thy Flesche ay walkinq ort in 
 
 TRouble, 
 
 And slepinq eke ; of pyne so has Thou double. 
 
 CoueRT my-selF all This mene I to loke. 
 Thouqh ThaT my spiRrr vexiT was toforc 
 In sueuenynq, alssone as euen I woke 
 By TwenTy-Fold It was In TRouble moRe, 
 BeThinkinq me wiTh siqhinq heRT and sorc 
 ThaT I nan oThiR Thinqis boT dRemes had, 
 Nor sekeRnes, my spiRiT wiTh to qlad. 
 
 And TheRewrrh sone I dRessrr me to Ryse, 
 FulFild of ThoqhT, pyne, and adueRsiTee; 
 And to my^selF I said in This wise; 
 "A! meRci, loRd ! quhaT will ye do wiTh me ^ 
 QuhaT lyFisThis t quhaRe haTh my spiRiT be f 
 Is This of my FOReThoqhT ImpRessioun, 
 Or Is It frohi The heuin a visioun.^ 
 
 And qiF ye qoddis, of youRe puRuiance, 
 Haue schewiT This for my ReconFORTinq, 
 In Relesche of my FURiouse pennance, 
 I yow beseke Full humily of This Thinq, 
 XhaT of youRe qRace I myqhT- haue moRe 
 Takenynq, 
 
 GiF It sal be as in my slepe beFORe 
 Ye she wit haue : and fortIi, wiThouTin moRe , 
 xlviii
 
 In hye vmo The wyndow qan I walk, 
 
 Movinq wrrhin my spimT of This siqlvr, 
 
 QuhaRe sodeynly a turturc, quhrre as calk, QuaiR. 
 
 So euinly vpon my hand qan lyqlvr, 
 
 And vmo me sche TURnyT hit* Full RyqhT ; 
 
 Off quham The cheRe in hm bmdis apoRT 
 
 Gave me In heRT kalendis of conFORT. 
 
 This Fai« bi«d RyqhT In hm bill qan hold 
 
 Of Red IoroffHs wrrh Tham sTalkis qRene 
 
 AFambRanche,quhaRewmTTinwaswiThqold, 
 
 On eueRy Ust, wiTh bnanchis bfiyqhT and 
 
 schene 
 
 In compas Fain, Full plesandly to sene, 
 
 A plane senTence, quhich, as I can deuise 
 
 And haue In mynd, said RyqhT on This wise : 
 
 "Awak! awake! I bmnq, Iufor, I bmnq 
 The newis qlad, ThaT blisFull ben and suRe 
 Of ThyconFORT: nowlauch,andplay,andsynq, 
 ThaT ort besid so qlad an auenTURe; 
 For In The heuyn decReTrr is The curc." 
 And vnTO me The FlouRis foir pResenT : 
 WiTh wynqis spRed, hiR wayis furtIi sche 
 wenT. 
 
 Quhilk vp anon I Tuke, and as I qesse, 
 
 Ane hundReTh Tymes, or I fortIur wenT, 
 
 I haue It Red, wiTh heRTFull qlaidnese; 
 
 And, halF wiih hope, and halF wiih dRed, It 
 
 henT, 
 
 And aT my beddis hed, wiTh qud enTenT, 
 
 I haue It FaiR pynniT vp, and This 
 
 First Takyn was of all my help and blisse. 
 
 xlix ■> q
 
 The The quhich TReuly eFTeR, day be day, 
 Kincis ThaT all my wrrris maisTRrr had TOFORe, 
 QuaiR. Quhich hensFeRTh The paynis did away. 
 
 AndschoR-rly, so wele FoRTunehas hiR boRe, 
 To quikin TReuly day by day my loRe, 
 To my laRqes ThaT I am cumin aqayne, 
 To blisse with hiR ThaT is my souiRane. 
 
 Bot for als moche as sum michT Think or 
 
 seyne, 
 
 QuhaT nedis me, apoun so iixill euyn, 
 
 To writt all This r I ansueRe Thus aqeyne,— • 
 
 Quho ThaT FRom hell was CROppin onys In 
 
 heuin, 
 
 Wald cftcr O Thank for Ioy mak vj or vij : 
 
 And eueRy wichT his awin suctc or sorc 
 
 Has maisT In mynde : I can say you no moRe. 
 
 GkequhomaylnThislyFehauemoReplesance 
 Than cum to laRqesse FRom ThRaldom and 
 peyne, 
 
 And by The mene of Iuffis ORdinance, 
 ThaT has so mony In his qoldin cheyne.^ 
 Quhich This to wyn his heRTis soueReyne, 
 Quho suld me wrre to wRrre tJiorof, laT se ! 
 Now suFFicianTe Is my Felicrree. 
 
 Besechinq vmo FaiR Venus abuFe, 
 
 For all my bRCThiR ThaT bene In This place, 
 
 This Is to seyne, ThaT seRuandis a« to luFe, 
 
 And of his lady can no Thank purchase, 
 
 HispaineRelesch,andsoneTOSTandInqRace, 
 
 Borrh to his woRschip and to his FiRST ese ; 
 
 So ThaT It hiR and Resoun noqhT displese: 
 
 1
 
 AndekeFORThctm ThaT or noqhTenTRrr Inne The 
 
 The danceoFluFe,boTThidde«'-waRT onway, 
 
 In qude Tyme and sely to beqynne Quail*. 
 
 ThaiR pRenTissehed,andFORThiRmoReIpRay 
 
 For Thame ThaTpassiTbenThe monyaFFRay 
 
 In luFe, and cunnynq or to Full plesance, 
 
 Toq«aunTTham all, lo! qude peRseueRance: 
 
 And eke I pRay for all The heRTis dull, 
 ThaT lyuen heRe In sleuTh and IqnoRance, 
 And has no cuRaqe ot The Rose to pull, 
 ThaiR Hf to mend and ThaiR saulis auance 
 Wrrh ThaiR sueTe loRe, and bRinq Tham to 
 qude chance; 
 
 And quho ThaT will noqlvr for This pRay eR TURn, 
 Quhen Thai wald FaynesT speid, ThaT Thai 
 may spuRn. 
 
 To Rekyn of eueRy Thinq The ciRcumsTance, 
 As hapniT me quhen lessen qan my sone, 
 Of my RancouRe and wofuII chance, 
 It was to lonq, I laT It be ThaReFOR. 
 And Thus This fIourc, I can seye no moRe, 
 So heRTly has vnTO my help aTTendrr, 
 ThaT FRom The deTh hiR man sche has de~ 
 FendiT. 
 
 And eke The qoddis meRciFull viRkinq, 
 For my lonq pane and TRewe seRuice In luFe, 
 ThaT has me qeuin halely myn askinq, 
 Quhich has my heRT for euiR sctt abuFe 
 In peRFyTe Ioy, ThaT neuiR may RemuFe, 
 Bot onely deTh : of quhom, In laudand pRise, 
 Wrrh ThankFull heRT I say, RichT InThis wise:— 
 li
 
 The " BlissiT moT be The qoddis all, 
 Cinqis So Fain ThaT qlrrrenen In The Fmrnameni! 
 
 Quoin. And blissiT be Thane myqhT celesTiall, 
 
 ThaT haue conuoyrr hale, wiTh one assenT, 
 
 My Iufc, and to so qlade a consequent 
 
 And ThankiT be FonTunys exirrnee 
 
 And quhele, ThaT Thus so wele has quhinliT 
 
 me. 
 
 "Thankrr moT be, and Fain and Iufc beFall 
 The nyclrrinqale, ThaT, wiTh so qud emenT, 
 Sanq Thane ofIufc The noTis sucTe and small, 
 Quhain my Fain henTis lady was pnesenT, 
 Hin wiTh Toqladon'rhaTsche FonThinwenT! 
 And Thou qenaFloune, moT I-ThankiT be 
 All oThin fIouris Fon The luFe of The ! 
 
 "And ThankiT be The rain casTell wall, 
 Quhane as I quhilom lukrr FunTh and lenT. 
 TThankrr moT be The sancTis manciall, 
 ThaT me FinsT causrr haTh This accidenT. 
 TThankiT moT be The qnene bewis benT, 
 Xhnouquhom,andvnden,FinsT FonTunyT me 
 My henTis hele, and my conronT to be. 
 
 "Fon to The pnesence sueTe and delrrable. 
 RychTOF This Floune ThaT Full Is of plesance, 
 By pnocessc and by menys rauonable, 
 FinsT of The blisFul qoddis punueyance, 
 And syne Thnou lonq and TnewconTynuance 
 Of venay Farrh In Iufc and Tnew senuice, 
 I cum am, and FonThin In This wise. 
 
 In
 
 " VnwoRThy, lo, boT onely of hm qRace, 
 
 In Iufis yok, trot esy is and sime, Kinqis 
 
 In queRdoun of all my luFis space QuaiR. 
 
 Sche haTh me Tak, hm humble cReaTURe. 
 
 And Thus beFell my blisFull auenTURe, 
 
 InyouTh, of luFcrhaT nowFRomday to day 
 
 FlouRrrh ay newe, and yrr FORThiR, I say." 
 
 Olrrili TReTise, nakrr of eloquence, 
 
 Causinq simplese and pou^ 
 
 ejRTee to wit; 
 
 AndpnayThe RedeR to haue 
 
 pacience 
 
 Of xhy derauTe, and to sup^ 
 
 poRTen It, 
 Of his qudnese Thy bRukilnese to knyTT, 
 And his Tonq for to Reule and to STeRe, 
 TThaT Thy deFauTis helrr may ben heRe. 
 
 Allace! andqiFThoucummysTlnThepResence, 
 QuhaReasoFblameFaynesTThouwaldbequiTe, 
 To heRe Thy Rude and cRukiT eloquens, 
 Quho sal be ThaRe to pRay for Thy RemyT.^ 
 No wichT, boT qeve hiR meRci will admyTT 
 The for qud will,ThaT Is Thy qyd and stcrc: 
 To quham for me Thou prrousely RequeRe. 
 
 And Thus endiTh The fotoII InFluence 
 
 CausiTFRomheuyn,quhaRepow^eRlscommyTT 
 
 Of qouiRnance, by The maqniFicence 
 
 Of Him ThaT hiesT In The heuin sitt; 
 
 Xo Quhamwe Thank ThaT all ouReliF haTh wRiTT, 
 
 Quho couThTlTRed,aqone synemonyayeRe, 
 
 ' Hiqh In The heuynnis FiquRe ciRCuleRe.' 
 
 liii
 
 VnTo Inpnis of my maisTems dene, 
 Gowgrg andChauceRe, ThaT on The sTeppis 
 QuaiR. san 
 
 Of RCThomke quhill Thai wgrg lyuand hene, 
 SupenlaTiue as poeTis lautteaTe, 
 In moRalrree and eloquence ORnaTC, 
 I Recommend my buk In lynis seuin, 
 And ekeTham saulisvnTOTheblisse OFheuin. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 CxpliciT 
 
 Quod Jacobus Paimus, ScoTonum Rex 
 
 IllusTRissimus. 
 
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