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SONNETS, &c.
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And to her will frame all thy ways,
Spare not to spend, and chiefly there,
Where thy desart may merit praise,
By ringing in thy Ladies ear,
The strongest castle, tower and towne,
The golden bullet beats it downe.
Spare not to spend, and chiefly there,
Where thy desart may merit praise,
By ringing in thy Ladies ear,
The strongest castle, tower and towne,
The golden bullet beats it downe.
Serve always with assured trust,
And in thy sute be humble true,
Unlesse thy Lady prove unjust,
Presse never thou to chuse anew:
When time shall serve, be thou not slacke,
To proffer though she put thee back.
And in thy sute be humble true,
Unlesse thy Lady prove unjust,
Presse never thou to chuse anew:
When time shall serve, be thou not slacke,
To proffer though she put thee back.
The wiles and guiles that women worke,
Dissembled with an outward shew:
The tricks and toys that in them lurke,
The Cock that treads them shall not know,
Have you not heard it said full oft,
A womans nay doth stand for nought.
Dissembled with an outward shew:
The tricks and toys that in them lurke,
The Cock that treads them shall not know,
Have you not heard it said full oft,
A womans nay doth stand for nought.
Think women still to strive with men,
To sinne and never for to saint,
There is no heaven (by holy then)
When time with age shall them attaint,
Were kisses all the joyes in bed,
One woman would another wed.
To sinne and never for to saint,
There is no heaven (by holy then)
When time with age shall them attaint,
Were kisses all the joyes in bed,
One woman would another wed.
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