Ballads from Manuscripts ... Ballads on the condition of England in Henry VIII's and Edward VI's reigns, (including the state of the clergy, monks and friars,) on Wolsey, Anne Boleyn, Somerset, and Lady Jane Grey; With Wynkyn de Worde's Treatise of a Galaunt (AB.1520 A.D.): Edited by Frederick J. Furnivall |
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Then ymmediatly folowed the speches of the three graces in this wise:—
Aglaia. .hartie gladnes.
Vdallus.
Queene Anne, whom to see, this Citie dooeth reioyce,
Wee three Graces, ladies of all plesaunce,
Clasped hand in hand, as of oon mynd and voice,
With our three giftes in all good assuraunce,
Shall neuer faill your grace t'endue and enhaunce;
ffor I, ‘hartie Gladnes’ by my name called,
Shall your harte replenishe with ioye vnfained.
Wee three Graces, ladies of all plesaunce,
Clasped hand in hand, as of oon mynd and voice,
With our three giftes in all good assuraunce,
Shall neuer faill your grace t'endue and enhaunce;
ffor I, ‘hartie Gladnes’ by my name called,
Shall your harte replenishe with ioye vnfained.
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Vdallus.
And I, stable honour, gracious Queene Anne,
Ioying in your ioye, with this noble Citie,
In honour and dignitee all that I can,
Shall you avaunce, as your grace is moste worthie.
You to assiste, I am bound by my duetie,
ffor your vertues being incomparable,
You cannot but liue aye moste honourable.
Ioying in your ioye, with this noble Citie,
In honour and dignitee all that I can,
Shall you avaunce, as your grace is moste worthie.
You to assiste, I am bound by my duetie,
ffor your vertues being incomparable,
You cannot but liue aye moste honourable.
.Euphrosyne. .Contynuall successe.
Vdallus.
And for the gret vertues, whiche I perceiue
To bee in your grace soo high and excellente,
By me contynuall successe ye receiue,
long fruicion, with dayly encreasemente
of ioye, and honour, without dymynishemente.
Neuer to decaye, but alwayes to arise:
All men, women, and children, praye the same wise.
To bee in your grace soo high and excellente,
By me contynuall successe ye receiue,
long fruicion, with dayly encreasemente
of ioye, and honour, without dymynishemente.
Neuer to decaye, but alwayes to arise:
All men, women, and children, praye the same wise.
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