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Poeta Skelton.
Auaunsynge my selfe sum thanke to deserue,
I me determynyd for to sharpe my pen,
Deuoutly arrectyng my prayer to Mynerue,
She to vowchesafe me to informe and ken;
To Mercury also hertely prayed I then,
Me to supporte, to helpe, and to assist,
To gyde and to gouerne my dredfull tremlyng fist.
I me determynyd for to sharpe my pen,
Deuoutly arrectyng my prayer to Mynerue,
She to vowchesafe me to informe and ken;
To Mercury also hertely prayed I then,
Me to supporte, to helpe, and to assist,
To gyde and to gouerne my dredfull tremlyng fist.
As a mariner that amasid is in a stormy rage,
Hardly bestad and driuen is to hope
Of that the tempestuows wynde wyll aswage,
In trust wherof comforte his hart doth grope,
From the anker he kuttyth the gabyll rope,
Committyth all to God, and lettyth his shyp ryde;
So I beseke Ihesu now to be my gyde.
Hardly bestad and driuen is to hope
Of that the tempestuows wynde wyll aswage,
In trust wherof comforte his hart doth grope,
From the anker he kuttyth the gabyll rope,
Committyth all to God, and lettyth his shyp ryde;
So I beseke Ihesu now to be my gyde.
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