[The Courte of Vertu contaynynge many holy songes, Sonettes, psalmes and ballettes] [by John Hall] |
Of virginitie. |
[The Courte of Vertu | ||
Of virginitie.
The
holy man saynt Ciprian
In praysing of virginitie,
Syster of angels cald it than,
To vanquysh lustes valiently:
Of vertues lo she is prynces
All good thinges eke she doth possesse.
In praysing of virginitie,
Syster of angels cald it than,
To vanquysh lustes valiently:
Of vertues lo she is prynces
All good thinges eke she doth possesse.
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A maydens speache should be therfore,
In sobernes ryght circumspect.
Let bashfulnes also be more
Then eloquence in all respect,
Apperyng seld, few tymes and rare,
Use well the eares, the tongue to spare.
In sobernes ryght circumspect.
Let bashfulnes also be more
Then eloquence in all respect,
Apperyng seld, few tymes and rare,
Use well the eares, the tongue to spare.
When that ye speake, speake so that men,
May wonder at your shamfastnesse,
When ye speake not prouyd that then,
They may lykewyse your sobernesse.
Lo these fewe thyngs that I haue sayd,
Should be the garments of a mayd.
May wonder at your shamfastnesse,
When ye speake not prouyd that then,
They may lykewyse your sobernesse.
Lo these fewe thyngs that I haue sayd,
Should be the garments of a mayd.
[The Courte of Vertu | ||