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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At the litle counducte in Chepe-sid, was exhibited the Iugemente of Paris, in maner and fourme folowing:—
Vdallus.
Mercurie.Iuppiter this aple vnto the hathe sent,
Commaunding, in this cause to geue true Iugement.
Paris.
Iuppiter a straunge office hath geven me,
To Iuge whiche is fairest of these ladies three.
Iuno.
All riches and kingdomes bee at my behest;
Geue me the aple, and thou shalt haue the best.
Pallas.
Adiuge it to me; and, for a kingdome,
I shall geue the incomparable wisedome.
Venus.
Preferre me; and I shall rewarde the, Paris,
With the fairest ladie that on the erthe is.
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I should breke Iuppiter's high commaundement,
If I should for mede, or reward, geue Iugement.
If I should for mede, or reward, geue Iugement.
Therefore, ladie Venus, before bothe these twain,
your beautie moche exceding, by my sentence,
Shall win and haue this aple. yet, to bee plain
Here is the fouerthe ladie now in our presence,
Moste worthie to haue it of due congruence,
As pereles in riches, wit, and beautee,
Whiche are but sundrie qualitees in you three.
your beautie moche exceding, by my sentence,
Shall win and haue this aple. yet, to bee plain
Here is the fouerthe ladie now in our presence,
Moste worthie to haue it of due congruence,
As pereles in riches, wit, and beautee,
Whiche are but sundrie qualitees in you three.
But for hir worthynes, this aple of gold
Is to symple a reward a thousand fold.
Is to symple a reward a thousand fold.
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