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To mastres Geretrude Statham.
Though ye wer hard hertyd,
And I with you thwartid
With wordes that smartid,
Yet nowe doutles ye geue me cause
To wryte of you this goodli clause,
Maistres Geretrude,
With womanhode endude,
With virtu well renwde.
And I with you thwartid
With wordes that smartid,
Yet nowe doutles ye geue me cause
To wryte of you this goodli clause,
Maistres Geretrude,
With womanhode endude,
With virtu well renwde.
I wyll that ye shall be
In all benyngnyte
Lyke to dame Pasiphe;
For nowe dowtles ye geue me cause
To wryte of yow this goodly clause,
Maistres Geretrude,
With womanhode endude,
With vertu well renude.
In all benyngnyte
Lyke to dame Pasiphe;
For nowe dowtles ye geue me cause
To wryte of yow this goodly clause,
Maistres Geretrude,
With womanhode endude,
With vertu well renude.
Partly by your councell,
Garnisshed with lawrell
Was my fresshe coronell;
Wherfore doutles ye geue me cause
To wryte of you this goodly clause,
Maistres Geretrude,
With womanhode endude,
With vertu well renude.
Garnisshed with lawrell
Was my fresshe coronell;
Wherfore doutles ye geue me cause
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Maistres Geretrude,
With womanhode endude,
With vertu well renude.
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