The Poetical Works of John Skelton principally according to the edition of the Rev. Alexander Dyce. In three volumes |
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To maystres Isabell Knyght.
But if I sholde aquyte your kyndnes,
Els saye ye myght
That in me were grete blyndnes,
I for to be so myndles,
And cowde not wryght
Of Isabell Knyght.
Els saye ye myght
That in me were grete blyndnes,
I for to be so myndles,
And cowde not wryght
Of Isabell Knyght.
It is not my custome nor my gyse
To leue behynde
Her that is bothe womanly and wyse,
And specyally which glad was to deuyse
The menes to fynde
To please my mynde,
To leue behynde
Her that is bothe womanly and wyse,
And specyally which glad was to deuyse
The menes to fynde
To please my mynde,
In helpyng to warke my laurell grene
With sylke and golde:
Galathea, the made well besene,
Was neuer halfe so fayre, as I wene,
Whiche was extolde
A thowsande folde
With sylke and golde:
Galathea, the made well besene,
Was neuer halfe so fayre, as I wene,
Whiche was extolde
A thowsande folde
By Maro, the Mantuan prudent,
Who list to rede;
But, and I had leyser competent,
I coude shew you suche a presedent
In very dede
Howe ye excede.
Who list to rede;
But, and I had leyser competent,
I coude shew you suche a presedent
In very dede
Howe ye excede.
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