[The Courte of Vertu contaynynge many holy songes, Sonettes, psalmes and ballettes] [by John Hall] |
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That the riche and myghtie should not hate the poore and lowly. |
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That the riche and myghtie should not hate the poore and lowly.
As
the grape beatyng vyne lyuely,
The lyttle tree doth not despyse
That doth hym beare, so should perdye,
No great estate yf they be wyse,
Dysdeyn the subiect or seruant,
Whose ayde of force they may not want.
The lyttle tree doth not despyse
That doth hym beare, so should perdye,
No great estate yf they be wyse,
Dysdeyn the subiect or seruant,
Whose ayde of force they may not want.
Or thus.
Lyke as the vyne that flourysheth,With lyuely grapes and leaues moste green
The small tree neuer despyseth:
That beares hym vp as it is seene.
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The poore or symple wyght to hate.
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