Emblemes and Epigrames Psal: Quum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me, Domine. [A.D. 1600, by Francis Thynne ... ]: Edited by F. J. Furnivall |
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(58) Gallopinge.
ffrom windsore ridinge, to the statelie towne,
the seate of ffamous kings and Inglands pryde,
in hast, I mett, in midst of Hunslowe downe,
a gentle youth which postinglie did ride,
a frend of mine, whome I forc'd there to staie,
to knowe the cause hee ridd soe fast awaye.
the seate of ffamous kings and Inglands pryde,
in hast, I mett, in midst of Hunslowe downe,
a gentle youth which postinglie did ride,
a frend of mine, whome I forc'd there to staie,
to knowe the cause hee ridd soe fast awaye.
Whoe said, “muse not, I frendlie the require,
to see mee gallop with soe light a hedd,
since I farr lighter am in this retyre,
then when to London I my Iourney spedd;
ffor when I went, my creed 12 partes did holde,
but one is lost, soe I more light and bould,
the twelfe is gone, eleaven I keepe in store,
Christ went not vnto hell: what would you more?”
to see mee gallop with soe light a hedd,
since I farr lighter am in this retyre,
then when to London I my Iourney spedd;
ffor when I went, my creed 12 partes did holde,
but one is lost, soe I more light and bould,
the twelfe is gone, eleaven I keepe in store,
Christ went not vnto hell: what would you more?”
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