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Songes and Sonettes

Tottel, Richard

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Songes written by Nicolas Grimald.

Vncertain auctours.

Other Songes and Sonettes written by the earle of Surrey.

Other Songes and sonettes written by sir Thomas wiat the elder

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Cleobulus the Lydians riddle.

One is my sire: my soons, twise six they bee:
Of daughters ech of them begets, you see,
Thrise ten: wherof one sort be fayr of face,
The oother doth vnseemly black disgrace.
Nor this holl rout is thrall vnto deathdaye,
Nor worn with wastful time, but liue alwaye:

And yet the same alwaies (straunge case) do dye,
The sire, the daughters, and the soons distry.
Incase you can so hard a knot vnknit:
You shall I count an Edipus in wit.