 | To the Richt High Lodvvik Duke of Lenox |  |
Galathea, answers to Pamphilus.
You, nor na man, I sall forbid, I say,
To cum or gang, or yit his speich to spair,
Ilk traueller hes a richt gait and a way,
In sic parts quhair, it happins him to repair:
It is maist decent, for a maiden fair,
Vnto the askers answer, to reply,
A Damisell may do this meikill mair,
On ony young man, till incall or cry,
To cum or gang, or yit his speich to spair,
Ilk traueller hes a richt gait and a way,
In sic parts quhair, it happins him to repair:
It is maist decent, for a maiden fair,
Vnto the askers answer, to reply,
A Damisell may do this meikill mair,
On ony young man, till incall or cry,
For to confes the truth, I thinke no schame,
Of you, nor na mans cumming I take cure,
Prouiding, that my honour and gud name,
From spot and blot, may be preseruit sure:
To heir and se, It settis I you assure,
And to make answer, quhen young men inquires,
This wald be done, with countenance demure,
And moderat maner, as the caus requires.
Of you, nor na mans cumming I take cure,
Prouiding, that my honour and gud name,
From spot and blot, may be preseruit sure:
To heir and se, It settis I you assure,
This wald be done, with countenance demure,
And moderat maner, as the caus requires.
With mocking wourdis, gif ye impeche my eir,
Like speich again, to you I will present,
In ony thing, gif I haue hurt you heir,
To make ane mends; I sall be weill content:
To be alone, howbeid, your will be bent,
That I refuse, and thairfoir speik na mair,
It is not decent, we twa suld frequent,
In ony part, quhair na man makis repair.
Like speich again, to you I will present,
In ony thing, gif I haue hurt you heir,
To make ane mends; I sall be weill content:
To be alone, howbeid, your will be bent,
That I refuse, and thairfoir speik na mair,
It is not decent, we twa suld frequent,
In ony part, quhair na man makis repair.
In secreit parts, my conference to seik,
A sclanderous fame, sall rise from that effect,
Bot in the peoples presence gif I speik,
Ye knaw your selfe, I will be les suspect.
A sclanderous fame, sall rise from that effect,
Bot in the peoples presence gif I speik,
Ye knaw your selfe, I will be les suspect.
| To the Richt High Lodvvik Duke of Lenox | |