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XV(B) RECANTATION.

Bright beautye did warme me,
Colde bontye did warne me:
such warming did harme me,
such wairning did learne me
to playne thus warned and warmed,
to pen thus learned and harmed
by smal bontie, greate beautye
of hers which ones I did adore,
pla[i]st in the Middle of my harte and more,
and now me holds of littill wourthe.
then fairwell! my loue, hencefurth
I oue yow no deautye.