The Castell of Pleasure by William Nevill: The text of the first issue of the poem with variant readings from the reprint of 1518; Together with introduction, notes and glossary by Roberta D. Cornelius |
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Dysdayne.
Wene ye he be so feruente nay I waraunt you he shall lyue
Yf neuer more trouble came to his herte
Wene ye without cause he wolde to her loue gyue
Not knowynge her mynde to make hym so to smerte
He can well ynoughe fayne loue Ouyde layde aparte
De arte amandi whiche techeth one to loue
Or els the squyer of venus dyd hym in the euenynge starte
And so to cast his fantasy hym sodaynly dyd moeue
Yf neuer more trouble came to his herte
Wene ye without cause he wolde to her loue gyue
Not knowynge her mynde to make hym so to smerte
He can well ynoughe fayne loue Ouyde layde aparte
De arte amandi whiche techeth one to loue
Or els the squyer of venus dyd hym in the euenynge starte
And so to cast his fantasy hym sodaynly dyd moeue
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