The vvorkes of a young wyt trust vp with a Fardell of pretie fancies, profitable to young Poetes, preiudicial to no man, and pleasaunt to euery man to passe away idle tyme withall. Whereunto is ioyned an odde kynde of wooing, with a Banquet of Comfettes, to make an ende withall. Done by N. B. Gentleman |
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A prety tale with the Morall vpon the same.
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A prety tale with the Morall vpon the same.
A Præface.
In fayned tales a man somtyme may finde,in secret sorte some prety matter mente:
Which meanings oft when they are founde in kinde,
they breede too some, yea many mynds contente,
For proofe whereof, my selfe a tale will tell,
I read of late, that likte me very well.
The Tale.
A stoute
strong Oke, grue by a riuer side:
by which harde by, there grue a weake small reede:
The stately Oke, full puffed vp which pride,
disdaind to stande so neere so weake a weede.
And in olde tyme, when trees, and stones coulde speake,
thus to the reede hee gan his stomacke breake.
by which harde by, there grue a weake small reede:
The stately Oke, full puffed vp which pride,
disdaind to stande so neere so weake a weede.
And in olde tyme, when trees, and stones coulde speake,
thus to the reede hee gan his stomacke breake.
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Thou peeuish thing, and apishe wretch (quoth hee)
What doost thee heere? suche neighbours I disdaine,
Which too and froo, thus tossed still I see,
as euery waue woulde seeme too rende in twaine.
I see right well, thou arte to base of minde,
to stoupe so low, at euery puffe of winde.
What doost thee heere? suche neighbours I disdaine,
Which too and froo, thus tossed still I see,
as euery waue woulde seeme too rende in twaine.
I see right well, thou arte to base of minde,
to stoupe so low, at euery puffe of winde.
The simple reede still wagging to and fro,
gan aunswere thus, ah gallant syr quoth hee:
None of vs bothe our endes (as yet) doe know,
you may in tyme, come lye along by me:
Contente your selfe, I pray you let me stande
with in your ditche, I trouble not your lande.
gan aunswere thus, ah gallant syr quoth hee:
None of vs bothe our endes (as yet) doe know,
you may in tyme, come lye along by me:
Contente your selfe, I pray you let me stande
with in your ditche, I trouble not your lande.
Contending thus, a sodeine tempest came,
and to be shorte, downe fell this lusty tree:
The litle reede beholding of the same,
alas Good syr: what doe you heere quoth hee?
Of all your strengthe, what may now becumme?
to which the Oke coulde aunswere nought, but numme.
and to be shorte, downe fell this lusty tree:
The litle reede beholding of the same,
alas Good syr: what doe you heere quoth hee?
Of all your strengthe, what may now becumme?
to which the Oke coulde aunswere nought, but numme.
His harte was burste, and there starke dead hee lay,
the reede he liude, and grue there gallant still,
The Oke so burst, the Landlorde bare away,
and then the reede had all the worlde at will,
Untill with age he grue so very dry,
that sappe did wante, and then he needs must dy.
the reede he liude, and grue there gallant still,
The Oke so burst, the Landlorde bare away,
and then the reede had all the worlde at will,
Untill with age he grue so very dry,
that sappe did wante, and then he needs must dy.
And farewell he, and so the tale did ende,
which though in deede, a fayned toy it was,
Yet he that marks, whereto the same dothe tend,
may finde I wis, that simple soules alas,
Doe hold vp hedde, when gallant syr doth fall,
and breaks perhaps, both hedde, and hart, and all.
which though in deede, a fayned toy it was,
Yet he that marks, whereto the same dothe tend,
may finde I wis, that simple soules alas,
Doe hold vp hedde, when gallant syr doth fall,
and breaks perhaps, both hedde, and hart, and all.
Finis.
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