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Canzon. 22.
[It was not long agoe since like a wanton]
It was not long agoe since like a wantonFroward displeas'd with that it loues (I wis)
(Improuid) I did write to thee a Canton,
Wherein I seem'd to turne loue out of seruice.
Well sayd I herein that I did but seeme it,
(Loth to depart) he still retayn'd to me:
(Although displeas'd) yet each one well might deeme
He was my seruant while he wore my liuerie.
Pensiuely grieu'd with that, that I had done,
I writ a Sonnet, which by sillable
Eate vp the former, and withall crau'd pardon,
Vowing a large amends as time should able.
But who beyond his power vowes, he offends,
Presumptuous as thou art to name amends.
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