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The garland of Good Will

Diuided into three parts: Containing many pleasant Songs, and prety poems, to sundry new Notes. With a Table to finde the names of all the Songs. Written by T. D. [i.e. Thomas Deloney]

Deloney, Thomas (1543?-1600)

[The First Part.]

1. A Mournfull Dittie, on the death of Rosamond, King Henry the seconds Concubine.

2. A New Sonnet,

3. A new Song of King Edgar,

4 How Couentry was made free by Godina, Countesse of Chester.

5 How the Dukes daughter of Cornwall being married vnto King Locrine, was by him put away, and a strange Lady whom he better loued, hee married, and made her his Queene, and how his wife was auenged.

6 A song of Queene Isabel,

7. A Song of the banishment of two Dukes, Hereford and Norfolke.

8. The Noble Acts of Arthur of the round Table.

9. A Song in praise of Women.

19. A Song in praise of a single life,

12. The widdowes solace,

12. A Gentlewomans complaint,

13. Of a prince of England,

Of the faithfull friendship that lasted betweene two faithfull friends.

The second part of the Garland of good Will.

1. A pastorall Song,

2. Of patient Grissel and a Noble Marquesse:

2. A pleasant Dialogue betweene plaine Truth, and blind Ignorance.

3. The ouerthrow of proud Holofernes, and the triumph of vertuous Queene Iudith.

5. A Princely Ditty, in praise of the English Rose.

The third part of the Garland of good Will.

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3. The Winning of Cales.

4. Of King Edward the third, and the faire Countesse of Salisbury, setting forth her constancy and endlesse glory.

5. The Spanish Ladies Loue to an English Gentleman.

9. A farewell to Loue.

The Louer by his gifts thinkes to conquer chastitie, And with his gifts sends these verses to the Lady.

The womans answer.

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Foule is the face, whose beauty gold can race:
Worthy the wit that hath wealth in her wonder:
Unlearned lines puts gold in honours place:
Wicked the state that will to coine come vnder:
Base the conceit that seasoned is with gold:
And beggars rule that such a reason hold.

Earth giues the gold but Heauen giues greater grace
Men study wealth, but Angels wisdomes state,
Labour seekes peace, loue hath an higher place:
Death makes the reckning, life is all my rate:
Thy hope is hell, my hope of heauen doth hold,
God giue me grace, let Diues die with gold.

FINIS.

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The womans answer.[_] The attribution of this poem is questionable.

The womans answer.
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The attribution of this poem is questionable.