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[Whilst I was yong, I dare well say]
Whilst
I was yong, I dare well say,
I was as fresh as fairest May,
And like a malapert yong else,
As proudly did I beare my selfe.
I was as fresh as fairest May,
And like a malapert yong else,
As proudly did I beare my selfe.
But pride men say, will haue a fall,
Euen so had I, and therewithall
To seruants seruant I became,
And euery puzzell is my dame.
Euen so had I, and therewithall
To seruants seruant I became,
And euery puzzell is my dame.
When that I once haue done my worke,
I am inforced in hurnes to lurke,
Expecting when for want of meate,
My fellow seruant should me eate.
I am inforced in hurnes to lurke,
Expecting when for want of meate,
My fellow seruant should me eate.
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