The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
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[Ah, be not angrie so]
Some other gentlewomen in the company, angrie with this toye, pleasde with these prety verses following.
Ah, be not angrie so,my words were but in iest:
And more then that, I ment them not
by you, I doo protest.
I saw no lookes to light,
nor frowning ouer much,
Nor any such like sullein lookes,
as might shew inward grutch.
Nor smiling wantonly,
but with such modestie,
As might declare a merry minde,
but with sobriety.
But such as seeme to poute,
without iust cause, in deede:
Or els, vpon their friends will faine,
a frowning, more then neede:
Or, giglet like, will laugh,
or else with anger swell,
And deale in lookes disdainfully,
with them that wish them well:
Gainst such it is I wright,
but none of you are namde:
Then do not you accuse yourselues,
and you may go vnblamde.
And this, what I haue sayd,
take well in worth, therefore:
If I did ill against my will,
I will doo so no more.
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