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 | The Poems and Sonnets of Henry Constable |  |
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TO THE LADIE RICH.
Heraulds at armes doe three perfections quote,
To wit: most faire, most ritch, most glittering;
So, when those three concurre within one thing,
Needes must that thing of honor be a note.
To wit: most faire, most ritch, most glittering;
So, when those three concurre within one thing,
Needes must that thing of honor be a note.
Lately I did behold a ritch, faire coate,
Which wished Fortune to mine eyes did bring,
A lordly coate, yet worthy of a King,
In which one might all these perfections note:
Which wished Fortune to mine eyes did bring,
A lordly coate, yet worthy of a King,
In which one might all these perfections note:
A field of lyllies roses proper bare,
Two starres in chiefe; the Crest was waves of gold.
How glittring 'twas might by the starres appeare,
The lillies made it faire for to behold;
And ritch it was, as by the gold appeareth.
But happy he that in his armes it weareth.
Two starres in chiefe; the Crest was waves of gold.
How glittring 'twas might by the starres appeare,
The lillies made it faire for to behold;
And ritch it was, as by the gold appeareth.
But happy he that in his armes it weareth.
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