[The Courte of Vertu contaynynge many holy songes, Sonettes, psalmes and ballettes] [by John Hall] |
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An inuectue against the most hatefull vyce enuy. |
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An inuectue against the most hatefull vyce enuy.
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they that will of enuy here,
Unto my song let them attend:
If you will lerne, then draw you nere,
Let enuious mē their mysse amēd.
Unto my song let them attend:
If you will lerne, then draw you nere,
Let enuious mē their mysse amēd.
Unto my lippes haue good respect,
And marke what shall from them insue:
Enuy with blyndnes dothe infect,
And styll disprayseth dame vertue.
And marke what shall from them insue:
Enuy with blyndnes dothe infect,
And styll disprayseth dame vertue.
Within this worlde so full of sinne,
It is a scabbe sayth Tullius,
If that suche men as be therin
To vertue shall be enuious.
It is a scabbe sayth Tullius,
If that suche men as be therin
To vertue shall be enuious.
Oh wicked worlde, full of enuy,
Polluted with despight and hate:
Receiue agayne simplicitie,
Take loue, and banysh all debate.
Polluted with despight and hate:
Receiue agayne simplicitie,
Take loue, and banysh all debate.
Salomon sayth in sapience,
I wyll none enuy nor disdayne:
Banysh them cleane from my presence,
Wisdom wyll none suche enterteyne.
I wyll none enuy nor disdayne:
Banysh them cleane from my presence,
Wisdom wyll none suche enterteyne.
For hatefull enuie is mother
Of wycked wordes, fond, ferce, and fell:
Contrary wyse loue doth couer
The wordes whiche are not spoken well.
Of wycked wordes, fond, ferce, and fell:
Contrary wyse loue doth couer
The wordes whiche are not spoken well.
Sythe loue then is the remedy
Against enuy that wycked vyce:
Take loue to you continually,
It is a treasure of great pryce.
Against enuy that wycked vyce:
Take loue to you continually,
It is a treasure of great pryce.
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