Three morall Treatises no lesse pleasaunt than necessary for all men to reade, whereof the one is called the Learned Prince, the other the Fruites of Foes, the thyrde the Porte of rest [by Thomas Blundeville] |
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Roger Ascham Secretory to the
Queenes maiestie, for the latin tongue, in praise of the booke.
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Roger Ascham Secretory to the Queenes maiestie, for the latin tongue, in praise of the booke.
Of
English bokes, as I could find,
I haue perused many one:
Yet so wel done vnto my mind,
As this is, yet haue I foūd none
I haue perused many one:
Yet so wel done vnto my mind,
As this is, yet haue I foūd none
The woordes of matter here doe rise,
So fitly and so naturally,
As heart can wishe or witte deuise
In my conceit and fantasie.
So fitly and so naturally,
As heart can wishe or witte deuise
In my conceit and fantasie.
The woordes well chosen and well sette,
Doe bryng suche light vnto the sense:
As if I lackt I woulde not lette,
To bye this booke for forty pense.
Doe bryng suche light vnto the sense:
As if I lackt I woulde not lette,
To bye this booke for forty pense.
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