Parthenophil and Parthenophe Sonnettes, Madrigals, Elegies and Odes [by Barnabe Barnes] |
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[Go barstard Orphan packe thee hence]
Go barstard Orphan packe thee hence,And seeke some straunger for defence:
Now ginnes thy basenesse to be knowne,
Nor dare I take thee for mine owne:
Thy leuity shal be discried.
But if that any haue espied,
And question with thee of thy Sire,
Or Mistrisse of his vaine desire,
Or aske the place from whence thou came,
Deny thy Sire, Loue, Place, and Name:
And if I chance vnwares to meete thee,
Neither acknowledge mee, nor greete mee,
Admit I blush, perchance I shall,
Passe by, regard me not at all,
Be secrete, wise, and circumspect,
And modesty sometimes affect:
Some goodman that shall thinke thee witty,
Will be thy patrone, and take pitty:
And when some men shall call thee base,
He for thy sake, shall him disgrace:
Then with his countenance backt, thou shalt
Excuse the nature of thy fault:
Then if some laddes, when they goe by,
Thee bastard call, giue them the ly,
So get thee packing and take heede,
And though thou goe in beggars weede,
Heereafter when I better may,
I'le send reliefe some other day.
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