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The iudgement of the Authour. |
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The iudgement of the Authour.
Some thyng is a mys and euer shalbe soScripture writeth thys as learned men do knowe.
And some men haue the gyft therof to speake and wryte
which fal yet at a lyfte to frail and fonde delyte.
It doth behoue vs al so iustly as we canne,
To do right wel in dede, and eke to wryte it thanne.
How be it, in hym I iudge muche greater faulte, there is
whiche noght can saye nor do, but that which is a mys.
The best may be amēded, and that is very true
The moore that haue offended, the more we ought to rue
If any fall from grace gentelly hym assayle,
Burden him wyth charity, no rygour can preuaile,
For why, if that the shepherde do wander from the waye,
No maruell if the shepe therafter go astraye
Some men perhappe ther be wyl take me to the wourst,
I pray you iudge of me, as I spake it at the fyrst
For it becommeth yll in writting to contende,
without wytte or skyll to mak a rayling ende
Take me to the best, as one to you vnknowen,
Whose worthy wits I do cōmend & wold with you be one.
Not minding so assuredli to spende and waste the daie,
To make the people laugh at me, and here I make a staye,
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