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Of such as on fantesye decree and discus: on other mens workes, lo Ouides tale thus.
Rude Pan woulde nedes one day in companyeCompare to mend Apolles melodye?
The Ientil god, that saw his rudnes lo
(Although him selfe knewe how for to excell)
Contented stode, to here his conning well:
Pan played, and played boystiouslye
Apollo played but muche melodiously
And suche a tune wyth suche musicke gaue
As well became hys knowledge for to haue.
Midas stode by to Iudge and to decre
whiche of them both shoulde best in musycke be
And as he herde Pan playe & vse hys song,
He thought it suche as he had liked long
And wonted was to here of others oft
Apolles harpe and song went very soft
And swete and strange: as none might sweter be:
But yet thought Midas this musycke lykes not me.
And therfore strayght full loude he cried and said:
Pan. to mine eares of both hath better plaied,
Quoth then Apollo syns thus thou demest Pan:
Me to excel that God of Connyng am,
And so doest iudge of thinges thou canst not skyll
Midas henceforth lo thus to the I wyll
Thou shalte haue eares to shewe and tell I wys:
But what thy skyll and what thy reason is.
which on thy heade shal stāde and witnes be
Howe thou haste iudged this rurall God and me
Nay be contend for I haue it sayd
A ful sad man stood Midas thē dismaide
And as hee felt to trye if it so was
He found hee had two eares as hath an Asse
Newly growen out wher as hys own eares stoode
Sor chaunged then his coullour and his mode
He shooke hys eares and sadly went hys waye
I know no more, but thys I wot and know
That tho the Phrigian kyng be buried lo
And both hys eares eke with hym hydden be
And so far worne that no man shall them se,
Syns suche there are that lyue at this day yet
Whiche haue hys skyl, hys iudgement and his wit
And take vpon them both to iudge and know
To them I wyshe euen thus and to no mo
That as they haue hys iudgement and his yeares,
Euen so I woulde they had his fayre longe eares.
T. Hedley
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