A light Bondell of liuly discourses called Churchyards Charge ::

A light Bondell of liuly discourses called Churchyards Charge

presented as a Newe yeres gifte to the right honourable, the Earl of Surrie, in which Bondell of verses is sutche varietie of matter, and seuerall inuentions, that maie bee as delitefull to the Reader, as it was a Charge and labour to the writer, sette forthe for a peece of pastime, by Thomas Churchyarde

Churchyard, Thomas (1520?-1604)

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Churchyardes Charge.

A storie translated out of Frenche.

Churchyardes farewell from the Courte, the seconde yere of the Queenes Maiesties raigne.

Of a mightie greate personage.

Of Beutie and Bountie.

Of one that by dissemblyng, fedde his desire.

Of stedfastnesse and constancie.

Of one that founde falshed in felowship.

VVritten to a vertuous gentlewoman, whose name is in the verses.

A farewell to a fondlyng.

VVritten to the good Lorde Maior (of London now in office) called Sir Nicholas Woodroffe Knight.

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Of one that founde falshed in felowship.

If faithe take foile, and plaine good will be loste,
Let fained loue, seke Larks when Skie doeth fall:
If triall greate, be made a double poste,
No practise seru's, to shoffull Cards with all.
If waityng long, can winne but cold reward,
Bid wilie witts, goe warme his hands at fire:
If trothe want happ, for toile and greate regade,
There is no hope, that workeman shall haue hire.
If letters large, but little likyng winne,
Your bablyng tongs, in fine small boste shall make:
If seruice paste, a sute must newe beginne,
Newe hangers on, in haste their leaue maie take.
Since suertie shrinks, and freendship smells of gile,
Adue badd worlde, thy fauour lasts no while.

FINIS.

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Of one that founde falshed in felowship.