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 |
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VVritten to a vertuous gentlewoman, whose name is in the verses.
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 | A light Bondell of liuly discourses called Churchyards Charge |  |
VVritten to a vertuous gentlewoman, whose name is in the verses.
Deme all my deedes by true desarts, that sheweth eury frute,And paise my woords, and proue my woorks, and so esteme my suite:
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Passe on saith hope, good hap maie come, the weather maie be faire.
Prease not to faste saieth Danger then, for feare thy foote doe slide,
Of hastie speede greate harmes doe rise, as often hath bin tried:
Repentance comes eare men beware, for want of perfite skill,
Therefore let reason rule the raine, and wisedome master will.
Thus in myne hedde a battaill is, betwene my hope and dreed,
Hope pricks me forthe, feare driu's me backe, my fancie thus I feed:
Though hope be farre aboue my happ, good lucke maie me aduance,
And this great warre maie be a peace, as al things haue their chance.
The tossed shipp maie hauen it, that anker holde hath none,
As rainie dropps by length of tyme, maie pearce the Marble stone:
What fort or holde is halfe so strong, that euer man could make,
But poulders force and Cannon blast, can make it doune to shake.
The pelletts all that I must bryng, vnfained faithe must be,
The ladder for to scale the walls, is trothe when tried is he:
This aunswere maie the captaine make, to whom my siege I laie,
Whose fort is wonne by sutche a fault, or by none other waie.
With Ensigne spred, and battrie set, I hope to make a breache,
And trust to winne by suite at length, that now is past my reache.
FINIS.
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