The Life and Poems of Richard Edwards By Leicester Bradner: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy |
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When wemen firste dame nature wroughte
all good quothe she none shall be naughte
all wise shall be none shall be fooles
for witte shall springe from wemens scooles
in all good giftes the shall excell
there nature all no tonge can tell
thus nature sayde I herde it I:
I praye yow aske them if I do lye
all good quothe she none shall be naughte
all wise shall be none shall be fooles
for witte shall springe from wemens scooles
in all good giftes the shall excell
there nature all no tonge can tell
thus nature sayde I herde it I:
I praye yow aske them if I do lye
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By natures grante this muste ensue
no woman false but all arre true
non sowe debate but loue mayntaine
non ioies to see hir Louers payne
as turtels true there chosen one
thei loue and pine where he is gonne
this is moste true nonne canne denye
I pray yow aske them if I do lye
no woman false but all arre true
non sowe debate but loue mayntaine
non ioies to see hir Louers payne
as turtels true there chosen one
thei loue and pine where he is gonne
this is moste true nonne canne denye
I pray yow aske them if I do lye
No Lambe so make as women be
theire humble hartes from pride ar free
rich thinges the weare and wotte yow whie
onlye to please there husbandes eye
they neuer striue there wills to haue
there husbandes loue noughte else they craue
vayne talke in them none can espie
I pray yow aske them if I do lye
theire humble hartes from pride ar free
rich thinges the weare and wotte yow whie
onlye to please there husbandes eye
they neuer striue there wills to haue
there husbandes loue noughte else they craue
vayne talke in them none can espie
I pray yow aske them if I do lye
If vice the yearthe shoulde ouercumme
and no wyghte lefte vnder the sunne
if welthe wolde wringe the pore and mighte
withe open force wolde suppresse ryghte
if no rule were lefte one the grownde
in women iet it myghte be fownde
the stere of goodnes in them dothe lye
I pray yow aske them if I do lye
and no wyghte lefte vnder the sunne
if welthe wolde wringe the pore and mighte
withe open force wolde suppresse ryghte
if no rule were lefte one the grownde
in women iet it myghte be fownde
the stere of goodnes in them dothe lye
I pray yow aske them if I do lye
The Egle withe his persinge eye
shall borne and waste the mountaynes hye
huge rokes shall fleete as shippe with say[le]
the crabbe shall runne swime shall the snayl[e]
springes shall retorne frome whence the c[ame]
shepe shall be wilde and Tigers tame
or thes my words false yow shall trye
ha, ha, me thinkes I make a lye.
shall borne and waste the mountaynes hye
huge rokes shall fleete as shippe with say[le]
the crabbe shall runne swime shall the snayl[e]
springes shall retorne frome whence the c[ame]
shepe shall be wilde and Tigers tame
or thes my words false yow shall trye
ha, ha, me thinkes I make a lye.
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