 | To the Richt High Lodvvik Duke of Lenox |  |
Anus speikis to Galathea
The faltis quhilk wikit men dois interprise,
Impedis the deids of just men this is sure,
Oft tymes a man sustenes, and vnderlyis,
That pane the quhilk, his falt did not procure:
Albeid that I be indigent, and pure,
I seik not sic rewardis, my pains to pleis,
The present purtethe, quhilk I do indure,
Contentis my mind, and sets the same at eis.
Impedis the deids of just men this is sure,
Oft tymes a man sustenes, and vnderlyis,
That pane the quhilk, his falt did not procure:
Albeid that I be indigent, and pure,
I seik not sic rewardis, my pains to pleis,
The present purtethe, quhilk I do indure,
Fra the beginning, sen this block hes bene,
My mind consauid, how maters suld apeir,
Thair na man knawis, quhat talk, is vs betwene,
The giltie man, is not beside to heir:
This is sufficient, thairfore tak na feir,
Gif ye war baith, in wedlock bed at hame,
Then of this block, ye micht the burding beir,
Without reproch, ignominy, or schame.
My mind consauid, how maters suld apeir,
Thair na man knawis, quhat talk, is vs betwene,
The giltie man, is not beside to heir:
This is sufficient, thairfore tak na feir,
Gif ye war baith, in wedlock bed at hame,
Then of this block, ye micht the burding beir,
Without reproch, ignominy, or schame.
Honest is he, and nobill thair withall,
Into that samin stait, ye are aricht,
Your ofspring and your first originall,
Is kend to me, for I can count thame richt:
His nichbours he excellis in bewtie bricht,
And likwais ye excell aboue the laue,
Bewtie with bewtie, well agreis in sicht,
And plesant to the parties to persaue,
Into that samin stait, ye are aricht,
Your ofspring and your first originall,
Is kend to me, for I can count thame richt:
His nichbours he excellis in bewtie bricht,
And likwais ye excell aboue the laue,
Bewtie with bewtie, well agreis in sicht,
And plesant to the parties to persaue,
In age and geir alike, God hes you blist,
Quhilk is ane caus, this mater to compleit,
In cace the common brute, the samin wist,
Thay wald esteeme the marage to be meit:
Sen ye are like in properties contreit,
With richt and law, ye may be ioynd togither,
Betwixt you baith, thair na thing is forleit,
Bot onely lufe, as we may weill consider.
Quhilk is ane caus, this mater to compleit,
In cace the common brute, the samin wist,
Thay wald esteeme the marage to be meit:
Sen ye are like in properties contreit,
With richt and law, ye may be ioynd togither,
Betwixt you baith, thair na thing is forleit,
Bot onely lufe, as we may weill consider.
| To the Richt High Lodvvik Duke of Lenox | |