 | To the Richt High Lodvvik Duke of Lenox |  |
Galathea speakis to Anus.
Ye are maid priuie, of my inwart hart,
And als my secreit thochts, ye do resaue,
Ye are the portioun, and the gretest part,
Of this my counsail, quhilk I do consaue:
I the exhort, and als of the I craue,
Thy faithfull counsail, for to giue so fre,
So that heirefter, thou na schame may haue,
In giuing consultatioun vnto me.
And als my secreit thochts, ye do resaue,
Ye are the portioun, and the gretest part,
Of this my counsail, quhilk I do consaue:
I the exhort, and als of the I craue,
Thy faithfull counsail, for to giue so fre,
So that heirefter, thou na schame may haue,
In giuing consultatioun vnto me.
Before the Lord, it is a greuous sin,
For to disaue pure virgins with defame,
For be thy counsail, thou may honour win,
And be the same, thou may resaue gret schame.
For to disaue pure virgins with defame,
For be thy counsail, thou may honour win,
And be the same, thou may resaue gret schame.
| To the Richt High Lodvvik Duke of Lenox | |