A Courtlie controuersie of Cupids Cautels Conteyning fiue Tragicall Histories, very pithie, pleasant, pitiful, and profitable: Discoursed uppon wyth Argumentes of Loue, by three Gentlemen and two Gentlewomen, entermedled with diuers delicate Sonets and Rithmes, exceeding delightfull to refresh the yrkesomnesse of tedious tyme. Translated out of French as neare as our English phrase will permit, by H. VV. Gentleman [i.e. Henry Wotton] |
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[Not long agon an honest countrey man]
Not long agon an honest countrey man,Mynding to match his sonne vnto a maide,
Asked his friend some friendly counsel than,
In answere wherof to him his neighbour saide:
Your child is to yong, and hath yet simple wit,
VVhat? said the sire, if al the world were sage
VVedding would seeme a clogge so farre vnfit,
That worldlings would crie fye on mariage.
[VVhy vauntest thou in braue aray]
VVhy vauntest thou in braue aray,Therby thine honor to support?
Thy wife, the vulgare people say,
Is counted of the common sort.
The end of the second dayes pastime.
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