The Castell of Courtesie Whereunto is adioyned The Holde of Humilitie: With the Chariot of Chastitie thereunto annexed. Also a Dialogue betweene Age and Youth, and other matters herein conteined. By Iames Yates |
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The Authors Farewell, to the Castle of Courtesie:
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The Authors Farewell, to the Castle of Courtesie:
1582.
If pregnant were my pate, to penne a glorious verse;If Pallas would permitte me Ayde, in that I would reherse;
Jf Cicero were aliue; if Virgil mought be found,
J mean their personall presences (I:) which is cōsum'd in groūd:
Then would I sure repaire, vnto them for aduice,
And craue assistance, at their handes, to pen some thing of price.
But sithe they are consum'd, & brought whereto we must:
Therefore vnto my simple Muse, I do commit my trust.
Well though that they be gone, yet haue they lefte behinde
Their works, to their immortal praise, as fame hath thē assignd.
Yea that is true in deede, but to me that's no Ayde:
Because in Latin they are pende, the trueth for to be saide,
I not it vnderstande, wherefore my skille is lesse:
I wante vnto my willing minde in that I would expresse,
J cannot skale the Mount of pleasante Parnasse Hill:
Wherefore in bone-gree now accepte the meaning of my will.
A Farewell I should frame, or els I am diceaued
A Farewell now I will set downe, & so farewell, I leaue it.
Then thus I will begin, farewell thou place of price:
The onely Author and the cause, of this my small deuice.
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Farewell thou Friend, to those that want, esteeming the pretēce,
of simple poore plaine trueth, which meaneth no disdaine:
Nor hath not (Sir) the worldly wiles, to flatter, fliere, & faine.
Farewell a thousande times, and yet I doe protest
A simple Soldiar to remaine, redie at thy request.
Redie at thy request: nay redie is my intent,
At all times redie for to be at thy commandement.
Iames Yates,
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