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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Verses vvritten vpon this vvord, vvho doth
refaine to faine, declared vnto him priuatly by his friende, vvhome he ansvvereth thus.
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Verses vvritten vpon this vvord, vvho doth refaine to faine, declared vnto him priuatly by his friende, vvhome he ansvvereth thus.
Who
can refraine where flatterie heareth sway,
Who doth not Sir Dissemble? for sooth ye vpright mind,
Who hath ye harmles heart? not verteouse mē I say,
Who mindeth most mistrust? the lewd, and truthles kind,
Who fauours friendlesse fraud? the fickl flearring friend,
Who most rebuketh vice? those that wish godly ende,
Who doth not Sir Dissemble? for sooth ye vpright mind,
Who hath ye harmles heart? not verteouse mē I say,
Who mindeth most mistrust? the lewd, and truthles kind,
Who fauours friendlesse fraud? the fickl flearring friend,
Who most rebuketh vice? those that wish godly ende,
A lothsome life it were if idlenesse were maintained,
A brutish kinde of trade, to fauour a flithie fact,
A mischieuous meaning man for most part is disdayned,
An innocent to slay were but a cowardes acte,
A pratler much to be, declares but simple sense,
A drunkardes draught, to drinke, you graūt to be offence.
A brutish kinde of trade, to fauour a flithie fact,
A mischieuous meaning man for most part is disdayned,
An innocent to slay were but a cowardes acte,
A pratler much to be, declares but simple sense,
A drunkardes draught, to drinke, you graūt to be offence.
Well Sir, as for offence, offenders we are all.
Aswell the riche as poore, the wise as is the foole:
God graunt we may haue grace for mercy stil to call
And with repentant hearts, to set a godly dole
In place where we may see, and willing to amend,
As we by nature ready are, Gods goodnesse to offend.
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God graunt we may haue grace for mercy stil to call
And with repentant hearts, to set a godly dole
In place where we may see, and willing to amend,
As we by nature ready are, Gods goodnesse to offend.
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