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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Of a smiling Countenance beguilding the worlde.
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Of a smiling Countenance beguilding the worlde.
A goodly house that seemeth braueand pleasant to the sight,
With walles set out in goodly forme
and windowes trimme of light,
May chance within for to haue
a cracke which is vnseene,
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nor workeman as I weene
Euen so forsooth such flearing mates
that shew a smiling face:
I may compare them as before,
for why? marke well this case.
Thou seest them laugh and smile on thee,
but what doth rest in heart?
A mocke or tawme behind thy backe,
I know some playe that part.
And yet theile looke so faithfully
and seeme so true to thee,
And proffer out such sugred wordes
and show such courtesie,
I meane in this, by speaking faire,
but not in deedes Perdie:
Wherefore take heede trust not their shew
there may be Treacherie.
An Apple seeming braue to view,
may faultie be within:
And Pewterers may play thee false,
by putting leade in Tin.
And he that writes, may place A. H.
where as A. G. should serue:
But Truth to tell A. F. were best,
for some doe it deserue.
And vnder fresh and fragrant Rose
may lye a lothsome Toad:
For to infect that flowre braue
by hauing there aboad.
Wherefore I count them happy sure
that doe not trust the vse:
Of {Fickle} flattering flearing friendes,
in them doth rest abuse.
Let these examples put before
suffice to shewe the kinde,
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in each deceiptfull mind.
No Foe to a Flatterer.
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