The Boke of the fayre Gentywoman that no man shulde put his trust, or confydence in: that is to say, Lady Fortune: flaterynge euery man that coueyteth to haue all, and specyally, them that truste in her, she deceyueth them at laste [by Sir Thomas More] |
 |
[Fortune, O myghty & varyable] |
 | The Boke of the fayre Gentywoman |  |
[Fortune, O myghty & varyable]
Fortune
, O myghty & varyable
What rule thou claymest, with thy cruel power
Good folke thou stroyest, and louest reprouable
Thou mayst not waraunt thy gyftes for one houre
Fortune vnworthy men setteth in honoure
Thorowe fortuneth īnocent ī wo & sorow [illeg.]heth
The iust man she spoyleth, & the vniust enrycheth.
What rule thou claymest, with thy cruel power
Good folke thou stroyest, and louest reprouable
Thou mayst not waraunt thy gyftes for one houre
Fortune vnworthy men setteth in honoure
Thorowe fortuneth īnocent ī wo & sorow [illeg.]heth
The iust man she spoyleth, & the vniust enrycheth.
Yonge men she kylleth, & letteth olde men lyue
Vnryghtuously deuydynge, tyme and season
That good men leseth, to wycked doth she gyue
She hath no differēce, but iudgeth all good reason
Inconstaunce, slypper, frayle, and full of treason
Neyther ther for euer cherysshynge, whom she taketh
Nor for euer oppressynge, whom she forsaketh.
Vnryghtuously deuydynge, tyme and season
That good men leseth, to wycked doth she gyue
She hath no differēce, but iudgeth all good reason
Inconstaunce, slypper, frayle, and full of treason
Neyther ther for euer cherysshynge, whom she taketh
Nor for euer oppressynge, whom she forsaketh.
Finis.
quoth T. M.
| The Boke of the fayre Gentywoman | |