The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
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 | The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton |  |
A Poeme.
Weare happie I as others are,
Then might I liue as others doe:
But fortune giues a sundrie share,
And more to one then others too,
Then might I liue as others doe:
But fortune giues a sundrie share,
And more to one then others too,
The mind doth yet content it selfe,
What euer fortune doe befall,
And makes no count of cankred pelfe,
Nor cares for any care at all.
What euer fortune doe befall,
And makes no count of cankred pelfe,
Nor cares for any care at all.
For health it is the gift of God,
And giue him thankts, and so haue done,
And want of wealth a heauenly rod,
To punish natures eldest sonne.
And giue him thankts, and so haue done,
And want of wealth a heauenly rod,
To punish natures eldest sonne.
If freinds doe frowne, then farewel they,
This worldlie loue wil neuer last,
And if it be a rainie day,
The sunne wil shine when storme is past.
This worldlie loue wil neuer last,
And if it be a rainie day,
The sunne wil shine when storme is past.
If troubles come a thwart thy minde,
Why tis a rule, there is no rest,
And he that seekes and cannot finde,
Must take a little for a feast.
Why tis a rule, there is no rest,
And he that seekes and cannot finde,
Must take a little for a feast.
If Ladies loue, they laugh for ioy,
And if they doe not, farewell loue:
If thou be lost, tis but a toy,
And if it hold, it will not mooue.
And if they doe not, farewell loue:
If thou be lost, tis but a toy,
And if it hold, it will not mooue.
Faire beautie soone will fade away,
And riches quicklie fall to rust,
Thy youthfull yeares will soone decay,
And age will soone giue ouer lust.
And riches quicklie fall to rust,
Thy youthfull yeares will soone decay,
And age will soone giue ouer lust.
The greatest horse is but a beast,
The highest Hawk is but a bird,
The sweetest banquet but a feast,
The brauest man is but his word.
The highest Hawk is but a bird,
The sweetest banquet but a feast,
The brauest man is but his word.
To promise much doth please the eare,
But to performe contents the heart,
And where performance commeth, there
A vowèd loue can neuer parte.
But to performe contents the heart,
And where performance commeth, there
A vowèd loue can neuer parte.
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But they that haue the world at will
And shrinketh at a shower of raine,
May hap to wish and want there will,
Vnles their hands haue greater gaine.
And shrinketh at a shower of raine,
May hap to wish and want there will,
Vnles their hands haue greater gaine.
But hap what will my heart is sette,
I am resolu'd of this conceit,
If by desert I cannot get,
I loath to liue vpon deceit.
I am resolu'd of this conceit,
If by desert I cannot get,
I loath to liue vpon deceit.
For stayèd minde is of that state,
As euerie fortune cannot finde,
[OMITTED] hope nor feare, nor loue, nor hate,
Can euer change an honest minde.
As euerie fortune cannot finde,
[OMITTED] hope nor feare, nor loue, nor hate,
Can euer change an honest minde.
[OMITTED] her die in secrete griefe,
[OMITTED] ete care can euer be conceald, [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] ete care can euer be conceald, [OMITTED]
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