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[I some time had a Mistres, and a Freind]
I some time had a Mistres, and a Freind;Shee fair, hee good; and louely both to mee:
But both are wax'd vnwoorthier nor I weind:
Deceitfull shee, and most vnconstant hee:
Thus for each lyne, I giue my selfe a lye,
That heretofore in to their praise I pend,
Hee, shee, and I, are alwayes chayng'd all three:
They first, I last; and thus our Loues must end.
Trew Friends allace, lyke blackest Swans are rare,
And fayrest faices full of most deceat.
This causes mee alone for to regreat,
And from each eye to wring a bloodie teare:
And since no sex beneath the Sunne is trew,
False friend fareweell, faire facill Dame adew.
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