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But Pride is scornd , contemnd , disdaind , derided , Whilst Humblenes of all
things is provided . Oh then be humble , gentle , meeke , and milde , So shalt
thou be of every mouth commended ; Be not disdainfull , cruell , proud , sweet
childe , So ...
But Pride is scornd , contemnd , disdaind , derided , Whilst Humblenes of all
things is provided . Oh then be humble , gentle , meeke , and milde , So shalt
thou be of every mouth commended ; Be not disdainfull , cruell , proud , sweet
childe , So ...
Page 25
For if we doo consider of each mortall thing That flyes in welkin , or in water
swims , How everie thing increaseth with the spring , And how the blacker still the
brighter dims : We cannot chuse , but needs we must confesse , Sable excels
milk ...
For if we doo consider of each mortall thing That flyes in welkin , or in water
swims , How everie thing increaseth with the spring , And how the blacker still the
brighter dims : We cannot chuse , but needs we must confesse , Sable excels
milk ...
Page 48
What fæmale now intreated of a king With gold and jewels , pearles and precious
stones , Would willingly refuse so sweete a thing , Onely for a little show of Vertue
ones ? Women have kindnes grafted in their bones . Gold is a deepe ...
What fæmale now intreated of a king With gold and jewels , pearles and precious
stones , Would willingly refuse so sweete a thing , Onely for a little show of Vertue
ones ? Women have kindnes grafted in their bones . Gold is a deepe ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 20 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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