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Page 110
... doth his life in so long tendance spend ! Who ever leaves sweete home , where meane estate In safe assurance , without strife or hate , Findes all things needfull for contentment meeke , And will to Court for shadowes vaine to seeke ...
... doth his life in so long tendance spend ! Who ever leaves sweete home , where meane estate In safe assurance , without strife or hate , Findes all things needfull for contentment meeke , And will to Court for shadowes vaine to seeke ...
Page 112
... Doth loath such base condition , to backbite Anies good name for envie or despite : He stands on tearmes of honourable minde , Ne will be carried with the common winde Of Courts inconstant mutabilitie , Ne after everie tattling fable ...
... Doth loath such base condition , to backbite Anies good name for envie or despite : He stands on tearmes of honourable minde , Ne will be carried with the common winde Of Courts inconstant mutabilitie , Ne after everie tattling fable ...
Page 147
... doth spyre , And beareth fruit of honour and all chast desyre . Fayre ympes of beautie , whose bright shining beames Adorne the worlde with like to heavenly light , And to your willes both royalties and Reames Subdew , through conquest ...
... doth spyre , And beareth fruit of honour and all chast desyre . Fayre ympes of beautie , whose bright shining beames Adorne the worlde with like to heavenly light , And to your willes both royalties and Reames Subdew , through conquest ...
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