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H o w legi a s.

Venus a god of loue most decorate,

The floure of women and lady most pvre,

Louers to concorde she doth aye aggregateWitlr,parfyte loue, as marble to dure,

The knot of loue, she knittes on them sureWith frcndly amite' and neuer to discordeBy dedes, thought, cogitation, nor worde.

The s c It o 1 e r.

Not to discorde? yed 2 did 1 never see,

Knowe nor here tell of louers suche twayne,

But some faule there was, lcarne this of me.

Other in thought, or yet in wordes playneYour reasons he nought, your tongue goetli in vaync.By naturall person suche loue is not foundIn Fraunce, Flaundcrs, nor yet in Englysh ground.

H o w 1 e g 1 a s.

The god of wvne, that Baclms hath to name,

The sender of fruytes, that maketh wynes all,

May slake or make or put them in frame,

All at his pleasure and use dynyall. 3 )

He may the 1 ) exalt in lyke wyse to fall,

Their lorde and meisler, 5 ) and chief gouernourHe may them destroye and make in an houre.

The s c h o 1 e r.

All to destroy it is not by his myght,

Nor yet for to make, of that be thou sure.

“Omnia per ipsum” Saint Johan sayes full ryght.Than we call Christ our god and our treasure.Presume not so hye, 6 ) you fayle of your measure,'Bede, heare and see, and here well a waye,Unknowen, vnsayde and for grace thou pray.

Vale.

. dynial, denial. 4. the,

1. amite, frz. amitié. 2. yed, yet. 3.

thee. 5. meifter, maftcr. 6. hye, high.