It were myne efe, to lyve in pese; fo wyll I, yf I can; Wherfore I to the wode wyll go, alone, a banyshed man. B. Though in the wode I undyrftode ye had a paramour,. All this may nought remove my thought, but that I will be your: And the fhall fynde me soft, and kynde, and courteys every hour; Glad to fulfyll all that fhe wyll commaunde me, to my power: For had ye, lo, an hundred mo, yet wolde I be that one; For, in my mynde, of all mankynde I love but you alone. A. Myne own dere love, I se the prove that ye be kynde, and true; Of mayde, and wyfe, in all my lyfe, the best that ever I knewe. and glad, be no more fad, the cafe is chaunged newe; For it were ruthe, that, for your truthe, ye fholde have caufe to rewe : Be nat difmayed; whatsoever I fayd to you, whan I began, I wyll not to the grene wode go, I am no banyshed man. B. Thefe B. Thefe tydings be more gladder to me than to be made a quene, Yf I were fure they fholde endure: but it is often fene, Whan men wyll breke promyfe, they fpeke the wordes on the fplene : Ye fhape fome wyle, me to begyle, and stele from me, I wene : Than were the cafe worfe than it was, and I more wo begone; For, in my mynde, of all mankynde I love but you alone.. B. Ye shall nat nede further to drede; I will not dyfparage You, (God defende !) fyth you defcend of fo grete a lynage. Nowe understande, to Weftmarlande, which is myne herytage, I wyll you bringe; and with a rynge, by way of ma ryage I wyll you take, and lady make, as fhortely as I can : Thus have ye won an erlys fon, and not a banyshed man. B. Here may ye fe, that women be, in love, meke, kynde,. and ftable: Late never man reprove them than, But, rather, pray God, that we may to them be com→ fortable, Which fometyme proved fuch as he loved, yf they be charytable. For Forfoth, men wolde that women fholde be meke to them ech one; Moche more ought they to God obey, and ferve but hym alone. HENRY AND EM M A. A POE M, Upon the Model of the NUT-BROWN MAID. TH Το CLO E. HOU, to whose eyes I bend, at whose command And her reviving charms in lasting verfe be prais'd. What Whatever has been writ, whatever faid, Let men once more the bright example see ; My pains and hopes; and, when thou fay'ft that one WHERE beauteous Ifis and her husband Tame With mingled waves for ever flow the fame, In times of yore an ancient baron liv'd; Great gifts bestow'd, and great respect receiv'd. When dreadful Edward with fuccefsful care Led his free Britons to the Gallic war; } } This lord had headed his appointed bands, The remnant of his days he fafely past; Nor found they lagg'd too flow, nor flew too fast. One child he had, a daughter chafte and fair, They call'd her Emina; for the beauteous dame, } From |