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needes be reueahng my fnendes secreates, now
an honest Countrey Gentleman, sometimes a
Scholler • At whose request, I bestowed this
pawlting bongrely Rime vpon him, to present
GEnile Mistresse Anne, / am plaine by
nature
I was neuer so Jarre in hue with any creature
Happy were your seruant, if hee coulde bee so
Anned,
And you not vnhappy, if you shoul be so
manned
I lone not to gloze, where I loue mdeede,
Nowe God, and good Saint Anne sende me
good speede
Suche goodly Vertues, suche amiable Grace,
But 1 must not fall a pray sing I wante Time,
and Place
Oh, that I had mine olde Wittes at commaunde
ment
I knowe, what I coulde say without controle
ment
But let this suffice thy desertes are suche
That no one in this dwlde can loue thee too
muche
My selfe moste vnworthy of any suche fochcilte,
But by imputation of thy gratious Curtesie
I leaue to loue the Muses, since I loued thee,
Alas, what are they, when I thee see ?
FAMILIAR LETTERS 629
his Maistresse withall The parties shall bee
namelesse saumg, that the Gentlewomans
true, or counterfaite Christen name, must
necessarily be bewrayed
To my good Mistresse Anne: the
very lyfe of my lyfe, and onely
beloued Mystresse.
Adieu, adieu pleasures, and profits all
My Hart, and my Soule, but at one bodyes call
Woulde God, I might saye to hir My hartroote
is thine
And, (0 Pleasure of Pleasures) Thy sweete
hattroote mine
Nowe I beseeche thee by uhaisoeuer thou fouest
beste,
Let it be, as I haue saide, and, Soule, take thy
reste
By the faith of true Loue,and by my truest Truely,
Thou shalt neuer putte forth thy Loue to greater
Vsurie
And for other odde necessaries, take no rare,
Your seruaunis Dgemonium shall ridde you of
that feare
I seme but two Saints, Saint Penny, and Saint
Anne,
Commende this I muste, commaunde that I
canne
Nowe, shall I be plaine ? I praye thee euen most
hartily,
Requite Loue, with Loue and farewell most
hartily
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But once loued before, and shee forwoth was And yet I assure thee, thou shalt neuer want any
a Susanne
seruue,
But the Heart of a Susanne, not worth the If my selfe, or my S Penny may performe thy
Havre of an Anne
wishe
A Sus to Anne, if you can any Latine, or Pewter And thus once againe, (full loath) I take my leaue
Shee Flesh, hir, Mother Fish, hir Father a of thy sweete harte,
terye Neivler
With as many loumg Farewels, as be louing
I woulde once, and might after, haue spedde a pangs in my heart
Gods name
He that longeth to be thine owne
But, if she coye it owe, she is none of my
inseparably, for euer and euer.
Dame
God helpe vs, you and I are wisely employed,
Nowe I praye thee moste harttly, Thncegentle (are wee not ?) when our Pen and Inke, and
Mistresse Anne,
Time, and Wit, and all runneth away in this
Lookefor no long serutce of so plaine a manne goodly yonkerly veine as if the world had