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¶Why were ye Calliope, embrawdred with letters of golde? |
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CAlliope | |||
As ye may se | |||
Regent is she | |||
Of poetes al | |||
5 | Whiche gaue to me | ||
The high degre | |||
Laureat to be. | |||
Of fame royall | |||
Whose name enrolde | |||
10 | With silke and golde | ||
I dare be bolde | |||
Thus for to were | |||
Of her I holde | |||
And her housholde | |||
15 | Though I waxe olde | ||
And somdele sere | |||
Yet is she fayne | |||
Voyde of disdayn | |||
Me to retayne | |||
20 | Her seruiture. | ||
With her certayne | |||
I wyll remayne | |||
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As my souerayne | |||
Moost of pleasure. | |||
¶ Maulgre touz malheureux. | |||
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Latinum carmen sequitur. |
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CAndida Calliope vatum regina, coronans | |||
Pierios lauro, radiante intexta sub auro, | |||
Hanc ego Pierius, tanto dignabor honore | |||
Dum mihi vita manet, dum spiritus hos regit artus | |||
5 | Quamquam conficior senio marcescoque sensim | ||
Ipse tamen gestare sua haec pia pignora certo, | |||
Assensuque suo placidis parebo camenis | |||
Inclita Calliope et semper mea maxima cura est. | |||
¶ Haec Pierius omni Spartano liberior. | |||
CALLIOPE, Musarum excellentissima, Speciosissima, formosissima, Heroicis preest versibus. | |||
FINIS. |