Versos English Stephen Hawes Amoure

English poem

Amoure

by (1474–1523)

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All that, madame, I knew ryght perfetly, Some men there be of that condicyon; That them delyte often in novelty, And many also love perfeccyon. I cast all suche noveltes in objection; My love is set upon a perfet grounde, No falshed in me truly shal be founde.