Versos English Stephen Hawes Good // wyse / and goodly / an holsome sterre of lyght

English poem

Good // wyse / and goodly / an holsome sterre of lyght

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Good // wyse / and goodly / an holsome sterre of lyght [double lines in original] What sholde she do / with suceh a creature [suche?] Vnto no persone / I durst my her to vntwynde [my herte?] Soma had wened for to haue made an ende [Some?] Vaynfull was & is theyr mysse contryuynge [spacing unchanged] Calke not not goddes power / bryef not [the] tens future [douplication in original It kepeth close / neuet the auoutry [neuer?] Towadre hym aduenture to be tryumphall [Towarde?] Whan I do se her / my herte booth sobbe I trowe [dooth sobbe?] Made dymme [with] wepynde / & with grete wo togyder [wepynge?] For I thynge and you had not ben in louynge [thynke?] Rather to dye / than thau wolde them offende [spelling unchanged]