Versos English Stephen Hawes Now ye fayre laydes, wyse and vertuous

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Now ye fayre laydes, wyse and vertuous

by (1474–1523)

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Now ye fayre laydes, wyse and vertuous I ryght humbly praye you for to condyscende To accepte my makynge nothynge facundious I wolde that fortune wolde connynge extende That myn endytynge I myght than amende To dyrecte my maters after your pleasaunce Whiche yet replete am with all ygnoraunce