Of god and kynd pc̄edyth all beaulte
Craft may ſhew a foren apparence
But nature ay muſt haf ye ſouavnte
Thyng covntirfetyd hath non exiſtence
Twene gold and goſſom is gret difference
Trewe metall requirith non alay
vnto purpoſe by clere exp̄ience
Bewtey will ſhewe thow hornys be away

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Riche attyrys of gold and perry
Charbunclys rubeys of moſt excellence
Shew in derknes lyght where ſoen yey be
By tyen natural heuenly influence
Dobletty of glaſſ yeue a gret evidence
Thyng countirfet wyl faile at aſſay
On thys matter cōcludyng in sentence
Bewte wyll ſhew thow hornes be away

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Aleyn remēbryht hys cōplaynt who ſo liſt ſee
In hys boke of famoſe eloquence
Cladd all in flowris and bloſſimys of a tre
He ſaw nature in hyr moſt excellence
Upon hyr hede a kerchef of valence
None othyr riches of countyrfet aray
Texemplifye by kyndly prouidence
Bewte wyll ſhew thow hornys be away

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Famoſe poetys antiquite
In grece and troy renownyd of prudence
Wrote of qwene helene and penolope
Of policene wt hyr chaſt innocence
Ffor wyfys trewe call lucrece p̄ſence
That they were fayre ther can no mā ſay nay
Kynd wroght hem wt so gret diligence
Theyr bewte cowde ſhew thow hornys wer caſt away

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Clerks record by authorite
Hornys wer gyffe ​to​ to beſtis for diffence
A thyng contrary to feminite
To be mad ſturdy reſiſtence
But arch wyfſ eger in ther violence
Ferſe as a tigre for to make affray
They haf deſpite and agayne cōſhence
Liſt not of pride theyn hornys caſt away

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Noble princeſſe thys littel ſhort ditey
Rudely cōpilyd lat it be none offence
To ȝowr womanly mercifull pyte
Thow it be radd in ȝowr audience
Payſe ewy thyng in ȝowr iuſt adirtence
So it be no diſpleſance to ȝowr pay
Vndw ſupport of ȝowr pacence
Yueth example hornes to caſt away

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Grettest of wtues̄is humilite
As ſalamon ſayth ſon of ſapience
Moſt was accep̄d to the deite
Take hede here of yefe to thys word credece
How maria which had a pemmece
About all women bedlem whan ſhe lay
At crytis byrth cloth of gret diſpence
She weryd a kewche hornys wer caſt away

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Of byrth ſhe was hygheſt of degree
To whom all angels did obedience
Of dauids lyne which ſprong out of jeſſe
In whom all wtue is by iuſt conemence
Made able in god by goſtly cofidence
This roſe of jerico ther growith non ſuch in may
Pure in ſpirite [illegible] in pacience
In whom all hornys of pride wer put away

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Modyr of ihu mirro of chaſtite
In word nor thowght that new did offence
Trew examplir of vginite
Hed spryng and well of cotinence
Was new clerk retorik or ſcience
Cowde all hyr vertens reherſe to ye day
Noble princeſſe of meke benevolence
By example of hyr ȝowr hornys caſt away

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