Of god and kynde procedeth all beavte
Crafte maye ſhewe a foreyne apparence
But natur ay muſt haue ye ſovwante
Thynge counterfeted hath non exiſtence
Twene golde and goſſom iȝ gret difference
Trwe metall requireth non alays
Vnto ovr purpoȝ by clere expience
Beavte woll ſhewe though horneȝ were awaye

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Ryche atyrs of golde and perrye
Charbuncleȝ and rubieȝ of ye moſt
Sheweth in darkeneſſe wher ſo ye yey be
By thays naturall muſt non be
Dovbletteȝ of glaſſe yeveth grete evidence
Thynge countrefeted woll fayle at thaſſays
On thyȝ matr concludyng in ſentence
Beavte will shewe yough horneȝ were awaye

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Alayne remembreth ye compleynt who liſt to ſo
In has boke of famouȝ eloquence
Cladde all in flowreȝ and bloſſomeȝ of a tree
he ſawe Nature in her moſt exellence
vpon her hede kerchief of valence
Noon ay rycheſſe of counterfet arraye
The exemplifie by kyndely pvidence
Bewate woll shew yough horneȝ were awaye

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ffamouȝ poeteȝ of antiquyte
In grece & troye renomied of ſapience
Wrote of Quene Elyne & of penolipe
Of policene wt chaſte innocence
ffor wyweȝ truen calle lvcreſſe to prſence
yet they wer fayre can no man ſay naye
Kynde wrought hem wt ſo gret diligence
Thayn bewate ſhewed horneȝ were caſte awaye

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Clerky Recorde by grete auctorite
horneȝ wer geven beſte for defence
A thynge contry to femynyte
To be made ſtvrdy of thayn reſiſtence
But arche wyveȝ egre in thayn violence
ffuruiȝ aȝ tygerȝ for to make affraye
They haue diſpite and ayenſt conſcience
lyſte not of pride thayn horneȝ to putte awaye

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Now prynceſſe yiȝ litel ſhorte dyte
Rvdly compyled latte it be non offence
To your womanly mrcyfull pite
Though it be radde in yoal  audience
peyſe eny thynge in yoal iuſte adurtence
So it be noo diſpleſaunce to yoal paye
vndir ſupporte of yoal pacience
yeveth enſample horneȝ to put awaye

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Gretteſt of birth iȝ humilite
Ay Salamon ſayth ſonne of ſapience
Moſt waȝ accepted to ye deyte
Take hede hereof yeue here to credence
how Maria had preminence
Above all women whanne ſhe lays
At cryſteȝ byrth no cloth of gret diſpence
She wered a kerchiffe her horneȝ were awaye

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Moder of Ihu myrrour of chaſtite
In worde ne thought ye did non offence
Tryen examplare of hole virginite
hede ſprynge and wele of parfite contenence
Waȝ non yt clerke by Retoryke ſcience
Kowde vertueȝ reherſe to ye daye
Nobill princeſſe of meke benivolence
By exampill of her yoal horneȝ caſte awaye