_Since all men act_,
sith most men marke; _speache declare_, speech descrie; _Onlie_, only;
_varietie_, varyetye.
9 _Complants and praises euery one_, Complayntes & prayses every man.
10 _passion out_, passion forth; _their pangu's_, there loue; _statlie
rimes_, statly rime.
11 _pleasures none_, pleasure non; _euer write_, e're indite.
12 _theis latter times_, this latter time.
13 _Deare Lord_, deare loue. A significant reading in view of the
absence of the dedication in the Rawl. MS. "_Accept ... in gentle
gree_," to take kindly.
14 _And better lynes ere long_, And better farr, ere long (_see_
Introduction).
[Illustration]
THE CHOOSING
OF VALENTINES.
It was the merie moneth of Februarie,
When yong men, in their iollie roguerie,
Rose earelie in the morne fore breake of daie,
To seeke them valentines soe trimme and gaie; 4
With whom they maie consorte in summer sheene,
And dance the haidegaies on our toune-greene,
As alas at Easter, or at Pentecost,
Perambulate the fields that flourish most; 8
And goe to som village abbordring neere,
To taste the creame and cakes and such good cheere;
Or see a playe of strange moralitie,
Shewen by Bachelrie of Maningtree.
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