English 362

My fereful loue from me ys fledd

English 362


My fereful loue from me ys fledd 
whyche of long tyme hast ben my gyde 
now faythefull trust ys in hys stedd 
and byde me sett all fere asyde 

O trewthe yt ys I not denye [5] 
all louers may not lyue in case 
yet sum by hap doth syt truly 
so lyke may I yft that she please 

Why so yt ys a gyffe ye wott 
by nature one to loue another [10] 
and bynd that love dothe fall by lott 
then why not I as well as other 

yt may so be the cawse ys why 
she knowethe no part to my poore mynd 
but yet as one [assuredly] [15] 
I speke not lyng but as I fynd 

yff nature wyll yt shall so be 
no reason rulythe fantasy 
yet in thyscase as semythe me 
I take all thyng Indyfferently [20] 

yet uncertaun I wyll reioyce 
and thynke to haue tho yet thow hast 
I [sent] my chawnce onto her choyce 
with pacyence for power ys past 

No no I knowe the lyke ys fayre [25] 
withowt dysdayn or cruelltye 
and so to end from all dyspayre 
ontyll I fynd the contrarye