My ryght dere lady / I do therto consente Swete are your wordes they confort my thought Of Venus and fortune / I abyde the Iugement But ryght dere lady / whome I longe haue sought Forgete me not / remembre loue dere bought Of my herte / I wolde ye knewe the preuyte Than as I thynke ye wolde remembre me * * * * * [** **] {th}at came ladyes [**] {yght} [** **] [** **] {s}he our talkynge / [that] tyme dyde surrendr{e} [** **] {ma}dame / ye do well here repayre {To that good}ly temple / for to take the ayre With that sodaynly / I truely awoke Takynge pen and ynke to make this lytell boke ¶ Go lytell treaty se submyte the humbly To euery lady / excusynge thy neclygence Besechynge them / to remembre truely How thou doost purpose to do thy dylygence To make suche bokes by true experyence From daye to daye theyr pastyme to attende Rather to dye / than thau wolde them offende ¶ Enprynted by me Wynkyn de Worde. [Illustration: publisher’s symbol] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Errors and Anomalies Initial “y” was randomly printed as “Y” or “y”. Initial “W” is also small, but distinguishable from “w” elsewhere in the line. Abbreviations such as ã or [with] were used only in very long lines that would otherwise not have fit on the page. Original text unchanged, with notes or possible correction in brackets: [As in the main text, bracketed “with” is the “w^t” abbreviation.] Good // wyse / and goodly / an holsome sterre of lyght [double lines in original] What sholde she do / with suceh a creature [suche?] Vnto no persone / I durst my her to vntwynde [my herte?] Soma had wened for to haue made an ende [Some?] Vaynfull was & is theyr mysse contryuynge [spacing unchanged] Calke not not goddes power / bryef not [the] tens future [douplication in original It kepeth close / neuet the auoutry [neuer?] Towadre hym aduenture to be tryumphall [Towarde?] Whan I do se her / my herte booth sobbe I trowe [dooth sobbe?] Made dymme [with] wepynde / & with grete wo togyder [wepynge?] For I thynge and you had not ben in louynge [thynke?] Rather to dye / than thau wolde them offende [spelling unchanged] Changed text, with original in brackets: