[Footnote 135: = slipper-shoes. G.] 7* Into the midle Temple of my harte the wanton Cupid did him[s]elfe admitt and gaue for pledge yo^{r} Eagle-[s]ighted witt Y^{t} he wold play noe rude vncivill parte: Longe tyme he cloak'te his nature w^{th} his arte and [s]add and graue and [s]ober he did [s]itt, but at the la[s]t he gan to reuell it, to breake good rules, and orders to peruerte: Then loue and his younge pledge were both conuented before [s]add[136] Rea[s]on, that old Bencher graue, who this [s]add [s]entence vnto him pre[s]ented by dilligence, y^{t} [s]lye and [s]ecreate knaue That loue and witt, for euer [s]hold departe out of the midle Temple of my harte. [Footnote 136: = serious; and so 'sadly' = seriously, e. g. Skelton: "I have not offended, I trust, If it be _sadly_ discust." G. ] 8* My ca[s]e is this, I loue Zepheria brighte, Of her I hold my harte by fealtye: W^{ch} I di[s]charge to her perpetuallye, Yet [s]he thereof will neuer me accquite. for now [s]uppo[s]inge I w^{th} hold her righte [s]he hathe di[s]treinde my harte to [s]atisfie the duty w^{ch} I neuer did denye, and far away impounds it w^{th} de[s]pite; I labor therefore iu[s]tlie to repleaue[137] my harte w^{ch} she vniu[s]tly doth impounde but quick conceite w^{ch} nowe is loue's highe Sheife retornes it as e[s]loynde, not to be founde: Then w^{ch} the lawe affords I onely craue her harte for myne in wit her name to haue. [Footnote 137: = recover (a legal term) G.] 9* To Loue my lord I doe knightes [s]eruice owe and therefore nowe he hath my witt in warde, but while it is in his tuition [s]oe me thincks he doth intreate it pa[s][s]inge hard; for thoughe he hathe it marryed longe agoe to Vanytie, a wench of noe regarde, and nowe to full, and perfect age doth growe, Yet nowe of freedome it is mo[s]t debarde. But why [s]hould loue after minoritye when I am pa[s]t the one and twentith yeare perclude my witt of his [s]weete libertye, and make it [s]till y^{e} yoake of ward[s]hippe beare. I feare he hath an other Title gott and holds my witte now for an Ideott. M^{r} Dauyes. VI. MINOR POEMS. Minor Poems. I. _Yet other Twelve Wonders of the World._[138]