The Example of Vertu: The Example of Virtue — John Shaqi
The Example of Vertu: The Example of VirtueHawes, Stephen
General
The Example of Vertu: The Example of Virtue
Hawes, Stephen
Poetry
[error for sepherus? compare “Iosethus” above]
Who that vs loueth without doubtaũce
[text reads “doubtauũce”, probably through confusion with preceding
line where -aũce abbreviation was required by line length]
And than dame mercy with contricyon
[text unchanged, but “contrycyon” is the usual form]
For to beleue in god omnypotent [be leue]
Therfore here are they dampned ryght wysey [error for wysely]
O geme of gentylnes & lanterne of plasure [error for pleasure]
_Unusual Letter_
In four places the text has an unusual letter. It has been variously
transcribed as “z” or “ȝ” (yogh) according to context, but appears to
be the identical letter every time:
Nexte vnto her sate the hyghe quene Azia
And by whiche he hiz kỹge dysteyneth
Though he were hardy & wyse he myȝt not me forbere
Accordynge to a morylyzacyon
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Example of Vertu, by Stephen Hawes
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