MY FANTASY WILL NEVER TURN SPITE of his spite, which that in vain Wherefore let my father spite and spurn, Although my father of busy wit, Wherefore let my father spite and spurn, For I am set and will not swerve, Wherefore let my father spite and spurn, Who is afraid, let you him fly, Maugre to his lips that listeth to lie, Wherefore let my father spite and spurn. Who listeth thereat to laugh or lour, For whereas he moved me to the school, This minion here, this mincing trull, Of precious stones, silver and gold; Wherefore let my father spite and spurn, Whatsoever I did it was for her sake, Wherefore let my father spite and spurn This day I intended for to be merry, I know no cause for to be heavy, ANTHONY MUNDAY 1553-1633 WANTON LOVE WHEN wanton Love had walked astray, Says, Wanton lass, thou must abide; For I have seen in many years That sudden love breeds sullen fears. Shall I never, while I live, keep my girl at school! She hath wandered to and fro, Further than a maid should go : Shall she never, while she lives, make me more a fool. John a Kent and John a Cumber. SUNDERED LOVE You that seek to sunder love, For I find, and you shall feel Then if wrong be [so] repaid, John a Kent and John a Cumber. ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN Now wend we together, my merry men all, And there to strike a buck or a doe Then go we merrily, merrily on, To the greenwood to take up our stand Where we will lie in wait for our game, With our bent bows all in our hand. What life is there like to Robin Hood ? In merry Sherwood he spends his days No man may compare with Robin Hood, They will not away from merry Sherwood For there is neither city nor town Our lives are wholly given to hunt, And haunt the merry greenwood, Where our best service is daily spent For our master Robin Hood. Metropolis Coronata. |