"Wherefore I bisekke you mekely that ye praye for me that God foryeve me my giltes, and nameliche of my translaciouns."
"The things given to the public as poems of Camoens are no more to be found in the original Portuguese than they are in the Song of Solomon."
De pocos ha de ser mi voz oida;
Passen los anos, y serà estimada.
فقل للشامتين بنا رويدا
امامكم المصايب والخطرات
Intendami chi può, che m’ intendo io.
Ital. Prov.