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Per.But whether in paynefull loue I pyne,
Wil.hey ho pinching payne,
Per.Or thriue in welth, she shalbe mine.
Wil.but if thou can her obteine.
Per.And if for gracelesse greefe I dye,
Wil.hey ho gracelesse griefe,
Per.Witnesse, shee slewe me with her eye:
Wil.let thy follye be the priefe.
Per.And you, that sawe it, simple shepe,
Wil.hey ho the fayre flocke,
Per.For priefe thereof, my death shall weepe,
Wil.and mone with many a mocke.
Per.So learnd I loue on a hollye eue,
Wil.hey ho holidaye,
Per.That euer since my hart did greue.
Wil.now endeth our roundelay.

Cuddie,
Sicker sike a roundle neuer heard I none.
Little lacketh Perigot of the best.
And Willye is not greatly ouergone,
So weren his vndersongs well addrest.

Willye.
Herdgrome, I feare me, thou haue a squint eye:
Areede vprightly, who has the victorye?

Cuddie.
Fayth of my soule, I deeme ech haue gayned.
For thy let the Lambe be Willye his owne:
And for Perigot so well hath hym payned,
To hin be the wroughten mazer alone.

Perigot.
Perigot is well pleased with the doome:
Ne can Willye wite the witelesse herdgroome.

Willye.
Neuer dempt more right of beautye I weene,
The shepheard of Ida, that iudged beauties Queene.

Cuddie.
But tell me shepherds, should it not yshend
Your roundels fresh, to heare a doolefull verse

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