The Complete Poems of Richard Barnfield/The Isham MS./Incerti Authoris

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My prime of youth is but a froste of cares
The Complete Poems of Richard Barnfield (1876)
by Richard Barnfield, edited by Alexander B. Grosart
From a MS. in the Possession of Sir Charles H. Isham
Incerti Authoris
To the right Worll Sir John Spenser Knighte
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Richard Barnfield2723567The Complete Poems of Richard Barnfield — From a MS. in the Possession of Sir Charles H. Isham
Incerti Authoris1876Alexander B. Grosart


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INCERTI AUTHORIS.

Wife.

The double V, is dowble woe
The I, is nought but ielosie
The F, is fawninge flatterie
The E is nought but enmitie.
Thus V wth I, wth f, wth E:
Brings nothinge els but miserie.


Answere.

Is double V such double woe
Speake of no more then that you knowe.
Tis weale, tis wealth, and nothing soe
I, Joye is, not iealosie.
​F fauor is, not flattery.
E is true loues eternytie.
Thus, V, wth I, wth F, wth E
well consterd is felicitie.


FINIS.

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