| So hath myn herte caught in remembraunce |
| Your beaute hoole and stidefast governaunce, |
| Your vertues al and yowre hie noblesse, |
| That you to serve is set al my plesaunce. |
| 5 | So wel me liketh your womanly contenaunce, |
| Your fresshe fetures and your comlynesse, |
| That whiles I live myn hert to his maystresse |
| You hath ful chose in trewe perseveraunce |
| Never to chaunge, for no maner distresse. |
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| 10 | And sith I shal do [you] this observaunce, |
| Al my lif withouten displesaunce |
| You for to serve with al my besynesse, |
| And have me somwhat in your souvenaunce. |
| My woful herte suffreth greet duresse, |
| 15 | And [loke] how humbly with al symplesse |
| My wil I conforme to your ordynaunce, |
| As you best list, my peynes for to redresse. |
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| Considryng eke how I hange in balaunce |
| In your service, such, lo, is my chaunce, |
| 20 | Abidyng grace, whan that your gentilnesse |
| Of my grete wo liste do alleggeaunce, |
| And with your pite me som wise avaunce |
| In ful rebatyng of myn hevynesse; |
| And thynketh by resoun that wommanly noblesse |
| 25 | Shuld nat desire for to do the outrance |
| Ther as she fyndeth non unbuxumnesse. |
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| Auctour of norture, lady of plesaunce, |
| Soveraigne of beautee, floure of wommanhede, |
| Take ye non hede unto myn ignoraunce, |
| 30 | But this receyveth of your goodlihede, |
| Thynkyng that I have caught in remembraunce, |
| Your beaute hole, your stidefast governaunce. |