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Rh Take heed of gazing ouer much, on Damsels faire vnknowne: For oftentimes the Snake doth lie, with roses ouergrowde: And vnder fairest flowers, do noisome Adders lurke: Of whom take heed, I thee areed: least that thy cares they worke.

What though that she doth smile on thee, perchance shee doth not loue: And though she smack thee once or twice, she thinks thee so to prooue, And when that thou dost thinke, she loueth none but thee: She hath in store, perhaps some more, which so deceiued be,

Trust not therefore the outward shew beware in anie case: For good conditions do not lie, where is a pleasant face: But if it be thy chaunce, a louer true to haue: Be sure of this, thou shalt not misse, ech thing that thou wilt craue.

And when as thou (good Reader) shalt peruse this scrole of mine: Let this a warning be to thee, and saie a friend of thine, Did write thee this of loue, and of a zealous mind: Because that he sufficiently, hath tried the female kind.

Here Cambridge now I bid farewell, adue to Students all: Adue vnto the Colledges, and vnto Gunuil Hall: