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Gars thee greete, canfeth thee weepe and complayne,. Forlorne ,. left and forlakeg,.

Astempred to rhe yeerey agrecable co the ieaton of the yeere, thatis Aprill, which mo- nethis moft bent to fhoures and featonable rayne : to quench, thag is, to delay the- drought, cauled. through drineffe of March wyndess oo The laude, Colin Clout, the Laffey Rofalinda. creed lockes, wethered and curled. :

Ts hee fer aladde, Aftraunge maner of {peaking {what maner of Lad ishee ¢. .

To make,to:itceand yerfifie. Forinthis worde, making, eur olde Englifhe Poe were wont to comprehend all the {kill of Poetric, according to the Grecke word Poitin, re: make,whence commethrhe name of Poets. Tee ae.

(ole thor kenjt, knowelt.Seemerh hereby that Colin perteyneth to fome Southerne:noble man, and perhaps in Surrey or Kent, the rather becaufe hee fo often nametit the Kentifh downes,and before, Ashyshe as laffe of Kent.

Ihe Widowes,.He-calieth Rofalind the. Widowes daughter of the glenne, thatis, ofa countrey Hamlet or borough,which Tehinkeisrachenfaid to colour and conceale the per fon,then fimply fpoken. For itis weil knowen,cuen in{pight of Cohn and Hebtenllshar theis aGentlewoman of no meane howe,nor endewed with ary vulgarand common giftes bork of nature and maners 3 but fuch in deede, ‘as neede neither Cols be afhamed to hauecher made Kniowen by his verfes, nor Hobbinoll be grieued,that fo fhe fhoulde bee commendedto » immortalitie for herrare and finguler vertués: Specially deferuing it no leffe,chen eythes Myrrothe molt excellent Poer Theecritus his dearling.or Lauret‘a thedinine Petraches God- de ffe,or Himcra the worthie Peet Stefichorus his Idole: Wpon whomehce is faidefo muchto haucdored, thatin regerd of her excellencies he{corned and wrote againft thebeautie of -

elenz. For which his prefumptuous and vnticady hatdinefle; heis fayd by vengeaunce of - the Gods, thereat being offendedjte have loft both:hiseyes. |, cP 4gk Ges

Frenne, aftraunger. The worde J thinke was firlt poetically put, and-afterward vled in ~ common cuftome of {fpeeche for ferretines. 28 5 te

Dight, adorned, Lye, afonge. asRoundelayes and Virelayes.

In allthis fong is not ro be refpeed, what the worthineffe of her Maicftie deferueth, nor. what to the highneffe ofa Prince isagrecable, but whatis moit cemely for the meaneffe of - a fhepheards wit,or to concciue,or to vrrer.: ‘And theretore he calleth her E4/2,as through > xudeneffe tripping in her name: and a fhepheards daughier, it beiog very vnfit,chaca th P- heards. boy brought vp in the fheepefolde, fhould know,or eucr feeme to haue hearde of a Queenes soyalty, VINNQO CEA MOG ;

Yee daintie,is,as it were an Exordium ad praparandos animes... :

Virgins, the nine Mufes, daughters of Apollo aad Memoric 5 whofe abode. the Poets. - faine to be on Parnaffus,a hill in Greece, for that in that countrey {pecially florifhed the ho-- nor ofall excellent !tudies,

Helicon, is boththe name of afountaine ae the foote of Parnaffus,and alfo of amonntaine: - in Boatia,eut of which floweth the famous Spring Caftalius,dedicate alo to the Mufes: of * which {pring itisfayd, tharwhen Pegafas the winged horfe of Perfeus (wherebyismeane : fame and flying renowme ) ftroekethe grounde withthis hoofe, fodaynly thereout{prang: : a well of moft cleare,and pleafaunt water,which fre thence was confecrate to.the Mutes & ° Ladyes of learnings. =» |” rs hy? Seat ) “tk 9

Your filuer fong, fcemethto imitate thelykein Hdfyodus argureen meles, -- !

Syrinx, is the name of Nymphe of Arcadi¢,whom when Pan being in loue putfued the flys jog from him, of. the Gods was turncd istroareede. sothat Pan catehing at theRcedes initeede of the:Damofell,and puffing hard (for he was almoft'ouciof winde) with his breath: _ made the reedesto pype : which hefeeing, tookeof them,: and in remembraunce of hisloftione,made hima pype thereof. Buthere by Pan and Syrinx 1s not ro be thought. that the fhepheardfimply meant thofePoeticall Gods : but rather fuppefing Cas feem= eth) her graces progeny to be diuine andimmortall (fo asthe Paynims were wont toiudge ofajl Kings and Princes,agcording to Homers laying. WAY } : T bumes:

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