Songes and sonettes, written by the right honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other

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Songes and sonettes, written by the right honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other
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[London] :: Apud Richardum Tottel. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum,
1557.
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"Songes and sonettes, written by the right honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03742.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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To a ladie to answer directlie with yea or naie.

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MAdame, withouten many wordes: Once I am sure, you will, or no. And if you will: then leaue your boordes, And vse your wit, and shew it so: For with a beck you shal me call. And if of one, that burns alway, Ye haue pity or ruth at all: Answer him faier with yea, or nay. If it be yea: I shall be faine. Yf it be nay: frendes, as before. You shall another man obtain: And I mine owne, and yours nomore.
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