The canticles or balades of Salomon, phraselyke declared in Englysh metres, by William Baldwin
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The canticles or balades of Salomon, phraselyke declared in Englysh metres, by William Baldwin
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[Imprinted at London :: By William Baldwin, seruaunt with Edwarde Whitchurche],
M. D. XLIX [1549]
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Song of Solomon -- Paraphrases, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"The canticles or balades of Salomon, phraselyke declared in Englysh metres, by William Baldwin." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15987.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2025.
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* 1.1LEt my beloued cum into hys gardeyn, and eate the swete fruites therof.
¶The Argument.
AFter the north and southwynde haue so long blowen vpon the churche that her fruites of pacience, humble∣nes, obedience and charitie are rype: she calleth Christe vnto her his gardeyn: desyryng hym to eat his fruites, that is to accept for good the wurkes, which she through fayth in hym hath brought surth: syngyng as foloweth.
¶The Spouse to her Beloued. xxxiiii.
NOw that J am prouedLet my best BelouedWhome mercie hath moued,To make me his gardeyn:Cum eat, and for good takeMy wurkes, for his blood sakeThe fruites let hym good make,Whiche grow in my gardeyn.