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THOMAS JOHNES, ESQ.
Memoirs of the life of Sir John Froissart
page 73
"Ye gods of foft paffion, what do you intend f You're fo fickle and frolic, and fond of dtfguife ; I know not is Cupid my foe or my friend. Ye gods of foft paffion, What do you intend ? Whether filence or fpeech my condition will mend, O tell me fome counsellor cunning and wife ! Ye gods of foft paffion, what do you intend?
The fécond rondeau:
* De quoi que (bit, fe doit renouvelkr •Uns jolis coers, le premier jour de May, Voire s'il aime, ou «'il peine à aimer, De quoi que foit, &c. Pour ce vous veux, madame, émayoler * En heu de May, d'un loyal coer que j'ay, De quoi que foit,' &c.
SHB.
^Whatever betides, I wiH fummon my fwain On the firft day of May his homage to pay.; And to know if he's bound, or has broken my chain. Whatever betides, I will fummon my fwain.
SB.
Tho* I know your delight is to fport with my pain, And ring the loud ranimons the firft day of May, •Be it known I'm your Have, and your Have will remain; And you need not inquire if I {till wear your .chain.
We may .generally fay of Froiflàrt as a poet, that he was as much wanting in invention for his fubject as in imagination for his ornaments.
? Douer le May.
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