HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY

The equal friend ; no grudge, no strife ;

No charge of rule, nor governance ; Without disease, the healthful life ;

The household of continuance ;

The mean diet, no delicate fare ;

True wisdom join'd with simpleness ; The night discharged of all care,

Where wine the wit may not oppress.

The faithful wife, without debate ;

Such sleeps as may beguile the night : Contented with thine own estate

Ne wish for death, ne fear his might.

��NICHOLAS GRIMALD

42. A True Love

YVYHAT sweet relief the showers to thirsty plants

we see, What dear delight the blooms to bees, my true love is

to me!

As fresh and lusty Ver foul Winter doth exceed As morning bright, with scarlet sky, doth pass the

evening's weed

As mellow pears above the crabs esteemed be So doth my love surmount them all, whom yet I hap

to see !

The oak shall olives bear, the lamb the lion fray, The owl shall match the nightingale in tuning of her lay,

42. fray] affright.

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