The Complete Poems of Richard Barnfield/The Isham MS./Incerti Authoris

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My prime of youth is but a froste of cares

The Complete Poems of Richard Barnfield (1876)
by Richard Barnfield, edited by Alexander B. Grosart

From a MS. in the Possession of Sir Charles H. Isham
Incerti Authoris

To the right Worll Sir John Spenser Knighte

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2723567The Complete Poems of Richard Barnfield — From a MS. in the Possession of Sir Charles H. Isham
Incerti Authoris1876Richard Barnfield

INCERTI AUTHORIS.

Wife.

The double V, is dowble woe
The I, is nought but ielosie
The F, is fawninge flatterie
The E is nought but enmitie.
Thus V w^th I, w^th f, w^th E:
Brings nothinge els but miserie.

Answere.

Is double V such double woe
Speake of no more then that you knowe.
Tis weale, tis wealth, and nothing soe
I, Joye is, not iealosie.
F fauor is, not flattery.
E is true loues eternytie.
Thus, V, w^th I, w^th F, w^th E
well consterd is felicitie.

FINIS.