I.*

[* In the folio of 1611, these four short pieces are appended to the

Sonnets. The second and third are translated from Marot’s Epigrams,

Liv. III. No. 5, _De Diane_, and No. 24, _De Cupido et de sa Dame_. C.]

In youth, before I waxed old,

The blynd boy, Venus baby,

For want of cunning, made me bold

In bitter hyve to grope for honny:

But when he saw me stung and cry,

He tooke his wings and away did fly.

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