Albion Knight C4v transcription

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		That I am shamed to turne again to Albyon
		And when this message thou hast done soberly
		Tell hym thy name is Polysy.
Diuisiō		¶What the deuill menest thou by that
		Shuld I decemble from a wyld cat
		That euer before thys haue bled patchyng
		And now to play the wise man, & leaue scratching.
Iniuri.		¶Why horson it is a poynt of hye madnes
		For a tyme to desemble sadnes,
		And though thou be all redy as mad as a harte
		yet will I make thee madder then thou arte
Diuisiō		¶Well say on then.
Iniuri.		¶Mary then euen thus I say
		When that to Albion thou hast taken thy way
		And done thy message as I thee bad
		He wyll for a while be pensife and sad
		And hee will aske thyne aduise
		Then must thou dissemble thy self wyse.
Diuisiō.		¶I make god a bowe that is unpossyable
		That I and wysdome shuld knyt in one quyneble
		Or in my braine to print such abusyon
		That wysdome and I shuld be in one conclusion
		For when I was yonge my mother charged mee
		And said beware wyt son though thou neuer thee.
Iniuri.		¶& I am not disposed to chaunge much your lyue
		But here me speke an end though you neuer thriue
Diuisiō.		¶Well say on then and tell mee what counsell
		I shall giue Albion that may sound well
		To both our profits that wolde I know.
Iniuri.		¶Thou shalt teche him a wronge crosse row
		And tell him best it is after thine aduise
		With myrth and Prodigalitie him to exercyse
		And take of his owne good while he maye
		Lest all at last be brybid awaye
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