John Skelton. 1460?-1529
30. To Mistress Margery Wentworth
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63 words

WITH margerain gentle,   The flower of goodlihead, Embroidered the mantle   Is of your maidenhead. Plainly I cannot glose;   Ye be, as I divine, The pretty primrose,   The goodly columbine.

Benign, courteous, and meek,   With wordes well devised; In you, who list to seek,   Be virtues well comprised. With margerain gentle,   The flower of goodlihead, Embroidered the mantle   Is of your maidenhead.

margerain] marjoram.

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John Skelton. 1460?-1529
31. To Mistress Margaret Hussey
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129 words
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