A balade specifienge partly the maner, partly the matter, in the most excellent meetyng and lyke mariage betwene our soueraigne Lord, and our soueraigne Lady, the Kynges and Queenes highnes pende by John Heywood. Heywood, John, 1497?-1580? 1554 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2004-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A03165 STC 13290.3 ESTC S3934 34382492 ocm 34382492 28992

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¶A Balade specifienge partly the maner, partly the matter, in the most excellent meetyng and lyke mariage betwene our Soueraigne Lord, and our Soueraigne Lady, the Kynges and Queenes highnes. Pende by Iohn Heywod. THe egles byrde hath spred his wings And from far of, hathe taken flyght In whiche meane way by no leurings On bough or braunch this birde wold light Till on the rose, both red and whight He lighteth now, moste louinglie And therto moste behouinglie. The monthe ensuing next to Iune This birde, this floure for perche doth take Reioysinglie him selfe to prune He rousith, rypelie to awake Upon this perche to chose his make Concluding strayght for rype right rest In the lions boure, to bilde his nest A birde, a beast to make to choose Namelie the beaste most furious It may seeme straunge, and so it doose And to this birde iniurious It semthe a case right curious To make construction in suche sens As may stande for this birds defens But marke▪ this lion so by name Is properlie a lambe tassyne No lion wilde, a lion tame No rampant lion masculyne The lamblike lion feminyne Whose milde meeke propertie aleurth This birde to light, and him asseurth The egles birde, the egles eyre All other birds far surmounting The crounid lion, matcheth feyre Croune vnto croune, this birde dothe bring A queenelie queene, a kinglie king Thus, lyke to lyke here matched is What matche may match more mete thē this So meete a matche in parentage So meete a matche in dignite So meete a matche in patronage, So meete matche in benignite, So macht from all malignite As (thankes to god gyuen for the same) Seelde hathe ben seene, thus sayth the fame This meete met matche, at first meeting In theyr aproche togither neere Loulie louelie lyueli greeting In eche to other, did so appeere That lookers on, al must graunt cleere Theire vsage of suche humayne reache As all might lerne, but none coulde teache Then in conioyning of these twayne Suche sacred solempne solempnite Suche fare in feaste to entertayne Suche notable nobilite Suche honour withe suche honeste Suche Ioy, all these to plat in plot Plat them who can, for I can not But here one deyntie president Nombre so greate, in place so small Nacions so manie, so different So sodenlie met, so agreed all Without offensyue worde let fall Saue sight of twayne, for whome all met No one sight there, lyke this to get This lamblyke lyon, and lamblike burde To show effect, as cause affordes For that they lamblike be concurde The lamb of lambs, the lorde of lordes Let vs lyke lambs, as moste acordes Moste mekelie thanke, in humble wyse As humble hart, may most deuyse Whiche thanks full gyuen most thankfullie To prayer fall we on our kneese That it may lyke that lorde on hie In helthe and welth to prosper theese As falth for thier moste high degreese And that all we, their subiects may Them and their lawes, loue and obay And that betwene these twayne and one The thre and one, one once to sende In one to knit vs euerichone And to that one, such mo at ende As his will only shall extende Graunte this good god, adding thie grace To make vs meete tobtayne this case

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