68William. Ah
Marques, thy wordes bring heauen vnto my
soule,
69And had I heauen to giue for thy reward:
70Thou
should
st be thronde in no vnworthie place.
71But let my vttermo
st wealth
su
ffice thy worth,
72Which here I vowe, and to a
spire the bli
sse
73That hangs on quicke atchiuement of my loue,
74Thy
selfe and I will traueile in di
sgui
se,
75To bring this Ladie to our Brittaine Court.
76Marques. Let
William but be thinke what may auayle,
77And let me die if I denie my ayde.
78William. Then thus the Duke
Dirot and Therle
Dimach 79Will I leaue
sub
stitutes to rule my Realme,
80While mightie loue forbids my being here,
81And in the name of Sir
Robert of
Windsor 82Will goe with thee vnto the Dani
sh Court.
83Keepe
Williams secretes
Marques if thou loue him.
84Bright
Blaunch I come, sweete fortune fauour me,
85And I will laud thy name eternally.
87Enter the Miller, and Em his daughter. 88Miller. Come daughter we mu
st learne to
shake of pomp,
89To leaue the
state that ear
st be
seemd a Knight,
90And gentleman of no meane di
scent,
91To vndertake this homelie millers trade:
92Thus mu
st we maske to
saue our wretched liues,
93Threatned by Conque
st of this haple
sse Yle:
94Who
se
sad inua
sions by the Conqueror,
95Haue made a number
such as we
subie
ct 96Their gentle neckes vnto their
stubborne yoke,
97Of drudging labour and ba
se pe
santrie.
98Sir Thomas
Godard now old
Goddard is
99Goddard the miller of faire Manche
ster.
100Why
should not I content me with this
state
? 101As good Sir Edmund
Trofferd did the
flaile.
102And thou sweete
Em mu
st stoope to high e
state.
103To ioyne with mine that thus we may prote
ct Our
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