The cõforte of louers / The Comfort of Lovers

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The comforte of louers made and compyled by Steuen Hawes somtyme grome of the honourable chambre of our late souerayne lorde kynge Henry y e seuenth (whose soule god pardon). In the seconde yere of the reygne of our most naturall souerayne lorde kỹge Henry the eyght.
¶ The prohemye.
THe gentyll poetes / vnder cloudy fygures
Do touche a trouth / and cloke it subtylly
Harde is to cõstrue poetycall scryptures
They are so fayned / & made sẽtẽcyously
For som do wryte of loue by fables pryuely
Some do endyte / vpon good moralyte
Of chyualrous actes / done in antyquyte