Not stronger am I, than the thing I move.

Venus without me should be rustical:

This goddess' company doth to me befal.

What gate thy stately words cannot unlock,

My flattering speeches soon wide open knock.

And I deserve more than thou canst in verity,

By suffering much not borne by thy severity.

By me Corinna learns, cozening her guard,

To get the door with little noise unbarred;50

And slipped from bed, clothed in a loose nightgown,