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The first which then refused me (said hee)
2 Certes was but a common Courtisane,
Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee,
4 Because I could not giue her many a Iane.
(Thereat full hartely laughed Satyrane)
6 The second was an holy Nunne to chose,
Which would not let me be her Chappellane,
8 Because she knew, she said, I would disclose
Her counsell, if she should her trust in me repose.
1 "The first which then refused me," said he, 2 "Certes was but a common courtesan,
Certes > Assuredly
3 Yet flat refused to have a do with me,
a do > ado; a do (in the sexual sense; cf. 101.51:6)
4 Because I could not give her many a jane."
jane > {A small silver Genoese coin}
5 (Thereat full heartily laughed Satyrane.)
Thereat > Thereupon; as a result of that full > very