¶ Amen.
¶ Excusacio auctoris
¶ Go lytell treatyse submyt the humbly
To our souerayne lorde / to be in his presence
Besechynge his grace to accepte the mekely
And to pardon thy rudenes and neclygence
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To compyle those maters whiche sholde pleasure be
Unto his hyghnes and regall maieste
Now ye fayre laydes, wyse and vertuous