THE LETTER OF CUPID.
Litera Cupidinis, dei Amoris, directa subditis suis Amatoribus.
Cupido, unto whos comaundëment
The gentil kinrede of goddes on hy
And people infernal been obedient,
And mortel folk al serven besily,
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The goddesse sonë Cithera soothly,
To alle tho that to our deitee
Ben sugets, hertly greting sende we!