"Delyte not in Þe multytude of ungodly men, and haue no pleasure in Þem, for they feare not God.
"Refuse not Þe prayer of one yt is in trouble, and turne not away thy face from the nedye."
We need not quote more; but on the opposite side of the fly-leaf are some verses of a different character, and which I suspect to be from the royal pen of Henry VIII. The writing is uncommonly difficult to decypher, but it bears a strong resemblance to all that I have seen of Henry's handwriting. A portion of the verses, as far as I can make them out, are here subjoined:
Respect.
"Blush not, fayre nimphe, tho (nee?) of nobell blod,
I fain avoutch it, and of manners good,
Spottles in lyf, of mynd sencere and sound,
In whoam a world of vertues doth abowend,
And sith besyd yt ye lycens giv withall
Set doughts asyd and to some sporting fall,
Therefoor, suspysion, I do banyshe thee"