he Shep:
CALENDER:
Twelve Aeglogues
proportionable to
the twelve monthes
Entitled to the noble
and vertuous gent:
leman most worthy
of all titles both of
learning & chivalry 
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LONDON · & · NEW YORK · HARPER · & · BROTHERS · MDCCCXCVIII · 
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TO HIS BOOK.
Go, little Book! thyself present,
As child whose parent is unkent,
To him that is the President
Of Nobleness and Chivalry:
And if that Envy bark at thee,
As sure it will, for succour flee
Under the shadow of his wing.
And, asked who thee forth did bring,
A shepheard’s swain, say, did thee sing,
All as his straying flock he fed:
And, when his Honour has thee read,
Crave pardon for thy hardyhed.
But, if that any ask thy name,
Say, thou wert base-begot with blame;
Forthy thereof thou takest shame.
And, when thou art past jeopardy,
Come tell me what was said of me,
And I will send more after thee.
IMMERITO
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This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.