To seke eche where, where man doeth lyve

To seke eche where, where man doeth lyve,
The See, the Land : the Rocke, the Clyve,
Ffraunce, Spayne, and Inde and every where;
Is none a greater gift to gyve
Lesse sett by oft, and is so lyeff and dere.
Dare I well say than that I gyve to yere.

I cannot gyve browches nor ringes,
Thes Goldsmithes work and goodly thinges
Piery nor perle, oryente and clere;
But for all that is no man bringes
Lesser Juell unto his Lady dere
Dare I well say then that I gyve to yere.

Nor I seke not to fetche it farr,
Worse is it not tho it be narr.
And as it is, it doeth appere
Uncontrefaict, mistrust to barr;
Lest hole and pure withouten pere
Dare I well say the gyft I gyve to yere '

To the therefore the same retain
The like of the to have again
Ffraunce would I gyve if myn it were
Is none alyve in whome doeth rayne
Lesser disdaine; frely, therefore, to here
Dare I well gyve I say my hert to yere.