Classic Poem

Some other gentlewomen in the company, angrie with this toye, pleasde with these prety verses following.
A H , be not angrie so
my words were but in iest:
And more then that, I ment them not
by you, I doo protest.
I saw no lookes to light.
nor frowning ouer much,
Nor any such like sullein lookes,
as might shew inward grutch
Nor smiling wantonly,
but with such modestie
As might declare a merry minde
but with sobriety.
But such as seeme to poute,
without iust cause, in deede:
Or els, vpon their friends will faine
a frowning, more then neede:
Or, giglet like, will laugh,
or else with anger swell.
And deale in lookes disdainfully,
with them that wish them well:
Gainst such it is I wright,
but none of you are namde:
Then do not you accuse yourselues
and you may go vnblamde
And this, what I haue sayd,
take well in worth, therefore:
If I did ill against my will
I will doo so no more.