 "Though some saith youth ruled me" By Henry VIII Original: Though sum saith that yough rulyth me I trust i~ age to tarry god and my ryght & my dewtye frome them shall I neuer vary thow sum say yt yough rulith me[!] Thowgh su~ say þt youth rulyth me I trust in age for to tarry god & my ryght and my dewte from the~ shall || neuer vary[!] thow su~ say yt youth rulith me. I pray you all that aged be, how well dyd ye yor yough carry[?] I thynk su~ wars of yeh degre. Ther in a wager lay dar I, though su~ sayth &c. Though su~ sayth yt yough rulyth me I trust i~ age for to tarry, god & my ryght & my dewte frome them shall I neuer vary thow su~ sayth yt yough rulyth me. Pastymes of yough su~ tyme a mong none can sey but necessary I hurt no man I do no wrong I loue trew when I dyd mary Though su~ sayth . vt . svpra. Pastymes of yough su~ tyme a monge none can say but necessary I hurt no man I do no wrong I loue trew wher I dyd mary Thow su~ saith . vt . svpra. Then sone dyscusse that hens we must pray we to god and seynt mary. That all amend & here an end. Thus sayth the kyng the . VIIIth . harry [:] though su~. I hurt no man I do no wronge I loue trewly wher I dyd mary. Thow su~ [&c.]. Source: Wülker, Richard Paul. Anglia. Vol XII. Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1889. 246-7. Modernized: Though some saith that youth ruleth me, I trust in age to tarry. God and my right and my duty, From them I shall never vary, Though some say that youth ruleth me! I pray you all that aged be, How well did ye your youth carry? I think some worse, of each degree: Therein a wager lay dare I, Though some saith that youth ruleth me. Pastimes of youth sometime among, None can say but necessary. I hurt no man, I do no wrong, I love true where I did marry, Though some saith that youth ruleth me. Then soon discuss that hence we must: Pray we to God and Saint Mary, That all amend, and here an end, Thus saith the king, the eighth Harry, Though some saith that youth ruleth me. Source: Stevens, John. Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court. London: Methuen, 1961. 411-2.
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