Volume 2 — Why were ye[757] Calliope embrawdred with letters of golde?

Calliope, As ye may se, Regent is she Of poetes al, Whiche gaue to me The high degre Laureat to be Of fame royall; Whose name enrolde With silke and golde 10 I dare be bolde Thus for to were. Of her I holde And her housholde; Though I waxe olde And somdele sere, Yet is she fayne, Voyde of disdayn, Me to retayne Her seruiture: 20 With her certayne I wyll remayne, As my souerayne Moost of pleasure, Maulgre touz malheureux.