When I saw her I as undone.

When I saw her I as undone.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

Health without money is halfe an ague.

Health without money is halfe an ague.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?