(also Britton or Brittaine; c. 1545/53 – c. 1625/6) was a poet and prose writer of the English Renaissance.
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"I wish my deadly foe, no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse."
"In the merry month of May, In a morn by break of day, Forth I walk’d by the wood-side Whenas May was in his pride: There I spièd all alone Phillida and Coridon."
"Come little babe, come silly soul, Thy father’s shame, thy mother’s grief, Born as I doubt to all our dole, And to thyself unhappy chief: Sing lullaby, and lap it warm, Poor soul that thinks no creature harm."
"We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb."