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MAROT TO THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE ON SOME VERSES ... SENT HIM by CLEMENT MAROT

First Line: MY CREDITORS, WHOSE HEARTS NO POEM STIRS
Last Line: I VOWED IN TURN TO BORROW, AS OF LATE.
Subject(s): MARGARET OF NAVARRE (1492-1549); MARGARET OF ANGOULEME;
MY creditors, whose hearts no poem stirs,
Chanced to read yours. On which I simply said:
'Michel! and Bonaventure! honoured sirs,
For me these lines the King's own sister made.'
When they this proof of mighty favour weighed,
They dub me 'Sir,' and high in credit hold;
Your verses proved to me as good as gold.
For they not only promised me to wait,
But vowed to lend me money as of old;
I vowed in turn to borrow, as of late.



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