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DIZAIN TO CLEMENT MAROT, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: If but your creditors, the which you chyde
Last Line: Such skill as yours beyond all worth of gold.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marguerite D'angouleme; Marguerite Of Navarre; Marguerite De Valois
Subject(s): Marot, Clement (1497-1544)


IF but your creditors, the which you chyde,
Did knowe as I the worth of your rare wit,
Of all your dettes you might full soon be quit
Or great or smalle, whatever still maye byde;
If each did holde a dizain duly writ,
What sum soever the full worth of it
Would then be his by thousands multiplied.
The worth of money maye by weight be tolde,
But none maye knowe what guerdon doth befit
Such skill as yours beyond all worth of gold.





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