The Prologue

of Parnassó, Nor learned Marcus Tullius Cicero. Coloúrës know I none, withoutë dread, But such coloúrs as growen in the mead, Or ellës such as men dye with or paint; Coloúrs of rhetoric be to me quaint; My spirit feeleth not of such mattére. But, if you list, my talë shall ye hear.”