1   Think'st thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning?
  2   Parrots so can learn to prate, our speech by pieces gleaning;
  3   Nurses teach their children so about the time of weaning.

  4   Learn to speak first, then to woo; to wooing much pertaineth:
  5   He that courts us, wanting art, soon falters when he feigneth,
  6   Looks asquint on his discourse, and smiles when he complaineth.

  7   Skillful anglers hide their hooks, fit baits for every season;
  8   But with crooked pins fish thou, as babes do that want reason:
  9   Gudgeons only can be caught with such poor tricks of treason.

 10   Ruth forgive me, if I erred from humane heart's compassion,
 11   When I laughed sometimes too much to see thy foolish fashion:
 12   But, alas, who less could do that found so good occasion?

  9   Gudgeons: dupes, suckers. —Also, a small fish used only for bait.