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I had a heart , and now 1' bearllefs go :
I had a mind that dayly waj oppreft :
I had a friend that's now become niy fo,
I hada will, yet can I g«t no reft.
What have ( now 1 nothing I trovv.
But fpitewhere t had joy.
What am I then ! a h<;artle(s man :
Should ioTc me thus dcflroy )
I love and ferre one whom 1 do regard*
Yet for ray lore, difdain is my reward.
If promii'd faith, andfecret love intend.
And choofe but doubt, I thought I had done well j
If fixed eje and inward heart do bind
A man in love, as now my heart doth feel }
What pain is Jovt I O" what may move
A man for to djfpair »
Nothing fo great at hie defpite
Of his fweet Lady fair.'
Such is my chance , as now I moft confefs :
I love a love though llis he raercilcfj.
What pain can pierce a ijcatt that I do wai»f>
If lore be pain that doth ante fubdue ?
What pin can force a bodie to be fainr i
If lore be paio • how can I paioefchew i
Since ! am feft, knit tothemaft,
This tormect to indure.
And have no might, by law not right.
My Lady to procure .-
What ftial I fay, fioce will gain-ftands the law J
I have a willj yet will makes me ftand aw-
Where final I go to hide my weary face ?
Where fljai I gad a pbce for icy dtf snct ?
Where is m>Iove, who is the meeteft place
Ofa!lfhs earth tbat is myconfidence :
She hath my heart, till I depart,
Let hrt do what (he lift i
I cannot mend, butftill depend.
And da^tT toinifift.
TopurchafeJove, if lore my lore defcrve | '
if not for lore, let love m_>bo4)ifttrTe.
Come he!"* i ye Gods , and judge my caufe aright 8
Hear m> complaint before je me condemn :
Take jou before mjLadit moft of might :
Let not the wolf devore the filljrlamb.
If (lie ttnaji faji , both night or daji ,
That ev'r I did her wrong,
M> mind ftial be. with crucltj.
To l>in prifon ftrong »•
Then flialjiefave afakelefs man from pain,
Tr>. wel! my caufe, and th en remove difdain.
O Lady fair whom I do honor mo(f.
Your name and tame within nyibreaft/haT* t
Let not m> love and labor thus be Jo(t ;
SutftiH in mind, I pra^i >ou> to ingra IT,
Thatiamttuci and (hal not rue
A word that I have laid :
Iam,yourroan, do what ye can,
Whro all thefe plajfrs are pUydj
ThenfaTe>our fliip unbroken onrhefand.
Since man and goods are all atjiour commaru!'
Ttieochoofe tokeepor lofs thatjehave done,
Your friendljr friend doth make jou this requeft :
Let not friends come us Lovers two between.
Since late detsftei eaus'd^ou me to detaftci
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