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[For a fauour of such woorth]

For a fauour of such woorth
In no debt I doe remaine,
Since with selfe same coyne againe
(Mistresse) thou art paide right foorth.
For if I enioy with free
Pleasure, seeing before me
Face and eies, where Cupid stands:
So thou seeing in my hands,
That which in thine eies I see.
Let not this to thee seeme ill,
That of thy beautie diuine
Thou see'st but the figure shine,
And I natures perfect skill:

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Yet a thought, that's free and set
Neuer yet in Cupids net,
Better then the bond beholdes,
Though the one the liuely mouldes,
Th' other but the counterfet.