Thomalins Embleme.
Of Hony and of Gaule in loue there is store:
The Honye is much, but the Gaule is more.
Embleme.
Hereby is meant, that all the delights of Loue, wherein wanton youth walloweth,
be but follye mixt with bitternesse, and sorow sawced with repentaunce. For
besides that the very affection of Loue it selfe tormenteth the mynde, and
vexeth the body many wayes, with vnrestfulnesse all night, and wearines all
day, seeking for that we can not haue, and fynding that we would not
haue: euen the selfe things which best before vs lyked, in course of time and
chaung of ryper yeares, whiche also therewithall chaungeth our wonted
lyking and former fantasies, will then seeme lothsome and breede vs annoyaunce,
when yougthes flowre is withered, and we fynde our bodyes and
wits aunswere not to suche vayne iollitie and lustful pleasaunce.
