Diana of George of Montemayor Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong |
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[Poore Melibee of loue and hope forgot] |
 | Diana of George of Montemayor |  |
[Poore Melibee of loue and hope forgot]
Poore
Melibee of loue and hope forgot,
Told to Florisia greefes that he had past,
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
Told to Florisia greefes that he had past,
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
He saith: My peerelesse Shepherdesse,
Behold the paine wherewith I die,
Which I endure with willingnesse,
And seeke that greefe, which I would flie:
My hot desires doe burne and die I wot,
Hope is my life, but feare the same doth waste:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
Behold the paine wherewith I die,
Which I endure with willingnesse,
And seeke that greefe, which I would flie:
My hot desires doe burne and die I wot,
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She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
He saith: The pale and pinching care
Hath beene so pleasant to my minde,
That how much more fals to my share,
The more I doe desire to finde:
I craue no guerdon for my painefull lot,
But as I loue, to be belou'd as fast:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
Hath beene so pleasant to my minde,
That how much more fals to my share,
The more I doe desire to finde:
I craue no guerdon for my painefull lot,
But as I loue, to be belou'd as fast:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
He saith: My death should now redresse
My paines, but for the greeuous ill
Which I should feele (faire Shepherdesse)
In leauing of to see thee still:
But if I see thee sad, a harder knot
Of greefes I feele, and greater death doe tast:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
My paines, but for the greeuous ill
Which I should feele (faire Shepherdesse)
In leauing of to see thee still:
But if I see thee sad, a harder knot
Of greefes I feele, and greater death doe tast:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
He saith: In seeing thee I die,
And when I see thee not, I paine,
In seeking thee, for feare I flie,
I haue to finde thee out againe.
As old Proteus was woont to change his cote,
Figure, and shape which long time did not last:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
And when I see thee not, I paine,
In seeking thee, for feare I flie,
I haue to finde thee out againe.
As old Proteus was woont to change his cote,
Figure, and shape which long time did not last:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
He saith: I doe pretend to craue
No more good then my soule can get:
Bicause with that small hope I haue,
(Me thinkes) I doe offend thee yet.
For suffring for thy sake the smallest iot
Of wounding greefe a thousand ioies I tast:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
No more good then my soule can get:
Bicause with that small hope I haue,
(Me thinkes) I doe offend thee yet.
For suffring for thy sake the smallest iot
Of wounding greefe a thousand ioies I tast:
She answered him: I vnderstand thee not,
And lesse beleeue thee (Shepherd) what thou saiest.
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