The vvorkes of a young wyt trust vp with a Fardell of pretie fancies, profitable to young Poetes, preiudicial to no man, and pleasaunt to euery man to passe away idle tyme withall. Whereunto is ioyned an odde kynde of wooing, with a Banquet of Comfettes, to make an ende withall. Done by N. B. Gentleman |
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A dialogue betweene a louer, an his beloued.
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A dialogue betweene a louer, an his beloued.
The louer to his Lady.
If due desartes may reape desires,good madam, graunt me my reward:
If reason yeeld, that right requires,
then let my suite at last be hard:
If neither these will serue, why than,
for pitties sake heare a poore man.
Her aunsweare.
Desartes (be sure) will reape desire,if you of me deserue reward,
What reasonably you will require,
I am content, you shalbe hard:
And last of all, for pitties sake,
lets see, I pray, what mone you make.
The louer to his Lady.
The thing good Lady I desire,is fauour yours, which I deserue,
The thing by reason I require,
is due reward to those that serue:
The thing for pitties sake I craue,
is comfort to my griefe to haue.
Her aunsweare.
My fauour that you so desire,I cannot see how you deserue:
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that all should haue reward that serue:
Ne yet thy sickenesse such I see,
as should me moue to pity thee.
His reply.
Let pity then regard procure,where is at al no due desart,
And lend some comfort, for to cure
the sicke, that pines in secret smart:
And then will reason iustly say,
that you are noble euery way.
Her aunsweare.
No sir, reason dooth giue, you say,of right, reward to due desart,
Then if that you can showe some way,
for to deserue some ease of smart,
Doubt not, but pitie will procure
some kinde of salue, your sore to cure.
His reply.
I thinke good Lady I deserue,in that in deede I doo desire:
And if the poore man that dooth serue,
by reason may reward require,
Then both by reason, and desart,
I may craue pitie for my part.
Her aunsweare.
In that you doo in deede desire,your truth is for to be regarded:
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that seruyce true, shoulde be rewarded,
And pitty sayth, the poorest man
must be relieued, now and than.
His reply.
In humble wise, then I desire,regarde my truth, rewarde the same,
Let humble reason eke require
your fauour so deserude, faire Dame,
And pity me poore man God wot,
that liues (alas) but ioieth not.
Her Aunswere, and so an ende.
Then thus I graunte thee thy desire,my fauour friendely, what I may,
But if that further you require,
by reason I muste say you nay,
Til pity moue me to regarde,
to giue a poore man his rewarde.
Finis.
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