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SCE. 7.

Coridon.
Vntill this time I neuer durst beleeue,
That which the Satyre of Corisea said,
Imagining his tale had been but fordg'd,
Maliciously to worke me iniurie:
Far from the troth it seemd to mee that place,
VVhere she appoynted I with her should meete,
(If that be true which was on her behalfe,
Deliuered me by young Lisetta late)
Should be the place to take th'Adultiour in:
But see a signe that may confirme the same,
Eu'n as he told mee, so it is in deed.
Oh what a Stone is this, which shuts vp thus
The huge mouth of this Caue? Oh Corisea,
All in good time I haue found out your guiles,
Which after so long vse, at last returne
VVith damage to your selfe. So manie lies,
So many trecheries, must needes presage
Some mortall disaduenture at the least,
To him that was not madd, or blinde with loue:
T'was good for meet stayde away so long,
Great fortune that my father me detain'd
So with a tedious stay, as then me thought,
Had I kept time but as Lisetta bad,
Surely some strange aduenture had I had.
What shall I doe? shall I attir'd with spleene,
Seeke with outragious furie for reuenge?
Fie no, I honour her too much: so bee
The case with reason waighd; it rather would
Haue pittie and compassion, then reuenge.
And shall I pittie her, that me betrayes?
Shee rather doth betray her selfe, that thus
Abandons mee, whose fayth to her was pure,
And giue her selfe in pray
To a poore Shepheard straunger vagaband,
That shall tomorrow be more perfidous then shee.
Should I according to the Satyres counsell, her accuse,
Of the fayth broken, which to mee shee swore:
Then must shee die: My hart's not halfe so base,
Let her then liue for mee: or to say better,
Let her die vnto mee, and liue vnto others:
Liue to her shame, liue to her infamie;
Since she is such, she neuer can in me
Kindle one sparke of fearefull iealowsie.