 | Argalvs and Parthenia |  |
When as a little respite had repair'd
Her weary limmes, which trauell had impair'd,
The freenesse of occasion did present
New subiects to discourse; wherein they spent
No little time; among the rest, befell
Kalander (often stopt with teares) to tell
Of Argalus, and lost Parthenia's loue,
Whose vndissembled passion did moue
A generall griefe; the more that they attended
To his sad tale, the more they wish'd it ended.
Maddam (said he) although your visage be
Like hers; yet may your fortunes disagree;
Poore girle! and as he spake that word, his eyes
Let fall a teare. The Lady thus replyes;
Her weary limmes, which trauell had impair'd,
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New subiects to discourse; wherein they spent
No little time; among the rest, befell
Kalander (often stopt with teares) to tell
Of Argalus, and lost Parthenia's loue,
Whose vndissembled passion did moue
A generall griefe; the more that they attended
To his sad tale, the more they wish'd it ended.
Maddam (said he) although your visage be
Like hers; yet may your fortunes disagree;
Poore girle! and as he spake that word, his eyes
Let fall a teare. The Lady thus replyes;
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