Pleasant dialogues and dramma's selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. ... By Tho. Heywood |
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2. The Argument.
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2. The Argument.
Anne hearing Phillis her rude Love relate,
(Whose tender brest was free from all deceit)
Feares lest her youth to lust she might ingage,
And bids her to be counsel'd by her age.
(Whose tender brest was free from all deceit)
Feares lest her youth to lust she might ingage,
And bids her to be counsel'd by her age.
A Virgins office, and how Maids be caught,
(Saith she) three times nine Winters have me taught:
Take me thy Guide, and no way thou canst erre,
Who before Venus sweets, chaste love prefer.
(Saith she) three times nine Winters have me taught:
Take me thy Guide, and no way thou canst erre,
Who before Venus sweets, chaste love prefer.
Which in alternate language whil'st they plead,
In view and presence of the Marriage bed,
Phillis, whom youth and fresh love doth possesse,
Her amorous thoughts begins thus to expresse.
We, when in health, for sicke folks counsel finde,
But sicke our selves, we quickly change our minde.
In view and presence of the Marriage bed,
Phillis, whom youth and fresh love doth possesse,
Her amorous thoughts begins thus to expresse.
We, when in health, for sicke folks counsel finde,
But sicke our selves, we quickly change our minde.
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Without Marriage there is no courage.
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