Willobie His Avisa Or The true Picture of a modest Maid, and of a chast and constant wife. In Hexamiter verse. The like argument wherof, was neuer heretofore published [by Henry Willoby] |
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 | Willobie His Avisa |  |
CANT. X.
NOB.
Well then I see, you haue decreed,
And this decree must light on mee:
Vnhappie Lillie loues a weed,
That giues no sent, that yeelds no glee,
Thou art the first I euer tride,
Shall I at first be thus denide?
And this decree must light on mee:
Vnhappie Lillie loues a weed,
That giues no sent, that yeelds no glee,
Thou art the first I euer tride,
Shall I at first be thus denide?
My haplesse hap, fell much awrie,
To fix my fancies prime delight,
In haggard Hauke that mounts so hie,
That checkes the lure, and Fawkners sight;
But sore you hie, or flie you low,
Stoupe needs you must, before you goe.
To fix my fancies prime delight,
In haggard Hauke that mounts so hie,
That checkes the lure, and Fawkners sight;
But sore you hie, or flie you low,
Stoupe needs you must, before you goe.
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Your modest speech is not amisse,
Your maidens blush becomes you well;
Now will I see how sweete you kisse,
And so my purpose farder tell,
Your coye lookes and trickes are vaine,
I will no nay, and that is plaine.
Your maidens blush becomes you well;
Now will I see how sweete you kisse,
And so my purpose farder tell,
Your coye lookes and trickes are vaine,
I will no nay, and that is plaine.
Thou must perforce be well content,
To let me win thee with thy will;
Thy chiefest friends haue giu'n consent,
And therefore thinke, it is not ill,
Abandon all thy fond delay;
And marke this well, that I shall say.
To let me win thee with thy will;
Thy chiefest friends haue giu'n consent,
And therefore thinke, it is not ill,
Abandon all thy fond delay;
And marke this well, that I shall say.
My house, my hart, my land my life,
My credit to thy care I giue:
And if thou list to be a wife,
In shew of honest fame to liue;
I'le fit thee one, shall beare the cloke,
And be a chimnie for the smoke.
My credit to thy care I giue:
And if thou list to be a wife,
In shew of honest fame to liue;
I'le fit thee one, shall beare the cloke,
And be a chimnie for the smoke.
But say the word, it shall be don,
And what thou list, or what thou craue,
What so be lost, what euer won,
Shall nothing want, that thou wilt haue,
Thou shalt haue all, what wilt thou more,
Which neuer woman had before.
And what thou list, or what thou craue,
What so be lost, what euer won,
Shall nothing want, that thou wilt haue,
Thou shalt haue all, what wilt thou more,
Which neuer woman had before.
Here's fortie Angels to begin;
A little pledge of great goodwill,
To buy thee lace, to buy a pin;
I will be carefull of thee still:
If youth be quaild, if I be old,
I can supply that with my gold.
A little pledge of great goodwill,
To buy thee lace, to buy a pin;
I will be carefull of thee still:
If youth be quaild, if I be old,
I can supply that with my gold.
Silke gownes and veluet shalt thou haue,
With hoods and cauls, fit for thy head;
Of goldsmithes worke a border braue,
A chaine of golde ten double spread;
And all the rest shall answere this,
My purse shall see that nothing misse.
With hoods and cauls, fit for thy head;
Of goldsmithes worke a border braue,
A chaine of golde ten double spread;
And all the rest shall answere this,
My purse shall see that nothing misse.
Two wayting maides, attendant still,
Two seruing men, foure geldings prest,
Go where you list, ride where you will,
No iealous thought shal me molest;
Two hundreth pounds I doe intend,
To giue thee yearely for to spend.
Two seruing men, foure geldings prest,
Go where you list, ride where you will,
No iealous thought shal me molest;
Two hundreth pounds I doe intend,
To giue thee yearely for to spend.
Of this I will assurance make,
To some good friend, whom thou wilt chuse
That this in trust from me shall take,
While thou dost liue, vnto thy vse;
A thousand markes, to thee giue I,
And all my Iewels when I die.
To some good friend, whom thou wilt chuse
That this in trust from me shall take,
While thou dost liue, vnto thy vse;
A thousand markes, to thee giue I,
And all my Iewels when I die.
This will I doe, what euer chance,
I'le shortly send, and fetch thee hence;
Thy chiefest friends I will aduance,
And leaue them cause of no offence,
For all this same, I onely craue
But thy good-will, that let me haue.
I'le shortly send, and fetch thee hence;
Thy chiefest friends I will aduance,
And leaue them cause of no offence,
For all this same, I onely craue
But thy good-will, that let me haue.
A modest maide is loth to say,
In open words, she doth consent,
Till gentle force doe breake the stay,
Come on mine owne, and be content,
Possesse me of my loues desire,
And let me tast that I require.
In open words, she doth consent,
Till gentle force doe breake the stay,
Come on mine owne, and be content,
Possesse me of my loues desire,
And let me tast that I require.
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