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Cvpid had done some heynous act or other,
that caus'd Idalea whip him very sore;
The stubborne Boy away runs from his Mother,
protesting stoutly to returne no more;
By chance I met him, who desir'd reliefe,
and crau'd that I some lodging would him giue,
Pittying his lookes which seemed drown'd in griefe,
I tooke him home there thinking hee should liue,
But see the Boy; enuying at my lyfe,
which neuer sorrowe, neuer loue had tasted,
Hee rays'd within my hart such vncouth stryfe,
that with the same my body now is wasted:
By thanklesse Loue, thus vilely am I vsed,
By vsing kindnes, I am thus abused.